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DC Social Innovation Launch Party
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Two years ago Congress enacted the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and created the Social Innovation Fund. The fund aims to improve the lives of people in low-income communities by mobilizing public and private resources to grow promising, innovative community-based solutions that have evidence of compelling impact in three areas of priority need: economic opportunity, healthy futures, and youth development.
However, although the Act may have been signed in to law in Washington, DC, its national focus has left room for improvement in the District itself. The DC Social Innovation Project (DCSIP) hopes to bridge this gap.
Co-founded by former Akin Gump attorney Darius Graham and attorney Omar Hashmi, DCSIP fosters social innovation through two different initiatives. The first, the Community Lab, grants program provides $1,500 grants to neighborhood associations, community groups, and schools in DC to implement a small scale, high-impact community project. The second, the Bright Idea Challenge, enlists 18-35 year olds in the DC area to propose creative social ventures that address a local issue, with the two best ideas receiving up to $10,000 in funding and other pro bono services to help them launch their venture.
For those curious about the organization, DCSIP has scheduled its launch party next Wednesday, June 8th at Funxion from 6-9pm. You can register for the event here.
Chris Zimmerman
Born in St. Louis, MO, Chris moved to the District in the summer of 2008. Living in Dupont Circle, Chris is an architecture buff who has spent more hours at the National Building Museum then he cares to admit. Follow Chris on Twitter at @cbzimmerman or shoot him an email at cbzimmer (at) welovedc.com.
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The female fox gives birth to a baby in late fall or early spring.
The red fox gives birth to four to nine cubs in a boat.
Gray foxes give birth to three or five.
The newborn cub weighs about 110 grams and has a short mouth and close eyes.
You can open your eyes ten days after you are born.
You can eat your mother's milk for about five weeks and then eat some hard food.
When they grow older, they play around with each other, and they can hit on insect sticks or their parents' tails.
Parents bring a live mouse to the baby and make it fall on him.
Teach them how to sneak up on their prey.
When it is late, I start to become independent and go far away from where I was born.
Parents break up with each other in early autumn or when the baby is independent, but they meet again in winter. The fox who has paired up will settle down in the nest.
The nest is a hole in the ground cave and sometimes digs its own.
The nesting place in the ground is 20 meters long.
Many foxes only live in their homes when they raise their young.
When a baby grows up and is able to hunt on its own, both the baby and the parent usually sleep outside. Foxes eat anything they can easily catch.
Foxes usually hunt at night and are active throughout the four seasons
The fox hears the mouse as it travels through the grasslands.
The mouse hides in the grass, but jumps right away without increasing the minute movement of the grass.
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Civilization first arose in Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and in the Nile basin of Egypt. At that time, people settled in the river basin and lived by farming. We made a canyon or poison so that rainwater would not overflow into the farmland but would flow out into the river when the flood occurred. The most important invention in ancient civilization is letters. The letters were first invented by Sumerians in southern Meso Potamia around 3,500 B.C. Thanks to the invention of letters, we could write down our thoughts and information and then see it later or pass it on to people far away. I was able to keep it as a record until later generations.
About Tobacco
People have been smoking for thousands of years. American Indians used to smoke pipes when they held religious ceremonies. In the 16th century, in Europe, cigarettes were believed to be medically effective and began to return. Today I continue to smoke for relaxation, pleasure, and addiction to tobacco chemicals. Scientists in the 20th century have found many evidence that smoking can threaten one's health. There have been numerous reports of evidence that smoking is linked to heart disease, lung disease, cancer and other diseases. People smoke in spite of this danger. Young people start smoking as an act of defiance or independence. Adults smoke to relieve nicotine addiction. Nicotine stimulates the nervous system heart and other organs. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of different kinds of chemicals. A lot of carbon monoxide in the blood prevents oxygen from reaching the heart of the brain and other muscles Smoking can cause heart disease if large amounts of carbon
Do you know about salmosa?
One of the poisonous snakes is called salmosa. Salmosa is distributed in Korea, Japan, China and Russia. The head is almost triangular and has an organ that spreads between the eyes and the nostrils to detect chemicals around it. Salmosa's tongue is black and her tail The round pattern on the back alternates from side to side, and then merges as the tail goes. It's a cytotoxic poison that doesn't attack first like a lethal or other poisonous snake. And it's only within a 20-centimeter range. In Korea, it is distributed all over the country except Jeju Island. Rather than high mountains, they feed on wild rats and frogs near hillsides, thorns, and verdant rocks. At the beginning of September, they give birth to 6 to 12 cubs. In October, when the temperature goes down to an average of 10.c, we hibernate between the rocks in sunny places. In addition to salmosa and snakes such as salmosa, kkachi salmosa, iron salmosa, etc., there are also northern salmosa
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Solar Impulse takes off on last flight of U.S. journey
Posted on July 6, 2013 · Posted in Aviation News
By Agence France-Presse
The experimental Solar Impulse aircraft departed Washington early Saturday en route to New York on the final leg of its US tour aimed at showcasing the promise of clean energy, organisers said.
The plane, which runs on four electric propellers powered by an array of solar cells mounted on the plane’s 63 meter wingspan, lifted off just before dawn from Washington Dulles International Airport at 0846 GMT.
At the controls was Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg, who has taken turns with compatriot Bertrand Piccard on different legs of the flight across the United States.
The Solar Impulse takeoff was broadcast live on the organizer’s website, live.solarimpulse.com.
“Nine months of preparations and two months into the Across America mission – it almost seems untrue that it’s all coming to an end,” the organizers said on their website.
The single-person plane is expected to arrive at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Sunday, July 7, around 2 am (0600 GMT).
Piccard, speaking to the team’s in-house media group, said he hoped they could get permission to fly over New York while there is still light, and let residents of Manhattan and New Jersey get the “spectacular” view of the giant plane.
The aircraft is powered by 12,000 solar cells and flies under cover of darkness by reaching high altitudes during the day and gliding downward over long distances by night. It uses no fossil fuels.
Drawbacks include the tiny cockpit, vulnerability to turbulence and the lack of a toilet, so the pilots must relieve themselves by using an empty plastic water bottle on solo flights that routinely last 20-24 hours.
“I never find it too long,” Piccard earlier told AFP. “When you are in the most revolutionary airplane, and you know that so many people are following your flight, so many people support your message about clean energy, it is just awesome to be in that plane.”
The current model, the HB-SIA, is soon to be phased out as the Swiss team prepares to make test flights of the second-generation aircraft, the HB-SIB next year.
Piccard said the next plane will be 10 percent bigger, with more power, reliability, an auto-pilot function and a toilet so that pilots can make the four to six day long trips that will be part of its journey across the world in 2015.
The plane’s American trip is just the latest in a series of groundbreaking flights across different parts of the world, including Europe and Africa.
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Microsoft today released updates to plug more than 80 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one that is actively being exploited and another which was disclosed prior to today. Ten of the flaws earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they could be exploited by malware or miscreants to seize remote control over unpatched systems with little or no interaction from Windows users.
Most concerning of this month’s batch is probably a critical bug (CVE-2021-1647) in Microsoft’s default anti-malware suite — Windows Defender — that is seeing active exploitation. Microsoft recently stopped providing a great deal of detail in their vulnerability advisories, so it’s not entirely clear how this is being exploited.
But Kevin Breen, director of research at Immersive Labs, says depending on the vector the flaw could be trivial to exploit.
“It could be as simple as sending a file,” he said. “The user doesn’t need to interact with anything, as Defender will access it as soon as it is placed on the system.”
Fortunately, this bug is probably already patched by Microsoft on end-user systems, as the company continuously updates Defender outside of the normal monthly patch cycle.
Breen called attention to another critical vulnerability this month — CVE-2020-1660 — which is a remote code execution flaw in nearly every version of Windows that earned a CVSS score of 8.8 (10 is the most dangerous).
“They classify this vulnerability as ‘low’ in complexity, meaning an attack could be easy to reproduce,” Breen said. “However, they also note that it’s ‘less likely’ to be exploited, which seems counterintuitive. Without full context of this vulnerability, we have to rely on Microsoft to make the decision for us.”
CVE-2020-1660 is actually just one of five bugs in a core Microsoft service called Remote Procedure Call (RPC), which is responsible for a lot of heavy lifting in Windows. Some of the more memorable computer worms of the last decade spread automatically by exploiting RPC vulnerabilities.
Allan Liska, senior security architect at Recorded Future, said while it is concerning that so many vulnerabilities around the same component were released simultaneously, two previous vulnerabilities in RPC — CVE-2019-1409 and CVE-2018-8514 — were not widely exploited.
The remaining 70 or so flaws patched this month earned Microsoft’s less-dire “important” ratings, which is not to say they’re much less of a security concern. Case in point: CVE-2021-1709, which is an “elevation of privilege” flaw in Windows 8 through 10 and Windows Server 2008 through 2019.
“Unfortunately, this type of vulnerability is often quickly exploited by attackers,” Liska said. “For example, CVE-2019-1458 was announced on December 10th of 2019, and by December 19th an attacker was seen selling an exploit for the vulnerability on underground markets. So, while CVE-2021-1709 is only rated as [an information exposure flaw] by Microsoft it should be prioritized for patching.”
Trend Micro’s ZDI Initiative pointed out another flaw marked “important” — CVE-2021-1648, an elevation of privilege bug in Windows 8, 10 and some Windows Server 2012 and 2019 that was publicly disclosed by ZDI prior to today.
“It was also discovered by Google likely because this patch corrects a bug introduced by a previous patch,” ZDI’s Dustin Childs said. “The previous CVE was being exploited in the wild, so it’s within reason to think this CVE will be actively exploited as well.”
Separately, Adobe released security updates to tackle at least eight vulnerabilities across a range of products, including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. There are no Flash Player updates because Adobe retired the browser plugin in December (hallelujah!), and Microsoft’s update cycle from last month removed the program from Microsoft’s browsers.
Windows 10 users should be aware that the operating system will download updates and install them all at once on its own schedule, closing out active programs and rebooting the system. If you wish to ensure Windows has been set to pause updating so you have ample opportunity to back up your files and/or system, see this guide.
Please back up your system before applying any of these updates. Windows 10 even has some built-in tools to help you do that, either on a per-file/folder basis or by making a complete and bootable copy of your hard drive all at once. You never know when a patch roll-up will bork your system or possibly damage important files. For those seeking more flexible and full-featured backup options (including incremental backups), Acronis and Macrium are two that I’ve used previously and are worth a look.
That said, there don’t appear to be any major issues cropping up yet with this month’s update batch. But before you apply updates consider paying a visit to AskWoody.com, which usually has the skinny on any reports about problematic patches.
As always, if you experience glitches or issues installing any of these patches this month, please consider leaving a comment about it below; there’s a better-than-even chance other readers have experienced the same and may chime in here with some helpful tips.
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EUROPA LEAGUE: WPL clubs show promise in first leg ties.
WELL, well, well who would’ve expected those results from the European ties last night eh?
After Welsh Prem Champions TNS fell to an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Gibraltarian side Europa FC on Tuesday night, the pressure was on for Bangor City, Connah’s Quay and Bala Town to put in a good shift during last night’s Europa League ties.
And they delivered performances to be proud of, arguably putting Welsh football on the map.
Bangor kicked off at 5.30pm in their match against Lyngby BK in Denmark. They lost 1-0 thanks to a Bror Blume goal in the end but nevertheless put in a satisfying performance overall. Goalkeeper Connor Roberts was particularly impressive, making many a fine save during the ninety minutes and earned the man of the match award for the Citizens in the process. Lyngby were reduced to 10 men three minutes from time when defender Jonasson received a second yellow-card.
Bangor City (in Red) taking on Lyngby BK in Denmark. (Pic belongs to Bangor City FC on Twitter).
50-60 Citizen fans are reported to have made the journey to Denmark to watch their beloved boys in blue and I don’t think they’ll be too disappointed by that result at all. In fact, I think they will be quite optimistic of turning the tie around at Nantporth in the second leg next Thursday.
Bala Town then took on Swiss League side FC Vaduz (who are actually from Liechtenstein) in front of 804 fans at Rhyl’s Belle Vue stadium.
They put up a decent fight but in the end although they lost 2-1 and Chris Venables’ goal has given them slight hope going into the away leg of the tie. They had initially gone 2-0 down in the opening half an hour or so thanks to goals from Gonzalo Zarate and Maurice Brunner.
Venables scores for Bala Town. (Picture belongs to BBC Sport Wales on Twitter).
It’ll be tough for the Lakesiders to turn this one around in my opinion, but nevertheless they did put in a decent shift againsta dominant Vaduz side and 2-1 is by no means a score-line to be ashamed of.
THE biggest shock of them all though came at Bangor’s Nantporth stadium as Connah’s Quay pulled off a stunning 1-0 win over Finnish giants HJK Helsinki.
Despite enormous amounts of pressure from the visitors, the Nomads went ahead on 40 minutes as midfielder Nathan Woolfe found the back of the net with what seemed to be a cross from out wide that ended up eluding everyone.
Nomads players celebrate their winning goal. (Picture belongs to The Nomads on Twitter).
The 472 fans in attendance, including the very loyal 29 who travelled all the way from Finland, saw the Deeside outfit put in an impressive and tireless defensive display from there on out to keep Helsinki at bay and secure a historical 1-0 win.
Surely it must now be the biggest win ever for a WPL side in a European qualifier? In recent memory anyway.
In just their second season of playing in Europe, Connah’s Quay looked determined to put up a fight. Bala Town, playing in the Europa League Qualifiers for a third consecutive time learnt a harsh lesson early on in their match but kept the scoreline respectable. Bangor City, on their return to European football after a three year absence, will believe that they can qualify for the next round after their narrow away loss.
Make no mistake about it, history was made last night and all three Welsh Premier League sides played their own little part in it. They can be very proud of their performances in Europe, especially when you compare it to years gone by for Welsh clubs in the tournament.
Here’s hoping TNS can bounce back too!
The line-ups for the teams last night were as follows:
Bangor City stars training the night before the match (Bangor City FC on Twitter).
Lyngby BK: Andersen, Christiansen (45′), Lumb, Christensen, Rygaard (45′), Ornskov, Larsen, Jonasson (sent off 87′), Brandrup, Blume and Ojo (68′). SUBS: Rasmussen and Boysen (45′), Kjaer (68′). NOT USED: Fosgaard, Larsen, Hojer Nielsen and Tshiembe.
Bangor City: C. Roberts, G. Roberts, Connolly, Kennedy, Wilson, Gosset, Allen, Hewitt, Nardiello (60′), Taylor-Fletcher and Shaw. SUBS: Rittenberg (60′). NOT USED: Wall, Miley, Hall, Edwards, Owen and Henry.
Bala’s starting XI from last night’s 2-1 home loss to FC Vaduz. (Bala Town FC on Twitter).
Bala Town: Morris, S. Jones, Owens, Stephens, S.J. Jones, Venables, Sheridan, Thompson, Burke, Davies (86′) and Smith. SUBS: Hayes (86′). NOT USED: Valentine, Murtagh, Connolly, Wade, Bell and Vernon.
FC Vaduz: Jehle, Mathys, Ciccone, Puljic, Turkes, Zarate (73′), Niederhausern, Buhler (45′), Borgmann, Brunner (90+2) and Muntwiler. SUBS: Konrad (45′), Kamber (73′) and Burgmeier (90+2). NOT USED: Jullich, Majer, Felfel and Goppel.
Connah’s Quay and HJK Helsinki players line-up before the Nomads’ historic win at Nantporth. (The Nomads on Twitter).
Connah’s Quay: Danby, Harrison, Edwards, Pearson, Horan, Smith, Morris, Owen, Woolfe, Poole (77′) and Wilde. SUBS: Wignall 77′. NOT USED: Williams, Owen, Heath, Phillips, Rushton and Harwood.
HJK Helsinki: Uusitalo, Jalasto, Patronen, Yaghoubi, Savage, Mensah (61′), Annan (83′), Scapini de Almeida, Onovo, Obilor and Pelvas. SUBS: Jallow (61′) and Lappalainen (83′). NOT USED: Dahlstrom, Halme, Lingman, Dahne and Olander.
Posted in Welsh News, Welsh Premier LeagueTagged Bala Town, Bangor City, Connahs Quay, Europa League, football, soccer, TNS, Welsh Premier League, WPLBy Arron Evans2 Comments
2 thoughts on “EUROPA LEAGUE: WPL clubs show promise in first leg ties.”
A Mata Of Opinion says:
Hey mate, quick question, do you remember how you used to do those ‘big interview’ things? How did you get the chance to interview all those people? I’ve emailed around so many clubs and people and nobody seems interested. Any tips?
Arron Evans says:
Hi mate! I find that directly messaging them on Instagram helped (although a lot didn’t reply!) or interviewing face to face if you know any local players/clubs. My advice would be to just keep trying and eventually it will pay off for you!
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India and Russia reaffirmed to carry forward the strategic partnership between the two countries and decided to expand cooperation in sectors such as energy, defence, health and mining.
Russia promised to build 12 nuclear reactors and contribute in the ‘Make in India’ programme by manufacturing advanced helicopters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji and Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled the “Druzhba-Dosti” vision to strengthen the bilateral partnership over the next decade at the end of the 15th annual Summit that discussed broad spectrum of the relationship. `Druzhba’ in Russian language means friendship just as ‘Dosti’ in Hindi.
Russia’s Rosatom will build 12 nuclear reactors in India. Indian officials said a total of six reactors will be built at Kudankulam. A further six will follow at sites to be determined. On defence, the two sides will swiftly move ahead to develop a joint 5th-generation fighter and a multi-role transport aircraft, in addition to the chopper deal. Both sides agreed to enhance the trade from current $10 billion to $30 billion by 2025. Russian oil major Rosneft has signed a 10-year crude supply deal with Essar Oil.
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A Map Turtle is any species within the taxonomic genus Graptemys. These aquatic reptiles live throughout North America, and researchers recognize 14 different species throughout their range. You can recognize these creatures by looking for their unique shells, which have a distinctly pointed ridge down the back. Read on to learn about the Map Turtle.
Description of the Map Turtle
Each of the 14 species looks slightly different from the next. Their coloration ranges from light green or brown to nearly black. Some species also sport light colored or yellow patterns on their skin or shells.
The different species range in size from about 2.5 inches long at their smallest, to about 12 inches long at their largest. In all species, the males measure about half the size of the females. Larger species can grow up to 5 pounds or more, depending on the individual.
Interesting Facts About the Map Turtle
You can find these turtles primarily in the eastern United States and upwards into parts of Canada. With quite a variety to choose from, learn some of the traits that make these creatures unique below.
Sawback – These reptiles sport an interesting, and slightly intimidating nickname, “sawback.” Fear not, this name is simply a reference to their unique shell. These creatures have a distinct keel along the top of their shell that resembles the teeth of a saw.
“Map” Turtle – The “map” in their name also originates from their shell as well. These turtles have light colored markings along their shells that resemble the lines on a map. The lines are easier for you to see when the turtles are young, but this coloration grows darker as they age.
Sexual Dimorphism – You can tell the difference between males and females of this group by looking for a few specific traits. Researchers refer to this difference as sexual dimorphism. The first thing you’ll notice is the impressive size of the female, because she is twice as large as the male. You will also notice that the male has a longer tail and a sharper keel, or sawback.
Dormancy – Like all reptiles, these turtles are cold blooded, which means that they heat their bodies by basking in the sun. When the weather gets too chilly for their liking, they lower their heart rate, wedge themselves under a fallen log at the bottom of a lake, and go dormant for a few months.
Habitat of the Map Turtle
These reptiles are aquatic and spend most of their time in watery habitats like lakes, swamps, and ponds. Each species has its own preferences, but most prefer large water bodies with a variety of places to hide and vegetation to forage in.
They also utilize fallen trees and logs to climb out of the water and bask in the sun. These types of features are essential for a good turtle habitat, and you can often find multiple turtles basking on the same log.
Distribution of the Map Turtle
Each species has its own unique distribution, though some populations do overlap with one another. They also vary in the size of their range. Some live across thousands of square miles, while others inhabit just a small region.
All of the various species inhabit North America. Their range extends from southeast Canada throughout the eastern United States and into the southeast United States.
Diet of the Map Turtle
Different species and even different genders feed on different types of prey. All 14 species are omnivorous, which means that they eat both plant and animal matter. Some species rely solely on a few types of prey, while others feed on a wide variety of organisms.
Some of the different things that they hunt include shrimp, crayfish, small crabs, snails, clams, insect larvae, and more. They also eat carrion, typically dead fish.
Map Turtle and Human Interaction
Some people hunt these turtles for food, but this varies in severity based on the species. Humans collect several species for the pet trade. Habitat destruction, pollution, and pesticides all impact these turtles and their prey. This impact varies based on the species.
Humans keep some species as pets, but have not domesticated any species of turtle.
Does the Map Turtle Make a Good Pet
Some Map Turtles make good pets. However, it is important that you never take a wild turtle as a pet, and equally important that you never release a pet turtle into the wild.
Map Turtle Care
In a pet or zoological setting, their enclosures should mirror their natural habitat as much as possible. They prefer areas with plenty of water to swim in, a variety of aquatic plants, and several different basking locations.
Their diet varies based on the species and the size of the turtle. You can purchase turtle food, and supplement their diet with small fish, shrimp, and insects.
Behavior of the Map Turtle
These turtles are not outright social, but do not aggressively defend territories. They spend their days alternating between foraging for food, and basking in the sun to warm themselves again. During the wintertime they enter a period of dormancy.
Reproduction of the Map Turtle
Researchers have not studied all of the different species’ breeding habits. Many species reproduce several times in a single year. Females lay their eggs on land, usually in sandy areas near the water. It takes anywhere from two to three months for the eggs to hatch.
When the young turtles hatch, they do not receive any type of parental care. Different species reach sexual maturity at different rates. For most, it takes several years before the young turtles can reproduce.
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Waqadimnā ilā mā ‘amilū min ‘amalin faja ‘alnāhu habā’an manthūrā
Then We shall attend to the works they have done and then turn them into scattered dust.
(Sūrat al-Furqan, No 25, Āyat 23)
The action that a human being does in this world always remains. It takes on a form and will become visible on the Day of Judgment. The happiness and unhappiness of people on the Day of Judgment stems to some degree from the form that their deeds will take on that Day. Those whose deeds carry weight and value will experience a sense of delighted achievement. Those who see their deeds have no value will feel acute disappointment and regret.
This verse talks about people whose actions will lose all substance in the hereafter. A person’s actions are the means of subsistence in the Hereafter. Imam al-Hadi ‘alayhis-salām says: People transact through wealth in this world and through deeds in the Hereafter (al-Durra al-Bahira, p. 41 quoted in Mīzān al-Hikmah). These people had thought they were doing good actions and would benefit from them, but the actions become valueless and dispersed. Tafsīr Majma‘ al-Bayān says that the sentence structure of this verse is very eloquent. It conveys the idea of approaching an action that one is displeased with, with the intention of changing it. Almighty Allah attends to actions that He is not pleased with and they become like scattered dust. It is an analogy to show the utter worthlessness of their actions. No tangible trace remains of their actions.
Some words in this verse are important to understand:
• ‘amal is an action that is done with an intention. It is not actions that just take place without thought and planning. The word is used for human beings, not for the actions of animals.
• qadimnā is to go to, showing something that exists which is being approached.
• habā’an refers to very minute particles of dust which are normally not visible but can be seen when light shines on it.
• manthūrā describes something that is dispersed and scattered.
What gives an action substance and sustains it is the intention behind the action. The key is the sincerity behind the action, not the size or frequency. When it is for Allah ‘azza wajall who is ever-Living, the action becomes weighty from within. It remains for all time to come. It can even grow and spread its worth and value expanding with time. Imam Ali (a) says: The best of deeds is that whose objective is Allah’s pleasure (Ghurar al-Hikam, H 2958). When an action is devoid of Godliness and is solely for transient human purposes, it is just a skeleton of a deed and disappears quickly. It has no weight or value. This truth is also conveyed in Sūrat Ibrāhiīm where Allah (swt) says: The parable of those who defy their Lord: their deeds are like ashes over which the wind blows hard on a tempestuous day: they have no power over anything they have earned. That is extreme error (Q 14:18).
When we want to do more deeds, or admire those who do much, we must not forget a crucial principle. Deeds can be of many types. Small deeds that will remain forever and big ones that will become like dust. Of course, there are small ones that can also become dust and big ones that will remain. It is the essence of the deed, the kernel itself, that is of importance. Not the outer shell that the world sees. Our goal should be for every action of ours to be weighed down with pure intentions. Then it can remain forever.
Let this verse be a reminder of the seriousness of purity behind deeds. We must look for value in our deeds, not just amass them unconditionally.
Sources: Shaykh Tabarsī, Tafsīr Majma‘ al-Bayān; Āyatullāh Nāsir Makārim Shirāzī (Ed.), Tafsīr-e Namūneh; Āghā Muhsin Qarā’atī, Tafsīr Nūr
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By Daniel Falconer in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 August 2017
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Critically-acclaimed series 'The Handmaid's Tale' took home two accolades on the night.
Hulu series 'The Handmaid's Tale' was amongst the big winners at last night's (August 5) Television Critics Association Awards, with the show taking home two big prizes from the event, which was this year held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Adapted from Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name, the show has been picking up millions of fans across the globe.
Big Little Lies took home a prize at this year's TCA Awards
Other standouts from the night include HBO miniseries 'Big Little Lies' which took the Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials gong and fan-favourite NBC series 'Seinfeld', which picked up this year's Heritage Award. Ken Burns meanwhile was honoured with the Career Achievement Award.
The level of talent at the show was summed up by TCA President Amber Dowling, who said: "This was one of the most diverse seasons in recent memory, offering a wide range of programming that truly had a little something for everyone. It also treated us to some incredible performances and eclectic plotlines that challenged us, moved us, and thrilled us, reinvigorating the television landscape with bold and innovative subjects that we had rarely seen before."
The cast of comedy series 'Atlanta', also honoured at the event
The full list of winners from the 2017 Television Critics Association Awards are as follows:
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials - 'Big Little Lies' (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Drama - 'The Handmaid's Tale' (Hulu)
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information - 'O.J.: Made in America' (ESPN)
Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming - 'Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath' (A&E)
Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming - 'Speechless' (ABC)
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy - 'Atlanta' (FX)
Outstanding News Program - 'This Is Us' (NBC)
Individual Achievement in Comedy - Donald Glover ('Atlanta', FX)
Individual Achievement in Drama - Carrie Coon ('The Leftovers', 'Fargo', HBO and FX)
Program of the Year - 'The Handmaid's Tale' (Hulu)
Career Achievement Award - Ken Burns
Heritage Award - 'Seinfeld' (NBC)
More: Margaret Atwood Will Influence 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season 2
What do you think of this year's results? Did your favourites take home a prize? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!
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Publishers Reject Retitled ‘Yearling’
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ It’s a famous story about a boy and a fawn - but apparently not famous enough. A magazine sent an outline and the first three chapters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ classic novel ″The Yearling″ to 22 publishers and all but one rejected or ignored it.
Rawlings’ 1938 novel of the boy in a poor rural Florida family who adopts a fawn, then is ordered to kill it, was even rejected by Charles Scribner’s Sons, the modern-day version of the original publisher.
David Wilkening, a reporter for the Orlando magazine The Weekly, submitted work to publishers under the tongue-in-cheek title ″A Cracker Comes of Age.″
The immensely popular novel won a Pulitzer Prize, was even made into a 1946 movie starring Gregory Peck - but rejection in 1991 was swift in coming, Wilkening said Thursday.
″Unfortunately, I lack the necessary enthusiasm for the project to recommend its publication here at Scribner’s,″ wrote Joy Smith, an editor for the New York-based company.
Also spurning the book was Jackie Onassis at Doubleday.
″Due to the large number of manuscripts received in this office, Mrs. Onassis is able to review only those proposals submitted by a literary agent,″ said a letter signed only ″The Editorial Department.″
In all, 13 publishers rejected the novel outright, and eight didn’t bother to respond, said Wilkening.
The only publisher to recognize the book was the small Pineapple Press of Sarasota. Owner David Cussen said the company specializes in Florida books.
″We caught it in the first few pages because it was so obvious,″ he said.
Ms. Smith, the Scribner’s editor, defended her rejection of the book in an telephone interview Thursday.
″It’s not surprising - there’s a huge load of unsolicited books coming in,″ she said. ″They usually go through the normal means of getting an agent. We don’t spend a lot of time on any one manuscript.″
When asked if she had read the original novel, she responded: ″That’s all I have to say″ and hung up.
A Doubleday spokesman who did not identify himself said the publisher rarely if ever published a novel that did not go through a literary agent.
The Weekly reporter said he was inspired - or driven - to the experiment after buying ″American Psycho″ and immediately regretting the purchase of the highly publicized, violent novel.
″I started wondering if a Hemingway could be published now,″ he said. The newspaper decided on ″The Yearling″ because it is a Florida novel, and is included in school libraries across the country.
Publishers and authors agree things have changed since 1938. Now it is rare that a newcomer’s book is snapped up unless it has the backing of a literary agent or famous author.
In the case of Rawlings, Scribner’s editor Maxwell Perkins read a short story of hers in a magazine. He began corresponding with her and got her an agent, and eventually ″The Yearling″ was published by Scribner’s.
Rawlings biographer Elizabeth Silverthorne said she was not surprised by the rejection.
″A lot of books that are classics could not be published today,″ she said. ″The attitude in publishing has changed completely. In the old days, the publishers were more independent, and they could look into quality. Now they’re concerned only with how much a book will sell.″
Iris Bass, assistant editor at Ballantine Books, said it will continue to be rare for unknown authors to get published.
″There are very, very few slots for undiscovered authors of original fiction,″ she said. ″We will accept new manuscripts, but it’s very difficult in these times to launch people that have not really gotten much publicity.″
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May 13, 2020 By appellationmountain 24 Comments
The Beatles may have played their last show long ago, but Beatles baby names still top the popularity charts.
Their music occupies a special place in popular culture. In their heyday, the band was so famous that everyone knew their songs. More than fifty years after the release of Abbey Road, we all recognize the album’s cover art, recreated countless times. And their songs are part of the backdrop of our lives, from bittersweet “Yesterday” to the upbeat “Saw Her Standing There.”
BEATLES BABY NAMES FOR GIRLS
Legendary album Abbey Road was named for a real place, home to Abbey Road Studios. (And yes, that’s the street they’re crossing in the famous picture.) There’s no song with Abigail or Abbey in the lyrics, but there’s a Beatles link that might still appeal.
CLARABELLA
You might not recognize “Clarabella.” Originally written for and recorded by another pop group in the 1960s, the Fab Four performed this one live on the BBC in 1963. Decades later, the band released a recording, but it remains seldom heard.
“Eleanor Rigby” might feel too bleak to inspire parents. But the haunting song is unforgettable, and adds a little something to this enduring, classic girl’s name. Fans have been trying to find the real Eleanor Rigby for years, but Paul McCartney has often said that she’s pure fiction.
File Julia with Clarabella – a rarity, though this is a meaningful one. A solo composition by John Lennon, it was written in memory of his mother, Julia. She died in an accident when he was just seventeen.
Loretta faded in the years after the Beatles chose it for a name in “Get Back.” It’s been out of the US Top 1000 entirely since the 1990s, but Sarah Jessica Parker did name one of her daughters Marion Loretta in 2009.
Despite assumptions that “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was a not-too-veiled drug reference, the official story is that John’s son Julian drew a picture at school with the title, inspired by classmate Lucy O’Donnell. Lucy offers the best of both worlds – a traditional, on-trend girl’s name, but also an unmistakable tie to one of the most enduring Beatles’ songs.
A gentle love song dominated by the piano track, the explanations for “Martha, My Dear” are several. One indisputable fact: Paul McCartney had a sheepdog called Martha.
So many songs mention Mary, from Jimi Hendrix to Tom Petty to Lady Gaga. But Beatles’ masterpiece “Let it Be” refers to “mother” Mary, earning the name a spot on this list. Despite sounding religious, Paul McCartney explained that it refers to his mother, whose name was Mary.
Already popular when the band released their 1965 ballad, “Michelle” probably gets some credit for later-born Michelles. Today, the lyric “Michelle, ma belle …” would probably inspire parents to name their daughters Belle instead.
The wife in “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” answers to friendly name Molly. Unlike Desmond, no obvious inspiration exists for the name. But it sounds exactly right in the lyrics.
The poetic Pamela became “Polythene Pam” in a 1969 single, inspired by two things: an early fan, and some less-than-G rated exploits John Lennon remembered. Still, “she’s killer diller when she’s dressed to the hilt” is just plain fun to say. The name is also mentioned in “Mean Mr. Mustard” on the same album.
The Beatles borrowed Penny Lane from a street in Liverpool, and a bus route, too. While we think of Penny as short for the Greek Penelope, this name claims a different source. The surname Penny belonged to a Liverpool merchant, for whom the street is named.
A virtue name that feels at home on Plymouth Rock, the Beatles song transforms it completely. John Lennon wrote the song for a real-life Prudence – actor Mia Farrow’s sister – during their tumultuous time in India.
A parking ticket inspired Paul McCartney was inspired to pen “Lovely Rita.” She wrote him up in front of Abbey Road studios, or so the story goes. Hollywood icon Rita Hayworth lends the name some glam, but this name exited the Top 1000 back in the early 2000s.
Sadie belongs to a whole wave of retro nickname names for girls, like Millie and Maisie. No real life inspiration exists for this name’s use.
Little Richard scored a hit with “Long Tall Sally” back in the 1956. The Beatles covered it their early days. Both Sally and Sadie come from the Old Testament Sarah, a traditional name used steadily across the centuries.
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Infectious, upbeat “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” tells the story of Desmond and Molly Jones, complete with a happy ending. The name refers to reggae great Desmond Dekker, though parents today might think first of human rights activist and Nobel Peace prize recipient Desmond Tutu.
File Harrison with so many surname names for boys parents love. It’s less clearly tied to the musician than Lennon or McCartney, but George’s surname still fits with Beatles baby names.
“Get Back” opens with this deliberately ambiguous name.
Originally written for John’s son Julian, “Hey Jude” takes an Old Testament name and makes it feel like a modern traditional. Actor Jude Law pushed the name into wider use, but Beatles baby name status helps.
Used for boys and girls, Lennon has ranked in the US Top 1000 since 2008. Depending on the source, the surname means sweetheart, blackbird, or cape. It fits in with Landon and Logan, London and Lauren.
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” seems unlikely to inspire parents, what with all the murder and mayhem. But the name picked up in use in the years following the song’s release, and it rose to become the king of the Max names.
Have I overlooked any great names Beatles baby names? Would you use any of these – and if so, is it a tribute to the song or mere coincidence?
First published on February 3, 2012, this post was revised substantially and updated on May 13, 2020.
Image by 272447 from Pixabay
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MR says
I’m a Molly and a friend’s friend named Desmond tried to date me basically just for the song reference. The same friend worked with the movie director Penny Lane—her real name!
I was named after the song, Julia. How my mum came to the name and loved the song has always been such a sweet story to hear. If it wouldn’t be too twin-y, I would definitely name a future son Julian, but my husband says it’s for sure out. Plus, my nephew is Jude after me, so I’m pretty sure all Ju are off our list. 🙂
Jade says
Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil, / But everyone knew her as Nancy.
Lou @ Mer de nomsou says
If you are looking for someone named after Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, hello there 🙂 The LSD reference, whether there or not, doesn`t bother me one bit. I actually embrace it because it makes my name that little bit more interesting.
Rebekah says
Isn’t the Greek name Persephone, not Penelope? Maybe I’m forgetting a myth…
Penelope was Odysseus’s wife in the Iliad
Elizabeth W. says
Notonly was Strawberry Fields an orphanage, she was also a Bond girl 🙂
Charlotte Vera says
Mmmm, I’ve always loved Jude. I’m also a Desmond fan, although it’s not exactly my personal style.
Saoirse says
Anna (“Anna, Go to Him”)
For people who like cutesy names: Strawberry (“Strawberry Fields Forever”-keep in mind that this was an orphanage, however)
Loretta and JoJo (could be a nickname for Joseph, Joshua, Josiah, etc.), from “Get Back”
Bill/William (“The Continuing Adventures of Bungalow Bill”)
appellationmountain says
How could I forget Get Back? Loretta is a great addition, as are the others – thanks!
waltzingmorethanmatilda says
Desmond and Eleanor are cool, although I do like the idea of a Lucy Diamond!
Fruitfulvinewife says
What about Pepper (as in Sgt. Pepper)?
Sally for the win! Haha. 🙂 My favorites from the list are Desmond and Penelope, although if you’re a LOST fan they probably wouldn’t be ideal for siblings. Lovely names, though.
British American says
I know a British family (from Merseyside) who named their daughters Eleanor and Lucy based on the Beatles songs. The girls are teenagers now. They have a brother named Sam – I don’t think his name is a Beatles reference?
Then I know a 4 year old locally (USA) who is Lennon, named in honor of John Lennon.
I was born in Liverpool, but am not particularly big into the Beatles. Though being an expat I already get a lot of “Where are you from?” “Near Liverpool.” “Oh, the Beatles!” So it’s probably best I stayed away from Beatles names. Hmm, though I do have a George, like George Harrison, though not named after him.
I had an old co-worker who is OBSESSED with John Lennon and the whole British Invasion. His daughter is named Mersey and before you mentioned Merseyside (I had to Google it) I had never caught that Mersey is a reference to Liverpool.
I’m actually not a Beatles fan. Their music is okay but I prefer more fiddle and more banjo 😉 So my list of musical honor names includes Hank and Emmylou.
Anyway, the only name I like from this list is Prudence, but DH refuses as he thinks it’s “too much” virtue name.
Bryony says
Don’t forget “Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery”!
Good additions, Bryony – thanks!
So….I have an Arabella (with Clara still a strong contender for future girls), a Jude, and Eleanor is one of my top 5 for girls. Penelope and Lucy aren’t far behind. I think I have an obsession that I never realized is there :).
Amy3 says
It’s not from a song, but my daughter’s name, Astrid, is a Beatles reference via Astrid Kirchherr. It wasn’t the only reason my husband liked the name, but it had a lot to do with it.
I know school-age Judes, Julias, Maxwells, Lucys, and Sadies, but I don’t know if any of them were named with the Beatles in mind.
kburgan220 says
My sister’s name is Sally, I always liked the name Sadie and thought it would be a cool way to honor her…but I find it is a bit too similar sounding to my name.
I LOVE Molly, Jude and Lucy (my neice is named Luci). Penny has been steadily growing on me.
I have a friend with a 1 yr old named Jude, full name is August Jude!
That would be a great way to honor a Sally! I have Sara on my family tree, so Sadie has been on and off our lists over the years, but I think I’m more attracted to Sarai.
countrylizb says
I love Desmond. And it was the song that made me like it.
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A 25-year-old mother of five, Onyinyechi Osuigwe, has called out for justice for her late husband, The Nation reports.
The woman whose husband was allegedly killed by a soldier during the recent nationwide ENDSARS protests, has called on the government to fish out the killer of their breadwinner.
The nursing mother and resident of 17B, Ndiuche Street by Ngwa Road, Aba South Local Government Area, Abia State, says she is left to wonder how to carry on with the task of looking after their five children without her husband.
Neighbours are also worried and upset that the deceased 35-year-old man, Ebere Osuigwe, was not even taking part in the protest when he was felled by the solider’s bullets.
Osuigwe was said to have left his residence in the morning of Friday, October 23 for his family’s home at Osuigwe Lane, Ngwa Road, Aba in search of electricity to charge his phone so that he could communicate with other relations and friends in his home town at Umueze Amigbo in Nwangele Local Government Area, Imo State when tragedy struck.
He was said to have met some soldiers in a patrol vehicle who halted him as he was returning home to find out where he was coming from. Osuigwe was said to have raised his two hands up in a gesture of surrender and told the security personnel that he only went to charge his phone and was going back to meet his wife and children.
Refusing to accept his explanation, a trigger-happy soldier was said to have shot him in the ankle. But apparently feeling that he did not hit his target well, the soldier opened fire again, hitting Osuigwe the laps at very close range.
Expressing her shock in a chat with our correspondent, Osuigwe’s widow, Onyinyechi, said: “I am sad the way they brutally shot my husband and left him to bleed to death.”
Continuing, she said: “On that fateful day, there was no electricity and all our phone batteries were down. My husband said he needed to charge them to be able to communicate with his people to know what was going on with the ENDSARS protest.
“I told him to be careful and he assured me that he would come back immediately. After bathing and feeding the kids, I kept our food, waiting for him to come back for us to eat.
“After waiting for a long time, I called him with a neighbour’s phone several times but he was not picking his calls.
“I became worried because usually, no matter where he was, once he saw my call, he would call back to know why I was calling him.
“I went outside and sat down and later decided to go and check him around 11 am. With fear in my heart, I went to the place where he said he was going to charge his phone.
“On getting there, I saw some kids and asked them what happened. They said their brother, Ebere, had been shot dead. I was shocked and started shouting like a mad person.”
Amis sobs, she added:
“Things have not been easy for me since he died. It is my landlord’s wife that has been feeding my children and forcing me to eat.”
She recalled that she had dropped her job as a seamstress on account of childbirth and was waiting to go back to work next year, after weaning her five-month-old child.
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She urged the Federal Government to fish out the soldier that killed her husband and also help in training the five kids (four girls and a boy) her husband left behind.
Narrating what happened at the family lane, Osuigwe’s elder sister, Benedicta(42), said: “My brother had plugged the phone and later came back to collect it.
“On his way coming back, there is a street opposite Diamond Bank and the street was named after our surname. It is a small lane called Osuigwe Lane.
“He was on this lane when he saw the soldiers and one of them rushed towards him and asked where he was coming from. Ebere (Osuigwe) surrendered by raising his two hands up and told them that he went to charge his phone and now going back to meet his family, and that he was a family man.
“The Fulani soldier shot him first in the ankle and may be feeling he did not get my brother very well, shot him again in the laps. The other soldier asked the killer soldier, ‘Why did you shoot this man?’ and the killer soldier responded, ‘Let him go and treat himself.’
“After shooting him, he waited there and watched my brother bleed to death. They then left him and neighbours carried him in a wheel barrow down to the town, looking for a keke (tricycle) or vehicle to take him to the hospital while he was still bleeding.”
According to Benedicta, by the time Osuigwe was taken to one Christiana Christian Hospital, the hospital checked him and certified him dead.
She continued:
“My people doubted it and we were referred to St. Anthony Hospital, Aba. That was where another doctor confirmed him dead. He is in the mortuary now.”
Benedicta described the late Osuigwe as a good man who could not hurt a fly.
She said:
“My brother was not a bad man. He was not a cultist. He does not smoke or drink and was not part of the protesters. They just killed him.
“If you watch the distance from where he was killed to the bank, you will see that the soldiers intentionally killed an innocent soul.
“While this was happening, people were inside their houses peeping at the scenario. I feel bad because a similar thing happened to the family in 2017.”
She recalled how another younger brother of hers, Ikechukwu Osuigwe, a member of the (Bakassi) Vigilante Service of Abia State, was returning from Umuahia in company of other members of the vigilante group when on the Aba-Owerri Road, kidnappers shot and killed eight of them, “and the state government did not do anything. He left a wife and two kids, and this has come up again.”
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“I want those who killed Ebere to be brought to justice. And let the government compensate the family, as he has five kids and I don’t know how I am going to cater for them. Let them come and kill me too.
“I called the police to inform them but nothing was heard from them again.”
Also, an eyewitness and a neighbor at the family house, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “I was in the same street with him until I left to charge my phone at a nearby chemist shop. After some time, we heard gunshots and everybody ran inside the house.
“A little while, we saw some army men who came out from where Ebere was shot and started chasing people. After they left, people came out to hear that somebody was killed in front of my shop.
“We all came out to see that our neigbhour, Ebere had been shot. A man removed his shirt and tied the wound and we all started looking for a way to take him to the hospital.
“He was carried in a wheel barrow to the main road and transferred into a keke that took him to the hospital.”
Speaking also, the deceased’s mother, Bessy Osuigwe (55), a widow who sells firewood, said since the death of her son, she had been down with high blood pressure.
“I cry everyday because my son did not do anything. He went to charge his phone when a fellow young man caught him. He was pleading but his captor refused and shot him dead.
“I don’t know what to do next and I don’t know how I am going to cater for the five kids he left behind. How am I going to train these kids as I am not healthy now?”
“I want the Federal Government to fish out that soldier that killed my son and know how to deal with the soldier. They kill and carry people’s corpses, but my son was shot and left to die. They did not carry his corpse.
“My son is innocent. Why did the soldier kill him and leave five kids that I don’t know how to train?”
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WENDE (COATES) PINZ
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Wende is arguably one of the best throwers in the history of the game. The beauty and consistency of her skills is beyond those of any player in her era, both men and women. Picking apart a zone defense in strong winds was her forte; her throws were strong on both sides and her deep throw was amazing. Wende was one of the most feared offensive players and was always covered by the best defensive players.
A compliment to Wende’s throws was her core athleticism; she could run, dive, catch and jump. She played great defense and had excellent field sense. Wende would typically come up with a couple of key defensive plays per game; she always knew where the disc was and loved to poach. With a strong will and work ethic; Wende was told she is "The Michael Jordan" of Ultimate!
Wende played with fierce intensity but was always a great sportsperson, never a rah rah player. Wende put her spirit, heart and soul into the sport of Ultimate. She loved Ultimate and it showed with her endless commitment to her teammates and community to improve our sport. She treated all her teammates and opponents with respect. Wende showed true spirit of the game.
Wende started her Ultimate career in 1982 and played competitively from 1982-1997. She played in San Diego on the Ultimates, Windjammers, and Safari. Wende also played on combo teams Block Party and the Condors.
Wende played at the highest level of competition at Nationals in 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992 with Safari. Their best team showing at Nationals was in 1990 with a 2nd place finish against the Maniacs. Wende has also competed at Worlds, Goaltimate tournaments, and Beach ultimate tournaments.
Wende lives in San Diego, California. She is married to Greg Pinz, a long time ultimate player with UCSD Entropy, Spinoffs and Iguanas and has two sons, Kent and Troy.
Playing Career | US Nationals | WFDF Worlds | Contributions & Service | Other Accomplishments | Interview
I started playing disc with my brother when I was about 10 years old, 1974. We bought the bright orange (80 mold) disc with U.S. Open Champions Judy Horowitz and Scott Zimmermans name on the disc. We would play down at beach for hours and my brother always made me stand down wind. We only had the basic throw but we could catch it under our leg and behind our back. We could also skip it off the sand. This was from 74-82. My senior year in high school was 1982. One day I brought my frisbee in for free play P.E. day. This girl saw me throwing it around and wanted to play catch. It was the end of the school year and she told me she just started playing on a frisbee football team and I should come check it out. Well my first day at frisbee "football" the coach Bill Tulin had me do the kickoff which I soon learned was called the Pull. I was hooked and played ultimate until 1997 when I was pregnant with my first son. The first team name was the Ultimates. We were just a bunch of women from around the area who were interested in playing ultimate. We were sponsored by a radio station called B-100. They gave us white polo shirts and dolphin shorts to wear as our uniform. We did some halftime shows for the then San Diego professional soccer team The Soccers, San Diego Padres and the Clippers San Diegos Pro basketball team. We were then teased and called the show team. When I started there were 3 San Diego womens teams. A club team called Fusion, UCSD's team Entropy and the Ultimates. We soon began to beat the other San Diego teams and we were no longer made fun of. In 1985 we merged with the UCSD team and became the Windjammers. Eventually we became Safari which consisted of the top players from the San Diego area. Safari is still active and is currently headed to Sarasota, FL this weekend for Nationals.
Safari San Diego, CA 1986 Houston, TX 3rd
Safari San Diego, CA 1987 Miami, FL 3rd
Safari San Diego, CA 1990 West Palm, FL 2nd
Condors Santa Barbara, CA 1991 Sanford, FL 3rd
Block Party San Diego / Santa Barbara /
Los Angeles, CA 1992 San Diego, CA 3rd
Safari San Diego, CA 1996 Plano, TX 7T
WFDF World Ultimate Championship Tournaments
Los Angeles, CA 1993 Madison, WI 6th
Other significant tournament experience:
1986: Safari - 1st at Boulder
1993: Safari - 1st at Cal States
1999: 2nd at Florida Goaltimate tournament
San Diego Beach Ultimate tournaments - various finishes (inc. 1st)
In the mid 1980's I did an Ultimate class for the boy scouts. I helped with a high school physics class on different throws and spin of a frisbee. I did some school demos and teaching of Ultimate in the early 1990's. Just this past year I have worked with three different elementary teachers and their class on how to play Ultimate. They really enjoyed the history of the frisbee when I brought in my pie tin from the original Frisbie Pie Company.
I competed in the U.S. Open Frisbee disc championships from 1984-1988. I competed in all events; distance, golf, accuracy, self caught flight, double disc court, discathon and freestyle.
I placed 4th in the 1984 and set a world record in self caught flight that has since been broken. I placed 3rd in 1985, 4th in 1986 1st in 1987 and 1st in 1988. It was a great experience to compete with women from all over the world at the Open. Also in 1988 I was in sports Illustrated for Faces In The Crowd for my U.S. Open Championship.
I traveled to Chicago to do a halftime how for the Chicago Bulls in the late 1980's. We kept a frisbee and hackysack moving the whole show.
Q: What position(s) (e.g., handler, deep cutter. middle middle) did you usually play?
A: Handler my entire career
Q: Describe your major accomplishments – both as a teammate and an individual player?
A: When we as Safari finally made it to Nationals in 1986. Also making to the finals at Nationals in 1990.
Q: Why did you stand out among the elite players of your time? What was it that you did best, or were known for?
A: I stood out for my handling abilities most of all. I was a handler and pulled for my team from the first practice I ever went to. I give my brother credit because he always made me stand down wind at the beach and I believe that made me a strong thrower. The wind was always my friend and I hoped it would pick up for the finals. I think I had one of the best throws in the wind too. I think I am most famous for my hammer. I could throw one from anywhere on the field and quite far. I was a very powerful and accurate thrower. I loved all types of throws and could break the mark and get the disc to wherever I wanted to. I was quick on my toes and had great hands. I was an all around player on defense, not afraid to lay it out and I loved to poach.
Q: What was your role with the best (or most overachieving) team that you played on?
A: I was team captain for many years. I was a leader, usually quiet but led by example. I was told I was the Michael Jordan of Ultimate.
Q: What year was the peak of your career? If you continued playing after your peak years, how did your role change? In what year did you stop playing at the top competitive level?
A: From 1982 to 1996 I feel I was one of the best in women's ultimate, both offensively and defensively. Most teams would put their best players to cover and try to shut me down. A lot of teams would foul purposefully to try to deny my throwing deep threats.
I was 27 years old and in the best shape of my life at nationals in West Palm Beach Florida. We flew in very late as usual, hardly any sleep ,on the fields bright and early. It wasn't even halftime yet and I laid it out trying to grab a down the side line pass that was fading out of bounds. I caught it and broke my collar bone. I stopped playing competitively in 1996, when started my family.
A: I feel I was one of the best throwers from the West coast. I think I am worthy as a player. I feel I always contributed on the field as a positive player and someone my teammates could look up to and learn from. I never won at Nationals and I feel like no one really knows who I am. Ultimate was my life for all those years and it made me who I am today. I made life long friends and have so many wonderful memories My boys are now traveling on hockey teams and I tell them they will remember these days.
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Ranked: Best used pickup trucks under $20,000
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The Toyota Tacoma is generally regarded as a competent truck, both on- and off-road.
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It's not just new cars that people are after. The used car market is full of good cars, trucks, SUVs, and vans that are available at prices far lower than a brand new car.
iSeeCars, a car search engine, analyzed over 6.1 million cars from model years 2011 and newer to determine the used cars that demonstrated long-term reliability and have an average safety rating of at least 4 stars out of 5 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Shoppers with a budget of $20,000 can purchase the following reliable trucks that are less than 10 years old.
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General Motors has made no secret of the fact that they see the future of the company is electric. Their presentation at CES this year put their future products out there for public consumption, but hidden in the shadows. Let's turn up the brightness and take a peek at what is there.
Scroll down to the bottom of this article to see a lightened, clearer view of all the models.
Front and center is the 2022 GMC Hummer EV. The Hummer EV is slated to have 1,000 horsepower, a 350-mile range, and a $112,959 price tag when it arrives at dealership lots in 2021. Other forthcoming Hummer variants are set to have unique powertrain setups and lower price points.
The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq debuted in prototype form mid-2020. When it comes to market, Cadillac expects the Lyriq SUV to offer drivers 300+ miles of all-electric range, luxurious accommodations, and the buyers choice of rear-wheel drive or performance all-wheel drive. The Lyriq will come with Super Cruise, the General Motors hands-free driving system that allows for 200,000 miles of hands-free highway driving and automated lane change.
Cadillac Celestiq
In addition to showing the Celestiq here, Cadillac decided to show off its flagship electric car with some close ups. They don't give too much detail about the car, but we do know some interesting tidbits. Cadillac says that the car embodies their commitment to "reimagine what's possible in design and technology". The GM division will offer the Celestiq with a curated selection of hand-crafted materials and they've has hinted that there will be some customization options available for owners.
Chevrolet pickup
We don't yet know if it will be called the Silverado, but a Chevrolet pickup truck that runs on all-electric power is on the way. It's been confirmed that the plan is for the truck to have a maximum 400-mile range (likely when it's not towing or hauling much weight). Originally slated for a 2025 debut date, indications are that GM is pushing to get the truck to market sooner.
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In 2020, GM described the two new Buick models that are coming by 2023. They're both electric vehicles. The first, an SUV will be a model that offers "more conventional crossover proportion that maximizes interior space and cargo." The second is a Buick CUV that has "expressive proportions with a greater emphasis on form and athletic fashion." It looks like the SUV is on the right in the photo while the CUV is on the left.
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Chevy's newest Bolt will join the already-on-sale Bolt EV, the all-electric car slash hatchback slash crossover that we've come accustomed to seeing on the road (in some parts of the country). The Bolt EUV is expected to be more crossover-like and less car-like. The Bolt EV is expected to get a refresh for the 2022 model year with looks to match the EUV.
The 2022 Bolt's EUV lighting signature features a sequential front turn signal and LED daytime running light. The video was first shared on TikTok by automotive content creator Pushing Pistons.
The company hasn't let much information about the model slip, but the automotive universe is rife with speculation. The Bolt EUV teaser released by Chevy earlier this year makes the vehicle look a lot like the Buick Velite 7. The what? You've probably never heard of the model because it's built for the Chinese market, but it's an electric SUV in the General Motors portfolio that could be rebadged as a Bolt EUV for America. It wouldn't be unprecedented.
Despite low adoption rates for electric vehicles nationwide, sales of the Bolt EV were up in the third quarter of 2020, to 5,682 from 4,830 in 2019.
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Atlas Air pilots to protest outside company headquarters
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On September 9, pilots from major DHL and Amazon contractor Atlas Air will protest outside the Purchase headquarters of their airline’s holding company, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW).
This week marks the amendable date of the Atlas pilots’ contract. The current contract provided for negotiations to commence 270 days prior to the amendable date. AAWW executives met with Teamsters Local 1224 to negotiate new contract terms, but abruptly stopped discussions this past spring. Since then, AAWW insists that pilots merge their contract with the recently-acquired Southern Air pilots’ existing bankruptcy contract rather than amend a new contract as required by federal law.
AAWW owns three airlines that fly for DHL: Atlas Air, Inc., Polar Air Cargo, Inc. and Southern Air Holdings, Inc. The multi-million dollar company is trying to force pilots from the three carriers into a sub-standard contract that would have a devastating impact on pilots, their families and the entire cargo industry. As a result, AAWW pilots are increasingly leaving for better opportunities, and at a time when a pilot shortage is becoming an industry-wide concern, the company’s ability to keep up with the demands of DHL, Amazon and other customers could be at risk.
Pilots from the three AAWW carriers and two other cargo airlines, ABX and Kalitta Air, recently voted with 99 percent support to strike should it be necessary. A strike would cripple DHL’s global operation as these carriers account for 70 percent of DHL’s total global flying, and AAWW is its largest contractor. A strike could also have a significant impact on Amazon.com: the e-retailer recently signed contracts with Atlas and ABX’s parent company, ATSG, for its Prime Air operation.
AAWW and its biggest customers, DHL and Amazon, have all seen profits rise in recent years.
Adjusted net income attributable in 2015 to AAWW’s common stockholders totaled $125.3 million, or $5.01 per diluted share, on revenues of $1.8 billion. DHL reported €59.2 billion (66.7 billion US dollars) in increased consolidated revenue this past year, with the express division – which includes the operation of AAWW – being its strongest and most profitable division. Amazon is posting record profits quarter after quarter: the second quarter of 2016 was its most profitable quarter yet, with $30.4 billion in sales and $857 million in profits. Prime, for which Atlas and ABX pilots fly, is one of Amazon’s most profitable divisions.
Despite rising profits, AAWW has been trying to force pilots into sub-standard contracts that would suppress wages and lower quality of life issues for pilots at these carriers and throughout the industry. The current Atlas Air contract agreement states that September 9 is the amendable date – the date pilots are due a new contract. But AAWW executives have refused to bargain fairly and have drawn out negotiations for hundreds of days. AAWW recently acquired Southern Air, and in an effort to sidestep negotiations that had begun before the acquisition, AAWW and its airline affiliates are attempting to force the pilots to merge the now obsolete Atlas Air contract with Southern Air’s concessionary contract, a contract that was negotiated during bankruptcy. Atlas Air pilots and AAWW recently entered into federally mediated contract negotiations.
According to a comparison study conducted by Teamsters Local 1224, AAWW pilots are paid considerably less and work much longer hours than pilots who fly for UPS or FedEx. Pilots at Atlas, Polar and Southern reported being forced to fly long hours with minimal rest time in between flights, which leads to dangerous fatigue.
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3. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATFORM AND OUR TOOLS B-RESOL AND CO-RESOL
Our website offers information about our products and services, news related to our activity and field of action, as well as online access to our b-resol and co-resol tools.
The b-resol and co-resol tools consist of a conflict notification management tool with two functionalities: (1) send conflict notification messages (called "clicks") and (2) manage these notifications ("clicks").
