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Howard Gold's No-Nonsense Investing
Individual investors are destroying their wealth
Howard Gold
Commentary: 7 sins that individual investors commit
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — OK, individual investors, do me a favor: go to the mirror and take a good, long look.
Now tell me honestly that you really know what you’re doing with your money.
Not too many of you left? I thought not.
Two huge bear markets, a housing depression, a financial crisis, and sudden market blowups from the flash crash to the Facebomb have sent investors fleeing in terror from stocks, which seemed to offer the promise of easy riches in the 1990s.
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But I also suspect many people have realized that investing — or at least active investing — just isn’t for them.
That wouldn’t be surprising, given the findings of a 2011 study by two leading academic experts on individual investors’ behavior.
Brad Barber of UC Davis and his colleague Terrance Odean of Berkeley examined nearly the entire body of research on how individuals invest, covering more than 40 studies. Read the report on the missteps of individual investors.
This is much more than the usual “review of the literature”; it’s a painful catalogue of how individual investors make every mistake in the book and wind up either losing money or badly trailing no-brainer index funds.
Among the various sins that investors commit — and which cost them dearly — are:
•Trading too much, incurring big fees that more than wipe out their gains
•Selling winners while clinging to losers
•Focusing too much on individual stocks and not diversifying their portfolios enough
•Falling for stocks that get extensive media coverage or are trading near their highs
•Engaging in thrill-seeking behavior that confuses investing with speculation or gambling
•Trading or investing in financial instruments they don’t understand
•And, finally, despite all of the above, believing in their own superior investing ability
This is not everybody, of course — just the vast majority of those who try to actively manage or trade their own money.
Examining a huge database of trades made in Taiwan from 1992 to 2006, Barber and Odean and two colleagues concluded that though the best traders could beat the market after transaction costs, “other investors underperform appropriate benchmarks by a bit more than…3.6% annually…after costs, with about half of the shortfall being traced to trading costs and half to bad stock selection.”
And how many of those “best traders” beat the market after expenses? 10%? 20%? Actually, Barber told me, it’s closer to 1%. Pathetic.
Obviously too much trading racks up fees that make it harder to match the return of low-cost index funds. But individual investors also are very bad stock pickers.
Read Gold’s take on why individual investors shouldn’t buy individual stocks on MoneyShow.com.
They tend to focus on glitzy stocks that make for good cocktail party conversation rather than companies that produce solid earnings and hike their dividends regularly. Bragging about that would put your neighbors to sleep out of sheer boredom — the “boredom” of getting richer every year. And you have to buy many individual stocks to get the diversification you’d get from an index fund.
Here the media can play a destructive role. Some publications and advisory services make their livings pushing individual stocks; others are perpetual hype machines. But concentrating on glamorous stocks adds an enormous amount of risk. Exhibit A: the Facebook Inc. US:FB IPO.
Behavioral economists say too many people use investing as entertainment. (Wouldn’t a good movie be a lot cheaper?) A Finnish study showed people who get speeding tickets tend to be more aggressive traders, while a German study found that “trading competes with [gambling and] other activities for the attention of sensation-seeking investors.” In Taiwan, “trading by individual investors declines during periods with unusually large lottery jackpots.”
Unsophisticated investors — the vast majority — are particularly susceptible to speculating in assets they don’t understand, like options. “Most investors incur substantial losses on their option investments, which are much larger than the losses from equity trading,” wrote three Dutch researchers.
I would throw into this group the many people — I meet them all the time — who are “investing” in double- and triple- leveraged exchange-traded funds, which I dubbed the worst investment ever.
Read Gold’s analysis of why leveraged ETFs are so bad for investors in MoneyShow.com.
I haven’t met a single person who uses them properly — to hedge other positions for a day or less. Almost everybody I’ve talked to has held them for weeks and months, almost guaranteeing deep losses.
But it’s probably hopeless to try to persuade people like this, because they actually believe they’re superior investors, despite all evidence to the contrary. Maybe it’s like Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average.
This overconfidence may be the single biggest stumbling block, Barber told me. “It often leads us to trade more than otherwise would be prudent,” he said.
“Human beings have built up mechanisms for making decisions that don’t serve us well in…investing,” he continued. “I don’t think that these tendencies are insurmountable…, but I think the jury’s out on whether we can move the dial.”
Read Gold’s post on the big weakness in President Obama’s campaign even after his strong second debate on The Independent Agenda.
There are some signs of progress. Fewer people own big chunks of their employers’ stock now. Equity index funds represented 16.4% of equity mutual funds’ total assets in 2011, up from 6.6% in 1997. Index funds and ETFs, which are also based on indexes, now each account for $1 trillion in investors’ assets.
And a diversified mixture of those should be the core of everyone’s portfolio, says Barber. I agree. If you have the money, you might peel off 10% of your investing assets to indulge yourself in individual stocks, ETFs or what have you. But do it because you like it, not because it’s going to make you money. Because most likely, it won’t.
Howard R. Gold is editor at large forMoneyShow.comand a columnist at MarketWatch. Follow him on Twitter @howardrgold and catch his coverage of the 2012 presidential election at www.independentagenda.com.
Yes, you can become a millionaire farmer
“‘If you want to become rich,” Jim Rogers, investment whiz, best-selling author and one of Wall Street’s towering personalities, has this advice: Become a farmer.”
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Howard Gold writes the "No-Nonsense Investing" column for MarketWatch. Follow him on Twitter @howardrgold.
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Oasis of Hope in Playas de Tijuana – Mexico
Oasis of Hope is a modern, full-service hospital in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico which has been delivering quality healthcare services for more than 50 years. Medical Tourism Corporation has partnered with the hospital for weight loss surgery in TJ. It is a stone’s throw away from the beach area in Playas.
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Elijah Longwell @elilongelilongwell
Dice Games • Fantasy Board Games • Fighting Board Games • Medieval Board Games
Dragoon Review – Burn Baby Burn!
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a dragon, stomping and burning down villages? Read our review of Dragoon to find out!
Dragons have always been a staple within the world of gaming. Some may remember the first time they gave Dungeons and Dragons a try, while others will be more likely to reminisce over their encounters with legendary dragons in Skyrim. Still, in the midst of this cultural permeation, we often approach the story of a dragon from the hero/dragon slayer’s perspective. Rarely do we solely approach something from the dragon’s perspective. Luckily, there are a few gems out there that do just that.
Enter Dragoon.
A review copy of Dragoon was provided at no cost from Lay Waste Games.
In Dragoon, 2-4 players take the role of a dragon who is bent on damage, destruction, and (of course) collecting gold. Each player will be taking turns venturing out across the board in hopes of claiming cities and villages that will slowly gain them gold, destroying cities and villages that will give them an immediate boost of gold, or seeking out the thief in order to reclaim stolen gold. The game plays out one round at a time (with each player taking one turn each round). In between rounds, players populate the board with new/upgraded cities and villages. This cycle continues until one player gains 50 gold to secure the victory.
Each player takes a set of player tokens of a single color. Depending on the number of players, they will each place their starting cave and dragon on a specific area of the map. Each player’s dragon skull token will be placed on the 0 mark on the scoring track alongside the thief’s skull token. Once the board is set up, each player is dealt three special action cards and the game begins!
The Population Phase
The first thing players will do each round is populate the board. One player will roll both dice (one representing the X axis and one representing the Y) a number of times equal to the number of players +1 and place a village tile in each rolled coordinate. If a village tile is already present, it is flipped into a city tile. If a city tile is already present or the coordinate is that of a dragon’s cave, no tile is placed and the thief token is moved up 3 spaces on the gold track.
The Action Phase
The second phase of each round is the Action Phase. In this phase each player takes a turn and is given three actions to help advance themselves forward. There are a total of eight actions that a player can take, which may seem overwhelming, but they are simple enough. Players can use actions to move around the board, destroy city/village tiles, gain control of tiles by placing totems, steal gold from other players or the thief, and draw cards. Additionally, players can play as many cards as they like, but that is more of a free action.
During the action phase, players will be trying to keep control of their current cities in addition to finding other ways to gain gold. Some will play more aggressively and fly around destroying cities and villages while others will try to be sneaky and steal gold from other players. Destroyed villages gain the player 2 points while destroyed cities gain 4. Players who choose to loot other player’s caves can roll a die and steal the amount of gold rolled. But they’ll lose 3 gold of their own and will be sent back to their cave if they do not escape their opponent’s cave by the end of the round. Players who take the sneaky approach and go after the thief will have the option of rolling a die to steal some gold directly from the thief. Additionally, players who enter the same space engage in combat by rolling a die to see who has the highest number. The losing player returns to their cave and loses three gold to the winning player.
The Tribute Phase
The final phase of the game is the Tribute Phase. During this phase, all players will have the opportunity to gain even more gold by rolling to see their loot. Any player with a dragon on a tile that they control will automatically score as if they rolled a 3, 4, or 5. All other controlled tiles will gain gold or possibly lose totems based on the roll of a die. Rolling a 1 means that the player must discard one of their totems from a tile. A 2 means that no gold is gained. Rolling a 3/4/5 means that the player will get 1 gold for a village and 3 gold for a city, while rolling a 6 will give 2 gold for a village and 4 for a city.
One of the largest ways to get points in the game is by building a large amount of totems across the board. With a large amount of tiles, a player can gain many points. One thing to note is that when a player ends with his dragon on another player’s tile, that tile does not score any points.
First off, the components in Dragoon are some of the best components of any game I’ve reviewed. All of the player pieces (and the dice!) are made of shiny metals. They are weighty and just feel great to plunk around the board. Oh, and the board is a beautiful, thick cloth that folds out on the table to reveal a colorfully illustrated board. All of the art across the rules, cards, and board really stands out with an attractive color scheme and eye catching visuals. Nick Nazzaro did a fantastic job with building the theme into the art. Seriously, this game is beautiful and is a looker. I was intrigued just from my first glance at it.
(note: we were given a copy of the deluxe edition with the metal pieces. I can not comment on the standard edition’s components, though the art is still the same.)
Still, a game is more than just its looks.
Dragoon is in a weird spot. It is targeted toward gamers, but includes a lot of randomness. Many gamers have become adverse to pure randomness created by dice in games. Before playing this one, I was quite worried that the combat, along with other things, would be completely ruined by the dice. Surprisingly, combat was such a rare thing that it really wasn’t a bother. The dice do randomly distribute tiles, though, which can sway the game in favor of the player closest to them. Honestly, this didn’t bother me too much since the players would self balance it for the most part by not letting a single player control too many plots.
Another point of randomness comes in with the special action cards. Each player gets to draw one card per turn, but can spend actions to draw extras. Overall, I thought the cards were pretty interesting and varied. They allowed you to do things like destroying adjacent tiles, moving extra spaces, and taking extra actions. Still, I can’t help but think that our game could have gone much differently depending on the cards each player drew.
I guess the idea that randomness kills fun isn’t necessarily a hard and fast rule. Dragoon does have a lot of random attributes, but it is still reactive enough for players to be able to consider their actions and work around the randomness. The cards also add a little bit of risk mitigation by guaranteeing certain aspects that would normally be random. Ultimately, we still had fun with the game but I can see how it would be offputting for some players.
All things considered, there is just something special about stomping around a map as a dragon and destroying/claiming everything in sight. Dragoon isn’t perfect, but it is still fun. Would I recommend it to most hardcore gamers who are playing deep eurogames at their game nights? Probably not, but I think there is still a place for it. For new gamers, families, and younger players alike, Dragoon certainly tickles a special fancy with its enticing art and beautiful components and I think it could be a good fit for those players.
Be sure to check out Dragoon on Kickstarter right now!
What do you think about Dragoon? Give us your opinions about what you like and/or dislike about the game in the comments below!
Dragoon details
Designer: Jake Given, Jonathan Ritter-Roderick, Zach Given
Artists: Nick Nazzaro
Publishers: Lay Waste Games
Time range : 30 - 60 minutes
Mechanism(s): Action Point Allowance System, Area Control / Area Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Tile Placement
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Gen Con Journal Pt. 2 – The Games
Recruiter by day, board game enthusiast by night. Despite controversy, i’m a firm believer that collecting can be just as fun as playing games. My favorite aspect of the board gaming hobby is its ability to bring people together in a meaningful way.
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Families come out in force for Cranbrook fun run
Philippa Davies
Published: 8:28 AM September 12, 2019 Updated: 11:44 AM November 7, 2020
Councillor Sam Hawkins, who took part in the run. Picture: Ray Bloxham - Credit: Archant
A run in the sun in Cranbrook’s country park attracted hundreds of people.
A run in the sun in Cranbrook. Picture: Ray Bloxham - Credit: Archant
Two races took place on Saturday, September 7: juniors over two kilometres, and seniors over five kilometres.
The annual family event is organised by Matt Rowett from Exeter College running club, which is based in Cranbrook.
Among the 200-odd runners was town councillor Sam Hawkins.
He said: "Matt and the running club did a fantastic job organising the event once again this year.
People of all ages took part in the run. Picture: Ray Bloxham - Credit: Archant
"It has provided a fantastic opportunity to enjoy our country park and show it off to visitors.
"I'm already looking forward to next year.
"Matt and the club should be very proud of what they have achieved here.
"It's great we have things like this organised in our community."
Around 200 people took part in the run. Picture: Ray Bloxham - Credit: Archant
The run was supported by Linden Homes and Cranbrook Town Council.
County councillors Ray Bloxham and Sara Randall Johnson also contributed, from their locality budgets.
The event was raising funds for the town council's charity of the year, Action for Children.
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Renewed hopes in bid to save Colyton PO
Published: 10:19 AM June 15, 2011 Updated: 11:15 AM November 7, 2020
Long-closed town centre shop could be ideal location for replacement service
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Colyton Post Office may have been thrown a lifeline.
An empty shop in the town centre has been identified as a suitable new home for the service, when R D Hibberd’s Stores finally closes, probably on June 22.
The former leather shop, almost opposite – which shut several years ago – is now being marketed by business transfer agents, Everett Masson and Furby.
They say: “An opportunity now exists to acquire the goodwill and assets of R D Hibberd and Son as well as establishing a brand new Post Office Local outlet in newly identified premises, ensuring the continuity of this popular service to the loyal local community.
“With such a sound following, considerable scope exits for new owners to develop the business and build on the current levels of successful trade through the introduction of additional retail lines.”
A spokeswoman for Colyton’s Save Our Post Office welcomed the move.
She said: “We are very excited by this proposal and do hope that a buyer can be found. It is a great opportunity for someone to come and enjoy the community spirit in Colyton.
“Post Office Ltd are working really hard to find an interim solution so that we still have a PO service while the permanent solution is being found.
“We do encourage everyone to continue using the Colyton PO during this time of change.”
Interested parties should contact Everett Masson and Furby on 01404 813762 or visit www.emfgroup.com
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Chirurgia 2015 December;28(6):217-20
Risk factors for postoperative hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy
Özkardeş A. B. 1, Kahramanca Ş. 2, Özgehan G. 1, İrem B. 1, Küçükpinar T. 1, Kargici H. 1
1 Clinic of General Surgery, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; 2 Clinic of General Surgery, Kars State Hospital, Kars, Turkey
AIM: We aimed to determine the prevalence and and risk factors for postoperative hypocalcemia in patients who underwent thyroidectomy.
METHODS: A total of 271 patients (mean age, 46.21±12.50 years; female/male ratio, 229/42) who underwent thyroidectomy were divided retrospectively into two groups according to whether or not they developed hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy.
RESULTS: Of the 271 patients, 74 (27.3%) have developed hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy. The fine-needle aspiration biopsy, preoperative thyroiditis, malignancy, and accompanying neck dissection surgery were more common among patients with postoperative hypocalcemia (P<0.05 for all). In multivariate analysis, thyroiditis was not a significant predictor for postoperative hypocalcemia (P=0.228). The weight of the excised thyroid gland was significantly higher in patients with postoperative hypocalcemia (P=0.005).
CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the patients undergoing thyroidectomy have a high risk of developing postoperative hypocalcemia. The fine-needle aspiration biopsy, malignancy, neck dissection surgery and increased weight of the excised thyroid gland are risk factors for hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy.
Özkardeş AB, Kahramanca Ş, Özgehan G, İrem B, Küçükpinar T, Kargici H. Risk factors for postoperative hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy. Chirurgia 2015 December;28(6):217-20.
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From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from England to Ethiopia—9 countries, 72 host families, and over 3,500 miles of running—investigating unique cultural approaches to the sport and revealing the secrets to the success of runners all over the world. Fresh off a successful collegiate running career—with multiple NCAA All-American honors and two Olympic Trials qualifying marks to her name—Becky Wade was no stranger to international competition. But after years spent safely sticking to the training methods she knew, Becky was curious about how her counterparts in other countries approached the sport to which she’d dedicated over half of her life. So in 2012, as a recipient of the Watson Fellowship, she packed four pairs of running shoes, cleared her schedule for the year, and took off on a journey to infiltrate diverse running communities around the world. What she encountered far exceeded her expectations and changed her outlook into the sport she loved. Over the next twelve months—visiting 9 countries with unique and storied running histories, logging over 3,500 miles running over trails, tracks, sidewalks, and dirt roads—Becky explored the varied approaches of runners across the globe. Whether riding shotgun around the streets of London with Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt, climbing for an hour at daybreak to the top of Ethiopia’s Mount Entoto just to start her daily run, or getting lost jogging through the bustling streets of Tokyo, Becky’s unexpected adventures, keen insights, and landscape descriptions take the reader into the heartbeat of distance running around the world. Upon her return to the United States, she incorporated elements of the training styles she’d sampled into her own program, and her competitive career skyrocketed. When she made her marathon debut in 2013, winning the race in a blazing 2:30, she became the third-fastest woman marathoner under the age of 25 in U.S. history, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials and landing a professional sponsorship from Asics. From the feel-based approach to running that she learned from the Kenyans, to the grueling uphill workouts she adopted from the Swiss, to the injury-recovery methods she learned from the Japanese, Becky shares the secrets to success from runners and coaches around the world. The story of one athlete’s fascinating journey, Run the World is also a call to change the way we approach the world’s most natural and inclusive sport.
Girls Who Run The World 31 Ceos Who Mean Business
Author : Diana Kapp
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
Part biography, part business how-to, and fully empowering, this book is the perfect gift for future entrepenuers...because you're never too young to dream BIG! With colorful portraits, fun interviews and DIY tips, Girls Who Run the World features the success stories of 31 leading ladies today of companies like Rent the Runway, PopSugar, and Soul Cycle. Girls run biotech companies. Girls run online fashion sites. Girls run environmental enterprises. They are creative. They are inventive. They mean business. Girls run the world. This collection gives girls of all ages the tools they need to follow their passions, turn ideas into reality and break barriers in the business world. INCLUDES: Jenn Hyman, Rent the Runway Sara Blakely, Spanx Emma Mcilroy, Wildfang Katrina Lake, Stitch Fix Natasha Case, Coolhaus Diane Campbell, The Candy Store Kara Goldin, Hint Water Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe Rachel Haurwitz, Caribou Bioscience Nina Tandon, EpiBone Jessica Matthews, Uncharted Power Jane Chen, Embrace Emily Núñez Cavness, Sword & Plough Hannah Lavon, Pals Leslie Blodgett, Bare Escentuals/Bare Minerals Katia Beauchamp, Birchbox Emily Weiss, Glossier Christina Stembel, Farmgirl Flowers Mariam Naficy, Minted Maci Peterson, On Second Thought Stephanie Lampkin, Blendoor Sarah Leary, Nextdoor Amber Venz, RewardStyle Lisa Sugar, Pop Sugar Beatriz Acevedo, MiTu network Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler, Soul Cycle Suzy Batiz, Poo-Pourri Tina Sharkey, Brandless Jesse Genet, Lumi Tracy Young, Plan Grid
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How To Run The World
Author : Parag Khanna
Genre : Political Science
Outlines a provocative approach to diplomacy that addresses the needs of today's globalized world, covering issues ranging from economic imbalance and environmental stress with recommendations for specific actions to unify the resources of governments, corporations and civic groups.
Here is a stunning and provocative guide to the future of international relations—a system for managing global problems beyond the stalemates of business versus government, East versus West, rich versus poor, democracy versus authoritarianism, free markets versus state capitalism. Written by the most esteemed and innovative adventurer-scholar of his generation, Parag Khanna’s How to Run the World posits a chaotic modern era that resembles the Middle Ages, with Asian empires, Western militaries, Middle Eastern sheikhdoms, magnetic city-states, wealthy multinational corporations, elite clans, religious zealots, tribal hordes, and potent media seething in an ever more unpredictable and dangerous storm. But just as that initial “dark age” ended with the Renaissance, Khanna believes that our time can become a great and enlightened age as well—only, though, if we harness our technology and connectedness to forge new networks among governments, businesses, and civic interest groups to tackle the crises of today and avert those of tomorrow. With his trademark energy, intellect, and wit, Khanna reveals how a new “mega-diplomacy” consisting of coalitions among motivated technocrats, influential executives, super-philanthropists, cause-mopolitan activists, and everyday churchgoers can assemble the talent, pool the money, and deploy the resources to make the global economy fairer, rebuild failed states, combat terrorism, promote good governance, deliver food, water, health care, and education to those in need, and prevent environmental collapse. With examples taken from the smartest capital cities, most progressive boardrooms, and frontline NGOs, Khanna shows how mega-diplomacy is more than an ad hoc approach to running a world where no one is in charge—it is the playbook for creating a stable and self-correcting world for future generations. How to Run the World is the cutting-edge manifesto for diplomacy in a borderless world.
Can Girls Run The World
Author : Denice Martin-Thompson
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Can Girls Run the World? The time has come for you to confront the challenges of your life, paying special attention to your mind, body and spirit. It is time to heal yourself of past hurts and to acknowledge that you have the power to change your life. The journey of change begins today! It may be difficult at first, but after taking small steps, the quest will become easier. I believe that we possess personal power that will help us make small choices and big changes in our lives. This energy that lives inside will inspire us to change our thoughts, actions and relationships with ourselves and others. What you will need for this journey is simple. You will need a willing heart and a pen. This journal was created for you to write freely within its pages. After it is completed, it will testify about your emotional wellness and your readiness to live an empowered life.
When Women Run The World Sh T Gets Done
Author : Shelly Rachanow
Genre : Self-Help
The Perfect Gift for Women Ready to Change the World “This is a book about the power women have—and are using to help heal the broken bones of this beautiful world.” —Sherry Richert Belul, author of Say it Now: 33 Creative Ways to Say I Love You to the Most Important People in Your Life Packed with stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things, this book is a must-have for any woman who has ever dreamt of a better world. Be inspired by this compelling tour de force of sisterhood. Shelly Rachanow’s book is full of powerful, courageous women who are getting vitally important sh*t done. Dive into this empowering narrative and read about: • A trauma surgeon working to stem the epidemic of gun violence • A professor who ran for office to provide a better role model for her sons • An educator raising India’s poorest girls out of poverty • Teens fighting for clean water, inspiring future generations to continue their work • A group of firefighters training to trek across Antarctica, raising awareness for mental health and showing young girls that they are strong and can be anything they choose • Activists from around the world fighting the injustices of inequality and patriarchy One small action can inspire a movement. As these women have shown, a movement can change minds…and ultimately the world. If you enjoyed books like Badass Affirmations, Bad Girls Throughout History, The Book of Gutsy Women, or Made Out of Stars, then you’ll love When Women Run the World, Sh*t Gets Done.
Running The World
Author : David Rothkopf
Never before in the history of mankind have so few people had so much power over so many. The people at the top of the American national security establishment, the President and his principal advisors, the core team at the helm of the National Security Council, are without question the most powerful committee in the history of the world. Yet, in many respects, they are among the least understood. A former senior official in the Clinton Administration himself, David Rothkopf served with and knows personally many of the NSC's key players of the past twenty-five years. In Running the World he pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world to explore its inner workings, its people, their relationships, their contributions and the occasions when they have gone wrong. He traces the group's evolution from the final days of the Second World War to the post-Cold War realities of global terror -- exploring its triumphs, its human dramas and most recently, what many consider to be its breakdown at a time when we needed it most. Drawing on an extraordinary series of insider interviews with policy makers including Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, senior officials of the Bush Administration, and over 130 others, the book offers unprecedented insights into what must change if America is to maintain its unprecedented worldwide leadership in the decades ahead.
Who Really Runs The World
Author : Thom Burnett
The world is a mess. It’s constantly at war, things cost too much, and the average person struggles to survive against powers they can barely see, let alone control. It appears so at odds with common sense, in fact, that it begs a fundamental question: Who runs the world? This book looks at the conspiracies in everyday life, both hidden and not-so-hidden. It examines actual people, businesses, social networks, corporate alliances, and the dark forces of conspiracy and secret history that hold them together. The conclusions reached may shock and scandalize some people—especially those who fervently believe in democracy—but will fascinate everyone.
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Mary-Kay Wilmers, 6 August 1981
by Jean Strouse.
Cape, 367 pp., £9.95, February 1981, 0 224 01436 6Show More
The Death and Letters of Alice James
edited by Ruth Bernard Yeazell.
California, 214 pp., £6.95, March 1981, 0 520 03745 6Show More
“... admit what their father’s philosophy proscribed – the presence of evil in the James household. Jean Strouse, in her excellent biography of Alice, points out the difficulty that all this positive thinking caused James’s children: ‘To be innocent and good meant not to know the darker sides of one’s own nature. To love and be loved ... required the ...”
800 Napkins, 47 Finger Bowls
Zachary Leader, 16 March 2000
Morgan: American Financier
Harvill, 816 pp., £25, June 1999, 9781860463556Show More
“... lives are sacrificed to the voracious demands of his class?’ The answer was mostly no. Yet as Jean Strouse shows, Morgan was not a monster. What he was, in a way peculiar to his type, was unreflective, serenely confident in the saving virtues of market stability and steady productive growth. So sure was Morgan of the rightness – for ...”
Making sentences
Philip Horne, 21 November 1991
The Jameses: A Family Narrative
by R.W.B. Lewis.
Deutsch, 696 pp., £20, October 1991, 0 233 98748 7Show More
Meaning in Henry James
by Millicent Bell.
Harvard, 384 pp., £35.95, October 1991, 9780674557628Show More
“... has done it all, but a few have emerged from the shadow and achieved some stature of their own: Jean Strouse in Alice James: A Biography (1980); Ruth Bernard Yeazell in The Death and Letters of Alice James (1981); Howard Feinstein in Becoming William James (1984); Gerald Myers in William James: His Life and Thought (1986); Jane Maher in Biography of ...”
Hermione Lee: Boston Marriage, 24 May 2007
Between Women: Friendship, Desire and Marriage in Victorian England
by Sharon Marcus.
Princeton, 356 pp., £12.95, March 2007, 978 0 691 12835 1Show More
“... feelings about his sister’s ‘Boston marriage’ to Katharine Loring (brilliantly analysed by Jean Strouse in her book about Alice James). His darkly sardonic attitudes to female partnerships might have clouded the generally positive, fresh, pioneering spirit of Marcus’s book. But even if the acceptance of female marriage in the 19th century was ...”
Andrew O’Hagan: The Bournemouth Set, 21 May 2020
“... to do with England, she found her new life – her ‘career of invalidism’, as her biographer Jean Strouse puts it – quite workable. Once her brother had installed her in rooms at 40 Clarges Street, she didn’t leave her bed for nine weeks. The doctor ordered that her back be sponged with saltwater but could find no ‘organic trouble’. Yet ...”
Introspection and the Body
P.N. Johnson-Laird, 5 March 1987
William James: His Life and Thought
by Gerald Myers.
Yale, 628 pp., £30, October 1986, 0 300 03417 2Show More
“... a similar defence of William in his relations with Alice. Many of her troubles, according to Jean Strouse, her biographer, were William’s fault. He is supposed to have dominated her, to have flirted with her, and to have contributed by his engagement and marriage to her mental breakdown. There is no doubt about his affection for her, and no doubt ...”
Leaping on Tables
Norman Vance: Thomas Carlyle, 2 November 2000
by Thomas Carlyle, edited by Rodger Tarr and Mark Engel.
California, 774 pp., £38, April 2000, 0 520 20928 1Show More
“... a harsh reassessment. Carlyle had earlier translated the whimsical German Romantic novelist Jean Paul Richter, lyrical and discursive by turns, a major influence on Sartor Resartus, and Marx now noted and deplored the pervasive effect on Carlyle’s style of this ‘literary apothecary’. Anthony Trollope and Edward Fitzgerald thought Carlyle ...”
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Lubbock confirms 107 new coronavirus cases, more vaccinations for Phase 1A healthcare workers
Jayme Lozano
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
The City of Lubbock reported a second day of fewer new COVID-19 cases as 107 were confirmed along with 68 recoveries on Sunday.
No additional COVID-19 related deaths were reported for the second day this month. There have been a total of 524 deaths linked to the virus, according to data provided by the City of Lubbock Health Department.
There was a shortage of hospital beds between University Medical Center and Covenant Health, as 16 beds were needed. There were 18 beds open and fully-staffed, with 34 patients waiting.
There were 239 patients hospitalized on Sunday, with 78 of them being treated in the ICU.
In Trauma Service Area B, which includes Lubbock and 21 other counties, the amount of COVID-19 hospitalizations increased to 23.61 percent from 21.8 percent on Saturday.
There have been a total of 41,035 coronavirus cases confirmed in Lubbock County - 37,068 people have recovered, 524 people have died, and 3,443 cases are currently active.
The City of Lubbock Health Department will be administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Phase 1A Healthcare workers on Monday, according to a news release from the city.
The Texas Department of State Health Services defines Phase 1A workers in two tiers: Tier 1 are workers who are in direct contact with patients who are positive or at high-risk for COVID-19, long-term care staff working directly with vulnerable residents, EMS providers who engage in 9-1-1 emergency services, home healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities.
Tier 2 workers include staff in outpatient care settings who interact with symptomatic patients, direct care staff in freestanding emergency medical care facilities and urgent care clinics, community pharmacy staff who may provide direct services to clients, public health and emergency response staff directly involved in administering testing and vaccinations, school nurses, and last responders who provide mortuary or death services to decedents with COVID-19.
Any employees who are in any of the categories but their employer or place of business doesn't yet have a vaccine provider can call the health department at (806) 775-2933. The city will be receiving more vaccines in the coming weeks.
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Kickstarter for the Book Version of Barely Maps
Published on 29 August 2019 by Jonathan Crowe
Earlier this year I told you about Barely Maps, the minimalist map project undertaken by Peter Gorman, who in a series of posters reduced maps to their most cryptic and abstract state. He’s been selling prints on Etsy, but now Peter has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the next phase of his project: a book that collects 100 of his minimalist maps, along with the stories behind their creation.
Peter sent me a proof copy of the book. The cover is as minimalist as you might expect from such a project. The maps are familiar if you’ve been following the Barely Maps project: here they take up an entire right-hand page, with a brief description on the facing page.
Peter is using offset printing to produce this book, which requires a 250-copy minimum print run. Supporting the Kickstarter starts at $39, which gets you one copy of the book and free U.S. shipping. Higher tiers add map prints to the cart. As I write this post, the Kickstarter is about 88 percent of the way to its $10,000 goal.
Link•Categories Art•Tags books, cities, crowdfunding, Kickstarter
The Minimal Geography Atlas
Published on 15 February 2019 by Jonathan Crowe
Our friend Alejandro Polanco’s latest project is The Minimal Geography Atlas, a collection of 40 thematic maps.
In my work as a map designer and science writer, I have collected over the past two decades hundreds of curious stories related to cartography or geography. These stories have seen the light of day in the form of hundreds of articles in magazines and blogs, as well as in posters or maps of very diverse types. Now, I’ve decided to compile my best maps and lesser-known but interesting curiosities from all that material I’ve collected over the years. The result is this book, an atlas designed to awaken your curiosity. The thematic maps that I have selected are part of the ones that I have created in the last years, improving them and adapting them for this book.
Alejandro is currently running a Kickstarter for the book. €18 gets you the digital edition, €65 the print edition (in softcover).
Previously: Alejandro Polanco’s Minimal Geography; Alejandro Polanco’s Lost Worlds.
Link•Categories Uncategorised•Tags books, crowdfunding, Kickstarter
Crowdfunding a Book of James Niehues’s Ski Resort Art
Published on 12 December 2018 12 December 2018 by Jonathan Crowe
James Niehues, “Big Sky Resort,” 2013.
We’ve talked about James Niehues before: the legendary artist has painted hundreds of maps of ski resorts and recreational areas since the late 1980s. I was excited to learn that he’s producing a coffee table book that includes all of his maps. It’s being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Pledging $75 or more gets you a copy of the book; other pledge levels get you a high-quality print. Clearly there’s some interest: at the moment the project has raised more than $223,000 from nearly 2,000 backers, 28 times its target of $8,000, with three weeks still to go. [Kottke]
Previously: A Video Profile of James Niehues, Ski Resort Map Artist; James Niehues Passes the Torch; James Niehues’s Ski Resort Maps; James Niehues Profile.
Link•Categories Art, Sport & Recreation•Tags alpine, books, crowdfunding, Kickstarter, Niehues, painting, ski resorts, trail maps
Alejandro Polanco’s Minimal Geography
Our friend Alejandro Polanco has produced a nifty infographic poster map that is centred, for a change, on the Dymaxion projection. The central map is surrounded by lots of little inset maps and infographics. Called Minimal Geography, it’s available for sale via Kickstarter as a €6 digital download in two print sizes. A second reward level adds a full edition of Alejandro’s Maptorian.
Link•Categories Uncategorised•Tags Dymaxion map, infographics, Kickstarter, posters
Two Kickstarters
Published on 2 October 2017 2 October 2017 by Jonathan Crowe
Two recent map-related Kickstarter campaigns:
Modern Map Art Prints turns a map of a location of your choice into an abstract art print. Already funded.
Map on Table aims to create a small (42×42 cm) table made up of a laser-cut metal map of New York, London or the world mounted on wooden legs (see above). Not yet funded; campaign runs until 17 October.
[The Verge, Mapping London]
Link•Categories Art, Memorabilia•Tags crowdfunding, Kickstarter
One Metro World
Published on 2 October 2016 24 July 2018 by Jonathan Crowe
Over the past five years, designer Jug Cerović has produced 40 metro maps using a common, standardized design language. Now he’s launching a Kickstarter campaign to gather them all in a single collection, called One Metro World, in both book and mobile app form. The book in particular sounds lovely: hardbound, printed on quality paper, and with stories about each map—plus 15 of the maps get additional schematics “highlighting network peculiarities as well as map design choices.” [Mark Ovenden]
Previously: INAT London Metro Map.
Link•Categories Mobile, Transit•Tags books, cities, Jug Cerovic, Kickstarter
Sea Monster Shower Curtain
Published on 19 July 2016 9 February 2017 by Jonathan Crowe
Retired graphic designer Don Moyer is producing a sea monster shower curtain, inspired by the iconic beasties found on early modern European maps and based on a sea monster print he created last year. It’s a Kickstarter project, but since it’s already been funded, it’s definitely happening. So if your world map shower curtain is beginning to fray, here’s an alternative. [Mental Floss]
Link•Categories Memorabilia•Tags Kickstarter, sea monsters, shower curtains
Maptorian Plus Kickstarter Campaign Launched
Published on 4 March 2016 4 March 2016 by Jonathan Crowe
Three years ago Alejandro Polanco (who blogs about maps in Spanish at La Cartoteca) launched Maptorian, a collection of editable vector maps aimed at graphic designers, journalists, teachers, students and others who need to make maps, know how to use applications like Adobe Illustrator but don’t have a GIS background. Now a Kickstarter campaign has launched for the improved-expanded-updated sequel, Maptorian Plus. Read Alejandro’s post (in Spanish).
Link•Categories Cartography•Tags Illustrator, Kickstarter, map design, Maptorian
World Metro Map
Published on 15 January 2016 by Jonathan Crowe
The World Metro Map is a digital collage of every metro system and station—well, 214 systems and 11,924 stations—overlaid on top of one another. A Kickstarter project, it’s available as a poster in two different sizes. [via]
Link•Categories Transit•Tags Kickstarter, posters, wall maps
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Tag: portolan
First You Make the Maps
Published on 8 August 2019 by Jonathan Crowe
Portolan chart signed by Gabriel de Vallseca, ca. 1447. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Wikimedia Commons.
First You Make the Maps, a Story Map produced for Lapham’s Quarterly by Elizabeth Della Zazzera, surveys maps and mapmaking for sea navigation from the 15th through the 18th centuries.
From the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, European powers sent voyagers to lands farther and farther away from the continent in an expansionist period we now call the Age of Exploration. These journeys were propelled by religious fervor and fierce colonial sentiment—and an overall desire for new trade routes. They would not have been possible without the rise of modern cartography. While geographically accurate maps had existed before, the Age of Exploration saw the emergence of a sustained tradition of topographic surveying. Maps were being made specifically to guide travelers. Technology progressed quickly through the centuries, helping explorers and traders find their way to new imperial outposts—at least sometimes. On other occasions, hiccups in cartographic reasoning led their users even farther astray.
[Kottke]
Link•Categories Antique Maps•Tags history of cartography, history of navigation, portolan
GeoLounge Looks at Medieval Maps and Travel Guides
Published on 7 January 2019 by Jonathan Crowe
Over at GeoLounge, Caitlin has a brief and basic overview of medieval maps and travel guides, including T-O maps, travel guides for pilgrims, mappae mundi, and portolan charts. As she points out, only the last of these even attempted to be geographically accurate; the others had other purposes.
Link•Categories Antique Maps•Tags mappae mundi, portolan, T-O maps
The Avignon Chart
Though I haven’t seen it, the most recent issue of Maps and History reports on the discovery of a fragment of an early portolan chart in the departmental archives of the Vaucluse. The so-called Avignon Chart (Carte d’Avignon)1 dates to around 1300, making it one of the earlier portolan charts known to exist. If you can read French, the Brussels Map Circle’s website has a lengthy article about the chart by Jacques Mille and Paul Fermon that discusses, among other things, the chart’s provenance and how its approximate age was determined. (I don’t know whether this is the same article that appears in Maps and History.) [Tony Campbell]
Link•Categories Antique Maps•Tags 1300s, portolan
A Turkish Piri Reis Documentary Is Coming
Published on 5 July 2017 5 July 2017 by Jonathan Crowe
A Turkish filmmaker is working on a documentary about the life of Ottoman admiral and mapmaker Piri Reis, whose 1513 portolan chart, a fragment of which was rediscovered in 1929, claimed to draw upon ancient and contemporary sources, including Columbus. According to the Doğan News Agency story, the 75-minute film “will feature dramatic reconstructions starring actor Mehmet Günsur as Piri Reis, Riccardo Scamarcio as Christopher Columbus and actress Deniz Özdoğan. Can Atill will reportedly compose the music for the film.” If you can read Turkish, the website of the filmmaker, Gülsah Çeliker, is here; the movie’s website is here. The documentary is supposed to be finished by the end of the year. [WMS]
Link•Categories Antique Maps, Movies and Television•Tags 1500s, Ottoman Empire, Piri Reis, portolan, Turkey
Maggiolo Planisphere of 1531 to be Auctioned
Vesconte Maggiolo Planiphere of 1531. Daniel Crouch Rare Books.
A 16th-century portolan chart is being auctioned later this month at TEFAF New York. “The map, which was created by a Genoese cartographer named Vesconte Maggiolo in 1531, is one of the first depictions of America’s eastern seaboard. It’s also the first (extant) map, ever, to show New York harbor,” Bloomberg’s James Tarmy writes. The asking price is $10 million—which would tie it with the Library of Congress’s copy of the Waldseemüller map as the most expensive map ever. The seller, Daniel Crouch Rare Books, has produced a detailed, lavishly illustrated 56-page booklet befitting a map with an eight-figure asking price. [WMS]
Link•Categories Antique Maps•Tags 1500s, auctions, collecting, portolan
International Workshop on Portolan Charts
Vesconte Maggiolo, Portolan chart, 1541. Kartenabteilung der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Reproduced from Wikimedia Commons.
