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Off-Topic Board: Politics and Current Events
THEM by Ben Sasse
Thread starter MennoSota
MennoSota
Are any of you familiar with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse? A friend recommended his book entitled "Them."
Sasse is an Ivy League and Oxford-educated Republican who many think aspires to the presidency. He has published his thoughts before and he now offers his prescription for how America can “heal”. Among other things, he urges us to put political tribalism on the backburner, to rediscover “human-to-human relationships”, to seek out community and to love our neighbors. Suffice to say, all this is easier said than done.
What makes "Them" worth the read is Sasse’s amalgam of realistic alarm and warning. In his words, “we are in a period of unprecedented upheaval. Community is collapsing, anxiety is building, and we’re distracting ourselves with artificial political hatreds.”
“That can’t endure” writes Sasse. “And if it does, America won’t.”
Seems Sasse is a Republican who decrys President Trump and thinks Trump is bad for society.
Reactions: Wally
KillerGopherFan
he urges us to put political tribalism on the backburner, to rediscover “human-to-human relationships”, to seek out community and to love our neighbors. Suffice to say, all this is easier said than done.
Non-sense. Sasse obviously hasn’t read this forum. It’s all hugs and kisses.
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Trumpers hate Sasse b/c of his criticism of Trump’s behavior. But, he calls them like he sees them. He is not “establishment” b/c he’s pretty new to Wash DC, so that’s a label that doesn’t fit.
I like Sasse as he seems like he’s genuine and sincere, and I agree with much, if not most, of his politics.
Hard to argue with his desire for civility and perspective, but Trump is a reaction to the Left’s domination of the media and information flow. The Right is tired of having their values questioned and character demeaned. If Democrats, like Obama and Reid and the MSM, weren’t such arrogant pricks, Trump would never have been elected.
Sasse is a phony. There isn't a single senator who opposes Trump, and he votes with Trump on everything.
His book is empty words thst ring hollow because his actions don't back any of it up. His desire for power and to stay in the GOP good graces is more important to him. His principles are weak.
TruthSeeker said:
He’s no John McCain or Jeff Flake, but he hasn’t voted as consistently with Trump as most GOP Senators. Sasse vehemently opposes Trump’s Trade strategy.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/
Sasse’s biggest issue with Trump is not as much political as personal.
Have you read his book or is this just your reaction?
jamiche
Agreed. He’s just like Flake. Expresses “concern” about Trump and what he’s doing to the country and votes with him every time. I’d prefer to deal with the rest of the repub caucus that makes no pretense about its greed, racism and anti-democratic inclinations.
MennoSota said:
Yes. He doesn't practice what he preaches. Phony.
cncmin
Sadly, I agree with this, although admittedly I’m a big fan of the WORDS said by both Sasse and Flake. They say the right things but lack the bravery to follow through.
The review says he's voted with Trump 85% of the time. Do you think all the things Trump has done are bad for society? I don't think you are pro-Trump if you vote your conscience and it turns up 85% of what the right thinks is good.
Sportsfan24
KillerGopherFan said:
Obama is an uppity n1gger?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-moss/code-word-is-arrogance_b_5401476.html
Sportsfan24 said:
Reid? I love “code words” and dog whistles. They are basically “straw men” when you think about it.
I like what Sasse says, but I was very disappointed at how he disappeared during the Kavanaugh debacle despite being on the judiciary committee. He may indeed be a total phony. Still wouldn’t put him in with Flake who is a dink.
howeda7
+1. Sasse says the right things, but his actions prove him an "empty barrel" as John Kelly would say. Actually show a spine and stand up to Trump and then maybe your writing will be worth reading.
Costa Rican Gopher
Mind of a Scientist
I think Sasse is another milquetoast, run-of-the mill Republican, along the lines of a McCabe or Romney. A paper-tiger conservative, funded by a slew of powerful corporate interests.
With that in mind, his opposition to tariffs & the USMCA, raise my eyebrow. He comes off like a mouthpiece for the Chamber of Commerce, when he speaks. The CoC is just a massive clearinghouse for corporate and foreign lobbying money. What is their agenda? Profits first, or America first? What is Sasse's?
Costa Rican Gopher said:
Your concern about foreign lobbying money is amusing and ironic.
Sasse has been an #neverTrump from day 1. He likely will go the way of Flake and Corker. He has made himself insignificant with everyone except the other #neverTrumpers.
You got a monobrow? Sad.
jamiche said:
CRG bears a lot of the same phoniness as Sasse.
Corporate lobbying money is more important still. They've always been a main concern of mine, as documented here on GH going back well over a decade. It's part of the reason I support Trump, since the corporations have been fighting him the whole way and gave more than 99% of their donations to the Democrat candidate.
Yeah, so you are a farce, after all. Congrats, troll. You had me thinking you were extremely deluded for years, and for that I feel as sick as I do being a MN sports fan. Admittedly, for being a farce, you're not the least bit funny. See "Good as Gold" and "God", or even Dean or "Howeda" for lessons on combining farce with comedy.
16 posts on topic before the dumpster fire. Not bad.
LMAO. You don't hate corporations, Costa. You just hate "globalist" corporations. Otherwise, you couldn't care less about the countless ways that corporations screw the average American citizen.
Nearly 70 Percent of Trump’s Picks for Top Administration Jobs Have Corporate Ties
President Donald Trump has packed his administration with corporate executives, corporate lawyers, corporate lobbyists and corporate consultants, directly contradicting his pledge to upend the “failed and corrupt” political establishment, according to a new report issued today by Public Citizen.
The Public Citizen analysis of 115 sub-Cabinet officials nominated or announced by the White House reveals extensive ties to corporate America.
Of the White House’s nominees for these jobs, 80 people, or nearly 70 percent of sub-Cabinet officials, had a clear corporate connection, having worked in a corporate job or done corporate legal work or corporate consulting. The remaining 35 had no direct corporate ties, though many are nevertheless ideologically committed to a deregulatory agenda that would benefit powerful corporate interests at consumers’ expense.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswi...s-top-administration-jobs-have-corporate-ties
Trump Administration Spares Corporate Wrongdoers Billions in Penalties
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/trump-sec-doj-corporate-penalties.html
Trump backs CEOs, proposes easing corporate reporting rules
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...asing-corporate-reporting-rules-idUSKBN1L217G
President Trump’s Tax Plan Primarily Benefits the Wealthy and Large Corporations, Says NWLC
https://nwlc.org/press-releases/pre...the-wealthy-and-large-corporations-says-nwlc/
Trump's war on regulations has corporations jumping for joy. But what's the long-term impact?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/busi...peech-regulations-robert-reed-0204-story.html
The Trump administration’s huge gift to foreign-owned corporations
https://friends-bwca.org/2018/09/the-trump-administrations-huge-gift-to-foreign-owned-corporations/
The Trump Administration Will Always Side With Corporations Over Labor
https://truthout.org/articles/the-t...ill-always-side-with-corporations-over-labor/
Cruze said:
Remember when you used to claim you were better than everyone because you had never been banned, and then they banned you on your old moniker?
What's really sad is you created Cruze as a sock puppet to also argue your same viewpoints as your banned moniker. You also posted under both at the same time.
That says a lot about you.
FWIW (not much), he was banned under multiple previous monikers.
You were supposedly concerned about corporate money until Trump came along. You support the most bought and paid for administration in American history.
saintpaulguy
Like pooping on the floor to encourage an unwanted guest to leave. It works, but you get to stay with poop on the floor.
saintpaulguy said:
This may be 2018s oddest analogy. Been saving this one for New Year's Eve have we? [emoji16]
It helps I opened the keg at 3
LesBolstad
diehard said:
Ha, just like that doosh who now goes by "God".
Close circuit to those that get banned and then get a new moniker: you are total tools.
No one on this forum is more concerned about corporate lobbying and influence in our government than I am. No one. That said, I don't hate corporations and I don't hope they fail. I hope they succeed wildly, so long as they take the US along with them.
None of the posts intended to prove me wrong, proved me wrong. I don't want them running our country via lobbying and cronyism, but not every move that helps corporations is corrupt. In order to reverse 30+ years of globalism and weakening America, we have to make it feasible for the corporations to shift their business back to the US. It's give and take. It's the 'Art of the deal'.
You have to be mature enough to separate cronyism, from creating a level playing field. You have to be mature enough, to understand the POTUS's job is to create an environment where corporations can soar, but not at the expense of our country or our workers. Both sides have to win. As I've explained ad nauseum, if Mexico has a net corporate tax rate of about 35%, with no regulations and the USA has a net corporate tax rate of 50%, with burdensome regulations, where are corporations going to invest, bank and do business? Use your heads. Trump HAD to do these things to create a level playing field.
As for appointing people with corporate ties in his admin, there's way too many for my liking. Certainly no more than Obama (the most corporate crony POTUS in history), or Bush though. The reality is that every POTUS is forced to dip into the corporate pool for talent, because that's where the talent is. It's certainly not in government. What you have to be careful of, is those people working for their corporations, rather than the country.
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Ford Gives Autonomous Vehicle Update
September 12, 2016 • by Staff
Photo by Mike Antich.
Ford Motor Co. plans to sell a fully autonomous car to the public by the middle of the 2020 decade, after it plans to supply a fully autonomous vehicle to ride-hailing companies, the company told Automotive Fleet.
Bloomberg, Road and Track and several other outlets initially reported that CEO Mark Fields said the company would offer driverless cars to the public by 2025, but sources told Automotive Fleet there is no precise timetable.
CEO Mark Fields provided an update about the company's autonomous vehicle initiative during a Sept. 12 speech at company headquarters. Fields told gathered reporters including Automotive Fleet that Ford sees the next decade being defined by "the automation of the automobile."
Ford will also begin shuttling its employees in fully autonomous cars at its Dearborn, Michigan headquarters in 2018, reports the Detroit News
Ford is setting itself up to become a broader mobility and automotive company. Earlier this month, Ford purchased Chariot, a San Francisco-based crowd-sourced shuttle service. Ford.
In August, Ford announced it would provide fully autonomous vehicles to ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft. The company announced it would invest in — or collaborating with — four startups including Velodyne, SAIPS, Nirenberg Neuroscience, and Civil Maps. Ford is doubling its Silicon Valley team and more than doubling its Palo Alto campus.
Ford is also partnering with start-ups Spatial, HAAS Alert, and Cargo to explore next-generation vehicle technologies such as interactive mapping, connectivity, and ride-hailing.
Autonomous vehicles are part of Ford's Smart Mobility plan to become a leader in autonomous vehicles, connectivity, mobility, the customer experience, and analytics.
Related: Ford's Driverless Car to Arrive in 2021
Read more about Ford Autonomous Vehicles Fully Autonomous Mobility Startups
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Greenwood High School student’s unique initiative a boon to migrants
POSTED ON September 9, 2020 BY Fact Maker 4 months ago
The nationwide lockdown to combat Coronavirus outbreak in the country has led to severe difficulties for the poor and homeless, migrant people and daily wage workers. In an effort to help the needy, Greenwood High International School Grade 12 student Anvi Mittal, founded the organisation Ration Square, a student-led initiative that provides ration kits to migrant labourers during the current pandemic. Ration Square has raised around Rs 4.5 lakhs for the cause and distributed 8,350 kgs of ration in slums across eight locations in the city till date. The initiative, launched with the help of Vice Presidents Christina Paul and Riddhi Bansal, is an ongoing one with the organisation most recently distributing rations to migrants in and around Whitefield. Anvi partnered with Good Neighbours India and Samridhdhi Trust, both NGOs, who helped her identify the needy families to whom the ration was supplied.
Anvi, the founder of Ration Square, described why she was inspired to set up the organization to help the needy: “I saw the news of young boy who refused to leave the side of his dead friend, who had died after having walked for 500 miles without food and water. I felt horrible and compelled to look beyond my frivolous needs and demands. I started reading online about the condition of migrant laborers and what I could do to help. After some contemplation, I decided to reach out to the parents of my school, Greenwood High, with the help of my school authorities. I requested them to pledge ration kits of INR 500 each which contained 10 kgs of ration. Within two days, I was surprised and pleased to receive overwhelming pledges for kits. I realized then, that most people wanted to help and contribute to such causes, but were unaware of credible and reliable sources. That’s how Ration Square was born.”
Anvi negotiated with local grocery store owner for a good mix of ration for each kit. The store owner not only managed to source the quantity mix within her budget, but also offered her his godown for packing and storing. Then the kits were packed and loaded onto a truck for dispatch of the ration across multiple locations. Each kit contains pulses, rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, turmeric powder and chilly powder. The first location Anvi went to was a slum located in a tiny area in Whitefield where there were huts that had very little sunlight and ventilation and 10-15 people cramped up in a single room. The ration was distributed, and the last kit at the distribution centre was give to a child of 6 or 7 years, who was struggling to just hold the 10 kg bag.
“I came home realizing just how privileged we are and also the responsibility that comes along with it. It has taught me to respect and value money and to understand the difference between necessity and need.” added Anvi.
Since then, the Ration Square team has been successful in expanding the organisation’s activities, collaborating with students of various schools and communities all across Bangalore for the same. Membership of the organisation has grown from the initial three to fifteen members that include School Heads, Community Heads and volunteers from all across Bangalore.
Speaking on the initiative of the Greenwood High students Ms. Mom Banerjee, Founder, Samridhdhi Trust, said, “I applaud the Ration Square team who put their time and efforts to respond to this COVID crisis with a strong enterprising initiative.”
Speaking on the initiative by Anvi, Ms. Niru Agarwal, Trustee, Greenwood High said: “We believe in inculcating values of benevolence and philanthropy among our students and Anvi has lived up to that vision. Greenwood High has always been compassionate about helping those in need and supports causes that help the under-privileged. I would appreciate it if more students come forward and emulate Anvi’s thoughts and actions. We believe only active collaboration between all the members of the society will helps us overcome the impact of this pandemic.”
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The Surprising Organization of Bird Brains: New Research Clears Up 150 Years of False Assumptions
Similar to the cortex of mammals, the nerve cells in certain areas of the brain of birds are organized in vertical layers and horizontal columns. Credit: RUB, Biopsychlogy
Some birds can perform amazing cognitive feats – even though their forebrains seem to just consist of lumps of grey cells, while mammalian forebrains harbor a highly complex neocortex. A study conducted by a research team at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and researchers from Düsseldorf, Jülich, and Aachen reveals for the first time amazing similarities between the neocortex of mammals and sensory brain areas of birds: both are arranged in horizontal layers and vertical columns. These findings refute 150-year-old assumptions. The team, published its findings in the journal Science on September 25, 2020.
The largest brains
Birds and mammals have the largest brains in relation to their body. Apart from that, however, they have little in common, according to scientific opinion since the 19th century: mammalian brains have a neocortex, i.e. a cerebral cortex that’s made up of six layers and arranged in columns perpendicular to these layers. Avian brains, on the other hand, look like clumps of grey cells.
“Considering the astonishing cognitive performance that birds can achieve, it seemed reasonable to suspect that their brains are more organized than expected,” says Professor Onur Güntürkün, Head of the Biopsychology Research Unit at the RUB Faculty of Psychology. He and his former doctoral students Dr. Martin Stacho and Dr. Christina Herold proved this in several experiments.
Perfected technology facilitates new insights
In the first step, the researchers deployed a new method perfected by the Düsseldorf and Jülich teams: so-called 3D polarized light imaging, or 3D PLI for short, is capable of displaying the orientation of individual nerve fibers. To the researchers’ surprise, an analysis of the brains of various birds revealed an organization that is similar to that in the mammalian brain: here too, the fibers are arranged horizontally and vertically in the same way as in the neocortex.
In further experiments, the researchers used tiny crystals, which are absorbed by nerve cells in brain slices and transport them to their smallest dendrites, to examine the interconnection of cells in the bird brain in detail. “Here, too, the structure was shown to consist of columns, in which signals are transmitted from top to bottom and vice versa, and long horizontal fibers,” explains Onur Güntürkün. However, this structure is only found in the sensory areas of the avian brain. Other areas, such as associative areas, are organized in a different way.
Amazing cognitive performance
Some birds are capable of astonishing cognitive performances to rival those of higher developed mammals such as primates. For example, ravens recognize themselves in the mirror and plan for the future. They are also able to put themselves in the position of others, recognize causalities, and draw conclusions. Pigeons can learn English spelling up to the level of six-year-old children.
Reference: “A cortex-like canonical circuit in the avian forebrain” by Martin Stacho, Christina Herold, Noemi Rook, Hermann Wagner, Markus Axer, Katrin Amunts and Onur Güntürkün, 25 September 2020, Science.
DOI: 10.1126/science.abc5534
The study was funded by the German Research Foundation as part of Collaborative Research Centres 1280 (project no. A01 316803389) and 1372 (project no. Neu04 395940726). Additional funding was supplied by the European Union under the umbrella of the Horizon 2020 Programme (project no. 785907 and 945539).
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Emerging Markets' Risks
Emerging markets conundrum
Does growth equal risk?
By Arpinder Singh, CFE
Organizations are expanding into promising emerging markets. But they’re often encountering market volatility, geopolitical risks, weakening currency and fluctuations, and complex local laws, which can cause fraud and corruption risks. Here’s how to avoid some pitfalls.
Emerging market countries have seen unbridled development over the last couple of years. They’ve transformed into economic powerhouses to accelerate global growth. High investor returns, rapid industrialization, multiple international trade agreements and pacts, substantial labor pools, job opportunities and untapped resources in these markets have made them frontrunners in generating business opportunities.
Projections from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank show that the GDP growth rate for emerging markets and developing economies has increased from 4.1 percent in 2016 to 4.5 percent in 2018 and is expected to reach 4.7 percent by 2019-2020. (See Global Economic Prospects: The Turning of the Tide? World Bank Group, June 2018.)
Emerging markets have outpaced many developed markets, and the potential of future growth remains fairly bright. With soaring business confidence, many emerging regions have extensive opportunities available for global organizations that are looking to invest, develop and expand their operations. As per the World Bank report, some of the fastest growing nations in 2018 included Ethiopia, India, China, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Philippines, Cambodia and Laos.
However, these markets have their own set of challenges: market volatility, geopolitical risks, weakening currency and fluctuations, complex local laws, cultural sensitivities and infrastructure concerns. The reality is that global multinational corporations entering, investing and expanding in emerging markets will have to be aware of relevant regulations, be familiarized with local complexities and implement global leading practices to tackle fraud and corruption risks.
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Freesteel Blog » 2011 » October
Monday, October 31st, 2011 at 12:29 pm - Julian - Whipping 2 Comments »
Geoplace is already a waste of space
Following my discovery of two entirely distinct property government databases with their own systems of Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs), due to a “Licensing impasse between Ordnance Survey and National Land & Property Gazatteer”, I was delighted to find out about a new outfit known as Geoplace.
GeoPlace (OC359627) is a public sector limited liability partnership between the Local Government Association and Ordnance Survey. Our vision is to be the recognised centre of excellence for spatial address and street information management in Great Britain.
The hell it does.
Just look at this set of emails between me and the unhelpful help desk on 26 October 2011:
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 at 1:46 pm - Julian - Cave
North Wales caving weekend
I was robbed of another weekend of perfect weather — the last one for the year — when we should have gone out to sea, but instead we were going underground.
Wasn’t so bad in retrospect. But I was wistful with skies like this:
[Putting up the scaffolding for the winch into Pool Park Hole]
Sunday, October 9th, 2011 at 8:41 am - Julian - FOI 3 Comments »
Yet another Unique Property Reference Number not the same as all the other ones
As part of the deal with the DCLG (Department for Communities and Local Government) to maintain the EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) database, Landmark Information Group Ltd was supposed to invent a brand new database of UPRNs (Unique Property Reference Numbers) for every distinct saleable property in the country. An Energy Assessors would need to look up a property on it when filing a certificate. [Click on the image to read the text in place]
This always seemed ridiculous to me. It was 2006 when these contracts were negotiated. How many government institutions in the country were already depending on an exactly equivalent database? There’s the Post office, the Ordnance Survey, the Land Registry, every local authority who is administering the property taxes, the water company, the electric company, the phone company, the BBC license fee collectors, and all parcel couriers and junk mail distributors in the land.
Why build another one?
The explanation is given in footnote 7 of page 29 of the Home Condition Report Register & Associated Services – Services Requirements Specification:
What’s remarkable is that this EPC database procurement was going on at the height of David Blunkett’s Identity Cards rampage. For years his fevered imagination was gripped by the technocratic merits of issuing unique computer processable identity number for every man, woman and child in the country to the extent that he continued to push it against rising unpopularity, mounting impracticality and rapidly inflating costs.
Did it not occur to anyone to notice that there was this related, far easier problem to tackle in the form of the government databases of places where people live? You’d think that one ministerial phone call and the threat of an order based on the PSI Directive would have sorted it out immediately. By now we could now have a totally available system for linking all house data together that would be as efficient as car license plate numbering. But we don’t.
The rest of this Services Requirements Specification document contains much else that is extraordinary. I will mine it for more blog posts in the future.
Update: I can’t keep up. Look at this Cabinet Office page on the BS7666 format.
Then there’s this document explaining to people doing data entry work in Bedforshire how to handle this new-fangled address format in their schools database.
Or you can pay £350 to get someone to teach you about it.
Friday, October 7th, 2011 at 11:10 am - Julian - Vero 1 Comment »
How long is a piece of corporate ownership?
Corporations are people, my friend – Mitt Romney
In January 2006 the ownership of Edgecam and its 3-axis kernel passed to Planit with its acquisition of Pathtrace Limited (02485210). (Pathtrace is now a “dormant company”, according to its listings at Companies House [the accounts]).
Here is its extraordinary chain of ownership, worthy of Enron or Tony Blair, pieced together from around 20 documents purchased from Companies House.
Planit Software Limited (02093062)
Directors: Bryan Pryce and Jonathan Lee, Employees: 130
Planit Holdings Limited (01731539)
Directors: Jonathan Lee and Bryan Pryce, Employees: 30
Velocity Acquisitions Limited (05943914)
Directors: Ian Grant, Richard Green, Richard Moon, Jonathan Lee and Bryan Pryce
Velocity Investco Limited (05943898)
Velocity Holdings Limited (05943865)
It also says that August Equity Partners 1 GP Limited holds 1,825,000 ‘A’ Ordinary shares which leaves 400,000 shares unaccounted for after subtracting the 250,000 directly held by 3 of the directors — until correct this by doing the calculations in the Annual Return
August Equity Partners 1 GP Limited (04141155)
Directors: T J Clarke and R J Green
But there’s more:
That is to say this company is simultaneously a member of the following two partnerships:
August Equity Partners 1 (LP007896)
Type: Limited Partnership, Previous name: August Equity Partners IV
No other membership information disclosed
August Equity Co-Investment Fund 1 (LP012301)
Type: Limited Partnership, Registered: July 2007
August Equity LLP (OC313101)
Members: R J Green, T J Clarke, I D Grant, P M Rattle, A Hassan, August Equity Management Limited
One of those partners isn’t a human being…
August Equity Management Limited (4261261)
Directors: T J Clarke and August Equity LLP
So, August Equity Management Limited is owned by, is directed by and is a partner in August Equity LLP.
No wonder these financial management types don’t have any time to get to know anything about the stuff which they actually own!
Thursday, October 6th, 2011 at 11:11 am - Julian - Cave, Kayak Dive
No more camera again
I like taking my camera everywhere to record scenes, such as the CUCC club stand at the Hidden Earth cavers conference. (We don’t win the prize for presentation.) Usually there’s just a couple of posters of the latest Austria survey, if that. It’s a handy place to hang around while missing the talks.
This was two weekends ago.
Last weekend I tried to take the Saturday off and go to Wales for a dive in the Menai Straits. But 50 miles out the car’s front brakes were squealing. The tires were very hot and somewhat deflated. I think the brakes were slightly stuck on. We limped home late in the night. Anyway, I had to be in Liverpool for an impromptu scraperwiki hack day. Such is work.
On Monday I got an invite for a quickie kayak paddle on the Mersey. My camera was in a drybag wedged to the top of the bike pannier with my wetsuit. The whole bag fell off somewhere as I was cycling from Rock Ferry train station to the actual Rock Ferry (in the Wirral) and I never noticed.
Pretty dumb.
Now I’ve got yet another stupid underwater box for a camera I don’t have.
Still. It could have been worse. I could have drowned. And the car still works, assuming the garage can fix it today.
Monday, October 3rd, 2011 at 1:15 pm - Julian - Vero 2 Comments »
As it says:
Vero Software and Planit Holdings Merge, form Third-Largest CADCAM Vendor
The Planit Group offers its software products globally under the Edgecam, Alphacam, Cabinet Vision, CabnetWare, Javelin and Radan brands.
Vero focuses on plastic injection moulds, sheet metal stamping dies, multi-axis milling, laser cutting and wire EDM, offering its software products globally under the VISI, PEPS, Machining Strategist and SMIRT brands.
The combination of Vero and Planit creates the third largest CADCAM vendor — only behind Dassault Systèmes and Siemens PLM, according to the companies. The merger of the two organisations will provide the platform to build stronger products through significantly enhanced development capabilities and further extend a growing influence on the global market, according to the company.
The merger has been funded by Battery Ventures (Boston, USA) who have been investing for more than 25 years in technology-driven companies and work hard with management to build their presence into global market leaders.
Never mind the branding, what will become of the software? I believe that Edgecam still has its own home-grown 3-axis kernal, as does Vero (from the NCGraphics Machining Strategist kernel).
Will one of them be discontinued and replaced by the other, or will there be an effort to merge the code (impossible) or at least salvage something by linking one on to the other as a library?
Like everyone else, Edgecam buys its 5-axis kernel from moduleworks, so no change there.
All that’s left is the user interface and other gubbins (eg post-processors). Very difficult to discontinue them and force users onto the other one.
It’s expensive and pointless (except in the very long term) to merge software products that have never been together. The expense was lost in duplicating the effort in the first place.
So, although what you can do with the software is all that should matter, this is going to be ruled by the finance guys, who work to a completely different model where one programmer is interchangeable with another.
Hopefully lots of financial statements will be disclosed in the process which may illustrate the curious extent of disconnect between the software development and the management that is usually present in these sort of businesses.
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Previous Names:
Date of change Previous Name
01/12/2006 PLANIT HOLDINGS PLC
08/03/1989 MEMCOM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC
04/03/1991 TELFORD GROUP PLC
30/10/1998 BRITISH THORNTON HOLDINGS PLC
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Residential house plus barn on adjoining and non-adjoining land of 61,203 m2 House of 65 m2 to refresh, but offering great possibilities because under ground that can be cleaned in the studio, as well as a beautiful stone barn of the land Land with its source and an old house still cadastree Conques, listed as one of the most beautiful villages of France, is about 30 kilometres east of Figeac and 35 kilometres north of Rodez, in the Aveyron department in the Massif Central.
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Conques sits on the edge of the gorge of the River Dourdou, in a beautiful setting surrounded by mountains and forests. The approach from the south is along an especially attractive stretch of river. In the centre of Conques, parts of the original town walls and gates survive, sealing in the narrow village streets (many of which are cobbled) and with many fine medieval houses spread out across the hillside - almost all the houses seem to have great views into the valley below. Although the main sights in Conques are the Abbey and its treasury there is a lot to explore elsewhere in the town as well. You will come across most of the highlights as you walk through the village, but we do recommend you go to the tourist office to get a plan of Conques which shows the various places of interest including the stone gateways, the communal bread ovens (which still work), the convent, castle and fortifications. Click the blue MAKE ENQUIRY button and enter your details to receive more information about this property and to be put in touch directly with our local agent, Anne Magnes.
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Fulton County Christmas Cheer
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The Holiday Giveaway
The biggest component of Fulton County Christmas Cheer is the holiday give-away traditionally held at the Jr. Fair building of the Fulton County Fairgrounds, near Wauseon, Ohio. Hundreds of volunteers work in early December to gather, sort and stock goods to fill the make-shift store. Then on two appointed days, families who have pre-registered to participate, are invited to the fairgrounds where they shop for the foods, toiletries and brand new toys their household would most appreciate.
The volunteers of this county-wide program are especially proud of the dignity of choice involved in the give-away. Because it’s also about building relationships, a volunteer shopper accompanies the eligible families as they make their way through the store. Phone coordinator of the Christmas portion of Fulton County Christmas Cheer - Brenda at 419-446-2122. Call her for questions on where and what.
The Fulton County Christmas Cheer Holiday Give-Away will be the week of December 6, 2020.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will be using a modified process this year that requires fewer volunteers. We look forward to returning to our traditional approach in 2021. Set up will be done on December 7 & 8.