Our tools b-resol (designed for educational environments) and co-resol (designed for business environments) are contracted by our Affiliates, which are educational, sports, health, business or other organizations that acquire a license to use our tools to make available a tool for notification and conflict management to members of their communities (students, partners, athletes, coaches, workers, managers, suppliers and others). Our Affiliates manage this tool according to their own procedures and policies and they make the licensed tool available to their communities.
4. CONDITIONS OF USE
Access to the Platform makes you a User thereof and subjects you to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy that govern it and that are explained below.
BCN RESOL may modify, at any time, the presentation and configuration of the Platform and this Legal Notice together with its Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy, so we recommend you read them each time you access our Platform.
4.1 GENERAL CONDITIONS: CORRECT UTILIZATION OF THE PLATFORM
As a User you are obligated to make a correct, diligent and lawful use of the Platform, which means, among others:
That you will use the Platform for the purposes for which it is intended, that is, the previous information and the news consultation or access to the b-resol and co-resol tools offered by BCN RESOL, and you will refrain from any use of the Platform and / or its contents that is contrary to the law, the public order, the moral or generally accepted good practices, and to these Terms of Use.
That you will respect the intellectual and industrial property rights of the Platform and its contents.
That you will not reproduce, copy, transform, modify, distribute, communicate publicly or make available to the public the Platform or its contents by any means or mode of exploitation.
Therefore, as a User, you will be liable for any loss or damage of any nature that BCN RESOL may suffer, directly or indirectly, as a consequence of an incorrect use of the Platform, a breach of these Terms of Use or the law from your side.
4.2 ACCESS TO THE PLATFORM
4.2.1 As User who accesses the Platform to be informed of or use our services, you declare and guarantee:
That you are over 14 years old or, if not, you have the consent of your parents or legal guardians to access and / or use the Platform;
That you have read and understood these Terms of Use.
That all the personal information you provide us, if any, (personal data, contact information, etc.) is true, accurate, current and authentic, and that you will keep it duly updated and secret, if applicable.
4.2.2. As a User accessing the Platform to use the B-RESOL tool, you declare that:
You acknowledge that BCN RESOL is not responsible for the service offered by its Affiliates or for the management they make of the b-resol and co-resol tools. In this sense, the Affiliate is solely responsible for the management of the b-resol and co-resol tools and the establishment of the action protocols, service hours and response to the clicks received from each of our tools.
You confirm that you know that you use a tool that the Affiliate manages, a tool you access with the access codes provided by the Affiliate, and that you know that BCN RESOL does not have the ability to manage the tool in any case, given that it acts only as a provider of a communication system and as an intermediary.
You confirm that you know that the use you make of the tools and the data that you share are data that you are sharing with the Affiliate and never with BCN RESOL. Therefore, that it is the Affiliate’s Privacy Policy that rules such data and such communications and that you should always check that Privacy Policy on its website or directly contacting the Affiliate.
In the case of Affiliate staff: You are an Affiliate's staff if you are a member of an organization (educational, sports, health, company or other organization) that has licensed the b-resol and / or co-resol tool as its conflict notification channel within the framework of this organization and you have been designated to manage this tool on behalf of the Affiliate. When you access the space reserved for you, you declare:
That you have been informed and know the notification and / or conflict management procedures and policies that rule your organization and that these are the ones that you will use to manage clicks from the Platform.
That you will make a diligent management of the b-resol and / or co-resol tool, and of the clicks, in accordance with the procedures and policies of your organization.
That you will access the Platform with the user and password that your organization has provided you with and that you agree to keep such duly protected, without communicating them to any third party.
In the case of members of the Affiliate community: You are part of one of the centers that use the b-resol and / or co-resol tool, and you have downloaded the app to a mobile device with Android or IPhone system, or you access the Platform via web with the center’s or organization’s code as provided by the Affiliate. In this sense you declare:
That you know that with the tool you can notify the Affiliate of any conflict that you suffer or of which you are a witness, with a brief message.
That you know that you can do so anonymously (by default) or you can chose to identify yourself and that if you identify yourself you will always do it with real, true and current data.
That you know that it is the Affiliate who decides the identity of the people available to attend your clicks and who are normally members of the Affiliate or third parties hired by the latter for the specific purpose of managing clicks.
That you know that it is the Affiliate who determines the procedures and policies that apply to your click, that you know these procedures and policies and that you can contact the Affiliate in case of doubt.
That you know that the Affiliate is the one who decides if he activates a chat service to be able to communicate with you throughout the management of your click.
That you acquire the express commitment to use the tool b-resol and / or co-resol in a responsible manner and only for the purpose for which it is made available to you.
That you acquire the commitment to notify any misuse of the b-resol and / or co-resol tool that you may be aware of.
That you know that false allegations will be prosecuted.
4.3. RESPONSIBILITY OF BCN RESOL
In relation to the services offered through the Platform, the responsibility of BCN RESOL is limited to the one set forth in relevant applicable Spanish regulations as reflected in these Terms of Use. It has to be noted that BCN RESOL is a service supplier that acts as an intermediary, providing Affiliates with a communication and conflict management tool for their communities, but that it does not directly manage this tool.
BCN RESOL is not responsible for the contents published by individuals, companies or third parties, which may be accessed through links provided on the Platform. In cases where the Platform allows to share any of its content on social networks, these publications by Users are subject to the Terms of Use provided by the respective social networks.
As for the Platform, BCN RESOL reserves the right to temporarily interrupt access to it at any time and without prior notice, when necessary for technical, security, control or maintenance reasons.
BCN RESOL is not responsible for:
Interruptions, delays or malfunctions of the Platform, as well as any damage that may arise, due to causes beyond its control (including power failures, lack of access to communication networks, hacker attacks, viruses or other harmful elements), causes of force majeure, or culpable or malicious actions of the User.
Damages of any kind arising from the lack of veracity, accuracy, completeness and / or timeliness of the data provided by the User.
Errors or inaccuracies in the content of the services offered through the Platform.
Unauthorized access or use of our secure servers and / or any personal information and / or confidential information temporarily stored in them.
Errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the services. The limitation of liability shall be applied to the maximum extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction
5. INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All distinctive signs, logos and slogans published on the Platform are the creations of BCN RESOL, which exclusively holds all intellectual and / or industrial property rights granted by current legislation.
Likewise, the design of the entire Platform, all of its contents (text, graphics, logos, drawings, images, software, source code and others) as well as the Know-how that can be derived from these, are the exclusive property of BCN RESOL, to whom all intellectual and / or industrial property rights over these contents correspond, in all their extension (that is, for the entire legal duration of these rights, for a global territorial scope and for all and any exploitation modalities) or, alternatively, they have been licensed by their legitimate owners, authorizing their exploitation.
Therefore, any kind of exploitation (reproduction, distribution, public communication and / or transformation, including translation), by any means, of any and all of the Platform protected contents made without the prior written authorization of BCN RESOL, is strictly prohibited. In this sense, BCN RESOL does not allow the presentation of the contents of the Platform by third parties in a foreign window (framing or frame), except that it has expressly consented. All this, under the civil and penal sanctions provided by current legislation.
6. EUROPEAN ODR PLATFORM
According to the provisions of Regulation 524/2013 of the European Union BCN RESOL reports the existence of the online dispute resolution platform provided by the European Commission, accessible at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/
7. LEGISLATION AND JURISDICTION
The Platform and all its legal texts are subject to the Spanish relevant applicable legislation.
Except for those matters in which, by legal imperative, a specific jurisdiction is established for the resolution of conflicts (such as, for example, consumers and users issues Article 29 LSSI) for any other in which the selection of jurisdiction is allowed, the parties submit, with express resignation of any other that could correspond to them, to the Courts and Tribunals of the city of Barcelona, Spain.
BCN RESOL respects and applies the current legislation on data protection: our tools have been designed to guarantee the confidentiality, secrecy and security of the data they treat. The information on data protection is as follows:
SOCIAL DENOMINATION:
Identity: BCN RESOL ODR SOLUTIONS, S.L.
Postal address: C / Almogàvers 165 -oficina 303-, Barcelona (08018) SPAIN.
We use the data we collect through the website or in the course of the development of our business activities for the following purposes:
To inform about the services we provide;
In the case of hiring our services, managing our business relationship (customer registration, procedures, billing, etc.)
Address the requests made to us.
We do not manage any click: personal data related to the use of our tools are the sole responsibility of our Affiliates, with whom we sign the relevant data-processing contract for the sole purpose of providing the service and guaranteeing the operation of our tools. We can obtain anonymized and objective data on the use of our tools.
We host our platform in third parties secure servers, located within the territory of the European Union, with the sole purpose of getting hosting services that fulfill all the appropriate security measures for all the data stored and / or managed through the tools b-resol, co-resol and our website. These platforms can be hosted in other jurisdictions, and by accepting this policy or downloading our app, you accept that we use them.
We will only treat data for promotional purposes if the User has given us express consent to do so. If the User contracts our services, we understand that they authorize us to send commercial communications. Users can always revoke this consent.
LEGITIMATION:
User Consent.
DATA CONSERVATION:
The data is kept only for the time necessary for the management of our business relationship and, subsequently, for the time necessary to comply with the legally established obligations.
In the case of sending commercial communications, we will keep the data of the Users active until they revoke their consent.
DATA ASSIGNMENT:
We do not give personal data to third parties without the express consent of the Users, unless the law obliges us.
The User can always:
Access personal data.
Rectify personal data.
Delete personal data.
Submit complaints or rights protection writs before the Spanish Agency for Data Protection.
Be informed of any security incident that may affect its rights.
If you have any questions or comments about the way we treat your data, you can write to [email protected].
Technological Partner: Beetrick Technologies SL
BCNRESOL ODR SOLUTIONS SL
Almogàvers 165 -oficina 303- 08018 Barcelona
+(34) 600.99.42.99
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2020/2021 Kids Reading Guide
2020/2021 Summer Reading Guide
Chat10Looks3 Recommendations
Crime Promotion - October
Kids Bookclub Picks
Top 15 COVID Cookbooks
Audio Books (adult)
Better Living, Self Help & Personal development
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BEYOND WORDS BOOKCLUB
STORYTIME FOR YOUNG ONES
KIDS BOOKCLUBS
Author(s): Judith Miller
Knitting, crochet, kneedlework
This title features 300 specially commissioned photographs of adorable teddy bears from around the world. It contains information about the styles, designers and makers, from antique Steiff bears to modern artist bears. It tells the story of how the teddy bear became a child's best friend. This is the ultimate book for teddy bear lovers.
Teddy bears are big business, with countless museums, shops, magazines and fairs being solely devoted to teddy bears. There are 21 webrings devoted to teddy bears which link to over 300 websites. There is a strong collectors' market and teddy bears are perennially popular sales items on E-bay. Teddy bears have an enduring appeal - each one appears to have its own personality. This charming illustrated book is an ideal gift and impulse buy.
Octopus Publishing is the leading publisher in the antiques books market accounting for 41% of purchases in the 52 weeks ending 27th May 2007. Source: BML's Books and the Consumer survey 2007 Issue 17: Art, Antiques & Photography books.
Judith Miller began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She has since extended and reinforced her knowledge of antiques and design through international research, becoming one of the world's leading experts in the field. Her expertise includes historic interiors. In 1979 Judith co-founded the international best-seller Miller's Antiques Price Guide and has since written more than 100 books, which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers. Judith is a regular lecturer and contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines, including Financial Times, BBC Homes & Antiques and House & Garden, and appears regularly on radio and TV. She is an expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and co-hosts the popular BBC series The House Detectives, ITV's Antiques Trail, and Discovery's It's Your Bid, and has appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and CNN. She has lectured at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and The Smithsonian in Washington.
Introduction Steiff Ideal and early American Farnell Chiltern Chad Valley Schucco Merrythought Other Makers Limited Edition Bears Artist bears
Publisher : Octopus Publishing Group
Imprint : Mitchell Beazley
Publication date : October 2010
Availability date : December 2010
Out of Print Date : January 2013
Illustrations : 300
Dewey classification : 688.7243
Author : Judith Miller
Address: 567 Beaufort Street
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Standing Up to Queen Bees and Wannabees When Your Daughter is Being Bullied at School
Social and Emotional Learning Skills Developed Through Meditation for Middle Schoolers
Helping Your Middle School Daughter With No Friends Build Relationship Skills and Self-Esteem
The movie Mean Girls is not just an exaggerated cult teen drama. Girls may be less physically aggressive than boys, but they are just as capable of being mean in other ways that may come across as harmless. If your daughter is being bullied at school, talk to her about how to recognize signs of manipulation and ways to preserve her self-esteem. Remind her that her worth is not based on her popularity in middle school.
Finding Your Way in Middle School
Kim Cook, the former president of the Illinois School Health Association argues that female relational aggression “typically peaks around middle school. You see a lot of that happening because of the transitions that young girls are going through, as far as their physical, emotional and social growth. They are trying to find their place in the world. Sometimes, some girls will kind of fight their way to the top.” Girls tend to be more social than boys and place a higher value on talking about emotions, social acceptance, and fitting in. While boys may be more likely to be rejected by experiencing name-calling and getting into physical fights, girls are more likely to experience bullying as “friend problems.”
How Relational Aggression Works
The goal of bullying is to make people feel socially undesirable and question their identity. It is an exercise of social power and control. As middle schoolers leave the safety of single-classrooms in elementary school and are thrown into the world of class changes and large cafeterias, relational aggression peaks as self-selected social groups become more important. Girls may be less likely to call their rejection “bullying” as girls bully others through cyberbullying, excluding others, ignoring others, teasing, gossiping, keeping secrets, backstabbing, spreading rumors, and using hostile body language.
As a result of being bullied in school, girls may suffer from low self esteem, worry excessively about how they are perceived, withdraw socially, struggle academically, or refuse to go to school altogether. Or they may act out by taking their anger out on relationships with family or turning to self-harm to manage the pain of rejection.
What to do if your Daughter is Being Bullied at School
Don’t overreact. It is natural to feel angry and helpless as you want what’s best for your daughter and want her to find good people that see her the way you do, but remember that she feels just as angry and helpless. You may know the parents of the girls who are bullying her or they may have been close friends at one point, but neither your daughter or her bullies are to blame. They are both struggling with the transition to middle school and finding where they belong socially.
Listen to her experiences. If she has been rejected at school, she may feel like she doesn’t have anyone to turn to for social support. Check in about her day and encourage her not to isolate. Let her know that you will be there whenever she’s ready to talk about what’s been going on and reach out for help.
Role-play situations. While you may empathize with her, don’t jump to giving advice. Ask her what she thinks she can do the next time she is in a similar situation and brainstorm possible responses together. She may not be able to control their behavior, but she can control how she responds.
Teach her how to advocate for herself. Remind her that the girls bullying her are not as confident as they claim to be. They may continue to pick on her if they know it will elicit a response. Teach her how to recognize signs that she is being manipulated. Encourage her to stand up to bullies by telling them what they are doing is mean and that she knows she deserves better.
Encourage her to switch schools. While mean girls are at every school, changing schools can give your daughter a clean slate where no one knows her history and she is more likely to be able to start over and make new friends. Asheville Academy for Girls is an accredited boarding school that offers specific support for girls who have struggled academically and socially in other schools as a result of bullying.
Asheville Academy for Girls is a therapeutic boarding school for girls ages 10-14. Our students commonly struggle with anxiety, depression, ADHD, learning differences, and attachment issues. Many of our students have been bullied in school and struggle with social skills in social groups. We are a relationship-based program that focuses on building meaningful face-to-face connections through teamwork, group therapy, experiential activities, and small classrooms that helps girls heal from the effects of bullying.
Middle School Mean Girls and Social Struggles
Bullying and Tweens: Helping your daughter cope with mean girls
Bullying in Teen Girls Can Lead to Future Problematic Behavior
Normal Social Struggles vs Bullying in Middle School
Building Self Esteem in Girls Helps Break "Mean Girl" Stereotype
Technology Addiction Amplifies Effect of Cyberbullying
How to Put a Stop to Internet Bullying Behavior
Bullying and Tweens: Helping your daughter cope with mean girls Normal Social Struggles vs Bullying in Middle School Building Self Esteem in Girls Helps Break "Mean Girl" Stereotype Technology Addiction Amplifies Effect of Cyberbullying
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ASO AC Advice on the Implementation of the Global Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to RIRs
Advice from the ASO Address Council to the ICANN board and to the ICANN Staff performing the IANA function on implementation of Global Policy for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to Regional Internet Registries
Preamble:
In line with the ASO Address Council’s responsibility of “providing advice to the Board of ICANN on number resource allocation policy, in conjunction with the Regional Internet Registries,” laid out in the ICANN/ASO MoU, ICANN on 15 April 2014 wrote to the ASO Address Council seeking guidance on the interpretation of the Global Policy for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to Regional Internet Registries, which was ratified on 12 September 2010.
The request specifically stated the following:
The RIRs have raised a question about allocations of AS Numbers to the RIRs and whether their holdings of 16-bit AS Numbers can be set to one side when evaluating a request for additional AS Numbers from the IANA AS Numbers registry.
The policy says:
“This means until 31 December 2010, RIRs can receive two separate ASN blocks, one for 16-bit ASNs and one for 32-bit only ASNs from the IANA under this policy. After this date, IANA and the RIRs will cease to make any distinction between 16-bit and 32-bit only ASNs, and will operate ASN allocations from an undifferentiated 32-bit ASN allocation pool.”
Our questions include (but are not limited to):
1. Does this give ICANN any flexibility to still allow RIRs to maintain a separate 16-bit pool when evaluating AS Number requests?
2. How does this policy relate to regional policy, if at all?
This is the formal response to the request for guidance from the ASO Address Council to ICANN.
After consultations with the Internet number communities through the respective RIRs, the ASO Address Council has drawn rough community consensus and advises IANA to implement the Global Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to Regional Internet Registries as follows:
1. When judging if an RIR is eligible to receive (an) additional ASN block(s) from the IANA per section 3, the IANA must consider utilization of the total undifferentiated pool of ASNs that contains both 16-bit ASNs (ranging from 0-65535) and 32-bit only ASNs (ranging from 65536 – 4294967295).
2. How RIRs manage their undifferentiated pool is within each RIR’s consideration per their operating procedures and policies.
Note that treating the 16-bit ASNs (ranging from 0-65535) and 32-bit only ASNs (ranging from 65536 – 4294967295) differently could lead to a condition where one portion of the undifferentiated pool is completely utilized, while the other portion is underutilized causing the total utilization to be low enough to prevent the RIR from being eligible for additional ASNs.
3. The ASO AC would like to reaffirm its advice given in June 2013 that “There is no requirement in the policy to form the block of 1024 AS Numbers from a contiguous set of numbers, thus allocating from 2 or more different value-ranges is acceptable.”
Per this advice, the past practice that an RIR has the option of requesting a block of 1024 AS Numbers that consists of a non-contiguous block of a specific amount of 16-bit ASNs (ranging from 0-65535) and 32-bit only ASNs may continue.
Louie Lee
Chair, ICANN ASO Address Council
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The Science of News and Analysis
The Rise of Optical Biophysics and the Clash Between ‘Two Sciences’
In a previous paper entitled ‘Big Pharma Beware: Dr. Montagnier Shines New Light on Covid-19 and the Future of Medicine’, I elaborated upon the powerful intervention of the Nobel Prize winning virologist Dr. Luc Montagnier. In that location, I covered the reasonability of Montagnier’s theory of the laboratory origin COVID-19 and I discussed my reasons why his China-origin hypothesis is both naive and potentially dangerous (although the lab theory itself holds much merit). For anyone who wishes to fully appreciate reading this article, then I recommend either first reviewing my previous report OR watch the 2014 documentary ‘Water Memory’.
In this sequel, I would like to tackle a different aspect of Montagnier’s intervention, which has gone un-noticed and under-appreciated by too many analysts. Even though this fact has been un-noticed by so many, I believe that understanding the historical current in science which has evolved in opposition to the materialist approach to chemistry, nature and health is not only extremely important, but actually gives us the greatest insights into the nature of Montagnier’s discoveries into the electromagnetic properties of life, and even the deeper nature of empire which has distorted so much of human history.
As an existential fight wages between the political paradigms (aka: win-win/multi-polar vs win-lose uni-polar), it is my intention to take a moment to revisit some forgotten science history in order to properly appreciate the potential for an age of inspiring breakthroughs which is at humanity’s fingertips.
The Long Wave of Discovery (and the Clash of Two Sciences)
Montagnier’s 2008-2020 discoveries in water memory and the field of electromagnetic wave emissions from DNA which I outlined in my previous article is merely a shadow of a much larger clash within western science itself.
While many people think simplistically that there is one singular branch of science from Galileo to Descartes to Newton to the present, the reality upon closer inspection shows us that there are actually two opposing paradigms- one of which has been obscured systematically by politically-motivated witch hunts since even before the days of Huxley’s X Club and the 1869 founding of Nature Magazine.
In opposition to the materialist tradition which has attempted to impose “material causes” onto natural phenomena, the more potent school of optical biophysics embodied by Montagnier was set into motion by none other than Louis Pasteur. Although famous for his insight into vaccinations, the bacterial theory of disease and the heating process that bears his name, Pasteur’s earlier revolutionary work was shaped by discoveries into the optical properties of life and the handedness phenomena of life. In short, Pasteur discovered that solutions which had organic material dissolved within them had the incredible property of rotating polarized light to the “left” while liquid solutions devoid of organic material did not hold that capability. This story was told beautifully in the 2010 docu-drama ‘The Space of Life’.
In an 1870 letter, Pasteur described his cosmological insight into the dissymmetrical property of life to a friend Jules Raulin stating:
“You know that I believe that there is a cosmic dissymmetric influence which presides constantly and naturally over the molecular organization of principles immediately essential to life; and that, in consequence of this, the species of the three kingdoms, by their structure, by their form, by the disposition of their tissues, have a definite relation to the movements of the universe. For many of those species, if not for all, the Sun is the primum movens of nutrition; but I believe in another influence which would affect the whole organization [geometry], for it would be the cause of the molecular dissymmetry proper to the chemical components of life. I want by experiment to grasp a few indications as to the nature of this great cosmic dissymmetrical influence. It must, it may be electricity, magnetism…”
This left handed property to life still confounds astrobiologists over a century later.
With the mysterious 1906 death of Pierre Curie whom had advanced upon Pasteur’s research, and as World War I derailed this course of investigation (many of the brightest young minds of Europe were sent into a four year meat grinder of trench warfare), the baton was dropped in Europe, only to be taken up again by two Russian-Ukrainian scientists who worked together closely at the University of Crimea: Vladimir Vernadsky (father of Russian atomic science and the founder of the school of biogeochemistry 1863-1945) and his friend Alexander Gurwitsch (1874-1954).
Vernadsky Revives Pasteur’s Insight
Vernadsky used Pasteur’s work extensively in his own construction of the biosphere and always made a point that the electromagnetic properties of life were the driving force of biochemistry. Going further than anyone alive to define the mechanisms of the biosphere, Vernadsky explained that the true scientist must not start with individual organisms and “work from the bottom up” as too many radical Darwinians were apt to do, but rather start, as Louis Pasteur had beforehand, with the galaxy and an awareness of the driving force of electromagnetic/cosmic radiations which shape the directed flow of biospheric evolution.
In his 1926 book the Biosphere, Vernadsky began his description of the biosphere with the following remarks:
“The biosphere may be regarded as a region of transformers that convert cosmic radiations into active energy in electrical, chemical, mechanical, thermal, and other forms. Radiations from all stars enter the biosphere, but we catch and perceive only an insignificant part of the total. The existence of radiation originating in the most distant regions of the cosmos cannot be doubted. Stars and nebulae are constantly emitting specific radiations, and everything suggests that the penetrating radiation discovered in the upper regions of the atmosphere by Hess originates beyond the limits of the solar system, perhaps in the Milky Way, in nebulae, or in stars.”
While Vernadsky spent his life focusing upon the macro-states of the biosphere, and how it interacted with the lithosphere and noosphere (the nested domains of non-life, life and creative reason) organized within arrays of magnetic fields moderating the flux of cosmic radiation through the universe, his colleague Gurwitsch focused upon the intersection of light and magnetic fields within the micro-states of living cells.
Alexander Gurwitch’s Mitogenic Radiation
Describing his discovery in a 2011 study on Cosmic Bio-Radiation, researcher Cody Jones described Gurwitsch’s basic insight:
“Gurwitsch developed three nested levels of field structures, arranged according to complexity and spatial extent, ranging from the molecular (molecular constellations), to the cellular (relations among cells), to the organismic levels (the different organs and systems that constitute a single organism). Each nested field could be described in terms of different mechanisms as to how the morphology advanced for any particular structure, yet they were all unified towards the realization of a definite future state of existence.”
Gurwitsch first revolutionized life sciences by shaping an elegant experiment which demonstrated that cells emit weak bursts of ultraviolet light as they went through mitosis. To prove his theory, Gurwitsch set up two onion roots growing in perpendicular directions and found that the higher rates of light emissions which occurred on the newer tip of the roots induced cell growth of 30-40% when brought into proximity of an older onion root. Although no instruments sensitive enough to pick up these ultra-weak frequencies existed during his lifetime, Gurwitsch demonstrated that light from the ultraviolet spectrum must be generated from new cells by separating the old and new onion roots by various types of lenses which blocked out different parts of the spectrum and found that only when UV light was blocked did the effect of 30% cell growth increase come to an end. Gurwitsch called this “Mitogenic Radiation”.
Alexander Gurwitsch and his original onion root experiment. Two onions (Z1 and Z2) grow perpendicularly with point W representing the point of intersection of the younger root emitted from Z1 and the older root of Z2 separated by a quartz lens blocking the emissions of ultra violet emissions from Z1 to Z2.
While Gurwitsch was ostracised by the scientific establishment during his life, technologies arose among the astrophysics community in the 1950s which permitted scientists to measure extremely weak light frequencies in the range of Gurwitsch’s mitogenic radiation (obviously useful for picking up faint signals from other galaxies in deep space). When teams of Italian astronomers applied their equipment to organic material, Gurwitsch’s discovery was verified experimentally for the first time.
One would have thought such a discovery would have revolutionised all of biology, medicine and life sciences on the spot- however after a brief spike in interest, the discovery was soon forgotten and relegated to a “negligible” secondary feature of life which had no causal role to play in any of the mechanics or behaviour of organic activity. The materialists and reductionists who wished to maintain that all life was merely the sum of parts won the day.
Then another biophysicist named Fritz-Albert Popp arose onto the scene.
Fritz Popp’s Biophotonic Discoveries
During the 1970s, Popp was a cancer researcher trying to figure out why only one of the two isomers of Benzpyrene caused cancer. An isomer is sometimes known as a mirror image configuration of a molecule which are chemically identical, yet whose properties can differ vastly. Under the materialist/reductionist’s logic, there was no reason why one isomer (Benzpyrene 3,4) which is found in cigarettes and tar would induce cancer growth in lung tissue while another isomer (Benzpyrene 1,2) would be completely benign.
After discovering the work of Gurwitsch, Dr. Popp began measuring the ultra-weak light emissions from the Benzpyrene molecules and their effects upon cell growth in liver tissues and found that the extremely high light absorption/emission properties of Benzpyrene 3,4 were the cause of the disharmony of cell regulation. Measuring the photon activity from cancerous vs healthy liver cell growth is a striking way to clearly see that cancerous growth coincides with exponential photon emissions while healthy liver photon emissions are very stable.
Over the course of his highly productive lifetime, Dr. Popp discovered that these light emissions occurred at different wavelengths according to the cell types, function and species. When Popp brought two biological samples into proximity, things became additionally interesting as the “rhythm” of their photon emissions synchronized beautifully when close together and fell out of sync when separated. This was outlined in his paper On the Coherence of Biophotons.
Describing the clinical application of these discoveries, Dr. Popp stated:
“Light can initiate, or arrest, cascade-like reactions in the cells, and that genetic cellular damage can be virtually repaired, within hours, by faint beams of light. We are still on the threshold of fully understanding the complex relationship between light and life, but we can now say, emphatically that the function of our entire metabolism is dependent on light.”
Popp’s discoveries amplify those of the great Russian scientist A.B. Burlakov who found that the ultra weak light emissions emanating from two sets of fertilised fish eggs separated by a glass demonstrated a powerful harmonizing effect. If one set of eggs were older, then the younger eggs would mature and develop much faster if brought into proximity. However if the age difference between the two sets were too great, then the scientist found that the younger set would see a higher rate of death, deformities and retardation of development.
This mode of thinking about life has the mind of the scientist approach life in a manner more in common with a musician tuning his instrument to an orchestra or a conductor holding multiple sound waves in his mind simultaneously as a whole musical idea which is greater than simply the sum of its parts. It is a much more natural and effective mode of thinking than the materialist/reductionist approach today dominant across most western universities that treats the organism like a machine and the whole as a sum of chemical parts.
A fuller sweep of these discoveries was presented in a 2013 lecture presented by this author, which can be viewed in full here:
The Real Nature of Today’s Fight
Today, the world is being shaped by political forces representing the two opposing currents of science. It may surprise you, dear reader to discover that just one week after Montagnier’s original remarks on the lab origin hypothesis of covid-19 and his calls for a crash program into electromagnetic wavelength therapy, American President Donald Trump announced his support of such lines of research on April 23rd.
Speaking to Bill Bryan (head of the science and technology division of the Department of Homeland Security), Trump said:
“Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous … whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light. And I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you are going to test it… And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you are going to test it.”
While the mainstream press attacked the President for his supposedly ignorant statements, only those who seriously took the time to research the discoveries by Dr. Luc Montagnier (or the broader school of optical biophysics championed by great men like Louis Pasteur, Alexander Gurwitsch, Vladimir Vernadsky, A.B. Burlakov and Fritz-Albert Popp) could possibly understand the importance of Trump’s remarks and the new age of medicine and creative breakthroughs in science which the Multi-polar alliance might unleash upon the future.
In our third instalment, we will dig more deeply into the historic suppression of science with a focus upon the creation of Nature Magazine from the bowels of T.H Huxley’s X Club and the Malthusian Revolution in Science of 1864.
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Tags: Blindfold, Congress, Growing Concern, HardCore, Punk, Shortsight, Spirit Of Youth, Vort'n Vis
January 1994 was our second time [1st time: 93-01-09] at the V.V. It was with ‘Blindfold’ and ‘Spirit Of Youth’, I think. Even though some band-members were SxE, ‘Growing Concern’ wasn’t a 100% straight-edge band, we were more of a NYHC-influenced positive hardcore band, sometimes with very political lyrics. I guess some people liked us, some others didn’t because we didn’t really fit in the strictly SxE/vegetarian scene that was popular at V.V. at the time.
I have doubts about the bands we played with in ‘94. I remember clearly that one band was pretty much in the 90s emo vein, with mid-tempo and crunchy guitars that sounded a bit like ‘Shelter’… The singer had some sort of metal bar he would hit with a stick during some songs and which produced a very metallic sound [Brob: That was Wim of ‘Blindfold’ allright!]. I also recall we played with one of Hans’ band, so that’s why I thought about Blindfold. I remember there was also another band who was very SxE/ ‘Youth Crew’ influenced, the guys were all wearing band T-shirts and had bleached hair, could that be ‘Spirit Of Youth’?
Gianni Pantaloni, ‘Growing Concern’ drummer
The second time we were there… Stiv Ahead (‘One Step Ahead’ / ‘Open Season’ singer) came with us. I recall we arrived late, just during the gig itself. That’s why I cannot remember that much – we drove from somewhere far way in Germany. I thought there was some friction in the audience due to some discussion with ‘Congress’ singer (about his pro-life ideas) but Brob wrote me this episode happened at some other gigs [93-04-25]; so everything’s not so clear anymore to me (even though I’m still nailed to the X…) I do remember Hans (‘Blindfold’/’Liar’) getting on stage and singing the entire cover of ‘Kiss’ song Hard Times when ‘Growing Concern’ played it. And singing ‘Kiss’ covers seemed a thing he’d always done… We slept at Hans’ house and I remember there was a queue for the bathroom that ended with me not entering at all, keeping the pee for the whole night – the bladder of a 21-year old must be strong…
If I remember correctly ‘S.O.Y.’ didn’t play this one [Brob: I think they’d returned by then…]: we met them together with ‘Nations On Fire’, somewhere in Germany; they were touring and ‘N.O.F.’ had Ed singing already.
Truely loved the V.V., as we came from the squat experience which meant lotsa political issues and hard times. [Brob: But the Vort’n Vis was far from a-political; at least not in the beginning…] Places like this were more open to youth and musical stuff. In Rome we were used to relate with people that ended up being fired to death for their political beliefs, so youth-centres in Germany or like the V.V. were something more fresh; I did like it a lot. Have some nice memories at Bruno’s home and his legendary hospitality or hitting the Belgian/Dutch highways with U.J., the metal-man, and his car, the ‘Millenium Falcon’.
‘Growing Concern’ stopped around 1998 with a different singer and line-up. They did a handful of gigs in 2008 and a one-off in 2013. I still do the label [S.O.A. recs], no longer fulltime, but as a sort of long-lasting hobby. I mainly do a kitchen-job, opening my own veggie restaurant in Rome October 2013.
Paolo Petralia, S.O.A. (Scream Of Anger) recs
‘Growing Concern’ (from Rome) played aggressive HC. They were Andrew Mecoli (guitar), Gianni Pantaloni (drums), Paolo Piccini (vocals) and Massimo Corona (bass; later vocals when Paolo left them in the middle of a tour). This gig was probably around the time they had the Seasons Of War LP out on Banda Bonot & Paolo Petralia’s SOA recs (also most of their other albums were on his label). The latter was roadie-ing for the band.
‘Congress’ had done a couple of shows at the V.V. already. At this timepoint Joost (guitar), Ilja (drums) & Jan ‘UJ’ (bass) had asked ‘Pitbull’ Pieter ‘Pierre’ Vanrumbeke to replace Roy Cappan (who moved to Thailand in 1999 and died there in 2001 “under mysterious circumstances”) to do the vocals.
During the last week of December 1993 ‘Shortsight’ did a few concerts in Spain. ‘Blindfold’s drummer Sacha was driving them. They were back after New Year’s Day. There’s a report on that in the 2nd issue of Hazel’s zine Superfluous. There’s also a report by Wim (‘Blindfold’s singer) about him being on tour with ‘Nations On Fire’ in Germany (organised by Steffen Rose; driver was Ma Raab of ‘Egotrip’). Wim had joined them (as guitarist) in April 1993. They also had Filip (Devolder) drumming for hem then (replacing Jaak). On Dec 30th ‘N.O.F.’, ‘S.O.Y.’ and ‘Growing Concern’ played with ‘Egotrip’ in the their hometown… ‘N.O.F.’ did 5-6 shows with ‘S.O.Y.’ (with Hans ‘Blindfold’ on bass, Jan singing, ‘Dompie’ & Fred) in Germany and played their last concert with that line-up on January 2nd in Köln (Germany). Interesting insights on ‘Nations On Fire’s demise there… Anyway, they were all back to play with ‘Blindfold’ aswell.
In 1993 ‘S.O.Y.’ had recorded Engine/Darkroom that Hans (Sober Mind recs) put out as cassette only. He wrote that the tape got sold out on the ‘S.O.Y.’ winter-tour 93-94 (of which most dates where with ‘Nations On Fire’, mostly Germany and one date in Austria on New Year’s eve)…
The pictures taken by Jean-Paul Frijns prove that ‘Shortsight’ played… The line-up at that time was Saskia Verbeke (vocals), Kurt Deprez (bass), David ‘Mong’ Dumont (guitar), Björn Lescouhier (drums) and Françoise ‘Hazel’ Lepers (guitar, ex ‘Rise Above’ & ‘Nations On Fire’). ‘Hazel’ had been on the band’s ’93 summer-tour with ‘Blindfold’ but wasn’t on the recordings of the Cold Wounds Waking CD that was recorded in July ’94.
‘Blindfold’ had done many a show here already but they were always ready to entertain their (local and international) friends. This could well have been the start of another tour ‘cause a week later they were in Germany (‘Blindfold’ – Germany 94-01-16) – or was this just a one-off? They had recorded the Restrain The Thought LP some months earlier (in September 1993; released on Conquer The World recs).
‘Blindfold’; photographed by Ferry Krop (‘Goofy ‘N.O.F. – R)
“Thanks to Brob for the dedication to the Sober Mind Hardcore” (on the sleeve of my copy of ‘Blindfold’s Restrain The Thought)
excerpt from the V.V. guestbook:
Brob Tilt! says:
For an interview with ‘Blindfold’ (1992), go to: Blindfold (interview Tilt! #7)
‘Congress’ (band-presentation Tilt! #8)
Hans Verbeke says:
1994, we did a winter-tour in Germany and Poland…
Paolo Petralia says:
The S.O.A. website in now here: http://www.soarecords.it
Dominiek Denolf says:
‘Blindfold’ had Hans & Jan that wanted to adopt an SxE profile, and on the other hand Wim & Chat’n that didn’t want to get involve with that… They wrote the song ‘Breath’ e.g., about not being able to breathe in places where there are people smoking, but they didn’t want that to be labeled SxE… Go figure… A band with different opinions huh…
Pedro Fioen says:
Roy Cappan (‘Congress’) didn’t die “under mysterious circumstances”. I think the story begun to lead a life of its own because of the fact that he was indeed found dead in his residence in Thailand. The cause of death could’ve been heart-failure according to the local authorities.
Jan & Bruno (Vort’n Vis) interviewed in Bonds Of Friendship
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The first thing I do when I start a new Netflix show is stop it.
Then I immediately scroll my mouse over to the bottom right corner of the streaming interface and click the icon that looks like a bunch of stacked cards. I’m looking for the answer to one question: “Before I commit, how long is this show?”
For years, the answer was almost always the same. “Too long.” All the way back in 2015, I wrote about how Netflix, which helped popularize binge-watching, was shifting to a model that emphasized massive, season-long serialized storylines over addictive individual episodes. I bemoaned the line we’ve all heard — and maybe even used ourselves — when describing a Netflix original: “You have to stick with it. The first six episodes are really slow. But if you stick with it, it gets good.”
In 2018, I compared Netflix’s business model for film production to the episode of The Simpsons where the a demon force-feeds Homer all the donuts in the world. It wasn’t that Netflix didn’t care about quality; the company has made exceptional films and shows. It’s just that they also care a lot (or maybe more) about quantity, pumping out as much content as possible to bring in new monthly customers and keep the ones the already have subscribed with an endless parade of viewing options.
Coronavirus has turned the entire world upside down — including this mental calculus. In the days since I’ve begun isolating with my family at home, I’ve watched several things on Netflix and other streaming services. Each time I start a new show, I still return to my routine; I pause and check how many episodes I’m in for. But now instead of “Ugh, how much time will this take me to watch?” I find myself asking “Ugh, why isn’t this longer?”
This week, for example, I watched Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness, a brand-new true-crime documentary series about a strange cast of characters connected to the world of big cats and exotic animals. Directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin spent years following a sprawling web of rivalries, love affairs, and possible murder plots. Their eccentric stars include a redneck mulleted zoo owner from Oklahoma named Joe Exotic, and Carole Baskin, the head of a rival organization that wants to shut down Joe’s business in the name of protecting wildlife. Joe repeatedly alleges that Carole murdered her husband in order to inherit his money. And it appears that Joe may have tried to hire someone to kill Carole.
Tiger King runs seven episodes of about 45 to 50 minutes. The actual “crime” at the center of the story is not that large. There are enough supporting characters and bizarre twists — like Joe Exotic’s doomed 2016 Presidential campaign — to sustain the series, but if you really wanted to, you probably could boil Tiger King down to a concise two-hour film. And I can imagine, under normal circumstances, thinking that Tiger King would benefit from that sort of editing. Just a few weeks ago, I came to a similar conclusion about HBO’s true-crime doc series McMillions, which chronicled another surreal underworld plot, namely the rigging of McDonald’s famous Monopoly promotional game. McMillions was six episodes — and watching it weekly, I was ready for the show to wind down by the time it hit Episode 4.
A few weeks later, I wish there were four more McMillions episodes, and I’m grateful for every single minute of distraction that Tiger King provided. Its messy drama, its rambling structure, and outlandish interviews make it ideal viewing in the age of coronavirus. Every single subplot, no matter how theoretically superfluous, was welcome. (All the stuff about zoo owner Bhagavan “Doc” Antle and his curious hiring practices and private life? 100 chef kiss emoji.) Now that Tiger King’s over, I’m looking for other big binges I can use to take my mind off the outside world for a few (or hopefully more than a few) hours.
It is astonishing how fast and how totally my standard value judgments, built and solidified over a period of years and even decades, have been upended. It’s also astonishing how perfectly positioned Netflix is during this time of social isolation. For years, Netflix pumped more films and shows into its customers accounts than they could ever know what to do with. No one — not even journalists assigned to cover Netflix’s slate — could possibly consume it all.
Every week, it felt like tons of well-made stuff was falling through the cracks. Today, something that was recently so frustrating is now a resource, and even a source of comfort. Remember a few months ago when the entire world was kvetching that The Irishman was too long at 209 minutes? What would you give for another 209 minutes of The Irishman right now?
So consider this my apology to Netflix and to any other streaming content providers who have treated their customers like the kid from UHF Stanley Spadowski sprays with the fire hose. I take it all back. Long shows are good. Longer shows are better. Some day in the future, my tastes may shift again. For now, my feelings can be summed up in two words: More please.
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One of the most imperative things that should be guaranteed in one's life is nothing but security or safety. In a college safety of the students should be ensured and this creates a conducive environment for learning. It stands to reason that while in school or college one should feel safe and secure.
As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is better than cure, when it comes to crime prevention; it is far much better to do what is within one's reach to prevent it than to report it to the authorities. Often students in residential halls regularly leave their room doors open and this invites curious neighbors who may in turn steal from them valuables. By far the most frequent crime that occurs in colleges is theft and burglaries hence many colleges ought to have taken right measures to curb them such as encouraging the students to refrain from the behavior. Again this kind of behavior exemplifies the fact that the students feel unsafe and uncomfortable within the colleges and this vividly shows that colleges are not working to ensure the student's safety.
It is of note to acknowledge the fact that sometimes things go wrong and that is when the emergency systems that the colleges have put in place spring into action in order to ensure the students' security. Again this puts into test their effectiveness. For example, in order to fight fires they have put in place fire extinguishers and have even gone a step further to train the students on all the possible methods of extinguishing fire. Most of the students are always concerned when it comes to their security the moment they notice laxity with the procedures of aiding them in case of emergency. This keeps the colleges on toes and this helps in improving the security procedures.
Again to protect the vulnerable students when violence arises, colleges have employed the college police force which has been trained to deal with such cases. The college police can counter against the unruly students hence ensuring that order is maintained. Another important measure taken by the colleges is offering self-defense classes to students. This helps protect them from physical assault and students have considered taking them. Many of these classes are offered as P.E and credit. Students are also advised not to walk alone at night and should seek or take advantage of police escort offered by the colleges.
Some appalling actions such as that took place at The Virginia Tech massacre (2007) in which a gunman who happened to be a student at the college killed five faculty members and twenty seven students and saw many others injured during the rampage drove many universities to initiate an emergency messaging system. The college lacked an emergency messaging system and after the incident mass alert systems have been initiated. when an emergency or something like this happens, colleges with mass alert systems in place, send out simultaneous phone calls and text messages and e-mails to students and faculty members warning them of the situation. At the same time they provide advice on how to stay safe.
Through the scrutiny of sources, some truth about the welfare of the students in school has been revealed. Cases of students falling sick during the school's official hours have been reported. Many of the colleges lack the necessary material to cater for such emergency cases. To some extend the student who falls sick, and especially due to lack of quick medical attention may find themselves on the receiving end of the ailment. They are actually succumbed to risks like death, deformities among other form of disastrous consequences. Claims that the colleges are well equipped with medical facilities, backing ones argument on the availability of the cheap and unreliable tablets issued as suggested by many , should actually be disposed and rules as pertains to what is required in schools be tabled.
It is also notable that there has occurred a case about food which is unsafe to consume. Food is known to contain bacteria. Cooking food, refrigerating it and also freezing it are collective measures to destroy bacteria found in food or maintaining the growth of those bacteria dormant to create time for them to eat or preparation of the food. There exists specific rules as pertains to the refrigeration of foods, inclusive of the recommended temperature foods should be stored at to maintain safety and also the time a given type of food can spend in the refrigerator before assumed to have "bad". Many colleges are known to assume the food issues and these makesthe students vulnerable to sicknesses.
Many colleges are situated just next to big towns. It is well known of the common crimes just like daily there cases reported by the media. People are murdered; bombasts set on major buildings, people robbed at gun point among other deadly cases. It is on the hand interesting to note the carelessness among most of the colleges as in some evident cases there is normally free entrance into the school's premises. If not so, the regulations set to enable one get access to the restricted area are too soothing, some being that one must have an identity card, bearing in mind that the same can be faked. This is too risky as anything futile like robbery or theft may take place within the school hence endangering the student's lives.
Student's safety has been threatened by the students themselves. It is quite important to note that some of the students happen to be evil doers who are bound to harm their fellow students. In some cases, students in a particular may collude with outsiders either to steal or harm other students. Such cases have proved quite hard to deal with because all the students look innocent when together but their inner person is quite hard to notice. This will remain to be a problem to all that has to be dealt with in order to reduce its impacts because complete eradication of some is quite hard.
Students have also suffered molest from their teachers. Sources reveal that teachers have actually seduced students or even forced them to have love affairs. This remains a major problem to the students as their concentration is completely shattered and they can never concentrate their attention into the class. Their education is bound to mark its end or even poor performance as only dedication precedes success. Such acts have been witnessed but dealing with them remains a puzzle to all. Campuses have been unable to completely eradicate such acts and all what many of them can do is just to look at things happen and their voices are heard when fate shows up.
In school, students tend to come different backgrounds. Cases about family feuds have been witnessed. The participants extend their wrath to all the enemy's family members and they may decide to harm them. Almost all schools are usually less concerned about the student's homes and they only confine themselves into academic business. The schools should more about the student's home and ensure that the student have humble time while in school and that they security is enhanced even against home attacks.
I have realized that so many of the colleges, including those that are alleged to be academically excellent and whose academic prowess is recognized, have to make tremendous changes as pertains to the students' security. The colleges dwell much on academic issues and leave the security issues to take care of themselves. This may be termed as ignorance and lest these institutions are careful, they will always find themselves in the midst of trouble owing t the deterioration their security level and the risks tied up.
When the colleges are addressing security issues, they should mostly emphasize on the students' security as life may not possibly be compared to property. Students' welfare is tied should be given the first priority as such an act is actually tied up with so many advantages. First the students' success means the country's development as the skills learnt in school have nowhere else to be applied other being applied their outside school. Also enhancement of security in schools affects the students' lives in so many ways. The student is able to realize that security is the backbone to excellence hence in their lifetime they will ensure maximum security in their environments having seen how crucial it is. This will generally make the world a peaceful place and also an enjoyable place to live in.
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Top Behavioral Health Care Stories of 2020
By Bailey Bryant | December 21, 2020 December 22, 2020
The coronavirus has dominated the 2020 news cycle, and for good reason: The virus has shaped nearly everything about this year, including the behavioral health industry.
COVID-19’s impact on the space is further evidenced by 2020’s top stories on Behavioral Health Business. BHB’s most read story for the year was a story related to coronavirus coverage — as was its second and several others in the site’s top 10.
However, that’s not all that caught readers’ attention this year.
You can reflect back on some of BHB’s top stories from 2020 below.
Recovery Centers of America Pitches Pick-Up Program to Free Up Hospitals Amid COVID-19 (March 18)
Back in the early days of the coronavirus, testing was a challenge. Nationwide shortages made it hard for behavioral health providers — and people in general — to get access to COVID-19 testing. And when tests were available, they often took weeks to come back.
As such, when Recovery Centers of America (RCA) announced it was leveraging its relationship with its sister company Genetworx to test patients and community members, readers took notice.
Luckily for providers, testing is easier to come by these days, with most inpatient behavioral health providers testing patients upon admission to their facilities. Meanwhile, outpatient providers have largely transitioned to telehealth.
UHS, Acadia, Other Behavioral Providers Share COVID-19 Response Plans (March 16)
Since the coronavirus first hit the U.S., behavioral health providers have been working together to navigate the national emergency. The goal is to protect patients and maintain continuity of care, both of which are especially important given the adverse effect COVID-19 has had on the nation’s mental health.
Part of providers’ collaboration includes sharing strategies with one another and the industry at large. Some of the largest players in the behavioral health space did that for this March 16 story, which highlights several companies’ COVID-19 response plans.
Ginger, Headspace Aim to Revolutionize Employee Mental Health Benefit Market (Jan. 28)
Apart from the coronavirus, employee mental health benefits were also of interest to readers this year.
In recent years, startups like Ginger and Headspace have begun offering reinvented versions of these benefits. Many of their offerings are virtual and preventative, but the companies’ capabilities are growing.
Only time will tell what such startups — and employee mental health benefit opportunities overall — will mean for the behavioral health industry in the future.
Lyra Health Helps Providers Improve, Capitalize On Employee Mental Health Benefits (March 5)
Readers’ interest in the employee behavioral health benefits market was evident once again in this story from March 5.
Lyra Health — a mental health benefits provider — may be of particular interest to providers in the space, as its business model relies on partnerships with behavioral health organizations. It connects employees with providers who have open availability, improving their access to care, while also creating opportunities for behavioral providers.
UHS Behavioral Health President ‘Willing to Lead Differently,’ Set New Collaboration Standard (Feb. 14)
As 2020 kicked off, so did Matt Peterson’s first full calendar year with Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS). He’s head of the company’s behavioral health division and executive vice president.
In this Q&A from Feb. 14, Peterson outlined his 2020 goals, which included industry-wide collaboration and hopes of refining UHS’s behavioral operating model. Little did he know, the coronavirus would take the country by storm less than a month after this interview.
Since then, UHS has also announced a new CEO in Marc D. Miller, with whom BHB recently connected. Miller is the current president of UHS, and he will step into his new role in 2021, taking over for his father Alan.
Coronavirus Concerns Shake Up Behavioral Health Industry, Could Boost Demand for Services (March 10)
Behavioral health providers had their eyes on the coronavirus even before President Donald Trump first declared it a national emergency on March 13.
In this story from March 10, industry stakeholders predicted that COVID-19 would lead to a spike in demand for behavioral services — a trend we’ve seen play out since then. In fact, 52% of behavioral health organizations say they have seen an increased demand for their services, according to September survey data from the National Council for Behavioral Health.
At the same time, financial challenges associated with the virus have made it hard for providers to keep up. According to the same National Council survey, more than 65% of providers say they’ve had to cancel, reschedule or turn away patients.
From Consolidation to Innovation, Behavioral Health Executives Share Their 2021 Predictions (Dec. 8)
Finally, just as providers are interested in staying on top of current COVID-19 coverage, they’re eager to learn more about the future of the behavioral space.
In this piece, behavioral health executives shared their predictions for the year ahead, from the evolution of telehealth to the acceleration of industry consolidation.
BHB also ran similar pieces featuring predictions from leaders in the SUD space, as well as those in the autism services subsector.
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Lilli de Jong
Janet Benton
“A powerful, authentic voice for a generation of women whose struggles were erased from history—a heart-smashing debut that completely satisfies.”
—Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty and shame. But she chooses to keep her.
Pregnant, left behind by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a home for wronged women to deliver her child. She is stunned at how much her infant needs her and at how quickly their bond overtakes her heart. Mothers in her position face disabling prejudice, which is why most give up their newborns. But Lilli can’t accept such an outcome. Instead, she braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep herself and her baby alive.
Confiding their story to her diary as it unfolds, Lilli takes readers from an impoverished charity to a wealthy family's home to the streets of a burgeoning American city. Drawing on rich history, Lilli de Jong is both an intimate portrait of loves lost and found and a testament to the work of mothers. "So little is permissible for a woman," writes Lilli, “yet on her back every human climbs to adulthood.”
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In the forthright prose of its eponymous heroine, Benton's heartrending debut novel gives voice to the plight of unwed mothers in late-19th-century Philadelphia. Instead of starting a new life with her fianc , 22-year-old Lilli de Jong discovers that she is pregnant. Once sheltered by her Quaker community, Lilli can no longer associate with respectable society, including her own family. The Philadelphia Haven for Women and Infants promises Lilli a reputable adoption and a fresh start, albeit one built on lies. But nothing prepares Lilli for motherhood and the cruel world beyond. She dares to keep her daughter, but must choose, again and again, between her principles and necessities. Told through Lilli's journals, the book offers a distressing window into the intersections of motherhood, independence, faith, and class at a time when even affluent white women had little control over their lives. Benton's exacting research fuels Lilli's passionate, authentic voice that is "as strong as a hand on a drum... that pounds its urgent messages across a distance." Most poignant are the heartfelt depictions of the dualities of motherhood, "a land where pain and joy are ever mingled and where every move has consequence." Lilli's inspiring power and touching determination are timeless.
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Penguin Random House LLC
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The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and ...
Авторы: Asa Humphrey
mology and syntax, with theirs, prosody comes next and completes the system. Having thus gone through, we may then review the system in all its parts, and be able to trace a series of minor parts and branches, which compose the system, in their regular order; we may review them in their distinct capacities, and also in their connections and bearings.
This work now comes before the public, not in the usual way of publications of this kind; not having been reviewed and recommended by any literary characters. It is not pretended that the work is free from defects. Of its merits or demerits the public may judge, and on this basis it may stand or fall.
A. H.
Carver, near Plymouth, March 4, 1847.
SECT. 1. - Preliminary Remarks ...
SECT. 2.- Definitions....
Of Sounds
Of Orthoepy, Accent, Cadence, Emphasis, and Tones
Of Time and Quantity
SECT. 3. - Of Pauses
The Poetic Pauses. Questions and Exercises........
Piz
SECT. 5. . - Diversifications, &c. in Trochaic Verse.
By Dactyles....
By Pyrrhics and Spondees Seot. 6. - Anapæstic Verse
By Amphimacs, Bacchies, and Spondees. 2. Sect. 7. — Amphibrachic Verse......
By Bacchies and Antibacchies Secr. 8. - Composite Orders
Sapphic Verse
Other Composite Orders..
Sect. 9.- Diversified and Irregular Orders...
Irregular Orders ......
Sect. 10. — Verse Diversified, and without Order
Questions and Exercises.....
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Unifying Nepal via Marriage: Pahade Wives and Madhesi Hubbies
Posted byUWB August 2, 2007 February 9, 2010 Posted inDeeplog, Nepali SocietyTags:culture, madhesi, marriage, pahade, society
At a time when some people are trying to create rift between the Madhesi and Pahadi (lowland-hills) communities in Nepal, we look at some exemplary personal stories and marital bond between folks from Madhes and Pahad.
Sanjib Mishra and singer Nalina Chitrakar
By Deepak Adhikari
Sanjib Mishra, executive director of Urban Pixel had not set foot in Balari in Sarlahi district for three years. Three months ago, he went to the district headquarters Malangawa to attend a relative’s wedding. While driving to his hometown, a strike called by the Chure Bhawar Ekata Samaj forced him to postpone his journey. He had to leave his four-wheel drive behind at Hetauda and get to Sarlahi via Raxaul, India. When Sanjib married Nalina Chitrakar, a Newari girl and one of Nepal’s top pop stars, in 2003, he received many congratulations. Their son, Sakchham, is now a twenty-one month old toddler and times have changed.
Almost as soon as the decade long bloody Maoist conflict ended, the country was plunged into another crisis. The news of violence and counter violence coming from the southern plains hurts both Sanjib and Nalina. Nalina, who dislikes the way the Madhesis are treated in Kathmandu and is writing a song about the harmony among the people of Madhesh (plains) and Pahad (hills).
Sanjib’s father, Ramananda Mishra is a former secretary of the Ministry of Education. As a son of a bureaucrat posted to different parts of Nepal, Sanjib got the opportunity to mingle with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. “The demands raised in Madhesh are genuine,” he says. “But the means are wrong.” He feels that the private and public lives of our leaders are in a state of complete disorder. “The same lawmakers who gheraoed the rostrum in the interim parliament have married women from the Pahade community,” he says.
Sanjib and Nalina were married five years ago, at a time when Nepali society was gradually opening up on the matter of inter-caste and love marriages.
Jitendra Dev and Sandhya Manandhar
But one can only imagine how difficult it must have been for a Pahade woman and a Madhesi man to tie the knot three decades ago, that too in a foreign country.
A wedding reception was held on the premises of Lumumba University in Moscow, Russia on the eve of Lenin Day (April 22) in 1971. The groom was clad in a blazer while the bride wore a sari. The wedding guests included Jagadish Samsher Rana, then Nepal’s ambassador to Russia, embassy staff and students studying in Russia. The couple exchanged rings, while two Nepali Brahmin priests chanted mantras.
This was the marriage of Ganesh Shah, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Samyukta) and Kalyani Sapkota, central committee member of the same party. After completing his ISc from Amrit Science Campus, Ganesh, from Lohana VDC Ward NO: 7 of Dhanusha district and Kalyani, from Kathmandu, who finished her I Com from Tri-Chandra Campus, were both in Moscow for further studies. Ganesh took up engineering, while Kalyani attended law school.
Ganesh had met Kalyani during a familiarization trip he spearheaded for new students. As the days passed by, their friendship grew. But the memory of a particular night is etched in Ganesh’s mind forever. At a cultural programme some thirty-five years ago in Moscow, Kalyani’s dance, accompanied by just the flute, mesmerized Ganesh who sat in the audience. “I was spellbound,” he reminisces. That was when he realized he was in love.
Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta and Saraswati Puri
In 1972, on a trip to Almata city of Kirgistan, their relationship was further consolidated. Again, they were together on another visit to Kharkov, Ukraine. “Then our friends started to see us as a couple,” reveals Ganesh. Both of them decided to marry but they did not tell their family members back home in Nepal. Though Kalyani had come to Nepal in 1971, she did not reveal anything about the relationship. After finding out, her family did not write to her for six months. “My father was disappointed,” Kalyani says. Back in Russia, when their first baby was born, they had to move out of the student quarters.
When they finally returned to Nepal in 1974 with a son, they were greeted with astonishment. Most of their relatives were at the airport. When his father in law asked Ganesh about Russian vodka, he realized that the in-laws had accepted the marriage. Back in Nepal, Ganesh joined a government job but soon left disillusioned. He eventually entered politics. Shortly after that, both Ganesh and Kalyani attended the Tikapur Congress of their party.