The program for the First International Workshop on the Origin and Evolution of Portolan Charts, which takes place 5-6 June 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal, is now live. The conference focuses on the history of portolan charts and the analytical techniques used to study them. [via]
Link•Categories Antique Maps, Conferences•Tags academe, portolan
More Map Books
Published on 17 January 2014 12 November 2017 by Jonathan Crowe
Here are some map books that I recently found out about:
Mr. Selden’s Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer by Timothy Brook (Bloomsbury Press/House of Anansi Press/Profile Books, 9/13). A book-length study of the enigmatic Selden Map of China, donated to the Bodleian Library in 1659 and only rediscovered in 2009. (Amazon)
The Golden Age of Maritime Maps: When Europe Discovered the World by Catherine Hoffman, Hélène Richard and Emmanuelle Vagnon (Firefly Books, 9/13). One of those big, illustrated books of old maps; this one looks at portolan charts. It’s an English translation of L’Âge d’or des cartes marines. (Amazon)
Maps of Paradise by Alessandro Scafi (University of Chicago Press, 11/13). Explores “the diverse ways in which scholars and mapmakers from the eighth to the twenty-first century rose to the challenge of identifying the location of paradise on a map, despite the certain knowledge that it was beyond human reach.” (Amazon)
The International Atlas of Mars Exploration: The First Five Decades, 1953 to 2003 by Philip J. Stooke (Cambridge University Press, 9/12). The first of two volumes (the second will be subtitled Spirit to Curiosity) that maps the extent of exploration by orbiters and landers. (Amazon, author’s page)
Link•Categories Antique Maps, Astronomy, Imaginary Maps•Tags books, Mars, paradise, portolan, Selden Map
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Most Read: Contributor United States, May 2020
United States: Can We Finally Retire The Notions Of Construing The FLSA's Overtime Provisions Broadly But Its Exemptions Narrowly?
by Noah A. Finkel , Colton D. Long , Kyle Petersen and John Giovannone
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Seyfarth Synopsis: FLSA cases holding against employers typically invoke a canon of construction that the FLSA should be construed broadly, and any of its exemptions narrowly. But a study of the roots of this language shows that the canon has a dubious foundation and that it tends to be applied inconsistently to justify a result.
As our readers saw earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit recently issued a decision in McKeen-Chaplin v. Provident Bank, turning the traditional administrative vs. production dichotomy of the administrative exemption on its head. In Provident Bank, the Ninth Circuit held that the bank's mortgage underwriters are not exempt because their duties go to the heart of marketplace offerings rather than the administration of the bank's business. In our view, that decision wrongly interpreted the administrative vs. production dichotomy and parted ways with the Sixth Circuit's sound 2015 decision in Lutz v. Huntington Bank.
One additional point caught our eye: the prefatory language the Ninth Circuit used in Provident Bank in arriving at its conclusion that the administrative exemption did not apply. Indeed, the Ninth Circuit's holding could have been predicted at the very beginning of the Court's analysis. There, before even interpreting the administrative exemption, the court cleared its throat with a series of pronouncements we see all too frequently in FLSA jurisprudence: "exemptions" the pronouncement goes, "are to be construed narrowly," and must be "withheld except as to persons plainly and unmistakably within their terms and spirit." The Ninth Circuit hearkened back to this language later in its opinion as well.
But while exemptions must be construed narrowly, the quotation continues, the FLSA as a whole "is to be liberally construed to apply to the furthest reaches consistent with Congressional direction." This language is not unique; it appears in most, though not all, FLSA administrative exemption cases, and variants of it appear in other FLSA contexts, usually in those opinions permitting FLSA cases to move forward. Earlier this summer, for instance, the Sixth Circuit rejected an employer's decertification effort by first explaining that "Congress passed the FLSA with broad remedial intent," and that the provisions of the FLSA are "remedial and humanitarian in purpose and must not be interpreted or applied in a narrow, grudging manner."
This type of language, though perhaps useful in predicting the direction a court is heading without needing to read the opinion all the way through, is an otherwise meaningless canon of statutory construction and ought to be put out to pasture.
First, the language is applied inconsistently. Variants of the above language are often employed in cases in which courts find that an employee or groups of employees are or may be owed additional overtime compensation. But when no FLSA violation is found, this language is more frequently absent. Indeed, we studied all federal appellate decisions issued this century that interpret the administrative exemption, of which there are a total of 61. Of the 17 that find that an employee or group of employees do not or might not meet the requirements for application of the administrative exemption, 13 of them use this type of language (76%). But when an appellate court finds the administrative exemption to apply, and thus an employee or group of employees is not owed any additional overtime compensation, this type of language is found in only 21 of 44 opinions (48%).
The Ninth Circuit is the most result-oriented of the federal circuits. It has issued 10 decisions this century interpreting the administrative exemption. Four of those opinions find the employee to be non-exempt or potentially non-exempt, and 3 of the 4 (75%) contain language about narrowly construing exemptions and/or broadly construing the FLSA's overtime provisions. Six of those opinions find employees to be properly classified as exempt, and only one of those opinions contains this language (17%).
In other words, language providing that the FLSA's exemptions must be "narrowly construed" and/or which maintain that the FLSA is "remedial" or "humanitarian" and thus should be interpreted broadly appear to be used all too frequently as a tool to justify the outcome of a court's decision, not as a meaningful analytical framework for reviewing the statute, interpreting its regulations, and determining whether job duties do or do not fall within an applicable FLSA exemption.
Second, delving into the origins of this language reveals its flimsy legal foundation. The language dates back to a 1945 Supreme Court case entitled A.H. Phillips, Inc. v. Walling, which held that a grocery store chain was not exempt from the FLSA's requirements because it was not a "retail establishment" engaged primarily in the business of interstate commerce. The crux of Walling is that the employer was quite plainly trying to assert an exemption that did not apply. So the Supreme Court noted that it should not construe the FLSA's exemptions too broadly and should give "due regard to the plain meaning of statutory language and the intent of Congress." The Court then cited President Roosevelt's May 24, 1934 message to Congress regarding the purpose of the FLSA, and declared, based on Roosevelt's statement, that the FLSA is a "humanitarian and remedial" statute, and nebulously suggested that because the FLSA is "remedial" and "humanitarian" the exemptions should be "narrowly construed." But the Supreme Court cited no authority in Walling for this assertion and provided no true reasoning. At its best, as noted below, this language is just an imprecise statement that the FLSA's exemptions should not be construed so broadly that they swallow the statute's other material provisions. At its worst, this language is just unsupported dicta that had no bearing on the outcome of the particular case and was never intended to be a grand pronouncement of how courts should interpret the FLSA or its exemptions moving forward.
Third, and as a logical outgrowth of the second point, the way this canon of interpretation is now used by litigants and courts does not make sense. As an initial matter, it is hard to see why one section of a statute or regulation would be interpreted broadly and another narrowly, which is precisely what courts and litigants suggest when they cite to this language. Indeed, as suggested above and as Judge Posner noted in the Seventh Circuit's decision Yi v. Sterling Collision Centers, Inc., the language likely just means that an exemption should not be construed so broadly that it "renders the statutory remedy ineffectual or easily evaded." The language does not mean, though, that an employer bears a higher burden of proof in asserting an exemption–which, again, appears to be how this language is usually used. Further, courts and litigants justify their use of this language by reasoning that the FLSA is "humanitarian and remedial" legislation. If legislation is humanitarian and/or remedial, the reasoning goes, exemptions to the legislation must be viewed with a jaundiced eye and other provisions more generously. But this begs a key question: what piece of legislation passed by Congress is not intended as remedial or humanitarian? It would seem that one has to presume that Congress is always attempting to benefit the public, and that it does not classify its legislation as though some is for the public good, some is for the benefit of lobbying or business groups, and some is to score political points. All legislation is aimed in some way at benefitting the public interest (or at least we would like to, and have to, assume); it is both illogical and unjust that exceptions to one particular piece of legislation would be held to a higher standard of proof without articulation of that standard in the text of the statute itself. The FLSA should instead be interpreted to mean what it says, exemptions and all; one section should not receive a boost based solely on unsupported, gratuitous language drawn from a 72 year-old Supreme Court case.
And indeed, it appears that the Supreme Court may now be shying away from this "narrowly construe exemptions" language. The Supreme Court stated in Sandifer v. U.S. Steel and Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., for instance, that this language does not apply to the Supreme Court's interpretation of the FLSA's definitions section found at 29 U.S.C. § 203. The Court further intimated in Sandifer that it may revisit the "narrowly construed exemptions" language at a later date. And last year, Justice Thomas concluded his dissent in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro by noting that exemptions should not be construed any more narrowly than how they are written.
Perhaps the selective citation to unsound and outdated language applying the FLSA's exemptions and construing the FLSA as a whole is a symptom of our modern legal research model, in which "copy and paste" can all too often supplant reasoned analysis. Or maybe it is just how lawyers and judges have always supported their arguments and decisions–searching for language to bolster a position without giving due regard to the implications or background of the language itself. Whatever the reason, case language maintaining that the FLSA should be broadly construed but that exemptions should be construed narrowly is a nebulous, unsupported, illogical, and inconsistently applied canon of statutory construction and we should stop using it.
Noah A. Finkel
Colton D. Long
Kyle Petersen
John R. Giovannone
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5 new COVID-19 cases reported in county
Caitlin Taylor Boron @ctaylorboron
There were five new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) reported in Monroe County Wednesday afternoon.
The day’s increase was the largest spike in the county since June 5, when 20 new cases were reported, according to the Monroe County Health Department’s daily report.
The total number of confirmed positive cases is 510 since the outbreak began in mid-March. The number of "probable" positive cases rose by 1 Wednesday, from 75 to 76.
There remain 473 who are considered "recovered" from COVID-19 in the county. The total number of COVID-related deaths also remains at 20, 12 men and eight women.
The State of Michigan reported 61,935 cases of COVID- 19 from mid- March through Wednesday, with 5,868 deaths related to COVID-19.
The number of new cases per day in both Michigan and Monroe County has slowed considerably, compared to what was reported in late March and into April.
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TONY LAZAROWICZ '08
DEGREE: PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
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Now thriving in a successful career in higher education, Tony Lazarowicz credits MMC with helping him develop into the leader he is today.
Why Mount Marty?
With a B.A. in psychology/criminal justice/behavioral science, an M.A. in educational psychology and a Ph.D. in higher education administration, Tony Lazarowicz ’08 has dedicated his career to leadership and higher education. But the assistant director at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln didn’t always have the title, degrees or academic know-how that took more than a decade of hard work to earn. In fact, back in 2004, when he was deciding what college to attend for undergrad, he was just a young baseball player looking for a place to study, play ball and, most of all, fit in.
“It was all about the people there that made me initially choose the Mount,” he says.
As part of the Lancer baseball team, Tony found himself among a group of players who soon became friends as well as teammates. Although he says he wasn’t the best player on the team, he still had a team to be accountable to.
“We practiced every day, traveled together for trips, went through the growing pains of a new coach with a very young team to a seasoned coach with a veteran group of players,” he says. “I learned so much about life through my time as a baseball player at Mount Marty. Discipline, time management, accepting defeat but not failure and teamwork were all some of the greatest traits I learned from playing.”
Mount Marty Impact
From coaches to professors, to fellow students and teammates, many people have impacted various aspects of Tony’s life, but he says the most influential person during his time at MMC was Sr. Maribeth Wentzlaff.
“She certainly impacted my spiritual life and helped me grow in my faith but also in my professional life,” he says. “I grew a lot through some of the tough conversations I had with Sr. Maribeth and through the leadership, she provided us as our residential director. She gave me a great framework to use as I work with students today in all of my roles throughout campus.”
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HomeGistsFayemi imposes 14-day curfew in Ekiti as cases of coronavirus keep increasing
Fayemi imposes 14-day curfew in Ekiti as cases of coronavirus keep increasing
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Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has announced a 14-day curfew in the state, directing residents to stay at home from Monday in order to curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
In a broadcast on Sunday, the governor placed a ban on all commercial activities and intra state travels. He said the only persons excepted from the ban were those on essential services.
“It is very disappointing that some of us have either been lukewarm, nonchalant or downright defiant in observing the simple but extremely effective preventive measures as well as maintaining social distancing to protect themselves from infection and curtail the spread of the virus in their communities.
“While I acknowledge our resilient nature, incurable optimism and spiritual activism as a people, it is critical that we balance these with pragmatic and urgent actions that can ensure the safety of lives for our families and communities
“If we do not take steps necessary to contain this virus, it has the potential to overwhelm our health infrastructure, cripple our economy and devastate Ekiti in unimaginable proportions.
“As you are aware, the state is under significant financial constraints especially as a direct consequence of the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy and the price of crude oil that has gone down considerably.
“So, we cannot afford a public health crisis. It is therefore in urgent public interest that, I hereby, in pursuant to Section 8 of the Quarantine Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) impose a curfew of movement in Ekiti.
“The purpose of this curfew is to impose restrictions on the movement of persons and goods within Ekiti for an initial period of 14 days.
“Therefore, effective from 1:59pm on Monday, March 30, 2020 until 11:59pm on Monday, April 13, 2020, there shall be restriction of movement across the length and breadth of Ekiti, with all our borders closed.
“That is a full and total shutdown of Ekiti, and a 12-hour dusk to dawn curfew in Ekiti from 7:00pm – 7:00 am. All Ekiti residents are hereby directed to stay at home.
“We are implementing the Quarantine Act to keep all Ekiti residents safe. So let me be clear. If you do not go home or stay home for at least 14 days as from Monday, 30 March, 2020, you can face serious fines or prison term.
“During this period, movement between local government areas is prohibited; movement between towns, villages and communities is also prohibited; every person shall be confined to the place where he or she ordinarily resides in Ekiti.”
Nigeria currently has 97 confirmed cases of the dreaded Covid-19. Of that number Ekiti State has only 1 patient suffering from the disease.
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If you're ever looking to buy a new product on the cheap, the best time to do that is always right before the launch of the next generation of the product. With the Surface Book 3 reportedly just weeks away, Microsoft has all kinds of deals on the nearly two and a half year old Surface Book 2. As we reported earlier this week, the 13.5-inch base model was down to $999, its lowest price ever, and probably the lowest price ever on any new Surface Book.
Now, the 15-inch base model is down to $1,499, a solid $500 off of its normal price of $1,999. It includes an eighth-generation Core i5 processor, 16GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Also, like all Core i5 models of the Surface Book 2, there's no dedicated GPU.
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Making Sense of the Uffizi Gallery
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Siro Chini has the relaxed confidence of someone who’s on very familiar territory as he leads our small group of six in to the Uffizi gallery in Florence. Picking up our pre-booked tickets and taking us directly past the queues, we began our introduction to the story of Florence and Renaissance art.
And, like so many good stories, it was a tale of power, money and sex.
We first learned about Context Travel from The Road Forks and a few interesting things stood out: they use docents, not guides—scholars and specialists who are experts in their fields; they keep the groups small; and they don’t call their trips tours—they are walking seminars.
We had signed up for the Arte Firenze walking seminar and, as we followed Siro and his pony tail around the gallery, we were given an education.
The Price of Entry to Heaven
In the 1300s Florence was rich and more powerful than Rome. The many wealthy bankers, including the Medicis, were considered sinners1. They made a lot of money fast by charging high interest rates on borrowing so, in order to clean their soul, they commissioned works of art for God.2
As modern, middle class artists wring their hands about the whole notion of ‘selling out’, it’s illuminating to learn that the Renaissance movement—a movement that changed the path of painting, sculpture and architecture forever—was kickstarted by freelance artists hired by rich people trying to buy themselves out of trouble.
Art is very much rooted in its time. Technology, politics, and knowledge all play a part in limiting the possibilities of an artist—all they can generally do is push the boundaries. There are, of course, those rare exceptions that are able to run through them as if they were nothing more than a misty illusion3.
We were to be introduced to a bunch of them.
The 13th Century & Giotto
The Uffizi is generally arranged chronologically, although recent renovations have caused things to be moved around a bit, so we started in the 13th century with a room full of religious paintings surrounded by gold, including many images of Madonna and Child—a standard theme of the time.
To our untrained eyes, they all look more or less the same until it’s pointed out to us that, if we look carefully at this particular painting by Giotto, we can see that he used new shading techniques in such a way that, for the first time, Mary has breasts.
After that, it just gets sexier.
On the Subject of Sleeping with a Nun and the Consequences Thereof
Filippo Lippi was a Carmelite friar who fell in love with a nun.
The Church still held considerable power in the 1400s and doing something as racy as ripping up the Cloth and marrying a nun could be hazardous to one’s health4. Thankfully for the amorous little scallywag, he had friends in high places and Cosimo de’ Medici, the ruler of Florence, protected him because of his talent as a painter.
Cosimo commissioned many works by him and other artists (obviously a guilty conscience) and so Lippi was able to marry the nun and have a son, Filippino Lippi, who took after dad and also became a great painter.
His painting Madonna and Child with Angels was a private thank you gift for Cosimo, so is much smaller than the usual paintings for churches. Although it has an ostensibly religious theme it’s actually a portrait of his new wife and their son. Unlike the Mary in the Bible, this Mary is beautiful and elegant and obviously from a noble background (and seated in front of a noble background—detailed landscape views only began in the Renaissance).
Throughout the walk, Siro would point out aspects of painting that had symbolic meaning. Nothing gets you paying attention like a good symbol—it’s like Where’s Wally for adults. In the iconic Piero della Francesca’s double sided portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, it’s the orderly countryside in the background, which represents good government.
Many of our initial thoughts (like “cor, don’t his nose look funny? And ain’t she pale? Like a ghost, she is!”) were given an extra dimension when the stories behind the things we were noticing were explained—in this case, his nose was caused by a battle injury and the paleness of his wife was representative of nobility (rich women didn’t go out in the sun), and by the fact that she was actually dead when the portrait was painted.
As we entered the Botticelli room—the biggest in the Uffizi—we were (not for the first time) grateful that the groups on these seminars were kept small.
The Birth of Venus is the first work in the Uffizi to be painted on canvas rather than the usual wood and features a welcome transition from purely religious to mythological imagery, reflecting the interests of patron Lorenzo de’ Medici who empathised with the Greek gods—he had the painting created for his bedroom.
Siro explains that the two angels hovering above the beautiful naked Venus—unashamed of her nudity—is a symbol of the rise of Florence thanks to the Medicis: they are literally breathing fresh air to Florence by their role as patrons of new art—although there are many other interpretations.
Primavera (Spring) is another Botticelli classic that was probably commissioned along with Birth of Venus and is another fantastical scene with roots in mythology.
One of the advantages of taking a tour like this with someone who really knows what they’re talking about is getting the benefit of their reading of the masterpieces. The story of Spring is a particularly fascinating one—tackling the the transition from earthly to spiritual love—and, when it was shown to us, it permanently transformed how we saw the painting, giving us a deeper understanding of the ambition of the piece.
Siro’s favourite piece is Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo, one of his few moveable works as he more commonly created sculptures (such as the famous David) and frescos (like the Sistine Chapel). Painted in 1507 you get a deeper sense of how much painting had evolved from the 13th century where we began our tour.
Gone were the flat images, stark gold colour and lack of perspective. Instead Michelangelo created a sculpture within a painting – the figures of the Holy Family and St John the Baptist jump out from the surface by his use of contrasting colours and shading.
Mary is painted as almost masculine and Siro hinted—with a slight, knowing smile—that Michelangelo painted what was beautiful to him, and the male form was his idea of beauty.
By 1538 things had gotten racier.
Titian was one of the leaders of the Venetian renaissance. While the Florentines believed that drawing was the centre of all art (painting, sculpture and architecture), the Venetians put a much greater focus on colour to create contrast or harmony.
Titian’s Venus of Urbino was erotic by the standards of the time. A nude young woman reclines on a bed, looking directly, unashamedly at us, waiting for a man. The roses she holds represent love, while the dog by her side represents fidelity, but of course he’s sleeping…
According to Siro the painting was a private commission by the Grand Duke of Urbino to teach his young wife how to be: gentle and, er, always ready.
Then we were introduced to a more interesting symbol—the hand held with fingers in a subtle V. Apparently, this sign is the equivalent of saying “Hey! I’m naked and horny over here!”
We spent the rest of the tour looking out for this symbol in all the paintings.
Context Travel
The Uffizi is vast and also features works by Leonardo, sculptures by Donatello, portraits by Bronzino and much more. Of course, it’s impossible to see everything in a single day so instead of going for breadth, we went with depth—choosing a selection of pieces that best represented the evolution of art through this prolific time—and we ended with a far better understanding of what we did see as a result. Siro’s explanations of context, symbolism and technique helped us to place these works in history and to really appreciate them.
The Context Travel Arte Firenze three hour walk costs €70 per person, plus admission to the gallery (€14). They also run many other walks in Florence and in cities around the world with themes including art, architecture and food. If you want to understand galleries like the Uffizi rather than just passively wandering around then we’d definitely recommend the Context walks.
Thank you to Context Travel who sponsored our Arte Firenze walk and to our fabulous, informative guide Siro.
All painting photos from Wikimedia.
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Jenna on July 4, 2012 at 9:15 pm said:
I have written about the Uffizi before, including that exact Fra Filippo Lippi painting, which is a favorite of mine, in an effort to make the art more accessible to the average traveler. The tour you took sounds like it was very worth it. Knowing the historical information behind the work makes it so much more interesting and relevant.
Erin on July 6, 2012 at 2:18 pm said:
We don’t know very much about art but learning the history behind it made is so much more interesting.
Jeff Titelius on July 4, 2012 at 8:24 pm said:
Great summary of your experience at the Uffizi, one of my fav museums in the world!! And loved the pieces you highlighted in your recap, especiall the Doni Tondo and the new age of Mannerism!!
Thanks Jeff. We loved seeing how painting had evolved through time.
Ashley at No Onions Extra Pickles on July 4, 2012 at 8:03 pm said:
I may be all about 20th C art, but the way Fra Filippo Lippi paints hair – it makes me swoon.
Haha! I want to go back and pay special attention to the hair now!
A Cook Not Mad (Nat) on July 4, 2012 at 7:28 pm said:
Sounds like fun but not too affordable for budget travelers. Thanks for the education :)
Perhaps not but it seems a pretty standard price for tours in Italy and the quality of the guide and small group makes it worth it.
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Islam, Women and Feminism ( 16 Sept 2013, NewAgeIslam.Com)
Ban Muslim Women from Wearing the Veil: Now Let's Allow Slaves To Wear Their Chains…
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For some, the attire is still shocking, and foreign. For others it’s emblematic of Britain’s tolerant, multicultural society. Either way, in cities like Leicester, Blackburn, Rochdale and London, it is now quite common to see black men shuffling along British streets, weighed down with iron shackles.
I confess that, for a while, I was one of those opposed to this contentious fashion trend. I wanted to “Ban the Shackle”. But now, in a manner very similar to that described by Victoria Coren in yesterday's Observer, I’ve had an epiphany.
It began when I bought some new shoes, which were a bit tight around the ankle. Oooh, I thought, that really nips; however I continued to wear the shoes because they looked nice. And then I realised: this is surely what it must feel like to have rusty, heavy, blood-stained iron shackles bolted around your ankles, after you’ve been torn from your family, been dragged in chains to the fevered coast, where you are loaded onto a reeking boat, and despatched to a life of misery and imprisonment.
Suddenly, I could see why you might choose to wear massive and painful iron shackles, exactly as I chose to wear my new shoes, despite the mild discomfort. It’s precisely the same way Victoria Coren saw a comparison between occasionally taking her husband’s surname, whenever she might feel like it, and wearing a religiously and socially mandated total body shroud.
But was my comparison far-fetched? To find out, I arranged an experiment. First I obtained some proper shackles, which were locked around my legs; I also added a length of chain attached to an iron ball. Thus attired, I clanked, a little shyly, down Camden High Street.
It was liberation. After years of walking wherever I liked, I was, at long last, unable to move normally. I was also marked out as someone obviously subjugated, and I felt evermore invisible as people faced away in dismay. I was so happy I started humming doleful Gospel tunes.
Nor did I leave things there. Just like Victoria Coren after her epiphany, I’ve gone on to do some research, by imagining the views of people I’ve never met. And it turns out these people I invented in my bewildered liberal brain are, like me, happy to be shackled yet also grateful that they don’t have to be shackled – in a way which even I find confusing, but which might make a column if I just go for it.
For example, one imaginary shackled person said this to me: “I’ve made my brave, confident choice to be shackled, nothing to do with the overseer wielding his horsewhip behind me”. Another added, strongly, but entirely in my mind, “iron chains are a part of our culture, they symbolise a time when we enjoyed lots of sun, picking cotton. White people just don’t understand.”
Of course, the anti-shackle brigade won’t be satisfied with my non-existent evidence. They might even claim that my argument is distastefully stupid, and point to the fact that many shackle-wearers originate in countries where black people are regarded as chattels, and where black people can’t vote, can’t drive, can’t be seen in public without their metal restraints, are legally regarded as inferior, and sometimes cannot flee their servitude without having acid thrown in their faces.
But how is this relevant? After all, everyone needs new shoes from time to time, and sometimes they can pinch a bit around the ankle.
Moreover, the shackle-haters are losing the debate. Like it or not, our streets are being excitingly enriched by new and barbaric cultural norms. And, just like Victoria Coren, I know which side I’m on. The side of liberty.
By the way, did I tell you about my shoes?
Source: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/seanthomas/100236042/victoria-coren-is-so-right-about-not-banning-the-muslim-burkha-now-lets-allow-slaves-to-wear-their-chains/
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River gated off due to “dangerous” potholes on North Woolwich slipway
Melissa York
Published: 10:07 AM July 18, 2013 Updated: 9:58 AM October 13, 2020
Gate barring the slipway - Credit: Archant
River enthusiasts have found themselves landlocked after health and safety bosses blocked off a 160-year-old slipway down to the Thames.
The Old Bargehouse Drawdock and Causeway, on Bargehouse Road, North Woolwich, was once used by watermen who ran a ferry to Woolwich which was the only way across the river until the railway ferry came along in 1847.
There are still a number of drawdocks lining the tidal banks and most are freely accessible to the public and river professionals.
But now the summer weather is here, Laurence Godfrey, who travels down from Watford to take his 12ft long boat on to the water, has found the Bargehouse Road slipway blocked by a metal gate.
Laurence made some enquiries and he found The Crown Estate, which owns the land but did not build the slipway, stopped public access last September because of “dangerous” potholes.
But there seems to be no solution in sight as The Crown Estate, Newham Council, and the Port of London Authority all deny responsibility for the ramp.
Laurence said: “This issue should be resolved by now. I simply cannot believe that whoever is responsible has been preventing access to a public slipway for all this time because no one wants to dip their hand in their pocket for £380, which is a drop in the ocean when you think about it.”
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A Newham Council spokesperson said they believe the land is owned by The Crown Estate so it is not the local authority’s responsibility.
A spokesman for The Crown Estate said: “We have been advised that the slipway in question, which although sitting on Crown Estate land was not constructed by The Crown Estate, was in a dangerous condition and risk to users.
“We have not been able to find anyone responsible for the structure and so took the decision to block access to the slipway for safety reasons.
“The Crown Estate is trying to find out who is responsible for the structure and is working with the Port of London Authority to try to ensure it is repaired and maintained thereafter in a safe condition so it can be subsequently reopened.”
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New Orleans Saints stars Marshon Lattimore, Ryan Ramczyk make NFL Network's list of Top 100 players
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New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore and right tackle Ryan Ramczyk, both first-round draft picks from the team's loaded 2017 draft class, were revealed Sunday night as members of the NFL Network's list of the top 100 players in the league.
Lattimore, in his fourth season out of Ohio State, was the 76th-ranked player and Ramczyk, in his fourth season out of Wisconsin, came in at No. 82. It is the second time Lattimore has been on the list and the first appearance for Ramczyk.
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State council supports Altus city employees fighting English-only policy
Tuesday, January 27th 2004, 12:00 am
(Oklahoma City-AP) -- A governor's advisory council has expressed support for Hispanic workers who challenged an English-only policy for municipal workers in Altus.
The Governor's Advisory Council on Latin American and Hispanic Affairs voted yesterday to send a letter expressing support for the employees.
The letter also will request that the state file a friend-of-the-court legal brief in the case.
The motion was proposed by council member Juanita Salazar Lamb and approved unanimously by the council.
A federal lawsuit was filed last year by some Hispanic employees over an Altus policy which says city employees must speak English during business hours.
City officials say the policy was drafted for safety reasons, mostly to prevent workers from speaking Spanish on city radios.
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Beating the flu _ this year a sniff instead of a shot?
Tuesday, September 23rd 2003, 12:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Starting next week, it's time to line up for flu vaccine again, and this year some Americans will get to choose a squirt up the nose instead of a shot in the arm.
But the new nasal-spray vaccine, called FluMist, will cost well more than twice as much as a shot. It also cannot be used by those who need protection against influenza the most: babies and toddlers, people 50 or older and those with asthma or other chronic illnesses.
Still, FluMist's expected advertising blitz could generate new interest in flu protection at a pivotal time. Specialists say far too few Americans get vaccinated, including healthy people who may not be at risk of dying but spread around influenza's misery.
In addition, fearing a winter return of the deadly new SARS virus, the World Health Organization is urging more flu vaccination. While flu vaccine won't prevent SARS, both diseases have similar symptoms, and WHO contends that holding down the number of serious influenza cases will mean less chance of doctors mistaking flu for SARS.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn't want to make that connection, cautioning that other respiratory viruses circulate during the winter that could be confused with SARS, too.
There's reason enough to get flu vaccine, stresses CDC's Dr. Scott Harper: Influenza kills 36,000 Americans in an average year, hospitalizes 114,000 and infects up to 20 percent of the population.
Roughly 70 million people get a flu vaccination every year, less than half the number especially urged to get it, Harper laments. Among the highest-risk patients, only a third of adults with asthma are vaccinated, and fewer than two-thirds of the elderly, even though flu shots are free under Medicare.
Vaccine experts think that's partly due to complacency _ the last two flu seasons have been mild _ and partly due to two years of manufacturing delays that had doctors rationing the season's earliest inoculations.
The manufacturing problems appear solved: CDC says plenty, 85.5 million doses, are becoming available, and early-October inoculations are open to everyone.
For the complacent, ``it would be very unusual to have three mild seasons in a row,'' warns Dr. William Schaffner of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
The following high-risk people need flu shots, CDC says:
_Everyone over age 50.
_Anyone with chronic medical conditions such as heart or lung disorders including asthma, diabetes, kidney disease or weak immune systems.
_Children aged 6 months to 2 years.
_Residents of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.
_Women who will be more than three months pregnant during the flu season.
_Children of any age on long-term aspirin therapy.
Caregivers of high-risk people need vaccination as well.
FluMist, the new nasal spray, is an option for healthy people ages 5 to 49.
FluMist's maker and marketer, MedImmune Inc. and Wyeth Vaccines, hope to sell 5 million doses in this first season of sales. Even for the healthy, flu's misery is a major disruption, they argue, that causes 70 million missed workdays and 38 million missed schooldays a year.
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Why is FluMist only for the healthy? First, FluMist is made of live but weakened flu virus considered too risky for people with compromised immune systems; the shot is made of killed virus. The spray's safety hasn't been proved in older people or those with chronic illnesses. As for youngsters, a study found those under 5 were at increased risk of suffering asthma-like attacks after FluMist had been squirted up their noses.
For the healthy, FluMist's convenience likely will prove attractive _ and whatever it takes, getting more people protected is the goal, says Schaffner, preventive medicine chairman at Vanderbilt University.
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Theory: Pokémon Sword and Shield offer a commentary on capitalism
The want of money is the root of all Pokémon evil?
By Dylan Tate July 11, 2019
Traditionally, Pokémon games immerse us in a fun fantasy world with little emphasis on real-world institutions like the economy. Sure, we know that we get money from trainers to spend on goodies like Poké Balls and healing items. But we’ve never had to consider broader questions about where the money comes from and who holds the wealth. However, it seems this blissful ignorance of the economy may meet its end when Pokémon Sword and Shield release.
The Pokémon Company has revealed numerous details about the upcoming games that highlight the economics of the Galar region. It all started with a simple tweet on June 5, which stated that people and Pokémon work alongside one another. At the time, it was a seemingly unimportant detail. However, this was the first of many hints that economics will play a big role in Sword and Shield.
Another economic aspect of these games is the monetization of Pokémon battles. Gym battles in particular have become an entertainment spectacle in Sword and Shield. Trainers who take on the gym challenge will find themselves in huge arenas surrounded by cheering fans. These Gym battles are even televised in the Galar region.
More details emerge
Newer details highlight the role of capitalism in the Galar region even more. Corporations help to fund Gyms by offering sponsorships. Businesses market themselves on banners in grandiose arenas. Individual trainers sport advertisements on their outfits as well. It’s no surprise that Champion Leon has several company logos on his cape. As the most popular trainer in the region, he is surely a big money-maker.
Now that the Gym Challenge is a lucrative business venture, it seems that it has become more exclusive. Recent announcements confirm that not everyone can take on the Gyms in this region. Instead, only those who receive an endorsement from a notable trainer are allowed to participate. Luckily for us, Leon should be happy to endorse us and our rival (Leon’s little brother), Hop.
The Champion Cup is the final new feature that points to this capitalistic twist on the classic Pokémon formula. Trainers in Galar do not challenge the Elite Four and sitting Champion for a chance to become the new Champion. Instead, they must qualify for, compete in, and win a tournament. Much like Gym Battles, the Champion Cup turns Pokémon battling into a large-scale money-making venture.
Exemplary Trainers throughout the region are allowed to participate in the Champion Cup tournament. Completing the Gym Challenge is one way to qualify for this competition. #PokemonSwordShield pic.twitter.com/mfG90J3oXS
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) July 8, 2019
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Pokémon Sword and Shield: economy and the plot
The details above point to the fact that Galar’s economy is surely an important aspect of Pokémon Sword and Shield. Going forward, we will speculate what role this economy could actually play on the plot of the games. My theory is that the main antagonist will be at the center of this hyper-capitalistic society.
The greed-driven villain is far from an original trope. Still, it is one that Pokémon games have not really explored before. A greedy antagonist craving more wealth is the most obvious pick for our enemy in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Now we’ll take a look at two potential candidates for Sword and Shield’s main villain.
Chairman Rose
Many of the Pokémon battle events in the Galar region are managed by a committee, led by Chairman Rose.
Rose made the Galar Pokémon League world-famous by implementing Gym battles featuring the Dynamax phenomenon.#PokemonSwordShield pic.twitter.com/afnRL0trGj
Chairman Rose is the most obvious of my two picks. He is the head of a committee that manages all of the biggest events in the Galar region. Rose introduced Dynamaxing into Gym Battles and made the Galar Pokémon League famous around the world.
As the mastermind behind the business side of the Pokémon League, it is easy to imagine that this guy loves money. We will have to wait and see how exactly his greed may play into the plot of the games. But as a successful businessman, it’s easy to imagine that he has plenty of grunts ready to follow his every command. We also know that Oleana handles the day-to-day operations of his company, suggesting that Chairman Rose may be involved in something else we are unaware of.
Leon seems like a less obvious choice for the main antagonist of Pokémon Sword and Shield. After all, everyone in Galar loves him, and he is our rival’s big brother. Still, some things about him are a tad suspicious.
We learned that Leon was the Champion of the Galar region as soon as he was introduced. Traditionally, Pokémon games do not spoil who the Champion is before the games come out. Perhaps this is because there is more we have yet to learn about Leon. Granted, we may only know that he is Champion because he is related to another important character, Hop. Nevertheless, it is interesting to consider that he may have a more sinister role in the plot.
It is also interesting to note that Leon receives a lot of sponsorships, as mentioned previously. Therefore, we can speculate that he is a money-loving individual as well. Beyond this, we can only predict that Pokémon Sword and Shield will make Leon the villain as a twist ending. This is because, despite the hints we’ve covered, Leon is currently portrayed as a likeable individual, not an obvious bad guy.
Capitalism in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Regardless of how these details affect the plot, it is clear that Galar has a robust economy, the likes of which the Pokémon world has never seen. Fans can only wait to find out just how deeply this economy affects Pokémon Sword and Shield.
Will we experience inflation as more people make money off of the Pokémon League? It’s unlikely. Will Galar eliminate free healthcare and force us to pay to use Pokémon Centers? Probably not (I certainly hope not). But whatever the impact, we can be sure that Pokémon Sword and Shield will make us think about economics a little more than we would probably like.
Pokémon Sword and Shield
Dylan Tate
Dylan Tate is a student in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a gaming journalist with a love for Nintendo esports, including Smash Bros., Splatoon, ARMS, and Pokémon. Dylan also writes esports news articles for Daily Esports.
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(This is DGR’s review of the new EP by Sweden’s Gloson, which was released on April 5th by Black Lion Records.)
The sinister atmospherics that run throughout Gloson’s newest EP Mara — coming in two years after their excellent full-length Grimen — are entirely by design and not a happy accident. If any band has shown a keen mastery of the frightening undertone to their music in recent years, Gloson would be included in the discussion. Our premiere of Mara’s first song “Usurper” touched on the song’s sense of presence early in the writeup, drawing contrast to our compatriot Andy’s review of Grimmen and then highlighting the continued intensity that “Usurper” picks up and carries forward on their newest release.
Gloson describe the concept behind the EP on their Bandcamp page for Mara as such:
The concept of our new EP Mara is about our subconsciousness while being asleep; being stuck between the realm of dreams and reality. Portraying personal demons has usually been the agenda of Gloson, and the most graphic and terrifying ones occur during such states.
So if there was any thought that the almost sixteen minutes of crawling sludge and doom across two songs was going to play nice, then Gloson seek to wipe that away fast.
photo by Linda Norvik
Gloson’s sound could probably best be described as a photograph, if you’ll travel down this path of weird analogy with us.
If you’ve followed heavy metal for a while you’ve no doubt crossed paths with the photo of a guitarist bent over backwards, sometimes so far they could stamp the logo on the rear of their shoes into the back of their head if they hit it with enough force, usually right before they thrust forward in recovery and in time with the music. We can almost picture how that moment sounds because we know that groove, that downward-moving sound that causes people to want to headbang forwards.
Gloson sound like that, and much of their music is built out of that constant and forward-moving slow groove, making them one of the easiest bands to nod along with as each dramatic motion propels the song inches ahead into another arena of smoky atmospherics and low, bellowed growls. Grimen was an excellent album for that: part narration, part atmospherics, and a crushingly heavy experience. It makes sense that their music video for the song “Cringe” from that album is basically ten and a half minutes of that specific feeling. Mara continues along that pathway with each of its near-eight-minute songs causing an almost undeniable urge to headbang as hard as the band is on each movement.
photo by Linda Norvik and Ogino Design
It is incredibly easy to give into Mara’s hypnotic nature, and before you know it, to have made multiple runs through the pairing of “Usurper” and “Equinox”, especially when you consider that the first flows almost seamlessly into the other. “Usurper” may end on the song fading out, but “Equinox” picks up on a very similar rhythm and continues down the pathway its immediate predecessor began traversing.
To understand a little bit of Mara, Gloson were kind enough to provide a description of the two songs:
“‘Usurper’ is about when you are the protagonist of a dream and have to wade through oceans of unreal horror that dwells within, while ‘Equinox’ is the other way around, when you yourself are the antagonist and the chokehold of everything that is real and unreal.”