Distribution will be on December 9 & 10 .
It’s hard to live in a rural area and to be without reliable transportation. Fulton County Christmas Cheer accepts good running used cars, trucks and vans, and makes them available to families in need. Sometimes a car valued at 5-6 thousand dollars is donated and Cheer sells that vehicle to buy two or three go-to-work cars. Other times a safe, but well-worn vehicle is given and a family can use that to safely transport their families. Yes, donation slips are offered based on the Kelly Blue book value.
Cars, Trucks or Vans: Call Cecily when you’re considering a donation of transportation. Obviously, it’s unwise to give away to a family in need a vehicle that is nickel-and -diming you to death. But a lot of miles and a battered exterior does not deter those on bikes or walking!
In addition, many families who do have wheels don’t have the funds to repair their vehicles. Christmas Cheer works with generous area garages and funds tires, alternators, fuel pumps and such things usually in partnership with the family in need. Depending on the situation, sometimes we go halves or work out a payment plan. It’s based on several factors including common sense and the track record of the family making the request.
It isn’t a matter of who is next in line to get a vehicle. The transportation component works on common sense. A vehicle with life, but one that needs a screwdriver to do this and a wrench to do that, is usually not suited for a young mother, but may be fine for a mechanical fella’ who just needs to get to and from work. On the other hand, a working mother would be matched with an available, appropriate vehicle sooner than a non-working mother.
Furniture and Appliance Recycling
A number of years ago a very active used furniture and appliance program needed an umbrella to cover their operation. Fulton County Christmas Cheer was the perfect match because the same people who need help at the holidays need refrigerators, beds and microwaves throughout the year. Volunteers pick up used washers, dryers, refrigerators etc and then deliver them to families who have called expressing a need. The requests far out number the donations, but the men continue to bring smiles to elderly folks sleeping on the floor, to a young mother using a foam cooler to keep her family’s food cold and to a child so hoping to have a Christmas tree. We don’t want garage sale junk, but we always have people looking for spatulas, mixing bowls, measuring cups, pot and pans, bedding, and towels.
The rule is, “If it would be good enough and clean enough for someone you love, donate it. If not, don’t call us, just throw it away.”
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Teen faces court over alleged murder in Kyogle
A teenager has been charged with murder following a house fire in Kyogle.
Aisling Brennan
31st Aug 2020 3:00 PM | Updated: 7:42 PM
A TEENAGER accused of murder was on bail at the time of the alleged crime, a court has heard.
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested and charged with murder, inappropriately interfering with a corpse and destroying property over the weekend.
Police will allege the body of a 64-year-old man was discovered in the remnants of home on Smiths Creek Rd, Smiths Creek, west of Kyogle.
Emergency crews had been called to the rural property on Sunday, August 16 after they received reports of a property being well alight.
Local detectives, assisted by the State Crime Command, established Strike Force Kumulla to investigate the circumstances surrounding the cause of the fire.
The boy appeared via video link from a South Grafton detention centre in Ballina Children's Court on Monday.
Magistrate Paul MacMahon granted forensic applications for the boy to undergo buccal swabs, which would collect DNA from the inside of his cheek, in order to assist the investigation.
As a minor, the court must give consent for the forensic test to be performed.
"I'm satisfied there are no other reasonable investigated tools the police can use to compare the forensic material which has been located during the course of the investigation," Magistrate MacMahon said.
The teen has been ordered to undergo the forensic testing within seven days.
The matter was adjourned to Lismore Children's Court on October 30, where all charges will be next mentioned.
The court also heard the boy was on bail at the time of the alleged murder.
The NSW Police Prosecutor said those matters are "related to the more serious offences" the boy is now facing.
The prosecutor asked the court for the matters to be also heard on October 30, as to assist with the investigation.
Magistrate MacMahon granted this request because he could see "at some stage in the future the two will likely travel together" in terms of moving through the court system.
His bail was also revoked.
The teen has also been charged with a separate apprehended violence order, which is not connected to the alleged murder of the 64-year-old man, the court heard.
The boy did not make an application for bail however, his solicitor did indicate one may be sought soon.
The teen has entered no formal pleas to any of his charges.
He will return to Lismore Children's Court on October 30 for further mention.
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HomeBusinessNational recruitment agency for government jobs
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NRA stands for National Recruitment Agency. It is a multi-agency test, which holds as Common eligibility test (CET). First conducts preliminary exam to shortlist the candidates for group B and group C posts. This test will conduct by respective agencies such as IBPS for bank recruitment, RRB for railways, and SSC for CHL, CHSL posts. Here these test scores will be valid for three years. It is twice a year. C TET is going to help all the government aspirants. The National Recruitment Agency is the latest government process in 2020. It is an independent professional organization to conduct an exam, which will be the Common Eligibility Test for selection to government jobs. Here the representatives of the railway Ministry, finance ministry SSC, RRB, and IBPS will be a part of the governing Board.
This Common eligibility test replaces nearly 50 examinations. which will with different recruiting agencies for around 1.25 laky government jobs that will conduct every year. It is a single online test and, its scores will be valid for three years. The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of the national recruitment agency. The Common eligibility test (CET) replaces the tier-1 exam held by the SSC (staff selection commission), RRB (Railway recruitment board), and IBPS (Institute of banking personnel selection). The Common eligibility test (CET) is for all Teacher posts.
The Common eligibility test (CET) score will impose immediately and will be available for candidates and recruitment agencies. It will help in ensuring better transparency. The Narendra Modi said that the national recruitment agency help youngsters. Through the Common eligibility test, we can pass many tests and saves time as well as resources.
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The national recruitment agency exam is for conducting an online Common eligibility test to screen and to shortlist candidates for group B and group C posts in the Central government and banking sectors. This national recruitment agency would benefit many aspirants who currently have to take exams for different services. This exam National recruitment agency (NRA) will remove the hurdles of multiple exams for the Central government through a Common eligibility test.
Jitendra Singh, minister of state for personal said that Rs 1,517 crores are national recruitment agency (NRA) Proposal is the milestone in the history of independent India. He said that it would not test for Non-technical government jobs. It is a standardized level. It will be a benefit for women, the poor, and other people who are from faraway places. Here the home Minister Amit shah said that the national recruitment agency (NRA) exam provides equal opportunities to all sections of society, as the different separate districts will have an exam center, the test would be in many languages.
The Common eligibility test (CET) will conduct twice a year.
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The common eligibility test (CET) will be first to shortlist candidates and for three years, the score will be valid. The common eligibility (CET) is after graduation. NRA stands for National Recruitment Agency. It is a multi-agency test, which holds a common eligibility test (CET) as a preliminary exam to shortlist candidates for group B and group C posts. This test will conduct by respective agencies such as IBPS for bank recruitment, RRB for railways, and SSC for CHL, CHSL posts. Here these test scores will be valid for three years and it is twice in a year. This will be to help all the government aspirants. The National Recruitment Agency is the latest government process in 2020. It is an independent professional, organization to conduct an exam, which would be the common eligibility test, for selection to government jobs. Here the representatives of the railways’ Ministry, finance ministry SSC, RRB, and IBPS will be a part of the governing Board.
This common eligibility test replaces nearly 50 examinations which were been held by different recruiting agencies for around 1.25 lakh government jobs that are conducted each year. The common eligibility test (CET) will be a single online test and the scores would be valid for three years. The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of the national recruitment agency. The common eligibility test (CET) replaces the tier-1 exam held by the SSC (staff selection commission), RRB (Railway recruitment board), and IBPS (Institute of banking personnel selection). The common eligibility test (CET) is for all Teacher posts.
The common eligibility test (CET) score will impose immediately and will be available for candidates and recruitment agencies. This will help in ensuring better transparency. The Narendra Modi said that the national recruitment agency will be a benefit for youngsters. Through the common eligibility test, we can eliminate many tests and saves time as well as resources.
The national recruitment agency exam is to conduct an online common eligibility test to screen the candidates for group B and group C posts in the Central government and banking sectors. This national recruitment agency would benefit many aspirants who currently have to take exams for different services. This exam national recruitment agency (NRA) will remove the hurdles of multiple exams for the Central government through a common eligibility test.
Jitendra Singh minister of state for personnel said that Rs 1,517 Crore’s national recruitment agency (NRA) Proposal is the most landmark reform in the history of independent India. He said that it will not test for Non-technical government jobs. It is based on a standardized level. I, it will H for women, the poor, and other people who are from faraway places. Here the home Minister Amit shah said that the national recruitment agency (NRA) exam will provide equal opportunities to all sections of society, as the different separate districts will have an exam center, the test would be in many languages.
The common eligibility test (CET) will be held twice a year.
The common eligibility test will be held in 12 languages.
The common eligibility test (CET) will be conducted first to shortlist candidates and for three years, the score will be valid
The common eligibility test (CET) will be held separately for graduated, 12 th, and 10 th levels. Each level of exam will have a common syllabus and serve as a preliminary test for the levels
The candidates who clear the common eligibility test, (CET), are eligible to attend the second level exam, (mains) and the next third level. They will not have to attempt for the preliminary test again for three years. Presently those who pass the preliminary test and fail in the second level of the exam (mains) have to attempt again for the preliminary test next year and start afresh.
In a way, a common eligibility test (CET) will saves time and energy.
A student can attend several attempts common eligibility test (CET) subjects to the upper age limit.
Candidates have the facility to choose a choice of centers and they will be allotted the choice centers, based on availability.
The exam center’s every district will benefit the female candidates
Girls generally depend on a father/ brother/ husband to accompany them in reaching their exam centers if it is far away from their home town
The common eligibility test (CET) exam would be available for many languages, benefiting applicants from different regions of the country
Salient Features of National Recruitment Agencies
National recruitment agencies conduct a different common eligibility test. Each for the three levels of graduate, 12 the pass and the 10 the pass candidates for those non – technical posts to which recruitment is currently carried out by the staff selection commission ( SSC), Railway Recruitment Board ( RRB), and by the Institute of banking personnel selection (IBPS). Based on the preliminary done at the CET some level, the main selection shall be made through separate specialized tier -1 and tier -2, etc
In every district, the examination center in the countries would greatly enhance access to candidates located in faraway areas.
Rather than writing multiple exams and paying of fees, a single exam reduces the financial burden on candidates and additional expenses for travel reduces, etc. It will also benefit women and rural areas, candidates.
Here along with Hindi and English, the test will be conducted in 12 languages in due course and efforts will be made to add all the languages mentioned in the 8 the schedule of the Constitution.
The one eligibility test would significantly decrease the recruitment cycle. Here the National recruitment agency, Common eligibility test will be a relief to poor candidates, it decreases the cost incurred by the exam conducting authorities involving repetitive issues and related problems of 12 th, and 10 th levels. Each level of exam will have a common syllabus and serve as a preliminary test for the levels
The common eligibility test (CET) exam would be available for many languages, benefiting applicants from different regions of the country.
National recruitment agencies conduct a different Common eligibility test. Each for the three levels of graduate, 12 the pass, and the NRA stands for National Recruitment Agency. It is a multi-agency test, which holds a common eligibility test (CET) as a preliminary exam to shortlist candidates for group B and group C posts. This test will conduct by respective agencies such as IBPS for bank recruitment, RRB for railways, and SSC for CHL, CHSL posts. Here these test scores will be valid for three years and it is twice in a year. This is going to help all the government aspirants. The National Recruitment Agency is the latest government process in 2020. It is an independent professional, organization to conduct an exam, which would be the common eligibility test, for selection to government jobs. Here the representatives of the railway’s Ministry, finance ministry SSC, RRB, and IBPS will be a part of the governing Board.
Jitendra Singh minister of state for personnel said that Rs 1,517 Crore’s national recruitment agency (NRA) Proposal is the most landmark reform in the history of independent India. He said that it would not test for Non-technical government jobs. It is based on a standardized level. It will be a benefit for women, the poor, and other people who are from faraway places. Here the home Minister Amit shah said that the national recruitment agency (NRA) exam will provide equal opportunities to all sections of society, as the different separate districts will have an exam center, the test would be in many languages.
The common eligibility test (CET) will be held separately for graduated, 12 th, and 10 the levels. Each level of exam will have a common syllabus and serve as a preliminary test for the levels
Candidates have the facility to choose a choice of centres and they will be allotted the choice centres, based on availability.
The exam centre’s every district will benefit the female candidates
Girls generally depend on a father/ brother/ husband to accompany them in reaching their exam centres if it is far away from their home town
In every district, the examination centre in the countries would greatly enhance access to candidates located in faraway areas.
The one eligibility test would significantly decrease the recruitment cycle. Here the National recruitment agency, Common eligibility test will be a relief to poor candidates, it decreases the cost incurred by the exam conducting authorities involving repetitive issues and related problems the pass candidates for those non – technical posts to which recruitment is currently carried out by the staff selection commission ( SSC), Railway Recruitment Board ( RRB), and by the Institute of banking personnel selection (IBPS). Based on the preliminary done at the CET some level, the main selection shall be made through separate specialized tier -1 and tier -2, etc
Here along with Hindi and English, the test conducts in 12 languages in due course and efforts will be made to add all the languages mentioned in the 8 the schedule of the Constitution.
The one eligibility test would significantly decrease the recruitment cycle. Here the National recruitment agency, Common eligibility test will be a relief to poor candidates, it decreases, the cost incurred by the exam conducting authorities involving repetitive issues and related problems.
NRA stands for National Recruitment Agency. It is a multi-agency test, which holds a Common eligibility test (CET) as a preliminary exam to shortlist candidates for group B and group C posts. This test will conduct by respective agencies such as IBPS for bank recruitment, RRB for railways, and SSC for CHL, CHSL posts. Here these test scores will be valid for three years. It is twice a year. C TET is going to help all the government aspirants. The National Recruitment Agency is the latest government process in 2020. It is an independent professional organization to conduct an exam, which will be the Common Eligibility Test for selection to government jobs. Here the representatives of the railway Ministry, finance ministry SSC, RRB, and IBPS will be a part of the governing Board.
National recruitment agencies conduct a different Common eligibility test. Each for the three levels of graduate, 12 the pass, and the 1NRA stands for National Recruitment Agency. It is a multi-agency test, which holds a common eligibility test (CET) as a preliminary exam to shortlist candidates for group B and group C posts. This test will conduct by respective agencies such as IBPS for bank recruitment, RRB for railways, and SSC for CHL, CHSL posts. Here these test scores will be valid for three years and it is twice in a year. This is going to help all the government aspirants. The National Recruitment Agency is the latest government process in 2020. It is an independent professional, organization to conduct an exam, which would be the common eligibility test, for selection to government jobs. Here the representatives of the railway’s Ministry, finance ministry SSC, RRB, and IBPS will be a part of the governing Board.
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This Punjabi Couple Will Soon Be Seen In Nach Baliye Season 8!
By: Hamraj | March 16, 2017
RJ turned actor Pritam Singh, who was last seen in Salman Khan's controversial show Bigg Boss season 9 is all set to participate in the couple dance reality show Nach Baliye 8 with his wife, Aman Jot.
Nach Baliye Season 8.... with our kadak but adorable choreographer - @karsonali @pritamsingh9
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The couple confirmed that they would be participants of Star Plus’ Nach Baliye Season 8 judged by Sonakshi Sinha, Terence Lewis and Saroj Khan. Pritam Singh and Aman Jot are one of 12 dancing pairs on the glittering Indian reality television series. The other celebrity couples that are confirmed to participate in the latest season of Nach Baliye are Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya, Dipika Kakar and Shoaib Ibrahim, Mohit Sehgal and Sanaya Irani, Monalisa Antara and Vikrant Singh Rajpoot among many.
(Bali Is First Ever Punjabi Origin Model To Feature On Canadian Glow Magazine's Cover!)
Pritam was an anchor for the Box Cricket League, and his wife Aman has been a part of the Punjabi film industry. The two will be seen shaking a leg together and are currently rehearsing for the upcoming show.
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Black Editions
TOHO SARA - Toho Sara
"Black Editions present a reissue of Toho Sara's self-titled album, originally released in 1995. A mystifying work of Japanese avant-garde shamanism, Toho Sara's 1995 debut introduced a radical new sound from Asahito Nanjo (High Rise), Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), and Hisashi Yasuda -- playing an array of ancient instruments including tabla, piri, harmonium, biwa, shakujo, and hansho the group evokes an otherworldly ritual music, meditative and haunting. Originally released on CD by P.S.F. Japan, newly expanded, remastered and available for the first time ever on vinyl. Pressed to high quality vinyl at RTI. Gatefold, tip-on jacket; Includes insert and download. "In 1995, Tokyo's legendary label P.S.F. Records released two very different albums, connected by the shadowy personality behind them: Nanjo Asahito, well known by music fanatics acquainted with his band High Rise. The pair of 1995 releases, though, were quite different from the brain-scrambling, fuzz-driven, motor-psycho sounds of High Rise. One, by the mysterious Musica Transonic, refracted that distorted rock through a prism that broke it into abstract, free-form shapes. We're here, though, with regard to the other album, the self-titled debut by 東方沙羅, Toho Sara . . . From the first of the simply numbered songs (no titles here) it's clear that Nanjo, Kawabata Makoto, and Yasuda Hisashi have something special in mind: the delicate percussion and woodwinds are quickly joined by a much more ominous drone, and they combine brightness with murk throughout the album . . . Nanjo and Kawabata had played together for some time before this album, including a band called Johari, which brought together ethnic and contemporary music. They formed Toho Sara to revisit the idea, focusing on Asian spirituality while experimenting with acoustic instruments. Yasuda joined them after playing in Nanjo's avant-garde outfit Group Musica, and later played in the early Acid Mothers Temple with Kawabata. Toho Sara translates to Eastern Most, which follows the idea behind the group. Fascinated by shamanism, Nanjo wanted to create an avant-garde musical embodiment of ideas like kagura, ancient ritual theater, and bring it to album and stage . . .The fourth track, the album's eleven-minute centerpiece, bursts open in a chaotic clatter that barely disperses as mysterious scrapings and bowings come and go, a bewitching accretion of brain-scrambling sounds. It's a dramatic, eerie, and anarchic passage that would undeniably suit a summoning ritual for Moorcock's chaos-god Arioch. Some of the tracks are calmer, even peaceful if you don't mind a bit of ambient dread seeping into your peacetime. Slow drumbeats and gentle gongs are layered with not-quite-atonal woodwinds, intermittent clacks of wooden percussion accent some variety of buzzing woodwind, and droning harmonium underlies clarinet-like slow melodies..." --Mason Jones, San Francisco, CA, 2020" - Black Editions.
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Fusion Winter Guard turned heads in 2017, when it competed in its first WGI World Championship competition–placing 10th in world championship finals. One year later, FWG made history being promoted mid-season to the World Class. In the winter of 2020, although an abrupt end to the season due to the COVID-19 virus, Fusion was ranked among the Top 6 in the World.
Coming off the heels of a great season, the staff is ready to assemble the 2021 cast for Fusion World 2021. If you want to be a part of a growing, championship-caliber organization, receive expert instruction from an awesome staff, and spend your winter with a group of dedicated and talented members then Fusion Winter Guard is the place for you.
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SDCC Cosplayer Incident: SDPD Press Release 7/31
skulldouggary July 31, 2014
It is being reported that the fall came from her trying to climb over the fence at the Marriott.
A spokesperson later told The Raw Story that there was a structure near the pool at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, where the girl was found wearing a Roger Rabbit costume around 1 a.m. Sunday morning, suggesting such a fall. She was subsequently hospitalized for injuries reportedly including cerebral hemorrhaging, as well as skull and eye-socket fractures. KGTV-TV reported that, according to her family, her condition has improved and she is “doing much better.”
The structure was not identified, but KNSD-TV reported, citing unnamed sources, that police believe she fell while attempting to climb a fence.
Source for update: Rawstory
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Disappointment in a Half-Shell: TMNT Movie Review
Shaynell August 15, 2014
Reboots of cartoon classics are just a fact of life now. Each time they hit theaters, you hope and pray they’ll do justice to your childhood memories. More often than not, they leave you disappointed. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is sadly no exception.
Here’s the uncomplicated premise; you’ve probably already guessed it if you’re even glancingly familiar with the original cartoon or comic books. Bad guy Shredder and his Foot Clan minions have a plan to take over New York City, with the police and politicians at their beck and call. The only ones willing and able to stand up to the menace are a band of good guy mutant turtles who happen to be teens and have a penchant for pizza. At the urging of their rat-sensei Splinter, the adolescent reptiles have been lurking in the sewer, studying karate and skateboarding while NYC unravels above them.
Splinter keeps them sewer-bound until intrepid young reporter April O’Neil enters the picture. Actually in this version of the Turtles, April is not only a reporter; in her youth, she saved the turtles when they were simply a science project created at the hand of her late scientist good-guy dad, who by the way was killed at the hand of Shredder’s master Mr. Sacks. Ahhh the feels! The turtles feel honor-bound to protect April and, in turn, the Big Apple they call home. You can probably take it from there.
Even though the plot sounds familiar, a few things have changed with TMNT since we last saw them on the big screen. There’s a lot that was done right and wrong (mostly wrong).
Let’s look at what was done right first:
Cinematics – The movie LOOKS good. And with Jonathan Leibesman and Michael Bay directing and producing, you expect that.
The Foot Clan terrorizing New York City – Simple plot that we all know and love.
Shredder – was really the ONLY part of the movie that was mildly impressive. Although it does look like his original suit had sex with a dinosaur transformer.
Splinter – Looks creepy and disturbing, but isn’t that the effect that I’m supposed to get from the vision of a 5-foot-something mutated rat?
The Turtles stay true to their 1987 stereotypes: Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines, Rafael’s cool but rude, and Michelangelo is a party dude
The weaponry is also consistent; Leonardo has katanas, Donatello has a staff, Raphael has sais, and Michelangelo has nunchucks.
April’s basic details – She’s a hot reporter who owns a lot of yellow jackets.
The Sewer Dojo fit for teens
Jargon – “Turtles in a Half Shell” and “Turtle Power” make cameos.
There we go, the framework is there! But it also got some things super wrong:
New York City: The turtles are denizens of New York City, protecting New York City. But the dialogue plays like they’ve never been here. For example, they lump Brooklyn together as one piece.
New York City Pizza: No one from New York City—reptile or otherwise—orders pizza from Pizza Hut. I know it was very clear product placement that the turtles did in this movie, but it’s also blasphemy. Why not slap “Ray’s” on a box? That’s believable.
April: She’s supposed to be a smart but hot chick who keeps these party dude turtles on their toes. The hot part is there, but… welp.
Channel 6: April looks like a fool in front of her news station bosses when she explains the madness afoot in NYC, but she chooses to keep her turtle friends a secret over getting her story. (Even after pretty much EVERYONE in the city sees the turtles after they defeat Shredder and fall from the rooftop of a Manhattan Skyscraper, but hey,witnessing 6 foot mutated turtles falling from the sky is just something people will forget right?) So she’s never vindicated! Womp womp.
Juicy J is no Vanilla Ice.
The Foot Clan never really use their feet, they all shoot guns like a team of mercenaries. I guess a ninjutsu clan of soldiers using martial arts is a thing of the past.
Splinter didn’t learn his martial arts from his master, he learned them from a book he found in the sewer when the turtles were kids.
The turtles are weak and don’t know how to fight. Although I admire their spirit and Never-Give-Up attitude, the turtles just get their butts kicked over and over throughout the movie. I mean, I thought they are supposed to be ninjutsu masters?
April is really the star of this movie. She gets the most time on-screen, the most dialogue and the story really revolves around her.
I think what irk’d me the most was that the film is inconsistent throughout. For example, we’re to believe Eric Sacks (William Fichtner) trained under Shredder, but we never seem him kick or throw a punch once. He even shoots a gun like he’s never picked up a weapon in his life. Did Shredder teach him to look like he’s shooting a gun for the first time? Are the Turtles aliens? Was the ooze of alien origin? Why are there big buttons on machines that tell people exactly what to do? Did April’s dad start a fire or was he shot?
Long story short, if there was ever a movie that should not have been made, this is definitely it. Although cinematically appealing, Michael Bay’s work is getting old and predictable. I felt as though I was watching a bad Transformer’s movie without the awesome cars, and that’s kind of the only reason you go to see the movie. The story was inconsistent. The action never really picked up. The cheesy one-liners were, well cheesy. I’m not even sure who the target audience was. I took my seven year old son (who LOVES the new TMNT cartoons) and he wasn’t even into it. In fact, he asked me three times when it was going to be over so we could go home. Don’t waste your money, folks.
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NGCB Establishes 111 Cases of Non-Compliance in Nevada
Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) opens probes in 111 cases of non-compliance with health and safety protocols
There are no exact details on the severity of the transgression, but some analysts consider the number of cases to still be too high
NGCB has speculated about what penalization measures it would consider should the 111 cases prove that venues were in the wrong
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has established 111 cases in which gaming license holders did not comply with the mandated health and safety measures.
NGCB Finds 111 Cases of Non-compliance with Health Protocols
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has launched a probe into 111 instances of alleged casinos non-compliance with health and safety policies. The checks come after the board’s enforcement division carried out 7,461 inspections to determine whether operators have enacted the agreed-upon safety measures, part of the reopening process which began on June 4.
Should the regulator establish irregularities, disciplinary actions may be needed, the NGCB informed in a press release on Tuesday. Commenting on these developments, Nevada Resort Association CEO Virginia Valentine argued that many casinos have met and in fact exceeded the recommendations of local health authorities, the gaming regulator, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Valentine argued that enforcing all recommended measures was crucial to regulating the spread of the coronavirus outbreak and, in fact, deterring it. She further noted that if a regulator had suggestions as to how to improve the situation, those were considered seriously and carried out promptly.
Some 2,500 venues have licenses to operate in Nevada, with each venue undergoing three inspections on average since June 4 so far. Only 1.5% of the total have required additional measures from the NGCB.
The Percentage Is Still Too High
Global Market Advisors Brendan Bussmann gave a comment for the Las Vegas Review Journal, saying that the percentage wasn’t a great aberration considering the number of properties to have already gone through vetting.
He further reminded that the exact nature of the violations was also unclear. Of course, Bussmann argued, that wasn’t to say that the omissions in health codes were something to downplay and that the safety of patrons and staff should be taken very seriously.
However, Experience Strategy Associates, a Las Vegas firm, CEO Greg Chase argued that any percentage that isn’t zero was already too high and carried an unnecessary risk to the well-being of people.
Health should be top-most of all priorities right now and the community as a whole should focus on upholding these new standards, and do the right thing in the “interest of public health and safety,” and not “short-term revenue wins,” he said in an email exchange cited by the LVRJ.
Will Companies Face Disciplinary Action?
According to The Strategy Organization Josh Swissman, the present developments have indicated the Control Board’s preparedness, seriousness, and commitment to upholding health and safety measures, citing the latest directives that mandate that everyone wears a mask inside a casino and ban drinking, smoking, and eating on the premises of a gaming operator.
Swissman also explained that non-compliance could easily undermine the business model of any company that wasn’t following regulations strictly because no sooner the consumer base and employees began losing trust, did businesses see a drop in revenue.
Meanwhile, the NGCB continues to work with various partners to enforce safety regulations across Nevada and specifically at gaming venues. Disciplinary actions may be next, although the NGCB hasn’t specified what these are exactly.
They could range, however, from temporary suspension of licenses to some penalty fees for non-compliant venues.
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Wynn Las Vegas Strip Buffet Reopening This Thursday
The Buffet by Wynn will be operating under a new all-you-can-eat concept
Wynn’s Strip Buffet opening hours have been revealed
More businesses located at the Las Vegas Strip are reopening doors for visitors
Strip Buffet by Wynn Las Vegas reopens on Thursday, June 18. The Buffet will be operating under an all-you-can-eat concept. Caesars Entertainment also announced plans to reopen Paris Las Vegas on June 18.
Strip Buffet by Wynn Reopening June 18
Wynn Las Vegas announced yesterday that the company is reopening its Strip Buffet on Thursday, June 18. The Buffet will be operating under an all-you-can-eat concept which Wynn deemed as “experience of your dreams.“
Visitors will be able to reorder as many dishes as they want for a period of two hours. Operating under strict health and safety protocols, the Buffet will implement social distancing. Furthermore, one-time menus will be offered as well as QR code menus. The venue will promote a resort to casual attire. However, visitors with tank tops or swimwear will not be permitted to enter the premises. Wynn’s Strip Buffet requires a reservation which can be done online.