But there were still some hurdles. Ganesh’s brothers who had married into their own caste seemed to carry an inferiority complex. “Since Kalyani’s family was affluent, we were conscious not to hurt her,” he says. The problems emerged due to cultural differences. “When I denied wearing a headscarf people talked behind my back but I always strove to strengthen our relationship,” he says.
Ganesh Shah and Kalyani Sapkota,
The story of Ganesh and Kalyani finds an echo in the story of CPN-UML leader Jitendra Dev and Sandhya Manandhar. In 1979, Jitendra, a resident of Boriya VDC Ward No: 3 of Saptari district, was studying economics at Tribhuvan University. He was also a district member of the Nepal National Students’ Federation Committee, Kathmandu. Sandhya was the general secretary of the Nepal Democratic Women’s Association. They met at a programme in 1984. Their party was the same, and they also decided to make a single home.
With both families agreeing, they tied the knot on April 8, 1985. No one was against the marriage. This was largely due to Sandhya’s maternal uncle, Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar being a communist leader himself. “I was accustomed to the Madhesi culture as I used to go to my maternal uncle’s house at Gaur, Rautahat,” says Sandhya who has a Masters in Economics and Sociology.
Jitendra was jailed immediately after the marriage. Sandhya’s father, a merchant from Maruhity, Kathmandu was worried about his daughter. But Jitendra showed up at his in-laws following his release. “Except for that, not a single difficulty occurred,” he says. As Jitendra keeps himself busy attending political meets, Sandhya teaches at the Siddhartha Banasthali Institute. “We have such an understanding that differences never occur,” she says.
Jitendra also feels that he was fortunate enough to have wealthy in-laws. He lives with his family of five in a three-storey building in the Dallu residential area of Kathmandu. Their eldest daughter Reski is studying MBBS in Pune, India while Rubi and Megha are studying in Kathmandu.
Not all marriages between Madhesis and Pahades are based on love. A case in point is the marriage between Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta, a leader estranged from the Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum and Saraswati Puri from Mangalbare, Morang. Gupta does not like to call it a love marriage. “We got acquainted at social gatherings,” he says. He met her when he was a student leader. Saraswati was studying at the Certificate Level at Padma Kanya Campus, Kathmandu.
Gupta says it was easier for him to meet her because he was active in student politics in Morang district from where Saraswati comes from. The meetings, which lasted for a year, culminated in a marriage on July 6, 1988. They organized a small ceremony in the presence of near and dear ones. But disapproval brewed in Saptari. The older relatives were upset with him. Gupta’s hometown, Kanchanpur village of Saptari has a mixed population of Madhesis and Pahades and the reaction to his wedding was not unusual. “As a person involved in politics I was always a subject of discussion,” confesses Gupta. “But, my family did not expect anything from me since I was in politics,” he clarifies. He says his best childhood friend was a Pahade.
Another issue that plagues marriages in Terai is dowry. “If the groom is well-educated, his family will definitely demand a lot of dowry,” informs Gupta. But, his family didn’t expect a dowry since his cousins had also married non-Madhesi girls. Saraswati felt a tinge of uneasiness because of Bhojpuri, the language spoken in Gupta’s household. She could only speak Nepali. Just a few Bhojpuri words confused her. Her son Anuska is now facing another kind of problem: his surname. A graduate from Dr Graham’s Homes school in Kalimpong, India, he used to write his father’s title ‘Anand’ as his surname at school. Now, after joining a Kathmandu campus, his surname has been changed to Rauniyar. Anuska finds this quite bewildering.
Currently, the issue of discrimination against Madhesis is being widely raised. Did Jay Prakash feel discriminated against in his village? “There was perfect harmony in my village. In fact, it is the state that has discriminated against us,” he says. During the Panchayat era, the village chief was elected from the Pahade community whereas the deputy was from the Madeshi community, just to strike a balance, says Gupta.
There are several Madhesi leaders who have married Pahade women. Dr. Banshidhar Mishra, a UML lawmaker is married to Durga Khadka. Similarly, Hridayesh Tripathi, leader of the Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandadevi) married Shobha Kandel when he still was a communist. Bishwanath Shah, Central Treasurer of the People’s Front Nepal is married to Sita Pokharel. Both of them work full-time for the party. People’s Front Nepal’s leader Ramrijhan Yadav has married Sita Adhikari from Jhapa. Bijay Gachchhedar, leader of the NC Democratic is also married to a Pahade woman. Similarly, Bidhyadhar Mallik, secretary at the Ministry of Finance is married to Anita Acharya. Raj Kumar Sharma, General Secretary of Madeshi Janaadhikar Forum, has a Pahade wife.
But, the cases of Pahade men marrying Madhesi women are very rare. The main reasons: lack of freedom among Madhesi women and their parents almost always choose the groom.
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7 thoughts on “Unifying Nepal via Marriage: Pahade Wives and Madhesi Hubbies”
subhash says:
its quite good informaton ,and a good way indeed to try to maintain social harmony, but agree with your reasons on why pahade men marrying madhesi women are very rare. u should have also opened the fact why madhesi women are so backward, is it not due to the state’s negligency?,
At a time, when fight within communities and political parties have left a torn, economically doenload and inflation inflicted nepal, this research on intercastial can cast light upon how people are more than races, colors and politics. This venture of unity that people have shown or rather preferred by living a happy life despite the usual discrepancy that people might expect from them can really be an exemplary issue on how unity between people can turn to a happy reality. Yeah, it’s for sure ir’s not a complete picture, but it is an issur or moreover a new culture that can counteract the usual issues and stereotypes pertaining to races. Not only people can associate, they can mix as it’s said in hindu communi ty that husband are wife are a unit, and comprise a happy and merry basic.
Bhawesh Mishra says:
I was astonished to see such examples of inter-castial marriages between so called Pahade & madhesi communities, especially of political leaders of various parties.
Then I wonder where this issue of difference came between them.
Being an engineering aspirant in India.
I wished to view this issue as I am a madhesi boy and I am married to a pahade girl too: her name being Kalpana Raya, she belongs to chhetri community.
She is very happy with me and I too am……….
I really SALUTE this blog as it was well contented with clever examples.
Pratik Pathak (piku) says:
exited yeah yeah kalpana Raya. (pragati hudaicha dude)
Pankaj Dahal says:
History of interracial marriage:
In the Western world certain jurisdictions have had regulations banning or restricting interracial marriage in the past, including Germany during the Nazi period, South Africa under apartheid, and many states in the United States prior to the Supreme Court’s 1967 ruling in Loving v. Virginia. In both Nazi Germany and certain American states, such laws have been linked to eugenics programs.
In many Arab countries, laws and customs continue to exist which revoke the civil rights of women who marry men not native to the woman’s country of birth, or to men who are non-Muslim in particular. Women who follow through on this choice run a high risk of being subjected to honor killings by male family members.Saudi-Arabia, Syria, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan and the Palestinian Authority retain laws in which violence against women on the grounds of “adultery” is condoned or mitigated by the legal systems. In 2008, Pakistani senators defended the practice of burying young women alive who were judged guilty by tribal elders of having engaged in a relationship with men not of their tribe
nalina ko buda is THE MOST WANTED by cops and jai parsad is in jail.
Kedar mainali says:
I think world is one home,manchhe bich ko bived kami hunu ramro haina .it’s good
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Report No. 5: Commonwealth Student Moot – Matthew Sellwood
Posted on April 17, 2013 by Emily Allbon.
Categories: Mooting, News.
Yesterday was a rollercoaster, and today was no different. We had both spent the evening trying to relax, although Daniele somehow managed to muster the energy to hone his submissions a little further. It was all I could do to stay awake! We both woke up early to put the finishing touches to our adaptation of the Respondent’s argument, and then headed off to our second appointment with India – this time, in a knockout format. Whilst we had been lucky to qualify for the semi-finals, we knew that there was no alternative to winning this time.
Congratulations to Matt & Daniele! Credit: SJ Photography
Perhaps this new pressure affected the Indian team a little. They weren’t quite as smooth and polished as they had been yesterday, although their submissions were still absolutely excellent and full of fact and detail. Unfortunately for them, however, since we were representing the same parties as in the previous moot, we had been able to anticipate more of their arguments, and were much better able to rebut them. Both of us were delighted with the quality of our submissions, despite some serious nerves – and when the judgment came in, we found that we had won!
We have certainly been on an upwards learning curve when it comes to international law, and getting to the final after losing our first two moots left us rather stunned.
We couldn’t stay that way for long, however, as immediately after our semi-final Canada and Australia met each other to determine the other finalist. By a ridiculously small margin of one point, Australia prevailed, and we knew which team we would be facing.
After that, we only had a couple of hours to further refine our arguments. At 4 pm, we found ourselves in front of a panel of Chief Justices Archie, Elias, and Gardner – the presiding judges of New Zealand, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Falkland Islands respectively. As might be expected, they peppered us with interventions. The junior counsel for both parties suffered particularly badly, as Australia were putting forward an argument around the mandatory death penalty which the panel had not necessarily anticipated, and Daniele was attempting to argue some quite difficult to sustain points around the use of circumstantial evidence.
As expected, it was tight. Neither of us knew what to expect when we filed back in for judgment. I’m delighted to say that it was good news! We won, and became Commonwealth Mooting champions. Daniele was also named the best mooter in the final, due to his excellence in dealing with some very challenging questioning from the bench. Unexpectedly, we received a first place prize of £500 of LexisNexis vouchers, along with a number of other mementoes by which to remember the moot. Tomorrow, we’ll be presented with the Turnbull Shield at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Law Conference. Perhaps, by that stage, it might actually have sunk in that we managed to win!
Matthew Sellwood and Daniele Selmi (students at The City Law School) have been representing the UK at the Commonwealth Student Moot in Cape Town, after winning the ESU National Moot last year. They are the first UK team to win the competition in a decade!
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Persona 5 Impressions
Following Horizon: Zero Dawn, I decided to play Persona 5. While not an open world game it still has a strong story narrative. Although JRPG is often viewed as being a niche among gamers in the United States, Persona 5 seemed to have won over many US fans and is often named among the top contenders for Game of the Year.
After many hours of playing and finally finishing the first run through over the long holiday weekend, I can see why the game is so popular and deserving of the acclaims.
A game like Persona 5 starts with having a good story. Persona 5's story line is filled with mystery, action and surprising twists. As you progress along the game, each mystery you solve opens up more mysteries until you reach the final climatic scene where more then ever your choices will determine the ultimate ending. Overall, I found the narrative to have a good pacing.
Complementing the story are the sound track and stylish presentation. Both will immediately grab your attention and adds to the appeal of the game.
Playing Persona 5 is like being in an anime with an ideal high school experience.
Where I find Persona 5 to really shine, though, is in its cast of characters. Persona 5 has an abundance of very likable characters. Relationships are key elements of the game so it is crucial to have characters that players would actually want to establish a relationship with or it becomes a chore to play. While I found the villains to be generic, I liked the individual personality of all the main characters and key NPCs.
What I enjoyed the most about the game was the advancing the story on the relationship with each character and playing the daily life of a Japanese high school student.
I found a lot to like about Persona 5 but that doesn't extend to the fighting system and the uninspiring designs of the dungeon levels (called "Palaces" in the game). I honestly dreaded this part of the game and simply tried to get through it as fast as possible. I wonder if the developers recognized this as well as sometime the characters' dialog which will also comment on how long the dungeons are.
I think we're past having mazes as a game element. I'm not sure why developers feel that lost-in-a-maze is fun and in one case they even put in a darken maze so players have the joy of looking for a way out of a maze blind...!
Fortunately, mazes aren't the dominant part of the game so while I found them annoying, it didn't reduce my liking for the game given all of its strength.
Persona 5 is a fun, stylish, well-paced (minus the dungeon crawl) game that is worth playing.
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Randomized controlled trial of a minimal versus extended Internet-based intervention for problem drinkers: study protocol
John A Cunningham1,2,
Christian S Hendershot3,4 &
Jürgen Rehm1,4,5,6
BMC Public Health volume 15, Article number: 21 (2015) Cite this article
Problem drinking causes great harm to the person and to society. Most problem drinkers will never seek treatment. The current trial will test the efficacy of two Internet interventions for problem drinking – one minimal and the other extended – as an alternate means of providing help to those in need.
Methods/Design
A double blinded, four-wave panel design with random assignment to two experimental conditions will be used in this study. Participants will be recruited through a comprehensive recruitment strategy consisting of online and print advertisements asking for people who are ‘interested in helping us develop and evaluate Internet-based interventions for problem drinkers.’ Potential participants will be screened to select problem drinkers who have home access to the Internet. Participants will be sent to a password-protected Internet site and, upon signing in, will be randomized to be provided access to the minimal or extended Internet-based intervention. Six-month, twelve-month, and two-year drinking outcomes will be compared between experimental conditions. The primary hypothesis is that participants in the extended Internet intervention condition will display significantly improved drinking outcomes at twelve months compared to participants in the minimal intervention.
The findings of this trial will contribute to the growing literature on Internet interventions for problem drinkers. In addition, findings from this trial will contribute to the scarce literature available evaluating the long-term efficacy of brief interventions for alcohol problems.
Trial registration
Clinical Trials.gov #NCT01874509; First submitted June 17, 2013.
Hazardous alcohol use is the second leading contributor to the preventable burden of disease in high income countries [1-4]. In 2001, 6% of all deaths in Canadian adults under the age of 70 were attributable to alcohol [3]. In addition, the economic costs of problem drinking are also high. In 2002, it was estimated that alcohol-related health care cost Canadians $2.3 billion dollars [5] and there are also other substantial economic costs, mainly attributed to lost productivity and law enforcement [4]. Alcohol use is thus a key factor in population health in Canada.
There are many more problem drinkers than those with alcohol dependence [6]. The majority of these problem drinkers will never seek treatment [7-10]. Nevertheless, studies assessing the level of interest in self-help materials for problem drinkers in the general population reveal that a considerable number of drinkers, especially heavier drinkers, would like to receive aids to help them drink less [11]. Koski-Jännes and Cunningham [12] found that 39% of current drinkers were interested in computerized summaries comparing their drinking to that of other Canadians, and that fully 70% of problem drinkers were interested in receiving such a self-help intervention.
The widespread accessibility of the Internet may prove it an ideal vehicle for the delivery of self-help material to problem drinkers. A recent systematic review [13] emphasized the fast growing body of evidence for the evidence supporting Internet-based Interventions (IBIs). The majority of this research suggests that personalized feedback interventions can reduce drinking over short intervals [14-17]. However, there is little research evaluating the efficacy of more comprehensive web-based interventions for facilitating long-term changes in drinking [18]. This limitation is notable for at least two reasons. First, initial changes in alcohol use are most often not sustained [19,20]; and the strategies needed to maintain long-term change may be different than those required for initial change [21-23]. Whereas personalized feedback could provide a source of initial motivation to reduce drinking, more comprehensive cognitive-behavioural strategies may be more effective for aiding in sustained behaviour change and relapse prevention. Second, there have been increasing calls to adapt efficacious alcohol treatments to allow for sustained delivery, consistent with a continuing care model of treatment [24-26]. One advantage of IBIs is that they can be sustained indefinitely (i.e., the cost of long-term or comprehensive interventions will often be comparable to those of brief interventions).
Pilot study
A pilot trial conducted by the authors provides preliminary evidence suggesting that IBIs that incorporate cognitive behavioural strategies may be more effective than those that provide personalized normative feedback. The pilot trial specifically assessed whether six-month outcomes varied between problem drinkers provided with minimal IBIs (i.e. brief normative personalized feedback) versus extended IBIs that include comprehensive cognitive-behavioural strategies. In this trial, participants were randomized into either an extended intervention (i.e. Alcohol Help Centre: AHC) or a minimal intervention (i.e. Check Your Drinking: CYD). The AHC is a website that contains a series of cognitive-behavioural and relapse prevention tools that have been found to be effective in promoting reductions in drinking in clinical settings, whereas the CYD is a brief screener designed to provide personalized normative feedback aimed at motivating reductions in drinking. Some evidence was found for the added impact of the AHC extended intervention above that observed on the CYD minimal intervention [27]. There were, however, several limitations of this pilot trial that will be addressed in the present study. First, the present study will employ a double blind design to protect against other sources of bias. Second, a long-term follow-up will be included to test the hypothesis that intervention-related reductions in drinking are sustained to a greater extent in the context of a more comprehensive intervention.
Primary hypothesis
Participants in the extended Internet intervention condition will display significantly improved drinking outcomes at twelve months compared to participants in the minimal Internet intervention condition.
Secondary Hypotheses:
Secondary Hypothesis 1: Participants in the extended Internet intervention condition will display significantly improved drinking outcomes at six months compared to participants in the minimal Internet intervention condition.
Secondary Hypothesis 2: Participants in the extended Internet intervention condition will display significantly improved drinking outcomes at two years compared to participants in the minimal Internet intervention condition.
Secondary Hypothesis 3: Participants in the extended Internet intervention conditions will display significantly improved health-related quality of life at twelve months compared to participants in the minimal Internet intervention condition.
Secondary Hypothesis 4: Participants in the extended Internet intervention condition who have more involvement with the AHC intervention between baseline and twelve-month follow-up will demonstrate more improvement in drinking outcomes at twelve-month follow-up, compared to respondents in the extended Internet intervention condition who have less involvement with the AHC intervention.
This is a double-blind, four-wave panel randomized control trial of two IBIs for alcohol problems, with three follow-up periods (6 months, 12 months and 2 years). A comprehensive recruitment strategy using online and print advertisements will be used to recruit current drinkers interested in helping researchers “revise and evaluate Internet-based interventions for alcohol users.” Interested potential participants will be directed to complete an online consent form and a baseline questionnaire. Those found to be eligible based on their responses to the baseline questionnaire will be provided with a unique password to the study website. Upon accessing the website, they will be randomized into one of the two interventions: the minimal Internet-based Check Your Drinking personalized feedback intervention or the extended Internet-based Alcohol Help Center. Only participants who use their password and access the website will be included in the trial. Participants will be provided an honorarium of $20 for completing each follow-up questionnaire and an honorarium of $10 for initially accessing the study website (the latter will be employed in order to avoid loss of potential participants at this point). Potential participants deemed ineligible to participate will be compensated $20 for having completed the baseline questionnaire. See Figure 1 for a Consort Diagram summarizing this trial design.
Overview of the proposed intervention trial.
The research methods to be used in this study have been approved by the standing ethics review committee of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Participants – inclusion and exclusion criteria
Participation in the trial will be restricted to those who are 19 and above (legal drinking age in Canada), current problem drinkers (as indicated by a score of 8 or more on the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test - AUDIT) [28,29], have home access to the Internet and read English (the AHC is currently only available in English). It should be noted that this recruitment procedure may result in the participation of some individuals who are dependent on alcohol. However, as Heather p. 366, [30] has well summarized, “evidence shows that brief interventions are effective and should be used for individuals who are not actively seeking help at specialist agencies. This justification is again independent of level of seriousness, although most recipients of community-based interventions will obviously have problems of a less severe variety.” Indeed, as respondents in this trial will not be treatment seekers, the IBIs could easily serve as their first exposure to any services for alcohol problems. Thus, it is appropriate to include all eligible individuals in this evaluation, no matter the severity of their problems. Further it is also possible that some respondents will have accessed addictions treatment or other forms of assistance for alcohol problems (such as Internet-based interventions) at some point in their lives. This will be assessed on the baseline questionnaire, however respondents will not be excluded from the study due to prior treatment access because the intent is to evaluate the impact of the interventions in the extended range of potential community participants. However, random assignment to condition should ensure that socio-demographic characteristics, such as treatment access, will be randomly assigned across conditions.
Minimal intervention experimental condition
A randomized half of the subjects meeting eligibility criteria will be assigned to the Check Your Drinking screener (CYD; available at http://www.CheckYourDrinking.net). The CYD screener consists of an 18 item screener, the responses from which are then used to generate a personalized feedback Final Report containing normative feedback content as well as a summary of the amount and risks associated with the recipient’s drinking [31,32].
Extended internet-based intervention experimental condition
Subjects randomly assigned to the extended internet-based intervention will be directed to the Alcohol Help Centre (AHC; located at http://www.AlcoholHelpCentre.net). The AHC contains cognitive behavioral, motivational and relapse prevention components. In addition, there is an online support group moderated by health educators [33]. More details of the AHC are provided elsewhere [27].
After providing electronic consent, a letter will be sent to each participant, thanking them for agreeing to participate in the study. Contained in this letter will be a World Wide Web address unique to the study and a password unique to each participant. Upon accessing the website, the participant will enter his or her password and be randomly assigned to either the minimal or the extended Internet-based intervention using a simple randomization without replacement built into the website (no stratification or minimization given the large sample size in this trial).
Participants will be blind to their experimental condition as their password will always direct them to the same intervention after the initial randomization. Research staff involved in the trial will not be informed of respondents’ group allocation during interventions or at follow-up. The generation of the randomized sequence and loading of it into the server database has been conducted by a staff member who will not be involved in the implementation of the trial or with any participant contact.
Primary outcome measure
In order to gain a clear picture of changes in drinking status, both the quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption will be measured as well as the frequency of heavy drinking occasions [34,35]. Therefore, the primary outcome measure will be the AUDIT-C scale (composite measure of frequency of drinking, typical quantity of drinking on one occasion, and frequency of drinking five of more drinks on one occasion). This measure was chosen because it comprises the main predictors of risky drinking in a recent analysis of the relation of drinking to the development of alcohol dependence [36]. This measure was chosen rather than a drinking diary data collection method because summary measures generated from a drinking diary method have been shown to be functionally identical to single point retrospective measures [37] and because the inclusion of a drinking diary in research has been shown to increase attrition in studies employing mailed surveys [38].
Secondary outcome measure
Secondary outcome measures are: (1) number of drinks in a typical week [39-41]; and (2) highest number of drinks on a single occasion. Finally, Health related Quality of Live (HRQOL) will be measured at each time point using the WHOQoL-8. This short form has been used in a number of countries, is robust psychometrically, and overall performance is strongly correlated with scores from the original WHOQoL [42].
The AUDIT-C measure is employed in this power calculation because this scale is a well-validated screener that has research supporting the amount of change that is needed in order to be clinically significant. Ideally, the study should be powered to be able to detect a difference in 1 point on the AUDIT-C scale as this was the added impact of the extended intervention over the minimal intervention observed in a previous pilot study (albeit at a six-month follow-up). A reduction from 9 points to 8 points on the AUDIT-C scale is also a clinically significant effect, representing 15% fewer people drinking beyond recommended low risk guidelines and a five drink per week reduction in typical weekly consumption (findings from the 2009 CAMH Monitor, a general population survey of Ontario residents) [43]. Further, a relatively variable sample is assumed with a standard deviation of 3.0 units on the AUDIT-C (standard deviation in the pilot trial was 2.5).
Following the convention that studies should be designed to have a statistical power of at least 80%, and that hypotheses be tested at the .05 level of significance, these specifications resulted in a final sample (required after attrition) of N = 286 (143 participants per condition).
In addition, there is allowance for the possibility of a substantial loss to follow-up in order to ensure sufficient numbers for analyses. Further, while the power analysis was conducted referring to the primary hypothesis (12 months follow up), sufficient participants will be recruited in order to test for a similar effect size at the two-year time point. Specifically, there is an allowance for a 20% attrition at the one-year follow-up and 40% attrition at the time of the two-year follow-up, and proposing to recruit a total of 480 participants at baseline (thus, allowing for a possible 40% loss to follow-up at the two year time point).
Analysis plan: primary hypothesis testing
The primary hypothesis is that participants in the extended Internet intervention condition will display significantly improved drinking outcomes at twelve months compared to participants in the minimal Internet intervention condition. This will be tested for the primary outcome variable, the AUDIT-C, using an analysis of covariance with experimental condition as the between subject variable and the baseline value of the outcome variable as the covariate. A maximum likelihood approach will be used to replace any missing data at twelve-month follow-up. Sensitivity analyses will be conducted with participants lost to follow-up excluded.
Secondary analyses
To test the difference across time between the two conditions (minimal or extended Internet-based intervention), a group (1, 2) x time (0, 6, 12, and 24) repeated measures MANOVA will be performed, including the primary outcome variable (AUDIT-C) and the two secondary outcome drinking variables (number of drinks in a typical week and greatest number of drinks on one occasion). Missing data will be replaced using a maximum likelihood approach. Planned contrasts will determine the nature of the differences observed. These planned contrasts will be stepped such that significant differences must be observed at the six months’ time point before comparisons will be made between condition at the twelve months’ time point, etc. Effect sizes will be calculated to determine the magnitude of differences in standard units. Interaction terms will be added to the MANOVA to test for sex differences (i.e., is there an interaction effect of subjects’ sex by experimental condition on drinking outcomes?). Finally, a separate repeated-measure ANOVA will be employed to test the hypothesis on the impact of receiving access to the Internet-based interventions on Health Related Quality of Life (secondary hypothesis 3). As part of these secondary analyses, we will also conduct a chi-square test to explore whether there is differential loss to follow-up between experimental conditions.
The proportion of each group that has sought further treatment (total and categorized into type of treatment such as support groups, residential, individual counseling) will be compared using χ2 statistics. If the proportion of treatment-seekers is high then further analyses will be conducted to explore the significance of this treatment to outcome.
The efficacy of IBIs to reduce drinking over short intervals has received increasing empirical evidence as is indicated in several systematic reviews [13-17]. However, research demonstrating that short-term changes in alcohol consumption are often not maintained [19,20] warrants an investigation of the efficacy of IBIs in long-term reductions in alcohol consumption. This project will be one of the first such trial to investigate the long-term benefits of IBIs among problem drinkers and compare the effectiveness of a normative personalized feedback intervention to one that contains a range of cognitive-behavioural and relapse prevention tools.
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This research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Support to CAMH for salary of scientists and infrastructure has been provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.
Department of Social and Epidemiological Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
John A Cunningham & Jürgen Rehm
National Institute for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
John A Cunningham
Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
Christian S Hendershot
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Christian S Hendershot & Jürgen Rehm
Dalla Lana School of Population Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Jürgen Rehm
Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany
Correspondence to John A Cunningham.
All authors have made an intellectual contribution to this research trial. JAC is the principal investigator of the trial, with overall responsibility for the project. He conceived the study, prepared the protocol, and oversees all phases of the project. CSH and JR have provided leadership with respect to the design of the study as well as to the analytical approaches to be employed. All authors have provided approval for the submission of this manuscript.
This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
Cunningham, J.A., Hendershot, C.S. & Rehm, J. Randomized controlled trial of a minimal versus extended Internet-based intervention for problem drinkers: study protocol. BMC Public Health 15, 21 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1347-8
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Safari Park Charging Forward For Rhino Conservation
All the money raised during the week will go to the conservation of endangered rhinos.
The Rhino Conservation Evening includes a talk from Save the Rhino International.
Guests of the Rhino Conservation Evening will get to meet the Indian rhinos.
Guests donating to the ParkÕs JustGiving page, will be entered into a prize draw for a special VIP Rhino experience.
There will be chance to ÔMeet the KeeperÕ at daily talks during Rhino Week.
The Park has been very successful breeding southern white rhino, with three calves in three years.
The Park is also home to southern white rhino including white rhino calf, Granville.
The Park is home to two species of rhino, including Indian or greater one-horned rhino.
There will be opportunities to meet the ParkÕs Indian rhino, during Rhino Week.
West Midland Safari Park is hosting a special Rhino Week for May half term, to raise money for Save the Rhino International.
Bromsgrove Editorial 16th May, 2019 Updated: 5th Aug, 2019
West Midland Safari Park will be hosting a special fundraising week during May half term, dedicated to the conservation of endangered rhinos.
Rhino Week will run from 25 May to 2 June and guests will be able to take part in a whole host of fun activities, whilst learning some interesting rhino facts and helping to raise funds for Save the Rhino International (SRI).
There will also be the chance to meet the Park’s Indian (also known as greater one-horned) rhinos, during an exclusive Rhino Conservation Evening on 30 May. Michaela Butorova and Jack Bedford, SRI’s Partnerships Manager and Fundraising Officer, will be giving a fascinating talk about the plight of rhinos and the important work the charity does to save these endangered animals.
Following the talk, guests will be taken to the Indian Rhino House to meet and feed the Park’s three charismatic Indian rhinos, Rap, Seto and Sunanda.
Research and Conservation Officer, Katie McDonald, said, “Rhino conservation is more important than ever at the moment. Levels of poaching of rhino for their horns are at high levels and the amount of habitat available to rhinos is shrinking. Dedicated conservation organisations, such as Save the Rhino International, are working to prevent the worldwide population of rhinos from decreasing overall.
She continued, “Many different measures combined – employing anti-poaching rangers, running breeding sanctuaries, protecting habitat and educating people to stop them purchasing rhino horn – are making a positive difference. However, it really is make or break time. Two of the five species of rhino – Javan and Sumatran rhino, have wild populations with fewer than 80 individuals. Once numbers are down this low a single disease outbreak could result in extinction.
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New aerial photos of the Tron Coaster Construction
September 21, 2020 2 min read Kevin Koszola
Roller coaster fans have been virtually drooling over the promise of the new Tron coaster coming to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in 2021. The ride will mirror the roller coaster of the same name in Shanghai Disneyland, which opened with rave reviews in 2016.
Recent closures in the parks have delayed news of progress in the construction of the ride, also known as ”Tron Lightcycle Run, ” but thankfully we have new aerial proof of its development. It will be located in Tomorrowland, close to Space Mountain, another futuristic thrill ride.
A Twitter user (@bioreconstruct) shares their aerial photos showing the progress of the upcoming roller coaster.
Aerial look at Tron, where the canopy is under construction over the outdoor swoop of track. At lower left is prep for a concrete floor. Up and above the arrow at right is a pair of supports likely for the attraction entrance signage. pic.twitter.com/lnQQYpCXn7
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) September 19, 2020
The attraction features a two-wheeled cycle for each passenger to board on an exciting ride through a digital world, just like in the iconic film. Fans were able to get an up-close and personal view of the vehicles at last year’s D23 expo. Cast Member uniforms were also on display. The best idea of what to expect comes from the original Tron coaster in Shanghai. Fans shared overwhelmingly positive reviews after its opening, so Walt Disney World vacationers can hope for a similar experience.
2021 will be a year to remember! With the completion of the Tron Lightcycle Run and Walt Disney World’s 50th-anniversary celebration, there are many things to look forward to!
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Kevin is an Orlando, FL resident and Disney enthusiast. Other interests include movies, classic rock, sports, comedy, cooking, and enjoying outdoor activities.
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by Aaron Brzozowski Concept / Comments
The new BMW iX looks pretty sweet as a pickup.
BMW's huge new corporate grille shows no signs of slowing down, even making its way onto the Bavarian auto brand's newest electric vehicle, the iX. If you're wondering why that might be considered strange, remember: electric vehicles don't generally need grilles, meaning BMW could just as easily have left the contentious design feature off the iX's otherwise noncontroversial face. In fact, after its reveal, the iX's design became the subject of a tense war of words online, culminating in BMW throwing shade on critics over social media, before backing off and apologizing.
It's not exactly the sort of vehicle we would have picked out as a candidate for an electric pickup truck, and yet here we are.
KDesign AG via Behance
Seen here, the 2022 BMW iX has been reimagined as a pure-electric pickup truck by designer Kleber Silva, and it actually sort of... works. From the C-pillar forward, it's essentially the same exact design BMW showed off earlier this month, with the same sloping roofline, the same narrow headlamps, and yes, the same divisive new corporate grille, but from the C-pillar back, there's a small open cargo bed instead of a covered cargo area.
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Unfortunately, the best chance we have of ever seeing this BMW electric pickup in the flesh is some buyer taking the initiative to build it themselves.
Source Credits: KDesign AG on Behance
Tags: #BMW #Concept #Design #Trucks
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Coldplay: The Band. The Music.
Kaleidoscope EP (2017)
Hypnotised - first song off Kaleidoscope
By I ran away, March 2, 2017 in Kaleidoscope EP (2017)
My batshake brings all the spam to the yard
IMO Paradise is one of the best words to use it on.
All I can think of when Chris is doing this, is this:
jc90 2733
Honorary Coldplayer
or this
cp3176 2252
I slowed down the end in Audacity. Glad you liked it ! :)
Oh! I know how to slow down audio in Audacity but it almost seems to gradually slow down, but I can't find a way to do that very easily...
That's the fun of it lol
I ran away 12777
A Rush of Blood to X&Y
There is actually a function in the drop-down menu right next to 'change tempo' that says 'change tempo gradually' (I have the German version, so don't know exactly what it is called in English there), and I used this. It's quite easy.
Hm, I can't find it...
msimo4 55
GS era fan, wishing to have been an MX era fan...
the first picture that shows up when you google "hypnotised"...curious...
Also ironic because the article that the image is from is one from MX era called "Brian Eno Hypnotised Coldplay For Mylo Xyloto".
spice 112
You're a Sky Full of Stars
Chris's best individual work since VLV
Livin' life in Technicolor
I love this song!!!!
nvdmm 267
So I held back from posting anything about Hypnotised for a while. A lot of you guys seemed to like it and I didn't want to be a douche. Though it was mostly because I was trying desperately to like it, forcefully even, and I just can't. I listen to it three or four times a day just searching for a glimmer of light, but my god is it boring. It's the dullest song they've done along with Amazing Day. The song just doesn't go anywhere for six minutes and it's nowhere near as emotionally charged as their early work. I simply don't understand the comparison with anything pre-Viva. A painfully slow song doesn't automatically equate to early Coldplay.
And I still dislike the production. The bells are synthed and not real, the drums are electric and Jonny's solo is drowned in a sea of synth white noise and uncomplimentary strings (The Pink Floyd comparisons almost killed me. I think sir Gilmour might shoot himself too if he read this!) The piano rhythm is way too slow and could have been written by a preschooler with a keyboard, and don't even get me stared on the lyrics. Once you compare it with O, All Your Friends or Up with the Birds the weaknesses really start to show.
Overall I'm neither sad nor disappointed, just rather bewildered, with the band seemingly unable to capture the magic of what made them great in the first place, even though they evidently tried their hardest to do so. Kaleidoscope will be a dreadful end to an era that can't come soon enough.
I still hold on to my belief that Ghost Story and Atlas are the most original Coldplay songs post-Viva. Both songs masterfully written and crafted. Songs that fill your head with a lot of what ifs... In fact Coldplay's career these past 10 years is filled with what ifs. The older members will know I've called for the band to go on a prolonged hiatus since Viva only to be more disappointed with every release year after year . Hopefully in 2017 the time will come.
Nie 5208
The older members will know I've called for the band to go on a prolonged hiatus since Viva only to be more disappointed with every release year after year . Hopefully in 2017 the time will come.
Just wondering:
why do you think a long hiatus will make a difference? Let's say they stop making music for 3 years and then start again...
linaplay 5
Criticism is always a reflection of one’s ability to understand someone or something, I guess. After all it´s just a personal opinion, nothing else. When we start to give opinions to much weight and start to take ourselves too serious is where we start hurting others. We believe and start to give other the impression that our opinion is the right one. But the truth is, that the moment you understand what this song or whatever is about, you would probably never arrogate to yourself any criticism… It doesn´t help that you wait long to tell that a song is dull or whatever – it doesn´t hurt people who loves the song less, to hear something that they can connect to and soothes them being put down by somebody.
I know it´s just your opinion and that is just a reflection of your state in life, but could it be, that when something you don't like gets so important to you, your problem is not this song but something else?
But really that is just my point of view! :)
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Maybe I'm a ghost
so you are... criticizing someone else's criticism? giving too much weight to opinions means you can give too much weight to positive opinions as well, ignoring potential negatives. it's only fair that we get to hear those perspectives, too, no matter what causes the person to feel that way.
Hi, I love Hypnotised too, actually very much so, but @nvdmm just stated his personal opinion, and he did it not in a harsh or impolite way. He can state whatever opinion he wants to just like everyone else here.
Everybody has different opinions, everybody has different tastes and has the right to criticise a song without being accused of not understanding it, as you just did. In fact, everything you just wrote could be applied to your opinion as well. Live and let live.
While I don't personally despise it as much as you do (but I certainly don't adore it either!), I definitely agree on a lot of your points. I really just find it... OK. People comparing it to Viva or Death is pretty ridiculous, comparisons to Amazing Day are 100% most accurate, but again I don't necessarily hate AD, but they're both so similar in that they're pitch-wise similar and are quite dreary and overall have a very similar vibe. Honestly, with the lyrics, when you really think about it, these are some of his best lyrics FOR THIS ERA. AHFOD's lyrics were pretty poor and his lyrics have obviously been pretty shocking for the past several years, but whenever people complain about Chris recent lyrics (including myself) I always remember this: Chris has NEVER been a fantastic, let alone very good lyric-writer. He is probably one of the most derided song/lyric-writers of 21st century pop-music, and rightfully so. And some people will mention some lyrics from Parachutes, or AROBTTH, or even something from any era (a lot of people seem to specifically bring up lyrics from GS) that works and say 'Well what about this lyric, it's really fantastic etc...", and while there are few standouts amongst the band's catalogue that actually are kind of great lyrically, we need to really look deeper and think about the level of sophistication, not even really, present in the lyrics, even the ones which people mention as being some "really good lyrics that prove that Chris is a brilliant lyric-writer", which overall, turn out to be quite basic.
With production, honestly, I think that a lot of the complaints our fanbase has about the production are a load of bullshit. Not necessarily invalidating yours, but it pisses me off so much when all of these people say stuff like "Stargate made AHFOD shit" and "the production on SJLT is shocking". Like FUCK OFF, it's just the idea of their production on the songs acting as a placebo on the people who complain because deep down, they simply just WANT to hate it because these flashy pop-focused producers are coming in. I bet that if there was some sort of blind experiment where we could test which versions of songs people prefer without them knowing who produced them, a lot of the results would contradict what people love to currently say and we would see that it's not up to Stargate. And besides, what percentage of those people even has a clue about the difference between good and bad music production? You need to have A LOT of experience in that kind of stuff, and I know that while there may be some who can genuinely hear it, most can't. Really I think the main complaint people have with it is that it's too refined - which pisses me off as well. It's again the idea of "typical mainstream pop" which people will jump at hating. As if having a song sound more "raw" absolutely has to make it better. I'm sorry to sound so negative about this, but it's something SO MANY of us do, and it really annoys me.
But overall, I don't mind the song. For me, it's a mix of slightly boring and pretty sweet and beautiful. I don't know how to follow both. It's giving me mixed signals about Kaleidoscope, but I think I can kind of tell what the whole vibe of the EP will be from the song (and also the other soundcheck from last year at the Rose Bowl).
You are problably right; I should stop to criticize criticism and turn to something I like! Sorry for any disturbances. :grinning:
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complaints our fanbase has about the production are a load of bullshit. Not necessarily invalidating yours, but it pisses me off so much when all of these people say stuff like "Stargate made AHFOD shit" and "the production on SJLT is shocking". Like FUCK OFF, it's just the idea of their production on the songs acting as a placebo on the people who complain because deep down, they simply just WANT to hate it because these flashy pop-focused producers are coming in.
Well the wording you choose there is pretty offensive !
Stargate's production style might fit some other acts perfectly, but for a band very much relying on guitar lines it is not suited. This is the reason why songs like Up&Up sound so much better live than on the disc. Of course that's not Stargate's fault, it is Coldplay who chose them as producers, so their decision.
You don't need to have studied music production for ten years to pick up on the differences. It is not an art to hear if the guitar gets buried underneath chopped-up vocals or other noises.
And as for your blind experiment suggestion, well, when Hypnotised first came out nobody knew who had produced it, and yet the comments in the first minutes of its release unanimously said the production was so clean and good - a total contrast about what people said about AHFOD's production.
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"Nu-Sensitive music, that's bollocks though"
I can certainly point out my gripes with Mylo Xyloto and AHFOD and how I feel about them sonically. Hell I still wince during Spies when they break into the bridge because Will's cymbal crash feels like it's ripping my speakers. I think a large portion of the reason I keep MX so low in my personal opinion is because of how it turned out from production.
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I have felt the same way since MX! It's as if during the mastering phase someone really pushed the compressor to the limit, and yeah the music sounds loud, but it lost quite a bit of the dynamics and is rather harsh. I often listen via monitor headphones and don't experience the clarity any more that was there in viva. Sometimes I really wonder, like, they can afford any equipment, any studio, any pros to work with and this is what we get? Weird.
That's a very good question. As you know bands have a drastically different approach to their work compared to other occupations, engineers for example. Their whole survivability depends on creative output and that depends on every element they're exposed to at any time. When bands continuously make music for lets say a decade, they usually fall into the habit of looking at the whole process as a day job. This is more evident in bands who have a main driving force who dictates all aspects of their sound and pretty much sets the direction and the tone. Coldplay are a definitive example of this. So were Keane and a lot of other bands, even PF before Waters left. Not so much with Linkin Park or Anathema for instance where every single member of the band is pretty much a songwriter and so everyone is considerably more responsible and involved from the get-go.
We all know how Coldplay works. Chris comes up with a melody or rhythm, sometimes with disjointed lyrics and often with a whole song, and the rest of the band try to compliment the sound with their individual input. From MX onward I feel like they've become session musicians more or less, just following whatever Chris has in mind. This is why Viva was such a great album. A true masterpiece. Eno came in and broke that chain, giving space to others so they can explore and discover. It sounded fresh and original, unlike anything they or any other alternative band had done.
A hiatus is extremely healthy as the band take a break from all group activity for a long time and are no longer artistically involved in a joint activity. It breaks the chain and allows them to take a step back and reflect on their output. They will question the quality of their records and how they stand in the greater scheme of things and examine the band dynamics. Most importantly it helps them develop critical thinking when it comes to making music as a group and in most bands leads to experimentation. Coldplay are a very happy band now, completely indifferent to what you and I think or like or where they stand in the music industry or if they're actually producing music worth listening to. They've fallen into the trap of thinking chart success is an indication of their capability as musicians but they couldn't be more wrong. Charts are about glorified entertainers and no worthy artist in history has ever cared about enduring commercial presence. Coldplay aren't like other bands though and I can't guarantee you a hiatus could work. They might go on holiday and come back after 3 years as if nothing changed. I think Chris is too much of a dominant lead and the others are unable or unwilling to challenge him or present fresh ideas for experimentation. And this is as bad as it gets for a rock band!
Well, I'm also a fan of a Belgian band who were a bit in the same treadmill.
Record - tour - record - tour...
Then they had a 4 year long hiatus and came back.
The new CD was good but I'm just not sure if the hiatus had anything to do with it.
I can tell you that for a fan, such a long hiatus is not fun.
I wouldn't say a lot has changed in their band dynamics in general. I think Chris always very much was the leader, before their first record all through Parachutes, AROBTTH and X&Y. I don't think Chris being the leader is a bad thing per se. Unfortunately Chris's musical taste and understanding of what makes good music has changed drastically.
honestly, i don't even think his taste and understanding have changed really, just his perspective on the kind of music he feels obligated to make, if that makes sense? and sure, other things have factored into that, too, but it's as if pre-Viva Chris had many, many preconceived notions about what kind of music is OK and what's not OK (which i'm certain plenty of people still believe in, that's not a good or bad thing per se). watching old interviews sometimes it feels like hearing a different person talk, someone who had a clear image he was trying to live up to and talking down about anything that was sort of against that image (but at the same time not always fully committing, like every time he clarifies "SOFT rock star"). maybe some of that changed because of things outside of his control, the way the band continued to gain popularity yet amass harsher criticism over the years and as people have pointed out before, certain friendships he's made with other musical artists. but i get this feeling that the eye-opening experience the band had with Eno which helped them to produce an album as awesome as VLVODAAHF (and PM, it's great too) also played a factor in shaping the band today.
so now Chris talks about just wanting to be himself, and of course he's mentioned this a lot in the past few years, thinking like in the Zane Lowe interview he talks about how it's become normal to like many different genres at the same time, about how freeing that is. in Live 2012 talking about how they're trying not to care so much what other people think - yet Chris is 100% a people pleaser, which means that not caring what other people think is not actually possible and may lead to this sort of "charts"-centered thinking that was mentioned earlier, especially if all you're trying to do now is focus on the people who like your work... maybe some of the overall goals have changed, from being the best band ever and becoming the next U2 or something to being the band who was able to bring the most amount of people together, because that's easier to quantify
well, i apparently had way more thoughts on this than i realized. sorry :p but i just want to say i don't mean to condone or criticize Chris either way right now, these are merely my observations and what i understand based on what i've seen over the years :shrug: but i'd love to hear other opinions on this, too.
i'm done, i promise. :P
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So many great comments here! Everyone has a lot good to say.
@nvdmm -- Those are fair criticisms to this track. My first thought is that it sounded like a lullaby for toddlers with 70's classic rock thrown in. Arpeggiated pianos are overdone, I'm with you there, and it does drag a bit. I overall really like the song and think the mixing is far more clear than on most of AHFOD, but yes, it feels less organic than Viva and before. Really agree that the band is too Chris dominant, based on the evidence we have. It hurts the amazing contributions Will and Guy have to make. I would argue that Birds and Up&Up are some of the best "rock" songs we have got from them ever, but again, its under the veil of pop. Its hard to love AHFOD for me, but I really like it too--very inconsistent.
@I ran away Totally agree about production. None of us are experts here, but when you play something at a moderate level on your headphones you should be able to feel and hear the layers cleanly. There should be range, as if something is approaching or leaving your space. AHFOD did this really well sometimes (Birds), but sometimes music feels blurred and fuzzy (chorus of HFTW). So when Hypnotised dropped, I felt like the fact I could hear acoustic guitar in the foreground and drums slowly building up was a victory in the production department. BUT
@msimo4 We aren't experts, and we ultimately don't know how decisions were made or whether bombastic production was their actual choice. We shouldn't make comments that are too drastic like "this production is pop crap, worst of all time" because it just is another style that others might enjoy! ASFOS sounds great loud when you are driving a car fast, because you want it to hit you like a gust of wind. But if you are listening to it trying to find complex textures and chord structure, well, not the right song buddy. Also, I totally have said "Screw Stargate," but who knows if they actually made tracks much better in some cases? And yeah, we can't ever expect Chris to do good lyrics. Maybe every once in a while he will surprise us, but lets not get our hopes up.
@coldplayisawesome Right? I am so confused when Chris is like "I don't care who listens to us, but I am also a 40 year old man who just collaborated with the Chainsmokers and 'inadvertently' putting Coldplay back in the mind of young people!" I believe the guy truthfully loves pop EDM, but he also wrote Spies, Politik, and Chinese Sleep Chant. WHO ARE YOU!?!? Also, I love that mixing genres is apparently freeing for him--but that is one of the hardest things to do in music. To make a song like "Daddy Lessons" like Beyonce that appeals to hip-hop, r&b, and country crowd is tough. On AHFOD every song tried to have some crossover appeal and I think that's what made tracks a little weaker. Sometimes sticking to a concept is best (Parachutes, Viva, MX, GS)
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quite a few good points. i feel like chris was much more dominant in the early days than he is now. without a question he is the dominant leader there. like @nvdmm mentioned, brian eno definitely broke that mold. and we got the most musically cohesive, but diverse and progressed album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=1Fsk3sQyZt8;m=41;s=3
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(how strange is it that this is leading up to mx and a few of us would consider that the start of the downward spiral?)
i still think coldplay learned a lot from the time with brian eno and one of those is probably band dynamics. but from the beginning i remember seeing quotes from will for example how the band ran on chris' drive and his doom or sunshine personality. as the whole band grew up, all of them seem to have settled on to content lives. chris doesn't seem that driven any more (still very driven) and not out to prove anything, like they were until mx. can you imagine last decade's coldplay doing that superbowl show? it sure has hurt the band output. and a mindset like "But in terms of writing, I think it’s about not judging what comes through. And that’s how the catchy bits happen." can't really help the quality of output.
i feel like the whole band has fallen into a happy, routinely rut. so they are trying to spruce up their new music by trying to go in not-so-working directions. they don't seem to want to revisit the early days in a significant form, no matter how much we wish. it is obvious from the past several years that coldplay are always trying new things to keep their interest. i'm sure commercial success/crowd pleasing factor in there somewhere too. but guy has been repeating this quite a lot. so it is not chris driven, alone.
what i'm hoping for is for the band stop trying to write hits for the "teenage crowd". maybe this is what we'll get until their kids grow up enough to call the music they are making today "cheesy"
ps. you know maybe we should try to have the band listen to some of their earlier interviews.
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Author(s): Tara June Winch
When May's mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesn't seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets out to find her father and her Aboriginal identity.
Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong.
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Colorado coronavirus deaths hit 70 as confirmed cases near 3,000
The new deaths include two more each in El Paso and Weld counties, where fatalities have far outpaced other areas of the state.
4:14 PM MDT on Mar 31, 2020
The new coronavirus has been linked to at least 70 deaths in Colorado as the number of people with confirmed cases of the disease neared 3,000 on Tuesday.
There were 17 new deaths reported from Monday to Tuesday, the biggest single-day jump yet in fatalities from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
The new deaths include two more each in El Paso and Weld counties, where the number of deaths has far outpaced other areas of the state.
MORE: How a bridge club led a Colorado county to have one of the nation’s highest coronavirus death rates
There were also two new deaths reported in Denver and three new deaths each reported in Larimer and Arapahoe counties.
Adams County reported its first two deaths.
The breakdown by county is:
El Paso County – 13
Weld County – 12
Denver – 7
Larimer County – 6
Jefferson County – 6
Arapahoe County – 6
Eagle County – 4
Pueblo County – 2
Pitkin County – 2
Boulder County -2
Adams County – 2
Gunnison County – 1
Garfield County – 1
Crowley County – 1
Chaffee County – 1
Broomfield County – 1
Elbert County – 1
Teller County – 1
Out of state – 1
New deaths are announced daily by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and on Tuesday the state said there were 69 fatalities. But Elbert County on Monday also announced a death linked to coronavirus — a man in his 70s who was tested after he died on March 26 — bringing the total to 70.
Boulder County reported Tuesday that its second death of someone with coronavirus was a woman in her 70s who had been hospitalized for nearly two weeks.
Details on the other deaths were not released by the state. No one younger than 40 who was infected by the virus has died.
Thirty-six of the deaths — or more than half — were among people age 80 or older.
Also on Tuesday CDPHE reported that more than 2,900 people have tested positive for the virus or have symptoms and close contact with someone who tested positive. More than 500 confirmed patients are hospitalized.
The disease has been detected in at least 50 of Colorado’s 64 counties. There have been outbreaks of the virus in at least 16 residential and non-hospital health care facilities, such as senior care centers or nursing homes.
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Subpoenas can be used to obtain evidence from other parties which may not be readily available to the issuing party. This article will discuss what a subpoena is and the formal requirements of a subpoena. It will also discuss compliance with a subpoena and the grounds for setting aside a subpoena.
A. What is a subpoena?
Rule 33.1 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) (‘UCPR’) defines a subpoena as being an order requiring a person or party (ie the addressee) to give or produce evidence. There are three different types of subpoenas that can be issued:
• Subpoena to give evidence – where the addressee is required to attend court and give evidence;
• Subpoena to produce – where the addressee is required to produce a copy of the subpoena and the specific document or thing ordered to be produced; and
• Subpoena to give and produce evidence – where the addressee is required to both give evidence at court and produce a document or thing.
B. Form of subpoena
There are formal requirements of a subpoena that must be complied with to ensure that they are in the approved form.1 Pursuant to rule 33.3, these requirements include:
• The subpoena must not be addressed to more than one person. As such, the issuing party will need to prepare and file a separate subpoena document for each party. For example, if the issuing party wishes to issue a subpoena to produce to three different banks, then three subpoena documents need to be prepared (one for each bank).
• Unless ordered otherwise, the subpoena must identify the addressee (ie by name or position). If the addressee is a corporation, then a person holding the position identified in the subpoena is to comply with the subpoena.
• A subpoena to give evidence must specify the:
• Date for attendance;
• Time for attendance; and
• Place for attendance.
• A subpoena to produce evidence must:
• Identify the document / thing to be produced (eg bank records); and
• Specify the date, time and place for production of the document or thing. The place for production would either be the court or another person/place authorised by the court to accept the evidence.
C. Filing and serving the subpoena
A subpoena becomes an order of the court once it has been:
• Filed in court; and
• Served personally on the addressee.2
The subpoena will specify the last date by which the subpoena must be served to the addressee. The last date for service is either:
• Five days before the earliest date on which the addressee is required to comply with the subpoena; or
• An earlier / later date that has been fixed by the court.3
Once the subpoena has been served on the addressee, the issuing party is then required to serve a copy of the subpoena to each active party involved in the case.4
D. Compliance with the subpoena
The addressee must comply with the requirements of the subpoena. However, compliance is not required unless the subpoena has been served on the addressee on or before the last date of service.5 An exception to this rule is when the addressee already has knowledge of the subpoena. If the addressee has actual knowledge of the subpoena and its requirements (by the last date for service), then the addressee needs to comply with subpoena and its requirements even if service has not occurred.6
Regarding a subpoena to give evidence, an addressee does not need to comply with the requirement of attending court to give evidence unless the issuing party has given them ‘conduct money’, being an appropriate sum to cover the addressee’s costs of attending court (eg travel expenses).7 The conduct money must be given at a reasonable time before the date that the addressee is required to give evidence.
Comparatively, an addressee must comply with a subpoena to produce either:
• By attending court at the date, time and place specified and producing the document or thing at court; or
• By delivering the subpoena and the document or thing to the Court Registrar at least two days before the specified date for production.8
Unless specifically stated in the subpoena, an addressee may produce a copy of any document required by the subpoena rather than the original.
D.1. Costs and expenses of compliance
The issuing party may be ordered by the court to pay the addressee any reasonable loss or expenses that they may have incurred in complying with the subpoena.9 An amount is generally fixed by the court and is separate from any conduct money or witness expenses that may be paid to the addressee.
E. Setting aside a subpoena
Failing to comply with a subpoena (without a lawful excuse) is considered to be contempt of court.10 However, a party or any person with a sufficient interest may apply to have the subpoena set aside on the ground11 that it is an abuse of process. Setting aside a subpoena to produce documents on the grounds of an abuse of process can be claimed using one or more of these reasons:
• The subpoena is being used as a substitute for discovery – the court has held that subpoenas should not be used as a ‘fishing exercise’ to discover evidence;12
• The subpoena is oppressive – a subpoena may be oppressive if it has insufficient particularisation (ie not specific enough) or is too onerous;13
• The subpoena has an improper purpose – a subpoena must not be used for some purpose not related to the case (eg for private gain);
• The documents specified for production in the subpoena have a lack of relevance to the proceedings;14 and
• The subpoena does not have a legitimate forensic purpose – the issuing party must specify the legitimate forensic purpose for which production of the documents is sought.
Comasters Law Firm can help clients issue subpoenas or have subpoenas set aside.
1 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 33.3(1) (‘UCPR’).
2 Ibid r 33.5(1).
9 Ibid r 33.11(1).
10 Ibid r 33.12(1).
11 Ibid r 33.4.
12 NSW Commissioner of Police v Tuxford [2002] NSWCA 139.
14 Trade Practices Commission v Arnotts Limited (No 2) (1989) 21 FCR 306.
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Star Wars: Yoda Actor Calls Out The Last Jedi Troll
By Patrick Cavanaugh - November 16, 2020 11:30 pm EST
While it's one thing to dislike a movie for any number of reasons, it's another thing to spend years attempting to directly insult those responsible for creating it, with even Yoda actor Frank Oz shocked that people would still harass Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson about his film on social media. When Oz recently witnessed someone trolling Johnson over something entirely unrelated to Star Wars, Oz called out the fan for harboring an "internal darkness" and how the ambitious nature of The Last Jedi, while not for everyone, is a key component in crafting great art.
"It’s sad to me that you’ve harbored this internal darkness for so long about a movie," Oz shared on Twitter. "Rian is a great director, writer, & human being. Please try to understand that writers & directors are not there to fulfill the audience’s expectations. Good work breaks expectations."
It’s sad to me that you’ve harbored this internal darkness for so long about a movie. Rian is a great director, writer, & human being. Please try to understand that writers & directors are not there to fulfill the audience’s expectations. Good work breaks expectations.
— Frank Oz (@TheFrankOzJam) November 15, 2020
The exchange started when Johnson shared a post about Netflix often cutting off the credits of a film, with the filmmaker noting that watching the names of those responsible for a film is too important to be obscured by the streaming service's "You might also like..." recommendation. This resulted in the troll spewing toxicity at the filmmaker.
"I'm still not over your awful [Star Wars] entry that shat all over everything," the comment read. "I hope one day someone breaks something you cherish, Rian. And I hope, one day, you realize what you did, and you apologize EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. I hope you feel that amount of pain."
Far from merely being a negative comment related to the conversation, it was clear that the user was harboring immense vitriol towards Johnson merely for not liking the sequel.
This is only the most recent example of Oz defending the film.
“I love [The Last Jedi],” Oz shared during a panel at South by Southwest back in 2019. “All the people who don’t like this Jedi thing is just horse crap. It’s about expectations. The movie didn’t fill their expectations. But as filmmakers, we’re not here to fulfill people’s expectations.”
Johnson was previously announced to be developing his own trilogy of Star Wars films back in 2017, though there have been no official updates on that project.
What do you think of Oz's reaction? Let us know in the comments below or contact Patrick Cavanaugh directly on Twitter to talk all things Star Wars and horror!
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What is “is” in Olympicspeak?
CommonWealth Staff Olympics 2024 1 Comment May 28, 2015
Well, now, this is a fine kettle of fish, as Laurel and Hardy would say. And it’s beginning to smell.
The Boston 2024 people have said repeatedly and publicly that this will be a privately-funded Olympic Games with no reliance on public dollars save for security and previously planned infrastructure upgrades. The key word there is “publicly.” What they’ve said privately appears to be open to interpretation.
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The Boston Business Journal, which obtained previously undisclosed documents through a public records request, reports that, despite vows to put on a completely privately-funded Olympics, Boston’s winning bid to be the US entry relied on “rosy assumptions and the promise of public funding to win the US Olympic Committee’s backing to potentially host the 2024 Summer Games.”
The release of the bid book, which includes previously undisclosed information, is certain to fuel the NIMBY choir from the nattering nabobs of negativity here in our provincial burg. It should also tick off even some of the more ardent supporters.