You get the dreamlike sense almost immediately from the two songs, especially as “Usurper” rings in with its crushing opening riff+ringing noise combination, but on top of that the two songs also contain brief bits of narration, including what has to be one of the most sinister laughs recorded along this particular musical journey. While “Equinox” may have the more horrifying description, it actually proves to be the ‘prettier’ of the two songs, sharing more in common with their previous album Grimen’s closing song “Embodiment” and its melodic nature.
“Equinox” has what could pass for a lead melody at times and has quite a bit of gorgeous guitar playing in between each crashing strum of the guitar with the drums coloring in the spaces between the band’s percussive writing. Each groaning step forward is highlighted by another crash of the cymbals behind it. It’s easy to see why the band chose to go cosmic for their music video for “Usurper” because Mara is the sort of album that demonstrates how easily Gloson could fill a vast space with sound… were space itself not a vacuum.
Mara is an excellent followup to the group’s debut and the sort of EP that leaves you desperately wanting more from the group. Gloson are a doom and sludge combo who have figured out exactly how to make this sort of music without giving in to the genre’s tendency of long, slow passages that are as empty as the songwriting itself. Mara’s two songs prove to be as dramatic and as ugly as the EP’s concept hints at, and Gloson’s sense of forward-moving groove has to rank amongst the best out there.
Both “Usurper” and “Equinox” are iterative progression on what the band were writing two years ago with Grimen, taking a proven formula and expanding upon it. At about fifteen and a half minutes, Mara seems to fly by, and it is a credit to Gloson that they can make two seven-plus minute songs feel that way. Even though you may be on your third or fourth loop of the EP, there is always a sense of the next awesome part coming up, and you just have to hear that and then you’ll shut it off, and that’s how you find yourself spinning Mara constantly.
Hopefully, Gloson are able to record more in the future, because if Mara is anything to go by, the followup to that should be something to watch for like a hawk.
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Linden woman scammed out of $5,000
Suzanne Russell
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LINDEN A 44-year-old city woman was scammed out of $5,100 by fake IRS agents who contacted her on her cellphone and claimed she owed back taxes.
According to police, the woman said she started receiving the calls in the early morning hours Monday demanding she pay $5,100 in back taxes. The woman initially thought it was a hoax, but when she received more calls and the callers knew her full name, home address and cellphone number, she began to believe the calls were legitimate.
Police said the callers claimed to be IRS attorneys and law-enforcement agents. She was told an arrest warrant had been issued for her and she needed to wire money transfers to "clear up" the warrant. The woman was threatened with deportation.
The woman was instructed to buy six Money Grams totaling $5,100 and send them to different people in Illinois. Police said scammers know money orders under $1,000 generally will not raise suspicions by sales clerks. Police said the callers spoke English, some with an Asian accent.
The woman realized the calls were a scam and notified police around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday. She also called back the telephone numbers of the alleged IRS agents, but they were no longer active.
Staff Writer Suzanne Russell: 732-565-7335; srussell@mycentraljersey.com
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Trump Scrambles, Scapegoats CDC
Wed., Jun. 24, 2020
White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow, who apparently moonlights as an epidemiologist, assured America that a second wave of COVID-19 is not in the cards.
He may be right.
Unfortunately the first wave of coronavirus isn't finished with the US yet as 23 states report a spike in the virus and the country on June 23 suffered its biggest one-day jump in cases (35K) since April.
True to form: President Trump is now frantically looking for a new target to blame for the spread, a move designed to cover up his own fault in failing to prepare the country in January for the impending outbreak.
At first, he blamed China and returned to the racist "Kung-Flu" term during his disastrous "rally" in Tulsa. He's also has trotted out the World Health Organization for blame, saying it was somehow in cahoots with China and guilty of withholding valuable scientific data from the US. That didn't gain much traction.
Politico reports that Trump is now teeing up the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the fall guy for the 120K COVID-19 deaths in the US.
He's especially upset with how the CDC is calculating the state-by-state death toll from COVID-19 because every fatality reminds Americans of Trump's failure to come to grips with the public health emergency, diminishing his re-election bid.
Ironically, the CDC headquarters in Atlanta was the site of one of Trump's worst photo-ops, the one where he wore a red "Keep America Great" hat, played scientist, took a bow for controlling the virus and bashed critics.
He also unleashed the Big Lie about how anyone wanting a COVID-19 test could get one. It's been all downhill for the president since that appearance.
Trump, who wants to pull the plug on COVID-19 testing to keep the numbers down, can't be too pleased with CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield telling Congress the pandemic is “the greatest public health crisis our nation and world have confronted in a century.”
The American public has caught on to the president as the New York Times/Sienna College poll released June 24 found that 58 percent of respondents disapprove of Trump's handling of the pandemic, 38 percent approve.
And despite assurances from Dr. Kudlow, 57 percent of Americans think the worst is yet to come. Fasten your seatbelt.
COVID-19 has infected American brands in the eyes of many Europeans, according to research from Morning Consult, which found that 40 percent of consumers in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and France have a less favorable opinion of US brands since the pandemic.
That decline has led a drop-off in Europeans buying US brands, opting instead for more local ones or private/store label products.
Aggressive PR spending by consumer packaged goods companies will be needed to reboot the image of US brands in Europe during the post-COVID-19 era.
Hats off to Barri Rafferty for her decision to quit the CEO spot at Ketchum for a corporate communications gig at scandal-ridden Wells Fargo.
She probably got out just in the nick of time as Omnicom chief John Wren tightens the screws on its PR properties.
In announcing Rafferty's rise to the helm, Ketchum boasted that she was the first female leader of a global 5 PR firm.
But who knows? The firm has long boycotted the O'Dwyer rankings, which require CPA attested-to financials.
Despite the Ketchum hoopla about Rafferty's elevation to the CEO slot, her two and a half year reign was a "cup of coffee" compared to predecessors Rob Flaherty (five years), Ray Kotcher (12 years) and Dave Drobis (six years). She's being replaced by North American president Mike Doyle.
Rafferty said she's leaving Ketchum because she wants new challenges and the chance to participate in a transformation project.
But no firm holds a candle to Ketchum, which hadn't exactly knocked it out of the ballpark under Rafferty, when it comes to challenges and transformation.
Ketchum is in the midst of a major cost-cutting overhaul and Omnicom just merged its Brussels operation with Porter Novelli.
Rafferty certainly left Doyle a full plate.
At Wells, Rafferty will report to Bill Daley, vice chairman. He's a tough taskmaster, as well as former US secretary of commerce and chief of staff to president Obama
We wish her all the best.
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Alpha IR, Reputation Partners Work B&S Bankruptcy
Tue., Jul. 21, 2020
Alpha IR Group and Reputation Partners are handling the Chapter 11 restructuring of debt-burdened Briggs & Stratton, the world's No. 1 maker of gas engines for outdoor power equipment.
The 112-year-old company has also ironed out a $550 million deal with KPS Capital Partners, which promises to keep B&S in business.
The Milwaukee-based manufacturer has been exploring its financial options during the past several months, according to CEO Todd Teske. "The challenges we have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic have made reorganization the difficult but necessary and appropriate path forward to secure our business," he said. "It also gives us support to execute on our strategic plans to bring greater value to our customers and channel partners.”
B&S suffered a $193.6M net loss for the nine-month period ended March 30 on $1.2B in revenues.
Alpha IR Group CEO Chris Hodges and Reputation Partners' CEO Nick Kalm are working the B&S reorganization.
Category: Financial PR & Investor Relations
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A Cleveland construction worker suffers a crush injury on Hwy 176
On behalf of Rumizen Weisman Co., Ltd. | Jun 1, 2018 | Construction Accidents
Ohio Department of Transporation (ODOT) released a press release on Monday, May 21, acknowledging that one of its road construction workers was struck while working on a portion of State Route 176 in Cleveland that morning.
Police investigators are still trying to piece together what occurred in the moments before the worker was struck. They note that they’re still not completely sure what caused the motorist who ran into him to breach the work zone’s cone barrier that they had set up to keep workers safe.
The foreman for the construction company hired to complete the work notes that he and his workers have their lives threatened every day. He notes that motorists quickly become frustrated sitting in slow traffic and that they pull out all types of evasive moves on the highways as a result.
In this case, the foreman says that he witnessed this particular crash occur. He said that he saw the truck’s driver speed up to the work zone, then quickly dart behind the guardrail, less than 2,000 feet from where his construction workers were positioned. It’s then that the truck driver slammed into two barrier walls that hadn’t yet been set in place.
He notes that one of his workers was left pinned between the two concrete panels. He says that his legs were smashed because of it. The man then apparently blacked out. It’s unclear what his prognosis is.
Although laws such as Ohio’s Move Over Law exist requiring motorists to change lanes to give first responders, construction and ODOT workers and police space as they work, few honor them. Even fewer drivers reduce their speed to posted limits when they come into construction zones.
Workers employed in the construction sector face significant injury risks whether from heavy machinery, automobiles, tools, falls from ladders or scaffolding or something else. If you’ve suffered debilitating injuries on the job, then a Cleveland construction accidents attorney can advise you of your right to sue either your employer or the negligent party in your case.
Source: News 5 Cleveland, “Man hit while working in construction zone on State Route 176,” Kaylyn Hlavaty, May 21, 2018
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Situation Update, Dec. 7th – DNI John Ratcliffe, the bogus science of PCR testing and China’s GMO super soldiers
Monday, December 07, 2020 by: Mike Adams
Tags: Congress, DNI, election fraud, Joe Biden, john ratcliffe, national security, PCR, PCR tests, President Trump, rigged, traitors, treason, vote fraud, vote theft, White House
(Natural News) In today’s Situation Update (Dec. 7th), I cover the bogus science behind PCR testing, explaining from a lab science point of view why no PCR instrument can “quantify” anything, whether it’s a coronavirus viral load or the percentage of a food that’s GMO.
In fact, literally all the tests currently conducted with PCR equipment are scientifically invalid when it comes to diagnosing illness or determining infectiousness. The sample acquisition used for PCR tests — nasal swabs — aren’t even standardized! (100% bogus junk science)
After covering PCR tests, today’s update then goes into detail about Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe, pointing out that he will be issuing a report on foreign interference in U.S. elections on or before Dec. 18th. If this report confirms the existence of foreign interference that was capable of altering the outcome of the election, it gives President Trump full justification to declare the election null and void and dispatch military troops to seize all ballots and hold a new count under military authority.
Here’s the full podcast, followed by notes from the podcast:
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Podcast notes and sources:
The office of military commissions has cleared its calendar for December:
https://www.mc.mil/CASES/CourtCalendar.aspx
US military STOCKPILED Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine BEFORE it was approved by the FDA.
Massive air lift operation into Nellis AFB, sources say in preparation for civil unrest among West Coast cities, after Trump victory.
Confirmed Insurrection Act is ready to be invoked. Confirmed US troops will be deployed as needed.
Trump Team Begins Forensic Examination of Dominion Machines in Michigan – The Epoch Times.
President Donald Trump’s legal team began a forensic analysis of Dominion voting machines in Michigan after a judge on Friday permitted the examination.
“Our team is going to be able to go in this morning at about 8:30 [a.m.] and will be there for about eight hours to conduct that forensic examination and we’ll have the results in about 48 hours, and that’ll tell us a lot about these machines,” attorney Jenna Ellis told Fox News on Sunday.
Later, Antrim County spokesperson Jeremy Scott told the Detroit Free Press that forensic images will be taken from voting machines used during the Nov. 3 election.
The Michigan GOP last month noted that voting machines in Antrim County incorrectly switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Joe Biden. The Secretary of State’s office said it was due to a technical error and non-updated software, adding that the issue was later corrected.
Raid: Investigators seize devices from Fountain Hills residence in voter data theft case – AZ Central.
Law enforcement officials served a search warrant at the home of a Fountain Hills man (Elliott Kerwin) and seized computers, hard drives and other storage devices as part of an investigation into voter data theft from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office website.
The property was seized Nov. 5.
The search warrant sought records relating to computer intrusion or conspiracy to commit computer intrusion from Oct. 21 through early November.
According to the warrant, investigators were looking for records, information and communications related to the office’s:
Login credentials and accounts.
Voter registration records and information, including protected voters’ information.
The transfer, sharing or dissemination of voter registration records and information, including protected voters’ information.
Unauthorized access to the office’s website and computer systems.
Attempts or threats to damage computer systems.
Lin Wood Plans Supreme Court Petition After Court Rejects Georgia Appeal – The Epoch Times
Attorney Lin Wood said Sunday he plans to file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court denied his appeal in a case seeking to block the certification of the 2020 election in Georgia.
“The stakes are high as the case deals with a disputed Presidential election,” Wood said in an email to The Epoch Times. “I intend to timely file a petition with the United States Supreme Court.”
Rudy Giuliani: 3 State Legislatures May Change Electoral College Voters – The Epoch Times
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that the legislatures in Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan might end up deciding what electors are sent to the Electoral College, suggesting it could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Giuliani said that the GOP-controlled legislatures in the three states could vote on sending their own slate of electors, noting that such a move is supported in the U.S. Constitution.
John Ratcliffe, DNI
A background in cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and cyber terrorism: from the official DNI.gov website
Prior to leading the U.S. Intelligence Community, Ratcliffe served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the Fourth District of Texas. He served on the House Intelligence, Judiciary, and Ethics Committees. From 2015 to 2019, he served on the Committee on Homeland Security and as chairman of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee.
Prior to his service in Congress, Ratcliffe served as a federal prosecutor, initially as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney and as the Chief of Anti-Terrorism and National Security for the Eastern District of Texas from 2005 to 2007. He then served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from 2007 to 2008, managing a combined staff of more than 100 federal employees. During his tenure, Ratcliffe managed a docket of 34 national security and terrorism-related matters and coordinated the district’s Joint Terrorism Task Force responsibilities.
Ratcliffe’s bombshell article in the WSJ, calling out China as humanity’s worst enemy – WSJ.com
The intelligence is clear: Beijing intends to dominate the U.S. and the rest of the planet economically, militarily and technologically. Many of China’s major public initiatives and prominent companies offer only a layer of camouflage to the activities of the Chinese Communist Party.
U.S. intelligence shows that China has even conducted human testing on members of the People’s Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with biologically enhanced capabilities.
This year China engaged in a massive influence campaign that included targeting several dozen members of Congress and congressional aides.
I briefed the House and Senate Intelligence committees that China is targeting members of Congress with six times the frequency of Russia and 12 times the frequency of Iran.
DNI John Ratcliffe States He Has Produced Thousands of Declassified Documents For Special Counsel John Durham to Use – Washington Examiner
“There was an abuse of power and of legal authorities, and it’s not a question about whether those things took place — they did. I mean, there’s an FBI lawyer who is going to jail for counterfeiting evidence before the FISA court. And that after all of the Obama-Biden senior national security officials said the idea of illegal spying and abuse at the FISA court is a bunch of nonsense, and now, they’re sprinting the opposite direction,” Ratcliffe said. “I mean, literally, every one of them — Comey, McCabe, Yates — they’ve all said, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re shocked and had we only known.’ And so, again, the American people deserve an accounting, and I’ve certainly provided a lot of information to the now-special counsel to provide that accounting, and I’m counting, like all Americans, on him to talk about a lot of the things that I know that I can’t talk about.”
From the UK Daily Mail:
Director of Intelligence John Ratcliffe suggested in a Sunday morning there might not be a Joe Biden administration… Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist who the president installed following his passionate defenses during impeachment and the Mueller probe, described a Biden administration as something that may or may not come to pass. ‘These election issues, we’ll see who is in what seats and whether there is a Biden administration,’ Ratcliffe told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’
Ratcliffe names 5G and genetically modified super soldiers as growing threats against America, engineered by China – Fox News
“I am hoping now that the election is over, now that people have voted, and if there is a Biden administration, that they will get past politicizing intelligence and be honest about China and acknowledge that China, and China alone is the greatest national security threat that we face.”
Ratcliffe told Fox News that China intends “to dominate economically, militarily and technologically, and is the only country capable of challenging American supremacy across the board.”
“All of the threat streams that we have, from all aspects, militarily, economically, supply chain issues, foreign investment, technologically, cyber issues, cyber warfare, 5G, telecommunications — China is in all of those and they are the only country to be in that space and the only country that threatens America supremacy,” Ratcliffe told Fox News.
When asked whether the United States was in an offensive or defensive position with regard to China, Ratcliffe said the U.S. remains in an offensive place.
Anti-Voter Fraud Group Finds Suspicious Link Between Nevada State Website and Intelligence-Linked Pakistani Company – Breitbart.com
An anti-voter fraud organization has alerted state and federal government authorities after it found a suspicious link between a Nevada state government website and a Pakistani company that is allegedly linked to Pakistani intelligence services, Breitbart News has learned.
The organization, True the Vote, alerted state and federal authorities after it requested a Nevada voter registration list through the Nevada secretary of state’s website, and received an email back with a downloadable voter file. That email arrived with an employee of Pakistani company Kavtech carbon copied.
True the Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht wrote Thursday in a letter to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers obtained exclusively by Breitbart News that when the email arrived, “I was shocked to see the inclusion of another email address in the CC line.”
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https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-12-07-situation-update-dec-7th-dni-john-ratcliffe.html
<a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-12-07-situation-update-dec-7th-dni-john-ratcliffe.html">Situation Update, Dec. 7th – DNI John Ratcliffe, the bogus science of PCR testing and China’s GMO super soldiers</a>
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CFP: Victorian and Edwardian Industrial Desires: Artistic, Historical and Literary Perspectives (10/28/2016; 2/3-4/2017)
Posted by navsa on Jul 10, 2016
Victorian and Edwardian Industrial Desires: Artistic, Historical and Literary Perspectives
The annual conference of the French Victorian and Edwardian Society
University of Nantes, Nantes, France
Victorian scholarship has long subscribed to a form of technophobia adopted from the Tory critiques of industry by John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle and subsequently taken up by the Marxian critical tradition. By opposing the machine to the organic and the mechanical to the vital, this anti-industrial stance pleaded for the return to a pastoral, artisanal culture often linked with an idealised recreation of the Middle Ages. In recent years, as the computer dissolved the boundary between human intelligence and the would-be lifeless machine, this anti-industrial paradigm has been undermined. Victorianists have suggested that the steam-driven automatic machines of the Victorian mills and the proto-computers of Charles Babbage heralded our current understanding of human intelligence.
The human/mechanical dualism was gradually eclipsed by the vital machine as in the eyes of some Victorians their new engines were seen as hybrids, fusing mechanical qualities with qualities traditionally regarded as organic – Dickens’s description of the stationary steam engines of Coketown in Hard Times as “melancholy mad elephants” may be a case in point. It has also been argued that the machine gave Victorians a new way of envisioning the human psyche. For example the steam engine could be seen as enacting the rhythm of generation and constraint of psychic energy or the occasional explosion of a locomotive boiler read as the image of a nervous breakdown. Precisely, what amounts to a form of “industrial imaginary” results from this tendency to vitalise machines whilst mechanising the mental and emotional life of human beings.
At the political and philosophical level, in the first phase of industrialization, the question was raised whether the machine enhanced human life or simply augmented production and national wealth. Many social reformers were ambivalent about the so-called progress and life improvement machines brought to operatives. Harriet Martineau praised female factory labour on the ground that technology helped empower women. As for Robert Owen, his first philanthropic experiment at New Lanark did not rule out productivity and intensive labour. On the other hand, industrialists were described by pro-industry supporters as new heroes improving their workers’ living conditions, while participating in a divine plan for the progress of global human history. In 1835 for instance, Andrew Ure in his Philosophy of Manufactures, praised “the blessings which physio-mechanical science has bestowed on society, and the means it has still in store for ameliorating the lot of mankind”. Even Dickens who admired “the poetic of science” was called by Ruskin, “the leader of the steam-whistle party” as he was found to be too enthusiastic about technological and scientific advancements. As for Carlyle, though fearing riotous mobs of workers, he took the defence of « the strong inarticulate men and workers » against Mammonism, in Past and Present. How did contemporaries navigate between these ambivalent tendencies, between ideas of moral and physical improvement on the one hand versus the economic necessity for more workers’ subservience to the machine? Did these discourses, developed in the early phase of industrialisation, vary after the Great Exhibition and in later periods? Did these debates on technophobia versus technophilia, on human versus machine spread to the Continent beyond Marxian circles?
On a wider scale, the industrial metaphoric web spread to different fields of knowledge: medicine, social criticism, natural history and the industrial world inspired different artistic pursuits in painting, literature and even music with the new music machine, the mass-produced piano.
If it may be said that in the last resort the Victorian era set the rationale for the particular forms of technophobia and technophilia that still dominate today and it should also be worth considering steampunk as the neo-Victorian expression of a fascination for anachronistic technologies or retro-futuristic inventions.
This year’s annual conference will address the following issues:
Ambivalent discourses on
Workers and the factory system, the horrendous working conditions of early industrial factories
The factory system and its social and aesthetic effects
Industrial capitalism and British culture
The Factory Movement’s commitment to bettering working conditions
Technological beauty and sublimity
Pro-industry apologists, i.e. Andrew Ure, Edward Baines, William Cooke-Taylor
Manliness and mechanism, female labour and mechanization
European ambivalence towards the British industrial revolution and its moral side effects.
Emerging scientific ideas and technological inventions, i.e. “the whispering machine”
The engagement with technological inventions in the Victorian and Edwardian press
The overlap between humans and machines, mechanical-organic hybrids, prostheses
Early mechanical computers: Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine and Analytical engine
Inventors as tinkerers, inventors as heroes
Recent criticism on the Industrial Novel: Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Kingsley and also on less canonical works by Frances Trollope and Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, Elizabeth Stone and Geraldine Jewsbury
Poetry, poetics and industry, anti-industry poems
Working life autobiography, factory accidents and the narrative of deformity
The affective and cultural components of technophilia and technophobia
Industrial utopias or dystopias, i.e. Samuel Butler’s Erewhon
Steampunk, science and (neo)Victorian technologies
As with previous SFEVE colloquia, this event will focus on broad notions that will be of interest to scholars from a range of fields, including disciplines such as (but not limited to) anthropology, sociology, history, cultural studies, literature studies, art history, science and technology studies, psychoanalysis, philosophy.
Please submit abstracts (250 words + short biography) to francoise.le-jeune@univ-nantes.fr and georges.letissier@univ-nantes.fr before October 28, 2016.
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Numerated Raises $8M in Financing; Adds Founding Deputy Director of the CFPB as Investor and Advisor
Cheryl Kardos
November 28, 2018 -- BOSTON, Mass. -- Numerated, the financial technology company offering banks a real-time lending and growth platform, announced today it has closed $8 million in additional financing—bringing its total funding to $17 million.
Banks of increasing size and complexity are selecting Numerated for digital lending, and the company will use this additional financing to meet market demand and scale its operations.
Current Numerated investors Venrock, FIS and FINTOP Capital led the financing. The company also welcomes new investor Raj Date, the founding Deputy Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and current Managing Director at Fenway Summer Ventures. Date will join Numerated’s Advisory Board, bolstering the company with veteran banking and lending expertise.
Date shared, “The industry has been sorely lacking a solution designed specifically for community and regional banks to compete and win against giant global banks and alternative lenders in business banking. Numerated has quickly grown to become the market leader in business lending with its real-time fintech platform, and I look forward to advising the company as it continues its growth.”
Numerated’s founder and CEO Dan O’Malley shared, “We’ve seen a tipping point in the market, with banks across the U.S. focused on digitally serving their business segments and out-competing national and global lenders. We look forward to continuing to develop a platform that drives real growth for them, and are lucky to be able to call on Raj as an advisor as we do this.”
With Numerated’s real-time lending platform, banks can offer businesses in their markets the fastest, most convenient way to secure financing. Additionally, the platform’s integrated marketing and sales tools empower bankers and branches with actionable business information and pre-eligibility data to attract new customers and expand share-of-wallet with current customers.
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Vetnet Collaboration Helps Local Veterans Access Crucial Resources – NPRN, September 15, 2016
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Santa Barbara, Calif., September 12, 2016 — Representatives from more than 40 local agencies and nonprofits that support veterans in the tri-counties come together every other month for VetNet meetings, which provide an opportunity to network, share resources, collaborate and coordinate services and maximize their collective ability to serve those who have served our country.
The idea began in 2014 when Hazel Blankenship, Co-Founder of the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation (PCVF) and Arlene Stepputat, Manager of Volunteer Services at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care (VNHC) saw a need for better coordination among organizations serving veterans.
“It became clear that we needed to connect groups in town that already had programs to help veterans rather than create something new,” said Blankenship. “We’re not seeking to raise revenue, but rather to build relationships.”
The two women met through a mutual contact who was familiar with VNHC’s Vet-to-Vet Volunteer Program and veteran pinning ceremonies, which are part of the “We Honor Veterans” program with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
“We noticed there was a gap in organizations working with vets and not knowing what the other groups were doing,” said Stepputat.
The first meeting was held in September 2014. That December, VetNet experienced its first true test. Officer C.J. Burleigh of the Santa Barbara Police Department referred a veteran family in crisis to VetNet. Within 24 hours of alerting the network via email, VetNet collectively provided the family with childcare, food, a refrigerator, money, toys for the children, gas cards, a Christmas tree and an apartment in Carpinteria, among other things.
Since then, Blankenship estimates that about 50 other veteran families have been helped directly through in-kind donations, financial aid or services. Additionally, many veterans have been referred to the Veterans Treatment Court with help from VetNet.
“VetNet is an opportunity for the community to see partnerships that cross public service and private sector segments of the community,” said Blankenship.
The VetNet steering committee includes the Alano Club of Santa Barbara, Employment Development Department of the State of California Workforce Resource Center, New Beginnings Counseling Center, Santa Barbara Police Department, and the UCSB Veterans Resource Center. PCVF provides lunch for the meetings and VNHC offers its community room as a meeting space.
VetNet communicates with attendees via email regarding upcoming meetings and emergency notices.
To learn more about joining VetNet, email Arlene Stepputat at [email protected].
To make a donation to veteran families aided by VetNet, visit pcvf.org or call (805) 259-4394.
About Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation is committed to honoring the men and women who have served in U.S. military efforts. PCVF does this by supporting veterans and active duty members in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties as well as preserving military history and legacy. The Foundation is developing a Veterans Museum in downtown Santa Barbara as well as the “Wings of Honor” public art piece at the Santa Barbara Airport, both of which uphold Pierre Claeyssen’s vision that those who have served are “Never Forgotten.” PCVF is funded entirely by private donations. For more information, visit www.pcvf.orgor call (805) 259-4394.
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Just a few diseases attributed to heavy metals: cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's, autism, brain damage, low thyroid, birth defects and deformities...
Every day, we are all exposed to small amounts of toxic elements. This adds up continually over the years to be a significant accumulation of poisonous substances in our bodies.
Because the process is so gradual, we don't attribute gradually increasing health problems to exposure to lead, mercury, aluminum and other such elements.
Sources of Exposure
Mercury: The most common toxic element. Dental amalgam silver fillings, vaccines (used as preservative), most fish, grains (used to prevent mold in stored wheat, rice, etc., the air we breathe.
Lead: Certain types of paints, PVC plastic, the air we breathe. We are all born with lead in our bones - enough to make us very sick. We ALL need to detox, especially menopausal women who are exposed to lead as a result of decalcification of bones.
Aluminum: Aluminum foil, cookware, food additives, electronic devices, antiperspirants.
Arsenic: Wood preservative, insecticide, alloy in copper and lead, some animal feeds.
Cadmium: Cigarette smoke, batteries, metal plating, textiles, plastics.
Nickel: Batteries, stainless steel, coins, cigarette smoke, coins, chocolate, polluted water and air.
Antimony: Commonly used as flame retardant in children's clothes, auto seat covers.
Thallium: Used in electronics, glass manufacture, pharmaceuticals
Uranium: Refined uranium is highly radioactive and dangerous; used in military and power plant applications. Even when unrefined, uranium is a deadly toxin.
Mercury: A Most Common and Deadly Heavy Metal
Mercury is one of the most toxic substances in existence. This heavy metal accumulates mostly in the brain, nervous system, endocrine glands, heart and kidneys.
Mercury poisoning is one of the most common kinds of heavy metal toxicity.
Mercury toxicity symptoms include depression, autoimmune disorders, anemia and heart attacks, among other health problems.
Do you know that so-called 'silver' fillings are 50% mercury by weight? There is enough mercury in one medium-sized filling to force the closing of a 10 acre lake!
Conventional dentistry does not recognize 'silver' fillings as a source of mercury toxicity, and claims they are inert. However, scientific research has proved that to be false. Mercury is a very unstable element, as its nickname, 'quicksilver' indicates.
Just one mercury filling releases on average 17 micrograms of mercury into the body every day. Hot liquids and the movement and abrasive action of chewing food releases mercury vapors into the oral cavity and sinuses. We then breathe the vapors into our lungs, where they go directly into our bloodstream, to every cell in our bodies.
How you can minimize mercury exposure.
1 - NEVER use a mercury thermometer for any reason. Safely dispose of any you may have, and use digital thermometers.
2 - Find a dentist who does not believe in putting toxic metals into peoples' mouths. To find a dentist in your area, ask at health stores or inquire at the office of a holistic MD.
Not all such dentists are on lists of mercury-free dentists. Some, like my dentist, don't like some other effects of mercury fillings, for example, the tendency to eventually expand and crack peoples' teeth!
3 - Be VERY cautious if you consider having your mercury fillings removed! ACUTE MERCURY POISONING could result, depending on the condition of your immune system, toxic load already in your body, etc. Don't be in a big hurry - do your research.
4 - Sadly, ocean fish like salmon, tuna, and swordfish - rich sources of omega-3's and other super nutrients, now contain mercury in ever-increasing amounts. You are better off turning to land-based sources of healthy fats, such as pasture raised beef, eggs and poultry.
Lead: Another Well-Known Heavy Metal
You most likely are somewhat familiar with the toxic effects of lead. Among other symptoms, a toxic burden of lead in the body has been shown to lower I.Q.!
For years, warnings have been issued about keeping children from playing with or ingesting chipped paint from old buildings. House paints of decades past contained high amounts of lead.
Lead also is found in solder used to join copper pipes that carry water into our homes.
Every one of us is BORN with a burden of lead toxicity right in our bones!
This makes it important for everyone to consider ways to safely and effectively detoxify heavy metals.
How to Get Those Heavy Metals OUT of Your Body!
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You are here: Home / Health / Medicine / Iowan returning from space after setting more records
Iowan returning from space after setting more records
April 18, 2008 By Matt Kelley
The first Iowa woman in space is due to return to earth Saturday after setting several high-flying records. Peggy Whitson will come home on a Russian Soyuz capsule after having spent 377 days in orbit over her two six-month missions on the International Space Station.
That’s a new endurance record for any American in space. Whitson, who’s 48, has also set a world record for most spacewalking time for a woman — at just shy of 40 hours. The Beaconsfield native was also the station’s first female commander.
During an interview with Radio Iowa last October from orbit, said there was no pressure, laughing: “The biggest pressure I have is answering questions from the press.” On her first mission in 2002, Whitson was named the orbiting station’s first science officer. She’s also the first astronaut ever given a second assignment aboard the station and it’s believed she’s the only person to ride into and back from orbit on both a Soyuz and a shuttle.
Audio: Radio Iowa’s Matt Kelley reports. :50 MP3
Filed Under: Health / Medicine, Human Interest
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Ariana Grande Reveals Grammy Producer is Lying About her Non-Attendance/ Performance
This is turning out to be a wild awards season with talent and shows. Ariana Grande has come forward saying she’d kept silent on why she was passing The Grammys this year, until a Producer lied to the Press about her decision to forgo the event.
Social media is a powerful tool and with 2019 just beginning we can’t wait to see what else stars and performers bring to light this year! Check out the direct quote’s from Ariana Grande’s rebuddle and the Grammys comment below:
Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich’s claims that she’s not performing at the ceremony because they felt it was “too late for her to pull something together.”
Ariana hit back with:
“i’ve kept my mouth shut but now you’re lying about me,” Grande tweeted on Thursday. “i can pull together a performance over night and you know that, Ken. it was when my creativity & self expression was stifled by you, that i decided not to attend. i hope the show is exactly what you want it to be and more.” She continued, “i offered 3 different songs,”. “it’s about collaboration. it’s about feeling supported. it’s about art and honesty. not politics. not doing favors or playing games. it’s just a game y’all.. and i’m sorry but that’s not what music is to me.”
mhmmm here it is ! “too late for her to pull something together……” pic.twitter.com/YwuBOUkZjr
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) February 7, 2019
Meanwhile, Ehrlich declined comment.
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Pinnacle Field Hockey
Pinnacle Launches Pinnacle West in Grand Rapids
By Pinnacle Staff, 04/15/20, 1:45PM EDT
Pinnacle West Launches in Grand Rapids, MI
Pinnacle Field Hockey is thrilled to announce the addition of Pinnacle West, centered in Grand Rapids, to our field hockey family. Under the guidance and leadership of Kelsey (Thompson) Chun we look forward to collaboratively growing the game of field hockey in western Michigan. Kelsey has proven herself to be an integral contributor at each level in which she has competed, assisting her interscholastic as well as intercollegiate programs in winning championships. For an extensive view of Kelsey’s field hockey background and accomplishments, read about her on our Staff Page.
Training sessions hosted at Pinnacle West can be found in the drop down tag titled Pinnacle West. (Look for upcoming programming there when Michigan’s state-wide “stay home stay safe” mandates lift and public gatherings are allowed again.)
Welcome to the Pinnacle Family!
A message from Coach Kelsey:
“I am incredibly excited and honored to be at the helm of Pinnacle's expansion to West Michigan. I am certain that partnering with Pinnacle will offer western Michigan athletes an unparalleled opportunity by being part of the nationally-recognized club that coaching legend Nancy Cox has built.”
This website is powered by SportsEngine's Sports Relationship Management (SRM) software, but is owned by and subject to the Pinnacle Field Hockey privacy policy. ©2021 SportsEngine, Inc.
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Compulsory Purchase Surveyor Background An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced...
Kingsley, Manchester / North West
Design for new food court
Contractor picked for £11m Arndale food hall
Charlie Schouten
ISG has been chosen as main contractor for the Arndale’s £11m Halle Place food hall, which will include around 25,000 sq ft of food and beverage space.
The contractor is due to start work on the scheme to convert shops into restaurants and bars in the coming weeks. Existing retail units will be remodelled and refurbished, with a feature ceiling and escalator access installed.
Landlords M&G Real Estate and Intu announced the first three brands to prelet space at the development last month. Tapas Revolution will make its Manchester debut, signing for a 15-year lease on 2,800 sq ft. Mexican food chain Barburrito agreed a lease on 2,100 sq ft, also on a 15-year lease. Fizz! Bar will open a 1,500 sq ft Prosecco Bar on a 10-year lease.
In total, 10 new restaurants, bars and cafes will be created as part of the project, which is due to complete in summer 2018.
Manchester Arndale is owned jointly by M&G Real Estate and Intu, and is managed by CBRE. The retained agents are JLL and Metis Real Estate Advisors.
ISG was unavailable for comment.
Still a shopping centre & a boring bland one…
October 12, 2017 at 6:31 pm By Schwyz
Trafford centre is the only one that isn’t boring or bland.
October 13, 2017 at 9:23 am By Wy
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Jason Davis • Dec 05, 2016
Review: New book brings artistry of Apollo photos to your living room
From 1968 through 1972, 33 humans flew into space as part of NASA's Apollo program. Just a dozen would end up walking on the moon.
Pulling off one of humanity's most prestigious accomplishments required these astronauts to learn a variety of trades. Through a combination of crash courses and formal academics, they became pilots, engineers, scientists and more.
Of lesser mention in the history books is the fact that the astronauts were also trained as professional photographers. Engineers back on Earth used photos to better understand how their hardware was working in space. Mission planners needed sharp views of future landing sites. And scientists wanted all the moon imagery they could get: craters, rilles, mountains, lava plans, and any other interesting things the astronauts came across on the surface.
NASA also knew the astronauts' photos would become some of the most iconic images in history. Richard Underwood, who worked for the agency's photographic technology laboratory, summed up the public relations aspect of the snapshots like this:
"When you get back … you will be a national hero. But your photographs … they will live forever. Your only key to immortality is the quality of your photography."
‘Apollo’ cover JDFS Amsterdam
That quality is on display like never before in the new book "Apollo VII - XVII: A collection of photographs taken by NASA’s Apollo program astronauts 1968 - 1972," by Floris Heyne, Joel Meter, Simon Phillipson and Dealen Steenmeijer. The authors, who work at a small ad agency in Amsterdam, used Kickstarter to raise 30,000 euros for the project starting in March 2016.
Phillipson tells me orders of the book are set to ship worldwide during the last three weeks of December. (If you're looking for a holiday gift, delivery is likely—but not guaranteed—by December 25.)
The authors of Apollo had long searched for a coffee table book focusing on the astronauts' artistic merits, rather than reproducing only the more widely distributed pictures. Phillipson said the closest match thus far has been Full Moon, published in 1999 by Michael Light and Andrew Chaikin.
In 2015, after the Apollo historian Kipp Teague began uploading new, unprocessed versions of original Apollo photo scans to Flickr, the Amsterdam team became inspired to produce their own coffee table book. The result is a beefy, 6-pound tome measuring a foot on each side, filled with 225 toned and retouched photographs from Apollo 7 through 17.
During a recent get-together at my house, I left my Apollo review copy sitting on the coffee table. Two friends—one, an artist, and the other, a book designer—agreed the book is wonderfully done. We spent a good 20 minutes leafing through the pages, marveling at the images—some of which have never been printed until now, according to the authors.
Apollo 9 EVA photograph JDFS Amsterdam
My favorite shots include images from Apollo 15, where the varied terrain of the Apennine mountains and Hadey Rille are displayed in full-spread panoramas. I also love the pictures of the lunar module in Earth orbit during Apollo 9, and a full-disc moon shot taken during Apollo 13.
The latter shot speaks volumes. By the time it was taken, astronauts Lovell, Swigert and Haise had flown their wounded Apollo spacecraft around the moon and were heading back to Earth. Their chance to land on the surface was long gone, and the moon was receding slowly back into the blackness of space. Whether or not the crew would even survive their ordeal was still unknown.
The stories and notes accompanying each mission are equally entertaining, and do much to humanize the astronauts. Alan Bean's camera mishaps—in which he ruined a video camera by pointing it at the sun, before leaving several rolls of exposed film on the surface—are mentioned. In the Apollo 10 section, Gene Cernan agrees it was a good idea for NASA to short-fuel the lunar ascent module to prevent the crew from landing: "Don't give those guys an opportunity to land, 'cause they might!" There's also a fun recollection about John Young and Charlie Duke's "Lunar Olympics" during Apollo 16.
Following the photo section is a feature on the equipment and techniques the astronauts used to capture the images. Apollo photography was no trivial matter. The astronauts trained extensively on how to frame, focus and set exposure levels using specially modified Hasselblad cameras. The cameras were custom-built for users with bulky spacesuit gloves, and had to be hardened to withstand the dusty vacuum of the lunar surface. To hone their photography skills, many astronauts carried around Hasselblads before their missions, snapping pictures from their training jets and capturing moments with friends and family.
Apollo begins with an introduction from astronaut Walt Cunningham, which describes the evolution of space photography through NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. There's also a fold-out reproduction of the lunar "targets of opportunity" map from Apollo 11.
At 95 euros (includes free worldwide shipping), Apollo is pricey, but worth it. Some extra nice touches include a "NASA blue" cloth cover with the title stamped in gold, and a full-color book jacket. It's also hard to beat the hypnotic smell of the printed pages, along with the tactile sense of flipping through the photos.
Apollo would make a great addition to the office or living room of any space fan.
