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In "Forgotten Kenya," mobile classrooms follow in nomads' footsteps
Siena AnstisWebsite
A nomadic Somali woman leads her camels in the drought-afflicted north of Kenya. Photo by Siena Anstis.
The drought in Northern Kenya this year is severe. Farah Olad, the Deputy Chief of Party of Education for Marginalized Children of Kenya (EMACK), an organization which works with Somali pastoral communities, tells me grey is the “color of death” in this rural region.
And the whole landscape is grey: from the ground to the pinky-sized thorns on the low-lying trees that populate the desert. Within minutes of leaving the paved highway leading out of Garissa, the biggest city between Nairobi and Mogadishu, I am greeted by the ominous sight of two dead goats.
Northern Kenyans are primarily pastoral ethnic Somalis. Many call the region “the forgotten Kenya” and characterize it as under the partial authority of wealthy Somali businessmen.
For centuries, these nomadic groups have crossed the borders of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia with little regard for politics. Their one mission, to maintain their herd, was fulfilled through the graces of nature and a predictable climate: long and short rainy seasons, as well as a limited dry spell.
However, climate change has brought new challenges: an extended dry season, no short rains this year and the potential of an El Niño long rain accompanied by violent flash floods in December.
Pastoral communities are aware of the ticking time-bomb that comes with their lifestyle. While, as Olad says, most would herd their goats, cows and camels into the depths of a war-torn country like Somalia to maintain their livelihood and culture, many understand that their lifestyle will not suffice for all. Increasingly, pastoral communities rely on the capacity of the uninterested central Kenyan government to deliver relief services and help them build alternatives to their unstable lifestyle.
One way of addressing this problem—and ensuring equitable representation of Somali Kenyans within their host country—is through secular education. Education offers alternatives: it gives children the possibility of thinking for themselves, as a part of a wider Kenya, and ensuring that they understand that there are choices. However, as families move year-round, there is little means for a child to access the formal primary school system.
Through mobile schools, the Nomadic Heritage Association (NOHA) and EMACK, are attempting to bring the next generation of nomadic Somalis this choice. They foresee the escalating difficulties pastoralists will face as potential “climate refugees.”
Each nomadic community is made up of an average seven households, all led by a head man. These communities follow pasture and water with their herds. Mobile schools follow these communities. As Islamic education is key to Somali culture, each group already has a dugsi, or an Islamic learning school, which occupies a majority of young children’s time along with daily chores. Secular education is slowly being introduced through the mobile schools, which provide teaching materials and offer the opportunity to train a teacher from the community.
Classes focus on English, Kiswahili, and Math. In one mobile school, most children have learned to write their names. Their exercise books are filled with neatly drawn figures and calculations. For a community that has been illiterate for generations, this is a significant change. Many would call it self-empowering. As Olad says, “It is not about changing culture, but about strengthening existing culture.” The latter part means ensuring that Somali communities can maintain their culture through a network made of a younger generation who speak the languages of both their Somali homes and of Kenya at large.
For more photos, please visit Welcome to “Forgotten Kenya.”
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The Year in 10 Books
From escapism to the end of policing, we bring you 10 books that have defined this strange year.
We have 40% off ALL our print books and 60% off ALL our ebooks until January 4th, 23:59 EST. See more information here and our Gift Guide.
We also have bundled ebooks with every print purchase (see below) — meaning you can gift the print book (if you want to!) and start reading the ebook straight away!
For the year in which the world of work was turned on its head.... a consensus-shattering account of automation technologies and their effect on workplaces and the labor market.
Because everyone needs some escapism.
At once a time-travelling horror story and a fugue-like feminist manifesto, this is a singular, genre-warping new novel from the author of the acclaimed Paradise Rot.
CORONAVIRUS PAMPHLET SERIES
The global pandemic may be a crisis in itself, but it has also revealed and exacerbated huge existing inequalities. Capitalism is more broken than ever before, and our climate emergency deepens further.
Our Coronavirus pamphlet series is our response to multiple unfolding and connected crises, from leading writers and activists. In these books we look at capitalism, the economy, care, the climate, mutual aid, and more. These short books are necessary and vital reading as we struggle to comprehend the world around us.
In The Corona Crash, leading economics commentator Grace Blakeley theorises about the epoch-making changes that the coronavirus brings in its wake.
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What does the COVID 19 tell us about the climate breakdown, and what should we do about it? In Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency, leading environmental thinker, Andreas Malm demands that this war-footing state should be applied on a permanent basis to the ongoing climate front line. He offers proposals on how the climate movement should use this present emergency to make that case. There can be no excuse for inaction any longer.
This book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid is a crucial part of powerful movements for social justice, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, how to foster a collective decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout.
The Care Manifesto puts care at the heart of the debates of our current crisis: from intimate care--childcare, healthcare, elder care--to care for the natural world. We live in a world where carelessness reigns, but it does not have to be this way.
Walking. Maybe you have done more of it this year, maybe you have struggled to make those steps. Either way, you are probably more familar with the streets around where you live than ever before.
From Dickens’s insomniac night rambles to restless excursions through the faceless monuments of today’s neoliberal city, the act of walking is one of self-discovery and self-escape, of disappearances and secret subversions. Pacing stride for stride alongside literary amblers and thinkers such as Edgar Allan Poe, André Breton, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys and Ray Bradbury, Beaumont explores the relationship between the metropolis and its pedestrian life.
In a year where we have spent more time on the internet than any other.... a new manifesto for cyberfeminism.
The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. What must we do to work out who we are, and where we belong? How do we find the space to grow, unite and confront the systems of oppression? Glitch Feminism is a vital new chapter in cyberfeminism, one that explores the relationship between gender, technology and identity.
Throughout written history and across the world, women have protested the restrictions of gender and the limitations placed on women’s bodies and women’s lives. Through the pandemic we have seen gendered inequality rise, as the personal has become more political than ever before.
The Verso Book of Feminism is an unprecedented collection of feminist voices from four millennia of global history. It chronicles a feminist history of defiance and tracks it around the world as it develops into a multivocal and unabashed force.
"It’s been almost six years since the murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner, and little has changed in how poor communities of color are being policed. It’s time to rethink superficial and ineffective procedural police reforms and move to defund the police instead." - Alex Vitale.
The End of Policing is a book that we published originally in 2017 that has become crucial and necessary reading year.
The problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself.
See all our end-of-year highlights here.
End of Year Sale: 2020
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Glitch Feminism
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The Corona Crash
by Grace Blakeley
by Andreas Malm
by Dean Spade
by Alex S. Vitale
The Verso Book of Feminism
Edited by Jessie Kindig
The Walker
by Matthew Beaumont
Care Manifesto
by The Care Collective
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Man-in-the-browser attack
This is an Attack. To view all attacks, please see the Attack Category page.
The Man-in-the-Browser attack is the same approach as Man-in-the-middle attack, but in this case a Trojan Horse is used to intercept and manipulate calls between the main application’s executable (ex: the browser) and its security mechanisms or libraries on-the-fly.
The most common objective of this attack is to cause financial fraud by manipulating transactions of Internet Banking systems, even when other authentication factors are in use.
A previously installed Trojan horse is used to act between the browser and the browser’s security mechanism, sniffing or modifying transactions as they are formed on the browser, but still displaying back the user's intended transaction.
Normally, the victim must be smart in order to notice a signal of such attack while he is accessing a web application like an internet banking account, even in presence of SSL channels, because all expected controls and security mechanisms are displayed and work normally.
Points of effect:
Browser Helper Objects – dynamically-loaded libraries loaded by Internet Explorer upon startup
Extensions – the equivalent to Browser Helper Objects for Firefox Browser
API-Hooking – this is the technique used by Man-in-the-Browser to perform its Man-in-the-Middle between the executable application (EXE) and its libraries (DLL).
Javascript – By using a malicious Ajax worm, as described on Ajax Sniffer - Proof of Concept
Manipulation thru DOM interface
In order to perform this attack, an attacker may progress thru the following steps:
The Trojan infects the computer's software, either OS or Application.
The Trojan installs an extension into the browser configuration, so that it will be loaded next time the browser starts.
At some later time, the user restarts the browser.
The browser loads the extension.
The extension registers a handler for every page-load.
Whenever a page is loaded, the URL of the page is searched by the extension against a list of known sites targeted for attack.
The user logs in securely on to for example https://secure.original.site/.
When the handler detects a page-load for a specific pattern in its targeted list (for example https://secure.original.site/account/do_transaction) it registers a button event handler.
When the submit button is pressed, the extension extracts all data from all form fields through the DOM interface in the browser, and remembers the values.
The extension modifies the values through the DOM interface.
The extension tells the browser to continue to submit the form to the server.
The browser sends the form, including the modified values, to the server.
The server receives the modified values in the form as a normal request. The server cannot differentiate between the original values and the modified values, or detect the changes.
The server performs the transaction and generates a receipt.
The browser receives the receipt for the modified transaction.
The extension detects the https://secure.original.site/account/receipt URL, scans the HTML for the receipt fields, and replaces the modified data in the receipt with the original data that it remembered in the HTML.
The browser displays the modified receipt with the original details.
The user thinks that the original transaction was received by the server intact and authorized correctly.
Related Threat Agents
Category: Client-side attacks
Category: Session Management Vulnerability
Category: Authentication
Category:Input Validation
HTML Entity Encoding
Category:Session Management
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf - Stefano di Paola and Giorgio Fedon, Subverting Ajax, Dec, 2006.
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Hisense To Launch The World’s First Full-Color Laser TV With Social Functions
As Hisense has officially confirmed, at CES, the Chinese company will be the first company to release the world’s first full-color laser TV with social functions. Laser TVs have been on the market for a few years, and they are very popular now. For some customers, they even replace the regular smart TVs. We should also recall Xiaomi, which was the first to design a laser TV at an affordable price. But what’s more important, Hisense has been in the TV industry for ages, and it knows how to make innovative products.
Yu Zhitao, President of Hisense Video, announced: ‘Hisense has launched a full range of full-color laser TV products ranging from 75 inches to 100 inches, and fully popularizes full-color laser TVs.’
The new Hisense full-color laser TV adopts RGB three-primary-color full-color light source architecture. The single-encapsulated laser light source does not interfere with each other. And the color rendering is purer. At the same time, the high-brightness chip allows the screen brightness to reach 430 nits, exceeding the brightness standard of digital TV. Hisense’s exclusive three-color laser design eliminates the color wheel mixing components, which reduces the volume of the optical engine by 30%.
Hisense said that the new TV has achieved a 128% improvement in original color. The highest color gamut standard can reach 107% BT2020. And the color gamut coverage reaches 151% of the DCI-P3 movie color standard, surpassing high-end theaters by nearly 50%.
Hisense claims to be the first TV brand to launch social TV, the first 6-channel video call function, and further upgrade to support 1000 party calls. The L9F series is equipped with a Hi Table social system and an AI camera. The camera supports 1080P image quality and can be adjusted by 15°. At the same time, AI full-time far-field voice can realize functions such as 6-channel video call, AI fitness, same-screen viewing, karaoke and microphone.
Hisense announced that in the future, it will also launch a commercial laser TV solution with 10,000 lumens or more, and mass-produce curling screen laser TVs.
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Whistleblowers on the board: The role of independent directors in cartel prosecutions
Murillo Campello, Daniel Ferrés, Gaizka Ormazabal 07 September 2017
Strategies for cartel detection and prosecution differ across countries. This column uses a US dataset to show that independent directors of cartel-indicted firms favour the implementation of corrective actions in order to mitigate damage to their personal reputations. Firms with a larger fraction of independent directors on their boards observe smaller value losses and lower cartel duration during cartel-busting episodes.
Protecting whistle-blowers
Lydia Mechtenberg, Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider
EU antitrust fines and economic distortions
Vasiliki Bageri, Yannis Katsoulacos, Giancarlo Spagnolo
Do European fines deter price fixing?
Mario Mariniello
Anatomy of cartel contracts
Ari Hyytinen, Frode Steen, Otto Toivanen
Catching cartels: A new toolkit
Antitrust actions against price fixing have increased dramatically over the last decades, both in the US and in Europe. The surge in cartel prosecution activity has been accompanied not only by tougher penalties, but also by enhanced cooperation with antitrust authorities, notably through leniency programs. Two prominent examples of such regulatory changes in the US are the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act adopted in 2004, and the ‘Amnesty Plus’ modification of the leniency policy adopted in 1999. Other jurisdictions have also introduced similar reforms. In Europe, antitrust fines were substantially revised in 2006 and several leniency laws and programs have been introduced over the last decades in different EU countries.
The design of antitrust policies has been the subject to a great deal of debate. Reflecting the differing views of economic authorities around the world, policies exhibit significant cross-country variation. For example, a key difference between EU and US antitrust laws is that the US legislation contemplates criminal sanctions not only for corporations, but also for individuals. It has been argued that while leniency programs result in more prosecutions, a more lenient treatment of offenders could lead to the creation of cartels that are more stable and harder to uncover (Motta and Polo 2003, Spagnolo 2004).
In a recent paper, we add to this debate by studying the role of corporate directors in cartel prosecutions (Campello et al. 2017). In particular, we argue that non-executive officials take action in cartel prosecutions in order to mitigate damage to their personal reputations. That is, in addition to civil and criminal penalties imposed by courts, market-based penalties can also shape prosecution outcomes. To see why, consider that outside directors are rarely subject to court monitored economic sanctions or imprisonment and generally have less convex economic interests in the firm's profits than managers and other corporate officials (who often receive stock- or option-based compensation packages). As such, independent directors’ ‘upside’ from cartel involvement is less likely to compensate for the costs of being associated with corporate misbehaviour.
The indictment of Crompton for cartel involvement illustrates how independent directors can shape cartel prosecutions. As explained by Scott D. Hammond (Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement at the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division) in March 2006, “Crompton is a prime example of a company whose independent board of directors decided to leave no stone unturned in its commitment to investigate, identify and report antitrust violations... [T]he board's strategy resulted in the company receiving an extraordinary reduction in its rubber chemicals fine. Crompton’s early cooperation allowed the Division to conserve and focus its resources and to immediately put additional pressure on other subject companies and individuals to cooperate” (Hammond 2006).
Our study focuses on two intriguing questions. The first is whether market-based penalties are strong enough to induce directors to cooperate with antitrust authorities. But perhaps equally intriguing is whether corporate directors’ actions are in the best interest of shareholders. While cooperation with antitrust authorities can mitigate some prosecution costs, the end of price fixing also results in shareholders losing substantial rents.
We study various dimensions of cartel prosecutions using a comprehensive set of US public firms indicted by antitrust authorities across various international jurisdictions between 2002 and 2012. As a starting point, we analyse the stock market reaction to first-time news concerning cartel prosecutions. In particular, we model abnormal equity returns to cartel indictments as a function of the proportion of independent directors serving on the boards of the firms in the sample.
Figure 1 plots average cumulated (buy-and-hold) returns of cartel firms over a window (-5, +5 days) around the first announcement of prosecution for each of the cartels in the sample. ‘Below Median Independent Directors’ refers to the firms with a percentage of independent directors which is below the median. ‘Above Median Independent Directors’ refers to the firms with a percentage of independent directors which is above the median. The left vertical axis indicates average buy-and-hold returns (in percent) for each group of firms. The horizontal axis indicates the number of days before and after the first announcement of cartel prosecution. Consistent with the expectation that personal costs arising from cartel involvement prompt independent directors to take corrective actions, firms with a larger fraction of independent directors on their boards observe significantly smaller value losses during cartel-busting episodes. To put it differently, the presence of independent directors mitigates the cost of cartel prosecutions for public market equity investors.1
Figure 1 Cartel detection and board independence
Next, we provide direct evidence regarding the reputational costs borne by independent directors of cartel-indicted firms. Our analysis shows that, following prosecution announcements, directors of firms involved in cartels lose a significant number of directorships in other firms. Notably, even when directors do not lose positions in other firms, they still lose voting support across their portfolio of outside directorships. These results reveal that professional directors of cartel firms suffer significant labour market reputational costs following regulatory indictments.
We also provide evidence of the proactive role played by independent directors in cooperating with antitrust authorities, as well as in punishing managers involved in price fixing schemes. We do so by examining two dynamics that take place in cartel prosecutions. First, we examine the relationship between the probability of applying for leniency and the presence of independent directors on boards. We show that firms with a higher proportion of independent directors on their boards are much more likely to apply for leniency programs during the course of cartel prosecutions. Second, we show that firms with a higher proportion of independent directors are also more likely to replace their scandal-laden CEOs following cartel prosecution announcements. These results indicate that independent directors favour the implementation of corrective actions that aim to mitigate reputational damage arising from price fixing scandals.
We further gauge the economic significance and regulatory implications of our results by exploring whether the presence of independent directors on the boards of cartel firms translates into lower cartel duration. Figure 2 presents survival rates for those cartels that were formed prior to the start of the sample period. The horizontal axis indicates the number of years after 2001. ‘Below Median Independent Directors’ refers to cartels formed by firms with a percentage of independent directors which is below the median. ‘Above Median Independent Directors’ refers to cartels formed by firms with a percentage of independent directors which is above the median. The survival function of the latter group exhibits a steeper downward trend, suggesting that cartels formed by firms with a higher percentage of independent directors on their boards experience a significantly lower probability of survival.
Figure 2 Cartel survival and independent directors
All in all, our results are consistent with the argument that reputational incentives of independent directors play a role in cartel prosecution efforts. Our analysis contributes to the debate on antitrust policies by providing evidence on measurable and significant market sanctions against individuals involved in price fixing schemes. Critically, the incentives and actions of independent directors reduce the prosecution costs borne by shareholders and the stability of cartel schemes. The evidence we present is relevant for regulators designing and enforcing antitrust policies and for market participants seeking to understand the impact of corporate governance and antitrust regulation on firm value and corporate behaviour (Buccirossi and Spagnolo 2008, Harrington 2006).
Buccirossi, P and G Spagnolo (2008), “Corporate governance and collusive behaviour”, CEPR Discussion Paper 6349.
Campello, M, D Ferrés and G Ormazabal (2017), “Whistleblowers on the board? The role of independent directors in cartel prosecutions”, CEPR Discussion Paper 12143.
Hammond, S (2006), “Measuring the value of second-in cooperation in corporate plea negotiations”, presented at the 54th Spring Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, DC.
Harrington, J (2006), “How do cartels operate?”, Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics 2(1): 1-105.
Motta, M and M Polo (2003), “Leniency programs and cartel prosecution”, International Journal of Industrial Organization 21: 347-379.
Spagnolo, G (2004), “Divide et impera: Optimal leniency programs”, CEPR Discussion Paper 4840.
[1] The magnitude of the variation in equity returns is substantial. A baseline estimation suggests that a one-standard deviation increase in director independence – a mere one- or two-person increase in the number of independent directors in the average firm – is associated with an increase of nearly 50 basis points in the average one-day return around announcements involving cartel investigations.
Topics: Competition policy Industrial organisation
Tags: competition, price fixing, antitrust, cartel prosecution, independent directors
Murillo Campello
Durland Chair Professor of Finance, Cornell University
Daniel Ferrés
Assistant Professor of Finance, Universidad de Montevideo
Gaizka Ormazabal
Associate Professor of Accounting and Control, University of Navarra
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Waffle On about Carry On Screaming.
Hello and welcome to our 2018 Halloween special in which we chat away about this brilliant Carry On film starring Harry H Corbett, Kenneth Williams and Fenella Fielding. We also have a brief chat about the Star Trek Experience at the Birmingham NEC and a mention about this brilliant new documentary film that is coming out in November.
The documentary is by Tony Klinger and is about his father the well known film producer Michael Klinger who made the notable works such as 'Cul-de-sac' with Roman Polanski, 'Gold' with Roger Moore and most famously 'Get Carter' with Sir Michael Caine. You can find all information about this doco at The Man Who Got Carter. A film by Tony Klinger
Come and join our Facebook group, simply search for waffle on podcast in the search bar.
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WhiteMoon x BlackSun
A place for writing
I Have Paid Too Much For This Home
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The Reborn Otaku’s Code of Practice for the Apocalypse
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Jumper Report
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Chapter 221 Heavy Rainfall
September 9, 2019 December 9, 2019 ~ WhiteMoon x BlackSun
Lightning flashed across the sky along the faint sound of thunder was clear in the dark. Luo Xun reacted and were ready to form shelter from the rain while the group next to the fire were also busy.
The two other men were not fleeing the rain, or waking their companions but were rolling together…
At first, Luo Xun ignored what those were doing while preparing for the rain. While waiting for Yan Fei to get on the roof, the two noticed a pair of figures moving non-stop next to the fire.
Luo Xun squinted for a while only to determine that the figures were too far away so he could not tell if they were a man and a woman or two people of the same sex. If they encountered zombies wandering around, who knew if the pair would be frightened or triggered some other situation.
Another bolt of lightning struck while they were curiously observing the group in the distance, almost completely illuminating the area. It was not long before louder thunder roared over their heads. The noise woke up the team and looked at Luo Xun and Yan Fei.
“What’s the matter…” Wang Duo rubbed his eyes to sit up, blankly looking at the right. The two women also sat up from sleep.
“It’s thundering outside, I’m afraid it will rain.” Luo Xun explained, “Go to sleep, we have handled the roof, there should not be a problem.”
Song Lingling lightly noted, “I hear the sound of thunder outside?”
“Yes, it’s thundering but it has not started yet.”
“Since we have so much metal, won’t we get hit by lightning?”
…. ……………
Luo Xun suddenly looked at Yan Fei, who silently made a lightning rod deep in the ground.
They had placed grounding rods in various locations when they were building their base since most of the material was metal. If they had bad luck during a thunderstorm, Luo Xun was afraid the whole base would be blown up. It was just that they were in the middle of buildings had forgotten. Once Yan Fei was done with the rod, another explosion of thunder sounded waking up the rest. No other way, who let the sound be so loud?
Luo Xun temporarily did not advise everyone to continue sleeping but instead look outside the window. Not far from the fire, the situation was not good. The previous thunder woke up the car teammates and lit up the area.
Unfortunately, those people had not finished before the rain started to fall.
The raindrops were so large that each one made a loud knock on the roof. Not long after the first drop, the sound became a torrent. Even more frightening was that thunder arrived from time to time and the wind picked up. It seemed that after each rumble, the rain became denser.
“Will we be flooded with rain?” Li Tie rubbed his eyes and asked uneasily.
At this time Luo Xun also took out his computer from his bag and checked the map. “I can see if we can find where the terrain is high and low…”
They were now in the city, the urban drainage facilities could not guaranteed after the apocalypse. Now this heavy rain poured down, if their area flooded it would be a large problem.
Even if Yan Fei could completely seal the cars with metal and not let if get submerged, after a while the roads would not be easy to traverse.
“I can’t find out.” After a while, Luo Xun helplessly sighed. Although the map was very detailed, it did not list the altitude of the city areas. But even Luo Xun knew – the drainage in the relatively old streets was not good, the newer ones might be better.
“Do you want to rush overnight?” He Qiankun saw the action outside and provided a proposal.
“…It’s not very safe.” Luo Xun touched his chin and looked at Yan Fei. He was very hesitant, since there was a long distance from their new base and even the southwest base.
“Or wait until dawn before we go, in case of what could happen at night on the road?” The group of people talked. Their fatigue was thrown away in an instant during the discussion.
The fire in the distance had been extinguished in the pouring rain. The men seemed to return to their cars to endure the night.
Luo Xun waited a while to persuade the others to rest while the two continued the vigil.
Yan Fei added a metal roof above their head to keep out the noise. He added some height from the metal extracted from the roadside, lest the rain flooded them.
That night, almost no one slept well with the noise and flashes of lightning, they stayed up until dawn.
Luo Xun woke up early in the morning to look around. The rain had not stopped and blocked part of the team’s view. The ground had absorbed the water so the layer was no longer higher than the tires.
The team ate something, the group of people went back to the car and Yan Fei sealed the vehicle. Not a single drop of water entered. Finally Yan Fei recalled the metal back into the shape of the car and they headed down the road.
The wheels squealed in the water but the water displaced was relatively small. When they drove over to where the other team had camped last night, there were no signs of the car, likely they had rushed away at dawn.
As the heavy rain affected their line of sight, it was not easy to see the road. They were not able to move too fast throughout the day. In the evening while passing a fork in the road they saw a group of cars trying to move – the road was very deep. A few of the cars were flooded and unable to move.
Nearby water users were trying to deal with the rain and several water-soaked power users were pulling the car out.
Luo Xun took a long look from the southern road and forward – it would take at least two or three days to return home. Who knew if their drainage facilities would not work? If the base was properly sealed? If they went back to find the basement and underground rooms were flooded…they would not be able to survive.
In the past, after entering the city Luo Xun drove a full three days. Before that it took nearly two days to arrive at the city. This rainfall on their way back made them feel like the road was very long.
Fortunately, there was a water user in their team. When they were unable to tell if there were any holes in the road, Song Lingling was able to help. In the end, the two ladies’ car was moved to the front with Zhang Yi on the rear. Song Lingling split the water to clear the road.
In this way, although a lot of trouble, their caution let them avoid a crisis in advance.
One should know, although many places in A-city looked repaired, with damage caused by zombies and other battles, the ground was more fragile.
If the damage was obvious, at most the road becomes hard to pass. But if the ground was hollowed out with a layer of asphalt on top, they were walking in blind!
Due to the heavy rain, many spots of the road had directly collapsed. Teams driving to this place were likely to get trapped.
Thus, the previously estimated three days of travel turned into five days. During the last three days the rain stopped but the water remained on the road as an obstacle.
At noon on the fifth day, the group once again saw familiar farmland, mutant plants which calmed everyone’s hearts.
The terrain here was relatively high, at least the water on the highway had receded. Only a few even places had puddles. But the roadside farmland seemed to have turned into a field of water. The sun hitting the waves almost blinded their eyes.
“If someone falls in there, are they going to drown?” Han Li’s voice came from a phone.
“Maybe you can swim in it, do you want to try?”
“You try, god knows if there will be any mutant animals in it.”
“Was the farmland so deep before? How did it rain once and become a lake?”
The team was chatting only to hear sounds in the distance. They raised their heads and were surprised to find something had arrived at the water fields or swamp? Anyway there were water birds leisurely floating on top of the water before flapping their wings! And there were quite a few of them!
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Meat!!!
Thank you for the chapter. What a peaceful apocalypse world….
gta28 says:
Hehehe….more meat!!!🤤
Thanks for the update 😁
reiyu57 says:
Bird meat!! Wonder our wolfs going to hunt as well??
libraryrocker says:
Meat!!!!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!
wandering fujoshi says:
Meat ? Meat. MEAT!!!!!🍗
Thanks for the chapter 😋
natsume142 says:
They cant take a breather for a few chapters!
Curse you plotline!!
muggelschmuggel says:
lolololololol
Funny how everyones first reaction here is MEAT!!!! xDD
Well, it was my first thought too lolol
We’re all affected by this meat loving team hahaha.
I hope their base is fine and we get to see our little big wolves again :3
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
skaralding says:
Lol this story has turned us all into uncaring meat fiends. Ten foot tall wild pigs? Meat! Angry giant sheep? Lamb meat!! Fierce (?) giant water birds? Bird meat!!!
Thanks for the chapter~~
Kwai Pusing says:
After the rain,there will befrogs so, frog meat. Hehe
Silvi Ortega says:
Jajajajajajajaja
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Wiwi Jury: Norway’s Agnete with “Icebreaker”
It’s now time for the Wiwi Jury — our in-house panel of music unprofessionals — to get started on the 43 songs that will be competing in Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm. Our first port of call was Oslo, where we visited the Fram Museum to learn all about polar ships. Afterwards we sat down to discuss Agnete and her song “Icebreaker”. Did she melt our hearts? Or we were we left cold? Read on to find out!
Agnete – “Icebreaker”
“Icebreaker” reviews
Angus: Norway have been building to a winner the past few years and in Agnete they have their girl! Every time I hear the tempo changes it hits like an iceberg to the face and I want more. The dance-pop elements are icy cool, the chorus a vocal tour de force and the staging dazzling. “Icebreaker” has everything a modern winning song needs.
Bogdan: The surprising tempo change reminds me of Lana Del Rey’s “West Coast”, where the chorus is slower than the verses, and I applaud the courage of the songwriters who dared to swim against the tide. In this respect, “Icebreaker” will stand out in May and it will be interesting to see what the juries and the viewers make of it. I expect a lot of fan support, the likes of which Agnete enjoyed at the end of the Norwegian suspense-filled final.
Deban: “Icebreaker” wields a mattock in both hands as it redefines notions of Eurodance. Agnete’s vocal delivery, although lacking in grit, possesses a pop-soprano quality that sharpens this number. Nothing is lamer than predictable pop! Agnete knows this, and delivers a rescue package laced with killer-suspense, creativity and a banging hook. “Icebreaker” puts me in a trance.
Padraig: Is Agnete really comparing herself to a ship with a strengthened hull? It’s certainly not the most romantic of metaphors. But it may be apt considering the amount of lyrical clangers she has to deal with. Unlike most people, I don’t find the tempo change jarring. It does, however, leave me underwhelmed. When I’m teased a Cascada-esque banger, I expect a Cascada-esque banger. The two-in-one approach may have wowed the Norwegians, but Europe will prove harder to please.
Robyn: This song is really growing on me, though that’s not necessarily a good thing when performers only get one shot in the semi-finals. The staging at the national final was a mess, from Agnete disappearing from view as she walked down the stairs, to the poorly executed dancer in a box, to Agnete’s alarming talon-like false nails. The tempo change is unusual and unexpected on first listen, but the if song’s presentation can be strengthened, it could do really well.
William: With smokey vocals and raw sensuality, Agnete doesn’t just break the ice — she melts it! Initially I found the tempo change jarring. But on repeat listen I’ve come to love it and the dubstep that follows. This has the darkness of Margaret Berger but Agnete fills it with light. I prefer the live version to the studio take, as Agnete mixes power, soul and vulnerability so well. Bonus points for the effective use of smoke. There’s clearly a geyser beneath her glacier and I can feel the heat!
Mikhail: It starts off generic but nice. And then the tempo change comes and I want to mute it. It is simply annoying. The shift is not smooth and it hits you like an electric shock. Ultimately this is two different songs stitched together. When you have two snowballs and slam them together, you don’t get a nice big snowball, you get a weird ass mess.
Denise: The tempo change sounded a little weird the first time I heard it. Now I don’t even notice it anymore and it’s just a really good song. That it’s changing all the time grabs your attention. I also like the staging and I wouldn’t be surprised if we see the same thing in Stockholm.
Patrick: Let me be honest with you. Agnete was not my favourite at all. When I heard the song the first time I was really confused and pretty much hated it. But seeing it live changed my mind completely. Agnete needs to work on her vocals, but she has time. The song is modern and the staging amazing.
Mike: Initially I thought that the Norwegian national final was really bad and that the winner didn’t matter. But the more I listen to this song, the more I love it. At first the change in the chorus seemed really weird, but for some reason it makes sense now and fits the song. Gabriel Alares, who co-wrote the song, told me the lyrics have a special meaning for Agnete and that they revolve around a friend of hers who was previously addicted to drugs. This should take Norway back to the Top 10 for the fourth year in a row.
Tobias:“Icebreaker” is written by the Swedish songwriter, Gabriel Alares, who also wrote Russia’s entry last year. This song is a mix of Loreen’s “Euphoria” and a typical Sia song. The performance makes it a lot stronger. I don’t think Agnete’s voice is on point during the whole song but you don’t think of that while you look at this gorgeous artist. I think Norway will be in the top ten this year, but this is not the winner.
Judit: I love Norway, believe me, but I simply can’t love this song. The music is OK but the lyrics… “I’ll be your icebreaker/When you’re stuck in frozen water.” Really? Maybe it’s my fault, and I’m not creative enough, but for me it’s just annoying, nothing more. Sorry Agnete, it’s not my cup of tea.
In the Wiwi Jury we have 40 jurors but only have room for 12 reviews. The remaining 28 scores are below.
Anthony: 8/10
Antranig: 6.5/10
Bernardo: 7.5/10
Chris: 8/10
Cristian: 6.5/10
David: 8/10
Dayana: 7.5/10
Diego: 7/10
Edd: 6/10
Forrest: 3.5/10
George: 9/10
Gökhan: 10/10
Jason: 6.5/10
Josh: 7.5/10
Kristin: 6/10
Liam: 5.5/10
Luis: 7/10
Marek: 2/10
Maria: 4/10
Mario: 7/10
Max: 7/10
Renske: 9/10
Rezo: 7/10
Sami: 9.5/10
Sinan: 9.5/10
Steinunn: 6/10
William C: 7.5/10
Zakaria: 5/10
The highest and lowest scores are dropped prior to calculating the average score. This is to remove outliers and reduce potential bias. We have removed a low of 2 and a high of 10.
WIWI JURY SCORE: 7.09/10
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CookyMonzta
I assume I’m not the only one who wanted Laila Samuels’ “Afterglow” to win. Nevertheless, the tempo changes in “Icebreaker” make Agnete’s song an incredibly rare gamble that should draw the attention of many who weren’t paying much attention to the Norsk MGP. This is #12 in my first evaluation.
I know instantly when I like a song… And this one hit a chord within me, and frankly, compared to the other entries in the Norwegian Finale, it was just Laila/Afterglow that was a match. (for me) The other ones were mostly ‘WTF’!!?? It is different, and I love different, and for me it sounds and feels perfect. OFC there are things that can be better, always is….but I don’t want to get hung up in details, when I like the overall this good. Too bad I can’t vote for it. 😛 My vote goes to Dami Im, and maybe… Read more »
I think she will qualify for the final, I like the chorus of the song. 7/10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Really nice verses, followed by aweful, annoying, lazy written refrain. This song is starting off as a potential winner, not a masterpiece, and resembles too much of Euphoria, but still very nice. Then there comes the iceberg, and it all sinks down in a second…
GermanQR
Norway is a fast country, it seems. Three songs on the same night! None of them bad, but medleys are good for well known songs, not new ones. Cool it guys! You only needed one! 2/10 for sheer inconsistency.
My favorite Scandinavian entry this year. I like it, and I hum the chorus when I listen to it.
I used to hate the tempo change, but now I think it’s completely amazing.
4/43 in my top
irish esc
she will slay at eurovision in may.
TeleRoger
Well she can definitely sing but agree with the comments about the changes in tempo. At times it feels like a mash up of two songs and am not sure where it is going next!
Am sure the staging will be amazing and maybe they will release that poor woman from being trapped in the stage rostrum behind the singer!!
Not our winner this year
Norway is my 25th this year. Agnete’s voice is lovely but the song’s composition is just kind of lazy to my ears. Slamming two different styles without any real transition is jarring especially on the first listen which is its downfall for anyone that will be listening on the first time. Also, there is nothing really special about the composition. It is just regular pop. The staging too was okay but I didn’t like the dancer in the middle with the box. It was really distracting.
I agree with @Digital Style; the break in tempo/ melody is quite jarring and doesn’t work for me unfortunately.
Disappointing after such a promising 2015 entry.
I’ll be really surprised if this makes it to the finals. It’s a no for me.
Nicky91
this song is the worst song from Norway ever, it’s flat and dull and very boring
the singer has zero personality in that song, she sings very awful live
Norway won’t qualify this year 0.5/10
Stephen_kolex
Congratulations Norway you done well. However, I prefer the hot temper beat of the song rather than the ballet, but we shall see how Europe react to it. The singer Agnete looks beautiful and sounds great.
Azaad
The only really disjointed song this year is “The Last Of Our Kind”- “Icebreaker” has a tempo shift that is a bit jarring, but it’s still a good song that will probably make the top 10 like Norway’s past three entries.
I seriously dislike the tempo change, from the refrains to the chorus. It reminds me a little bit of Margaret Berger in 2013, which I preferred by miles.
But it’s the kind of music that usually does well in Eurovision..so I don’t think Agnete should give up.
It is a nice song but I think that something is missing from refrain….nevertheless is a good song
Digital Style
I wouldn’t say it’s a bad song, it’s just not very well written and put together. I know the verse to chorus transition is intentional but it doesn’t change the fact that it is awful. I feel like she’s trying to combine many elements used in popular songs and it turned out with this mess.
Ooopps double posts. I thought my first comment didn’t got through. 2.5-3 out of 10 .
This is such an awful production. Yes, the song may stand out for its ‘uniqueness’. But the whole transition between two different generic music genres gives me somewhat a confusing reaction and rather a jarring feeling to it.
Agnete’s voice: Lovely.
Lyrics: A little cliché but I like it.
Music: Nope. The transition needs a major work. Such a lazy composition.
Not this year Norway.
I rather give my votes to Freddy Kalas’ Feel The Rush than this song. At least, that sounds fun and enjoyable.
I really don’t get the hype of this song. Like sure this stands out the most amongst all of the entries this year. But the production of the music is rather lazy. Don’t get me wrong it has an okay lyrics, performed by the beautiful Agnete which has a lovely vocals. I just find the music as super jarring and irritating. A two generic music genres (electrodance & midtempo ballad) that is sticked together that just doesn’t work at all.
I didn’t have too much of a problem with the transition initially but as I listen more it definitely grows on you. It’s now my 2nd favourite overall, just a brilliant, innovative Nordic dance pop masterpiece.
Reminds me of when Girls’ Generation released I Got A Boy, which many people thought was 3 songs in 1, but I always saw the best in its composition. Plus it still got over 150 million views on YouTube.
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I don’t get how so many jurors agree that they hated it on first listening but still think it will do well. Over 99% of voters will only hear the song once!! If it even makes the final its gonna flop. It doesn’t matter how well a song grows after many listens if most people only see the first time!
1.5/10 because I hated it first listen. After that it doesn’t matter.
7 / 10 Although it’s rather apparent which songs Icebreaker has taken inspiration from, I actually think Icebreaker is a stronger composition than its source material (that’s not an accomplishment that I encounter very often). Still though, I find the tempo change jarring, and I feel like it was done just so that the song could have its own identity. It’s rather ironic that I’m critical of the tempo change, given that I write piano music and my instructor is always telling me that I’m trying to do too many things in the same song. I don’t know if this… Read more »
Briekimchi
At times, it sounds as if could do potentially well but then, you got the underwhelming chorus, the worst part of the song. Not content with underwhelming us once, Agnete’s repeats the lines of her chorus a second time in pretty much the exact same manner.
Whilst this is a step up from the sleep-inducing song Norway sent last year, I feel this is righthand side of the scoreboard material.
Icebreaker? Gurl you be breakin’ mirrors with that high note. This song just seems to be a mix-match of approximately twelve and a half different songs that must’ve been too good to resist. The tempo change still confuses me and completely knocks the song of its course – saying this the song is compelling enough to grab my attention, and isn’t too bad compared to a pretty week Scandinavian field this year.
Tommy V
I agree with a lot of the Jury that on first time hearing this song I thought the tempo change was annoying – but now I absolutely love it! I agree with William that the live version is so much better than the studio (not often we can say that eh?!)
12 points from UK!!
All of the constituent parts are there for it – if you separate the hooks, they’re all amazing. In isolation. None of them rub along well alongside each other and it’s obvious no revamp is going to magically happen. If they do though, I’d rather they not go ‘sod it, let’s go full-Cascada’ way on the chorus.
I honestly believe the tempo change could work if, and only if that build up in the verse actually went somewhere. A decently crafted drop would have carried this much better. As it stands it sounds like a musical version of Scandipop ‘Consequences’.
I would agree that Norway has been building to a winner, but it won’t be this year, they have sent stronger entries from 2013-2015. I actually predict a win for Norway in 2017 🙂 Song wise, ‘Icebreaker’ isn’t bad I love the up tempo euphoria style build up and I like the soulful chorus, but hearing them together just feels odd, Agnete should have decided if she wanted dance music or power pop, but it’s not the worst song. Will qualify for sure as its in a weak semi with Denmark, Germany, Ireland and United Kingdom voting, who usually give… Read more »
3,5/10 – I nearly despise that song! It’s messy and her voice is very annoying!
One of my favorites. Really unique and tells a good story. I love tempo changes, they give it that frosty feeling. It should easily qualify from semi 2.
EscAddict
I am loving the music, the lyrics & the performance. I find the chorus very catchy & stays with me. Icebreaker is in my Top 5.
DJ Tiggeh
wow, 40 jurors now….this is getting more indepth and serious.
Keep up the good work all at Wiwibloggs. You are by far my favourite site for all Euro news these days!
ct_greece
Bad live singer with a mess of a song. 7,1? Are you serious?? Next!
Chrysovalantis
In my opinion it’s not a bad song-I just don’t like mixtures very much and this particular combination of sounds is not quite successful.I believe she will qualify to the final but eventually won’t rank very high…
@Thales
Tempo change is fine and can be a beautiful and interesting part of a song. But here it’s not. Israel was much more successful about having different tempo verses and chorus last year. In Icebreaker it’s jarring and immediately pulls be out of the song.
Daniel E.
First of all, let me just take a moment and say: Hurraaaaayyy! It’s that exciting time of the year, when the wiwi jury reviews the songs! ;)). Although, as it happened in previous years, I’m sure it will get frustrating at times. And I didn’t have to wait long, it’s already happening… This is in my top 5, and I obviously don’t expect everyone to love it as much as I do. But, come on!!! 2,3?! That doesn’t leave much room to review many songs lower (unless those reviewers intend to give these marks many many times) – and even… Read more »
Those people who are criticizing the lyrics, they obviously don’t understand the meaning of the song. A hint: the icebreaker is a METAPHOR. 😉 By the way she’s my number one and I hope she’ll finish in the top 10.
A lot of people complaining about the tempo change. But that’s music. Music is about surprise, is about to bring something different. I really like the tempo change, that’s what make this song great. Although the beggining reminds me Euphoria, they are two different songs. Agnete is a good singer and the song fits her voice. This is the best song of the week semi final two, although I’d prefer a lot of SF1 and Big5+Hosts songs. And this don’t remind any of Sia’s songs, only her performance (in the X Factor, I guess) where the dancer of Azerbaijan’s performance… Read more »
JonathanUK
7.5/10. Like the mix between the danceable versus and the pounding chorus. Agnete needs to focus on her live to take it to the next level and she needs to ditch the talons she wore in MGP. Also, the staging must be improved. With improved staging, I think that this could make the low top ten but if we cannot see the artist performing the song, then please make it less obvious, a close up of the dancer would be more fitting than seeing Agnete descend a dark staircase. Although, that being said, Norway always deliver a fantastic final product… Read more »
Cant believe noone raged about the non-existent key changes. Looks like people are actually learning. Its a good song, hopefully top 5
@ William Lee
You are right. There is certainly not one perfect voting system. I thought it over. Actually, for the final result the outliers are sometimes even more important than the normal votes. That’s why a controversial song is sometimes more successfull than a song that fans neither love nor hate.
Agree with Mikhail
3.5/10. Generic song with an annoying, abrupt tempo change for the chorus.
Eric C
This song is already stuck in my head and on high repeat on my playlist. I liked the stage presentation. Bump that up one more notch and top 10 for sure. Maybe higher if some other acts don’t nail the live performance like Agnete can.
TheLighthouse
A very exciting time when the wiwi jury review the songs :):). It screams that Eurovision is just around the corner!
As for Icebreaker, I feel that two songs are thrown together; but I love it!! However it does blend in. People wanting that type of music would vote Russia. I’m sure it will qualify, and get high on the right or low on the left in the final. 8/10.
@Bhrister Cjorkman: Malta’s song disjointed ? Well, I don’t agree, I think the song just continues to build up and build up ! It is definitely one to watch with good staging and hoping for amazing vocal display. I just hope Malta will not be as underrated as it is in the comments section of this site. It is modern, fresh and different. If the contest is to evolve more and more, songs like Malta’s, Armenia’s, Bulgaria’s, and of other countries such as Israel, Azerbaijan, Croatia should definitely do well.
Ben Rafter
I love the verses but the chorus doesn’t go anywhere for me…. She is gorgeous though and I can see this doing well!
I have really liked Norway’ recent entries: “I feed you my love” should have won the contest, “Silent storm” is a genuine and very good entry, “A monster like me” was fabulous. “Icebreaker”, however, has left me underwhelmed since the first time I heard it. I suspect Agnete make it to the finals, but I will not be surprised if my home land finishes among the bottom 10 on the big night.
To make myself clear, I was not referring to anyone. I am all in favor for people writing their opinion, I just don’t like comments that are there just to hate. Singers will actually see these comments and I don’t like them feeling bad 🙁
Bhrister Cjorkman
If we are talking about disjoined songs then “Walk On Water” and “The Last Of Our Kind” are the ones we should be discussing.
The transition in “Icebreaker” actually feels smooth, and it fits the theme. Let me explain borrowing one youtuber’s comment:
“Picture the energy and motion of an Icebreaker….. what happens when it hits Ice and frozen water? It slows down…..and then it can hit smooth water again….(speed goes up)”
Oh, and just because tempo changes are rare in modern pop music, they were much more common before and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them.
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10 reasons why we love Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest
byIzhar Levy
We continue to look at all the countries currently competing in the Eurovision Song Contest and why we love them. And today we will be crossing the Mediterranean Sea straight to this year’s runner-up, Cyprus.
Cyprus debuted in 1981. Their early years in Eurovision were quite good, having reached fifth and sixth places in their first two appearances. Their record afterwards was mixed, with some songs that were ranked amongst the top ten (mainly between the mid-’80s to the mid-’90s). Since the introduction of the semi-finals, Cyprus had been struggling, having failed to qualify four times in a row between 2006 to 2009. But during the last few years, their qualification rate has improved dramatically, and last May they were very close to a win with Eleni Fouriera’s “Fuego”.
With a unique and interesting series of songs and artists in the history of Eurovision, let us sail to the lovely island of Cyprus and highlight the 10 reasons of why we love Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest.
1. They have competed for the longest at Eurovision without a victory
Cyprus joined Eurovision 37 years ago and has missed it only three times (1988, 2001 and 2014). This means that Cyprus now holds the record for the most number of times competing in Eurovision without a single victory. But 2018 may have changed Cyprus’s fortune at the contest. After their amazing show in Lisbon and their best result ever, it looks as if it is now only a matter of time until they win. We hope that Cyprus will not have to wait much longer before they finally take the trophy!
2. Yeah yeah, fire!
From the fierceness of the performance to the emotion and tension of the televote — Cyprus brought the drama to Lisbon (not to mention the epic Wiwi Jam performance). Eleni Fouriera’s performance and charisma set the arena ablaze – serving that fiery realness. “Fuego” has since become a huge hit, with around 50 million views on YouTube for the music video and the live performances. It can still be heard in clubs and on radios around Europe.
3. The Greek–Cypriot connection and the Vissi dynasty
It is no secret that Greece and Cyprus’ bonds are unbreakable, probably due to their cultural closeness and shared language. As we’ve seen in our article regarding why we love Greece, the exchange of points between the countries speaks for itself. But the bonds between the countries are also demonstrated in their selection of artists. Many artists who represented Cyprus are Greek or with Greek origins. The most interesting ones to mention are the Cyprus-born sisters Anna and Lia Vissi. Anna, who represented Greece in 1980, returned in 1982 with her legendary “Mono I agapi” (“Only Love”) as a performing artist for Cyprus. Sister Lia represented Cyprus with “To Katalava Arga” (“I realised it too late”) and six years earlier as a backing singer for Greece in Jerusalem 1979.