Among the revelations:
“Initially, a public authority (e.g., City of Boston affiliated Industrial Development Authority) will fund land acquisition and infrastructure costs…”
“We have determined that the [organizing committee] budget will finance approximately 33% ($173M) of cost of the stadium… The additional $345M (67%) needed for land acquisition and infrastructure upgrades will use tax increment financing bonds secured by new tax revenues.”
The bid book says the temporary stadium would be built where the New Boston Food Market currently sits, saying the cooperative is for sale. That’s news to the folks who work and own businesses there.
The organizers are (were) counting on an expanded Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, now scuttled by Gov. Charlie Baker, for some indoor Games, parking, and media headquarters.
Boston magazine also obtained a copy of the bid book through a public records request to UMass. The magazine points out the differences between several previously undisclosed nuggets and, like BBJ, what appears to be contradictions between what was said what is proposed. The magazine points out, for instance, statements earlier this month on WEEI by Boston 2024 CEO Rich Davey that public money would only be needed for security appear to contradict what the bid book says the public responsibility will be.
And while Boston Mayor Martin Walsh told the Dorchester Reporter last month that taxpayer funds would “absolutely” be required for infrastructure, no one had gone on the record to say the full faith and credit of the city or a state agency/authority would be required to buy land. Though Boston 2024 says a private source would be found to pay the debt service on the land purchases, taxpayers would be left holding the bag if that private funding source falls through.
Boston 2024 officials, who were in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Wednesday, talking with International Olympic Committee officials about their bid, also seemed to be a tad misleading to USOC folks who decided who would carry the torch for the US. Under the section titled “Transport Challenges,” the organizers said the biggest hurdles will be moving people around the city during the construction and adapting the rail system for climate change. No mention of the myriad of MBTA and commuter rail problems. Think that might have earned at least a footnote or a rewrite after this winter?
Boston 2024 spokeswoman Erin Murphy Rafferty says the withholding of information came at the behest of the USOC, which asked Boston officials to not release “a limited amount of proprietary information… because they believe it will put Boston and the United States at a competitive disadvantage.” Perhaps they need to be a little more concerned about the disadvantage they face at home. Their bid book certainly recognizes the problem.
“Given recent media reports about large-scale sporting events and the financial impacts on their host communities, people in Massachusetts and Boston are in need of a realistic education about the costs of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games,” they wrote.
Yes, they are.
The MBTA’s main employee union is vowing to fight a key provision of Gov. Charlie Baker‘s T reform plan, saying it might petition the federal government to cut off millions of dollars in transportation aid to the system if the state goes through with the proposed change in contract arbitration procedures. (Boston Globe)
Must-see TV: Former House speaker Thomas Finneran debates the new Senate budget with Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz. (Greater Boston)
Senate President Stanley Rosenberg says there’s no reason the state budget can’t be finished on time. (State House News)
MUNICIPAL MATTERS
A break in a 100-year-old water main in Brockton sent the city into a state of emergency, shutting down schools, forcing the cancellation of surgeries at area hospitals, and affecting nearby towns as well. (The Enterprise)
Amy Ryan, the president of the Boston Public Library, is pledging to up beef up security in the wake of revelations that more than $600,000 worth of artwork at the main Copley Square branch has gone missing. (Boston Globe) The Herald reports that the BPL gave away a rare 1800 pamphlet to be sold at a local book fair but got it back when it was recognized to be a valuable part of its holdings.
Boston will be on the hook to make roadway and other upgrades to accommodate the Grand Prix racing that is scheduled to land in the Seaport district annually for five years beginning in September 2016. (Boston Herald)
Hinsdale town meeting voted to hire a town administrator, which may help the community shed a reputation that has made it a “Berkshire laughingstock,” according to a Berkshire Eagle editorial.
Getting the 311: Teen develops smartphone app for Holliston news and information. (MetroWest Daily News)
WASHINGTON/NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
The Pentagon has launched an investigation into how a military facility in Utah mistakenly mailed live anthrax spores to nine states. (U.S. News & World Report)
Long-time Worcester City Councilor Frederick Rushton abruptly withdraws from a race for reelection, saying he wants to spend more time with his family. (Telegram & Gazette)
Dianne Williamson says Scott Walker’s pride in Wisconsin legislation requiring ultrasounds for people seeking abortions is definitely not cool. (Telegram & Gazette)
Gerald Chan, the billionaire who has already bought a big chunk of Harvard Square real estate and donated $350 million to the university, has scooped up a two-acre parcel in Dorchester for $5.25 million. (Boston Globe)
A Fall River chemical company has agreed to buy emergency response equipment for the city’s fire department and pay a fine in a settlement with the EPA over a violation of the Clean Air Act. (Herald News)
Boston youth protest the lack of money for summer and year-round jobs. (Bay State Banner)
A new study shows that 86 percent of wealthy adults think giving back to society is part of a well-lived life. (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Jay Lang, the deputy superintendent of the Lowell schools, is taking the top job in Chelmsford. (Lowell Sun)
The Christian Science Monitor profiles a Malden reading program that produces impressive results in young, low-income student populations.
Opposition in Salem to double-yellow lines forces city officials to backtrack. (Salem News)
May could be Boston’s driest month on record. (WBUR)
Houston reels from unprecedented floods. (Time)
More severe hurricanes may hit the Northeast in the coming decades. (Cape Cod Times)
Cape Wind isn’t giving up yet. (Cape Cod Times)
Boston area criminal defense attorney Timothy Flaherty is facing federal witness tampering charges, as prosecutors allege he paid the alleged victim of his client $2,500 not to testify in the hate-crime case. (Boston Globe) Lawyers, including a member of the Governor’s Council, are defending Flaherty, the son of former House speaker Charlie Flaherty, saying what he did was not criminal but common legal practice. “Criminal defense lawyers offer settlements to accusers every day,” writes the Herald‘s Bob McGovern.
Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello details his new drug policy, which has officers steering people who acknowledge a problem and turn in their drugs into treatment instead of jail. “Police officers are here to help you, not judge you,” he says. (Gloucester Times)
Prosecutors seek seven years for the Boston Marathon bomber’s friend. (Associated Press)
The 23-year-old accomplice to the man who shot to death Woburn police officer John Maguire in 2010 was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder. (Boston Globe)
With Nebraska repealing the death penalty over a gubernatorial veto, the American Spectator says it’s easy to see many of the other remaining states that allow capital punishment, especially conservative ones like Nebraska, following suit.
The Brockton City Council approved funds to expand the city’s ShotSpotter system that identifies where guns are fired within seconds. (The Enterprise)
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Internet analyst Mary Meeker offers up a slide that sums up the negative situation for print media. (Fortune)
The documentary The Market Basket Effect is expected to hit theaters this summer. (Eagle-Tribune)
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As One of the Shortest Idols, What’s Lee Hi’s Height?
The Petite Idol Lee Hi
Lee Hi debuted on October 28th, 2012, with her first single “1,2,3,4.” Lee Hi was born on September 23rd, 1996, and she made her debut as an artist at the age of 18. Before her stage appearance, she was known as one of the contestants and runner up on Kpop Star season 1 and after that, she decided to sign a contract with YG Entertainment. Lee Hi has the charm of her unpredictable appearance. She has a unique voice full of emotions. Koreans even call her the Adele from Korea. Even though her powerful voice successfully touches listeners’ hearts, Lee Hi surprisingly has a petite body.
Found Out Lee Hi’s Actual Height
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Her performance is always able to make listeners share the emotions that are brought from a song. Sometimes, the audience will sing along and sometimes, they are just amazed to see and hear Lee Hi’s live performance. Even though Lee Hi looks stunning on stage, it turns out that she has a petite body. Her height is 156 cm. But she has managed to look more attractive and dazzling day by day.
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Lee Hi has been known to have healthy legs and combined with her petite body she pulls off a very cute look, like a doll. Lee Hi has a chubby body. But when she began her career as a solo singer, she went on a strict diet to make her body reach the ideal proportions according to the South Korean standard of beauty as a star. Nevertheless, she looks more mature now, the clothes she is wearing are simpler and more elegant. Lee Hi has become a real woman compared to the little girl from the beginning of her singing career.
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Lee Hi has a very beautiful voice and with her elegant appearance, she is surely an amazing gem of YG Entertainment. Sadly, Lee Hi was last active with her Seoulite album in 2016, and she hasn’t given any news about her comeback. Let’s wait for the future activities of this beautiful petite singer.
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Is Anime Cheaper To Make?
How much do anime creators make?
Can one person make an anime?
How much is Naruto worth?
Will the anime industry die?
Are Japanese animators underpaid?
What anime has the biggest budget?
What is the number 1 anime?
What is the longest running anime?
Who is the highest paid animator?
Which is the first anime in the world?
Who is the strongest anime character?
Is anime expensive to make?
Why is making anime so expensive?
Why are Japanese animators paid so little?
Which degree is best for animation?
How much do Japanese animators get paid?
Which is the best anime in 2020?
Can an American make an anime?
According to a Japan Animation Creators Association survey of 759 animators, the average yearly income is 1.1 million yen (US$9,648)..
For animation, a single inbetween can sometimes take an hour or so to draw. … It usually takes ~4-6 months to produce the animation for a single anime episode, and since you’re working by yourself you cannot designate the work and have to so serially.
How much is Naruto worth? Feb 1, 2017 “Naruto” creator Masashi Kishimoto’s net profit has risen to $20 million thanks to the manga series’ success. Japanese game and manga artist Akira Toriyama has an estimated net worth of $45 million in 2013.
No the anime industry isn’t dying one bit. Despite how free subbed and dubbed anime online may seem to hurt the industry it isn’t actually affecting it in any way. More and more anime is being released each season and its going strong.
Essentially, animators in Japan are being overworked and underpaid. … Starting with salaries, most animators are only paid by commission. An “In-Between” Animator, which is an entry-level position, is only paid around 200 yen per drawing. 200 yen equates to around $1.84 in US Dollars.
SteamboyThe budget for Katsuhiro Otomo’s (Japan) Steamboy (Japan, 2004) anime is estimated to have reached 2.4 billion Yen ($20 million; £12 million), making it the most expensive animated movie in Japanese history.
Death Note Death Note is number one on our list based on many reasons. Firstly, it has been voted the number one anime series of all time by Japanese fans. It is also ranked as the number 1 most popular anime series on the MyanimeList website.
Sazae-sanSazae-san (still ongoing) holds the Guinness World Record for the longest running animated television series at more than 7071 episodes.
The World’s Richest CartoonistsHanna-Barbera – $300 Million.John Lasseter – $100 Million.Stephen Hillenburg – $90 Million.Tim Burton – $80 Million.Mike Judge – $75 Million.Seth MacFarlane – $55 Million.Terry Gilliam – $40 Million.Sources.More items…•
Osamu Tezuka’s Tetsuwan Atom (Astro Boy) is often miscredited as the first anime television series, premiering on January 1, 1963. Astro Boy was highly influential to other anime in the 1960s, and was followed by a large number of anime about robots or space.
Top 15 Most Powerful Anime CharactersZeno – Dragon Ball Super. Zeno is the ruler of each of the realities in Dragon Ball Super.Saitama – One Punch Man. … Whis – Dragon Ball Super. … Ultra Instinct Goku – Dragon Ball Super. … Beerus – Dragon Ball Super. … Tetsuo Shima – Akira. … Mob – Mob Psycho 100. … Eren Yeager – Attack on Titan. … More items…•
An anime episode can cost between US$100,000 and US$300,000 to produce. That maximum is around 6 times bigger than what I thought an anime episode could cost at most (considering that what’s animated is a top series, with top animators, top animation programs, top voice actors and so on).
Creating animations is expensive because there is a lot of work going into creating it. … Anime already is one of the more cheaper variations of Animation, because it is comparably simple in style. Anime was invented because of the high Animation costs and was specially developed to cost less.
The same reason any workers are poorly paid: to cut costs and increase profit. Animation studios (and not just in Japan) are run like sweatshops in a lot of cases, with the artists working around the clock for meager pay. It’s also a high- stress environment: people are worked to exhaustion to meet deadlines.
2020 Best Colleges & Universities for AnimationPurdue University. … Pratt Institute. … Rhode Island School of Design. … Ringling College of Art and Design. … Rochester Institute of Technology. … Savannah College of Art and Design. Degree: BFA in Animation. … University of Pennsylvania. Degree: Digital Media Design Program. … Woodbury University. Degree: BFA in Animation.More items…
According to the Japanese Animation Creators Association, an animator in Japan earns on average ¥1.1 million (~$10,000) per year in their 20s, ¥2.1 million (~$19,000) in their 30s, and a livable but still meager ¥3.5 million (~$31,000) in their 40s and 50s.
The Best Anime of 2020 (So Far)Science SARU. Japan Sinks: 2020. … Netflix. Aggretsuko (Season 3) … A-1 Pictures. Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Season 2) … Studio Wit. Great Pretender. … MAPPA. Dorohedoro. … Orange. Beastars. … Nut. Deca-Dence. Release date: July 8. … Science Saru. Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! Release date: January 5.More items…•
No, it’s just not possible. Well anime is literally just the Japanese word for animation, so yeah. … Yes, we’ve seen very good examples of American companies making anime. Avatar is a very good example and the most recent Rooster Teeth series, RWBY, is another one.
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Special Report Strategic Marketing in the Age of Experience
Business Reimagining your business model
Business Industrial symbiosis
Design & Manufacturing A better way to buy
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3D FinTech Challenge helps promising startups succeed
For London-based financial technology startup Kusiri, one of the most transformative experiences of its young existence was winning the 2013 3D FinTech Challenge.
The 3D Fintech Challenge is an immersive, seven-week accelerator program designed to accelerate high-performance technology startup companies in the financial services sector, an area known as FinTech. The 2013 competition focused on analysis of big data; in 2014, the emphasis was on investment management.
London-based financial technology startup Kusiri won the 2013 Challenge, but the mentoring its leaders received from a wide range of senior financial services executives and industry experts led the company to transform its enterprise-only, due diligence search platform to a cloud-based service available within 24 hours to any user worldwide.
“We had thought when we went into the Challenge that we would polish and refine what we had,” Kusiri CEO Tim Clark said. “Instead, we grasped the opportunity to completely rethink our business proposition, which has contributed to us trebling our revenues and more than doubling our team size to 14.”
ENABLING EFFICIENCY
Challenge finalists run the gamut from those with prebuilt products that are already earning revenues to small startups with little more than a good idea. Finalists benefit from master classes and ongoing commercial mentoring from leading financial and software industry experts. All finalists pitch their solutions to industry participants and venture capitalists, and the winner is selected by a panel of senior industry players. James Stickland, director of Innovation and Investments at HSBC Global Banking and Markets in London, was one of the Challenge judges. If one theme applied to all the Challenge participants, Stickland said, it was: “How do we enable efficiency and take cost out of the business?”
Brendan Bradley, chief innovation officer at Eurex, a global derivatives exchange, was a judge and mentor on the 2014 Challenge. Each mentor firm, Bradley said, helps one startup evaluate its business plan and refine its offering.
“There’s a dedicated process to build a prototype around the idea the firm has and introduce it to a whole network of banks and financial institutions,” Bradley said. “A lot of tutoring goes on about such things as how to protect your intellectual property rights or how to pitch your idea to venture capital firms.”
MEANINGFUL MENTORING
Charles Pardue, a former executive at US bank JPMorgan Chase, is now founder and CEO of Prophis Technologies, a London-based startup that won the 2014 Challenge. The company’s iPad application enables client-facing personnel of asset management companies and private banks to communicate more effectively with either institutional investors or high-net-worth individuals. Prophis was paired with AllianceBernstein, a global investment management and research firm with billions of dollars under management. “The mentoringprocess created an environment equivalent to having reached a point in the sales process where someone is interested in your product idea and wants to ensure that it develops in a way that is meaningful to the mentor’s business,” Pardue said. “I felt the whole process worked very well, and the level of support was terrific.” ◆
Editor’s Note: The 3D FinTech Challenge was conceived, managed and sponsored by Dassault Systèmes, which also publishes Compass. Click here for more information and video interviews with Challenge participants and mentors.
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Does this sound familiar? (Endowment Fund Question)
Endowment, Fundraising, Long-Range Stewardship Planning, Operational/Organizational Aspects
“[My congregation] does not have a coherent policy regarding earmarked gifts, special funds, special fundraising etc… We also have a history of programs raising their own funds as well as some history of people who participate in just one aspect of church life not pledging to the whole stewardship campaign but contributing to their favorite program, if at all…”
That statement has been excerpted from a current discussion on the UU-Money email list. The following information might be helpful if your congregation has experienced the same dilemma.
Sample Endowment Investment and Distribution Policy
The Endowment Fund Committee shall invest the assets of the endowment with the objective of earning an average total return of 8 to 12 percent consistent with moderate risk. The Committee shall endeavor to invest the assests of the endowment in a socially responsible manner. It is intended that reasonable restrictions placed on any gift by the donor will be faithfully followed, subject to the Committee’s determination of the integrity and best intersts of the endowment.
In order to protect and preserve the corpus of the endowment over the long term, the Committee shall distribute no more than 4 percent per year of the total market value of the assets, as determined by the average total market value on the last business day of each of the four immediately preceding calendar quarters. If less than 4 percent is distributed in one year, the Committee may distribute more than 4 percent in a subsequent year, as long as the distributions do not exceed 4 percent on a cumulative basis.
The Committee may provide for such professional counsel on investments or legal matters as it deems best and may incur reasonable expenses in the execution of its duties. The expenses shall be paid from the endowment.
All members of the congregation are encouraged to consider leaving a bequest of at least five times their annual pledge to the endowment in their wills.
This Endowment and Investment Distribution Policy may be amended only by a tow-thirds majority vote of the congregation.
B. Three Funds
The endowment shall be composed of three funds, which may be commingled for ease of investment management. The Committee shall seperately account for each of these funds, attributing to each its proporionate share of changes in investment values, as well as recording gifts to and distributions from each of the funds. The distribution limit outlined above shall be applied on a fund-by-fund basis. The use to be made of the allowed distribution from each of the three funds is determined by the congregation as part of its customary budgeting process. Gifts and bequests to the endowment may be designated for any of the three funds. Undesignated gifts shall be deposited by to the Unrestricted Reserve Fund. The three funds are established as follows:
50 percent of the initial assets of the endowment shall be allocated to the Unrestricted Reserve Fund.
30 percent of the initial assets of the endowment shall be allocated to the Building Reserve Fund.
20 percent of the initial assets of the endowment shall be allocated to the Social Outreach and Service Fund.
C. Unrestricted Fund
Distributions from the Unrestricted Reserve Fund may be used for any purpose to further the work of the church, but shall not be used for the ordinary and customary operating expenses of the church, except as provided below.
Distributions from the Unrestricted Reserve Fund may be used for the ordinary and customary operating expenses of the church only as follows:
$10,000 maximum distribution in the first year of this policy
$ 8,000 maximum distribution in the second year of this policy
$ 6,000 maximum distribution in the third year of this policy
$ 4,000 maximum distribution in the fourth year of this policy
$ 2,000 maximum distribution in the first year of this policy
In subsequent years, any distibution from the Unrestricted Reserve Fund for the ordinary and customary operating expenses of the church will require a two-thirds majority vote of the congregation
In addition to the distributions provided above, and upon the request of the Treasurer, the Committee may from time to time loan money from the Unrestricted Reserve Fund to the church to help manage temporary cash-flow needs caused by month-t0-month variations in the collection of financial commitments and other gifts. This should be done on such terms and at such rates of interst an in such amounts as the Committee deems appropriate.
D. Building Reserve Fund
Distributions from the Building Reserve Fund shall be used only to help pay for major captial expenditures and significant improvement projects related to the buildings and real property of the church, including grounds and landscaping, over and above regular maintenance.
In addition to the permitted distribution, the Committee may from time to time loan money from the Building Reserve Fund to the church to help advance a particular improvement project on such terms and at such rates of interest an in such amounts as the Committee deems appropriate.
E. Social Outreach and Service Fund
Distribution from the Social Outreach and Service Fund shall be used only to further the church’s mission of supporting individuals and collective service to the larger community. The fund is not intended to support activities for the church community itself, but is intended for social-responsibility efforts in the broader community at large..
In addition to the permitted distribution and with the approval of the congregation, the Committee may direct investment of not more than 20 percent of the assets in the Social Outreach and Service Fund in housing, social service, or community or economic development activities in the furtherance of the mission of the church and the purpose of this fund.
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Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase
"Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a formyl group from N10-formyltetrahydrofolate to N1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)glycinamide to yield N2-formyl-N1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)glycinamide and tetrahydrofolate. It plays a role in the de novo purine biosynthetic pathway.
D08.811.913.555.400.750
Formyltransferase, Phosphoribosylglycinamide
5'-Phosphoribosylglycinamide Transformylase
5' Phosphoribosylglycinamide Transformylase
Transformylase, 5'-Phosphoribosylglycinamide
Glycinamideribotide Transformylase
Transformylase, Glycinamideribotide
GAR Transformylase
Transformylase, GAR
GARTFase
Glycinamide Ribonucleotide Transformylase
Ribonucleotide Transformylase, Glycinamide
Transformylase, Glycinamide Ribonucleotide
2-Amino-N-Ribosylacetamide 5'-Phosphate Transformylase
2 Amino N Ribosylacetamide 5' Phosphate Transformylase
5'-Phosphate Transformylase, 2-Amino-N-Ribosylacetamide
Transformylase, 2-Amino-N-Ribosylacetamide 5'-Phosphate
GAR Formyltransferase
Formyltransferase, GAR
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase".
Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08]
Enzymes [D08.811]
Transferases [D08.811.913]
One-Carbon Group Transferases [D08.811.913.555]
Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases [D08.811.913.555.400]
Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase [D08.811.913.555.400.750]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase".
Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases
Aminomethyltransferase
Glutamate Formimidoyltransferase
Glycine Hydroxymethyltransferase
Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide Formyltransferase
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase" by people in Profiles.
Hoxhaj G, Hughes-Hallett J, Timson RC, Ilagan E, Yuan M, Asara JM, Ben-Sahra I, Manning BD. The mTORC1 Signaling Network Senses Changes in Cellular Purine Nucleotide Levels. Cell Rep. 2017 Oct 31; 21(5):1331-1346.
Wang L, Desmoulin SK, Cherian C, Polin L, White K, Kushner J, Fulterer A, Chang MH, Mitchell-Ryan S, Stout M, Romero MF, Hou Z, Matherly LH, Gangjee A. Synthesis, biological, and antitumor activity of a highly potent 6-substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine thienoyl antifolate inhibitor with proton-coupled folate transporter and folate receptor selectivity over the reduced folate carrier that inhibits ß-glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase. J Med Chem. 2011 Oct 27; 54(20):7150-64.
Chattopadhyay S, Zhao R, Tsai E, Schramm VL, Goldman ID. The effect of a novel transition state inhibitor of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase on pemetrexed activity. . 2006 Oct; 5(10):2549-55.
Chattopadhyay S, Zhao R, Krupenko SA, Krupenko N, Goldman ID. The inverse relationship between reduced folate carrier function and pemetrexed activity in a human colon cancer cell line. . 2006 Feb; 5(2):438-49.
Wynn SL, Fisher RA, Pagel C, Price M, Liu QY, Khan IM, Zammit P, Dadrah K, Mazrani W, Kessling A, Lee JS, Buluwela L. Organization and conservation of the GART/SON/DONSON locus in mouse and human genomes. Genomics. 2000 Aug 15; 68(1):57-62.
Michnick SW, Arnold FH. "Itching" for new strategies in protein engineering. Nat Biotechnol. 1999 Dec; 17(12):1159-60.
Rosowsky A, Forsch RA, Moran RG. N-[4-[[(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-1,2,3-benzotriazin-6- yl)methyl]amino]benzoyl]-L-glutamic acid, a novel A-ring analogue of 2-desamino-5,8-dideazafolic acid. J Med Chem. 1992 Jul 10; 35(14):2626-30.
Rosowsky A, Forsch RA, Reich VE, Freisheim JH, Moran RG. Side chain modified 5-deazafolate and 5-deazatetrahydrofolate analogues as mammalian folylpolyglutamate synthetase and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase inhibitors: synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation. J Med Chem. 1992 May 01; 35(9):1578-88.
Rosowsky A, Galivan J, Beardsley GP, Bader H, O'Connor BM, Russello O, Moroson BA, DeYarman MT, Kerwar SS, Freisheim JH. Biochemical and biological studies on 2-desamino-2-methylaminopterin, an antifolate the polyglutamates of which are more potent than the monoglutamate against three key enzymes of folate metabolism. Cancer Res. 1992 Apr 15; 52(8):2148-55.
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Goule Named to Bowerman Watch List
CLEMSON, S.C. — Natoya Goule has been named to the preseason watch list for The Bowerman Trophy, the highest individual honor in collegiate track & field. The redshirt senior is one of 10 student-athletes on the watch list and the only from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Goule sat out the 2014 season while redshirting at Clemson. She came to Tigertown via a one-year stint at LSU, where she won both NCAA crowns contested in the 800 meters in 2013. Goule also earned a pair of All-America honors with the Tigers’ 4×400 relay, and an SEC outdoor title as well.
Since transferring from LSU, Goule has collected two consecutive Jamaican national championships in the 800 meters. She competed at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow in 2013. Last summer, she outran several professionals to capture the prestigious adidas Grand Prix championship in her signature event with a time of 2:00.28, just off her personal best.
Goule and her Tiger teammates get the 2015 season underway Saturday at the Orange & Purple Classic.
Women’s Preseason Bowerman Watch List
Remona Burchell, Alabama
Olivia Ekponé, Texas A&M
Natoya Goule, Clemson
Shamier Little, Texas A&M
Courtney Okolo, Texas
Kaitlin Petrillose, Texas
Jenna Prandini, Oregon
Julia Ratcliffe, Princeton
Shelbi Vaughan, Texas A&M
Kendell Williams, Georgia
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Hemmings, Conwell Collect ACC Weekly Honors
Conwell Named National Athlete of the Week by USTFCCCA
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Lehi, UT 801.341.1986
Elevating People and Brands We Believe In
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97th Floor is an award winning digital marketing agency with offices in Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Being in digital for 10 years, 97th Floor has the experience and expertise to drive powerful results for brands through comprehensive digital strategies. 97th Floor combines strategy and execution within their team which enables them to be fast and adaptive to the digital landscape. Specialties include Content Marketing, SEO, Analytics, Social Media, PPC, Design and Marketing Automation.
2600 W Executive Parkway
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20% Pay Per Click
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Midmarket ($10M - $1B)
Enterprise (>$1B)
Small Business (<$10M)
50% Midmarket ($10M - $1B)
25% Enterprise (>$1B)
25% Small Business (<$10M)
40% eCommerce
20% Business services
10% Consumer products & services
10% Financial services
Programming & Scripting
100% Ruby
SEO Focus
40% On site optimization
30% Content development
10% Link earning & development
10% Reputation management
5% Local search
5% Mobile optimization
Key clients:
Adobe, Citrix, Salesforce, Dell, Discover, O.C. Tanner, Road Loans, Zagg, Mozy, X-Games, BlendTec, Utah Jazz, Qualtrics, Symantec, Capital One.
Going From Flatlined Traffic to Steady Growth
Progenex is a primarily web-based business that offers a range of protein-based products and is widely recognized as the go-to solution for high-intensity exercise.
Here’s the thing; Progenex had been working with 97th Floor since 2015. And in that time we were able to help Progenex capture some very impressive wins. But as time wore on, organic traffic began to stagnate. What had been working before wasn’t cutting it, and so, we had to go back to the drawing board.
Starting with tireless and in-depth keyword research, we figured out exactly what kind of content would resonate with the target Progenex audience. We brought our best content and design talent together, teamed them up with the Progenex content team, made sure everyone was onboard with the big-picture vision of each piece, and then put them to work.
With the content pieces finished and up on the site, it was just a matter of ensuring that relevant internal links were connecting each piece of content. We also built respectable external links to each piece with relevant anchor text. All this was done in order to increase authority to these pages and better signal to Google the relevance for each page’s respective key words.
As our on- and off-page optimizations took effect and our content grew legs, we started seeing the Progenex organic traffic increases we were after.
When we compared the last 12 months to this most recent 12 months, we saw a 17.06% increase in Google organic users. And a 26.17% increase in new users.
https://www.97thfloor.com/work/progenex
Increasing Organic Blog Traffic by 450%
Gigamon technology allows businesses to get the most out of their various network monitoring solutions.
The problem was that even though Gigamon specializes in helping businesses better direct their network traffic, they were having some trouble directing organic internet traffic to their site. Add to that fact that Gigamon was offering a very tech-heavy solution to a complex set of professional-level problems. The end result was that reaching qualified leads was going to take more than a ‘cast a wide net’ approach.
After taking a long hard look at the problem, we created a multi-pronged strategy designed to get the Gigamon site back in the game, and bring in the kind of site visitors that turn into customers.
We started by analyzing Gigamon’s top competitors to see what they were doing right. We then performed in-depth keyword research and TF-IDF analysis, to identify which terms were being searched, and which other terms were showing up frequently in ranked content. From there we worked with the client to brainstorm valuable, insightful content ideas — the kinds of ideas that would help capture the attention of the right audience. And finally, we dove into off-page link building efforts to build site authority and signal to Google that Gigamon’s pages were relevant and rankable.
In just 7 months, Gigamon saw
organic traffic increase of 450%
42% increase in organic site traffic overall
To top it all off, our strategy of developing compelling and informative content was capturing the kind of visitors who want to take the next steps. And as such, we were turning organic traffic into actual revenue.
https://www.97thfloor.com/work/gigamon
Grabbing 6 Million Social Shares with One Campaign
O.C. Tanner offers leadership training — teaching companies how to develop a culture of employee appreciation from the ground up. When O.C.Tanner joined forces with 97th Floor, they had three goals in mind. First, they wanted a way to improve their online presence. Second, they were looking for a boost to their social authority. And lastly (but certainly not least), they needed more traffic to their site.
But here’s the thing. There are literally thousands of different online entities vying for the number-one SERP spots for this and related terms. And everyone one of them seems to be talking about the same thing: how to recognize employees and have a great workplace culture.
Instead of just joining the throng and rehashing the same old content, we chose to highlight the companies that were actually embodying these standards. And what better way to help them stand out from the SERP crowd than by pointing out the companies that were doing exactly that?
So we worked with O.C Tanner to launch a campaign aimed at celebrating the workplaces that celebrate their workforces. We created the “Coolest Companies to Work For” campaign. We would start by selecting a city. We would then run in-depth research on companies located within that city to find the ones that most effectively exemplified employee recognition. We would than build a blog post and a slide deck, highlighting our favorites, explaining their values, and identifying what it was that set them apart from the pretenders.
The “Coolest Companies to Work For” campaign led to an unprecedented 41,000% increase in organic blog traffic.
The campaign brought in 6,039,060 social shares.
It reached over 5.2 million individual social media accounts.
It resulted in 80,000 Slideshare views.
Cutting a 240-Day Sale Cycle to 90 Days
Qubole wanted the same thing that most businesses want; qualified leads and improved traffic. What made Qubole different was that the journey from lead to customer was a long one, nearly a full year. They came to 97th Floor looking for a comprehensive organic digital strategy to help shorten the process, while adding more volume to the top of the funnel. That meant high-quality landing pages and blog content, improved keyword rankings, hyper-targeted traffic, and increased conversions.
For Qubole’s digital marketing strategy, 97th Floor busted out every (ethical) move in the digital marketing playbook. SEO, social media, conversion rate optimizations, etc. But in the lead, content marketing was the real hero of the story. At the center of the strategy was tailored content that was painstakingly crafted to meet the consumer’s needs. Landing pages, blog posts, ebooks, whitepapers, buyers guides, if there were words on the site, you can bet we had a hand in it. After a content audit, the strategy 97th Floor built out pulled on targeted content focused on lead acquisition/nurture campaigns based on the buyer's journey.
Cut sales funnel down from 240 days to 90 days
600% increase in organic traffic
300% increase in organic leads
376 targeted keywords ranking on the first page
20+ key product terms ranking #1
https://www.97thfloor.com/work/qubole
From door knocking to digital.
Vivint Solar had grown respectably large in its lifetime. The key to their growth you ask? Door-to-door sales. Second, call center sales. Vivint Solar needed a way to scale the business, expand to more markets, and create a truly inbound sales strategy.
Using our proprietary TF-IDF (semantic) method, we found important terms missing from the existing site. These were words and phrases that were showing up regularly in content that was ranking well for the keywords customers were searching. With that information, we updated 40 pages of site content.
We dove into the details to know Vivint Solar’s target audience and their needs and interests, and extrapolated these findings into content-driven keyword research project. With keywords in mind, we then began constructing SEO enhanced content designed to address those points. We created blog posts to populate the Vivint Solar website, and outlines for the internal Vivint Solar content team to write. We also supported this new and existing content with 20 high-quality backlinks each month.
In 4 months, Vivint Solar saw a 45% increase in organic sessions, year over year. An increase like this equates to hundreds of thousands of dollars with lifetime customer value. Users went up by 48.54%. New users increased by 48.62%. And sessions experienced a 44.94% boost.
But most importantly, we created a sustainable, ongoing digital strategy for Vivint Solar so they no longer have to rely exclusively on door-to-door sales and call centers. We turned the Vivint Solar site into a resource that customers could appreciate. And in so doing, we’re helping establish Vivint Solar as the center of the new home-solar universe.
https://www.97thfloor.com/work/vivint-solar
Stop losing sleep over site traffic
Tomorrow Sleep site was severely lacking in engaging content. It wasn’t bringing in enough traffic, or customers. What they needed was a way to stand out from the crowd, and engage their audience on their site. We took 38 pages that were already living on the site, and we improved them by implementing in-depth keyword and TF-IDF research. Then we took this methodology and used it to inform 38 newly created pieces. We did the homework, found out what kinds of things mattress shoppers were interested in, and then we crafted engaging content that would draw in the visitors. The end result was a 1200% increase in daily organic traffic. That’s 12x the daily visitors Tomorrow Sleep had been hosting before we went to work.
https://www.97thfloor.com/work/tomorrow-sleep
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SEO & Content Support for Market Research Software Company
"They take the time to teach us and make us better marketers, which you don’t get at many agencies."
97th Floor provided SEO management service for a market research firm. They did an SEO audit, worked to improve organic search ranking, performed keyword research, and developed SEO strategy.
51- 200 Employees
Victoria Shakespeare
Sr. Brand Manager, FUEL CYCLE
The quality and breadth of 97th Floor's work were impressive. Their SEO optimization skills allowed the client to have unprecedented success and a bevy of conversions. Communicative and pleasant, their team managed the project well and thoroughly explained the process.
I’m the senior branding manager at FUEL CYCLE, a market research software company. I work in the marketing department and manage visual content, advertising, and branding.
What challenge were you trying to address with 97th Floor?
We wanted to become a thought leader in our industry, but we weren’t ranking highly on search results. Thus, people weren’t able to find our content for the terms and topics we needed.
They are our SEO consultants, providing different SEO audits on a monthly basis. Their team produces content outlines and helps optimize the website. They work with keywords and SEO strategy, all in the hope of generating more leads.
Our main point of contact is Brandon (Account Director, 97th Floor). We had a different account manager before we switched to Brandon, but he’s made it very seamless. There are four other members of the team: an SEO analyst, content specialist, and two others.
How did you come to work with 97th Floor?
We researched many different SEO agencies and brought five in to make proposals. 97th Floor was very nice, really smart, and came at the right price point for a small but growing company. They just ended up being perfect. We decided based on the people and their skills because we’re working with them a lot.
The project has been going on for two years, starting in October 2017. The work is ongoing.
SEO is a long process, but the quality of work been really great. It takes a good amount of testing and time to get articles ranked, but slowly we’ve seen our articles come up on the first and second pages of Google. In the past two months, we really saw SEO take off in combination with our PPC efforts and had the most successful month in the history of our company. We’ve started to expand to different demographics and get more conversions on the website.
How did 97th Floor perform from a project management standpoint?
They are really good. We have biweekly meetings to run through our content outlines. They send us a call agenda and we review everything we did in our client index. Their team keeps tabs on us to make sure we’re getting articles done. Any time they find errors on the website, they send them over immediately so we can get them fixed. It’s a very streamlined and professional process.
The people and the quality of the work are great. They’re always happy to hop on a phone call. They take the time to teach us and make us better marketers, which you don’t get at many agencies. It’s a really cool growing experience.
Ask to work with Brandon and his team. You should also learn as much as you can from them, and they will definitely help you out.
SEO and Website Modifications for Lead Gen Company
“They feel personally invested in us and our products because of the work they put into our relationship.”
Jun. 2015 - Ongoing
97th Floor provided SEO services and consulting to a lead generating company operating in the insurance sector. They research and examine the performance of keywords to assure the continued health of the site.
11- 50 Employees
Marketing Manager, Lead Gen Company
Due to their transparent, communicative approach, the team effectively delivers results that have consistently impressed. They’re enthusiastic about their investment in the company. Their talent and responsiveness throughout the long-term relationship bode well for continued work in the future.
I operate the consumer-facing end of a lead generation company that helps users find the best insurance rates of optimal prices. As part of my role, I run articles, health surveys, and data entry, so customers can decide for themselves which insurance option suits them.
We hired 97th Floor to keep our organic keyword rankings as high as possible.
Our company exclusively uses organic search to generate leads and traffic, so it was important for us to keep our website as healthy as possible on Google. Their team handled our SEO, optimizing keywords for our site. They examine the success and performance of our keywords to inform how we can adjust to better keep our site competitive.
The team also helps with website design and development aspect of our site as needed. They act almost as a consultant to our company. All the work they do aims to get our site ranking higher on search engines. When Google shifts its algorithm, they adjust our strategy to keep our rankings strong.
We work with one account manager, who I deal with on a daily basis. There are also two additional professionals assigned to our account.
They were already a partner with my company when I joined the team, so I inherited the relationship. In my position, I’ve had opportunities to replace partners, but never wanted to lose them because of the great work they do.
We’ve been working together since 2015 and are still partners today.
I’m very pleased with the deliverables and can’t speak highly enough about their abilities. They’re responsive, straightforward, and able to produce something according to our requirements. If something we ask for is not possible for them, they always communicate that, which I greatly appreciate.
I couldn’t be happier. They’ve worked through struggles and challenges to get us where we need to be. Like I said before, I speak with my account manager almost every day to ensure things are moving smoothly. I’m pleased with what they’ve done.
They feel personally invested in us and our products because of the work they put into our relationship. Our partnership has always been a collaborative, team effort. They’ve developed and nurtured our continued growth.
It’s hard to predict a perfect fit for other companies, but it’s definitely worth it to investigate a partnership with them.
Blog Creation & SEO for Health & Fitness Company
“They’ll definitely bring the right level of professionalism to your project and can teach you a lot along the way.”
97th Floor worked closely with the internal team to set up a blog with integrated SEO strategies. They’ve delivered a content creation outline that details keywords, lists topics, and offers relevant resources.
Jessica Peart
VP of Coaching & Programs, LadyBoss
Since launching the blog, site sessions have increased to over 5,000, and the new outline has helped clarify and streamline content creation for writers. 97th Floor integrated themselves easily into the existing culture and offered critical counsel on digital marketing.
I’m the VP of coaching and programs for LadyBoss. We’re a women’s weight loss company that also has a global community to provide external weight loss support.
We hired 97th Floor to help us create a blog from scratch. In the past, we actually managed our own blog but shut it down because weren’t happy with our content and writers.
The project was really about creating a systematic approach to blog writing. Our goal was to get ranked on search engines through our blog, so we had to figure out the best way to incorporate SEO terms into our articles. We also needed to identify the kind of content that our readers would go for in the first place.
97th Floor created an outline for us that listed relevant topics, targeted keywords, and resources that a writer could reference. Next, they helped us understand the editing process and showed us how to upload articles into our blog.
All of our content is now done by subject matter experts (SMEs) who aren’t always necessarily the best writers—they rely on 97th Floor’s outline to understand how to approach a post. Then, 97th Floor’s team makes sure that the writing has been edited, is congruent with our messaging, and has the right number of SEO terms.
There are five team members in total. Alex (Enterprise Account Director, 97th Flor) is our main point of contact.
We found them through a mutual acquaintance or a business partnership.
So far, we’ve spent between $50,000–$200,000.
Their work started in May 2019, and the engagement is ongoing.
We’re definitely happy with 97th Floor’s work. They’ve really helped us set up an effective content creation process, so, now, our blog looks exactly how we want it to.
Currently, we’re at over 30 posts and have had over 5,000 sessions since July 2019. That’s a 211% month-over-month increase.
At LadyBoss, we’re known for our project management and ability to create clear processes. Alex has been able to tap into our content process, helped build it out, and then followed through with it.
In terms of communication, we interface through email and have weekly Zoom conferences. Trello is our main project management tool.
Having worked with a lot of different vendors, I’d say that 97th Floor’s communication is excellent. They’re available to check in on a weekly or even hourly basis, which is fantastic. And, obviously, their technical knowledge is great.
No, I’ve been very pleased with their services. This is the first time I’ve ever done a blog, so I’m brand new and am still learning along the way.
If you want to change your business and are looking for a professional team, reach out to 97th Floor. They’ll definitely bring the right level of professionalism to your project and can teach you a lot along the way.
SEO Strategy for Enterprise SaaS Company
"It was proven very early on that the 97th Floor team is filled of experts in the industry, and they know their craft."
97th Floor works on SEO and conversion strategy for a SaaS networking solutions company. The team has worked on content creation and backend initiatives in this long-term partnership.
1001-10,000 Employees
Senior Search Manager, Large SaaS Company
There has been a consistent increase in page visits and trial conversions as a result of improved SEO. 97th Floor has helped to build lasting good practices that will ensure SEO effectiveness. The team is comprised of SEO experts with great customer service skills.
Please describe your organization.
I work for a large SaaS [software-as-a-service] and networking solutions company.
What is your position and responsibilities?
I am a senior search marketing manager within our customer acquisition department. The products that I particularly manage are within the communications cloud line of business.
What business challenge were you trying to address with 97th Floor?
We were looking for a partner to help us with SEO [search engine optimization] implementations and strategic recommendations around what needed to happen on the back-end in order for us to be completely crawlable, and recommendations on the content items that we needed to be creating.
Please describe the scope of their involvement in greater detail.
97th Floor worked on our SEO backend initiatives, as well as our SEO content strategy.
The selection process predates me a bit; however, we initially invited a handful of agencies to help us with a comprehensive audit based on SEO opportunities. From there, we had those agencies submit their deliverables and present to us their recommendations. Toward the end, a handful of agencies stood out, and 97th Floor was one of them due to their customer service and their responsiveness piece. I believe those are the reasons why my previous manager essentially selected 97th Floor for a longer-term partnership.
This is an ongoing partnership which, for now, is valid until quarter 4 2015.
Could you share any statistics or metrics from this engagement?
We've actually seen some consistent lift with our page visits, as well as our trials, and many of the other metrics that we look at for SEO. With 97th Floor, we were able to get an understanding of everything –the education piece behind the importance of SEO at an organizational level.
From there, we're able to build a culture that is even more focused on supporting the initiatives around boosting organic search because it has proven even more important for the business. Many SEO metrics have been progressing quite nicely through the last year.
What distinguishes 97th Floor from other providers?
It was proven very early on that the 97th Floor team is filled of experts in the industry, and they know their craft, both on the back-end SEO implementations, as well as the content side. I appreciate how they have a very good way of explaining things and breaking down details. They make it easier for me to understand, and, therefore, easier for me to relay it to other people internally.
Is there anything 97th Floor could have improved or done differently?
There's definitely adjustment periods here and there, with onboarding the accounts. However, whatever those areas for improvement are, I've been impressed with 97th Floor's quick response to feedback. Nothing noteworthy that I can call out as a dire opportunity that they need to improve upon.
Digital Marketing Campaign for Dell
"I completely trust that they're doing the job that they say they're doing... which is a great compliment to them."
97th Floor guided a content marketing and SEO strategy for Dell. The team works on external facing content and gives general page optimization advice.
10,001+ Employees
Program Manager, Dell
The team has an exceptional account manager who was attentive and organized. 97th Floor is independent and able to manage themselves without oversight. They have never missed a deadline, and provide an affordable service.
Our company is, Dell, an enterprise solution provider, along with more consumer products like laptops, desktops, PCs, and things like that.
I am a digital program manager for the enterprise side of the business, and a paid content syndication manager. I manage the organic search activities for our enterprise side of the business, like servers, cloud computing, and flash storage.
The biggest challenge for us was scale. We deal with quite a lot of solutions, and we needed an alternative to our search programs that could actually scale easily, and a company that could be working on the cutting edge of search while we're handling the internal processes and technology changes at the same time.
Please describe the scope of their involvement in detail.
We do quite a bit of content creation and general strategy with 97th Floor. They create many different pieces of content for our company blog, and then external facing content, like on SlideShare and some industry-related blogs. Other than that, they're also creating interactive infographics and things of that nature for our site as well. We rely on them to make some recommendations on page optimization and keyword research, but a lot of that we do internally.
I actually heard Chris Bennett [the CEO of 97th Floor] at an SEO [search engine optimization] conference that I attended, I liked what he had to say, so I reached out to him to see if they could provide more information, and what kind of strategies they would follow for the Dell enterprise side. I liked what they recommend, so we did a test pilot with them and have been using them ever since.
Could you provide a sense of the size of this initiative in financial terms?
It fluctuates, but it's in the higher [$200,000-plus] region. It changes based on our budget for each quarter. Last year was greater than this year, but it's always a significant amount.
Our relationship is ongoing.
97th Floor is great to work with as a team. In the past, we had an account manager who was exceptional, who stood out, and who was very good at what she did and very attentive to our campaigns. They're still great, but we have lost that manager. She's moved on to a different position. They still do a great job of managing and keeping us in the loop of what they're planning on doing, and how they're executing the plan.
I like to be as hands off as possible, so 97th Floor allows me to do that. I completely trust that they're doing the job that they say they're doing, and doing it right, which is a great compliment to them. Because in the past, I've had to manually audit our SEO agencies quite frequently. We had managers doing our campaigns, and I had to regularly audit them, track what they were doing, and push them and drive them to accomplish what they were supposed to be doing, which was sad. With 97th Floor, I haven't had that issue at all.
The thing that I'd like to see from any search agency is to continue to innovate and push the envelope. They're a bit restricted in what they're able to do, just because of the nature of Dell, and what we're allowed to do and not do. They operate within these fine restrictions, but I'd definitely like to see them continually try to push what we're doing, lead the industry, and put us ahead of everybody else.
Overall Score That's only because I loved the manager who left 97th Floor.
They've never missed a deadline or anything like that for us. Everything's been very much within a defined set of dates. I was never disappointed on that.
They're very affordable compared to some of the top-end agencies we've used on the West Coast.
Content Development and SEO For Consumer Product Company
"97th Floor is a top-quality team."
97th Floor handled marketing strategy to grow a manufacturer's customer base, boost brand image, and drive sales. They provided content research and ideation, development, and SEO.
West Orem, Utah
Rick Galan
Director of Digital Marketing, Blendtec
97th Floor produces consistently excellent web and social media content, which attracts large amounts of traffic and greatly improves brand visibility and engagement. Their strategies have produced impressive organic growth. The team's adaptability allows them to meet ever-changing requirements.
The company is Blendtec. We make high-end, commercial-quality blenders for residential and commercial markets.
What is your position?
I oversee all of our digital and consumer marketing.
We are always trying to produce high quality content to engage and attract new customers. We approached 97th Floor with just that – to have them work with us on developing content that will be able to attract the right kind of customer, help them understand our brand, increase brand awareness, and move people through the sales funnel.
Content development and research on what type of content would have the most impact. Some SEO [search engine optimization] research, as well ensuring that we're hitting some topics that are a little more evergreen. 97th Floor gave creative support all around.
We did look at a couple of other agencies. In the selection process, it helped that they're local to us. It is nice to be able to have face-to-face meetings. My team has also had some experience with 97th Floor in prior capacities. We knew the quality of work to expect because they had done some work for Blendtec several years ago. It's a little bit of personal as well as professional history with 97th Floor. In general, they have a high quality of work and they're well known in this space, so we felt it was a safe business decision.
It's ongoing. We did a six-month retainer with them initially for $45,000, which was based not on the number of hours but really based on the amount of work – a certain amount of pieces of content and a certain amount of traffic generated through that content. That worked out well, so we've continued working with them on a monthly retainer.
One of the pieces of content they produced for us has consistently been the highest traffic-driving piece of content on our website for the past several years. They produced it in the last year [2014], but it continues to drive more traffic than anything in the last several years. Several hundred thousand visits to the website through a single piece of content. We rank organically for some very niche terms, but that's OK given what we do, we never would have hoped for that before. Based on this content we were able to get a lot of social sharing. That's just one piece. We've had several pieces that have been consistently growing organically during the past several months. We've seen consistent referral traffic through the content and through various social channels. We've also seen an increase in organic traffic based on keywords that the content enables us to rank for. It's all been very good.
97th Floor is a top-quality team. They know what they're doing. They're flexible. We've had to adjust strategies a couple of times and work with an ever-changing environment here in house. It's been nice to work with such a flexible team. They've been proactive. They're smart people doing good work.
I'm not given a lot of high-level strategy – 97th Floor really provides more implementation strategy. Once we tell them what we're looking for, they tell us how to get there, which works. It would be interesting and nice to have a higher-level review of our overall strategies to provide more guidance. This observance may be based on the implementation we have with them. We didn't really approach 97th Floor for a high-level strategy, so they haven't really presented a high-level solution, but that would be nice.
There are a couple of things that have slipped, but otherwise they were pretty much on point.
For sticking with original estimates. They don't charge more than they said they were going to charge...we're not spending an insignificant amount of money with them, but we're also only getting implementation support as opposed to strategic.
They do great work and they're able to adjust – anything that doesn't match our branding, they adjust very quickly. They're great.
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Port Cleaner
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Anthony-Ross Spare Parts
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Automatic Port Cleaners (APC)
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Multi-rod cleaner
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New. Legendary success which began with the multi-rod Automatic Port Cleaner (APC). Clyde Industries purchased the Anthony-Ross Company in 1991 since that time, Anthony-Ross has grown to a worldwide company and the single most popular port cleaner.
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Danny Tandra, Ph.D
Interim President
Dr. Danny S. Tandra is the Interim President at Clyde Industries. Danny has held several management positions with Clyde Bergemann throughout the years including Vice President of Business Development and R&D Manager for the Technology Division. His most recent position with Clyde Industries was Chief Operating Officer. He received his B.Eng from University of Surabaya, Indonesia, his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada and MBA from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is an active member of AICHE and TAPPI. He chaired the TAPPI Energy, Recovery and Recaust Committee in the past and is currently the Vice-Chair of the TAPPI Engineering Division.
Director of Operations, Greensboro
Roger Johnson received his Mechanical Engineering Degree from Kitson College of Engineering Sciences in West Yorkshire, England. His career in the power industry started at Copes Vulcan as Senior Boiler Commissioning Engineer throughout the USA and Europe.
Roger continued his career with Copes Vulcan as a Senior Design Engineer working on product design and R&D for 10 years. During this 10 year period he developed the RW6 wall blower, new desuperheater for Turbine extraction system, and a specialty packing gland to contain molten salt in a valve for new design generator. Roger holds three patents with Copes Vulcan for an inline desuperheater, flexible steel seat for high pressure valves, and packing gland assembly for molten salt steam generation at Sandia National Labs.
Roger managed the Engineering department for Engineered Controls in Elon College, NC. He started Midsouth Power Equipment in 1999 for the purpose of supplying Copes-Vulcan soot blowing equipment to the power industry. Roger is the Director of Operations for the Clyde Industries Greensboro location.
Samir Patil
Managing Director, India
Samir graduated from the University of Mumbai, India with a Bachelors degree in Instrumentation & Controls Engineering. Samir has a total of 22 years of industry experience with 11 of those years being with Clyde Bergemann and Clyde Industries USA, Atlanta Pulp & Paper division. He spearheaded many technology advancements including the SMART Clean Sootblower Intelligent Controls System and has worked in various Product Development, Project Engineering and Business Development management positions.
Edson Negri
Vice President Operations, Brazil
Edson Negri was fifteen years old when he started his career at International Paper. He started in the accounting department, later progressing to auditing and business planning with a focus on the Pulp & Paper industry. During this time, he sought to expand his knowledge and professional career, becoming an IT and accounting technician, graduating in Mathematics and concluding his MBA in FGV – Fundação Getulio Vargas. In 2004, he joined the Clyde Bergemann Brazil team as a Finance and Administrative Manager, contributing to the growth and development of the facility. In 2008, Edson became Vice President of Operations and achieved a Master’s Degree in Production Engineering at UNIMEP. In addition to corporate activities, he also worked as a Professor of Strategic Planning and Production Management at the Administration College. Edson is now vice President of Operations for Clyde Industries Brazil.
Agustinus Tjhay
Managing Director, Indonesia
Agustinus Tjhay graduated from National Cheng Kung University Taiwan with his Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also obtained his Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Marketing from Oklahoma City University, USA. He has worked in several manufacturing companies in Taiwan and Indonesia and also as a Sales Marketing Manager for a US multinational company. Agustinus joined and established Clyde Bergemann Indonesia in 2009. He leads Clyde Industries Indonesia as Managing Director.
Nelson Takahashi
Managing Director, Brazil
Nelson Takahashi graduated from Escola de Engenharia Mauá-Brazil with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He later received degrees in Project Management from IMAM-Brazil and his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Business Institute International-Brazil. Nelson began his career working at CBC Industrias Pesadas where he managed the Boiler Designing Group and lead Kraft Chemical Recovery Boiler and Power Boiler Projects. He then joined Clyde Bergemann do Brasil in 2004 and has held several management positions. Nelson is currently the Managing Director of Clyde Industries Brazil.
Ralf Pettersson
Managing Director, Europe
Ralf Pettersson received his Masters of Science in Engineering in1995 from Åbo Akademi University, Finland. He then started his career within different project execution roles at Hackman Industry group. Later Ralf held different sales and leadership roles within ABB Power and Alstom Power companies. He joined the Swarco company as Managing Director (MD) for the unit in Finland in 2008. Ralf joined Clyde Bergemann in 2011 and became the MD for Scandinavian operations. He now leads Clyde Industries Europe as Managing Director.
Dana Steine
Director of Strategic Accounts
Dana Steine started his career reproducing sootblower parts for a small company in Norcross, GA and is part of the original Bergemann USA team from 1988. He was involved in the initial development of the Bergemann RS blower for the Pulp & Paper markets. Dana has held many positions in product development, field services throughout the years, and later became the Director of Aftermarket Parts and Services for boiler cleaning equipment in Atlanta. In 2011, he became the President of Clyde Bergemann Americas Parts and Service Division leading the development of spares and service across multiple strategic business fields in power, pulp and paper, waste to energy and refineries. Dana is now the Clyde Industries Director of Strategic Accounts where he develops key accounts focusing on Global Aftermarket development.
Huiying Zhuang
Vice President Sales
Huiying Zhuang started his career as a boiler engineer commissioning new power plants. Since joining Clyde Bergemann in Atlanta in 2004, he has worked in various positions in engineering and sales management for different product lines including boiler efficiency and air pollution control systems. Huiying moved to Texas in 2006 to lead the sales effort in the central region. He then transferred to the Air Pollution Control product division in Maryland as Vice President of Technology and Product Management. Huiying returned to Atlanta in 2018 to take the position of Vice President of Sales. With his current role, Huiying is tasked to provide best solutions for our customers for their boiler efficiency needs. Huiying received his International MBA degree from Moore School of Business at University of South Carolina in 2005. He also holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees of Mechanical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology.
Shane Wamsley
Shane Wamsley started early in the industry by working summers and winters at a Coke Plant formally known as Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel while earning his bachelor degree in Industrial Technology and minoring in Business at Ohio University. His continued his career at Eickhoff Corporation in Pittsburgh, PA, working as an Engineer focusing on machining, assembly, and quality control. He moved to Atlanta in 2007 to start a Quality Manager position with the Clyde Bergemann Power Group. Worked in various management positions in Project Management, Mechanical Engineering, Business Development, and most recently was Director of Operations. In 2019, Shane move to General Manager for Clyde Industries in North America.
Slawomir (Slawek) Horodyski
Group Chief Financial Officer
Slawomir (Slawek) Horodyski brings 17+ years of proven global experience having led finance and administrative operations in North America, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and Russia. His extensive education includes, Diplom-Kaufmann in International Trade and Finance from the Technische Universität Bergakademie Frieberg, Freiberg, Germany; a Master in International Political and Economic Relations and International Trade from Poznan University of Economics, Poznan, Poland; BSc with honors in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom; Harvard Business School – Program for Leadership Development, Changing the Game: Negotiation and Competitive Decision Making, and Launching New Ventures. He is a fellow at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Prior to joining Clyde Industries Inc., Horodyski spent 14 years at the Xella Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials with global headquarters in Duisburg, Germany. Slawek currently serves as Group CFO of Clyde Industries Inc., a company engaged in the engineering, manufacturing and servicing of equipment involved in the generation of clean energy.
Dominick Garton
As a mechanical engineering graduate from Cambridge in the UK, Dominick Garton started his career in boiler commissioning in Germany before joining Bergemann in Atlanta in various sales then management roles. In 2004, he completed his MBA at Duke and appointed President of Anthony-Ross Company to lead the team to design and implement new combustion solutions for customers who wished to improve recovery boiler capacity, reliability and emissions. In 2008 he returned back to Atlanta to lead the manufacturing and engineering operations for Clyde Bergemann Power Group Americas across multiple strategic business fields. In 2019 he led the spin-off of Clyde Industries from Clyde Bergemann Power Group to continue to strengthen the focus on new technologies in the pulp and power generation markets.