Guests of the Buffet will have a pick from 90 different food choices. Among those is slow roasted prime rib, crab legs and sushi, but also a variety of tasty desserts.
The Buffet’s Working Hours
Reopening as of Thursday June 18, Wynn’s Buffet working hours will be:
Brunch – Monday – Thursday 11:30 am to 3:30 pm
Dinner – Monday – Thursday 3:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Gourme brunch – Friday – Saturday – 11:30 am to 3:30 pm
Gourme brunch – Sunday – 8:00 am to 3:30 pm
Gourme dinner – Friday – Saturday 3:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Gourme dinner – Sunday – 3:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Brunch during a weekday will be $36.99, while dinner during a weekday will be $59.99. Weekend brunch will cost $48.99 and weekend dinner will be $65.99.
Besides the foods, the Buffet is also featuring limitless drinks in two different packages – either $24.99 or $29.99. The packages feature wine, beer, cocktails, sparking wine and other spirits.
Las Vegas Strip Restaurants, Casinos and Bars Slowly Reopen for Visitors
The gaming industry and other businesses deemed as non-essential were ordered to close down back in March. The order by Governor Steve Sisolak was aiming to flatten the curve of coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in the state. Now, three months later, businesses located on the Las Vegas Strip are preparing for visitors.
The reopening of businesses is in line with strict social distancing and health and safety protocols introduced by state officials. Many of the businesses which announced reopening assured that they will do what is necessary to protect both their employees and guests.
Besides Wynn Las Vegas, another major player announced reopening plans. Caesars Entertainment has announced plans to reopen Paris Las Vegas on the same day as Wynn Las Vegas – June 18.
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World of Final Fantasy Game Information
Game Name: World of Final Fantasy
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform(s): PC
Mode(s): Single-player
World of Final Fantasy System Requirements (PC)
Processor: Intel Core i3 2.0GHz or above
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB or higher, Radeon HD 5770 1GB or higher
Sound Card: Sound device that supports DirectX 11
OS: Windows 8/8.1 64-bit and Windows 10 64-bit
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB or higher, Radeon HD 7850 2GB or higher
World of Final Fantasy Overview
World of Final Fantasy is a role-playing video game developed by Tose and Square Enix who also published it. It was released worldwide for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in October 2016, for Microsoft Windows in November 2017, and for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in November 2018. Returning to a more traditional gameplay style from earlier Final Fantasy titles, it revolves around turn-based battles which utilize the series’ recurring Active Time Battle system, augmented with a stacking mechanic where stacking allied characters and monsters affects stats and turn numbers. An enhanced edition, called World of Final Fantasy Maxima, was released on November 6, 2018, and has an avatar change mechanic to transform into a classic Final Fantasy character.
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Lost Planet 3 review
By Lorenzo Veloria 27 August 2013
Tight shooting mechanics
Alternating between driving the mech and exploring on foot
Walking through the same icy tunnel yet again
Fighting a boss that you've already faced before
The limited multiplayer offering
Set before the events of the previous games, Lost Planet 3 returns to the icy planet of E.D.N. III, which is still largely unexplored when the game begins. You take on the role of Jim Peyton--one of humanity's first colonists to the planet--as he uncovers the mysteries and dangers of the prosperous new world. Jim's a family man, just trying to earn an honest-days-work collecting T-Energy and killing Akrid for his nine-to-five, but Lost Planet doesn't share his ambition. Instead, this third-person shooter is buried under an avalanche of repetitive encounters, endless backtracking, and a partially-thawed storyline.
Jim's story starts with the first colony settled on the Akrid-infested, frozen planet. Peyton is an independent contract worker who makes a living drilling for the valuable T-Energy, making repairs, and killing Akrid in his giant mech he calls his Rig. As you progress through the narrative, you'll uncover the secrets your company, NEVEC, has been hiding, but none of these revelations feel particularly hard-hitting. The true conflict of the story doesn't come until the very end, and even with such a long lead, its main antagonist feels underdeveloped, and the cliffhanger ending leaves you feeling unsatisfied.
"...[the] main antagonist feels underdeveloped, and the cliffhanger ending leaves you feeling unsatisfied."
Outside the story, the gameplay alternates between the series' traditional third-person shooting on foot and first-person action from inside the Rig's cockpit. Jim and his Rig are rarely one without the other. While being able to hop into the mech can make for interesting combat strategies early on, LP3 doesn't keep the pace with new encounters or inventive puzzle solving as you progress through the story. What's worse is how often you'll be passing through familiar scenery; you'll find yourself hopping into your Rig and trudging through snowy tunnels as you trek from your NEVEC base to an outside objective then back again. Eventually you'll earn the ability to fast travel, but that only gives you a quicker way to see the same environments, yet again.
The gameplay doesn't change it's pace very often either. While you're navigating snow storms in your Rig, you'll often have to stop to repair objects like T-Energy wells and broken equipment, forcing you to solve an unchanging and dull rotate-the-analog-stick-to-find-the-sweet-spot puzzle. Combat variety also doesn't fair well in the mech. You're given the option to mash an attack button to kill anything in front of you, or use a basic block and grab combo to defeat almost every enemy you encounter. At first there seems to be lots to do, but eventually it all boils down to performing tiresome, stale actions again and again.
"At first there seems to be lots to do, but eventually it all boils down to performing tiresome, stale actions again and again."
Even the guns are rather bland. There's nothing particularly exciting or unique about your weapons, but they do get the job done with the satisfying feeling of heft you get from the powerful gun blasts. Weapons and abilities upgrades are available, giving you bonuses like reduced recoil or bullet stopping power, but the upgrades feel unnecessary and don't make much of a difference in combat. Battles are never particularly challenging to begin with since you'll be fighting a predictable set of easily defeated enemies.
The Akrid are the primary threat trying to rip you to shreds in E.D.N III's arctic conditions. Surprisingly, there isn't much variation in the insect-like attackers. The spider-like Sepia, face-hugging Tarkaa, and rolling Dongo show up too often, and the game misses the chance to introduce players to any new enemy forms or even bring back old Akrid from the previous games. Plus, you can expect to see a handful of repeat boss encounters; one in particular is repeated multiple times within the first few hours of the adventure. These repeats just make every successive battle even more tedious and boring than the last.
"...the [multiplayer's] limited game modes are not likely to keep you playing, if only for the lack of variety."
LP3's multiplayer doesn't do much to lift up the game's replayability. Besides the occasional dropped host or disconnection from the lobby, the visuals do not stand up compared to the story mode. Character textures are often blurry, and the character models lack any eye-catching detail. Like most multiplayer shooters on the market, Lost Planet 3 offers a progression system with unlockable abilities, weapons, and gadgets that is wide open for players to customize their loadouts. However, the limited game modes are not likely to keep you playing, if only for the lack of variety.
Lost Planet 3 starts off down the path of mediocrity almost immediately. Jim Peyton is a relatable character, but his story is held back by repetitive combat, tedious quests, and a narrative that doesn't deliver. Once you've played the first few hours of the campaign, you'll feel like you've already seen it all as you drag through the remainder of the plot. LP3 goes through the motions of the typical action game, never delivering any surprises or gameplay elements that would make a memorable experience. Instead, you'll just get to fight a giant crab boss for the fourth time.
Reviewed on Xbox 360
Description A prequel to the Lost Planet series, Lost Planet 3 returns players to the subzero planet and colony of E.D.N. III and will no doubt reveal hidden truths within the unpredictable and harsh environments.
Franchise name Lost Planet
UK franchise name Lost Planet
Platform "Xbox 360","PS3","PC"
US censor rating "Rating Pending","",""
UK censor rating "","",""
Alternative names "Lost Planet III"
Release date 1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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McCarthy and Bullock on the beat
By Emma Johnston 16 July 2013
A brittle but brilliant FBI agent is thrown together with a boorish, foul-mouthed street cop to bring down a ruthless drug lord. After initially clashing, the mismatched pair begin to develop a mutual respect and, ultimately, a friendship. Sound familiar?
You bet it does – so far, so 21 Jump Street , so Lethal Weapon , so Dragnet...
Yet this time round, it’s the girls’ turn to step onto the ever-revolving buddy-cop merry-go-round and far be it for Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy to deviate from the formula one iota.
So, with expectations of originality flung from the window of a speeding car, it’s down to the two leads to charm their way through the clichés. They half manage it.
McCarthy, as slobbish policewoman Shannon Mullins, is a riot. Dragging bad guys from their cars while dressed like a refugee from the Grateful Dead and swearing like a Scorsese boxset, she gives the character shadings that might have disappeared in less skillful hands – especially when dealing with her stereotypically shrill, Bostonian Irish family, who seem to be auditioning for a remake of The Fighter .
Sadly, the same can’t be said for Bullock, whose uptight agent Sarah Ashburn is a one-dimensional character the star struggles to enliven.
The Heat is director Paul Feig’s first outing since Bridesmaids , a film that here casts a huge, hilarious shadow.
Though there are brief flashes of the previous magic – especially in a scene where the pair bond by getting messily, black-out drunk – The Heat can’t keep pace with its predecessor’s laugh-rate.
But where it does live up to Bridesmaids’ towering standards is in its realistic sense of a bumpily blossoming friendship.
It’s to Feig and writer Katie Dippold’s credit that there are no love interests acting as third wheels, allowing Mullins and Ashburn’s womance to evolve alongside the action.
It’s just a shame it does so without a few more giggles and a load more surprises.
Following the buddy-cop handbook to the letter, The Heat is derivative stuff, but McCarthy gives it the kick it needs to keep rolling along.
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Logistics and Travel
Holiday Inn University of Memphis
3700 Central Ave., Memphis, TN 38111
(901) 678-8200 or HolidayInn-UofM
Discounted hotel rates are available at the Holiday Inn and Fogelman Executive Conference Center at the University of Memphis at the rate of $119 per night plus 15.95% tax. Please call the front desk at 901-678-78200 or go to www.holidayinn.com/mem-uofm and use the booking code GKC by March 8th, 2016 to receive this discounted room rate.
Pilgrim House Hostel and Retreat Center
1000 S. Cooper Street, Memphis, TN
(901) 273-8341 or www.pilgrimhouse.org
Pilgrim House Hostel: Private Rooms are $55 per night per person (limited number available); Shared Rooms are $25 per person per night; Linens are provided.
Pilgrim House Retreat Center: Bunk Rooms are $10 per person per night (for groups only); Bring your own linens.
Both are located inside First Congregational Church at 1000 S. Cooper. The hostel is upstairs and the retreat center is in the basement. The church is within walking distance of the conference site. It is located in a popular neighborhood, Cooper-Young, with many restaurants, bars and coffee shops nearby.
Memphis is accessible by all of the usual modes of transportation. Here are the primary travel services from the airport:
Shuttle Airport Services
TennCo Express Airport Shuttle services the downtown hotels of Memphis from the Memphis International Airport. Services begin at 7:30 a.m. and run until 9:30 p.m. We depart every 30 minutes from the airport and every hour from the downtown hotels. Reservations online:http://www.tenncoexpress.com/online-reservation.php
The Suvana associate for Memphis Airport Shuttle Service will provide you with professional courteous drivers, easy and affordable service, uncompromising quality, superb guest service, cleanliness, responsiveness, reliability, and safety at all times. http://www.suvana.com/memphis-airport-shuttle.html
ShuttleRates: Find the best option.
http://www.shuttlerates.com/?gclid=CI3_1fn_26kCFYtb7AodIQ8eYQ
Yellow Cab: We accept major credit cards, but charge accounts are also available for your convenience. Please call 901-577-7777http://www.premierofmemphis.com/taxis.asp
Metro Cab Company: Available 24/7; Telephones: 901-322-2222 or 901-844-8484;
Book Online: http://metrocabmemphistn.com
TaxiFinder: Find the best option.
http://www.taxifarefinder.com/main.php?city=Memphis-TN
Public Transportation in Memphis
MATA: Memphis Area Transit Authority
http://www.matatransit.com
MATA Trolley: Memphis' Main Street Trolley; Madison Avenue and Riverfront Loop boast authentic vintage trolley cars, which invoke memories of the simple days of yesteryear—a much more innocent time in Memphis history.
http://www.matatransit.com/trolleyService.aspx
University of Memphis area Restaurants and Coffee Shops (within a mile radius)
CK's Coffee Shop: 509 S Highland St, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 324-5680.
Cafe Eclectic: 510 S Highland St, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 410-0765, cafeeclectic.net
Ubees Restaurant and Bar: 521 S Highland St, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 323-0900, ubeesmemphis.com
Wang's Mandarin House: 544 S Highland St, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 458-4880, wangsmemphis.com
Domino's Pizza: 550 S Highland St, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 323-3030, dominos.com
Brother Juniper's: 3519 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 324-0144, brotherjunipers.com
Garibaldi's Pizza: 3530 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 327-6111, garibaldispizza.com
RP Tracks Restaurant and Bar: 3547 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 327-1471, rptracks.com
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery: 3455 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 323-5300, perkinsrestaurants.com
A Tan, Japanese and Chinese Restaurant and Hibachi: Dillard Square Shopping Center, 3445 Poplar Ave #17, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 458-8877, atanrestaurant.com
University of Memphis area Pharmacies
CVS Pharmacy: 3502 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38111, (866) 389-2727, open 24 hours.
Walgreens: 3515 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38111, (901) 458-1611, open 24 hours.
Midtown Grocery Stores (Pilgrim House Hostel area)
Schuncks Midtown: 1761 Union Ave, 901-272-8630, Open 24 hrs.
Kroger Poplar: 1366 Poplar Ave, 901-272-7881, Mon-Sun: 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Midtown Pharmacies
Midtown Walgreens: 1863 Union Ave., 901-272-2006, Open 24 hrs.
Rite Aid: 1810 Union Ave., 901-272-6191, Mon-Sun: 7am - 12am
Ike’s: 2145 Union Ave., 901-274-3058
Kroger Poplar: 1366 Poplar Ave, 901-272-7883, Mon-Sat: 9 a.m. to 7p.m. (Closed on Sundays)
Midtown Restaurants and Coffee Shops
($=$10 or less per person, $$=$10-$20 per person, $$$=more than $20 per person)
India Palace: ($$) Indian, 1720 Poplar Ave., 901-278-1199
Café Ole: ($ - $$) Mexican, 959 S. Cooper, 901-274-1504, Mon-Fri: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sat: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Young Avenue Deli: ($), 2119 Young Ave., 901-278-0034, Sandwiches, Pizza and more
Blue Fish Seafood ($$$), 2149 Young Ave., 901-725-0230, 5 p.m. to 10p.m.
Memphis Pizza Café: ($), 2087 Madison Ave (in Overton Square), 901-726-5343, Pizza, Salads and Subs
Boscos: Squared Micro-Brewery/American Dining ($$), 2120 Madison Ave, 901-423-2222
Celtic Crossing: ($-$$) Traditional Irish Cuisine, 903 S. Cooper, 901-274-5151
Otherlands Coffee Bar: ($), 641 South Cooper St, 901-278-4994, Free Wireless Internet
Java Cabana Breakfast and Munchies ($), 2170 Young Ave., 901-272-7210
Downtown Grocery Stores
Downtown Easy-Way: 80 N Main St., 901-523-1323, Mon. through Sat., 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Walgreens: 2 N. Main St., 901-525-0036 City Market: 66 S Main St #100, 901-729-615
Downtown Pharmacies
Walgreens: 2 N Main St., 901-525-0036
Downtown Restaurants and Coffee Shops ($=$10 or less per person, $$=$10-$20 per person, $$$=more than $20 per person)
Lenny's Sub Shop on Front Street: ($), 22 N Front St, (901) 543-9230 Front Street Deli ($), 77 Front St, (901) 522-8943
Lenny's Sub Shop: ($), 153 Main St, (901) 529-4377
Wang's China Bistro: ($-$$), 113 Main St, (901) 523-2066
Gus's Fried Chicken: ($-$$), 310 Front St, (901) 527-4877
Flying Fish: ($-$$), No tipping expected, 105 Second St, (901) 522-8228
Grill 83: ($$-$$$), 83 Madison Ave, (901) 333-1224
Spindini: ($$-$$$), 383 Main St, (901) 578-2767
Arcade Restaurant: ($$), 540 Main St, (901) 526-5757
Rendezvous Restaurant: ($$ - $$$), 52 Second St, (901) 523-2746
A&R Barbecue: ($ - $$), 24 Third St, (901) 524-5242
Bluff City Coffee: ($), 505 Main St, (901) 405-4399
Cafe Soul: ($$), 492 Main St, (901) 527-0810
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Dream Girl Twitter Reviews: Ayushmann Khurrana's quirky social comedy is a laugh riot from start to end
Twitter is mighty pleased with not just Ayushmann aka Pooja's performance but also the amusing plot of the film
After serving two back-to-back hits, Andhadhun and Article 15, and bagging a National Award for his ever-evolving on-screen personas, Ayushmann Khurrana is back at a screen near you, today, with Dream Girl.
Written and directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa and produced by Shobhaa Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms, Dream Girl marks Khurrana's return to the genre of social comedy.
The film charts the life of Khurrana as a middle-class guy, who lands a job at a call centre that caters to only one exclusive need – female friendships. He joins an all-female staff of the call centre embodying the persona of a bubbly, problem-solving girl named Pooja and quickly becomes every caller’s ‘Dream Girl’.
Notably, not only has Khurrana worn saris for this film, he has also dubbed all of Pooja's lines himself and not relied on the expertise of a vocal artist. According to Mid-Day, Khurrana’s worked at a radio station in the past, so he put some his past skills to use for this role. “The biggest challenge was to crack the right note. As a guy, I have natural baritone and that makes it difficult to sound convincing as a woman. To transition between voices was challenging but it wasn’t one bit exhausting. I am naturally drawn to different characters, so this was an adventure,” he says.
Apart from Khurrana, the film also stars an interesting ensemble cast comprising Nushrat Bharucha, Annu Kapoor, Vijay Raaz, Abhishek Bannerjee, Manjot Singh, Nidhi Bisht, Rajesh Sharma and Raj Bhansali.
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According to early reviews of the film from industry stalwarts, Dream Girl is a witty entertainer backed with a great script, but what does Twitter think of the film? Find out here:
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GrainCorp sells Australian Bulk Liquid Terminals for $350m
Grain Central, March 4, 2019
GRAINCORP Limited has sold its Australian Bulk Liquid Terminals (ABLT) business to ANZ Terminals for around $350 million, but plans to continue using the assets under a long-term storage agreeement with the new owners.
GrainCorp’s oils division is selling Australian Bulk Liquid Terminals to ANZ Terminals. Photo: GrainCorp
GrainCorp acquired Australian ABLT in 2012 throught its purchase of Gardner Smith.
ABLT operates eight liquid terminal sites across Australia, with a combined storage capacity of approximately 211,000 cubic metres.
The sites specialise in the storage and handling of bulk liquid fats, oils, fuels and chemicals for a range of customers, including GrainCorp Oils.
As part of the transaction, GrainCorp Oils will enter into a long-term storage agreement with ANZ Terminals.
“Since we acquired the assets in 2012, the Australian Bulk Liquid Terminals business mix has evolved substantially and is increasingly serving other sectors, in addition to the edible oils commodities that are more closely aligned with GrainCorp’s core business,” GrainCorp managing director and CEO Mark Palmquist said.
“Divesting the assets to another experienced operator, while also putting in place a long-term storage agreement, allows us ongoing and secure access to the storage needed to support our oils business, whilst releasing capital and unlocking significant value for our shareholders.”
“ANZ Terminals is an established and respected bulk liquid terminals operator. We will work with ANZ Terminals to ensure a smooth transition for our customers and our people and through the long-term storage agreement we will have the access required for our trading and liquid feeds businesses,” GrainCorp Oils group general manager Sam Tainsh said.
The transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including regulatory approvals from the Foreign Investment Review Board and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
GrainCorp has retained ownership of its New Zealand bulk liquid terminals, which it said were better integrated into its supply chain.
However, GrainCorp has not ruled out sale of these New Zealand assets at a later date as part of the company’s ongoing Portfolio Review which put ABLT on the market.
ABLT’s sites are located at: Coode Island and North Laverton in Melbourne; Devonport in Tasmania; Largs Bay in Adelaide; North Fremantle near Perth; Hamilton and Pinkenba in Brisbane; and Port Kembla south of Sydney.
The terminals have been part of the supply chain for GrainCorp’s Oils division, which can produce around 120,000 tonnes of canola oil for domestic and export customers, and roughly 180,000t of meal for the stockfeed market at its Pinjarra plant in Western Australia, and at Numurkah in Victoria.
Source: GrainCorp
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If you select labs in Slovak, the descriptions on this website will still be displayed in English. However, when you include the lab in an ILS and change the language setting of the ILS to Slovak, the lab will be displayed in Slovak within the ILS.
Gravity Force Labs
There are two similar labs that you can see if you create a space, feel free to choose which one to use. Please note that while the preview shows you only one, the screenshots present both labs.
Charges And Fields
Arrange positive and negative charges in space and view the resulting electric field and electrostatic potential. Plot equipotential lines and discover their relationship to the electric field. Create models of dipoles, capacitors, and more!
Ph Scale: Basics
Test the pH of things like coffee, spit, and soap to determine whether each is acidic, basic, or neutral. Visualize the relative number of hydroxide ions and hydronium ions in solution. Switch between logarithmic and linear scales.
Build An Atom
Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. Then play a game to test your ideas!
Acid-Base Solutions
How do strong and weak acids differ? Use lab tools on your computer to find out! Dip the paper or the probe into solution to measure the pH, or put in the electrodes to measure the conductivity. Then see how concentration and strength affect pH.
Blast a car out of a cannon, and challenge yourself to hit a target! Learn about projectile motion by firing various objects. Set parameters such as angle, initial speed, and mass. Explore vector representations, and add air resistance to investigate the factors that influence drag.
Isotopes And Atomic Mass
Are all atoms of an element the same? How can you tell one isotope from another? Use the sim to learn about isotopes and how abundance relates to the average atomic mass of an element.
Forces And Motion: Basics
Explore the forces at work when pulling against a cart,and pushing a refrigerator, crate, or person. Create an applied force and see how it makes objects move. Change friction and see how it affects the motion of objects.Aims of the lab:
Circuit Construction Kit: DC
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Pendulum Lab
Play with one or two pendulums and discover how the period of a simple pendulum depends on the length of the string, the mass of the pendulum bob, the strength of gravity, and the amplitude of the swing. Observe the energy in the system in real-time, and vary the amount of friction.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Reveal Baby Archie: 'It's Magic'
Royals 9:00 AM PDT, May 8, 2019 - Inside Edition Staff
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Isn't he cute?
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry offered the world its first glimpse of their newborn son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, on Wednesday, two days after he was born.
The parents spoke proudly of their baby.
"It's magic," Meghan told reporters. "It's pretty amazing. I have the two best guys in the world and I'm really happy."
Asked about Archie's temperament, Meghan called her child the "sweetest."
"He's really calm," she added.
"We know who he gets that from," chimed in Harry.
The Duke of Sussex said that he's finding the first few days of parenting "amazing."
"We're just so thrilled to have our own little bundle of joy," Harry said. "We hope to spend some precious time with him as he slowly starts to grow up."
As for who the Archie looks like?
"We're still trying to figure that out," said Meghan.
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RBS to cut 618 jobs at its financial planning division
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced it is to cut another 618 jobs at its financial planning division.
Scott McCulloch
Union Unite said the latest round of job cuts represents a 50 per cent reduction in the financial planning department UK-wide.
The job cuts are being made in response to new legislation expected to come in at the conclusion of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Retail Distribution Review, part of the FSA's wider consumer protection strategy.
This is seen by RBS as having a “fundamental effect” on the way financial advisers deliver advice to customers.
When the new Retail Distribution Review rules are introduced at the end of the year, customers will be able to shop around for advice, which they will from then have to pay for.
RBS said the job cuts announced today reflect an expected drop in the number of advisors it will need across its UK branch network.
Although RBS said it does not as yet have a breakdown of where the jobs will be cut, a spokesperson said the branch network with advisors in house was “in the hundreds” UK wide, with 25 in Scotland.
The spokesperson added, around 15 per cent of its total global staff work in Scotland, and applying this 15 per cent rule adds up to around 90 jobs being lost in Scotland.
However, the bank added it also plans to create 351 new roles in its financial planning division, taking the net jobs being cut to 267, and those whose roles have been earmarked for redundancy will be offered first chance at these new roles through internal redeployment.
An RBS spokesperson said: “From 31 December 2012, customers will be charged a fee for the advice they receive from a qualified professional.
“If our customers choose financial advice for investment products the costs will be made transparent at the outset.
“We’re committed to providing our customers with advice in line with our commitment to Helpful Banking.
“We’ve already provided our advisers with considerable support by way of ongoing development via The Chartered Insurance Institute in preparation for RDR.”
The bank said the job cuts will be mitigated to some degree by the creation of 351 new jobs across the UK.
Union Unite described the latest job cuts as “brutal”.
Its National officer, David Fleming, said: “Unite, for some time, has had major concerns about the appalling manner in which these workers at the bank have been treated.
“The union has continually raised with the bank the increasingly unachievable targets imposed on the workforce and is calling on it to review this redundancy procedure.
“Those losing their jobs today are a highly skilled workforce and the bank has refused to take into account economic factors which have impacted performance and achievability of targets.
“Unite will oppose all compulsory job losses and challenge the ongoing management of this area of RBS.”
RBS, which remains 82 per cent taxpayer owned as a result of a £45 billion taxpayer backed bailout, announced in January it would be cutting 3,500 jobs as a result of selling off and shrinking the size of its investment banking division.
A further 950 jobs were cut at its Ulster Bank division in January.
The bank cut around 2,000 jobs last year, taking the total number of job cuts since its 2008 government bailout to around 30,000 in total.
RBS posted a £2 billion loss for the 2011 year, the fourth consecutive year of losses and almost double the loss posted for the 2010 year.
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IHG partners with AES on Indigenous employment
by James Wilkinson March 6, 2012 March 6, 2012
Holiday Inn Cairns' Tanyekia with HR Manager Craig Tenar and GM Matt Rippin
Leading not-for-profit employment organisation, the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES), has entered into a ground-breaking partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).
According to the company, IHG’s commitment is to see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders share in the economic benefits of the Australian Tourism Industry.
The organisation plans to achieve this by providing education, training, employment and business opportunities to Indigenous high school kids across Australia in partnership with the AES.
Initially, the AES will help IHG engage, mentor and train Indigenous school based trainees (SBT). The traineeship involves two years of on the job training while students are in year 11 and 12 studying for their HSC. At the end of year 12, SBT’s will not only graduate from high school, they will have also have earned a Certificate II in Hospitality and received industry-specific training that will set them up for long-term careers in the industry.
IHG endeavours to train at least two Indigenous students in all 31 properties across Australia in the next three years. IHG has already welcomed three AES trainees to their staff in WA, VIC and QLD.
The hotel giant is working towards having two per cent of its total workforce made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders by 2013, with the long-term vision that many will go on to join leadership teams and become mentors to other colleagues in the organisation.
IHG Australasia’s Director of HR, Marcus Tait said the company is delighted to be partnering with the AES.
“The AES is a professional, like-minded organisation that provides IHG with the framework and structure to offer school based trainees opportunities to grow and succeed within our organisation,” he said. “It was important to us that the AES can offer localised support from all of their offices across Australia.
“To develop the industry’s best and brightest, we need to work with a diverse and multicultural employee base. Every large organisation needs youth employment and school based training programs to provide a variety of entry-level employees who are young, keen and energetic.
“Partnering with the AES gives us access to a strong pipeline of Indigenous talent and also guarantees we have a support network for these trainees to ensure they are happy and productive.”
AES CEO Danny Lester said: “The AES is proud to be partnering with the Intercontinental Hotels Group on this program and we look forward to supporting Indigenous students in their goals to forge successful careers in the hospitality industry.
“The ground-breaking ‘2011 AES Careers Report’ found that education and careers are of paramount importance to Indigenous youth in Australia, with 97% saying that education and training is a crucial stepping-stone to securing meaningful careers.”
The AES has been a pioneer of school-based traineeships for Indigenous students since it began delivering them in partnership with ANZ and Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 2002.
It now works in partnership with Corporate Partners across Australia to deliver the traineeships; a model that has recently been rolled out nationally as part of the Indigenous Youth Career Pathway Program (IYCPP), launched by the former Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development earlier this year.