4. They put their own twist on Greek
Back in the era of the national-language rule, Cyprus knew how to use Greek to create a modern sound. In 1987, they sent “Aspro Mavro”, which used a catchy rhythm. Ten years later they sent the unforgettable “Mana Mou”, which used a similar structure and ensured the equally catchy song could be a huge success.
5. You can predict their songs by their title
It’s the oldest trick in a songwriter’s book — choose a song title that evokes a key lyric from a song and you’ll get people humming along just from the title alone. Cyprus has raised this to an art form. Try to read “Ela Ela (Come Baby)”, “Anna Maria Lena”, “La La Love” and – of course – “Fuego” and not get triggered!
6. Their songs age very well
Take “Mono i agapi” as an example – it is almost 40 years old but it still sounds like a modern ballad. “Genesis” from 1998 is another example. The song is a powerful pop tune which still sounds relevant despite its age (alongside with his handsome performer, Michalis Hatzigiannis, who has since become famous in Greece and Cyprus).
7. Some of their songs were overwhelming underrated
In 1999, Cyprus had huge expectations with their song “Thane Erotas” (“It will be love”), performed by Marlain. It was also ranked very high in the betting odds. But on the night of the show, the song finished second last. Fans were devastated.
Evridiki is another example of a great singer who brought two masterpieces to the Eurovision stage which weren’t appreciated. In 1994, she sang the unforgettable “Eimai anthropos ki ego” (“I am also a human being”), which only reached 11th place. Evridiki came back in 2007 again but this time with a French up-tempo number, “Comme ci, comme ça”. It was a hot favourite going into the contest, but it failed to qualify from the mammoth single semi-final.
8. They change their numbers and never stick with one style
Over the years, their songs were very diverse: from quiet ballads like “Stronger Every Minute”, to cheery performances such as “Gimme”; from hymns addressing the universe like “S.O.S” and “Genesis” to folk-pop and dancing such as “Gravity” and “Fuego”. Cyprus takes Eurovision very seriously and always finds a way to be original and bring something new.
9. Without Cyprus’ points, Turkey would not have won in 2003
Since its Eurovision debut, Cyprus has never normally given any points to Turkey — nor has it received any. Except for one very interesting year. In 2003, Cyprus broke the cycle and awarded Sertab Erener eight points for “Everyway That I Can”. It was enough to give Turkey a two-point lead over Belgium and earn them their first Eurovision victory. Curiously, Turkey gave one point “back” to Cyprus a year later — also for the first time — when the contest was held in Istanbul.
10. They know how to rock out
Cyprus excels when it comes to sending glamorous divas to Eurovision, but in 2016 they proved they could go in the opposite direction. After making a mark in the 2015 national final, rock band Minus One was internally selected with the song “Alter Ego”. They brought their Cypriot rock to Stockholm, where it sailed into the grand final.
Bonus! They work their hairography
Whether it is a straight and smooth style like a femme fatale (Evdokia Kadi and Evridiki), wild like a lioness (Eleni Fouriera) or sleek-but-relaxed (Despina Olimpiou), Cyprus females’ singers simply have a very chic style when it comes to their hair!
Bonus 2! Alex Panayi
Building on those Greek-Cypriot connections, we just have to mention Alex Panayi. The Nicosia-born singer sang with Helena Paparizou in 2005 when she won the contest with ‘My Number 1’. But he’s also had plenty of success at Eurovision on his own — he came ninth with fan favourite “Sti fotia” in 1995 and placed 21st in 2000 as part of the duo The Voice with the song “Nomiza”. And let’s not even get into all the amazing artists he has coached, including Sergey Lazarev and Aisel. A man of the people, and a huge supporter of the Eurovision community, he also performed at the inaugural Wiwi Jam in Stockholm in 2016!
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4 consecutive finals in the last 4 years. No one can boast of that except of Sweden and Austria (albeit both had a win in between so they qualified anyway) and Australia who were in the final by default in 2015.
“Many artists who represented Cyprus are Greek or with Greek origins. The most interesting ones to mention are sisters Anna and Lia Vissi.”
Is the author implying that Anna Vissi is Greek? Because if that’s the case then I’ve got some news for you. She’s actually Cypriot and a proud one at that. The phrasing seems very off as to say that she’s of Greek origin where in fact she was born in Larnaca and then made a successful career in Greece spanning 5 decades.
OrangeVorty
What about the awesome “Teriazoume”? Evridiki’s first attempt of three for Cyprus in 1992 – and possibly her best if you forgive her hitting the microphone stand. The very definition of sultry.
Jo.
pelican fly fly flyin
Hot take: blow for blow, I prefer Cyprus’ entries to Greece’s. I dunno, I feel like they kept changing it up while Greece was content to keep sending the same thing, and like a lot of other countries with more esoteric selections, they kind of waited it out and are now constant qualifiers and the most recent runners-up. Lots of goodies to choose here, but much as I love Fuego (though it took me until rehearsals to see it for the smash it was), my favorite’s either Mono i agapi or Mana mou (97 has my favorite entries for Cyprus,… Read more »
Best Top 10 of why wiwi loves ever. Very thoughtful and legit.
The others were really awkward, random facts, and Germany’s love came from a German blogger.
Reply to Linzer Torte
Mana Mou’s “Dam dam daba dam, daba daba dam, dapa dam dapa dam, dapa dapa dapa dam…daba daba dam, daba daba dam….” will never leave my brain.
Evridiki 1994 is their best ever, though. She represented them three times, don’t forget 1992…
ESCFan2009 (male, 22, German)
Yey, finally an article where all the Netta haters on this website could go to, so that they don’t spam the other articles with their weirdness or saying bad things about wiwibloggs, that are not true, cause wiwibloggs is the best Eurovision website ever! 😉 😛 And now, haters, downvoting my comment in 3, 2, 1…
“Life Looks Better In Spring” is one of my all-time favorite Eurovision songs, and it’s so oft-overlooked and underrated! They made me FEEL
Reply to Kat
That’s probably one of my least favorite Cyrus entries, or actually of any entry. Maybe because he was Welsh , I don’t know, but it didn’t seem genuinely Cypriot and was so dull. Plus he beat Constantinos in the national final, and even though he too had a bad song it would have been nice to see him back in Oslo like in ’96.
Cyprus is most “famous” in a bad way for “Greece 12 Points” . I love the new voting system so we dont have to hear it that often anymore. Cyprus in 2012 i STILL feel its a crime it wasnt top 5. Cyprus in 2007 and 1985 was a crime to.
I love Cyprus because they are our close neighbors and their country is beautiful. Like us, they are part of that “club” of countries which take part in Eurovision that aren’t geographically part of Europe, but culturally have a lot in common with this continent (each country on a different level, of course). This club includes Armenia and to a great extent Georgia and Azerbaijan (and Turkey, back in the day).
We’re the real Big5 (;
Cheers from Israel
All contrary, songs like Fuego are what Cyprus listens most of the time, but they were afraid to send them, they thought that for an international festival, they must send traditional/folk inspired songs. I hope next year, Cyprus or Greece will send Elli Kokkinou.
For me best 3 song from Cyprus was song from 1997 than 2000 , 1995, I also like song from 1987, 1989,1991,1992,1994,1998,1999,2002,2004,2005,2007,2012,2018
They deserved to be in final in 2007, 2011. They don t deserved to be in final 2010,2015. Overrated in points for me in 1982, 2004 . Underrated in points in 1992,1994,1998,1999 and especialy in 2000.
Fuego was all well and good but it feels like an outlier. Unless CyBC is going to get Alex P and Eleni F involved every year, they’ll probably go back to using the remaining Eurosong 2015 finalists who will all end up placing around 22nd.
Blackquill
“Yeah yeah fire”? Yeah, one could tell that song was not written so that I would like it.
That being said, I want to give a shout out to the biggest injustice, “San Aggelos S’agapisa” ending second to last in its semi. I would’ve wished for something of that similar style, ethno-rock or what you may call it. But I figure as much that Cyprus won’t go for that sound anytime soon.
Reply to Blackquill
2011 was a strange year – very “all bets are off” re the qualifiers. But to be fair the staging for “San Aggelos S’agapisa” kind of killed it – ethnno mystique meets Smooth Criminal. The songs that did well that year had stronger staging that didn’t get lost on the huge stage.
#pioneer
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as for Cyprus 2011: wasn’t it them who had a screaming/wailing? lady on stage who was spinning a big ball (or whatever was that) covered with some lines? (dunno how to describe it well)
The song wasn’t bad, but the performance kinda destroyed their chances…
2011 my favourite Cyprus entry ever. So underrated. It’s so magical and i liked the staging. <3
hi im gay
The true winner of eurovision 2018….
Is Netta <3
Roy Moreno
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We all know that, she won, alright, this article is about Cyprus.
And that’s coming from an Israeli guy…
Eee Pee
La La Love is one of my favourite Eurovision songs of all time! It should of won!
Yanis2Y
I’m waiting for the “cYpRuS sHoUlD hAvE wOn EuRoViSiOn 2018” comments
Yeah Yeah Fire.
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MSU Receives $1M Donation For Music Building Project
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According to WLNS.com, Michigan State University has received a $1 million donation that puts it past the halfway point of the $17.5 million goal to renovate the university's music building.
Alumni donors Byron and Delores Cook are the latest to help achieve the goal of adding a Music Pavilion for the College of Music. The Cook Recital Hall already is named after the couple.
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Posted on August 30, 2016 September 5, 2016 by Weezelle Posted in Adult fiction, Book review, Books
Australia’s asylum shame
A year ago, I moved back to Australia after 10 years in Scotland. Over these last 12 months, I’ve been relearning what it is to be Australian – not in the cliched sense, but in terms of the nuances of daily life that I’d just clean forgotten about (such aggressive driving, for example) or never even known about (the oddities of school drop offs).
But more than anything, I’ve had to confront and compute my country’s attitudes to its indigenous people and its asylum seekers. I feel like I’m seeing these issues with fresh eyes, and I really don’t like what I see.
When it comes to the refugee question, I’m trying to better understand how, over 10 years, the Australian population now tolerates the offshore processing and detention of thousands of asylum seekers in conditions that would appear to breach every human rights convention and all moral codes.
Peter Dutton, Australia’s Minister for Immigration
Obviously, there are people stridently opposed to this policy, but for the most part there seems to be, at best reading, a sense of powerlessness to change it, or at worst, a general agreement with this position.
So this weekend, I went to hear Robert Manne (professor of politics) and Madeleine Gleeson (human rights lawyer) discuss Australia’s asylum seeker policies at the Melbourne Writers Festival. I learned lots in that one hour: about how to shift public opinion within Australia (apparently two-thirds of the population supports the current policy) and how internationally we are becoming more isolated (Australia ‘has lost moral compass’ over immigration detention: New Zealand opposition). During the discussion it also became apparent very quickly that even left-leaning academics don’t agree on an approach or even a solution to this.
This discussion provided a useful framing for Home Truths: An Anthology of Refugee and Migrant Writing (edited by Caroline Petit and Yannick Thoraval) which I just finished reading. This collection presents voices that we rarely hear from and stories that are rarely acknowledged. It’s a collection of stories, essays and poems written by people who fled their own countries for different reasons, but who all now call Australia their home.
There are stories that focus on the trauma left behind. Mohamed Abba Omar speaks of going to bed early one night as he wanted to be well-rested to start his first day of university. That night civil war broke out in Mogadishu. ‘I left my beloved city, I left my country, my school and my friends. I ran for my life and spent most of my teenage years on the run’.
Some of the pieces, like the well-written story by Fatema Johera Ahmed, are lined with black humour. Her story, ‘A Suitable Bride’, is about thirty-two year old Orni’s struggle to subvert her family’s efforts to secure her an arranged marriage in Bangladesh. ‘She felt the piercing eyes of her evaluators as they casually undressed and appraised her for defects like one pressed a tomato’. Despite her family’s best efforts, and to Orni’s secret delight, she can not attract a potential husband:
There was no want of feedback too: she was too chirpy, too edgy or too disinterested, she was too short or her heels were too pretentiously high; she laughed when she was to respond or responded when it was better to be silent… Orni chose the easiest way – becoming the embodiment of Bengali womanhood who was not seen, and not heard, and had not been.
There is a lot written about the process of making Australia home, a lot of it is good, but not all of it’s positive. Sudanese author Ajak Kwai writes:
It is my tradition…. that each member of the community is to put others first… In Australia these ideas may be seen as idiot acts because it is expected that each person should stand up for themselves because no one else will. It is a pity that the culture in Australia seldom allows for such graciousness; to a newcomer from a culture like mine, Aussie culture is not seen as racism, but as bullying.
Some of the opinions expressed were perplexing to me: ‘Life in Australia is wonderful and happy. As citizens of this country, I and my wife and children pay loyalty and respect to the government and … acknowledge Prime Minister John Howard who accepted many Africans to be part of the Australian community’. That would be the same John Howard who, in my view, has poisoned the political discourse around asylum seekers for eternity. In the same essay, William Dimo calls George W. Bush ‘the bravest man ever’. It’s just so interesting what a different perspective can do.
The writing in Home Truths is not always elegant and the stories don’t always hang together as they might in a regular anthology. The editors acknowledge this tension – it’s a fine balance between editing these works where English is not always the writers’ first language, but where an adherence to authenticity and cultural norms around story-telling are paramount. The editors have done well to get this balance right. The immediate impact of each piece is huge, and collectively this is a powerful book. All the writers have done an amazing job to articulate their own, very personal experiences.
In some respects the refugees and migrants whose stories we can read in Home Truths have been lucky. Their stories aren’t all lined with silver, but they’ve been allowed to resettle in Australia; and have done so happily. Our former PM Kevin Rudd (who ironically when first elected seemed like an Obama-esque messiah sent to deliver us from political conservatism forever) introduced the current policy where any asylum seeker coming to Australia by boat is refused settlement in Australia, instead being settled in Papua New Guinea or Nauru if found to be legitimate refugees. In other words, no-one in our detention centres will ever set foot on Australian soil.
I can’t do much about the situation in Syria or in other countries that makes remaining in these places untenable for many people, but I can better educate myself and continue to question what I’m being told. For those who’d like to do the same thing, you can read more about Robert Mann’s position here, about Madeleine Gleeson’s book here. For some basic statistics about how many and what nationality of people are in Australian detention centres you can look here. And then of course there is Home Truths to give you a different perspective again, even if at times an uncomfortable one.
Home Truths can be bought through Amazon. All sale proceeds are donated to charities that support refugees.
Asylum seekers, Australia, Home Truths, Melbourne Writers Festival, Peter Dutton, Refugees, Robert Manne
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It’s a difficult question that all nations are struggling with to some degree or another, even poorer nations. As you’ll know, in our recent Brexit vote, there was much talk of us moving to an Australian system for immigration, and I have to say I found that kinda depressing, though I have no idea what a good solution would be. Seems crazy that, in a world with enough for all, we can’t find a way of allowing people to live in dignity and security without the need to leave their own countries.
I know, I know. The interesting point made by Madeleine Gleason was that countries need to accept that human mobility is a fact- that there will always be reasons why some people need to leave their country. She said until that’s recognised, it’s almost impossible to have a realistic and mature conversation between nations about the solution, let alone sorting it at its source, as you say.
Grace @ Cultural Life
Sobering stuff! I’ve heard that Australia has a harsh immigration policy, but I don’t know much about it. My heart aches for refugees.
Thanks so much. It’s sometimes hard to maintain outrage, and is good to be reminded of how things seem to someone who has a fresh perspective.
That’s a really thoughtful comment. How much outrage and for how long can you maintain it before it becomes pointless? It’s really hard to stay angry and motivated in the face of such dogma and adherence to a position.
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All France rose in indignation against the 7 cold and odious murders committed by Mohamed Merah. But imagine if Merah had been even more coldly calculating and put himself forward for the Presidency, and managed to obtain the requisite 500 "sponsors": then the Constitutional Council would have validated his candidacy, thus permitting him, if elected, to multiply his victims by millions. The smallest of France’s atom bombs has 7 to 8 times more power than the Hiroshima bomb which caused 200 000 deaths; if targeted well, it can kill one and a half million people. France’s total arsenal of 300 "nuclear warheads" can cause a billion deaths.
That’s an absurd hypothesis, you will say: nobody capable of committing huge crimes against humanity would have gained the 500 sponsorships from mayors and other elected officers of the Republic.
On the contrary! The person holding the nuclear code can decide, alone, “in his private conscience”, to use them against any population whatever. He is even the only one to hold that power, that exorbitant “prerogative” which François Hollande “claims” and “assumes fully”. As does Nicolas Sarkozy, for whom “deterrence remains for France an absolute imperative; nuclear deterrence is the Nation’s life-insurance”. Each of these men gained well over 500 “sponsorships”, without any of their supporters worrying about the risk that they might “press the nuclear button”.
That’s an absurd hypothesis, you will say again: the risk does not exist, because nuclear weapons are not made to be used, but only to deter an enemy from attacking us. Oh yes, the risk does exist. It is even compulsory: in order for nuclear weapons to deter an enemy, it needs to be possible to really use them. Everyone who preaches “nuclear deterrence” knows this; and knows also that the deterrent effect is never guaranteed, because it depends on the enemy’s perceptions, calculations, means of retaliation - and desires. Thus a Head of State or presidential candidate who approves of France having a nuclear arsenal, and who says he is ready to use it for deterrence, has to jolly well be prepared to press the button.
Those men are prepared, you will say, but they won’t press that button. Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande are humanists, respectful of our values, so they won’t do it. They’re only pretending today, so as never to have to really do it tomorrow.
Really? Look, it’s A or B: you can’t have it both ways.
Either (A) our leading presidential candidates are mouthing empty words, just bluffing, and a hypothetically strong, determined, aggressive, even ferocious enemy, also possessing nuclear weapons, will refuse to be intimidated. He will come “bellowing into our countryside” (as the “Marseillaise” puts it) and in that circumstance we will have no choice but surrender - as President Giscard d’Estaing was resigned to do, quite reasonably, during the Cold War.
Or else (B), their posture must be taken seriously, and they will act as President Truman, a good Christian, did in August 1945, even though he had known since 13 July that Japan wanted to surrender... they will use their nuclear weapons. The things exist, they cost a great deal, so you damn well use them, for God’s sake - for the demigod-in-chief’s sake!
That’s still an absurd hypothesis, you will say again from the last blockhouse of our nuclear “Maginot Line” for which we paid 300 billion euros. France’s Constitutional Council is the guardian of institutions and people who give top priority to respecting Human Rights, notably the right to life which has led us to abolish the death penalty. Never would that Council, knowing the criminal intentions of a man like Merah, allow him to occupy the highest office. They would necessarily invalidate his candidacy.
Alas, they wouldn’t. For one thing, the Council cannot know people’s hidden intentions, just as the police and intelligence services failed, as it seems, to find out Merah’s plans until he acted. And it’s worse: although Sarkozy and Hollande proclaim their wish to maintain, modernize and perpetuate France’s nuclear arsenal and to use it if they see fit, on 22 March the Constitutional Council still validated their candidacies.
On 19 March I had called for their invalidation on grounds of “preparation for crimes against humanity, infringement of treaties ratified by France, and non-respect of the Constitution of the French Republic.” But, alledgedly considering my request, the Council did not take a glance at all the treaties, humanitarian law and duly cited articles of the French Constitution which impose a duty to negotiate the abolition of nuclear weapons and which all condemn the committing and preparing of a crime against humanity.
After all, “hundreds of thousands of deaths, women, children, old people burned up in a split second, hundreds of thousands more dying in the following years after atrocious suffering, isn’t that what is called a crime against humanity?”
That was the question put to General de Gaulle by Alain Peyrefitte on 4 May 1962, as they emerged from the Council of Ministers which had discussed the nuclear strike force. What was de Gaulle’s response? “De Gaulle raised his arms in the air. That wasn’t his problem.” Confronted with that question on 22 March 2012, the Constitutional Court lowered its arms and turned away. It was not its problem to say whether nuclear arms, weapons for crimes against humanity, are contrary to the Constitution.
So now is the time for murderers. Merah opened the way with modest amateur murders. Whoever you elect to the Presidency will have an open path to crimes against humanity, even on an industrial scale. And with no minute of silence observed as a protestation in every school.
However, according to two polls taken four years apart by two very different agencies (WorldPublicOpinion, 2008 ; IFOP, 2012), more than eight French citizens out of ten want nuclear weapons to be abolished, included those of France. That’s the likely reason why Sarkozy and Hollande are totally unwilling to hold a referendum on the question. With the blessing of the Constitutional Council, they are conniving like fairground crooks to impose their solution on us - the solution of organized crime with a democratic trademark.
This crime is so great, so odious, that almost no one in the highest spheres of power wants to even think about it, much less rise against it.
Jean-Marie Matagne
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After a thorough, professional tooth cleaning, you know that your teeth look brighter and feel fresher. But tooth cleaning isn't just about appearances. It's the primary means of preventing and treating periodontal (gum) disease. Many studies have demonstrated a possible link between periodontal health and overall (systemic) health — which means regular tooth cleaning may benefit not just your mouth, but your whole body.
Why do teeth need special cleaning? Over time, dental plaque (a naturally occurring bacterial biofilm) and stains build up on tooth surfaces. Dental calculus (also called tartar), a harder deposit, can then form both above and below the gum line. A thorough dental cleaning removes these substances from the teeth, and helps keep disease-causing bacteria from proliferating.
Tooth cleaning is usually accomplished by the non-surgical technique of scaling, sometimes called “root debridement.” It's typically a relatively painless procedure in which small dental instruments are used to physically remove deposits from the surfaces of teeth. At one time, scaling was performed entirely with manual tools. But in the last several decades, the ultrasonic scaler has changed all that.
What Is An Ultrasonic Scaler?
There are different types of ultrasonic scalers, but all of them work in a similar fashion: electromagnetic forces in the unit's hand-held “wand” cause its tiny tip to vibrate rapidly. These vibrations, which occur at a rate faster than the speed of sound, effectively blast away plaque, calculus and stains from the tooth surfaces.
A small stream of water and/or antibacterial mouthwash, which emerges near the tip of the scaler, is called lavage. Lavage is used to cool the ultrasonic scaler's tip and flush away debris from the area being treated. The vibrating tip causes some of the water to break into millions of tiny bubbles, an effect called cavitation. This ruptures the walls of bacterial cells and helps create an environment that's less hospitable to harmful bacteria.
Ultrasonic Scaling vs. Hand Scaling
Studies show that a thorough ultrasonic cleaning takes about one-third less time as compared to hand scaling — which means you need less time in the chair. Many patients prefer ultrasonics to other types of scaling, possibly because it requires the clinician to use less force than a hand scaler to get the same effect. In ultrasonic scaling, only the tip of the tool touches the tooth surface, and only for a short time.
It's also possible to remove deposits of plaque and tartar from under the gum line by using an extremely small tip on an ultrasonic unit, which can cause less discomfort and result in a deeper and better cleaning. Sometimes an ultrasonic scaler is used first, and then any stubborn areas are scaled by hand.
The Experience of Ultrasonic Scaling
Anyone who has a substantial buildup of tartar or is prone to gum disease can benefit from ultrasonic scaling. It can also help to remove stains from coffee and cigarettes, for example. Yet, for all its power, most people experience little or no discomfort during the procedure.
If you have very sensitive teeth, it may be possible to alleviate some discomfort by using slimmer tips on the scaler. Alternatively, a topical anesthetic may be applied, or conscious sedation can be administered. The power range, the flow of lavage water and the frequency of tip vibration may also be adjusted for increased comfort.
Special tips are also available to clean composite or porcelain tooth restorations, titanium implants, or areas of demineralization (enamel loss) on your teeth. If you have a cardiac pacemaker, be sure to alert all dental professionals/personnel before ultrasonic scaling treatment, so precautions can be taken.
Dental Cleanings Using Ultrasonic Scalers Rapidly changing technology has revolutionized periodontal therapy with the integration of power scaling techniques resulting in improved clinical outcomes, patient comfort, and reduced time and physical demands on clinicians... Read Article
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News|Cricket
Six Pakistani cricketers touring New Zealand test COVID positive
Cricket officials in New Zealand say players would be moved into quarantine, throwing preparations for the series into turmoil.
New Zealand's ministry of health said 53 team members passed a symptom check before leaving Lahore and were tested on arrival in Christchurch on November 24 [File: Mike Hewitt/Pool via Reuters]
Six members of the Pakistan cricket team on a tour of New Zealand have tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s cricket board said on Thursday, throwing preparations for the five-match series into turmoil and causing a scare in a country that has largely eradicated the virus.
The squad’s “exemption to train while in managed isolation has been put on hold until investigations have been completed”, the governing body said, adding that the six positive players would be moved into quarantine.
New Zealand’s ministry of health said 53 team members passed a symptom check before leaving Lahore and were tested on arrival in Christchurch on November 24.
Six of those results have come back positive, although two of the six cases are believed to be “historical”.
New Zealand’s health ministry said the players will now “be tested a minimum of four times while in managed isolation” and the entire squad would be confined to their rooms.
Breached isolation rules
The ministry also revealed that “several team members have been seen on CCTV at the facility breaching managed isolation rules, despite clear, consistent and detailed communication of expected behaviours”.
“The team as a whole has been issued with a final warning,” it said.
“It is a privilege to come to New Zealand to play sport, but in return, teams must stick to the rules that are designed to keep COVID-19 out of our communities and keep our staff safe,” said top health official Ashley Bloomfield.
Through strict quarantine measures, aggressive testing and snap lockdowns, New Zealand has largely eradicated community transmission of the virus, registering just 1,684 cases since the pandemic began.
Even before the Pakistan team arrived on New Zealand soil the tour had been hit by ill health, with Pakistan’s dashing opener Fakhar Zaman ruled out at the 11th hour with a persistent fever.
The 30-year-old left-hander tested negative along with the rest of the squad.
The tour, with three Twenty20 internationals and two tests, is scheduled to begin with the opening T20 on December 18 in Auckland.
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Water levels are preliminary and subject to revision. Water temperature in Port Dover today is 11.5°C/52.7°F. Enjoy this view from Bridge Yachts boat dealer towards Lynn River, which empties in Lake Erie. 3 software package, available for purchase from the Marine Data Products Team . Nearly New, over 2, 000 sq ft with water views. Water Level or Discharge Data within the Last 6 Hours . Port Dover is … Port Dover, ON - Get the very latest weather forecast, including hour-by-hour views, the 10-day outlook, temperature, humidity and precipitation for your area. The stairs that lead down to the beach (depending on water level) were recently redone and are a safe way to enjoy those warm summer days. Boardwalk was busy even during Covid19. Christy Miedema watched for hours Sunday as chunks of ice and frigid water from Lake Erie crept steadily closer to the front stoop of her Port Dover business like a "calm blanket of death." The Port of Dover is the cross-channel port situated in Dover and is the nearest English port to France, which is just 21 miles away across the English Channel served by the Dover Calais ferry. The message gives the present water levels in metres above chart datum at that station, followed by the high and low water levels recorded during the previous 12 hours. Should the sea levels rise by 60 metres or 200 feet, Port Dover would not be affected by flooding. We stayed in Port Dover for a week in July. Lots of people come for fresh air or just a regular stroll/walk. The height of the presently adopted chart datum for that station is then given in metres above International Great Lakes Datum 1985 … “This event produced flood levels similar to those reached Oct. 31, 2019,” Paul Gagnon, the authority’s lands and water supervisor, said. - Water levels are receding, though there is still minor flooding in Lowbanks, Port Maitland & area - Roads crews are working to clear debris; @HaldEmerg will continue to monitor lake levels Find what to do today, this weekend, or in December. However, it may be affected by droughts as a by-product of the dislocation of available fresh water and may be forced to rely on desalinated salt water piped in from the Eastern United States . ... 18 AUG 2020. The bacteria, which normally is found in your intestines, was found in samples during routine tests. This extraordinary 3 bedroom, 3 bath home offers luxury, convenience and comfort. Visit top-rated & must-see attractions. The live stream comes to you from Port Dover on the north shore of Lake Erie in the province of Ontario, Canada. A hard copy of these reports is available from: Public Works 183 Main Street of Delhi, Delhi, Ontario Please note that we have provided Oxford County’s Annual Report for the Tillsonburg Water Supply for customers living in Norfolk County that are serviced from the Tillsonburg water supply. This Web page contains links to a number of official Web sites containing Great Lakes water level and related data. Based on our historical data over a period of ten years, the warmest water in this day in Port Dover was recorded in 2016 and was 11.5°C/52.7°F, and the coldest was recorded in 2018 at 9.6°C/49.3°F. To explore Port Dover, in Canada, please scroll down the page use our map. As New, lightly lived in for only 6 months! Port Dover Drinking Water System is a surface water based supply that draws its water from Lake Erie and consists of a clarifier, filters, reservoir and an elevated water storage tank. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 Live stream of Main Street in downtown Port Dover. There are sitting areas for your own private enjoyment of the gorgeous Port Dover shoreline and depending on your schedule, the sunrise and sunset. A few minutes drive from Milner’s place, down on the water at about 6 p.m., a fish tug appears off Port Dover Pier, and then another, gulls squawking to usher the boats into harbour. We have reviews of the best places to see in Port Dover. The monthly average water level on Lake Erie for 2019 is now nearing record levels set in May of 1986. Created Date: LAKE ERIE WATER LEVELS - NOVEMBER 2020 LEGEND LAKE LEVELS RECORDED PROJECTED AVERAGE ** MAXIMUM ** 1985 1985 1973 1973 MINIMUM ** 1936 1934 1926 1934 ** Average, Maximum and Minimum for period 1918-2019. The remnants of Tropical Storm Olga came through and these are the results. If you are not seeing the live stream, refresh your browser. It’s about a friendship, memories, bettering the community and being a confident boater. Port Dover Beach, Port Dover: See 150 reviews, articles, and 114 photos of Port Dover Beach, ranked No.4 on Tripadvisor among 8 attractions in Port Dover. Port Dover (#12710) Tidal Observations Port Dover became a flood plane on October 27, 2019. Sixteen months later, the moratorium is beginning to bite. We provide rentals for Stand Up Paddle Boards and Kiteboarding for individuals, couples or groups at our location steps from the beach 14 Walker Street in beautiful Port Dover Ontario. Daily Water Level Data Availability for LAKE ERIE AT PORT DOVER (02GC028) Level Data Availability This table provides a summary of daily data availability for a station. No Recent Water Level or Discharge Data . Port Dover lighthouse is at the end of a good boardwalk. The beaches, ports and villages along Ontario’s South Coast, Lake Erie, are among the most popular tourist attractions in Norfolk County. Great Lakes Water Levels Forecast; Monthly Water Level Bulletin; Real-Time Water Level Observations. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers May report , precipitation across the Lake Erie basin was at 137% of average for April. Swimming ban remains after Port of Dover issues update on water contamination fears. It has been three days since the ban on swimming and other water-based activities was put into place following the discovery of above-normal E. coli bacterial levels.. Visitors enjoy our slow pace and relaxed culture. Being a member of the Port Dover Squadron is bigger than boating. Dover. About Port Dover. “Lake Erie static water levels are expected to remain near-record highs over the coming months. This spring has brought very saturated conditions to much of the Great Lakes region. Sandbags failed to stop water from approaching the steps of a local lighthouse when the video was taken Saturday, June 1. Be a part of your local boating community and enjoy time on and off the water, even after the weekends … We had a very nice visit, beach was busy due to high water levels but we still managed to find a nice spot, under a tree for shade with our 2 year old grand-daughter. Great Lakes water levels and related data Information on Great Lakes water levels is available from several agencies in the United States and Canada. Things to Do in Port Dover, Norfolk County: See Tripadvisor's 941 traveler reviews and photos of Port Dover tourist attractions. Several developers are sitting … Nestled in an exclusive location walking distance to the picturesque Town of Port Dover. Port Dover Community Centre 801 St. George Street, Port Dover Over the summer, once additional precautionary and safety measures were implemented and these facilities began reopening, mobile clinics have been returning to communities, and in December this will include Port […] The Port of Dover has issued a new statement as the Harbour area remains closed to swimmers.. Tides, Currents, and Water Levels. During Covid-19, the Mayor and Council and the local Medical Officer of Health are all asking people not to visit Port Dover for the traditional Friday the 13th gathering. The filmer said: "Water levels have reached the highest level in history, the waterfront area is flooded and underwater as is the case with many … The following stations have water level observations available in table, graphic and text formats. 'Port of Dover received notification that Operation Stack (Stage 1) has been implemented on the M20 between J8 - J9 Coastbound. PORT DOVER – Developers in Port Dover were inconvenienced last year when Norfolk County imposed a moratorium on new construction due to water supply issues. “High static water levels increase the risk of flooding caused by moderate to severe wind-driven surges. For […] Forecast of monthly mean lake levels for the next six months, and monthly water level bulletin. The intake pipe and water works facilities are located at 603 Nelson St. South Coast Watersports |South Coast Watersports is your destination for on the water fun in Lake Erie! . Norfolk County is located near Southern Ontario cities, Niagara and New York State. See a list of all of the Official Weather Advisories, Warnings, and Severe Weather Alerts for Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
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Coronavirus Prompts CBS to Bring Back Sunday Night Movies
It’s not just movies that were due out in the theaters that are now closed that are affected by coronavirus; the pandemic has had a huge impact on upcoming productions in both film and television. Many shows were still shooting the final episodes of their current seasons when the virus began shutting down sets all over the world. A lot of these shows never got to finish out those last couple of episodes, leaving networks with holes in their schedule that need filling.
TVLine reports that one of those networks, CBS, will return to an old TV tradition to cover those gaps: Sunday night movies. While the concept is basically nonexistent today — there’s typically little need thanks to cable, home video, and streaming — when Olds like me were Youngs Sunday night movies were a weekly routine on many channels. (I particularly remember watching a lot on ABC, where they were shown under the banner of The Wonderful World of Disney.)
CBS’ lineup has some very big titles — including one that was recently featured in our new column about quarantine viewing. Here’s what’s been announced so far, via TV Line:
May 3: Raiders of the Lost Ark
May 10: Forrest Gump
May 17: Mission: Impossible
May 24: Titanic
May 31: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
This lineup will cover the unceremonious end of CBS’s typical Sunday night lineup’s 2019-2020 season, including God Friended, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NCIS: New Orleans. But the longer the pandemic drags on, the longer these movies could presumably go — and the more other networks may join in on the trend. (ESPN has already been showing sports movies due to their lack of live sports.) We’re missing new movies right now, but it’s kind of nice to see the classics getting renewed attention.
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Source: Coronavirus Prompts CBS to Bring Back Sunday Night Movies
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WSTale » Lifestyle » Jill Biden’s students call her ‘Dr. B,’ and her Rate My Professors reviews show she’s respected for being ‘tough’ but ‘inspirational’
Jill Biden’s students call her ‘Dr. B,’ and her Rate My Professors reviews show she’s respected for being ‘tough’ but ‘inspirational’
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Jill Biden has been an educator for decades and earned a doctorate in education in 2007. In the White House, she plans to serve as the first-ever first lady to hold a full-time job.
Over the weekend, an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal criticized the future first lady her use of the title "Dr."
The author has received overwhelming backlash for the piece, and everyone from Michelle Obama
to Hillary Clinton has come to Jill Biden's defense.
In reviews on Rate My Professors, former students overwhelmingly call their professor "Dr. B" and describe her teaching style as "tough" but "inspirational."
Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed about future first lady Jill Biden urging her to remove her title as "Dr."
The op-ed received overwhelming backlash, and former coworkers, educators, and politicians have rallied in support of the future first lady, who earned a doctorate in education in 2007 from the University of Delaware.
On Twitter, future Vice President Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff wrote that "this story would never have been written about a man." Leaders, like Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, also came to Jill Biden's defense.
On Sunday, Jill Biden tweeted, "together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather than diminished."
On Rate My Professors, a site where students can leave feedback about their classes and teachers, Jill Biden is overwhelmingly referred to as "Dr. B" and "Dr. Biden" and respected for her care for her class and her grading style.
In her decades of teaching, Jill Biden has collected over 70 reviews on Rate My Professors
Jill Biden arrives to speak in support of her husband Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during a drive-in campaign rally.
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For more than three decades, Jill Biden was a writing instructor at a Delaware Technical Community College.
In 2009, Jill Biden started teaching at Northern Virginia Community College as an adjunct professor in English when her husband took office as the vice president. Jill Biden has plans to continue to teach when Joe Biden becomes president, and she'll make history as the first-ever first lady to hold a full-time job while in the White House.
Decades in education has left a lengthy track record of Jill Biden's teaching style.
At Northern Virginia Community College, the English educator earned an overall score of 3.9 out of 5 on her Rate My Professors page at the time of writing. Almost 60% of reviewers wrote they would take her class again, and her difficulty rating is a 3.4.
More than 15 reviewers call her "Dr. B" or "Dr. Biden," and not a single one discusses her earned title.
The review that's seen as "most helpful" on the site dates back to 2018:
"Dr. Biden is a wonderful teacher. She has taught me a lot in English 111. You should definitely take her," a former student wrote.
A huge chunk of reviews warn future students that Jill Biden is a 'very tough grader'
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden hugs his wife Jill Biden after speaking during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del.
Several reviewers mention Jill Biden's tough grading.
"Good teacher, but a very tough grader. Be ready to grind to pass the class," one reviewer emphasized.
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Some who thought she was a tough grader still enjoyed her class and appreciated the challenge.
"Loved her class! Dr. B is an amazing professor," one person wrote. "She gives tough criticism, but it's exactly what you'll need to improve your writing skills. I've improved a lot, thanks to her class!"
A majority of the reviews are positive and heartwarming
"AMAZING professor. She really cares about each and every one of her students. She has a big heart and a passion for education. Thank you so much for being the best teacher EVER Dr. Biden!" someone wrote shortly after President-elect Joe Biden won.
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"Dr. Biden was literally my favorite professor. With all she has going on, she made time to stay after class to assist with anything we needed help with," someone else posted.
Even reviewers who said they hated English said they learned to love Jill Biden's class: "I absolutely hate English. But she made it applicable to work and life. … She challenges you to become a better a writer and to have an open mind. She's made a point to know her students. Truly enjoyed her class, definitely recommend her," one student wrote.
Students will likely continue to find Jill Biden inspirational
Seven reviewers called Jill Biden inspirational, and one former student wrote, "Dr. Biden is an excellent professor who is inspirational in all ways."
A review dating back to 2011 said, "I hope everyone is lucky enough to have her as a professor."
In an op-ed for Business Insider, Nazila Jamshidi, a graduate of Northern Virginia Community College, wrote that Jill Biden's work and title of doctor served as an inspiration to her and other students to aim high with their educational goals.
"In her journey as First Lady, Dr. Biden, using her proper title, will become an even more powerful and inspirational role model for women and girls," Jamshidi wrote. "Through people like her, we can all learn that an education is something no one can take away from you, no matter how misogynistic an op-ed they write."
Editor's note: Rate My Professors does not require reviewers to verify if they've taken the classes they review. Representatives for Jill Biden did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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Almost 20,000t of EU milk powder now in intervention
Almost 20,000t of skimmed milk powder has now been offered to public intervention, according to latest figures from the Milk Market Observatory.
Its figures show that, last week, a further 2,100t was offered to intervention. To date nine countries have used the measure in recent months as global dairy markets continue to offer poor returns for dairy products.
Last week, France became the ninth country to offer skimmed milk powder to public intervention joining Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, Latvia, Lituania, Finland, UK and Poland.
Ireland has to date offered over 1,600t of milk powder to intervention.
Recent months have seen continued calls for the European Commission to increase intervention prices.
However, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has been clear all the way through the current dairy market downturn that he is against raising intervention prices.
He doesn’t believe that such a measure is the right response to what is expected to be a relatively short-term market imbalance, recalling that the co-legislators reconfirmed the intervention price level as recently as 2013.
Hogan said it would send a wrong signal to the marketplace, as operators would not be encouraged to reduce milk production.
How does public intervention function?
One of the traditional safety net measures of the CAP is public intervention whereby, if market prices drop to a particular reference threshold, operators can then sell it to the Commission at this level.
For dairy, the reference price is equivalent to 21.7c/L and intervention only covers the basic products of butter and Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP).
The product then belongs to the Commission, and it is the Commission which is then responsible for selling these volumes back onto the market in future when prices have recovered.
Under current rules, there is an annual limit of 30,000t of butter and 109,000t of SMP on public intervention purchases. If there is still demand for intervention above these volumes, then this should be done via a tendering system, where the Commission has the right to reject offers according to the price that is offered.
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An Insight into Mini – Z cars manufactured by Kyosho
Automobiles have always been crowd favorite for a long time. From ages manufacturers of automobiles have been reinventing the design and efficiency of cars. Today automobile makers have gone a step further and started producing miniature cars. These miniature cars or mini cars function were similar to the real ones. Kyosho is one such producer of mini cars located in Japan.
Mini cars are high in demand, various collectors love buying them and racing with it.
Meaning of Kyosho Mini – Z cars
Mini – Z is a popular brand for 1:27 scale mini cars, which are electric and are radio – controlled. These cars are manufactured by a Japanese company known as Kyosho, hence the name Kyosho Mini – Z cars. Kyosho is a famous and oldest corporation in Japan; they manufacture various radio-controlled devices in addition to mini cars. The brand Mini – Z was introduced by the corporation in the year 1999. Mini – z was launched as the first palm-size collectable cars. The wheelbase of a Kyosho Mini – Z car range 86mm to 106mm, which is the size of an average adult hand.
From the day of its Launch Mini –Z car by Kyosho has been preferred by the hobbyist and collectors as they are of amazing quality. The function and appearance of the Mini – Z car are two features that attract customers worldwide.
Why Kyosho Mini – Z car?
The best part of Mini – Z cars manufactured by Kyosho is the fact that they are excellent in terms of quality. Investing in mini – z cars is worth the money. Manufacturers have paid attention to detail in designing and making Mini –Z car models. The bodies of Mini – Z cars are realistic looking and fully gloss painted to enhance its appearance. The best part of Mini – Z cars is that they can be collected as display models, as the Mini – Z car bodies include dummy chassis and wheels.
Kyosho Mini –Z cars include parts, which can be used to adjust the wheelbase and motor location of a car to fit the body. Kyosho has been in the business of making and producing Miniature cars for two decades now. They have thoroughly understood the needs of a collector or hobbyist that has helped them in designing and producing mini-cars to fit the purpose. Mini –Z cars by Kyosho to an extent replicates the feel and character of a real car.
Models of Mini – Z car
Mini – Z cars by Kyosho is of a long line in terms of models. There are a number of models available in the market under the Min – Z series. Each of Mini – Z cars has a character and specification, which is hard to be replicated. The model MR-02EX is considered as the best mini –z car for beginner by a fansite. Other models of Mini – Z cars are MR-03, MR-015, and MA-020. The models of Mini –Z car are regularly redefined to rectify the issues found in the previous version. MR – 02EX is faster and better in performance to be used as a racing car than its previous model MR -02. The mini –z cars can be modified with parts available in the market and produced by Kyosho Corporation to fit the purpose of a collector. These modification and parts of mini – z series are available at hobbyist stores and at online retail sites.
There is no age limit when it comes to cars. Mini –Z series is the best miniature cars produced by the Kyosho Corporation that fulfils the needs of a miniature car collector.
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Tesla Races Ahead with Q2 Results, Eyes S&P 500 Entry
News shaping
the markets today
The EIA reported an increase in US crude oil stockpiles by 4.892 million barrels in the week ending July 17, following the biggest drop since December in the prior week. The latest figure came in worse than the market estimates of a 2.088 million decline, sending WTI crude oil lower on Wednesday.
Canada reported the biggest rise in consumer prices in over nine years, with prices moving higher by 0.7% in June, after declining 0.4% in May, which sent the CAD/USD forex pair to a six-week high on Wednesday.
Tensions between the US and China flared up after Washington ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston and President Trump threatened to close more. The news exerted pressure on the Swiss franc and the CHF/USD declined from its five-month high in yesterday’s forex trading session.
The US reported the biggest surge in existing home sales in June, which climbed 20.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.72 million units, versus a 3.91 million rate in May. The news sent the Dow Jones index higher on Wednesday.
With markets concerned about the growing list of issues between the US and China, the Shanghai Composite Index opened lower in indices trading this morning.
What’s happening: Shares of Tesla Inc. gained over 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the electric car manufacturer surprised investors by reporting a profit for the second quarter.
What happened: Tesla’s production had suffered to some extent during the second quarter, with its factories being forced to remain closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Despite the setback, the Palo Alto, California-based company managed to generate a profit, opening the probability of its stock joining the S&P 500 index. Analysts expressed concern, however, regarding the epic rally in Tesla’s stock this year.
How were the results: The automaker reported its sales for the quarter ahead of expectations and swung to a profit in the second quarter.
Sales declined 5% to $6.04 billion, from $6.35 billion in the same quarter last year. Despite the decline, the figure came in higher than the consensus view of $5.15 billion.
Tesla posted a profit of $104 million, or 50 cents per share, versus a year-ago loss of $408 million, or $2.31 per share.
Excluding onetime items, earnings were recorded at $2.18 per share, compared to a year-ago adjusted loss of $1.12 per share. The figure was much better than the consensus expectations of an adjusted loss of 2 cents per share.
Why it matters: Earlier this month, Tesla had announced better-than-expected deliveries, despite its US factory in California being closed for most of the quarter due to shutdown orders by the government.
The announcement triggered a stock rally, sending Tesla’s market capitalisation to about $300 billion, far ahead of Japan’s Toyota Motor. The company’s shares had surged to an intraday high of $1,794.99 on July 13.
With the latest quarter’s results, Tesla has reported profits for four consecutive quarters, meeting a condition required for its stock being included in the S&P 500 index, which could happen over the next few months.
Tesla said it plans to continue building capacity for Model Y and is on track to begin sales of the compact SUV from its Berlin and Shanghai factories in 2021.
Management did not issue any guidance for 2020 citing uncertainty around the pandemic. Tesla reassured investors saying, “We have the capacity installed to exceed 500,000 vehicle deliveries this year, despite recent production interruptions.”
Even with this aggressive target, the company would be catering to less than 1% of the global auto market, analysts from BofA Securities said in a report. They believe Tesla's fundamentals are not yet stellar, although the company has executed well amid the pandemic. The analysts added that the stock “appears overheated” and the share price is no longer supported by fundamentals.
How shares responded: Tesla’s shares gained 4.1% to reach $1,657.00 in after-hours trading following the release of strong quarterly results, after closing the regular session higher by 1.5%. The stock has climbed around 300% this year, versus a 1% gain in the S&P 500 and a 6% decline in the Dow Jones index.
What to watch: With Tesla saying that it will meet its delivery target for the year, investors will continue to look out for news related to economic recovery in the company’s key US and China markets as well as any production disruption at its factories. Markets remain cautious, as the company’s factories in the US are in California, Nevada and Texas, which are currently the covi-19 hotspots.
The British pound will be in focus today, ahead of a basket of economic reports from the UK.
Context: The Sterling slipped from its six-week high on Wednesday, with investors dumping riskier currencies amid mounting tensions between the US and China.
Details: China disclosed yesterday that the US administration had ordered a shut down of its Houston consulate. Beijing strongly condemned the latest move, threatening retaliation.