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Target Customer/Market Smallest boilers, under 25 sootblowers, package boilers, industrial boilers, budget/price-sensitive mid-size biomass/waste to energy/smaller utility boilers, 40 and under sootblowers, mid-priced, limited expandability, replace old Copes Vulcan controls full size utility or recovery boilers, any number of sootblowers, more features & capabilities, fully expandable
3 Key Benefits to Customers 1) Quick Delivery Time (6-8 weeks) industry leading
2) Low cost
3) User flexibility and maintainability 1) Control multiple boilers/headers at a time
2) full featured sootblower control system (internal note- without SMART Clean™ expansion) 1) More effectively troubleshoot mechanical sootblower issues (catch before failure- avoid outage/plugging), predictive maintenance
2) Any open protocol interface
3) Able to upgrade
3 Key Features 1) 10.4″ touch screen operator interface standard
2) 5 user configurable sequences
3) Single Header Controls included as standard 1) Multiple touch screen sizes available 10.4″-15″
2) Multiple header/unit control (control multiple boilers at a time)
3) Available DCS interface 1) Expandability to SMART Clean™
2) Unlimited quantity of sootblower controls/headers
3) Advanced Reporting/Monitoring capabilities 4) Any open protocol interface
Common Features PLC based control, open architecture, standard Clyde Industries software which includes: both manual and sequential control and all standard interlock and protection protocols, same base hardware design concepts across all platforms
Add-ons installation, commissioning, support
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Lin-Manuel, who played Hamilton, kicked off the performance via video conference before former castmates Leslie Odom Jr, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Javier Munoz all joined in.
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Before the Hamilton cast called in, John told Aubrey that he would send her and her mom to the Broadway show in New York “When it’s all over.”
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Fat People Deserve Better Than “Love Is Blind”
The rise of the surprise hit Netflix series Love is Blind has sparked a major conversation about the cookie cutter bodies of the series’ inaugural cast. The show places participants into soundproof pods where they have 15-minute dates with other singles, sight unseen. During these “dates” they learn about each other and build strong emotional connections.
The stakes are high for the contestants as they are only allowed to see the people they’ve fallen for after becoming engaged. But for the stakes are low for the viewers who are able to see that the contestants’ fears are unmerited since 100% of the cast look like they could have appeared on any given season of The Bachelor or Bachelorette.
As far as diversity goes, the show includes a few non-white people including a bisexual Black man, whose coming-out story is played for high drama and viral clips, but there is no body diversity to be seen.
Many have lamented the show’s casting of conventionally attractive people, a decision that ultimately calls into question the premise of the social experiment. It’s not a reach to say that love can be blind if the bodies are cisgender, able and an “acceptable” size.
Teen Vogue’s Matthew Rodriguez wrote in a recent essay that the show should be more inclusive of bigger bodies but I fall on the other side of the fat coin. But I disagree. We need not fight for a seat at a table where we will be disrespected. I would rather our community be excluded from what would be a harmful, very public, very shameful narrative. Love is Blind is designed for high drama and to exploit sensitive situations. And bigger bodies have been exploited and mocked enough for several lifetimes.
Imagine this: Barnett has fallen in love with Amber and asks for her hand in marriage then the doors to the magical meeting room flew open and Amber was a size 20. I still remember his exhalation of relief when he saw her body so by my math, her being plus-sized would have most definitely garnered a different reaction, which would have been incredibly hurtful to her and to the plus-sized viewers watching her heartbreak.
In my experience, love is not blind; it has 20/20 vision.
Jessica and Mark provided a glaring example of this. Mark is a conventionally attractive guy but he was not Jessica’s type (her type was admittedly Barnett) and watching her force herself to try to love him was painful to watch. His strong emotions for her blinded him to her true feelings, and we watched that train moving full forward toward a massive wreck on their wedding day, all in the name of this spectacle called a social experiment.
My body is already a spectacle as I maneuver around the highly judgmental streets of Los Angeles; I’d rather not watch a plus-sized person be toyed with for ratings on this show.
And then there’s the pervasive fetishism that plus-sized women have to deal with in the dating scene. For every, “no fatties” missive in dating profiles, there are ones proclaiming there love for plus-sized women because they are plus-sized. Every fat woman I know that has discussed the difficulties of finding love has been told, “You know, there are guys who only like big women,” a disheartening (and cringeworthy) statement from the fatphobic people in their lives.
And as if dealing with the constant othering in real life isn’t enough, we get no reprieve in the entertainment that is made about women of size. It is rare to see a plus-sized woman who is loved wholly in broad daylight in entertainment. Bigger women are often desexualized and are rarely shown as subjects of affection. For every Shrill, which follows the dating life of a plus-sized woman with gentle, sympathetic hands, there’s a High Fidelity.
The new Hulu show based on the hit movie starring John Cusack, features Da’Vine Joy Randolph, a dynamic Black plus-sized actress, in the gender-swapped Jack Black sidekick role of Cherise who is completely desexualized over the course of the season’s 10 episodes.
We watch Zoe Kravitz’s Rob go through men like underwear and David H Holmes’s Simon gets an entire episode devoted to exploring his romances but we never even find out Cherise’s sexual orientation. Though Randolph says it will be explored if there is a season two, it is a damning and purposeful admission that did not go unnoticed.
Plus-sized people should be showcased as being deserving of love and romantic feelings and physical affection. I think there should be a dating show that focuses on that without exploiting the subjects. Preferably one produced by a plus-sized person who understands the perils of being single in a dating scene that can be emotionally damaging for women of size.
Showcasing the nature of loving differently sized bodies is one that should be handled with nuance and care. While Love is Blind has proven to us that they are not that show, maybe the public pleas for a show that highlights our types of bodies will lead to one from a source that can handle our pursuits of love with care and empathy.
Author Danger BowiePosted on March 6, 2020 March 7, 2020 Format GalleryCategories Celebrities, Hollywood, TVTags Da'Vine Joy Randolph, dating shows, fatphobia, fatshaming, High Fidelity, love is blind, netflix love is blind, plus-sized dating, reality tv, ShrillLeave a comment on Fat People Deserve Better Than “Love Is Blind”
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Zareen: People Tend To Make You Conscious By Their Comments
Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Nov, 2019
Bollywood actress Zareen Khan says she learnt to ignore people who bodyshame her and adds that initial failure in her career made her a stronger person.
"People around me made me feel uncomfortable and conscious with their comments. In school, whenever students tried to bully me because of my body weight, I would give it back to them. So, after a point, they were intimidated. So, I would say we should rather avoid those people knowing that they are just negative people. I am a wide structured person and I cannot cut my bones off," Zareen told IANS.
The actress is all set for the release of her new film "Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele", and says she is happy with the way the film has shaped up.
"Right now I am very happy with the kind of work that is coming my way, and I am not limiting myself to only Hindi cinema. I do not understand why, on the one hand we say that we are living in 'one world' and on the other hand, we still look down upon regional cinema. I have got more interesting offers in Punjabi and Tamil and Telugu film industries," the actress claimed.
Starting her career in 2010 with the film "Veer" opposite Salman Khan, Zareen has gone through a tough time after its box office failure. She has also constantly been referred to as a Katrina Kaif clone.
"For the longest time since childhood, I was told that I look like my mother. Then films happened and people started telling me that I am lookalike of an actress (Katrina Kaif). I had no plan to become an actress and then that happened. Initially, I was a lost child and all the comments on me, my looks, my body were quite suffocating. For quite some time, I did not know why things were happening the way they were," she said.
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Animal Health and Disease
The OSV is responsible for the prevention, control, and eradication of animal disease outbreaks in all animals in the state, including livestock and pets. This includes the management of animal imports, disease surveillance, and coordinating emergency response in the event of a disease outbreak or natural disaster.
If you have a sick or injured animal needing medical attention, contact your local veterinarian directly for immediate support. If additional assistance is required, our office is available for consultation and can help coordinate with your veterinarian for follow-up testing for unexplained illnesses or deaths in poultry and livestock.
Animal Health Regulations
The State of Alaska’s Animal Health Regulations (18 AAC 36), under which the OSV operates, establish animal importation regulations, prevent the introduction of animal disease that could infect the state’s domestic and wildlife populations, establish animal care standards, provide for quarantine, vaccination, or depopulation in the event of a disease outbreak, ensure accurate disease diagnosis, prevent the spread of infectious, contagious, communicable, and dangerous diseases affecting domestic animals within the state, and carry out state and federal animal disease control and eradication programs.
The OSV collaborates with local municipalities, state, and federal partners for all hazards state-wide emergency planning purposes, and is available for consultation to local organizations, such as animal shelters and local governments, as they develop their own plans. During an actual event, the OSV would assist in coordinating delivery of supplies and other resources, monitoring animal health and welfare issues, and acting as a liaison with national animal health and veterinary organizations to ensure that domestic animals, as well as humans, will be cared for. For more information please consult the Alaska Animal Health Emergency Management Plan.
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The OSV participates in a variety of federally-mandated and voluntary animal disease surveillance programs. These programs help to proactively identify and contain disease events before they become outbreaks. Producers may also participate in disease certifications programs or voluntary testing as part of an overall herd health plan, or for purposes of exporting animals to other states. If you would like more information about any of these programs, please contact us or visit the applicable page listed below. Please note that this section of the website is still under construction, so check back soon for more information.
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The USDA ADT rule (9 CFR, part 86) went into effect in 2013. The ADT rule’s principle requirements are that livestock moving interstate must be officially identified and accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection. Due to changes within the rule, some forms of identification used in the past may no longer be official once the rule is fully implemented.
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All dairy cattle and bison of any age.
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All sheep, except market lambs less than 18 months of age. Scrapie ear tags are accepted.
The requirements do not apply to livestock moving to a slaughter facility in accordance with Federal and State regulations.
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Official ear tags: metal or 840-compliant (RFID or visual).
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Marriage Equality: A Tale Of Two Catholics
Oct4 by D Gregory Smith
This is, I imagine, an all-to-common-scenario:
Two Catholics: One Inside and One Outside the Church
by newwaysministryblog
Two stories came across my computer screen this week, both first person accounts by Catholics, both of whom support marriage equality, but both who have different relationships with the church. While it would be irresponsible of me to speculate further about why each of these writers has a different approach to Catholicism, I did find the juxtaposition of their two stories interesting since they raised a lot of questions for me.
Not In Spite of Being Catholic, But Because of Being Catholic
Dan McGrath
Dan McGrath, a Minnesota Catholic, wrote onSojourners magazine’s blog that he is voting “no” to the state’s proposed constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality, and his essay explains his decision:
“When I was 10 my parents divorced. A couple years later my mom came out to my family as lesbian. By then she no longer felt welcome at church and stopped going to mass, though she has remained a deeply spiritual person. This one case of social exclusion is deeply meaningful to me, but is nothing compared to political decision by church leadership to spend millions of dollars to limit the freedom to marry in Minnesota. By doing so church leaders seek to permanently exclude gays and lesbians from the civil rights and benefits straight couples enjoy.”
Like many Catholics who support LGBT equality, McGrath is often quizzed as to how he can remain loyal to his church:
“Some have asked how I can embrace a faith whose leadership has taken such a hard line against gay and lesbian equality, and which is painfully quiet on the threat to limit voting rights. I understand why people ask this question. For me, my decision to vote no is not in spite of my Catholic faith, it’s because of it. . . .
“I’m a religious person because I need help figuring out how to apply the values I believe in to the real world. Prayer, reflection, the sacraments, and regular attendance at mass are important elements of the Catholic faith. But a great thing about being Catholic is that there are also countless examples of how others live faithful lives that one can look to for inspiration.”
McGrath attributes his faith and his commitment to social justice to his aunt, Sister Kathleen Ries, a long-time community organizer. Her example helped him to see faith as an integral part of life, and it is that sense of integrity which still motivates him today:
“My choice to vote no has everything to do with being Catholic. The marriage amendment says that gays and lesbians should not have equal access to the financial and social rights and benefits my wife and I enjoy. Nothing in my faith experience justifies this. The voter restriction amendment will set in place permanent barriers to the civic participation of all voters. The fact that it will quiet, if not silence, the voices of those who are poor, homeless, unemployed, in foreclosure, elderly, people of color, and students makes this amendment morally out of bounds.
“Another great thing about being Catholic is that by practicing our faith in community we help each other live the values of the gospel. This is why we Catholics can see how our lot in life – and the fate of our souls – is tied to the fate of others. This sense of purpose and interconnection is what I want for my daughter. I’m voting no because that’s what my faith – and my family – have taught me to do. I’m voting no for my faith and my family.”
A Spiritual Refugee
Tom Moran
Tom Moran, a columnist for Newark’s Star-Ledger, is also a Catholic, and he also supports marriage equality, but his experience with church leaders has moved him in a different direction than McGrath.
In his column, Moran relates how his early faith formation from his father stressed faith as a way of serving the poor. Yet, he did not receive reinforcement for this aspect of faith from future church leaders:
“In the decades since, I have fled a million miles from the church, and have never found a new religious home. I am a spiritual refugee.
“One in three American adults was raised in a Catholic family, but fewer than one in four identify as Catholic today. No other church has shed so many followers, according to surveys by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
“So if I am a refugee, I am walking on a road that is crowded with others who feel the same way.”
Newark’s Archbishop John Myers’ recent statements against marriage equality re-fueled the sense of alienation that Moran feels toward Catholicism:
” [Myers] said, all Catholics must embrace his views. And those who refuse should not take Holy Communion.
“I’ve gone through stages when it comes to the church, bouncing between anger, estrangement and exasperation. It started when one of my six sisters, at age 10, wrote the Vatican a letter asking why she couldn’t be an altar girl. She never heard back. But the dinner discussions on that planted seeds of revolt in all of us.
“They flowered as I began to understand the church’s views on birth control and divorce, which put even my mother on the wrong side of the law, and taught us how Catholics cope with the hierarchy.”
Moran relates the story of his mother’s decision to stick with Catholicism, but he is not so optimistic that others will follow her example:
“In the meantime, though, men like Myers will drive millions more onto the refugee highway. He had his own small share of complicity in the sex abuse scandal, transferring a priest who had confessed to abuse to St. Michael’s Hospital in Newark without telling the staff. He refuses to release the names of priests who have been credibly accused, as some New Jersey dioceses do.
“But the fixation on same-sex marriage may do even more damage in the long run. A recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that 53 percent of Catholics support same-sex marriage, a number that rises to 72 percent among those between ages 18 and 34. Remember, they shouldn’t be taking Holy Communion.”
Moran criticizes Myers for discussing marriage, but never mentioning poverty, and he notes that other Catholics probably do not share the archbishop’s priorities:
“ ‘Catholic citizens must exercise their right to be heard in the public square by defending marriage,’ Myers wrote.
“I doubt most Catholics will see this election in such pinched terms. They know how to sidestep this land mine, too.
“Because if you visit any poor neighborhood in New Jersey, you can see a more vibrant Catholicism at work in schools, hospitals and food pantries.”
Do These Stories Tell Us Anything?
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, I’m not going to play “armchair spiritual counselor” and imagine why these two men have taken such different approaches to their Catholic heritage. Similarly, I don’t intend to judge either one as better or worse than the other. I presume that each has faced his life experience in the way that they found revealed the greatest integrity for them.
Both, it seems to me, have retained their Catholic sense of passion for justice and strong distaste for hypocrisy of leadership figures. In my life and travels, I have met many folks in situations that are similar to each of these men. Some find it is the right thing to stay, some find it is the right thing to leave. What I find interesting, though, is that what they share in common is their belief that the Catholicism they were taught as young people stressed love and justice, and that both think that church leaders are not heeding those messages when it comes to the question of marriage equality.
What do you see in these two stories?
–Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry
Bishops on the Offensive in Chicago, San Francisco, Newark, and Minnesota (newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com)
Moran: Raised Catholic, the church made me ‘a spiritual refugee’ (nj.com)
New Jersey Archbishop Urges Same-Sex Marriage Supporters To Refrain From Taking Communion (thinkprogress.org)
Swiss drifting away from religion (secularnewsdaily.com)
Newark archbishop: Catholics should refrain from Communion if they disagree with church’s marriage stance (nj.com)
Pope Benedict XVI Rebukes Obama: Bishop Letters Read To Every Diocese In The United States! (politicalvelcraft.org)
German Catholic Church Threatens Those Leaving Church (lezgetreal.com)
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Fedor Emelianenko Cut From Strikeforce
The Fedor Emelianenko Strikeforce era is officially over. UFC president Dana White informed the media on Thursday that Zuffa has cut Fedor from Strikeforce and isn’t interested in negotiating a new deal with M1 Global.
I guess God’s will is not for Fedor not to fight in Strikeforce anymore. The news came in the middle of a UFC 133 press conference. Fedor essentially became a free agent on Sunday morning after losing his third fight in a row. According to MMA reporter Ariel Helwani, Fedor’s contract expired with the Henderson fight.
“… And for the record, Fedor had one fight left on his SF/Showtime deal. Hope that clears that up.”
I am starting to feel really bad for Scott Coker. Coker seems like a really nice guy, but Zuffa is doing everything it can to cut the guy’s legs out from under him. Coker told the media Saturday night that Strikeforce wanted Fedor back. Less than a week later his boss tells the media differently. Coker just can’t catch a break these days.
I know that Fedor lost three in a row, but this move essentially kills Strikeforce. With all due respect to the rest of the fighters in the company, it’s over. In a matter of a few months Zuffa has gotten rid of all of the top draws in the company. Nick Diaz, Fedor, Alistair Overeem, and Dan Henderson are done with the company. Zuffa has managed the Strikeforce championships worse than Strikeforce did before the merger which almost seems impossible. In a matter of a few months Strikeforce is now left with two vacant titles (three is you take into consideration that Henderson is not technically under contract), one big draw, and a complete mess on the bottom.
It didn’t have to be this way. The Nick Diaz situation was a difficult one because he really had the company by the neck. However, the Golden Glory situation did not have to happen. They had Alistair Overeem under contract and didn’t need to cut him. The Fedor situation is rough one. I can see arguments on both sides. However, just giving up without even a negotiation just sounds utterly ridiculous to me.
I can’t say I completely blame Zuffa. The co-promotional deal that M1 and Strikeforce had would never work in a renegotiation. But I wonder if this lack of interest in Fedor is more personal than business and if it is personal, it is very unfair to Showtime and the other fighters in Strikeforce. Yes he lost three in a row, but he still would have been a ratings draw for the company. I wouldn’t have any problem at all with them telling him to walk under the current contract, but I can’t imagine there was much negotiating in five days.
So where does this leave Fedor? MMA in the United States is at a real turning point. There really aren’t any options as it stands today for someone like Fedor, yet you have a big demand in the United States to see him fight. Zuffa for better or worse can lock out a fighter or management team without worrying about competition. Compound the lack of competition with a dip in business this year and you have a situation that could reach a boiling point in the next one-two years for the UFC and the sport as a whole in this country.
M-1 Global is telling the media that Fedor is still under contract to Showtime. It is not inconceivable to think that Showtime would promote a big MMA show with Fedor under the M1 banner. I can’t imagine that anyone at Showtime is anything less than angry with the current Strikeforce situation. Showtime could partner up with M1 and maybe even Pro Elite and start promoting shows with Fedor on top. With Alistair Overeem available, I wouldn’t be shocked at all to see a Fedor vs. Overeem fight in the near future on Showtime. That is if what M-1 is saying is true.
The boys over at the Bloody Elbow blog made a great point about the poor timing of the announcement. With the UFC struggling to sell tickets to UFC 133 on Saturday night, they are drawing attention off of the show by making that announcement today. The only advantage to making that announcement today is whatever glee and personal satisfaction Dana White would get being the first to break the news as opposed to M1 presenting the story as if Fedor and M1 have no interest in negotiating. And if so, who cares? I can’t see any reason they couldn’t have waited until sometime next week to make the announcement.
Then again, there is nothing Zuffa is doing these days in regards to Strikeforce that surprises me anymore.
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Budde says Turnbull may announce FTTdp as NBN election policy
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news Veteran telco analyst Paul Budde this week said it was his view that the speed and cost advantages of the NBN’s new Fibre to the Distribution Point (FTTdp) model might lead Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to announce it as the Coalition’s new NBN policy ahead of this year’s Federal Election.
Over the past several weeks, a series of leaked documents have revealed trials that the NBN company has been carrying out of ‘skinny fibre’ and Fibre to the Distribution Point technologies.
The combination of the two technologies appears to offer the NBN company a mechanism for delivering Fibre to the Premises-like speeds at a cost not incomparable to the Coalition’s preferred Fibre to the Node model. This has led to speculation that the NBN company could, in line with a potential new Coalition NBN policy, announce a shift from FTTN to FTTdp/skinny fibre as part of the Coalition’s Multi-Technology Mix approach to the NBN.
In a blog post published late last week, Budde — a long-time critic of the MTM re-shaping of the NBN — said it was possible that FTTdp’s advantages could lead to Turnbull adopting the model as official NBN policy, replacing the Coalition’s previous focus on the technically inferior Fibre to the Node model. We recommend you click here for the full blog post.
Budde said it was clear — as he and others had predicted — that the cost of deploying fibre would eventually come down below the cost of deploying copper-based technologies such as FTTN.
“There is no doubt that fibre technology will eventually be cheaper than copper technology,” he wrote. “And even more importantly the long-term maintenance costs of fibre are significantly lower than those of copper.”
When you combined the sinking costs of fibre with the fact that NBN chief executive Bill Morrow had indicated that a decision to shift to FTTdp would be up to the Government, Budde said it was clear that the NBN company already believed FTTdp was the best option for the NBN.
This fact, along with the recent spate of leaked NBN documents, the need for a positive vision for the NBN during the election and the likelihood that the Opposition would also adopt a FTTdp policy, could lead Turnbull to “to take the bull by the horns and announce his own FTTdp policy, carefully replacing the FttN solution,” Budde wrote.
“It looks like the NBN company also wants to go this way, so for heaven’s sake let us finally get the government and the politics out of the way so that our extremely capable engineers at the NBN company can do a proper job,” he wrote.
Speaking at the National Press club last week, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield indicated the Government was open to using different technologies as part of the NBN.
The NBN company’s executive team has already taken a proposal to the NBN company’s board for a broad FTTdp rollout.
However, so far, both Fifield and Morrow have also indicated that they see the FTTdp option as only a part of the NBN’s mix, alongside other technologies such as FTTN, HFC cable and FTTP.
The Opposition has been predicting for some time that the Government would abandon its plans to deploy FTTN and replace that approach with a FTTdp model.
“They are trialing this now, I suspect before the next election, they will announce they are going to ditch their copper NBN and roll out fibre to the driveway instead and when they do, remember this point: it will be proof that Malcolm Turnbull got it wrong on the NBN,” said Shadow Communications Minister Jason Clare in December last year.
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I agree with Budde on this one: As I have previously written, the FTTN model is virtually dead at this point, with no commentator making a coherent argument that it represents a better path forward than the FTTdp/skinny fibre combination.
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FibreZealot 23/03/2016 At 11:33 am
Seems like a no-brainer.
You don’t have to deal with power companies, you don’t have to roll out FDH cabinets or nodes. You don’t have to pay for power, and you don’t have to pay massive amounts for copper remediation.
Lower operating costs and faster speeds are possible – only an idiot or those with vested interests would think otherwise.
Michael R 23/03/2016 At 1:17 pm
Arguably FTTdp brings new challenges – something a trial (and more work) is needed to address. I wouldn’t call this an open/shut case by any measure. Claiming only people who have vested interests would object to this is short sighted.
Deploying something like this requires an overall network architecture to tie it all together. You still need things like aggregation nodes, design for network contention and a myriad of other things (including the fact they are active devices – so need to be tied into monitoring & management platforms). You also need a method of deploying this in an area – this won’t be a clean as FTTN.
Actual performance in the field needs to be tested. How ruggedized & water/dust proof are the units? How long can they practically live in a pit before they develop issues and need replacing?
Staff operations needs to be checked. Can field staff provision, repair & above all else find the units? (they are small and will be placed in pits, also multiple devices may be in a pit). Can remote staff monitor, management & troubleshoot on the devices effectively?
All things that need to be sorted out before it can be practically deployed as a product.
R0ninX3ph 23/03/2016 At 1:25 pm
“Arguably FTTdp brings new challenges – something a trial (and more work) is needed to address. ”
Its a good thing they did trials in 2014, and then are doing more in April for it then, isn’t it?
Martin H 23/03/2016 At 2:33 pm
In spite of all of that, FTTdp still has a lot going for it financially, politically as well as technologically.
It is time for compromise and a rollout that has bipartisanship so that we can move on with confidence, instead of having a project continually vulnerable to being cut down and precious momentum halted by another change of government. They have the wrong broadband policy, but the Libs aren’t going away either and would still have great influence.
We need something like FTTdp at this late stage, when Australia’s broadband ranking is 49th and falling and when the Turnbull Government’s polling is looking as dicey as it is going into an election.
How embarrassing for the FRAUDBAND fans… ;)
R0ninX3ph 23/03/2016 At 11:40 am
Not really, they will just turn around and say they never really supported FTTN, and only supported faster, cheaper, affordable and if FTTdp is that, then they always supported it.
(Even if they fought against it previously with people who did actually support it).
Doug 23/03/2016 At 11:45 am
Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia
Kay.
CameronD 23/03/2016 At 4:07 pm
I understood that reference
It’s funny, most 1984 references seem to fit the Libs…
InsideOut 23/03/2016 At 6:50 pm
“Not really, they will just turn around and say they never really supported FTTN…”
Of course they will… they don’t have a solid position, they flip-flop wildly and are devoid of any honesty, ethics and morals.
If Mal threw his hands in the air tomorrow and said fuck it just do FttP, we all know, they’d be the first here to say they supported FTTP all along *sigh*
Still doesn’t mean we can’t embarrass them, in the process ;)
Indeed Rizz. I think the most pertinent thing about this is that the coalition clowns actually need a new “NBN” policy. Remember when I said many years ago they they would have to keep modifying their plan until they came to the FttP conclusion. We also remember the squeals from the copper fanboy knuckle-draggers telling us that the copper was up to the task and FttN was fine (25mbps is enough for anyone). So here we are, GimpCo is now apparently contemplating FttDp (Almost FttP but not actually FttP, that’s VERY important) yet still telling us 50mbps is good enough for 10 years. lol. What a farce this has become (just as we predicted).
Nodafail™
Tim J 23/03/2016 At 5:01 pm
e.g. @Reality, @Richard, @Mr Shark, etc.
Martin H 23/03/2016 At 12:35 pm
FTTdp provides many hundreds of Mbps from day one. The power and space requirements are tiny – nbn Chief Architect Tony Cross holding a distribution point unit:
http://www.itnews.com.au/gallery/photos-a-look-inside-an-nbn-exchange-417135/page13
Turnbull himself was talking up the same thing in 2013 before the election – his so-called mini-nodes were ridiculed at the time, but they would save the day now.
Turnbull, come on.
Given that Budde has come out to say that the LNP will go to the election with FTTdp as their policy…. Doesn’t that mean that Turnbull will now definitely NOT announce it as policy because he has to do things contrary to what people say he should/will do?
Daniel Rossi 23/03/2016 At 1:52 pm
Its still ADSL. Still the same old problem with the crap wiring to the pit. Unless they are going to replace the telephone lines with new copper that would be a joke.
You’d have to be really thick. This will trick the dumb because they would have no idea so a scam. They think wireless is the future its incredible ! lol
Chris 23/03/2016 At 2:12 pm
It isn’t ADSL. It will be either VDSL or G.Fast. Regarding the copper issue, if you don’t have a problem with the line in the very last 100m or so, you shouldn’t encounter any problems. It is my understanding that the majority of phone line problems are in the 50m or so from the pillar, rather than the end coming from your property, and since the copper needs to be terminated at the mini node, that would remove a large section of problem copper.
Don’t get me wrong, I still prefer FTTP, but FTTdp is a step in the right direction, and a much better option than FTTN.
Surely, if NBNCo are truly technology agnostic, the government of the day couldn’t announce changes in technology as a policy? Because, NBNCo are being totally objective at the moment in their tech choices, right? Not influenced by politics at all. Malcolm may as well not announce it as policy because the management of NBNCo have always been choosing the technology based solely on its merits.
Announcing FTTdp would allow one thing. The ability to hide how far behind the FTTN rollout is. They can claim the shortfall is due to the change in technology rather than because it was FTTN was such a stupid idea for many reasons the “never wrong” Turnbull poo pooed over the years.
Great catch.
Nerk 23/03/2016 At 4:14 pm
Morrow says their choice of technology is required to be based on the cheapest up-front cost that provides the minimum speed requirement for a premises, which is why they say they are tied to FTTN still; it’s still the cheapest up-front in most cases. (Can’t remember where I read this, sorry)
So according to him, while the government doesn’t directly specify the tech, they do indirectly with the above requirement placed on NBN Co. It works out really well because the Gov. can spout about being technology agnostic without it being really true.
FTTdp seems like an obvious compromise to finally end all this political crap (and the public debate). I’m coming more and more to believe NBN Co. are doing the best they can and aren’t wrapped up in the politics, but at the same time everyone there wants to keep their jobs…
(Can’t remember where I read this, sorry)
It’s in the company’s SoE
http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/soe-shareholder-minister-letter.pdf
RichardU 23/03/2016 At 6:58 pm
It’s in the blog post the subject of this piece.
““For me the most telling element of the whole leaked document story is the statement made by NBN’s CEO Bill Morrow at the end of an ABC Lateline program. He indicated that his mandate from the government was to build the cheapest NBN in the fastest way possible, and that FTTdp does not yet sit nicely within that mandate.””
They were also told to look at it being able to efficiently upgrade as required. FTTN need nearly a complete new roll out, whereas FTTdp allows pretty cheap and quick upgrades that could easily be done in an on demand basis.
When you are spending $56B, what’s an extra $1.5B to allow it to be easily upgraded? They are going to waste way more than that in about 5 or so years when they are bypassing the nodes because they are obsolete.
” They are going to waste way more than that in about 5 or so years when they are bypassing the nodes because they are obsolete.”
They’re going to piss more than that away in those 5 years in OPEX alone for FTTN and HFC…
They have no concern at all for OPEX or efficient upgrades because the aim (of the Libs) is to sell it all off to corporations to deal with. Low OPEX and efficient upgrades make all the sense in the world, but only if you’re keeping the network.
The NBN is just a quick and dirty interim thing to tide the masses over until the sell-off. It’s all pre-ordained. Privatisation is a done deal for the coalition. Being cost-effective doesn’t get a look in. Fifield and Morrow keep saying “quickest and cheapest rollout.”
“they are tied to FTTN still; it’s still the cheapest up-front in most cases”
Then how do you explain the fact that the rollout for MTM now costs overall more than the highest estimates for Labors FTTP policy while Labor were in charge?
no commentator making a coherent argument that it represents a better path forward than the FTTdp/skinny fibre combination.
Not wrong there Renai, Reality especially is becoming more incoherent by the day…I’m worried he’ll explode in an implosion of “stupid” if they do announce Fttdp!
It’s going to be interesting to see if Malcolm sticks to his politics, or not, on this one, the “Abbott way” would be for him to stick to his guns and not change a thing, so politically, it would also be a good way to differentiate himself from the Abbott brand.
“no commentator making a coherent argument that [FTTN] represents a better path forward than the FTTdp/skinny fibre combination.”
No commentator made a coherent argument that FTTN represents a better path forward than FTTP, either.
Being fair, FTTN ~should~ be quicker to rollout than FTTP. Assuming you dont have to waste 2 years negotiating with the owner of the copper network to be able to access the copper to be able to build it….
And the power companies who, after all, still want to make a buck (being privatised and all). If nbn™ don’t like what the power companies are offering, they should go elsewhere….oh, wait…
“Assuming you dont have to waste 2 years negotiating with the owner of the copper network to be able to access the copper to be able to build it….”
So what’s the excuse for the other 2 years in the (so far) 4 year timeframe blowout?
I assume the fact they lied when they said it’ll be complete by 2016 ;-)
Occums razor would suggest you are correct ;o)
KingForce 23/03/2016 At 2:48 pm
“Malcolm may as well not announce it as policy because the management of NBNCo have always been choosing the technology based solely on its merits.”
Good point. Perhaps that’s why Morrow has announced the trials and said he expects 300,000 connected with FTTdp by 2017.
Well, it wasn’t a good point, it was obviously sarcasm.
Morrow has already indicated he wished to do more but the government wouldn’t let him. Sort of makes that claim of being based on merit, well, a lie, doesn’t it?
The problem is the Statement of Expectations. For nbn™, that’s the same as a company’s constitution, and it specifically states nbn™ needs to go with options that will minimise peak funding. So even if it’s $50/pp, they are required to go with it.
Malcolm would need to alter the SoE to include something that gives nbn™ some leeway on the tech choice if it is close to the cheapest option, and has the potential to increase profits (Fttdp would fit that description then).
The SoE *should* allow FttDp, because it *should* be based on “lowest total cost”, and/or “highest return”.
Instead, it appears to be based on “lowest upfront capital cost”, with no consideration for either total cost over time, or effective return.
Reminds me of the hose nozzles my dad buys. They’re really cheap, only $2.50 at the junk shop! Of course, they break after about a month, so he goes through 10-15 a year, instead of buying a $25 nozzle that will last 10 years… but they’re really cheap!!!
I agree, but Morrow can’t change the SoE, MT needs to do that…and as soon as possible IMHO.
That depends on what peak funding you mean. There is the partisan modeled one where the nodes are still there after the roll out is complete and the likely reality, the nodes are replaced by FTTdp before the roll out is complete.
I don’t understand what you are trying to say. The nodes have nothing to do with peak funding.
“Morrow has already indicated he wished to do more but the government wouldn’t let him.”
When did Morrow say that? NBN Co already plan to connect 300,000 up with FTTdp. If it is cost effective to do so then obviously NBN Co will do more.
He is bound by the SoE, the SoE currently restricts NBN Co to deploying the cheapest infrastructure with the cheapest upfront costs (peak funding), so unless FTTdp after the trials, ends up being cheaper than FTTN, they are bound by the SoE to continue to rollout FTTN.
The SoE needs to be adjusted to allow for FTTdp unless FTTdp is cheaper than FTTN.
That’s a misinterpretation. The SoE doesn’t bind NBN Co to FTTN.
No kingforce NBN is bound by the at least 25Mbps since adsl2+ is out. FTTN is the next cheapest unless there are certain issues where CPP is higher than other options to deliver.
Hence why west half of tas is getting sat because NBN don’t want to pay for the redundant fibre link for FTTN.
I never said it binds them to FTTN, I actually said it clearly, they are bound to the cheapest technology.
FTTN is cheaper than FTTdp. Thus, they are bound to roll out FTTN until such time as either FTTdp is cheaper than FTTN or the SoE is changed to not be focused on the cost of the rollout.
KingForce 24/03/2016 At 10:39 pm
“they are bound to the cheapest technology.”
@Ronin,
The SoE states that NBN Co are to use the most “cost-effective” technology.
R0ninX3ph 24/03/2016 At 10:58 pm
And how does “most cost-effective” not mean cheapest to you?
It has nothing to do with the OPEX, it has nothing to do with anything other than what is the cheapest in regards to CPP. It refers to the most cost-effective method in CAPEX.
Until such time as FTTdp is cheaper CPP than FTTN, they are bound to using the most cost-effective (read: cheapest CPP) method of delivering broadband, which is FTTN in the non-HFC rollout area.
Continue playing semantic gymnastics.
There is even an article on this very site explaining it all clearly for people like you who like to defend the LNP tooth and nail.
https://delimiter.com.au/2016/03/16/nbn-board-govt-blocking-fttdp-despite-fttn-like-cost/
No Ronin. NBN Co calculates the Net Present Value for each technology within a distribution area.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-nbn-co-will-determine-what-connection-you-get/
So cost effective means that NBN Co will consider revenue and opex as well cost per premises.
As for that Delimiter article you linked, that’s obviously wrong.
If Morrow just announced plans to connect 300,000 to FTTdp, then how can the government be “blocking FTTdp”?
Jason K 24/03/2016 At 11:36 pm
Becuase it’s a trial lol
Like the trial of 200k FTTN in 2014 that Telstra helped with even though there offical FTTN start was only last year.
If trials are a success then NBN Co continues with the volume FTTdp rollout connecting 300,000.
Lol kingforce so are they going to stop FTTN now wait for the trails to finish then decide FTTN or FTTdp
It’s a trial to 300,000 premises.
If the trial comes back with the costs being lower than FTTN, then they will change to FTTdp, if it doesn’t, don’t be coming here crying when NBN Co continue rolling out FTTN because their hands are tied by the SoE. But by all means, say Renai doesn’t understand what the SoE means, it isn’t like he spends his entire day digging through this stuff, or spent significant time working with Senator Ludlam or anything like that…. No. His article must be wrong, and you yet another LibTroll, is here to tell us how wrong we all are.
Go watch Lateline, as the article I linked told you to, to get the full story.
The Government gave NBN Co an SoE when they took power to provide broadband at the quickest possible pace, for the least cost. That does NOT include OPEX, as much as you want to pretend it does.
FTTN has significantly more OPEX than both FTTdp and FTTP, if OPEX was a factor, FTTN wouldn’t have been in the mix from the beginning.
Stop trying to rewrite history with your conservative revisionist bollocks.
@ KingForce
Oh look we have another, who has taken the baton from our usual jester… again gone MIA when confronted by his own ridiculously contradictory comments.
Another, like the other, who when confronted with facts and inevitably found wanting, also goes the, irrational, childish, argumentative route.
Arguing over semantics? Seriously?
You disingenuously altered another’s words (twice) and then hypocritically have the audacity to claim he had misrepresented and deride him for your altered words.
Go and reread what R0nin actually said, here at this very thread, which you and I are responding to… 24/3 – 3:04. Then apologise to him
Unbelievable, that you guys will continually stoop so low as to argue over your own warped interpretation of what someone said, rather than the actual words said.
You argue over pedantics and semantics, by particularly pin pointing a word or two (even when the words mean the same fucking thing) just to be argumentative, due to not being able to man-up when your own baseless, ridiculous comments are easily discredited.
It’s like all of you on the anti-Labor (yes you read it right – as opposed to most here like me, on the pro-FttP side – BIG difference in mindsets and motives) are all full of the same substance.
And we all know exactly what substance that is…
KingForce 25/03/2016 At 11:32 am
Rizz, stop being a bully.
And there it is… the far rights two answers to everything “poor me”… “someone else’s fault”.
Rather than aplogising to R0nin for changing his words and arguing the strawman, you blame me and claim me a bully for highlighting your ridiculous dishonesty? Really…
Oh poor you, indeed..
@Jason K
In 2013 NBN Co planned for about 3.5 million premises to get FTTN. Recently NBN Co has said that 300,00 could be earmarked for FTTdp.
The point is that NBN Co has flexibility to switch technology (taking into account opex, revenue and capital cost) as technology developments advance.
Jason K 25/03/2016 At 12:00 am
Lol kingforce trying to do a devoid and rewrite history
http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/new-technology-speeds-up-nbn-rollout.html
Grump3 25/03/2016 At 2:45 am
Not at present from what I’ve been reading.
The FTTdp was to be a solution for isolated premises too far from the Node for an acceptable service.
Wow looks like the FRAUDBAND fans are already abandoning Nodafail™ the very network they have argued for, against all logic, over the last 3 or 4 years…
I’ll repeat a paragraph I read about Trump supporters who are incredibly like Nodafail™ supporters…
“One of the most perplexing parts of the Donald Trump experience is that his fans don’t seem to believe in anything. They hold no principles they won’t instantly abandon on a whim; they never practice what they preach, and what they preach has absolutely no relation to reality.”
Joe 23/03/2016 At 2:48 pm
Libs will announce FTTdp only if they think there is a possibility of losing the election.
The reason being that labor would have a chance to prove skinny fibre rollout is cheaper than NBNco say.
The LNP might announce FTTdp just to beat Labor to the punch.
Bruce H 23/03/2016 At 4:57 pm
If I was Labor, I’d kick it out now: “Plan A: FTTP where it makes sense, Plan B: use FTTdp where it makes sense, Plan C: Figure out how and when to move HFC/FTTN to one of the above in the most cost effective time frame.
I don’t get they haven’t moved on it yet. This will be one of those actually accurate times the Opposition can cite the mess the Govt has left them (blame). If the Coalition announce it first then the strategy of allowing them to swing by their own rope will fail PDQ.
Paul Grenfell 23/03/2016 At 3:01 pm
Agreed.. Simply an election sweetener.
“an election sweetener”, yes but also gives them a chance to say something has made FTTdp cheaper and therefore financially viable in their technology agnostic approach.
If Bill can show he can shave $300-400 off Fttdp, he can go ahead and get nbn™ to install it without even having to check with Malcolm thanks to the SoE.
I expect that’s what the large scale trials are about, so they’ll get there with or without Malcolms nod, so him declaring a change to Fttdp as a political sweetener is only on the table for a limited time.
Expected time a VDSL unit in the pit will last before it malfunctions?
5 years, 10 years. That’s a lot of work & $.
Imagine if even 5% of them fail after 5 years. Active electronics in the pit is stupid.
Joe, I guess thats the point of doing trials, to work these things out.
Nobody will argue that technically speaking, FTTP is fundamentally a more robust and better technology than FTTN or FTTdp. (I say nobody, but I am sure the resident LibTrolls will attempt to argue that FTTN is exactly the same as FTTP)
However, thats not what the issue is anymore. Full FTTP is dead, it isn’t coming back, we now have to fight to get the best possible solution we can. FTTdp represents that far more than FTTN does.
Where did you see failure rates that high Joe? Do you have a link?
2-party-preferred polling is at 50-50, giving Labor with another leader a chance to win. Turnbull’s supporters in the party are reportedly in marginal seats with Abbott breathing down his neck. A hostile senate is blocking his agenda. He’s under the pump. He needs a sweetener. It’s all pointing to it :))
One of Malcolm’s biggest political issues currently, is how to differentiate himself from Abbott while running with most of Abbott era policies. He’s trying to say his cities policy shows he is different, but everyone thinks thats a joke.
Dumping the Abbott policy for FttN, and continuing the NBN with Fttdp would be a good start to showing he’s changed and breaking free from the Abbott mould.
Or, he can just leave things as they are and hope the ALP don’t push it as their policy and become the ones that give FttP speeds at near FttN prices :o)
What if NBN did FTTdp everywhere, and home owners dug their own trenches and ran fibre inside their house themselves? If civil works are the costly part, I’m willing to get a shovel from the shed and get my dig on.
Because that would nullify their arguments over the past 3 years that HFC is up to the task for now and the future.
There would still be the 2 site visits to install the 2 boxes (out and in) which is where a large part of the cost comes from. Digging trenches and the fibre bit are some of the least expensive as its done en mass essentially.
MikeK 24/03/2016 At 8:33 am
What happened to the self install kit from the curb to the house ????
See this is where actual community engagement would have helped. Employ the resources of the locals who aren’t afraid to drill holes and mount boxes on walls, or plug cables in. I’m sure we could do stuff to help reduce visit costs then, even if digging holes isn’t as helpful as I imagined.
Looks now our average speed has drop from 30th when Turnbull started to 60th now.
Mark 24/03/2016 At 11:05 am
To be fair, it’s questionable how much this will improve with the different NBN speed tiers. We could by some miracle have universal FTTP tomorrow and we’d probably still sit at 25mbps average, so you can’t really compare Australia to those places where most internet connections are best speed available (but also highly contended and generally rubbish). The average speed on NBN will only go up gradually over time as people decide they need it.
If Australia had a full FTTP network tomorrow without artificial speed tiers below 100Mbit, then the average would be 100Mbit, because people couldn’t order any less ;-)
It was estimated that a complete rollout of Labors FTTP plan would have placed us 6th.
We’re already close to 40mbps in the Akamai data (thanks HFC). This is a feasible number for NBN plans alone!! A small minority (for now) get 100mbps plans, FTTP or otherwise.
Now if you wiped out 25mbps plans… sure our numbers would shoot way up. But then NBN’s network itself would be underprovisioned, and the huge gulf between average and peak speeds (again, thanks HFC) shows too many Australians have a problem with congestion as it is.
“then NBN’s network itself would be underprovisioned”
Rubbish. Assuming all premises were maxing out their connections, the way FTTP was being rolled out there’d be enough bandwidth per user for ~80Mbps.
Mathew 28/03/2016 At 4:09 pm
What numbers was that estimate based on? With several nations in the world rolling out 1Gbps FTTP networks without speed tiers and Labor predicting 50% on fibre connected at 12Mbps well into the future (currently 79% at 25Mbps or slower) I would be curious to know.
As you are well aware, those on 12Mbps number well below the 50% estimated target.
Hotcakes, its the only way they can claim a negative. By changing the narrative from 50% on 12Mbit to 79% on 25/5 or less.
I personally interpret the number to mean, less people on 12/1 than expected, more people on 25/5 or more than expected.
Considering that FTTN is only a small part of the build, the reason for that fall can squarely be blamed on Labor for designing a 1Gbps network and yet hobbling it with speed tiers so that currently 79% are connected at 25Mbps or slower (compared with Labor’s prediction of 50% on 12Mbps) giving an average of 34Mbps.
The fall is more likely to come from other countries improving their infrastructure faster by building FTTP without speed tiers, rather than real world performance dropping in Australia. The reality is with speed tiers, no matter the speed of the underlying infrastructure only a small number (16%, down 3% in 12 months) are prepared to pay for speed, which means we should expect to see our rankings fall further.
“Considering that FTTN is only a small part of the build”
A third is a small part of the build ey?
He likes making stuff up like that. It suits his “I want 1Gbps for free, for all” agenda…
Or is it the fact that the current government only requires the NBN to deliver an up to 25Mbps only.
If Turncoat does take FTTdp to the election it’ll be ironic, he’ll be promising to fix his own mess!
#LibFail
Indeed, touche’.
He’ll finally have that solution his faithful, perpetually contradictory apostles, have been asking the baddies for…
Where does this leave the purchase of Telstra’s copper at vast expense in addition to the purchase of access to its pits? Is the copper between the distribution point and the wall of my house mine?
Will there now be months of delay while that possibly ill considered transaction is adjusted? Or would Telstra keep the money and possibly re-sell the now redundant copper to some other unsuspecting sucker?
Martin S 24/03/2016 At 4:14 am
FTTdp still uses the copper network, just the last 30 or so meters between your house and wherever the distribution point is. It will also use the Telstra pits that gimpco are leasing.
I expect that the rest of the copper network between the distribution point and the exchange will simply be ‘decommissioned’ (left in place). As it is now owned by the Australian taxpayers, Telstra cannot reuse or resell it, it simply ceases to be.
As for months of delay, gimpco have indicated that they plan to slowly ramp up FTTdp as the preferred rollout technology where HFC or FTTN is not the ‘optimum’ solution. I would love to see a major change in the technology mix, however let us not forget that gimpco has most likely ordered a shite load of FTTN cabinets and have the back end, design and contractors all sorted for the FTTN/HFC rollout. They are not about to halt that, if for no reason other than it meant the government was wrong all along.
As such, it will most likely be the solution that gimpco turns to once they have flushed the FTTN out of their system. It will also lead to the interesting byproduct that there will be three ‘generations’ of rollout. FTTP – HFC/FTTN – FTTdp. Or as I like to think of it, great – shite – less shite.
Grump3 24/03/2016 At 1:54 pm
So instead of the original 3 NBN models, they now have 6 versions of MTM requiring ongoing support components & staff.
Too many cooks?
Government bureaucracy at its finest. Of course none of those staff costs are included in CAPEX either.
Rob 24/03/2016 At 7:05 am
FTTdp seems like a good choice as it will certainly save on lengthy installation times and the upgrade could be entirely self service depending on how NBN handle the cut over which should only take 5 minutes. Interesting to note that FTTdp can offer a pass-through for PSTN. Whether they use this function would be interesting. At the end of the day they wouldn’t want to support both fibre and copper networks for too long.
http://www.slideshare.net/aethratelecommunications/aethra-telecommunications-fttdp-solutions-jan-2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyFvM5BIMGs
Budde maybe right but I just can’t see it happening, Turnbull would be saying FTTN was wrong and I can’t see his ego saying that, add least not to the electorate, maybe after if he won the election he would and then the pressure would be off him.
Everyone has to ask themselves, do you want another 3 years of this FTTN bullshit government, I’m telling everyone I know to not vote for the Coalition. I even donated some money to Labor (that’s a first for me) because I have had enough of these clowns.
I agree with you, I think Turnbull will go to the election with no changes to the NBN plan and then if he wins, would change to FTTdp then by changing the SoE to allow it.
Tinman_au 24/03/2016 At 12:57 pm
Turnbull would be saying FTTN was wrong and I can’t see his ego saying that
I’m not so sure, he’s getting a lot of heat at the moment for adopting 95% of Abbott’s policies, and FttN was an Abbott government policy. You can see how touchy Malcolm is about this if you watched 7:30 ask him about it.
Switching to Fttdp would be a step towards making it a Turnbull government policy, not an Abbott one.
At this point, I think there are other policies he is likely to change than the NBN, the MSM doesn’t give a crap about the NBN and whether it is FTTP, FTTN, FTTdp, FTTBicycle or FTTCarrierPigeon.
A lot of the other policies, he’s locked in. Mostly locked in thanks to the support from the right side of his party. NBN is one area where he can make the change and not end up facing another challenge.
For example, he’s made a big thing about now supporting the CEFC, but he’s ripped $1.3b out of ARENA. So he’s basically kept his support for climate change zero-sum.
I just think the only chance he is going to announce FTTdp before the election, is if Labor makes a big deal about it, or if Labor announces they will return to FTTP.
Otherwise, I just don’t really see him caring. The general public at this point are just sick and tired of hearing about the NBN.
I doubt they are sick of it, as you pointed out in another post, MSM just doesn’t really cover it. It only ever gets brought up on sites like here, ZDNet, etc.
But then if my non-tech wife is anything to go by, his innovation policy is in the same boat :o)
I say “sick of hearing about it” because if they weren’t sick of hearing about it, the MSM would still be talking about it.
They’re out to sell newspapers and news in general, they will run with what people care about listening to. The fact that the MSM isn’t talking about the NBN is as much about their vested interests, as it is the general voting public in Australia being sick of hearing about it and not being willing to purchase news that has big swathes of it dedicated to the NBN.
Aaron 24/03/2016 At 8:23 am
Only Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull can fix the mistakes of Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Didn’t you hear Turnbull doesn’t make mistakes only Abbott, Labor, the Greens and the independents make mistakes. O I forgot the Australian people for voting these clowns in, in the first place, curse you Rudd I was happy with Gillard she had more balls then all these so called men put together.
Then again maybe Turnball doesn’t make mistakes because he doesn’t do anything.
Jay 24/03/2016 At 10:35 am
If we are moving to FTTdP I would love to see nbn give customers a choice during the planning phase to pay say $500 extra to get an fttp install – this would save the modem in the pit only being used for a very short time because someone chooses to upgrade to fttp shortly after and also make for a more efficient bulk install of fibre lead ins
“this would save the modem in the pit only being used”
Not really, as far as I know, the mini-nodes put in the pit service a number of premises, so unless all the premises being served from that pit opt to upgrade to FTTP, it would still be placed in the pit.
Matt 24/03/2016 At 10:55 am
I don’t trust the Libs to do anything right. They ruined the NBN and are still pushing a far inferior product to the direct FTTH that Labor was installing.
Richard 24/03/2016 At 11:52 am
So what happens to the hundreds of thousands of Australians already who had to go to FTTN (forced on them with no say in this) ? No one is addressing that fact – are they left in a technology backwater permanently – when will the nodes be ripped up and replaced by Fibre to the Distribution Point?
I’m right with you in seeing that disaster, but there is no plan in existence for those things. There is not yet even a coherent plan for switching to FTTdp. But most likely, Telstra (naturally the future owner of the copper segment in the coming NBN privatisation) will be left to deal with areas locked in for FTTN.
Which brings our attention to what Telstra’s likely plans are: Telstra has a long demonstrated history of sitting on its existing infrastructure sucking profit out of it like a fat lethargic piglet and holding back upgrades until forced by competition. But in the likely event of FTTN maintenance becoming too onerous and assuming that companies like TPG continue to go from strength to strength, Telstra will overbuild. By that point, we’re likely to see FTTP as the economical option. But those events are many years away.
This is what happens when one major party wants one ‘socialist’ ubiquitous wholesale provider and the other wants corporations to build, own and operate networks. They are such radically differing aims for two major parties in the same country that we get a schemozzle with no effective solution, no certainty or satisfaction, a constantly frustrated telecommunications sector and ultimately second-rate services.
So what happens to the hundreds of thousands of Australians already who had to go to FTTN (forced on them with no say in this) ?
Under the MtM they stay that way until they decide to upgrade the FttN network (maybe around 2025-2030?). Not sure what the ALP policy is on it, they haven’t released it yet.
Graham 24/03/2016 At 12:29 pm
“So what happens to the hundreds of thousands of Australians already who had to go to FTTN (forced on them with no say in this)”
They get to choose who to vote for in the next election, if they want this mess fixed in less than a generation.
If they vote LNP, they lose the right to complain at a later date.
Pretty well. But the ALP haven’t released their policy yet, and they’ve only said they’ll use “more” fibre, so we’ll have to wait to see how they define “more” to see if it’ll help those of FttN.
Making the arrogant ‘ I know what’s best for you’ assumption on behalf of those on FTTN that they need help.
Not arrogant, simply the truth.
If they needed help on ADSL, VDSL doesn’t magically fix their copper.
Making the arrogant ‘ I know what’s best for you’ assumption
As you do it all the time, I bow to your superior knowledge in that area ;o)
@ alain/Trump supporter…
Making the arrogant ‘ I know what’s best for you’ assumption by saying FTTN is good enough for everyone are you?
Oh no wait, after years of FTTN/FRAUDBAND chest beating, you have already shifted to FttDp haven’t you?
Or have you?
Here’s your description again… feel free to change Donald Trump for FRAUDBAND/Nodafail™ …
Is that all you could contribute?
Magus 24/03/2016 At 12:46 pm
This is great news. We will have a slightly faster unreliable high maintainence network. Only a few more upgrades and it will almost be able to deliver what can currently be delivered via FTTP. (excluding multiple services, reliability, upgradability and lower cost)
Of course Turnbull will make a statement about this. Anything to disract from the current total failure of his fully costed, fully planned, fasta, quicka, soona, mtm that will deliver 25mbps in 2016.
This is just a distraction, a political red herring.
Good summary
What makes you think that Turnbull or Shorten for that matter announcing FTTdP or not announcing FTTdp in their pre election NBN policy will have any effect whatever on their chances of winning Government?
Devoid can you be so kind to remind us how the current winning policy has turned out lol
Just peachy, under the 4x revised plan schedule!!
Jason K (Rizz),
lol, it won them Government in 2013? lol
Of course if the Coalition win again later this year it won’t have anything to do with NBN policy, but it definitely will if they lose.
Whether they win or lose this year the NBN won’t be an issue because the MSM isn’t making it one.
Grump3 26/03/2016 At 10:10 pm
NBN Policy??
Reality just in case you hadn’t noticed, the Coalition doesn’t have a National Broadband Network Policy. Just a cobbled together 6 tier MTM lottery of divergent technologies where your location will determine the type, speed limits & performance available.
Ask Peter Reith if it MIGHT be so… and then ignore the clear intent of his answer completely and every other word in amongst thousands of words “except the word MIGHT, to then argue childishly and ridiculously over MIGHT”.
Q. Is anyone that ridiculous and lame enough to actually do that?
I’m actually with you on this point, I don’t really think the NBN is going to be anywhere close to being influential on this election. Mostly because the MSM doesn’t care anymore, thus the majority of the country doesn’t care because the MSM isn’t making it an issue.
We all exist in a bubble here on tech sites, and what we care about, general voting Australians don’t give a toss.
Can you try that again in English Reality, you’re sounding like Yoda.
Hellooo McFly (*taps on skull*)
How long have you been coming here (to amuse us all)? 6 years or so?
Yet you still, being completely subservient and cyclopic, can’t quite grasp the concept can you?
NEWSFLASH: we are here to discuss comms and technology advantages and disadvantages, NOT the chances of Shorten or Turnbull winning government, FFS.
Q. Got it now?
A. No
I thought not…
Unbelievable… you’re welcome.
Take it up with Peter Reith, he’s the one that first brought it up…
Is this for real or just an early start to April Fools pranks?
Email from Iinet this morning:
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Sailing in Thailand…. Clic off your tech, it’s time to tack!
December 14, 2020 Daniel Herron Attractions 0
Historic Schooner sails the emerald water in the Gulf of Thailand
By Daniel Herron
Schooner Seraph
Time to close the lap-top, put the smart phone on mute and take a time-out from technology, the worries of the world and slip back in time. Here was a great place to CLIC off!
A nice perk of being a foreign correspondent in Thailand is on occasion we are kindly invited by the PRD (public relations department) on a FAM trip to a new destination in Thailand. These are destinations in the country the Tourism Authority is proudly spotlighting to the world. And this trip down to Krabi was exceptional!
Foreign Media and Thai Tourism Authority Team
A group of five journalists representing France, Canada, China and myself for the US jetted out of Don Mueng Airport on Lion Air for a 2.5 flight down to the southern town of Krabi in the province sharing the same name. Krabi is known for its lush jungles, limestone cliffs and Idyllic islands.
We were meet by our hosts from the Tourism Authority of Thailand and vanned down to a pier with multi-million-dollar yachts in from Singapore and other parts of the world. We hiked out to the end to the Seraph, a beautiful 70-foot, 103-year-old schooner that had sailed down from its original home of Copenhagen and the North Atlantic.
Seraph is the shortened version of Seraphim – one of the Archangels who protected God in Biblical lore. A six-winged angel, the Seraph sat at God’s right hand.
Seraph anchored of island
Seraph was built in Denmark, and launched from a shipyard outside Copenhagen in 1906, as a ketch-rigged fishing vessel with no engine. She was as a “buy boat”, meaning she would go out to the fishing trawlers to buy their catch and then sell it at market. She had a wet hull – plugs in her side let the North Sea in keep the fish fresh. In the early 20s, she was fitted with an engine; in a fishing town in northern Denmark.
Beautiful wood and workmanship
She fished the North Sea for 70 years, and then in the late 1970s, she was bought by a Dutch couple, who took her to Holland, and converted her into a liveaboard schooner, with a schooner rig. She sailed the Med and the Indian Ocean before ending up in Phuket in the late 80s. On New Year’s Eve 1991, while Seraph was moored off of on Island 1 in the Similans, a squall hit, and the ship dragged anchor, as she headed towards a reef. The captain tried to pull off, but the steering broke, he lost reverse gear, and he couldn’t go backwards, moving forwards instead, landing Seraph on a reef. The skipper was inexperienced and Seraph should never have been moored in that location in the first place.