Tagged: Aboriginal Employment Strategy, IHG, Indigenous employment, Indigenous Youth Career Pathway Program, InterContinental Hotels Group
James Wilkinson
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Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
By John S. Blanco, MD; Emily R. Dodwell, MD, MPH, FRCSC; Shevaun Mackie Doyle, MD; David M. Scher, MD; Ernest L. Sink, MD; Roger F. Widmann, MD;
What is developmental dysplasia of the hip?
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), also known as developmental pediatric dysplasia of the hip or hip dysplasia, is the term used to describe a range of hip joint abnormalities. Hip dysplasia may develop in a baby around the time of birth or during early childhood. Although it is most commonly diagnosed in babies and young children, DDH can also affect adolescents and adults. This can usually be attributed, however, to milder cases of DDH that went undiagnosed or untreated when the patient was a child.
In the healthy hip joint, the upper end of the femur (thighbone) meets the acetabulum to fit together like a ball and cup, in which the ball rotates freely in the cup. Cartilage, a smooth protective tissue, lines the bones and reduces friction between the surfaces during movement.
Illustration of the femur and acetabulum meeting in a healthy hip joint
In DDH, however, one or more of these functions work incorrectly. The conditions encompassed by the term hip dysplasia include:
Dislocated hip: where there is no contact between the cartilage on the ball and the cartilage on the cup
Dislocatable hip: where the ball and cup easily pop in and out
Subluxatable hip: where the cartilage of the ball or femoral head and the cup are touching, but the ball is not properly seated in the cup
Dysplastic hip: where the ball, cup, or both are malformed
Anterior to posterior (front to back), preop X-ray of a dislocated right hip (shown at left).
Hip dysplasia more frequently affects the left hip than the right. About 80% of cases follow this pattern. The condition can, however, be present in both hips.
Who is at risk for hip dysplasia?
Hip dysplasia is much more common in girls than in boys, and it tends to run in families. Even among children who have no hereditary link, there is a greater risk in all first-born children.
What causes hip dysplasia?
Genetics plays a strong role. The risk of hip dislocation at birth is approximately one in one thousand. If a parent experienced hip dysplasia during childhood, the risk of his or her own child developing it increases by 12% compared with a parent with no history of the condition. A child whose sibling has hip dysplasia will have a 6% higher chance of developing the condition.
Other influences during pregnancy and birth include:
Molding abnormalities: Head tilt (torticollis) and the turning in of the front of the foot (metatarsus adductus) are congenital conditions that often the result of being constrained in a uterus that is too small. These conditions alert medical professionals to be on the lookout for the presence of hip dysplasia, which can also be caused by such constraint.
Breech birth: This is when the baby emerges from the birth canal buttocks-first instead of headfirst. A breech-birth child is 10 times more likely to develop hip dysplasia than a child born headfirst.
How is hip dysplasia diagnosed?
When developmental hip dysplasia is present at birth, the abnormality may be detected during a routine physical examination of the newborn. During this examination, the physician gently flexes the child's hips in different directions. If the hip is dislocated or can be easily dislocated or subluxatated (partially dislocated), the doctor she may feel a "clunk" as the hip moves out of alignment.
In a smaller percentage of cases, the problem does not become apparent until later in infancy or early childhood. Later diagnosis of hip dysplasia may be detected during routine examinations of hip stability in the pediatrician's office. Signs that may bring undiagnosed developmental hip dysplasia to the attention of parent and physician include:
a leg length discrepancy on the affected side
a limp
a waddling gait (indicating both legs are affected)
restricted range of motion
To confirm a diagnosis of developmental hip dysplasia in children up to four to six months of age, the orthopedist uses an ultrasound. This technology offers a significant advantage over conventional X-rays because images may be taken with the hip in motion.
"This is a very accurate and safe diagnostic tool since there is no radiation," according to Roger F. Widmann, MD, Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at HSS. In children older than six months, X-rays, which show bone detail better, are used to confirm the diagnosis.
How is hip dysplasia treated?
In order to ensure proper development of the bones that make up the hip joint, early intervention is essential and may be nonsurgical. "The acetabulum and the femoral head are dependent on one another for normal growth and development," explains Dr. Widmann. "If the ball does not fit tightly into the cup, providing a specific growth stimulus, the cup may become too flat and unable to accommodate a sphere. In turn, without proper contact with the acetabulum, the femoral head and neck will not grow normally."
Pavlik harness
For patients up to six months of age, the first choice of treatment for hip dysplasia, is the use of the Pavlik harness, a soft brace that gently redirects the head of the femur into the depth of the socket or acetabulum, stimulating normal development of the joint.
The harness is generally used for three months total, initially full-time and as the hip position improves and stability is achieved, part-time harness treatment may be instituted. Treatment with the Pavlik harness is successful in about 85% of dislocated hips in children under six months of age.
Photo of an infant in a Pavlik harness.
Closed (nonsurgical) or open (surgical) reduction
For the small number of patients in whom treatment with the harness is not successful, and for children in whom the diagnosis is not made until after they are six months old, the orthopedist may recommend either closed or open reduction. Reduction is a procedure in which the bones are realigned, or put back into place. Unfortunately, the Pavlik harness is not a good treatment option for older children because by then the hip has become more fixed in the dislocated position and is less easily realigned. Reduction procedures are performed by pediatric orthopedists with specialized experience in the treatment of hip dysplasia.
During a closed reduction procedure, the physician uses radiography to observe hip and then gently manipulates it into proper alignment, without making any incisions.
In an open reduction, incisions are made and the hip is surgically manipulated.
Arthrogram image of dislocated hip in the operating room.
MRI image of relocated hip.
Closed reduction and spica cast
Following closed reduction of the hip, the patient is placed into a spica body cast for 12 weeks to maintain proper alignment of the hip and acetabulum. It is mandatory that cross-sectional imaging of the hip be performed after closed reduction in order to confirm appropriate location of the hip. Current imaging modality of choice at HSS is MRI, since radiation is not involved.
Photo of an infant in a spica cast.
Open reduction
Treatment by open reduction is generally reserved for children between 18 months and two years of age who have new diagnosis of a dysplastic hip, or in cases in which a prior closed reduction of the hip was unsuccessful.
In this procedure, the surgeon makes an incision, removes any obstacles to proper realignment of the hip (such as adjusting tight muscles or other soft tissue) and relocates the femoral head into the acetabulum. The surgeon may also need to restore normal anatomy by performing a hip osteotomy, a procedure in which cuts are made to the femur or the acetabulum. The need for an osteotomy increases with the age at which diagnosis is made. It is usually required to correct abnormal development of the bones in any child over age three or four.
Preop view of a right hip dislocation, where the right leg appears shorter than the left
Anterior to posterior (front to back) X-ray image, six months after open reduction with located right hip.
All reduction procedures, including those that include osteotomy, are done on an in-patient basis and require the use of a general anesthetic. Children who undergo open reduction wear a cast for a period of six to eight weeks. Once the cast is removed, he or she usually continues to wear a brace at night until such time that the orthopedist has determined that normal hip development is proceeding.
Pelvic osteotomy and reorientation of the acetabulum is occasionally necessary in the setting of residual hip dysplasia after open or closed reduction of the hip. In younger patients the procedure of choice is often the Dega osteotomy in which the bony and cartilage roof of the hip is reoriented into normal alignment.
Anterior to posterior (front to back) X-ray showing residual
acetabular dysplasia on the right hip (shown at left).
Immediate post-op X-ray after Dega pelvic osteotomy.
X-ray: Pelvis and hip 18 months after Dega pelvic osteotomy.
What are the risks of DDH treatments?
The risks associated with surgery – bleeding, infection and those associated with anesthesia – are minimal. Pediatric orthopedists do take special care to avoid a condition called avascular necrosis (AVN) in which the femoral head (the ball of the hip joint) does not receive enough blood, a condition that can result in abnormal growth of the bone.
Regarding the safety of these procedures, Dr. Widmann says, "What I usually tell parents is that the primary risk with a diagnosis of developmental hip dysplasia is not doing anything at all. Untreated, these children face a high risk of developing osteoarthritis as adults, with the associated degenerative changes that cause chronic and progressive pain and stiffness."
Although the numbers are difficult to define, some members of the medical community believe that up to 50% of adults who eventually require hip replacement due to osteoarthritis, have developed the disease as a result of an undiagnosed pediatric hip problem. The majority of those cases are thought to be residual undiagnosed hip dysplasia.
What kind of outcome can a child with DDH expect?
As discussed above, the earlier the condition is treated, the better the chance of a successful outcome: a hip that appears anatomically normal both during physical examination and on X-ray. Children who are treated for hip dysplasia are examined on regular intervals until they are skeletally mature (when growth is completed), to ensure that normal development continues. In some cases, a dislocated hip that was successfully reduced may still develop dysplasia in later years, requiring additional treatment.
Summary Prepared by Nancy Novick • Diagnostic imaging examinations provided by HSS Radiologists
John S. Blanco, MD
Associate Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Emily R. Dodwell, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Assistant Attending Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Shevaun Mackie Doyle, MD
David M. Scher, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Ernest L. Sink, MD
Chief, Hip Preservation Service, Hospital for Special Surgery
Roger F. Widmann, MD
Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
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Contact tracing app bug fixed, Google says
Coronavirus – Tue Jan 5, 2021
A bug in the Android version of the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app has been fixed, Google has said.
The tech giant and the contact tracing app’s developers confirmed on Wednesday that a glitch was causing a loading notification to appear on phones which could not be removed.
Google has confirmed this was an issue with its Exposure Notification System which powers the app’s contact tracing and that it could cause a delay in exposure checks taking place, but the company has now confirmed the flaw has been fixed and no adverse effects found due to the incident.
The NHS Covid-19 app, used in England and Wales and forming part of the Test and Trace scheme, uses Bluetooth on smartphones to keep an anonymous log of other app users that an individual comes into contact with, informing them if they have been near someone who tests positive for the virus and what to do next.
“Late in the evening on January 12, an issue with the Exposure Notifications System on Android began causing delays in the checking of potential exposures for those with apps installed,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement on the incident.
“We have issued a fix. It may take a few hours for devices to catch up, and in some cases we will work directly with developers to help with recovery. The issue did not cause the loss of any data or potential exposures.”
Google said that potential exposures continued to be logged during the incident and that in most cases, any notifications delayed by the incident will resume.
The incident affected a number of contact tracing apps around the world which use the Exposure Notification System created by Google and Apple – though Apple devices were not impacted during this incident.
Earlier on Wednesday, the official Twitter account for the NHS app confirmed it was aware of the “loading screen notification” and that it was working “urgently” with Google to fix the problem.
Since launching in September, the NHS Covid-19 app has suffered from several bugs, including a “ghost notification” issue where users were sent alerts saying the app had detected a “possible Covid-19 exposure” but would then give no further instructions or details.
Another glitch saw users who had their phone set to a language other than the 12 initially supported by the app be presented with a blank screen when opening the app.
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Community service based initiatives have long been promoted by civic organizations as well as task forces created by Governors of each state including the President of the United States to address serious community problems. These initiatives are all in an effort to increase awareness of the social problems facing our local communities as well as providing a mechanism to “give back” by keeping our resources invested locally.
In 2011, HCHC asked each manager to complete a minimum of 20 hours of community service representing the hospital at various events around the county and the state. By donating their time, the community was rewarded with highly skilled talent in areas that needed a helping hand. This year we have expanded the program and asked that our management team use the initiative to encourage their respective departments to take on a project, sponsor an event, adopt a family, or create a new program of outreach which is all aimed at providing assistance to those in need.
A major focus during the past year has been to replenish the food pantries throughout the county as well as providing clinical assistance at the free health clinic, and volunteering at service club events to reach out. So far this year, our food campaign delivered over 800 meals to hungry families and we continue to collect to stock the empty shelves. For these outstanding efforts, we wanted to recognize the hard work and talent of our HCHC Leadership Team and all staff for their contributions as a nomination was submitted in April for a very prestigious award.
We are pleased to announce that on May 29, 2012, HCHC received notification from the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) that we have been selected as a finalist for the 2012 Governor’s Service Award. This award acknowledges and honors the outstanding efforts of Michigan’s volunteers.
Executive Director Paula VanDam stated; “Michiganders like you have created a rich history of volunteerism – donating your energies and talents to nonprofit organizations, schools, faith-based institutions, fellow citizens, and more- and for this, I commend you.”
This year the MCSC received more than 130 nominations for the Governor’s Service Award. Five finalists were selected in each of the eight award categories through a statewide peer review panel comprised of representatives from nonprofit organizations, schools, business, and others along with the MCSC Board of Commissioners. As a finalist, we have been invited by Governor Snyder for “An Evening with the Stars” at the Gem Theater in Detroit Michigan on July 23.
There will be a reception in honor of the great accomplishments of the Hillsdale Community Health Center in our many efforts to serve our community.
VanDam stated; “Your dedication and commitment to helping others inspires and motivates each of us to work harder to make noticeable contributions in our neighborhoods and communities.”
We are excited to have received this prestigious nomination as a witness to the hard work of our manager leadership team and for the dedicated staff members who made donations and volunteered time in the communities where they live.
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TIFF Review: ‘Hungry Hearts’ Starring Venice Best Actor Winner Adam Driver
Nikola Grozdanovic
Seeing a young mother walking on the street holding her baby tends to warm the heart. Ordinary perspective suggests that said mother is doing so lovingly, because an alternative is too tough to swallow. The distortion of this perspective in Saverio Costanzo’s “Hungry Hearts” makes the very same image writhe with anxiety, and is one of many reasons that make this tale of paranoid parenting disturbingly memorable. With a unique blend of style and content, an escalating discomfort in atmosphere, a score that sounds like it was spawned from the nether regions of hell, and three ferocious performances, “Hungry Hearts” is this year’s most unique horror film.
The film begins with the smell of shit in a bathroom. Mina (Alba Rohrwacher) accidentally walks into a men’s restroom, and the door is stuck before she realizes her mistake. The stall opens, and out walks Jude (Adam Driver) who answered the call of nature to violently odorous results. They are unable to get out until someone kicks in the door from the outside, but this fateful encounter proves long enough for the two to make a connection, and it’s not long until they’ve consummated their romance and tied the knot. While out on the town celebrating their marriage, Jude sings Italian to his bride in a scene saturated with the energy of true love. Jude’s mother (Roberta Maxwell) tells Mina how happy she is for both of them, and tells her that she must visit even if Jude doesn’t care to.
Mina’s unexpected pregnancy starts to take a toll on her body, and when they go get a ultrasound, the doctor warns them that the baby isn’t growing quickly enough. He says it could have something to do with Mina’s vegetarian diet and warns them that the baby needs a sufficient dose of protein in order to develop at a regular rate. The concern on Jude’s face is equal to the frustration Mina feels towards the doctor. One day, Mina recounts a visit with a fortune-teller who told her that she is carrying an indigo baby inside her. Jude laughs this off, and agrees to start seeing herbalists and naturopaths if she promises to stop listening to fortune-tellers. Time passes and nears the contraction stages, where Mina is adamant about not having a C-section. But after she collapses one day, there is no choice, and their son is born.
From this foundation of young, serendipitous love, “Hungry Hearts” begins to accumulate suspense and builds an atmosphere of anxious parenthood. Mina starts to become more and more obsessively compulsive regarding her son’s feeding and care, while Jude increasingly begins to feel like their child’s health is in serious danger, finding it hard to contain his frustration. Costanzo uses maternal instinct as a gateway to explore the paranoid nature of a dangerously confused parent, fanatically concerned with an organic lifestyle. In this way, the film plays out like an anti-hipster parenting propaganda reel at times, and as tension mounts towards the climax, and thus gets to be a bit much. Apart from this, ‘Hearts’ is a terrific example of how to use distinctive directorial style for storytelling purposes and is a showcase for two outstanding performances.
Rohrwacher and Driver walked away with dual acting awards from the Venice Film Festival due to their performances here, and it doesn’t take an acting coach to see why. With the camera unafraid to come fretfully up close, the two actors often end up swallowing the screen, almost putting their performances under a microscope. If we had to pick a standout between the two, it would have to be Driver, whose anger and frustration erupts in a controlled, fantastically assured and emotive manner. The promise he has shown over the last year culminates in a bravura performance. But Rohrwacher too is a perfect casting choice for Mina, alternating between effortlessly sweet and frighteningly bitter modes. When Mina wakes up Jude and says “my son threw up meat. What do you have to say about this?” chills claw up and down our spine. Then there’s Maxwell, whose brief screen time brings out uncanny and eerie sensibilities. These three perfectly cast performers are supported, and undoubtedly inspired, by Costanzo’s choice of camera angles and Nicola Piovani’s phantom-esque composition.
The birds-eye-view wide shots of a ghostly New York City and fly-on-the-wall perspectives of the interior commotions in Mina and Jude’s claustrophobic apartment imbibe the screen with trepidation. At times, the angles get a little too drunk on their own effect, but for the most part, Costanzo’s choices are what makes this film a unique experience. Like getting a knock on your door in the middle of the night and looking through the peephole to see a stranger who wants to enter your home, “Hungry Hearts” instills a panic through its surreal angles that had us digging our nails into the seat. Piovani’s score cryptically enhances this ambiance.
One can get wrapped up in all the dismay and forget how the origins of Mina and Jude’s story began with a hilarious encounter in a restaurant restroom and bloomed into love before it started to wilt away. Everything that happens in “Hungry Hearts” makes the opening sequence an outstanding display of thematic foreshadowing and determined technique. Certainly not for casual viewing, Costanzo’s “Hungry Hearts” cloaks conventional narrative structure with a suspense more in line with Roman Polanski than Alfred Hitchcock, and should leave fans of tense cinema well nourished. [B+]
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Watch: Robert Downey Jr. Needs To Save Robert Duvall In 2 New Trailers For ‘The Judge’
Watch: Robert Downey Jr. Needs To Save Robert Duvall In 2 New Trailers For 'The Judge'
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The phrase “they don’t make ’em like this anymore” can be taken two ways. When a movie works as an effective throwback to a style in which Hollywood used to excel, it can be a welcome pleasure. When it doesn’t work, you get a movie like “The Judge” (read our review), a slickly produced dramedy encompassing all of the necessary elements as such, but defined by a manufactured core that seems calculated to attract awards attention and audience sympathy.
And the two new international trailers for the movie below certainly aren’t subtle. Robert Downey Jr. leads the movie as Hank Palmer, a big city defense attorney who returns to his tiny hometown for the funeral of this mother. But when his father, a judge, is accused of murder, Hank stays to defend him, and he’s forced to confront personal and emotional pain from his past.
As we wrote in our review, this “would’ve been an Oscar contender in the era of ‘Driving Miss Daisy‘… but feels musty and dated now.” The David Dobkin directed movie opens on October 10th. Watch below. [via Vlicious]
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Penny Karabey Talks About Her Journey and Founding Luxury Next Season
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Penny Pinar Karabey is a trailblazer who saw that the world needed a fresh perspective.
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Penny Pinar Karabey is the businesswoman who runs Luxury Next Season, a special type of online boutique that dedicates itself to a different kind of business than a typical luxury boutique. This is part of what separates Penny from the rest of the competition.
“Luxury Next Season is an online luxury fashion boutique dedicated to finding and supplying the rarest and most sought after luxury fashion pieces,” Karabey explains.
Karabey was born on November 3, 1975, in the lovely city of Istanbul, Turkey, and was very close to her father since childhood. She has a degree in computer science, which has helped her in her business. She has worked in both IT and fashion, which has enabled her with a unique skillset.
“One of my biggest assets is that I have been lucky enough to have knowledge of computer programming for a career that applied to online marketing. I have worked in the computer and fashion fields,” Karabey shares.
In the fashion world, Karabey is well known for her style. She has a sense of fashion unlike many others, rejecting typical and easy styles such as wearing black. It is precisely that style that helped her create her business. She has never let fear stop her from pursuing her dreams despite the fact that they may differ from others.
“I never wear black and I tend to look for pieces that are rare and exciting, pieces that no one else has. I saw a gap in the market so that women with tastes similar to mine could buy. So I started the next luxury season. Fear is often the unknown. I am a believer in taking risks and for many, it is fear that gets in the way of them doing so. Fear motivates me, I am headstrong and to be frank, if something scares me it motivates me even more,“ Karabey states.
Karabey already had the information and inspiration, she was just waiting for the right moment and when it came, she did not hesitate to take it. Her opportunity came at just the right time and she conquered a gap in the rapidly evolving online marketplace in order to form her business.
“I had worked in the fashion industry before as a private jewelry designer and had always been passionate about style. When I saw a gap in the market, I took it as a sign that it was time to venture out on my own,” Karabey recounts.
One life lesson that not only applies to business but also to personal life in general is that we should always seek to be surrounded by people who complement us in our weaknesses and vice versa. That’s precisely the advice Karabey gives to people trying to start their own business. Without a team behind her, her business could not have been as successful as it was.
“My advice is to surround yourself with a team that complements your strengths. Find people who are strong in areas where you are not strong and vice versa. A well-rounded team is a team well prepared for the challenges and unpredictability of business,” Karabey advises.
Karabey has set Luxury Next Season apart from other boutiques by having the ability to build lasting relationships with her customers. To her, this is the most important aspect of any business and what she tries to achieve for herself and her business.
“I believe that building lasting relationships with our customers is what sets us apart. Luxury Next Season is more than a place to buy luxury items. I talk to many of our customers on a daily basis. We talk about everything from the latest trends and must-have items to current events and our families. I believe that the ties we have with our customers are critical to our success,” Karabey reflects.
A Turkish-American transplant living on the Upper East Side, Karabey breaks the mold when it comes to style, always wearing the latest in luxury fashion and bringing her own interpretation to trends. Karabey is the founder of National Accessory Day and Luxury Next Season, a board member of Fashion Fights Cancer, a member of Female Founder Collective and Women Entrepreneurs NYC, the Editor of Fashion Week Pro. Interestingly enough, Karabey is also the founder of National Cellulite Day. She says, “I know it sounds funny but it’s a concept to empower women, and we’ve already gotten a lot of support from women across the world.”
Karabey’s next projects are to continue to grow her business and maintain these outstanding relationships with her customers that she has built up over the years. If you want to know more about Karabey or follow her journey, click here.
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Home Small Business The Evolution of Product Placement
The Evolution of Product Placement
By Niki Scevak | June 15, 2001
From its humble beginnings in the formative years of Hollywood, product placement has evolved into a proverbial 'billion dollar market.' Now with the Internet, this curious partnership between art and life, is once again on the rise.
Product placement in Hollywood productions has become an integral revenue stream for the studios, and indeed has had a profound effect on the end product. Would The Matrix have been the same without the venerable Nokia 8110 and Ray Ban sunglasses? Without the shameless FedEx plug from Cast Away, would the movie have created the same level of emotion?
The odd conjunction between commerical product and film was satirised in David Mamet's recent film State and Main, where a desperate producer plugs a million dollar hole in the production budget by allowing a computer products dotcom to 'place' their logo in a supposedly nineteenth century town.
Make no mistake -- this is big business. The two original drivers of the market were the Tobacco/Alcohol and Automotive industries. Indeed, the industry has developed to the extent that companies such as Studio Services Inc., now exist simply as an intermediary to place Porsche cars in the hands of feature film characters.
Things haven't always looked so rosy though. Product placement stagnated throughout the Eighties and early Nineties, with vendors adopting a simple and bland modus operandi: get the product or service in the film, with about as much contextual relevance as Truman holding up a box of soap powder. Today, product marketing strategies have taken on a greater degree of complexity and importance, to take full advantage of the new medium of the Internet.
Case in point is BMWFilms.com. BMW North America has completely transformed the value and importance of product placement, commissioning original work from world renowned Ang Lee, John Frankenheimer, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guy Ritchie. Their mission -- create a short film with a BMW prominently featured, although not necessarily integral to the plot. The results are available as a streaming media experience on the BMWFilms.com website.
The results are surprisingly tasteful and compelling. Although the lines of entertainment and advertising are inevitably blurred, the calibre of the directors more than compensates for the initial concerns. Poignantly, BMW uses the short film format and the Internet as tools to combat and circumvent the studio powerhouses. The Internet, holds particular importance, as it opens up an extremely low cost distribution platform (when compared to cinema, video and DVD) and allows the project to be delivered on a more modest budget.
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FPA expects minor fallout from new conflicts policy
Staff WriterMarch 7, 2006 - 12.00am
The bulk of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) members are supportive of its new conflict of interest rules but some fall-out will be inevitable, according to John Anning, FPA head of public policy.
“It would not be unexpected if some members left the FPA but the feedback we’re getting is that most support the conflict of interest guidelines,” Anning said. “Although some members disagreed with the new rules the TaskForce [on conflicts of interest] made a unanimous decision.” The new conflict of interest rules throw out a significant challenge to current commonplace industry practices such as incentives to use certain platforms or buyer-of-last-resort agreements based on business placed with product providers. As well, the requirement to clearly separate the financial advice fee from the cost of product in a statement of advice and a new obligation to regularly disclose ongoing fees will highlight the contentious issue of commission payments. Anning said the FPA has chosen not to take a stand on the fee-versus-commission debate but is encouraging the development of “fee-for-service in the true sense”. “We’re arguing for transparency on the cost of advice so consumers can have a say in what they pay their adviser and how they pay them,” he said. “This will certainly empower consumers to monitor the quality and cost of their advice – if they are dissatisfied it will be easier for them to vary the advice or change planners.” The conflicts of interest principles, which come into effect from July 1 this year but have staggered implementation dates for various rules, also carry with them punishments ranging from a $5-20,000 fine and/or expulsion from the FPA for transgression. “Our first priority is to get members to comply with the rules,” Anning said. The FPA will monitor the process with member self-assessment forms, some random audits and will act on any specific complaints. Anning said the FPA did consult with IFSA when drafting its conflicts of interest rules although no formal joint initiative had been planned. IFSA is currently reviewing its own conflict of interest principles. “There needs to be some complementarity between the two [FPA and IFSA conflict rules],” he said. The main purpose of the new conflicts rules, according to Anning, is to raise the standards of advice across the board. “The origins of the conflicts rules were to help our members comply with PS181 [FSR rule on conflicts of interest disclosure] but as the Taskforce developed we realised we should be looking beyond to see where the industry should be in 5-10 years’ time.”
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MainAll NewsMiddle EastHuman Rights Watch censures Arab states for closing Qatar Media
Human Rights Watch censures Arab states for closing Qatar Media
Speaking sympatheticallyof Qatar or critically of government Qatar policy considered offense, punishable by prison terms.
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Restrictions against Qatar-supported media by a number of Arab states are in violation of freedom of expression and breach international law, an international human rights group said today (Wednesday), reports Sputnik International.
"The action is a violation of freedom of expression… Authorities should repeal or amend laws that are used to criminalize peaceful expression. International law on freedom of speech prohibits the banning of peaceful criticism of governments, and crimes such as insulting the president or state authorities,” Human Rights Watch said.
The watchdog specified that on May 25, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates blocked Qatari media outlets, including Al Jazeera, while Egypt blocked 62 websites favorable toward the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Al Jazeera’s Amman bureau was closed and stripped of its operating license on June 7, and the channel’s Riyadh bureau was shut down on June 8. Also, on June 9, since there is no way to stop satellite beaming, Saudi authorities ordered hotels and other tourist facilities to block all channels related to Al Jazeera, threatening punishment for violators.
On June 7 and 8, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain announced that any speech sympathetic to Qatar or critical of their governments’ policy towards Qatar would be considered an offense, punished in some cases by prison terms.
On June 5, Saudi Arabia blockaded Qatar, while Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE cut diplomatic ties with Qatar citing Doha's alleged support of terrorism. Several other countries, including Chad and Senegal, recalled their ambassadors from Doha, while Jordan and Djibouti said they would lower the level of diplomatic contacts with Qatar.
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By Gracen Kostelecky, ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship
This story is part of a series featuring each of the fifteen startups in the CYstarters 2018 summer cohort. Each team has the opportunity to focus on their startup or business idea while receiving $6,500 or up to $13,000, along with mentorship, accountability, and educational sessions on how to build a business.
Alexander, Hyla, and Schwarz share about their business, CNB Games to a community of supporters at the CYstarters’ 2018 Demo Day event held at ISU Research Park, Core Facility on August 1, 2018
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Cody Alexander
School: Senior at Iowa State University, studying industrial design
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Hometown: Lisle, Illinois
Video games are at an all-time high in popularity. Platforms like Twitch and eSports have contributed significantly to the recent success of video games, but did you know that board games are outperforming digital video games? The size of the board game market has become a billion dollar industry and has risen for seven consecutive years according to the market research firm ICv2.