Investors await news related to Brexit discussions with concerns over the UK abandoning talks.
The sterling breached the $1.27 level on Tuesday for the first time since June 11 on optimism surrounding positive data from potential coronavirus vaccines and the European Union leaders agreeing on a massive covid-19 rescue package.
On Wednesday, however, the GBP/USD pair spent most of the session lower, but recovered later in the day to settle at $1.2733.
What to watch: Investors await data on industrial trends orders and business confidence from the UK. The Confederation of British Industry's total order book balance, which stood at -58 in June, is expected to rise to -38 in July. The CBI's quarterly index of manufacturing optimism declined to -87 in the second quarter, compared to +23 in the earlier three-month period.
Markets will also continue to assess the coronavirus numbers, with the total cases exceeding 15 million globally.
Other Markets: US indices trading closed higher on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones index, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 up by 0.62%, 0.57% and 0.24%, respectively
Support & Resistances
Technical Levels
EUR/USD - 1.1571 and 1.1575 Positive
USD/JPY - 107.13 and 107.15 Positive
USD/CAD - 1.3398 and 1.3408 Positive
Nikkei 225 - 22,739.84 and 22,783.84 Negative
Nasdaq 100 - 10,840.79 and 10,891.46 Positive
Futures at 0400 (GMT)
EUR/USD (1.1570, -0.02%) Dow ($26,835, -0.18%) Brent ($44.22, -0.2%)
GBP/USD (1.2723, -0.08%) S&P500 ($3,261, -0.13%) WTI ($41.84, -0.1%)
USD/JPY (107.14, -0.01%) Nasdaq ($10,814, 0.09%) Gold ($1,864, -0.1%)
What else to watch today
Germany’s GfK consumer sentiment indicator, France’s manufacturing industry climate indicator and business climate indicator, UAE’s money supply, Eurozone’s consumer confidence indicator as well as the US initial jobless claims, EIA’s natural gas stockpiles and Kansas City Fed's manufacturing production index.
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Job Vacancy: Regional Coordinator, Spain North
Age in Spain is running an innovative Residency Helpline project targeting vulnerable UK nationals who live in Spain, to ensure they have their residency status in place when the transition period of the UK leaving the European Union ends (currently December 2020). This is one of the largest projects in Europe (three of which are in Spain) being funded by the UK Government Foreign and Commonwealth Office through its UK National Support Fund (UKNSF).
An estimated 1.3M UK nationals currently live and work in the 27 Member States of the EU. The largest number, at least 350,000, are in Spain. British nationals in Spain who wish to live in Spain long term will need to obtain legal residency.This project is designed to help the more vulnerable and isolated British nationals who face difficulty in managing the process unaided.
Age in Spain has designed and launched a national Residency Helpline, supported by an outreach service in selected Spanish regions (currently the Balearic Islands and Catalonia). The service is supported by a website with regularly updated information and resources to guide people through the residency process. Volunteer teams have been recruited and trained to run the Helpline and provide support services at local level, reaching people who face barriers to self help such as isolation, mobility or health issues, language problems or lack of access to a computer or the internet.
The project networks with British Embassies and Spanish Government departments, Spanish and UK welfare service providers and voluntary groups and welfare support networks throughout Spain.
The Project.
The project was launched in June 2020 and will run until at least March 2021.
We are hoping that the project will be extended for a further period following review, depending on the requirements of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and funding availability.
The project is run remotely with a sophisticated technological infrastructure to provide a top quality and accessible service with virtual office management systems in order to support remote workers (currently 8 staff and 30+ volunteers). On the ground delivery of the outreach services (such as local events, face to face meetings, home visits) take place where needed (subject to COVID-19 movement restrictions) alongside virtual information sessions and activities.
Project Duration and Location.
Freedom of movement between EU member states has enabled many British nationals to live flexibly between the UK and Spain. This will change. Once the UK leaves the EU, spending time between the UK and Spain will be covered by much stricter rules.
Many British nationals have been living in Spain for long periods or even permanently without regularising their residency status. A significant proportion are older, unaware of the changes due to Brexit, or do not have the capacity to regularise their status unaided or manage the bureaucracy involved in the system. This could affect their right to receive health and welfare services in Spain.
So, help now will avert potential crises later on and enable British people to benefit from the Withdrawal Agreement which protects the rights of UK nationals who live in Spain. This project helps people to help themselves and provide additional one to one support for more vulnerable Britons in Spain so that they can decide in which country they plan to reside and make the appropriate arrangements.
Why is this Project Important?
We are looking for an exceptional person to help us take this project through to completion. The working environment is creative, challenging, fun, energising and supportive. Together we have already far exceeded realistic expectations of the project’s deliverables and the project continues to grow.
The post - Regional Coordinator, Spain North
See below for the job description, person specification and the application process. Please note the application deadline - Wednesday 6 January 2021
The project requires a person with the energy, experience and ability to work as part of a remote-working team and manage the challenges of running a new project whilst delivering a high quality service. The working language is English and advanced level written and spoken Spanish is also needed. The post requires satisfactory completion of safeguarding checks.
Regional Coordinator, Spain North.
Full time (temporary).
An opportunity to join a dynamic project team to help make a difference to the lives of older UK nationals who wish to stay living in Spain after Brexit.
Due to the outstanding success of this innovative project we need an additional Residency Helpline team member with the enthusiasm, drive and creativity to reach out to people across northern Spain who need assistance.
Age in Spain runs a national Helpline which supports British nationals who live in Spain. Our mission is to ensure they have their residency status in place when the UK leaves the European Union. This is essential for people to be able to continue accessing vital services after December 2020 as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
Our professional call centre service provides information by telephone and email on residency, healthcare and associated legalities of living in Spain for British people, with a one to one outreach service for people who need extra support.
Due to the success of the service and the complex nature of the support needs of our more vulnerable service users, we need an additional person to ensure that we extend the outreach service to Northern regions of Spain from Galicia in the West across to Aragon in the East up to Catalonia.
You will join a small, remote-working team of eight dynamic and committed professionals and regional volunteer teams.
The role includes
devise and deliver a programme of awareness raising online, use of media and networking with key stakeholders to enable people to be aware of need to determine their residency status independently and the support that Age in Spain can offer for those who need additional help
recruit, train and support teams of volunteers to assist in delivering the project. Volunteers help to run a cloud based telephone helpline (each volunteer working from home) plus at local level, run publicity events and help vulnerable clients on a one to one basis (including home visits when permissible and necessary). Training programme resources are delivered via the Web service and video meetings.
provide region specific information to the national Web based information resource as a result of on the ground experience
Ours is one of three projects in Spain being funded by the UK Government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office through its UK National Support Fund (UKNSF) until at least March 2021.(extension subject to funding).
Salary: circa €27,000 per year
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 6 January 2021
Interviews: early January
Start date: immediate or as soon as possible
Job Description.
Location: home based, (preferably with proximity to Barcelona for occasional meetings).
You will need to ensure that your work location’s internet connection is able to support a minimum of 1Mbps upstream and downstream bandwidth.
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: circa €27,000
Contract: Fixed term or equivalent contract to March 2021 (possibility of extension depending on funding)
Benefits: 20 days holiday per year (pro rata) plus public holidays, support in setting up a home office and professional development training support
You will lead the project across several Spanish regions from Galica in the West to Aragon and the Catalan border in the East. You will be one of four regional coordinators (the others covering Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands) with the task of finding and supporting UK nationals and the networks that support them, who live in northern Spain and who need information and support in sorting out their residency. See our website www.ageinspain.org for a map of the areas covered and the service we offer.
We are particularly concerned to reach people who face barriers such as language, health, mobility or capacity issues, who might otherwise miss out on their protected rights to residency conditions as a result of the Brexit withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU. You will locate and engage with local community leaders and stakeholders to build active participation and support; recruit and support volunteers to run the Helpline and local support service and engage directly with British nationals in the target group, with a particular emphasis on reaching vulnerable/isolated people. The work is remote - working from home, with support from a team similarly used to working online. You will be working in areas where UK nationals are more dispersed than on other parts of Spain, so you will need to be creative and innovative in building networks.
You will report to the Project Director.
You will have the enthusiasm, drive and creativity to achieve maximum impact with limited resources in a challenging geographical/social environment.
You will have a minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience, with an excellent track record in delivering community projects on the ground with demonstrated skills in volunteer recruitment, training, management and support, liaison with community leaders and stakeholders, events management and public relations.
You will be able to deliver a project within a limited budget and timescale where customer expectations will be high. You will be able to work independently and take initiative, but also be a supportive team player.
You will join a small, committed and friendly team, all of whom work remotely from home, consisting of the:
Project director, responsible for overall delivery of the service and liaison with key stakeholders at national level
Digital services consultant, responsible for the design and implementation of our call centre and internal digital systems
Project assistant, responsible for the production of the information resources, expert knowledge base support to the team and management of our media relations
Regional coordinators, responsible for the recruitment and support of regional teams of volunteers to run the residency call centre service and outreach programmes in specified regions
Person specification.
Proven experience of project mobilisation and implementation within local communities, liaising successfully across organisational boundaries to achieve maximum participation
Experience in managing volunteers, including recruitment, training and support
Excellent communication and people management skills
Excellent oral and written communication in English and Spanish
Ability to work independently with drive and enthusiasm but also an excellent team player
Agility to respond and adapt decisively to changing events, requirements or timelines
Ability to deliver project outputs within a fixed timeline
Ability to work remotely with the technical skills/aptitude to operate cloud based reporting and management systems
Ability to travel from time to time (the majority of the work is remote for the current duration of this project)
Able to work from home/work remotely with adequate internet bandwidth to use the accounting and office systems and participate in regular online video meetings
Previous experience working with the charitable/voluntary sector or the 50+ age range
Experience of events management
Full, clean driving licence/able to travel with own or public transport
Familiarity with the regions
This position is offered on a standard local employment contract or equivalent, with possible extension depending on requirements and funding.
Salary circa €27,000 gross, 40 hours per week, 20 days holiday per year plus public holidays
At regional level:
Each Regional Coordinator will
devise and deliver a programme of awareness raising online and through local events, use of media and networking with key stakeholders to enable people to determine their residency status independently
recruit, train and support teams of volunteers to assist in delivering the project. Volunteers will help run a cloud based telephone helpline (each volunteer working from home) plus at local level run publicity events and help vulnerable clients on a one to one basis (including home visits when permissible and necessary). Training programme resources will be delivered via the Web service and video meetings.
provide region specific information to the national Web based resource as a result of on the ground experience
Application Timelines and Process.
Please note that the recruitment timeline is intensive in order to start as soon as possible.
Advert published: Friday 18 December 2020
Closing date: 12.00 pm CET Wednesday 6 January 2021
Interviews: Early January 2021
Start date: as soon as possible subject to reference and safeguarding checks
Due to the high number of applications that we expect to receive for this opportunity and our successful use of video presentations in recruiting excellent candidates to the current team, we are asking all candidates to submit a response to a video task as well as submitting their CV or LinkedIn profile.
This stage has been created to give everyone the best chance of moving forward with their application and to help us to ensure that we invite the very best candidates for an interview.
The task: please record a short video, aiming for less than 3 minutes, and upload it for our hiring panel to view. Please note that applications without the video presentation will not be accepted.
The scenario
As the Regional Coordinator, a key part of your job is going to be creating networks and communicating effectively with key stakeholders.
You are joining a team that has built a highly successful national telephone and email support service through the Residency Helpline, with outreach services in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Canaries. We use social media, build networks with other organisations which support UK nationals and, where we can, run local events in areas where British people might go.
We have a strong team of volunteers, who are trained and supported to run the Helpline, support local events and provide one to one support for the most vulnerable people who cannot sort out their residency issues unaided. But no volunteers yet in the areas you will be covering. Covid 19 restrictions mean that we have to be much more reliant on remote networking than we might traditionally have been, which requires us to be innovative in building our presence and the relationships that put us directly in touch with the more vulnerable UK nationals who may not use social media, have access to a computer, or be in touch with the changes that Brexit is making.
You have to cover several large geographical regions, where we never worked before, and where UK nationals might be far harder to find that in other parts of Spain. You are likely to have to do all your work remotely and you have a timescale of less than three months in order to demonstrate success (which is measured by numbers of people who access our service from those regions, numbers of people directly helped, etc.).
Outline your strategy for how you would approach this task
How would you involve volunteers?
What would be the top three risks to your strategy and how would you mitigate them?
Tell us (in Spanish) what your opening introduction to the service would be to a local Town Hall official, where you want to get their support in locating elderly UK nationals who live in their rural area.
Sharing your video with us
Once you’ve created your video, please upload it or send it to us. Whichever method you choose for sharing is up to you, but here are some suggestions:
Upload to Youtube, Vimeo or another video platform and submit the link to the video on your application form (which you can access using the red button below). If you need us to use a password to access your video, there is a space to add this on the application form.
We’re not asking you to create a blockbuster so please don’t worry about scenery, dressing up or ultra high resolution. We just want to see you presenting naturally and ensuring the file you upload can be easily accessed for viewing
Deadline for sharing: please submit your video within your application on or before 12:00pm on Wednesday 6 January 2021.
If you have any questions for us or, for any reason, you are not able to send us a video response, then please get in touch. We will endeavour to think of how we can evaluate your application without the need for a video recording.
The online application form for this job is accessible via the button below.
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Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research: Fort Pierce, FL
ARS Home » Southeast Area » Fort Pierce, Florida » U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory » Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #346348
Research Project: Integrated Strategies for Managing Pests and Nutrients in Vegetable and Ornamental Production Systems
Location: Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research
Title: Dominus for cut flower production
Rosskopf, Erin
Hong, Jason
Burelle, Nancy
HOLZINGER, JOHN - Holzinger Flowers, Inc
BOOKER, BRAD - Pacific Ag Research, Inc
YATES-YARBROUGH, STEPHANIE - Pacific Ag Research, Inc
SANCES, FRANK - Pacific Ag Research, Inc
Submitted to: Proceedings of Methyl Bromide Alternatives Conference
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A
Interpretive Summary: Fumigation with methyl bromide was the principal method of soilborne pest control in cut flower production. Many cut flower growers in Florida have ceased production, but those that remain are restricted in the fumigants that they are able to utilize due to proximity to potable water sources and occupied structures. While all fumigants and non-chemical soil disinfestation practices have been evaluated for cut flowers, none have resulted in a readily-available, economically feasible alternative. One potential exception is a biofumigant with the active ingredient allylisothiocyanate, registered as the commercial product Dominus® (Isagro, USA). Initial experiments with Dominus resulted in nematode control that was comparable to that achieved with methyl bromide, but weed control has been variable. Although there are several herbicides labeled for control of broadleaf and annual grass weeds in field grown ornamentals, few have been tested in combination with fumigant materials. A series of experiments were performed to evaluate the effectiveness of Dominus, either applied alone or in combination with a limited number of herbicides. Experiments were conducted to compare Dominus directly to methyl bromide by pairing plots and growing several different floriculture crops. There were no significant differences between nematode and fungal plant pathogen control between the two fumigants. Yields were equivalent and weed control was similar with the exception of Carolina geranium, which was poorly controlled by both soil treatments and was slightly worse in Dominus. In a second set of experiments, Dominus and a combination of organic acids (SPK) were combined individually with three different herbicides. Herbicides had no effect on nematode or pathogen control, but two of the herbicides caused a high level of phytotoxicity in snapdragon, but not in sunflower. Although herbicides were labeled for snapdragon, testing of herbicides with the intended fumigant partner is needed in order to identify those that do not negatively impact crop production.
Technical Abstract: Fumigation with methyl bromide was the principal method of soilborne pest control in cut flower production. Many cut flower growers in Florida have ceased production, but those that remain are restricted in the fumigants that they are able to utilize due to proximity to potable water sources and occupied structures. While all fumigants and non-chemical soil disinfestation practices have been evaluated for cut flowers, none have resulted in a readily-available, economically feasible alternative. One potential exception is a biofumigant with the active ingredient allylisothiocyanate, registered as the commercial product Dominus® (Isagro, USA). Initial experiments with Dominus resulted in nematode control that was comparable to that achieved with methyl bromide, but weed control has been variable. Although there are several herbicides labeled for control of broadleaf and annual grass weeds in field grown ornamentals, few have been tested in combination with fumigant materials. A series of experiments were performed to evaluate the effectiveness of Dominus, either applied alone or in combination with a limited number of herbicides. In the first experiment, replicated strip applications were made by commercial applicator using paired plots of 100 ft long by 13 feet wide. The test was conducted on Oldsmar sand with methyl bromide shank applied at 400 lb/A under Klerk's virtually-impermeable film 1.2 mil. IRF-135 was applied at 40 gal/A, covered with the same film. Both materials were shank-applied to 8" depth. The field was separated into multiple planting areas after plastic removal 30-45 days after fumigation, depending upon the planting schedule for each variety. Cut flower crops included snapdragons, delphiniums, lupine, dianthus, and sunflowers. Weed, nematode, and fungal plant pathogen assessments were conducted throughout the season. In the second trial, Dominus (30 g/A) was compared to a combination of organic acids (SPK, 1714 g/A), both drip applied, and a non-treated check. The experiment was conducted as a split plot with four herbicide treatments: no herbicide, Dimension® 2EW (1qt/A), Showdown® (100lb/A), and Snapshot® 2.5GT (100lb/A). Sunflower (Procut Lemon) and snapdragon (Opus) were established by direct-seeding and transplanting respectively. Herbicides were applied when snapdragons were 12 inches tall and sunflowers were at the 3 true leaf growth stage. No root-knot nematode juveniles were detected in the post-treatment soil sampling of the first experiment. At mid-season of the first planting, there were no significant differences between any genera of plant parasitic or non-parasitic nematodes between Dominus and methyl bromide, with the numbers of all plant parasitic averaging fewer than 10 juveniles per g of soil. Disease was minimal and not significantly different between treatments with 1.5% incidence of wilt in snapdragons caused by Sclerotium rolfsii in Dominus-treated plots and 0.06% in the methyl bromide treatments. At first snapdragon harvest, there were no significant differences between root condition ratings and root galling. The roots from plants harvested from the Dominus treatment were significantly heavier than roots from methyl bromide (average of 6.96g/rt from Dominus vs. 5.99g/rt from methyl bromide). First larkspur harvest resulted in no differences between soil treatments. This was also the case for the first harvest of delphiniums, except for root galling in which the methyl bromide-treated plots had roots with slightly higher levels of galling (1.0 vs 0.04 p=0.0082). First harvest lupines had significantly larger stems (8.6 cm vs 7.2 cm; p=0.02) in the Dominus-treated plots. There were no significant differences between any plant parasitic nematodes extracted from roots from snapdragons, larkspur, delphiniums, and lupines from the first planting, nor the second. T
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Home > Transfer News > Arsenal In Talks Over Deal For Spanish Attacker, Player Keen On Move
Arsenal In Talks Over Deal For Spanish Attacker, Player Keen On Move
By mac14 on May 2, 2015
According to reports, Arsenal are in talks to sign Barcelona star Munir El Haddadi and the player is believed to be keen on making a move away from the Nou Camp.
Munir broke into the Barca first team at the start of the season and featured in seven of their opening eight La Liga games.
However, following Luis Suarez’s return from his biting ban in October, the 19-year-old has made just three appearances and has been relegated back to the B team for much of the campaign.
The Metro are citing reports coming out of Spain that claim the young attacker has grown frustrated with his situation as he realises his first team chances are limited with the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar, Suarez and Pedro all well ahead of him in the pecking order.
Munir is therefore understood to be keen to secure a move this summer and the reports claim that Arsenal are in talks over an initial loan deal that will include the open to make the deal permanent next summer.
Arsene Wenger is believed to be a big fan of the Spanish international’s and feels he’d fit in perfectly with our style of play, and the boss is confident he can strike a deal with the Catalans as he’s aware of the players desire to leave.
It remains to be seen how much truth there is behind these reports but Munir would be an exciting addition if we were able to secure a deal. He’s capable of playing anywhere across the front three positions so would give the boss plenty of options in attack and has the potential to go on and be a real player.
Many fans may be hoping we sign ready-made stars like Alexis Sanchez again this summer but Arsene still loves a bargain and likes to develop players, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes for Munir as an alternative to Pablo Dybala – who’s expected to remain in Italy when he leaves Palermo this summer.
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Home > Transfer News > Arsenal Make Formal Move For French Attacker – Reports
Arsenal Make Formal Move For French Attacker – Reports
According to reports in Italy, Arsenal have made a formal approach to Juventus for highly-rated French attacker Kingsley Coman.
The 19-year-old came through the youth ranks at Paris Saint-Germain and we were strongly linked with a move for the youngster when he decided to leave France last summer.
The Daily Mail reported last August that the teenager had snubbed our advances in favour of making a move to Juventus where he impressed during his 13 appearances last year.
It looks like Arsene Wenger has renewed his interest in the French U21 international as the Metro are citing reports coming from Italy that claim we’ve made a formal approach to Juve for Coman’s services.
However, we may have some persuading to do as the newspaper suggests that the Serie A champions are determined to hang on to the attacking midfielder and will refuse all offers that come their way.
Even if the Italians do agree to cash-in, we’ll face some stiff competition for his signature as the Metro say that Bayern Munich are among the clubs also keeping a close eye on his situation.
Coman is a huge talent who has a bright future ahead of him so obviously I’d love to see us sign him and I think Arsene would be able to get the best out of him.
But Juventus don’t appear to be willing to part ways so I doubt we’ll be able to lure the youngster to the Emirates this summer.
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Mar 11, 2020 - Politics & Policy
Congress "last to leave" as other institutions send people home
Alayna Treene, Jonathan Swan
Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
While major institutions across the U.S. are sending people home and reassessing interactions amid coronavirus fears, Democratic and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have told lawmakers they have no immediate plans to close Congress.
Why it matters: It's a potential petri dish for the virus. Many lawmakers fit high-risk profiles because they're over 60, have underlying health conditions and are mixing in close quarters with visitors, staff and reporters.
President Trump isn't exactly leading the charge to pause, either. As Democratic rivals Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders canceled rallies Tuesday in Ohio, Trump's team announced a March 19 campaign event with Catholics in Wisconsin.
The state of play: Several members of Congress remain under self-quarantine after they came in contact with a CPAC attendee who tested positive for the virus. But other lawmakers, staff and reporters moved freely about the halls on Tuesday, in close contact as usual, with no buffers between people.
What we're hearing: Aides told us they’re perplexed by the slowness of the institution to react and adapt to the dangers of the virus.
"Alarm bells seem to be going off everywhere except Capitol Hill," one Senate Republican chief of staff told Axios. "What needs to be done isn't rocket science."
"The Hill may be the worst place in D.C. right now. At least in the airport half the people aren't shaking hands and talking to each other," one senior House Republican aide told Axios. "Give it a week and everyone will be walking around in hazmat suits."
"If all the health warnings are warranted, then a lot of members of Congress may come down with this thing because those guys cannot just stop pressing the flesh," observed veteran lobbyist Bruce Mehlman.
The other side: Congressional leaders want to keep working to shape legislative packages to address the virus' impacts.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told members of the Democratic caucus Tuesday that "we are the captains of the ship" and "we are the last to leave," while seeming to throw cold water on proposals to have members vote remotely or extend next week's congressional recess.
"The first thing we would do is close down tours. That seems like low-hanging fruit," a senior Democratic aide told Axios. "You can’t give the optics that you’re not working, but if you want to show that you're considering the safety of the people, tours would be the first to go."
The big picture: The virus has prompted major businesses and institutions to quickly regroup.
Google asked all North American employees to work from home.
The Gridiron Club canceled its annual press dinner for only the third time in its 135-year-old history.
The Securities and Exchange Commission became the first federal agency to direct staff at its D.C. office to work remotely after an employee with respiratory problems was told they may have the virus.
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Weekly Poser; Has a Beta ever changed your mind on a game?
This question has a lot to do with the Titanfall Beta that has finished this week. Strictly speaking a Beta is a test for the developers to make sure the game is functioning as they wish. However they now seem to be used by the general populous a s a away to gauge the suitability of the game.
My question to you all is; Has a Beta ever changed your mind on game in a positive or negative way?
We will be adding thoughts from all our social streams to this article and those streams just to get more views from everyone we can.
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Random Chat; Why the opening 4 Minutes 11 seconds of The Walking Dead was a true game changer in TV.
The best way to start to a TV show is something that will stick in the mind, this is something The Walking Dead did and it still amazes me that the creators of the show had the bottle to pull it off. The opening revolves around the two characters you can see below. One is Rick Grimes (played by Andrew Lincoln) the other is (or was) a little Girl.
The opening actually starts off in a very quiet manner. You view a quiet country road with a car coming towards the camera. Then it becomes apparent to see that something is amiss, there are glimpses of cars turned over and damaged in what can only be described as a chaotic event. The whole scene is tense and this is added to by the lack of speech and background music. You do get the odd chirp of a bird and scenery related sound as Rick picks his way through the carnage to a petrol station and then we hear it.
A slow moving shuffle of what we assume is shoes. Rick picks up on the sound at the same time as we do and investigates. Then he spots a little girl in a dressing gown and fluffy slippers he calls then and says the immortal line “don’t be afraid”….
If you have got this far and not seen the scene you will be spoiled for ever more if you continue.
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At this point the girl turns and we get to see fear in the eyes Rick instead. His realisation that this young child is a zombie seems to affect him and that’s why I love this scene. The realisation that he is going to have to take on this girl seemingly hit him in hard in the few seconds of calm he has before she starts moving towards him.
The creators of the show could have gone any way they wanted to with the zombie a man, a woman or a boy but a little blonde girl seemed to me a statement of intent. It meant no one is safe. How often have we seen children get shot on television in a brutal fashion? I’m not sure I have ever seen such a brutal execution of a child in any form of visual entertainment ever. The sound of the gun shot echoes in the surrounding environment and the bullet hit is shown in slow motion along with the blood splatter. As the body falls you finally get a brief soundtrack and the title scene kicks in. This is a bar setting scene if there ever was one.
Admittedly the girl is a zombie but the feeling of revulsion still remains as we are yet to find out what it means in this universe to be a zombie. She was a young girl and our feelings about child killers is something ingrained in to most people from a young age. I’m not sure however though if anyone would blame Rick for his choice as it was more about survival then about violence towards a child. For the life of me I can not even think about how many zombies I have seen killed in this show but this is the kill that I remember (and one other from Season 2). Maybe it's because I'm a father? or it could be the first kill always sticks with you? but I can not remember the death of an extra that has been so strong in any other show.
The whole opening was perfectly pitched and made more of an impact on me then any other TV show or version of The Walking Dead. The stellar opening means the rest of The Walking Dead has a lot to live up to. The question is can it? We will endeavour to find out as our shuffle around Kirkman's universe continues.
Random Chat; World of tanks Tips; using Artillery to your advantage in the early levels.
This video (at the bottom of the post) came about after a brief chat on Twitter about the toughness of WoT in the early stages. As you can see in the exchange below.
This is a little trick but one I hope so,e will find useful.
The second part of the video shows how not to play this game.
If there are any other problems and no one else can help, maybe you can Tweet (Facebook, G+ or email) the Backwards Compatible Team.
Random Chat; Titanfall Thoughts and Beta Gameplay
As a spoiler this game has hooked me.
First Person Shooters have a habit of making players fell like Gods or else make them feel worthless. One of the unique aspects aspects of Titanfall is no matter your skill you can feel like a God among Men.
In this video I have tonnes of fun in a Titan or two as well as get some kills and more than a dash of deaths.
Special thanks to @ILoveMalteaser1 for sorting me out with a Beta code a wonderful gesture and very much appreciated.
The weekly Poser; What completed game has the pulling power to reel you back in?
This is a new section where one of the team will ask a question for everyone to think about and drop an answer to if possible. Always feel free to comment as your opinion is always welcome.
So without further ado. Borderlands 2 had a free weekend on Steam and I having completed the game on PS3 thought I could play it a little to compare and contrast the two versions. Now a week later I have sunk a further 14 hours (according to Steam) into my newly acquired PC version and I'm loving every minute of it.
My question to everyone in Internet land is;
What completed game has the pulling power to reel you back in?.
Random Chat; Flappy Bird lived and died by Social media.
Sorry for my technical noobishness but please read the tweet feed below in a bottom to top fashion.
This tweet is from the creator of the hit game Flappy Bird. (from a screenshot from the official twitter app)
The mobile game Flappy Bird is being taken down from its perch at the top of the mobile gaming charts by its creator. The reason being the pressure the creator is getting from sources all over the world about his creation. of course the question is Why?
The stream above is a little cryptic but in a few hours the game will be gone forever.
I promise you one thing the review we posted earlier about this game has nothing to do with the news, as we posted it after the twitter release. You can read Matt's thought on it here. Then below in blue are a few thoughts
This is a game I tried and deleted within half hour of playing. I can see the attraction but its just not for me. As we do not know the full reasons for the removal it's not fair to speculate.
However the legacy of this game however should live on in any budding developers mind. Social media can make a title but if you use this form of advertising beware the repercussions and fallout that can sometimes be levied at you.
Random Chat, The lighter Side; @MattTaylor138 attempts to show how to play Flappy Bird.
Usually known for his prowess Matt decided to take on the new hotness in the gaming world Flappy Birds. We have his full review coming later but for now you can have a chuckle at these pretty horrendous (I'm being kind) failures.
Random Chat; The Walking Dead, a poster child for Trans Media Entertainment.
Whether your passion is Gaming, TV or Comics or a combination of these you can have helped but hear the name The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman's along with Tony Moore (who was the original artist but he was replaced by Charlie Adlard at the 7th issue) creation has gone from strength to strength since initial comic release in 2003. Spawning books a TV show and now a hugely successful game franchise (along with a not so successful game but lets keep quiet about Survival Instinct).
I'm a fan of the three areas mostly thanks to the way they interweave with each other. Each can be appreciated on its own merits but as a whole they give a great insight into the post Zombie Apocalypse world. The varied characters are multi dimensional each with their own back story and inner demons. This helps the narrative to flow and make something interesting come out of nearly every issue or episode.
This kind of media is growing and thanks to the efforts of Telltale, Skybound (along with Image) and AMC it looks like the Walking Dead is destined to grow even stronger as time goes on.
We have a cunning plan in how we want to cover this type of media which we will be sharing more of in the coming weeks. So for now I leave you with this common question; who actually cuts the grass?
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If you are aspiring to grow in the Youtube sphere then social media is one of the most effective tools you can use to grow. In this little tips video Guns will show you a little how do on YouTube. Its worth taking the time to do this.
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Uncertain Markets May Drive Cybersecurity Consolidation
Experts: This Week's 'Black Monday' Likely to Accelerate Security M&A Activity Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 17, 2020
After a week of ups and downs, Wall Street took another plunge on Monday, bringing technology companies and cybersecurity firms along for the ride for what turned out to be one of the worst U.S. stock market days in history.
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By the end of the trading day on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 recorded their worst days since the infamous "Black Monday" crash of 1987. The Dow fell 12.9 percent over the course of the day, while the S&P fell by 12 percent. At the same time, as CNBC reports, the Nasdaq Composite had its worst day on record, falling 12.3 percent.
Monday's Wall Street sell-off came after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced late Sunday that it would slash interest rates to near zero as well as start a $750 billion asset-purchasing program designed to help alleviate the economic fallout from COVID-19. But the rapid rise of the disease worldwide, uncertainty that it poses to the social fabric, apparently inadequate early containment efforts in some countries - including the U.S. and U.K. - and impact of social distancing and quarantines continue to rattle global markets (see: COVID-19 Complication: Ransomware Keeps Hitting Healthcare).
In line with the broader market dive, technology and cybersecurity stocks took a hit on Monday too. IBM stock, for example, took an 8 percent hit and ended the day at $99.08. Another technology sector bellwether, Microsoft, saw its stock fall over 14 percent, while Amazon dipped more than 5 percent and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, declined by about 11 percent.
Cybersecurity stalwarts also took big hits. CrowdStrike stock fell over 16 percent, while Palo Alto Networks and FireEye stock dipped, respectively, by 9.5 percent and 18.9 percent. Okta, Zscaler, Tenable, Fortinet and numerous other security firms also recorded Monday stock declines.
While Dow Futures started to rally late Monday night, and the U.K.'s FTSE 100, which indexes the London Stock Exchange, opened higher on Tuesday, over the course of the morning it slid by 3 percent.
Further Consolidation
Some observers believe that that these large-scale disruptions to Wall Street and global markets are likely to accelerate current trends in the cybersecurity marketplace - namely consolidation and fresh merger and acquisition deals.
"The wave of consolidation that had already begun in cybersecurity is going to be accelerated by the events of the past week," Hank Thomas, CEO of Strategic Cyber Ventures, a Washington-based venture capital firm, tells Information Security Media Group.
What's likely to emerge are larger companies with platforms and tools that can address multiple security concerns instead of addressing niche issues, Thomas says.
"Multidimensional platforms are going to play a much bigger role in enterprise security in the coming years," Thomas says. "We are going to see the number of vendors the average CISO has in their ecosystem drop as these more capable platforms emerge. Increased M&A activity is going to drive the development of these platforms."
Much of this deal-making and M&A activity will play out against a backdrop of ongoing uncertainty as businesses try to assess the overall economic damage from the COVID-19 outbreak, according to BlackRock Investment Institute. What the financial firm does not see, however, is a repeat of the crisis of 2008, where credit markets locked up and investment fell.
"Stringent containment and social distancing policies will bring economic activity to a near standstill, but provided aggressive fiscal and monetary policy actions are taken to bridge businesses and households through the shock, activity should return rapidly with little permanent economic damage," according to BlackRock's analysis.
Reflecting on current market volatility, Art Coviello, a partner at Rally Ventures who formerly served as CEO of RSA, last week told ISMG that technology and cybersecurity stocks will flow with the market. But he predicts that firms with solid fundamentals and security offerings will not only survive but thrive in the new environment.
"If the virus becomes more severe, it could cause a slowdown in the economy but the fundamentals prior to the coronavirus were good, so a near-term bounce back would be probable," Coviello says. "All of this may have an ameliorating effect on the already high security valuations but I believe the cream will rise."
To illustrate that point, on Monday, Checkmarx, an Israeli security company known for its DevOps and application security testing tools, announced that its current owner - Insight Partners - is selling the company to another private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman, in a $1.15 billion deal. "My prediction is that we are going to see a lot of consolidation and exits (both good and bad) in the coming weeks," Joseph, Krull, an analyst with Aite Group and a former CISO, tells ISMG (see: Security Firm Checkmarx Getting New Owner).
Finding Value
Looking at both the cybersecurity market and broader technology space, businesses destined to beat the competition when Wall Street settles will be the players that either address very specific business problems that security can solve, including helping organizations muster and secure employees who are increasingly working remotely - outside the corporate firewall - and thus more vulnerable to online attacks, says Chris Pierson, CEO of cybersecurity firm BlackCloak.
"All the same controls, services, and capabilities that were needed last month are still needed. On top of that, additional remote cybersecurity and connectivity services and platforms will be needed as remote work increases," Pierson tells ISMG.
In other words, crises can bring opportunities for businesses that are able to help their customers solve them. "It is all about solving the problems that exist and are emerging that will enable a team's success over the next few months," he says.
Arguably, some organizations are already better positioned than others. As Investor's Business Daily recently noted, cybersecurity firms that have already begun to embrace cloud computing services, and "borderless" security concepts such as zero trust, are arguably much better-positioned to survive whatever impact COVID-19 ultimately has on the long-term economy, because they'll be giving the many organizations that increasingly rely on employees working from home the type of protection they need.
So it's good news that among the many hot-button topics and technologies discussed at last month's RSA 2020 conference in San Francisco, zero trust and securing cloud computing were some of the most frequently heard topics of discussion (see: Can a 'Zero Trust' Approach Work in the Supply Chain?).
Another area ripe for growth is anything to do with 5G, says Dan Ives, a financial analysts with Wedbush Securities. In a note to clients seen by Barron's, Ives predicts that security and software markets in general will continue to consolidate, but he notes that cybersecurity and technology embracing trends such as the cloud and 5G remain well-poised for growth.
"Looking past the fear and panic - and a potential, short-lived economic dent/softness - we believe these high-priority areas of spending and business models have attractive risk/rewards looking ahead and we would be buying these tech names at current levels," Ives says.
Executive Editor Mathew Schwartz contributed to this report.
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Barnhart Crane and Rigging Opens Houston Project Development Office
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.)—Barnhart Crane and Rigging Co., a leading provider of heavy rigging and transportation solutions, has established a project development office in Houston, Texas.
The Houston office represents the most recent in a series of expansions by Barnhart, that includes new offices in Chicago, Atlanta, Richmond, Tampa, Knoxville and Monroe, La. The Houston office will provide engineering and innovative solutions for companies involved with heavy construction, logistics and transportation worldwide.
Gary Via has been named project sales manager of Barnhart Crane’s Houston office. Via, a native of Houston, worked for Brown & Root for 22 years. His experience includes working as a heavy equipment operator, rigger, crane operator, rigging leadman, rigging foreman and technical specialist. Via also worked in heavy crane service sales and management prior to joining Barnhart Crane and Rigging.
“Houston serves as a center for heavy industry, engineering, logistics and consultants requiring expertise in heavy lift cargo transportation and rigging,” said Jeff Latture, vice president, Heavy Contracting, Barnhart Crane and Rigging. “Barnhart’s Houston office will enhance our ability to support these activities—the engineering and planning—of heavy industry jobs around the world.”
Barnhart Crane & Rigging, established in 1969, is a leading national supplier of specialized heavy rigging and transportation solutions. The company, with 13 locations across the United States, also provides crane services, machinery moving and plant relocations, as well as project cargo logistics and heavy equipment storage at its 100-acre, 700,000-square-foot warehouse facility in Memphis, Tenn.
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Coca-Cola still hoping to rebound from the struggling soft drink market
You may know of the Coca-Cola Freestyle dispensers, in which you can choose from tens of different options of drink flavors. These options range from Vanilla Coke to Raspberry Sparkling Aquafina.
On Friday, Coca-Cola announced their new Freestyle 9100 dispensers, to which consumers can connect through Bluetooth. The Freestyle app will allow consumers to choose their beverage before they walk up to the dispenser, creating more customizability and efficiency.
According to Coca-Cola, “more than 50,000 Coca-Cola Freestyle units pour 14 million drinks per day.” This extraordinary number has come after just nine years of development.
Additionally, the new machines will have never-before-seen features that are apparently the way of the future – this includes audio functionalities and optical sensors. It is unclear as to what these added features may do, but it shows that Coca-Cola is looking forward instead of staying in the present.
This new system will be revealed at the National Restaurant Association (not to be confused with the National Rifle Association, which also has the abbreviation NRA) in Chicago this upcoming weekend.
The 9100 platform is expected to launch in 2019, and while investors have not shown much enthusiasm yet, they may after this weekend.
Further, Coca-Cola (KO) shares have been down nearly 7% this year, largely due to consumers’ growing concern with obesity. However, they may see a slight bump with this new platform.
Also, this new system will allow companies to add some of their own special beverages, such as Taco Bell’s Baja Blast. This will benefit both parties, boosting beverage sales for fast-food chains and usage of the system for Coca-Cola.
Assumingly, there is some data collection software in these units that will allow Coca-Cola to see which drinks are consumed the most. This will give Coca-Cola a competitive advantage, providing them with more information about its consumers and what they like to drink. Based on those numbers, they can tailor their manufacturing and development to certain beverages over others.
Coca-Cola and the market for soft drinks has taken a hit recently, but with this technological advancement and the use of data collection, Coke may rebound in 2019.
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GVC Says It Was Blindsided By Tax Authority
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UK gambling and betting giant GVC Holdings has revealed that believes itself to have been blindsided by UK tax authorities. GVC is one of the United Kingdom’s largest gambling and betting chains operating at high-street capacity. The gambling giant revealed the latest status of the ongoing to-and-fro between it and UK tax authorities during a Tuesday press-release, at which time it confirmed being the focus of an ongoing tax probe and investigation.
GVC said that despite the fact that it had given its full co-operation to UK tax authorities throughout the course of the pre-investigation proceedings, it now finds itself dead-centre in the drama-circle and being investigated personally as having been privy and party to illegal activities conducted in Turkey during the period leading up to December 2017.
Mislead By The Authorities
The entire ordeal started when GVC was in November last year ordered by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to provide to the tax authority certain information pertaining to its (GVC’s) former Turkey-focused betting site.
The gambling and sports betting giant claims to have been told at the time that the investigation related to payment providers providing products and services to online betting firms serving Turkey-based gamblers. Online gambling was declared illegal in the country in 2006.
GVC furthermore said that since it had already distanced itself from the Turkish online market during December of 2017, it did not for one moment consider itself the possible focus of a large-scale tax investigation – let alone one conducted by English tax lawmakers. According to the betting operator, it had been the manner in which the information had been presented by HMRC that had caused the confusion and subsequent misgivings – misgivings GVC says it now believes to have been purposefully misleading.
No Clarity From HMRC
Save for references made to the UK’s bribery act, GVC says it wasn’t made aware of any misconduct from a UK-law perspective, and certainly not of any wrong-doing on its own part. HMRC had purposefully kept it in the dark about the real nature of the investigation, claims the operator.
What has proved most disappointing of all, said GVC on Tuesday, was the lack of clarity provided by the local tax authority. The operator says it had honoured its relationship with Britain by cooperating with the investigation but now feels that HMRC has not thought it necessary or proper to return the favour by honouring the trust-relationship.
A Difficult Road Lies Ahead
A prominent UK broker has in the meantime said that the UK tax-probe is bound to create even more investor-uncertainty around the value of and future of GVC shares. The operator’s credit grade is as it is drawing on a global health crisis-induced short straw – a situation that will only be made even worse by the tax controversy.
GVC’s credit grade was in April lowered a complete notch from “BB+” to “BB” and subsequently slapped with a “negative outlook” rating by Fitch Ratings. The negative rating officially pushed the operator into non-investment grade territory.
Fitch at the time explained the downgrade as having been the result of GVC having encountered great difficulty with the “deleveraging” of its balance sheet on par with its market contemporaries carrying “BB+” ratings.
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SEPTA regional rail conductor shot in attempted robbery at West Mount Airy Station
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, May 10, 2019)
PHILADELPHIA — A botched robbery left a SEPTA conductor shot on a regional rail train as passengers disembarked at a northwest Philadelphia station. The 57-year-old male conductor was shot once in the hip, Philadelphia police said. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center by police, where he is listed in stable condition.
Full story: NBC Philadelphia
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Here Are the States Where COVID-19 Is Increasing
Posted by Rakesh Sashmal on December 7, 2020
Editor’s note: This story will be updated regularly as new statistics are released.
The fall surge of new COVID-19 cases in the United States continues with no end in sight at the moment.
The New York Times reports the daily average of new COVID-19 cases this past week was 191,524. That’s is 12 percent higher than the average recorded two weeks ago.
The new average includes the 205,513 cases reported on Saturday.
Overall, the United States has now confirmed more than 14.6 million COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.
There were more than 1 million cases recorded in the first five days of December.
Hospitalizations are sitting at more than 97,000, a new record. That number is 13,000 higher than the number recorded 10 days ago.
U.S. COVID-19-related deaths now exceed 281,000.
That includes the 2,190 deaths recorded on Saturday.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) predicts the United States will top 470,000 deaths by March 1 if current conditions continue.
A New York Times daily tracking graph shows 39 states where “new cases are higher and staying high.”
There are 10 states where cases are “higher but going down.”
Only Hawaii is listed as “lower and staying low.”
A weekly tracking graph by Reuters that was updated on Nov. 30 reports there were 1.1 million new COVID-19 cases this past week as well as 10,000 deaths.
The numbers were almost 4 percent lower than the previous week, but the news agency points out that the Thanksgiving weekend may have causing some under-reporting of cases.
Reuters reports that there were 16 states where new cases rose this past week.
The rate of positive test results nationwide was 9.8 percent this past week, the same as the previous week. The World Health Organization considers a level above 5 percent to be “concerning.”
Iowa was the highest at 50 percent followed by Idaho at 44 percent and South Dakota at 41 percent.
Where cases are the highest
In terms of percentage, Washington showed the largest increase among states for newly confirmed COVID-19 cases this past week. The state recorded 21,440 new positive tests over the previous week, a hike of 91 percent, according to Reuters.
California was next with an increase of 30 percent to 99,465 new cases. The state reported more than 20,000 cases on Wednesday, a new single-day record.
In third was New York, which showed an increase of 25 percent with 44,965 new cases.
Nevada was fourth with 16,639 new cases, a jump of 21 percent.
New Jersey was fifth with 29,936, a hike of 20 percent.
In terms of sheer numbers, California is now on top with its nearly 100,000 new cases.
Texas remains second with 73,072 new positive tests, a decrease of 7 percent from the previous week.
Illinois fell to third place with 63,960 new cases, a drop of nearly 23 percent.
Ohio is right behind in fourth with 63,013 new cases, an increase of 18 percent.
Florida is fifth with 54,246 new positive tests, an increase of 2 percent.
There are new concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes. There were more than 3,000 deaths at nursing homes for the week that ended last Thursday, the highest number since June.
Experts point out that nursing homes account for about 6 percent of the nation’s COVID-19 cases but nearly 40 percent of the deaths.
Hospitalizations are rising
The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 is rising on almost a daily basis.
California now tops the list for states with hospitalizations. On Sunday, it had 9,430 people in the hospital for COVID-19. That is nearly 1,000 more than was recorded on Thursday.
Texas is second with 9,015 people hospitalized, slightly less than it reported on Thursday.
Illinois is third with 5,453 people hospitalized with COVID-19, about 400 fewer than on Thursday.
Pennsylvania has fourth highest number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 with 5,272, about 300 more than Thursday.
Ohio is in fifth place with 4,982 hospitalizations, about 200 less than Thursday.
At least 10 other states are also above the 2,100 mark.
The death toll
The New York Times lists 40 states where deaths have risen in the past 2 weeks.
The Reuters graph lists 21 states where deaths have increased from the previous week.
Alaska had the highest percentage increase among states at 260 percent with 18 new deaths.
Delaware was second with a 83 percent increase for a total of 22 deaths.
Ohio was third with a 47 percent hike with 403 deaths.
Connecticut was fourth with an increase of 46 percent with 133 deaths.
They were followed by Maryland with an increase of 44 percent for a total of 191 deaths.
In terms of sheer numbers, Illinois recorded the most deaths with 831 this past week, a decrease of 6 percent from the previous week.
Texas was second with 806 deaths this past week, a drop of 20 percent.
Michigan followed with 592 deaths, an increase of 18 percent.
Florida was fourth with 522 deaths, an increase of 8 percent.
Pennsylvania was fifth with 514 deaths, a decrease of 2 percent.
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If you like…The Raven Cycle
While we all while away the years waiting for Maggie Stiefvater’s Ronan Lynch-centric series, here are a few more tales of friendship, magic, myth, and darkness.
Welcome to Bordertown
Holly Black, Ellen Kushner
Stories and poems set in the urban land of Bordertown, a city on the edge of the faerie and human world, populated by human and elfin runaways.