A litle down time to….text?
Seraph is a “no compromise” schooner whose sailing systems are based on those developed and perfected by the North Atlantic fishing schooners of the mid-nineteenth century. All sails are hoisted, trimmed and dropped manually by the crew and numbers of very willing volunteer guests who enjoy this unusual type of exercise known as “sweating the lines”. Her decks are large and uncluttered with an awning covering approximately 25% of the area of the deck, providing cover from the elements for 30 people or more. The only compromise to modern times can be found below decks where a well-equipped galley is able to provide excellent catering and two electric heads have been installed. Plus, there are air-conditioned cabins.
Captian Tony and Crew
Once aboard Captain Tony, a portly Australian with years of experience on the sea, introduced us to the Thai crew, gave us brief history of the Seraph and orientation us on where we were going for our leisurely day of sailing. We freed from the pier and slowly powered out through a canal, shrouded by a dense jungle on both sides to the emerald waters on the Gulf of Thailand.
Once out on the open waters, the sails were hoisted to make this beauty really stand out from the modern yachts racing around us.
We were navigating with the only high tech used for ship operations, an iPad with an app detailing winds, direction, currents, depths, all that was needed. It was pretty slick!
Hong Island – Also called Chicken Island
Poka Island
We spent the day sailing to 3 tiny islands, dropped anchor, took in some amazing snorkeling and had a delicious catered lunch on board of fresh fruit and Thai dishes.
All get a shot at the helm
Sailing back in by the towering limestone cliffs at sunset was extraordinary way to end a great day on a great lady, the Seraph. For rental information, see the link below.
vacationvillageyachtcharter.com
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OTTAWA — After being re-introduced to Canada for 2011, the Ford Fiesta family of four-door subcompact hatchbacks and sedans is getting a mid-cycle refresh for 2014. As usual, you’ll find the typical exterior styling tweaks and interior refinements. The big news for Ford’s smallest car, however, is a pair of new engines.
In addition to the front-wheel-drive, five-passenger Fiesta’s current 1.6-litre four-cylinder gas engine (that makes the same 120 horsepower and 112 pound-feet of torque just like last year), an optional 1.0L turbocharged three-cylinder with 123 hp and 148 lb-ft (that Ford is promising will be “the most fuel-efficient non-hybrid car available in North America”) and a high-performance (197 hp and 202 lb-ft, with 93 octane gas) 1.6L turbo-four (for the also-new Fiesta ST hot hatch) are being added to the menu.
Unfortunately, I cannot comment much on either of the new Fiesta powerplants. Both engines aren’t going on sale in Canada until later in the year, so Ford limited our driving time to 2014 Fiestas with the existing 1.6L non-turbo-four, and some parking lot hot laps in a Fiesta ST that didn’t allow us to get up to any speeds beyond second gear in the standard six-speed manual gearbox. So until we can get some seat time behind the Fiesta’s new pair of mills, let me tell you about the rest of the 2014 models upgrades.
On the outside, the 2014 Fiesta gets what’s being called the “new face of Ford,” which looks a lot like “the current face of Aston Martin.” Mid-cycle interior refinements include optional leather trim, heated front seats, redesigned centre console design and a revised MyFord Touch infotainment system that doesn’t seem like an improvement. The touchscreen has shrunk, making the on-screen graphics smaller and harder to read and activate. Plus, the screen is beyond this average-sized writer’s arm length.
Ergonomic issues aside, the Fiesta exists to try to pry customers out of their larger, less fuel-efficient vehicles, so Ford can sell more profitable F Series trucks. As such, it was designed to create a “big car” driving experience, and the 2014 Fiesta remains the class champ for driving refinement.
The Fiesta was already one of the quietest small cars you could buy, and for 2014, Ford added some noise-reducing padding around the transmission tunnel and re-jigged the Fiesta’s dashboard sound-deadening materials to make it even quieter. As before, the small Ford’s suspension offers a nice balance between nimbleness and comfort (much appreciated over some of the bombed-out roads I drove north of Ottawa in Québec). What Ford hasn’t changed, however, is the Fiesta’s lack of rear passenger space.
Just like the 2011 to 2013 Fiesta, driving enthusiasts will want to choose the standard five-speed manual gearbox to get the most from the 1.6L unit’s oomph. Gear changes are crisp and accurate and the clutch isn’t heavy. If three pedals scare you, you can always opt for the optional six-speed dual-clutch automatic. Ford has listened to deserved criticism that the autobox’s shifts were slow, unpredictable and clunky. The revised-for-2014 Fiesta auto is not as refined or sharp as Volkswagen’s class-leading dual-clutch unit, but changes to the Ford transmission now allow for sharper downshifts and smoother transitions between gears.
Competitively priced with other small cars I like (such as the Kia Rio and Chevrolet Sonic), 2014 Fiesta pricing starts at $15,519 (all prices include a $1,550 freight and pre-delivery inspection fee) for the S sedan or hatch, and tops out with the $24,574 Fiesta ST.
As for pricing on the 2014 Fiesta’s new 1.0L turbo three-cylinder, like the review, you’ll have to wait for that.
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Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation - Volume 12, issue 2
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Sickle hemoglobin polymerization: The relationship between kinetics and pathophysiology
Authors: Ferrone, Frank A.
Abstract: The transformation of sickle hemoglobin molecules into arrays of fibers is the primary event in the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease. The process involves two types of nucleation: homogeneous nucleation in bulk solution, and heterogeneous nucleation onto other polymers. The polymers grow from each homogeneous nucleus in domains which ultimately become radial. Monomer diffusion into a domain can create density gradients between domains. Both types of nucleation are exquisitely concentration sensitive and can occur in times as short as milliseconds, while alignment and diffusion are less sensitive and take seconds or more. These various processes and their kinetics are reviewed …in light of their role in the pathophysiology. Show more
Keywords: sickle hemoglobin, polymerization, gelation, kinetics, pathophysiology
DOI: 10.3233/CH-1992-12201
Citation: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 163-175, 1992
K transport and red cell dehydration in sickle and normal erythrocytes
Authors: Brugnara, C.
Abstract: Cell dehydration due to loss of KCl is an important determinant in the pathogeneSiS of sickle cell anemia. The polymerization of hemoglobin S and cell sickling are markedly affected by an increase in the intracellular concentration of hemoglobin. Dense, dehydrated cells have been implicated in the vascular and vasoocclusive manifestations of this disease. Two systems for K transport, the KCl cotransport and the Ca-activated K channel, can lead to dehydration of sickle cells. Cellular acidification leads to activation of the KCl cotransport whereas transient increases in free cytoplasmic Ca lead to opening of the Ca-activated K channel. Maturation of normal …reticulocytes takes place through a loss of membrane area and of cell K, Cl and water. The KCl cotransport system is a major determinant of the K loss and cell dehydration of normal maturing reticulocytes. Therefore, common mechanisms leading to K loss and dehydration are operative in normal red cells and in sickle erythrocytes. Show more
Keywords: Sickle cell, anemia, K transport, erythrocyte
Multiple mechanisms of sickle erythrocyte adherence to vascular endothelial cells
Authors: Sugihara, Keiko | Hebbel, Robert P.
Abstract: Erythrocytes (RBC) from patients with sickle cell anemia are abnormally adherent to vascular endothelium, and this is believed to participate in development of microvascular occlusion. Various studies of this phenomenon have disagreed regarding mechanism of adhesivity and identity of the most adherent RBC subpopulation. The data can be reconciled by recognizing that several factors may influence adhesivity and lead to variable participation by multiple mechanisms.
Keywords: sickle, erythrocyte, endothelium, vasocclusion, reticulocyte, plasma protein
Microvascular flow behavior of red cells in sickle cell anemia
Authors: Kaul, Dhananjaya K.
Abstract: Microcirculatory flow behavior of sickle (SS) blood is significantly influenced by a variety of cellular and vascular factors. In the oxy state, hemodynamic abnormalities of SS red cells are caused by an elevated mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and the presence of irreversibly sickled cells (ISC). Further, microvascular flow behavior of SS red cells is highly sensitive to the level of oxygen tension and the amount of intracellular hemoglobin S (HbS) polymer; the latter is dependent on the MCHC differences in heterogenous SS red cells. The HbS polymer characteristics of SS red cells, as determined by the rate and duration …of deoxygenation, may also play an important role. The microvascular factors that are known to influence the flow behavior of SS red cells are the vascular topographical features, perfusion pressure, arteriovenous wall shear rate gradients, endothelial-derived substances (e.g., von WiIlebrand factor), and the vascular tone. In the ex vivo mesocecum microvasculature, infusion of SS red cells is followed by adhesion of these cells exclusively to the venular endothelium. The observed inverse correlation of SS cell adhesion with the venular diameter is in accordance with the arteriovenous wall shear rate profiles in the microcirculation. Thus, the narrow immediate postcapillary venules show the highest incidence of adhesion. In addition, random trapping of ISC may occur at arteriolar-capillary junctions. Microvascular obstruction can be caused by a combination of precapillary obstruction by ISC, adhesion in postcapillary venules, and secondary trapping of dense SS red cells (high MCHC), which may induce local hypoxia, increased polymerization of HbS, and rigidity of SS red cells. In the steady state, appropriate adjustments in the vascular tone may help dislodge such ensuing obstructive events. Show more
Keywords: Microcirculation, Sickle Erythrocytes, hemodynamic, adhesion, von Willebrand factor, vasoocclusion
Rheological consequences of sickle-cell dehydration
Authors: Stuart, John
Article Type: Review Article
Abstract: Sickle-cell anaemia is the classical example of a rheological disorder, the poorly deformable sickle cell being responsible for impaired blood flow in the microcirculation causing intermittent tissue ischaemia. Loss of cation and water is a striking feature of the sickle cell, the consequential increase in concentration and polymerization of sickle haemoglobin causing an increase in cytoplasmic viscosity as quantified by impaired cell filterability through pores of 5μm diameter. Filtration methodology has been of particular value for studying the pathogenesis of cellular dehydration, for monitoring rheological changes during vaso-occlusive crisis, and for studying the action of drugs that inhibit cation flux …across the cell membrane and thus preserve cell water. Such membrane active drugs include Ca2+ -channel blockers (nitrendipine and nifedipine), Gardos channel inhibitors (cetiedil citrate, bepridil and nitrendipine), KCl cotransporter inhibitors, and drugs with a less specific or uncertain action (ticlopidine, oxpentifylline and piracetam). Serial ex vivo rheological studies during clinical trials of anti-sickling drugs offer an attractive method of monitoring efficacy. Such rheological measurements can be used instead of clinical end-points in pilot studies or to complement clinical end-points in multi-centre therapeutic trials. The application of rheological methods has substantially improved understanding of the pathogenes is of sickling and now provides a scientific basis for the evaluation of anti-sickling drugs. Show more
Keywords: Rheology, erythrocyte deformability, sickle-cell anaemia,
Hemorheological effects of a nonionic contrast medium: An ex vivo study
Authors: Hoffmann, J.J.M.L. | Bonnier, J.J.R.M. | Bartholomeus, I.
Abstract: Blood and plasma viscosity were measured in 10 patients, before and after administration of the nonionic contrast medium Iopromide for coronary angiography. In all patients the hematocrit dropped markedly; the mean (± SD) value decreased from 0.425 ± 0.036 to 0.386 ± 0.037 (p < 0.001). The mean blood viscosity also decreased significantly, in a dose-dependent way; this effect could be entirely explained by the change in hematocrit. Plasma viscosity remained constant despite the high viscosity of the contrast medium. The drop in hematocrit was caused by the volume of the contrast medium plus a shift of water from extravascular …spaces to plasma, due to the high osmolarity of the contrast agent. The contrast medium studied is unlikely to cause clinically relevant late effects on blood rheology other than hemodilution. Show more
Keywords: Blood viscosity, contrast agents, hematocrit, hemorheology, Iopromide, plasma viscosity
The effect of Hydergine ® on the filterability of erythrocytes from hyperosmolar blood
Authors: Ehrly, A. M. | Saeger-Lorenz, K.
Abstract: Addition of low doses of Hydergine® , a drug containing a mixture of hydrated ergotalkaloids to hyperosmolar blood in vitro leads to a dose-dependent increase in erythrocyte filterability through a 8 μ filter system. The concentrat ions of Hydergine® used in the present experiments ranged from 0.04675–6.0 mg Hydergine/l00 ml blood. Blood samples were incubated for 90 min at 37° C, measuring temperature was also 37° C. It could be shown that the drug-induced increase in erythrocyte filterability was not dependend on the presence of leucocytes. At higher osmolarity values, when the erythrocytes were more rigid, higher concentrations of …HydergineR were needed in order to obtain a comparable improvement in red cell filterability. Show more
Keywords: Erythrocyte filterability, Hyperosmolarity, Hydergine
Effects of Prostaglandin E1 on oxygen reacfive metabolites and blood rheology during cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac surgery
Authors: El-Gatit, Abdusalam | Al-Khaja, Najib | Belboul, Ali | Rådberg, Göran | Roberts, Donald | William-Uson, Göran
Abstract: Free radicals produced during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) stimulate lipid peroxidation reactions in the living cells. The blood cells are particularly vulnerable due to trauma of CPB which reduce their rheological function, thereby affecting the microcirculation in the body. The effects of Alprostadil (Synthetic Prostaglandin E1: S-PGE1) during CPB on lipid peroxidation caused by oxygen free radical (OFR) production and blood cell rheology were studied. The plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) was used as a marker for lipid peroxidation reactions. Red cell flltration rate (RFR) and white cell filtration rate (WFR) were measured as indices of blood cell rheology. Twenty four patients were …studied, 12 received PGE1 infusion (20 ng/kg/min) intraoperatively and 12 served as controls. RFR, WFR and MDA were measured before the start of CPB, after release of the aortic cross clamp and at the end of CPB. The production of MDA was significantly lower in the PGE1 group when compared to the controls (P<0.00l). Concomitantly, RFR and WFR in the PGE1 group were kept near to the prebypass values while both values reduced markedly in the control group (P<0.00l). These results indicated that the beneficial effect of PGE1 on RFR and WFR may be related to an inhibitory action of PGE1 on the release of free radicals during CPB as well as having a cellular protective action against OFR injury. The preservation of blood rheology and the limitation of OFR generation during CPB is advantageous to the vital organs. Show more
Keywords: Free Radicals, Defonnability, Microcirculation, Organ Dysfunction, Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Hyperviscosity in pseudotumor cerebri
Authors: Brockmann, M. | Koeppen, S. | Maleßia, R. | Schwendemann, G. | Heilmann, L.
Abstract: Plasma viscosity, erythrocyte aggregation and platelet aggregation were determined in 4 patients suffering from pseudotumor cerebri. The results revealed hemorheological abnormalities in all patients. Plasma viscosity was elevated in 4, erythrocyte aggregation in 3 and platelet aggregation in one case. An involvement of hyperviscosity in the pathophysiology of PC is discussed.
Keywords: pseudotumor cerebri, plasma viscosity, erythrocyte aggregation, hemorheology
The effect of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on hemorheological parameters of patients under chronic hemodialysis treatment
Authors: Anadere, I. | Schmitt, Y. | Schneider, H. | Walitza, E.
Abstract: In a pilot study, fifteen chronically hemodialysed patients with severe hypertriglyeridemia (>350 mg/dl) received polyunsaturated fatty acids corresponding to 1.26 g/day eicosapentaenoic acid and 0.9 g/day docosahexaenoic acid over a period of six months in addition to their normal diet. At the beginning and after 2, 4 and 6 months of fish oil administration, laboratory and hemorheological parameters were determined. Initially, all hemorheological and clinical chemical parameters relevant for lipid metabolism were increased. A decrease in plasma triglyceride, total cholesterol, LDL, VLDL and apoprotein A1 fractions together with an increase in HDL fraction were observed during the fish oil treatment. …These significant changes were in well accordance with changes in hemorheological parameters. At the end of the study both the viscous and elastic components of complex viscoelasticity, aggregation index, flexibility index, and viscoelastic phase angle were significantly decreased, whereas the plasma viscosity, hematocrit and fibrinogen contents remained unchanged. Total protein and α2 -macroglobulin contents were also significantly reduced. Parallel measurements showed that during treatment the concentration of the applied ω-3 fatty acids in the red cell membrane increases significantly and that of arachidonic acid decreases. Thus the improvement in flow properties may result from adherence of fatty acids to the phospholipids of the red cell membrane, which leads to a reduction in membrane rigidity and aggregation tendency. It can therefore be concluded that long term low dose fish oil supplementation in hemodialysis patients reduces the increased lipid levels and improves the flow properties of blood into the normal range. Thus two risk factors concerning thrombosis and cardiovascular diseases can be positively influenced. Show more
Keywords: Fish oil, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, hemodialysis patients, hyperlipidemia, whole blood viscoelasticity, plasma viscosity, plasma lipids
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Will artificial intelligence render content writers obsolete?
A study released earlier this month by market research firm Forrester predicted that automation (robots) will kill 24.7 million U.S. jobs by 2027. The firm concluded that automation and other developing technologies will create 14.9 million new jobs in that same time frame. That’s still a net loss of nearly 10 million jobs. Customer service, manual labor and complex calculation tasks are the most at-risk.
Writing would seemingly be the last jobs robots take over because of “human exceptionalism.” Emotional nuances, cognizance and other human faculties are ostensibly unique to homo sapiens. People craft words that resonate with other people. Star Wars fans remember when Luke Skywalker first met C3PO in The New Hope. Luke asked C3PO about some of the battles he’s seen between the Rebellion and the Empire. But C3PO was programmed only to be a language interpreter. He did not have the functional capacity to tell a story. C3PO apparently received more advanced programming in Return of the Jedi. He sure told the Ewoks a compelling story.
Artificial intelligence technology in 2017
There are already robots writing certain types of copy. The practice is growing in scope. Daryl Plummer, managing vice president and chief researcher at Gartner, said at the company’s Symposium/ITxpo 2016 in Orlando that robots will author 20% of business content by 2018. Budget reports and quick recaps of sporting events are currently the most common types of content written by artificial intelligence (AI).
Financial writers combed through 10-K, 10-Q and other SEC earnings reports in the old days (meaning a few years ago). They took notes in the margins and even did audio narratives of their weeks-long absorption of these textbook-like documents. Some 10-K and 10-Q reports for large companies easily exceed 100 pages of headache-inducing, cryptic blather. Writers translated the garble and wrote articles that regular readers could understand.
The Associated Press (AP) reported in January of 2015 that it previously wrote about 300 articles per quarter about corporate earnings. The tasks was too tedious to assign much more to financial journalists. The AP formed partnerships with Automated Insights, Inc. and Zacks Investment Research in late 2014. Automated’s natural language generation platform called Wordsmith, combined with Zacks’ research and analytics, enabled the AP to published 3,000 such articles in one quarter. That’s a ten-fold increase in production.
Artificial intelligence and copywriting in 2017
Automated Insights was purchased by venture capital firm Vista Equity Partners in early 2015. Vista also owns Stats LLC. Fantasy sports players recognize the name Stats LLC. as one of the industry leaders in providing real-time scoring for their leagues. The partnership is only scratching the surface as to its capabilities. Stats’ huge vault of sports data and Insights’ AI technology provide endless opportunities.
Scientists at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Hyderabad, India, also married sports and AI in late 2015. A robot “watched” hundreds of taped cricket matches on the ESPNcricinfo website. It also watched the Indian Premiere League channel on Youtube. The robot learned via word association. It matched actions on the screen and players’ names with the announcers’ commentary. The computer taught itself an algorithm to write its own real-time commentary during live games. It was 90% accurate in its commentary. Robots have also tried their hand at writing movie scripts. But the end results didn’t exactly impress the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Successful writers are perpetually adapting to the ever-changing landscape of SEO and content marketing. It comes with the territory for those who wish to remain in the industry. The expansion of AI is simply another challenge writers must accept.
Sports and financial writers’ jobs at risk?
Robots have the ability to view box scores and write intelligible summaries about the game. Fox Sports and Yahoo! have been generating this type of content with AI for several years now. Chicago-based Narrative Science is leasing its natural language generation platform called Quill to financial firms like Credit Suisse and T. Rowe Price. It writes performance reports on mutual funds, hedge funds, and stocks.
The days of sports writers sitting in press boxes, collecting stat sheets from team personnel, and writing recaps after games are likely numbered because of AI. But robot commentators won’t be doing play-by-play for basketball, football and ice hockey anytime soon. Opinion journalism is the norm in professional and amateur sports. That gives human writers the edge over machines.
Sports and financial writers have adapted to this reality. Job security and fierce competition are forcing their hands. Financial writers used to let the numbers speak for themselves. But a human touch is essential in the fast-paced 21st century. It distinguish them from both machines and their human competition.
Artificial intelligence isn’t cheap
Automation is on the wish lists of many companies. It streamlines workflows and significantly reduces the time it takes to complete certain tasks. The reality is that AI is cost prohibitive for most businesses.
The legal industry is bullish on AI for its potential money and time-saving capabilities. But Connie Brenton, chairman of the board at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, is more skeptical. She told law publication Corporate Counsel in February that AI is not a “silver bullet” that will disrupt the legal profession overnight. Brenton elaborated at Legalweek: The Experience 2017 Conference. She noted that initial costs exceed six-figures in many cases. There is also a 5-6 month time investment before virtual assistants are ready for implementation into legal workflows. Full-time administrators must be hired to maintain the system. Frequently consultation with the AI vendor is also necessary.
Seth Earley, CEO of Earley Information Science, agreed that cost and time investment eliminate AI as a realistic option for most companies in the near term. Earley suggested via Harvard Business Review that the more realistic option for small and medium-sized companies is what he termed “AI Lite” systems. They lack cognitive computing ability. AI Lite is programmed to complete only certain tasks. These systems require additional coding to learn new tasks. But AI Lite is scalable. It provides a foundation for companies as the technology becomes more affordable and accessible.
Breathe easy, writers
Financial writers had job security because few people understand economic regulations, indexes and statistics enough to compose compelling stories. AI is already impacting that segment of writers. The journalistic aspect of financial writing is still a human activity. Interviews with industry experts, CEOs, etc. provide perspective to readers. Journalists have difficulty contacting sources on the phone and/or via email to get direct quotes. Its doubtful CEOs and market analysts are willingly to talk to robots on the phone or via email versus responding to another human being.
AI is everywhere in 2017. The trend is not slowing down whether humanity likes it or not. Robots drive some cars today. But 75% of Americans and a majority of Europeans are afraid of autonomous technology. They would rather drive themselves. An Indiegogo virtual sex robot campaign was suspended because demand was so high. But most (normal) people still favor sex with other humans, not robots.
A 1940s experiment also proved human touch is vital to human life. Note this was before the United States had medical ethics. One group of caretakers was ordered to hold, look at, talk to, etc. a group of babies. The other group only changed the baby’s diapers and fed them. They excluding all physical contact, communication, etc. The experiment ceased after four months. Four of the babies that received no human contact died. Two more died months later even with real parental care thereafter.
Artificial intelligence not ready for prime time
AI is presenting writers the opportunity to better themselves. Writers must be subject matter experts in more industries. They must acquire new skills like graphic design, web design and/or SEO. Writing is innately a human form of communication. It requires humans to craft and subsequently appreciate.
Professional writers know the basics: cite primary sources, use keywords in headlines, hit deadlines, etc. But most importantly, give your writing that human touch. Humans understand and appreciate other human experiences. Adapt or be replaced. It’s as simple as that.
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Fake Hygge Things That Sound Plausible
Posted in Miscellany by Molly
If you read design blogs – and as a young single homeowner, I can assure you I do – you must have heard of hygge. Hygge is the Danish concept of – to quote The New Yorker – a “quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.”
Over the past few years, hundreds of books, articles and blog pieces have suggested ways to introduce some hygge into your life. Especially in the winter, there are suggestions for cheerful game nights, mulled cider in front of the fire, soft cashmere throws and the glow of candlelight.
There are also some very specific and strange suggestions, like the all-day Star Wars marathon at home with 5 kids that one blogger suggested.
The following are some totally made-up hygge things that I would somehow not be surprised to find during my design blog reading:
Go to YouTube and search for songs from your favorite musicals + “figure skating.” Make a playlist. Watch them all.
The other day I thought “you know, I bet you could search YouTube for ANY song from a musical plus the term “figure skating” and get a result.” THEN I thought “that legitimately sounds like something a blog would suggest as a hygge activity.” Then this whole thing happened.
As a treat, put on an extra pair of socks
Solve a decades-old murder using information readily available on Google
Nothings cozier than sitting in your favorite chair and finally getting down to business on what happened to JonBenet … only to see that three hours passed in an instant and you still DON’T KNOW.
Watch a birdfeeder from a window while you wear a big sweater
Have your boss over for a Dutch Blitz party. Serve those windmill cookies. You know the ones.
Since I wrote this draft, Dutch Blitz has shown up in my Amazon suggestions. I guess Amazon’s hygge activity this winter is tracking my every step on the internet. Hey guys! Loved Mrs. Maisel.
Play Hot Potato with an actual hot potato
Replace the harsh overhead lighting in your office with a bunch of candelabras
Skip the nightly news and have each member of your family read articles from the day’s newspaper out loud
It’s just how people had their existential crises in the 1800s!
Invite all of the stray cats from the neighborhood in and invite your pet-lover friends over for Hygge Cat Night
Go caroling, except with non-Christmas wintery songs
Your neighbors will feel very hygge when you sing them It’s A Marshmallow World In The Winter on a Tuesday in February, and you know what? So will you.
Sit around the fire and everybody has to say what they would name a baby right now.
Go to a small hunting cabin and have a soup contest.
This isn’t so much a fake hygge thing, as much as a real upstate NY thing my parents do with their friends.
Have a Friends marathon, but with reading the scripts out loud instead of watching the show.
And THIS isn’t so much a fake hygge thing, as much as a real thing we did on our school trip to Spain in high school.
Spin a globe and wherever your finger stops, you have to pretend you’re in that place for the night.
Put all of your blankets on the floor, one on top of the other. Now all your blankets are wearing blankets.
It’s hygge but for blankets.
Speaking of blankets: blanket fort.
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Things I’m Willing To Believe About 2017
Posted in Miscellany by Cookies + Sangria
2017 is over, and not a day too soon. None of these things actually happened in 2017, but we are entirely willing top believe that they could have:
[See Things I’m Willing To Believe About 2016 :here: and Things I’m Willing to Believe About 2015 :here:]
Omarosa signed a book deal to write a tell-all titled, “The Whitest House: An African-American Woman’s Inside Look At The Trump Administration”
Number one search on Google was “Who is Bitcoin?”
ABC announces the reboot of ALF, but this time with ALF’s long-lost son, Stuart.
3 Doors Down named “National Band of the United States” following their performance at the inauguration.
Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard reveal they’ve secretly been dating IRL for the past 4 months.
Dennis Rodman is appointed U.S. Ambassador to North Korea.
President chastises Jordan Peele in an angry tweet, declaring Get Out one of the “worst, unpatriotic, unrealistic movies” he’s seen in years.
According to Fox News, 87% of Americans believe 78% of Americans are illegal Americans.
Britney Spears was among the celebrities who spoke in support of the resistance during the Women’s March in Washington D.C.
We are all Dreamers ✨ Tell Congress to pass the #DreamAct
A post shared by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) on Dec 22, 2017 at 7:37pm PST
Apple introduces new iOS feature that uses blood recognition to unlock the phone. Think of it like a diabetes test just to access Venmo.
That little kid who ran into her dad’s interview with the BBC now has her own YouTube channel, specializing in unboxing new toys.
Someone named Diana Prince filed to run for senate in Ohio under the “Wonder Woman” party.
Maxine Waters’ “reclaiming my time” viral video was remixed and that guy now has his own reality show.
A short-lived cabinet member bore a striking resemblance to a mafia cat from the 1980s cartoon Oliver And Company. Memes for days.
After an envelope mix-up at the Independent Spirit Awards, the ceremony devolved into a full Yankee Swap. Moonlight ended up with Best Musical Or Comedy.
A week after the Prince Harry/ Meghan Markle engagement announcement, Hallmark and Lifetime aired hastily-made TV movies about the couple on the same night. The Hallmark one included Meghan’s lifelong obsession with Christmas, and ended as she helped Harry save his family’s small-town gingerbread shop. [It was actually the week’s scheduled Hallmark Hall of Fame production with new names dubbed in.]
Senate voted to approve a bill that would ban any school nurse funding from covering playground accidents; Dalton McMeyers (R-MS) explained that “those kids know what happens when you play.”
A full 2/3 of the people you know announced their pregnancy on either Valentine’s Day or July 4th by posting a picture of adult shoes next to tiny baby shoes. An Aunt in the comments did not understand what was happening.
A 22-year-old YouTube sensation, Huntyr Lee, earned viral fame for his Eclipse FAIL!! video. His retinas are entirely ruined.
In response to credible sexual abuse allegations against antique sitcom stars, Me TV has pulled 60% of its lineup. All that’s left is Honeymooners and spinoffs of All In The Family and I Love Lucy.
The hardest-hitting political journalism came from Disney Adventures and American Girl Magazine.
A 13-year-old girl in India invented a working time machine. A 44-year-old man in the U.S. used it to screw up the space-time continuum and caused… all of this. All of 2017.
The fattest and oldest guy on your favorite NFL, MLB or NBA team scored the game-winning points and it was awesome.
In a year with too much bad news, one of the top internet stars was the “gentle dog guy,” a guy gently reading to elderly dogs at a shelter. He’s like Mister Rogers for worried grownups.
The newest hot neighborhood in Manhattan is UnPaWaFro, which comes from Under-Pavement Water Front. The sewer. It’s the sewer. You can’t afford it.
A hip eatery in Norfolk, VA introduced Unicorn Lasagna: pastel-colored layers of pasta, cheese and meat.
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Things I’m Willing To Believe About The New Ken Dolls
Barbie’s boyfriend Ken is getting a makeover. Mattel’s classic dolls, which all look completely different but are all somehow still Ken, now represent a range of heights, skin tones, fashion mistakes and hairstyles — most notably, a man bun. [Sidebar: A few weeks ago I saw a child wearing a man bun at my suburban nephew’s fourth grade band concert. I surmised that this meant the trend had descended into, to quote Lin-Manuel Miranda, the pits of fashion; Ken’s new ‘do confirms it.] In this edition of Things I’m Willing to Believe About – where we provide baseless conjecture about heartthrobs, politicians, and apparently toys – we’re going to look at Barbie’s toy boy-toy, New Ken.
According to their Twitter bios, six of the Kens’ actual job is “influencer.”
These Kens were all in the same frat, and they really are all named Ken. And they all go by Kenny.
The Ken on the far left is actually a rejected Rachel Maddow Barbie prototype.
Actually, Maddow, the one with the black skinny tie, the one with the opaque sunglasses and Malibu 01 are all from a failed line of Lesbian Hipster Barbies. Optional add-ons included a rescue pit bull, a Subaru and hummus.
The Kens have a boys’ cottage weekend every summer and planning the rental is always DRAMA.
Man Bun Ken in the blue shirt got his hair cut before Man Bun Ken in the cactus shirt. He says it’s cool but it’s, you know, not.
When you tell Blue Checkered Ken you’re a fan of the Mets, he says “okay, name their best infield lineup.”
Pink California Shirt Ken tells you how to use the machine you’re already using at the gym.
Polka Dot Ken got his blouse at Zara and he insists on pronouncing it with a Spanish ‘z.’
It’s not even that Tropical Pineapple Shirt Ken likes Coachella so much, it’s that he says shit like “taking my soul up to Coachella for the weekend.”
Yellow Plaid Maddow Ken wrote a blog post about why the praise for Wonder Woman was overblown and unwarranted. Wrote a follow-up post on the women’s only screening. Wrote a follow-follow-up post after he actually saw the movie. Charitably confided that he’s “still do Robin Wright.”
Red Plaid Ken is your friend’s boyfriend who will help you change your tire or put in your air-conditioners, but he’s not hitting on you or anything, that’s just how his mom raised him.
Bernie Sanders.
Opaque Sunglasses Ken’s favorite rapper is Macklemore.
9 out of 11 Kens prefer vinyl. 4 out of 11 Kens actually own a record player. 3 out of 11 will make you come over and listen to a new record on a second date.
You made out with blue-shirted Man Bun Ken at church camp when he had a floppy skater haircut, and he acts like he doesn’t remember you when you run into him at a bar but you know he does.
That reminds me. In ninth grade all of The Kens had floppy skater haircuts.
When you get your hair cut and leave with a fresh blow-out, The Kens will be sure to tell you that it looks so much prettier naturally curly.
The Kens’ favorite book is Catcher In The Rye.
Cactus Ken wrote his senior thesis on Ginsberg’s Howl.
The Kens are surface-friendly, but they go hard on anybody who deigns to wear cargo shorts.
Malibu 01 Ken is on an office kickball team that he takes rather seriously.
A few of The Kens have girlfriends, all of whom refer to themselves as a “girl boss” and frequently post about how they “hustle;” the girlfriends have coffee mugs emblazoned with some kind of slogan about working hard.
When A Ken proposes marriage, he will do it on a mountaintop and Instagram it.
A handful of The Kens have instagrammed Airstreams but no Ken actually owns an Airstream.
It’s funny, Cactus Ken actually does have a lot of succulents.
If you want to meet The Kens, they will be at your nearest Farmers’ Market this Saturday, early but not early-early.
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Things I’m Willing To Believe About Logan Everett, The Boy American Girl Doll
Posted in Entertainment, Lists, Miscellany by Molly
There’s something different about the newest American Girl doll. It’s a boy. Which is a fine thing to be, if you’re a human, but I have to admit that my knee-jerk reaction was more like:
As if white boys couldn’t already be EVERYTHING, now they’re an American Girl doll? Ugh. What would Felicity think? (Trick question, she’d just note whether they wore the same britches size in case she had to steal another pair under cover of darkness.) Okay, also the boy looks like this:
Of course he does.
Anyway, the Boy American Girl is named Logan Everett.
Of course he is.
Logan is apparently the drummer for the doll version of 2008-era Taylor Swift. As the latest addition to our series Things I’m Willing To Believe About, here are some things I am willing to believe about Logan Everett, Boy American Girl:
His working name was Logan Bruno because he was 100% based on Logan Bruno, boy associate member of the Baby-Sitters Club. He’s even Southern.
Not to put all Logans in a box but all Logans are exactly one way, right?
Logan would like to invite you to a fun laser tag outing with his youth group.
His dad is in the worship band. Logan’s first performance was Lord I Lift Your Name On High.
The original plan was for Boy American Girl Doll Logan Everett to be a historical character from 1994. He would have had the requisite Cute Boy In The 90s Haircut (see: Rider Strong), a plaid flannel with a heather gray hood, and you could buy him a scaled-down, working Talkboy for $19.99.
Like this.
In a frozen pioneer cemetery in Minnesota, Logan’s great-great-great-great grandmormor Kirsten is rolling over in her grave due to his coddled and simple lifestyle.
He calls his dog a rescue dog but it’s just a regular dog.
Logan rarely looks up from his Nintendo DS when he is forced to visit his great-grandma Molly. To be fair, all of her “harrowing war stories” are, like, “one time I curled my hair when it was wet and I got a cold” and “I ate turnips, once.”
Get a grip, Molls.
I’m not saying Logan smirks mockingly at people, I’m just saying that doll is smirking mockingly at me, right?
That face where you dropped something on your shirt and he’s not gonna laugh, he’s just gonna stare at you condescendingly.
His parents buy Lunchables.
And Sunny D.
And maybe Cheez Wiz?
Logan’s instagram is all skating pictures he stole off of other people’s instagrams (he doesn’t skate) and quotes.
Just really wants to bring hacky sack back.
Is the main character’s older brother who the best friend has a crush on on a Disney show.
If his name wasn’t Logan, it would have been Hunter. Or Kyler.
Was the first kid in his class whose parents didn’t care if he watched PG 13 movies.
Was in a commercial for a local amusement park 2 years ago and finds way more ways to bring it up than you’d think.
Boy band role: the one moms are OK with
Logan “thinks you look prettier without makeup,” but also thinks “no makeup” looks like concealer, light, well-blended foundation and bronzer, neutral eye shadow, lightly smudged dark brown liner, full mascara and lip gloss
Also “Tthinks you look prettier when you don’t do you hair;” hot rollers and highlights.
I understand this is supposed to be a country musician but I still kind of feel like on Myspace c. 2005 his favorite music would have been “anything but country lol.”
Always has to show you this hilarious video he found on YouTube.
The Sorting Hat: Random Stuff, By Hogwarts House
#RightNowAFreshman versus In 2004, A Freshman…
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2014: Things That Made Me Say WTF
The Margaret Abbott Awards For Baffling Treatment of Female Olympians
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WOW. That was bad. 2016 was a really incredibly awful year. And it’s not over, either. Here are some totally fake – yet plausible- facts we’re willing to believe about 2016, along with a reminder that we still have over a week left in this dumpster fire of a year so any one of these might come true. See ya later, 2016. You’ve been terrible. We are now willing to believe the following:
9 out of 10 times a person has been taken to a bleak, dismal future Christmas by a Christmas Eve Ghost, it has been to 2016.
A new Texas regulation provides that you must throw annual birthday parties for your aborted fetus until it would have been 18 years old, complete with tiny party hats.*
Taylor Swift attempted to bring the three children from This Is Us into her squad but Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia shot that idea down real quick (TSwift then secretly tried to hit on Milo but to no avail).
Someone you know who really didn’t deserve to see Hamilton saw it before you.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took part in a hottest politicians who are also boxers calendar (for charity). He’s Mr. October.
Most popular Spotify playlist of 2016: Songs For When You Realize Every Human Is Pure Trash But Ran Out Of Alcohol And It’s 11pm And Can’t Get Tequila Delivered
Cool Pope Francis announced an initiative to upgrade all Catholic churches to stadium seating by 2025. This move gained acclaim from short Catholics who just want to see the damn pageant. Vatican spokesperson Monsignor Vincent Deeney clarified, “we’re still weird about, you know, gay stuff and women stuff.”
Olympic figure skater and eternal meme Ashley Wagner helped Team North America win the gold medal at the inaugural 2016 KOSÉ Team Challenge Cup, but hit headlines with teammate Gracie Gold after they partied a little too hard after all-night partying in Spokane, Washington. They made a pit stop at a local Taco Bell, where they claimed they were harassed by a group of teenage girls who were eager to pick a fight with them in the parking lot. Ashley immediately took to Snapchat to tell her followers what happened, but many fans noted she looked very inebriated when ranting and threatening to press charges over the girls’ alleged actions. The story made its way to mainstream media, and she had to clarify to the press the next day that she made the entire story up and was so drunk she didn’t even remember posting to Snapchat. Or going to Taco Bell (where there was video surveillance of her and Gracie doing their routine in the parking lot and talking to a wall). Ashley later competed in Worst Cook In America: Celebrity Edition.*
When asked how to explain rising sea levels and melting polar ice caps if not by global climate change, oil chaplain Pastor Eddie Vaughn replied “easy, y’all are making God cry.”
Little known fact: the person who started the creepy clown trend is the grandson on Bozo the Clown.
Banking on the success of Fuller House, Amazon Prime has ordered a full season of Family Matterings. It features an adult Laura, her husband Keith Mattering, and their children dealing with the nerdy kid next door whose dad is – you guessed it – Stefan Urquell (who never managed to change back to Steve Urkel). Test audience reactions included feedback like “not technically good,” “I can’t stop watching even though I want to,” and “needs more winking into the camera.”
Nationwide, iris recognition identification has been failing at alarming rates. Biometric engineer Freidrich Martens has determined that the algorithm doesn’t account for the “gleam of sadness,” “overall loss of hope” or “diminishing light” in many Americans’ eyes.
The mom from the Waltons died on Easter.* , *
With Thanksgiving occurring only weeks after the most contentious election in recent memory, hospitals faced a 90% spike in injuries from “aggressive wishbone pulls.” Dr. Jake Richmond of the Cleveland Clinic reflected, “it’s almost like these fights weren’t really about the wishbone at all.”
According to a recent poll, 87% of Trump voters believe that Hillary Clinton’s house has a dungeon where crisis actors live preparing to stage 5-10 mass shootings a year.*, *
The number of 2016 celebrity deaths is so high that Academy Awards and Grammy producers are considering putting the In Memorium in a separate broadcast so the show doesn’t run over.
Internet OTP Zalfie aka Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes aka Zoella and Pointless Blog optioned the rights to their YouTube channels to the Pop Network, and now they’re working on a pilot for a scripted series about two vloggers who fall in love. TBD on if they’re also starring in it.
One of your college friends who never cared a ton about Prince or David Bowie wrote a long, navel-gazing reflection on the death of Prince or David Bowie.
Dove Cameron accidentally revealed the identity of her new boyfriend on her Insta story after taking a selfie in the mirror, where she had a photobooth pic up of her kissing her new man.
A reboot of one of your favorite shows completely excised the soul of the show. It was a shell of its former self. (Does not apply to Gilmore Girls. At least we had that.)
A young journalist from Northern Virginia has earned upwards of a quarter-million dollars in YouLogy, a database where celebrities can access, vet and fact-check the pre-written obituaries major news outlets have on file for them. The company expects to go public by the end of 2017.
The Onion has completely given up on its entire M.O. after the high percentage rate of its fake headlines started becoming real. Now they’re more hard hitting than The New York Times.
“Julie Andrews alive please” and “Bill Murray not dead RIGHT” were both trending autocomplete searches.
After the election, someone told you one of the following statements:
The sun will still rise tomorrow.
We’ve been through worse than this.
I don’t understand why people are protesting.
We need to wait and see what happens before we get upset.
Everybody is overreacting.
… and he was a white, straight Christian man.
16% of Trump supporters only voted for him because they’re really big The Apprentice fans. *
Speaking of which, DT announced he’s recruited George Ross, one of his two boardroom advisors on The Apprentice, as the ambassador to Genovia.
A group of magicians in Walla Walla, Washington decided to do their respective tricks when filming the mannequin challenge, but it went awry when someone’s fire caught on to the extra-long handkerchief chain hanging from the sleeve of the illusionist next to him. He luckily only walked away with burnt pride, but it was all caught on camera.
The cast of the OG Scream movie celebrated its 20th anniversary by holding a “house party at Stu’s” for die hard fans of the film. There was even a photo booth where you could fake your death in a garage door.
Trump just found out he’s been in cahoots with a robot Vladimir Putin like on Westworld for all these years.
In August, the Prep School Pussy-Grabber made headlines when he went to trial for kidnapping housecats across his Connecticut neighborhood; at least 36 cats have yet to be recovered, but it doesn’t look great for them. Judge Wallace Wenthill released the Ivy League-bound teen without punishment because “those cats should have stayed indoors” and also “he was an Ivy League-bound teen.”
The bad news is your company went to a mega-high deductible health insurance plan; the good news is you met it because you had a bunch of weird health stuff.
World Book Encyclopedia, which still exists, is locked in a heated debate regarding the featured image for its article on the year 2016. Top contenders are the Arthur fist meme, a dumpster fire, and a rat eating a cockroach as a predatory pigeon swoops down on the both of them.
White House photographers caught a picture of Donald Trump’s list of ideal cabinet picks when he visited President Obama. Items included “Ivanka in a wig, nobody will know” and “an immigrant who hates himself.”
This Is Not Journalism: Best Dressed Of The Nerd Prom
5,000 Candles in the Wind: Residents of Pawnee
Meet Javilton
Completely Honest ‘Sunday Routine’ Activities
Roger Sterling, Silver Fox: My Top Old Man Crushes
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Things I’m Willing To Believe About Rosie O’Donnell
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It’s Day 2 of Everything’s Coming Up Rosie Week, and we’re bringing back a recurring series, Things I’m Willing To Believe About ___, where we compile fake facts that seem… sort of plausible. Today we are spotlighting the Queen of Nice, Rosie O’Donnell. We are willing to believe that Rosie:
Had an early showbiz dream to appear as either the newest Brady Bunch kid or newest Partridge Family member.
Secretly sells art on Society6 under the pseudonym Katie Morosky
Hasn’t been able to let go of all the cassette tapes of Ryan’s Hope she recorded from the ’80s (she didn’t have a VCR back then so she recorded the audio, duh).
Has a permanent reserved seat at Hamilton, like how people in the 1800s used to have reserved pews at church. The only reason she hasn’t been MORE times is that she keeps giving the tickets away.
Is a generally peace-loving person, except that she can hear a North Shore vs South Shore argument from seemingly blocks away and will jump in.
Has not one but TWO dedicated craft/art studios in her home
Once had a house decorated with 100% decoupaged furniture. Made a concerted effort to scale back. Occasional pieces still surface at the Commack Volunteers of America Thrift Store.
Has had so many millennials come up to her telling her that her show “practically raised me” that she has had to stop agreeing to be listed as their emergency contact, after two such millennials were injured in trust falls on the same day.
Didn’t actually sign this autographed headshot that still sits in a frame on my childhood bed headboard
true story: i made my mom take a photo of this and send it to me. she doesn’t know how to take a pic on her phone and text it, but DOES not how to take a pic on her ipad and email it. hence the reflection. WOOF.
Auditioned to play the lead of Polly in Crazy For You on Broadway but lost out to Jodi Benson (aka Ariel of The Little Mermaid fame)
Her deepest secret: “not really a cat person.”
Steven Pasquale would be her modern day/Broadway Tom Cruise-esque crush if she still had her talk show
Turns out to be A.D. in the series finale on Pretty Little Liars as a favor to Marlene King (who wrote Now and Then)
Knows that Now and Then is an American classic, she just doesn’t want to make a big deal about it.
Despite the movie being questionable, Rosie secretly took home her Exit to Eden costume “just in case”
Lobbied extensively during the filming of Harriet The Spy to have Harriet’s beloved tomato sandwich swapped for something “less disgusting.”
Owns Donald Tr*mp voodoo doll
Super tempted to pull a Michael Jordan and take back her talk show from Caroline Rhea after six months
Caroline Rhea was her second choice for a replacement. Kristin Chenoweth was first.
Geena Davis taught her archery on the set of A League of Their Own
Still texts/emails/calls A League of Their Own & Sleepless In Seattle homeboy Tom Hanks for advice
Asked British boy band BBMak if they wanted to do a duet with her on her Another Rosie Christmas album, but they respectfully declined citing an “effort to protect their brand”
Kangol sent Ro hundreds of free hats that she couldn’t possibly wear herself, so that’s why anyone who shopped at Goodwill or Salvation Army in the Greater New York City area between 1996 and 1999 are owners of said accessory
Had Mormon missionaries visit her house weekly for YEARS in an attempt to capitalize on her love for Donny Osmond. It didn’t take.
Goes without saying, her Tom Cruise obsession caused similar problems. She does not want a free personality test, thank you very much.
Secretly made the Internet with Al Gore and sneakily popularized it with her show
Is still really good friends with Madonna, and is (secretly) the only person allowed to shorten her name to “Maddie.”
Tom Cruise is on her Christmas card list, but every year she worries it could be some sort of Scientologist faux pas.
Forced John McDaniel to spill all the juicy details on working closely with Patti LuPone, and wouldn’t give him the job of musical director on her talk show until he caved
Still keeps in touch with Kathy Del Bel Baluz (sp?) from Toronto, Canada and they exchange notes about wall stenciling.
Once prank called Elisabeth Hasselbeck and asked if her refrigerator was running
Gets free bus rides from the MTA ever since Riding the Bus with my Sister aired
On the days she misses being a talk show host, she makes her kids be her guests, and acts it all out in the replica of her Rosie show set in her home
Yes, it IS cute when they change “Tommy Can You Hear Me” to “Mommy Can You Hear Me,” thank you very much.
Sent Jimmy Fallon a care basket and heartfelt (yet funny) note after his ring finger accident, since a staph infection nearly cost her her own finger too
Since childhood, Rosie has maintained a complex, multi-factor ranking of supermarket snack cakes – and has a curious aversion to the Swiss Cake Roll.
Single-handedly revived Pepto Bismol’s brand by constantly singing “plop plop fizz fizz” on her show
Found Oprah’s secret poop bathroom while filming The Rosie Show at the Queen’s studios in chicago
Secretly hated Tickle Me Elmo and all that he stood for
When Poets Blow It: Guess The Celebrity Bards!
I Should Tell You: Things From Rent I Didn’t Understand As A Tween
Moo Point: Joanna Pacitti Was Robbed
Playlist of the Month: Songs for Politicians
Things I’m Willing To Believe About Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best of Hams & Best of Ham4Hams
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My social media platforms took a weird turn this weekend. One minute, it was all racism, gun violence and Hamilton, and seemingly out of nowhere it became SQUIRTLE! MEWTOO! GOTTA CATCH EM ALL! Was there some kind of a 1998 time warp? I can’t have been the only person who didn’t have advance notice of Pokemon Go and has been struggling to put it all together piece by piece.
Let’s be clear: I think Pokemon Go is great! It gets people outside, smiling and walking and talking to friends and strangers. Dogs get exercise. Neighborhoods are explored. Everyone’s talking about the same thing (which is one of my favorite things about social media phenomena, generally). I also have no clue what’s going on. And since I’ve been getting messages that my iPhone storage is almost full for the past two weeks, I won’t find out until I get all of my photos on a cloud and cull my iTunes library.
Usually we reserve Things I’m Willing To Believe About posts for dreamy leading men (see: Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lin-Manuel Miranda), or else one-time DNC candidates (hey, Lincoln Chafee). But since we know so few actual facts about Pokemon Go, it seemed like fictional facts are the way to go. Here are some things we’re willing to believe about it:
Pokemon Go was developed as a secret initiative of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move program.
THANKS OBAMA. (No, really – thanks!)
“Rare” Pokemons are in really dangerous spots. Or, like, in a cemetery at night.
Dozens of Pokemon Go! players broke into an abandoned subway bed for a “PokeRave.”
Over 10 players were hospitalized with overdose symptoms but curiously, no evidence of drug use was found.
Developers are currently working on Benevolent Mode
Time for you to go to sleep? A coveted Pokemon appears in your bed. When you have to get up, there’s one by your coffee machine. A trail of Pokemon will appear, like moving targets, until you have completed your step goal for the day. You can even set Pokemon to appear at your nana’s nursing home – so you visit more – or at a local farmer’s market if you’re trying to eat more greens. A new Pokemon will appear around the corner from your workplace or home after you’ve finished a work assignment or homework. Have some iffy moles? There’s a Scyther at your dermatologist’s office.
Pokemon Go works better if you walk really slowly and stop dead in the middle of crowded sidewalks.
I don’t know, I’m just basing this on youths I’ve been stuck behind on my way to and from work.
The creators are so proud of Rattata
So, so proud that they put them EVERYWHERE. It’s like when god made rats: clearly pretty pleased with himself, since those jerks will survive anywhere.
Pokemon Go has been used in a successful sting to round up criminals with outstanding warrants
“Hey Kevin, there’s a Zapdos at the precinct, let’s go!”
Don’t do it, Kevin. There’s a 6-month prison term at the precinct.
There’s a Bulbasaur onstage during the duel in Hamilton.
Audiences feel that, if anything, it enhances the experience.
The “Churches are Pokegyms” thing was meant to be social commentary.
I don’t know, something about how we worship physical fitness, or a protest against churches’ tax-free status, probably.
Or one of these guys is really into church and is trying to get people into it. Not sure.
Pokemon Go Urban Legends already exist.
The Charizard was flying from INSIDE THE HOUSE.
When she got out of the car, Ash’s fingernails were scraping against the roof of the car.
He turned around to the backseat, and the Pikachu he had picked up had vanished. He went up to the nearest door. “Oh, Pikachu? He died in 1999,” the old woman said.
Pokemon Go has an internal conscience
Why else would it have caught so many people cheating, according to headlines I saw but didn’t click on? Also it has all of your secrets, so don’t piss it off.
You still have to look both ways
If you’re crossing the street, you still have to look both ways. If you’re driving, you still can’t play a game at the same time. Like I said, I haven’t played the game yet, but I’ve seen it blamed for injuries on the news and I’m almost positive you can’t walk out into traffic when you’re playing.
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On January 11th, one of America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, celebrated what would’ve been his 259th or 261st birthday – no one actually knows the exact year of his birth. On January 16th, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Puerto Rican-American writer/composer/lyricist/actor/rapper/gaming enthusiast/dad/husband all-around “genius” will be celebrating his 36th birthday – we’re relying on Wikipedia for this fact. And today, we celebrate Lin’s life a day early, honoring a man who is leading his own revolution in New York as the creator and star of Hamilton.
Since Hamilton debuted at The Public Theater in New York last February, the show has earned rave review after rave review, and garnered a huge fanbase that includes theatre nerds to hip-hop stars to the young and the old to the AOL users to the #HamiltonTrash on Tumblr. The show that started in Lin’s brain has affected not only the entire nation, but the world as a whole, with people from every corner of the globe sharing a mutual love for AL-EX-AN-D-ER (we are, meant to be), a founding father that most of us know only from the $10 bill and how he got shot by that dude that one time. Lin has made an American icon into a current American pop star of sorts, and it’s thanks to his brilliant music, lyrics, and overall vision for the show.
Lin has described Hamilton in many interviews as a “story about America then, told by America now,” and this alone cements him not only in theatre history, but history as a whole. His passion to tell a centuries-old story for contemporary audiences is a daring Hamilton-esque feat in itself, but through his talent, he’s managed to do it and managed to do it with great success. Lin is the ultimate multi-hyphenate that has changed many lives through his work, but there’s more to him than just ‘The guy from Hamilton’. And just as Lin had to dig deep into the Hamilton archives to create a historical musical about a real-life man, new Lin fans eager to learn about his background and persona will have to do their fair share of research to become a certified #HamiltonTrash member. Do some research and read his Wikipedia page – because the following fictional facts we’re willing to believe about Lin-Manuel Miranda couldn’t be more made up.
The first album he bought with his own money was Tupac’s 2Pacalypse Now in 1991.
Attempted to recreate Busta Rhymes’ Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See music video with neon paint and leopard print sheets hanging from the hallway walls.
Dressed up as one of the Punk Frogs from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Halloween one year
At least once every couple weeks he wakes up with a start in the middle of the night. By now, his wife just mutters “yes, you remembered to say goodnight to Twitter” and tells him to go back to sleep.
Gnight!
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 11, 2016
Very aware Jonathan Groff would be his type if he were gay
To be fair: He’s pretty much EVERYONE’S type if they are ANYTHING.
His teachers would always scold him for having his headphones on and listening to his cassette tapes/CDs before class started
You may know about Hamilton’s bowling team, HamilPins. But did you know that Lin-Manuel Miranda founded In The Heights’ intramural bowling league (No Me Liga) AND speed-dating night (Alza La Soltera)?
Was the runner-up for Most Likely To Succeed, and the winner of Most Earnest, in his senior yearbook.
Will be the Dad who knows about the trendy new social media before his kids, and will embarrass them because he’s better at it than they are.
Early uncredited gig: writing a “punched-up” version of the ZOOM theme song for PBS. Yeah. Bet you all still remember that ZIP code, too.
Lets his wife always figure out the tip at restaurants because she’s the mathematician of the family.
His friends no longer let him be the driver during road trips because even though he picks the best music, he also makes them pull over at every one of those historical marker signs.
Has a note in his phone of drafts of tweets he’s thought about posting, but ultimately decided against it.
His wife had to request that he stop writing raps to “help” her study for the bar exam (States unchecked can get a little messy/ All rise, Marshall court in Hunter’s Lessee/ State powers subject to diminution/ Cohens. Virginia. You ratified the constitution. / Put the steamboat on the river – okay, New York, it’s Interstate. Gibbons. Ogden. Congress gonna regulate. /And legislate -plus stipulate/ that no militia’s solely state/ When sought, they fought. Martin. Mott. ) (…may or may not be an excerpt from my Marshall Court review rap for Con Law, c. 2009.)
Used a recording of himself saying “pew! pew! pew!” as the gunshots during Hamilton’s workshops for longer than was strictly necessary.
Also uses those”pew! pew! pew!” soundswhen he shoots a gun at paintball or lazer tag
Had the choice of being in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff when he was sorted, proudly sports a yellow and black scarf on the regs.
Owns a “But first, café” sign
Yeah, Lin can do really crazy-good crown braids now that his hair is long, but he’s waiting for the Hamilton cast recording to go platinum before he releases a tutorial.
NBD but he doesn’t even need keratin treatments.
Secretly named his son after Lil’ Sebastian
Has more novelty/pop culture-themed t-shirts than dress shirts
Wrote at least 2 songs for each of his ex-girlfriends, has an entire two-volume album dedicated to his wife Vanessa in his head
He’s also composed a verse or two for his favorite delivery guy and bodega lady. Not to get free stuff out of it. Just because he cares.
Those ex-girlfriends can testify that he’s had that comma game in his arsenal since long before playing our dearest, Hamilton.
Scribbled Wrote ‘Wait for It’ on a fan’s forearm at the stage door so they could get a tattoo of it later.
Really (secretly) prolific on tumblr. Runs your favorite blog.
Wrote a passionate What You Own-esque duet for him and Steven Pasquale on the medical drama Do No Harm in the event there would be a musical episode in the future. The show was cancelled after 2 episodes (that last part is true).
how was this show cancelled
During his first grade Christmas pageant, left Mary and Joseph waiting at stage right for a full 5 minutes as he performed his (unsanctioned) solo as Shepherd #3. Upon leaving, audiences were heard to say that they “never really realized how important that shepherd was to our history.”
First celebrity crush: Patti LuPone
Is in talks with I Love New York to use the “let’s go upstate” hook in a series of ads promoting summer tourism in the Adirondacks.
Of course he has a bucket list. Of course “have Beyonce be proud of my walk” is on it. Someday.
1) Beyonce: Did you play the King? Groffsauce: Yes. Beyonce: I'm stealing your walk. I love your walk. Groffsauce: *inarticulate sounds*
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) October 28, 2015
Hasn’t joined Instagram because “Instagramrico” doesn’t have as a good a ring to it as “Twitterico”
Was a competitor in one of those quiz bowl public access-type shows featuring kids from different schools in NYC. His team won.
Has that a cappella app where you harmonize with yourself. Mostly made up of Ingrid Michaelson, Mario Kart songs, and early drafts of Hamilton tracks.
Attended a LARP-ing summer camp when he was 13
Would have seriously auditioned for High School Musical if he was the right age (no, but have y’all SEEN this??).