‘Apollo’ sample spread JDFS Amsterdam
Read more: Human spaceflight, Review
This Year's Best Space Gifts, According to Our Members
Kate Howells
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Double Lives
Mango Media Inc
Eric Brach
Mango Media
https://www.pubmatch.com/mango-media-inc.html
More About This Title Double Lives
#1 Amazon New Release! ─ Terrifying true crime stories
True Crime is hot right now, with true crime books, TV shows, and podcasts topping lists of readers, viewers, and listeners across the country. Eric Brach's new book Double Lives: True Tales of the Criminals Next Door offers terrifying true stories about the criminals hidden among us and the banality of evil and crime, elevated by its frank discussion of the nation-wide criminal scourge of the moment: opioid addiction.
Double Lives chronicles the very monsters who walk unnoticed among us ─ even serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, or John Wayne Gacy. They are neighbors and students, professionals and friends living out criminal double lives. Double Lives is both a nonfiction exposé and a nationwide search that details the exploits of some of the worst criminals in recent American history, all of whom succeeded in going undetected for years while perpetrating one crime after another… and all in their own hometowns. Gender? Race? Age? Socioeconomic class? It doesn’t matter. All stripes of people from all walks of life are profiled in this true crime roller-coaster.
At the same time, the author provides a personal look at opioid addiction and its current effects right alongside these binge-worthy tales of two-faced criminals caught and incarcerated, making Double Lives a sensational yet sobering read.
If you're a fan of true crime and serial killer books such as Pretty Little Killers, Mind Hunter, or The Big Book of Serial Killers you'll love Double Lives.
Eric wakeboards out of flaming wreckage—or at least, his author photo on Goodreads does. The rest of the time, he teaches English at a collegiate program for students pursuing careers in law enforcement.
Before turning to books, Eric wrote for The Onion and Bleacher Report, and he penned the screenplay for a Nintendo Wii game that most people didn't even hate. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, his dog, and his unyielding certainty that eggs overeasy is the best food on earth.
True Crime > General
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ExploreAsiaSingaporeSingaporeWanderlust, a Design-Driven Dreamland of a Hotel
Wanderlust, a Design-Driven Dreamland of a Hotel
By Kamei Cheong - Writer
The exterior of this 29-room hotel looks like one of the many heritage buildings in the Little India area but step inside and be blown away by hotelier Loh Lik Peng’s design-driven dreamland. This boutique hotel is a collaboration between four local design companies and features surreal landscapes throughout. Pantone colours inspire one floor, with each room uncompromisingly decked-out in a particular hue. Another floor is a monochrome interpretation of origami and pop art. The top prize, however, goes to the floor where each loft room takes on a whimsical theme, including one that looks like you’re in a leafy tree house. Every room comes with Shanghai Tang toiletries, iPod docks, cast-iron bathtubs and a passport with hand-drawn maps to the shops and restaurants in the area.
Little India is noisy, messy and crowded but it is also one of the most buzzing and culturally authentic historic districts frequented by tourists and locals alike. Explore the narrow laneways that branch out from the main street, Serangoon Road, and discover old-fashioned trades like vendors selling garlands of aromatic jasmine and fortune tellers with their parrots.
Wanderlust | 2 Dickson Road | +65 6396 3322
Raffles Singapore – Hotel Review
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How to See the Best of Singapore’s Coolest Neighbourhoods
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PFA MEMO
INTERSTATE CHALLENGE 2020
PFA will be holding the Interstate Challenge in September again this year.
A request for expressions of interest to host the event will be sent out to all clubs.
PFA will advise which club will be hosting the event by the end of March to allow players plenty of time to start planning their trip.
PFA EASTER CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 2020 TO 2022
At the PFA board meeting held on the 21st January the PFA Board reviewed two expressions of Interest to host the championships, one from France Petanque/AMA Alliance in Sydney and the other from Novar Gardens Petanque Club in Adelaide. Both were excellently prepared and met all the criteria required to host the Championship, making the decision difficult.
It was finally agreed to award the PFA Easter Championships for 2020 to 2022 to Novar Gardens Petanque Club in Adelaide. On the basis that the last three championships had been held in Melbourne and previous three in Sydney, it was felt that the time had come for it to be held in Adelaide. It was felt that this would be good for the promotion of the sport in South Australia, it was also felt that the move to Adelaide would encourage more players to travel to this different venue.
NOTICE FOR FORTHCOMING INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
Please click here to view the notice regarding forthcoming International Competitions and the selection processes involved for licenced players who might be interested in being considered for these competitions.
FIPJP RULES AND REGULATIONS: LICENCES
Licence regulation:
A player can hold one licence only – A player can take his/her licence anywhere in the world
If a player arrives in Australia with an overseas valid licence, his/her new club simply needs to endorse the licence adding the club stamp or President/Secretary signature
Once the expiry date on licence is reached the club will then need to issue the player with a PFA licence
Each Federation can set up policies allowing overseas players to enter certain competitions.
In Australia the holder of an overseas licence can play in all PFA international events and Open tournaments
But cannot play in state or club championships unless policies have been set by the relevant state league
Up to each state league to set up their own rules for holders of an overseas licence
NEW GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL COMPETITIONS
After the 2018 Carnival of Petanque tournament (held for the second year at Caulfield Petanque Club), the PFA Board decided to review the format and performance of the event with the view to improving it in future years. The PFA established a Championships Review Subcommittee which met in May. An initial Discussion Paper was distributed to members and other interested parties which outlined the thinking of the PFA Board. Two rounds of consultation occurred. This feedback has been considered and the PFA proposes to run future National Championships (The Easter Carnival of Petanque) according to the guidelines available here.
Soon PFA will be calling for expressions of interest from Leagues or Clubs to run the Carnival for the years 2020 to 2022.
The recent October PFA Newsletter “Know the rules” has raised a few questions from members and some umpires!!
Rules regarding the throw of the jack have been modified to speed up the game, so please allow players to play do not encroach in their allocated minute to play their boule.
You can always challenge the validity of the jack before playing your first boule.
Throw of the jack
October rule of the month:
Once the jack is thrown the player has 1 minute to play his/her boule.
Opponents cannot pace the piste to check the validity of the jack they can only contest the validity of the jack before playing their first boule.
Q: Whilst we find your ' know your rules' section informative, your October rule raises a question " How can the jack be marked, if someone has not walked up to it? "
The player who threw the jack or one of his/her team mate can walk up the piste and mark the jack within the minute allocated to play their boule.
Opponents should have one of their team member at the head and mark the jack quickly without interfering with the player about to play their boule.
One has to keep in mind that whilst it is not your turn to play the player (s) must stand in the correct position as per Art 17 of the rules.
“The opponents must remain beyond the jack or behind the player and, in both cases, to the side with regard to the direction of play and at a distance of at least 2 metres the one from the other”.
Hello Andre, reading the recent newsletter made me think about some scenarios. Some questions about the throw of the jack that have been asked of me -
Q: Jack is thrown and marked, the first boule thrown then moves the jack. Opposition still measures and finds that the jack is now 5.95m and in fact the mark was at 5.9m. What happens next?
Jack is not valid and the opponent must place it by hand at a valid distance, the first boule played is replayed by the team who threw the jack first. Marking of the jack is important as the validity of the jack is measured at the mark made in case the jack is moved forward.
Q: Jack is thrown and marked, the first boule thrown then moves the jack. Opposition still measures and finds that the jack is now 6.1m and in fact the mark was at 5.9m. What happens next?
The mark being at 5.90m the jack is not valid and must be placed at valid distance by opponent. When jack is marked it is always measured from the circle to the mark,
Q: Jack is thrown and NOT marked, the first boule thrown then moves the jack. Opposition still measures and finds that the jack is now 5.95m.What happens next?
Jack is not valid as it hasn’t reach the minimum distance of 6 m
Q: Jack is thrown and not marked, the first boule thrown moves the jack, the opponent measures the distance and finds that the jack is now at 6.01 m.
As the jack wasn’t marked you need to measure the new position of the jack and at 6.01m the jack is valid.
State director of umpiring we need to keep on putting message across and explain the rules.
Andre Deramond
PFA Chair Umpire Commission
International Umpire
RULES CLARIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION
Please read carefully and insure that all your umpires understand fully, you
will need to run a workshop with all your umpires.
These are not new rules only confirmation and clarification of existing
Each State umpire director should inform their league committees Secretary.
National director of coaching and all coaches to understand and read
carefully documents and insure that players representing Australia in coming
events are made fully aware of rules.
Please click here for PFA Timed Games Rules and click here for PFA Umpire Commission letter.
PFA Umpire Commission
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND SMOKING
Some members have queried regarding the FIPJP recommendation on the sale of alcohol during a competition, which appeared on the PFA newsletter under the “Rules” heading. This item should have appeared separately under the heading” News from the FIPJP” or something similar, as it does not refer to the rules of the sport.
We wish to clarify the PFA position on the matter, it is a recommendation from the FIPJP which the PFA Board acknowledges and is similar to the policy PFA has applied in its recent events.
Trans-Tasman series in Adelaide early this year
Easter carnival Melbourne
The PFA local rule is clear
No alcohol can be brought onto the piste or consumed during a game.
Umpires must apply the rules as set up by PFA but in no case are they to be involved in the general running of the club.
We are sure all of us will agree that the recommendation is plain good sense if we want to display a good image of our Sport as requested by the FIPJP, along with smoking, excessive alcohol consumption is more of a turn off for some, particularly families with younger players and doesn’t help clubs trying to increase their membership.
Let’s not argue further about this recommendation, most clubs have a Responsible Service of Alcohol policy and their committee members will address the situation in a manner that suits the needs of their club.
PFA Board
PFA Board has adopted the Official Rules of the Sport of Petanque on the 30th December 2016 applicable as from the 1st January 2017.
The PFA Umpire commission (Ray Beaumont, Danny Green, Pete Beaumont and Andre Deramond) and Trevor Nelson NZ Director of umpiring have participated and contributed to the review with the FIPJP.
- It took over 6 months to finalise the Official rules of the sport of Petanque, with different versions released.
- New rules and modifications have been highlighted in blue in the text
PFA Timed Games and PFA Local rules have been amended accordingly.
Please click on the links below:
PFA Official Rules for the Sport of Petanque 2017
PFA Local Rules 2017
PFA Timed Games Rules 2017
As Petanque Federation Australia is a recognised National Sporting Organisation, PFA has an obligation to abound by the attached Anti doping policy.
All coaches, umpires and committee members under this policy have the responsibility to guide and counsel members.
It is likely that one of the major events I.e. Trans Tasman or Australian Championships could be the subject of “testing of players and officials alike” by ASADA.
Implication for anyone failing a test is quite stringent
1st offence up to 2 years + further sanction by Petanque Federation Australia
Players willing to represent Australia at International level must be well aware of policy and obligations.
PFA Selection panel must keep this in mind whilst considering players for Selection.
Please click here for the Anti Doping Policy.
NEW CATEGORY OF PLAYER LICENSE - CASUAL
The PFA recently endorsed a new category of Licence - Casual. This is designed to assist clubs with encouraging new or ocassional players to play in PFA endorsed tournaments.
1. Petanque Federation Australia will make available to member clubs a facility where
the club may hold up to 6 licenses for issue to casual players who attend their club.
This facility is provided for the use of new players, overseas visitors and sponsors
who wish to participate in a tournament. This facility is not provided for regular
unlicensed players as means to play in a sanctioned tournament. This facility is not
available for players to participate in State Championships or PFA National and
International open events.
2. An individual will be eligible to use this facility 3 times in a license year only. This
applies to any club or tournament or event. The club may as they deem appropriate
receive a payment from the player for the use of this facility.
3. The licenses are not transferable and may not be sold loaned or borrowed by or to
another club. The license may only be used at the club for which it is issued.
Therefore the player can only play in the club providing the special license for that
4. The license is for the use of one player on one day at one tournament or event. On
completion of the tournament or event the license is to be returned to the club.
An individual may use this facility a maximum of 3 times only.
5. The License binds the casual player to the FIPJP rules of Petanque and the
Petanque Federation Australia Policies and Regulations. The player using this
facility is therefore responsible and liable for any penalties imposed by the club,
league or PFA that the player has incurred whilst using this facility.
6. The licenses may be purchased by a member club at the beginning of the license
year at a cost of $30.00 per license a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 6 may be
purchased in a license year by a member club.
7. Petanque Federation Australia will commence this facility on the 1st of July 2016.
The Licenses will be available for purchase for the following license year up to the
31st of August 2016. In subsequent years the Licenses will only be available for
purchase by member clubs from July 1st to August 31st of that licenses year. The
license will not be available for purchase at any other time.
8. Inappropriate use of this facility will result in withdrawal of the facility at the member
Clubs cost. And any other penalty as the board see fit.
FINAL LISTING FOR OUR COACHES IN AUSTRALIA
The register will be reviewed by Dr Gerard Finette our coach administrator and the PFA Board, those not having completed all requirements will be considered as non qualified coaches.
Only fully qualified complying coaches will be accepted and considered by PFA for National and International competitions appointment.
This is a very important as the ASC is monitoring our compliance with their requirements.
PFA Coaching Policy 2016
PFA Coach Active Duty Report Template
Certificate Table for Coaches 2016
MEMO FROM PFA
ON OCEANIA PETANQUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to all Australian team members for their effort, behaviour and general attitude at the Oceania Petanque Championships that was held on 9th - 12 March 2016 in Vanuatu. Australian players did well and performed well under all circumstances.
Results as follows:
Finals and 3rd place of men and women Oceania double
- Men and Women - Triple Oceania qualification
-Triple Oceania knock out games, finals and 3rd place
- Men’s team had to play qualifying games for the world championships against NZ, Vanuatu, Tahiti and New Caledonia
Australia had to finish in top 3 but didn’t make it finishing 4th behind
- Vanuatu 1st, New Caledonia and Tahiti
All Australian teams Men and Women were performing well in qualification finishing first in their group both men’s and women’s teams, but for all teams losing in the knock out stage by small margin 11 – 7, 11 – 9 very frustrating. Tahiti and New Caledonia in particular play more regularly tights’. Australia have now definitively got the edge over the NZ in Men’s games, our women beat them as well in qualification round, but it was disappointing that no player or teams made it through to the finals.
Those Oceania’s games were well attended with all countries filling in strong men and women’s teams. They were 36 Men and 36 Women with the Tahitians and new Caledonians filling in players who participate every year at the French Championships.
The 4th place in the shooting competition for Damien Lazar (30 points) and Eileen Marie both out of 36 players in each category is a great result.
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Well City Challenge finalists find creative solutions to millennial health issues
Fifteen applicants will face off next year in a 'Shark Tank'-like competition – with $50,000 at stake
Adult Health Millennials
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One of the Well City Challenge finalists, Hike+Heal, will offer healing hikes to boost the physical, mental and spiritual wellness of millennial women in the Philadelphia region.
A running program that encourages both physical and mental health. An art initiative that aims to reduce isolation and improve overall well-being. A food therapy program that stresses the importance of food on the brain, gut and heart.
These efforts are all among the finalists of the Well City Challenge, a "Shark Tank"-like competition seeking innovative solutions to improve millennial health.
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The 15 finalists in the incubator and pitch competition were chosen from more than 100 applicants from throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania. The pitches fall under three themes: Community and Social Connection, Food and Nutrition, and Mind/Body.
The contest was created by the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia and Independence Blue Cross.
In early 2021, the finalists will be paired with mentors from the Economy League's network to help develop and refine their concepts. They eventually will pitch their concepts to judges during a virtual competition. More than $50,000 in prizes are at stake.
Here are the finalists in each category:
COMMUNITY & SOCIAL CONNECTION
• Hey, Auntie!, a virtual multigenerational matching service to support millennial women in all areas of life including love, family and work.
• Hike+Heal, a women’s hiking hive that will offer healing hikes to increase physical, mental and spiritual wellness in Philadelphia.
• Let's Talk Philly Conversation Circles, a partner of The Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians that helps immigrant millennials learn English conversation skills and share their stories to combat stereotypes and prejudice.
• Mind Your Art, a collaboration between Fleisher Art Memorial and Juntos. The initiative uses hands-on art-making to help build connections, reduce isolation and improve overall well-being for millennials.
• The HERO Group Health Coaching Program, a pro bono, group health coaching effort that helps millennials take ownership of their health and make lasting health and behavioral changes.
• Brain Gut Heart Wellness, a food therapy program that teaches cooking while also providing an open space to talk about mental health and reinforce the importance of food on the brain, gut and heart.
• Land-based Jawns, an organization that offers education and training to Black, Indigenous and people of color on natural agriculture, food sovereignty, survival skills, carpentry and community healing. The lessons will be based on author Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower series.
• Philly Food Therapy, an effort to provide a holistic healthy food experience by bringing together healthy ingredients from local farms and physical activity.
• The Freedom Greens & Gardens Project, an effort to reimagine Malcolm X Park and surrounding blocks as a wellness destination within the heart of West Philadelphia.
• The Welcome Spot: Interfaith Connection, Coffee and Conversation in South Philly, an effort to connect existing faith communities in South Philadelphia to develop community programming and create space for millennials to connect over coffee.
• Philly’s Big Breath, an effort to help everyone, but especially Black and Brown millennials, heal from trauma.
• Racial Healing & Mindful Transformation in Asian American Community, a effort to create space for Asian American millennials to heal from racial trauma through virtual forums focusing on mindfulness, resilience, self-compassion and social support.
• Shear Balance, a program that brings mental health awareness to beauty salons and barber shops.
• Strides, a running program that encourages millennials to prioritize both their mental and physical health.
• VeloLingo, a program designed by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia to provide immigrant, refugee and underrepresented millennials throughout Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey with virtual bicycle education classes and socially-distanced community rides led by bilingual and multilingual instructors.
"We are thrilled to have received such a diverse representation of community-led applications focused on improving millennial health in Greater Philadelphia," said Nick Frontino, managing director of the Economy League of Greater Pennsylvania.
"It's clear there is no shortage of everyday innovators around our region who want to bring creative solutions to the social sector, and we are looking forward to rolling up our sleeves and supporting Well City Challenge teams in their journey toward impact."
The Well City Challenge was inspired by a 2019 Blue Cross Blue Shield report that found millennials had a double-digit increase in the prevalence of eight top health conditions, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes.
Nearly one third of millennials also have a mental or behavioral health condition, according to a 2020 follow-up report. The most prevalent conditions are major depression, ADHD and substance abuse.
"The millennial generation faces many difficult health challenges, unlike other generations before them," said Marcy Rost, executive vice president, chief strategy and communications officer for Independence Blue Cross. "We are pleased that the Well City Challenge has engaged the community to raise awareness. We're also excited about these 15 ideas and their potential to improve lives in a meaningful way."
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Write to TV
Out of Your Head and onto the Screen
Martie Cook
Published August 9, 2020 by Routledge
Published August 10, 2020 by Routledge
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Write to TV: Out of Your Head and onto the Screen
Book Description Table of Contents Author(s) Reviews Support Material
In Write to TV (third edition) industry veteran Martie Cook offers practical advice on writing innovative television scripts that will allow you to finally get that big idea out of your head and onto the screen. With this book you’ll learn to craft smart, original stories and scripts for a variety of television formats and genres, including comedy, drama, pilots, web series, and subscription video on demand.
This new edition has been updated with expanded coverage on writing for global audiences, content creation for streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, as well as writing the web series, podcasts and utilizing free platforms such as YouTube. It also features new chapters on writing for niche markets; breaking into the writers’ room; creating binge-worthy series and how to accompany pilot scripts with a series pitch document. Plus, expanded information on creating complex and compelling characters including writing anti-heroes and strong female protagonists and much, much more.
Including information directly from studio and network executives, agents, and managers on what they’re looking for in new writers and how to avoid common pitfalls, advice from successful creators and showrunners on creating original content that sells, and tips from new writers on how to get into a writers room and stay there. This book contains information from more than 20 new interviews, access to sample outlines, script pages, checklists, and countless other invaluable resources, and is the ideal book for anyone who wants to break into the TV writing industry.
PART I How Hollywood Works
Chapter 1 FROM DINOSUAR TO DIGITAL: AN OVERVIEW OF THE TV INDUSTRY
Chapter 2 THE LAY OF THE LAND
Chapter 3 THE SPECTACULAR SPEC
Chapter 4 GETTING YOUR SCRIPTS READ
PART II Comedy
Chapter 5 WRITING FOR LAUGHS
Chapter 6 DEVELOPING YOUR COMEDIC STORY
Chapter 7 COMEDIC STRUCTURE
Chapter 8 OUTLINING YOUR COMEDIC STORY
Chapter 9 SCRIPTING YOUR COMEDY
Chapter 10 OTHER KINDS OF TV COMEDY
PART III Drama
Chapter 11 PLOT-DRIVEN DRAMAS
Chapter 12 CHARACTER-DRIVEN DRAMA
Chapter 13 FORMATTING FOR DRAMA
Chapter 14 DRAMADIES
PART IV Creating Original Series
Chapter 15 THE MECHANICS OF A TELEVISION PILOT
Chapter 16 BUILDING YOUR SERIES FROM THE GROUND UP
Chapter 17 SELLING AN ORIGINAL IDEA
PART V Characters
Chapter 18 CREATING COMPLEX AND COMPELLING CHARACTERS
PART VI Dialogue
Chapter 19 WRITING DIALOGUE THAT DANCES ON THE PAGE
PART VII Rewriting, a Necessary Evil
Chapter 20 REWRITE THE HECK OUT OF IT
PART VIII Pitch Perfect: How to Pitch Stories and Series
Chapter 21 ESSENSIALS OF A PROFESSIONAL PITCH
Chapter 22 PITCHING IDEAS FOR EXISITING SERIES
Chapter 23 PITCHING PILOTS
PART IX Niche Can Be Nice
Chapter 24 WRITING FOR FRAGMENTED AUDIENCES
PART X Thinking Out of the Box
Chapter 25 WEB SERIES AND PODCASTS
PART XI The Business Side of Television
Chapter 26 THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA
Chapter 27 AGENTS, MANAGERS, AND ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEYS
Chapter 28 WRITING TEAMS
PART XII How to Get Your Foot in the Door
Chapter 29 HOW TO GET WORK AS A TELEVISION WRITER
Chapter 30 GETTING THE INTERVIEW
Chapter 31 CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’VE GOT THE JOB … NOW WHAT?
Chapter 32 THE POWER OF NETWORKING
Should You Bring Your Spec Scripts?
Chapter 33 OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HELP YOU SUCCEED
Chapter 34 Welcome to the Room!
Chapter 35 Some Final Thoughts
Martie Cook has over three decades of experience as a respected writer and producer of television and film. She has worked for all four major networks and PBS as well as for Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios. A member of the Writers Guild of America West, Cook has written for hit television shows such as the top-ten Nielsen rated Full House, and the cult classic, Charles in Charge. She has served as a writer/producer for Entertainment Tonight, America's Most Wanted, and the PBS Emmy Award-winning children's show Zoom. Cook currently teaches Television Writing at Emerson College in Boston, MA, where she also serves as the director of the BFA in Comedic Arts and the Founding Director of the Center for Comedic Arts.
"Martie Cook’s Write to TV (3rd Edition) is a must read for anyone interested in exploring the world of writing for Television. From the basics of concept and scene work to best industry practices, this energized gem covers it all. Ms Cook also quotes an extraordinary range of celebrated talent from Bob Weide to David McGee to Kristin Hahn in a journey through the world of the television writer. I cannot recommend it more highly."
Linda Reisman, Producer, Leave No Trace; The Danish Girl, Distinguished Producer-in-Residence, Emerson College
"Martie has done an amazing job at explaining real-world script writing information. Beginner writers get it right away. The book is direct, honest, and authentic.”
Bill Lancaster, Communication’s Professor Northeastern University and Television Producer
"Martie Cook’s Write to TV is an essential tool and resource in the screenwriting classroom. Students learn from excellent examples and a diverse array of writing topics that equip future writers into the dynamic and ever expanding world of writing for television and streaming media. Terrific book, my students love it!"
Eric Swelstad, Professor/Chair, Media Arts Los Angeles Valley College
Praise for the Previous Edition:
"Martie Cook has one of the best minds out there when it comes to writing for television. Her experience and insight played a crucial role in shaping my writing career, and I'm thrilled for the aspiring writers who will surely benefit from the wisdom in these pages!"
Jon Rineman, Writer, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
"Martie Cook's Write to TV is required reading for anyone considering a career in TV writing. More than any other single thing, I owe my success to following her teachings."
Matt Fusfeld, Writer/Producer New Girl; Community; American Dad
"I think this is about the best book on writing for television out there. I hope it sells like crazy because television will be better for it."
Peter Dunne, Emmy and Peabody Award-Winning Writer/Producer, CSI; Melrose Place; Dallas; Knots Landing; Author, Emotional Structure
"Write to TV takes you inside the minds of writers, producers, and network suits in this brutally honest book. A ‘must read’ for anyone who has the dream of making it in Hollywood. I wish I had read this book 20 years ago!"
Glenn Meehan, Producer, The Talk; Little People, Big World; Entertainment Tonight
"Martie Cook’s Write to TV is the best book I’ve found on the subject in 20 years as a prime time writer/producer and 15 years as a college professor teaching the subject. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to learn the ins and outs of writing TV comedy and drama."
Ross Brown, Associate Professor of Film and Media Arts, Dodge College at Chapman University; Writer, The Cosby Show; Who's the Boss?; Step By Step; Author, Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet
"Write to TV is an invaluable resource not just for writers but for anyone interested in getting the inside scoop about the way the industry works and how to break in. It gives an extensive overview of the current world of TV and a step-by-step guide for the new writer in town. It's anecdotal yet informational, entertaining yet insightful. Because the author has lived this experience, she can give a first hand step-by-step account of how you get from that first pitch to the on-screen credit."
Libby Beers, Executive Producer, The Christmas Ornament; Bringing Ashley Home
"Martie Cook imparts a tremendous amount of knowledge in a way that is both easy to understand and entertaining. It is like having a mentor in book form."
Christopher Crowe, Writer, The Last of the Mohicans; Fear
"Martie Cook’s Write To TV is a smart ‘How It Is’ book. It’s an inspiring and edifying insider’s first-hand experience and knowledge imparted lovingly and entertainingly. It’s a book you can’t set down once you begin and when you’re done you’ll know what it takes to be successful in breaking into the business—the rest is up to you."
Hassan Ildari, Writer/Director, Face of the Enemy; Assistant Professor, Emerson College
Visit the authors website www.writetotv.com
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Ant McPartlin's representative breaks silence after Declan Donnelly presents alone
He's been quiet on social media
Katie McNamee
Last night's episode of Saturday Night Takeaway seen Declan Donnelly host the show without co-host Ant McPartlin.
Fans immediately took to social media to congratulate the comedian for such a successful show without Ant.
The solo show comes weeks after his TV partner stepped down and entered rehab following a drink driving charge.
Following the show's airing, Ant's representative Simon Jones reached out to fans and thanked them for their support.
To his 32k followers, he said: "So proud of Dec. What an amazing #SaturdayNightTakeaway. Also thank you for the fantastic reaction on social media tonight. Well done to the whole @itvtakeaway team"
Dec, who recently confirmed that wife Ali Astall is expecting a baby, made little jokes and one about how he was "doing twice the work".
Towards the end of the episode the Geordie spoke to fans at home and thanked them for their support.
'I'm crying my eyes out' - Fans of Saturday Night Takeaway react as Dec presents without Ant for first time ever
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Domestic workers and farmworker women join forces to end sexual violence in their industries, leaving no one behind.
Penelope Kyritsis
Photo provided by author.
On 24 April 2018, over 200 domestic workers, farmworker women and allies came together for the Unstoppable Day of Action at the U.S. capitol, calling on lawmakers to pass sexual harassment protections for all workers. After a press conference in the morning, a delegation of women led by the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (National Farmworker Women’s Alliance) visited over 60 members of Congress from both chambers to discuss legislative solutions to sexual harassment. Specifically, they are calling on employers, lawmakers, and advocates all over the United States to:
Close legal loopholes so that workplace harassment and abuse is deemed unlawful in every workplace – no exceptions.
Make it simple and safe for workers to report sexual harassment and file complaints.
Provide funding for culturally and linguistically appropriate resources for domestic workers and farmworkers who file complaints.
Promote policy reform to ensure that farmworkers and domestic workers are covered by anti-sexual harassment and retaliation laws.
For decades, domestic workers and farmworker women have been systematically excluded from labour protection laws and have faced extensive barriers to justice for sexual harassment, among other forms of abuse. Most have no human resources department to turn to, and are not covered by Title VII, the federal anti-discrimination law that prohibits sexual harassment, as the law currently only applies to workplaces with 15 employees or more. Since most workers in the care sector are the only or one of just a few employees in their workplace, they – along with independent contractors – fall beyond the purview of this federal labour protection instrument.
“It’s happening to us because we are invisible workers,” said Teresa Arredondo, farmworker leader from Alianza de Campesinas. Throughout the 32 years that Arredondo worked in the fields, she experienced multiple kinds of exploitation and discrimination, including sexual violence in the workplace. As Arredondo concluded her statements at the podium, farmworker women and domestic workers stood holding a banner with the words “THESE SURVIVORS WANT SAFETY AND DIGNITY IN ALL WORKPLACES” and chanted “We see you. We love you. Thank you.”
The isolated and invisible nature of farm work – which occurs on remote fields or packing houses, with limited access to public transport – and domestic work, which often takes place behind the closed doors of the employer’s home, makes it especially difficult for these workers to organise and access the very limited recourses available to them for reporting instances of sexual violence in the workplace.
“Many of them don’t even know about the existence of the limited law we are trying to expand,” Myrla Baldonado, an organizer of the LA-based Pilipino Workers Center, told Beyond Trafficking and Slavery after the rally, further highlighting the need for resources to be more accessible to all workers, regardless of their cultural, linguistic and migratory background.
Ai-jen Poo, executive director of the NDWA emphasised the historical significance of the Unstoppable campaign, which brings together two of the groups that are most commonly excluded from labour protections “What’s amazing about this moment is that we are not alone,” said Poo, “our solutions leave no one behind.” Actress, producer, and TIME’S UP founding member Olga Segura, who was also present at the action, echoed this point, stating: “If the law does not protect all of us, then the law is not good enough and must change”.
Our solutions leave no one behind.
As the experience of these women has shown, immigrants and women of color are especially vulnerable to sexual harassment in the workplace. During her turn at the podium, longtime immigrant-rights activist and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) acknowledged that low-income, immigrant women of color bear a disproportional burden of the injustice, and spoke about the need for comprehensive immigration reform to address some of the root causes of sexual and labour abuses.
The legacies of exclusion that now shape the conditions of domestic and farm work were a recurrent theme throughout the press conference. June Barnett, home care worker, organizer, and leader with the We Dream in Black program of the NDWA, poignantly said: “Our work has deep roots in slavery. They still see us as the help. Nothing is different.”
Monica Ramirez, President of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas reiterated Barnett’s point: “Farmworkers and domestic workers –most of which are immigrant women and women of color – cannot pretend that we were accidentally written out of the federal laws that guarantee protections to other workers.”
As such, implementing the Unstoppable campaign’s demands entails much more than simply improving an inadequate system, it would also be what Baldonado considers “correcting a historic wrong”.
As public and political attention on the issue of sexual violence in the workplace increases with the continued flow of #MeToo disclosures, domestic workers and farm worker women are shining a light on solutions for workers who have been historically and systematically marginalised and excluded from existing labour laws. The Unstoppable campaign is particularly significant, as it constitutes an important example of what organising across sectors can achieve.
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Scott Stringer wants more COVID funding to go to NYC businesses
With the US Treasury kicking off a new round of $284 billion in COVID-19 funding for small businesses on Wednesday, City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced a plan to help NYC get a bigger piece of the pie.
The NYC mayoral candidate called on City Hall to compile “a comprehensive list” of financial institutions with access to federal Payroll Protection Program funding to share with small businesses.
He also called on workers from the city’s Small Business Service agency to go door-to-door to encourage mom-and-pop shop owners to apply for the funding, as well as more bilingual outreach to immigrant communities.
“We cannot lay back and think that people are just going to get this funding,” Stringer said at an event in Chinatown on Wednesday. “It didn’t happen last time and it won’t happen again unless this city government mobilizes.”
Despite being located in the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, New York City’s small businesses were widely reported to have been hosed last year when it came to the government’s stimulus spending.
According to Stringer, just 12 percent of Gotham’s 1.1 million eligible businesses received funding last year despite the fed’s having doled out $522 billion to help small businesses survive the pandemic and keep people employed. By contrast, 24 percent of businesses in Nebraska received funding, despite the fact that New York at that time had been the hardest-hit state in the union by the pandemic.
“And when you look at who got PPP borough by borough, we saw even more disparity,” Stringer said. “When I ran the numbers we found that more than 60,000 businesses got loans, versus less than 10,000 in the Bronx. Businesses say the applications were complicated and restricted them, or they simply didn’t know about the program. This is unacceptable.”
But as The Post reported last year, many NYC-based small-business owners who applied for funding last year complained of walking away empty-handed. And some large banks were even accused of putting their wealthier clients first, including some large publicly traded companies like Shake Shack and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse,
Small business owner Eileen Guzzo joined Stringer at the event and recounted her struggles getting a PPP loan last year from a large bank, saying that things turned around once she moved her application to New York-based community bank Ponce.
“They were fantastic,” Guzzo said Wednesday. “The platform that they used for you to apply for PPP was completely transparent and easy to understand.”
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Traveling Again? Assessing Foreign Travel Risk in a Rapidly Changing World
Well, that was fast. Practically overnight, the coronavirus pandemic has grounded travelers throughout the world.
It can be difficult to remember a time when tourists did not find themselves confronting a maze of mandatory quarantine requirements, cancelled flights, and closed borders. And yet, like all pandemics, COVID-19’s grip on the globe will ease, restrictions will end, foreign travel and residence will resume, and insurers will need to underwrite these risks.
To meet this need, RGA has released its 2020 Foreign Risk Study, a comprehensive assessment of the relative mortality risk of 205 countries drawing on data from 2019, prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, and based on weighted rankings across 25 indicators grouped into six broad categories:
Each indicator is assigned a score of 1 through 10, where 1 is the best and 10 is the worst, based on the data for each variable relative to other countries. RGA’s data scientists and underwriters developed a model to produce an ordered ranking of each country, based on the data and the relative importance of each variable. To further understand the interaction of the variables, predictive modeling experts developed a model that clustered nations into five groups based on data similarities and categorized countries A through E. Countries receiving an A ranking were considered safest, whereas E nations were viewed as the most dangerous.
Among the study’s more surprising findings? The more things change, the more they stay the same. Overall the U.S. slid three spots to 42 in overall mortality risk, yet most rankings remained very stable between the 2020 study, drawing on data from 2019, and the 2018 study from data in 2017. In both reports, the lowest risk nation to visit was the ultra-wealthy principality of Monaco.
See also: Finding the Balance: Achieving Accurate Assessment of Foreign Travel Risk
To more accurately assess the real, and sometimes subtle, factors that contribute to mortality risk in different geographies, insurers should carefully weigh a variety of factors, but some focus areas did emerge:
Look at Health and Longevity
Life expectancy at birth can be an excellent indicator of a country’s overall living conditions that impact mortality expectations. The United Nations estimates that the global average life expectancy was 72.6 years in 2019 – higher than in any country in 1950.1 For comparison, life expectancy at birth in the United States is 80.30 years, 36th among the 205 countries in RGA’s analysis. Life expectancy varies considerably among countries in the study. Those in the top 10% have a life expectancy above 80 while the bottom 10% have a life expectancy below 60.
Even pre-pandemic, much of this disparity in health and longevity was related to high rates of communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases. The United States has an age-adjusted communicable disease death rate of 29.2, ranking the nation at 48 of the 184 countries with data. By contrast, the country with the lowest rate of communicable disease in the study was Finland with a rate of just 8.7.
Additionally, obesity rates contribute to chronic conditions that have a considerable role in expected mortality, as did maternal and infant mortality rates. At 0.5%, the United States has the least amount of underweight children among the nations studied; at the same time, the country has one of the highest rates of obesity, with only 10 nations surpassing U.S. citizens’ waistlines. The U.S. also suffered higher rates of maternal and infant mortality than many other advanced, industrialized countries, ranking 61 and 47, respectively.
Another contributor to mortality differences is the quality of a country’s health system, a reality that has been thrown into stark relief by COVID-19. Long before the pandemic made available hospital bed counts and physician staffing levels global news, these numbers were factored into RGA’s comparative evaluation of medical care. Cuba had the strongest physician density, with more than eight medical doctors for every 1,000 citizens, and Monaco, Japan, and Korea led the world in available hospital beds, with more than 13 per 1,000 citizens.
Evaluate Safety on the Streets
Nations with high homicide rates pose additional mortality risks. The highest homicide rates were experienced in Central and South America. In contrast, five countries – Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, and Israel – experienced zero homicides in 2019. The United States has a homicide rate of 5.3 per 100,000 people, ranking 113 of the 170 countries with data. The U.S. rate also represents a slight uptick from the rate reported in 2018.
Perhaps the more prevalent source of safety risk may be the rate of motor vehicle accident deaths. The WHO reports that worldwide approximately 1.35 million people die each year as a result of motor vehicle accidents.2 Poor road infrastructure and lax traffic safety enforcement can strongly contribute to morality risk. The safest place to drive? Monaco, the same as in 2018. The most dangerous? The Dominican Republic.
From 2003 to 2019 according to the U.S. State Department, more Americans died abroad in vehicle accidents (29%) than any other non-natural cause, outstripping homicide (19%), suicide (14%), and accidents. However, mortality experience differed dramatically by country. For example, in 2015, nearly 29,000 U.S. citizens travelled to Mexico and around 12,000 travelled to Canada. Yet, in that same year, 324 Americans died from non-natural causes in Mexico and only 21 died in Canada. Notably, terrorist actions accounted for only 3% of deaths during this lengthy period.
See also: Innocents Abroad? Steps to prevent Foreign Death Claim Fraud
Reflect Rising Environmental Risk
Poor air and water quality also can have severe and lasting impacts on human longevity, a fact reflected in RGA’s Foreign Risk Study. The research relies on two variables related to the air quality: carbon dioxide emissions tied to climate change and particulate matter concentrations, or exposure levels to particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that can penetrate deep into the respiratory tract.
RGA discovered that while high carbon dioxide and particulate matter concentrations were more common in less developed economies, the state of a country's pollution controls is a more important determinant of particulate matter concentrations. The United States has a carbon dioxide emission rate per capita of 16.49, which gives the U.S. a rank of 186 out of the 196 countries with data. Only 10 other countries have a higher emission rate, while the country’s particulate matter concentration level was comparatively low. What country does best across both metrics? Trinidad and Tobago.
See also: Insurance Challenges and Product Development Opportunities Amid Negative Health Impacts of Climate Change
View Occupational Risk through a Broader Lens
The journal Safety Science estimates fatal occupational accident rates per 100,000 workers for 165 countries in our study. Many of these occupational accidents are under reported, especially in developing countries. Countries with the best occupational safety records? Malta, the United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, the Netherlands, and Iceland. The country with the worst record? Morocco.
Underwriters, and all travelers, would be well advised to overlook public perceptions and focus on data when assessing of international travel and residence risks. RGA’s recently updated Worldwide Mortality Risk Study and U.S. Underwriting International Guidelines can help guide this assessment. These guidelines draw from U.S. State Department reports, World Health Organization (WHO) data, as well as a range of other international reference sources. For questions about the guidelines or RGA’s underwriting methodology, contact us.
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Stanley always told me to take my working tool with me - my camera - and to always create. “Walk with creation in your mind, surround yourself with art, walk forward, and fall in love with your own work.”