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Cassel comes from a shady, magical family of con artists and grifters. He doesn’t fit in at home or at school, so he’s used to feeling like an outsider. He’s also used to feeling guilty—he killed his best friend, Lila, years ago. But when Cassel begins to have strange dreams about a white cat, and people around him are losing their memories, he starts to wonder what really happened to Lila. In his search for answers, he discovers a wicked plot for power that seems certain to succeed. But Cassel has other ideas—and a plan to con the conmen.
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Sunny Rico, a tough cop's daughter, enters into a professional partnership with Orient, a down-and-out mystic with a talent for finding lost things, as they struggle to protect a city on the edge of Fairie.
Pamela Dean
This Scottish-based tale for adults offers a pregnant heroine who must rescue the man who seduced her in the woods from his captor, the Fairie Queen.
Pretty Monsters
Kelly Link
Weird, wicked, spooky and delicious, PRETTY MONSTERS is a book of tall tales to keep you up all night. Blending fairytale, fantasy, horror, myth and mischief in a delicious cocktail, Kelly Link creates a world like no other, where ghosts of girlfriends past rub up against Scrabble-loving grandmothers with terrifying magic handbags, wizards sit alongside morbid babysitters, and we encounter a people-eating monster who claims to have a sense of humour. Combining the imaginative brilliance of Borges with the madcap escapades of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more than a pinch of macabre humour, this is writing to come back from the dead for.
Dreams Underfoot
Charles de Lint
Newford's citizens--fey folk, magicians, hustlers, painters, fiddlers, and ordinary people--stumble headfirst into enchanting adventures.
The City’s Son
Tom Pollock
Hidden under the surface of everyday London is a city of monsters and miracles, where wild train spirits stampede over the tracks and glass-skinned dancers with glowing veins light the streets. When a devastating betrayal drives her from her home, graffiti artist Beth Bradley stumbles into the secret city, where she finds Filius Viae, London's ragged crown prince, just when he needs someone most. An ancient enemy has returned to the darkness under St Paul's Cathedral, bent on reigniting a centuries-old war, and Beth and Fil find themselves in a desperate race through a bizarre urban wonderland, searching for a way to save the city they both love.
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“We are very grateful to Melissa Dongmin Ma and Robin Li for serving as a remarkable example of how giving to higher education can transform our world.”
In 2013, Melissa Dongmin Ma and Robin Li, MS '94, co-founder of China’s search-engine giant Baidu.com, made a gift of $200,000 to fund a laboratory in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the University at Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The Robin Li Data Mining and Machine Learning Laboratory will be located in Davis Hall on the North Campus.
Liesl Folks, dean of the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, thanked the couple for their generosity.
“This gift ensures the school can continue to pursue significant research while we proceed on an upward trajectory of excellence,” Folks said. "“We are very grateful to Melissa Dongmin Ma and Robin Li for serving as a remarkable example of how giving to higher education can transform our world. We are proud to call them our partners as we embark on an exciting future as a premier 21st century research university.”
Robin Yanhong Li, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Baidu Inc., the Chinese-language equivalent of Google, oversees the company's overall strategy and business operations. He studied information management at Peking University and earned a master’s degree from UB, where he studied at the Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR), learning about vector space models used to interpret word recognition results.
Li has received many honors in China and in the U.S., including designations for his business leadership from BusinessWeek and Fortune magazines. TIME Magazine named Li as one of the World's Most Influential People in 2010. UB bestowed its George W. Thorn Award—for graduates under 40 who have made notable contributions to their fields—on Li in 2006.
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An Fear Bréige By Antoine Ó Flatharta, Cló Iar-Chonnacht
Another jewel from the Irish language’s most iconoclastic playwright.This play by the Lettermullen playwright who penned many an edition of Glenroe as well as plays in English and Irish is impressive for its humour and its irreverence.
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Liam na Leisce agus Teach na Gaoithe By Pádraig Ó Siochrú, Cló Iar-Chonnacht
Will Lazy Liam sleep in the much feared Windy House? Who is the beautiful girl who has long been in a deep sleep there?
Bózó agus Drámaí Eile By Brian Ó Baoill, Cló Iar-Chonnacht
Five short plays for teenagers by Brian Ó Baoill.Drámaí (3 plays for 10-12; 2 plays for 12-15)
Aililiú, Seo Chugainn Bricriú By Pádraig Ó Siochrú, Cló Iar-Chonnacht
A version of an old Irish story adapted for 12 to 15 year olds. Eleven main parts required plus servants, warriors etc. as required.
Cumhacht na Cuimhne By Seosamh Mac Gabhann, Cló Iar-Chonnacht
Four short plays for young teenagers.
Níl aon Dul ón gCinniúint By Éamonn Ó Loingsigh, Cló Iar-Chonnacht
A short play suitable for second level students. The main character in the play is a father figure who finds it hard to accept the carry-on of the youth of today, especially that of his own teenage daughters.
Scaoil leis an gCaid & An Saol Eile By Cló Iar-Chonnacht, Breandán Mac Gearailt
The first of these two plays centres on the trials, troubles and tribulations of young men whose one interest in life to the detriment of all else is the local Gaelic football team. The second play captures the gruelling side of student life; flat-hunting, unpaid rent, rotten food, dirty washing,...
Pádraigín is Ainm Dom By Cló Iar-Chonnacht, Éamonn Ó Loingsigh
This short play deals with drugs and their effects.
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Disorderlies
Brady Carlson2012-12-29T02:53:30-05:00August 13th, 2012|Categories: Art Can Hurt|Tags: Anthony Geary, bad movies, Fat Boys, hip hop, movies, Ralph Bellamy|
I may be the baddest dude the streets ever produced*, but I just can’t relate to the hip hop heroes of our day. Kanye West is from Georgia and grew up in Illinois; shouldn’t he be named Kanye South, or at least Kanye Midwest? Lil Wayne is apparently leaving the business, and these days Jay-Z is nothing but business – as quoted by Forbes, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” He’s Jay-Z Omnimedia. Hip hop’s answer to Martha Stewart – not to say that Martha is a stranger to the hard knock life herself.
ZIP ZAP REYNOLDS WRAP
The only thing I’d keep from today’s stars is Snoop’s ability to change species at will- in fact, I’d expand it. (50 Cent would be able to exchange himself over borders and become Around a Quarter of a Euro.) Everyone else would drop the tough guy routine and get wacky.
Now I wouldn’t expect a compete overhaul in one fell swoop; I’ve mapped out a transition plan so that over, say, the next six years, Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasies will turn into Zip Zap Rap realities. We’ll start by encouraging the reintroduction of Hammer pants, which is something society should be doing anyway. The obvious next step is to re-release novelty rap’s greatest achievement – the classic film Disorderlies. The trio’s first record is being re-released already (and in little pizza boxes, no less), so it’s the perfect time to recognize this milestone in cinematic history for what it is: the second movie released in 1987 to star Anthony Geary as its fey villain (the other is, of course, Penitentiary III). And that’s not all: Disorderlies also features plenty of food-related hi-jinks, a rap cover version of the Beatles’ “Baby You’re a Rich Man,” and cameos by Helen “I Am Woman” Reddy and Ray “Ghostbusters” Parker Jr.. So let’s delve into this giant in the field of hip hop cinema, in the hopes that someone at Warner Brothers will come across the review and start producing a special edition of the film, served up in DVD-sized pizza boxes, shortly thereafter:
Clash of the 80’s Stereotypes!
All orderlies, even Disorderlies, require patients, and the patient in this movie is a wealthy old Palm Beacher called Albert Dennison. He’s played by Ralph Bellamy, who received an honorary Oscar the same year that he starred in this movie – obviously that’s not a coincidence. Albert has a big mansion and a vast fortune, and he’s been drugged into oblivion by his greedy nephew Winslow (Anthony Geary). This is because Winslow gambled away a lot of money he borrowed from his stereotypical 80’s Mexican gangster friend Luis (Marco Rodriguez), and he needs Uncle to kick off so Luis can once again line the pockets of his Don Johnson jacket with cash. Winslow tries to up the ante a little by stepping on Albert’s oxygen tube, but this is foiled by the very sprightly, cheerful and apparently unsuspicious home health care team he’s hired. They’re “too damn good,†Winslow complains to his manservant, Miguel. “What I need are the worst orderlies in the history of nursing care.†Actually, what he needs the $640,000 he owes Luis, but indirectly, he’s correct.
The hell with French peasants, let the Fat Boys eat cake.
Good thing Winslow subscribes to USA Today, where he finds a cover story about “USA’s worst nursing home†– the Restful Days Nursing Home in Brooklyn, where orderlies Buffy, Markie and Kool take old people for unauthorized high-speed wheelchair rides. They also regularly sneak into the kitchen and eat all the desserts prepared for the residents – if you pay close attention to the dialogue, you’ll hear the boss chew the trio out for eating 16 chocolate cakes “for the fifth time in a week.†That’s eighty cakes split among three guys. Let’s assume there are 16 slices in each cake, and that each slice is 350 calories – if so, each Fat Boy devoured 149,333 calories in that week. As there are about 3500 calories in a pound, Kool, Buffy and Markie each gained 42 pounds that week in cake alone.
Winslow walks in to Restful Days just as the Fat Boys are being ushered out the door, and he quickly hires them on as Uncle Albert’s new orderlies and flies them down to Florida. (And yes, wackiness does ensue while they’re on the plane, sharing a row with a small grey-haired old woman.) They set the tone on their first day – Markie briefly gets arrested, Buffy gets attacked by Winslow’s dog, Chauncey, and Kool nearly breaks everything he touches. They also manage to drop old Albert into his swimming pool, via the hydraulic wheelchair lift. Then they knock each other in, too. All of this, by the way, takes place at some kind of $1000 a plate society luncheon. And there isn’t even cake.
If it’s possible to sum up the 1980’s in one picture, this is that picture.
Kool quickly decides the hoity-toity life isn’t for him and demands Buffy and Markie drive him to the bus station. They agree, but they still have to look after Albert so they bring him along. To recap: the Fat Boys and Ralph Bellamy drive around Palm Beach to the strains of Bon Jovi. But as long as they’re out, why not also pick up three girls on a street corner? “This is my friend Cool Al over here,†Buffy tells the ladies. “He’s into drugs.†They go to a roller rink, which convinces Kool to stick around. More importantly, it convinces the heretofore cranky and uncooperative Albert to live it up, especially after the three women wheel him out onto the roller rink floor and dance and hang loose. (The movie even plays a “BOING!” sound effect when Ralph ogles the womens’, uh, boings.) Winslow is all huffy about this when the crew heads back to the mansion; he admonishes the Fat Boys to keep the old man “at home, where he’s safe – and LOVED.†“Step off, homeboy,†Albert tells Winslow. Snap.
The uniforms are orange – I think they’re meant to warn the audience.
But Winslow has no intention of stepping off – he wants to bump off Albert – fast. “Enough is enough,†he says, referring to the subtlety of his murderous methods (and of his acting, for that matter.) And so while Markie is on a date (a sort of undercooked sideplot) and Kool and Buffy peep on the skinny-dipping neighbors, Winslow and Luis send over some hitmen. The old man is defenseless, sitting in his office with his Walkman cranking out some rap – and yet they manage to miss him, partly because they aim like Imperial Stormtroopers and partly because the cops are on the scene, looking for the two peepers reported by the skinny-dipping neighbors. The hitmen duck out and Winslow puts a gun in Kool’s luggage for the cops to find.
Which they do. And so Kool and Buffy head off to jail, framed for a crime they didn’t commit like they were the A-Team. Markie finds a videotape of Winslow ordering the hit and shows it to Albert, but stumbles and the tape falls in the fireplace. (The movie literally goes “wah-wah†over this.) Winslow, Luis and manservant Manuel tie up the remaining good guys and demand Albert open the safe where he keeps all his gold bars and treasury notes. He refuses. Not even for me? Winslow begs. “No!†Albert shouts.
The lead cop tells Kool and Buffy they need to confess or else they’ll be subjected to a “Florida lie detector,†also known as “a 300 pound white man with a baseball bat.†(Markie?) Buffy somehow turns into MacGyver here: he gets hold of the cops’ dry cleaning (?) and pushes the top of a coat hanger under the seat so he can press down on the gas pedal, at least until the police car hits something. The something here is a fancy car with the licence plate “I SUE.†Lawyer jokes, now? As the cops haggle with the lawyer (dude puts on a neck brace as he harangues them), Kool and Buffy put the police car in reverse and drive off. Backwards. Using hangers. In the back of a police car. While handcuffed. I’m frankly surprised NBC has never turned this scene into the premise of a reality show.
Mother told me, yes she told me, I’d meet rappers dressed up as cops like you
Oh, but then things get more logical. That dry cleaning they got hold of somehow includes extra-large police uniforms; they don the police duds and commandeer a passing car, which happens to be driven by Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen. Faced by two Fat Boys-turned-cops with a need for speed, Rick surrenders, but he doesn’t give himself away.
By the way, this was the original ending to Godard’s “Pierrot le Fou”
Kool and Buffy head back to Dennison Mansion to stop Winslow and his evil friends, who have broken Albert’s safe open and made off with the loot, and have lit a comically long fuse on the dynamite they’re using to blow the place (and its owner) to bits. Officer Buff and Officer Kool grab some guns and shoot up a cuckoo clock; their cover blown, they subdue several henchmen by – what else – sitting on them. Buffy and Kool don’t know how to disarm the explosives, of course, so they do the next best thing – jumping into the pool, knowing that their splashes will put out the fire. This doesn’t actually stop the explosion, but it does delay it long enough for the good guys to get out of its way.
Oh, while all of this going on, Winslow asks Luis to stage an injury, so he can look like he tried to stop the murder. Luis concurs with this plan and shoots Winslow in the butt. Albert and the Fat Boys watch and laugh as the wacky nephew prances about in severe buttal agony.
Officially this is THE END, but then Albert narrates a “where are they now†epilogue. Luis ends up in jail, as does Winslow. As for the Fat Boys? “Kool became a lifeguard… he’s currently training to swim the English Channel.†“Buffy went to medical school; he’s now practicing heart surgery at a hospital in Beverly Hills.†“Markie never returned to school, but he has become a sex therapist, in private practice.†(Aren’t you glad I didn’t go into the subplot now?) Albert married one of the roller rink gals, and they have many children. For fun, Albert and the Fat Boys go on safari every year – “safari,†in this instance, means running into a convenience mart and nearly shooting Beach Boy Bruce Johnston by accident.
Why is Bruce Johnston in a convenience mart? Who knows, but it’s fun. Which could sum up this entire picture – it’s not entirely clear why the world needed a Fat Boys movie, and yet it’s actually kind of enjoyable. The plot is pretty skimpy and predictable, but the Boys are clearly having fun on screen; in fact, Buff Love could have actually been a decent comedy actor with a little more seasoning (and if he hadn’t died in the mid 90’s). Anthony Geary is in fine wacky form, and Ralph Bellamy is a nice classy foil for his uncouth homies. If nothing else, the fact that we can now use the word “homies†in connection with Ralph Bellamy makes Disorderlies worth a viewing. Mildly recommended.
* actually, I am not the baddest dude the streets ever produced.
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Jeffree Star addresses Kanye West affair rumours, Priyanka Chopra flouts lockdown rules, and other beauty news
Image: Instagram | @jeffreestar
10/1/21 12:00 pm
1. Jeffree Star denies his affair with Kanye West.
Rumblings of a supposed cheating scandal first reared its head when gossip pages announced Kanye West's and Kim Kardashian's impending divorce. This was further exacerbated by online personality, Ava Louise, who took to TikTok to claim that West had been hooking up with a famous beauty guru on the side. It didn't help that Star had recently moved to a ranch in Wyoming; the same state where West is rumoured to be staying in amidst his separation with Kardashian. As speculations continued to fly, Star opted to clarify and refute all of the affair allegations in a YouTube video. Days later, Louise revealed that there was "literally not one bit of truth" to anything she said. "I just tricked the entire world into talking about me again because I was on a lot of Adderall and bored," she stated. A dramatic start to the year, indeed. Speaking of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, though...
2. Kim Kardashian sold a USD$200 million stake of her beauty brand to Coty.
The multinational beauty company now owes 20% of KKW Beauty. According to financial experts, this was done to "rekindle sales growth" after Coty Inc experienced a drop in shares. The partnership will allow Kardashian to focus on creative efforts of her brand, while they work on expanding into new beauty categories such as skincare and nail products. Kardashian then released an official statement upon the announcement, expressing her excitement for this newly-formed alliance. "I'm so proud of how the KKW brand has grown over the past four years, and I look forward to working with Coty for the next phase of innovation, advancement, and the ability to bring new launches to customers all around the world," she said.
3. Kylie Jenner is under fire for releasing a luxury hand sanitiser.
Priced at USD$7, the latest Kylie Skin drop is formulated with 80% alcohol and promises to keep paws soft and hydrated no matter how much you cleanse. The Internet is livid, however, at the jacked-up price, with certain members of the beauty community accusing Jenner of "profiting off the pandemic." Still, there has been pushback in the form of vocal healthcare workers who claim that Jenner did donate bottles of sanitiser to hospitals upon its release. Twitter user, @SammyD71, is one of them. "Before she started selling the hand sanitiser she made it at the beginning of the pandemic and donated tons of it," they wrote. "Now people are giving her a hard time? People should get their facts straight first."
4. Priyanka Chopra claims that her visit to a hair salon does not go against the UK's lockdown rules.
The actress was photographed leaving the Josh Wood Colour Salon last week despite the country's lockdown protocol, which — naturally! — incited rage and contempt amongst the public. Chopra's representatives were quick to respond, claiming that her hair was coloured for the purpose of a film she is currently shooting in London. "The salon was opened privately for the production and everyone involved had been tested and followed both the DCMS working guidelines and the film production regulations," they said. "Film and TV production is permitted to continue in the UK, and locations can continue to accommodate shoots and recces that are carried out in-line with government guidelines. The exemption paperwork legally permitting her to be there was provided to the police, and they left satisfied."
5. The Weeknd sports some wickedly-realistic prosthetics in his latest video.
Talk about method acting. The singer explained that this was done in an effort to get into character based on his latest studio album, After Hours, who he portrays to be a performer who becomes obsessed with a life of excess and opulence. Some claim that the exaggerated cheekbones and bone structure is actually a jab towards his ex, Bella Hadid, but there's been no evidence to back up such claims. We suppose we'll take his word for it.
6. Drake debuts a new side-swept hair look.
That comes with a heart-shape bleached prominently amidst his locks, we might add. Everyone is, uh, confused, to say the least, though fans are claiming it to be a promotional stunt for the release of his upcoming album, Lover Boy. We don't how that makes it okay, but sure...?
Drake said “RAWR XD” pic.twitter.com/Yq8GSculwx
— mitch (@limitedmitch) January 3, 2021
7. Dove releases their first-ever refillable deodorant.
Congratulations are in order for this breakthrough. Dove's Global Vice President of Deodorants revealed to Allure that their latest innovation was crafted in a way to "avoid excess material use," forming something "that you not only can, but want to, use for life — from the durable, long-lasting materials to the sleek, minimalist design." The personal care label has also assured the community that they can expect more environmentally-friendly, refillable products in the years to come.
8. Axe Body Spray takes a stand against right-wing insurgents.
This all went down shortly after photos from the violent Capitol siege were released. Journalist, Mike DeBonis, took to Twitter to release an image of Axe Body Spray. It was captioned, "Left by the mob: a lonely can of Axe Body Spray." The company immediately fired back with a succinct, "We'd rather be lonely than with that mob. AXE condemns yesterday's acts of violence and hate at the Capitol. We believe in the democratic process and the peaceful transition of power."
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performances: Han-earl Park, Dominic Lash and Mark Sanders plus Caroline Pugh (Birmingham, Bristol and London, December 2015)
Image © 2015 Han-earl Park.
Han-earl Park (guitar), Dominic Lash (double bass) and Mark Sanders (drums) plus Caroline Pugh (voice and electronics) will be doing a short tour of England in December 2015 (see the performance diary for up-to-date info):
Birmingham, December 1, 2015: The Lamp Tavern (Barford Street, Birmingham B5 6AH) presented by Fizzle.
[Performance diary entry…] [Fizzle listings…] [Facebook event…]
Bristol, December 2, 2015: Cafe Kino (108 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3RU) presented by Bang the Bore.
[Performance diary entry…] [Bang the Bore page…] [Facebook event…]
London, December 3, 2015: Cafe OTO (18–22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL).
[Performance diary entry…] [OTO page (get tickets)…] [Facebook event…]
[Press release (PDF)…]
Presented with funding from Culture Ireland, and support from SLAM Productions.
Expect playful, noisy and inventive musical interactions as the cyborgian virtuoso guitarist Han-earl Park performs with double bassist Dominic Lash, drummer Mark Sanders, and vocalist and electronics performer Caroline Pugh in Birmingham (1 December 2015), Bristol (2 December) and London (3 December). This three-date tour marks the first European performances of Han-earl Park’s Metis 9, a collection of improvisative tactics for ensemble performance.
Described as “a musical philosopher… a delightful shape-shifter” by Brian Morton in Point of Departure, guitarist Han-earl Park has performed with some of the best improvisers from the Americas, Asia and Europe. He is part of ensembles including the London-based Mathilde 253 with Charles Hayward and Ian Smith, the New York-based Eris 136199 with Nick Didkovsky and Catherine Sikora, and the Berlin-based Numbers with Richard Barrett.
The performances will feature Park’s trio with the virtuosic bassist, composer and sound artist Dominic Lash, and Mark Sanders, arguably the most sought-after avant-jazz and free improvisation drummer of his generation. Joining the group will be Belfast-based experimental folk singer and electronics performer Caroline Pugh, bringing an additional layer of levity and exuberance to the already playful interactions of the trio.
In addition to presenting other improvisative and traditional works, this tour will mark the European premiere of Park’s Metis 9, a playbook of interactive tactics for group improvisation. Initially conceived and performed in New York (in collaboration with New York-based musicians, Josh Sinton and Catherine Sikora), Metis 9 is documented on the album Anomic Aphasia recently released by SLAM Productions to great acclaim (“☆☆☆☆½” All About Jazz, “☆☆☆☆” Free Jazz).
With musicians representing diverse strands of present-day improvised musics, prepare for a performance that fragments and recombines musical histories, a performance that leaps unexpectedly between noise, melody, dissonance, harmony and rhythm.
The events take place: Tuesday, 1 December, Fizzle at The Lamp Tavern (Barford Street, Birmingham B5 6AH), 7:30pm; Wednesday, 2 December, Bang the Bore at Cafe Kino (108 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3RU), 8:00pm; Thursday, 3 December, Cafe OTO (18–22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL), 8:00pm.
about the ensemble
Hear guitarist Han-earl Park push and pull on the guitar-amplifier dancing partners, Dominic Lash and his double bass damage hanging artwork, Mark Sanders excavate caverns in the smallest spaces for his percussion, and Caroline Pugh sing the lines that border the intelligible and the cryptic. Somewhere out there, there’s an SUV-sized violin tailgating, a No Wave guitarist desperately trying to survive in the Appalachian Mountains, someone dropping sheets of metal during a Jazz Session, an evolutionary biologist finding themselves speaking in tongues (awash in blue).
about the performers
Improviser, guitarist and constructor Han-earl Park has been crossing borders and performing fuzzily idiomatic, on occasion experimental, always traditional, open improvised musics for twenty years. He has performed in clubs, theaters, art galleries, concert halls, and (ad-hoc) alternative spaces across Europe and the USA.
Park engages a radical, liminal, cyborg virtuosity in which mind, body and artifact collide. He is driven by the social and revolutionary potential of real-time interactive performance in which tradition and practice become creative problematics. As a constructor of musical automata, he is interested in partial, and partially frustrating, context-specific artifacts; artifacts that amplify social relations and corporeal identities and agencies.
Ensembles include Mathilde 253 with Charles Hayward and Ian Smith, Eris 136199 with Nick Didkovsky and Catherine Sikora, and Numbers with Richard Barrett. Park is the constructor of the machine improviser io 0.0.1 beta++, and instigator of Metis 9, a playbook of improvisative tactics. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Mark Sanders, Josh Sinton, Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, Gino Robair, Tim Perkis, Andrew Drury, Pat Thomas and Franziska Schroeder, and as part of large ensembles led by Wadada Leo Smith, Evan Parker and Pauline Oliveros.
Festival appearances include Freedom of the City (London), Sonorities (Belfast), ISIM (New York), dialogues festival (Edinburgh), CEAIT (Los Angeles) and Sonic Acts (Amsterdam). His recordings have been released by labels including Slam Productions, Creative Sources and DUNS Limited Edition.
Park taught improvisation at University College Cork, and founded and curated Stet Lab, a space for improvised music in Cork.
Dominic Lash is a freely improvising double bassist, although his activities also range much more widely and include playing bass guitar and other instruments; both writing and performing composed music; and writing about music and various other subjects.
He has performed with musicians such as Tony Conrad (in duo and quartet formations), Joe Morris (trio and quartet), Evan Parker (duo, quartet and large ensemble) and the late Steve Reid. His main projects include The Dominic Lash Quartet, The Set Ensemble (an experimental music group focused on the work of the Wandelweiser collective) and The Convergence Quartet.
Based in Bristol, Lash has performed in the UK, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. For nearly a decade he was based in Oxford and played a central role in the activities of Oxford Improvisers; much of 2011 was spent living in Manhattan. In 2013 and 2014 he is taking part in Take Five, the professional development programme administered by Serious.
Festival appearances include Akbank Jazz Festival (Istanbul), Audiograft (Oxford), Freedom of the City (London), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Hurta Cordel (Madrid), Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf), LMC Festival (London), Manchester Jazz Festival and Tampere Jazz Happening.
His work has been broadcast on a number of radio stations, including BBC Radios 1 and 3 and Germany’s SWR2, and released on labels including Another Timbre, b-boim, Bead, Cathnor, Clean Feed, Compost and Height, Emanem, Erstwhile, FMR, Foghorn, Leo and NoBusiness.
Since moving to Bristol he has been involved in organising concerts under the banners of Bang the Bore and Insignificant Variation. A new venture is the monthly series happening every second Wednesday at the Arnolfini entitled Several 2nds. Events include performances, workshops, film screenings and discussions.
“Following in an illustrious lineage from Barry Guy through Simon Fell… breathtaking.”
John Sharpe (All About Jazz)
Mark Sanders has played with many renowned musicians from around the world including Evan Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, Myra Melford, Paul Rogers, Henry Grimes, Roswell Rudd, Okkyung Lee, Barry Guy, Tim Berne, Otomo Yoshihide, Luc Ex, Ken Vandermark, Sidsel Endresen and Jean Francois Pauvrois, in duo and quartets with Wadada Leo Smith and trios with Charles Gayle with Sirone and William Parker.
New collaborative projects include ‘Riverloam Trio’ with Mikolaj Trzaska and Olie Brice, ‘Asunder’ with Hasse Poulsen and Paul Dunmall, duos with John Butcher and DJ Sniff, ‘Statics’ with Georg Graewe and John Butcher, and trio with Rachel Musson and Liam Noble.
Mark and John Edwards play as a rhythm section with many groups including Trevor Watts Quartet, ‘Foils’ with Frank Paul Schubert and Matthius Muller, Mathew Shipp’s ‘London Quartet,’ also playing with Fred Frith, Wadada Leo Smith and Shabaka Hutchins amongst many others.
Christian Marclay’s ‘Everyday’ project includes Mark with Christian, Steve Beresford, John Butcher and Alan Tomlinson, he also works regularly in the projects of Mikolaj Trzaska, Gail Brand, Paul Dunmall, Peter Jaquemyn, and Simon H. Fell.
Mark has performed in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Morrocco, South Africa, Mozambique and Turkey, playing at many major festivals including, Nickelsdorf, Ulrichsburg, Glastonbury, Womad, Vancouver, Isle of Wight, Roskilde, Berlin Jazz days, Mulhouse, Luz, Minniapolis, Banlieue Bleues, Son D’hiver and Hurta Cordel.
He has released over 120 CDs.
“A gifted player capable of seamless movement between free-rhythms and propulsive swing.”
John Fordham (The Guardian)
Scottish vocalist and composer Caroline Pugh borrows old-fangled technologies and honours oral histories to create new performances. With a background in both folk and improvisation, her solo works You’ve Probably Heard These Songs Before, Timing By Ear, Measuring By Hand and Platform Audio also draw on performance art and pinhole photography.
Originally from Edinburgh, Caroline has performed across Europe and North America with new improvisation performances including Los Angeles’ Betalevel in 2012, NIME 2011 in Oslo, Just Listening 2011 in Limerick and Experimentica09 in Cardiff. She is also in a band called ABODE and an improvisation collective called E=MCH.
Now based in Belfast, Caroline sings in a folk duo with Meabh Meir and together with Myles McCormack they run traditional song sessions at the Garrick Bar on Mondays from 7.30-10pm.
In 2011, Caroline was awarded an Art Council Northern Ireland grant for her solo work and gained a Distinction for her AHRC-funded Master of Music at Newcastle University. She coaches students at Queen’s University Belfast and has worked in collaboration with visual artists (Connecting through Scape 2008), theatre practitioners (hour8+9 2009), video artists (SAAB 2009), dancers and psychologists (Newcastle and Northumbria Universities 2010). She also got a BA in Scottish Music from the Royal Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and studied Contemporary Music at the University of Central Lancashire for a wee while too.
“Every once in a while you happen upon a gig or event that’s so fundamentally unlike anything you’ve experienced before that you can’t help but reconsider your own thoughts on what defines music, performance and entertainment.”
Brian Coney (BBC Across The Line)
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All photographs copyright the respective photographer: respect the terms of usage where stated. (Thumbnail images, above L–R: © 2010 Seán Kelly; © 2013 Peter Gannushkin; and by Andrew Putler.)
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Categoriesgigs, media, video recordings TagsAll About Jazz, Andrew Putler, Anomic Aphasia, Bang the Bore, Birmingham, Brian Morton, Bristol, Cafe Kino, Cafe OTO, Caroline Pugh, Catherine Sikora, Culture Ireland, Dominic Lash, Eris 136199, Fizzle, Free Jazz Blog, Han-earl Park, Improvisation Birmingham, Josh Sinton, Lee Griffiths, London, Mark Sanders, Metis 9, Nick Didkovsky, Olly Chalk, Park-Lash-Sanders, performance, Peter Gannushkin, photographs, Point of Departure, press, recordings, Seán Kelly, Sirene 1009, SLAM Productions, SLAMCD 559, The Lamp Tavern, video recordings, YouTube
Posted on June 17, 2014 April 9, 2020
thanks: Eris 136199 (ISIM, NYC), Rasmussen-Foster-Niggenkemper-Park (DMG, NYC) and Park-Rainey (Why Not Jazz Room, NYC)
A belated note of thanks for all involved in the June 6, June 6 (no that’s not a typo—two performances on that day), and June 8 events. Thanks to the folk at ISIM, and in particular to Richard Robeson, Billy Satterwhite and Ed Sarath for organizing, curating and facilitating the event, and to Christopher Hoffman for the tech support; to Bruce and everyone at Downtown Music Gallery, the World’s Greatest Record Store (seriously, go buy a record from them right now); and to Andrea Wolper and her amazing series, and to Why Not Jazz Room. Thanks also to the multiple documentarists: videographers Don Mount and Juan Ant [watch/listen…], and to photographer Peter Gannushkin [see…].
As always, big thanks to the creative folk who shared the stage with me; it’s always a privilege. Applaud these folk: Mette Rasmussen, Michael Foster, Pascal Niggenkemper; Tom Rainey (how does one perform with a drummer who can anticipate every move?); and the two that complete Eris 136199: Nick Didkovsky and Catherine Sikora (always a blast).
Finally, thanks to all who came to listen. That’s to be my last visit to New York for sometime, and, audience big or small, it’s always a pleasure to perform for you.
Categoriesgigs, research TagsAlias Ra, Andrea Wolper, Billy Satterwhite, Bruce Lee Gallanter, Catherine Sikora, Christopher Hoffman, Cross-Cultural Improvisation III, Don Mount, Downtown Music Gallery, Ed Sarath, Eris 136199, Han-earl Park, International Society for Improvised Music, Juan Ant, Mette Rasmussen, Michael Foster, New York, Nick Didkovsky, Pascal Niggenkemper, performance, Peter Gannushkin, photographs, recordings, Richard Robeson, The New School, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Tom Rainey, video recordings, Why Not Experiment? Series, Why Not Jazz Room
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Best Ice Cream in Saigon
By: Mervin Lee
If the inner child inside you has been yelling out loud for sugary redemption, City Pass Guide has you covered!
Apart from the celebrated chains available in Ho Chi Minh City such as Haagen-Dazs, Swensens and Baskin Robbins which require no further introduction, where else can you find great ice cream in Saigon?
To help you with that, we spent nearly 20 man-hours binging on sugary treats at countless locations to bring you a list of the best ice cream, gelato and soft serve locations in HCMC. We hope you’re mentally prepared because we’re pretty sure you’ll need to hit the gym after this feature!
Ralf's Artisan Gelato
Address: 39 Đặng Thị Nhu, Nguyễn Thái Bình ward, District 1
Opening Hours: 1 p.m. - 10 p.m. on weekdays. 11.30 a.m. - 10 p.m. on weekends. Closed on Mondays.
Named after German-native Ralf Ehresmann who moved to Vietnam in 2016 to share his passion of authentic gelato with foreigners and Vietnamese alike. Ralf's Artisan Gelato focuses on authentic Italian-style gelato that is made from scratch using state-of-the-art equipment, natural ingredients and without semi-finished starters which are common in the gelato industry.
True to his German vibes, Ralf is meticulous about quality. A walk in his self-described 'gelato laboratory' was a mildly life-changing experience.
“I micronize everything!" Ralf said. Micronization refers to industrial-level blending that reduces solids to extremely fine particles, critical for creating smooth gelato. Ralf uses the best possible ingredients available to create his artisanal desserts: Alphonso mangoes, MAROU chocolate, pure pistachio paste... you name it!
Some of his creations are near mind-boggling yet surprisingly delicious. For example, adventurous eaters can sample the bacon gelato made with Quan Ut Ut's smoked bacon, Winking Seal's craft beer, virgin-pressed Phú Quốc fish sauce... and even a phở gelato made out of two bowls of phở đặc biệt.
Vegans will love Ralf's creations too since his sorbets are ridiculously smooth and velvety, nearly the same sensation as a milk gelato without the guilt!
Bottomline: The ultra-smooth texture of Ralf's gelato and his dedication to high-quality ingredients is impressive; worth every dong at VND60,000 a scoop. Seasonal items such as mangosteen and cantaloupe makes Ralf’s Artisan Gelato worth many return visits.
Ralf's Artisan Gelato might also be the only place in Ho Chi Minh City where one can sample the decadent German-style eis kaffee, which is basically a whipped-cream garnished coffee beverage topped with generous amounts of vanilla ice cream.
Our favourite flavours: amarena cherry, raspberry sorbet, Phú Quốc fish sauce (reminiscent of sea-salt caramel) and nếp cẩm, fermented Vietnamese purple rice.
Puppy & Cesar
Address: 35 Tống Hữu Định, Thảo Điền ward, District 2
Opening Hours: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. daily
Located in Thảo Điền, this quaint and homely gelato store has been making Italian-style gelato since 2013 and is the brainchild of a dog-loving couple who learned gelato-making in Italy.
"Julius Cesar is the Roman emperor and Cesar Millan is the Dog Whisperer!" Thao (co-founder) exclaimed. What a stroke of genius!
"Pupper & Cesar focuses on creating unique flavours, which are special, delicious yet not too weird," Thao said.
Flavours such as cheesecake, salted caramel cookie and chocolate orange sorbet, filled with candied orange peel, are gelato creations beloved by millions of people. Vegans will fall in love with Puppy & Cesar's black sesame gelato with Korean brown rice milk, a flavour that resembles a hearty bowl of Hong Kong-style black sesame dessert, albeit nice and cold. With a traditional Vietnamese twist, flavours such as cốm green rice kernels and salted kumquat are interesting pairings that work surprisingly well alongside western flavours.
Bottomline: At VND25,000 per scoop, the quality of gelato at Puppy & Cesar drastically exceeds it's price which makes them one of the most popular places for ice cream or gelato in District 2. A perfect place for weekends!
Our favourite flavours: Apple pie, made with home-pressed apple juice and speculoos cookies, leads as the most unique flavour we tried during our high-sugar binge to complete this article. We also loved their tiramisu gelato made with real mascarpone cheese and matcha made with top-quality green tea powder that is ground from leaves harvested in Kyoto during the springtime.
Osterberg Ice Cream
Address: 94 Xuân Thủy, Thảo Điền ward, District 2
Opening Hours: 2 p.m. - 10 p.m. on weekdays. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. on weekends.
An excellent ice cream shop all the way from Denmark. The Osterberg family was in the fresh fruits business long before venturing into ice cream; a very tempting reason to journey to District 2 for a taste of Osterberg's fruit based sorbets!
At Osterberg, all milk based ice cream such as Tahiti and bourbon vanilla are made with Danish milk while unique vegan flavours such as avocado and date sorbet, and peanut butter steal the limelight. We also sampled a carrot and orange ice cream-like creation that is made with no milk or sugar, an excellent choice for health-conscious folks!
Staying true to it's Danish roots, the elderflower sorbet here is a dessert adaptation of Hyldeblomst Saft, a lemonade-like beverage commonly made using elderflower heads, lemons and sugar, floral and summery...simply a must-try!
Bottomline: Many expats adore Osterberg for it's dense ice cream and fruit sorbets as well as its rotational selection of vegan choices. Guests can also create their own ice cream cakes using any ice cream and sorbets available on the menu.
Our favourite flavours: piña colada made with white rum, strawberry and the vegan chocolate sorbet made with MAROU's locally grown dark chocolate. This is possibly our favourite chocolatey indulgence that we chanced upon while creating this list.
Address: 74/2 Nguyễn Cừ, Thảo Điền ward, District 2
Opening Hours: 12.30 p.m. - 11 p.m. daily except Mondays
Another authentic gelato maker, Dolce Vita is a hidden gem in the heart of Thảo Điền, District 2. Leonardo, born in Sicily, quit his job as a shoe designer for brands such as Coach and Geox to start a gelato business with his partner Nga, leveraging on his knowledge gained from working six years in a gelateria during his college days.
“We create many custom flavours for more than 20 restaurants in Saigon!” Leo, as he prefers to be addressed, said proudly. Pendolasco, an excellent Italian restaurant also located in Thảo Điền, sources their gelato directly from Dolce Vita.
Leo’s dual gelato chiller is able to hold 24 flavours, which often run out in a matter of days or even hours, especially on busy weekends. Amazing flavours such as Te Te craft beer, Italian yoghurt, white chocolate, spicy chocolate, lemon and basil are unique combos not easily found elsewhere. He also gets inspiration from his daily routines.
“I made an orange and ginger flavour because I have that everyday for breakfast. Give me 15 minutes and I can make any flavour for you!” Leo said laughing. Before making his gelatos, Leo pasteurises premium milk that comes straight from Dalat, right in the heart of his lab.
For coffee lovers, don’t miss out on Dolce Vita’s coffee-flavoured gelato made with Lavazza espresso or enjoy that same cup of espresso as an affogato, which is served with either traditional vanilla or stracciatella gelato filled with chocolate chip shavings.
Bottomline: The dense and full-bodied sensation we encountered when indulging in Leo’s cold creations definitely impressed us. City Pass Guide is convinced that anything creamy or rich gets a further boost when Leo puts it into gelato-perspective. No wonder Dolce Vita’s durian gelato, made with the best local Ri6 durians, sells out so quickly!
Our favourite flavours: The ca phe sua da gelato that other reviewers sampled was definitely the most ca phe sua da tasting item that was not an actual ca phe sua da. We were convinced that this flavour could actually spark a craze on social media if handled well. The After Eight flavour at Dolce Vitawas also so similar to the real deal that our reviewers were stunned that it contains no actual After Eights.
The Coconut
Address: 131 Vạn Kiếp, Ward 3, Bình Thạnh
Opening Hours: 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. daily
Founded by Kory Nguyen and his business partner Bao Chau Nguyen, The Coconut is simply, true to it’s name, a coconut ice cream-based dessert shop that impresses with a minimalist menu featuring six unique coconutty items. Each item is derived from Kory’s 20-years of experience living in the United States, along with his desire to use local Vietnamese produce to create delicious desserts at a truly local price.
“Our pineapple-coconut ice cream is just like piña colada without alcohol!” Kory explained. Topped with both fresh and candied pineapples, this was definitely an interesting first for our reviewers at City Pass Guide!
Kory insists on using top grade avocados, mangos and fresh coconuts. If having a single dose of coconut isn’t sufficient to please your palate, The Coconut’s coconut ice cream with coconut milk infused pandan sticky rice, served in an actual coconut and topped with roasted coconut chips and peanuts, just might. Gosh, did we use the word ‘coconut’ five times in the previous sentence?
Other coconutty items include coconut ice cream coffee (pretty much a Vietnamese affogato) and coconut-mango ice cream which is served with premium Cát Hòa Lộc mangoes from the Mekong Delta region, renowned for their sweetness and pleasing chewiness.
Bottomline: All items at The Coconut are priced at VND28,000, making this place an excellent casual dessert spot after dinner. This spot definitely strikes a perfect balance between price, quality and quantity!
Q.itchen Factory
Address: Level 2 Q.industries building, Lô DVTM 9, Đường Số 7, Tân Thuận Đông ward, District 7
Opening Hours: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., 6 p.m. - 10.30 p.m. daily
Q.itchen Factory is a European and Asian-inspired restaurant helmed by talented Malaysian chef Adrian Chong Yen who developed his career in Singapore and spent time in the Spanish resort town of San Sebastian to bring his understanding of Spanish culinary tradition to another level. As a result, Q.itchen’s creative menu is a flawless combination of east and west.
“Our open kitchen restaurant emphasises on the locavore concept, where we use locally grown and sourced ingredients as much as possible”, Adrian Chong Yen shared with City Pass Guide.
Apart from their delicious and aesthetically pleasing mains such as Q.itchen Factory’s famed crispy pork belly dressed with a creative Vietnamese-inspired lime-chilli sauce alongside pickled jalapeños, the ice cream desserts are the real reason why Q.itchen is featured on our ultimate list. For starters, there is the super-satisfying dark chocolate sauce filled molten cake, which is served with a nice scoop of in-house vanilla egg custard-based chocolate chip ice cream and covered with meticulously chopped strawberries and crushed walnuts. If you are into warm and cold combinations, Chef Adrian’s crème brûlée topped with banana ice cream is definitely a must try.
Bottomline: Q.itchen Factory is a great example of a high-quality, affordable and awe-inspiring restaurant gem that doesn’t cut any corners when it comes to the three essentials of a well-rounded dining experience: starters, mains and dessert! For expats living in District 7, this place is a no-brainer for family weekends when you’re too lazy to cook.
Our favourite item: There are only two items containing ice cream on Q.itchen Factory’s menu. City Pass Guide is convinced that this is a good example of ‘less is more’. The chocolate molten cake at Q.itchen Factory stole our hearts like a swift arrow from cupid’s bow. There was simply no contention if one judged ice cream based on both taste and presentation.
Azabu Sabo
Location 1: 97a, Thảo Điền St., Thảo Điền ward, District 2
Opening Hours: 9 a.m. - 9.30 p.m. daily
(We used this venue for our review. Both Japanese mains and desserts are offered here.)
Location 2: B2 Takashimaya Saigon Centre, 65 Lê Lợi, Bến Nghé ward, District 1
Opening Hours: 9.30 a.m. - 9.30 p.m. daily
Azabu Sabo hails from Kyoto, Japan and focuses on green-tea ice cream and soft serve served plain or presented in every imaginable Japanese manner. Matcha milk shakes, matcha float topped with cream, mango shaved ice topped with mango sauce and mango ice cream, anmitsu (kanten/agar jelly) dessert bowls served with matcha ice cream, fruits, chocolate and a huge strawberry parfait; the list goes on.
Bottomline: Attention to detail such as homemade red bean paste, President cream and al-dente mochi balls will satisfy anyone with a penchant for caloric indulgence. Come for Japanese mains such as beef curry rice, tempura bento or katsudon and stay for a second round of sugary indulgence. Best sundae (or sunday) ever.
Our favourite item: Our reviewers at City Pass Guide found it marginally impossible to give flavour recommendations at Azabu Sabo because the experience was exemplified by the countless possibilities that could be created by everything sweet found in Japanese gastronomy. However, the Abekawa warm mochi served with kuromitsu black sugar syrup, homemade red bean paste and matcha ice cream definitely won our hearts.
Greenie Scoop
Location 1: 52 Ngô Đức Kế, Bến Nghé ward, District 1
Location 3: L5 Vincom Mega Mall, 161 Xa lộ Hà Nội, Thảo Điền ward, District 2
Founded by Mr. Ly Huy Sang, eldest son of Minh Long I Co. Ltd, which is renowned for its high quality porcelain kitchenware. Greenie Scoop shares Mr. Ly Huy Sang’s love of gelato by sourcing high quality tropical fruits from farms in Lai Thieu, Binh Duong province. Greenie Scoop’s cold treats, like many others featured on this list, are made with no artificial flavourings, colourings and preservatives.
To realise his dream, Mr. Ly Huy Sang visited a long list of renowned ice cream shops and gelaterias in more than 40 countries to understand the secret of creating the cold treat.
Perhaps an acquired taste for some, the popular durian gelato offered at Greenie Scoop is created using a tasty variety of durian from Lai Thieu that is allowed to ripen naturally without the use of ethylene or calcium carbide, which are known to be toxic to humans but very common in Asia. Naturally ripened durian offers better creaminess and lingering aftertaste, immediately noticeable when trying Greenie Scoop’s signature durian gelato!
Bottomline: The authentic fruit flavours and not-so-sweet quality of Greenie Scoop’s gelato together with convenient locations in District 1 make it a great choice for visitors.
Our favourite flavours: Our top pick is their coconut gelato due to it’s hybrid texture which encompasses both the richness of coconut milk and refreshing taste of coconut juice.The full-bodied passion fruit sorbet is for anyone who loves a sweet yet robustly sour treat—perfect for summer days.
Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart
Location 2: 169 Nguyễn Thái Học, Phạm Ngũ Lão ward, District 1
(New location opening 31st August 2018!)
Known internationally for their lucious baked cheese tarts filled with smooth Japanese-style cream cheese, Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart in Saigon Centre created an unexpected cult following with locals who queue for hours just to sample their cheese soft serve. Apart from the cheese tarts and cheese soft serve, other sinful and tasty items are available such as their chocolate almond cheese tart. Interestingly, these tarts also taste great chilled or frozen.
Bottomline: At VND29,000 per cone of cheese soft serve, the delicate, rich yet not-so-sweet taste of Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart’s cheese soft serve is an indulgence that will not burn a hole in your wallet. We definitely recommend first-timers to opt for the VND60,000 combo which includes both a cheese tart and a soft serve!
Our favourite item: Apart from the cheese soft serve, the recently introduced durian soft serve was also exceptional at VND39,000. It did not torture our nostrils while preserving the richness of the king of fruits. Definitely a great item for people who are trying durian for the first time.