Specifically, table top games like Dungeons and Dragons are gaining popularity as more and more people are making a conscious effort to avoid staring at a screen, and are instead choosing to interact with friends face-to-face.
Unique to Dungeons and Dragons are dungeon masters. What is a dungeon master? These are Dungeon and Dragon aficionados, who organize, and are in charge of the details and challenges of given adventures. For most dungeon masters, it takes up to eight hours setting up one game or story. Many players are looking for a more streamlined approach to setting up a game, and now there is a solution – CNB Games.
What is the origin of CNB Games?
We all play Dungeons and Dragons quite a bit and spent a lot of time setting up our games. Some people really enjoy this, but most don’t. We thought there had to be a better way to get maps, stories, and miniatures instead of just scouring the internet and visiting local gaming stores. That is where the idea of an all-in-one subscription box came to life. We write the stories, design the maps, and provide the miniatures, all in a monthly subscription box.
In addition to solving a real world problem, we all needed internship credit to graduate in our program. We were able to leverage our time in CYstarters as internship credit, which really pushed us from just having a cool idea, to actually turning it into a business.
Who are your customers?
The obvious answer is individuals who play Dungeons and Dragons, or even individuals who aren’t currently playing, but are looking for a game that they can play with their friends. We have specifically identified two types of players. First, we are going to create a product for people who are just getting into Dungeons and Dragons, those who just need the basics to get started, and might not have enough experience to write their own stories or create their own maps. We will provide an “intro” box to help jump start new players into the Dungeons and Dragons world.
The second group is advanced players who have been playing a long time but don’t want to spend the time writing stories and seting up the game. We will have a unique box subscription for them with more advanced stories, maps, and miniatures.
CNB Games subscription box, which includes maps, stories, and miniatures.
What are some challenges you have faced?
How to scale efficiently. We are exploring using molds instead of 3D printing the miniatures. We also are possibly going to use decorative chips that represent miniatures, instead of having to print multiple miniatures per box, which is very time consuming.
Although board games are increasing in popularity, table top role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons are still a foreign concept to many people. We have to do a lot of explaining and educating indivuduals who are not familiar with the game, but once they understand it, then they understand how our product fits in the industry.
Goals?
Our production goal is to figure out a more cost effective way to create our miniatures. Once we get our production costs down, then we can truly start making solid profits on each of our subscription boxes. Luckily, we still have another year of school that we can keep working on our manufcaturing and marketing. By the time we graduate, we aim to have a profitable business.
How can others help you?
We are looking for someone who has experience in manufacturing and molding. Any advice in the area of manufacturing would be very beneficial.
How should people get a hold of you if interested?
You can find us at www.cnbgames.net or email us at cnbgames@yahoo.com.
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Aging Access Controls: A Security Challenge
Date : 30-Apr-2020
Most companies wouldn't upgrade access control solutions on yearly basis due to a few reasons, chief among them is that it involves hardware attached to the physical doors. Nonetheless, as the landscape of business needs and risk profiles changes, there is a trend companies employing newer technology that is more secure and easier to deploy and use.
Outdated access control systems present certain significant disadvantages to organizations such as:
less secure and more vulnerable to sophisticated attack.
system tends to be isolated and localized and less capable of supporting WAN requirement and most likely non cloud based
conventional software solutions which doesn't permit cloud based deployment and support of mobile app
lower performance and efficiency
requires ad-hoc and manual intervention by technical support
more workload for technical support
doesn't support big data and business intelligence
As longstanding expert in the field HID Global has over the years helped consumers migrate and upgrade their systems to access control solutions that have interoperability and flexibility which serve as a solid foundation for growing businesses.
Offerings:
To meet the security needs of today’s dynamic world, HID’s new generation of readers, such as HID Signo®, support the widest range of credential technologies, including mobile IDs via native Bluetooth and Near Field Communication (NFC) capability. Importantly, they also employ Apple’s Enhanced Contactless Polling (ECP) to support credentials in Apple Wallet.
Spokepersons:
Alex Tan, Director of Sales of Physical Access Control System of HID Global.
HID Global’s 2020 State of Physical Access Control Report has shown that access control infrastructure is aging, and most systems are in excess of three years and beyond, yet most organizations have either no plans to upgrade obsolete systems or even if there is one, it is more than a year out in the future.
The 2020 State of Physical Access Control Report is a survey of ASIS International members and customers on access control technology; its use, important trends, and upgrade planning. A project of Security Management Research and HID Global, the survey was conducted in 2019, building on a similar survey completed in 2017.
The survey presented a list of electronic access control credential technologies and asked security directors to select all the ones they employ at their organizations. Fifty-one percent report using 125 kHz low frequency proximity cards. These cards rely on radio frequency signals, technology that is 25 years old and has significant security vulnerabilities. Even older and less secure technology is also still utilized with 26 percent reporting the use of magnetic stripe cards and 17 percent reporting the use of barcodes.
Technologies like iCLASS cards despite being in the market for the last 15 years, with their encryption capability, make a good demarcation line between technology that is more secure and technology that has already been compromised. These cards constitute 54 percent of organization usage in 2017 but has since dropped to a 45 percent in 2019 at the back of migration to higher encryption technology offering such as SEOS.
Most door access control systems are in excess by 3 years or beyond
Best Practices:
As migrations are considered for more secure credentials, a primary goal for physical security professionals should be to:
Leverage on scheduled upgrades by company to highlight need for physical access updates.
Ensure that options suggested can be expanded and adapted to future needs.
Create an upgrade path to mobile access that doesn’t lock the organization into specific devices and communication protocols.
Anticipate security challenges and needs for the company for at least 5 years based on business growth.
Study the pros and cons of wholescale implementation vs single new technology combined with legacy systems.
Editor's comments:
Outdated access control solutions expose companies to both physical and digital security threats from all angles, including sabotage from internal people.
Besides that, those solutions are also more expensive to maintain due to requirement of manual intervention and technical support for ad-hoc scenarios.
Access control solutions should fully adopt the cloud and automation such as the ability to monitor and audit the access list of doors with little manual work.
A trade-off conflict exists whereby a typical consumer has the budget to replace smartphone every 3 years while an average company does not have similar budget to protect even the main doors.
The durability of 125 kHz low frequency proximity cards contributes to the reality of consumers hesitate to adopt newer technology such as iCLASS and SEOS - besides that, many would demand new deployment to support older access cards, further contributing to delay in adoption of new solutions.
New age access control solutions tend to be more user-friendly and require lesser technical support.
The single most important factor which stops companies from adopting new solution is the need to recycle old yet functional hardware such as door access controller and its components.
Scheduled updates is a good solution for companies to ensure continuity upgrade of door access technology.
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BSA appoints new President and Chief Executive
Last week, the BSA, the trade group representing software vendors, announced the appointment of Victoria Espinel as its new President and Chief Executive.
Under recently departed predecessor Robert Holleyman, the organization grew over several decades, from a tiny office to a major lobbyist and frontline enforcement agency. Although much of its enforcement has historically been targeted at smaller business, the recent additions of Oracle in late 2012, and IBM in early 2013, almost completes the roster of “usual suspects” from the large enterprise space (SAP remains a notable absence at the time of writing).
Espinel takes charge having until recently served President Obama’s administration as the USA’s first Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator.
Espinel’s tenure in this role was not without controversy. Emails obtained by Wired magazine, in 2011, under Freedom of Information legislation, suggested significant government involvement in negotiations between Hollywood, the music industry and ISPs, during the formulation of “six strikes” rules targeting persistent copyright infringers. Subsequent attempts by the privacy advocate Christopher Sogohian to gain access to more of the correspondence have been unsuccessful.
In her “20 Recommendations to Congress”, in the same year, Espinel advocated a series of hardline measures including elevating copyright offences, via streaming or “similar new technology”, a felony offence in certain circumstances. The recommendations also advocated granting wiretap authority for criminal copyright and trademark investigations.
However, a softer stance was shown after widespread protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The “SOPA Strike” of January 18th 2012 saw temporary blackouts from a number of major websites, including Wikipedia, Reddit, and countless personal blogs. In a blog co-attributed to Espinel, the Obama administration commented that “ any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innovation by our dynamic businesses large and small” .
For the BSA, then, this is clearly a high-profile appointment, bringing to the head of the organization a major and well-connected figure, who has been been deeply involved at the highest levels of IP policy and enforcement. For an industry struggling with the ever-increasing complexity of enterprise software licensing, it’s an appointment that should be watched with close interest.
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Tory MPs to vote in first ballot in party leadership race
Battle to succeed Cameron
Tuesday July 5, 2016, 1:57 AM
Conservative MPs have begun casting their votes in the first ballot in the race to succeed David Cameron at Number 10.
The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the 1922 committee, Graham Brady and Charles Walker, will add up the results after voting closes at 6pm and declare them in the evening.
Liam Fox, Theresa May, Stephen Crabb, Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove are standing in the contest.
The candidate with the lowest level of support will be eliminated, after which four MPs will remain.
What happens then?
The next round of voting will take place on Thursday before a final round next Tuesday to reveal the two candidates who will be put forward to Tory members in a postal ballot.
When will the successful candidate take over?
The winner will take over as Tory leader and prime minister by September 9 "at the latest", the Party has announced.
Who's the favourite?
Ahead of the first ballot, a poll by the Conservative Home website of 1,214 party members gave Mrs Leadsom a narrow lead with 38 per cent, one point ahead of Home secretary Theresa May - widely seen as the frontrunner - on 37 per cent.
In contrast a YouGov poll for The Times of 994 Conservative Party members suggested that if it came to a final round run-off between the two women candidates, Mrs May would win by by 63 per cent to 31 per cent.
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Advocating for Western Mass
Rebuilding and Modernizing Our Economy
Supporting Our Seniors & Veterans
The impact of the COVID-19 crisis has changed the way our economy functions. Access to wide-spread testing and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is crucial to the reopening of the economy. Support for our working families and front-line workers will need to be strengthened long after we begin our recovery.
Embracing Telecommuting
We must focus on modernizing our economy with new ideas so it works for all, particularly for the residents of Western Massachusetts. Telecommuting, or working from home, has proven to be a viable alternative for certain professions. Massachusetts should embrace this concept with policies that encourage telecommuting but establish the proper protections for workers to ensure that a work/life balance is honored.
Moving to more telecommuting has the potential to attract more young people to Western Massachusetts because of our lower property costs. The end result would produce less traffic on the roads creating a more environmentally stable and cost-effective way for our economy to operate. With less time and money spent on commuting, working families could patronize local businesses within their communities. With that local demand, Western Mass has the potential to attract entrepreneurs that could provide services that young families desire.
Economic Development: Looking Beyond Greater Boston
Supporting our economy in Western Massachusetts should have a local and regional focus:
Locally – Public/private partnerships like the continued development of the Ludlow Mills and the Belchertown State School properties are both major priorities as they allow entrepreneurs and small businesses to grow in both communities, and also cut through some red tape to allow new business to establish themselves and grow in these spaces.
Regionally - Policy makers in Boston must recognize the fact that the Western Massachusetts economy is a regional economy, less reliant on Boston, with a greater connection to the economies north and south of the Pioneer Valley. There are far greater high-skilled manufacturing jobs within Western Massachusetts than in the Boston area. A regional approach to economic development with a focus on the green economy will help to reduce our carbon footprint while building upon our strong manufacturing base.
Employment Opportunities for Western Mass Residents
Workers across the state are losing jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Respecting and fighting for protections, hazard pay for front-line workers (including long-term care employees), access to employment, affordable educational opportunities, and training for the workforce of Western Massachusetts is a major public policy priority. With a strong skilled manufacturing base, support for worker training programs to further develop the skills of these workers to meet the needs of our modern economy is imperative. Incentivizing and allowing the green economy to flourish would compliment the skill set of Western Massachusetts.
Continued support for the revitalization of the Ludlow Mills
Belchertown State School property - assisted living facility
A well-educated workforce is critical to success of our Commonwealth and region. Our Commonwealth must invest in each level of education – early childhood, K-12, career/technical, and public higher education.
K-12 Education Needs More Equity and Funding
Massachusetts is home to the best public K-12 schools in the nation; however, there is more work that our state should be doing to support educators, eliminate funding inequities, and provide essential wrap-around services to support the social and emotional needs of students. In 2016, as President of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, I partnered with school committee members, teachers, parents, and local leaders to help defeat Question 2 which would have expanded charter schools in Massachusetts. While I fought hard to update, modernize, and fully fund our outdated funding formula, further revisions must be made in the coming years to help needy districts that will only see small increases in funding.
Universal Pre-K Education is Needed
A successful re-opening of our economy will depend on access to affordable and high-quality early childhood education. I will support funding to allow school districts and local pre-K providers to ensure universal pre-kindergarten access. Interventions at the earliest stages of a child’s life helps to eliminate disparities as they move through elementary school.
Public Higher Education & Life-Long Learning Must be Affordable
A majority of new jobs created require some education beyond high school. Students looking to obtain a college education should not be saddled with crippling debt that delays the start of their lives. That is why debt free college, through investments in our public higher education system, should be prioritized. Investments in our community colleges, state universities, and the University of Massachusetts system have the greatest impact on Massachusetts residents as their graduates stay, work, live, and start families in Massachusetts. A college education doesn’t mean solely four-year college, but also certificate and job training programs.
Career & Technical Education Must be Expanded
As a board member of the collaborative that oversees career and technical education to Ludlow students, I have fought to expand opportunities for these types of programs with the technology and equipment that enables students to succeed. It will continue to be a focus of mine in the legislature. We must incentivize and support for skilled professionals to become career and technical educators, and expand apprentice programs with area business that will lead to future employment. Training workers for the technical fields will help to retain our talent locally.
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Western Massachusetts Requires Investment
We must rebuild our aging infrastructure. Any transportation plan discussed by the legislature should prioritize Western Massachusetts’ needs. Our Commonwealth needs to invest in Chapter 90 aid to cities and towns, which provides state funding for the repairs to roads and bridges within our communities. Investments in public transportation are important, but not just for the MBTA, which is rarely utilized west of Worcester, but for regional transportation entities and high-speed rail.
The Information Highway is Critical to our Region
Infrastructure does not mean simply roads, bridges, and public transportation systems, but information highways. Access to affordable high-speed internet in every community is essential for Western Mass to reap the benefits of a revitalized economy that includes more telecommuting.
Recreational and Other Public Spaces Require Investment
Our public spaces like state parks are being utilized now more than ever before. We must invest in these spaces to ensure the public has greater access. Grants to our local cities and towns, as through the Community Preservation Act, are important vehicles to help communities invest in their own infrastructure.
The State Must Support Public/Private Partnerships
Public/private partnerships like the Ludlow Mills and the development of the Belchertown State School must receive greater state support for their infrastructure to attract business and entrepreneurs.
Supporting our Seniors and Veterans
Seniors Need Economic Security
Protecting our seniors and fighting against economic insecurity so our seniors may retire with dignity. As the Massachusetts population ages, developing supports for seniors to allow them to continue to contribute to their communities. There are a growing number of multigenerational households in Western Massachusetts, and we must provide support for these types of households. During the COVID-19 outbreak, we have seen this virus wreak havoc on our senior living facilities and Veterans centers. We must develop senior living facility strike teams that can help these facilities better contain outbreaks.
Those Who Served Cannot be Left Behind
Veterans, those who fight for our country, must not be left behind when they return home. Ensuring that veterans have access to high-quality health care through the VA, and creating a seamless system of accessing benefits for returning veterans is essential. Services for our Veterans should be kept local and include free access to free public transportation when seeking medical care, comprehensive education opportunities, and preserving state benefits for surviving spouses.
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Bathing Frequency and Onset of Functional Disability Among Japanese Older Adults: A Prospective 3-Year Cohort Study From the JAGES
Akio Yagi, Shinya Hayasaka, Toshiyuki Ojima, Yuri Sasaki, Taishi Tsuji ...
2019 Volume 29 Issue 12 Pages 451-456
[Advance publication] Released: October 27, 2018
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20180123
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Background: While bathing styles vary among countries, most Japanese people prefer tub bathing to showers and saunas. However, few studies have examined the relationship between tub bathing and health outcomes. Accordingly, in this prospective cohort study, we investigated the association between tub bathing frequency and the onset of functional disability among older people in Japan.
Methods: We used data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES). The baseline survey was conducted from August 2010 through January 2012 and enrolled 13,786 community-dwelling older people (6,482 men and 7,304 women) independent in activities of daily living. During a 3-year observation period, the onset of functional disability, identified by new certification for need of Long-Term Care Insurance, was recorded. Tub bathing frequencies in summer and winter at baseline were divided into three groups: low frequency (0–2 times/week), moderate frequency (3–6 times/week), and high frequency (≥7 times/week). We estimated the risks of functional disability in each group using a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model.
Results: Functional disability was observed in a total of 1,203 cases (8.7%). Compared with the low-frequency group and after adjustment for 14 potential confounders, the hazard ratios of the moderate- and high-frequency groups were 0.91 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.75–1.10) and 0.72 (95% CI, 0.60–0.85) for summer and 0.90 (95% CI, 0.76–1.07) and 0.71 (95% CI, 0.60–0.84) for winter.
Conclusion: High tub bathing frequency is associated with lower onset of functional disability. Therefore, tub bathing might be beneficial for older people’s health.
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Association Between Body Mass Index and All-Cause Death in Japanese Population: Pooled Individual Participant Data Analysis of 13 Cohort Studies
Atsushi Hozawa, Takumi Hirata, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Yoshitaka Murakami, Sh ...
[Advance publication] Released: November 03, 2018
Background: We sought to investigate the optimal values of BMI for the lowest risk of all-cause death and whether the optimal BMI differs according to smoking status in large-scale pooled analysis of 13 Japanese cohorts.
Methods: Data from 179,987 participants of 13 well-qualified cohort studies conducted throughout Japan were used for our analysis. A cohort-stratified Cox proportional hazard model was used. P values for interactions were calculated based on the cross product of BMI and age, sex, or smoking status.
Results: In the entire study population, all-cause mortality risk was lowest when the BMI was 22.0–24.9 kg/m2. This was also the case for selected healthy participants (never smoked, baseline total cholesterol level ≥4.1 mmol/L; the first 5 years of follow-up data were excluded). No effect modification of age, sex, or smoking status was observed. Regardless of their BMI, never smokers always had a lower all-cause mortality risk than did current smokers even with an ideal BMI in terms of mortality risk.
Conclusion: A BMI of 22–24.9 kg/m2 correlated with the lowest risk of mortality, regardless of whether all participants or selected healthy participants were analyzed. The fact that smoking was more strongly associated with mortality than obesity emphasizes the urgency for effective anti-smoking programs.
Premature Mortality Due to Malignancies of the Kidney and Bladder in Japan, 1980–2010
Truong-Minh Pham, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Yoshihisa Fujino, Naohiro Fujimoto, ...
Background: In the present study, we examined the trends of premature mortality due to kidney and bladder cancers among the Japanese population from 1980 through 2010.
Methods: Mortality data were obtained from the World Health Organization mortality database. Years of life lost (YLL) was estimated using Japanese life tables. Average lifespan shortened (ALSS) was calculated and defined as the ratio of years of life lost relative to the expected lifespan.
Results: Over the study period, the age-standardized rates to the World Standard Population for deaths from kidney and bladder cancers were stable. The average years of life lost (AYLL) measure shows decreases of about 4 and 6 years of life for kidney cancer in men and women, respectively, and decreases of about 2 years of life for bladder cancer in both sexes. The ALSS shows that patients with kidney cancer lost 21.0% and 24.7% of their lifespan among men and women in 1980, whereas respective losses were 15.3% and 15.8% in 2010. Also, patients with bladder cancer on average lost 13.5% in men and 14.2% in women in 1980 and 10.8% in men and 11.1% in women in 2010.
Conclusions: Our study shows favorable trends in premature mortality for kidney and bladder cancers in Japan over a 30-year period; however, patients with bladder cancer on average lost a smaller proportion of their lifespan compared to those with kidney cancer. The development of a novel ALSS measure is convenient in examination of the burden of premature mortality over time.
Japanese Nationwide Study on the Association Between Short-term Exposure to Particulate Matter and Mortality
Takehiro Michikawa, Kayo Ueda, Akinori Takami, Seiji Sugata, Ayako Yos ...
Background: From around 2012, the use of automated equipment for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) measurement with equivalence to a reference method has become popular nationwide in Japan. This enabled us to perform a national health effect assessment employing PM2.5 concentrations based on the standardized measurement method. We evaluated the association between non-accidental mortality and short-term exposure to PM2.5 and coarse particulate matter (PM), with the latter estimated as the difference between suspended particulate matter and PM2.5, for the fiscal years 2012–2014.
Methods: This was a time-stratified case-crossover study in 100 highly-populated Japanese cities. Mortality data was obtained from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. City-specific estimates of PM-mortality association were calculated by applying a conditional logistic regression analysis, and combined with a random-effects meta-analysis.
Results: The respective averages of daily mean concentration were 14.6 µg/m3 for PM2.5 and 6.4 µg/m3 for coarse PM. A 10 µg/m3 increase in PM2.5 concentrations for the average of the day of death and the previous day was associated with an increase of 1.3% (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.9–1.6%) in total non-accidental mortality. For cause-specific mortality, PM2.5 was positively associated with cardiovascular and respiratory mortality. After adjustment for PM2.5, we observed a 1.4% (95% CI, 0.2–2.6%) increase in total mortality with a 10 µg/m3 increase in coarse PM.
Conclusion: The study revealed that short-term exposure to PM2.5 had adverse effects on total non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality in Japan. Coarse PM exposure also increased the risk of total mortality.
Associations Between Metal Levels in Whole Blood and IgE Concentrations in Pregnant Women Based on Data From the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Mayumi Tsuji, Chihaya Koriyama, Yasuhiro Ishihara, Megumi Yamamoto, Ki ...
[Advance publication] Released: January 12, 2019
Background: Metal exposures could possibly affect allergic responses in pregnant women, although no studies have yet shown a clear relationship between the two, and such exposures might also affect the development of allergic diseases in children.
Methods: We investigated the relationship between metal concentrations in whole blood and immunoglobulin E (IgE; total and specific) in 14,408 pregnant women who participated in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. The subjects submitted self-administered questionnaires, and blood samples were collected from them twice, specifically, during the first trimester and again during the second/third trimester. Concentrations of the metals Cd, Pb, Hg, Se, and Mn, as well as serum total and allergen-specific IgEs for egg white, house dust-mites (HDM), Japanese cedar pollen (JCP), animal dander, and moth, were measured. Allergen-specific IgE(s) were divided based on concentrations <0.35 or ≥0.35 UA/mL, and the metal levels were divided into quartiles.
Results: Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that there was a significant negative correlation between HDM- and animal dander-specific IgEs and Hg and Mn concentrations. Conversely, there was a significant positive relationship between JCP-specific IgE and Hg and Se concentrations.
Conclusions: Metal exposures may be related to both increases and decreases in allergen-specific IgEs in pregnant women.
An Epidemiological Study of the Risk Factors of Bicycle-Related Falls Among Japanese Older Adults
Ryota Sakurai, Hisashi Kawai, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Susumu Ogawa, Hunkyung ...
[Advance publication] Released: December 08, 2018
Background: Considering the rate of growth of the older population in several countries, accidental falls in older cyclists are expected to increase. However, the prevalence and correlates of bicycle-related falls (BR-falls) are unknown. The aim of the present study was to explore the characteristics of BR-falls, focusing on the risk factors.
Methods: Seven-hundred and ninety-one older adults participated in a comprehensive baseline assessment that included questions on bicycle use, BR-falls, lifestyle, and physical and cognitive evaluations. A cyclist was defined as a person who cycled at least a few times per month. The incidence of BR-falls in participants who did not report BR-falls at baseline was again ascertained 3 years later. Logistic regression analyses examined the predictors of BR-falls incidence.
Results: At baseline, 395 older adults were cyclists and 45 (11.4%) of them had experienced BR-falls. Adjusted regression analysis showed that slower gait velocity, shorter one-leg standing time, and experience of falls (ie, non-BR-falls) were associated with BR-falls. Among the 214 cyclists who did not report BR-falls at baseline and who participated in both baseline and follow-up assessments, 35 (16.4%) cyclists experienced BR-falls during the 3-year follow-up. Adjusted regression analysis revealed that higher body mass index and non-BR-falls were predictors of future incidence of BR-falls, independent of physical function.
Conclusions: Our results showed that experience of falls, irrespective of bicycling, is an independent correlate and risk factor of BR-falls. This suggests that experience of falls and BR-falls may share the same risk factors.
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Across US, a 'tale of two cities' as some embrace reopening amid coronavirus and others remain wary
Marco della Cava, Dan Keemahill, Nick Penzenstadler, Mike Stucka
SAN FRANCISCO — The nation's disjointed approach to re-opening has revealed two Americas.
One is populated by those eager to reclaim freedom of movement and restart the economy, and another by people whose COVID-19 concerns keep them sheltering in place. And often they’re living side by side in a country rocked by 1.2 million coronavirus cases and 75,000 deaths.
In California, which is re-opening cautiously, Jeff Gourley has drawn both heat and praise for welcoming patrons to Nomads Canteen in San Clemente near San Diego.
“I’m not a fool, I’m not unsympathetic,” he says. “But we can’t quarantine the healthy anymore.”
Meanwhile in Georgia, where Gov. Brian Kemp has pushed for a faster opening, Atlanta public relations exec Jenny Moss isn’t ready to resume old habits.
“My response is pretty simple,” she says. “In the time between when lockdown began and where we are now, nothing has changed. So I'm taking precautions."
Coronavirus reopening: See a map of when states are ending lockdown
You can survey just about any U.S. city or town and find examples of both attitudes. Some are shaped by political beliefs, others by economic challenges and a comfort with risk. But despite disagreements over speed, the national re-opening is happening.
A USA TODAY analysis of mobile phone use data shows that people in every state have become more active in recent weeks following a significant reduction in mobility that reached its lowest point in mid-April.
Graphics: See how quickly Americans hunkered down and compare states
But many Americans remain cautious.The data, which comes from location data company SafeGraph and is based on the recorded movements of 16 million anonymous phones, reveals the rebound is happening far more slowly than many states'abrupt move to shelter in place, with U.S. mobility less than halfway back from its lowest level when compared to February.
States also are not re-opening at the same pace. The mobility data shows that the 10 states with the lowest leaving-home rates are on the West and East coasts, areas where some governors have been aggressive about self-quarantines.
Of those, seven are in the top 10 for total deaths, including hard-hit New York and New Jersey, where to date a combined 35,000 have died from COVID-19, the pulmonary complications from the virus.
In contrast, the seven states that are almost halfway back to normal movement are in the Plains and Southeast, where death counts were lower and leaders often were more hesitant to restrict movement and eager to resume commerce.
Health officials warn that getting back tosome form of normal may not be without consequences. Officials are monitoring infection rates in case a restoration of shelter-in-place orders is deemed necessary.
“It would be a massive miscalculation and a fundamental misunderstanding of the biology of the way this virus works to think we can jump back into our old lives,” says Larry Chang, infectious diseases specialist at Johns Hopkins Universityin Maryland.
Chang says a lack of national strategy on the re-opening has left it to local officials to comes up with their own rules. But the mutating and contagious nature of the coronavirus will continue to pose a threat if group contact is reinitiated too soon.
“Is there a community where people don’t get the flu? No,” he says. “Some parts of the country may feel that this virus hasn’t or can’t or won’t affect them, but the virus will find them.”
More 'Trump' states are opening for business
Political leanings are proving to be a factor when it comes to regions ditching a stay-at-home existence, according toresearchers at Stanford University in California, whose study found a persistent partisan divide among those following social distancing guidelines.
“People in the most pro-Trump counties had reduced their visits to nearby points of interest down to about 42%, whereas that number was 64% in less ‘Trumpy’ places,” says Stanford graduate student Levi Boxell, who worked on the research.
Boxell says individuals seem to be basing their decisions less on government orders and more on a mix of risk perception and economic incentives.
USA TODAY’s analysis confirms that residents of counties and states that voted most heavily for President Donald Trump in 2016 left home more frequently than others during peak quarantine and are now closer to returning to pre-COVID-19 levels of activity.
Lindy Thompson owns the Sage Matt Café in the north Texas panhandle town of Miami, a hub of the nation’s most pro-Trump county where the president garnered 95% of the vote in 2016.
Texas has 1,100 coronavirus-related deaths. People in Miami and the surrounding Texas county are just shy of halfway back to February levels of activity from April’s low, USA TODAY’s analysis found.