And so, years later, as I walk along the beach in China, from the film school where I work, I think of his words, I think of him often. The first film I screened in the auditorium was Dust, A Sculptor’s Journey. We had a two hour discussion afterwards. One of the students later told me, having visited Montreal later that summer, that she hunted out his studio.
I often get random emails from people around the world who happen to stumble on the website. One was from a rabbi in New York who asked me if he could screen Birth of the Smoked Meat in the synagogue. Later he sent me an invite, herrings and vodka served afterwards!
I quote Stanley to my students, I tell them his stories. I walk, my hand spiritually in his, and remember those moments when he taught me what art was, sitting at the Main Deli, over his favourite smoked meat sandwich, half fat, drinking his cherry soda.
I sometimes have dreams that he comes by for a chat; they are never bad, often funny, a continuation of what we wanted to continue. What he wanted, what I wanted, friends had wanted and tried so hard to obtain, a retrospective, the Stanley Lewis Big Bang Show.
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Here is the first draft of the synopsis of Dust: A Sculptor's Journey
This was the original story, and it did not end up being this story. However, the story will be written using his letters to his mother.
Documentary Summary
This feature length documentary reflects the conflicted life of Stanley Lewis, the visionary and quixotically innovative Montreal sculptor who gave up his public career in the mid eighties to concentrate on stone sculpting. He lived out his final years in a dusty studio above L. Berson & Fils, Monuments, the Jewish tombstone engravers. This humanistic retrospection of an artist’s complex life from heights of greatness and unhappiness to self-imposed exile and happiness is concurrently a quest to posthumously bestow recognition upon Stanley as the great Master sculptor he was, whilst discovering his art piece, the magnificent Pink Lady, which disappeared after his death.
The Synopsis
The documentary opens in Stanley’s Montreal studio. “We have no telephone, email or computer, do we Stanley?” says Ryan Larkin, homeless animator and Stanley’s comrade-in-arms. The tiny space is littered with sculptures while bin liners are crammed with photocopies of his past achievements. Yet nothing surpasses the sophistication of the Pink Lady, Stanley’s prized sculpture created in Florence, Italy. “I just bought this marvellous and rare pink marble at the Maiano marble quarry,” he writes to his mother in 1957. This snippet begins the creative chronology of the sculpture which is slowly unravelled throughout the documentary rousing expectation and uncertainty. The Pink Lady will also pivot as the central motif, the backbone to the story. Stanley loves her, is proud of her, and anyone who knew Stanley and visited his studio in these last years knew the Pink Lady.
Commencing in Italy where the Pink Lady begins her life, specific themes are selected which illuminate Stanley the man and artist along with the dominant motifs of his life: artistic rejection, social isolation, brilliance and mental fragility. We discover more about the Pink Lady - how much money she was valued at; how she was crated from Italy and stored at Stanley’s mother’s, how she was exhibited in his first show at the Museum of Fine Arts in 1959, and how Irving Stone - the American writer who hired Stanley to be his technical advisor on his novel The Agony and the Ecstasy - tried to buy her, and how she reincarnated, becoming politicized in the nineties, representing the abstract theme of a divided Montreal. Arriving once more at Stanley’s death we now know that his creative innovations wrought with blood, sweat and tears have vanished, which gives the story a certain edge; and as the Pink Lady vanishes she becomes almost mythical.
Nothing was simple in Stanley Lewis’ life, and this documentary will follow a similar route as it turns us round; compelling us with comedy, beauty, tragedy and suspense - all that befits a true modern urban drama - with a finale which should, hopefully, bring redemption to Stanley’s soul and the honour he so longed for. My major challenge will be how to explore the many paradoxes of Stanley’s life. I want a celebration of his life, not a commiseration. This film will reflect his art, originality, humour, life and friendships. I want the viewers to feel privileged to meet him, fall in love with him and, leaving him, go and find out more about him. If they do this, then I will know that I have done my job, and done it well.
Overview of intended audience
This documentary is an intimate portrait of a friend and artist, yet the intention is to make it meaningful for a broad, diverse audience. I do not want it to be pigeonholed as an art film per se. I want it to be universally accessible, enjoyable, as well as educational.
It is quintessentially a Montreal story with the city’s stamp upon it, with a subject who is engaging and recognizable; one of the landmarks from the Boulevard St Laurent of whom so few remain. This makes it nostalgically Montreal born and St Laurent created, yet it has the larger universal theme of appropriation, poverty, and the familiar story of the naively talented artist trusting the wrong people, only to become recognized after death. Parallels can be made with other artists.
The documentary will hopefully resonate with art lovers who will be able to discover this socially conscious artist. I believe it can also be educational and informative, as the work is entwined around Stanley’s musings and explanations on carving, polishing, sculpting. I believe that it could be used by museums – those which already house his work – and sculpture departments throughout Canada. I believe it has a potential to travel internationally. I intend to have subtitles in French and would like to try and have it distributed for broadcast here in Canada and internationally.
Aesthetic Approach
The small block between Bagg Street and Napoleon is Stanley’s haunt where he is constantly on the move and, like The Boulevard St. Laurent itself, ever-changing. Video captures Stanley’s reality perfectly, allowing an intimacy between him and the lens. I would like to treat the video footage with the simplest colour correcting as I want to keep the oddly unbalanced light in his studio and the over/under de/saturation. The montage will be simple slanting towards minimalism. Part 1 is mainly cinéma direct in style and context. I used a 1 chip DVCAM to work with, which was all I had at the time when shooting Stanley. I am really pleased about this now as the video image has quite a bit of grain and captures Stanley’s studio, which was raw and stone dusty. It sets a tone and atmosphere, which will remain even if an HD transfer is required.
The hybrid patchwork of media will be selected from 16mm, still photographs, digital video footage, super 8 footage, and rich audio recordings of Stanley, line drawn and cardboard cut-out stop motion animation. There will be a hands-on and organic feeling emanating from the screen.
"Jeannette helped me find a path and create energy with my material which I first found so difficult to handle. With her help to become interesting and wonderful. She is interesting in class, lively in class, often in communication with students, very popular with students. Jeannette is a very conscientious documentary teacher." TianHui Li, award winning filmmaker, Beijing Film Academy graduate, Concordia University
"Jeannette taught me the tools I needed, never having made a documentary before. She gave so much time, patience to show me, guide me and share her creativity and skills with me." Zou Qialing, Master's student, Beijing Film Academy
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4. Young people aged 15 years or less must be accompanied by his/her parent, guardian or other adult who is responsible for their conduct.
5. Ticket holders must follow the lawful directions of the tour leader and any other representative of Scottish Rugby.
6. If at any time during the Stadium Tour, Scottish Rugby believes that behaviour of a ticket holder is unacceptable or likely to cause damage or injury to either that individual, any other person or the Stadium (including but not limited to drunken or unacceptable behaviour, any acts likely to cause damage or injury, threatening, disrespectful or violent behaviour), Scottish Rugby may ask the ticket holder to leave without compensation or refund. The ticket holder shall also be liable to Scottish Rugby for all costs, losses and liabilities resulting from that ticket holder's actions.
7. If, in its sole discretion, Scottish Rugby deem that certain dress is inappropriate to enter part(s) of the Stadium, Scottish Rugby will be entitled to refuse admission to such part(s) without refund or compensation.
8. Please be aware that as BT Murrayfield is a working stadium, certain parts of the stadium may be inaccessible to Stadium Tours without notice being given. As such, Scottish Rugby cannot guarantee that all advertised elements of the Stadium Tour route will be accessible at all times and Scottish Rugby reserves the right to alter or vary the route of the Stadium Tour at its discretion without compensation or refund.
9. Scottish Rugby reserves the right to cancel a Stadium Tour where this is reasonably necessary. In such circumstances, notice shall (if reasonably possible) be given to the applicable ticket holders and such ticket holders shall be entitled to either accept an alternative date/time or to receive a refund. No other compensation shall be payable.
10. No ticket to the Stadium Tour may be sold by the original purchaser to a person (or persons) for a price which is greater than the face value of the ticket. Advertising tickets to the Stadium Tour for sale in any forum including on any online auction or other website is strictly prohibited. Any such re-sale shall render the ticket void. Tickets remain the property of Scottish Rugby at all times.
11. Except for photography for bona fide private, non-commercial uses, the possession or operation of recording or transmission equipment of any kind is prohibited on the Stadium Tours. This includes, without limitation, photography, filming, audio and any other recording or transmission.
12. Scottish Rugby shall be entitled to refuse admission or re-admission to, or to eject from the Stadium, any person who does not comply with these Terms and Conditions.
13. Any promotion offered is, unless otherwise stated, solely applicable for pre-booked Stadium Tours. All promotions are run independently and no two or more promotions can be claimed at any one time.
14. In addition to the stated value of the Ticket, Scottish Rugby may apply a transaction fee and/or a delivery fee for the processing and issue of Tickets purchased. The transaction fee includes payment method costs, costs of administration charges and other fulfilment charges. The delivery fee includes postage and delivery costs to reflect the chosen method of Ticket delivery.
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The Fedcap Group Reports Fiscal Year 2020 Operating and Financial Results (4 weeks ago)
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Thank you’s are in order! (4 months ago)
A big thank you from all of us for support during Covid to NHCF, Connections for Health (IDN) and th [...]
Seacoast Pathways and the Portsmouth BHU (4 months ago)
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We’re back and open again! (4 months ago)
Seacoast Pathways is open again! We're back from shutdown and are open our normal days and times. Al [...]
Welcome Bryce! (4 months ago)
Our new OT intern Bryce Worthy has joined the pathways team. He can be seen at the clubhouse Monday, [...]
The Owl Is In! (4 months ago)
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Seacoast Mental Health Support Goes Virtual During Pandemic (9 months ago)
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GETTING TO SEACOAST PATHWAYS CLUBHOUSE
Interested or curious visitors, prospective members, case managers, etc. are always welcome at the Clubhouse any M,W,F between 9:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Email seacoastpathways@gmail.com or call 603-812-9031 (during clubhouse hours) to schedule an appointment. We look forward to showing you around and you can see all that we do.
Please let us know if you have any concerns or problems with transportation to the Clubhouse on
155 Brewery Lane Suite 102 in Portsmouth.
The Seacoast Pathways Clubhouse is accessible via Coast Bus Trolley. If you can get to Market Square or Pease Tradeport Transportation Center, buses leave for and return from 800 Plaza on Islington Street regularly during Clubhouse hours. We are located in the back of Plaza 800 next to Brick and Barn Real Estate.
The Trolley departs from 1 Market Square to 800 Plaza at 9:50 am, 10:50 am, 11:50 am and 12:50 am. It returns to Market Square from 800 Plaza Islington at 10:57 am , 11:57 am, 12:57 am and 1:57 am.
The Trolley departs from Pease Tradeport Transportation Center to 800 Plaza at 9:10 a.m., 10:10 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 12:10 p.m. It returns to Pease Tradeport Transportation Center from 800 Plaza Islington at 10:56 a.m., 11:56 a.m., 12:56 p.m. and 1:56 p.m.
Please call us if you have questions about transportation 603-812-9031
The Fedcap Group Reports Fiscal Year 2020 Operating and Financial Results
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Seacoast Pathways and the Portsmouth BHU
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Criminal Probe Requested in Meningitis Incidents that Continue to Spread
Tennessee Hardest Hit
KEYWORDS fraud trends / healthcare security
Health authorities said this weekend that more people than previously thought received possibly tainted steroid injections and that some 14,000 patients could be at risk of contracting meningitis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the number of people at risk, which is 1,000 higher than earlier estimated, was revised after consulting with health authorities.
Fourteen patients have died from meningitis and 170 people have been infected, the CDC said in its latest update October 11. The number of infections rose by 33 since October 10, the CDC added. Florida reported a second death from meningitis and Indiana reported its first death from the outbreak. Meningitis cases have been confirmed in 11 States. State and federal officials are now investigating the New England Compounding Center, which distributed thousands of vials of a contaminated steroid. Five new cases were reported in Tennessee, which remained the hardest-hit state with 49 cases, the CDC said. Michigan totaled 39 cases, Virginia reached 30, and Indiana‘s count grew to 21 cases, according to the CDC.
A second compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts agreed to temporarily shut down. Ameridose of Westborough is run by the same executives who run the company that produced the steroid linked to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis. More than 130 people in 11 States have been sickened and 12 have died. Ameridose is not issuing recalls while regulators inspect its facility. The Massachusetts governor said October 10 that the New England Compounding Center responsible for the tainted steroid misled state officials and was operating outside of the bounds of its pharmacy license. The state director of the Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality said there is no evidence other compounding pharmacies around the state are violating their licenses. The Board of Pharmacy has issued an order requiring that all compounding pharmacies in the commonwealth sign an affidavit attesting compliance with all pertinent laws and regulations, the director said.
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C’mon! Brett Ratner to Direct Beverly Hills Cop 4? God of War? Confirms Downey Jr. For Playboy
Posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 by Hunter Stephenson
“Peace sign or eye gouge?”
Before we begin, there is something you must know about Brett Ratner. Similar to the combination of gremlins and water, when the moon is right and Ratner applies baby powder to his ass, out pop multiple epic-ly shitty movies. Tonight, it was thick. The trades are reporting that Ratner is attached to direct a Beverly Hills Cop 4 starring Eddie Murphy as Mr. Squirrel Axl Foley, the smooth talking, wisecracking character last seen with a gun near a Ferris wheel. Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the first two, isn’t getting on board, but Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers, Doom) has taken the ticket to see this ride, opening summer 2010, through for Paramount. Something tells me the only thing separating Ratner’s BHC4 from Metro 2 will be a lack of cornrows and, perhaps, Judge Reinhold.
This announcement sumo wrestles with an earlier report in Ad Age about Brett Ratner Brands, a new marketing/consulting firm he’s starting. [Shudder] His first client is Guitar Hero, and tacked on at the end, it says that Ratner mentioned he “might be working on a movie adaptation of the video game God of War” for Sony. I’m sure some of our readers are pissed. The hit vid game adventure franchise has received wide critical/fanboy acclaim for an engrossing and violent storyline/aesthetic entrenched in Greek mythology; it’s generally agreed that GoW has cinematic and box office potential along the lines of Metal Gear Solid. Inside word is that Ratner’s involvement is extremely loose right now, so don’t obsess over the premature mediocre visions that melt inside your head. However, Ratner will definitely be moving into Uwe Boll’s territory in the future. Death match of the lessers!?!
Earlier we reported that Robert Downey Jr. may star as American publishing legend, Hugh Hefner, in a biopic entitled Playboy. Ratner’s been involved with this one for quite some time, and while it’s not official that he’ll direct, it’s generally assumed he will if Downey signs on. Ratner confirms to EW that he’s met with the Iron Man star, they’re both enthusiastic about the project, and it all depends on his response to the script…
“We’re gonna hand him the script very shortly. He loves the character and the role and we’ve been meeting with him on it. So, if he wants to do it, we’re excited to have him. We wanted him before Iron Man so we were ahead of the curve.”
Personally, I think Ratner was born to direct the Hef biopic. Glitzy Hollywood stories and semi-annual Chris Tucker comedies suit him perfectly. Okay, you can put away your ponchos. That’s all the Ratner news we’ll expose you to for now.
Discuss: While we’re at it, why doesn’t Ratner just combine BHC4 and Rush Hour 4? Who’s the audience for Beverly Hills Cop 4 in 2010 anyway? Who should direct God of War? Are we too easy on the guy?
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Salesnet Offers a Small Business Express Lane to CRM
By Dan Muse
Sure, you've heard about customer relationship management (CRM) software, but chances are you haven't thought about what it means to your business — which is understandable. Large enterprises have the time and resources to explore tracking everything from lead generation, to prospecting, to sales forecasting, to service and support, to credit history. However, small businesses tend to be more pracitcal, instead relying on programs like ACT! or Goldmine to handle contacts.
Like many software and service vendors, Boston-based CRM provider Salesnet.com sees an opportunity to help small businesses implement some of the advanced features enterprises use. In a move designed to help small business increase sales, Salesnet today announced its Express version.
"Express specifically targets small businesses with 10 or fewer users or seats," said Dan Starr, chief marketing officer. Because it's aimed at smaller businesses, Starr said, Express doesn't have all the capabilities of the Standard the Extended versions of the application.
"It's a featured-down version. For example, it doesn't have things like multiple visibility rules." Starr said. Instead, Express comes preconfigured with a workflow, making it quick to deploy. "For many small business, that will be all they need."
However, Starr said, companies can also customize the application and set up their own business process. "This will appeal to companies looking to grow. Process is the key to growth."
According to Salesnet, the features of Salesnet Express fall into the following categories:
Opportunity management: Designed to track contacts from lead to close to shorten sales cycles.
Process for best practices: Aims to help you build a sales process to manage account activity and reinforce best practices.
Just-in-time business intelligence center: Lets you generate reports, see forecasts, and monitor the pipeline in real time.
Team-based access and account management: Designed to manage accounts, contacts and opportunities so leads and prospects are never lost or neglected
Sales and marketing support: Helps you create and send bulk e-mail and letters to customers and prospects.
"Small businesses have been slow to adopt CRM, and their business needs have been ignored," Mike Doyle, chairman and CEO of Salesnet, said. "They've been struggling to accelerate their sales and marketing activities by using limited contact management applications."
Salesnet Express is available immediately in two annual subscription packages: Salesnet Express Ten User Edition for $1,795 (equivalent to $14.95 per user per month) and Salesnet Express Five User Edition for $1,195 (equivalent to $19.95 per user per month). Salesnet Express is limited to 10 users.
Salesnet also announced today its Business Partner Program, which is designed to help system integrators, vertical market solution providers, CRM consultants, and sales methodology consultants and trainers sell, implement, and manage a Salesnet's online CRM service.
Partners looking to offer a more customized approach to Salesnet's Web-based CRM service include the following companies:
CustomerCentric Systems, a sales management training firm.
AptSoft, a software provider whose technology is designed to connect Salesnet to other systems including Web sites, service centers, back-office functions, and campaign management.
Infinity Info Systems, a sales technology consultancy that provides implementation services, training and support for Salesnet, SalesLogix, GoldMine, ACT!, and Microsoft CRM.
Computer Control Corporation, a founding member of a worldwide coalition of CRM dealers and experts, helps clients establish and sustain business relationships.
Qualti, an online customer service technology that integrates with Salesnet's CRM solution.
ActiveBuddy Inc., a provider of interactive agent software. Salesnet and ActiveBuddy have partnered to deliver a light-weight wireless CRM solution that leverages instant messaging (IM) to bridge multiple mobile and desktop devices.
The SalesAid Group, North America's sales engineering firm that uses a scientific approach to helping companies grow their top line.
PERFORMAX, a sales process management company that specializes in CRM implementations.
Eloqua Corporation, offers a technology platform designed to help customers build relationships with customers and prospects.
Dan Muse is executive editor of internet.com's Small Business Channel.
This article was originally published on September 29, 2003
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Lou Dobbs Tonight : FBC : May 9, 2018 7:00pm-8:00pm EDT
standing in many places in academia >>> on wall street, stocks closed higher, the dow up 182 points, s&p up 26, nasdaq climbed 73, volume on the billboard 3.8 today. listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem video network. >>> up next, president trump's agenda includes keeping his promises and breaking societal barriers. so why, why does the left wing national media continue its corrupt and complicit mean ways. >>ways.candace owens and charlit on that and much much more. stay with us. we'll be right back. .. lou: the quote of the evening for this new era of winning in america. i always won and i am going to continue to win. and that's the way it is. thank you so much. let's turn candace to you. last night's primary victories with three senate races all lining up with president trump and his policies. your thoughts? >> i think it's what we all expected. they were talking about this blue wave. i think a lot of types when they tell those early polls, it's just to discourage people from going out and voting. despite egg they said, president trump has been tremen
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finished in government, you ought to go to academia and not to try to play the same role. lou: by the way, do we have the president talking about john kerry today? do we have that sound? can you bring that up? it's worthwhile for all of us to see that. it's terrific. let's turn to these remarks today by the president at the nra. great speech. >> very powerful. lou: we referred to love in the room there. i mean, there was a mutual admiration society at the nra -- between the nra and this president. >> very important constituency. and what he challenged them is to get out and use all of the powers that you have in the midterm elections and that's very important that they do that. they're powerful across the country because they've got a lot of active members. lou: and the trump economy, 34.9% unemployment, the lowest unemployment rate since 2000. the lowest hispanic and african-american unemployment ever. and jarrett is trying to take credit for it today. >> again, she should have left the government a long time ago too. at the end of the day, do it on your watch. lou: that president, t
finished in government, you ought to go to academia and not to try to play the same role. lou: by the way, do we have the president talking about john kerry today? do we have that sound? can you bring that up? it's worthwhile for all of us to see that. it's terrific. let's turn to these remarks today by the president at the nra. great speech. >> very powerful. lou: we referred to love in the room there. i mean, there was a mutual admiration society at the nra -- between the nra and this...
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Police Reports for the week of April 21, 2010
Published 3:36 pm Wednesday, April 21, 2010
-Domestic dispute from 1337 Windsor Court.
-Harassment from 155 11th Avenue Southeast.
-Harassment from King Charles Lane and King James Court.
-Information only from 11th Avenue at 12th Avenue Southeast (highway, street).
-Information only from the 200 block of Park Village Circle.
-Theft of property from the 200 block of Second Street Southwest (department store). Stolen was an Apple iPhone with case valued at $250.
-Unlawful breaking entering vehicle/theft of property from the 200 block of Colonial Promenade Parkway (parking lot, garage). Stolen was a concrete saw valued at $1,425.
-Theft of property from the 630 block of Colonial Promenade Parkway (department store). Stolen was merchandise valued at $333.07.
-Information from unknown in Jemison (restaurant).
-Lost property from the 100 block of Industrial Road (convenience store).
-Theft of property from 110 Wild Flower Trail. Stolen was an outside air conditioning unit valued at $2,000.
-Information only from the 300 block of Willow Glenn Drive.
-Criminal mischief from the 400 block of Cornwall Drive. Damaged were a garage door, a window and a mailbox.
-Theft of property from the 500 block of Colonial Promenade Parkway (service, gas station). Stolen was a Wal-mart gift car valued at $231.
-Harassment from the 300 block of Grande View Trail.
-Theft of property from the 600 block of 11th Avenue Southwest. Stolen a Huffy girls bicycle valued at $125.
-Harassment from Woodbrook parking lot and school bus (highway, street).
-Information only from the 10000 block of Highway 119.
-Damage to property from 630 Colonial Promenade (department store). Damaged was a right rear door and right quarter panel on a 2002 Pontiac in the amount of $500.
-Harassing communications/trespassing from the 100 block of Widgeon Drive.
-Information only from Interstate 65 southbound at 238 exit ramp (highway, street).
-Domestic incident from the 100 block of Widgeon Drive.
-Theft of property from the 500 block of First Street Southwest (parking lot, garage). Stolen were a tote bag, wallet, digital camera, two Ebsco Bank ATM cards, and four Alabama driver’s licenses.
-Information only from the 200 block of First Street North (parking lot, garage).
-Domestic violence/assault from the 100 block of Pebble Lane.
-Criminal mischief from the 500 block of Simmsville Road. Damaged was a glass door in the amount of $100.
-Unlawful possession of marijuana from the 100 block of Hilltop Road (highway, street). Confiscated, seized was 48 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana.
-Trespass information from Veteran’s Park (other, unknown).
-Harassing communications from the 8000 block of Highway 119 (convenience store).
-Possession of drug paraphernalia from the 1100 block of Highway 31 (highway, street). Recovered was a glass tube (crack pipe).
-Domestic incident from the 100 block of Fourth Place Southeast.
-Information only from the 1200 block of First Avenue West.
-Death investigation from Windsor Court.
-Animal complaint from King Charles Court.
-Criminal mischief from the 3000 block of North Grande View Cove, Maylene. Damaged was a mailbox (numbers spray painted over).
-Criminal mischief from the 3000 block of North Grande View Cove, Maylene. Damaged was a front door unit-stained mahogany with leaded glass inset ($8,000). Damage amount listed was unknown.
-Theft of property from the 3000 block of North Grande View Circle. Stolen was a flowerpot valued at $100.
-Criminal mischief from the 2100 block of North Grand View Lane. Damaged was a handrail in the amount of $40.
-Trespassing from the 1100 block of First Street South (restaurant).
-Information from 10600 Highway 119.
-Criminal mischief from the 100 block of Lane Park Drive, Maylene (parking lot, garage). Damaged was a Ford Econoline Van (spray painted) on the driver’s side.
-Criminal mischief from Grande View Estates (other, unknown). Damaged were five stop signs (spray painted), slow children at play sign (spray painted), three fire hydrants (spray painted), a street spray-painted with wording, four power/cable/phone boxes spray painted with obscenities and nature reserve sign spray-painted.
-Information from the 900 block of 10th Court Southwest. Listed were a storm door handle and an interior door latch.
-Domestic incident from the 2300 block of Amberly Woods Trace.
-Domestic violence-investigation/harassment from the 400 block of Park Village Court.
-Information from Ninth Avenue Southeast. Stolen was $180 in U.S. currency.
-Unlawful possession of marijuana from County Road 11 at Fifth Avenue Southeast (highway, street). Confiscated, seized were two plastic bags containing 1 gram each of green leafy substance believed to be marijuana).
-Domestic violence investigation/domestic violence/harassment from Veteran’s Park (field, woods).
-Criminal possession of a forged instrument from 820 block of Colonial Promenade Parkway (other, unknown). Forged, counterfeited and recovered was a $50 counterfeit bill.
-Information only from the 1700 block of Victoria Station.
-Harassing communications from the 100 block of Blue Spring Circle.
-Theft of property from 11th Avenue Southwest (construction). Stolen were 7000 feet of copper wiring valued at $770 and copper tubing valued at $200.
-Attempted suicide from Longfeather Lane.
-Theft of property from the 1200 block of Willow Creek Place. Stolen wee jewelry and other items valued at $10,000.
-Information only (recovered dog) from Eagle Circle, Maylene. Recovered was a black and white “Border Collie.”
-Domestic incident from the 400 block of Ramsgate Drive.
-Abandoned vehicle from the roadway of First Avenue West (highway, street). Abandoned was a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am.
-Domestic violence investigation/domestic violence/assault from the 400 block of Simmsville Road.
-Domestic dispute from the 100 block of Baretree Lane.
-Information only from the 200 block of Willow Point Circle.
-Information only from the 600 block of Wynlake Cove (other, unknown).
-Criminal mischief from the 300 block of 11th Street Southwest. Damaged was a fan belt to a motor vehicle in the amount of $58.52.
-Reckless endangerment/attempting to elude from Highway 31 at Interstate 65 (highway, street). Damaged was a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria.
-Damage to property from the 100 block of Industrial Road (service, gas station). Damaged was a gasoline pump in the amount of $292.
-Harassing communications from the 1000 block of North trail (restaurant).
-Information from 201 First Street North (parking lot, garage).
-Roadway hazard/vehicle tow from Industrial Road at Harvest Way (church).
-Domestic incident from the 1200 block of Southwood Drive.
-Information only (medical) from Wembley Way at Warwick Circle (highway, street).
-Information from the 100 block of Hill Street (other, unknown).
-Domestic incident from the 300 block of 12th Street Northwest.
-Forgery from the 100 block of Jimmy Gould Drive (bank). Forged, counterfeited were four business checks valued at $9,815.05.
-Possession of drug paraphernalia from Highway 119 at Burger King (highway, street). Recovered were a metal pope believed to be used to smoke illegal drugs, seven clear plastic bags believed to be used to package illegal drugs and a small green plastic bag beli8eved to be used to package illegal drugs.
-Theft of property from the 100 block of Colonial Promenade Drive (commercial).
-Criminal mischief from the 1700 block of Woodbrook Trail (parking lot, garage). Damaged was a driver’s side window in the amount of $350.
-Domestic incident from the 1600 block of King James Derive.
-Harassing communications from Industrial Road (other, unknown).
-Information from the 1100 block of Amberly Woods Drive.
-Harassing communications from the 100 block of Seventh Avenue Southeast.
-Damaged property from the 100 block of Fifth Avenue Southeast. Damaged were a front porch/deck in the amount of $1,500, grass (destroyed), antique chairs, 15 fruit trees (apricot) and the metal siding on house.
-Unlawful breaking/entering motor vehicle/theft of property from undisclosed. Stolen were $500 in U.S. currency bills.
-Recovered animal from the 200 block of Yellow Hammer Circle. Listed was a female Boxer.
-Criminal mischief from the 1800 block of Mohawk Drive. Damaged were a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier and a 1999 Dodge Durango.
-Domestic incident from 1749 Woodbrook Trail.
-Animal compliant/noise complaint from the 1200 block of Amberly Woods Drive, Helena.
-Harassing communication/criminal mischief from the 300 block of 11th Street Southwest. Damaged was an item in the amount of $130.
-Harassment from the 1300 block of Windsor Court.
-Information only from the 100 Alan Drive. Stolen and recovered were a guitar, a duffle bag with multiple items and a camcorder.
-Carrying concealed brass knuckles from Progress Road (highway, street). Confiscated, seized were brass knuckles.
-Theft of property from 630 Colonial Promenade Parkway (department store). Stolen and recovered were two women’s jeans valued at $18 each.
-Damage to property from the 105 block of South Colonial Drive (parking lot, garage). Damaged were a 2003 Ford Expedition in the amount of $2,000 and a street gate assembly in the amount of $500.
-For information from undisclosed.
-Obstructing justice giving false name to police from Fifth Avenue Southeast (highway, street).
-Criminal mischief from 3592 Highway 11 South (supermarket). Damaged was a 2008 Chrysler Town and Country.
-Harassment from Alabaster Garden Apartments.
-Criminal mischief from 903 Third Avenue Northwest (church). Damaged was 20 feet of privacy feet.
-Noise complaint from 686 Smokey Road (restaurant).
-Information only from the 100 block of Winterhaven Drive.
-Information only from the 630 block of Colonial Promenade parkway (department store).
-Damage to property from Veteran’s Park (parking lot, garage). Damaged was the front bumper of a 2005 Toyota Tacoma.
-Found property from Amberly Woods Drive at Amberly Woods Cove (highway, street). Recovered was a Next Power Climber.
-Information only from Municipal Park (other, unknown).
-Animal complaint from the 100 block of Park Place Lane.
-Theft of property from Graham Center (parking lot, garage). Stolen was a zip wallet valued at $10 and a Regions debit card.
-Theft of property from the 500 bloc of 14th Street Southwest. Stolen were two garden statues, a boy valued at $80 and an angel valued at $35.
-Damage to property from the 900 block of Windsor Court (parking lot, garage). Damaged was a 2005 Buick Le Sabre.
-Information only from the 400 block of Fourth Avenue Southeast (church).
-Information only (recovered dog) from the 300 block of Chestnut Lane. Listed was a brown and white Pit Bull type dog with a red collar and no ID tag.
-Animal complaint/dog bite from 1040 County Road 80.
-Criminal trespass from the 1300 block of Bunting Drive.
-Information only from 113 Kentwood Terrace.
-Noise complaint from the 500 block of Smokey Road.
-Theft of property from First Street North (other, unknown). Stolen was a 2007 Toyota Tundra valued at $20,000.
-Theft of property from Wal-mart, 600 block of Colonial Promenade Parkway (department store). Stolen and recovered were a watch valued at $12.50 and five DVDs valued at $49.96.
-Animal complaint from the 400 block of Lane Park Trail.
-Domestic incident from 208 Park Village Circle.
-Theft of property from Colonial Promenade Parkway (commercial). Stolen was a PlayStation Two game valued at $10.
-Information only/recovery of property from Buffalo Wild Wings, 840 Colonial Promenade parkway (restaurant). Recovered was an Alabama OLN valued at $23.
-Harassment from Independence Drive.
-Harassing communications from the 1200 block of Bennett Circle.
-Unlawful possession of marijuana/unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia from County Road 17 at Chinaberry, Maylene (highway, street). Confiscated, seized were 2 grams of green leafy substance believed to be marijuana and a pipe used to smoke marijuana.
-Unlawful breaking and entering of a motor vehicle/theft of property from the 1000 block of First Street South (parking lot, garage). Stolen were $400 in U.S. currency, a brown leather money clip valued at $25, a Regions Visa debit card and an Alabama driver’s license. Stolen and recovered were a Sam’s Club card and a white Regions moneybag valued at $10.
-Harassing communications from Cross Path Drive.
-Information only from the 9300 block of Highway 119 (drug store). Recovered was a spoon with an unknown substance on it.
-Lost property from unknown roadway (highway, street). Damaged was an Alabama license plate.
-Identity theft from undisclosed (convenience store).
-Criminal mischief from the 400 block of 12th Street Southwest. Damaged was a rear driver’s side window broken out valued at $400.
-Animal complaint (aggressive) from the 100 block of Grande view Circle, Maylene.
-Information only from the 400 block of Knightsbridge.
-Found property from the 200 block of First Street North. Recovered was an Alabama tag.
-Assault from the 1000 block of First Street North (other, unknown).
-Theft of property from Old Highway 25 West. Stolen were two 6 -foot chicken tie down cords valued at $20 each.
-Harassment from the intersection of College Street and Main Street (highway, street).
-Probation violation from Jefferson County Jail, Birmingham (jail, prison).
-Outside agency assist (Bibb County Sheriff’s Office) from the 8400 block of Highway 13 (highway, street).
-Information only from the 200 block of Brookforest Circle. Listed were unknown quanties of undisclosed items.
-Identity theft from the 4000 block of Englewood Road (restaurant). Stolen was a Compass Bank debit card number valued at $298.35.
-Incident only (medical) from the Helena Fire Station One (government, public building).
-Failure to appear-warrant from the Helena Police Department (jail, prison).
-Trespass warning from the 4700 block of County Road 17 (specialty store).
-Criminal mischief from the 1600 block of Oak Park Drive. Damaged was a 1994 Nissan Maxima in the amount of $2,000.
-Warrant arrest (Pelham Police) from Rolling Mill Street.
-Domestic violence from the 1200 block of Briggins Drive.
-Driving under influence from the 2600 block of Scurlock Road.
-Harassing communications/open container of alcoholic beverage from Highway 17 (Cut-N-Up) (commercial).
-Driving under the influence from 52 East and State Highway 261 (highway, street).
-Warrant arrest from Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, 380 McDow Road, Columbiana (government, public building).
-Information only from the 500 block of Bentmoor Drive (other, unknown).
-Driving under the influence alcohol from Macqueen Drive (highway, street).
-Driving under the influence of alcohol from 52 East and Plantation Place (highway, street).
-Harassment from Publix parking lot.
-Domestic incident from Highway 17 and Highway 52 East (highway, street).
-Giving false information to law enforcement officer from Cunningham Drive and Lawley Street (highway, street).
-Damage to property from Highway 261 at Highway 17 (highway, street). Damaged was a traffic control light in the amount of $1,000.
-Giving false information/recovered property from Winn-Dixie parking lot. Confiscated, seized was an undisclosed item (other motor vehicle) valued at $25.
-Theft of property from the 1600 block of Cunningham Drive. Stolen was a money order valued at $100.
-Harassing communications from the 500 block of Edwards Drive.
-Information only from the 300 block of Rolling Mill Street.
-Criminal mischief from Starky Street. Damaged was a screen door in the amount of $100.
-Failure to appear traffic from Highway 52 West at Oak Brook Lane (highway, street).
-Information only from the 1400 block of Secretariat Drive.
-Warrant arrest from the Helena Police Department (government, public building).
-Warrant arrest from County Road 93 at 13 (highway, street).
-Theft of property/harassing communications from the 100 block of Frances Lane (bank)/Helena Police Department. Stolen was $400 in U.S.currency.
-Information only from unknown (specialty shop).
-Unlawful possession of controlled substance/unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia from County Road 52 West (highway, street). Recovered were undisclosed drug and drug equipment items.
-Warrant arrest from Lucky China (restaurant).
-Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia from County Road 52 East (highway, street). Recovered was an undisclosed drug eqipment item valued at $10.
-Warrant arrest from Helena Amphitheater Park (parking lot, garage).
-Driving under the influence (controlled substance), unlawful possession of a controlled substance from Highway 261 at First Baptist Church (parking lot, garage). Recovered were undisclosed drug items valued at $25 and $30.
-Harassing communications from the 500 block of Ridgemont Drive.
-Unlawful possession of marijuana from Cunningham Drive and Highway 261 (highway, street). Confiscated, seized was an undisclosed drug item valued at $5.
-Driving under the influence from Highway 58 at Highway 95 (highway, street).
-Theft of property from the 4000 block of Highway 17 (convenience store). Stolen were 12 25-pound propane tanks at $58.33 each.
-Domestic incident from Joe Tucker Park (other, unknown).
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance/unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia from St. Charles Drive (supermarket). Recovered were undisclosed drug items and drug equipment.
-Information only/damaged property from Highway 17/Highway 58 (highway, street).
Giving false name to law enforcement officer from Highway 52 West at Walgreens (highway, street).
-Harassment from the 2500 block of North Chandalar Lane.
-Theft of property from a business in the 100 block of Commerce Boulevard (storage facility). Stolen was a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero Sport valued at $5,450.
-Miscellaneous information from the Pelham Police Department (government, public building). Listed was damaged, destroyed were a 28-gram bag of marijuana, a 28-gram bag of heroin, a 28-gram bag of meth, a 28-gram bag of cocaine and a 28-gram bag of MDMA.
-Attempt to commit a controlled substance crime, unlawful possession of a controlled substance from Publix, 1922 Pelham Parkway (supermarket). Forged, counterfeited was a prescription. Confiscated, seized were a silver cylinder containing three pills and one piece of a pill valued at $35 and a plastic bag containing a blue straw and four other plastic bags with a white powdery substance inside them valued at $60.
-Disorderly conduct from Sleep Inn, Room 311 (hotel, motel).
-Theft of property from 402 Industrial Park Drive (other, unknown). Stolen was a Honda generator valued at $3,500.
-Domestic violence from the 100 block of Holland Circle.
-Miscellaneous information from the 2700 block of Pelham Parkway (drug store).
-Property damage – motor vehicle from unknown in Pelham. Damaged was the rear bumper of a 2008 Toyota 4-Runner.
-Damage to property (patrol vehicle number 263) from Interstate 65 South at Highway 52 (highway, street). Damaged were a front bumper, front quarter panels and a windshield.
-Driving under the influence (any substance), unlawful possession of controlled substance from Interstate 65 southbound, mile marker 246 (highway, street). Recovered were a sealed bag containing whip cream dispenser and 43 chargers valued at $35, a sealed envelope containing a prescription bottle containing four green oblong pills, one oval pink pill and seven blue pills valued at $25 and a sealed envelope containing a plastic baggie of dried mushrooms valued at $10.
-Theft of property from Pelham High School, 2500 Panther Circle (school, college). Stolen were a band duffle bag valued at $20, Nike brand cheer shoes valued at $75, a band T-shirt valued at $25, Sofee brand shorts valued at $10, sweat pants valued at $15 and a sports bra valued at $20.
-Change bill circulating from Chick-Fil-
A, 320 Cahaba Valley Road (restaurant). Forged, counterfeited was a counterfeit $20-bill.
-ICE detainer from Pelham Parkway and Belle Vista Mobile Home Park (highway, street).
-Attempt to commit a controlled substance crime, obstructing justice using false identity from Walgreens, 9458 Helena Road (drug store). Forged, counterfeited were three forged prescriptions.
-Foreign misdemeanor arrest from the parking lot of Home Depot.
-Theft of property from 160 Commerce Drive (other, unknown). Stolen was a Bobcat S150 valued at $19,207.
-Miscellaneous information from unknown.