Kem Nhãn Chú Tám
Address: 2 Trương Hán Siêu, Đa Kao ward, District 1
Opening Hours: Approx. 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. daily
A no frills, no nonsense place run by a Vietnamese family who achieved widespread popularity with locals for their famed longan ice cream. The ice cream contains real fruit (sometimes two per scoop, and if you’re lucky, three!). Over the years, Kem Nhan Chu Tam has also expanded their menu to include increasingly popular variations such as green tea, rum, coconut, soursop and banana, all flavours that would typically be popular with Saigonese students. The texture of the ice cream here is also eerily close to American ice cream and one wonders about the secrets that lie within. Our local experts at City Pass Guide suggest that a generous amount of condensed milk is used to achieve this!
Ice cream here is enjoyed with salted peanuts and an essential cup of trà đá (iced tea). Guests are assigned seats in less than five seconds upon arrival, while the nimble crew at Kem Nhãn Chú Tám swing tiny plastic chairs and tables around the sidewalk and shop like pieces on a checkerboard…a truly Vietnamese experience not to be missed! Classic Vietnamese after-school snacks such as deep-fried fish balls and dumplings are also sold here so don’t forget to invite a Vietnamese friend along for a maximum dose of nostalgia.
Bottomline: At a mere VND15,000 a scoop, Kem Nhãn Chú Tám, meaning Uncle Eight’s Longan Ice cream, may very well be the quickest and cheapest way to get a quality ice cream fix in District 1. Kem Nhãn Chú Tám also sells their homemade Vietnamese-style ice cream by the kilogram (VND190,000) and are able to handle deliveries to other districts for a small surcharge.
Our favourite flavours: Apart for their semi-legendary longan ice cream, the green tea flavour here is also surprisingly good.
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Propaganda: A Clever Twist on Vietnamese Cuisine
By: City Pass Guide
With a name reflecting anti-war campaign posters, Propaganda Saigon marks a different style of Vietnamese cuisine in the heart of Saigon.
Opening at the end of the Dragon Year, Propaganda offers a wide variety of inventive dishes, including incredible spring rolls and a smorgasbord of Vietnamese street food served with creative twists.
We delved into a number of tasty dishes from north, central and south Vietnam, and particularly enjoyed the “Bún chay gạo lức Propaganda”. This dish consisted of:
light noodles,
perfectly fried tofu,
an abundance of typical Vietnamese herbs and vegetables,
nutrient-rich puffed brown rice,
garnished with chilli, peanuts and shallots,
and served with a sweet soy sauce.
Puffed brown rice has recently crept into many Vietnamese recipes, as it is a popular healthy option that gives the texture a boost while adding a subtle mellowing flavor.
For a group of friends, the spring rolls are a must. With a wide selection you can have any meat you might want or vegetarian if the fancy strikes. We went with the chicken and avocado spring rolls and were not disappointed. With the clever twist of adding Western ingredients, they’ve created a brilliant new way to experience a typical Vietnamese dish. It also helps that they were cut into compact bite sized pieces – so much easier to eat.
Last point (because we probably shouldn’t go on about spring rolls forever), the peanut sauce they’re served with is to die for: a thick sweet sauce with the hearty crunch of chopped nuts. We found it hard to stop ourselves licking the bowl – though we did go so far as to use a handy invention, a spoon, to scrape the remnants directly from the dish.
The architecture is modern, clean and simple with French Colonial traces, seen in the old floor tiles and the Art Deco replica marble tables. The hand-drawn propaganda mural on their main wall ties the entire scene together making the restaurant vivid and lively – as one might imagine would have been the attitude of the artists originally making propaganda art years ago.
With multiple floors and a long narrow space to work with (similar to their neighbouring restaurant Au Parc), the smart table layout means people aren’t cramped, even at peak hours. Propaganda lets you gather with friends and family, relax and enjoy well made, modern Vietnamese street food.
Top 5 Must Eat Dishes in Saigon
By: Vinh Dao
Eating is one of the top things to do in Saigon. With a glut of tasty dishes to sample, it’s hard to decide what to choose For a short list of the must-try food in the city, you can read below. For more ideas, you can read our review: Top Street Food in HCMC.
No trip to Vietnam is complete without a steaming bowl of pho, the most popular traditional food in Vietnam. Simple yet complex at the same time, pho is served with flat rice noodles in a beef broth that usually takes several hours to prepare. The broth is usually topped with green and white onions, coriander leaves and bean sprouts. Accompanied with the soup is an array of garnishes that consists of gia (bean sprouts), chanh (lime), rau que (basil), hanh (scallions), tuong ot (chili sauce) and ot (sliced chilies). Most pho restaurants will have a wide assortment of meats and trimmings to choose from. Basic selections are either tai (sliced of ground beef ), bo vien (beef meatballs) or nam (beef flank). More adventurous eaters have the option of more exotic fare such as gan (beef tendon), sach (thin sliced stomach lining) or ve don (flank with cartilage). If you want a bit of everything in your bowl, order a pho thap cam.
Pho is not the only soup to eat in Vietnam. To truly experience all the soupy goodness that Saigon has to offer check out this blog. Bun Rieu is a great place to start your culinary voyage.
Local insight: Expect to pay around VND 30,000 – 40,000 for a steaming bowl of Vietnam goodness.
Take a walk anywhere in Saigon and you will eventually run into someone selling banh mi. Tasty, filling and most importantly quick to prepare, these sandwiches are perfect for fast paced Saigon life.
It isn’t banh mi unless it’s on a baguette. The type of baguette will range from each region and baguettes that originate in Saigon are generally lighter yet crustier in texture. Fillings consist of butter, soy sauce, pickled daikon sprouts and carrots, cucumber and coriander. Chilies are optional if you want to spice things up. The meat options are aplenty and a slew of them are listed here: cha ca (fried fish with turmeric and dill), cha lua (steamed pork roll), heo quay (roasted pork belly), pho mai (laughing cow cheese), pa te (pate), xiu mai (meatballs), thit ga (boiled chicken), thit nuong (grilled pork loin), trung op la (fried egg), and xa xiu (chinese barbecued pork)
Local insight: Banh mi is usually sold for about VND 10,000 – 15,000 depending on your choice of filling.
Com Tam
Literally translated as “broken rice”, this hearty dish is served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This dish started with humble beginnings with Vietnamese farmers serving this rice at home as the “broken” leftovers were not suitable to sell in the market. Nowadays, it is served in Saigon and isn’t just for farmers anymore.
The dish is usually served with many different meat options such as suon nuong (barbecued pork chop), bi (shredded pork skin), cha trung (steamed pork and egg patty) or trung op la (fried egg). Diced green onion in oil is sprinkled on the meat and a side of pickled vegetables and sliced cucumber finish the plate. Served on the side is a bowl of the ubiquitous nuoc cham dipping sauce.
Local insight: Eating on the street will usually cost you VND 20,000 but expect to pay a bit more in a restaurant.
Bun Thit Nuong
Brightly coloured and fresh in flavour, this noodle dish is a great alternative to the heavier pho or com dishes served in Saigon. Unlike most Vietnamese dishes, bun thit nuong is served in one bowl and doesn’t come with additional garnishes. The Saigon version highlights the wealth of fresh vegetables produced in the neighboring Mekong Delta and Dalat regions. Fresh chopped leaf lettuce, sliced cucumber, bean sprouts, pickled daikon and carrot, basil, chopped peanuts, and mint are served with vermicelli rice noodle and topped with grilled pork shoulder.
You can also get the dish with cha gio (eggrolls) or nem nuong (grilled ground pork meatballs). Nuoc cham is served on the side and should be poured into the bowl. Mix it all up and what you have is a taste sensation in your mouth.
Local insight: A bowl of bun thit nuong will put you back around VND 30,000 but expect to pay more if you want some extras.
Hu Tieu
Though pho is the starlet of Vietnamese cuisine, its humble Saigonese cousin hu tieu is a soup that shouldn’t be overlooked. Named after a noodle made from tapioca, there are countless variations served in restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City. One unifying ingredient is the broth. Lighter in flavour and a touch sweet, the broth is made from pork instead of beef. Though the definitive hu tieu is called hu tieu xuong that consists of pork ribs as the main meat ingredient, each restaurant or stall features their own specialties. Toppings can consist of sliced pork shoulder, a whole pork chop, wonton dumplings, meatballs, shrimp, squid, and/or fish. You can even mix up the hu tieu noodles with some pho or mi (chinese egg noodles) noodles for a bit of textural contrast.
Local insight: Sitting on the street will usually cost you VND 20,000 for hu tieu but expect to pay VND 30,000+ to sit in a restaurant.
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Top 5 Chè - Sweet Soups Must Try in Saigon
Desserts in Vietnam are generally different than most western desserts. Granted, you will find the occasional French baked item taken straight from the patisserie and made Vietnamese here.
However, one set of desserts is inherently Vietnamese: chè. There’s nothing more enjoyable on a hot summer day than eating this chilly, sweet treat.
No, it’s not the famous beret-clad revolutionary whose face is plastered on shirts all over Pham Ngu Lao.
It’s a dessert. In fact, it’s a family of desserts. Chè may be served hot or cold, in bowls, glasses, or over ice. There’s a wide range of flavours, and might contain any amount of different ingredients: beans, tapioca, jellies, glutinous rice and fruit just to start. The options are nearly endless and it is almost impossible to produce a complete list. But we took a poll around the City Pass Guide offices. The result: this list of best chè dishes in Saigon.
Chè thập cẩm - Mixed sweet soup
Chè thập cẩm is the smorgasbord of the chè family, the absolute perfect choice for someone who wants a little bit of everything. This glass of chè has it all: beans, jelly, tapioca, steamed green rice flakes, mashed mung bean, coconut milk and sweet syrup on top. Everything is served in layers and then mixed up when eaten, making a sweet and savoury treat for a light and refreshing snack.
Chè thập cẩm is the best choice for someone who wants a little bit of everything.
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Price: VND 10,000 to 22,000
Where to eat it:
Chè Kỳ Đồng
Address: 16C Ky Dong, D3, HCMC
Opening hours: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Chè Kỳ Đồng is a one of the most popular mixed sweet soup shops in Saigon. It’s located in Ky Dong street, a spot it’s held for more than 34 years. The menu is updated every year with more new options for chè lovers, but the soul of this shop will always be mixed sweet soup. Everything is super affordable and the quality of their chè thập cẩm is high. Not too sweet, not to bland, creamy or chewy. All you need to do is to mix everything and enjoy.
Sâm bổ lượng (Ching bo leung Sweet Soup)
If you don’t want coconut milk in your sweet soup, you better check out sâm bổ lượng. This chè is a revered herbal remedy as well as a dessert.
A glass of sâm bổ lượng generally contains dried red jujube, dried longan, peanuts, lotus seeds, one to two slices of lotus roots and thinly shredded seaweed with sugar syrup, and crushed ice. Some of the ingredients are believed to aid the cardiovascular system and help the body function better. There’s nothing more enjoyable on a hot summer day than eating this chilly, savoury treat.
Different from other Vietnamese sweet soups, sâm bổ lượng syrup does not have coconut milk in it.
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Price: VND10,000 to 33,000
Chè Sâm Bổ Lượng
Address: 339/14 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, D3, HCMC
Chè Thái (Thai Sweet soup)
If you don’t mind durian, have yourself a flavourful glass of chè Thái. A version of Thailand’s tub tim grob, the Vietnamese version is less sweet and uses a variety of fruits. You can actually find a rainbow in Thai sweet soup: the yellow of jackfruit, the red of faux pomegranate seeds, the green of Vietnamese jellos and the white of lychees and longans. All are served in a tall glass with condensed milk and a scoop of durian.
Chè Thái is served in a tall glass with condensed milk and a scoop of durian.
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Chè Thái Ý Phương
Address: 380 Nguyen Tri Phuong, D10, HCMC
Opening hours: 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.
There are not only one or two chè shops in District 10’s Nguyen Tri Phuong Street – it’s an entire Thai sweet soup street! Around 7 p.m., the whole area featuring Thai sweet soup is lit up with neon lights, making you feel as if you are on a busy central street in Hong Kong. Customers, from teenagers to college students, from young couples to families with kids, sit on plastic chairs and tables overlooking the busy street and wait for their desserts to be served. You can jump into any shop you like, but we highly recommend Chè Thái Ý Phương, a nearly 20-year-old dessert shop. You won’t be disappointed.
Chè Khúc bạch (Khuc Bach sweet gruel)
“Chè khúc bạch” is very familiar to the Southern variety but it first originated in Hanoi. Its perfect balance of lychee, creamy jelly and almonds gives street food lovers a taste of summer.
It was introduced to Saigon long ago, but chè khúc bạch became a hit with Saigon youngsters in 2013. The original Khuc Bach sweet soup contains cheese jelly, lychee jelly, roasted shredded almond seeds and sugar syrup. “Simple” and “savoury” are the two words that best describe the flavour of this dessert.
Original chè khúc bạch contains cheese jelly, lychee jelly, shredded almonds and sugar syrup.
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Saigon’s beloved chè khúc bạch was creatively varied by adding new toppings and novel cheese jelly flavours. Nowadays, chè lovers have more options than ever to enjoy, such as chè khúc bạch with fruits, tofu, cheese, cocoa, green tea, chocolate and so much more.
Saigon shops offer a plentiful array of options for chè khúc bạch lovers.
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Chè khúc bạch is best served with some shaved ice. It’s a great option for anytime of the day.
Where to eat:
Chè Khúc Bạch Thanh
Address: 68/210 Tran Quang Khai St, D1, HCMC
Opening hours: 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 PM
Chè Mâm (Sweet soup “buffet”)
If you can’t decide which Vietnamese sweet soup to try, order a bit of everything. In Saigon, varieties of sweet soups are served in small portions on a tray (“mâm” in Vietnamese); up to 16 options are available. This way, you can curate your own perfect selection of Vietnamese sweet desserts – from chè đậu xanh (mung bean sweet soup) to chè bà ba (a heavy, starchy combination of sweet potato, cassava and taro in a rich coconut milk soup) and so on. This is always a good option if you’re eating with a group of four or more.
Various flavour of sweet soup, all on a tray and ready to go.
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Price: VND 5,000 to 30,000
Chè Mâm Khánh Vy
Address: 242B Su Van Hanh St., D10, HCMC
Opening hours: 5:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Take a tour to this famous shop house through this video:
Video source: RICE
Besides local flavours, Saigon chè also include sweet soups brought over from other countries in the region. Regional flavours are added, making them culturally unique.
Chè Campuchia - Cambodian Style Sweet Soup
Cambodian-style chè is made with shaved ice, coconut milk served with durian sauce, strands of egg noodles, palm fruit, salted egg, mung bean paste and baby tamarind. The key ingredient that gives this treat its special flavour, however, is the pumpkin flan, a delicacy made from egg custard cooked in a hollowed-out pumpkin. These pumpkins are usually imported from Cambodia, which gives the custard a sweeter flavour than pumpkins in Vietnam. Make sure you don’t eat the rind!
The key ingredient here is the pumpkin flan.
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Chè Cô Huôi - Chợ Hồ Thị Kỷ
Address: 57/21A Ho Thi Ky St, D10, HCMC. (in Ho Thi Ky Market)
Opening hours: 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.PM
Ho Thi Ky Market, located on the borders of District 10 and District 1, is well known as Ho Chi Minh City’s largest flower market, as well as Saigon’s unofficial Cambodia Town. You can find various Cambodian dishes here, and sweet soup is one of them.
Chè Đài Loan Meet Fresh - Taiwan Sweet Soup Meet Fresh
Meet Fresh is a Taiwan-based chain, popular for its herbal jelly, widely adored by Vietnamese youths. A bowl of Meet Fresh contains a combination of herbal grass jelly and taro balls. Some of the common toppings include beans, nuts and fruit, depending on your preference. This Taiwanese Sweet soup is finished off with brown sugar, coconut milk and sugar syrup. For anyone unfamiliar with these ingredients, grass jelly is an Asian dessert, made from the leaves of mesona chinensis, a member of the mint family. Taro balls, the more chewy, mochi-like balls, similar to the Chinese sticky rice balls, are made out of taro.
Meet Fresh’s signature Herbal Jelly (Mini Taro Ball+Honey Beans+Pearls)
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Price: VND 90.000 to 150.000
Meet Fresh Ngô Đức Kế
Address: 50 Ngo Duc Ke St, D1, HCMC
Opening hours: 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Learn more about the making of this Trendy Sweet Soup in the video below.
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Startup to Success: Five Oysters
By: Zoe Osborne
The Five Oysters is a pocket of calm on one of Southeast Asia’s busiest tourist strips. The owner, Ho Quang Man, established his now thriving restaurant three years ago this July, and its careful ambience and tasty Vietnamese cuisine attract customers from all walks of life. Tourists, expats and locals fill the Five Oysters every night to soak in the quiet music and relax in the warm light.
How did it start?
We decided to ask the man himself.
When did you start the Five Oysters, and why?
This month I am celebrating three years of running the Five Oysters. Before that, I owned a clothing brand for more than 10 years and I also worked for an international bank in Vietnam.
I was born and grew up in a seaside province near to the city, so I knew all the best seafood suppliers well. I also love cooking, especially Vietnamese food, so I decided to open the Five Oysters after leaving the bank. I made all the arrangements, connected with suppliers, and opened the next day! I knew I would have to learn as I went, and it’s been hard, but I also knew that if I focused on my customers and worked hard to bring them what they enjoy my business would grow quickly. And it did.
Is it easy to start a restaurant in this city?
Maybe not easy, but definitely a good idea! Vietnamese people love eating out a lot. However their taste and eating styles change very fast, and Western taste is also very different. It is difficult to cater to everyone.
What vision did you have for the business when you started it?
To keep improving. Always keep improving. I think I saw the Five Oysters as an opportunity to learn, and customer service was a completely new field to me when I started out. The clothing business is different than hospitality, but one thing that applies to both industries is "love your customers".
Before I was happy to bring my customers a nice costume, and now a cool meal. I also wanted to show people the food of my country, Vietnam. I think it is important to share the real Vietnam with tourists at a good, fair price. It all comes back to “love your customers”.
What is the biggest challenge that you’ve faced since you started the Five Oysters?
The biggest challenge is ongoing - learning to know your customers. It is hard to “love your customers” if you don’t know what they are looking for, and at the Five Oysters we are always learning more.
When I started the Five Oysters I had very little idea about Western taste. I knew what Vietnamese people like to eat, I am Vietnamese! But my restaurant is on a famous tourist street, and what local people love to eat is not always what Westerners can enjoy. Since Five Oysters is located in the backpacking area, we have to learn everyday what foreign tourists love most from a huge range of local cuisine, and adjust our menu and cooking to that. It is a challenge but a rewarding one. The Five Oysters is always a calm, friendly place and I think it’s because we really care about our customers’ experiences.
What advice would you give to someone looking to start a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City?
I don’t think I can advise anyone, since the success of my restaurant is small. Restaurant business is super hard. You have to spend time and money to learn, and the competition is always changing! But I always remind myself everyday to keep fighting.
I think that’s the best advice: be ready to change, always love the customer, always try to know the customer, and above all - keep fighting. Apart from that, make sure that what you’re serving the customers is good.
Who do you employ in the Five Oysters?
I want to serve the most authentic Vietnamese cuisine, so all kitchen staff members are professional Vietnamese cooks. Service staff could be anyone! Almost all the waiters and waitresses at Five Oysters are University students. They are young, active and open minded to learn.
I know that many restaurants in the backpacker area only employ Vietnamese, but I think it is important to be fair to everyone. We have worked with one girl from Cambodia, someone from the Philipines, etc.
What vision do you have for the Five Oysters in the future?
People usually call us "the best Vietnamese restaurant in the backpacking area". We are working hard everyday to deserve it. I have recently bought the building next door and expanded my restaurant to allow more people inside.
For now, I want to focus on building up the Five Oysters as a totally unique place for food, atmosphere and service. I don’t think about opening a chain right now, but maybe in the future, maybe in my favourite city Hoi An. Who knows! For now, let’s focus on Ho Chi Minh City.
In a few words, what is the Five Oysters? Who do you cater to?
Five Oysters is just a name including my favorite number and a kind of seafood popular in Vietnam, a country with a long seacoast.
Actually, over half our menu has nothing to do with fish or oysters. But we are proud of our seafood, and as we have a good supply source and talented local cooks in our kitchen, I am confident to say that the Five Oysters cuisine is 100% Vietnamese.
We cater to tourists, locals, expats, anyone.
Why did you buy the building next to the Five Oysters, and expand?
As you know the competition in the tourist area is very high. If you have something good, people will copy you very quickly. At Five Oysters, we do not walk, we run.
Before I renovated, some nights of the week and especially during the weekend, we did not have enough tables for our customers. At that time the business next to us was for sale so we decided to buy it, and make the place bigger. Now we can receive big groups of customers, and also group parties like birthday or anniversary events.
Why do you think your restaurant is rated so highly on Tripadvisor?
For two years continually we received the certificate of Excellence by Tripadvisor. It's really a gift from our customers. Although the reviews can be positive or negative sometimes, we learn a lot from it and always make it our first aim to fix any issues. We never increase our prices on the menu, even though rent on Bui Vien has definitely increased, because we want to keep our food and drink at the low budget range for tourist people, especially backpackers.
Hum Vegetarian Restaurant Interview
By: Patrick Gaveau
The restaurant, which derives its name from the Buddhist mantra “om mani padme hum” or “peace comes from within”, serves health-conscious fare by detailing the nutritious properties of ingredients like lotus, sesame, mushrooms, brown rice, homemade tofu and seaweed.
What’s the story behind the creation of Hum restaurant?
Hum is a concern of Long Thanh, a Vietnamese investment and financial company. The owner, Ms Hong Dang, has always been a big vegetarian food fan and wanted to open a vegetarian restaurant for a long time.
Among the management team, we looked for opportunities and concepts. Our project manager went to Thailand to find a chef, Nguyen Van Ngoc, who used to work in Thailand for many years. Consequently many of our dishes are inspired by Thai cuisine. The restaurant opened on 29 September 2012, in a beautiful, colonial-style villa.
Is the restaurant successful?
Yes! Though, to be honest, it took about 6 months before business really picked up. In the beginning it was a bit slow because we didn’t do a lot of advertising or marketing as we absolutely did not and do not want to run a commercial-style restaurant.
At first we mainly served a Vietnamese clientele, but after a while our healthy food and pleasant ambience started to attract expats and tourists. TripAdvisor now recommends us, so we’re constantly welcoming more guests.
How many seats do you have?
We have 120 seats and we serve breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week. We open at 7 am, close at 10 pm and the last order is at 9:30 pm.
After Tet we’ll launch a new drinks menu that features a lot of cocktails. Indeed, the atmosphere here looks a bit like a lounge. Around 100 people are now working for the restaurant including those in marketing, human resources and accounting, which is directly handled by Long Thanh.
Can you tell us more about the concept?
First and foremost we propose healthy food – this decision is unrelated to any religious concept as we also serve eggs and milk and use garlic and onion – ingredients that are not usually consumed by traditional vegetarians. We serve no ‘faux meat’, like fake sausages, for instance.
Above all we’d like people to begin thinking of vegetarian food as not being boring!
We do not want the restaurant to feel crowded. We pay a lot of attention to the environment, to the architecture and design, and we want our customers to feel good here.
Service is the most important thing we’d like to bring to our customers. We want to make sure that our guests are satisfied.
To prepare healthy food, does Hum use specific ingredients or shop a specific market?
We always use fresh products. We source all ingredients from reliable suppliers that have certificates for the products they sell. For some rare ingredients, we get them from traditional Vietnamese markets and we always try to get the best possible quality.
But in the end, our chef judges the product and has the final word. Fruits, for instance, need to taste good as well as look appetizing to the eye.
Do you have an expansion plan for the brand?
Our objective is to expand, but at the moment Ho Chi Minh City is our key market. We just opened a second restaurant and people have started to recognize the Hum brand. Once we establish a strong foothold in Saigon, we may expand farther.
Finally, what is the meaning of ‘Hum’?
Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the prayer, ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful, benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the deity of compassion.
The final syllable, ‘hum’, represents indivisibility. All six syllables, ‘om mani padme hum’, mean that in dependence on the practice of a path that is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech and mind into the pure exalted body, speech and mind of a Buddha.
- Hum Vegetarian, Café & Restaurant, 32 Vo Van Tan, District 3, HCMC. Tel: (848) 3930 3819
- Hum Vegetarian, Lounge & Restaurant, 2 Thi Sach, District 1, HCMC. Tel: (848) 3823 8920
- contact@hum-vegetarian.vn
- http://www.hum-vegetarian.vn
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Robert Arnold, Investigative Reporter
Published: April 1, 2015, 4:24 am
Tags: News, Investigates, Texas
Racial slur on wedding photo prompts lawsuit
HOUSTON – A Houston couple is suing a local photographer over what they claim was a racial slur posted at the bottom of wedding reception photos.
According to the lawsuit, the photos came from a photo booth rented from Premiere Photography.
"When this case came in the door I couldn't believe it," said attorney Cathy Hale.
Hale represents the couple suing Premiere Photography. She asked us not to use her clients' names because of the racial nature of the claims.
Hale said 100 family and friends were enjoying a wedding reception on August 2012 and many used the rented photo booth to commemorate the event. The lawsuit claims at one point during the reception the booth produced some photos with the wedding date and the words, "Poor (n-word) Party" printed on the bottom. Hale said the bride's sister received one of those photos.
"She made the wise decision not to tell her and spoil that specific day," said Hale.
Hale said several months passed before family members finally told the couple what happened.
"Now, every time they think about their anniversary, on their anniversary date, they're going to be reminded of what happened," said Hale.
Hale said after learning of the photos, the husband called the owner of Premier Photography, James Evans.
"(He) said, 'what happened, how could this happen, please tell me how this occurred,' and the only response that he got after that conversation was, 'sue me,'" said Hale.
Channel 2 also tried to speak with Evans but he declined to comment.
Hale said her clients did not want to go through the process of a lawsuit, but when they received no answers they felt they had no choice.
"This has never been about the money. My clients did not call a lawyer as soon as they found out about this, they called Mr. Evans, and Mr. Evans did nothing," said Hale. "It's about righting a wrong, it's as simple as that."
The couple is suing the company under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act; claiming negligence and breach of contract.
In legal filings, Evans' attorneys write he denies any wrongdoing and raise the possibility someone else tampered with the booth.
Legal documents also argue so much time passed between the reception and the couple's call to Evans, he no longer had documentation showing which employee was working the night of the reception. Court documents read that Evans did offer the couple a refund, but they declined.
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Taming the war machine: Police, pacification and power in Rio de Janeiro
28 Nov 2016 | Prize winning Master´s thesis to CMI student
CMI student Tomas Salem was awarded the Norwegian Development Union award for best Master´s thesis.
Policing Against Sexual Violence in Haiti
17 Oct 2016 | Breakfast Forum
Corruption threatens Mozambique
2016 Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation
The Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation is an annual interdisciplinary meeting place for scholars who want to understand the interplay between law and social change. The lectures, roundtables and panels bring together scholars and practitioners from all over the world. Welcome
Enhancing anti-corruption performance of law enforcement institutions
Reduce judicial corruption and improve access to justice for all
Corrupt judicial systems undermine reforms and are a major impediment to ensuring access to justice and human rights for ordinary citizens across the world, says a new report published by the United Nations Development Programme and U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre on 8 April. Titled, A Transparent and Accountable Judiciary to Deliver Justice for All, the report cites survey data suggesting that the public perceive the judiciary as the second most corrupt public institution, after the police.
Reality defeats good intentions: The power of religious leaders in Touba
Legislation is a widely used tool for increasing the number of women in politics. But laws seeking to promote gender parity come short in facing the ‘sociological realities’ in Senegal, as the case of the holy city of Touba shows.
Seven months of war in the favela
13 Aug 2015 | CMI field notes
In the past, Brazilian intellectuals have coined the term “metaphor of war” to account for the representations of the crime and violence in Rio de Janeiro. The logic of war is at the very core of Rio’s pacification of the favelas, which in practice is carried out through armed confrontations between the police and armed groups within pacified favelas, where the main objective (on both sides), in spite of the rhetoric of peace, is still to kill the enemy.
Kindergardens and shootouts
6 Jul 2015 | Blogpost from Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro:
So far, kindergartens and shootouts have by and large been completely unrelated issues in my world. Not anymore. Now, for the past days, every morning around 7.30, I have slowed down and scouted cautiously: Does anyone seem tense, watchful? Are there any police troops in a state of mobilization hiding somewhere close? Are there any heavy fireworks all of a sudden, alerts of that something is about to happen?
Law and religious (un) freedom in the global era
Is promoting "religious freedom" as a legally enforceable "right" the best guarantee for the free exercise of religion and for the accommodation of difference within deeply plural societies? This conference explores religion in and beyond law.
Violence against women in Afghanistan: Getting away with murder
On 19 March, Farkhunda was lynched by an angry mob on the streets of Kabul. She had been falsely accused of burning the Quran. In a swift trial, four men were sentenced to death, eight to 16 years in prison. The Farkhunda trial is a statistical outlier. In Afghanistan, few men are punished for violence against women.
Covering up a massacre in Angola?
19 May 2015 | Will the international community take a stand?
In mid-April 2015, news emerged about the killing of nine police-men in Angola's Huambo province. The incident involved the police and members of Juliano Kalupeteca's "Light of the World" religious sect. In the following days, grizzling reports emerged of a massacre of perhaps hundreds of sect members. We do not yet know the truth. Angola's government appears to do its utmost to prevent knowledge of it to transpire. Will the international community remain passive?
Policing the Favelas: Reform, Rank, and Resistance in Rio’s Pacifying Police Units
24 Mar 2015 | Rio, March 2015
Felipe doesn’t like it much, shootouts occur almost every day, but he knows that he can’t show any signs of weakness, so he tries to keep up appearances. Two weeks after arriving at Fazendinha he was shot in a confrontation with armed traffickers.
How can Norway best support Afghanistan?
24 Mar 2015 | Afghanistan Week 2015:
The current situation in Afghanistan is the subject of two opposing narratives: one is a success story about international support and involvement since 2001; the other is a story where much has gone wrong and everything can only get worse. Agreeing on a narrative that is closer to the truth is crucial when deciding what form Norwegian support and involvement should take in the future, write Arne Strand and Liv Kjølseth.
IS: Who are the Western Recruits?
11 Feb 2015 | BreakfastForum
Yousuf Assidiq from Minotenk and Truls Tønnessen, FFI in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen.
Civil-military relations in Venezuela…by the pool
27 Jan 2015 | CMI Field Notes
In Venezuela, views on the relationship between civilian politics and the military are highly divergent. Yet, at the pool club Circulo Militar el Lagunito all boundaries between civilians and the military are blurred. In this social club, anyone is welcome, no questions asked. The idea of civil-military alliances is at the core of CMI researcher Iselin Åsedotter Strønen's field work in Caracas.
Opening: Centre on Law and Social Transformation
Simón Bolívar- a man of war and a symbol of freedom
During the recent revolution in Egypt, Simon Bolívar- a man from a different war, a different century and a different continent- was watched over and embraced by protestors as a symbol for their struggle. Why?
Didier Fassin: Humane, All Too Humane: Ethics and Politics of Humanitarianism
14 Mar 2014 | Chr. Michelsen lecture 2014
Humanitarianism has become a cosmopolitan language serving to qualify a broad diversity of actions, from aid to war, and of agents, either private or public. The lecture will propose an analysis of its ethical tensions and political predicaments.
Is Dos Santos pushing his luck?
While the Angolan president José Eduardo Dos Santos may be grooming his son to follow him as president, political opponents of his regime have been eliminated. This year he has spent long periods of time abroad. Meanwhile, the social crisis in the country increases in scope. The opposition is organising their strengths. Even in the president's own ranks, there are murmurs of discontent. Has Dos Santos gone too far?
Can Ghana withstand the resource curse?
Ghana discovered oil in 2010. The country now produces 100 000 barrels a day, amounting to an income of 1 billion dollars a year. Are the country's institutions strong enough to withstand the resource curse? -Yes, says Inge Amundsen, senior researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute.
Changing conditions for fighting economic crime
30 Oct 2013 | Workshop
What constitutes an efficient criminal justice system? This international workshop with leading experts explores criteria for crime-preventive impacts through the criminal justice system.
Democracy street
27 Jun 2013 | From Rio de Janeiro
How can we make our democracy truly representative? Can participation be institutionalized? And who does the Maracanã stadium belong to?
The military chooses the people
27 Jun 2013 | Egypt crisis
The Egyptian military has a long history of safeguarding the Egyptian people from oppressive regimes. As the Morsi-government fails to curb the economic decline and growing unemployment, the Egyptian people once again turn their attention to the military in hope of rescue.
What happens if Chávez dies? (And why do they love him so much?)
Plaza Bolívar in the center of Caracas was filled with people today. Most people wore red t-shirts with images of the Chávez. A boy was sitting on his father´s shoulders, waiving with a doll of Chávez clad in military outfit.
This year, Professor Philippe Bourgois from the University of Pennsylvania was invited speaker at the Bergen Summer Research School (20-22 June), co-hosted by the CMI. During his visit, he was interviewed on his long-term research among drug-addicts in inner-city US ghettos. His research will be linked to a new program on urbanization and urbanity at CMI (Nefissa naguib and Are Knudsen).
Heading for trouble in Afghanistan
With the support of NATO and the US, Afghan warlords are regaining strength. -The international community has chosen a dangerous path, warns researcher Akbar Sarwari.
"My Justice": The new role of warlords in Afghanistan
3 Sep 2012 | Seminar with Mohammad Akbar Sarwari
The polarisation to come
14 Aug 2012 | Angola Election 2012
On 31st of August voters in Angola will elect a new parliament and a president. It is already clear that the dice are loaded. Despite the low quality of the elections and the machinations of the incumbent - is Angola on the path to democracy?
Caught between rape and adultery
Sudanese women activists launch reform initiatives to bring justice to rape victims. Non-governmental and governmental actors alike advocate for change. -International donors should seize this window of opportunity and facilitate dialogue between different stakeholders in Sudan, says CMI-researcher Liv Tønnessen.
Economic Uncertainty and Corruption
Rajeev Goel will present a large cross-country dataset on the nexus between economic uncertainty and corruption. prevalence of corruption
Faith-based food justice
6 Jan 2012 | Nefissa Naguib blogs from Cairo:
Our faith drives us. We do our work with respect and humility. Our aim is to facilitate the distribution of food for every Egyptian who needs it, without discrimination between women or men, Muslim or Christian."
Troublesome peace
29 Sep 2011 | New report
The process of building peace and reintegrating insurgents in Afghanistan is failing. The political will isn't strong enough.
A choice between cancer and AIDS?
5 Jun 2011 | Election in Peru:
On June 5th, a new Peruvian president will be elected in a runoff between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori. The two candidates, for different reasons, raises concerns writes Camila Gianella.
Sorry for the inconvenience: Rebuilding Egypt
3 Feb 2011 | Nefissa Naguib blogs from Cairo:
Driven by solidarity and national pride, the Lotus Revolution pulled order out of chaos. By now the military chiefs know that citizens who took control of their lives and future will know how to do to it again.
Papers from Electoral Power, Political Parties and Liberation Movements
10 May 2010 | Maputo Conference April 8-11
15 Mar 2010 | Chr. Michelsen lecture:
Albie Sachs, Judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994-2009), and author of the book The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law, held this year's Chr. Michelsen lecture.
Crime, Poverty and Police Corruption in Developing Countries
23 Oct 2008 | CMI Seminar
Crime and the fear of being hit by crime and small-scale violence are key economic and social problems in most developing countries. How is police corruption linked to the wider processes of development - including crime, violence and poverty, asks Jens Chr. Andvig from NUPI and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad in this seminar.
Afghanistan : An Assessment of Conflict and Actors.
The situation in Faryab, north Afghanistan is characterised by a substantial military and political uncertainty. Violent acts could at any moment hamper the humanitarian and development efforts. It is a great challenge to manage to balance this relation and at the same time assist in developing these governmental bodies to strengthen their professionalism and legitimacy.
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PAN based carbon fiber is the four largest
Polyacrylonitrile (also called PAN) carbon fiber is the second successful carbon fiber developed after the viscose based carbon fiber. It is a carbon fiber with the highest yield, the largest variety, the fastest development and the most mature technology in various carbon fibers.
Polyacrylonitrile fiber, in chemical fiber, the name of the commodity is acrylic. It is a synthetic fiber formed by polymerization of acrylonitrile monomer. The CN base is very active and is heated to form a trapezoidal structure, which is more stable than the original structure, so it is not easy to melt. If the polyacrylonitrile fiber is heated, the non carbon atoms are discharged in the form of NH3. The yield of carbon fiber can reach 57% higher than that of viscose fiber, so it is an ideal precursor for the production of carbon fiber.
The breakthrough of the two key technologies for the preparation of PAN based carbon fiber is to directly heat the polyacrylonitrile fiber and transform it at a temperature of 80 degrees. After that, the fiber contracts and the polymer chain begins to bend and twist. In the original spinning process, the polypropylene molecular chain formed by stretching was disoriented along the fiber axis, so carbon fibers could not be obtained after carbonization.
In early twentieth Century of sixty, Jin Teng Nan, a Japanese Industrial Technology Research Institute in Osaka, found that PAN fibers were slowly heated in air. However, after carbonization, a tensile modulus of 165GPa and a yield of 50% were obtained. It has made a breakthrough in the technology of making carbon fibers from polyacrylonitrile.
When PAN fibers are heated to 220 degrees in air and keep enough time, oxygen in air will form oxygen bonds between fibers and link two fiber molecular chains together. Because the CN bonds of each fiber molecule are in different angles in the space, it is only a number of fibers (not all) that produce an oxygen bridge reaction. The PAN level of pre calculation theory after the maximum oxygen content of more than 15%, generally 8-10%. Because of the bridging effect of oxygen chains, the polyacrylonitrile fibers pre oxidized become solid cross-linked structures. The stable structure of black carbon can keep the original fiber form when carbonized.
Although Shinto Akio used oxygen bonds to crosslink molecular chains, the fibers were protected from the original fiber shape and made of carbon fibers. However, PAN fibers were highly oriented polymer molecules formed during high tension during spinning. The degree of orientation of fiber molecules is still decreasing during pre oxidation. Therefore, the strength of carbon fibers made at that time is higher than that of viscose based carbon fibers at that time, but in general it is not very good.
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The Council of Europe's 47 member states form a death-penalty-free zone. Since 1985, the abolition of the death penalty has been a requirement for membership of the Council of Europe.
Eurimages, set up in 1988, is the first European cinema support fund.
The Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse is the first instrument to establish the various forms of sexual abuse of children as criminal offences, including abuse committed in the home or family.
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The number of indigenous languages in Europe is put at some 225. Basque is believed to be the oldest European language spoken today.
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The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages provides for the protection and promotion of these languages so as to maintain and expand Europe's cultural traditions and heritage.
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The Council of Europe has produced over 200 treaties and conventions in many areas, including conventions on banning human cloning and the suppression of terrorism.
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CFOIC, journalism groups decry law enforcement targeting of reporters and photographers during George Floyd protests
Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition| Colorado Broadcasters Association| Colorado Press Association| Colorado Pro Chapter SPJ
Damage to Denver Post building in Civic Center on Saturday, May 30, 2020. (Photo by Susan Greene)
On June 1, Colorado Freedom of Information, Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association and the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists sent the following letter to leaders of the Denver Department of Public Safety, the Denver Police Department, the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado National Guard and to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Gov. Jared Polis:
The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, the Colorado Press Association, the Colorado Broadcasters Association and the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists write to express our profound concern over recent reports from several journalists that law enforcement agents have specifically targeted them while they’ve covered the protests in downtown Denver over the death of George Floyd. We call upon the Denver Department of Public Safety, the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado National Guard to thoroughly investigate these extremely serious allegations, and, if confirmed, to hold the peace officers involved accountable.
Our organizations, like the general public, fully expect that any officers, troopers or guard soldiers who are found to have engaged in such violations of First Amendment rights will be appropriately disciplined. In addition, measures must be taken to ensure journalists are not targeted in the future.
We have noted the following troubling incidents:
The Denver Post reported that photojournalist Hyoung Chang was struck twice Thursday night with pepper balls that cut his arm and shattered the press credential hanging around his neck. Chang said a Denver police officer fired two pepper balls directly at him.
Denver Post reporter Elise Schmelzer, who was wearing a reflective vest with the word “Press” on it, said officers on Thursday fired at least one pepper ball at her feet.
On Friday, a Denver7 reporter wrote on Twitter that a station photographer was hit four times by “paint balls” fired by police.
On Saturday, a 9NEWS reporter wrote on Twitter that state Capitol security officers fired “something” that hit his backpack “just after I went live with a large camera and light.” The reporter was wearing a 9NEWS hat. He found a yellow-and-black projectile at the spot where he was hit.
On Saturday, a reporter for Denverite wrote on Twitter: “Cops shoved me after I showed them my press credentials and forced me to inhale choking gas.”
On Saturday, a journalist wrote on Twitter that, while standing with photographers, an officer kicked a rolling chemical cannister “sideways right into us. Took it full in the face …”
On Sunday, another Denver Post reporter wrote on Twitter that he and a Denverite reporter, who was wearing a neon press vest, were ordered by an officer to move “toward an epic amount of tear gas … Cop points weapon right at us. We were forced back into the chaos and we both took a ton of gas to the face.” A New York Times reporter posted a photo of a contusion the Post reporter suffered after being hit with a projectile: “He screamed “Press” shortly before being hit as officers fired on protesters.”
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NEW: Photographer Hyoung Chang was covering a George Floyd protest Thursday night in downtown Denver when police began firing cannisters of tear gas and balls loaded with pepper at the crowds. An officer fired two pepper balls directly at him, Chang said. https://dpo.st/2yJC0fY
Denver Post photographer struck twice by pepper balls during George Floyd protest
Denver Post photographer Hyoung Chang said he was hit twice with pepper balls after officer aimed at him during George Floyd protest Thursday night.
denverpost.com
1:10 PM – May 29, 2020
Journalists know they may find themselves in harm’s way when they cover volatile events such as the demonstrations we have seen in Denver over the past several days. But it is inexcusable – and a violation of the journalists’ constitutional rights – for law enforcement officers to single them out for attack simply for doing their jobs in chronicling these events.
If they are not interfering with officers, journalists have First Amendment and state constitutional rights to record and document the activities of police and protesters in public spaces. Additionally, the Colorado legislature in 2015 enacted a law that specifically underscores the right to record police. If an officer “intentionally interferes” with a person’s lawful attempt to record an incident involving a peace officer, that person has a statutory right to recover damages from the law enforcement agency.
As a reminder, the Denver Police Department agreed to get enhanced First Amendment training for its officers after Colorado Independent Editor Susan Greene was wrongfully handcuffed and detained while photographing officers in 2018. The department also paid $50,000 to settle that case.
Again, we ask that these incidents be thoroughly investigated and that steps be taken to ensure that your officers respect the rights of journalists to report on newsworthy events in our state. Among other such steps, law enforcement should acknowledge legitimate press credentials of reporters, videographers and photographers and work with them, collaboratively, to guide them to safe locations so that they can carry out their newsgathering functions.
We ask that a joint press conference be held this week so that journalists have an opportunity to ask questions about law enforcement’s response during the protests. In addition, we would like to form and participate in a task force to determine concrete methods for avoiding a repeat of these kinds of incidents in the future.
We look forward to your prompt reply, and we welcome the opportunity to discuss other measures that your agencies might take to ensure the safety of journalists and to protect their constitutional rights.
Jeff Roberts, Executive Director, Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Justin Sasso, President and CEO, Colorado Broadcasters Association
Jill Farschman, CEO, Colorado Press Association
Tony Flesor, President, Colorado Pro Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists
Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Colorado Broadcasters Association
Colorado Pro Chapter SPJ
Ben Hauger June 1, 2020 at 9:33 pm
Not to come across as snide, but now that these Constitution-hating fascists have uncloaked their death cult’s treason, what do you intend to do to put fear into their hearts Hitler-genital-servicing heartse when they step near journalists?
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MIKE HUGUENIN Orlando SentinelDaily Press
NO. 1 USC (11-0, 7-0 PAC-10) AT UCLA (6-4, 4-3)
TIME: 4:30 p.m. TV: ABC.
IMPACT: USC looks to finish the regular season where it began -- at No. 1 -- and would lock up a spot in the national title game with a victory. The Trojans, who have won 20 in a row, are 15th nationally in total offense (439.6 ypg) and fifth in total defense (269.5 ypg). QB Matt Leinart (249.8 ypg, 28 TDs, five INTs) has a plethora of weapons, including freshman WR Dwayne Jarrett (12 TDs) and TBs Reggie Bush and LenDale White. Ts Shaun Cody and Mike Patterson head the stout defense. UCLA has a powerful offense of its own, ranking 18th overall thanks to a strong ground game led by TBs Maurice Drew and Manuel White. But the defense is a sieve, so the offense is going to have to be ultra- productive.
PREDICTION: USC 37-23.
COLORADO (7-4) VS. NO. 2 OKLAHOMA (11-0)
WHAT: Big 12 championship.
WHERE: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.
TIME: 8 p.m. TV: ABC .
IMPACT: Oklahoma almost certainly heads to the Orange Bowl with a victory, and the Sooners look to have way too much offense and defense for a Buffs team that won the Big 12 North simply because it was, well, less bad than the division's other teams. OU QB Jason White, TB Adrian Peterson, T Jammal Brown and WR Mark Clayton are among the nation's best at their positions. Colorado must force a bunch of turnovers, play turnover-free ball itself and have TB Bobby Purify run wild.
PREDICTION: Oklahoma 34-7.
NO. 15 TENNESSEE (9-2) VS. NO. 3 AUBURN (11-0)
WHAT: SEC championship.
WHERE: Georgia Dome, Atlanta.
TIME: 6 p.m. TV: CBS.
IMPACT: Auburn hammered the Vols 34-10 in Knoxville on Oct. 2, and the Tigers need to win again to have any shot at playing in the Orange Bowl. TBs Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown make the offense go, and QB Jason Campbell has been superb despite playing for his fourth offensive coordinator in as many seasons. The defense is quick and aggressive and knows that if it shuts down the Vols' running game, this has the potential to be another rout. With third-string QB Rick Clausen at the controls, the Vols need to control the ball on the ground with TBs Cedric Houston and Gerald Riggs Jr. The defense has been awful of late, and it must focus on stopping Brown and Williams.
PREDICTION: Auburn 35-17.
NO. 4 CALIFORNIA (9-1) AT SOUTHERN MISS (6-4)
TIME: 7:45 p.m. TV: ESPN.
IMPACT: This game was rescheduled because of Hurricane Ivan. Cal looks like a BCS lock if it wins, and given its nice balance (fifth nationally in offense, 11th in defense), it should win today as long as it doesn't implode. TB J.J. Arrington (158.4 ypg) has rushed for at least 100 yards in each game and may be the nation's most underrated player. E Ryan Riddle is a big-play machine. Southern Miss doesn't have the offensive firepower to keep up, so the Golden Eagles' defense must come to play.
PREDICTION: Cal 41-14.
NO. 7 LOUISVILLE (9-0, 7-1 C-USA) AT TULANE (5-5, 3-4)
IMPACT: Louisville has a Liberty Bowl bid locked up; Tulane must win to become bowl-eligible. Louisville has scored at least 55 points in four consecutive games. The Cardinals are No. 1 in the nation in total offense, thanks to guys such as QB Stefan Lefors, RBs Michael Bush, Eric Shelton and Lionel Gates and WR J.R. Russell. Tulane is 93rd nationally in rushing defense, and that bodes mighty ill today.