#Hamiltunes: How Lucky We Are To Be Alive Right Now
So The Pope’s In Your ‘Hood
Promposals: What Are They And Why Are They So On Fleek
Shit Ryan Lochte Has Actually Said, Done, Or Tweeted
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Best of 2015: Things I’m Willing To Believe About One Direction
HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY LOUIS TOMLINSON. IT IS YOUR GOLDEN BIRTHDAY. CELEBRATE WISELY. AND WITH PROFESSING YOUR LOVE (TO YOU KNOW WHO).
Here’s what I knew about One Direction last week:
They are a British boy band, except one of them is Irish.
They sing that song I hate (What Makes You Beautiful. Still don’t like it.)
Also, I knew Drag Me Down but thought it was by Maroon 5? I don’t know, you guys.
I thought it was beautifully shady how the chorus of Perfect sounded a lot like Style.
And I knew who the two cute ones are.
Don’t play. You know exactly who I’m talking about.
What with their new album and a new press-generated controversy every day, One Direction was the perfect candidate for the Things I’m Willing To Believe About series – except, with my scant background knowledge, I had to hit the books. Yeah. I took that hit for you, internet. My research included:
Watching like 4-5 interviews on YouTube.
Googling photos of the members both now and in 2010.
Listening to the new album. It’s a really good, solid pop album to be honest.
Tumblr. Enough said.
The result? I either just became a Directioner – and a Larry? Is that how you do it? – or went through puberty again. Anyway, based on admittedly not that much info, here are some totally not-true “facts” I’m willing to believe about my new favorite British-except-one-Irish-guy boy band:
The Irish One?
Once hand wrote his favorite poem for a girl he is into.
The poem was by Shel Silverstein.
Most likely to be subject of a Paul Is Dead-style rumor that he died in 2011 and was replaced by a sort-of lookalike.
Because you don’t just grow a kidney like that. Or change faces like this:
Decided to try out online dating. Didn’t believe the other boys when they told him that a fake mustache wasn’t an awesome, foolproof disguise.
Favorite literary character: Gallant of the Goofus and Gallant series:
After a show, he makes the boys watch tape to improve next time.
His favorite t.v. show is the Tim Allen classic Home Improvement.
Instituted a chore wheel on tour. Said it would be fun. Believed it.
But the chore Liam doesn’t know about? Taking away his twitter after he’s said something dumb. The others trade whose turn it is to change his password.
They also hid his hair straightener a few years ago. It was for his own good.
Liam has invested in gold bars.
He loves knock knock jokes.
And “why did the chicken cross the road” jokes.
An old lady once hit Liam in the face with her purse. He had been chasing her for half a block to give her back a single coin that she dropped.
Liam snips apart those six-pack rings so they don’t get caught around birds’ heads.
His MSN name: NotLiamPayne
Has flown a kite for fun.
Owns one of those sticks to pick up litter on the street. Uses it frequently.
Liam once sealed the windows on a tour jet with shrink wrap when he read about the high costs of heating. Oh, bless.
Has a binder full of handwritten translations and phonetic pronunciations of foreign words to use when traveling. Includes a British English to American English section.
Flosses twice a day.
Loves team-building exercises.
Called Niall “Neil” for the first two weeks.
Has a Homer Simpson-style collage, with the letters covered up by photos of Simon Cowell and 1D fans:
No, the Irish one.
Style inspiration: a my buddy doll.
Is a cross between a dad and a beagle.
Has clear braces.
Is the kind of guy who would do pranks that involve shaving cream.
Is contractually obligated to be “the blonde one.” Can’t wait to change management and finally be free of bleach burns.
Was always the star of the feis with his 3-hand reel.
But his hornpipe is CRAP.
Has kind of a lot of tin whistles.
Owns one of those sweaters your grandma would always buy you when she went to the Aran islands.
Irish-Americans, you know what I’m talking about.
But he kind of, sort of really does believe that legend that if he wears his family’s pattern they’ll be able to identify him in a shipwreck.
Has repurposed Irish oatmeal cans in his home.
You know what? Handy, frugal, and functional.
Is named after Niall of the Nine Hostages.
He lifts because he wants to be “built like Flatley.”
Says his first crush was: the girls in the Corrs.
Actual first crush was: that skanky Molly Malone statue in Dublin.
Suggested the band name because it sounded like it was about frisky Hogwarts students.
Life goal was to be “bigger than Jedward.”
His first paid gig was modeling those gloves that are also sharks in a department store ad as a child.
Acts chill if you pronounce it “Lewis,” but seethes for hours after.
Hogwarts affiliation: Hot Slytherin.
He says his personal style is “sophisticated rocker-casual.”
But really, it is: small French girl with a secret.
Has definitely been hunting with foxhounds.
But just played with the dogs the whole time.
On a yearly basis, his management has had to turn down offers for him to play a smarmy Edwardian man on Downton Abbey.
His great-grandfather was the artist’s model for the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens.
No, that was a joke. Actually he is the Peter Pan statue from Kensington Gardens, cursed by an old witch to assume human form.
Falls on the “cake” side of the Jaffa Cake debate.
Even though they are biscuits.
Has a Youtube playlist of cheek and jawline toning exercises. They work.
One time, a makeup artist applied light highlighter and contouring to his cheekbones. They literally could cut a man. It was proclaimed “too much.”
Like Phoebe Buffay, insists that he receives 23 points instead of 3 in basketball “because I’m dainty.”
When he calls Harry, the image that pops up representing Louis is a Google image result for “haughty cat”:
Was forced to play Baby Jesus in four successive nativity plays because everyone agreed that you just sort of want to wrap him in a blanket and keep him safe from harm.
When he has children, it’s because he will find a baby in a Moses basket in a woodland
Was found in a Moses basket in a woodland himself, maybe?
All I’m saying is that I’m willing to believe that he is a changeling:
File under: people who should be wrapped in swaddling clothes and lulled to sleep.
Is a cross between a glam rocker, the most charismatic student at a 1920s boys’ boarding school, and an English Springer Spaniel.
Hogwarts affiliation: Gryffindor, but “culturally Hufflepuff.”
Has a climate-controlled room in his house for his nice blouses.
Smells how you would expect Irish Spring soap to smell based on those commercials where wholesome yet sprightly men gallivant near a waterfall (not how the soap actually smells, which is like “clean uncle” if anything).
Oh. The spring is THERE, thanks.
Whenever they’re in a new city, everyone ends up looking around asking “where’s Harry?” Inevitably, he has gone off to befriend an old lady or a small child.
Has tree fort.
Has secret password to get into tree fort.
There is an elaborate secret handshakes as well.
Harry is working with a publishing company to create an adult coloring book based on his tattoos.
His house is scented with specially formulated candles that smell like exactly like autumn leaves and sunsets.
Can knit.
Over the course of a single ride to a venue, knit a pair of fingerless gloves for a tour driver whose handshake seemed a little cold.
When his boots need repair, he just leaves them outside his door and it is taken care of:
Has been described as a “little scamp” before, albeit less frequently than Louis.
Opposes the term “man bun” because “nobody should tell it what kind of bun it should be.”
Yeah, he has long hair, but you know what? Harry Styles cleans it out of the drain. Every time.
Has a dog-eared copy of Indian In The Cupboard next to his bed.
According to legend, a blind man and a deaf man used to walk together and help each other understand the world. They passed Harry Styles in the park. The blind man turned to the deaf, and solemnly said and signed “he prances.” “I know, I heard,” the deaf man replied.
No. We are not doing this.
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Almost everything that is going to happen in 2015 has already happened. That means we’ve reached the point where you can sit back and reflect on the year that was … not. None of the following things actually happened in 2015, but the way the past year was, I’m willing to believe all of them.
The fastest-rising baby names were Temerity (girl) and Elfin (boy), springing from the trends toward word names for girls and names ending in “n” for boys.
Middle schoolers across the nation frightened their parents by “kale-ing” – snorting dried kale chips to enjoy the chill buzz of toxins leaving their systems.
The most-downloaded Youtube video in the U.S. was “oops-shite,” in which a British preschooler drops an ice cream cone then shouts “oops! SHITE.” YouTube Grand Master Martin Fillburgh called it a “perfect storm” of a child swearing combined with a non-American accent.
A Today show segment about a popular pair of sweat-wicking socks caused demand to skyrocket; they were selling for up to $15 a pair on eBay by Christmastime.
The most popular Google search was “how to hide political posts from Facebook.” The most popular Yahoo search was “how computer work.” The most popular Yahoo Answers search was “if I am pregnett with baby can baby get pregnett too yes or no.”
A detailed forensic analysis proved that at least two of Shakespeare’s worst sonnets as well as Timon of Athons were, in fact, written by his cousin, Trevor Shakespeare.
The least-attended panel in Comic-Con history was the reunion of Wild West C.O.W.-boys of Moo Mesa, an early 90s cartoon about a community of mutant old-west cows that formed after the prairie was hit by a comet, which I know existed because I watched it every week. Con planners are said to have “seriously misjudged” the pull of 90s nostalgia.
An entire chain of spin studios had to close when a serious strain of ringworm infected up to 70% of the patrons, many of whom didn’t really mind because at least that meant people could tell that they work out.
When pressed for a description of Minecraft, the creator explained “there’s like… these blocks, right? And you make a farm, sort of? But maybe like there are… wars… at times?” He then pulled a nine-year-old child from the audience to explain it better.
Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg believed that they had uncovered a 250-year-old time capsule. They scheduled a public opening, where it quickly became clear that it was actually a box of stuff a Colonial man didn’t want his wife to find.
At least seven flights were grounded when the combined GPS signals of the passengers’ Fitbit devices overpowered the plane’s navigation system.
People younger than you started a massive dance craze based on a 1970s Chilean novelty song.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s website, Goop, began selling amazingly ineffective cashmere towels for $475 a piece.
Your favorite show ended.
Somewhere in the United States, a teenager told a friend that they were singing a “song from an old musical” for an audition; it was from Rent.
America, at the end of the millennium.
The National Institute Of Health released a report entitled Everyone Is Fat And We’re All Going To Die: An American Epidemic.
Emily Patton, a 22-year-old recent NYU grad, launched #Married, a business that creates custom wedding hashtags for couples; each hashtag comes with a guarantee that the tag will not be used for any photos not associated with the wedding for up to 6 months after the event.
For the first time ever, 100% of the models in New York Fashion Week were born after 1990; over 10% were born in this millennium.
Someone you went to college with got a pug. And I bet it’s really cute, too.
Ariana Grande placed a drive-through Dunkin Donuts order that she had to repeat 13 times, as the girl CANNOT ENUNCIATE.
The latest hit social network: Mrow, described as “like Vine but for cats, on more of a Twitter interface.”
The fastest-growing subscription box company of the year was Flounce. Once a month subscribers get a box to fill with clothing they already own; it is mailed back to them with minor embellishments like lace ruffles, embroidery, or a bow.
A three-day convention called Handsome, Clever And Rich celebrated the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s novel Emma along with the 20-year anniversary of Clueless. Festivities were held in Surrey and Beverly Hills. Events included speed dating and makeovers; it was described by attendees as well-intentioned but a little shallow.
A Go Fund Me account has raised over $500 for Pizza Rat and his or her children.
Die Trapp-Familie, The German ‘Sound of Music’: A Laterblog
Unsolicited Celebrity Advice On The Scottish Referendum
American Things To Do To Make You Get Over The World Cup Loss
It’s 11.11, Single People, Make A Wish
Saturday Spotlight: 7 Up and Up and Up
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Welcome to Discourse DB.
Discourse DB is a new kind of site: a database that uses the power and ease-of-use of wiki technology to collect the opinions of the world's journalists and commentators about ongoing political events and issues. Finally, there is a true "opinion roundup" - a single destination where anyone can go to see the nature of the debate on any political issue, whether current or historic. And editing the data, or adding new data, is free, easy and open to the public.
You can find out information like:
How many and which commentators are talking about a specific topic, like the Darfur conflict
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A listing of all commentary on the site written by a specific person, like Paul Krugman or Rich Lowry
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Discourse DB attempts to serve as a true "opinion roundup" - a single destination where anyone can go to see the nature of the debate on any political issue, whether current or historic. And editing the data, or adding new data, is free, easy and open to the public.
The site is also a queriable database, with an export of its data (in RDF format) available for querying by outside systems. For an illustration of this capability, see the Discourse DB analysis page.
Discourse DB is powered by MediaWiki, along with the MediaWiki extension Semantic MediaWiki and many of its spinoff extensions; see here for the complete list. Discourse DB is closely affiliated with Semantic MediaWiki extension, and it was used as the original testing ground for many of these extensions (though not SMW itself).
Discourse DB was created by Nick Grandy and Yaron Koren, and is currently run by Yaron Koren. It was first released to the public in September 2006. You can reach Yaron at yaron57@gmail.com.
You can read more, including what Discourse DB is not, and general help for the entire site.
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Hiral Tipirneni on challenging Anita Malik & Rep. Schweikert
Ravi Kapur
ARIZONA ( Diya TV ) — Congressional candidate and former ER doctor Hiral Tipirneni, sat down this week to talk with Diya TV about why she is taking on fellow Democrat Anita Malik for the nomination to challenge representative David Schweikert
Related Topics:Anita MalikArizonaCongressional Caucus of IndiaDavid SchweikertHiral TipirneniPolitics
India in talks to retaliate with tariffs against U.S.
Indian CEO’s meet with President Trump in London
Biden officially declared winner of Arizona
Tipirneni wins Arizona House Democratic Primary
Indian American man charged with pre-meditated murder
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon & Shalli Kumar talk to Diya TV on the importance Hindu American vote in 2020
Redacted Mueller report, detailing Russian election meddling, released
Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal talks about her son, while urging congress to vote for Equality Act
Gulshan Singh
AUSTIN (Diya TV) — Harish Kotecha, founder and president of Hindu Charities for America (HC4A) received the Sandra Neese Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) at the 32nd Annual Conference.
He is the first Indian American to receive this national recognition.
Sandra Neese Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to honor individuals who have tirelessly worked to ensure that all children may have what most take for granted: safety, shelter, and a future; and that young people without shelter may find the promise of tomorrow.
NAEHCY’s Board of Directors were impressed with “your [Kotecha’s] ability to transform a singular movement into a replicable program that now is established in 4 major cities.”
In her award letter to Kotecha, Jimiyu Evans, President, NAEHCY wrote that, “We are glad to have an advocate like you in the field to meet the needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness – supporting and encouraging academic success – while implementing program
coordination and community collaboration.”
Kotecha, while beaming at the live video presentation at the virtual conference, mentioned that, “This award recognizes the impact of HC4A, all the volunteers, donors, sponsors and well-wishers of HC4A!”
Kotecha’s family was ousted from Uganda by its brutal dictator in 1971.
When he sought refuge in the US, there was not much by means of finances and housing. However, having a good education and determination to succeed, turned his life around. He turned all setbacks into a successful career in technology. Gratitude came full circle in his life when he resolved to serve the underprivileged through education.
He took an early retirement from IBM in 2001 and ever since has unwaveringly worked towards supporting children and youth of homeless families in their educational journey.
HC4A was founded by him in 2010 with the mission to ‘Bridge Income Disparities through Education.’ Ever since, the nonreligious and nonpolitical nonprofit has raised over $1 million to provide school supplies for elementary school children and vocational scholarships to nontraditional students. In response to the pandemic, HC4A also helped homeless students get internet connectivity for a year.
“He identified a huge social problem to solve that many assumed it to be government agencies’ or administration’s work. He and his volunteers have consistently delivered on the promises made to multiple school district administrations. More importantly, he has developed broader communities in his organization efforts,” says Alok Singh, Director, Global Strategy &; Transformation at Dell Technologies.
In addition to liaising with partner nonprofits to reach out to those in need, HC4A also brings the Indian American community together to volunteer and donate towards their cause with the motto of ‘Serve Where you Live.’ It now has chapters in four major cities: Austin, Houston, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
Rosie Coleman, Coordinator &; District Homeless/Foster Care Liaison, Austin ISD said, “This is so great! No one deserves this more than Harish and Hindu Charities. Thank you for everything you do for our Austin ISD students!”
Coming in an especially hard year, this award sends a wave of joy in the HC4A community. Kotecha has woven an intricate fabric of community members—from high net worth donors who have achieved their American Dream to below poverty line students who have often doubled their incomes soon after being able to complete their education. They now prepare for the next big event: a virtual gala in November to raise funds for vocational scholarships for low-income youth and adults.
Dive into the IFFLA’s virtual fest as you celebrate the 4th
Sam Veeramachaneni
LOS ANGELES (Diya TV) — In the digital age of streaming services where you can play every movie ever made, festivals too are changing. While in person festivals are going to be a while away, Virtual Film Festivals are booming. IFFLA Over the Years is the festival’s response to the ongoing uncertainty in the film festival world. To that end, the previously announced 2020 lineup will be moved to 2021 so that filmmakers and audiences can join together and share the festival experience in person.
This year’s showcase is a special one, IFFLA Over The Years: 17 days celebrating 17 years of Indian cinema, is way of looking back all of those that have passed through the hallowed grounds. IFFLA brings you the best of yesteryear, with gems like Anurag Kashyap’s legendary godfather-esque Gangs of Wasseypur, the late Irrfan Khans shakespearean classic Maqbool, Lena Khan’s fresh immigrant tale The Tiger Hunter. The bulking roster ranges from narrative features, documentaries, to short films like Neha RT’s hilarious satire The Shailas, the oscar-nominated KUSH, the infuriating Bebaak. With 17 days to fly through the virtual festival will span form June 19th to July 5th leaving you just enough time to experience every joy, ache, bellowing laugh, and uncle-inducing cringe.
“We are beyond thrilled to be presenting this online showcase of alumni films,” said Christina Marouda, IFFLA’s founder. “Traveling through 17 years of programming has allowed us to reconnect with so many of our alumni with whom we share fond memories. We are excited with this opportunity to collaborate with them to offer new audiences worldwide the chance to discover some of the most visionary voices of Indian independent cinema in recent years. We also hope recent IFFLA attendees have a chance to catch up with films from our first decade, and early attendees who could not join us in recent years are able to discover some of the newer gems we’ve presented. There is literally a film for everyone’s appetite.”
“A Female Lens” features films made by and/or centering on women such as Karishma Dev Dube’s Devi (Goddess), starring Priyanka Bose (Lion); “This Is Not Fiction” presents award-winning documentaries including Faiza Ahmad Khan‘s hilarious Supermen of Malegaon; “Stories of Youth” highlights children and adolescence in films such as Rima Das’ festival favorite Village Rockstars, which was India’s Oscar entry for 2019, and Shubhashish Bhutiani‘s Oscar-shortlisted short film Kush. “Diaspora Windows” shares stories of Indian characters living outside of India with highlights including Lena Khan’s The Tiger Hunter and Ruthy Pribar’s The Caregiver.
Over 70 short films are included in “Keeping it Short” with Neha RT‘s uproarious satire The Shaila(s) and Jennifer Rosen‘s piercing Laksh, making their online premiere with this virtual showcase.
Finally, Richie Mehta‘s India In A Day, Shonali Bose‘s Amu, Devashish Makhija‘s Taandav, Tanuj Chopra’s Pia, and Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya’s The Hour of Lynching are new additions to IFFLA’s programming by alumni.
Legedary fests such as Sundance and Cannes, set the trend for the virtual streaming fest and now we are seeing many Indian film festivals follow suit, IFFLA, NYSAFF & DYWSAFF.
Beat edging towards insanity by filling your days with more stories of hardship, of bliss, more tales of life just beyond the door, of lives just next door, and if they can get through it, so can you.
With 2020 being such an unprecedented year it’s easy to get caught up in the turbulence and feel overwhelmed. But we’ll get through this like we always have. We’ve been through worse, our ancestors used to huddle together in the dark over bonfires in a fang and spear infested world speaking the first stories ever told. Wondrous adventures filled with heroes, villians, grim horrors, stunning beauty and everything in-between. These stories that brought us together, to feel safe around one another, these stories around the bonfire have transformed to become the projector and screens of today. A good story is what gets us through, inspiring us, enchanting us with dreams for tomorrow. So, feeling cooped up edging towards cabin fever?
We’re all right there with you so cancel your next Netflix binge there’s a long weekend of new movies ahead.
Third Phase of Indian Election concludes | Diya TV News
Kenneth High
NEW DELHI (Diya TV) — The third and largest phase of Indian election is now over and campaigning for the fourth phase of the election is now underway. Phase 3 encompassed 117 seats across 13 states and two union territories. More than 63% of voters turned out in phase three.
The United States Embassy says FBI agents are on the ground in Sri Lanka to assist the investigation in Easter bombing attack, where the death toll is now up to 359 people, with more than 500 others injured.
Sri Lanka’s State Defense Minister said those responsible for the attacks were well educated, from upper-middle class families, and financially independent.
Geopolitical and economic talks are on the docket between the U.S. and India and the US and Pakistan, as America’s Principal Deputy Secretary of State Alice Wells will be in New Delhi and Islamabad this week.
The U.S. is working on a solution for India in light of America’s decision not to extend waivers from sanctions on purchases of Iranian oil.
According to the United States Elections Project, midterm turnout among Asian American and Pacific Islander voters increased by 14 points from 2014 to 2018, from 27% to 41%.
Ravi Kapur & Alejandro Quintana contributed to this report.
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Security Zone
DZone > Security Zone > Will Blockchain Solve the Pain Points of Manufacturing?
Will Blockchain Solve the Pain Points of Manufacturing?
We're finally in a position to see the real-world value of blockchain to those not investors.
Cate Lawrence
Jun. 10, 19 · Security Zone · Analysis
We're finally in a position to unpeel the layers of hype and scams and see what lies beneath when it comes to the real world value of blockchain, particularly to those not investors. Blockchain use cases in the industry are slowly moving from pilots to partnerships. Blockchain darling IoTA recently announced a partnership with Jaguar-Land Rover to install "smart wallet" technology into Jaguar-Land Rover vehicles for the purpose of tracking driver mobility data. Bumble Bee Foods is using the SAP Cloud Platform Blockchain service to trace the journey of yellowfin tuna from the Indonesian ocean to the dinner table. Starting in September of this year, Walmart and its Sam’s Club division will require suppliers of fresh, leafy greens to implement real-time, end-to-end traceability of products back to the farm using a digital ledger developed by IBM.
Another company with a compelling use case for blockchain tech is SyncFab. The Silicon Valley-based company aims to harness technologies and connect with the IoT and the IIoT to optimize transactions between purchasers and manufacturers using high-quality data that would streamline supply chain processes. What is interesting to note is the audience they target are fragmented SME suppliers who comprise the lion share of the manufacturing supply chain for large OEMs like Airbus and BMW, and that audience is totally new to blockchain and crypto. Yet, it is critical to what is increasingly touted as it's #1 use case by Deloitte and others so converting and educating that audience is the key to unlocking its potentially greatest value.
SyncFab began as an online Design-For-Manufacturability platform evolving to a business-to-business supply-chain and IoT Machine Learning Data mobilization platform matching industrial parts purchasers with a growing network of machine shops and advanced manufacturing facilities. I spoke to CEO and co-founder Jeremy Goodwin who explained the problems they are trying to solve:
Traditionally, manufacturers have to hire procurement brokers and agents to search for specific parts and pay out fees. As Jeremy explains:
"Manufacturing is driven by details and specifications, making clear and precise communication vital between purchasers, manufacturers, suppliers, and logistical partners along the supply chain. Miscommunication can lead to delays within the production process, drastically increasing costs when mistakes happen."
Syncfab has created a platform called the Smart Manufacturing Blockchain. The platform compares various manufacturer’s order histories, machine capabilities, and previous product designs to a purchaser’s project criteria.
Smart contracts between trusted parties build a network of purchasers and manufacturers by sharing their past performance, reliability, and on-time delivery. The use of tokens then enables P2P payments and the (soon) the means to authenticate and buy, directly linking purchasers to the manufacturer, expediting procurement and production without brokers or banks.
The other issue that Syncfab is able to solve is certification. Jeremy explained:
"Every part that goes into a car, every part that goes into a plane involves certifications. Where it was made, all the specifications that were engineered that go into that part in terms of the materials being used, making sure that it's mineral conflict certified, ensuring that it's aviation industry certified, making sure that it's ISO quality certified, and where it was needed at a particular time for a particular supplier etc."
This extensive documentation needs to be stored securely and the certifications need to be verified and stored in a secure place accessible to those authorized. A smart contract makes this information trackable and traceable for each particular part.
A Problem and a Solution, But Where Are the Users?
While we all know blockchain promises a lot, how easy is it to convince people to change their ways, especially those who are already behind on their digital transformation efforts? Jeremy notes that the benefit of their platform is that:
"We actually don't require them to make any changes to their current behavior whatsoever. Basically, just by running the business, we're just grandfathering them into this new regime that we've launched in that we continue to build and develop it. So, we're doing all the heavy lifting and the hard work for them by basically just bringing business to their existing supplier base."
SyncFab’s customers already include top 50 industrial manufacturers in the Northern California area. SyncFab collaborates with federal and municipal government initiatives in public-private partnerships to advance civic innovation and economic development. In 2016, SyncFab was recognized as a member of the White House-appointed and Department of Energy-sponsored Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Initiative within the Department of Commerce's National Network of Manufacturing Innovation.
Give the blockchain space is so fractious and the manufacturing space so traditional, I was curious what advice Jeremy would give to a startup wanting to enter the space. He advises:
"Do your homework. Make sure you're working with the proper team and you understand the technology that you're working with. Be prepared budget wise because it's not cheap. The manufacturing industry is all about cost savings and product increasing productivity at the end of the day so that we can drive these shorter life cycles and have more rapid product development. And so, either work with someone who already has an existing solution or just make sure your finances are in order."
blockchain, iiot, industrial manufacturing, security, manufacturing, blockchain solutions
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Collude or Collide? My Response to Racism
Posted by Joanne Doherty | Mar 24, 2019 | 0 | 4 min read
Joanne Doherty
I was helping the friendly old man at reception to confirm his bus timetable to Christchurch. Waiting for the call centre human to speak, we filled in time, listening to numerous automated messages and music concerts, chuckling every time we heard: Your call is important to us. We talked for several minutes about the cold weather, the Christchurch and Kāikoura earthquakes, and the upcoming All Blacks test.
Then the conversation suddenly changed. He looked at me and said:
“Gee, there are a lot of darkies in this town.”
“Pardon?”
“Darkies, you know.”
“Well, I can’t say blacks, can I?”
“No — and you shouldn’t call people darkies either. I think you’ll find they’re vineyard workers from Vanuatu or other Pacific Islands.”
Silence descended. Awkwardness and discomfort grew. Eye contact was lost. He spent the remaining time staring at his shoes and the tiles on the floor.
The human from the call centre intervened, and the old man’s travel arrangements were sorted. He was grateful for my help. We smiled at each other, and, as we said goodbye, I wished him safe travels.
The decision to respond to racism feels challenging because of the inevitably difficult dialogue that follows and the risk to relationships.
If I say nothing, I collude. If I say something, I collide.
Saying nothing leads the speaker to think I agree with their view, their joke, or their comment. My silence or awkward smile is interpreted as reinforcing an opinion I disagree strongly with.
Almost 25 years ago, I visited a café with a colleague, and caught my son wagging his seventh form class with a mate and two female students. We had an interesting mother-son discussion.
Then, as my colleague and I waited for our lattes at the counter, she whispered in my ear: “Gorgeous girls. Shame about the colour, though.”
I was shocked. I wanted to cry. I said nothing.
Twenty-five years later, I still feel mute and ashamed of this moment when I colluded by saying nothing.
Saying something risks my relationship with other human beings, even if they’re strangers. It’s even riskier when they’re my work colleagues or family members, because our relationship is affected. We collide.
I’ve called people racist in the past and wonder if our relationship would’ve been less affected if I’d called their comment racist, rather than them as a person?
When I see racism, I feel it like a visceral kick in the gut, or a stab in my heart. I learned this empathy and value from my mother, Tui. I recognise my own racism these days when my unconscious bias becomes conscious, and when my comfortable white privilege is uncomfortable for me.
I sit beside Māori friends and hear their experiences of trying to rent accommodation. Of their humiliation at being asked in shops to show the contents of their bags. And of the overwhelming numbers of their whānau with mental health challenges, or in prison, or both.
The cleaner at one DHB tells me a complaint was made to HR because she sang her waiata softly as she worked. The maitre d’ at a hotel restaurant informs a whānau that he has had a complaint from a fellow diner about the noisy waiata they sang after a 21st birthday speech. And a landlord confirms the rental with my colleague but, when she brings her Māori partner to meet him and sign the agreement, it’s suddenly no longer available.
I live and work beside people who don’t collude. My grandchildren correct our reo pronunciation. Whanganui is being spelled correctly. The name of my maunga, Taranaki, has been reclaimed. Preschoolers know their pepeha. A patient is surprised and delighted that, between the carpark and his outpatient clinic, four different people say Kia ora.
It seems to me, too, that our country is edging closer to providing some action to deal with the inequity in our justice, health, and education systems.
Then came Friday, March 15, 2019.
Now, just over a week later, the responses from within Aotearoa New Zealand continue to be significant. There’s compassion and education. There have been written words and spoken kōrero in many kitchens, classrooms and offices this week. Prayers and passages from the Qur’an are being shared in corporate offices and parliament. The Crusader rugby franchise will meet with the Muslim community about their team name. The Mongrel Mob, offering to guard the Hamilton mosque at prayer time, were invited inside to pray.
And, like others, I’ve been learning more about tolerance — about accepting another’s belief or culture even if it differs from mine. And especially when it differs from mine.
For some people, tolerance can stop at tolerating — the much less generous state of putting up with something. But for me, true tolerance must go beyond that. It’s an active verb, a “doing word”. It calls on us to learn, to accept, to include, to stand for, hear, give, receive, sanction, embrace, sustain, to live with and love.
Welcoming people with aroha and sharing whanaungatanga, manaakitanga and wairuatanga is a rich pathway in our land that we can all walk together.
Joanne Doherty is a Taranaki born, Wellington-based independent health advisor and researcher. She is a writer and belongs to Te Wakaiti, a small, bicultural marae close to Featherston in the South Wairarapa. Joanne is also on the Wellington Cancer Society Board and Te Roopu Tautoko and was appointed to Hei Ahuru Mowai, the Māori Cancer Leadership Board in 2016.
© E-Tangata, 2019
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Pursuing Electives from a distance
Andrew Austin, Reporter
Electives have and will continue to always be a highlight of everyone’s high school career. With the current pandemic, these fields have become more difficult to pursue because of social distancing requirements and lack of access to school for materials and supplies. However, many teachers are finding ways to adapt to these changes by altering their class for online learning, and many students are taking advantage of the time at home to hone their craft even more.
Adapting these classes hasn’t necessarily been easy, as new focuses have had to be put on different aspects of the classes.
They have learned to be adaptable through the hardship”
— Janette Adrian
“We are doing a lot of the industry training,” states Project Bike Tech teacher Mr. Paul Steiner. “This past week we did things like suspension and design and how different designs cause different styles of riding. We’ve pretty much been focusing on the business end and the design engineering side of it right now.”
Along with this, the Bike Tech class is doing other things to have some fun in the class.
“We’ve also been doing a lot of fun things,” Steiner explains, “like a lot of riding videos and stuff to stay positive.”
However this change of focus doesn’t mean the class is any less interesting. Students have been able to keep themselves interested by spending even more time doing what they love, even if it’s in slightly different ways than usual.
“It’s not as bad as I thought it would be,” Project Bike Tech student Bryan Gutierrez Hernandez ‘20 reflects. “I thought it would be very boring, just like reading lots of articles and stuff, but it’s not. It’s still fun, since the videos make it interesting to engage in the assignment”
To continue the hands-on aspect of the class, Gutierrez Hernandez has been able to work on his bikes at home.
Bryan Gutierrez Hernandez '20
“I have a few bikes in my home which I’ve been working on,” Gutierrez Hernandez explains. “And since I go riding often, I try to keep them up to date with maintenance, so I’ve been working on them anytime I can after I go ride.”
Students in other elective classes have found their own ways to go above and beyond through these unforeseen circumstances.
“I think some students are realizing their potential,” says Mr. Bret Moyer, Foods and Nutrition teacher. “I have some kids who are used to cooking in groups, and from the outside it looks they may be doing less than others. But I’ve had some really big surprises of some kids that have been turning in the work and have been really crushing it.”
Even though students and teachers are adapting to e-learning electives, there are still challenges.
First year EVHS Art teacher Ms. Janette Adrian says, “It’s a lot less work to actually make a lesson in school, because you deliver it live in the classroom, but here you’re setting up a video, you’re writing out pages of instructions that have to be clear and organized because it’s only a one time delivery as opposed to being adaptable in the classroom. So it’s a lot more work teaching and grading online.”
The sentiment is also shared by students, as they also face challenges, specifically with communication.
“If you have a question about the class I think it’s harder to reach out to your teacher because of the separation,” shared Logan Betz ‘23, a Foods and Nutrition student.
Although the remote electives are not what anyone prefers, the life skills that students have learned through their distance learning electives have been an unexpected positive outcome.
“The biggest thing students can learn from this outside of content is just how to advocate for themselves,” explained Moyer. “You don’t have a teacher standing over your shoulder right now. If you don’t understand something you really have to reach out to a teacher or a friend on your own. I think kids can really learn to be self reliant during this time, which is a really hard skill to learn.”
And so it seems that students and teachers with an open mind to try new things with their class during this pandemic have been able to be the most successful as well.
“I feel kids are doing great adjusting to using what they have… They have learned to be adaptable through the hardship” said Adrian.
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Can DeFi indices finally make crypto-based passive investing worthwhile?
Index investing in the stock market has become extremely popular thanks to the proliferation of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, which often track popular market indices like the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq-100.
Investing in the entire market can be a simple, but effective, strategy. Instead of spending energy and time on trying to beat it — often unsuccessfully — investors are guaranteed average returns, which in the past 10 years have been more than respectable both in stocks and in crypto.
The rise of decentralized finance in the summer of 2020 seems to have reinvigorated the concept of passive investment in crypto. In addition to creating a new well-defined category of crypto assets, it has boosted the infrastructure required to create something analogous to a crypto-native ETF.
Several projects and platforms launched their own DeFi indices in 2020. Some, such as the FTX DeFi perpetual contract or Synthetix’s sDEFI, are derivatives products based on synthetic contracts. They simply track the price of a basket of assets, without owning the underlying tokens.
But DeFi grants the possibility of creating something much closer to an ETF. These types of funds always own the underlying basket of assets that they are supposed to track. At the end of each trading day, some large institutions have the privilege of creating or redeeming shares of the ETF for its net asset value. They create new shares and sell them if the ETF is more expensive than the assets it holds, and they redeem existing shares if it’s worth less.
A DeFi-based index allows for the same exact type of arbitrage mechanism, but it doesn’t need to be limited to a privileged set of maintainers.
Currently, there are three major ETF-like DeFi products: the DeFi Pulse Index, two different indices by PieDAO, and Power Index by PowerPool.
The indices differ primarily by the assets they consist of and how each token is weighted. DeFi Pulse and PieDAO use market-capitalization weighting, while PowerPool has a fixed quota for each token. The PieDAO and PowerPool indices can be changed by governance voting with Dough and CVP, respectively.
While DeFi Pulse and PieDAO closely emulate the features of a traditional ETF, PowerPool’s index construction highlights that DeFi indices may eventually grow beyond the possibilities offered by stock markets.
The index allows holders to vote in governance proposals for the underlying protocols without exiting from the index. This is part of the team’s vision of smart indices that maintain the utility offered by direct ownership of the underlying tokens. While this is likely dictated by the project’s strong focus on meta-governance, it suggests that the possibilities offered by DeFi composability are yet to be fully explored.
The DeFi Pulse index is currently the most popular, with a market capitalization of $36 million. The combined value of PieDAO’s two indices is valued at $3.7 million, while the Power Index maxed out its current cap of $500,000 in value.
While still small, these indices were launched relatively recently and are likely to be in the early stages of their growth cycle. However, some experts see strong limits to their maximum size.
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Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of CoinShares, believes that using the term “ETF” for these redeemable index funds is not entirely correct, as the concept of an ETF is specific to traditional markets. She told Cointelegraph:
“An ETF is an investment product that combines the benefits of diversification with the ease of trading a single stock via a single ticker. Like many financial products, they rely on a manager, administrator, and a number of intermediaries, and have management costs, commission fees, restrictions on trading, and how easily you can buy or sell them, and differing grades of quality.”
While crypto indices capture many benefits of ETFs, they also “face the same challenges as buyers of traditional ETFs, without the benefit of regulatory oversight or standard documentation,” she added. “I’d call these types of products something very different in order to disambiguate what it is people are buying.”
The differences are crucial in determining crypto index adoption, in her view. “These products will initially attract crypto enthusiasts and proficient crypto users,” Demirors said, mentioning the difficulty of using DeFi interfaces for non-crypto users.
Demand for DeFi indices is likely to come from retail and crypto power users for now, while institutional investors will continue using the security and familiarity of their preferred brokerage accounts, Demirors concluded.
Joey Krug, co-founder of Augur and co-chief investment officer of Pantera Capital, shared the same overall outlook. Though he is more positive about tokenized indices as “what a crypto native ETF would look like,” he said that “retail [will lead] in the beginning, although long term, I could see demand from institutional traders as well.”
Diversification has been problematic
The attractiveness of market index ETFs comes from the broad exposure they provide to holders. While single stocks may rise and fall due to specific and unforeseeable factors, a basket of them can smoothen these individual aberrations to provide a general picture of the market.
In crypto, diversification has been largely ineffective so far. “Historically, most crypto assets have traded with a beta of one to Bitcoin,” Demirors explained. “Beta” is a financial measurement defining how closely an asset tracks another — a beta of one indicates price movements that are correlated both in direction and in magnitude.
This has been a major issue for previous crypto index projects, which often suffered from excessive market-capitalization-based allocations to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) that compounded the lack of diversification, Demirors noted.
Liquidity in the underlying assets is the limiting factor for any index fund, as when their holdings become too large, “The tail begins to wag the dog,” she said. Market participants may start to trade against rebalances and overall flows into the fund, potentially distorting the prices of the underlying assets.
These market limitations pose severe restrictions on the viability of index funds, with Demirors noting that “It would be difficult to see crypto indices growing beyond the natural limits of these markets.”
DeFi or governance-centric funds may, nevertheless, help with diversification issues. Krug highlighted that DeFi tokens have recently moved independently or against BTC, suggesting that “Correlations are coming off a bit.” Over the long term, the presence of protocol revenue and cash flows may further help to break the correlation, he added.
Overall, thematic index funds like the DeFi baskets offered today are useful for certain niches of traders, both Demirors and Krug agreed. For example, they can be used to construct complex hedging strategies, Krug said.
But the prospects of mass adoption are somewhat cloudy, as these types of products will need to mature in lockstep with the wider crypto and DeFi markets to remain useful.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/can-defi-indices-finally-make-crypto-based-passive-investing-worthwhile
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Good Luck, Seeker by The Waterboys
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If you’ve had a career that lasts close to 40 years and release 13 albums as a band, of which at least three or even more would land on almost anybody’s ‘best of’ lists what do you do for your 14th album?
How about an album that goes through all the musical styles and genres you’ve covered up until then, but through a set of brand new songs? Well, that is exactly what Mike Scott, The Waterboys mastermind decided to do on Good Luck, Seeker, the band’s latest. Oh, and you add a bit of classic soul for good measure, and not just on the opener that bears the title ‘The Soul Singer’.
For those less initiated, Mike Scott has gone through almost every style that tickled his fancy. From the widescreen rock/pop arrangements of the band’s first three albums(whatever happened to Karl Wallinger?), through the Celtic Folk variations of Fisherman’s Blues to being inspired by the poetry of Y. B. Yates (An Appointment With Mr. Yates) and quite a few other things in-between. Mike Scott has done it all without at any point going bellow the point that can be described as simply good. Very often, he was able to reach the heights 99% of other artists weren’t even close to.
To that effect, it is no big surprise that Good Luck, Seeker never goes bellow that good mark and quite often, like on ‘Low Down In The Broom’ ‘My Wanderings In The Weary Land’ or the closer ‘The Land of Sunset’ he is able to reach his previous heights or get quite close to them.
Throughout, Scott often resorts to his penchant for poetry, turning some songs into spoken words with poetry, but all to a good effect. In the end, it is confirmed – Mike Scott has still got it and The Waterboys have yet again come up with an excellent album.
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EU Member States granted citizenship to almost 900,000 persons in 2014
In 2014, nearly 890,000 persons acquired citizenship of an EU Member State, a decrease of 9% compared to 2013 (981,000 persons).
The most new citizenships were granted in:
Spain (205,900 persons, or 23% of all citizenships granted in the EU in 2014)
Italy (129,900 or 15%)
United Kingdom (125,600 or 14%)
Germany (110,600 or 12%) and
France (105,600 or 12%)
Ireland granted citizenship to 21,104 persons in 2014, which was a slight decrease on 2013 figures (24,263 persons).
In 2014, the largest groups that acquired citizenship of an EU Member State were citizens of:
Moroccans (92,700 or 10.4%)
Albanians (41,700 or 4.6%)
Turks (37,000 or 4.2%)
Indians (35,300 or 4%)
Ecuador (34,800 or 3.9%)
Colombia (27,800 or 3.1%
Pakistan (25,100 or 2.8%)
The two largest groups of EU citizens acquiring citizenship of another EU Member State for this period were:
Romanians (24,300 persons) and
Poles (16,100)
In Ireland, the largest groups that acquired citizenship in 2014 were citizens of:
Nigeria (3,300 or 18.1%)
India (2,900 or 16.2%)
Philippines (2,200 or 12%)
Pakistan (1,200 or 6.8%)
China (600 or 3.2%)
When compared with the total population of each Member State, the highest rates of citizenships granted per inhabitants:
Luxembourg (5.8 citizenships granted)
Ireland (4.6)
Sweden (4.5)
Spain (4.4)
See: Eurostat News Release – 113/2016
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Opinion issued by court as to Appellant Arnold Johnson. Decision: Affirmed in part, Vacated and Remanded in part. Opinion type: Non-Published. Opinion method: Per Curiam. The opinion is also available through the Court's Opinions page at this link http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions.
Case: 15-13820 Date Filed: 07/12/2017 Page: 1 of 1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ELBERT PARR TUTTLE COURT OF APPEALS BUILDING 56 Forsyth Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 David J. Smith Clerk of Court For rules and forms visit www.ca11.uscourts.gov July 12, 2017 MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL OR PARTIES Appeal Number: 15-13820-AA Case Style: Arnold Johnson v. Boyd, et al District Court Docket No: 7:11-cv-00088-HL-TQL This Court requires all counsel to file documents electronically using the Electronic Case Files ("ECF") system, unless exempted for good cause. Enclosed is a copy of the court's decision filed today in this appeal. Judgment has this day been entered pursuant to FRAP 36. The court's mandate will issue at a later date in accordance with FRAP 41(b). The time for filing a petition for rehearing is governed by 11th Cir. R. 40-3, and the time for filing a petition for rehearing en banc is governed by 11th Cir. R. 35-2. Except as otherwise provided by FRAP 25(a) for inmate filings, a petition for rehearing or for rehearing en banc is timely only if received in the clerk's office within the time specified in the rules. Costs are governed by FRAP 39 and 11th Cir.R. 39-1. The timing, format, and content of a motion for attorney's fees and an objection thereto is governed by 11th Cir. R. 39-2 and 39-3. Please note that a petition for rehearing en banc must include in the Certificate of Interested Persons a complete list of all persons and entities listed on all certificates previously filed by any party in the appeal. See 11th Cir. R. 26.1-1. In addition, a copy of the opinion sought to be reheard must be included in any petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See 11th Cir. R. 35-5(k) and 40-1 . Counsel appointed under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) must submit a voucher claiming compensation for time spent on the appeal no later than 60 days after either issuance of mandate or filing with the U.S. Supreme Court of a petition for writ of certiorari (whichever is later) via the eVoucher system. Please contact the CJA Team at (404) 335-6167 or cja_evoucher@ca11.uscourts.gov for questions regarding CJA vouchers or the eVoucher system. For questions concerning the issuance of the decision of this court, please call the number referenced in the signature block below. For all other questions, please call Tonya L. Searcy, AA at (404) 335-6180. Sincerely, DAVID J. SMITH, Clerk of Court Reply to: Djuanna Clark Phone #: 404-335-6161 OPIN-1 Ntc of Issuance of Opinion
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Of all the beautiful artwork published in Élan, the piece that resonated that most with me is probably Slow as Molasses by Isabella Gardner. Not only are the aesthetics of this piece incredible, but the different meanings that could be behind it, how it connects to the pieces on either side of it, and how it connects to Élan as a whole are all amazing.
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THE RUSSIAN HEART IS DARK AND FULL OF SECRETS
1. David Stromberg, co-translator of A Zoo in Winter who said there was a 55% chance we were in a historical moment. 2. Martin Woodside translates Romanian poetry and says there are a lot of dogs in Romania. 3. Polina Barskova, poet, who also enjoys poetry (pottery) almost as much as poetry.
“I’m going to read really melodramatically like Russians do. And the Americans say, ‘Oh, God,’” Polina Barskova began as she took the mike.
Barskova has been called one of the most important Russian poets of her generation, and I braved the bitter cold last night to attend a reading and launch party for her latest collection of poetry, The Zoo in Winter, forthcoming from Melville House, at St. Mark’s Books (with the “party” around the corner at Solas).
I said, “braved,” but mostly I cowered, shuffled, and shivered like a total wuss across Third Avenue (I almost turned back). With the wind chill pummeling downwards towards five degrees, the weather was downright Muscovite, so if anything, Mother Nature helped set the mood for the night even before I’d stepped through the doors. The reading was to be in Russian and English and once inside, I found myself huddling in the middle of the crowd of fur-wearing attendees who seemed to be impervious to the cold, proving further still that Russians are bad-asses. We listened to an eerie soundtrack of wah-wah pedals and mournful violins reminiscent of a 1960s James Bond films and as I continued to shiver, I remember thinking I wished to God I had some vodka coursing through my veins to warm me up. Consider the mood set.
1. Caitlin Harwell was cold. Poets/translators Genya Turovskaya (left) and Irina Mashinski (right) both shared the Russian darkness.
The first Russian woman I ever met (well, woman is a strong word…we were fourteen and freshmen in high school) leaned across her lunch tray and said in a low voice, “Listen, what you do not know, is that the Russian heart is dark, and full of secrets.” Voices that pass through consciousness often come back uninvited and that statement stuck in my mind as I waited for the event to begin. I’d wondered for years if this girl was being melodramatic or had just given me some amazing insight into Russian-ness and I was hoping that the night would shed some light on the statement.
The writers did not disappoint. Genya Turovskaya, born in Kiev but raised in New York City, read from her chapbook New Year’s Day and began with the line: No one can be opened by a skeleton key. Irina Mashinski, a bilingual poet and translator continued with the line: How do I explain how I dreaded the expression on my motherland’s face. Then Polina Barskova took the microphone, and one of the first things she said was “People asked me, ‘Why are you so happy? What happened to your cultural roots?’”
So the Russian heart is dark and full of secrets. And as Barskova said last night, “Really, we only have a few subjects to write about: love and death and money and weather.”
It was really, really cold outside, but the vodka did the trick. Mystery solved.
P.S. If you missed it, Barskova will also be reading this Thursday, Feb. 10th at Pacific Standard in Brooklyn.
–Cassie Hay is an essayist who lives in Jersey City.
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Statement: Omnibus spending package fails to deliver on clean water
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Introduction & Timeline of Events:
Meridian Energy Limited (MEL) a state owned enterprise, sought and obtained consents for two wind monitoring masts on the Hihitahi Plateau in 2006 in preparation for a proposed wind farm in the area. MEL subsequently sought resource consent in 2008 for Project Central Wind (PCW) – a 47 square kilometre site located east of SH1 between Waiouru and Taihape and just north of Moawhango. The site covered six farm properties and sits within three local government jurisdictions – Rangitikei District, Ruapehu District, and Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons) Region. Consent was sought for the construction of 52 x 135m turbines and ancilliary works. Consent with some conditions was granted 11 February 2009. One of those conditions was that the consent would only be valid for five years to limit the uncertainty for surrounding property owners. MEL had sought ten years. Rangitikei Guardians Inc opposed the consent at the Environment Court during September 2009. The Environment Court confirmed the resource consent for Project Central Wind on 27 January 2010, despite the Crown acknowledging the “compelling evidence presented by the Guardians against the project”. The Environment Court cited ‘national interest’ for more electricity generation as the reason.
Meridian Energy was granted a one year extension to their consent in early 2014 because the Rangitikei District Council deemed that MEL had lost a year due to the Environment Court Appeal. One landowner pulled out of the project around that time – resulting in the reduction of the project by four turbines. Then despite no ‘significant progress’ on the building of the wind farm before or since that extension, which was one of the legal tests for granting an extension, and by MEL’s reckoning only 1.5% of the budgetted cost having been expended, MEL recently sought and obtained in June 2015, a further five year extension from Rangitikei District Council – who neither sought nor were offered by MEL any evidence that the SOE had in fact expended the $4.6million they claimed over the previous six years. At this stage it is unknown whether Ruapehu and Horizons have decided whether or not to grant the extension of consent to MEL. It is believed that the councillors of these two bodies will not get a chance to make the decision, which will be left to staff members of those councils to decide.
By Madalene Frost http://www.pukekaka.com/modules.php?name=Articles
Updates will be added here as they’re available and for further information and articles on Project Central Wind and the many health and environmental risks associated with wind farms, visit the website: http://www.pukekaka.com/index.php
MERIDIAN ENERGY IS PERSISTING IN ITS QUEST TO GAIN AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PROJECT CENTRAL WIND. RDC BUCKLED, THOUGH SOME BRAVE COUNCILLORS SAID “NO”, DESPITE PRESSURE NOT TO. COUNCILLORS IN RUAPEHU AND HORIZONS REGION DON’T APPEAR TO EVEN BE GETTING A CHANCE TO VOTE! COUNCIL STAFF ARE BELIEVED TO BE MAKING THE DECISION. IS THAT WHAT DEMOCRACY HAS COME DOWN TO?
Project Central Wind as it was consented, and would be seen from 17kms away at Pukeokahu. NB turbines shown in front of the mountain are out, due to the pullout of the one land owner. Meridian could possibly change the 135m turbines to newer 3-4 MW ones which are a third higher, to compensate for this loss.
What does one top environmentalist think about wind farms?
“It beggars belief that some environmental groups can say they are ‘green’.” Professor David Bellamy
Uncertainty for the people of Moawhango if Meridian Energy is granted a further extension to their resource consent.
The original commission into PCW decided that five years was long enough for the start of the windfarm, in order to avoid ongoing uncertainty for residents in Moawhango. Meridian Energy with the might of the state behind it, have now thumbed their nose at the both the Commission and Moawhango residents by seeking, and obtaining from Rangitikei DC, a further five year extension. RDC neither showed, nor sought, any proof, from Meridian, that substantive progress has been made, and concluded “there was no unacceptable uncertainty from the delay of physical construction of the PCW wind farm” – this was based on contacting just 11 Moawhango people who had sought consents since the decision to allow PCW, of whom only five actually knew about the consent for the wind farm. The 2013 census showed there were 243 occupied dwellings in Moawhango (the 11 whom council staff spoke to represent only 4.5% of those). This is hardly substantial proof of “no unacceptable uncertainty from the delay.” Meridian conceded when questioned at the RDC meeting, that the $4.6million spent represented only 2-3% of the total budgeted cost of the project. By any rational test is this ‘substantial’ expenditure?
How the state owned power companies win at any cost
Meridian Energy as a state owned company can out-appeal any local group into submission. It makes sure councils know it will do this. To gain support for PCW Meridian bought off Iwi, DOC, Defence, and even treated politicians to a night at the ballet. In other circumstances and jurisdictions such practices would be considered corrupt. Allowing the extension sets a draconian precedent, nationwide, for locking up huge tracts of land until a wind farm developer, is ready to use it. Meridian have already pressured councils around NZ to alter their District Plans in MEL’s favour. Do they or ratepayers ‘own’ the councils?
Lack of local support for PCW
Of local submissions, 80% from Taihape opposed the wind farm. Of distant submitters who supported PCW, most were form letters from an orchestrated campaign by a wind industry representative, at two meetings of supposedly green organisations in Wellington.
Rural opposition discounted
Meridian, wrote off those who would be impacted by the visual pollution, noise, and environmental damage from wind turbines, as “just a few shepherds and farmers”. Councillors would do well to consider that those “few shepherds and farmers” have long memories and contribute hugely to the region’s economy: providing massive contributions to local rates; spending big money at local businesses; supporting fee paying schools in the region; and producing NZ’s biggest income earning exports..
Wind is not an efficient source of electricity
Not even one household could get all the electricity it needs, from each hectare of land to be littered with PCW turbines. No conventional power station has ever been decommissioned anywhere in the world due to the establishment of wind farms; The government’s own infrastructure advisers confirmed this year the need to retain thermal power stations in order to back up wind, due to its unpredicatability and the subsequent risk to the frequency of the grid. And combined wind farms in New Zealand reach only around 11% of their claimed output.
Nor is wind power a sustainable carbon neutral technology
It takes up to 16 years to amortise the carbon costs of a wind turbine – at least half its useful life. The excavations and concrete alone for the foundations of PCW will displace nearly 50,000 tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. Plus the carbon cost of producing the steel used, and the transport of the hundreds of 7 tonne blades, the towers, the nacelles and the generators, across the world from Europe and Scandinavia, on diesel powered ships!
New Zealand has the highest, domestic use of electricity in the world
The NZ Statistics Dept, has ascertained that a Kiwi home uses 35 kilowatt-hours each day on average, compared to: 12 -13 kilowatt-hours daily for most Europeans, and around 31 KWHrs for Americans. Why? Because we heat our hot water mainly by electricity in large water cylinders, rather than by other means. The Government’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority has ascertained we could reduce our electricity consumption by up to 50% and reduce the need for further generation capacity, solely if we used solar power to heat hot water. MEL’s own recent figures show that if a million domestic roofs had 2.5kw capacity of photovoltaic cells feeding back into the grid that would be a yearly contribution of 342megawatts.
Ongoing demand for electricity?
NZ has a glut of energy, so there is no longer a ‘national interest’ to justify building inefficient wind farms – which was the reason given by the Environmental Court for allowing the appealed consent. This is confirmed by the governments’s own National Infrastructue Unit in its 2015 report. This unit debunks MEL’s claim of an ongoing increase in demand of 2.1%, citing the effects of El Ninjo on dairy farming for the current blip. It also disputes MEL’s claim that demand growth is related to GDP increases. In fact it finds that “as GDP increases, the correlation of energy demand growth to GDP growth appears to be declining”. So don’t believe everything MEL says to justify the need for this project to be land banked into an undetermined future.
Cultural, scientific, tourism, health, amenity, and ecological issues were all ignored in the so-called ‘national interest’ at the Environment Court appeal brought by the Rangitikei Guardians. Meridian only want PCW on the Hihitahi Plateau, because the transmission lines are already in place, even though the wind doesn’t blow there 25% of the time! The project will be on the snowline geological fault. It will be seen from the dual world heritage Tongariro National Park. Wind turbines catch fire and can leak toxic lubricating compounds – polluting streams and harbours. Up to date research is proving now that people’s health is affected by proximity to wind turbines. Over a 100 at-risk species will be compromised by PCW – including internationally listed endangered native falcons which will risk death 29% of the time they fly amongst the blades; and both varieties of our only native land mammals – bats, will risk their lungs exploding due to fluctuations in barometric pressure in the vicinity of turbines.
We need to keep Rangitikei, Ruapehu and the Horizons region as “a wind-farm-free zone” and make it our point of difference. Overseas tourists will love it, but most won’t return if you let ‘big wind’ in.
Watch the Documentary: ‘Down Wind’
From Surge Media Canada on YouTube: “Down Wind is the explosive documentary that examines Ontario’s controversial rush into industrial wind farm development. Produced by Surge Media, Down Wind exposes how this Canadian provinces’ green energy dream turned into a nightmare for rural residents forced to live among the towering 50 storey turbines. We hear searing, personal stories of people experiencing mysterious health problems, insomnia, depression, even thoughts of suicide; their lives turned upside down by the constant noise and vibrations given off by the massive wind turbines. The documentary also reveals the staggering economic costs of these wind farms to taxpayers with huge subsidies going to big wind corporations. And how inside connections have made some government cronies wealthy, while rural communities suffer. ” The film aired on Canada’s Sun News Network. Media write up here: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/31/….
For more information contact: jeff.wigle@surgemedia.ca.
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“It beggars belief that some environmental groups can say they are ‘green’.”
Professor David Bellamy
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Greater Sage Grouse Won’t Get Protected – But Devil is in the Details
Here is a nice roundup of the articles covering the decision Friday, March 5, 2010 NOT to protect the Greater Sage Grouse vis-á-vis the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This grouse species, along with most of the closely related wild fowl complex of about 6 species that inhabit the west, are in a nearly 100 year decline. The declines are due to a long history of habitat changes beginning with conversation of land to agriculture and cattle range and to oil and gas development. The latest land use concern is from wind power though much of the wind power is being installed in lands already degraded by previous land conversion. How does wind power impact grouse? The concern is that grouse habitat would be fragmented and disturbed by construction of wind projects and that the tall towers would be perceived as perches for birds of prey which are a major predator of grouse.
Listing of this species under the ESA could impose major delays or cancellation of wind projects proposed in grouse habitat. As it currently stands, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are requesting that wind developers provide up to a five mile buffer around each breeding unit of grouse called a lek. Listing under the ESA would mean that this and other requests would become requirements. So, with the March 5 decision comes as a bit of a reprieve in that ESA status was not conferred, not yet anyway. But here is the devil in the details – the FWS will be reevaluating whether to list the Greater Sage Grouse on a yearly basis. So, additional protections for this species could come at any time.
The best course of action for wind developers is to have a qualified team of field ornithologists conduct “lek counts” in the early spring on all their project lands. Better to know sooner than later if your project hosts any grouse species. The window for such surveys is mid March through the end of April. This is when grouse and prairie chickens form their leks and conduct the group courtship rituals that includes dancing and calling males watched and evaluated by surrounding females. The leks are most active in the hour before dawn up to about 2 hours post-sunrise. In the end, the best dancers and singers will be the favored males that will get to mate with the most females.