-Miscellaneous information from a business on Pelham Parkway (bank). Stolen were Internet transactions valued at $271.
-Miscellaneous information from the parking lot of Home Depot (bar). Damaged was a 2005 Nissan Titan in the amount of $2,000.
-Burglary from 129 Eagle Cove Drive. Stolen were furniture items valued at $4,200.
-Leaving the scene of an accident-occupied from Interstate 65 southbound within a construction zone (highway, street). Damaged was a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am in the amount of $1,000.
-Death investigation from the 200 block of Beaver Trail. Listed as damaged, destroyed were various medications.
-Burglary from Southgate Estates. Stolen were an unknown number of $2 bills and jewelry valued at $3,085,
-Miscellaneous information from the 10 block of Houston Drive.
-Menacing from the 3500 block of Pelham Parkway (parking lot, garage).
-Domestic violence from the 100 block of Canyon Trail.
-Domestic violence from the 100 block of Windsor Lane.
-Theft of property/obstruction of justice using false identity from 3060 Pelham Parkway (supermarket). Stolen and recovered were items valued at $268.
-Miscellaneous information from 300 Calloway Terrace (other, unknown).
-Outside agency assist-law enforcement from Interstate 65 southbound (highway, street).
-Harassing communications from the 400 block of Oak Mountain Circle (other, unknown).
-Property damage-motor vehicle from Chandalar Place Drive at Corporate Way (highway, street). Damaged was the front bumper on a 2004 Volkswagen Jetta.
-Property damage from the 100 block of Hidden Creek Cove. Damaged was a mailbox and post in the amount of $300.
-Theft of property from Southtown Motors, 2841 Pelham Parkway (parking lot, garage). Stolen and recovered was a 1999 GMC Rollback valued at $20,000.
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Arsenal interested in signing Corinthians’ £9m-rated midfielder Maycon
Date: 26th January 2018 at 6:15pm
Written by: Daniel Church
Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Brazil Under-20 international star Maycon, according to The Sun.
The Premier League side, who do not play until Tuesday night when they visit Swansea City in the top-flight, have been linked with the highly rated Corinthians midfielder before the close of the January transfer window on Wednesday.
The 20-year-old, who has featured eight times for Brazil’s Under-20 side, scored two goals and provided four assists in 40 appearances in all competitions for the Serie A outfit last season.
Maycon, who joined Corinthians’ youth academy when he was 12-years-old, is valued at around £9m by his club after Arsenal made an initial enquiry earlier this month.
Maycon (left) in action with Israel Poblete of Cobresal.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has brought in two players so far this month – Konstantinos Mavropanos (PAS Giannina) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United) – but is trying to sign striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund, as well.
However, it is understood that any potential transfer for Maycon to happen before the close of the window, Corinthians want the central midfielder loaned back to them until the summer.
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Specialised bank regulation in Lithuania
Publication / 23 July 2019 / Augustas Klezys, Laura Matukaitytė, Lina Ragainytė-Mezenė
A new concept of the “specialised bank” was introduced into Lithuanian law on 1 January 2017. Although initially designated for implementing reform in the credit union sector, in practice this regulation serves as a basis for developing a more favourable regulatory environment for local and foreign non-banking financial companies seeking to extend the scale of their business activities.
With that in mind, we are pleased to present this newsflash focusing on recent trends as well as regulatory issues related to specialised bank regulation in Lithuania.
KEY FEATURES OF A SPECIALISED BANK
Capital: minimum capital requirement of EUR 1 million compared to EUR 5 million for a “traditional” bank. However, a specialised bank is subject to the same ratios and prudential requirements (eg, own funds and liquidity requirements, maximum exposure to a single borrower ratio) and falls under the SSM principles in the same way as a “traditional” bank.
Scope of services: a specialised bank can receive deposits, lend funds, transfer funds and provide other standard banking services but ‒ compared to a “traditional” bank ‒ is limited in terms of providing investment and other financial services of a similar nature.
Area of activity: a specialised bank licence is valid across the EEA, thus enabling access to the EEA financial services market.
Staff: staff needs are primarily driven by the complexity of the business model and the scale of the bank. The minimum number of staff when applying for a licence can be as few as 9 – 10 individuals. However, this does not eliminate the obligation to create and further maintain appropriate frameworks ‒ corporate governance, internal organization (risk management, compliance and audit) ‒ to ensure sound and prudent activities, comply with capital adequacy and regulatory reporting requirements, and implement internal and external audits.
Timing: the licensing process takes about 10-11 months from the initial application. Depending on the complexity of the business model and the scale of the bank, the timeline may vary within the range from 6 to 12 months.
Deposit insurance: deposits for any one individual up to EUR 100,000 are insured under the deposit insurance scheme.
Licence fee: EUR 4,157.
ADVANTAGES OF A SPECIALISED BANK LICENCE
Competitive advantages: a specialised bank licence enables access to financial markets in Lithuania and other EEA members by significantly reducing incorporation and operational costs.
Diversifying financing sources and reducing costs: acceptance of deposits and other repayable funds from retail clients involves obtaining a credit institution licence. Non-bank financial institutions are often financed by their shareholders or via non-retail focused capital market instruments. Access to retail depositors or investors is very much limited to these companies. Becoming a licensed specialized bank would enable instant access to Lithuanian and other EEA retail deposit markets. The possibility to accept deposits from retail clientele would in turn benefit diversifying financing sources and reducing costs.
Tool to expand business activities: a specialised bank licence can serve as an attractive tool for organic development of a payment or electronic money institution’s business activity if it seeks to extend the scale of its activity to lending services.
Quick processing: a specialised bank licence can be obtained within 10-11 months. This is significantly shorter compared to the timescale for licencing a bank in other jurisdictions.
Customer trust: As most traditional banks are associated with trust and security, a banking licence might be more attractive for building long-term relationships with the bank’s clientele.
Digital bank: As remote verification of clients can be implemented, a specialised bank is seen as an option for establishing a digital bank.
SPECIFICS OF THE MARKET
Becoming a specialised bank only makes sense if the applicant seeks to engage in typical banking activities, including lending and deposit-taking activities.
A specialised bank must have a genuine interest in the Lithuanian market, ie “venue shopping” is not tolerated by the Lithuanian FSA.
The Bank of Lithuania is committed to supporting newcomers and not applying fines or other restricting measures for minor infringements during the first year of operation.
The Bank of Lithuania operates a “Newcomer Programme”. This is a one-stop shop for meetings and consultations with potential financial market participants.
The Sorainen Finance & Insurance Practice Group is ready to provide support needed in obtaining a licence and starting a specialised bank.
We have already assisted:
European Merchant Bank established by Akce Holding Malta in obtaining specialised bank licence
Google Payment Lithuania in obtaining e-money institution licence in Lithuania
MoQ, the first mobile payment platform in the Baltics, in starting its activity
Telecommunications company Tele2 in obtaining electronic money institution licence
Nordea in combining operations with DNB bank in the Baltics to create Luminor bank
Nordea in transferring its Baltic banking business to its Swedish parent company Nordea Bank
Verse Payments Lithuania in obtaining electronic money institution licence
Valyuz in obtaining e-money institution licence
Corporate Services, part of the Corporate Solutions group, in obtaining e-money institution licence
Trustcom Financial in obtaining e-money licence
IBS Lithuania in obtaining e-money licence
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There Goes the Neighboorhood
by Marcus P Figorito
in Horror
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Submitted: December 3rd 2017
Reading Time: 18 mins
Suitability: Some Strong Language
Every time we drive by it mom says the same thing: "There goes the neighborhood!". She does this in a joking and funny way, bordering on obnoxiousness. The building itself is hideous, a soon-to-be neon lit rectangular prism, dwarfing the gas station and ice-cream shop neighboring it on the road. The new dollar store is merely a few hours away from its grand opening.
Personally, I can't stand it. For one, it's an eyesore, and for another, why a dollar store? Is a dollar store really what Cuddebackville needs? You'd think that the demand for something fun would greater than that for something convenient around here. I'd love to have a cd store, comic shop, or hell, even just a library! Instead we get "Sergeant Dollar!".
You could probably guess that mom loves it. She claims that it'll force those guys over at the gas station to drop their prices, which is probably true, but who cares? I'd gladly pay a few extra bucks for a gallon of milk if it meant not having to pass by that horrible thing every day for school. She doesn't get it, nor do most people.
Maybe you think my hatred of this place is irrational, a little bit silly. This is probably because I have not been one hundred percent revealing in terms of all I know about this place. Give me some time to convince you.
The truth is that oftentimes in driving pass that place in the later hours, whether on my way home from a friends house or some late-night band meet, I have noticed odd shapes, barely discernible against the pitch black trees in the building's foreground, enter the store from a side entrance. Though it is not unusual for workmen to be in and out of a building under construction, these figures did not appear to be wearing the reflective and eye catching uniforms of ordinary construction workers. Even stranger, though I'm nervous to admit it, was the almost inhuman way the figures crouched and shambled as they travelled. Sometimes I thought I even glanced them emerging from the words around back of the place. Of course, this was all caught in brief passing glances from a moving car in the dead of night, so I could not be sure of what I saw.
I have often asked mom if she had ever noticed anything strange about the store, or had ever seen anybody odd enter late at night. The answer was always a "no sweetie", followed by some variation of "it was probably just some people coming in to do some late night work". Whatever.
My fears did not truly begin to compound until the disappearances started. One weekend, about 2 months from when I first noticed the odd happenings at the site of "Sergeant Dollar!", I decided to stop at the gas station neighboring the dollar store to grab a bag of potato chips. On my way in, I noticed a small poster pasted to the window. It was a missing person notice, and on it was the face of a young man with a bright smile, enjoying whatever moment the picture was taken in. I recognized him as the usual cashier for the place, and inquired with the man now working the counter as to what had happened. He told me that the regular cashier had not come in for work either today or yesterday, and that no one has answered his phone as of yet. He also stated that the police had not yet found any leads as to where he may be or what may have happened. I was just a tiny bit more nervous passing that dollar store on my way home this time.
Gradually the disappearances piled up, first a worker at the ice-cream store, a kid from my high-school, a local pastor, so on and so on, until quaint little Cuddebackville became a police hotspot. The town was turned on its head, cops waiting behind every corner, combing the woods, searching through abandoned buildings and farm houses, and all the while "Sergeant Dollar!" marched toward completion.
It was also about this time that I started noticing a new addition to the strange figures who moved into the grotesque building. On the occasions where I happened to spot them, it appeared that some would be carrying pickaxes and other assorted tools into the side entrance. It once even appeared to me for a brief moment that one had a large cloth sack slumped over his shoulder, but I could not be sure of this due to the absolute blackness intrinsic with nighttime in quiet rural towns like this.
Even knowing all of this, I would have been perfectly content to just keep my mouth closed and forget the place. I would have ignored the store, chalked all of my suspicions and vague hints of fear up to an overactive imagination, and gotten as far away from Cuddebackville as possible. Out of sight, out of mind. If only.
The reason I decided to finally conduct a full investigation into the accursed store was a news broadcast that aired about a month after the first person went missing in town. It is important to note that at this point, "Sergeant Dollar!" had nearly been completed, and was a mere 3 days from its grand opening. I happened to catch the report on news 9 when mom called me down to the living room, exclaiming proclamations "You'll never believe it!", "How could he?!", and the like.
The TV showed a still image of a wretched, putrid man in a black robe with an overly hunched back and cracked, grayish skin. He had numerous deformities scattered over his body, most notable of which were the horrible, flabby protrusion of skin that covered his right eye and the disturbing way the top part of his arm extended beyond his elbow. The newscaster spoke.
"This man, as of yet unidentified, Is the sole and chief suspect in the recent disappearances that have disturbed the otherwise peaceful Cuddebackville area. He was caught by a patrolling officer whilst lurking about in a secluded part of the woods half a mile away from O'dell's convenience store. According to officer Randy, the man responsible for his capture, he approached the stranger slowly, very aware of the danger he could pose. Upon seeing the officer, the suspect made an attempt at flight, only to be tackled by the officer, who was startled by his sudden movement. After cuffing the suspect, officer Randy took a moment to observe his surroundings, only to be confronted with this grisly scene: if you are offended or easily startled by disturbing imagery, please look away now."
The screen switched away from the image of the horrible man, only to reveal an infinitely more hideous scene. The picture showed an obscure spot in the woods, fashioned into a sort of campsite with a small fire pit upon which rested a large covered cooking pot, a beat up tent, and a log placed to act as a bench. Each one of these items was covered in some amount of blood, in particular the log, which was stained in obscene spots of crimson all along the top. Most horrible of all were the bodies piled up within the tent, in various states of dismemberment. Although it was hard to tell the specifics of most of the tent's contents, these things were revealed by the excess which had spilled over the unzipped door. Mom left the room at this point, and I had half a mind to join her.
"All of the bodies here have been identified as belonging to local residents who have gone missing, although not all have yet been accounted for. Authorities speculate on where the rest of these people may be, but some light is shed on the mystery by the contents of the pot found at the scene. When opened, it was found to contain a black charred substance, a bit of murky liquid, and a variety of human bones. Our hearts go out to the families in mourning."
Upon seeing all of this I was understandably shocked, for a number of reasons. Chief among them was the resemblance the man they found bore to the people I had been observing enter the dollar store in the wee hours of the night. Could the other missing people really be hidden somewhere inside that accursed store, or had the creature from the news truly eaten them all? My thoughts turned to conspiracy: perhaps the group at the store had sent this one member out as a decoy, along with enough bodies to fool the cops into thinking the case was closed. Even if this was untrue, there was no doubt in my mind that there existed more of this man's tribe, and as long as they were free to do as they pleased, Cuddebackville would not be safe.
Deciding something had to be done, I called the police and told them all I knew about "Sergeant Dollar!", the strange hunched and shambling people, the pickaxes, the cloth sack, and all that these things led me to infer. After a moment of digestion (and perhaps amusement at such an absurd idea) the lady on the other end of the phone told me that "They had already found their perp, and enough bodies to put him away for a long time." She also made it clear that the department very much thought that the so far undiscovered bodies had been consumed by the suspect. I pleaded with her, begged even, but she would not listen, even saying that she was excited for the stores opening, after all, "Those guys over at the gas station could use some solid competition.". She proceeded to hang up on me.
This is how I ended up driving to the dollar store under the cover of that particularly black night. Some may see my actions as foolhardy, maybe even stupid, but I had to make sure that whatever was happening at that haunted place would be stopped. I brought with me a camera, aware that I was in no shape to do any physical damage to the strange cult who I presumed to be hiding out in the shop, instead hoping to somehow capture evidence of whatever unspeakable acts were being committed there. With pictures, the cops would have to believe me.
Driving down to the "Sergeant Dollar!" I could feel a vague sense of anxiety and fear begin to swell inside me. I believed that all I had come to expect over the past few months regarding that place was true, and I had no idea how to prepare myself for what evil could lurk within the store. These feelings crescendoed in me as I approached the large, still unlit sign and small parking lot of "Sergeant Dollar!", standing there as an obscene obelisk, dedicated to whatever dark practices occurred in its bowels.
Pulling into the lot, I glanced to the side of the building to see if I could glimpse any of the strange people who sometimes entered through that side door. All I saw was woods, and I wondered whether or not some lurked behind the dense trees and shrubbery which reared up on the store. I grabbed my camera as I got out of the car, and I hesitated a minute before approaching the place's front door.
I stood there, gathering my courage for a few seconds before walking up to the front door and pushing it open. It did not occur to me at the time, but in retrospect I should have been more disturbed by the fact that the door was not locked. Whoever owned the store was obviously not concerned with break-ins or thieves. One thing that did surprise me within the moment was the unusual bareness of all the shelves in the store. Although they had some stock, it was not the supply of a dollar store a mere 3 days from opening.
Aside from this, everything in the store seemed plain enough. All the aisles were laid out as one would expect from a store like this, about 5 in total in addition to a freezer section against the northernmost wall. On the eastern wall was the side entrance where I had observed the strange shamblers go through, but it still seemed that no activity was present there at the moment. To my left was the western wall, where a portion of it protruded outward, ending in a door that read "STAFF ROOM" near the top. After taking this all in, I passed the row of checkout lines directly in front of me and began surveying the store.
Throughout, the store was more or less as plain as it had seemed at first. The shelves were just barely stocked with various brand named food and general use products, as well as special "Sergeant Dollar!" branded food stuffs. The freezer aisle displayed a good variety of milk, cheese, ice cream, and other dairy products. The only thing I found suspicious was the traces of dirt and muddy footprints placed near the eastern side exit.
After carefully examining the rest of the store, I eventually came to that door marked "STAFF ROOM". At this point, I had almost half-convinced myself that I was wrong, and that there really was nothing odd about this store. Perhaps they had caught the kidnapper, and the rest of the missing people were cannibalized by that repulsive man. The figures seen at night were merely products of a stressed and overactive imagination. All I had to do now is open that door, and prove to myself that this was just an ordinary boring dollar store, as opposed to anything more malevolent.
This being so, you can imagine my surprise when, after turning the handle and pushing open the door, I was confronted with a black abyss-like cavern on the opposite wall. At that moment, all of the fear I had experienced over the past months came hurtling towards me like a freight train. I remembered seeing the tools those figures had carried on those accursed nights, and I remembered the dark cloth bags that had been carried into the building through the side entrance. The presence of this gaping, downward leading hole had confirmed all of my worst fears. Even worse, at semi-regular intervals, a faint but deep rumbling sound would echo up through the cavern, each time sending a chill through my spine. Although I was stricken with fear, the presence of this seemingly endless abyss merely served to push me onward. I needed nothing more to convince me that whatever was here was evil, and must be exposed. So treading across the vacant room, clutching my camera, I ventured into the cavernous depths, the deep trembling intensifying as I crossed the threshold into darkness.
Inside, the cave yielded no lighting, putting me in a position of total darkness.The only way I could make out the circular, downward spiraling shape of the cavern was by hugging the left wall and feeling my way through. A rough set of stairs were carved into the stone below me, making the descent relatively easy. The walls felt very jagged and uneven, and along the way I felt flimsy wooden support beams each about 5 feet apart whose purpose was obviously to keep the hole from collapsing.
As I travelled farther and farther down into the abyss the trembling grew louder and louder, intensifying my feelings of fear and anxiousness. After about ten minutes of travel, the sound became so loud that I almost turned back. The sound seemed to penetrate my eardrums and drill its way directly into my brain. Its inconsistency was possibly the most maddening thing about it. Just when I hadn't heard it for a solid half-minute, lulling me into a false sense of security, it would come back twice as strong, bringing me to my knees each time. Each time this happened I clutched my camera harder, for fear that this entire fearful journey be put to waste.
Finally, after about twenty five minutes of blind descent, I noticed a faint shine just ahead, revealing and peaking around the corner of the wall in front of me. The thought of a break in the thick blackness which had surrounded me for the nearly the past half hour sent me a sort of second wind, allowing me to put all fear and caution out of my mind and make a run for whatever the source of that shine was. Even the trembling, now deeper and more deafening than ever, could not penetrate my mind in that moment. These were my final moments of jollity in life.
Upon turning that corner I was greeted with a massive curve ceilinged room, which must have reached almost 30 feet at its highest point. The architecture there was considerably more sophisticated than the slapdash job done inside the tunnel, displaying fantastic pictures of strange and unknown creatures, as well as mystical hieroglyphs in a strange and unknown language. The panels containing these things continued around the circular room, interrupted by stone columns upon which were placed the torches which provided the light I had seen earlier. Of course, these things are not what terrified me.
In the room, pacing and shambling about in a horribly gruesome way, were somewhere upwards of twenty of the strange slumped-over figures I had seen enter the store upstairs, only now each one's hood was worn down, revealing their hideous faces. Like the man from the news, each had a variety of deformities placed on their faces. A lazy eye here, an elongated ear there, each with the same cracked and grayish skin. Their black robes seemed to almost meld together, creating a sea of darkness and evil. Still, although it completely paralyzed me with fear, this was not what sent me running from that place.
Pilled up throughout the mass of writhing black forms were hideous mounds of bodies, varying height and horrifying in number. They varied in species, rabbit, fox, wolf, bear and of course human. They were all in various states of dismemberment, severed extremities littering the floor and blending with the torsos and heads making up the piles. God, there was so many, even just the human ones being more than enough to make for the still missing people.
Worst of all, behind the tangled mess of black robes and dismembered bodies there laid a massive hole in the middle of the room, seemingly endless in depth. The robed beast-men appeared to be picking up pieces of the bodies from the piles scattered throughout the room, and throwing them into the pit! The very same pit, I realized, that the horrible trembling sound was coming from.
At this moment of revelation and realization, I let out a shriek of pure and utter horror, alerting every one of the creatures in the room to my presence. At that instant, every one of their grotesque faces turned to me, and it wasn't even a second before they began running towards me, letting out furious screams and grunts of incomprehensible nonsense. I, a fresh shot of adrenaline coursing through my body, then turned around as fast as I could and began clumsily up the stairs. Unfortunately I stumbled at the foot and dropped my camera, but I was to terrified to capture any pictures of the gruesome anyway. Besides, evidence at this point was the least of my worries.
My terror was nearly tangible while running at full speed up that near pitch black staircase, a screaming mob of infinite death and blackness behind me. They were much faster than their usual shambling would imply, and at points I could hear the particularly enthusiastic grunting of the man in front, mere inches from the back of my neck. Fortunately, as time went on the distance between me and the mob increased, until eventually their horrible screams were a mere echo from the bowels of that horrible passage.
When I finally emerged from the cave entrance within the self-proclaimed "STAFF ROOM", I was experiencing a mixture of extreme relief and panic. I darted from the store as fast as I could, and headed straight for my car. I was so anxious to create as much distance between myself and that place as possible, that I was pulled over by a cop soon after pulling out of the driveway. He must have thought I was on something, and I couldn't really blame him. I must have been sweating like a pig, and acting nervous as hell, to.
While he was giving me his usual lecture, I considered telling him about what had happened. Maybe he would have believed me, despite how incredibly absurd my story may have seemed. Damn, how I wished I had pictures. In the end, I didn't. He gave me my ticket, I gave him my thanks, and we drove apart. I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in a padded cell, after all.
Now, "Sergeant Dollar!" is a few hours from opening, and I am terrified. No more people have gone missing, but there are reports of lost pets throughout town. I try my best to ignore it, but my fear is like a parasite, eating away at my insides and leeching off of my life force. I shudder to think what that strange cult must be planning now upon the stores opening.
"There goes the neighborhood!", mom says. There indeed.
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From the bestselling author of The New Complete Book of Breads comes the thirtieth anniversary edition of this classic baking book, now in trade paperback. In this exhaustive volume, you'll find recipes for every imaginable type of bread, from white and rye to cheese, herb, French, and Italian breads. Croissants, brioches, flat breads, and crackers are covered in depth as well. Home bakers will find an extraordinary range of variety, nearly enough to supply a new bread a day for a year. There are wheat breads -- Honey-Lemon, Walnut, Buttermilk; sourdough breads; corn breads; breads... more
From the bestselling author of The New Complete Book of Breads comes the thirtieth anniversary edition of this classic baking book, now in trade paperback. In this exhaustive volume, you'll find recipes for every imaginable type of bread, from white and rye to cheese, herb, French, and Italian breads. Croissants, brioches, flat breads, and crackers are covered in depth as well. Home bakers will find an extraordinary range of variety, nearly enough to supply a new bread a day for a year. There are wheat breads -- Honey-Lemon, Walnut, Buttermilk; sourdough breads; corn breads; breads flavored with herbs or spices or enriched with cheese or fruits and nuts; and little breads -- Kaiser Rolls, Grandmother's Southern Biscuits, English Muffins, and Popovers, to name a few. For the baker who observes the holidays with a fresh loaf there are Challah and Italian Panettone.
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Giustina Mizzoni is unequivocal when she says CoderDojo’s aim is to bring coding to every child in every school – and, with a growing worldwide presence, this cool project is well underway.
Mizzoni has been working with the CoderDojo Foundation for two-and-a-half years now, having been approached by co-founder James Whelton while he was based in Dublin’s Dogpatch Labs. As development lead, she cultivates relationships with the foundation’s global partners and alliance members — the perfect role for a woman passionate about social entrepreneurship, and reaching out to both children and businesses.
Mizzoni also helped to set up the Docklands Dojo, which welcomes children from around the Dublin docklands area and Sheriff Street to the CHQ building every Wednesday to learn coding in a fun, informal environment.
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The dream of bringing CoderDojo sessions like this to young people around the world may sound ambitious, but Mizzoni sees little difference between this and the establishment of sports clubs in school environments.
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“It’s like [the way] you might learn football in your PE class in school and, if you got a real interest for it, you’re going to go and join a football club, and that’s what CoderDojo is. It’s fun, it’s social, it’s informal learning. There’s no curriculum. It’s about kids learning what they want to learn and building what they want to build, so it’s entirely different to a school environment.”
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The decision comes after the accuracy of the filmmaker’s Indigenous identity was called into question last week
Dec 23, 2020 • December 23, 2020 • 1 minute read
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Michelle Latimer’s documentary “Inconvenient Indian” is being pulled from distribution and its upcoming screening at the Sundance Film Festival by the National Film Board.
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Who invented the pop up toaster and in what year?
Before this, electric toasters cooked bread on one side, meaning the bread needed to be flipped by hand in order to cook both sides. Copeman’s toaster turned the bread around without having to touch it. The automatic pop-up toaster, which ejects the toast after toasting it, was first patented by Charles Strite in 1921.
Who makes the best electric toaster?
The Breville BTA840XL Die-Cast 4-Slice Smart Toaster is hands down the best toaster that we tested. It has the same functionality as our two-slot Breville pick, the Bit More, as well as a button that automatically lifts and lowers your toast.
Do toasters kill bacteria?
Cells of all bacterial species, except those of thermodurics, will be killed by exposing at 71 C for 16 sec (milk pasteurization temp/time). … If Toasting or Microwaving can assure that EVERY PARTICLE OF A BREAD TOASTED OR A DOW EXPOSED TO MICROWAVE are heated to 71 C for 16 sec, the their cells will be killed.
How much did the first toaster cost?
In the same year, the Waters Genter Company was formed to be in charge of manufacturing and marketing and the first pop-up toaster named the Toastmaster which was released in 1926. The toasters in the 1930s were worth $25 which is equal to around $400 today.23 мая 2018 г.
How much was a toaster in the 1920s?
Questions & Answers. Question: How much did a new 1920s toaster cost? Answer: 1920s toasters were quite luxuries. Some of them could have cost up to $25, which is the equivalent of approximately $315 in 2018.
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Who was the first person to make toast?
When did the toaster became popular?
1919: The pop-up toaster is invented.
While General Electric built the first electric toaster for the home in 1909, it was 10 years later when Minnesota mechanic Charles Strite created an easy-to-use toaster designed for restaurants.
How do toasters know when to pop up?
You set a dial which indicates how brown you want your toast. The manufacturer carefully calibrated the toaster to release the interior rack once the temperature of the heating coils has been reached for a certain amount of time. So it is, in effect, like setting a timer.
How old do you have to be to use a toaster?
Fourteen- and 15-year-olds may perform kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including the operation of machines and devices used in the performance of such work, such as but not limited to dish-washers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers, milk shake blenders, coffee …
What temperature does a toaster reach?
The coils in regular toasters get hot enough to glow, which means they’re over about 600°C. Since the toaster is operating at such high temperatures, it would hardly notice whether the surrounding environment is 20°C (room temperature), 4°C (a fridge), or -15°C (a freezer). [1]
Which toasters are not made in China?
With that said, today, we decided to help you find the best toasters not made in China.
Dualit 2 Slice Chrome. …
Star Mfg. …
Cuisinart CPT-160P1 Classic Toaster. …
KRUPS KH732D50 2-Slice Toaster. …
Breville BTA820XL Smart Toaster.
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What is the best toaster oven Consumer Reports?
Breville, Panasonic, and Oster are the most reliable brands in our survey, snagging an Excellent rating for predicted reliability. Owners of Breville and Panasonic models are also generally very happy with them; these brands also earn Excellent ratings for owner satisfaction.
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"Swing," "Swinger," what do these words mean to you. What about the word "lifestyle?" Funny how words mean such a big amount of different things to such a big amount of different folks. My dictionary outlines "Swinger" as : "One that swings : a good swinger of baseball bats." I usually had a suspicion that Barry Bonds was a "swinger." My compendium also announces : "an affiliate of a pair, particularly a married couple, who exchanges sexual partners." Now we are getting somewhere, though I did not know marriage standing had such a lot to do with "swinging." I should have to call Webster and explain to him that non-married couples swing too. I am sure he is going to be glad to hear that. The word "swing" goes back to the 20's when the black community discovered a new type of music called Jazz and called it "Swinging Jazz." The reference described the kind of dance where a person would literally "swing" his partner thru a collection of dance moves.
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Huddersfield Town shrugged off the disappointment of a West Yorkshire derby defeat by beating Charlton Athletic 1-0 away from home last night. Under usual circumstances that victory alone may not have been cause to pop the champagne, but our chief writer John is feeling quite optimistic today, and here’s why.
The One Hundred Percenters
There have been a lot of phrases and buzzwords attached to Huddersfield Town in recent years, but perhaps we have a new one now. It’s clear that Danny and Nicky Cowley only want players that give a hundred percent for the cause.
This was made clear on Saturday when the pair named a substitutes bench with a combined age of about 12. Out were the big earners, the ones who quite frankly, couldn’t give a toss about Huddersfield Town and in came a group of young, hungry players eager to make their mark on the game.
To see one of them – Matty Daly – score the winning goal last night was heartening and shows us that a huge spending splurge in January might not be necessary. After a period in which we've all become too accustomed to using the word 'mercenary', it looks like we have the bones of a squad of 'one hundred percenters'.
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Adaptation & Improvisation
The last two managers that we have had at the club have been very wedded to their own particular style of play. Jan Siewert was a major proponent of 4-3-3 and preferred to focus on what his own team could do rather than worrying about his team’s opponent.
His predecessor David Wagner was very similar, but unlike Siewert, he managed to find a system and a style that worked. One criticism of Wagner though was his inability to change things in game to overturn a deficit.
Danny and Nicky appear to be completely opposite to their German predecessors, demonstrating their pragmatism once again at The Valley. Florent Hadergjonaj was moved from full-back to left-wing, a position in which he provided the crucial match-winning assist.
Days earlier against Leeds, Town played a more back to front style to minimise the effect of Marcelo Bielsa’s famous press. Whilst it didn’t work in terms of the result, it certainly gave Town a fighting chance in the game.
With a limited, dwindling playing staff the Cowley’s ability to adapt their approach for different opponents will prove invaluable over the course of the season.
(Highlights of Town's 1-0 win over Charlton Athletic at The Valley last night.)
Whilst it might not be as redemptive a story as Saul of Tarsus, Florent Hadergjonaj’s man of the match performance last night was heart-warming. The Kosovan full-back has taken his fair share of criticism in recent months (quite a lot of it from this blog.)
However on Saturday against Leeds he grafted and toiled for the entire ninety minutes before doing it all over again last night against Charlton. His persistence was rewarded with the assist that won the game, but what has been most impressive about Hadergjonaj over the last two games has been his concentration levels.
Whilst he may not have been defensively perfect in his last two showings, Hadergjonaj has demonstrated previously unseen levels of concentration and grit.
(Tin Tin has shown real signs of improvement in his last two outings.)
In the past week Danny Cowley has intimated that Terence Kongolo, Adama Diakhaby, Isaac Mbenza, Herbert Bockhorn and Reece Brown will be free to leave the club in January. It’s undoubtedly disappointing that the last two on the list have seemed unable to make their mark at the club.
Brown and Bockhorn were only brought in over the summer and the former arrived at the club with rave reviews from his former manager and the fans at Forest Green Rovers.
Ultimately, both Brown and Bockhorn have appeared unable to make the leap to Championship football which is yet another criticism that our under-fire recruitment team will have to face.
However I cannot hide my glee at the news of Kongolo, Diakhaby and Mbenza’s imminent departures. Whilst Kongolo may have demonstrated his unquestionable talent during the early part of his Town career, the other two have done no such thing.
The two underwhelming wingers clearly think themselves better than a Championship club, so it will come as a shock to them when their agent presents offers from Turkey, Greece and the French second division in January.
(Actual footage of Adama Diakhaby at training.)
It Gets Easier
It is always prudent of a manager to say, “There are no easy games in football”, but as a fan, there’s no reason why I can’t say that. Only two of Town’s next six opponents are currently in the top half of the table – Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers.
In the aftermath of damaging results – particularly the losses to Bristol City and Leeds United – it’s easy to get swept away in doom and gloom. But let’s not forget, that in the past month we’ve faced a hell of a lot of good teams.
So a slightly easier run of fixtures comes at a very welcome time, especially considering our current injury and ‘unavailable for selection’ crises. If we can come out of the next six games with a minimum of nine points and bring in some reinforcements in January, the second half of the season should be more enjoyable than the first half has been thus far.
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WTTC Launches New Report for Safe & Seamless Travel in New Normal
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London, United Kingdom, December 9, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, today unveils a major new report that recommends global guidelines for a Safe & Seamless Traveller Journey related to traveller identity and security in the ‘new normal’.
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Developed in partnership with Oliver Wyman Consulting Group, and Pangiam as one of the advisors, the report emphasises the need for swift action for a harmonised approach in the implementation of digital traveller identity and biometrics, and the enablement of strong policies through the undertaking of several activities to support the recovery of the ailing Travel & Tourism sector.
WTTC’s Safe & Seamless Traveller Journey (SSTJ), a core initiative, aims to enable a seamless, safe and secure end-to-end traveller journey, encompassing both air and non-air travel, through an approach for systematic biometric verified identification at each stage of the journey, replacing manual verifications.
SSTJ will be critical in combating COVID-19 and beyond for crises preparedness, and will further speed the recovery and bring relief and peace of mind to the 330 million people around the world who depend on a thriving Travel & Tourism sector.
The importance of SSTJ was also recognised by the G20 at the recent Ministerial meeting, with all countries giving it their full support and commitment.
WTTC had previously recognised the need for more contactless and integrated technology as an emerging trend in the new face of travel. COVID-19 has become a catalyst for touchless technologies, which travellers will now expect in order to minimise their physical contact with people and surfaces.
According to a recent survey by Amadeus, technology and innovation will be key in building traveller confidence and industry recovery. This is illustrated as over four in five (84%) travellers say technology would increase their confidence to travel in the next 12 months.
Furthermore, in a recent WTTC consumer survey, eight out of 10 Americans boarding domestic or international flights said they would be willing to submit biometric data to enhance their travel experience.
Building on consultations with more than 350 stakeholders since 2018, WTTC has developed a clear vision for a seamless and secure end to-end journey and has defined a roadmap to drive this initiative forward. Such an initiative requires the public and private sectors to join forces to drive the changes WTTC envisions, build momentum, and encourage adherence to global standards that sustain a supportive policy framework.
The report emphasises the need for international coordination to remove travel barriers and build traveller confidence, both of which are critical to the sector’s survival.
To achieve recovery, it is essential to provide certainty for travellers regarding travel restrictions and policies to facilitate domestic and international travel.
WTTC Members, other private sector leaders and international organisations identified the following private sector actions:
Adopting global data standards, leveraging existing standards, to ensure interoperability across all sectors, including governments
Cross sector collaboration (e.g. airlines, hotels, rail, cruise, working together)
Implement standardised global health and safety protocols across all industries and geographies to facilitate a consistent and safe travel experience
Develop and adopt innovative digital technologies that enable seamless travel, better manage visitor flows, and improve the traveller experience while making the traveller journey safer.
Public-private collaboration is essential to the success of SSTJ. WTTC developed critical steps governments must take to strengthening international collaboration through facilitation and leadership. Governments, through the creation of task forces, should continue investing in biometrics to ensure they are prepared for future crisis. Becoming more resilient will allow the sector and countries respond better to future risks or shocks.
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “WTTC’s new report comes at a time when Travel & Tourism is struggling to stay afloat. We believe that the Safe & Seamless Traveller Journey will not only be paramount in aiding a swift recovery to the sector, but also in shaping the new normal of Travel & Tourism for years to come. This important initiative enables mobility and increases safety and security, while always putting the passenger at the very centre.
“WTTC congratulates ICAO for endorsing the specifications of the Digital Travel Credential (DTC) Type 1, bringing digital identity-based travel one step closer to reality.
“There is no doubt that international coordination is necessary, which is why our guidelines aim to bring clarity to a recovery process that has been disjointed and confused. We hope that this, along with our many other guidelines for Safe Travels, will help usher in further consumer confidence.”
Sean Donohue, CEO Dallas Fort Worth International Airport said: “DFW Airport is committed to ensuring it is ‘Clean. Safe. Ready.” for everyone coming to our facilities. Providing that seamless, enhanced experience means innovative efforts to expand the use of biometric technology, smart restrooms that provide contactless service and heightened sanitization, and going the extra mile to become the first airport in the world to earn Star accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC).
“Our efforts align with the WTTC’s coordinated efforts and commitment to a seamless, safe and secure end-to-end journey for everyone.”
Dr. Dee K. Waddell, IBM Global Managing Director Travel & Transportation said: “IBM is proud to be a proactive contributor to the Safe and Seamless Traveller Journey global initiative. Digital travel credentials such as identity, biometrics, and health certifications are a critical part of transforming and emerging even stronger from the devastating impacts from the pandemic. Travel & Tourism is a resilient sector and ensuring a rapid return to growth will be enabled by next-generation technologies.”
Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman MSC Cruises said: “MSC Cruises greatly welcomes this Safe and Seamless Traveller Journey initiative from WTTC. Leveraging technology to improve the movement of guests through the various stages of travel will make our industry more efficient, more secure, and more adaptable. Use of this type of technology will enhance the guest experience at MSC Cruises and enhance our operations. Where both things can be done simultaneously, that is a winning combination.
“We appreciate that WTTC has undertaken this project for the collective benefit of the travel community.”
Kim Day, CEO Denver International Airport said: “Clearly this pandemic has influenced the way we travel today and in the future. Limiting contact through technology and other changes to allow for a more efficient travel experience are more critical than ever. This report offers several recommendations for a safer, seamless journey. Biometric technology and digital identity solutions are a key part of the travel industry’s recovery and future.”
Kevin McAleenan, Chief Executive Officer of Pangiam said: “The travel and tourism industry is currently facing an unprecedented challenge in restoring traveller confidence and maintaining its commitment to safety amidst a pandemic. WTTC’s report brings together the best practices from across the globe that demonstrate the value of robust investments in seamless travel and the benefits from security to facilitation to passenger experience.”
Scot Hornick, Oliver Wyman Partner Transportation and Travel said: “WTTC’s Safe and Seamless Traveller Journey represents a unique opportunity for the travel industry to use biometric and digital identity technology to not only assist in the industry’s recovery from COVID-19, but break the silos which have historically existed across travel sectors.
“Allowing a traveller to use their biometrics and digital identity across all travel providers, regardless of sector, will reduce many common friction points. For travel providers, the Safe and Seamless Traveller Journey will enable increases in efficiency and allow for a greater personalized customer experience. Most importantly, the Safe and Seamless Traveller Journey creates a safer and healthier journey for all travellers and employees of the Travel and Tourism Industry.”
Luis Maroto, President & CEO Amadeus IT Group said: “Amadeus supports WTTC’s efforts to create a globally aligned approach in the implementation of biometrics in travel. We see the Global Guidelines for the Seamless Traveler Journey as an important milestone in paving the road to recovery and rethinking our industry. Multilateral collaboration is required to build a framework for contactless travel that considers the entire traveler journey from door to door making it safe and secure though advanced touchless technology.
“This SSTJ initiative helps to develop clear testing and tracing practices while leveraging contactless technologies enabling a touchless environment and faster processing, which are key in restarting travel safely.”