PREDICTION: Louisville 54-17.
NO. 19 PITTSBURGH (7-3) AT USF (4-6)
TIME: 11 a.m. TV: ESPN2.
IMPACT: Pittsburgh seals a BCS berth with a win; actually, the Panthers likely will go even if they lose. Panthers QB Tyler Palko has played superb football the past month, and he and WR Greg Lee are a dangerous duo. USF's offense is centered on TB Andre Hall, and if Pittsburgh slows Hall, USF has no shot.
PREDICTION: Pitt 28-16.
ARMY (2-8) VS. NAVY (8-2)
WHERE: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
TIME: 2:30 p.m. TV: CBS.
IMPACT: Navy already is set for the Emerald Bowl, and Army can make its season with an upset. Navy is aiming for nine regular-season wins for the first time since 1963, when Roger Staubach was the quarterback. The Midshipmen have won the past two in the series by a combined 92-18, and QB Aaron Polanco and FB Kyle Eckel are the guys Army must stop if it doesn't want to lose for the third consecutive time. RB Carlton Jones (117.1 ypg, 17 TDs) is Army's key player. Army leads the series 49-48-7.
PREDICTION: Navy 38-22.
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DataStax Astra Now Available, Bringing Apache Cassandra Performance, Reliability, and Scale to the Cloud
Cengage, Cisco, FamilySearch, and Venmo rely on Cassandra to deploy, run, and scale mission-critical apps as a service
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 12, 2020 – DataStax today announced the general availability of DataStax Astra, a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) for Apache Cassandra™ applications, simplifying cloud-native Cassandra application development.
The DBaaS reduces deployment time from weeks to minutes, removing the biggest obstacle to using Cassandra, which is behind many of the most heavily used applications in the world. Developers can access Astra now at astra.datastax.com/register and on Google Cloud’s Marketplace.
Cassandra is a popular choice when applications need to support massive amounts of data with zero tolerance for downtime. According to research conducted by ClearPath Strategies, developers and operators cite the top two reasons for using Cassandra as a good hybrid solution (62 percent) and highly scalable (57 percent); however, 36 percent of practitioners cite a lack of skilled staff as the top obstacle to Cassandra adoption. Astra helps overcome that operational challenge by making Cassandra’s masterless, scale-out architecture and linear scalability easily accessible as an on-demand cloud service.
DataStax offers free workshops to help developers learn, create, and/or use Cassandra in Astra. Join the next online Cassandra Developer workshop series on May 20, 2020 by registering here.
"Astra represents a breakthrough for anyone who wants to use Cassandra in the cloud," said Ed Anuff, chief product officer at DataStax. "We’ve been delivering products built on Cassandra to enterprises that deploy global-scale data for over a decade. Our enterprises and users have been asking for Cassandra-as-a-Service in the cloud. We're happy to offer Astra as that experience."
On Google Cloud, Astra deploys and manages enterprise clusters powered by Cassandra directly on top of Google Cloud’s Platform infrastructure, so that data sits in the same Google Cloud global infrastructure as applications. This means users and enterprises can deliver a high-performance experience with one of the most scalable databases on Google Cloud.
"At Google Cloud, we are committed to bringing the best open source technologies to our customers, and we are delighted that DataStax Astra is now available on Google Cloud. Our customers have asked for Cassandra on Google Cloud and now they can easily deploy and scale their clusters in the cloud," said Manvinder Singh, Director, Partnerships at Google Cloud. "Together, we’re bringing the best of open source and Cassandra expertise to our customers."
Astra users will find a consistent developer experience with open-source Cassandra tools and APIs, as well as REST and GraphQL endpoints and a browser-based CQL shell.
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Cengage is the education and technology company built for learners. Cengage leads affordable learning with digital learning platforms, college textbooks, ebooks, and an unlimited subscription to over 22,000 digital products. "Finally! An easy, straight-forward managed service for our Cassandra workloads. I have been waiting for an easy, out-of-the-box solution for our users. DataStax Astra hits all of the needs for our organization," said Michael Heinen, manager, platform operations, cloud operations at Cengage.
Cisco is the worldwide technology leader that has been making the internet work since 1984. "Our team has been working for the past couple of years to ensure our infrastructure is set up to scale to meet unforeseen challenges," said Maniyarasan Selvaraj, lead Cisco engineer. "Cassandra is at the center of this with its reliability, resilience, and scalability. We are looking forward to the new release of DataStax Astra that could offer us an easier, better experience for Cassandra deployment and application development in the cloud."
Datical brings DevOps to the database with automation. Datical's powerful database release automation tools help companies release software faster. "Astra is hands-down the best solution for Cassandra developer productivity. It eliminates all of the overhead involved in setting up Cassandra. With Astra, developers can fully automate their CI/CD pipelines for Cassandra support. This means they can concentrate on more important tasks," said Robert Reeves, chief technology officer, of Datical.
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services each year to learn more about their family history. "At FamilySearch, we have worked hard to establish a technical infrastructure that enables an always-on operation for our customers. DataStax Enterprise and Cassandra are core elements of that infrastructure, enabling us to scale the data tier for our applications to meet the demands of our patrons," said Tom Creighton, chief technology officer at FamilySearch. "DataStax Astra aligns very nicely with our overall DevOps model of automated infrastructure in the cloud. This product directly addresses one of the biggest issues surrounding the adoption of Cassandra in an enterprise – the difficulty of provisioning and managing Cassandra clusters. We look forward to continuing our partnership with DataStax and are pleased to see the continued advancement of their product, solutions, and service offerings."
Kong is used by thousands of developers across the world to secure, manage, and orchestrate microservice APIs. "APIs are about powering large amounts of data in motion, which is why many of Kong's customers have chosen Apache Cassandra. We were excited when we heard that DataStax was making Astra work with Kong. This will enable our users to experience the simplicity and scale of DataStax’s cloud-native service built on Apache Cassandra," said Kristian Györkös, senior director of alliances at Kong.
Venmo is a mobile payment service owned by PayPal. "At a time when data limits are being tested, every business needs to be a digital business. That means your infrastructure needs to be solid," says Dipak Chandan, senior engineering manager at Venmo. "We already use Cassandra for the reliability and resilience to handle big workloads with zero downtime. The promise of Astra is a true Cassandra-as-a-Service with no ops. This will help developers work more efficiently so they can spend more time innovating."
To learn more about Astra, join us for Accelerate: A NoSQL Original Series and catch the "2 Years of Transformation in 2 Months: The Data Firehose" panel on May 12, 2020. Register here.
Astra is available now at astra.datastax.com/register and on Google Cloud Marketplace. Astra is also available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) with support for Microsoft Azure expected to follow.
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Jan Saudek — Film /2007/
Feature films 20.12.2007 1.11.2017
Jan Saudek – Trapped by His Passions, no Hope for rescue is full-length documentary film about famous Czech photographer Jan Saudek direct by Adolf Zyka.
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The full-length documentary film JAN SAUDEK provides a personally truthful yet harsh life story of a hero and dropout. It is presented as a grand drama, not just full of stirring, colorful photographs, but also provocative ideas, illusions and ideals. Jan Saudek became a world-renowned photographer, winning international awards and being exhibited abroad, long before he had gained recognition in his native country. He is a man who appears in many roles before the camera, often changing them, often surprising, and often shocking. However, even the most versatile illusionist is incapable of entirely hiding in the face of three cameramen in action under the supervision of a director.
With its creative approach, this documentary does not claim to adhere to the textbook forms of the genre. It tries to handle it freely, in order to portray and interpret the complete complexity of the artist’s personality. Each of the three interconnected plotlines tells the story of another world. The one in color refers to the films, clean and seemingly realistic, recounting and presenting factual information. The black-and-white film is concerned with the inner self of the photographer, which is why the camera never meets him face-to-face. And the raw documentary camera in the hands of the director himself maps out the intimate moments where no film-maker has so far been permitted to tread; the moments when Jan Saudek experiences his intellectual, sensual and sexually rich “orgies”. Likewise, though, he witnesses the genuine sentiments, true happiness and genuine loneliness of a genius.
Filmmaker and director Adolf Zika relies heavily upon his personal acquaintance with the portrayed photographer, but in spite of the fact that he greatly venerates him, the narration is far from being oversimplified in presenting the truths about this controversial master of photography. Along with the viewer, he attempts to look behind the artist’s mask, even at the price of a painful revelation – to get to the very core of these „truths“.
In some passages of the documentary, there are certain shots and scenes which might be considered as beyond the limitations of the ethics and morality of today’s society. However, this is not the case of the first Czech pornographic film, but of the greatest love story of recent years. He has contended with war, suffering, the loss of his dearest offset by blind love, dreams of a family and the intangible glory of fame. Poverty, condemnation and lack of appreciation are counterbalanced by wealth, hypocritical recognition and the freedom to reach the high heavens in an unstoppable aging process. This and much more which has gone unmentioned and ineffable is portrayed in this riveting documentary film about the life and work of the most famous living Czech photographer, Jan Saudek.
David sits at front of old SGI Computer with Autodesk Smoke [Color Grading / Finishing station]
Most challenging part was to move all data from recorded tapes to the old SGI Computer – from Offline Edit in Avid into Final Cut and than finally to the Smoke. That time was only technical option to get correct video edit into old SGI Computer on time
Production: ZIPO Film
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Production date: 2006-2007
CLIENT: Post Production Prague [PPP]
OUR WORK: Online / Color Grading / Finishing [Digi + 35 mm], done by David Havel
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'GMA' Co-Anchor Lara Spencer Continues to Work From Home — Here's Why
By Leila Kozma
In May 2020, television presenter Lara Spencer made the headlines by demonstrating one of the less commonly-occurring risks pet-owners who work from home might encounter— showing how her dog, Riva, ate her script on live TV.
The Good Morning America co-anchor pulled off the slight accident without blinking an eye. Since then, she posted several snaps showing how she works side by side with her pups on Instagram.
Lara will likely continue working from home for a while and fans want to know when she will be back in GMA studios.
So, why is Lara Spencer still working from home?
Lara opted for the new way of working in March 2020, around the same time as her co-hosts, like Robin Roberts, have started to make the transition and explore alternatives to strictly studio-based workflows.
In a previous interview with Deadline, Robin revealed that she was advised to stay at home by her doctors, as her pre-existing health conditions would put her at greater risk of developing a more severe form of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Lara, on the other hand, is thought to have chosen to do so because she has been appearing less on GMA. A reduction in the hours spent on the show might have made it easier for her to work from her beautifully-decorated, lavish property located in Greenwich, Conn. Unfortunately, however, the exact reasons behind Lara's decision are unknown.
Lara began to focus on her own projects in April 2018.
In April 2018, an insider told People that Lara wanted to scale back her role on GMA so that she could focus on developing her lifestyle brand and production company, DuffKat Media. In the past, DuffKat Media produced shows like Flea Market Flip.
Playing hard to get..... #Riva #gma #pleaserescue #dandy #coco #my3rescues
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"Lara loves working at GMA and she will continue to join the GMA desk on select mornings each week and contribute to special assignment reporting so she can continue building her lifestyle brand and work on all the TV shows for her production company," the insider told People.
According to PageSix, the schedule of the popular co-anchor underwent some big changes at the time. Her airtime was cut from five days a week to three. It's understood that she negotiated the changes as part of a new contract.
According to her IMDb page, Lara started appearing on home renovation-themed reality TV shows like Building Brady and A Very Brady Renovation roughly around the same time.
She also served as a presenter on the 53rd Annual CMA Awards in 2019.
Lara's latest Instagram posts offer a rare glimpse into her work from home set-up.
Ever since she switched to the WFH lifestyle, Lara has been posting jealousy-inducing content on her Instagram profile.
Most of her photos show her hanging out with her dogs in her spacious living room or the extra-cozy garden patio area. Other snaps offer a close-up of some of the most beautiful corners of her tastefully decorated home.
Working from home imposed no restrictions on the star, who shot various types of content, including advertorials, from the comfort of her house.
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...that the Traveler is alternatively known as Alpha Lupi?
...that many Guardians were killed permanently during the Red War?
...that No Land Beyond was widely viewed as the least useful Exotic weapon in Destiny?
...that prior to Destiny's launch, a prototype of the Vestian Outpost was briefly shown in a trailer?
...that some content in Destiny and its expansions remained exclusive to PlayStation players until September 2017?
Oracle of the Broken Blade
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Hidden Swarm
Shrieker
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Pit of Heresy
Weapon(s):
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Abilities:
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Midair Levitation
Drop Void Charge
Sigil Tithe
Block Exit
The Oracles of the Broken Blade are one of the numerous servants to Zulmak, Instrument of Torment. They are encountered throughout the Pit of Heresy dungeon.
Gameplay[edit]
During the first encounter of the dungeon, the players must kill several servants in order to advance to the next section. One of these servants is the Oracle, which must be killed by reflecting its attacks with the Cleaver that drops from Accursed Swordbearers. They will appear again during the boss and final encounter of the Pit of Heresy alongside Zulmak, where they are killed using the same method. This time however, they will drop a Void Charge in which the players must dunk into the erect cauldron next to the giant crystal.
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Trump slams General Motors on Twitter with inaccurate accusations
Keith Laing
Washington — President Donald Trump took aim at General Motors Co. on Friday, tweeting out inaccurate accusations that it had moved factories to China and had become one the smallest carmakers in Detroit.
"General Motors, which was once the Giant of Detroit, is now one of the smallest auto manufacturers there," Trump tweeted Friday morning. "They moved major plants to China, BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE. This was done despite the saving help given them by the USA. Now they should start moving back to America again?"
Those assertions are wrong by almost any measure.
GM sold 2.9 million vehicles in the United States in 2018, outpacing the 2.4 million sold by Ford Motor Co. and the 1.7 million sold by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
GM has about 100,000 hourly and salaried employees in the United States. Ford has about 85,000 and Fiat Chrysler has about 62,000.
GM, in fact, has not "moved" factories to China. Most of the cars it builds there are for the Chinese market. Only one GM vehicle built in China — the Buick Envision — is sold in the United States.
The president's attack apparently was triggered after Bloomberg News reported Thursday that GM had fewer employees represented by the United Auto Workers union than Ford or Fiat Chrysler. GM has about 46,000 UAW workers in the United States, about 9,000 fewer than Ford and about 1,200 fewer than Fiat Chrysler. GM has about 2,000 fewer UAW-represented employees than that it had in 2009 as it was coming out of bankruptcy.
The White House did not respond to a request Friday for clarification about Trump's comment.
The automaker declined comment. But Michelle Krebs, senior analyst for Autotrader, said Trump mischaracterized GM's position in the industry.
"GM remains one of the largest automakers in the world," she said. "Like other automakers, GM builds vehicles where they sell them. GM builds vehicles in China for the Chinese market."
China is GM’s largest market. In 2018, the automaker and its joint ventures sold more than 3.64 million vehicles in China; in North America, it sold about 3.5 million. GM has 11 joint ventures and two wholly owned foreign enterprises and more than 58,000 employees in China. GM China products carry the Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Baojun and Wuling nameplates.
"Their production efforts in China are less about trying shift production of U.S.-sold vehicles and more about trying to make money selling Chinese made products to Chinese people," said Charlie Chesbrough, a senior economist at Cox Automotive.
He said the Indian and southeast Asian markets are likely to grow significantly over the next decade, and having production capability in the area makes sense.
Trump has feuded with automakers in recent weeks over gas mileage rules and trade.
Some of the worst ire has been directed at Ford. The president is upset the Dearborn automaker reached an agreement with California to voluntarily meet higher gas mileage rules, thereby rebuking a move by his administration to roll back mpg requirements.
Trump's attacks on Ford were seen by industry observers as a bid to prevent GM and other automakers from joining the California mileage agreement, which negotiated directly between the California Air Resources Board and Ford, Volkswagen AG, Honda Motor Co. and BMW AG.
Under the terms of the deal, the carmakers agreed to voluntarily increase the average fuel economy of their fleets to about 50 miles per gallon by the end of the 2026 model year.
Trump, meanwhile, has sent confusing and contradictory signals in his escalating trade war with China: Last week, he said he would reinstate tariffs on cars from China; by Sunday he admitted to second thoughts, after which an aide said he meant he should have raised them higher.
Also last week, the president ordered U.S. companies to leave China before an adviser said that order would not "be exercised presently. Then on Monday, Trump said he was not "at this moment" considering fresh tariffs on Japanese cars but hastened to say he could "at a later date if I wanted to."
klaing@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @Keith_Laing
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English Riviera Beaches
The coastline around Tor Bay is known as The English Riviera and is famed for its mild climate and great scenery. There is a vast array of accomodation to choose from and there are excellent beaches and attractions, making the area ideal for family holidays.
At the southern edge of Tor Bay is the port of Brixham which is well worth a visit. There is good walking around Berry Head and south of Berry Head are the quiet beaches of St Marys Bay, Man Sands and Scabbacombe Sands.
North of Brixham is the quiet cove of Elberry Cove and then the big family beaches of Broadsands and Goodrington Sands. Further north still is the big seaside town of Paignton with its long sandy beach and promenade pier. Below Paignton harbour is a small cove at Fairy Cove. North of Paignton is another long sandy beach at Preston Sands.
The coast stretches north past Hollicombe Beach and Livermead Sands to Torquay with its two big popular beaches Torre Abbey Sands and Meadfoot Beach.
North of Torquay is Ansteys Cove and Babbacombe with its model village and cliff railway. Further north on the coast are the quiet beaches at Watcombe and Maidencombe.
By car, Tor Bay is approximately 20 miles from Exeter and around 30 miles from Plymouth. Take the A38 and A380 from Exeter or from Plymouth take the A38 and A385.
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The Truth Beneath
Director - Lee Kyoung-mi - 2016
"Dirty gem"
Elections to kill for! K-thriller combines the colourful and the morbid in a twisted tale of teenage angst, political campaigning and murder - from the London Korean Film Festival taking place right now
There is often some ugly truth behind election campaigns. The tactics may involve smear, libel, media manipulation and lies with all sorts of emotional appeal. But what about infanticide? The Truth Beneath is a Korean political thriller which raises a very unusual question: would you kill your own daughter in order to ẃin the sympathy and therefore defeat your opponent in an election? Can politics get that dirty?
The second feature film the Korean female director Lee Kyoung-mi is flooded with whirlwind twists, not too different from the recent presidential elections in the US. Yeon-Hong (Son Ye-Jin, pictured above) is married to Jong-Chan (Kim Ju-Hyeok) and they have an adolescent daughter called Min-Jin (Shin Ji-Hoon). Jong-Chan is running for office at the National Assembly. Suddenly Min-Jin goes missing, and her mutilated body is found. Yeon-Hong begins to suspect that her husband is involved in the murder of their daughter for the purpose of increasing his ratings. So she sets off in a mission to investigate what led to the teenager’s death, and to find out whether her very own spouse would be capable of carrying one of the most shocking crimes imaginable: infanticide.
The Truth Beneath is an elegant and gripping noir thriller, in the tradition of good Korean movies such as Mother (Bong Joon-ho, 2009) and Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003). The narrative is fast and complex, with emotional depth and visual flare. There is plenty of attention to trivial details: a close-up of the lips, food being chopped, the reflection a ringing mobile phone on a mirrored table, raindrops on a window, etc. The montage is also highly inventive, with faux raccords, objects morphing into something else (such as head turning into a person with their hands up), and a particularly impressive – if very short – sequence where the sun rapidly sets while a car drives down a road (as if dusk lasted just a couple of seconds). Top-drawer performances also help to sustain the borderline absurd plot: Son Ye-Jin delivers a passive-aggressive type of motherhood which will keep you riveted to your seat, afraid for your very own physical integrity.
Teenage angst is also a central pillar, and the director succeeds at blending a girl’s colourful world with the grim and gruesome elements of murder. There’s plenty of violence contrasted with the pink and the puerile. Colours are deftly used; there’s also pop music and creepy whistling and yodelling. The imagery, the performances and the incidental details of this movie will linger in your memory. Not to be missed!!!
The Truth Beneath is showing as part of the London Korean Film Festival taking place between November 3rd and 27th – just click here for more information.
Don’t forget to watch the film trailer below:
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Publishing Master of Professional Studies
The publishing industry has shown remarkable resilience in the face of rapid technological and economic change, but also developed a new way forward for how the written word is to be produced, distributed and consumed in the 21st century.
The program is designed for current and aspiring professionals. Some students include post-bachelor and post-graduate students who have earned their degrees in other disciplines but desire careers in publishing. Current publishing professionals can sharpen their skills and expand their knowledge through high-level coursework. The master’s degree in Publishing integrates traditional print with digital publishing topics, including editorial acquisitions, production and design, copyright law in print and cyberspace, marketing, distribution, management and business. Taught by nationally and internationally recognized leaders, you will master the skills required for traditional print publishing as well as online and electronic publishing.
Complete in 2 Years
30-credit-hour, 2-year cohort program offered as a part-time program
Foundational Learning
Core coursework provides a broad foundation of the entire industry, regardless of method of delivery: book, journal, or digital
Multiple Tracks
Tracks focusing on professional roles: business & marketing, editorial, or technology & design
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"Completing this program was a huge confidence booster for me. I took classes alongside colleagues at the beginning of their career, like me, as well as those who had worked many years in publishing and were looking to further their professional development. The insight of my classmates, as well as my professors - who were all professionals in their fields - helped me develop an understanding of the publishing profession that wouldn't be gleaned simply from studying a book."
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Online or at the Graduate Education Center in Alexandria, VA
You have two options of where to study for the MPS in Publishing. You can either choose to study fully online or at our Graduate Education Center in Alexandria, VA where classes are offered in the evenings.
The program integrates traditional print with electronic publishing topics, including editorial acquisitions, production and design, copyright law in print and cyberspace, marketing, distribution, management and business.
To earn your degree you must complete 30 credits, including 16 credits in required courses and 14 credits in elective courses.
Publishing Schedule of Classes
PSPB 6201: Book and Journal Publishing (3 credits)
PSPB 6203: The Business of Publishing (2 credits)
PSPB 6205: Copyright Law in Print & Cyberspace (3 credits)
PSPB 6207: Marketing Strategies (2 credits)
PSPB 6232: Production Management (3 credits)
PSPB 6251: Fundamentals of Electronic Publishing (2 credits)
PSPB 6281: Ethics in Publishing (1 credit)
Business and Marketing Courses
PSPB 6221: Publishing Management, Organization, and Strategy (2 credits)
PSPB 6222: Accounting and Finance for Publishers (2 credits)
PSPB 6271: Sales Management, Strategy, and Positioning (2 credits)
PSPB 6272: Book Publicity and Promotion (2 credits)
Editorial Courses
PSPB 6261: Editorial Content, Rights, and Permissions (2 credits)
PSPB 6262: Editing for Books, Journals, and Electronic Products (2 credits)
PSPB 6265: Managing Editorial Staff (2 credits)
Technology and Design Courses
PSPB 6213: Book Design (2 credits)
PSPB 6253: Electronic Publishing Theory and Practice (2 credits)
PSPB 6256: E-Publishing Technologies and Standards (2 credits)
PSPB 6257: Designing for E-publishing Success (2 credits)
PSPB 6259: E-Publishing Tools (2 credits)
About the Faculty & Advisory Board
Our professional faculty and advisory board members possess diverse backgrounds and expertise, and serve in senior leadership positions throughout the publishing world.
Publishing Faculty
Our professional faculty hold leadership positions in a variety of publishing organizations and possess diverse backgrounds and expertise.
Rebecca S. Benner, M.P.S., Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Al Bertrand, M.A., Princeton University; Director, Georgetown University Press.
Virginia Veiga Bryant, M. Phil., Trinity College Dublin; Marketing and Sales Director, Georgetown University Press; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Kathleen Ann DeBoer, Writer/producer and Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Jennifer Emmett, Instructor, Children’s Publishing and Media, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Barbara M. Ford, M.A., DBA Meyers Consulting Services and Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Tony Julien, M.A., Publication Design; Creative Director, 720 Strategies, and Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Michael Kalyan, Director of Production Services, ASCD; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Alphonse L. MacDonald, M.B.A., John Hopkins, Acting Executive Director, National Academies Press. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Kevin Mayo, Director, Product Management at Vbrick; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Janis Owens, Adjunct Professor, Book Design Course, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Iris Sanchez, M.F.A., Graphic Design; Creative Director, Carr Properties and Adjunct Professor, M.P.S in Publishing, George Washington University.
Kimberly M. Schmelzinger, M.M., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Founder and Principal, Meanline Publisher Services; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Josephine E. Sciortino, M.A., M.P.S., Managing Editor, Canadian Science Publishing; Lecturer, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Eric S. Slater, Esq., J.D., New York Law School, Master of Journalism, Louisiana State University, B.S. Mass Communications, Virginia Commonwealth University; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Dean Smith, Director, Duke University Press; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Ioan Suciu, Assistant Director and Business Manager for Georgetown University Press; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
Puja Telikicherla, Licensing and Subsidiary Rights Manager, American Psychiatric Association Publishing; Adjunct Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University; M.A., Media Ecology, New York University
John W. Warren, Director and Associate Professor, M.P.S. in Publishing, George Washington University.
The Advisory Board for the GW Master of Professional Studies in Publishing program hold professional senior leadership positions in trade, academic, and scholarly publishing, providing support and advice to the program, its curriculum, and the development of new initiatives.
Advisory Board Members (2020-2022):
Dr. Philippa Jane Benson, Managing Editor, Sciences Advances,
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS);
Walter Biggins, Editor-in-Chief, University of Pennsylvania Press;
Becky Brassington Clark, Director of Publishing, Library of Congress;
Dr. Christopher J. Deering, Interim Dean, Professor of Political Science, College of Professional Studies;
Geneva Henry, Dean of Libraries and Academic Innovation, The George Washington University;
Barbara Kline Pope, Director, Johns Hopkins University Press;
Jed Lyons, President and CEO, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, National Book Network;
Dennis Johnson, Publisher, Melville House;
Gita Manaktala, Editorial Director, The MIT Press;
Niko Pfund, President, Oxford University Press US;
Elda Rotor, Vice President and Publisher, Penguin Classics, Penguin Random House Group USA;
Josephine Sciortino, Managing Editor, Canadian Science Publishing; GW Publishing Alumnus, 2019; Adjunct Professor in GW Publishing program;
Dean Smith, Director, Duke University Press; Adjunct Professor in GW Publishing program;
To be eligible for the program you must have earned an undergraduate degree, with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning.
Please note that this program is not eligible for students to apply for an F-1 or J-1 international visa.
Graduate Application Process
Applicants that have complete applications are eligible to request an application fee waiver by 11:59 p.m. on the Priority Deadline.* To request an application fee waiver, contact your program representative before submitting your application. Fee waiver details. Applications received after the Final Deadline will continue to be processed, space permitting.
Fall Admissions
In-person and online program
Fall Priority Deadline: February 1*
Fall Final Deadline: April 1
Spring Admissions
Students are usually admitted for the fall semester. If you are interested in a spring start, please contact us for details.
Summer Admissions
Students are usually admitted for the fall semester. If you are interested in a summer start, please contact us for details.
Graduate tuition and fees at the George Washington University are comparable to the national average for private universities. These costs, set by the GW Board of Trustees, generally increase from year to year and may vary by program and location.
Tuition is made up of many variables, so all calculations are estimates based on current tuition rates and fee structures. Total tuition and fees will adjust depending on the courses taken and the rate at which you complete your coursework. Please use this information as an approximate tuition amount based on current information and not your final investment, which will appreciate over time.
Rates Effective Fall 2020-Spring 2021 Terms
Curriculum: 14 courses (typically completed in two years), 30 credits
30 credits @ $980/credit hour: $29,400
6 registration sessions @$35 each $210
TOTAL: Tuition + fees
Other Fees to Consider
Application fee (one time): $80
Matriculation fee (one time): $200
Books: Approximately $50-$100/course
The costs of travel, meals and accommodations (if applicable) are not included in the tuition or fees.
Jasmine Wallace
MPS in Publishing graduate, 2015
Peer Review Manager, American Society for Microbiology
"As I worked to finish my program, the degree became not just about career progression, but also a direct path to a competitive advantage and a stepping stone ahead in an industry built on networking and reputation."
Cheryl Scott-Mouzon
Senior Recruitment & Enrollment Specialist
John W. Warren
Director and Associate Professor
Masters of Professional Studies in Publishing
Information Sessions & Events
We periodically offer online and in-person information sessions about the Publishing Master of Professional Studies and special events. Contact the program representative to learn more about upcoming events.
Publishing Career Builder Webinar Series: Using your Strengths toward your Career Development
7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Eastern Time
Publishing Online Information Session - 02/02/2021
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time
805 21st Street, NW
Bachelor's Completion
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Unlace Your Imagination with Durham Shoestring Performers
Oshawa’s Downtown Community Theatre
Want to catch up? Local actor and DSP director Joe Szekeres has written some interesting pandemic profiles of community theatre folk from DSP and beyond :
Joe Szekeres’s Blog
Postponement of Goodness
The City of Oshawa has closed all recreation facilities temporarily as of March 14 in support of efforts to limit the community spread of COVID-19. DSP will work with City staff and the cast to try to find dates later this spring that will allow us to present Goodness to you.
Thank you for your patience, and be safe as we navigate these uncharted times.
Download DSP’s 46th Season Brochure
Auditions for the current season are completed. Thanks to all who gave it a go!
Stay caught up with DSP here or on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & You Tube. Links are on the page footer below!
Something to celebrate – 156 productions in downtown Oshawa, 102 of them Canadian, 34 of them by local writers. Since 1974, DSP’s non-profit objectives have been all about quality and accessibility: to present challenging and entertaining plays with an emphasis on innovative directing and design, and to keep production costs low so that live theatre can be enjoyed by all members of the community. Our shows are always chosen by the director so there’s passion for the piece right from the beginning, and auditions are always low-threat and open to all.
Attend DSP events on the second floor of the Arts Resource Centre, 45 Queen St., Oshawa, which is fully accessible by modern elevator indoors and by ramp outside. The theatre space is an intimate, air-conditioned 100 seat venue with no seat farther than 8 metres from the action!
Plentiful parking is free after 6 pm. If the lot closest to the building is full, there’s more parking on the south side of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Occasionally there is some congestion on weeknights if City Hall, the Library and the Arts Resource Centre are all holding events simultaneously, but we love when downtown is full of cultural activity.
DSP is a member of Theatre Ontario, the Association of Community Theatres -Central Ontario and the Pine Ridge Arts Council
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WestCare Family.
Neighborhood Revitalization
PROGRAMS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
East Dayton neighborhoods have been in a period of transition for the past 20 years. Once a thriving population of proud families of Appalachian heritage, the area is now home to Latino families and Ahiska Turk families, as well as African American families who share their heritage with white Appalachian families who remain in the community. Neighborhood leaders and residents have welcomed newcomers to inner east Dayton, and we all cherish the diversity. Ruskin Neighborhood School is one of the most diversely populated elementary schools in the City.
East End works hard with the school and neighborhood leaders to build a sense of community pride and identity among all our residents, particularly through our ‘Food Access Resiliency Enterprise” (aka FARE) which is teaching our community members to grow their own food, purchase and prepare nutritious food, and address some of the food insecurity issues that come with low family incomes.
Unfortunately, our neighborhood remains challenged by the drug epidemic, which is destroying families and impacting our children’s futures. East Dayton accounts for a disproportionate share of overdose fatalities in Montgomery County.
East End has been a leader in drug prevention initiatives in east Dayton, and is one of the founders of a partnership that now includes the Police Department, Fire Department and certified peer supporters who reach out to drug users to encourage them to seek treatment and recovery. This program has been remarkedly successful in connecting people struggling with addiction to access treatment and progress through recovery.
HEALTH, DRUGS & CRIME
FOOD ACCESS RESILIENCY ENTERPRISE
HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
624 Xenia Ave. | Dayton OH 45410
937.259.1898 | www.east-end.org
A member of the WestCare Family.
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Mount Everest: the view from the top
It feels like the apex of an immense white roof – the point at which three ridges to the top of the world finally meet and you can’t go any higher.
Unlike some summits, where mountaineers have to take it in turns to balance precariously on the peak, the summit of Everest has room enough for several people to stand together (Chris Bonington described it as “about the size of a pool table”). The snow is deep, the air vanishingly thin, but for the mountaineer the views are tempered by the sense that you are really only halfway: the long descent awaits.
My ascent 25 years ago began up the immense East Face in Tibet. At first we delighted in the technical intricacy of vertical rock and ice, then we wallowed up vast, tilted snowfields, to emerge eventually on the wind-scoured saddle called the South Col.
That final leg of our journey was up the original 1953 route from Nepal – the route taken by the vast majority today. At first the terrain was not hard, but at that altitude just kicking a step in a 35-degree snow slope is exhausting. Climbing without supplementary oxygen, I found I could manage 20 steps at a time, taking at least three deep breaths per step. That was when we started. By the time we were approaching the South Summit, 12 hours later, I was only managing two or three steps between each long gasping halt.
The South Summit is only 100 vertical metres from the top, the horizontal distance a quarter of a mile. But the terrain is intimidating. I was alone on this final stretch, acutely conscious of the lethal cornices of wind-blown snow overhanging the East Face. Step too far to the right on that fragile crest, and you could plunge 3,500 metres to your death; slip down to the left and you would tumble 2,500 metres into the deep basin called the Western Cwm.
Then came the legendary Hillary Step. It was about 12 metres high and it felt like real climbing: mittened left hand reaching for rock holds, right hand plunging ice axe into frighteningly steep snow. Beyond that it was simply a matter of plodding stoically over three or four false summits until I saw three empty oxygen cylinders stuck in the snow and realised I was approaching the final hummock. Although much of Everest is bare rock, here the snow is several metres deep.
The jet-stream westerlies drive that snow inexorably over the great precipice of the East Face, so that over the years the human detritus changes: the Chinese survey pole which Doug Scott found here in 1975 had disappeared by the time I arrived 13 years later.
Ideally you arrive in the early morning to enjoy luminous clarity. Late in the afternoon, I had to content myself with immense depths glimpsed through swirling clouds and the first falling snowflakes. But who cares? The views are always better on the way up. And in any case, the summit is not the glorious climax; it is simply the point when you are furthest from base, like the astronauts in their lunar module, wanting only to return to Earth.
I turned round after just 10 minutes on top, stopping briefly at the patch of bare rock a few metres below the summit to grab some shards of shattered limestone, created about 350m years ago on the bed of a prehistoric ocean. Then, facing into the wind, I forced my flagging body to carry on down, knowing that the real struggle had only just begun.
Source:The Guardian
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Rights group: World must act to end Libya turmoil, abuses
Human Rights Watch says the world must do more to help end rights abuses in chaotic Libya, which has emerged as one of the main corridors for migration to Europe.
The US-based group says in its annual report Thursday that most of the over 200,000 migrants and asylum seekers who reached Europe last year by sea departed from Libya, where they face beatings, extortion, sexual violence, and forced labor at the hands of armed groups.
Eric Goldstein, deputy Middle East director for the New York-based rights group, says “the migration crisis in the central Mediterranean shows the rest of the world that it is ignoring Libya’s human rights disaster at its own peril.”
Libya descended into chaos following the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
Tags Asylum seekers Human Rights Human Rights Watch Libya migration sexual violence
At least 20 dead as clashes shut airport in Libyan capital
Libyan PM urges international community to back UN mandate
Libyan PM says preparations for 2018 elections underway
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Car & Bike Rental Services Issued With Strict Guidelines By Government: Here Are The Details
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By Promeet Ghosh
The self-drive car and bike rental Industry is expanding rapidly in India. This business is especially booming in places that see a lot of tourists. Till date, the drivers of these rented vehicles were facing a lot of problems from the local traffic authorities as they would insist on seeing a commercial badge of the drivers.
However, now the Union Government has clarified that only a valid passenger vehicle driving license will be enough when it comes to driving such rented vehicles, which is such a relief to the drivers. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued advisory based on the issues received from certain stakeholders in implementing self drive cab rental schemes. It says, "The person driving the Commercial Vehicle carrying the valid driving license /IDP and a copy of license for renting a motor cab (Form 3/4) or for the motorcycle (Form 2) of respective scheme should not be insisted for any badge."
In other recent auto news, Jeep has finally taken the wraps off the 2021 Compass facelift SUV globally. The new Jeep Compass facelift features a number of updates, both in terms of cosmetic, as well as mechanical. The new Compass facelift SUV also receives a host of added features and equipment as well.
The new Jeep Compass facelift now comes with a larger 8.4-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, along with the brand's UConnect 5 technology. Mechanically the new SUV now comes with an all-new 1.3-litre turbo-petrol engine, replacing the old 1.4-litre unit.
Moreover, the new 1.3-litre engine comes in two state-of-tunes, producing 128bhp and 148bhp of power and 270Nm of peak torque. The unit with a lower state-of-tune will be mated to a six-speed manual, while the other will receive a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission option as well. Globally, the 2021 Jeep Compass facelift will also be powered by a 1.6-litre MultiJet diesel engine, which will produce 118bhp and 320Nm of torque. We expect Jeep to continue using the current 2.0-litre diesel unit in India, which has already been updated to comply with the BS6 emission norms.
Thoughts About The Car & Bike Rental Services
These vehicles are used by tourists, corporate officials, business travellers, etc. India has many companies that offer self-drive car rentals like Zoomcar, Revv and Myles and with this decision taken by the Government will ease the lives of the drivers.
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Zinck, Hardenack OttO Conrad
Zinck, Hardenack OttO Conrad, German instrumentalist, singer, teacher, and composer, brother of Bendix (Benedikt) Friedrich Zinck; b. Husum, Holstein, July 2, 1746; d. Copenhagen, Feb. 15, 1832. He began his training with his father, the town musician Bendix Friedrich Zinck, and later studied with C.P.E. Bach in Hamburg. In 1777 he became 1st flutist and chamber musician in the Ludwigslust Hofkapelle, and in 1787 he was named Singmeister (1st accompanist) in the Copenhagen Hofkapelle. He also was active as a church organist and teacher in Copenhagen, where he founded a Singakademie (1800). He produced an opera to a Danish text, Selim og Mir za (Copenhagen, Feb. 1, 1790), and also composed several oratorios and cantatas, lieder, instrumental music, etc. He publ. Die nördliche Harfe, ein Versuch in Fragmenten und Skizzen über Musik und ihre Anwendung im Norden (Copenhagen, 1801; on Scandinavian music) and Vorlesungen über Musik und ihre nützlichste Anwendung (Copenhagen, 1813).
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bridal / bridle
Choose Your Words between Similar Words : bridal vs. bridle. Caught between words? Make the right choice.
Choose between: bridal vs. bridle
Bridal is related to a bride, but bridle refers to a part of a horse’s harness and what you do with it. Although the words sound the same, they run in different circles unless you’re getting a horse ready for her wedding.
Bridal refers to something to do with a bride or a wedding. It comes from the Old English word brydealo for wedding feast. It’s formed from bryd, for bride, and ealo, or ale, which was often drunk at wedding feasts. Here’s bridal in the news:
There are bridal trends that will never go away, such as the classic white gown and the big balloon skirt. (ABC News)
Forgo the champagne treatment a bridal boutique often provides. (Associated Press)
“I wanted nothing bridal, nothing white,” Mr. Alexandre said. (New York Times)
The word bridle also comes from an Old English word, meaning “to move quickly.” Used as a noun, bridle is part of a horse’s harness. As a verb, it can be used to mean restrain, as you would a horse in its bridle. If you bridle at something, you’re angry or offended.
Before the tent sits a cavalier, glass in hand and holding a horse by the bridle, talking to a woman standing in front of him. (Esther Singleton)
As a result, I instantly bridle at news the government could sell off these beautiful and therapeutic spaces in search of a quick buck. (BusinessGreen.com)
You can think of this form of bridal as bride + -al, and all of the stuff that goes with a wedding, but bridle is the thing that restrains a horse, and what you might do if someone tried to put a leather harness on your head.
Use the adjective bridal to talk about a wedding or a bride. A bridal bouquet is the arrangement of flowers the bride carries during a wedding ceremony. Continue reading…
When you’re riding a horse and scream “Whoa!” to make it stop, you’re pulling on the reins, which are attached to a thing called the bridle, the buckled straps around a horse’s head that help you control its movements. Continue reading…
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Thu 5th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
Jive Talkin'
at New Theatre, Cardiff
Please note: Info provided by the Event Organiser
The timeless repertoire of The Bee Gees is brought to life in this stunning stage production that is taking the country by storm! This charismatic ensemble boasts stars from TV and the West End and is fronted by real life family members Darren, Gary and Jack Simmons making an unrivalled vocal harmony blend, as close to the original brothers as you can get. Backed up by a stunning band and live string section, you will be taken on an emotional journey from tender orchestrated 60's classics such as "Massachusetts" and "Words" to the 70s disco classics such as "Night Fever", "Stayin' Alive" and of course "Tragedy".
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Living in North Macedonia
Embassy of Switzerland in North Macedonia
All consular services and visa issues are provided by the Regional Consular Centre Western Balkans in Pristina.
Travel advice for North Macedonia
Bilateral relations Switzerland–North Macedonia
Entry and customs formalities
Confirmation of nationality and registration in the Register of the Swiss Abroad
Seeking employment in Switzerland
Unemployment insurance for the Swiss Abroad
Swiss nationals who have been living in an EU/EFTA member state have to claim their entitlements in the country in which they last worked.
For swiss nationals returning to Switzerland from outside the EU/EFTA, special rules apply. You’ll find further information in our guide:
Under certain circumstances, the federal government provides social assistance to Swiss nationals living abroad who run into financial difficulty. The first step is to contact the Swiss representation responsible for your place of residence.
Social assistance for Swiss nationals living abroad (fr/de/it)
If you have already returned to Switzerland, you should contact the social assistance service in the municipality in which you are registered.
The Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) operates a fund for providing financial assistance in the form of interest-free loans to returning Swiss nationals. One of the conditions is that applications have to be made within one year after their return. The purpose of this service is to help returning Swiss nationals overcome temporary emergencies and reintegrate into Swiss society. Please note that this support is intended to be subsidiary to social assistance and/or unemployment benefits.
Organisation of the Swiss Abroad
List of Swiss authorities
Job-Area (de, fr, it)
SECO brochure «Hauptsache Arbeit» (de)
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Israel seeks Cypriot help on EU opposition to annexation
EURACTIV.com with AFP
President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiadis (L) talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) during a meeting, in the sideline of the signing of the EastMed agreement in Athens, Greece, 2 January 2020. [Pantelis Saitas/EPA/EFE]
The foreign ministers of Israel and nearby Cyprus met Tuesday (23 June) as the Jewish state seeks to defuse European opposition to its plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s Gabi Ashkenazi met his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides at Tel Aviv’s main airport after plans for a larger delegation led by President Nicos Anastasiades were revised over coronavirus concerns.
“Ashkenazi asked Christodoulides for Cyprus to act as a moderating voice in discourse with European countries,” an Israeli foreign ministry statement said.
US President Donald Trump in January unveiled a controversial plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, giving Israel a green light to annex West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley.
Israel has said it intends to start implementing the plan from next month, triggering widespread concern, particularly in the European Union.
The Palestinians have rejected the plan and are trying to rally international opposition to it.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the statement said, Ashkenazi told Christodoulides that his country was committed to proceeding “in a responsible and coordinated manner with the various parties in the region.”
The Jewish state, he added, would do so “while maintaining Israel’s strategic and security interests based on President Trump’s peace plan”.
France, Germany, Belgium and Estonia last month urged Israel not to make “any unilateral decision that would lead to the annexation of any occupied Palestinian territory”.
German FM voices 'serious concerns' over Israeli annexation plan
Germany and its European partners have “serious concerns” over Israel’s plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Jerusalem Wednesday (10 June).
But EU states have not taken a united stand against the plan.
Israeli diplomats are working to shore up support in the 27-member union.
Israel last week welcomed a favourable European parliament vote on an aviation treaty and the overturning of a motion to delay ratification of the accord in protest at the proposed annexation.
It said that had been “made possible by ongoing and intensive diplomatic work” by Israeli ambassadors in Europe.
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Proteins Commonly Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease
Author(s): Athanasios Alexiou*, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, Australia Georgia Soursou, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, Australia Nagendra Sastry Yarla, Department of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Science, GITAM University, Andhra Pradesh, India Ghulam Md Ashraf* King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80216, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Journal Name: Current Protein & Peptide Science
Several years after the first publication of Barker's Hypothesis the identification of common patterns and pathways between genetic and epigenetic risk factors in neurodegenerative disorders is still an open problem. For the cases of Alzheimer's disease and Autism and by taking into consideration the increasing number of diagnosed cases globally, scientists focused on commonly expressed and related proteins like Amyloid beta and the mechanisms of their underlying dysfunctionalities. In this review paper, an attempt to specify significant correlations between proteins linked to Autism Spectrum Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease is presented. Both diseases are highlighted with an emphasis on the macromolecules that play a fundamental role in their development. These proteins are described and analyzed concerning the underlying pathology of these diseases.
Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, proteins, developmental origins of health and diseases, neurological symptoms.
Current Protein & Peptide Science
Title:Proteins Commonly Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease
Author(s):Athanasios Alexiou*, Georgia Soursou, Nagendra Sastry Yarla and Ghulam Md Ashraf*
Affiliation:Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, Department of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Science, GITAM University, Andhra Pradesh, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80216, Jeddah 21589
Keywords:Autism spectrum disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, proteins, developmental origins of health and diseases, neurological symptoms.
Abstract:Several years after the first publication of Barker's Hypothesis the identification of common patterns and pathways between genetic and epigenetic risk factors in neurodegenerative disorders is still an open problem. For the cases of Alzheimer's disease and Autism and by taking into consideration the increasing number of diagnosed cases globally, scientists focused on commonly expressed and related proteins like Amyloid beta and the mechanisms of their underlying dysfunctionalities. In this review paper, an attempt to specify significant correlations between proteins linked to Autism Spectrum Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease is presented. Both diseases are highlighted with an emphasis on the macromolecules that play a fundamental role in their development. These proteins are described and analyzed concerning the underlying pathology of these diseases.
Athanasios Alexiou*, Georgia Soursou, Nagendra Sastry Yarla and Ghulam Md Ashraf*, “Proteins Commonly Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease”, Current Protein & Peptide Science (2018) 19: 876. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389203718666170911145321
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Trump aide Conway will not testify before Congress - White House
White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway arrives at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - Copyright CARLOS BARRIA(Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Kellyanne Conway will not testify before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee this week on her alleged violations of the Hatch Act, the White House told the panel’s chairman on Monday.
“In accordance with long-standing precedent, we respectfully decline the invitation to make Ms. Conway available for testimony before the Committee,” White House legal counsel Pat Cipollone told Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings in a letter.
The 1939 Hatch Act prohibits executive branch employees from engaging in some political activities.
The Oversight Committee has said it would vote on a potential subpoena if Conway does not testify before lawmakers on Wednesday.
The hearing was scheduled after the Office of Special Counsel, a U.S. government watchdog agency, earlier this month recommended Conway be fired for repeatedly violating the Hatch Act by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media.