Although Thompson, 39, reopened her eatery on the day Gov. Greg Abbott allowed it on May 1, she says the shelter in place orders are “not a red or blue issue here, people took it seriously even though we’re rural.”
Her customers are slowly coming back, though take-out is still popular. To stay safe, tables are six feet apart and no condiments can be shared.
"And I'm OCD about my cleaning," she says.
In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, another Trump stronghold, florist Sarah Morrison, 33, recently reopened her Tuscaloosa Flower Shoppe in time for Mother’s Day. She's brought back most of her employees and so far business is looking brisk.
Morrison doesn’t consider herself to be political, but says she does appreciate the president “leaning toward states deciding for themselves, because it’s different here than New York.”
Alabama has had 350 coronavirus deaths. In Tuscaloosa County, 75% of phone users left home during the seven days ending May 1, a little shy of the 82% who did so in February.
The big concern in town, as always, is football, and many are worried about the economic impact if the University of Alabama’s fabled Crimson Tide team does not play this fall.
“We can’t quit living out of fear of the virus, but we’re holding our breath on football,” Morrison says.
Back to business but with masks
Other snapshots from around the nation speak to that same blend of excitement and circumspection about coming out of coronavirusrestrictions.
In Roswell, Georgia, Mikaela Cupp, general manager at Hugo’s Oyster Bar, has been happy to see friends and neighbors return to the restaurant, even if they’re sitting six feet apart. Her staff all wear masks even if patrons mostly are not. More than 1,300 Georgians have died from COVID-19.
“The community’s excited, there’s this pent-up ‘we want to get out of the house’ energy,” she says. “And people generally are still being very respectful, doing their part, keeping their distance.”
In Gulfport, Florida, Ester Venouziou is “pretending the governor said nothing” and is continuing to social distance for the next few weeks, despite Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to reopen eateries and beaches in the state where 1,600 have died to date.
“People on social media are busy criticizing choices,” says Venouziou, who promotes local businesses. “Some say, ‘Let’s get the economy going and patronize stores,’ and others are saying ‘You’re greedy and don’t care about our health.’ Everyone is doing what they think is right, so it’s frustrating to see people attacked.”
Over in Highland, Michigan, Mike Maher never shut down Maher Feed & Pet Supply given his goods were essential for the rural area’s livestock owners. Michigan has logged more than 4,300 coronavirus deaths.
“People mostly are being careful,” says Maher, whose employees wear masks and keep their distance.
He hasn't seen his mother in six weeks out of concern for her health. And the virus has taken its toll on fellow business owners.
“The neighborhood we live in is normally vibrant, but it’s been a ghost town. We’re worried for shops that remain shuttered,” he says.
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In one town, 'tale of two cities'
The nation’s patchwork attitudes and approach to reopening — not just state by state but often county by county — has resulted in a bit of a societal free-for-all that sometimes has resulted in cavalier and even violent behavior.
Consider New York City, where despite a staggering death toll of 20,000, some young residents recently flocked to parks to bask in the spring sunshine and drawing police in response.
Or the Michigan shopper who, after being asked to wear a mask, wiped his nose on the employee’s shirt before being arrested.
Or the Southern California beach towns that are in a heated tug-of-war with the state’s governor over access to that iconic surf.
“It’s almost a tale of two cities here in San Clemente,” says City Councilman Gene James. “You’ve got a vibrant group of younger people here for the beach life, and other, older residents who believe we should keep riding the shelter in place out.”
James says he sympathizes with both points of views, but sides with those who want life to resume. California so far has more than 60,000 coronavirus cases, and around 2,500 deaths.
“We mitigated the spread of the virus here by following all the rules, but my heart breaks for businesses being lost,” he says. “How long can we shelter in place?”
Humans fear virus, but also FOMO
Humans instinctively lean toward both a desire for normalcy and a tendency to follow group behavior, says Elissa Epel, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco.
“Group-think is powerful for us humans,” says Epel. “If people are feeling low-risk and starting to go out to dinner, we have FOMO, fear of missing out, we want in.”
But, Epel notes, risk is a relative term. For some Americans, the risk of not getting back to the office is boredom, but for many it means the possibility of hunger and homelessness.
Statistics are showing that for some ethnic groups, specifically African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, the risk of catching COVID-19 comes with a significantly higher mortality rate, she says.
“We cannot fully understand the many predicaments and motivations people have” as the nation re-opens, she says. “There are many different social, financial and political contexts that are driving the appearance of two Americas.”
The push to reopen is unfairly jeopardizing the most physically and financially fragile Americans, says the Rev. William Barber II, a celebrated pastor out of Goldsboro, North Carolina. He is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, which has launched an initiative against reopening called “Stay in Place, Stay Alive, Organize.”
“Poor white people and poor black people are most at risk from this virus, and now governors want to send them into this lethal reopening,” says Barber. “It’s wrong and against the best medical advice.”
Denita Jones, 49, is back to work at a medical billing company in Dallas, but she’s very nervous about it. Jones, who has asthma along with her two teenage children, is worried that her office set-up continues to put her at risk for the virus.
“Three people in my office are wearing masks, out of maybe 75,” she says. “I see people congregating at cubicles. When I asked people to wear a mask when speaking with me, I got dismissive looks.”
Dallas County residents largely adhered toTexas' self-quarantine edicts over the past weeks, with only 56 percent leaving home at the low point in April, USA TODAY data showed. They’re now about one-third of the way back to their pre-COVID-19 level of activity.
For Jones, working is a necessity to put food on the table. Her city’s gradual push to return to normal makes her fearful.
“I see people going back to pre-pandemic behavior like everything’s OK in the world, and the rest of us are walking on eggshells,” she says.
Fears of a second COVID-19 wave
Recent reports indicate that models created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency forecast about 200,000 new cases each day by the end of May, a massive jump from the roughly 25,000 cases a day that have been the norm during the national lockdown.
Down in San Clemente, bar owner Gourley says no one will be watching those statistics more carefully than he will.
“I’m not a virologist, but I’m following our cases and death rates and those low numbers here have encouraged me to re-open, and I’ll keep following them just as closely as before, every day,” he says.
Some 50% of residents in Orange County, where San Clemente is located, left home during the height of quarantine back in April, device data showed. The level of activity has crept back just a quarter of the way to normal as of May 1.
Some of those revelers are coming to Nomads for cold beer and tasty Mexican food. Gourley says he has hired extra security to try and keep patrons adhering to social distancing guidelines both inside the eatery and on its deck.
The scene raucous scene at Nomads last weekend so resembled pre-virus times, with customers shoulder to shoulder, that police came to warn Gourley. He asked customers to distance, most did.
Gourley says he is proud that out of concern for staff and customers he shut down Nomads days before California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide mandate on March 19. Newsom has gradually been issuing new guidelines for retail outlets as the state eases toward its safe reopening.
But the San Clemente restauranteur says he decided weeks ago, based on the county's comparatively low death rates, that he would reopen on May 1 regardless of what Newsom decided. Given the circumstances, keeping the doors of Nomads closed was no longer a viable option, he says.
“I’m not underestimating this virus,” says Gourley. “But for me, the question was, how long do we wait? Is this virus going to be gone after six months, when we’re all broke? We have to live and move on.”
Follow USA TODAY Network reporters Marco della Cava @marcodellacava, Dan Keemahill @dankeemahill, Nick Penzenstadler @npenzenstadler and Mike Stucka @mikestucka. Contributing: news developer Dak Le.
ABOUT THE NUMBERS: For its analysis, USA TODAY used data on cell phone usage from SafeGraph. The analysis measured the share of users in each state and county who left home on a typical day in February, before the crisis, how many left home during the state’s lowest level of activity, and how many were on the move during the seven-day period ending Friday. From that, the news outlet calculated which states are closest to returning to normal levels of mobility. To account for variations by day of the week, the analysis used seven-day averages.
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(December 1, 2020 / JNS) For Palestinians, the “major shift has to be to a politics of resistance; it has to be about alienating Israel,” stated Rutgers University assistant professor of Africana Studies Noura Erakat during a Nov. 17 Middle East Institute (MEI) panel webinar. The participants’ radicalism illustrated how the Palestinian national movement’s intellectual barrenness may stymy any foolish return to traditional Israeli-Palestinian peace processes by a future Biden administration.
Georgetown University Contemporary Center for Arab Studies adjunct professor Khaled Elgindy moderated this webinar on “The Future of Palestinian Politics under a Biden Administration.” An MEI senior fellow, he also directs its Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli affairs program.
Elgindy’s opening comments only cast doubt on the viability of any future Palestinian state under its would-be rulers in the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, two terrorism-supporting entities. As with many other regional Arab governments, “Palestinian politics have been in a state of paralysis and decline for many years. The problems are well-known, from political division” to “growing authoritarianism and corruption.” The failed Palestinian state project supported his observation that “Arab regimes have deprioritized, if not actually abandoned, the Palestinian issue, with many seeking separate normalization deals with Israel.”
Unwilling to admit any Israeli victories over century-long Arab attempts to destroy the Jewish state, the panelists were contemptuous towards Israel. International crisis group senior analyst Tareq Baconi, a Hamas apologist, expressed his desire to “resuscitate a project of resistance,” including but not limited to armed force, against Israel. He bemoaned that Palestinian “factions themselves are no longer agents of resistance,” but merely “employ people.”
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Palestinian National Initiative General Secretary Mustafa Barghouti similarly rejected “going back to the useless negotiations with Israel, the same path that lasted more than 27 years and led to nothing but weakening the Palestinian side.” Like Baconi, Ramallah-based business consultant Sam Bahour drew hope from the Palestinian movement’s global grassroots supporters. “Our solidarity movement around the world is something that will be written about forever.”
These panelists were positively moderate compared to Erakat, who continued her well-established pattern of rejecting any cooperation with or recognition of Israel. In introducing her, Elgindy expressed condolences for her uncle—longstanding P.A. leader and diplomat Saeb Erekat, who recently died as a result of complications due to the coronavirus—for whom Elgindy worked from 2004 to 2009 as a P.A. advisor in Ramallah. Similar to his previous eulogies of this P.A. official who regularly demonized Israel, he mourned that “Saeb’s loss will be deeply felt, not just by his family, but by many of us.”
After reminiscing that her necklace was a gift from Uncle Saeb to mark her graduation from law school, Erakat continued her family’s tradition of anti-Israel vitriol. As she has done previously, she advocated a veritable “war of return” to Israel of millions of descendants of Arab refugees from Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, an influx that would demographically destroy the Jewish state. Yet she would only “think about the return of Palestinian refugees, not as the culmination of our freedom struggle, but as the beginning of it.”
Indeed, like Bahour, Erakat considered Palestinians as a “majority diaspora.” She implied that people like her—citizens of countries such as the United States—could never simply embrace these nations as a new home, but must forever think back to “Palestine.” She dismissed the long-term resettlement of Palestinians anywhere but “Palestine,” and lamented that international policymakers between 1948 and 1968 conceived the plight of Palestinians largely as a “humanitarian crisis” or “refugee issue.”
Erakat advocated confrontation, as in the 1974 U.N. General Assembly Resolution 3236 recognizing the Palestinian Liberation Organization as the “sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.” Thus, “Palestinians must be dealt with as a national struggle, with the right to use arms [i.e., terrorism] and the right to engage in diplomatic fora.”
While whitewashing Palestinian terrorism, Erakat mythologized Palestinians’ past: “All indigenous peoples, we are struggling for recognition, no longer to be just considered criminal terrorists.” Rather, Palestinians, whose independent identity is largely a creation of the 1960s, are a “people within the meaning of international law with the right to self-determination.”
Even a Palestinian state would not satisfy Erakat’s dreams. Palestinians “never imagined the state as the end. We imagined the state as a predicate element in a broader struggle against imperialism,” she asserted, offering no further explanation. For Erakat, this dream apparently justified Arab rejection of numerous offers to create an Arab state in the territory of the former British League of Nations Palestine Mandate going all the way back to the 1937 Peel Commission partition plan. She thus expressed no concern that “Palestinians have had three opportunities to become states: in the interwar years; in the Third World revolt; and in the 1990s. We have not met those opportunities as other states have, other colonized people.”
Modern attempts to create a Palestinian state in the wake of the 1993 Oslo Accords that established the P.A. cannot appease Israel’s implacable foes like Erakat. Describing the 1988 negotiations that led to Oslo, she claimed the PLO “articulated a truncated vision for what Palestinian liberation does.” Since the accords, the “writing was on the wall by 1993 that this solution was inequitable and unfair,” a “betrayal” of Palestinians, whose leadership adopted a “strategy of acquiescence” to the United States, the “imperial patron of Israel.” Unsurprisingly, Erakat recommended “adhering to the BDS platform.”
That an establishment figure like Elgindy, with appointments at MEI, Georgetown and the Brookings Institution, endorses Erakat’s extremism demonstrates the ease with which viciously anti-Israel figures move about in Washington. Similarly high-profile both on and off-campus evinces the moral and intellectual rot at the heart of Middle East studies. Adopting the failed programs of such insiders in a vain attempt to return to the status quo ante will embolden Palestinian rejectionism at the expense of lasting peace. It is past time to bury the old “peace process” and the “experts” who peddle it, end the Palestinians’ dream of reconquest and recognize Israel’s permanence as a Jewish state.
Andrew E. Harrod is a Campus Watch Fellow, freelance researcher and writer who holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School. He is a fellow with the Lawfare Project. Follow him on Twitter at @AEHarrod.
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Kent Police has received reports of three recent incidents where a man is said to have carried out offences in the presence of members of the public.
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During the same evening a man is reported to have indecently exposed himself in a wooded area close to Napier Road and Hawkenbury Close.
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The suspect has been described as white, of slim build and around 5ft 8ins to 6ft tall. He was aged in his 40s or 50s and had grey facial hair and was seen carrying a rucksack.
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Posted: Jun 7, 2019 / 08:14 AM HST / Updated: Jun 7, 2019 / 01:00 PM HST
A view of damaged balconies and windows at a block of flats that were hit by an explosion, in Linkoping, Sweden, Friday, June 7, 2019. A blast ripped through two adjacent apartment buildings in a southern Sweden city on Friday, police said. There were unconfirmed reports of people with minor injuries. (Jeppe Gustafsson/TT News Agency via AP)
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A powerful explosion ripped through two adjacent apartment buildings in a southern Swedish city on Friday, slightly injuring 25 people, officials said. The cause of the blast wasn’t immediately known.
“So far, it is unclear what exploded and what the location for the blast was,” police spokesman Bjorn Oberg told a news conference, adding forensic teams were still at work.
Police had no suspect and no one has been arrested.
Kim Berg, a spokesman for the region’s hospitals, said two people remain hospitalized in stable condition. Victims mainly suffered cuts from splintered and flying glass or were treated for shock.
The explosion blew out dozens of windows and destroyed balconies in the buildings in central Linkoping, about 175 kilometers (110 miles) southwest of Stockholm. One of the buildings has five stories, while the other has four.
A total of 109 apartments had their windows and balconies damaged, said Johan Edwardsson of the Linkoping municipality, adding “many won’t be able to move home tonight.”
Police said a bomb squad had been deployed to the area as a precaution after the blast, which occurred shortly after 9 a.m. The area was sealed off by police.
“As for now, we don’t have any information to believe this is terror-related,” Oberg said, adding there were not aware of any threat.
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16 State Coalition Forms to Stop Trump’s Misuse of Emergency Powers
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Sixteen states have united with a lawsuit declaring Trump has veered the country toward a constitutional crisis of his own making. If successful, the coalition could effectively halt the funding of the United States-Mexico border wall.
Filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco, the lawsuit argues that the power to divert funds for the United States-Mexico border wall belongs to Congress and not to the president. Announced February 15th, Donald Trump declared a national emergency to secure funding for the imperialist monument to white supremacy. However, he is violating the law and subverting the Constitution because the president does not control spending, Congress does. His actions have now brought on two lawsuits from the ACLU and 16 state coalition with the following participants:
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In his declaration, which was cut short on CBS for ‘The Price is Right’, Donald Trump said, “So we’re going to be signing today, and registering, national emergency and it’s a great thing to do. Because we have an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people and it’s unacceptable. And by signing the national emergency, something signed many times by other presidents, many, many times — President Obama, in fact — we may be using one of the national emergencies that he signed having to do with cartels, criminal cartels. It’s a very good emergency that he signed.” However, the attorney general of California states the president has implicated himself in a crime.
Xavier Becerra, California AG, says that the president has undercut his argument regarding an actual border emergency. Per his own words, Trump stated, “I just want to get it done faster, that’s all.” Congress has it’s own plan to challenge the president’s emergency declaration. On top of the several impending lawsuits that could halt the construction of the border wall, AG William Barr is preparing to announce the end of Robert Mueller’s two-year long Russia investigation. According to CNN, the confidential report could be submitted as early as next week.
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On Wednesday afternoon an angry mob of Trump supporters, white supremacists, and what this website is calling “terrorists” stormed the United States Capitol as members of Congress were in session.
Earlier in the day, President Trump spoke to a crowd of several thousand at an event in Washington, D.C. called the “Save America March.” Of course, as you know, since he lost the November election to Joe Biden, he has vigorously promoted various unfounded conspiracy theories that the election was rigged and somehow stolen from him. Without a single shred of evidence to back up his claim, he rambled on in front of his supporters for over an hour, charging that he lost due to widespread voter fraud. At one point, he told the crowd:
“Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy… I think right here we’re going to walk down to the Capitol and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and our congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”
Shortly after the event concluded, videos flooded the internet of the mob not only attacking police, but also walking past multiple police barricades – sometimes at the invitation of police. They eventually scaled walls, smashed windows, and broke down doors as they raided the Capitol Complex. Meanwhile, Congress recessed and went into an immediate lockdown, interrupting their largely procedural vote to certify the electoral results of the 2020 presidential election.
Trump supporters break into the U.S. Capitol Building after storming the police line here in Washington #DC #Trump #DCRally #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/Q8jdQjqNla
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
Chants of “Treason!” as Trump supporters rush into the Capitol Building #Trump #WashingtonDC #Capitol #DC pic.twitter.com/mkHCEPj1cY
The crowd rushes a line of police attempting to block access to inner parts of the Capitol. Police are forced to retreat and stand down #DC #Washington #CapitolBuilding pic.twitter.com/WEGwumvimk
Terrorists have taken over the U.S. Capitol. pic.twitter.com/wIA3y4NZ7Z
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 6, 2021
JUST NOW: protestors charging the media pic.twitter.com/cANlcv5CMP
— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) January 6, 2021
Many Twitter users were quick to point out the glaring disparity in law enforcement’s treatment of these terrorists with their treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters last summer. As you’ll recall, Trump ordered police use tear gas and rubber bullets when clearing a crowd outside the White House all for a photo op with a Bible.
Why y’all keep asking where the police at? Y’all ask where Miley’s at when Hannah’s on stage?
— Beytwicé (@lotoysrus) January 6, 2021
Black ppl watching white people wilding in front of the Capitol with no tear gas, no physical restraint, no rubber bullets, no… pic.twitter.com/6sPNwfON8g
— Naima Cochrane (@naima) January 6, 2021
Joy Reid is a treasure! pic.twitter.com/MZ47RWNr6v
— DisappointedbutNotSurprised🇺🇸🇮🇹✊🏾🙏🏾 (@AndretheDad) January 6, 2021
Where are the police? Do we think an all black protest group could’ve stormed the Capitol and not 1 shot fired, no tear gas. Peaceful protestors got pepper sprayed so Trump could hold a Bible upside for a photo in front of church. Yet, I’m told everyone is treated equally in 🇺🇸
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) January 6, 2021
It’s amazing how much restraint the police can show when they want to.
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) January 6, 2021
Throughout the afternoon, many around the world watched as the Capitol grounds became unrecognizable in a sea of Trump flags and other white supremacist colors. For over 4 hours, the terrorists were allowed to roam freely throughout government halls. Many proudly posed for pictures inside congressional offices, on the floors of Congress, and throughout the halls. In one video, a police officer inside a building gave a thumbs up as he posed for a selfie with a terrorist. The scenes that came out of this insurrection were jarring for many.
👇🏽 https://t.co/S8hotlun8T
— Sunny Hostin (@sunny) January 6, 2021
Cops are taking selfies with the terrorists. pic.twitter.com/EjkQ83h1p2
They’re in the chamber. One is up on the dais yelling “Trump won that election!” This is insane pic.twitter.com/p6CXhBDSFT
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021
The man pictured in Nancy Pelosi’s office took a piece of her mail, made it out safely, then posed for a pic pic.twitter.com/UckbTRHZsW
— Kayla Brantley (@_KaylaBrantley) January 6, 2021
A line of people exit the Capitol building. One bloodied in the head and more came out who previously stormed the building. pic.twitter.com/0MF2aAp3Ly
— Matthew Miller (@mattmiller757) January 6, 2021
For over two hours following the terrorists’ rushing of the Capitol, President Trump was completely silent on the matter. As more time passed, it became apparent that he would not make any serious attempts to quell the violence unfolding in his own backyard. All Americans got was a now-deleted video posted to social media in which Trump told the mob, “I know your pain. I know you’re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us… It was a landslide election, and everyone knows it – especially the other side. But you have to go home now… We love you. You’re very special.”
Of course the President of the United States calling armed insurrectionists “very special” lit people up. Today’s events were the last straw for many; even with only two weeks left in office, he still managed to make more enemies than he already had.
When people rioted and looted in Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd, President Trump said: "When the looting starts, the shooting starts."
When his supporters rioted and looted in the U.S. Capitol, President Trump said: "Go home. We love you, you're very special."
— Kyle Potter (@kpottermn) January 6, 2021
Trump gave the order.#NeverForget pic.twitter.com/atDsjGH9WX
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 7, 2021
Trump just said “I love you and you are special” in his video message “encouraging” the terrorists to go home. Ummmm
— Neb ✨ Nose (@HannnahMagwood) January 6, 2021
Call it what it is.
Domestic terrorism.
Attempted coup.
Traitorous insurrection.
These are the people that Trump says he "loves" and are "very special." pic.twitter.com/tVonoSMuIG
— Stephen Espinoza (@StephenEspinoza) January 6, 2021
By the time police finally decided to respond, the mayor had already put a 6pm curfew in place. Despite multiple law enforcement agencies clearing the Capitol and blocking the area around it, terrorists still hung around the complex well into the evening. It wasn’t until 8pm – over 8 hours after the siege began – that Congress was able to return to counting the electoral votes (they didn’t finish the count until nearly 4am).
When all was said and done, law enforcement made 52 arrests, safely detonated at least 2 pipe bombs found at the RNC and DNC headquarters, arrested a suspect connected to a vehicle found with firearms, ammunition, and explosives, and confirmed 4 terrorists died.
Photo Credit: Julio Cortez/AP
Steve Bannon Arrested on Border Wall Fundraising Scheme
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former political adviser, and three other leaders of the“We Build the Wall” online fundraising campaign have been indicted on wire fraud and money laundering charges by federal prosecutors.
Federal agents and officials from the United States Postal Inspection arrested Bannon while he was on a boat located off the eastern coast of Connecticut.
Reporter: "Respectfully, sir, it's not just Steve Bannon, it's Roger Stone, it's Michael Flynn, it's Rick Gates, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen. What's it say about your judgment that these are the kind of people who you're affiliated with–"
Pres. Trump: "Well I have no idea." pic.twitter.com/ZVyZE1DZZ9
— The Hill (@thehill) August 20, 2020
Bannon is expected to make his initial court appearance in New York later today, according to the US attorney’s office. Bannon’s attorney, Bill Burck, declined to comment on the matter.
Audrey Strauss, acting Manhattan U.S attorney, issued the following statement:
“As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction. While repeatedly assuring donors that Brian Kolfage, the founder and public face of We Build the Wall, would not be paid a cent, the defendants secretly schemed to pass hundreds of thousands of dollars to Kolfage, which he used to fund his lavish lifestyle. We thank the USPIS for their partnership in investigating this case, and we remain dedicated to rooting out and prosecuting fraud wherever we find it.”
According to the charges, Kolfage—one of the crowdfunding organizers, spent more than $350,000 of the donations on personal expenses. These expenses include a luxury SUV, a golf cart, cosmetic surgery, home renovations, jewelry, personal tax payments, and credit card debt.
The four individuals being charged—Bannon, Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea—are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, CNN reports.
At an event aimed at celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s voting rights, a pivotal moment in history for gender equality, President Donald Trump pardoned Susan B. Anthony, then attacked one of the most respected women in America, Michelle Obama.
The attack ensued after the enamored Michelle criticized him in a 19-minute long speech, which was presented at the Democratic National Convention on Monday.
“He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head,” Obama said. “He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us.” She then quoted Trump’s apathetic response when asked about those who died due to complications caused by the novel COVID-19 infection, “It is what it is.”
Trump retaliated at the event, which housed the suburban housewives he pandered to on Twitter last week—and their husbands. “Well, she’s in over her head,” he said. “And frankly, she should [have] made the speech live, which she didn’t do.” He then took more jabs at her by calling her speech “extremely divisive” before discussing drug pricing.
Michelle Obama is added to the long list of prominent women that Donald Trump has used his platform to attack.
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About the Kapil Lohana Foundation
Kapil Lohana Foundation is a non-profit organization working towards sports, education and health awareness of children across India.
The organization was founded on 14th June 2019 in Pune city of Maharashtra. It is driven by the mission to serve society in sports, education and health sector. The children, youngsters from society can shape up their lives with basic education, health awareness and exploring their talent in sports. We believe without sports, the personality of the child would be incomplete.
Kapil Lohana Foundation is initially working towards personality development of individuals through sports which includes training camps, tournaments and opportunity to showcase their talent on various platforms. The purpose of aiding the dream of popularising chess as a mainstream game and providing career option through a systematic channel for people of all ages. The entire team of Kapil Lohana Foundation is working with a shared passion and love for the game to introduce chess and its many benefits to maximum numbers of people.
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Lafayette nursing home sees increase in number of residents with COVID-19
Posted at 3:36 PM, Jun 09, 2020
LAFAYETTE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Health reported on Monday that a nursing home in Lafayette had reported just over half of its residents had tested positive for COVID-19.
Courtyard Manor Nursing Care Center located on Sidney Martin Road in Lafayette reported that 37 of its 66 residents had tested positive for COVID-19, according to LDH on June 8.
Courtyard Manor had reported that 23 of its residents had COVID-19 to LDH on June 1, which is an increase of 14 over the last week.
LDH reports that a total of 3 residents have died as a result of COVID-19.
Courtyard Manor has also reported that 9 staff members have tested positive for the disease, which is 2 more than were reported last week with 1 staff member having recovered.
According to LDH, as of June 6 there are 122 other adult residential facilities have reported at least one COVID-19 case (among residents or staff).
A total of 630 COVID cases have been reported among residents of other adult residential facilities.
A total of 91 COVID deaths have been reported among residents of other adult residential facilities.
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Craddockstown and Dunmurry Springs players ready for action
Kildare club golfers on Ireland team for Kings Cup
Craddockstown golfers, Niall Clince and Kieran O'Brien
Top amateur golfers from the USA and Ireland will converge on Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh from May 22-25 for the final of the 2017 Kings Cup and amongst them, representing Ireland with be Craddockstown pair Niall Clince and William O'Brien; along with Dunmurry golfers Darren Carey and Paul Sweeney.
The competition will see the best players from both sides of the Atlantic battle it out for one of the most prestigious trophies in amateur golf.
Billed as the amateur Ryder Cup, The International King's Cup Match Play Event is played in honour of golf’s greatest ambassador, Arnold Palmer.
Four regional qualifiers were staged across the entire country in a bid to find the best Ireland team to take on the USA in a three day 54 Hole Matchplay Tournament.
The event, structured like the Ryder Cup, was created in 2016 when the United States Golf Challenge, the largest pairs better ball tournament brought their leading 8 pairs -16-man amateur team across to Northern Ireland to compete against Ireland in the first ever International Kings Cup.
In all there are eight categories in the competition with the Craddockstown Golfers representing Ireland in the Senior Category A Section and the Dunmurry lads in the Open Championship Section.
So all roads lead to Lough Erne in late May and we wish all four golfers the very best of luck.
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Devolve power to mayor’s office to deliver ‘green investment’ for London, report says
A new study has called for the devolution of powers from Whitehall to the mayor of London’s office and the creation of an ‘urgent taskforce’ to deliver the investment London needs to decarbonise.
Financing London’s Future, published by the London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC), estimates that £1trn of investment will be needed to fund new infrastructure in London by 2050, regardless of whether it is ‘clean’ or ‘dirty’.