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Dr. Richard Podolsky has 30 years of experience in assisting land developers and oil, gas, and electric generation companies reduce potentially adverse environmental effects of a wide range of projects and achieve regulatory compliance. He has excellent strategic skills in competing for bids, expediting permits, and avoiding costly environmental litigation and expertise in researching and successfully applying cost-effective, state-of-the-art environmental techniques, materials and software to new development and mitigation projects.
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Syrah Resources well set to capitalize on new trends in post-coronavirus global graphite markets
posted on Jul. 01, 2020 at 10:33 pm
Syrah Resources Ltd (ASX:SYR) could end up being one of the major beneficiaries of the economic transformations that are likely to take place in the post-coronavirus crisis world.
Major themes are already emerging: supply chains are likely to become increasingly localized, the electrification of the worlds vehicle fleet is set to gather pace, and markets in general are becoming more wary of the monopolistic tendencies of some countries as regards commodities.
With its graphite production in Mozambique Syrah covers all these bases and, as its shares are currently trading at a relatively lowly A$0.31, also offers investors an entry point to the future at a reasonable price.
But what exactly is possible here?
Well, for context, its worth noting that when the Australian graphite boom was in full swing Syrahs shares were trading at around 20 times higher than they are now. Back then though, there was a bubble mentality in the market and actualization of the companys plans was still some way off.
This time round the market is in a fairly sober mood, following months of coronavirus-related lockdowns, but Syrah is now that much closer to becoming one of the worlds major players in anode graphite production.
Indeed, at the start of the year, as graphite prices stumbled, Syrah took the decision to cut back on production to some degree, in order to assist in balancing the market. Once youre taking decisions like that, you know youve reached a position of some relevance.
The questions now are: what will that market do next, and what will Syrah do next?
A key point of departure when it comes to answering both of these questions is to consider Syrahs ongoing expansion into upstream operations in the USA.
In 2019 the company sold of the order of 160,000 tonnes of natural graphite, of which around 120,000 tonnes of fines graphite went into the Chinese market, one of the biggest in the world.
That key market will remain in place for Syrah in the years ahead, but opening up America too puts the company much further up the value chain. Currently, 100% of anode precursor, the processed material that actually ends up being used in batteries, is produced in China. And 100% of coated precursor, the finished product, is produced in Asia.
But that is about to change.
“The aim,” says Syrahs Kristian Stella, “to become the first ex-China vertically integrated producer of finished anode material from natural graphite.”
The anodes in question are the negative electrodes of lithium ion batteries, which almost everyone expects to proliferate in the coming years. Vehicle sales as a whole took a hit during the coronavirus crisis, but it was notable that in the US Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) outsold everybody else. Meanwhile, charging infrastructure is increasingly being rolled out and, with the word just having reminded itself of what a major reduction of atmospheric emissions would feel like, there is plenty of positive sentiment around.
And unlike many companies around, Syrah is already well positioned to take advantage. In 2018 the company bought a site in Louisiana, where it subsequently produced unpurified spherical graphite and sent out a batch of samples to potential customers.
“The intent ultimately is to address the ex-Asia market,” says Stella.
“We initially established in the USA, but since that time European electric vehicle sales have gained momentum. So, we see the potential to export from the USARead More – Source
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Essays on Ayn Rand's "Anthem"
By Ayn Rand
Edited by Robert Mayhew.
In this first book-length study of Ayn Rand's anti-utopia Anthem, essays explore the historical, literary, and philosophical themes presiding in this novella written in opposition to the totalitarianism of the Soviet Union (and Nazi Germany). Written in 1937, published in 1938 in Britain, and subsequently in a revised form in the United States in 1946, Anthem investigates the importance of the ego and freedom, and the individual against the state. Editor Robert Mayhew has collected a variety of essays dealing with such topics including: the history behind the novella's creation, publication, and reception; its connection to other anti-utopian novels; and, the significance of ego and freedom, which it portrays and defends. This book is important to philosophers as well as readers looking to gain a better understanding of Ayn Rand and Anthem.
List of Contributors: Michael S. Berliner, Andrew Bernstein, Harry Binswanger, Tore Boeckmann, Jeff Britting, Onkar Ghate, Lindsay Joseph, John Lewis, Robert Mayhew, Shoshana Milgram, Amy Peikoff, Richard E. Ralston, Gregory Salmieri, Darryl Wright.
Part 1: The History of Anthem
Shoshana Milgram
Publishing Anthem
Richard E. Ralston
Anthem: '38 and '46
Robert Mayhew
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Michael S. Berliner
Adapting Anthem: Projects That Were and Might Have Been
Jeff Britting
Anthem and 'The Individualist Manifesto'
Anthem in Manuscript: Finding the Words
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Anthem as a Psychological Fantasy
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Anthem in the Context of Related Literary Works: 'We are not like our brothers'
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Darryl Wright
Breaking the Metaphysical Chains of Dictatorship: Free Will and Determinism in Anthem
Onkar Ghate
Prometheus' Discovery: Individualism and the Meaning of the Concept "I" in Anthem
Gregory Salmieri
Freedom of Disassociation in Anthem
Amy Peikoff
Anthem and Collectivist Regression into Primitivism
Andrew Bernstein
Epilogue: Anthem: An Appreciation
Harry Binswanger
Appendix: Teaching Anthem: A Guide for High School and University Teachers
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Vic. Dispute-What’s At Stake?
The dispute between the United Firefighters Union of Australia and the Kennett Government is ongoing, with the parties seeming no closer to reaching agreement now than five months ago. However, members should be aware that the national bans are not in direct support of the Victorian Branch wage claim.
Whilst the NSW Branch and all firefighters around the country are clearly supportive of the Victorian 16% claim, the real cause for the national industrial action – the first such national action undertaken by the UFUA – is the Kennett Government’s move to initiate civil legal action against individual Victorian Branch Union officials and the national Union itself. Also at stake is the very premise upon which firefighters win wage increases.
Kennett is insisting that the firefighters won’t have any rise if they don’t give productivity trade-offs. Firefighting is a non-productive service industry with no possible way to measure “productivity”, so the sort of trade-offs Kennett’s talking about are more work with less staff and an outright attack on hard-won conditions. One “trade-off” attached to the latest 10% offer is that the Union must accept a reduction of a further 75 firefighter positions (the MFB has lost close to 500 positions over the last five years). Another is a requirement for firefighters to take on an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) role, meaning first response to ambulance service calls. Besides the Union’s refusal to cannibalise ambulance jobs, no-one in their right mind would take on another specialised role for a lousy 10%. If the Victorian Branch is forced to accept such arrangements, then trade-offs and job-losses will become the pattern for all future firefighter wage rounds nationally – a situation the UFUA will obviously fight.
Kennett’s move to take tort (or civil) action against individual Union officials from the Victorian Branch and National Office is an outrage of the highest order. Responding to a blatant attempt to smash the Union by prosecuting individual officials and members, the ACTU has pledged full support in what may become a national dispute across all industries given the obvious threat posed to the very basis of unionism. An injury to one is an injury to all, with this a very clear attack on both the UFUA and the trade union movement – this is our fight.
MEMBERS ARE REMINDED THAT ALL ADMINISTRATIVE BANS IN PLACE SINCE JANUARY 1 ARE TO REMAIN IN FORCE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
SITREP No. 32/2010
2000 Melbourne Firies fighting the sack
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Two Accidents at the Same Time
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The American National Air Traffic Controllers Association has an annual event to recognise the best “flight assist” of air traffic controllers in each of the nine regions which cover the United States. The winners in 2019 involved a number of weather-related emergencies. This one is particularly interesting because the controller not only handled an emergency with skill and patience, he handled two at the same time.
This video is edited to offer the highlights from the two events but gives a good idea of what happened.
The weather in Houston that day was bad and with low cloud, making visual flight impossible. A Cessna 172 pilot (N1221U) became disoriented and was flying in tight circles as it descended in the cloud. A controller offered radar vectors to get the aircraft level and ready for an RNAV approach into Ellington Airport. Then the controller asked the pilot to switch frequencies to Houston TRACON.
Michael Schawinsky had just sat down for his shift when he received the handoff off the Cessna 172. It soon became clear that the pilot was still in distress, unable to fly headings and maintain altitude. Schawinsky saw the airspeed drop to 50 knots and warned the pilot, concerned that the pilot was becoming overloaded.
It soon became clear that the pilot wasn’t able to join the final approach course for Ellington in IFR (non-visual) conditions. Schawinsky then declared an emergency on behalf of the pilot and they agreed that the pilot should fly to Scholes International Airport in Galveston, the nearest airport where he might be able to fly a visual approach. He contacted Galveston to ensure that the airport was ready for him.
Schawinsky had just given the Cessna pilot an initial heading to divert to Galveston when another aircraft declared an emergency. A Cessna 172 (N733ZZ) had been flying practice approaches in the area when a fire ignited in the cabin. Schawinsky quickly passed on the details of the nearest airport and asked if the aircraft was able to maintain altitude.
The pilot then confirmed that he did not have a fire, but that it seemed to be an issue with a fire extinguisher. He had intended to land at La Porte Municipal Airport but with the rough weather, they agreed that he should also divert to Galveston.
Schawinksky verified the weather at Galveston and then offered vector headings to both aircraft. He helped the first pilot by keeping him above the clouds until the 172 was lined up with the approach, which meant that the pilot did not have to do any turns in IFR conditions.
NATCA awarded Schawinsky the Archie League Award for the Southwest Region, saying that although they had some examples of controllers who won multiple times in their region, it was the first time that they had seen one controller handling two separate emergencies in the same airspace at the same time.
The winner for the Central Region was also an interesting case.
A Cessna 340 (N2744Y) flying into Indianapolis was at FL230 (flight level 23,000) trying to deviate around bad weather in the area. A controller offered him vectors to try to route around the worst of the weather but found that the pilot was still heading straight for the line of thunderstorms. He asked for support from Andy Crabtree, the Controller-in-Charge, who put on a headset to see what was happening. “When I first plugged in, I couldn’t tell if the pilot of N2744Y was slightly confused or just busy navigating through the convective weather.” A pilot himself, Crabtree had done High Altitude Training and wondered about hypoxia.
He told the controller to ask the pilot what his cabin pressure was. The pilot slurred back “fine” instead of something like “an altitude like 8,000 feet”, a dead giveaway that he was hypoxic. The controller told the pilot to put on his oxygen masked and asked him repeatedly to descend.
“The controller working the aircraft and I were both relieved when the aircraft started descending after multiple control instructions to descend. I knew the pilot was going to be all right once he took the frequency change to the next controller and was asking why he had to descend.”
You can read about all of the 2019 winners at the NATCA website.
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A quick response as I am tied up with other things, but especially the way Schawinsky handled the two C172s in distress was exemplary.
The second case, a C340, is less easy to make sense of. I have flown the C340, which is essentially a Cessna 310 with a larger cabin. It is also pressurized. FL 230 is well within the normal operational altitude range and a cabin pressure of 8000 feet should not incapacitate a healthy human being. I have operated the non-pressurized Cessna 310 routinely at higher cruising levels, up to FL 110 and stayed there for hours without any ill effects.
Once, on a flight from Berlin to Moscow (well before the break-up of the Soviet Union) we had a Russian navigator / radio operator who suddenly commanded us: “You must now climb to altitude faif tousant meters (five thousand metres which is equivalent to 15000 feet)”. When we protested, as our C310 was not pressurized nor did we have oxygen bottles, he insisted: “You now climb to faif tousant meters or you will see MIG – very close!”. So we complied, no choice. Although he reeked of vodka, garlic and cigarette smoke, nobody suffered from hypoxia – not that I am aware of. Not even our navigator.
So for a pilot, supposedly with a valid aviation medical certificate, to get to the state where he gets hypoxia to the point that he is virtually incapacitated does not make sense. Not with a cabin altitude of 8000 ft.
I just wonder if the cabin pressurization was functioning properly.
I understood that the cabin had a leak and was not at that pressure altitude.
The Archies are always interesting; if Sylvia didn’t report on them, I’d miss them!
I viewed the clips. Yes, the controllers did excellent work. They assessed the situations as they developed and their assessments were spot-on.
They acted calmly and professionally and I have no doubt that their competent handling saved lives.
It is nice to have the disaster scenarios interspersed with stories that ended well, thank you Sylvia!
Mike Scirocco says:
Rudy said what I was going to post. Great stories Sylvia.
A pity I cannot sing. Otherwise we could try an aria together.
Die Jakma: een vakman, maar dat zingen… moet dat?
Harrow,
Where did you find that? You are nearly verbatim quoting from a small booklet, issued at the occasion of the jubilee of one of my previous employers and good friend, the late Mr. Tony Ritman.
Only, you substituted “beard” with “singing”.
You did not work for Sterdisposables by any chance? Your name does not sound familiar.
I found it here:
https://fearoflanding.com/rudy/wine-for-the-soul/
Don’t you remember including the picture in your memoir? I myself do not speak a word of Dutch; I simply copied the caption and substituted one word from a dictionary.
Ah Harrow, you got me there!
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Taylor Swift heads to Disney+ for an 'intimate concert' of Folklore
Taylor Swift is headed to Disney+ for the holidays. Disney+ announced on Tuesday that an "intimate concert" of Swift's hit album Folklore will debut on the streaming service on Wednesday. The film will feature footage of the studio sessions for the pop star's surprise album, which dropped in July to critical acclaim. "Folklore was an album that was made completely in isolation, which means that Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff and I never saw each other while were collaborating and creating the album," Swift explained on Good Morning America. "But we got together at Long Pond Studios, and for the very first time got to create this music together, play through it, talk through it, we were joined by Justin Vernon. And it was filmed by Disney+." A trailer released by Disney+ shows Swift speaking about creating the album and singing her songs "Cardigan" and "August." Following its surprise release over the summer, Folklore went on to sell a million copies in the United States, the year's first album to do so. Now, similar to the way Disney+ debuted the original cast recording of Hamilton just in time for the Fourth of July earlier this year, the Folklore concert film will hit Disney+ just in time for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Tomorrow, start streaming folklore: the long pond studio sessions, an intimate concert of @TaylorSwift13’s record-breaking album, on #DisneyPlus. #folkloreOnDisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/0SLzEf5Csz
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TAIS Animation Showcase 2020
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Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea
Entries are now open for the 2020 TAIS Animation Showcase
******NOTE with regards to Covid-19 Pandemic******
We are still accepting submissions and hopeful Showcase will now happen July 3rd to 10th. As well, this will be an ONLINE Screening. We will adjust the scheduling if necessary. As well we are waiving the late submission fees for TAIS Members as we know that many people in the arts will be feeling the financial implications of these times. We have adjusted the late submission fees for students and non-member submissions as well.
Scheduled for June 13, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, all artists/filmmakers selected for the TAIS Showcase will receive an Artist Fee.
REGULAR DEADLINE March 30th, 2020 (by midnight) $15.00 USD
LATE DEADLINE April 20, 2020 (by midnight) $15.00 USD
**TAIS members REGULAR DEADLINE March 30th, 2020 (by midnight) FREE
**TAIS members LATE DEADLINE April 20, 2020 (by midnight) FREE
**Students REGULAR DEADLINE March 30th, 2020 (by midnight) 5.00USD
**Students LATE DEADLINE April 20, 2020 (by midnight)5.00USD
Each year, the TAIS Animation Showcase presents the best local, national and international independent animation talent. With films from a variety of medium, genres and styles, this annual Showcase programme aims to exemplify the unlimited possibilities of animation filmmaking. The 2020 Showcase is presented with the support of the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
ABOUT TAIS
Founded in 1984, The Toronto Animated Image Society initially began as a group for animators and animation enthusiasts to connect and share in an art form they love.
Over 34 years, TAIS has evolved into an artist-run media arts production centre with a growing membership that supports animation production, presentation, and skills development.
As a production centre, TAIS supports creation by our members and guest artists. We commission new animation through special projects and residency programs, present curated programs of animation art by artists from Toronto, across Canada, and around the world, and each year we invite guest artists to screen their work, give lectures, and teach workshops. TAIS prioritizes the involvement of artists from diverse practices, backgrounds, and communities. As part of our commitment to reaching new audiences for animation, we have presented over a dozen projects of community engagement by artists in the last 15 years. Today and into the future, TAIS seeks to present and support work by artists who reflect upon and investigate artistic (social, political, and creative) concerns and prioritize experimental production techniques inherent to contemporary forms of animated art making.
SCREENING FEES
-TAIS prioritizes the payment of artist fees. Showcase artists will be paid a screening fee for the presentation of their film at the TAIS Animation Showcase 2019 ($87-$130 CDN)
-Awards will be granted by a jury and via an audience choice award. No cash value for the award.
QUALIFICATION FOR ENTRIES
-Only Animated films completed within the last 2 years may be entered
-Eligibility is restricted to fully animated films only, no live-action
-Films must be no more than 12 minutes in length
-Films must be submitted by the REGULAR deadline on March 30, 2020 (by midnight) OR by the LATE deadline on April 20, 2020.
-The person(s) submitting the film must either be the creator of the film or have express permission from the creator of the film to submit it.
-The creator(s) of the film must have the rights or express permission to use all materials used in the film
-Works selected must be available in Quick Time file format, sized at 1920 x 1080 / codec Prores, sound 48hz. These are the SCREENING REQUIREMENTS
-Films can be submitted via FilmFreeway, or by providing us the Dropbox URL for download, or by sending us a link to the film on Vimeo (if password protected you must provide the password).
-two 1920 x 1080 JPG or PNG or TIFF still images from the film with each submission
-Brief biography of the filmmaker
We'd also like to see *optional
-a link to an Artist CV/resume or equivalent listing of animation exhibitions/screenings info for last 3-5 years (artist website url).
REGISTRATION AND DEADLINE
-Free Submission for TAIS Members for REGULAR Deadline (membership # required)
-All material must be submitted by the REGULAR or LATE deadlines or it will not be considered
-All films are kept within TAIS Library for research purposes only
Ivyy Chen
Thanks so much for having isle of Chair screening at this year's programme. :)
Noam Sussman
TAIS is one of the best animation events in Toronto! I love it! The selections are usually pretty good. The animation showcase also includes a short program of "anijam" short shorts. A+
Ghazal Tahernia
Great selection of indie animation!
Lynn Dana Wilton
It's a treat to be involved in a festival that has such apparent respect for filmmakers of all stripes. The diversity of work on display is always inspiring and it fosters a wonderful sense of community. Always more great people to talk to than I get to.
Rachel Samson
❤️ amazing artist run centre, amazing showcase — you definitely want to sumit your film/attend
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Jan 21: Newsletter
Dec 19: Putting faith into practice
Jun 19: FACES Update
Our work is all about helping faith communities to be more resilient against child sexual exploitation and different forms of harm. This means we work in and with faith communities, as well as practitioners who engage with them from different industries.
We aim to raise awareness and help people be equipped to better prevent, recognise and respond to child sexual exploitation. Through interfaith events we work to build cohesion between faith and non-faith communities by developing meaningful partnerships and friendships. We all have common concerns and a cause for action in safeguarding children and young people.
News and stories of child sexual exploitation often racialise the issues and create an ‘us vs. them’ narrative – we reject this; and work to address how Muslim communities and Christian communities in particular are attacked in thie way. Research tells us that victims, survivors and perpetrators of abuse are found in many different contexts, but the media coverage has often ignored those who fall outside of the narratives, choosing instead to fuel a narrow stereotype. We believe failing to challenge this would be a disservice to the survivors of child sexual exploitation and risks allowing fear to divide and damage our communities.
We as faith communities have a critical role in protecting children and young people, and we’re committed to building resilience within our organisations and our communities.
We honour and value the contributions that our faiths bring towards addressing child sexual exploitation. This is reflected through representation of both of our faiths in each stage of our work including planning, consultation and delivery.
As part of our compassion-centred approach, we tackle victim-blaming behaviour and language to encourage a deeper understanding around issues like choice, consent and coercion. We promote a complex understanding of abuse and its impact on survivors, families and perpetrators.
We work towards every child in our community having a safe, meaningful and just childhood. One that is free from abuse, discrimination and prejudice that prevent adequate safeguarding. When adults are better equipped to act, children are better protected.
We unpack ideas around race, ethnicity and religion and their role in abuse, promoting peace between faith communities and between people of faith and the wider community. When misleading information is properly challenged, people are better informed to safeguard children and young people.
Tony Thompson, co-chair
Pastor at Hope Church Luton, and Executive for Churches Together in Luton
Tony is an ordained, long standing church leader in Luton and serves on the executive of Churches Together in Luton. Tony leads Hope Church Luton, which is heavily involved in working in the local community, and brings together people from many different nations.
Rehana Faisal, co chair
Chair of Lantern
Rehana is a scholar with the Centre of Expertise for Child Sexual Abuse, is involved in various local initiatives and teaches at a Mosque. Rehana is Chair of Governors at Challney High School for Girls and consults with local authority on several issues including Islamophobia.
Director of St Mary’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
Sujel Miah
Representative of Luton Council of Mosques
Leadership Committee
Lucie Shuker
Director at Youthscape Centre for Research
Lucie Shuker is Director of Research at Youthscape, leading a range of research projects exploring youth work and young people’s lives. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire where she previously conducted research around child sexual exploitation, and a Visiting Research Fellow at London School of Theology.
Sufian Sadiq
Chair of Discover Islam
Sufian is a talented teacher with extensive management experience. He is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and is the Director of Teaching School for Chiltern Learning Trust. He holds various posts within the voluntary sector in Luton, these include Trustee roles in Discover Islam Luton, Luton Town Football Club Community Trust, Culture Trust, Luton Foodbank and Working Options.
Ruth Robb
CEO of Azalea
Ruth Robb is CEO of Azalea and leads and writes global consultations on community solutions around commercial sexual exploitation. Ruth is especially inspired by the emergence of new projects and brings over 30 years of professional experience.
Zaffar Iqbal
Manager of Inspire FM
Tanvir Munir
Representative of Luton Sunni Council of Mosques
Melissa Llewellyn, Strategic Development Manager
Melissa is driven by work that supports people facing hardship and faith-based projects, and works with several local charities in varied capacities.
Contact us by email at admin@faces.org.uk
We're based in Luton, bedfordshire
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As concern mounts about Britain's failure to reverse the recent growth in drug-related deaths, the first large-scale UK follow-up study has assessed the impact of training in overdose recognition and management featuring the opiate blocking drug naloxone.
Summary Most opiate overdoses happen in the presence of a witness and often in the user's own home. Prompt response can be crucial to avoid death due to respiratory depression. Equipping people likely to be with the user to take effective action while awaiting the arrival of emergency services could save many lives. In addition to training in recognising overdose and in resuscitation methods, enabling drug users and their associates to administer the opiate antagonist naloxone can greatly improve the immediate response to overdose. The medication rapidly reverses the effects of opiate-type drugs, including respiratory depression. In the UK naloxone programmes were hampered by the prescription-only status of the medication, but in 2005 the law was amended to permit emergency administration by any member of the public. This is the first large-scale UK follow-up study to assess the impact (including the degree to which the training was later put in to effect) of training in overdose recognition and management featuring naloxone provision.
Staff in 20 drug services across England were trained, before themselves recruiting and training 239 opiate-using patients attending their services and providing them with a take-home supply of naloxone. Nearly two thirds of the patients were attending as outpatients. A questionnaire completed by trainees before and immediately after the training revealed improvements in identification of factors The proportion who correctly recognised all seven risks listed increased from 32% to 64% and the average number of risks identified rose significantly from five to six. which heighten the risk of overdose, awareness of the signs of overdose, The number of signs correctly identified increased significantly from an average of 5.6 out of 8 to 6.7, with previously poor scores improving considerably. However, there was little improvement in awareness that some of the listed 'signs ' were false. what constitutes an appropriate response The average number of actions correctly identified increased significantly from 5.9 out of 11 to 8.6. Before training, only 3% correctly identified all the right and wrong responses; afterwards, 25% did so. to these signs, awareness of the role of naloxone Improvements were modest, perhaps because even before training 77% knew naloxone reversed opiate overdoses and more than 80% knew that it did not reverse overdoses due to cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol and/or benzodiazepines. After training, these proportions rose to 96% and between 95% and 98%. and willingness The proportion who would themselves administer naloxone in an overdose rose from 77% to 99%. to administer the drug, their confidence The proportion confident or very confident about administering naloxone rose from 68% to 95%. in their ability to do so, knowledge of how to administer it, The proportion who knew the recommended way to administer the drug via intramuscular injection rose from 65% to 99%. of how long The proportion who gave approximately correct responses (up to 4 hours) rose from 36% to 93%. naloxone remains active, and awareness that they would still need to call an ambulance. Important because of the concern that having naloxone available might lead some to consider an ambulance unnecessary. The proportion who recognised the need to call an ambulance rose significantly from 79% to 99%.
Typically just under three months later, 78% of the trainees were interviewed (mainly by their key workers) and completed a further knowledge test. Interview and test revealed retained or improved knowledge of the signs of overdose and appropriate responses, and almost universal confidence that they would be willing and able to manage an overdose situation and do what was needed to save life. Spreading the impact, 28% of the trainees had subsequently trained someone else who could administer naloxone to them in the event of an overdose. Only 9% had failed to receive the planned supply of naloxone, in each case because they had left treatment prematurely or were still in rehabilitation; 79% still had their supply. Ten out of the 172 who responded to this question had used naloxone to reverse an overdose suffered by another person, mostly encountering little difficulty during the administration and no unexpected adverse effects. Though there was no serious aggression, four recipients had been angry or complained that the medication had spoilt their opiate experience or precipitated withdrawal. These events were among the 18 overdoses either witnessed or experienced by the trainees. When naloxone was not administered, one of the overdoses ended in a death; none did so when it was used.
The authors concluded that training in overdose management can successfully be given to drug users in treatment, resulting in substantially improved knowledge and competence. Beyond the high numbers of drug users trained directly, knowledge was spread to their families and peers. Though implementation was relatively low, it was detectable even within the study's three-month follow-up period. No unexpected adverse reactions were identified. Benefits were primarily to other people to whom trainees administered their naloxone. Having demonstrated its potential, the authors recommended further studies to examine whether wider overdose management training and naloxone provision could reduce opiate overdose fatalities.
commentary A later report from the study followed up a subsample of 70 trainees (nearly all from Birmingham) for six months after the training. The 46 recontacted at this time and three months earlier had retained much of what they had been taught. They had witnessed 16 overdoses since the training and generally responded appropriately, but none were known to have administered naloxone. For many this was because they were reluctant to carry the pre-loaded syringe around with them, partly due to fear of being identified as a drug user, and partly because some had completed treatment intended to divorce them from drug use and by extension, drug using associates, including those who might overdose.
This study came at a time of heightened concern about the UK's failure to reverse the recent growth in drug-related deaths, thiugh since then there has been a slight downturn. In England and Wales drug poisoning deaths totalled 2747 in 2010, of which 1784 were linked to drug misuse and 791 to heroin/morphine, As heroin breaks down in the body into morphine, the latter may be detected at post mortem and recorded on the death certificate. Therefore the cited report gives a combined figure for deaths involving heroin or morphine. in all three cases slight reductions from the peaks of 2008. Scotland in 2010 recorded 485 drug-related deaths, of which 312 were considered to have been caused by drug abuse and 254 involved heroin/morphine. As heroin breaks down in the body into morphine, the latter may be detected at post mortem and recorded on the death certificate. Therefore the cited report gives a combined figure for deaths involving heroin or morphine. These were all appreciable downturns from the peak figures of respectively 574 (in 2008), 380 (in 2009) and 324 (in 2008). However, analyses of trends Trend analysis is complicated by the fact that instructions to pathologists were changed for 2008. They were asked to report any drug found in the body as well as those they thought might have been involved in the death, and the wording for the second category was revised. However, heroin/morphine totals seem only to have been slightly affected. revealed by averaging annual fluctuations suggested that it was too soon to be confident that long-term upward trends had reversed. A more detailed analysis highlighted the fact that 60% of cases had been in contact with drug treatment services, nearly 40% in the past six months, suggesting there had been chances to intervene which for these patients had been insufficient to avoid death.
Medications which block and (if opiates have been taken) reverse the effects of opiate-type drugs have an obvious role in preventing overdose becoming fatal. Of the opiate-blocking drugs, its rapid action and safety makes injectable naloxone the medication of choice. Recognising this, in 2005 the law changed in the UK to permit emergency administration of naloxone not just to the person for whom it was prescribed, but also to other people. See background notes for more on safety and effectiveness and the advantages of intramuscular administration.
Naloxone's lifesaving potential is now being realised in Britain, but still on a pilot basis rather than as a mass campaign. In 2002 the English drug strategy made a national policy commitment to reducing drug-related deaths, but the 2004 reduction target was missed and after then deaths increased. The featured study was funded by England's National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA), which in June 2009 announced that 16 sites in England will pilot overdose training involving naloxone for about 950 family members and carers of drug users. A study published in 2008 had established the need for and potential acceptability of such an initiative. It found that 31 of 147 carers of drug users attending local support groups who responded to the study's survey had witnessed an overdose, only about a quarter had received advice on overdose management, but nearly 9 in 10 would welcome such advice, including on naloxone administration.
But the NTA study foundered somewhat because of recruitment difficulties. In the end the 16 pilot sites recruited 495 instead of 950 carers for the training over eight months, on average 31 carers per site and just under four per month. Training was resisted by some families as well as drug users, who wanted detoxification and a spell in prison to signal to the drug user and to others that their relative was starting a new drug-free life. There were also concerns that training might expose the trainee as a drug user to their families and prison authorities. Concern that getting involved in overdose prevention would mark them out as a drug user was also found among homeless drug users in England interviewed about using naloxone.
Reducing drug-related deaths has a high policy profile in Scotland, where per head of population deaths are far common than in the rest of the UK. There a national forum is tracking progress on its recommendations for reducing deaths, including naloxone training and provision. Following successful pilots, Glasgow and Lanarkshire are extending their naloxone programmes and other areas are considering similar initiatives.
Though the literature on naloxone provision by the public is new and still scarce, it is unanimous in its support, while also highlighting issues which need to be addressed in training programmes. In 2005 a review found only "anecdotal, although promising" evidence. Published in 2008, a review of literature on overdose prevention conducted for the Scottish government found in respect of naloxone "a consensus among the reviewed papers that there is a potential to prevent many opiate overdose deaths" and recommended its inclusion among the interventions offered to people who might witness an overdose. See background notes for major US and European studies suggesting that many hundreds of lives have been saved.
While naloxone can certainly be a contributor to reducing deaths, it is clearly not the whole solution. First is the fact that fatal overdoses in particular tend to happen when the person is alone and/or out on the street. One concern is that naloxone might displace rather than supplement routine resuscitation techniques which remain important in the period before naloxone takes effect. Studies suggest too that despite training, having naloxone available might offer a further excuse for drug users who witness an overdose to avoid contact with the authorities by calling for an ambulance. There is also the prospect that people revived by naloxone might be unhappy about having an expensive heroin high reversed and/or withdrawal precipitated, deterring its use. Though such concerns cannot be dismissed, most can be addressed in volunteer recruitment and training programmes, and they do not threaten the potential for such programmes to on balance save very many lives. See background notes for details and relevant studies.
For Britain in particular the featured study advances knowledge considerably, demonstrating the feasibility of training drug users who are in treatment and its effectiveness in equipping them to recognise an overdose and act effectively to save lives. There is however an inherent contradiction between treatment which the patient hopes and expects to divorce them from drug use and drug using circles, and being provided with training and medication of direct use only if they stay sufficiently involved in such circles to witness an overdose.
This contradiction was apparent to many in the subsample from the featured study referred to above, and also to homeless drug users in England interviewed about using naloxone, making some reluctant to be equipped with the medication. It may be one reason why in the featured study, though nearly all the followed-up sample were in substitute prescribing treatment programmes, 90% continued to use heroin; some patients determined to move fully away from drugs may have refused or not been asked to join the study. To maximise coverage and achieve the greatest public health gains, naloxone programmes will (as they are) have to move beyond treatment populations to families and carers and out-of-treatment heroin users. From their pre-training responses, it seems possible too that the sample were unusually knowledgeable about and committed to overdose prevention. Such good results may not be maintained if overdose prevention training involving naloxone is implemented more widely.
Further guidance is available from the UK National Treatment Agency and from the Chicago Recovery Alliance, which has produced a freely available training video. In 2008 staff from one of the English NHS trusts which will (see above) be piloting naloxone training for families and carers produced a UK-focused practical guide to naloxone prescribing, training and use. A UK web site also offers advice to professionals on take-home naloxone.
Thanks for their comments on this entry in draft to John Strang of the National Addiction Centre in London, UK. Commentators bear no responsibility for the text including the interpretations and any remaining errors.
Last revised 07 February 2012
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Dancing With the Stars' Gleb Savchenko and Elena Samodanova Break Up After 14 Years of Marriage
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After 14 years of marriage, Gleb Savchenko and Elena Samodanova are taking their final bow as husband and wife.
The ballroom dance pros, who tied the knot in July 2006, announced they are splitting on Friday, Nov. 6. “It is with a heavy heart that I tell you my wife and I are parting ways after 14 years of marriage,” Savchenko wrote in an Instagram post. “We still intend to co-parent our wonderful children together who we love so dearly, and we will strive to continue to be the best parents that we can to them. We ask that you respect our family’s need for privacy and healing during this time.”
Samodanova echoed the news on her Instagram Story, writing, “After 14 years of marriage with my deepest sadness our road is coming to the end.” She also seemed to cryptically reference their breakup with a post of a quote that read, “I don’t hate you, I’m just disappointed you turned into everything you said you’d never be.”
While the reason behind their breakup remains unconfirmed, the two performers are parents to daughters Zlata, 3, and Olivia, 10.
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BCA appoints new head of customer experience
By Natalie Middleton / 4 years ago / Latest News / No Comments
BCA has appointed Stuart Gibbons to the role of head of customer experience.
Stuart Gibbons joins BCA as its new head of customer experience
Gibbons joins the senior operational team, and the new role will include the leadership of the buyer development team, digital operations, and customer services.
Simon Henstock, BCA’s COO UK Remarketing, said: “Stuart will drive a new focus around our service proposition. His skills and previous experience will help us ensure that we develop our buyer offering to achieve a best in class service. We aim to use great service and the latest technology to make it as easier as possible to do business with BCA.”
Stuart Gibbons added: “In a customer centric, data-driven world, I see fantastic opportunities for our business to thrive as we support our clients’ growth. BCA is a company that is constantly seeking to innovate and puts the customer at the heart of a transparent process.”
Natalie Middleton
Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for 16 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day. As Business Editor, Natalie ensures the group websites and newsletters are updated with the latest news.
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Punk Kids Confronting Pedophiles
Jack Draigo
November 2011 edited November 2011 in News
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/11/16/troll-a-predator-bc-teens-superheroes-vigilante-chilliwack_n_1096682.html
Three teens from Chilliwack, B.C., have been posing as young girls online, luring men to clandestine meetings, and confronting the alleged predators while wearing superhero suits.
The confrontations, modeled on NBC’s popular To Catch A Predator TV show, were videotaped and posted to YouTube under the banner ‘To Troll a Predator.’
But now the Mounties have stepped in, opening an investigation into the teens’ campaign and warning of the dangers of vigilante justice.
RCMP Cpl. Tammy Hollingsworth said the serious crimes unit is on the case and is conducting interviews with the three boys, aged 17 and 18.
She said police intervened because they were concerned about the teens' safety. Hollingsworth said police have not identified any of the men in the videos and are not considering charges against the teens at this point.
"I don't think they really realized the scope of this and what the consequences could have been," said Hollingsworth.
This is all at once funny, awesome, and dangerous. If these were grown men it might seem less so of the last, but these are teens messing with criminals. granted they're in public places, but as the saying goes, "Never underestimate the power of duct tape and a grudge." One guy following them home is all it would take, but I don't know if there is really anything they can be charged with (note I'm not Canadian though). Its not vigilantism because they're not doing anything more than humiliating the pedos, and its not illegal per se to misrepresent yourself on the internet (if it were we'd all be thrown in jail).
I dunno, I'm ambivalent about this. On the one hand this is an awesome way to draw pedos out in the open, on the other it is rather dangerous for adults, let alone children, to do because of the inherent risk of not knowing how the criminal will react. what do you guys think?
Post edited by Jack Draigo on November 2011
AndouReiya
While it's a very brave idea, it's an enormous risk. And them being minors is more of a liability.
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Tech Tree Incomplete
By BasqueJacque, December 18, 2017 in General Game Discussion
missing premiums
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BasqueJacque
BasqueJacque 25
This has sort of been discussed in the forum, but not precisely...and I suppose I have to find this: "Tech Tree Extended Mod" somewhere. But, can someone simply explain to me why some of my premiums show up in my tech tree for a while and then for a while they are gone? I still have the ships, they just don't show in the tech tree. It doesn't seem to correlate between whether the ship is currently for sale or not either.
It's no big as long as my ships don't disappear (aka Eldrige) which BTW would be a great ship for next Halloween, It disappears you know. :-)
[SALVO]
Dr_Venture
Dr_Venture 3,662
Location: Aircraft Carrier
Beats me.
[BNICE]
Akeno017
Akeno017 828
Every so often, Wargaming decides to shuffle around what premiums are available and not.
For example Atlanta used to be on the tech tree and store, but got switched for Indianapolis.
Sometimes ships are also considered overpowered and removed from the tech tree and sale permanently, such as Kutusov and Belfast.
I believe this is what your referring to.
[KP]
IronMike11B4O
IronMike11B4O 576
10 minutes ago, Akeno017 said:
^^^ This. You have to understand there are permanent shop Premiums and then there are rotational premiums. The shop permanent will show in your tech tree the rotational one's won't.
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TheKrimzonDemon
TheKrimzonDemon 3,759
If it isn't available for purchase, it doesn't show up.
[WOLF1]
pmgaudio
pmgaudio 3,639
Sotaudi
Sotaudi 646
32 minutes ago, IronMike11B4O said:
Not entirely accurate. First, all ships in the Premium shop are subject to being rotated in and out. There are some that may be there long enough to be thought of as permanent, but they can be swapped out as well.
More importantly, premium ships show up in the Tech Tree when you can purchase them through the tech tree. It is not based on whether they are "permanent" or "rotational" in the Premium shop. For instance, the Atlanta was in the Tech Tree from the start of the game until not all that long ago. This is different than the Missouri and the Nelson, which are "purchased" for Free XP. We are talking here about purchases made with doubloons directly from the Tech Tree. It is also not tied to whether they are in the shop or whether they are "permanent" or rotational. The Atlanta, for instance, would occasionally show up in specials, but most of the time, it was only available for doubloons from the Tech Tree. That is, you could not just pay cash directly for it in the shop except on rare occasions where it showed up in the shop as well.
A while back, they removed the Atlanta from the Tech Tree and put another in its place. They can be rotated in and out of the Tech tree, and it has nothing to do with whether or not they are "permanent" or "rotational" in the Premium shop.
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ExploratorOne
ExploratorOne 795
This is why I like the Extended Tech Tree mod. The one I use is from Aslain's modpack.
15 hours ago, Sotaudi said:
Most excellent answer! That makes perfect sense with the facts at hand. Thank you and smooth sailing.
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Teamwork for portal in Key (Halloween) battle
By Whitebuster, October 30, 2020 in General Game Discussion
key battle
[PYK]
Whitebuster
Whitebuster 108
I encountered a Key battle game where I divisioned with another loyal player and fought together till the end to obtain a key. However, only I had the key and escaped using the portal. Since my teammate is in my division when I went through the portal, does he also get a bonus for it?
I was expecting both players to be able to escape with the key since we were on the same team. If the teammate doesn't get any bonus, then this game mode is really toxic.
Farm_Fresh_Eggs
Farm_Fresh_Eggs 913
26 minutes ago, Whitebuster said:
then this game mode is really toxic
Working as intended.
[DVYJC]
RainbowFartingUnicorn
RainbowFartingUnicorn 1,138
No, every team member needs a key. The only way to cooperate for the entire game is to hunt down as many keys as you have div members, or have only five players left at the end with four going through the portal and the remaining person being the default winner of the Octagon. I have actually done that a few times, and it was very profitable, but it requires everyone to be on the same page and work together, so it's pretty uncommon. I do try to stick with my team. I often get the first key, and I always try to get keys for all my other division mates.
7 minutes ago, Farm_Fresh_Eggs said:
That's a shame because this game mode is really fun when everyone is working together and not cucking each other. I don't understand why WG would encourage betrayal during a battle. At least there are a lot of good players who stick with their team to the end.
6 minutes ago, RainbowFartingUnicorn said:
I don't like this mechanism because it encourages jealous teammates who don't have a key to betray his teammates in order to get the key for himself. Both players will be salty in the end.
Even if the traitor manages to get the key and escape, he will feel remorse for such backstabbing.
[A-D-F]
Burnsy 4,121
I don't understand why WG would encourage betrayal during a battle.
Because lots of people (including me) find it fun. It's a once a year thing that is completely optional, but the point of the past Halloween event has always been, do you want to be evil? Here, in this event, you can. Go nuts for a bit.
In nearly every other game mode, turning on your teammates is a bad thing and will result in punishment. In this game mode, it's one of the ways to win.
5 minutes ago, Whitebuster said:
No he won't. Not most anyway. Thee killer isn't "jealous", he is winning. Nobody is sinking the key holder at the last second, running through the gate and then sitting at their keyboard and hanging their head in shame lol.
The vast majority of video games allow you to do things that would get you into some serious problems in real life or do things in the game that you never would in real life. They are an escape from reality. That's sort of the point of them.
8 minutes ago, Burnsy said:
In nearly every other game mode, turning on your teammates is a bad thing and will result in punishment.
I can understand if it's a once-a-year thing. WG tends to use its Halloween game modes to test new content like submarines. I hope that WG won't implement this as a permanent game feature in the future.
SteelRain_Rifleman
SteelRain_Rifleman 1,681
It was toxic last year with that mode also creating the idea of team up, then plunge the knife 🔪, twist it, and donkey kick the player while taking his stuff.
This mode is a variation of the theme.
Last year I played it but it was just so immoral. The players I did try to help and get it done were few and far between. The trucing was about the only way to get any cooperation. While that went against the grain of the mode, it was the only way to make the game fun. It was what that truce was broken repeatedly over and over that a player realizes that this mode could potentially make you dead inside if you keep playing it.
So midway of the event, I just stopped. Last year's event was just not worth losing your soul.
I am glad I am wary of the current event and I am not surprised that it is just more of the same.
I guess with WG team over there being shut in, this was probably all they could come up with.
One could hope that a fun event will be in store for us next year. But I am not sure when this nightmare year will come to an end.
We may start to see this sort of thing in the future as the current events in the real world are being dragged out far longer than expected, and has seriously caused collateral damage to us all.
There has come a point to it all that if you want to fix something like this game, then apparently it has to be done with a full team at Lesta.
Right now, I am not holding my breath about it. I just play the ships that make me happy and that's it. Some ships are probably not going to see any sea duty for the rest of the year.
I feel the quality of the game has dropped off and it's partly because of the current situation and also the detached decisions that were made over the course of the year.
I urge players to just play your way and have fun. Don't dive into an event if it might make you feel even worse than you are feeling now.
That is self harm.
Just do what you like and maybe WG will figure a way how to get quality content back up. Just don't expect it to be fast. They appear to be struggling.
It seems there are issues across the board. Once entropy sets in, it's hard to get it out of a system.
Instead players, focus on what makes the game fun for you. Maybe WG will notice this and work to enhance it with small adjustments.
I fully intend to maintain an even strain. But I am not going to endeavor on the side of extraordinary.
It seems that it's not going to make me feel better if the ships have some issues.
So, if a ship has an issue, then I am not using it. I might ask well shift my attention to ships that have fewer issues and also are capable of fun.
For now, I will focus on the DD, BB, and cruisers. These will be the ship types that are fun and I have shifted resources to ensure that. That meant putting one particular nation on the chopping block.
I am not sure I will revisit that nation at all. Other trees, I just reset the lines that are not fun.
I will use the resources to get a leg up on captain skills instead.
It seems a sound investment, since WG made it so easy for me to make the choices clear. It also helps that some things I can leave off my wish list.
If it sucks, I am not going to waste my time despite some thinking I might be good at some things. It's just not fun to do if the ship is crap.
WG had STs and who knows what else in the content development cycle. But all that did was make the community even more angry.
It's like watching a bunch of baboons try to put together a storage unit from IKEA.
And it's your storage unit. There are expectations, but those howling baboons just turn around and show me that red behind. Then they throw the results of their recent lunch at you for giving feedback.
I see how the game has devolved into a reflection of society.
And I wonder if others in the community are starting to see what I see.
Let's hope next year is better. Because I already have had it up to ^ here with this year.
I get the feeling that betrayal is acceptable behavior.
I am as shocked as you are.
1 minute ago, Whitebuster said:
You are safe there. There is nearly zero chance that WG is going to make killing your teammates beneficial in the "normal" game modes. The halloween thing has always been a one off, once a year, murder your friends at the end, thing.
I don't think for one second that any player that stabbed my back last year ever felt any remorse.
They all slept like babies.
I have yet to see proof otherwise.
Just now, SteelRain_Rifleman said:
Of course not. It's a video game. Nobody goes to bed after a night of an online first person shooter thinking "Gee golly gosh I sure wish I didn't shoot all those other players in that video game".
You are taking this waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to seriously.
10 minutes ago, Burnsy said:
Any simulation can become a reality, especially if you desensitized the guilt.
1 minute ago, SteelRain_Rifleman said:
lol how can you know? Maybe they have sold their soul in order to win. You can't see them crying in front of their screen.
What guilt? O.o
1 minute ago, Burnsy said:
You talk to these players, you cooperate with them to achieve a goal, then you betray the whole lot to get a key. And those betrayed are supposed to laugh that off?
You want a team, play like one. Fake it and you already have lost something of yourself.
Besides, it's a blatant theme of betrayal.
5 minutes ago, SteelRain_Rifleman said:
Yes. That's a large and intended part of the game mode. By WG. On purpose.
I suggest the person who just spent the game working me, kill me before I kill them. Because I am going to or die trying. I am not fragile.
[BUOY]
lloyd1701
lloyd1701 390
Last year's 3 man teams were better than this year's FFA IMO, but the biggest loss and the thing that will kill the mode isn't the treachery but (again IMO) the no XP aspect.
In the games I've played most divs I've gotten on haven't backstabbed but rather made it their goal to slaughter the other players for the keys / get to the keys first and then turtle up... and if you lose someone and there's a guy left you don't like your odds against... well... just invite them (they usually accept) since it is a completely mercenary atmosphere.
[SIT]
Ariochaotik
Ariochaotik 37
I was in a match where my teammate had a key and i didn't. We were the last 2 players left. He missed going through the portal, and we had to fight to the death. If he had been a few seconds faster I would have won by default, and he would have made it through the portal for the win win. Instead, i had to kill him.
I've had great teamwork in there with some folks, and been backstabbed many times. Any gail is suspect. It doesn't really bother me, just makes me wonder how they are in real life. If it is blatant, and their name is memorable i take note. Maybe I shall reap vengeance on them later.
If they cried, I wouldn't know. But I never saw a single player ever appear from that event again after that. So either they changed their IGN, stopped playing, or make sure I am not on.
It's not like I cursed them out. You can't type like that in chat. Nope, I just took someone's word at face value and it cost me.
Any game mode that encourages deceit is one for the record books as either brilliant, or just plain terrible.
You are free to decide that. LOL 🤣
I don't feel the same. I hate it when a player backstabs me for his own advantage. I also hate betraying other players for my own advantage and it doesn't feel right to do so.
Then I would suggest not playing this game mode and simply ignore it until it ends for this year. Betrayal is a large part of the match. You have to be ready to defend yourself from your new found friend at any time. If they are going to turn on you (and many will), the only way for you to live, is to kill them first.
Well, it looks like I'll ignore this game mode. It's a shame because it has so much potential.
Let's say you are in a fps shooter, and every time you log in, I am on enemy team dropping you with head shot. I do it day in, day out. Every time only you, head shot, you are dropped.
Head shot, head shot.
You probably think that is wayyyy tooo seriously funny.
But the bullet goes in the top ridge of your nose 👃. Every time, the face.
Every time you log in.
Now, do you think that is okay behavior?
Because, I don't. That's too personal.
But it is why I don't like to play fps shooter games anymore. Eventually, someone thinks you are making it personal. But it is only because the bullet, a digital one, ends up, when I pull the trigger.
No, it starts innocently as fun. But as soon as you realize the hurt you are doing, you have to stop.
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Scrublands (#1 Martin Scarsden)
Author(s): Chris Hammer
Winner of the New Blood Dagger Award
In the vein of The Dry and Before the Fall, a town's dark secrets come to light in the aftermath of a young priest's unthinkable last act in this arresting and searing debut thriller.In Riversend, an isolated rural community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable, killing five parishioners before being taken down himself. A year later, accompanied by his own demons from war-time reporting, journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend. His assignment is simple: describe how the townspeople are coping as the anniversary of their tragedy approaches. But as Martin meets the locals and hears their version of events, he begins to realize that the accepted wisdom--that the priest was a pedophile whose imminent exposure was the catalyst for the shooting, a theory established through an award-winning investigation by Martin's own newspaper--may be wrong. Just as Martin believes he's making headway, a new development rocks the town. The bodies of two German backpackers--missing since the time of the church shootings--are discovered in a dam in the scrublands, deserted backwoods marked by forest fires. As the media flocks to the scene, Martin finds himself thrown into a whole new mystery. What was the real reason behind the priest's shooting spree? And how does it connect to the backpacker murders, if at all? Martin struggles to uncover the town's dark secrets, putting his job, his mental state, and his life at risk as more and more strange happenings escalate around him. For fans of James Lee Burke, Jane Harper, and Robert Crais, Scrublands is a compelling and original crime novel that marks Chris Hammer as a stunning new voice in the genre. A compulsively readable thriller of the highest order, Scrublands never loosens its grip, from its opening scene to the very last page.
Winner CWA John Creasey New Blood 2019
Shortlisted ABIA Awards General Fiction Book of the Year 2019
Shortlisted Indie Book Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year 2019
Author : Chris Hammer
Dewey classification : 823/.92
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The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests was founded on the belief that bringing people together to save open spaces can result in truly great things. The Forest Society works collaboratively with myriad businesses, communities and government agencies to protect land, pass critical conservation legislation, promote good forestry, and educate the public. The following is a list of some of our partners and their websites:
Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
Since the very founding of the Forest Society in 1901, we have partnered with the AMC on numerous issues, especially those focused on the White Mountain National Forest.
Audubon Society of New Hampshire (ASNH)
We work with ASNH on numerous projects, including the Citizens for N.H. Land and Community Heritage, Something Wild weekly radio series, and the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership.
The Fells/John Hay National Wildlife Refuge
This local group co-sponsors field trips, events and other programs with our staff at the John Hay Land Studies Center in Newbury.
GoodWork NH
This nonprofit organization leases Carey Cottage at Creek Farm and acts as an incubator for nonprofits in the space.
Gundalow Company
This nonprofit organization operates summer camps and afterschool programs from our Creek Farm reservation.
Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP)
Beginning in 1998, the Forest Society led a broad-based coalition that ultimately brought about legislative passage and funding of LCHIP in 2000. The program provides state matching grants in support of community land conservation and historic preservation projects.
As the state's largest land trust, the Forest Society is a member of this national umbrella organization for land trusts.
Monadnocktrails.com
This website provides information for hiking Mount Monadnock, including trail descriptions, maps, and information about vegetation, fauna, history, and geology, as well as many photos.
New Hampshire Division of Forests & Lands
Since the early 1900s, the Forest Society has worked closely with the Division of Forests & Lands and its predecessors to ensure the protection of our forests.
New Hampshire Fish & Game Department
The Forest Society has worked with this state agency for years on a variety of habitat protection initiatives.
New Hampshire Historical Society (NHHS)
The Forest Society co-sponsored a major exhibit at NHHS's Museum of New Hampshire History in Concord, focusing on 100 years of land use history in the state.
New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau
A program of the New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands, the New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau finds, tracks, and facilitates the protection of the state's rare plants and exemplary natural communities. The Forest Society relies heavily on the program in our land protection and research departments.
New Hampshire Preservation Alliance
A non-profit dedicated to preserving the state's historic landscapes, the Preservation Alliance is a key partner in the Citizens for N.H. Land & Community Heritage program.
New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR)
In cooperation with the Audubon Society of N.H., the Forest Society and NHPR co-produce a two-minute weekly natural history radio program called "Something Wild."
New Hampshire Sunday News
Forest Society staff share their "Forest Journal" twice a month in theNew Hampshire Sunday News.
New Hampshire Timberland Owner's Association (NHTOA)
The Forest Society helped establish NHTOA to address forest landowners' concerns and issues. NHTOA is based at the Conservation Center in Concord.
Northern Forest Center
The Northern Forest Center works to build a public consensus to conserve and enhance the cultural, civic, economic, and ecological wealth of the Northern Forest. The Forest Society is a co-sponsor of the Center's annual conference.
Project Learning Tree New Hampshire (PLT)
The Forest Society hosts PLT New Hampshire and serves on its advisory committee.
The Nature Conservancy – New Hampshire Chapter (TNC-NH)
The Forest Society has partnered with TNC-NH on a number of land protection projects and on one of our research reports, New Hampshire's Changing Landscape.
Trailwrights
Trailwrights, an all-volunteer non-profit organization, has been a partner with the Forest Society for 25 years. Working throughout northern New England, they provide a full range of trail related services from basic trail maintenance to trail design and specialized construction, consulting services for trail system development and maintainance, and skill training for other volunteers.
Trust for Public Land
This national land trust has been a key partner for the Forest Society on numerous large land protection projects including the Connecticut Headwaters and Lake Umbagog; as well as additions to the White Mountain National Forest, including Bretton Woods, Lake Tarleton, and Pond of Safety.
UNH Cooperative Extension
Cooperative extension educators have helped out in many Forest Society programs. The two organizations co-serve on many projects and committees in New Hampshire's natural resource community.
WeeksActLegacy.org
WeeksActLegacy.org celebrates the centennial of the legislation that enabled the acquisition of over 19 million acres in 124 national forests, spanning 42 states, including the White Mountain National Forest. The Weeks Act Legacy Trail is a 100-mile driving tour, a self-guided interpretive “trail” to 40 different sites that interpret the natural and cultural history and political history of the creation of the WMNF.
White Mountain National Forest (WMNF)
Founded in 1901 to protect the White Mountains, the Forest Society's history is closely tied to the WMNF. With Congress's passage of the Weeks Act in 1911, WMNF was established, permanently conserving 788,000 acres of land in New Hampshire and Maine.
This is only a partial list of all the partnerships we have enjoyed since 1901. If your organization is interested in a listing, please email webmaster@forestsociety.org for more information.
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests54 Portsmouth St.Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603.224.9945Fax: 603.228.0423info@forestsociety.org
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Media Release by The Hon Mal Brough MP
Brough calls on Beattie to go further with Indigenous agenda
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie’s support for shared responsibility agreements with Cape York Indigenous communities is a welcome development," Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough, said today.
"The Australian Government has been working cooperatively with the states on shared responsibility agreements (SRAs) and the latest comments from the Queensland Premier indicate that he recognises the problems in Indigenous communities and that the SRA approach can be an effective tool in tackling them.
"The Australian Government will continue to work cooperatively with the Queensland Government and would be only too happy to sit down and discuss what we can contribute to the SRA, if it is proposing real solutions.
"I’m particularly pleased that Mr Beattie now seeks my involvement given that late last year he agreed to, but subsequently declined, a meeting with me to discuss Indigenous issues. However, these discussions cannot wait until April, as Mr Beattie suggests. I am currently seeking a meeting with Mr Beattie for this Friday, as soon as I return from Parliament.
"My focus in discussions with Mr Beattie will be to encourage him to get serious about tackling the toughest issues, particularly land tenure.
"Until this critical issue is seriously addressed, there can only be incremental improvement in these communities.
"Fundamental land reform is imperative to opening up opportunities for Indigenous people. It is only by providing Indigenous people with purpose and the real potential for a positive future that problems such as alcohol and other substance abuse can be seriously tackled.
"People living in many remote communities are currently denied individual property rights. Why should they not have the same opportunity as other Australians to own their own homes and businesses?
"Queensland should look closely at the Australian Government’s amendments to the NT Land Rights Act as a possible way forward.
"Land tenure is an issue that should be high on the Premier’s agenda for tackling disadvantage in Indigenous communities in Queensland and the Australian Government stands ready to assist."
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Chane 752 MTM Review
BTJ how did the 2 752s sound compared to your 3 a2.4s with movie's and tv? I'm considering the 752 instead of 3 a2.4s
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Originally posted by Mrx1929 View Post
From my review:
”In comparing it to the A2.4 (or any of the A series models as they are pretty homogeneous at this '.5' stage of tuning), it's better. In technical terms, it's actually ome of the flattest on-axis designs Jon has yet made, but that's got nothing to do with why it sounds better (kinda gilding the lily at this point).
Blacker backgrounds bring forth smoother and yet even more detailed mids and highs. This effortless sense of dynamic reserves and a simply cavernous sense of space, but the stratification of sonic sources within that space is actually very good as well. Jon's been making great imaging for a long time now. But this is the next step. The sense of looking down a hallway....often like peering into a cathedral...is repeated and shocking. Obviously, not on every song and this is highly dependent upon the resolving power of your system. I don't mean to sound like an elitist, but I wouldn't expect this via a lowly AVR. Not everything sounds the same. Not up for debate.
Back to the 752's. This ultra-black background is such a contrast to the A Series, and most other speakers you've heard, that it nearly sounds as if the spectral tilt isn't quite right....as if they are too dark. But they're not; they're flat on-axis. I would guess that the distortion is just below a certain threshold at virtually any normal level that they only seem that way. However, what this really worked out to mean was that you could listen to these at really insane SPLs, for absurdly long periods of time, without ANY fatigue. At all. None. You never felt like you were wanting for detail. I certainly didn't.”
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BTJ
PLEASE FEED THE L CROWD
We want to hear your review to help us through our waiting. Your thoughts on anything L as you may be the only one other than Jon to listen to them.
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