Trump has said he would not fire Conway, 52, a former political pollster who became Trump’s campaign manager in 2016 and the first woman to oversee a winning U.S. presidential campaign.
If Conway does not testify at the hearing, the Oversight Committee plans to hold a business meeting to consider authorizing a subpoena for the White House adviser for “testimony in connection with her failure to comply with the Hatch Act and ethics laws,” Cummings wrote in a letter to committee members dated Friday.
House Democrats have been frustrated by the Trump administration’s stonewalling of their efforts to hold senior officials to account. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Attorney General William Barr and other officials have defied subpoena requests from Democratic-led House panels in recent months.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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Ukraine president's party leads poll ahead of July election
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo - Copyright Valentyn Ogirenko(Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – A party set up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office last month, continues to lead in an opinion poll published on Wednesday ahead of a snap parliamentary election due on July 21.
The survey conducted by research group Reiting from June 20 to June 24 showed Zelenskiy’s party, Servant of the People, had the support of 37.3% of people who said they would vote.
In its previous poll, done in a period of June 8-12, Zelenskiy’s party got 36.9%.
A good showing next month would cement the former television comedian’s meteoric rise to upend Ukrainian politics.
The outgoing parliament, dismissed by Zelenskiy after his landslide election victory in April, is dominated by loyalists of his defeated predecessor Petro Poroshenko. Servant of the People, campaigning on a pro-European, anti-corruption ticket, has no lawmakers at present.
Another new party – Voice – established last month by Ukrainian rock-singer Sviatoslav Vakarchuk – managed to increase its support: 6.9% versus 6.4% according to the previous poll, and got to the third place after Opposition Platform with 9.9%.
Among other political forces seen able to overcome the five-percent threshold, there are Poroshenko’s European Solidarity party with 5.9% and the party of former prime minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko, which scored 5.8%.
Reiting said it interviewed 2,000 voters in all regions, except annexed Crimea.
Half of the 450 seats in Ukraine’s parliament are elected via party lists and the other half in single-member constituencies.
Ukraine’s most pressing issue is conflict with its neighbour Russia, which annexed its Crimea region in 2014. Zelenskiy has said his first task is to achieve a ceasefire.
Zelenskiy became famous playing the TV comedy role of a schoolteacher who unexpectedly becomes president after a pupil films his foul-mouthed tirade against corrupt politicians and posts the video online. His presidential campaign exploited parallels with that fictional narrative, portraying him as an everyman who would stand up to a crooked political class.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets, Editing by William Maclean)
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Bezuidenhout claims British Open spot with victory in Spain
(Reuters) – South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout clinched his first European Tour title in style with a six-shot victory at the Andalucia Masters in Spain on Sunday.
Bezuidenhout shot a closing even-par 71 at Valderrama to finish well clear of a group of five, and earn a spot in next month’s British Open in the process.
“I’m really proud of myself, hanging in there today,” said the 25-year-old Bezuidenhout, who arrived in Sotogrande in good form following a tie for third at last week’s BMW International Open in Munich.
After three rounds in the 60s, Bezuidenhout started Sunday’s final round five shots clear of Spanish world number 11 Jon Rahm.
Birdies at the first two holes seemed to have set up a victory procession for Bezuidenhout, but he promptly bogeyed four of the next five and his lead was down to three.
The pivotal moment came at the eighth hole, where he holed a clutch 10-foot putt to save par and stem the bleeding.
“I went through a stuff stretch (but the) great save on eight kept the momentum on my side and bounced back with three birdies in a row,” Bezuidenhout said.
“That settled me down nicely. I knew I just had to keep going and hit greens.”
He finished at 10-under 274.
Rahm battled to a 72 and a share of second place with fellow Spaniards Alvaro Quiros (66), Adri Arnaus (69), Eduardo de la Riva (69) and Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera (68).
Arnaus and Lorenzo-Vera also punched tickets to the July 18-21 Open at Royal Portrush.
Tournament host Sergio Garcia finished another shot back, alone in seventh.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
Nigeria upset South Korea for rare World Cup win
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Norway landslide: Fresh evacuations after more unstable ground found as hunt for survivors continues
Norwegian police were alerted to the landslide in the village of Ask at 04:00 on Wednesday. - Copyright Twitter - 330-skvadronen / Hovedredningssentralen
Dozens more people have been evacuated in the Norwegian village of Ask, which was hit by an enormous landslide overnight on Wednesday.
At least ten people remain missing as rescue efforts continue.
On Thursday, authorities said they had discovered fresh "uncertain ground" two kilometres from the village.
As a result, 46 people have been evacuated.
Police said the discovery is not detracting from their ongoing rescue operation.
"The search is still a rescue operation. We hope to find people alive," police task leader Dag Andre Sylju told NRK on Thursday morning. "The landslide is still in motion, there are still buildings that are completely on the edge."
For safety reasons, much of the search is being conducted in the air by drones and helicopters fitted with heat-sensing cameras, which have helped to locate residents still stuck in the area.
Local authorities have also introduced a ban on setting off New Year fireworks within a one-kilometre radius of the landslide site.
A total of ten people were injured when the slide initially hit the village, one of whom is said to be critical and was flown to Ullevål for further treatment. Four were transported to Ahus by ambulance and five were treated locally.
Thirty-one housing units and nine buildings also collapsed, according to NRK, while 900 people have so far been evacuated. Gjerdrum mayor Anders Østensen estimated the number evacuees will likely rise to 1,500 as more danger areas are found.
After meeting with the families of those still missing, Østensen recalled to the media how "scared and anxious" they had been about finding their relatives alive.
"They are very scared and anxious about what the outcome will be," he said. "The hope is that they are either found alive, or that they stay somewhere other than the landslide area."
The scene after a landslide occurred in a residential area in Ask, near Oslo, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020Credit: AP
"It hurts to see how the forces of nature have ravaged Gjerdrum," Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg tweeted on Wednesday.
"My thoughts go to all those affected by the landslide. Now it is important that the emergency services get their job done."
The area around the village of Ask is known for so-called quick clay, and landslides have previously been reported in the region.
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Home Forum Formula One F1 Car Hardware & Development Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+ - Page 102
Mercedes aim to run higher rake with W09 Thu Feb 22, 2018
Today's unveiled Mercedes AMG F1 W09 resembles a lot its sucessful predecessor, the championship winning W08. And this is no coincidence, as team boss Toto Wolff reveals. However, there are some interesting changes to come this year with the new car.
Mercedes 2018 W09 car hits the track
Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+
A place to discuss the characteristics of the cars in Formula One, both current as well as historical. Laptimes, driver worshipping and team chatter does not belong here.
Re: Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+
Post Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:13 pm
henry wrote: ↑
richardn wrote: ↑
OK. So now Mercedes have both championships wrapped up, do you think we'll see wheel rims with holes next race?
From Mercedes PoV, it might be better to get an inevitable appeal done and dusted before the start of next season. They could even get persuade an engine customer team to appeal if Ferrari don't.
They might well use them. And they probably won’t be protested. What would Ferrari gain if they protested them? Better wait for next year and if they are still there protest them in a race where Mercedes will lose points vital to their championship bids.
Right!.. Using them in the last 2 races will only expose AMG to a clarification that can be usefull to all teams for 2019 (to copy the tech) or to make the rims be illegal for all for the 2019.
Just_a_fan wrote: ↑
Polite wrote: ↑
It's not illegal. Stop trolling.
I think this is wrong and i also think this is bias!
Actually, you are wrong (it's not illegal as it has never been declared to be illegal which is how this works) and you are obviously biased against Mercedes judging by previous posts.
In F1 is all legal till the stewards have the order to judge something. Ofc only if we are talking about something new and never considered in the regulation.
If there is something really new, only a protest and a judgement of the stewards can confirm the alleged legality or the complete illegality.
You are arguing good but only if u talk about something already considered in the regulations.
So im not saying you are completely wrong but u are wrong in this situation: is a new tech, never considered but against some aero laws at a first look, so this is alleged legal and till they not run them in a gp, and take the protest and the controls, we cant say rims are legal or illegal.
hoping im writing clear. I dont have nothing against u or AMG..
What would Ferrari gain if they protested them? Better wait for next year and if they are still there protest them in a race where Mercedes will lose points vital to their championship bids.
Which is why they should get a "friendly opponent" to protest it this year. Then they can go in to next year knowing either a. - they're fully ok to run them, or b. - they can't use them again.
An interesting thought. It would need to be a team that would gain, or at the very least not lose, if the Mercedes were disqualified. It would have to go to appeal to cement the interpretation as case law.
I would imagine a design goal for next year would be to reduce the cause of the tyre problems and get rid of the need for a challangeable band aid.
Fortune favours the prepared; she has no favourites and takes no sides.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty : Tacitus
Just_a_fan
Post Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:12 pm
so this is alleged legal and till they not run them in a gp, and take the protest and the controls, we cant say rims are legal or illegal.
They have run them in Grands Prix, that's the point. They have passed scrutineering a number of times so they are, at this point, legal.
Turbo says "Dumpster sounds so much more classy. It's the diamond of the cesspools." oh, and "The Dutch fans are drunk. Maybe"
PhillipM
Location: Over the road from Boothy...
Scrutineering is not a declaration of legality, it's just declaration that the scrutineers are happy that is appears to conform to the rules and they're happy that it's safe to compete.
Mattchu
While I don`t wish to get into any argument about whether the rims/spacers/system is illegal or not the point I think Polite is trying to make is that they have never been ran then officially protested against by another team.
The fact said item has passed scrutineering and been deemed OK makes this whole thing another of them grey area subjects that will only be sorted by either a technical directive or the process discussed.
I personally think Mercedes just wanted to get the championships sorted and may have other options in the pipeline for next year, they`ve done their job now, or was that Mercedes just turing it on when they needed to...
subcritical71
Location: USA-Florida
This isn’t against your comment, but wouldn’t that mean the presumption should be that all cars are not legal since they can all be subject to protest and interpretation going against them?
Also, it appears even a TD is not enough to help with a legal status, as the TD would need to be interpreted.
PhillipM wrote: ↑
The car is checked by the scrutineers. If they find anything that is against the rules, they refuse to allow the car to race. If they allow the car to race then they consider it complies with the rules. Ergo, it is legal.
Now, a higher power can deem it illegal later if it is protested. This is similar to an appeal in a court of law. Someone is found not guilty by the lower court. At that point they are innocent (they have not broken the law - their actions were legal). If that decision is appealed to a higher court, then they might later be found to be guilty and punished (their action has now been considered to be illegal).
At the moment, Mercedes's wheel design is legal because the "lowest court" (the stewards) have said so. There is no argument here, it is legal.
If someone appeals to the FIA in the form of a protest, then the higher court may decide that the stewards were wrong. At that point the wheels would be illegal. But at the moment, that hasn't happened so the wheels are legal.
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subcritical71 wrote: ↑
No. "Innocent until proven guilty" applies.
I’m with you on that. I was more being a little broader in thinking that if someone thinks it’s illegal on the Mercedes because a feature hasn’t been through all the courts, then the same illegal status would apply to all cars on the grid. Which in my opinion is not how things should work.
The presumption should be legal unless proven otherwise.
Big Tea
It seems to be more 'there is nothing there against the rules' than the car does not contravene any rules.
As posted earlier, it can be in the gray and go through, but if a clarification is requested a thick line is applied and it is one way or the other.
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Big Tea wrote: ↑
If there is nothing against the rules then by definition there is no contravention.
As it stands, as it has not been found to contravene then it must, by definition, be legal.
As I said, this can change on appeal to a higher court. But, today, the wheel is legal.
Not contravening the rule is not strictly 'legal', although it does not make sense.
Any idea what Hamilton was nursing during the GP? Multiple reports that he was 1 lap away from the engine expiring, but the quotes from Toto don’t reveal much.
Autosport;
"We have the engine guys here in the back, and then we have them back at base," team principal Toto Wolff explained.
"I have about 10 channels open, and what I could hear on the meeting channel was 'Lewis Hamilton, power unit failure imminent. It's going to fail within the next lap.'
"And I put the volume up and said, 'Excuse me, what?' And they said, 'Yeah, we have a massive problem on the power unit, it's going to fail on the next lap.'
"But it didn't fail the next lap, and I said, 'When you guys have a minute, tell me what's happening.'
"[They said] 'Well, our exhaust is just about to fail, and we're overshooting all the temperature limits.' I said, 'So what's the fix?'
"They started to fix it by turning the whole thing down. The temperatures went down to below 1000, to 980 degrees. But it's still too high! That was truly horrible."
Not quite. The Scrutineers are the Police not the Judiciary. If they find something wrong they report it to the Stewards and they, the Stewards, decide on legality and permission to race.
On safety issues the Scrutineers may be judge and jury, I’m not sure on that.
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1.2.3 Events
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Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 160 for the week ending January 25th, 2009.
A small sample of this week's contents: Announcements notes upcoming events and deadlines for Fedora 11. PlanetFedora picks up on some communication problems in "General" and shares "How To" information on disabling the system bell. Developments rounds up some "Fedora 11 Release Activity" and synopsizes the debate around a "Minimalist Root Login to X?". Infrastructure is back with some essential information on "Fedora Security Policy". Artwork shares the "Fedora 11 Release Banner". SecurityAdvisories provides a handy list of essential updates. Virtualization explains "QEMU VM Channel Support". We are pleased to have an AskFedora Q&A covering the advisability of using the "Ext4 Filesystem on Solid State Disks". Keep sending your questions!
John Palmieri (on behalf of Luke Macken and Mairin Duffy) announced[1] the Moksha Project and the Fedora Community Project[2]. They have been consolidating "the Fedora Infrastructure bits under one unified user interface", and have "decided to split the efforts into two projects."
"Moksha is a platform for creating real-time collaborative web applications. It provides a set of Python and JavaScript API's that make it simple to create rich applications that can acquire, manipulate, and visualize data from external services."
"Fedora Community aims at being a portal interface for Fedora Project members to collaborate within and find information about the diverse Fedora universe. It is created from applications built on top of the Moksha platform. Fedora Community is assembled from a wide-ranging set of modules that integrates existing Fedora Infrastructure components such as koji, bodhi, FAS, and PkgDB."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-January/msg00015.html
[2] http://johnp.fedorapeople.org/fedora-community/
Tom "Spot" Callaway announced[1] that the Fedora Packaging Committee has made some changes to the packaging guidelines. For details, read the full announcement linked below.
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-January/msg00007.html
The Fedora 11 Alpha freeze has passed[1], and "we still have a few feature pages in need of an update. Several have not been updated for a month or more," according to John Poelstra. If these pages are not updated by January 28th, FESCo will be asked to drop the features from Fedora 11.
February 6 - 8: Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM)
February 20 - 22: Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE)
Also, people are encouraged to register for Fedora or JBoss.org related speaking slots at LinuxTag 2009.
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SCALE7X_Event
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Activity_Day_at_SCaLE_7x
[4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LinuxTag_2009_talks
Thorsten Leemhuis expressed[1] some concern over important communication and decisions taking place over synchronous/real-time mediums (like IRC or conferences like FUDcon) without the ability for people unable to attend to participate. Michael DeHaan agreed[2] and used a personal example of trying to maintain software that runs on EL-4 through Fedora 11 to explain the importance. "I have to use the old libraries and mostly only get to see new releases as things that break API compatibility or bring new bugs...I care about the environment more than the technology." Michael continued, "While many developers see Fedora is about technology, as a mostly "upstream" guy, the joy I find in it is really just about collaboration and working with people all over the globe."
Jef Spaleta continued[3] a disagreement with Mark Shuttleworth over the fact that Canonical has yet to open source some of the community-related components of Launchpad.
Dave Jones mentioned[4] an upcoming change to the p4-clockmod driver. "It no longer exports a cpufreq interface to sysfs. This will no doubt have some people complaining that they can no longer change their CPU frequency. The thing is, they never could." He then explains why such a feature ever existed.
Harish Pillay compared[5] the new White House[6] website copyright policy with that of a number of nations.
Sebastian Dziallas and the Fedora Education SIG[7] announced[8] the preview of an unbranded Education Remix. "As this is still based on F10, the main purpose is to gather feedback concerning the spin for F11."
Michael DeHaan wrote[9] about some of the advancements being made in order to support the provisioning of large datacenters and large-scale virtualization setups under Fedora.
Máirín Duffy showed off[10] some new mockups of screens for the Fedora Community Project[11].
[1] http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2009/01/communication-is-important.html
[2] http://www.michaeldehaan.net/?p=825
[3] http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/33352.html
[4] http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/2009/01/18/forthcoming-p4clockmod/
[5] http://harishpillay.livejournal.com/135485.html
[6] http://www.whitehouse.gov/
[7] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Education
[8] http://sdziallas.joyeurs.com/blog/2009/01/fedora-edu-a-remix-and-more-to.html
[10] http://mihmo.livejournal.com/68603.html
[11] http://johnp.fedorapeople.org/fedora-community/
James Morris explained[1] how to work around an issue where MacBooks have trouble talking to projectors over the VGA output.
John Poelstra started[2] an interesting thread[3,4,5,6,7,8] (only some of which was serious) about disabling the system bell. Who knew that such an ancient component (a relic of computers from decades ago when soundcards had yet to be invented) could be so interesting?
Tim Waugh described[9] how to transfer e-mail and addresses from Evolution to Thunderbird
[1] http://james-morris.livejournal.com/38392.html
[2] http://poelcat.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/disabling-the-fedora-10-system-bell/
[3] http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=1429
[4] http://kanarip.livejournal.com/8662.html
[5] http://thecodergeek.com/post/84
[6] http://www.chruz.com/2009/01/25/pcspkr-be-gone/
[7] http://skvidal.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/speaker/
[8] http://jwboyer.livejournal.com/29470.html
[9] http://cyberelk.net/tim/2009/01/24/switching-mail-clients/
Fedora Infinity Day 2009, at Presidency University, Dhaka[1]
Lots of videos[2,3] of various Fedora and Red Hat events
[1] http://angel.linux.org.bd/?p=8
[2] http://domsch.com/blog/?p=27
NFS Mounts and Caching DNS Nameserver Problem
An update on problems with NFS mounts was posted[1] by Warren Togami. It was decided that nfs-utils will revert to its pre 2009-01-14 behavior.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-January/msg01242.html
Fedora 11 Alpha Release Activities
There was a flurry of activity related to the Fedora 11 Alpha release (scheduled[1] for 2009-02-03). Denis Leroy inquired[2] on 2009-01-21 what had happened to the freeze, originally scheduled for the previous day, and whether all builds in rawhide were queued until after the freeze. Mamoru Tasaka responded[3] with a link to Jesse Keating's explanation[4] that the freeze is a non-blocking freeze which allows targeted fixes to be made. Tom Lane wanted[5] an "all-clear signal that the alpha tag has been made and we can go back to breaking rawhide ;-)" Jesse created [6] the alpha tag and apologized for slacking on it. He suggested that if many dependencies were going to be broken by Tom's mysql-5.1 push that Tom should ask for a koji tag specifically to land it and build all the deps for it before moving it into rawhide itself.Josh Boyer demonstrated[7] how the Koji command-line can be used to answer queries about what tags are present:
$koji list-tags | grep f11-alpha
$koji list-tag-inheritance f11-alpha
Rahul Sundaram requested[8] that knowledgeable folks would help build the Release Notes[9] for Fedora 11 by adding relevant information to the wiki. After Rahul got the ball rolling, with some information on the use of ext4 as the default filesystem, the experimental provision of the btrfs filesystem and more, Richard W.M. Jones added information on the MinGW windows cross-compiler and Todd Zullinger added information about git-1.6.
The 2009-01-23 Rawhide Report[10] contained some large lists of broken dependencies which were pounced on by the respective developers. As the majority were due to the new MySQL mentioned above Jesse Keating asked[11] why his advice to use a special tag had been ignored. Tom Lane replied that there had been no objections when he mooted the idea a week ago and that a non-standard tag would cause more work for affected developers than the current rebuilds. Jesse re-iterated[12] his request to "[p]lease consider using it in the future if you're going to break such a wide array of packages."
Richard W.M. Jones reported[13] problems using yum on Rawhide. Tom London suggested and Richard W.M. Jones confirmed[14] that reverting to sqlite-3.6.7-1.fc11.x86.64 fixed the problems. It transpired[15] that there was indeed an SQLite bug which was quickly fixed by Panu Matilainen.
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/Schedule
[9] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Alpha_release_notes
[10] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-January/msg01510.html
Minimalist Root Login to X ?
Warren Togami suggested[1] "mak[ing] root logins from GDM a stripped down desktop with only a terminal and a menu with only configuration tools [and making the desktop] ugly and with a very obvious note explaining why [users] shouldn't be logged in as root."
"Nodata" was among those who wondered[2] if Warren's use cases "[...] where /home filesystem is full and logins fail, or /home is remote and inaccessible[...]" were anything other than odd edge cases. Jeff Spaleta and Chris Adams expanded[3] upon this line of thought: "[...] if /home is full, can users really not log in? If that is the case, that's broke and should be fixed. The user should be able to log in and remove files."
The impetus for this discussion may have been another thread which asserted that the denial of root login via GDM on Fedora 10 systems made it too difficult to maintain said systems. The thread yielded[4] good examples by Jud Craft and Dave Airlie[5] of arguments that such modifications merely penalized experienced users and failed to enhance security as the users could just login as root on the console anyway. As an aside Benjamin LaHaise brought up the issue that Ctrl+Alt+F2 no longer worked. DanHorák explained[6] that "F2-6 are blocked when you have getty running on vt1 (/etc/event.d/tty1 is the same tty[2-6]) and Xorg server runs on vt1 too (gdm runs with --force-active-vt) Then there are messages like `unable to switch vt' in /var/log/Xorg.log. [Such behavior] requires manual editing of at least /etc/event.d/tty1, it should not happen in default setups." Nicolas Mailhot suggested[7] an imperfect upgrade as another possible cause. A further nugget of information revealed in the thread was as Fedora 10 had implemented hiddenmenu as a default in grub it was best to hold down any key once the BIOS had finished the POST routine. Jesse Keating suggested[8] the shift key as it typically had no bindings either in BIOS or grub. Andrew Haley pointed out[9] that many of the recent changes were breaking established use patterns. Kevin Kofler and Christopher Wickert suggested[10][11] that anyone who wished to revert to the previous status should just edit /etc/pam.d/gdm to comment out
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
Back in the later thread which sought to deal with some of the difficulties raised above Tom spot' Callaway suggested: "A Rescue Mode' in GDM which goes to a root session with minimal apps, marked as "Rescue Mode", rather than a root X login (even though it does need root credentials)." Lyos Gemini Norezel preferred[12] that "[...] the root login should use the user selected interface (gnome, kde, xfce, etc)" but Matthew Woehlke emphasized[13] the maintenance benefits of choosing a single Desktop Environment and forcing that as the safe root login.
Variations on this topic have been covered previously in FWN#133[14] and FWN#103[15]
[14] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue133#Running_As_Root
[15] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue103#Root_Login_And_Display_Managers_In_Rawhide
Fedora Geo Spin for USB Key and LiveCD
Yaakov Nemoy announced[1] a "[...] respin of Fedora with packages for doing OSM[0] and cartography installed out of the box, or included on a LiveCD and/or LiveUSB. For OSM people, the primary advantage is a live usb stick that can be used at mapping parties to save time cono/guring user computers to do mapping. The USB stick can then be brought home, and the user can continue doing mapping there."
[0] OpenStreetMap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap
Draft Guidelines for Approving provenpackagers
Jesse Keating drafted[1] a definition of provenpackager' (see FWN#151[2)]. Alex Lancaster was worried[3] that too many hoops would mean that maintainers such as himself would lose motivation to continue their work.
As a subsidiary concern Alex was worried that there were still some packages not being opened up. KevinKofler assured Alex that he would become a provenpackager' based up his sterling work and Jesse confirmed[4][5] that this redefinition and re-seeding of the `provenpackager' group was in part to address such concerns.
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue151#Security_Exceptions_to_the_Mass_ACL_Opening
Cloning of Bug Reports ?
Jóhann B. Guðmundsson asked[1] for input, in the form of suggestions and votes, as to whether Bug Hunters (which later seemed to mean testers, but not triagers) should file a separate bug entry for each of: past supported release, current release and rawhide or just annotate a bug for one of the former with a note that it was present in the others.
There was general agreement that mailing list votes were ineffective and unwanted.
Kevin Kofler objected[2] to the tack taken by Jóhann which seemed to assume an authority over a decision which would affect not just QA, testing and triage teams but also packagers and maintainers. It appeared[3] that the matter would be elevated to FESCo for a decision but as of going to press this had not happened.
Mark McLoughlin suggested[4] a more flexible policy and warned that "[...] you can be sure you'll have maintainers who haven't read or replied to this thread waking up and getting annoyed that they've 3x bug reports to deal with :-)"
Jesse Keating argued[5] that the multiple bug-entry option was preferable on four heads: 1) that bugs may have different causes in their releases; 2) users of past releases will not be helped by closing bugs on rawhide; 3) bodhi updates are not pushed at the same time; 4) maintainers are the only people with the knowledge to make such a call.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-January/thread.html#01497
Why Puppet uses config instead of configs
susmit shannigrahi asked[1] on the @fedora-infrastructure-list asked why, in the fedora-infrastructure implementation of puppet when we add a new file, in the .pp file the path is written as puppet:///config where as the actual path of the file is in the configs directory. To this Jeroen van Meeuwen answered [2] by saying that the [config] fileserver mount may point to /path/to/configs which may allow this discrepancy to exist.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2009-January/msg00084.html
Fedora Security Policy
Mike McGrath wrote[3] on the @fedora-infrastructure-list about the proposed Fedora Security Policy. Mike asked that he would like everyone in the sysadmin-* group to be compliant with this policy.
On this thread several people commented about changes they would propose in iptables[4] & [5]
Alpha Release Readiness
John Poelstra wrote [6] on the @fedora-infrastructure-list about the Alpha Release Readiness meeting on the 3rd Feb 2009. Mike McGrath replied[7] that he will be attending the meeting on the behalf of the Infrastructure team.
Fedora 11 Release Banner
With the Alpha release of the upcoming Fedora 11 approaching fast, Paolo Leoni created[1] a banner[2] to be used on various websites for the announcement "Since we are still in a initial session for the official F11 theme, I've used a simple image to point the birth of a new fedora version".
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2009-January/msg00061.html
[2] http://pleoni.altervista.org/fedora11-banner-alpha5c.png
Artwork for the Education SIG
Following a request[1] from Sebastian Dziallas for updated graphics for the Education SIG, Maria Leandro posted[2] a couple of very cute graphics, with one of them[3] being the favorite of the team. She still to add some improvements, incorporating the feedback received.
[3] http://tatica.fedorapeople.org/EduSig/thumb_wallpaper3.jpg
Wallpaper Survey
Máirín Duffy reported[1] on @fedora-art about the results of an informal survey she ran on her blog[2] about the wallpapers used by various people "So far as I've been able to read through them, they seem to fit into 3 categories: #1 stick with the default (distro default or desktop env default) or flat solid color #2 personalized no matter what (photos they took themselves or photos of family members) or a photo of an interest hobby (racecars, bikes, hometown, etc) #3 beautiful pictures of nature, usually with some depth". Máirín is trying to use this data so the Art Team can come with more useful wallpapers "we should think about these wallpapers that folks are actually using and try to create something that they will like having as their desktop background as much as possible".
[2] http://mihmo.livejournal.com/68292.html
mumbles-0.4-9.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00742.html
moodle-1.9.3-5.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00796.html
uw-imap-2007e-1.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00822.html
DevIL-1.7.5-2.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00854.html
ntp-4.2.4p6-1.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00880.html
nessus-libraries-2.2.11-1.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00917.html
libnasl-2.2.11-3.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00918.html
nessus-core-2.2.11-1.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00919.html
tor-0.2.0.33-1.fc10 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00930.html
amarok-1.4.10-2.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00708.html
moodle-1.9.3-5.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00794.html
DevIL-1.7.5-2.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00845.html
uw-imap-2007e-1.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
ntp-4.2.4p6-1.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00865.html
tor-0.2.0.33-1.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00902.html
libnasl-2.2.11-3.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00946.html
nessus-core-2.2.11-1.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00947.html
nessus-libraries-2.2.11-1.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00948.html
Improved Device Configuration Support in virt-manager
Cole Robinson posted several device related enhancements to virt-manager including:
Support[1] for listing, viewing details of, and removing VM hostdev[2] devices
Add hardware wizard[3] for sound devices
Support[4] for specifing the model[5] when adding a network device
[2] http://www.libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsUSB
[5] http://www.libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsNICSModel
Fedora 11 Virtualization Features
Mark McLoughlin announced[1] the virtualization features in development for Fedora 11.
VirtVNCAuth
Define a mapping of SASL authentication into the VNC protocol, and implement it for QEMU and GTK-VNC, providing strongly authenticated, securely encrypted remote access of virtual guest consoles.
KVM PCI Device Assignment
Assign PCI devices from your KVM host machine to guest virtual machines. A common example is assigning a network card to a guest.
KVM and QEMU Merge
Combine the kvm and qemu packages into a single package.
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-January/msg00024.html
Weekly Status Report
Mark McLoughlin "started sending out a 'Fedora Virtualization status report' to folks at Red Hat to keep people informed about what's going on." Mark also forwarded[1] the report to @fedora-virt. The report identified 186 open bugs, and included information for effectively monitoring the package commits on the @fedora-virt-main[2] list.
[2] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt-maint/
New Virtualization Wiki Pages
Mark McLoughlin has been busy revising[1] existing, creating new, and archiving[2] old Fedora Virtualization wiki pages. You can help[3].
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Virtualization
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Virtualization_archive
[3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Gaining_Edit_Access
QEMU VM Channel Support
Richard W.M. Jones proposed[1] adding support for qemu vmchannels to libvirt. A vmchannel is a "communication channel between [a VM] host and various agents that are running inside a VM guest."[2] Richard did note that "One problem is that it is qemu/kvm-only."
As far as Daniel P. Berrange knew[3] "this support is not yet merged in upstream QEMU and the syntax is still being debated." This made Daniel "wary of committing to support it in libvirt" at this time.
The fact that it is a feature only for QEMU did not concern Daniel, saying "I've no problem adding vmchannel support to libvirt even if its only [implemented] for QEMU/KVM. If applications/users of it find that they really badly need it for xen too, then someone will step up to [implement] it."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00446.html
[2] http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kvm/2008/12/14/4413984
Ext4 Filesystem on Solid State Disks
A question on Ext4, that has already been made the default in the development tree headed for Fedora 11 was answered by Eric Sandeen, Red Hat ext4 and XFS filesytems developer.
Contributing Writer: Eric Sandeen
Francesco Frassinelli wrote: "I've read that in F11 ext4 will be the default filesystem. What about ext4 on solid state disk? Many websites and bloggers say that it's better to use ext2 because of the journaling, but in some kind of operation (like applying upgrades) it's sooo slow. Could we'll use ext4 on our ssd without compromising their life? TBH I haven't tested ext4 on ssd yet, though we do have some in the lab, I just haven't done it."
Eric Sandeen replied: "By default ext4 still journals pretty much the same as ext3 does, so if you want to minimize writes to your flash, it should not be significantly better than ext3 in that respect. However, there is a patch to ext4 (merged soon if not already) to allow it to run in a no-journal mode, so that may be a good option."
Thorsten Leemhuis added: "FYI, it was merged[1] for 2.6.29"
[1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0390131ba84fd3f726f9e24fc4553828125700bb
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In Irish forests the most damaging frosts are those that occur at the end of spring and beginning of autumn. Young trees are susceptible to frost damage from the early seedling stage until they reach a height of approximately 1.5 – 2 metres. Trees come into leaf in spring when they have experienced a certain accumulated temperature. This mechanism ensures that warm days do not cause the trees to come into growth too early in the season. Similarly, shortening days in autumn is the mechanism that causes the trees to stop growing and become dormant, as a warm period in autumn could cause the trees to grow late into the season making them vulnerable to early autumn frosts. Native species are generally well adapted to the climatic conditions in this country and, with their growth and dormancy cycles synchronised with the seasons, they tend to avoid unfavourable weather conditions. Exotic or introduced species, however, are adapted to the climatic conditions that occur in their native habitat, moving them to Ireland may upset their growth pattern leaving them vulnerable to damage by frosts and winter cold. In introducing new non-native species into Irish forestry it was essential that the early foresters test the species adaptability before planting them on a wide scale.
There are considerable differences in phenology (bud break and dormancy) both between and within species and foresters can use this to their advantage. For example, Norway spruce is a late flushing species which can be planted on low lying midland sites where late spring frosts frequently occur. Its late growth avoids the danger of frosts while Sitka spruce planted on the same sites can be badly affected and a year’s growth lost, or in severe cases killed outright.
Late spring frosts
Spring frost damage on spruce (photo B. Hartzler)
Late spring frost are a feature of the oceanic climate that Ireland experiences. Frosts can occur as late as early June which cause severe damage to young plantations. At that time the newly flushed shoots are at a vulnerable stage and are readily killed by the freezing temperatures. This can result in trees loosing a year’s growth and repeated frost damage can kill trees or hold them in check for many years. Some trees, however, are able to eventually grow to a height above the frost line and then grow normally.
Late spring frosts are the most damaging frosts to trees in Ireland affecting both nursery stock and young plantations. Their occurrence is very unpredictable and little can be done in the field other than planting frost resistant species such as Norway spruce and pines (Scots, lodgepole, Corsican pines) in low lying areas that are likely to experience late frosts. Many of the main broadleaves such as oak, ash, beech are particularly susceptible to late frosts while some of the minor species such as birch, alder, rowan, sycamore, and hornbeam are frost tolerant.
Early autumn frosts
Early autumn frosts are generally not a problem in young plantations in Ireland. These can occur in early September, but by that stage many species will have completed their year’s growth and are entering dormancy. Southern seed origins of Sitka spruce and Douglas fir, however, can remain growing late into the season can be affected, but these are rarely planted and only in the milder parts of the country.
Early autumn frosts are more a problem for the nurseryman than the forester. Mild weather conditions at the end of the summer can cause young seedlings and transplants to continue growing or produce Lammas growth which is a second flush of growth around late August. This delayed dormancy leaves the plants very vulnerable to early autumn frost and winter cold. However, as plants become older they develop a more predetermined growth pattern which is less affected by prevailing weather conditions at the end of the season. Hence the reason why plantations are less affected than nurseries.
Like late spring frosts, the occurrence of early autumn frosts is unpredictable. Ireland has usually mild weather conditions in the autumn and early autumn frosts are rare. The most severe damage to trees is from late spring frosts.
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Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass Double |Balsamarium (Cosmetic Tube), 4th Century A.D.
This type was used to store eye makeup. One tube would have held kohl, a black paste made with powdered galena. The other tube would have held another color, perhaps made with an ochre clay (for red or brown) or powdered malachite (for green or blue).AG20799. cf. Yale Gallery 323, Oppenländer 680a, ROM Glass 458, Corning II 749, Choice, complete and intact, weathering and iridescence, double balsamarium, free-blown thick heavy pale translucent blue-green glass, 20.0 cm (8") tall, two tubes joined side-by-side and sharing a thick globular bottom, applied top "basket" handle attached to applied loop on each side; from the Robert H. Cornell collection, former dealer in Eastern antiquities for 40 years; $990.00 (€910.80)
Roman, Syro-Palestinian, Sprinkler Flask, 3rd - 4th Century A.D.
Dropper bottles, such as this one, were filled with scented oil or perfume. The constriction in the neck made it easy to dispense the expensive contents one drop at a time. The swirled design was created by blowing the body into a ribbed mold, removing the glass from the mold, then blowing it again while twisting the bubble. The most unusual feature on this flask is the recessed neck, pushed into the body, a very rare feature.AG20821. cf. Corning II 621, ROM Glass 282, Newark Museum 152, Wolf Collection 154, Carnegie Museum 213, Superb, complete and intact, attractive iridescence, globular body sprinkler flask, transparent blue glass, 11.3 cm (4 3/8") tall, 4.4 cm (1 3/4") widest diameter, beautifully made, mold-blown swirled ribs, recessed cylindrical neck, everted funnel mouth, rolled and folded in rim, kicked bottom, no pontil mark; from a Florida dealer; $900.00 (€828.00)
Roman, Syro-Palestinian (|Samaria?), Snake-Thread Flask, Late 2nd - Early 4th Century A.D.
Snake-thread ornamentation originated in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire in the second half of the second century and its popularity peaked in the first half of the third century. Snake-thread decoration was revived in the second half of the fourth century in the east and in the west near Cologne in modern Germany. Serpentine form trails may vary in thickness, may be the same color as the vessel (usually colorless) or brightly colored (common in the West). Ontario Museum 309, with similar subtle snake-thread ornamentation, is attributed to Samaria, 3rd to early 4th century A.D.
A disadvantage of antiquity photographs is that they usually fail to adequately indicate size. This vessel, nearly 5" tall, is larger than most similar vessels of the period.AG63814. cf. Ontario Museum 309 (for similar ornamentation), Superb, complete and intact, a well made beautiful flask, some weathering, some iridescence, snake thread flask, 12.4 mm (4 7/8") high, funnel mouth with rolled rim, cylindrical neck, bulbous body, snake-thread ornamentation on the body, flat bottom; from a Florida dealer; $800.00 (€736.00)
Roman-Byzantine, Syro-Palestinian, Glass Dropper Flask, c. Late 1st - Early 5th Century A.D.
Thick enamel-like weathering, as seen on this piece, is common on glass found in the Levant and this piece is certainly from the Levante. This flask is, however, a bit of a mystery. There is nothing very similar in the large library of ancient and medieval glass references held by Forum. It resembles an aryballos, but lacks the handles which define that type. It probably was used like an aryballos, to store and dispense scented oil which was rubbed on the skin and then scraped off to clean the body. The date is uncertain. Weathering obscures the original color, making another mystery, but the only other a similar flasks we know are described as opaque black glass.AG20822. Isings -, et al. -; apparently unpublished but two similar pieces are known from the market (priced $2,500 - $3,000!), Choice, complete and intact, thick tan and brown enamel-like weathering, dropper flask, free-blown, amber(?) glass, 12.0 cm (4 3/4") tall, 8.5 cm maximum diameter, piriform body, very short narrow neck, broad flat folded in rim, round bottom with large pontil mark, not designed to stand on its own, attractive clear plexiglass three prong stand included; from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; very rare form; $600.00 (€552.00)
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass Funnel Mouth Flask, c. 4th - 5th Century A.D.
This type, with a funnel mouth, usually with an unworked or simple fire rounded rim, and without a base is found from Gaul to the Eastern Mediterranean, most often in the remains of 4th to 5th century houses. Some specimens have a rolled or folded rim. Specimens with a constriction at the base of the neck or a dropper diaphragm within the neck are less common but described by Isings. Some examples are decorated with pinches, ribs, wheel cuts, and coils, as found on other contemporary glass vessels. Some late specimens have bell shaped or square bodies.AG21127. cf. Isings 104b, Corning II 623, Lightfoot NMS 337, Corning I 280, Superb, complete, short crack from mouth rim, areas of weathering and iridescence, glass funnel mouth flask, very pale green semi-transparent glass, 12.7 cm (5") high, 9.0 cm (3 1/2") maximum diameter, fire rounded rim, long funnel mouth, short concave neck, bulbous body with mold blown swirled ribs, convex bottom with no pontil mark; from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; $600.00 (€552.00)
Caesarea Maritima, Judaea / Syria Palaestina, 1st - 3rd Century A.D., Lead Half Italian Litra Weight
A nearly identical specimen, from the same mold, was found near Caesarea Maritima in 1949 and is listed in the Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, Vol. II, Ameling, Cotton, Eck, et.al. on page 621. According to the authors, in Judaea, the term "litra" derived from the Roman word "libra" came to indicate local weight standards between the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. Therefore the word Iταλικη (Italica) was added whenever the Roman standard was intended. This weight is inscribed to indicate it is half an Italian litra. It is about 8 grams short of the standard but it probably originally had an handle attached that would have made it close to the appropriate weight. Around the end of the 3rd century CE, local standards were replaced entirely by the Roman system and the descriptive word Iταλικη was no longer necessary.AS96251. Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, Vol. II, p. 621 (nearly identical specimen from the same mold), VF, roughly oval shape, probably missing handle at the top, weight 153.5 g, maximum diameter 87x43 mm, obverse ITA/ΛIK/H H/MI Λ/ITPA (half an Italian litra) in six lines; reverse blank; from The Jimi Berlin Caesarea Collection; surface find 1974 Caesarea Maritima; very rare; $540.00 (€496.80)
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, c. Late 2nd - 4th Century A.D.
We did not find another example of this type. The two referenced types are not very similar.AG21075. cf. ROM Glass 540, Isings 88b, Choice, complete, intact, spots of brown weathering, globular sprinkler jug, translucent pale yellow-green glass, 9.6 cm (3 3/4") tall, 6.8 cm (2 5/8") maximum diameter, small funnel mouth, rolled and folded in rim, applied trail handle attached at the rim and at the shoulder, ovoid/bell shaped body, a row of decorative vertical indentations around the shoulder, kicked bottom with pontil mark, from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; very rare; $450.00 (€414.00)
Roman, Bronze Repousse Plaque with Centaur Holding a Bow, Lorica Sqaumata Armor Plate(?), c. 1st - 3rd Century B.C.
Likely used in some legionary application; perhaps as a lorica squamata legionary armor plate segment. AA59779. Roman, bronze repousse, 1.75 x 1.75 inches, c. 1st - 3rd century A.D.; sheet bronze hammered from behind in repousse technique to raise the figure of a centaur holding a bow, remains of two rivet holes where it was attached, tear on body, rare and interesting; from a New Jersey collection; $360.00 (€331.20)
Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals, From the Marcopoli Collection
Ex Libris Joel L. Malter.BK21981. Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals, From the Marcopoli Collection by Beatrice Teissier, 407 pages, 643 seals, illustrated, hardcover, very good condition, international shipping at actual cost of shipping; $360.00 (€331.20)
Ex Libris Alex G. MalloyBK21982. Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals, From the Marcopoli Collection by Beatrice Teissier, 407 pages, 643 seals, illustrated, hardcover, dust cover wear, international shipping at actual cost of shipping; $350.00 (€322.00)
Catalog current as of Thursday, January 21, 2021.
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8 HRDs charged with rebellion, complicity in subversion, failure to report, using a false title & dissemination of false news
About Association for the Defence of Students’ Rights in Cameroon
On 5 October 2019, the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, ordered the suspension of all proceedings at the Military Court against human rights defenders Yannick Mbakop, Samuel Talla Giles, Stanislas Tokam, Herman Zebaze Takoubo and Aimé Kameni Wetchadji. They were released after spending five months in prison.
On 27 June 2019, the first hearing for human rights defenders Jules Raymond Anama, Christian Ouemba Kuete, Juliette Ndim Bih, Yannick Mbakop, Samuel Talla Giles, Stanislas Tokam, Herman Zebaze Takoubo and Aimé Kameni Wetchadji took place at the Yaoundé Military Tribunal. They were charged with rebellion, complicity in subversion, failure to report, using a false title, and propagation of false news in relation to a protest they had organised to demand that President Paul Biya step down.
About the Association for the Defence of Students’ Rights in Cameroon
Yannick Mbakop, Samuel Talla Giles, Stanislas Tokam, Herman Zebaze Takoubo, and Aimé Kameni Wetchadji are members of the Association for the Defence of Students’ Rights in Cameroon (Association pour la Défense des Droits des Etudiants au Cameroun (ADDEC), a student association and union advocating for reforms in the Cameroonian academic system, academic freedom and participation of students in decision making.
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2 July 2019 : Eight human rights defenders charged with rebellion, complicity in subversion, failure to report, using a false title, and dissemination of false news
Human rights defenders' charges dropped
On 5 October 2019, eight human rights defenders, arrested for organising anti-government protests in June, were released following an exceptional hearing at the Military Tribunal in Yaounde.
On 4 October 2019, President Paul Biya issued a public declaration stating that he would annul the ongoing court cases of the human rights defenders, along with many other protesters who participated in demonstrations contesting the 2018 presidential election results. In his declaration, President Biya said that the decision was motivated by his, "...constant desire to promote a climate of peace, brotherhood, and reconciliation...in Cameroon".
The President's calls for peace and reconciliation come at a point when journalists and human rights defenders are increasingly targeted for their work in Cameroon, especially in the civil and political sphere. Those monitoring human rights violations in the Anglophone region are targeted by government forces for "painting a bad image" of the government to the international community.
Eight human rights defenders charged with rebellion, complicity in subversion, failure to report, using a false title, and dissemination of false news
Jules Raymond Anama, Christian Ouemba Kuete, and Juliette Ndim Bih are members of Citizen for the Cameroonian Memory (Citoyens Pour la Mémoire du Cameroun - CPMC) a youth organisation that promotes citizen participation, government accountability, and transparency. CPMC has worked to monitor and highlight human rights violations in the Anglophone region. Yannick Mbakop, Samuel Talla Giles, Stanislas Tokam, Herman Zebaze Takoubo, and Aimé Kameni Wetchadji are members of the Association for the Defence of Students’ Rights in Cameroon (Association pour la Défense des Droits des Etudiants au Cameroun (ADDEC), a student association and union advocating for reforms in the Cameroonian academic system, academic freedom and participation of students in decision making.
On 18 May 2019, the human rights defenders were arrested by the National Judicial Police while they were taking a selfie in front of the Central Post Office in Yaoundé. They were subsequently detained at the Intelligence Services’ Office in Nlongkak-Yaoundé and transferred to the Elig Essono National Judicial Police station on the same day. They were arrested and detained in relation to a three-day protest they were planning to demand that President Paul Biya step down. Following their arrest and detention the protest did not take place.
On 5 June 2019 they were allowed their first visit at Elig Essono National Judicial Police station from their family after a period of sixteen days in detention. They were denied a visit with a lawyer for the first ten days of their detention. The human rights defenders were detained for a total of 37 days before they were charged and brought before a judge. This delay was well over the limit in Cameroon, which allows for a period of 24 hours, renewable only three times by the prosecutor or, for charges under the antiterrorism law, 15 days, renewable only one time by the prosecutor. At no point during their detention did the government produce an official document authorising the extension of their detention.
Front Line Defenders is concerned by the charges brought against Jules Raymond Anama, Christian Ouemba Kuete, Juliette Ndim Bih, Yannick Mbakop, Samuel Talla Giles, Stanislas Tokam, Herman Zebaze Takoubo and Aimé Kameni Wetchadji and the irregularities in the legal process as it believes that these acts are solely motivated by their legitimate and peaceful activities in defence of human rights.
Violations #Judicial Harassment
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Statesboro, Georgia
By Jeremy Jones @GAFollowers · On April 28, 2016
The Gnat Capital of the world, Statesboro, Georgia. A small town towards the coast, Statesboro has so much history, I bet you didn’t know….
1. Statesboro was incorporated on December 19, 1803
Cotton was taken to the Brannen and Smith Statesboro Ginnery by truck and wagon in the early 1900s.
Although an act of the Georgia Legislature, signed by Governor John Milledge, created the town of Statesborough on December 19, 1803 (with a population less than 25 people), it was not until 1866, three years after the famous Gettysburg Address, that the town was first incorporated.