Barbara Dalibard, CEO SITA, said: “SITA strongly supports the move towards biometric-enabled identity solutions that allows travelers to move securely and easily across every step in their journey while maintaining control of their identity in a fully ethical manner. This is an approach we have long advocated. The benefits of speed, safety and improved security are significant. With the additional benefit of limiting touch and maintaining distance, these digital identity solutions take on new relevance in the COVID era.
“As the air transport and hospitality industry, we now can make tremendous strides in implementing these solutions that have long been accepted by other industries such as the finance sector.”
Jamie Rhee, Commissioner Chicago Department of Aviation said: “The Chicago Department of Aviation is committed to the highest standard of safety for the traveling public and our employees. The proposed Safe & Seamless Traveller Journey (SSTJ) system will assist us and our airline partners in our collective effort to provide a more efficient and secure travel experience with a touchless environment through technological advancement.
“Implementing these solutions will not only help the aviation industry alleviate the strain on fundamental infrastructure as demand recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic but will also promote health-conscious practices for both travelers and employees alike.
“As we join industry leaders at a critical moment where innovative digital solutions are being developed and applied to serve travelers across the globe, we are confident that these improvements will allow travelers to feel an unprecedented level of safety and security as they navigate our airports.”
Amena Ali, CEO Airside Mobile said: “The pandemic has upended lives and livelihoods, and nowhere is that more apparent than the significant hit taken by the travel and tourism industry. Technology can and must revive travel safely and quickly. Airside strongly supports the use of biometrics and digital identities to enhance security, facilitate travel, and drive a contactless experience. Our platform and team stand ready to partner with the travel industry to deliver an open, interoperable and seamless experience that covers the traveler’s journey from booking to completion.”
Gordon Wilson, President and CEO WorldReach Software said: “The roadmap provides directional guidance for those navigating the challenges of COVID, while delivering on the goals of a safe and seamless traveller experience. We encourage pilots for those just starting while travel volumes are lower and a move to broader implementations for those already at pilot stages to best position for a full recovery.”
Caryn Seidman Becker, Chairman and CEO CLEAR said: “CLEAR supports WTTC’s tireless efforts to drive innovation and interoperability across the travel industry through the Seamless Traveler Journey Initiative. These latest ‘Best Practices’ recommendations highlight the importance of securely establishing a traveler’s identity to enable a safer, more secure, and frictionless travel experience, which closely aligns with CLEAR’s vision. We look forward to continued work with the WTTC to help the travel and tourism industry recover and sustainably grow.”
Miguel Leitmann, CEO Vision-Box said: “The need for touchless identity management and seamless passenger flow management is the new reality. As air travel dynamics have evolved under the covid-19 pandemic, the importance of a safe contactless passenger experience is paramount to the industry’s revival. We are very proud to have such iconic institutions on board to implement seamless automated and contactless passenger travel experiences across the world. We are confident that our partnerships will be a huge success as everyone is looking to maximize the potential that seamless technology has to offer. It will also allow Vision-Box to deliver the very best strategies that will be uniquely conceived, designed and built for the next generation of transformative identity management platforms.”
Michael O’Connell Founder and CEO – Critical Insights Consultancy said: “We at Critical Insights, applaud the WTTC for their leadership and guidance during these most challenging times of the pandemic as we seek to reopen the travel and tourism industry in a safe and secure way that delivers trust and confidence. We are pleased to have contributed to the development of their Global Guidelines for the Seamless Traveller Journey that has great importance as the sector considers new policies, processes and technologies to bring about the new norm.
“The customer expects protection, great service, efficiency and fun as they return to international travel, and the seamless journey – delivered as described by the STJ principles, can secure a positive future for all. We remain committed to advance both the digital and post-pandemic transformation of the STJ in partnership with the WTTC.”
Michael Thamm, CEO Costa Group & Carnival Asia said: “As the tourism ecosystem, including the cruise industry, works to tackle the challenges posed by the global crisis and plans to reshape its future, it is clear that technological advancements and greater digitalization in the whole travel journey play a key role for a full recovery. In this sense, we welcome the work of the WTTC in producing thought leadership on this topic as well as promoting initiatives that can mark a further evolution in world travel and tourism.”
José Carlos Azcárraga, CEO Grupo Posadas said: “Today, more than ever, it’s crucial for all businesses within the travel and tourism industry to collaborate with organizations such as the WTTC to implement global initiatives that align safety standards across all sectors, rebuild consumer confidence, and reactivate tourism.”
Hugo Desenzani, CEO Libertador Hotels, Resorts & Spas said: “Tourism delivers prosperity and health to travelers and hosts. The COVID-19 crisis has halted that virtuous circle – putting hundreds of millions of families at risk. To recover, we must inspire confidence on the travel experience, as well as the destination. WTTC´s Safe & Seamless Traveller Journey initiative does exactly that. Using technology and improved processes, the SSTJ initiative will make traveling better, simpler, and safer for everyone.”
Tony Smith, IBMATA Chairman said: “We are delighted to be associated with WTTC and this excellent report. We at IBMATA believe that the COVID Pandemic provides an even greater impetus for Border Agencies and the travel sector to work together in harmony in order to deliver a safe and secure seamless traveller journey; and to stimulate much needed economic growth in the international travel sector. We will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with WTTC on this important initiative.”
As one of the fastest-growing sectors in 2019, accounting for one in four new jobs created worldwide over the last five years, the slowdown of Travel & Tourism will have devastating ripple effects beyond the sector itself, and WTTC’s latest figures suggest that up to 174 million jobs could be lost in Travel & tourism by the end of 2020.
In effect, the benefits of Travel & Tourism spread far beyond its direct impacts in terms of GDP and employment, with indirect benefits throughout the supply chain and interlinkages to other sectors, such as agriculture, retail, arts, and construction, among others.
Unlike many other sectors, Travel & Tourism is highly inclusive, employing and offering opportunities to people from all walks of life, including minorities, youth, and women.
To see the report in full, please click here.
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Flying always presents challenges for Para-swimmer Shelby Newkirk.
There are issues with her wheelchair, hurdles getting through security, protocols that vary from airport to airport.
“There’s definitely some things as a Para-athlete you kind of have to plan out that a lot of people don’t realize,” said the 23-year world record holder from Saskatoon, who has dystonia, a progressive neurological disorder similar to Parkinson’s that affects movement, balance and coordination.
Flying won’t be getting easier for anyone as airlines and airports prepare to accommodate travelers while dealing with COVID-19.
People needing to fly will pay more for tickets, can expect four-hour lineups checking in, will need to wear some sort of protective equipment and might not be taking their luggage to the airport with them.
This new normal will put a strain on the budgets of amateur sports organizations while forcing them to rethink the size of teams, where to hold training camps and what competitions to attend.
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“Do we try to do things more virtually?” said Mathieu Gentes, chief operating officer for Athletics Canada. “Do we have to go to all these things? Do we send smaller teams? Do we have teams where athletes have to pay a levy?
“I don’t know all those answers yet, but I think those are the types of questions we’re going to have to be posing ourselves.”
Swimming Canada braces for budget increase
Ahmed El-Awadi, chief executive officer with Swimming Canada, said travel accounts for between 15 to 20 per cent of his budget. That will increase as airfares rise.
Swimming Canada also plans to spend between $10,000 and $20,000 to purchase protective equipment like masks and gloves for athletes and staff flying.
“Right off the bat, even without booking a plane ticket, there are going to be some costs involved,” El-Awadi said.
There will also be fewer seats on airplanes.
“We may not be able to get the amount of seats we want on one aircraft [so] we’re going to have to factor that into account and split our human resources,” El-Awadi said. “It gets more complicated [with] the younger athletes, so it’s possible we might have to increase our staff count when travelling.”
Significant travel changes expected
John Gradek, a lecturer and coordinator of the Global Aviation Leadership Program at McGill University, predicts airfares will increase by 20 to 30 per cent as carriers compensate for reduced seating capacity due to social distancing and increased cleaning costs.
The time in lineups will grow as airports deal with social distancing and measures to keep staff and travels safe. Passengers will probably have to print boarding passes at home.
The way luggage is handled, especially for sports teams with plenty of bags and oversized containers, will change.
“I think the days of checked baggage coming with you when you check in and you picking up your own checked baggage at your point of destination, they are pretty well done,” he said.
Instead, carriers will organize to have bags picked up 24 hours ahead of time. Upon arrival, your bags will be delivered to your final destination.
Gradek foresees the use of overhead bins being banned, meaning carry-on luggage would be restricted only to items that can be placed under a seat. That would affect athletes who carry personal equipment on the plane with them.
‘It’s not worth risking athletes or staff…’
Both swimming and athletics hold training camps at warm-weather facilities out of the country. Now with escalating travel costs combined with the possibility of facing 14-day quarantines in some countries, the organizations plan to stay at home as much as possible.
“It’s not worth risking athletes or staff if we can provide something similar within in the country,” El-Awadi said.
The number of competitions attended may also be affected.
“That could be a major game changer in terms of looking at the different competitions,” Gentes said.
The long waits, wearing protective gear, and concerns about the virus could add another layer of stress for athletes.
“That’s where our mental performance coaches will come into play,” Gentes said. “That’s just something that’s going to become part of the performance plan.”
El-Awadi said monitoring the health of Para-athletes, many who have compromised immune systems, will be especially important.
“We will be extra diligent with our medical teams in terms of whether certain athletes can travel,” he said.
Newkirk said changes to how luggage is handled could delay athletes returning home from competitions. She also worries about not being allowed a carry-on because she likes keeping her medicines, caps, googles and swimsuits with her.
Like many Para-athletes, Newkirk also has a latex allergy, so she is concerned about people around her wearing latex gloves.
But like all other travelers, Newkirk said athletes will have to adjust to the changes.
“There will be things we’ll have to figure out, just as we will with daily life,” she said.
The increased hassles and stress created by travel won’t stop Newkirk from competitive swimming.
“The pool is where I’ve found my home,” she said. “That’s where I have the sense of freedom and where I can be competitive. For me personally, I think the love of the sport will keep me in it.”
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Exhibits aplenty will be mounted at area galleries and museums.
Everson Museum of Art. Michael Davis photo
The 2017 autumn art season will encompass numerous group exhibitions, solo shows and a slew of subjects. Local venues will display mega-sculptures, cups and napkins, delve into topics ranging from a Syracuse park to rocks and the political climate in Taiwan, explore family relationships and how we recall various historical events.
ArtRage Gallery. Michael Davis photo
ArtRage Gallery (503 Hawley Ave.; (315) 218-5711) begins its fall schedule with Seen and Heard: Embracing Our Past, Empowering Our Future. It’s a group exhibit featuring works by Anne Cofer and Mary Giehl, Mary Stanley, Candace Rhea, Gail Hoffman and other female artists from Central New York. A Sept. 9 reception starts at 7 p.m. The show ends Oct. 21.
Downtown Syracuse’s Everson Museum of Art (401 Harrison St.; (315) 474-6064) has already opened Monumental, a display of large works by Eric Staller, Ann Sperry and other sculptors, and Unique, a group exhibition celebrating the talents of Central New Yorkers living with disabilities. On Sept. 15, the museum premieres TR Ericsson: I Was Born to Bring You Into This World, which continues his inquiry into his mother’s life and their family archives, and Sune Woods: When A Heart Scatter, Scatter, Scatter, with the artist using video, photographs and collage to explore desire, forgiveness and resilience. Unique closes Oct. 1, while the other exhibits wrap Dec. 31.
Point of Contact (350 W. Fayette St.; (315) 443-2169) is showing Pedro Roth’s Aleph, a series of drawings on napkins gathered from various cafes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The napkins are combined into an installation. There will be a reception on Sept. 28, 6 to 8 p.m.
The Onondaga Historical Association (321 Montgomery St.; (315) 428-1864) has several exhibits under way, including All That Jazz: 35 Years of Syracuse Jazz Fest, which documents the festival’s appearance at various sites and its showcasing of Dizzy Gillespie and other stars. The War to End All Wars: Onondaga County Encounters World War I presents gas masks, uniforms, posters, letters and other archival material.
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery (1003 W. Fayette St.; (315) 424-6868) is hosting a display of ceramics by its students through Sept. 9. Another group show, Wonder Women: Directions in Art by 14 Female CNY Artists, runs through Sept. 22 at the Syracuse Tech Garden (235 Harrison St.; (315) 427-5787). It includes paintings, drawings, and other media.
La Casita Cultural Center (109 Otisco St.; (315) 443-2151) will celebrate Latin music with Fusion Caribe: The History of Our Music, which presents photos, memorabilia and other objects. A Sept. 15 reception begins at 6 p.m. and will feature live and recorded music.
Apostrophe’S (1100 Oak St.; (614) 209-7503) just opened Creating Memories of Schiller Park, works by artists living in the neighborhood adjacent to the North Side park. The exhibition runs through Sept. 16.
On the Syracuse University campus, Light Work Gallery (316 Waverly Ave.; (315) 443-1300), has a full slate of shows on display. To Sleep with Terra presents Sune Woods’ collages and works on paper, discussing how photography has been used for exploitation and propaganda.
One of the works at Syracuse Tech Garden’s Wonder Women show. Michael Davis photo
The gallery is also displaying pieces by winners of the 2017 Light Work grants: Joe Librandi-Cowan, who focuses on mass incarceration; Mary Helena Clark, an artist intensely interested in film and video; and Stephanie Mercedes, whose work investigates memories of human rights violations, most notably Argentina’s “dirty war.” The trio, and Woods, will be feted at a Sept. 13 reception beginning at 5 p.m.
Finally, the Urban Video Project, a partnership involving Light Work and several organizations, will project the Sune Woods video A Feeling Like Chaos on the northern facade of the Everson Museum. That will take place Thursdays through Saturdays from dusk to 11 p.m. starting Sept. 14.
SU Art Galleries (Shaffer Art Building; (315) 443-4097) is currently showing Meant To Be Shared: Selections from the Arthur Ross Collection of Prints at Yale University Art Gallery. It features works by Francisco Goya, Edoudard Manet and other well-known artists. In Gratitude: The Museum Project, a series of photos in various styles, celebrates recent donation of artworks to the university’s collection.
Edgewood Gallery (216 Tecumseh Road; (315) 445-8111) is displaying Nature Observed, a blend of watercolors, acrylics, sculpture and jewelry depicting or reflecting on wildlife and our connection to nature. That exhibit wraps Sept. 22, giving way to Jee Eun Lee’s one-woman exhibition which opens Sept. 29.
On Sept. 9, Associated Artists opens its 91st juried exhibit at the Manlius Public Library (1 Arky Albanese Way; (315) 682-6400). There will be a Sept. 17 reception beginning at 2 p.m.
Gandee Gallery (7846 Main St., Fabius; (315) 416-6339) is showcasing Robert Colley’s photos of landscapes and Lucille Wellner’s watercolors until Sept. 17. Then on Sept. 30 Gandee opens The Almighty Cup, an invitational juried exhibit presenting artworks made in Central New York and around the country. More than 100 cups will be on display.
In Auburn, the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center (205 Genesee St.; (315) 255-1553), has scheduled a Sept. 1 opening for Bedrock Revealed: Geologic Landscapes, a series of large composite images by Jonathon Wells; Underlyling Factors: Artists Inspired by Geology, a group show; and Ellen Haffar’s exhibit discussing environmental threats faced by fireflies, bees and butterflies. All three exhibitions end Oct. 15, as the gallery will begin hanging Quilts = Art = Quilts, an annual show which opens Oct. 29.
SUNY Cortland’s Dowd Gallery (9 Main St.; (607) 753-4262) has opened Reverence: Ben Altman and Robert Knight, presenting images created by two artists from Central New York. Knight documents churches, mosques and other sacred spaces, while Altman photographs memorial sites associated with political violence.
SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery ((315) 312-2113) is showing Judith Ann Benedict: An Illustrated Life. She illustrated children’s books and was an influential teacher at SUNY Oswego.
At Cornell University, the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art ((607) 255-6464) is the venue for Power, Haunting, and Resilience, a 14-artist exhibition dealing with social ideology and authoritarian behavior in Taiwan. On Sept. 9, the museum opens Sama Alshaibi: Silsila, a series of photos and videos discussing migration, borders and environmental issues.
And in Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (310 Genesee St.; (315) 797-0000) hosts Roaring Into The Future: New York 1925-1935, which presents an array of artworks and artifacts including paintings, video, music and fashion. On Oct. 7, Geometry in Motion, works on paper by Leon Polk Smith, will begin its run.
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Nelson, a native of Colorado, spent 15 years in the securities brokerage business before packing up his young family and moving to New York to attend the French Culinary Institute. Nelson graduated among the top of his class, earning the Grand Diplome de Cuisine.
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Humans perceive taste through sensory organs called taste buds, or gustatory calyculi, concentrated on the top of the tongue. There are between 2000 and 5000 taste buds that are located on the back and front of the tongue. Others are located on the roof, sides and back of the mouth, and in the throat. Each taste bud contains 50 to 100 taste receptor cells.
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Top soccer stars endorse high-end shoes. Players such as Landon Donovan of the LA Galaxy, Lionel Messi of Barcelona and others are walking advertisements every time they play and display models marketed by Nike, Adidas, Diadora, Puma and other leading cleat makers. Your question as a recreational or amateur soccer player centers on whether shoe type makes a difference, particularly if your playing surface is not a perfectly manicured grass field such as the pros enjoy.
Modern soccer shoes trace their ancestry to the Dassler shoe introduced in 1954 by Adi Dassler, founder of Adidas. It featured cutaway ankles and soft leather for a 50 percent reduction in weight, writes Adrian Lees, an exercise sciences professor at Liverpool John Moores University, in a chapter on soccer equipment and biomechanics in “Science and Soccer.” The shoes cost twice as much as the heavier boots of the time but allowed soccer players to attain track-meet speed as they sprinted, as well as achieve better feel of the ball for kicking. Most important to kicking was the Dassler’s introduction of screw-in studs to match the stud length to the sloppiness of the playing field, important especially in rainy Northern Europe. These allowed secure footing for the plant foot, critical to the success of goal kicks and free kicks especially.
Shoe type “depends on how much support your foot needs,” says Wes Harvey, former coach of the Morgan State University men’s team and a player himself. “I like cleats because they have extra support at the bottom of your foot.” If you play indoor soccer, you’ll need a completely different shoe design given the artificial surfaces used. Indoor arena coverings involve a short nap like a carpet or longer strands of plastic grass. “Indoor shoes do not have the support of outdoor shoes,” Harvey notes, “but the lighter indoor shoes allow your foot to move faster. Indoor requires a quicker first step. Outdoor has greater distances and thus requires more power and less foot speed.”
Lees agrees on the importance of the amount of grip the shoe provides on the surface as a component of your kicking quality. The type of sole -- outdoor cleats are molded thermoplastic polyurethanes and indoor shoes are gum rubber, for example -- and the stud configuration “can lead to a 250 percent change in the degree of traction offered,” Lees writes. As part of the planting and kicking motion, players need a surface-appropriate shoe that is neither too slippery, so that they risk falling, nor too grippy, posing “a danger that players will suffer knee and ankle injuries as their feet become locked during turns and maneuvers,” Lees writes.
John Scott, who evaluates soccer shoes for Endeavor Sports, the parent company of mail-order company Eurosport, notes that high-end adult soccer shoes feature “ball-control elements that are there to help players improve their touch and ability to guide and spin the ball.” These can include stitching, rubber elements on the sides of the uppers and padding or pillow-type elements, he notes. Not all players want ball-control design features, he added. “Some players feel that when you add those elements to the ball, you take away some touch,” he states.
The Biomechanics of Soccer Surfaces and Equipment in “Science and Soccer”; Adrian Lees, et al., Thomas Reilly, editor; 2003
Wes Harvey; Soccer Coach; Baltimore, Maryland
John Scott; Product Specialist; Sports Endeavors; Hillsborough, North Carolina
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Does Call of Duty: Modern Warfare go too far, or is this a better reflection of war?
By Jason Fanelli 17 August 2019
Taking out terrorists will require split-second decisions that test your morality
Image Credit: Infinity Ward / Activision (Image credit: Activision / Infinity Ward)
Normally, after a game demo concludes, there’s a brief moment of applause for what was just presented. It’s a small token of appreciation by those in attendance, a thank you for the work that was put into the demo that just played on-screen and a rare chance to give some direct adulation to those who work so tirelessly on these games.
After our recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare demo ended, however, that applause was nowhere to be found. The group of us, 10-15 total, sat in stunned silence absorbing what we’d just saw. However, where some might think that silence insulting, we’re willing to bet that reaction was exactly what Infinity Ward, the game's developer, was looking for.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will try to set a new bar in storytelling for the franchise later this year, and the 20-minute presentation proves it’s taking a different approach - one that’s more dramatic and impacting than ever before.
A familiar premise…
The demo presented to convention goers starts off with the Infinity Ward team explaining what’s going on in the scene we’re watching: there has been a terrorist attack in London’s Piccadilly Circus leaving dozens dead or wounded, and those responsible are tracked to a three-story townhouse in northern London.
While you'd expect it to be all flash and bombast from here on out, Infinity Ward takes things in another direction entirely.
It’s up to a special task force comprised of Sergeant Garrick (the player’s character), Modern Warfare mainstay Captain Price, and two other British special forces operatives to infiltrate the house and neutralize the cell, with orders to shoot any hostiles on sight.
For Call of Duty, this is well-trodden ground: terrorists attack a city, the troops are sent in to neutralize the threat, and the story unfolds from there. No one would claim that Infinity Ward is reinventing the wheel with this premise. But while you'd expect it to be all flash and bombast from here on out, Infinity Ward takes things in another direction entirely.
Image Credit: Infinity Ward / Activision (Image credit: Infinity Ward / Activision)
...told in an unfamiliar way
Back in the game, the troops assemble at the back door of the house in the dead of night, sneaking through tight alleyways in order to reach it. After a brief pause they enter the home, night vision equipped, and find a small group of people at a table discussing the attack. We don’t even know these people are terrorists until one calls the attack “a failure” and starts to discuss next steps.
Once we have that audio clue, the fight is on.
Price shoots out the lone light bulb in the room and the team moves in, taking out the armed men and women one-by-one. Bullets hit the bodies with precision, the enemies slumping into lifelessness with sickening realism. We hear muffled sounds above us, loud whispers and shouts of warning, as the team slowly ascends the narrow stairs.
She pleads that she has been forced to stay up there, that she’s innocent ... It’s discovered that she was going for a detonator, to what is never explained, and Price remarks that they were lucky to have neutralized her.
On the second floor each team member takes a door and opens it, with player character Garrick finding a single woman with her hands up. She reaches for a rifle and Garrick fires, killing her instantly. Later we’d see another woman make a quick movement, but this second woman instead picks up a baby and consoles it. Garrick does not shoot, but we are left not knowing what would happen if he had.
We hear more commotion toward the bathroom, and as we approach bullets suddenly explode through the door. A few shots into the wall later, and we see our assailant lying in the bathtub in his own blood. After some more action above us it’s time to ascend again, taking the tight staircase to floor three.
It’s more of the same here, but one of the special forces is shot through the door he chooses by a terrorist, leaving us one man down for the rest of the mission. Once the third floor is cleared we go up to the attic, where we meet one final woman with her hands up. She pleads that she has been forced to stay up there, that she’s innocent, before she moves toward a nearby table and is shot dead. It’s discovered that she was going for a detonator, to what is never explained, and Price remarks that they were lucky to have neutralized her.
The demo ended here, giving us some time to catch our breath and mentally process what just happened.
What lasted about 20 minutes felt like it went on for ages thanks to the slow, methodical pace of the demo, and all of the elements that led to that feeling are in line with Infinity Ward’s new approach to Modern Warfare.
This was less like Call of Duty games we’ve come to know over the years and more in line with a nuanced film like Zero Dark Thirty.
This was a demo focused on bringing us war as it’s fought now, not as was “modern” back when Call of Duty 4 debuted in 2007. It’s a remarkable shift in format and tone, one that we certainly did not see coming.
The name Call of Duty carries with it an expectation of bombast and a pageantry of sorts, loud explosions and deafening gunfire raining out of every battle. A few well-known examples withstanding, previous games were marked with adrenaline, each of them coming out of the gates guns blazing.
This new Modern Warfare eschews all of that, instead ramping up the tension with deafening silence, total darkness, and building tension through tight quarters. Each step on those staircases made our muscles tighten, each opening of a door filled with anxious anticipation. This was less like Call of Duty games we’ve come to know over the years and more in line with a nuanced film like Zero Dark Thirty.
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Victoria's Secret Model Martha Hunt Takes On Scoliosis
Victoria's Secret model Martha Hunt is the role model that all girls need. She partnered with not-for-profit Curvy Girls to raise awareness for scoliosis. Photography by Jason Mcdonald
I have scoliosis.
You know, it's what Martha Hunt,
the Vicoria's Secret model, has.
So, today we're at Milk Studios,
and we're doing a social campaign for Curvy Girls Scoliosis.
I wanted to bring the girls here for this campaign
because Curvy Girls is this international organization
that grew organically when girls looked for a place
to turn to when diagnosed with scoliosis.
So, to showcase them, I designed a necklace with Pluma,
and we're gonna gift all of the girls the necklace today.
And we're gonna shoot that necklace on each girl, as well.
So, scoliosis is an abnormal curvature
of the spine that affects an estimated
seven million people in the United States.
It affects about 10% of adolescents.
In most cases, it's idiopathic,
which means it has no known cause.
So while girls are eight times more likely
than boys to need treatment, it affects kids
of all races, gender, socio-economic backgrounds.
Hi, I'm Brielle Newman.
I'm 17, and I was diagnosed when I was five.
Hi, I'm Jemiah.
I'm 19, and I was diagnosed in eighth grade,
so around 13 or 14.
I'm like still in awe that I'm actually here
at Milk Studios with Martha Hunt.
We're surrounded by like everyone she works with
and they're all super nice, so it's just amazing.
[Martha] I want them to feel their best.
I want them to feel their most confident.
I told all of them, you can choose
whatever hair and makeup you want,
so there's a professional team
to do the best version of that.
So I basically want them to feel like
the best, most expressed version of themselves.
I've seen Martha in the public eye
with the Victoria's Secret Fashion shows,
because me and my friends loved watching them.
And so, the fact that I've met someone
who understands the condition I've been diagnosed with
at the age of 9,
it's just so surreal.
When I was around 14,
I started noticing differences in my body
and I made my parents take me to see the doctor,
and they're like Whatever, you're just being a
normal, awkward pre-teen, nothing's wrong,
and then sure enough, the doctor said I had mild scoliosis.
Fast forward to three years later,
the curvatures progressed really badly
and I had severe scoliosis and I needed to have
a spinal fusion surgery to help correct that.
Right after I recovered, I moved to New York City
to start my modeling career.
I even told the surgeon,
You have to give me the best scar
you've ever given anybody, because I'm gonna go be a model.
Going through it, I didn't really share much
about it with other people,
it was sort of an inner battle that I dealt with.
Deep down, I definitely struggle with my own insecurities.
I think that going through the scoliosis experience
is a true testament to one's character and one's grit.
Scoliosis does kind of alter the way
your body looks, I know,
which made me really uncomfortable.
But don't let that get to you, like, own it!
Like, yeah, I have a curvy body, my spine's curved,
I have to wear a brace, I have to get surgery,
but it's alright, it's not the end of the world.
I have other people around me, I'm gonna be alright.
So don't let that get to you.
It's just so important as a teenage girl
to know that you're not alone.
And that's entirely why I started this.
I had 400 people in my gradating class
and not a single one of them I knew had scoliosis.
I knew with a statistic like
1 in every 40 kids get diagnosed, they had to be out there.
And being able to sit with a room with each other
and just know that person you're talking with
really knows what you're going through,
it makes the world of difference.
When I was diagnosed, I didn't know
anybody else that was going through it.
So what I find that's really special
about this organization is that all these girls
have each other to lean on, and I really wanted
to showcase that in a positive way and give them a platform.
[Leah] It's truly humbling to see all these girls
have the spotlight put on them,
especially the ones that felt so ugly from this disease
and here, we have all of these people working towards
making these girls feel empowered and beautiful.
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Finally, a working hoverboard – and it’s yours for just $10,000
Hendo’s floating deck works on the same principles as a Maglev train
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21 October 2014 / 12:39BST
Yes, we know there have been supposedly “real” hoverboards before that turned out to be faker than a nine-bob note, but the new Hendo board is different – and it’s genuine.
The deck uses electromagnet technology based on the same principles as a Maglev train, which means there’s an interesting, and limiting, proviso: it’ll only hover above certain non-ferrous metal surfaces. A big sheet of copper or aluminium will be fine. A concrete car park? Not so much.
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Hendo hovers around an inch off the ground, and can carry up to around 135kg (21 stone) of weight, which gives you an idea of the electromagnet’s sheer strength (in fact, Hendo’s makers say they’ll be boosting the weight limit to 225kg in the future).
It’s self-propelled, at least at its current prototype stage, which means you’ll have to give it a push to get it going – and judging from the video clip, you’re unlikely to be performing any Marty McFly-esque stunts or getting it up to insane speeds.
But come on: this is an actual, working hoverboard – and it’s just an early prototype. Hendo’s California-based makers have big plans for the future of their technology, and are seeking funding on Kickstarter (a whole US$250,000) to help realise them. Pledging US$100 (£60) will get you a five-minute hoverboard ride at their Silicon Valley HQ (or possibly elsewhere in the US), and pledging US$300 (£185) will bag a developer kit complete with a hover engine, but the really exciting reward – a working Hendo hoverboard itself – requires a donation of US$10,000 (£6,000).
Some of the money raised by the Kickstarter campaign will be used to build a hoverpark – essentially a metal-surfaced skatepark in which Hendo hoverboard users can ride without fear of scraping up their ride should they pass over a patch of carpet.
You can back the campaign at the Kickstarter page here.
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Lia Crowe’s Inspired Style with Engels & Volker Realtor Manny Brar
Motorcycle riding is his meditation
Jan. 21, 2019 2:00 p.m.
– Story and Photography by Lia Crowe
I meet Manny at MotoVida Handcrafter Motorcycles in Kelowna to drool over beautiful bikes and chat with him about life and style, starting with his love for the Okanagan, which, I quickly learn, runs deep.
“It’s the perfect sweet spot — a summer and winter destination. It’s a year-round playground. Kelowna is the ‘Goldilocks story’ town, it’s not too big, it’s not too small. It’s just right.”
Manny grew up in Keremeos, the son of fruit farmers. He credits his parents with instilling in him a strong work ethic and respectful manner.
“My mom’s a real go-getter and my dad is your typical farmer; he just enjoys farming. Even when he doesn’t have a lot to do, he’ll find something. We were brought up to be very respectful. It’s so deeply instilled in me that it’s just part of who I am — I don’t have to try to be polite, I just generally am that way.”
Asked what he loves about working in real estate, he says: “I genuinely enjoy the feeling I get when I know I’ve done a good job — when I know my clients are extremely happy.”
Discussing style and fashion, Manny says he really enjoys fashion and, although he loves his casual wear, when it comes to work, he’s always suited up (à la Harvey Specter of the television show Suits).
“I think good style is about having a sense of what you’re all about and then wearing that with confidence.”
The 30-year-old admits that his life outside of work is pretty much consumed with raising his new son, now a one-year-old. But when can, he still manages to get out on his bike.
“With a busy work and life schedule, I’ve found that it is the best way to clear my head. Most of the time I don’t even know where I’m going; it’s my mediation, it helps quiet and focus my mind.”
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Uniform: Joseph Abboud suit, slim fit.
Favourite Denim, brand and cut: Silver Jeans, “Konrad” Slim Fit.
Current go-to clothing Item: Adidas Hoodie.
Best new purchase: Alpinestars Brera Jacket.
Currently Coveting: Adidas flip flops.
Accessory you spend the most money on: Boots.
Favourite work tool: Cell phone, the Huawei P20 Pro.
Sunglasses: Prada sunglasses from the Linea Rossa Collection.
Scent: Polo Blue by Ralph Lauren.
STYLE INSPIRATION / LIFE
Style Icon: Tom Ford and Keanu Reeves.
Favourite Fashion Designer or brand: Tom Ford.
Era of Time that inspires your style: “‘80s style for sure!”
Film or TV show that inspires your style or that you just love the style of: Mad Men and Ocean’s 12.
Favourite local restaurant: Block One at 50th Parallel Estate Winery.
Favourite Cocktail/Wine: Johnnie Walker Black Label on the rocks and Quails’ Gate, Stewart Family Reserve Pinot Noir.
Album on current rotation: Forest Hills Drive.
Favourite Hotel: West Coast Wilderness Lodge.
Favourite App: Instagram.
Fave Print magazine: Engel & Volkers — GG Magazine.
Fave style Blog: Instagram: @Menwithclass.
Coffee table Book/photography book: Vineyard Dogs of the Okanagan by Aliki Salmas and Christian Hannigan.
Last great read: The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod.
Favourite book of all time: The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton.
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Half of Riverside County hospital workers are declining COVID-19 vaccine, official says
Maria Sestito Rebecca Plevin Nicole Hayden
Palm Springs Desert Sun
About half of Riverside County hospital workers offered the COVID-19 vaccine are choosing not to receive it,as the state grapples with a slow vaccine rollout that's left just 1% of Californians immunized.
Riverside County hospitals are reporting that about 50% of their workers are accepting the COVID-19 vaccine, Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari told The Desert Sun.
“Some of them are saying, ‘You know, not yet,' that they just want to see how things go," Saruwatari said. "Some are just not giving any type of reason on why they’re not taking it."
Riverside County on Tuesday exceeded 200,000 COVID-19 cases, joining seven other U.S. counties to hit the grim milestone, according to data provided by county public health officials and Johns Hopkins University.
It took Riverside County about nine months to amass 100,000 cases, hitting that threshold Dec. 8, 2020. It has more than doubled that total in less than a month.
The county has prioritized hospital staff for COVID-19 vaccination based on their risk category. The first tier of eligible employees are those who care directly for COVID-19 patients, including doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists, and those in close proximity to COVID-19 patients, such as workers who clean the rooms of positive patients and bring meals to them.
The county doesn’t yet have data by occupation or location as to which employees are, and are not, receiving the vaccine, Saruwatari said.
California officials are currently completing a survey of health care workers to find out how many of them do not want to take the vaccine, in response to anecdotal evidence that some are refusing it. Distribution hiccups and logistical challenges have slowed the initial vaccine rollout, setting a pace that’s “not good enough,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
The state is trying to execute the massive immunization campaign “with a sense of urgency that is required of this moment and the urgency that people demand,” but so far only about 1% of California’s 40 million residents have been vaccinated, the Democratic governor said.
The 454,000 doses of vaccine that have been administered in California represent just a third of the more than nearly 1.3 million received in the state so far, according to the California Department of Public Health.
As of Sunday, Riverside County had received 25,310 doses of approved vaccines and 17,294 people had been vaccinated, according to county data. "Some Riverside County residents may have received the vaccine in other counties through their employer," notes to the county's new vaccine dashboard, which went live online Tuesday.
Coachella Valley hospital officials said vaccine distribution is moving along as planned.
At Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage, 1,700 employees have been vaccinated so far, according to spokesperson Lee Rice.
"A majority of our employees want to take it and are eagerly awaiting their turn," Rice told The Desert Sun.
At Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs and JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio, more health care workers are "stepping forward" as vaccinations continue, said Todd Burke, spokesperson for the hospitals. He said they have not tallied the number of staff who were offered the vaccine and declined it, if any.
Countywide, Saruwatari said she had hoped for a “greater uptake” in vaccine, but “hopefully, as we continue to move through the tiers, we’re going to get more people to feel comfortable and to take the vaccine.”
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Across the country, confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine is growing, a USA TODAY analysis of dozens of polls and scientific papers shows.
Surveys performed in recent weeks show close to 60% of respondents saying they’d get the COVID-19 vaccine, up from a low of 1 in 2 Americans polled in September.
It's unknown what percentage of the population needs to take the vaccine in order to wipe out COVID-19. But the increased willingness to receive the vaccine marks a notable reversal of previous trends and comes at a crucial time in the pandemic that’s claimed more than 27,000 lives in California alone.
“As public health, we wish everybody would take the vaccine, but it’s an individual choice,” Saruwatari said. “Our job is to just provide the education and help people make the best choice for them.”
She added: “Vaccine works best when the majority of the population takes it.”
Logistical challenges hamper state rollout
Across the country, the pace of immunizations has gone slower than planned due to logistical hurdles and differing approaches across states and counties. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that nearly 4.6 million shots have been dispensed.
Even as Newsom acknowledged California must do better, the governor sought to shift some responsibility for the slow rollout, noting “the vaccines don’t arrive magically in some state facility.”
Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, said the state assigns the number of doses that local health jurisdictions will receive after getting an allocation from the federal government. The vaccine is then shipped directly to entities like hospitals or local public health offices. Pfizer distributes its vaccine directly, while Moderna uses the pharmaceutical company McKesson as an intermediary, which initially led to slow communication, Newsom said.
California is working to expand the list of sites where the vaccine can be distributed to include pharmacies, clinics and dental offices.
While the state wants to make sure no one is jumping ahead in the line, Newsom said he wants to give providers the flexibility to distribute doses to people not on the priority list if doses are at risk of going to waste.
“We are working hard to make sure that 100% of what we get, we get out as quickly as possible,” Ghaly said.
At least one local health care provider falls into this category; Desert Oasis Healthcare, which operates clinics across the Coachella Valley, has freezers specifically designed to handle the COVID-19 vaccines.While some of its workers have been immunized, it's not been green-lighted to distribute doses.
Brian Hodgkins, executive vice president of clinical operations, questionedwhy only hospitals are being relied on to distribute the vaccine.
"We are prepared to do this and if somebody hands us a bunch of vaccines, we are ready to do it," Hodgkins said.
In addition to the freezers, Desert Oasis has "plenty of refrigerators to handle any other vaccine that becomes available in the U.S," Hodgkins said, as well as COVID-19 teams that have taken an inventory of patient groups in their network who are at highest risk and should be prioritized.
“We feel that we are being overlooked as an organization,” Hodgkins said.
Saruwatari said Riverside County has been in contact with physicians and community care clinics about how they can register and sign-up to become vaccine providers. The process includes having the ability to store the vaccines and having procedures in place to appropriately handle the vaccine. The non-hospital entities must be an approved provider on the California Immunization Registry and must also sign a COVID-19 Provider Agreement.
Among the conditions that must be met are:
Report COVID-19 doses administered within 24 hours of administration to the local immunization registry
Report COVID-19 doses in inventory daily to the VaccineFinder website.
Submit race and ethnicity information for every vaccinated patient.
According to the registry website, initial registration for the COVID-19 vaccination program has been invitation only due to limited supplies of the vaccine.
By prioritizing hospital workers for vaccine distribution, Saruwatari said Riverside County is in line with national and state recommendations.
"There had to be some level of prioritization," she said, noting how acute care hospital workers are in one of the highest risk occupations and, in some cases, must also be involved with performing invasive procedures.
Riverside County spokesperson Brooke Federico said health officials expect to announce "more definitive timeframes" this week for vaccine distribution among workers at community health care clinics, primary care offices and urgent care sites.
EMTs, medics now receiving vaccine
Riverside County staff met with hospital leaders last week, Saruwatari said, and came up with a plan to use leftover vaccines quickly and efficiently.
Hospitals are also vaccinating the emergency medical technicians and medics who are transporting COVID-19 patients to emergency departments, she said.
“Vaccinate them while they’re there, with the vaccine (the hospitals) have,” she said. “That way, we don’t waste anything and we’re still staying within the tier structure, and not jumping ahead and using vaccine in a way that it’s not meant to be used yet.”