The report says this ‘huge sum’ must be channelled appropriately to ensure the city remains competitive and resilient to the impacts of climate change and other city-level pressures.
However, in order to ensure this ‘step-change’ in investment is delivered, more power must be devolved to the mayor of London’s office.
The report also calls for the establishment of an urgent taskforce, comprised of all key stakeholders including public and private sector representatives, to determine how a ‘London Future Finance Facility’ (LFFF) could be established.
The LFFF would focus on securing of a flow of investment that responds to the needs of environmental projects by the mid-2020s, according to the report.
It would also concentrate on delivering ‘inclusive growth’ and the transition to a low carbon circular economy, while making London a global centre for the ‘low carbon circular economy’.
The LFFF would also demonstrate the efficiency, effectiveness and social value of integrated climate and environment financing.
Dr Ashok Sinha, chair of the LSDC, said: ‘Huge flows of global capital pass through the square mile every day – but London itself always misses out.’
He continued: ‘Such green finance flows as are issuing from the City are largely contributing to decarbonising other metropolises across the world rather than our own. This is perverse and will lead to London conceding a global leadership role unless reversed.
‘The LSDC believes there is an opportunity to invest taxpayers’ money effectively to increase the scale and quality of green finance in London, and in doing so leverage much larger private capital flows – but only if London is given the devolved financial capacity to do so.
‘We also believe that this can be done in a manner that brings real social as well as environmental benefits.
‘There must be a redoubling of London’s efforts to avoid the societal collapse facing humanity unless the twin threats of global heating beyond 1.5°C and human-driven ecosystem collapse are averted.’ Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan welcomed the report.
‘I’ve been clear from the start that, for London to play its role in tackling the climate emergency, we need large-scale investment far beyond City Hall provision.
‘This means the Government, banks, pension funds and others must play a role. Finding new means of finance is a key barrier to overcome to achieve a zero-carbon future, and I will be looking at the commission’s recommendations closely to see how they can be taken forward.’
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SpaceX and the X-Planet System
SpaceX Rebrand
SpaceX Rebrand by Yuma Naito
Brief: SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company that manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. Their ultimate goal is to make people to live on other planets.
Concept: The new identity system is known as “X-Planet System”. It is a flexible identity system that has true value and stories behind the company in a unique way. The overlapping shapes of the main mark represents connectivity, reliability and strength. The stripes show speed, direction, exploration, and also the 7 continents. X-Planet creates exclusive and memorable experiences for people. With the new identity, SpaceX is ready to take human being to the world we’ve never seen.
Approach: I’ve created this Identity so that SpaceX can have their original graphic language. Consequently the secondary marks have their own meaning and as a result work as product logos and graphic icons such as an arrow, a heart, and also a rocket. Furthermore they are used for apps, interactive posters, installations and any other mediums launched by SpaceX. The four-leaf clover has become a regular item on SpaceX’s flight ever since the company’s first successful rocket launch in 2008.
Hence the X-clover for luck, in order to enhance the company’s culture and also their stories. SpaceX will open a new identity launch party at California Science Centre in Los Angeles. The campaign posters and installations are sequential, which people can interact and have new experiences with the X-Planet system.
The brand manual consists of 4 chapters with 86 pages. And this book will come with style guild posters. The chapters in the manual represent layers of air around the Earth (troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere). And also a fun fact about Space sections encourage people to learn about space and help create emotional connections with readers.
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Home International Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley will leave the club after handover period...
Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley will leave the club after handover period to new owners, ending 20 years’ service at St James’ Park
By Daily Mail for Lolwe digital
Newcastle United managing director Lee Charnley will leave the club after agreeing to stay on for a handover period only under the new owners.
Sportsmail has been told that an amicable agreement has already been reached between Charnley and Amanda Staveley’s Saudi-backed group that will see him depart St James’ Park after more than 20 years’ service.
The 42-year-old has been Mike Ashley’s man in charge of the day-to-day running of the Magpies since 2013 having previously served as club secretary.
Lee Charnley (right) will be leaving Newcastle after a handover period to the new owners.
Charnley has been the link between manager and owner during that period and was often caught in the middle when that relationship became fractious, especially in the case of Ashley and former boss Rafa Benitez.
Some sources have long since expressed sympathy that he has had little help in running the club and was left to oversee key football decisions – including managerial changes and transfers – despite a background primarily in administration.
He is well thought of within St James’ Park but fans, on the whole, have always seen him as Ashley’s man and it is little surprise that he will not continue in the long term under the new owners, who are expecting to take control should Premier League approval on the £300million takeover be granted within the next few weeks.
Charnley is well liked, but fans have always seen him as the right hand man of Mike Ashley.
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Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical Theatre Tickets
‘It’s not all that glitters is gold, half the story has never been told’ - Bob Marley
Lively up yourself and celebrate the story of Jamaica’s global superstar, as the electrifying new production, Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, bursts into life from June 2021 at the Lyric Theatre, London.
From the hills of rural Jamaica, armed only with his overwhelming talent and righteous beliefs, Bob Marley applied himself with resolute determination to achieve international acclaim for his prophetic musical message – a gospel of love and unity.
With unlimited access to Marley’s platinum-selling catalogue of music, the multi awardwinning team of Lee Hall (writer), Clint Dyer (director) and Arinzé Kene (playing Bob Marley) capture the rebellious spirit and story of this universal icon. A euphoric company of performers fuse with the finest reggae musicians to bring this triumphant tale of passion, political unrest and progress from Trenchtown to the West End.
Book now and lose yourself to the rhythm of 'Exodus', 'No Woman No Cry', 'Waiting in Vain', 'Three Little Birds', ‘I Shot the Sheriff’, 'Could You Be Loved', 'Redemption Song' and so much more.
‘One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain’ - Bob Marley
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Subject to availability, tickets for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical may be exchanged up to 24 hours prior to a performance. Tickets are exchanged on a like for like basis for a future performance and cannot exceed the value of the original booking. No partial refunds can be made if the value of the exchanged tickets is less than the original booking. If you need to exchange your booking please email us at priorityrequests@encore.co.uk
Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)
Theatre: Lyric Theatre
Address: 29 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES
(3mins) Take Shaftesbury Avenue along the side where the famous illuminated signs are. The theatre will be on your left about 100 metres along.
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The closing of the borders has given Miracle Time a bonus run in Singapore.
Stephen has seen this before with SARS and he says, yes, it’s pretty frightening
By Barry Lichter • 27 March 2020
With 85 new cases overnight, New Zealand now has 368 people infected with coronavirus.
Eight people are in hospital, one in Nelson who is critical on a ventilator has significant underlying health issues.
Worldwide deaths now amount to 24,000.
Singapore trainer Stephen Gray has a reassuring message for Kiwis going through the Covid-19 lockdown just as local racing authorities also start battening down the hatches.
In a move which mirrors the New Zealand experience, the Singapore Turf Club yesterday announced members of the public would not be permitted to attend Friday’s race meeting at Kranji, but it is still allowing one owner and one other immediate family member per horse. Only one meeting will now be held per week, instead of the usual two.
It’s all too familiar for Gray who went through Singapore’s battle against SARS in 2003.
Singapore was one of 29 countries affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome, and with 238 cases it accounted for 33 of the 774 deaths.
Stephen Gray … second time around with a major virus outbreak.“My daughter Katie was born during the outbreak and it was pretty frightening at the time, the country battling this unknown disease.
“But we closed up shop and got on top of it and you will too in New Zealand.
“I think that experience meant we were prepared for the next virus whereas the rest of the world didn’t think it would happen to them - and here it is.”
Gray believes having lived through SARS, people in Singapore and Hong Kong, which was the epicentre of the outbreak, have been more willing to sacrifice convenience and the economy for public health, whereas some elsewhere are bristling under the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Grey says they’re fortunate to still be able to race in Singapore and the shutting of the borders has brought an unexpected bonus for the owners of Miracle Time, who was one of three horses partnered up by Lincoln Farms last year.
“He was meant to be going to Malaysia next week but now we can run him over a mile next week.
“I kept him in work, which was lucky, and I trialled him yesterday.”
Young apprentice Cheah Wei Wen followed his instructions to find cover early for Miracle Time and had the horse trailing three back on the fence.
He reported the horse was still switched off coming to the turn but was galloping strongly over the last 200 metres.
Miracle Time finished fifth, 10 lengths from the winner.
“We might as well run next week for the money before the borders open again,” Gray said.
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AN UPDATE ON THE OVERALL SAFETY AND INCIDENCE OF SPM IN LENALIDOMIDE-, THALIDOMIDE-, AND BORTEZOMIB-TREATED PATIENTS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN POST-APPROVAL SAFETY STUDY (EU PASS) OF RELAPSED/REFRACTORY MM
Kategorie: Mnohočetný myelom
Téma: Myeloma - Clinical 2
Číslo abstraktu: 0831
Autoři: L. Masini; Miguel T. Hernandez; prof. MUDr. Roman Hájek, CSc.; MD Xavier Leleu, PhD; MD Henk Lokhorst, PhD; Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos, MD; Dr. Eleni Tholouli; J. Caers; MD Niels Smedegaard Andersen, PhD; M. Rodriguez; Barbara Rosettani; Elisabeth Kueenburg; Neil Minton; MD Igor W. Blau, Ph.D.
Background. The efficacy and tolerability of lenalidomide in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) has been demonstrated in 2 large, randomized, phase 3 studies (MM-009 and MM-010). Bortezomib and thalidomide are also proven to be effective for the treatment of RRMM. Postapproval observational studies provide additional information on the safety of novel medications in real-world clinical practice. Aims. To compare the incidence of adverse events (AEs) of special interest, such as neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, venous thromboembolism (VTE), peripheral neuropathy (PN), and second primary malignancies (SPM) in patients treated with lenalidomide and other antimyeloma therapies for RRMM in a real-world setting. Methods. In this observational, non-interventional, post-authorization safety study, patients with MM who had received at least one prior therapy were enrolled into the lenalidomide cohort (lenalidomide plus dexamethasone, the approved combination for the treatment of RRMM) or the background. cohort (all other treatments, including other novel agents) at the investigator’s discretion. Thromboprophylaxis was allowed but not required. AEs were graded according to NCICTCAE (version 3) grading. Assessments for SPM were to be conducted up to 36 months after treatment discontinuation. Results. As of November 2011, 2,717 patients across 265 institutions, in 17 European countries were enrolled. Of those, 1,857 received lenalidomide, 670 received bortezomib, 101 received thalidomide, and 89 received other therapies or had missing data at time of analysis. Ninety-seven patients from the background. cohort crossed over following the physician’s decision to initiate lenalidomide treatment. Median follow- up for all groups was 24 weeks (range, 0.6-157.3). Median age was 69 years (range, 29-95) and 54% were male. Most patients (66%) had good performance status (ECOG score 0-1); 17% had an ECOG score of 2-4. Median number of prior therapies was 2 (range, 0-6): 52% had 2 prior therapies and 22% had ≥3 prior therapies. Baseline characteristics were similar between groups. Overall, 1,189 (45%) had an AE of grade 3-4. Grade 3-4 neutropenia occurred in 19%, 7%, and 15% of patients in the lenalidomide, bortezomib, and thalidomide groups, respectively. Grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia developed in 16%, 14%, and 9% of patients, respectively. The overall incidence of peripheral neuropathy was 27% (4% grade 3-4) in the bortezomib group compared with 7% (1%) in the lenalidomide and 13% (1%) thalidomide groups. Grade 3- 4 VTE developed in 2% of patients in the lenalidomide group and none in the other two treatment groups. The overall treatment discontinuation rate was 63%, 79%, and 78% in the lenalidomide, bortezomib, and thalidomide groups, respectively, with a similar discontinuation rate due to AEs in each group. The incidence of SPM was ≤1% overall (Table). Incidence of death during the study was similar with all treatments (lenalidomide 6%, bortezomib 5%, and thalidomide 5%). Conclusions. Lenalidomide has been shown to improve disease outcomes in RRMM patients. AEs, including SPM, were similar with all treatments except for higher rates of neutropenia and lower rates of PN with lenalidomide, compared with patients receiving bortezomib or thalidomide.
Table. Summary of SPM (*indicates same patient).
Haematologica, 2012; 97(s1): 340
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Play along with Eurovision Song Contest 2019 bingo
Hello Europe, this is Tel Aviv calling and the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s one of the most-watched TV events of the year, not only in Europe but as far as Australia and the USA. Love it or hate it – I’m firmly in the love it camp and watch it every year – Eurovision is back this weekend!
The final countdown is on, as tonight sees the first of two semi-finals, with the second following on Thursday night, before the Grand Final on Saturday night. We already know that hosts Israel are there, as well as the ‘Big Five’ (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom).
It seems that the world and his wife opt for Eurovision parties, because let’s be honest, a night in alone with Eurovision isn’t exactly fun – but any excuse to get your friends and family together; party like we’re still in the ‘90s, crack open the Bucks Fizz and whip out those score sheets to mark each act as they go.
But what about a game of Eurovision bingo? If you’re a Eurovision super-fan, you know what to expect by now and even if you’re not, you can still play along too. I’ve listed 25 scenarios we can expect to see, so tick these off as you go. The winner is the first person to shout out when they hear or see each of the below and ultimately has the most wins by the end of the night.
Eurovision 2019 bingo scenarios
1. An act uses fire or some kind of pyrotechnics during their performance
2. An act uses water (for example fake rain) during their performance
3. An act pretends to play a musical instrument (no extra points if it’s blatantly obvious that it’s fake!)
4. The camera pans to a member of the audience who has their country’s flag painted on their face
5. Booing when Russia are mentioned, perform, or have the camera panned to them
6. Any form of outrage that Australia is not in Europe and should not participate
7. An act changes their costume mid-performance
8. The presenter/s change his/her/their outfits mid-show
9. The female presenter is told she looks very beautiful tonight
10. An act gives the camera the ‘love heart’ hand gesture
11. An act’s dress/outfit changes colour
12. Someone falls over on stage
13. Someone’s act is ‘sabotaged’ by an intruder
14. An act performs a bi- or multi-lingual song (or even a song in a made-up language!)
15. Singer winks or blows a kiss at the camera
16. An act ends their performance with “thank you Europe”
17. An act ends their performance with something politically/socially controversial
18. Graham Norton makes a sarcastic comment about politics
19. Graham Norton makes a sarcastic comment about a performer or their performance
20. Graham Norton gets the giggles
21. The jury thanks Tel Aviv (or Israel as a whole) for a lovely/wonderful/insert adjective evening
22. A country receives 12 points from their neighbour
23. There’s some kind of technical difficulty
24. Time lag between the host country and jury country during the voting
25. The jury voting goes wrong, or they have to start again
Do you love Eurovision too? Will you be playing along?
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Dive Bombing
by Bernard Ashley
Dive Bombing Synopsis
Life is not easy for fifteen-year-old Charlie Peat. He is living alone in London, while his guitarist father is on tour abroad and his mother is in a care home suffering from the psychological after-effects of a bomb explosion. He has to cope with all the normal problems of everyday life while keeping up the pretence to his grandparents that he is not in fact living alone, and worrying about his father touring in the notoriously unstable country of Trajanov, where terrorism is rife. And this terrorism is about to threaten Charlie far too close to home ... In this thrilling book Bernard Ashley skillfully interweaves Charlie's story and that of his father in Trajanov into a complex multi-layered narrative which sensitively explores the effects of urban terrorism on young people today.
Dive Bombing Press Reviews
With a gripping opening chapter, Ashley immediately engages the reader in a totally believable urban scenario of intrigue, modern insurgency and terrorist violence. Will keep the reader on edge until the final conclusion. This is an exciting and thought-provoking book which will be enjoyed. * School Librarian * Boys who enjoy fast-paced thrillers will whizz through Dive Bombing. * Daily Express * Fast-paced and exciting. * booktrust * Fast-paced and exciting...addresses a wide range of issues * Book Trust * Boys who enjoy fast-paced thrillers will whizz through Dive-Bombing...gritty. * Daily Express * A fast-paced thriller * Sunday Express * With a gripping opening chapter, Ashley immediately engages the reader in a totally believable urban scenario of intrigue, modern insurgency and terrorist violence...will keep the reader on edge until the final conclusion. And exciting and thought-provoking book which will be enjoyed by readers of 12+ * The School Librarian *
Publication date: 3rd May 2012
Author: Bernard Ashley
Publisher: Orchard Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
Pagination: 288 pages
Categories: General fiction (Children's / Teenage),
About Bernard Ashley
Bernard Ashley lives in south east London and is a former head teacher. He now writes full-time and has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal on three occasions and has won the 'Other' award (the alternative to the Carnegie). He has also written for TV.
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New Tech Adoption Index Podcast: “Selling to SMBs is Hard” Featuring Ted Paff
The latest Tech Adoption Index podcast is a combination clinic and therapy session for anyone who has ever tried to build software products for small businesses. At the recent Tech Adoption Summit in San Francisco, Neal Polachek interviewed Ted Paff, a former VC turned entrepreneur who founded Customer Lobby in 2007 and sold it in 2017. Today, when Ted isn’t…
Tech Adoption Summit 2018: Some New Perspective on the SMB Landscape
What makes building and selling innovation to small, local businesses so challenging? Bob Yakominich – Broadly’s Vice President of Sales and a veteran of American Express, Zip and CitySearch, among others – joined the Tech Adoption Summit to share some perspective. Unlike enterprise companies, SMB owners wear many different hats — they work both in the…
Contributed by: Leslie Hobbs
Tech Adoption Summit 2018: What Does the C in CRM Stand For?
Enterprise companies manage relationships. Small and local businesses have relationships — and they hinge on being able to track and understand conversations. That was a key point of Broadly CEO and Co-founder Josh Melick’s Headline Talk during LSA’s Tech Adoption Summit 2018. Melick went on to say that innovators often forget that small businesses are unique,…
After 20 Years of Hard SAAS Lessons, Verizon-Owned Yahoo Small Business Primed for Growth
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Contributed by: Dan Breeden
SMB Panel: The Demand for Service and the Problem of Scale
After another successful SMB digital marketing bootcamp yesterday at Yelp’s San Francisco office, we kicked off the Tech Adoption Summit, which continues today, with a presentation of new data on small business technology adoption. That was followed by a panel discussion of small business owners. The panel included the owner of a multiple office dental…
Q&A with David Mihm on Why He’s Joining ThriveHive
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The 3rd Wave of SMB Tech Adoption Data to Be Presented at Summit
We’ve just concluded Wave III of the Tech Adoption Index survey of small businesses. The survey tracks the shift of local businesses to cloud-based services across multiple operational categories and verticals. The data will be presented at LSA’s upcoming Tech Adoption Summit in San Francisco on November 6 – 7. Anyone selling services into the small business market should attend. We…
Facebook Goes After the SMB Long Tail with ‘Consultants’ and ‘Pros’
Today in New York Facebook held its Global Partner Summit. There were a number of announcements coming out of the event: Creative Compass (tool to measure the impact of ad creative) New Marketing Partner categories: Facebook Marketing Consultants and Facebook Pros It’s the latter two announcements that are most relevant to this blog. Marketing Consultants are individuals…
Survey: 31% of SMBs Still Using ‘Paper’ to Manage Customer Info.
This week Salesforce is holding its massive developer and partner conference Dreamforce in San Francisco. In conjunction with the event, the company has released a survey (reg. required) of 490 small and medium size business owners (SMBs). It explores technology adoption and other issues. The surveyed SMBs range in headcount from 2 to 199. Many of the findings are segmented into…
There Are Still 6 More LSA Events in 2018
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3 Motorcycle Crash Near Reno Leaves 2 Dead
Published on: June 17, 2014 | by Hofland & Tomsheck
Motorcyclists on the road deserve just as much protection as those traveling the road in cars and trucks — maybe more so, considering how many fail to check properly to make sure there aren’t any motorcycles next to them, causing thousands of accidents a year. The injuries might be minor, but all too often, they’re severe enough to force time away from work, or even fatal. It is the responsibility of the one who caused the accident to pay for the aftermath, whether it is medical bills, time lost at work, pain and suffering, or wrongful death.
Two people were killed and three others injuredin a collision of three motorcycles on State Route 341 near Reno.
According to the Nevada Highway Patrol’s preliminary investigation, one motorcycle was heading from Virginia City to Reno, with the other two going in the opposite direction when the crash occurred. Troopers said one of the motorcycles cross the center line, which started everything.
The drivers of the two motorcycles going from Reno to Virginia City died at the scene, while their female passengers were taken to the hospital, along with the driver of the other motorcycle. Currently, the extent of their injuries is unknown.
Everyone involved was wearing a helmet, troopers said.
If you or a loved one have suffered in an accident caused through someone else’s carelessness and recklessness, you’re going to need financial compensation. We can help you at Hofland & Tomsheck. Call us today for a free consultation and we will fight to make sure those responsible are held accountable.
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Events Room
Prices and offers
Enjoy your stay in the best way, we offer many activities for the whole family or as a couple.
You have chosen Consuegra, did you know that was an important Roman city?
What Consuegra still the longest Roman dam of Western Europe is preserved?
What was amphitheater, theater, thermal baths, aqueduct and Roman villas?
And you know that the average age marked a before and after in Consuegra. In the battle against the Almoravids in 1097 the son of El Cid died. Later, a few centuries later the Priory of St. Juan de Jerusalen, later called the Order of Malta in Consuegra was settled. And that 13 mills were built on top of the hill Calderico. Discover the true story of Consabura. You'll be surprised ...
You can participate in the launch of a windmill, and enjoy carrying the wheat to the mill, and see through the wind finally ground to collect the flour. You will find inside this big giant Mancha, and learn the operation of the original machinery of the sixteenth century.
Theatrical tour for couples, families or groups
Vellum visits Theatre Award for best path Castilla - La Mancha.
Discover the characters who have lived in the castle, you will have your adventures, you can also participate in the battle. Meet the princess.
Cheese tastings
Want to spend a weekend different and entertaining? Do not hesitate!!! Cheese Caesar Toledo offers you the opportunity to learn to know our cheeses, only you have to prepare the way and enjoy those aromas and flavors that gives you the true artisan sheep cheese
Crafts pottery
Want to know how a vase or a bowl of mud made? Want to feel the mud slide through your hands to the beat of around? For this is the workshop where you will learn the art of Turner and how things can be done with clay and ceramics. More information at reception.
Since life before we offer several hiking trails, from the simplest which is the route of Don Quixote or the route to visit the longest Roman dam of Western Europe. We also offer more complicated routes through the mountains of Toledo. You can even pick wild mushrooms in season.
Visits castle and mill tours
If you are a group you can learn the history of the castle and Mills told by a guide.
Visits castle and mill
Knowing the Castle and the Mill Bolero freely, guided by the signs and interior paneling. First mill point and ticket information.
Castle and mill price: 4 euros / person.
Theatrical route Quixote and Sancho
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza accompany the group for a delightful walk in the city. During the tour, several characters from the works of Cervantes, surprise and excite us to relive the adventures of passages ingeniso gentleman. It includes four scenes of the second part of Don Quixote.
Forge shops
Visit a forge where generations of craftsmen have worked and shaped the hot metal. We witness a demonstration of how iron is heated in the furnace of coal and working on the anvil. The more daring may put into practice what they learned and, wearing gloves, overalls and goggles, working the hot iron.
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The holiday season is supposed to be a time of peace and good will. But in reality, most “traditional” holiday celebrations involve torture and death for animals. Instead of filling your holiday plate with violence, LCA urges you to choose cruelty-free, plant-based options instead.
For Thanksgiving alone, an estimated 46 million turkeys are slaughtered in the United States each year; for Christmas, another 22 million are killed. Pigs, chickens cows, lambs, and other sentient beings also suffer on a massive scale to be served on holiday tables.
Virtually all of these animals are raised in crowded, disease-ridden factory farms that put profit over animal welfare. Turkeys and chickens are raised to be so obese they cannot walk under their own weight. Mother pigs are housed in gestation crates too small to turn around in, and forced to breed over and over until their bodies are spent.
A Look at Factory Farm Animals
Pigs in cramped gestation crates on a factory farm.
A wounded pig trapped inside of a gestation crate.
Decapitated chickens hanging from a conveyer belt. Chickens crowded into cages just before slaughter.
At slaughter time, turkeys are crammed together into small wire cages, piled onto trucks, and sent to slaughterhouses that kill the birds in brutal assembly-line style. The turkeys are shackled upside-down to a hanging conveyer belt while fully conscious and dipped into an electrified water bath before a mechanized blade cuts off their heads. The birds are then plunged into a scalding water tank. Many are scalded alive because the blade fails to decapitate them. (Chickens are killed using the same slaughter process.)
Even animals from small, so-called “humane” farms suffer greatly. For example, LCA’s undercover investigation of the Pel-Freez rabbit slaughterhouse revealed extreme cruelty: Workers hit the rabbits in the head with knives, flipped them upside-down, broke one leg to hang them from a hook, and decapitated them, all while many rabbits were fully conscious and screaming. These rabbits all came from small farms, and many were marketed as “humanely raised.”
Animals are smart, sensitive beings who don't deserve to be tortured for your plate. This year and every year -- have a cruelty free holiday!
1. Choose delicious, plant-based alternatives for your holiday table. Almost all grocery stores carry vegan alternatives, many are available online.
2. Make everyday cruelty free. Download LCA’s free Eat Cruelty-Free guide to get started.
3. Spread the word! Educate your friends and family on the suffering behind animal products, and share on social media. The more people learn about the horrors of the animal industry, the more animals will be spared.
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Eduardo Cordero > Guerrero Olivos > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Guerrero Olivos Offices
Select office Santiago
Guerrero Olivos
AV. VITACURA 2939, PISO 8
LAS CONDES 7550011
Email firm Visit website 562 2674 2900 562 2674 2901
Eduardo Cordero
(56) 2 2674 29 26 agonzalez@guerrero.cl View profile
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Public Law and Regulated Markets
Leading partner of Guerrero Olivos’ public law and regulated markets group. He specializes in constitutional and administrative law and regulated industries. He assists regulated and non-regulated entities, in straightforward regulatory processes and transactional matters (M&A, energy projects, banking and finance, mining, transport, sanitary, TMT, pharmaceutical, real estate, port and customs, among others).
He is praised as an expert in public law and as a strong and recognized academic. He teaches administrative law, directs the Masters and Diplomat programs and was the Academic Secretary at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso for several years.
Spanish, German and Italian.
Moreover, he is a Tenured Professor of Administrative Law since 2007, Professor of Administrative Law, Director of the Administrative Law Diploma, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2009-2012 and 2017). Member of the Professors’ Staff of the Doctorate in Law (since 2007), all at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
He obtained his degree at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and is a Doctor in Law and Master in Territorial and Urban Politics from Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Also, he has a Master in Mining Law from the Universidad de Atacama.
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Chile > Data privacy
Guerrero Olivos fields a six-strong department that provides ongoing advice on data privacy, personal data and data protection, frequently in relation to franchise, license and development contracts. The team also assists with the adaptation of data privacy requirements to local regulations. Juan Enrique Allard leads the firm’s TMT, data privacy and cybersecurity practices; other partner-level contacts are Miguel Coddou and Eduardo Cordero. Senior associate and IP head Diego Morandé also assists with personal data matters.
Chile > Public law
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Eduardo Cordero –Guerrero Olivos
Guerrero Olivos fields nine practitioners who handle day-to-day public law matters, judicial reviews, advice involving public and regulatory bodies, regulatory compliance and public bids; the team is also noted for its assistance with permits, environmental issues, public law litigation, and public procurement. Areas of recent growth include assisting international technology and services platforms that seek advice on local public law regulation. Eduardo Cordero and José Gabriel Undurraga are the public law and regulated markets group’s key partners, with support provided by experienced partner Martín Santa María (who specialises in environmental law, real estate and urban planning), and associate Roberto Burgos.
Chile > TMT
Guerrero Olivos‘ nine-member department is highly experienced in TMT-related public law and regulatory issues. Leading the TMT group, Juan Enrique Allard has over 20 years’ TMT sector expertise, including day-to-day matters as well as complex work, such as personal data regulations and new technological platforms. Eduardo Cordero, who leads the public law and regulated markets group, and José Gabriel Undurraga (whose practice includes telecoms and technology), along with senior associate and IP head, Diego Morandé, are also key contacts.
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ACLU Sues Portland Police for Brutalizing Protest Observers
Ryan J. Farrick — July 1, 2020
Black Lives Matter graffiti in Portland, OR. Image via Wikimedia Commons/user:Another Believer. (CCA-BY-4.0).