2. There’s only one “Statesboro” in the entire United States.
The city closest to Statesboro’s name is Statesville, North Carolina.
3. In 1990, Georgia Southern became just the 5th university in the state of Georgia.
In 1939, the school was referred to as Georgia Teachers College, until the name changed to Georgia Southern College in 1959. It wasn’t until 1990, when it became known as Georgia Southern University.
4. Pro Bowl linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, Justin Houston was born in Statesboro.
In the last few years, Justin Houston has been a rising player in the NFL, he’s the best football player to ever come from Statesboro. Now he host youth football camps back in his hometown!
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6. Rolling Stones Played at Statesboro in 1965
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KERB CRAWLERS FACE THE COURTS
Man trawling for women had sex assault conviction
A MAN trawling the Oxford Road area for prostitutes last week had previously brutally sexually assaulted a woman, it emerged yesterday.
Mark Shepherd was caught trying to buy sex for £20 from prostitute Denise Chivers in a darkened alley off Prospect Street.
What Chivers - a 23-year-old who works the streets to pay for crack cocaine and heroin - did not know was Shepherd was jailed for 18 months in 2000 for a horrific attack on a 19-year-old.
He had stopped the teenager in a Bracknell street, broken her jaw and indecently assaulted her before running off.
Yesterday it was revealed Shepherd, who the court heard cannot maintain relationships with women, was told by a probation officer and others to use
prostitutes to ease his sexual frustrations.
When he was arrested by police on Monday last week during a crackdown on drugs and vice in West Reading, he told them he knew paying for sex was illegal but "it was better than hurting someone for it".
Shepherd, 39, and 55-year-old John Wells, from Bracknell, yesterday became the first men convicted in modern times of kerb-crawling in Reading.
Shepherd was fined £200 by magistrates plus £69 costs. Inspector Dave Griffiths, who is in charge of the north-west sector for Reading police, said prostitutes in the Oxford Road were in danger of attack from punters.
"The reason the street girls work in the way they do is because there is a market for them and we need to deter the men as well as deal with the women," he said.
Inspector Griffiths added: "There is a risk that the street workers are exposed not only through drug addictions but to very dangerous individuals."
Anne Conway, prosecuting, told Reading magistrates yesterday that undercover police saw a prostitute approach Shepherd's silver-coloured L-reg Orion parked at the junction of Oxford Road and Prospect Street.
Chivers got in and he drove off in a circuitous route but they ended up outside garages in Prospect Street.
They were arrested and Shepherd said the woman had dropped her price from £30 to £20 because "it was a quiet night", said Ms Conway. "He said he knew what he had done was against the law but said paying for sex was better than hurting
someone for it. He had worked long hours and had sexual needs."
Shepherd, who admitted soliciting on the Oxford Road, was jailed for 18 months in December 2000 for the Bracknell attack and put on an extended licence of five years. He was also fined £150 in April for kerb-crawling in Swindon.
Martin Chandler, defending, said Shepherd, of Norwich Drive, Woodley, had problems forming
relationships with women and "it was suggested to him that one way of relieving his frustration was to use the services of prostitutes from a
probation officer and different sources".
Using prostitutes kept Shepherd out of "embarrassing and difficult" situations for anybody else, he said.
Shepherd thought police "almost condoned" picking up prostitutes but Mr Chandler said he had since told him it was unacceptable.
The probation service said Shepherd
complied with the requirements under his extended licence since his release.
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21 Jan, Thursday
English folk pop band The Drink to play at McHughs
By Gigging NI
Critically acclaimed english folk pop band The Drink has announced a Belfast headline show in McHugh’s Basement on January 22nd 2016.
Playing things safe has never been The Drink’s philosophy. Throughout the trio’s evolution, their gloriously off-kilter guitar pop melodies and lyrical curiosities have commanded attention – and on brand new album Capital, they’re pushing the boundaries even further, eschewing meticulous planning in favour of instinct across even more wondrously intriguing tracks. “Capital can mean a lot of things” explains Galway born singer Dearbhla Minogue. “But it always has a gravity wherever it crops up. It brings to mind subtle or intangible force.”
Taking their celebration of controlled chaos out of the city (the trio all now reside in London), and into the Yorkshire countryside, Capital was recorded in a converted pig farm just outside Sheffield and is the next intrepid step in The Drink’s defiant rolling trajectory. The band’s ‘debut’ album Company was compiled from their first three EPs, received praise across the music press and set off twelve months of touring that culminated in a BBC 6music session for Marc Riley, support slots with Toro Y Moi and invites to the Green Man and End Of The Road festivals this summer. Whilst most would put writing a follow-up on hold to fulfil their live duties, that simply wasn’t an option: “We wanted to move on fast after Company, without that momentum-sapping two-year gap between albums,” explains bassist David Stewart.
With drummer Daniel Fordham completing the line-up, if there’s one thing Capital has, it’s momentum. Through skewed time signatures and rapid key changes, whether drawing influences from krautrock (see the hypnotic ‘Like A River’ and ‘No Memory’s motorik drones) to girl group harmonics (Dearbhla’s cherubic falsetto on ‘Roller’ and ‘I’ll Never Make You Cry’), time on tour has given the trio the chance to develop their impressive sound, giving way to a natural confidence and chemistry that has found its way into Capital’s song-writing. ‘Potter’s Grave’, in particular, highlights the album’s wonderfully strange collision between beautiful fragments of melody and lyrical imagery.
With a style that deftly evokes feeling over understanding, Dearbhla’s lyrics provide emotion to an uninhibited stream of unconsciousness, whether conjuring up references to dreams and sleep, or to nature, inspired by the folk songs she used to listen to and the poetry of Ted Hughes, Dylan Thomas, and her great uncle Frank Thompson. “I wrote ‘No Memory’s’ phrase ‘dreaming of a green field’ after a flashbulb dream about the green fields back home… but I think a lot of my lyrical references to nature are allegorical to how far away from their own nature people have to behave now, in order to survive.”
Mixed and mastered by Tobias Warwick Jones, Capital exhibits the band’s appreciation of artists from The Modern Lovers to Rory Gallagher. The result is a record that transcends its predecessor, bolstered by playful danceability. Take the disco-infused ‘You Won’t Come Back At All’, born from a night out dancing in Whitechapel, whilst lead track ‘The Coming Rain’ is the result of years spent listening to Kenyan Ayub Ogada. Elsewhere the nervy blues guitar sound of ‘Hair Trigger’ and ‘Like A River’ are driven by what Dearbhla calls a ‘got-to-catch-my-train feel’. “We only found the right guitar sound about an hour before I had to leave for my train and I wanted to record as many tracks as possible with that sound. It was a bit down to the wire but it’s given the record an energy we wouldn’t have otherwise had” she says.
Tickets on sale Thursday October 29th at 9am from www.shine.net, www.ticketmaster.ie Katy’s Bar & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. Northern Ireland customers 0844 277 44 55 & Republic of Ireland customers 0818 719 300
22nd January 2016, belfast, mchughs basement, The Drink, tickets, tour
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Police: Car recovered, suspect in custody after car stolen with child inside
PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) - A child who was in the backseat of a stolen car has been found safe in Northeast Philadelphia.
3-year-old Aaron Ortiz, Jr. is safe tonight after he was in the backseat of a car that was stolen. His father, Aaron Sr., was likely breathing the biggest sigh of all.
"The father of the 3-year-old child went into a store at Cottman and the Boulevard, left the vehicle running with the keys in it and the 3-year-old child in the backseat," Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
According to police, he parked his 2013 Honda Accord in the fire lane outside KicksUSA to run in and buy a pair of sneakers for his son when an alleged thief hopped in and took off with the boy inside.
Just a mile north on the Boulevard, the alleged car thief stopped behind that firehouse and released the little boy, still in his car seat, then took off again.
Family members arrived to console the little guy and an all-points- bulletin went out for the Honda Accord. Less than 90 minutes later, Philly highway patrol officers stopped the Accord on the 6800 block of Torresdale Avenue.
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Woman kisses, cuddles daughter to show others her skin disease isn't contagious
(INSIDE EDITION) - An Arizona mom kisses and cuddles her daughter in public to let strangers know that the 1-year-old, who suffers from a skin disease, is not contagious.
Ashley Nagy, 29, is combatting stares and cruel comments of strangers by showing affection to her daughter Charlie in public. Charlie was diagnosed with psoriasis at 4-months-old after small red dots that appeared all over her skin developed into large welts that would peel and flake off.
Nagy described to InsideEdition.com how they often get curious stares and rude, underhanded comments from people who are misinformed about the condition, or think Charlie is contagious.
"Strangers can be very cruel about it," Nagy said. "When we've taken her to the playground, the parents of other children have dragged their kids away thinking she's contagious. My response is normally to pick Charlie up and kiss her so that people can see she is not contagious and being near her isn't going to hurt anyone."
Nagy said she has overheard people asking why she would let her daughter get so sunburnt and that they can't believe she brought Charlie out of the house.
"If I'm pushing her around in a stroller and see people staring at her, looking at her in pity or trying to move their children away, I'll lightly touch her face and kiss her on the cheek," Nagy told Caters News. "I don't put her in turtlenecks or hide her, I have her in shorts and am not ashamed of who she is and walk with pride. I know she's beautiful."
Psoriasis affects more than 125 million people worldwide, with flare-ups brought on by stress, illness and food intolerances.
For Charlie, psoriasis flare-ups happen sporadically.
"She'll be completely free and then in a matter of hours, her skin will be covered from head to toe," Nagy said.
Nagy said she tries to treat the disease holistically as Charlie's flare-ups have gotten less severe with time. She eats a gluten- and dairy-free diet, but her mom can always tell when an outbreak is coming on. She had her first at just 2 months old.
"They start off as wide, raised, red spots that then look like little whiteheads," Nagy said. "After that, they dry up to flake, crack and peel from her body," Nagy said. "The rash on her stomach looked like tiny little dots and despite getting antibiotics and more it didn't seem to clear, only getting worse."
Doctors were shocked to see such a severe case at such a young age. Nagy refers to her daughter as her "unicorn baby" because she so "rare and special."
Charlie's parents hope to get people to realize that psoriasis is not something to fear and it doesn't define their daughter.
Nagy has done as much as she can to learn more about the disease so she can advocate for her daughter.
"I want people to see that even though she has psoriasis they don't need to be afraid to touch and love her," Nagy said. "I hope they see she's not contagious and are more compassionate. She's bubbly, funny, very sweet and at times she's freaking hilarious."
Nagy is also fundraising to help cover her Charlie's medical bills, check-ups and treatment, as well as donating to the Phoenix Children's Hospital, which once treated her during a particularly severe flare-up.
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Israel and the U.S. – Emergency Measures
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Information about your company, such as your registration number
A written explanation about why you hired a foreign employee over a local individual
The foreigner’s graduation certificate translated into one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official languages
The government also needs certified documents, including the employee’s passport and graduation certificate, as well as your company’s tax ID and proof of solvency. You must also provide evidence that you paid all of the administrative expenses of the Bosnia and Herzegovina working visa or permit.
Steps to Take to Get a Bosnia and Herzegovina Work Permit
As the employer, you’ll need to apply for a work permit on behalf of your employees. Doing so is a lengthy process, so we recommend starting early. Keep in mind that Bosnia and Herzegovina also has quotas for work permits that apply to foreigners in certain occupations for one year. The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina sets the annual quotas per the country’s migration policy and labor market situation. Priority for work permits goes to foreigners who already have a temporary residence permit for family reunification.
If you meet the quota, you’ll need to first apply for a work permit in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the country’s Employment Service. Then, the Federal Employment Agency will approve or deny the permit. If the application gets approved, employees can then apply through their local embassy or consulate. Work permits are usually temporary and active for up to a year, after which employees must re-apply.
Certain professionals within your company may be exempt from obtaining a Bosnia and Herzegovina work permit. For example, founders of a company or enterprise performing certain tasks that do not have employment characteristics or exceed three months of service do not need a work permit. However, a founder who is also a manager and receives a salary must get a work permit to stay compliant.
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It has been a little over three years since we last received recording news from Alpha Blondy. Naturally, the man who put Ivory Coast on the reggae map by proving the genre was not exclusive to Jamaica has continued to tour the world with his band, Solar System. On the record front however, Alpha had been silent since Jah Victory, released in October 2007.
Let’s get one thing out of the way: Vision is worth every single minute of the wait. It surpasses expectations. All thirteen of its tracks are pure, vintage Blondy – politically conscious and lovingly fine-tuned – and celebrate the French and Dioula languages while covering a broad palette of sounds.
“The vision for Vision came to me as I was finishing Jah Victory”, Alpha explains. “The musicians and I worked in my various hotel rooms as I own a mobile studio, a ‘rolling’ studio as I like to call it. Each time we stopped in a city we recorded a little more. Buenos Aires, Recife, Rio De Janeiro and Porto Alegre in Brazil, Zurich in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Montpellier, Marseille...We poured the whole thing into a computer when we returned to Paris, and the musicians used it as a basis to play”.
Right from the outset – inspired opening track “Rasta Bourgeois” – the wide scope of this richly arranged record can be felt. “The bourgeois Rasta is a vision. What’s the point in idealising poverty and highlighting its exotic side? Articles on Rastafarian culture always show photos of kids walking around bare-foot in ghettos. Our poverty is neither exotic nor touristy. Rastas are entitled to a decent, bourgeois life if they so wish. They have the right to send their children to school. Poverty is not compulsory, nor is it a profession nor a trend”.
“Stewball”, the only cover on Vision, is an adaptation of Hughes Aufray’s 1966 song, the woeful tale of an amazing racehorse that ends up being shot by the vet after a nasty fall during a race. “I was lucky enough to meet Mr Hugues Aufray in 1998 in Ivory Coast. I told him how I used to sing ‘Stewball’ in school and that I wanted to do a reggae version of the song, which really moved him. I wanted his approval and he granted it. I saw him again a couple years ago and he reminded me that he was still waiting for my cover. I have to admit I felt a little embarrassed, so I put it at the top of our list and we managed to do a proper reggae version. I sent it to him and he came back to me saying he was over the moon and very proud. We’ve all shed tears listening to this classic, that’s why I say ‘the nasty vet’. We’ve all hated the guy!”
“Vuvuzela” was written in Johannesburg, South Africa. “The musicians and I were sitting at a terrace, watching girls go by, and we could hear the sound of vuvuzelas… That’s how the song came to be. ‘Protect your vuvuzela before you waka-waka’! In Africa – and elsewhere – young people have started to forget about condoms. They need a reminder you know”. Prophylactic Alpha!
“Stewball” and “Rasta Bourgeois” feature Jamaican guests, the mythical Gladiators, who brought along their skank and unmistakable vocals. Another guest on the album is Ismael Lo, who plays harmonica on “C’est Magic”. Unlike those lazy artists who rely on their guests, Alpha really got stuck in. He produced, wrote and sang the whole of this visionary album, which came to be with the help of Solar System, his faithful gang of musicians from Barbados, France, Ivory Coast and Jamaica. The band’s cohesiveness shines through the glimmering brass parts, brazen rhythms, hypnotic basslines and the virtuosity of sound experts Tyrone Downie and Dennis Bowell.
The most intimate song on the album is probably “Ma Tête”, which traces the sometimes bitter adventures of Alpha the star. “When you become a famous singer, politicians tend to use you. They say you’re an opinion leader, but you’d better not give an opinion that they don’t approve of! They let loose the newshounds on you, they put you down in their papers... It has been like that for me ever since Houphouët-Boigny was in power. I don’t mince my words when it comes to politics, so I get criticised whenever I say anything. Writing ‘Guerre Civile’ got me molested. Same for ‘Jérusalem’ and ‘Course Au Pouvoir’. But when the civil war came, when the coup d’état came, they all said I’d been right all the time”.
Alpha Blondy has nothing left to prove. Yet he continues to amaze us. “I just do my thing, I want to do the best job possible. African reggae is my baby, I’m still its driving force and I don’t really take anything else into account. Vision is a crossover album, complete with all three dimensions of reggae: roots, rock and reggae. It reflects my musical culture”.
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Innovating Digital Publishing Across Multiple Platforms and Devices
Ziff Davis is a digital media company and operator of lead generation for the enterprise IT sector.
How Ziff Davis Survived the Death of Print
Great Hill Partners Announces the Sale of Ziff Davis, Inc.
When we purchased Ziff Davis in June 2010 with online media executive Vivek Shah, the company was owned by the former bond holders of a previously bankrupt buyout and consisted of consumer electronics websites led by PCMag.com.
Shah expanded the business with the serial purchase of logicbuy.com, geek.com, computershopper.com, toolbox.com, and the enterprise technology lead generation business Focus Research. Shah and his team further revitalized the company through the launch of a number of innovative new products, most significantly the BuyerBase™ ad targeting platform. BuyerBase collects information from more than 100 technology sites and comingles the data with proprietary information to enable highly targeted advertising to 40 million U.S. consumers deep in the consumer electronics purchase funnel.
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The financial and strategic support of Great Hill was critical to our success. They proved to be tremendous and trusted partners at every step. I feel genuinely privileged to have worked with such outstanding investment professionals. ”
Shah and Great Hill’s efforts were rewarded in 2012 with the sale of Ziff Davis to j2 Global, Inc., a provider of business cloud services, for $175 million.
The purchase price represented approximately 3.9x estimated 2013 revenue and 3.2x the aggregate purchase price of the combined properties.
Today, Ziff Davis is a leading digital media company reaching more than 50 million inmarket buyers every month. Ziff Davis sites feature trusted reviews of the newest and hottest tech products, news, commentary, tech deals, and much more. Ziff Davis B2B is a leading provider of content and leads for tech vendors.
“Vivek Shah is an unusual combination of strategic vision and management talent,” commented Chris Gaffney, managing partner at Great Hill Partners. “He designed the plan, built an amazing team, and executed flawlessly in building the company from a concept and a number of unconnected pieces into the attractive operating platform it is today. We are proud to have been a part of the company’s revitalization.”
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Greenwich Garden Club collects food during COVID-19 crisis
July 20, 2020 Updated: July 20, 2020 8:46 a.m.
Greenwich Garden Club members, from left: Britta Scott, GGC President Susan Sleeper, GGC civic Chair Susie Gatto and GGC Vice President Libby King.
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The Rev. Erin Keys will be the next executive director at the The Greenwich Center for Hope and Renewal.
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Greenwich Garden Club hosts food drive
Turbulent times require creative solutions is a motto that the Greenwich Garden Club embraced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acting on Greenwich Garden Club’s commitment to serving the community, a group of members, led by Civic Chair Susie Gatto, organized an emergency food drive in June to benefit Neighbor to Neighbor.
The nonprofit has seen a huge increase in demand due to the economic impact of the coroanvirus. To help, GGC members collected over 30 crates of canned goods and shelf stable items through a drive-through collection in June.
They also donated over 450 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables through an online drive called “Amplify Your Good #GIVEHEALTHY.
The Greenwich Garden Club was founded in 1914 to unite in the cultivation of plants and flowers. For more information, visit www.greenwichgardenclub.org/
Greenwich Center for Hope and Renewal hires new executive director
The Greenwich Center for Hope and Renewal announced that it has hired the Rev. Erin Keys as its next executive director.
Since being ordained as a minister with the Presbyterian Church USA in 2010, Keys has gained significant leadership experience as associate minister at The Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, associate minister and head of staff at First Presbyterian Church Greenwich, and minister and head of staff at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.
Keys also has an interest in therapy and counseling, not only through more than a decade of pastoral counseling but also through a two-year post-graduate training program in family systems at the Bowen Center in Washington, D.C. During her service at First Presbyterian Greenwich from 2011 to 2017, Keys developed a love for Greenwich and considers it home.
She is expected to begin her new role in mid-July
Founded as a nonprofit in 2007, the GCHR’s mission is “to provide clinically excellent counseling in a discreet and caring environment grounded in faith.” Its nine licensed therapists are trained in a number of counseling modalities and offer professional expertise regardless of faith or background. Their practices focus on marriage and divorce, grief and loss, anxiety and depression, and addiction and recovery.
Greenwich Art Society hosts online exhibit
The Greenwich Art Society challenged member artists and studio school students this spring to continue to create artwork from their home studios during the shelter in place period of the COVID-19 outbreak. The society featured artwork on its website and social media platforms to do its part to keep the arts alive, too.
And now, the Greenwich Art Society proudly presents its summer online exhibit, “At Home, For Home.”
This exhibition features art, which can be viewed online and purchased for display in your home.
The sale of artwork supports the member artists and a generous percentage of each sale goes to support the Greenwich Art Society. “At Home, For Home” will be on virtual exhibit through Sept. 11.
To view the artwork or to make a purchase, visit www.greenwichartsociety.org/online-gallery.
Greenwich residents graduate from Greens Farms Academy
A number of students from Greenwich were members of Class of 2020 who graduated this year from Greens Farms Academy in Westport.
The local graduates are: Maggie Jacoby, Jesse Boolbol, Blake Newcomer, Marcus Ng, Sean Pratt, Jack Brown, Ella Carlson, Jack Brown, Henry Groves, Niklas Simonsen and Scott Yenor.
Ng received the Sustainability Award “presented to a student who has demonstrated exemplary curiosity about environmental issues and whose research showed thorough consideration of the environmental, social, and economic components of a sustainable solution to a local problem.”
Local students graduate from the University of New Haven
Two local students received degrees from the University of New Haven in West Haven in May.
Adriana Heredia of Greenwich graduated from the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences with a bachelor of science in criminal justice.
Alexander Pineda of Greenwich graduated from the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences with a bachelor of science in forensic science.
Local student graduates from University of Virginia
Emily Graffeo of Old Greenwich graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., with highest distinction, receiving a bachelor of arts in media studies with a concentration in media policy and ethics and a minor in government.
Local student graduates from Saint Michael’s
Kelly Bashan of Greenwich graduated in a vritual commencement ceremony on May 10 from Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt., with a bachelor of science in biochemistry.
Local student named to Dean’s List at Bryant
Christopher Nicolay, a member of the Class of 2022 from Cos Cob, has been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester at Byrant University in Smithfield, R.I.
Do you have news to announce about a recent wedding, engagement, anniversary, birth, graduation or more? Share the good news with the readers of Greenwich Time by sending an email to detailing the event to gtcitydesk@ hearstmediact.com.
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Why prescription drugs cost so much more in America
Soaring drug prices - and ever larger bills at the pharmacy counter for patients - have made the price of prescriptions are core political issue. I followed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as he accompanied diabetics across the border into Canada to buy insulin, where it is a tenth of the price. This FTWeekend magazine front cover also included astute analysis of why drug prices are so much higher in the US than in the rest of the world.
How Facebook Grew to Big to Handle
I followed Facebook from a social network with less than a billion users to a behemoth that was accused of spreading misinformation that undermined democracy and allowing users to incite a genocide in Myanmar. I wrote several features about the company, including this FT Weekend cover on How Facebook Grew Too Big Too Handle - and another on Max Schrems, the man who took on Facebook and won.
More FT magazine columns: Liberal Arts, Burning Man and Algorithms
It is a good time to be a history graduate (as I am) in Silicon Valley. For years, the tech industry shunned those who chose to study the liberal arts. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen summed up the attitude in 2012, claiming that the average graduate with a degree in English would “end up working in a shoe store”.
Now, though, the Valley is realising that there is value in knowing more about the world than bits and bytes, maths and machine learning. Tracy Chou, a software developer who has worked at Pinterest and Quora, wrote recently that when she studied engineering at Stanford, she thought that was all she needed to learn. But when she left a world “circumscribed by lesson plans, problem sets and programming assignments”, she realised she needed more context to engage with the impact of technology on society.
Read more of my column on 'How Silicon Valley learned to love the liberal arts' here. Other recent FT Weekend columns include how Burning Man legitimizes the tech industry, the problems with the alternatives to Facebook and the dangers of the YouTube algorithm, when unleashed on kids.
FT Tech Tonic podcasts: from media manipulation to mind-reading
I've been enjoying my interviews for the FT's Tech Tonic podcast, out weekly. I spoke to Danah Boyd of Data & Society about disinformation campaigns online and sexual harassment in the tech industry and to Mary Lou Jepsen about her new start-up Openwater's plans to develop a ski helmet-sized imaging device that will one day read minds. Other podcast interviews include Elisabeth Mason, founding director of the Stanford Poverty & Technology Lab, Mehul Patel, chief executive of Hired, on recruiting in Silicon Valley, and Jeremy Johnson, chief executive of Andela, on building a team of engineers in Africa.
From Summer of Love to Summer of Work: Silicon Valley and LSD
Diane does not look like someone who would drug your venison chilli. She sits on a San Francisco patio, her dewy blue eyes lucid, her blonde, subtly asymmetrical hair recently trimmed, her white jeans spotless. It is noon. I imagine she has enjoyed several fruitful meetings. Now, she will probably advise me on the meditation app keeping her serene.
“I don’t do coffee, I do acid,” she says. The declaration that she takes a Class A drug does not distract her from nibbling a chunk of salmon in her taco bowl. The 29-year-old start-up founder began microdosing LSD — tiny doses every few days — in January. At just a tenth of a tripping dose, she does not experience psychedelic effects. Rather than swirling in a magical universe with pink elephants, she says microdosing has improved her productivity, creativity and helped her focus. On LSD, she is able to concentrate when developing company strategy, speed through user design sessions and sparkles making new contacts.
I met the microdosers and the old hippies for this FTWeekend magazine feature on how Silicon Valley has rediscovered LSD. I chose LSD as a way of telling the story of how San Francisco is changing and the conflict between millennial tech workers and the baby boomers who made the city famous. Read more here.
FT Magazine columns from Silicon Valley
Sitting in the sunny garden of The Battery — the “see and be seen” private club for a San Francisco tech crowd that doesn’t care too much about how they look — Nicole Quinn, a partner at venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, told me about her plan to get out of the bubble chattering away around us. How? By taking a road trip across the US.
Snap-happy tourists have long posed next to the billboard-sized “Like” sign outside Facebook’s headquarters, in awe of seeing the real-life company behind the app. But it has taken until 2017 — and a political situation the tech industry sees as a crisis — to get Silicon Valley truly interested in the real lives of its users.
I write regular columns for the FT magazine on the culture of the tech industry. Read more on 'How Silicon Valley discovered the rest of America' here. Other columns include the world of the Valley intern, ageism in Silicon Valley and how Peacetech is helping refugees.
Lunch with the FT: Sheryl Sandberg
Dressed in a long white jumper over pale blue jeans, with her black hair blow-dried into a shiny shell, Sheryl Sandberg looks — as ever — supernaturally composed. She bounds up to hug me then takes the chair next to me at the corner of our table. “Check this out. Do you see this?” she says, studying the menu without pausing for small talk.
Facebook’s chief operating officer is famous for being more open than most executives: about crying in the bathroom at work, or how, as a recent widow, she slept in the same bed as her mother. This is fitting for a company that has redefined the word “sharing”. As we settle into our lunch, however, it is clear openness does not exactly mean spontaneity. Sandberg has to be one of the most on-message executives. Talking about business, she uses such a set phraseology I can almost recite her lines for her. New products are not only in “early days” but being introduced in a “privacy-protected way”. When, at one point, I ask her how she could best describe what it is like to suddenly be a single parent, she confesses it is “lonely, scary sometimes”, then briskly broadens her point to include the plight of poorer single mothers across the US — with statistics.
I interviewed Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg for the FT's most famous interview slot, the Lunch with the FT. I asked her about Facebook's growing power in the world, her grief at losing her husband and her dating advice for young, ambitious women. Read more here.
Inside Silicon Valley's classrooms of the future
In chalets scattered across the snow in California’s ski country, a school of the future is taking shape. Warm inside a classroom, teenage twins Laurel and Bryce Dettering are part of a Silicon Valley experiment to teach students to outperform machines.
Surrounded by industrial tools, Bryce is laying out green 3D-printed propellers, which will form part of a floating pontoon. The 15-year-old is struggling to finish a term-long challenge to craft a vehicle that could test water quality remotely. So far, the task has involved coding, manufacturing and a visit to a Nasa contractor who builds under-ice rovers. “I suck at waterproofing. I managed to waterproof one side, did a test of it, it proved waterproof. I made sure the other side was waterproof, put both sides on and both of them leaked!” he laughs.
Laurel, already adept in robotics, chose a different kind of project, aimed at developing the empathy that robots lack: living on a reservation with three elderly women from the Navajo tribe. “The experience was just, honestly, it was really . . .” she trails out, her navy nails fiddling with her dark-blonde hair. “They didn’t have running water, didn’t have electricity, they had 54 sheep and their only source of income was weaving rugs from wool.”
The Detterings have embraced personalised education, a new movement that wants to tear up the traditional classroom to allow students to learn at their own pace and follow their passions with the help of technology. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, and his wife Priscilla are leading the push to create an education as individual as each child, aiming to expand the experiments beyond the rarefied confines of Silicon Valley.
An FTWeekend magazine front cover on Silicon Valley's obsession with personalised education. Philanthropists including Mark Zuckerberg believe technology can help students move at their own pace and pursue their own purpose. Read more here.
Learning the language in San Francisco
I first fell for San Francisco as a teenager holed up in my north London bedroom, reading my mum’s tattered copies of the Tales of the City series. Author Armistead Maupin depicts the city’s eccentrics in the 1970s: gay men dressed as nuns who roller-skated down the steep hills, a marijuana-toting landlady who turned out to be a tenant’s father and a cannibalistic cult hidden in the cathedral.
When I arrived in San Francisco three years ago, it was no longer a permissive haven for exiles from prim provinces. Instead, it had become heaven for developers living by their oft-repeated promise to “change the world” with software. Entrepreneurs on electric skateboards replaced the skating nuns, start-ups delivered marijuana to anyone with an (easily obtainable) medical card and young professionals gathered in the cathedral for yoga on Tuesday nights.
An unusual foray into memoir for me, as I try to capture my life in San Francisco for the front cover of the FT's House and Home supplement. Read more here.
An uneasy relationship: how carmakers are working with hackers
Feet poking out of the window, Charlie Miller lay across the front seats of his Fiat Chrysler Jeep while it drove, seemingly by itself. Suddenly, it jerked to a halt, as his research partner Chris Valasek, sitting on the other side of the car park, used a laptop to slam on the brakes.
I reported from the Black Hat and Def Con conferences on how automakers are having to tackle the cyber security problems the software industry has struggled with for decades, with mixed results. Read more here.
A selection of my work covering technology for the Financial Times' global audience.
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We Are Grateful Having Provided Some First Urgently Needed Aid at Lake Bunyonyi.
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Earlier this week we have under our foundation, which is officially registered as a CBO, and with permission of the local authorities, from donations we have received been able to provide some urgently needed aid at Lake Bunyonyi. As explained in this previous article, two groups at Lake Bunyonyi have ended up in a hopeless situation following the corona crisis: widows with children (many of them HIV infected and therefore very vulnerable) and Batwa groups (by many also called Pygmies) of which two are living at the lake. These are the groups we focus on while trying to provide help during the current corona crisis.
While following the guidelines of the local authorities and while in constant communication with a Security Officer, maize flour and soap have been provided among our target group. Maize flour is known to be staple food in Uganda. It can be prepared in several ways and is also very much used in daily meals that schools and institutions provide. We have used the best quality maize flour, which is known to be very nutritious. Soap is a necessary hygiene agent in the current corona crisis where a major advice is for everyone to wash his hands frequently, using soap to prevent the virus from spreading. Yet, many poor in Uganda cannot afford to buy it, especially not under the current conditions, while completely deprived of income.
Team Managers Aaron and Noah have, joined by our youngest team member Johnson, carried out the operation. To prevent crowding, the representative of a group of 36 widows that regularly come together for handcraft activities (for those handcrafts to be usually sold to tourists), has together with a few members been invited to NiCA’s location where they have received maize flour and soap for the whole group, for them to divide that among each other. On average, these women each have three children. Many of them, including children, are HIV infected and depending on medication.
To provide the two Batwa groups one of our boats was used. Also there, one member of the group was asked to come forward and act as the representative of the group, while the others were staying in the background. Sadly, it turned out that the Batwa groups had not been fully aware of what is all going on currently. Although they had heard of the pandemic, they had desperately been wondering for weeks why tourists were no longer visiting them. They had not understood that this was related to the pandemic.
The representive of a group of 36 widows.
Aaron educating about the virus and ways of protection.
The representative of one of the Batwa groups.
At the right our youngest team member Johnson.
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Reaching out to the second Batwa group
Other Batwa members in the background.
As can be seen in the photos, Aaron and Noah have used the opportunity to also educate the people about the virus and how they can best protect themselves against it. As it turned out, the information about all that had insufficiently reached them. It can also be seen that the team brought a basin and a jerry can filled with a liquid soap, equipped with a tap, for the people to clean their hands ahead of receiving the maize flour and soap.
About 180-200 people, many of them children, benefit from the aid we have provided. It was clear from the reactions of the people how much it was appreciated. As the joint team of HWMCO-Nederland & NiCA Foundation we are most grateful that we have been able to provide this aid and we thank those who have been donating to make it possible.
We want to provide more aid in the next weeks, yet we need of course more donations to do so. Donating is easy, please use the PayPal donation button on this website or click here for other ways.
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ARTOF Next generation Electron spectroscopy
Since the start of Photo Electron Spectroscopy (PES) around 1950, resolution has improved in a dramatic way over the years, from a few eV to the sub-meV range. During the same time the transmission has been increased, although not to the same extent. In valence photoelectron spectroscopy the energy band structure can be determined by performing angular resolved measurements. In the first experiments of this kind a typically very small and light-weight spectrometer was mounted on a goniometer. Using such an arrangement one could obtain angular resolved spectra and this meant that the dispersion of binding energy with momentum could be measured. However, the experiments were difficult and time-consuming most often only single channel detectors were used and for precise measurements the precision and stability of the goniometer presented severe obstacles. In Fig. 1 we show how the angular resolved measurements were performed. The two important angles to measure is φ and θ and the precision in the determination comes partly from the mechanical properties of the goniometer and partly from the acceptance angle of the spectrometer.
The situation was dramatically changed by the introduction of the angular resolved mode of the electron lens. This meant that the full angular resolved dispersion curve could be rapidly measured along one direction in the Brillouin zone of the crystal. The precision of the measurement increased from a few degrees using a goniometer to almost one tenth of a degree. This more or less revolutionized the field of Angular Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy (ARPES). However, for obtaining the dispersion in other directions one still had to rotate the sample. And there could sometimes be difficulties in finding the Γ-point. For these measurements the low transmission of the hemispherical analyzer may also present a problem. The hemispherical analyzer using a multichannel detection system has a very high information rate, but the transmission is limited due to the slits in the system.
The ArTOF 10k analyzer allows to answer all three challenges: resolution down to 100µeV, transmission more then 250 times higher then R4000 and simultaneous measurement of both φ and θ angles with angular resolution better then 0.1˚. In the seventies pulsed synchrotron radiation sources were developed, allowing the use of electron spectrometers based on the time-of-flight principle. These instruments are particularly suited for time resolved and coincidence experiments. The latter was a consequence of the very high transmission one can obtain in such a scheme. In principle it is possible to get close to 100%. A typical instrument is shown in Fig. 2. The high transmission can be achieved in various ways. For example, an inhomogeneous magnetic field can drive the electrons into the analyzer or a strong acceleration field can be used for the same purpose. The electrons then typically enter into a so called drift tube of length L, where they are allowed to pass with a constant velocity v. If we know the start time t0 for the electron to enter the instrument and we measure the time t when it arrives to the detector, and if the drift tube has the length L we get the energy of the electron from a simple division and using the expression for the classical kinetic energy of a moving particle v=L/∆t, where ∆t=t-t0. However the classical TOF analyzers have limited resolution due to uncontrolled trajectories inside the drift tube.
In the ArTOF we instead use a combination of a drift tube with an electron lens system and position and time-resolved detector. In short, the lens system first produces a focal plan in the lens and the pattern in this plane is subsequently projected by the rest of the lens system onto the detector plane. The magnification can be controlled and we will be able to utilize the whole detector surface. Since all electrostatic potentials in the lens are pre-set we can calculate all the trajectories of the electrons through the lens and we can also calculate the velocities in each point along the tracks. It is therefore possible to construct a transformation matrix relating the arrival time, measured positions x, and y on the detector to the take off angles θ and φ and kinetic energy of electrons.
The transformation matrix T depends in a complex way of the geometric design of the lens elements and of the electrostatic potentials, but we can illustrate a part of the properties of T in a diagram. The lens is cylindrically symmetric so the energies can be obtained from the measured times and the radius r. In Fig. 3 we illustrate an example. For a full characterization we need several of such matrixes, one for each setting of the spectrometer. The electron tracks are typically quite complicated, as can be seen in Fig.4. The performance of the ArTOF instrument depends on the accuracy we can measure the take-off angles and the time difference ∆t. Via the transformation matrix this problem goes back to how precisely the sample spot is defined, the precision of the measurement of the x and y coordinates on the detector, of the pulse length from the exciting radiation and on the response times of the electronics and of time constants in the electric cabling etc.
Fig. 1: Angles in photoemission experiment
Fig. 2: Simple TOF
Fig.3 Transformation matrix
Fig. 4: ArTOF showing electron trajectories
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Outstanding health and safety in challenging times
Last Friday marked our annual Health and Safety awards held at our Head Office in Dronfield. All our teams strive for the utmost health and safety standards on-site, and this year was no exception.
The awards are an important way to recognise the achievements made by our teams, who work hard to deliver exceptional health and safety standards on all our sites. This year it was the Royce Discovery Centre team who won the Building Safety award, with Joe Briggs receiving the Young Achiever award.
Left to right: Phil Horsfield, Joe Briggs, Tony Shaw, Dean Briggs, Simon Carr and Andy Greaves
Royce Discovery Centre
Comprising of Andy Greaves, Dean Briggs, Phil Horsfield and Joe Briggs, the high-profile city centre scheme for the University of Sheffield tested the team’s ability both technically and logistically. This was our first site that utilised a biometric access control system and is one of the most audited and visited sites we’ve ever had.
The site team worked cohesively, always sharing information to ensure everyone in the team felt valued and had something to add. They consistently went above and beyond, creating good working relationships with the client to the benefit of the project. The team also worked hard to control hazards with the additional challenges caused by CV-19.
Joe Briggs
After winning a G4C Award this year, Joe receives the Young Achiever award for his work on the Royce Discovery Centre project. He was allocated responsibility for several parts of the Health and Safety Executive system, making himself a valuable member of the project and always working hard to actively complete project tasks.
Since starting with us, Joe has shown interest and enthusiasm in his work and goes the extra mile to support his site team, approaching each task with a smile and humour - a valuable member of the team.
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Quad Gas Group acquires 61% stake in National Grid Gas Distribution
8 th December 2016
Quad Gas Group, a consortium of long-term infrastructure investors, today announces that it has entered into an agreement with National Grid plc to acquire a 61 percent shareholding in its four regulated gas distribution networks.
These gas distribution networks cover the East of England, North London, North West and West Midlands, and distribute gas to approximately half of the country’s connected households through 130,000 km of gas pipeline. They represent approximately 14 percent of the total regulated energy infrastructure sector in Great Britain by regulated asset value and are regulated by Ofgem.
The consortium is made up of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), CIC Capital Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation, Allianz Capital Partners, Hermes Investment Management, Qatar Investment Authority, Amber Infrastructure and Dalmore Capital.
The transaction is expected to complete in Q1 2017 following regulatory approval. The vendor, National Grid plc, an international electricity and gas company headquartered in the UK, will retain a 39 percent stake in National Grid Gas Distribution.
National Grid plc also announced today that they and the Consortium have expressed an interest in relation to the potential future sale and purchase of an additional 14 percent stake, on broadly equivalent financial terms to the Transaction. Further details will be announced if agreement is reached.
Peter Hofbauer, Head of Infrastructure, Hermes Investment Management said:
“National Grid’s Gas Distribution Networks are strategic UK Infrastructure assets and are an excellent fit within our core investment strategy, which targets infrastructure businesses that deliver long-term predictable inflation-linked cash flows, with robust cash yield. We look forward to supporting the business in making its important contribution to the U.K. economy alongside our consortium partners and National Grid.”
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3 Duchamp Art Talks
three Duchamp art talks
During October 2017, SSE Art initiative presents three Art Talk on the work of Marcel Duchamp
MARCEL DUCHAMP - CHANGING ART THROUGH A CONSUMER AND CONTEXT PERSPECTIVE
Art Talk with Jan Åman, writer, curator and creative director A HOUSE
Time: 12-13
Place: Room Torsten, Handelshögskolan Sveavägen 65.
Welcome to a lunch lecture at SSE with Jan Åman about Marcel Duchamp, and how he radically changed the idea of art by focusing on consumers/spectators and the wider context. Jan Åman is currently heading A HOUSE, an artist-business space in central Stockholm. He previously founded the influential Stockholm art space Färgfabriken and is holding a central position in international and Swedish art life by introducing creative crossovers between art, fashion, design and community actions.
THE THIRD GLASS; A VIRTUAL REALITY HOMMAGE TO MARCEL DUCHAMP
VR installation by Damjan Jovanovic presented in conversation with Daniel Birnbaum, director Moderna Museet
Date: 4 October
Time: Art Talk 12-13, VR installation on view 13-15d
Place: Room Torsten, Handelshögskolan, Sveavägen 65
Welcome to Stockholm School of Economics Art Initiative currently hosting one of Modern Art’s most influential figures – Marcel Duchamp.
On the 4 October, architect Damjan Jovanovic will exhibit his new interactive work The Third Glass (2017) - a Virtual Reality experience, based on the The Large Glass the work of Marcel Duchamp exhibited at Moderna Museet. During the whole month of October, the film Anemic Cinema (1926) by Marcel Duchamp will be screened in the SSE Atrium as the second in a series of art film screenings in our year-long collaboration with Moderna Museet.
You are cordially invited by Damjan Jovanovic to put on the VR headset and move freely in between digital versions of the objects of Duchamp’s glass painting. The project has been produced by the Städelschule Architecture Class (SAC) for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). Its first staging was at the Städelschule Rundgang 2017, the art academy’s annual student exhibition.
DUCHAMP AS AURA ENTREPRENEUR
Ivar Björkman will give an Art Talk on the role of Marcel Duchamp to design marketing Sweden
Date: 25 October
Place: To be announced
During our screening of Marcel Duchamp´s film in the Atrium we have invited Ivar Björkman, head of OpenLab Stockholm, for an Art Talk on Marcel Duchamp as an entrepreneur. Dr Björkman has been the president of the Royal College of Arts and Craft (Konstfack) in Stockholm and done research on the business of new Swedish design.
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The Rob Roy Way – The Best Towns and Villages
January 5, 2018 by Alex
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Drymen
Drymen is a historic village along the Rob Roy Way and was a popular stopping point for cattle drovers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Rob Roy MacGregor, who the trail is named after, would have regularly passed through here.
If you’re looking for more history in Drymen, look no further than The Clachan Inn. It is the oldest registered pub in Scotland, having received its licence in 1734.
Drymen is shared between both the Rob Roy Way and the West Highland Way, providing rest for weary hikers along both routes.
Staying in Drymen gives you an excellent opportunity to explore the eastern banks of Loch Lomond, the largest lake in Britain.
Aberfoyle is a popular town along the Rob Roy Way, with shops, cafés and restaurants to serve hikers who stop here. There is a history of wool-making here, with the Scottish Wool Centre bringing visitors on a journey of how wool gets from the sheep and into the shops.
You could take the opportunity to explore Loch Lomond further, as well as the Trossachs National Park. The famous Rob Roy MacGregor was born near Loch Katrine, a lake which is very close to Aberfoyle.
If you’re looking for adventure, there is a large Go Ape adventure park in Aberfoyle.
Callander is known as the “Gateway To The Highlands” as it lies on the boundary fault between the Highlands and the Lowlands.
It provides a fantastic base for exploring the nearby Loch Lomond, Rob Roy country and the Trossachs National Park.
Killin
Killin is another quaint village along the Rob Roy Way. It lies on the Falls of Dochart, a series of rapids which occurs when the River Dochart cascades down the rocks.
Loch Tay is quite close by, which you hike along as part of your Rob Roy Way route.
Killin offers a great place to stop and relax along your way, with places to eat and things to do aplenty.
Aberfeldy is a town built on Scotland’s longest river, the River Tay. There is plenty to keep visitors interested, through historical and artistic exhibitions in old watermills.
There is also a whiskey distillery which allows you to explore and discover the process of how world-famous scotch whiskey is made.
Pitlochry marks the end of your Rob Roy Way hike. There’s no shortage of things to do in this town, whether you want more activity or some gentle relaxation.
Take in the castles, distilleries, walks, restaurants and so much more. You could even challenge yourself to climbing
Ben Vrackie, with a summit of 841m (2,759ft). This is only recommended in favourable weather conditions however!
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The egg action began in southern Indiana.
Kentucky and Indiana transportation officials say a falcon box under the new Milton-Madison Bridge is home to four peregrine falcon chicks that hatched this week.
The eggs were laid sometime in mid-March. The falcon box was placed underneath the new steel truss and wasn't disturbed as the truss was slid into place earlier this month.
Officials say the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will band the chicks next month so they can be identified. The chicks will also be tested for diseases.
Falcons have nested at the bridge since 2002.
In Jefferson County, at LG&E's Mill Creek Generating Station peregrine falcon nest box, the utility says Fish and Wildlife Resources reports two hatchlings didn't survive after a new adult falcon became involved in a territorial conflict.
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Culture | November 24, 2020 6:30 am
Wealthy Investors Save NYC’s Iconic Astor Hair
The long-running space won't be closing after all
Astor Place Hairstylists. September 2014 in New York City.
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By Tobias Carroll
Among the most unpleasant parts of the pandemic has been watching local institutions close up shop. Bars, restaurants and music venues have been among the spaces affected; without a second stimulus plan in place from the federal government, numerous beloved small businesses have had to make heartbreaking decisions. Among them was New York’s famed Astor Place Hairstylists, which was set to close at the end of the month.
Emphasis on the “was,” as it turns out. The New York Post reports that a group of wealthy investors has come together to deal with Astor Hair’s pandemic-related financial troubles and ensure a future for the beloved spot.
Among those contributing? Former mayor Michael Bloomberg, former deputy mayor Howard Wolfson and real estate developer Jeff Gural. Gural owns the building where Astor Hair is located; the Post reports that he temporarily waived their rent.
Gural called the process of keeping Astor Hair open a “team effort,” and told the Post that several prominent figures, Bloomberg included, had contacted him about saving the barbershop. The business has endured for 75 years; looks like it’s going to be around for many more to come. Will there be more last-minute saves taking place in the city in the weeks and months to come? Let’s hope so.
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(W/A/CA) Jen Wang A heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times-bestselling Jen Wang. Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. But after Moon moves in next door, these unlikely friends are soon best friends, sharing their favorite music videos and painting their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she has visions, sometimes, of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Who reassure her that Earth isn't where she really belongs. Moon's visions have an all-too-earthly root, however, and soon Christine's best friend is in the hospital, fighting for her life. Can Christine be the friend Moon needs, now, when the sky is falling? Contributor Bio(s) Jen Wang is a cartoonist, author, and illustrator living in Los Angeles. She is the author of The Prince and the Dressmaker, Koko Be Good, and
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