Saruwatari said she hasn’t yet received data on the number of EMTs and medics accepting the vaccine.
The county is planning mass vaccination clinics starting Wednesday for those in the state's Phase 1A category, Saruwatari said. That group includes anyone from the first tier who has not yet been vaccinated in addition to those in the next two tiers:
Community health care workers
Laboratory workers and workers at immediate care facilities
Home health and in-home supportive services
Public health, primary care and community care clinics
Urgent cares
Dental and oral health clinics
The clinics will require registration and those being vaccinated will need to provide proof of identity and phase classification. For physicians or clinics that have already been approved as immunization providers, those offices and centers may be allocated a certain number of doses to administer to their health care workers and other qualifying employees onsite themselves.
"The goal is to get them vaccinated within the next 10 days," Saruwatari said.
Then, as the county receives more vaccine allotments — shipments of indeterminate amounts are expected weekly — it will begin vaccinating those in Phase 1B.That group includes:
Agricultural, manufacturing and grocery workers
Teachers, school staff and childcare providers
Law enforcement personnel
U.S. Postal Service workers
Public transit workers
Workers at food packing and distribution centers
Health care personnel not included in Phase 1A
People age 75 and older and those with underlying conditions who are at high risk for severe illness
The clinics will not be open to the general public.
"Once we have enough vaccine to cover those in Phase 1A, we can open up to Phase 1B," Saruwatari said. "It comes down to having vaccine available and also staffing."
EMTs, paramedics, nursing students and others in the medical industry are expected to supplement staffing for future vaccinations.
"We don’t want to hold up going into Phase 1B and beyond that," Saruwatari said. "If people don’t take those opportunities, then we’re going to keep going."
Individuals from Phase 1A who previously declined the vaccine or who were not able to get it for any other reason will still be able to even after the county moves into the next phase, Saruwatari said.
Rebecca Plevin, Nicole Hayden and Maria Sestito are reporters for The Desert Sun.
Coachella Valley: Cases so far
Here's the city and community breakdown with the current number of cases and deaths:
Cathedral City: 4,857 cases, 55 deaths and 3,418 recoveries
Coachella: 5,797 cases, 47 deaths and 4,381 recoveries
Desert Hot Springs: 2,797 cases, 39 deaths and 1,965 recoveries
Indian Wells: 140 cases, 5 deaths and 100 recoveries
Indio: 8,554 cases, 122 deaths and 5,254 recoveries
La Quinta: 2,257 cases, 30 deaths and 1,541 recoveries
Palm Desert: 2,640 cases, 72 deaths and 1,840 recoveries
Palm Springs: 2,561 cases, 76 deaths and 1,811 recoveries
Rancho Mirage: 664 cases, 25 deaths and 440 recoveries
Unincorporated communities: Bermuda Dunes: 420 cases, 5 deaths and 295 recoveries; Desert Edge: 222 cases, 8 deaths and 133 recoveries; Desert Palms: 172 cases, 12 deaths and 105 recoveries; Garnet: 614 cases, 7 deaths and 428 recoveries; Mecca: 831 cases, 14 deaths and 683 recoveries; North Shore: 281 cases, 2 deaths and 243 recoveries; Oasis: 652 cases, 6 deaths and 517 recoveries; Sky Valley:125 cases, 2 deaths and 83 recoveries; Thermal: 345 cases, 4 deaths and 276 recoveries; Thousand Palms: 656 cases, 4 deaths and 473 recoveries; Vista Santa Rosa: 222 cases, 2 deaths and 166 recoveries
California: 2,452,334 cases (+31,440) and 27,003 deaths (+368)
*Editor's note: This story has been updated with an additional quote from Kim Saruwatari and a headline that clarifies about half of Riverside County hospital workers are declining the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Innovating to create reliability and flexibility
From June 2015, TTNC set out to completely overhaul its infrastructure. This wasn’t change for the sake of change. The team at TTNC saw an opportunity to innovate and develop a network that would be genuinely unique. The new network would provide a platform not just to sustain the services TTNC has been providing to businesses for more than 10 years. It will allow TTNC to push forward and develop new solutions that will provide better connectivity for businesses of any size.
At the heart of this innovation has been the core requirements we know our users demand of our service:
Alongside these core requirements, our own expectations were that we would:
Use the latest technologies
Maintain high availability
Have multiple, robust levels of security
Have the ability to scale our capacity elastically to accommodate user requirements
Integrating VoIP and PSTN technologies
We aren't new to this. We have established connections with multiple top tier carriers, giving us access to interconnects with BT, Vodafone and Eircomm. And with this latest overhaul we've expanded to provide greater routing options and improve on an already high standard of call delivery.
Our network is fully NGN ("Next Generation Network") enabled. Regardless of whether a user's voice service is going over traditional PSTN, making use of our intelligent network services or using a Voice over IP (VoIP) solution the way we deliver our service is seamless. Behind the scenes it's the integration between PSTN and our IP network that enables us to provide such a diverse range of services and applications.
We've established peering connections between all of our carrier interconnects and the data centres in our IP Network. This significantly reduces congestion that could affect the flow of our IP traffic.
Our IP Network
Our IP Network has seen the most significant overhaul. And boy are we proud of how it's turned out!
ELASTIC CAPACITY
The most exciting part of it all is the use of Docker containers. We've been able to completely modularise our network applications into containers. These containers are small in size and easily deployed. We can create a container which is an exact replica, and completely independent, of the original application module.
In real life what this means is that in just 30 minutes we can expand our network, deploy all core business modules, and have it working seamlessly. This gives us the ultimate flexibility to accommodate the capacity our users require (whether it's expected or unexpected). That's because it's not just about deploying one server at a time. In 30 minutes, we can deploy one, or 20 servers if needed.
And, we can isolate these extensions of our network with our carriers so that we can provide dedicated capacity for voice traffic, if that's what a user needs. We've already done that in 2016 when one user was doing over 2 million calls a week, for 10 weeks.
We employ a blend of dedicated and cloud hosting with this elastic capacity that enables us to maintain high availability.
One of the biggest challenges we've faced was managing data and enabling the elastic network to access everything it needed to run successfully. As an example, each instance of our softswitch is accompanied by a local copy of the database. So when we're spinning up a new server we need to make sure that the data this local database has is up to date, kept up to date and shares any updates with the rest of the network. This has been achieved using MariaDB with multi-master replication.
DATA CENTRES & SERVERS
We have servers from 2 suppliers, in 4 data centres, 2 countries and 4 cities.
N+1 data centres
24 x 7 fuel supplies for onsite generators
Multiple Tier 1 network carriers
Multiple Tier 1 transit providers
Multi-site solutions for true disaster recovery
Private fibre links between all data centres
No single point of failure between data centre sites. If link fails traffic automatically re-routed.
Direct peering with LINX and the largest UK hosting entities
Human presence in the data centres 24 hours a day and 365 days a year
SYSTEM WIDE MONITORING
We have monitoring across our entire network which provides real time alarms, notification and reporting across everything we do. This covers everything from individual servers and processes, to ports and routers, and peering and connectivity.
As our network grows and our technology develops, we'll still need to do continuous upgrades and routine maintenance. Because our network has been designed from the outset to scale linearly, our servers can be removed and worked on without any effect on service availability. We'll always warn you of any upcoming maintenance through our status page status.ttnc.co.uk.
The status page is hosted on a separate network from ttnc.co.uk or myttnc.co.uk so will be available in the unlikely event that we're not.
We've always had an API for our users. If you want to find out more about what you can do with that access, take a look at our help centre. In line with the redevelopment of our web applications we're also updating the API.
Managing risks to security
Our data centre connectivity is encrypted with a mesh VPN. This effectively creates a local network over an international network. It's not point to point, so the mesh VPN can work out alternate routes when one of the hosts is unavailable. So regardless of where our servers are, they can always communicate with each other as if they are in the same network, and its traffic is highly encrypted.
Firewalls manage the flow of traffic to our servers. We strictly manage an access control list (ACL) to limit the number of access control entries (ACE) and only allow authorised traffic to the softswitches on our voice servers.
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Bones - A Steaming Pistons Steampunk Story
By Tom Laimer-Read
Come on a wild escapade to 1880s Odnnol meeting a zombi detective and his sidekick, whom you may or may not recognise, and Mopsy, a small, yet tenacious pug dog. This intrepid trio embark on an investigation to find the culprit of the disgusting custard murders, the elusive Rick the Japer, and get involved in the greatest caper of the century. Who knows where he might strike next?! More
Welcome to the strange city of Odnnol, a muddled, mysterious metropolis that mirrors our own reality, but in a bygone age that possibly never happened. Or did it? Perhaps our age never happened and this one did? Who can really say in the world of imagination and multiple realities? Queen Vitriolica sits on the throne, spitting bile and bitter expletives at her errant subjects, while the Tribish Empire rules the waves, and a considerable portion of the land as well. Keen author Philbert Chicory takes you on a wild escapade meeting a zombi (as it was spelt back then) detective and his sidekick, whom you may or may not recognise, along with the leading character, Mopsy, a small, yet tenacious pug dog. These intrepid adventurers embark on an investigation to find the culprit of the disgusting custard murders, the elusive Rick the Japer, and get involved in one of the greatest capers of the century. The trio face fearsome foes and adversity as they get closer to the truth, in a ripping, rollicking, rivetting tale of high excitement and steampunk fun. Do fear the Japer! Who knows where he might strike next?!
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About Tom Laimer-Read
Tom Laimer-Read is a writer who wants to make writing exciting. Tom went to various state schools in Norwich in various states of consciousness, where he enjoyed reading and not being at school. He was in a few bands that were fun, but didn't get much attention from the national press as they don't tend to report from local rugby clubs and village halls. In the late 1990s Tom headed to Manchester University to study English with a burgeoning love of The Smiths, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Joy Division, Inspiral Carpets, The Fall and Buzzcocks, certain that Manchester would be a hotbed of new musical mavericks and a place where more fantastic, original music would emerge. He was wrong. That year the Hacienda closed down, the pills, thrills and bellyaches dried up and the 24 hour party was over, never to be reignited during his ten years there, unlike the large I.R.A. bomb that did ignite and tore through the heart of the city causing widespread damage to it and the psyche of the people (who were already damaged enough) the summer before he arrived.
Tom studied comic books, Dada and the contents of his navel, and was also in a few more unsuccessful bands, but became disillusioned with the stagnant music scene, taking up the mic in comedy clubs instead. He encountered many strange creatures declaring themselves to be comedians, and participated in a murky arena where lurked some extremely unusual, unsavoury individuals, moreso than any punk rock set-up could contain.
After a while, this also got a bit samey, since the big clubs supported the more boring acts, so Tom went back to music, hooking up with fellow disaffected comedians Steve G., Tom 'Jim the Poet' Faucett and Adam Bowman. They formed The Chainsores and had some legendary performances, most of them seen by very few people. After the band's spectacular demise and a short-lived follow-up, The Casual Vandals, Tom moved back to his home town of Norwich and continued to perform solo comedy, edging in the political direction. Tom performed a show about the danger of I.D. cards at the Edinburgh Fringe called 'Freedom Come, Freedom Go', which not many people saw, and has run alternative comedy nights such as Normal Service Will Be Resumed Shortly and The Dysfunction Room, which were mostly ignored, as his books probably will be too.
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From screen to microphone: The Bold and the Beautiful alum Rome Flynn (ex-Zende Forrester) is releasing a new song aptly called "Brand New."
Daytime fans got a taste of the acting talent that Rome Flynn has to offer with his Daytime Emmy-winning portrayal of Zende Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. Now the actor is letting fans have a taste of another one of his talents: singing.
Flynn took to social media to announce that he has been working on becoming a musician, with his new single, titled "Brand New," set to drop this Friday, October 25. The song is reportedly set to be included on the singer's upcoming EP Energy, which he is producing and releasing independently.
"I don't have a label so I need y'all energy on this," Flynn shared, adding, "I'm excited to start this journey with y'all, GROW with me."
PRE ADD/SAVE MY SINGLE "BRAND NEW" Dropping 10/25 I wanna see if the love is real or not lol If you ever slid in my dm, called me ya man or just wanna see me win, Click the link in my bio 😩 I dont have a label so I need y'all energy on this. tag someone one, & comment when you're done I'm responding to everyoneeeeee I'm excited to start this journey with y'all, GROW with me.
A post shared by ENERGY the EP💜 (@romeflynn) on Oct 17, 2019 at 3:13pm PDT
RELATED: B&B alum stars in adult film, says it opened up new career opportunities
Shortly after posting the news about his upcoming single, Flynn shared a video clip of himself singing acoustic while also playing the guitar -- which may serve as a preview of the actor's musical stylings to come.
A post shared by ENERGY the EP💜 (@romeflynn) on Oct 19, 2019 at 12:09am PDT
Flynn joined the cast of B&B in 2015 and played the role of Zende until 2017. He went on to star on OWN's The Haves and the Have Nots before joining the cast of the ABC drama How to Get Away with Murder, where he currently stars. Flynn also recently tackled a Netflix film called Family Reunion, which costars Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Emmy winner Loretta Devine.
A post shared by ENERGY the EP?? (@romeflynn) on Oct 19, 2019 at 12:09am PDT
What do you think about Rome Flynn releasing new music? How much do you miss seeing him as B&B's Zende? We want to hear from you -- and there are many ways you can share your thoughts.
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SEEING STARS: PRIMETIME, FILM, AND OTHER NON-DAYTIME PROJECTS
Season two of Emmy-winning drama After Forever now streaming on Amazon
Holiday film Joy & Hope stars The Young and the Restless' Vivica A. Fox, One Life to Live's Andrea Evans
Comedy film Reboot Camp casts B&B's Darin Brooks and Pierson Fod� and Y&R's Kelly Kruger
One Life to Live alum Renée Elise Goldsberry joins CBS supernatural thriller Evil
All My Children's Amanda Seyfried, Guiding Light's Tom Pelphrey join Mank, David Fincher's dramatic Citizen Kane film
The Bold and the Beautiful's Wayne Brady lands role in Black Lightning
Halloween gets soapy with Netflix thriller Home Is Where the Killer Is
Knots Landing reunion brings Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, and Michele Lee together again
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Union Women Rock 16 Days of Activism Against GBVH
by Tula Connell | Dec 18, 2019
During the recent 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, workers and their unions from Honduras to Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Nigeria and Bangladesh made big gains raising awareness about gender-based violence and harassment at work (GBVH) and demanding that their governments ratify the new global convention adopted by the International Labor Organization (ILO) that includes GBVH.
With Solidarity Center support, more than 23 unions, worker associations, and their allies in more than a dozen countries issued statements urging their governments ratify ILO Convention 190. Adopted by the ILO in June, C190 is a global treaty to prevent and address violence and harassment in the world of work that includes gender-based violence and harassment. C190 will become effective for all ILO members states ILO 12 months after two governments ratify it. On December 17, Uruguay became the first country to ratify C190.
Members of the Nigeria Labor Congress held a series of actions throughout the 16 Days Campaign. Credit: Solidarity Center/Nkechi Odinukwe
Solidarity Center union partners far exceeded the organization’s goal for the 16 Days Campaign: 16 letters or statements of support sent from unions and worker associations to their governments urging ratification of C190 in 16 days.
“Women trade union leaders continue to build on the momentum that led to the votes in support of adoption of C190 by an overwhelming majority of governments at the ILO in June, and now their leadership continues as unions and their allies demand that their governments follow up with their commitment by ratifying C190,” says Robin Runge, co-director of the Solidarity Center Equality and Inclusion Department.
“Only through ratification and implementation can the goals of C190 of preventing and addressing GBVH in the world of work be achieved.”
From Union Hall to Parliament Floor
In campaigning for ratification, union women leaders are explaining the need for unions, employers and governments to adopt the broad definition of GBVH in C190, which reflects the experiences of women and other vulnerable workers.
C190 states that gender-based violence and harassment is directed at people because of their sex or gender, or affecting persons of a particular sex or gender disproportionately, and includes sexual harassment.” C190’s strong language also covers all workers—formal and informal—regardless of their contractual status and how work is performed, and it covers the commute to work, at employer-provided accommodations and in work-related communications, including information and communication technologies.
For the first time in a global binding agreement, C190 recognizes the right to work free from violence and harassment, including GBVH. Union activists and women’s rights and anti-violence allies also are springing off the global repudiation of gender-based violence and harassment at work embodied in C190 to advocate changes in national laws and policies to address and prevent GBVH.
In Ukraine, members of KPVU, a Solidarity Center partner, developed a campaign against violence and harassment at work and ratification of Convention 190. Credit: Solidarity Center/Tatiana Solodovnyk
Solidarity Center facilitated action by union partners around the globe throughout the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (November 25–December 10).
In Bangladesh, for instance, migrant workers joined garment workers to call attention to the connected issues of gender-based violence at work and the rights of domestic workers, rallying together and forming human chains at the Department of Immigration and Passports and other government buildings. Together, they called for the government to ratify Convention 190 and ILO Convention 189 on the rights of domestic workers. Each year, more than 400,000 Bangladeshis migrate for employment to other countries, the vast majority of them for domestic work in private homes, where they are isolated and often subject to harassment and violence with little access to support.
Union leaders from the Democratic Labor Confederation (CDT) and the Moroccan Labor Union (UMT) took their message directly to Parliament. Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Touriya Lahrech, a member of the Moroccan Parliament and CDT leader and Amal Al Amri, a member of the ILO governing body and UMT executive board member, called on the government to ratify ILO Convention 190.
In Kyrgyzstan, where 13 unions signed a joint statement urging the government to ratify C190, a recent survey by the Kyrgyzstan Association of Women Judges found some 80 percent of women workers in the public sector say they have experienced GBVH at the workplace. With support from the Solidarity Center, more than 60 union members and representatives from government agencies, Parliament, unions and employers’ organizations took part in a December 6–7 workshop on gender discrimination (below).
Following the training, the Women MPs Forum, together with MPs, international organizations and NGOs prepared amendments to national legislation covering GBVH at work. The Labor Ministry representative and women MPs agreed that C190 ratification will be an important “umbrella” for further amendments to the national legislation covering the GVBH at work, says Lola Abdukadyrova, Solidarity Center program coordinator in Biskek, the Kygyrz capital.
The National Confederation of Apparel Workers (CNTRV) union in Brazil released a report that found the vast majority of women in Brazil’s textile and shoe factories who took part in the study say they have experienced some form of violence at work, often gender-based violence and harassment—to the extent that “for many women, work is synonymous with suffering.”
“Obviously it was very shocking to us when we received the results of the report to understand the extent of violence at the workplace,” CNTRV President Francisca Trajano. “At the same time it’s a wake up call to do something about it.”
Cartoons, Campaigns and ‘Orange the World’
Here’s a small glimpse of more of the many actions.
The Network Against Anti-Union Violence in Honduras, a Solidarity Center partner, commemorated International Day of Violence Against Women by demanding on Facebook that the National Congress of Honduras ratify Convention 190.
SITRADOMSA, a domestic worker union in Guatemala and Solidarity Center partner, held a vigil to commemorate the violent deaths of women. “We also remember women domestic workers who have died violently from employers,” the union said. Despite the fierce opposition of Central American governments to C190 ratification, nearly 10 major union federations and worker associations in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Honduras took public actions to denounce GBVH at work and call for C190 ratification.
Union activists in Nigeria held a gender equality workshop that included a representative from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Nigerian Labor Congress members and attended a candlelight vigil for women targets of domestic violence.
The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) developed a cartoon campaign poster (below) to advocate for C190 ratification and held awareness-raising campaigns in seven regions, reaching union members in one-third of Tunisia.
The Solidarity Center Gender Forum in Georgia held two one-day workshops across the country, aiming to increase the awareness of municipal workers about C190 and gender-based discrimination in labor relations. The Women’s Committee and Legal Committee of the Georgia Trade Union Confederation also held open offices in Tbilisi, Gori and Mtskheta to increase public awareness about C190 and GBVH at work.
In Jaffna, Sri Lanka (below), Solidarity Center staff joined the GBV Action Committee of the Jaffna District Secretariat who are becoming trainers on gender-based violence at work issues. Jaffna’s GBV Secretariat is charged with creating awareness about gender-based violence at work and addressing harassment-related complaints.
In Thailand, union members staged a public action at a Bangkok train station to raise awareness about the impact of all forms of violence in the world of work as part of their “Stop Violence against Women” campaign. They also urged the government to ratify ILO Convention 190 on Violence and Harassment at work. Train passengers joined the union members in a photo session.
Solidarity Center partner Sitradotrans, the Union of Trans Domestic Workers and Various Trades of Nicaragua, marched in Managua, the capital, calling for ratification of Convention 190 and a world without violence.
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Jordan drafted a letter to the government and collected signatures from their civil society and political parties partners to submit to the government and parliament, and took part in the global media campaign calling for ratification.
Solidarity Center partners see the effort as part of a broad and ongoing campaign to end gender-based violence at work.
“Ratification of C190 is a first step,” says Natalya Levytska, the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) deputy chair and Gender Committee leader.
“The GBVH campaign is long-term—it’s about building a movement, changing perception and public awareness around the issue. Through educating and mobilizing union members who will build a grassroots movement, and by working with lawmakers in Parliament, we see a two-pronged strategy for success.”
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In line with its internationalization strategies for increasing incoming mobility and attractiveness to foreign students, the University of Milan offers its international students scholarships and exemptions from tuition fees.
The University of Milan offers its best new students "Excellence Scholarships".
All students enrolled in the first year of a Master's degree programme can apply.
For academic year2020/2021, 154 incentives are available to the best international students admitted to a Master's degree programme, of which:
54 scholarships worth € 6,000 each, with the right to exemption from the all-inclusive tuition fee
100 total exemptions from the all-inclusive tuition fee
"Excellence Scholarships" are awarded by an ad-hoc Commission among all those who applied for admission to a Master's degree programme by 30 June 2020.
You don't have to apply. By July, the beneficiaries will receive a formal email confirming the grant.
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UNICORE 2.0 - University Corridors for Refugees
The University of Milan is a partner to the UNHCR inclusive education programme to promote refugees' access to university education, social integration and active participation in academic life.
Under the UNICORE 2.0 - University Corridors for Refugees project, which is part of this programme, the University awards two scholarships worth € 3,000 each, accommodation and a canteen card to candidates who are refugees in Ethiopia and have been admitted to a Master's degree programme delivered in English.
The UNICORE 2.0 project is promoted by UNHCR in cooperation with Caritas Ambrosiana, the Waldensian Deaconry, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and numerous Italian universities. The University of Milan will be supported by Caritas Ambrosiana and the Waldensian Deaconry in providing the services offered.
The call for applications will be published soon
Educational corridor - Monastery of Mar Musa
In the 2019/2020 Academic Year, the University opened the first "educational corridor" through the intermediation of the Monastery of Mar Musa, in Syria. This initiative allowed two Syrian students to obtain a scholarship and accommodation which allowed them to enter Italy legally and resume interrupted studies.
For the 2020/2021 Academic Year, the University offers up to 5 scholarships worth 6,000 Euros, including accommodation in the University's halls of residence.
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As part of the implementation of the initiative set out by Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura before the Security Council on 29 July 2015 and endorsed by the Council in its Presidential Statement of 17 August 2015 (S/PRST/2015/15), the Special Envoy and his Deputy Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met over the last two days with the following facilitators appointed by the Secretary-General to head the intra-Syrian thematic working groups, under the direction of the Special Envoy:
Mr. Jan Egeland as facilitator for the Safety and Protection thematic Working Group; Mr. Nicolas Michel as facilitator for the Political and Legal Issues thematic Working Group; Mr. Volker Perthes as facilitator for the Military, Security and Counterterrorism thematic Working Group; and Ms. Birgitta Holst Alani as facilitator for the Continuity of Public Services, Reconstruction and Development thematic Working Group.
They discussed draft agendas with a view to ensuring coordination and parallel progress of the Working Groups.
Mr. de Mistura has just returned from consultations with Syrian interlocutors most recently in Damascus and Istanbul. These visits complement ongoing OSE outreach to regional capitals and elsewhere. The Special Envoy is now heading to NY to carry these discussions forward in the margins of the General Assembly.
“The Working Groups are intended to provide Syrians with a platform to address in-depth themes that are certainly not new, but have lacked to date sustained intra-Syrian discussion. It is hoped that their outcomes could eventually set the stage for a Syrian agreement to end the conflict on the basis of the Geneva Communique,” Mr. de Mistura said.
While the participation of Syrians is central for this process to move forward, the Security Council has also “emphasised the need for robust international and regional assistance” in support of the efforts of the Special Envoy.
Mr. de Mistura will continue consultations with relevant actors to accelerate such support. “This is the defining humanitarian challenge of our times,” he reiterated. “The Syrians deserve that we move faster towards a political solution”.
In reference to the statement* issued by the Cairo follow-up committee after its meeting with Mr. Staffan de Mistura, on 19 July 2015, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria would like to indicate that the quotes attributed to him in that meeting were not consistent with the overall discussions that took place.
Mr. de Mistura will continue to refrain from making any comments regarding the discussions taking place during his meetings within the framework of the ongoing consultations on Syria.
After his upcoming briefing to the Security Council, the Special Envoy will be in a position to better elaborate on the current situation and future prospects.
*http://all4syria.info/Archive/233864
في إشارة إلى بيان* صدر من قبل اللجنة المعنية بتنفيذ مقررات القاهرة او ما تعرف باللجنة الـ 13، بعد اجتماعها مع السيد ستيفان دي ميستورا، في 19 تموز عام 2015، يهمّ مكتب المبعوث الخاص إلى سوريا الإشارة أن الأقوال المنسوبة إليه في ذلك الاجتماع لا تتفّق مع حقيقة المناقشات العامة التي جرت على أرض الواقع.
ويواصل السيد دي مستورا الامتناع عن الإدلاء بأي تعليق حول المناقشات التي تجري خلال لقاءاته في إطار المشاورات الجارية بشأن سوريا.
بعد الإحاطة القادمة لمجلس الأمن، سوف يكون المبعوث الخاص في وضع مؤاتٍ لإطلاع الرأي العام على الوضع الراهن وآفاق المستقبل.
* http://all4syria.info/Archive/233864
22 تمّوز 2015، جنيف
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met today with representatives of the Syrian Federation for Human Rights Organizations and Bodies and the National Democratic Action Committee, Ms. Mais El Krydee, Mr. Mahmoud Marai and Mr. Jwan Alyoussef. They briefed Mr. Ramzy on the overall situation on the ground as well as on the situation in the area of human rights in Syria. They also shared views and perspectives for a political solution to the conflict in Syria.
Within the framework of the ongoing Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy Ramzy Ezzeldine Ramzy met today in Geneva with representatives of the Union of Syriac Women and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who briefed on the situation in Syria. They discussed ways to support people in Syria in their daily humanitarian needs. Mr. Ramzy also discussed with the representatives of the Union of Syriac Women perspectives on a political solution to the Syrian conflict which could meet the needs of diverse components, which make up integral parts of the Syrian society.
At the end of today's meetings, Mr. Ramzy stressed that, "all should put their differences aside to ensure that aid reaches all those in need, but ultimately only a political solution would allow to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in a sustainable manner." While highlighting the urgent need for a political solution to the Syrian conflict, he added that, "it is critical that women organizations are included in any political process, fully participate in it and contribute to it".
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Criminal Silk, Francis Fitzgibbon Q.C. Joins Trinity Chambers
Criminal Silk, Francis FitzGibbon Q.C. from Doughty Street Chambers, joins Trinity Chambers' Criminal and Regulatory groups as a Door Tenant.
Mr FitzGibbon, who was called in 1986 and became Queen's Counsel in 2010, specialises in criminal law, including homicide, gang-related killings, gross negligence manslaughter and cases involving complex causation issues. He also deals with drug trafficking offences inluding major cases of importation and domestic drug trafficking.
Mr FitzGibbon's white collar crime practice covers multi-million MTIC and other frauds and he was also instructed in the Kieran Fallon horserace fixing fraud. He has dealt with a wide range of Sexual offences including historic and ‘cold cases'.
In relation to Appeals Mr FitzGibbon's is often instructed to give second opinions and to act in miscarriage of justice appeals. He undertakes Privy Council work, most recently Moss v R [2013] UKPC 32. Advisory work includes giving assistance on English law to lawyers in other jurisdictions.
As a fee-paid Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration & Asylum Chamber) since 2002, Mr FitzGibbon also specialises in business immigration law.
Mr FitzGibbon will be a speaker at Trinity Chambers' forthcoming Criminal seminar at Northumbria University on Saturday 10th May 2014. He will be speaking on the recent Contempt of Court Reforms. For further details and booking please click here.
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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K FAQ: What You Need to Know
By Terry Sullivan 02 May 2018
Everything you need to know about this new, video-focused mirrorless camera.
While many digital cameras these days can shoot 4K-resolution video, it's a feature that often takes a back seat to still-photo features. But if you're the type of photographer or filmmaker who tends to focus on video, you can spend thousands of dollars for a high-end professional, full-size camcorder, which will provide you with a lot of quality — but you may not have the budget for it. Aside from that, most stand-alone, camcorder-like models offer consumer-grade video that's more low-end.
It's one of the reasons Blackmagic introduced the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, which is actually the successor to the company's first "pocket"-type camera, which debuted in 2014. The new model targets those who want a very portable, relatively rugged, versatile camera (or device) that primarily shoots video.
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To give you a sense of how the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K stands apart from other digital-imaging devices (or falls short of that goal), here's what you need to know:
Is the Blackmagic a digital camera camcorder or some other type of device?
It's a device that doesn't easily fit into any one category. For many years, nearly all consumer-targeted camcorders and action cams have had fixed lenses, meaning that you couldn't swap out lenses the way you can with DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. The Blackmagic is an exception, since it can accept various mirrorless lenses.
But it's not the first of its kind: Several years ago, Sony introduced the NEX-VG20, an interchangeable-lens Handycam camcorder, which accepted Sony mirrorless zoom and prime lenses (A-mount and E-mount lenses).
How portable is it, and who is this product for?
Blackmagic's camera looks to be about the size of a large DSLR, which means it's probably not what most consumers have in mind when they think of something that's "portable." It definitely won't fit in a pocket.
However, enthusiast and prosumer filmmakers will probably put up with a little inconvenience, bulk and weight, if the camera captures high-quality video and has powerful, versatile features. They're also the group who will pay extra for a pricey step-up camera like this. Blackmagic is targeting independent filmmakers, documentary photographers, fashion shooters, travel vloggers, and wedding and corporate videographers, as well as sports and event shooters.
What type of sensor does it have?
Blackmagic says it uses a full-size Four Thirds HDR sensor, which has a native 4096 x 2160 (4K) resolution-size sensor.
What type (or types) of lenses does it accept?
Here's one way Blackmagic's camera stands out from most interchangeable-lens cameras, although it's questionable how valid the claim is. When you buy a Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic or Pentax camera, you are committed to that company's lens mount. So, if you buy a Canon camera, you can only use lenses that fit a Canon mount. Likewise for Nikon, Sony and Pentax. Olympus and Panasonic use the same Micro 4/3rds mount, so they're compatible with each other, but not the others.
According to Blackmagic, the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is compatible with MFT-mount lenses, which is "extremely flexible and allows for different lens adapters so customers can also use PL, C, EF and other types of lenses from manufacturers such as Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Leica and even Panavision." In most other cases, a manufacturer introducing a new camera doesn't say that it's compatible with other manufacturers' lenses via an adapter. That's because such adapters generally come with compromises, such as fewer autofocus options. It will be interesting to see how well this camera works when users are swapping out different lens brands.
Will MFT lenses have a crop factor?
What will be intriguing to see is how the MFT lenses from Panasonic and Olympus perform using a full-frame 4/3rds sensor. Most often, MFT lenses used on Panasonic and Olympus cameras have a 2x crop factor: That means that a 42mm lens is cropped so that it actually appears to function like an 84mm lens. That's nice if you're looking to use a telephoto lens, but if you want to shoot wide angle, your 24mm lens will be cropped and have a view of 48mm, which isn't wide-angle at all.
However, on this Blackmagic model, a 14mm or 42mm will have no crop factor, in the same way a full-frame DSLR or mirrorless camera lack a crop factor.
What video resolutions and frame rates are supported by the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K?
The camera has three video shooting resolutions: two 4K settings; 4096 x 2160 (4K DCI) and 3840 x 2160 (Ultra HD); and one full HD, at 1920 x 1080.
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It can also capture 4K at a top frame rate of 60 fps, which should yield smooth video. It can also capture HD video at 120 fps, which allows for slow-motion video (although it won't be at 4K resolution).
Can the Blackmagic camera shoot still photos?
Yes, since it has a still-photo button control. However, technical specs were not yet available. It will probably be 4096 x 2160, or around an 8-MP photo.
How sensitive is the Blackmagic's sensor?
The top ISO for the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is 25,600, which is quite high, and decent for a 4/3rds sensor. However, cameras such as the Panasonic GH5S, a mirrorless camera that has very similar specs to the Blackmagic camera, can go up to ISO 51,200, and can be expanded up to ISO 204,800.
What kind of memory card does it accept?
The Blackmagic camera can record to SD memory cards as well as UHS-II cards or CFast 2.0 cards. (The latter two cards allow for more professional-level video capture.) However, what many filmmakers are excited about is the fact that you can hook up an external drive, like a solid-state drive (or SSD), and record your footage directly to those drives via a USB-C port. Blackmagic is also claiming that photographers can use the same drive they captured video footage on to do their video editing and post-production work.
Additionally, Blackmagic is claiming that there are no proprietary files, so it will work with all types of software. (In contrast, in still photography, all RAW files are proprietary — to use a Canon RAW file, you need to makes sure your software packages have the proper plug-in.)
How does it record audio?
Audio, one of the most underappreciated aspects in filmmaking, looks quite promising on the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. First of all, it includes four built-in microphones. But perhaps even more important is that it has a mini XLR input with 48 volts of phantom power. That means you can connect very good-quality, professional-grade mics, which will undoubtedly allow for compelling audio, from interviews to shooting street or on-location footage.
What's the camera body made of, and what's the LCD like?
According to the company, the body of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is made of a new, lightweight but-sturdy material: carbon fiber polycarbonate composite. The LCD is a very large, 5-inch touch-screen LCD.
Does it come with software?
Blackmagic is offering a full license for DaVinci Resolve Studio video editor (normally $299), for editing footage, adjusting color, adding visual effects and working with audio.
How much will the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K cost?
In its press release, Blackmagic priced this camera at $1,295.
When will the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K be available?
Blackmagic hopes to make the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K available in September 2018.
Stay tuned for our full review later this year, when the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K becomes available, and we can put it through our battery of tests.
Credit: Blackmagic Design
2 Comments Comment from the forums
williamsnyderweb 06 May 2018 10:38
Great article. Although there is no such thing as a full frame 4/3 sensor. The only difference between 4/3 and micro 4/3 is how close the mount is to the sensor. The actual sensor size is the same, and has a crop factor.
joshua.sniffen 29 May 2018 18:29
"However, on this Blackmagic model, a 14mm or 42mm will have no crop factor, in the same way a full-frame DSLR or mirrorless camera lack a crop factor."
Totally incorrect.
This model will not crop the sensor, aka you will get the full frame of the m43 sensor...not that it changes into a sensor twice its physical size. That would truly be black magic...
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Miketz – Never Forget the Golden Years
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In this week’s Torah portion of Miketz, Yosef marries Osnas bas Potiphar. There are two sons born to them, Menashe and Ephraim. The Torah, when talking about Yosef naming Ephraim, says: “And the second one he named Ephraim, for ‘God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction’” וְאֵ֛ת שֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖י קָרָ֣א אֶפְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־הִפְרַ֥נִי אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥רֶץ עָנְיִֽי: (Breishis 41:52).
However the Daas Zekeinim adds that Yosef also named Ephraim after his grandfather and great grandfather, Avraham and Yitzchok. For they were referred to as ashes, אפר. Avraham, as it says “…although I am dust and ashes” (Breishis 18:27). Yitzchok was like ashes on the alter [by the Binding of Isaac (Akeidas Yitzchok)]. For Ephraim sounds like two [sets] of ashes (plural). This is why the Jews are referred to as Ephraim, as it says, “Is Ephraim a son who is dear to Me” (Yirmiyahu 31:19). (Click here for Hebrew text.)
This pasuk in Yirmiyahu has not only become a famous kumzitz song, but we say it every year in our mussaf shemone esray on Rosh Hashana. It is also the last pasuk of one the haftorahs recited on Rosh Hashana:
“Is Ephraim a son who is dear to Me? Is he a child who is dandled? For whenever I speak of him, I still remember him: therefore, My very innards are agitated for him; I will surely have compassion on him,” says the Lord. יטהֲבֵן֩ יַקִּ֨יר לִ֜י אֶפְרַ֗יִם אִם יֶ֣לֶד שַֽׁעֲשׁוּעִ֔ים כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֚י דַבְּרִי֙ בּ֔וֹ זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖נּוּ ע֑וֹד עַל־כֵּ֗ן הָמ֚וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ רַחֵ֥ם אֲרַֽחֲמֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה:
The Radak on this pasuk in Yirmiyahu says that Hashem is saying: “The fact that I remember him constantly is as if he is a dear son to me who never sinned in my life just like a father who delights in his beloved son. At all times when I speak to the prophets I mention my love that precedes me [and so when they leave and they pass by He takes their affairs with Him at all times.] Therefore when I remember the earlier love My ‘innards’ are agitated for him in his terrible state in exile. I will have mercy upon him and I will take him out of exile.” (Click here for Hebrew text.)
Yirmiyahu is telling us how Hashem still loves his children even though they sinned, including the 3 cardinal sins of idolatry, adultery, and murder. For this they deserved to be exiled from their land and the first Beis Hamikdash destroyed. Indeed, they even intermarried in exile. Still, in all, Hashem did not stop loving them and eventually out of His own abundance of mercy redeemed them from exile into Israel and built the second Beis Hamikdash. However, in order to keep the abundance of love flowing, the Radak says that Hashem would frequently remind Himself of the early years, when the Jewish People were a delight, like a beloved son that didn’t do anything wrong. According to the Daas Zekeinim quoted above, this refers to the Jewish people in their infancy, in the times of Avraham and Yitzchok, which is why the Jewish people here are referred to as Ephraim.
But if Hashem is that naturally loving father, why does He need the reminder of the early years? His compassion and mercy for his precious son should always be there no matter what wrong the son does? It must be that because the son betrayed his father and did grievous sins which warranted a reprimand, or in this case a severe punishment, then a reminder of the early years is needed to arouse the original love for the child when they were just freshly born into this world; cute and innocent. For the love now is tainted by the fact that the son, Klal Yisrael, has betrayed and been sinful to Hashem.
Based on the fact that we should emulate Hashem, there is a very important lesson that comes from this pasuk. There are times when our children do things which are wrong and can get the parents upset, and which have repercussions, sometimes severe repercussions. An extreme example is if a child decides to intermarry. We see from here that we are not supposed to be overwhelmed by our natural love of our children and overlook the wrong they have done. Rather, steps must be taken to show your dislike towards their decisions. Yet, once that happens, it might become hard for the parents to love them the same way again, and, in severe circumstances like intermarriage, they might want to disown them. However we also see from here that it is fitting for the parents to look back on the early years, when their son or daughter was nice, cute, and innocent, beloved and cherished by their parents. The parents should constantly be reminding themselves of yesteryear, to arouse love and mercy upon their wayward children, as if they never sinned, while still punishing them for the wrong they have done. In this way they won’t completely disown them and are ready to invite them back, and even possibly try to help them back at any moment in order that they have the potential to return on the positive path of serving Hashem just as Hashem treated the Jewish people in Babylonian exile.
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