The ACLU says Portland police knowingly used tear gas and pepper spray on journalists and legal observers.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the city of Portland, claiming its police have mistreated and abused protest observers.
OregonLive.com reports that the lawsuit was filed Sunday by the ACLU of Oregon and San Francisco-based law firm Braunhagey & Borden. The complaint was filed “on behalf of journalists and legal observers who were targeted and attacked by the police while documenting protests in Portland over the killing of George Floyd.”
“The police should not be shutting down the public’s access to the messages and realities in Portland’s streets, where people are calling for an end to police killing of black people,” said Kelly Simon, the ACLU of Oregon’s interim legal director.
“Police in Portland are making a mockery of the First Amendment by targeting journalists, using excessive force, and by using indiscriminate crowd control weapons,” she said. “Police actions have had a chilling effect on the media and protesters.”
According to OregonLive.com, the plaintiffs include journalist Tuck Woodstock, along with photojournalists John Rudoff, Mathiew Lewis-Rolland and Sam Gehrke. Two legal observers—Doug Brown and Kat Mahoney—are included, too.
Prone protesters blocking a bridge in Portland, OR. Image via Wikimedia Commons/user:Henryodell. (CCA-BY-4.0).
Legal observers, notes OregonLive, simply observe and record encounters between protesters and police for future review.
The ACLU says that the plaintiffs, along with other observers not currently listed on the suit, were targeted by Portland police. In some cases, they were subjected to crowd-suppressant measures, including rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and flashbang grenades.
Several journalists and legal observers reported that they had been beaten by police.
Beth Nakamura, from OregonLive.com, said she was “slammed from behind” by a police officer wielding a baton in mid-June.
“She had her hands up, press pass in hand, and was saying, ‘press, press,’” the lawsuit states. “The officer responded: ‘I don’t give a fuck.’”
Lewis-Rolland told KGW8 that he felt attending the protest was necessary, given its scope and wide-ranging implications.
“I felt it to be my civic duty to use my skills and equipment to document this important moment in history,” he said. “I was horrified and bewildered by what I witnessed.”
Mahoney, adds KGW8, is a Portland-area attorney and ACLU volunteer. She says she was wearing an ACLU of Oregon “legal observer vest,” yet was still targeted with tear gas and hit with a rubber bullet.
“These protesters are there to say Black Lives Matter, and to end police brutality targeting people of color based on the color of their skin,” she said. “It is ridiculous that protesters of police brutality are then subject to police brutality.”
Representatives for the city of Portland told numerous media outlets covering the lawsuit that they do not comment on pending litigation.
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Sam, You Made the Pants Too Fragrant
by Woody Allen
A company named Foster-Miller, for instance, recently designed a textile with conductive properties: each thread can transmit electrical currents . . . so that Americans will one day . . . be able to recharge their cell phones with their polo shirts. . . . Technologically Enabled Clothing . . . has developed [a vest that conceals] . . . a “hydration system,” a back pocket for a water bottle with a straw running through the vest’s collar to the wearer’s mouth. . . .
Next Year DuPont will introduce a fabric that can temporarily imprison offensive scents—so that, say, a shirt that spent the night in a smoke-filled bar will arrive home at 5 a.m. smelling as if it passed the hours in a spring meadow. DuPont’s scientists have also developed Teflon-treated fabric; spills bounce right off.
The South Korean company Kolon, in turn, has developed the “fragrant suit,” treated with anxiety-soothing herbs.
—The New York Times Magazine, December 15, 2002
Ran into Reg Millipede sometime back. Reg’s a gaming crony from those piping times in Jolly Old when I stood as poetry editor of Dry Heaves: A Journal of Opinion. If the truth be known, the two of us gave as good as we got over whist and rummy at the Pair of Shoes or Lord Curzon’s Club on the street that bears his name.
“I get to your city now and again,” Millipede acknowledged as we stood on the corner of Park and Seventy-Fourth. “Mostly on business. I’m vice president in charge of customer relations for one of the biggest charnel houses on the Isle of Wight.”
I’d venture we swapped mellow souvenirs for the better part of an hour, during which time I couldn’t help noticing that my companion would sporadically tilt his face down and left, seemingly to siphon some beverage from what appeared to be a spigot discreetly camouflaged beneath the underside of his lapel.
“Are you all right?” I finally asked, half expecting the details of some unspeakable accident that culminated in a new-fangled ambulatory IV. “Are you on some kind of drip?”
“You mean this?” Millipede said, pointing toward his breast pocket. “Aha—you observant rascal. No, this is merely a masterpiece of engineering slash tailoring. You’re undoubtedly up on how the entire medical profession is suddenly bonkers about drinking lots of water. Seems it flushes out the kidneys, along with myriad ancillary benefits. Well, this tropical worsted has its own built-in hydration system. There’s a storage tank in the left trouser leg with a series of pipes that run around the waist and up to a faucet tactfully hemmed into the shoulder pad. I have a digital computer stitched against my inseam that enables me to activate a pump just behind some pleats that forces Evian through this fiber-optic straw. Because of its ingenious cut I still manage to maintain a dapper line. I’m sure you’ll agree the garment speaks for breeding.”
Examining Millipede’s suit with an incredulity usually reserved for UFO sightings, I had to admit it smacked of the miraculous.
“There’s this perfectly marvelous tailoring establishment on Savile Row,” he said, pressing its address into my palm. “Bandersnatch and Bushelman. Postmodern fabrics. I guarantee you’ll want to revamp your entire wardrobe—which mightn’t be a bad idea judging from that threadbare tribute to Emmett Kelly you’re currently sporting. Be sure and tell them I sent you round, and ask for Binky Peplum. He’ll do right by your pocket. Ta.”
While I pretended, for old times’ sake, to double up at Milipede’s Emmett Kelly slander, I wanted to impale him on a pike. His invidious comparison with the clown’s attire lodged in my bosom like a scorpion’s tail, and I resolved to invest in a bespoke ensemble the moment my frequent-flier miles swelled to underwrite a trip abroad. The dream became a reality at summer’s end when I at last entered the high-tech portals of Bandersnatch and Bushelman on Savile Row, where either the salesman or a praying mantis in gabardine eye-balled me like I was being cultured in a petri dish.
“One of them’s wandered in again,” he yelled to a colleague. “If I stand you a half guinea,” he said to me in a voice reeking of the judicial bench, “how can I be sure you’ll buy a bowl of soup and not squander it on lager?”
“I’m a customer,” I squealed, reddening. “I’ve traveled from America to refresh my wardrobe. Reg Millipede’s chum. He said to keep a keen eye out for Mr. Binky Peplum.”
“Aha,” replied the seller, checking for the precise location of my jugular. “Look no further. Now that you mention it, I do recall Millipede warning us someone of your stripe might be stopping by. Yes, he spoke of you—total absence of any flair . . . child of a lesser god . . . it’s all coming back to me.”
“Certainly my goal has never been to play the fop,” I explained. “I’m here simply to be measured for a sensible outfit.”
“Are you interested in any special aromas?” Peplum asked, pulling out his order pad and winking at an associate.
“Aromas? No, just a classic blue three-button, conservatively cut. Perhaps even a few shirts. I had envisioned Sea Island cotton if it’s not too dear. Although now that you bring it up, I do detect the faint scent of frankincense and myrrh.”
“That’s my suit,” Peplum confessed. “Our new line offers a wide variety of odors. Night-blooming jasmine, attar of roses, balsam of Mecca. Come here, Ramsbottom.” Another salesman darted over as if waiting to be cued. “Ramsbottom is wearing freshly baked rolls—the aroma, that is.”
I leaned in to sample the delicious smell of oven-baked bread. “Very tasty suit. I mean it’s a lovely mohair,” I said.
“We can imbue your raiments with any fragrance from patchouli to twice-cooked pork. That will be all, Ramsbottom.”
“I just want a simple blue suit. Although I’ve toyed with gray flannel,” I chuckled with an impish grin.
“Here at Bandersnatch and Bushelman we’re not about simple fabrics,” Peplum said, leaning in to me conspiratorially. “I beg you, don’t hang back with the brutes.” Talking down a natty pinstriped jacket from the store dummy, Peplum offered it up to me.
“Look here, try and stain it,” he said.
“Stain the jacket?” I asked.
“Yes. I’m sure, even knowing you so little as I do, you’re a man who deposits a vast amount of ichor on your clothing. You know, butterfat, Elmer’s glue, chocolate creams, cheap red wine, ketchup. Have I captured you accurately?”
“I guess I’m as prone to soiling a garment as the next man,” I stammered.
“Depends how slovenly the next man is,” chirped Peplum. “Let me provide some samples for you to try.” He handed me a combination plate with assorted sauces and ointments, each life-threatening to fabric.
“You really want me to?”
“Yes, yes—spread some blackberry currant on the jacket, or the Fox’s U-Bet syrup.” Summoning the courage to defy years of social conditioning, I ladled on a dollop of axle grease only to find that it could not be made to stick or leave its trace. This held true for soot and tomato juice, toothpaste and India ink.
“See the difference when I apply these same substances to your clothing,” Peplum said, shaking a generous portion of A.1. sauce on my trousers. “Note how it actually discolors the material permanently.”
“I see, I see, yes, it’s horrendous,” I said, stricken.
“Good choice of words,” Peplum chortled. “Ruined forever, and yet for a few hundred quid extra, you’ll never have to think bib or consort with common dry cleaners again. Or let’s say the wee ones finger paint on your vicuña sports coat.”
“I don’t want a vicuña sports coat,” I explained, “and rather than get too pricey, I prefer to take my chances with a little naphtha.”
“By the way,” Peplum noted, “we also have a fabric that will reject any odor. I mean, I don’t know what your wife’s like, but I can just imagine.”
“She’s a very handsome woman,” I quickly said.
“Well, you know, it’s all relative. I might look at the same face and see something you’d find for sale in a live-bait store.”
“Now, just a minute,” I protested.
“I’m theorizing. I mean, let’s say you have a receptionist with a rear end you can’t keep your eyes off, long, tan legs, ample cleavage, and a pout—plus she’s always running her tongue over her lips. Get the picture, friend?”
“Perhaps I’m obtuse,” I said weakly.
“Perhaps? Let me limn it more graphically, pilgrim. Let’s just say you’re bouncing this little slab of cheesecake at every motel in the tristate area.”
“I’d never—“
“Please. Your secret’s safe with me. Now, you come home and the ball and chain perceives the subtlest trace of Quelques Fleurs on your Tattersall vest. Starting to have the epiphany? Next thing you know, either you’re sweating to keep out of alimony jail or the immortal beloved goes ballistic and you wind up like one of those old Weegee photos with a suppurating excavation between the orbs.”
“This is not a real problem for me,” I said. “I just want something relaxed but elegant to wear on special occasions.”
“Sure you do—but with an eye to the future. We don’t just make suits, we clothe our customers in a postmodern environment. What do you do, Mr.—?”
“Duckworth, Benno Duckworth. Perhaps you’ve read my volume on anapestic dimeter.”
“Can’t say I have,” Peplum said. “But you impress me as the mercurial type. Moody. I’d venture even bipolar. Silly to deny it. I can see even in the brief time we’ve spent together how your psyche oscillates from benign and avuncular to frazzled or, if the right buttons were pushed, homicidal.”
“I assure you, Mr. Peplum, I’m stable. My hands may be shaking now, but it’s because all I want is a blue suit—not an environment. Just something that suggests accomplishment yet is understated.”
“And here I have exactly the item. A fine Scotch wool. But loomed with our own secret cocktail of mood elevators to provide you with a constant sense of well-being.”
“Unmotivated well-being,” I snapped with emerging sarcasm in my voice.
“Well, it’s motivated by the suit. Let’s say you lost your wallet with all your credit cards and you get home and the little kumquat’s totaled the Lamborghini plus you find a ransom note demanding eight times your net worth if you ever want to lay eyes on your kids again. With this garment on your back you never lose your good humor or affable manner. The truth is, you actually enjoy your plight.”
“And the children?” I asked, terrified. “Where are they? Bound and gagged in some basement?”
“It won’t be as it appears now—not while you’re caressed by one of our antidepressant textiles.”
“Right,” I parried, “but when I take off the suit, won’t I experience withdrawal symptoms?”
“Er, well, there are some weak sisters who tend to become more introverted once the jacket is removed. Why? Would you ever contemplate ending it all?”
“Yes, well,” I said, backing toward the fire exit, “speaking of ending it all, I must go. I have a pet raccoon at home that needs milking.” As the fingers in my pocket closed around my pepper spray should any attempt to hamper egress be made, my attention was caught by a stunning navy swatch that Peplum had not yet presented.
“Oh, this,” Peplum described when I queried him on it. “The threads are interwoven with thousands of conductive wires. The garment not only drapes beautifully but will recharge your cellular phone when you rub the instrument on your sleeve before placing a call.”
“Now, that’s more like it,” I said, envisioning the finished product to be at once stylish yet practical while announcing indirectly to my peers that I was indeed a member of the avant-garde. Peplum, seeing that he had hit pay dirt, pulled out a purchase order and moved in on me to close the deal with the lethal economy of Philidor’s mate. As I pulled out a check and accepted his Mont Blanc, my heart racing with promise of this sartorial coup, it was none other than Ramsbottom, his face drained of all color, who came bolting in from the other room.
“Problems, Binky,” he whispered.
“You’re ashen,” Peplum said.
“Our cellular recharging suit,” Ramsbottom bleated, “the one we sold yesterday—remember?—cashmere microscopic conductive wires. You know, the kind you can just rub your cell phone on to get it juiced.”
“Not now,” Peplum said, coughing. “I’ve a, you know,” he said rolling his eyes toward me.
“Huh?” Ramsbottom murmured.
“You know, there’s one born every minute,” Peplum shot back.
“Oh, yes, sure,” the nervous cohort chattered. “It’s just that the bloke who put on the cell-phone-charging suit stepped out of our showroom, touched the handle of his car, and ricocheted off Buckingham Palace. He’s in intensive care.”
“Hmm,” Peplum mused, rapidly computing every possible liability. “Probably didn’t realize it’s fatal to make contact with metal while you’re thusly clad. Oh, well, you notify his family, I’ll give heads-up to legal. That’s the fourth time this month a conductive-suit customer has had to go on life support. No, where was I? Oh yes, Ducksauce? Duckbill? Where’d he go?”
Let him try and find me. High voltage in a pair of pants is exactly the kind of thing that sends me ricocheting directly to Barneys, where I bought a marked-down three-button job off the peg, and it doesn’t do anything postmodern unless you count picking up lint.
Woody Allen is a writer, producer, and director based in New York City.
This text is an excerpt from Mere Anarchy (Random House, 2007).
Credit: “Sam, You Made the Pants Too Fragrant” from Mere Anarchy by Woody Allen © 2007 by Woody Allen. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
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MCLA and HVCC Sign Environmental Studies Articulation Agreement
NORTH ADAMS, MA—Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) and Hudson Valley Community College have signed a new articulation agreement. This new agreement will allow Hudson Valley students who earn their associate degree in environmental science to seamlessly transfer to MCLA’s bachelor’s degree program in environmental studies with a concentration in environmental science or environmental sustainability.
Students who complete Hudson Valley’s associate degree program will be able to enter MCLA as juniors, and MCLA will provide student support services to these new transfer students. Qualifying Hudson Valley students must graduate with at least a 2.0 grade point average.
“MCLA’s Environmental Studies Department is excited to provide this path for Hudson Valley students to join our close-knit, dynamic community of students and faculty,” said Professor Elena Traister, chair of MCLA’s Environmental Studies Department. “Hudson Valley’s program is well-aligned with our own, and students will be able to engage immediately with us in our research and community-engaged efforts addressing today’s environmental challenges.”
“We are so pleased to offer another transfer opportunity to our students pursuing Environmental Science at Hudson Valley,” said Biology, Chemistry and Physics Department Chair Peter Schaefer. “The large majority of our students are looking for a seamless way to move from an associate degree and finish their bachelor’s degree in just two more years. MCLA has given us another way to do just that.”
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Hoffman ready for Adelaide homecoming
Thu 28 Jun 2018, 02:29 PM
When Ryan Hoffman runs onto Adelaide Oval on Friday night it will be something of a homecoming for him.
The Storm veteran spent several years of his childhood in Adelaide before returning to the east coast with his family.
This week he returns to South Australia to face the Roosters in a showpiece event. It will be the first time Hoffman has been back since playing there for Melbourne back in 2006.
It is an occasion the 34-year-old is very much looking forward to.
Storm Media: Ryan Hoffman
"To be able to play at an historic ground like that is exciting," Hoffman said.
"It is exciting to take our great game to all parts of Australia.
"We are trying to make rugby league a national game and I think it is great by the Clubs and the NRL to take our game to all part of Australia.
"Taking at least one game to Adelaide every year is a great concept."
All five of Storm's Origin stars have made the trip to Adelaide and will need to prove their fitness at Captain's Run late on Thursday afternoon before being declared fit to play.
Nelson Asofa-Solomona also make back home just in time after being delayed for a few days in Denver following New Zealand's Test against England.
The Kiwi arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday morning and flew back out with his Storm teammates 24 hours later to take on the Roosters.
It is far from the ideal preparation but Hoffman is confident the rising star will be ready to lead the pack in the absence of Jesse Bromwich and Dale Finucane.
"I spoke to Nelson and he is buzzing from the experience of playing over in Denver," Hoffman said.
"It is going to be tough for him but he is a professional, he is an international player so we are expecting him to go out there and do his job.
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Thu 25 Oct, 2018
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Hoffman calls times on decorated career
Mon 02 Jul, 2018
Hoffman set for 250 Storm games
Tue 03 Apr, 2018
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English folk developed further from the sixties and in the seventies into other genres, such as folk rock, a more electric version played by bands such as Fairport Convention. Similarly in Ireland, a country with a deep affection for its own traditional songs, acts like The Pogues added a punk edge to the folk sound in the eighties. Over in America, a similar development was happening, most notably when Bob Dylan progressed his Woodie Guthrie inspired folk songs from acoustic guitar and harmonica to a more electric style which split his audience.
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Yahoo on why inspirational content increases purchase intent
Yahoo’s head of advertising solutions for EMEA, Patrick Albano, will tell delegates at the Cannes Lions festival why inspiration and consumer trust are key drivers for successful content, based on new research released today (24 June).
By Mindi Chahal 24 Jun 2015 8:00 am
The tech giant believes that marketers “don’t know how best to deliver against content” so commissioned the research that spans four markets, including the UK, France, Germany and Italy.
The study revealed that when achieved and done right, inspiring consumers has a proven uplift on behaviours such as purchase intent, brand affinity and likelihood to share content by up to a factor of 1.84 times (see infographic below).
For the study, Yahoo showed 1,000 consumers in each of the four countries a set of ‘best-in-class content marketing’ and asked them a number of questions about different aspects of it. It then took this data and used a statistical tool called CHAID to model out which aspects are most likely to drive purchase, positive feelings towards a brand and advocating the sharing of content.
The research also shows that consumers who say they trust the content are at least three times more likely to share it or feel positive towards the brand.
Speaking to Marketing Week ahead of his preentation at Cannes Lions today (24 June), Albano admitted that brands are already looking to inspire consumers in their marketing, but the focus is on where marketers prioritise inspiration – in relation to the type of content.
He said: “You always want to inspire someone to go and buy your product, and you do that in different ways, but this research speaks to the idea that you should tell them stories of inspiration. The core focus of your message should be that the consumer walks away feeling inspired and that will end up getting them to buy your product.”
Another focus for the research was to look at not only look at the content that brands produce and how people interact with it but also, based on that interaction, look at what the long-term impact would be. Albano said: “The number one driver we saw here was that if you can inspire people it would drive up purchase intent – that’s what makes this the most interesting for brands.”
In the next 12 months the brand will also focus on incorporating return on investment into its programmes, so that when they work with brands it can to give them a view of the impact of the engagement they got from that content programme.
Yahoo are working on building a tool for marketers to help them see, based the different attributions of the content and how people engage, the estimated return on that spend.
The brand said it’s exploring how to tie revenue into the research data. Patrick Hourihan, research director for EMEA at Yahoo, said: “We have the consumer output about what makes good content marketing and we are looking to be able to create something from a forecast perspective to work with brands on.”
The growth of the Tumblr platform is also a key focus for the brand in the coming months and Albano believes that what differentiates the social site from the other platforms is that “it’s about content that users are passionate about”. He said that a lot of brands are trying to figure out how to evolve a content strategy to work on Tumblr.
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Airbnb: ’Creativity without strategic rigour is a waste of marketers’ budget’
Mindi Chahal
Speaking on a panel hosted by The Economist at Cannes Lions today (22 June), along with Mars CMO Bruce McColl and Nestle’s global head of digital and social media Pete Blackshaw, Jonathan Mildenhall fired up the debate into the battle between data and creativity and why it rests on talent and strategic thinking.
Celebrity Intelligence’s Sarah Mawson: what brands can learn from Taylor Swift
Sarah Mawson
Taylor Swift is the first, and still the only, artist to have three albums sell more than 1m in their first week and is recognised on Forbe’s Most Powerful Women in the World list. But beyond all this, she is a master marketer. Here are six things brands can learn from her.
Brands urged to appeal less to mums and focus more on dads
Thomas Hobbs
As Father’s Day fast approaches new research has urged brands to appeal less to mums and focus more of their attention on dads with 52% of the latter more likely to spend sizeable chunks of money on premium-end products.
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John Dawes 26 Jul 2016
OK interesting … but how do you know in advance that your advertising is “inspirational”. The marketing department might think a certain Ad is inspirational but punters might think it’s try-hard / lame / boring. So, a pretest measure for inspirational anyone ?
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Home » Imagine Eyes lands CE Mark for its retinal camera
Imagine Eyes lands CE Mark for its retinal camera
November 19, 2012 By MassDevice staff
Orsay, France-based Imagine Eyes landed CE Mark approval to market its rtx1 retinal camera, a device designed to image the retina at the cellular scale, which help clinicians observe the micro vascular structures that are frequently affected by vision-degrading diseases.
The newly approved rtx1 retinal camera, which is focused at the retina’s cone photoreceptor layer to avoid image blurring, is the 1st adaptive optics platform system approved for clinical use, the company said.
"The technology is protected by 4 proprietary patents," director of global communications Mark Zacharria said in prepared remarks. "These cover different aspects of the device’s optical architecture that enable its superior image quality."
The rtx1 retinal camera features flood illumination similar to a existing cameras, and can capture vascular patterns in the eye to generate images alongside other diagnostic techniques, such as fundus imaging or OCT, according to the press release.
Besides the regulatory win in the European Union, the rtx1 has received the Shonin mark in Japan. The device will land FDA clearance "hopefully by the end of Q2 2013," and receive other regulatory approvals in the emerging market, Zacharria noted.
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Is Linda Kasabian’s Account of the Second Night Credible?
A 1969 Chevron/Standard road map of greater Los Angeles. Spahn’s Ranch was just off the map, slightly northwest of the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Devonshire Street at the upper center/left-hand side of the map.
One of the most horrifying aspects of the Tate-LaBianca case is the randomness of the murders. These murders were not committed because of personal animosity or for any hope of material gain from the victims. They were committed simply out of the need for them to be committed in order to establish a copy-cat pattern that would cause the police to believe that Bobby Beausoleil had not committed the earlier murder of Gary Hinman and thereby release him from jail. The identities of the victims were irrelevant to their fates.
The randomness and scope of the atrociousness of the Tate-LaBianca murders have been reinforced by claims of a city-wide "murder search" that allegedly occurred on the night of August 9 before and after Manson et al. arrived at 3301 Waverly Drive. The importance of establishing the bona fides of this supposed random search for murder victims was important to the prosecution, for, as Vincent Bugliosi later said of the search in his bestselling book Helter Skelter, "Thus far [before the group's arrival at the LaBianca residence], their wanderings appeared totally at random, Manson seemingly having no particular victims in mind. As I’d later argue to the jury, up to this time no one in the vast, sprawling metropolis of seven million people, whether in a home, a church, or even a car, was safe from Manson’s insatiable lust for death, blood, and murder.” (Helter Skelter, page 357)
Since Charles Manson's "insatiable lust for death, blood, and murder" is what this case is all about, it is worth questioning the validity of the story of this city-wide search for random murder victims.
The earliest public account of what happened on the night of August 9-10 that gave any inkling of nefarious doings beyond the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca was given by Susan Atkins during her testimony to the Los Angeles County grand jury on December 5, 1969, just days after news of the arrests in the case broke. In that testimony Atkins recalled stopping in Pasadena at a house with pictures of children on the walls inside, a house that Manson supposedly vetoed as murder target because he didn't want to harm children. But Atkins mentioned nothing else (including the post-Waverley trip to Venice after stopping to get gas and ditch Rosemary LaBianca's wallet in the restroom of the Standard Station at Sylmar. She said she fell asleep and woke up back at the ranch. She also remembered that Charles Manson had a gun when he left the car at Waverly Drive and that he returned to the car and told everybody that he had the LaBiancas tied up inside the house. This alleged gun has never been accounted for before or since the evening of August 9, and Charles "Tex" Watson claims in his book Will You Die For Me? that he tied up the LaBiancas.).
A second and much more extensive account of the murder search came from star prosecution witness Linda Kasabian, beginning with the trips she made around Los Angeles with Bugliosi and other law enforcement officials in March of 1970 when the district attorney's office was preparing her to be a witness at the trial.
Linda Kasabian in a car
On a March 15, 1970 trip around L.A. with Bugliosi and other investigators she told of the following alleged murder attempts. (All in all she was taken out three times to try to find murder attempt locales. This was in March 1970, a full three months after the publication of Susan Atkins' grand jury testimony with its mention of the murder attempt with the kid pics.) In addition to the house with the pictures of children Kasabian also remembered one house that was considered for murder but rejected because it was too close to neighboring houses; a church where Manson supposedly tried the back door in an effort to gain entry and kill the presumed priest or minister inside. (This plan was scuttled only because the church door was locked.); a couple getting out of their car (an idea also abandoned due to the proximity of potential witnesses); and an individual in a white sports car at at stop light on Sunset Boulevard (spared only because he sped away when the light turned green before Manson could get over to his car and shoot him).
Susan Atkins, as we have seen, only recalled the incident at the house with pictures of children on the walls in her grand jury testimony. In her 1977 memoir Child Of Satan, Child Of God, after perhaps having time for her memory to have returned -- or to have become familiar with the "official" account of August 9 as recited by Linda Kasabian into the court record, the record that law enforcement accepts as being "true" -- she remembered the church, the house with pictures of children, and said that Manson asked Kasabian about an actor in Venice as a possible victim and that they then went to Venice in a futile attempt to murder him.
In her final testament, The Myth Of Helter Skelter, Atkins vaguely alludes to the attempt to kill the actor in Venice but mentions no other murder attempts.
In Will You Die For Me? Charles "Tex" Watson not only remembered the stop at the house with the pictures of children, he also remembered going up the house and peering into the window with Manson and seeing the pictures himself. He remembered the house too close to the neighbors, the church, the couple getting out of their car, the incident on Sunset Boulevard with the sports car, and then the group's arrival at Waverly Drive. (Interestingly, Watson's memory coincides almost precisely with Kasabian's testimony at his murder trial, where she recounted the house with the pictures of children, the couple by their car, the "too close" house and the church -- but not the incident with the white sports car.)
Steve Grogan is not talking and has never, to my knowledge, given any account of his or the others’ activities on the night of August 9-10. I would say the same for Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten. (If any reader could direct me to any material to the contrary I would appreciate it very much!)
I once asked Manson about the city-wide search for murder victims before and after the group arrived at Waverly Drive. He declined to go into any detail but contended that he didn’t think there was enough time to have done all the driving that was alleged to have happened. Kasabian says that the group left Spahn's Ranch after dinner on the 9th. Earlier examinations of "the Family's" eating schedule have concluded that they usually ate "after dark." It has been previously established on this site that on August 9 it got dark just before 9:30 p.m. Kasabian later estimated that the group arrived at the LaBianca residence just after 2:00 a.m., jibing with the testimony of the newspaper vendor who sold the the doomed couple a newspaper shortly before that time. If the carload of people left Spahn's Ranch in Chatsworth at 9:30 p.m. and drove to Pasadena, around Pasadena, and then far enough west to then be heading back up Sunset Boulevard from the ocean (Helter Skelter, page 357), could it have arrived at Waverly Drive at just after 2:00 a.m.? Probably, and especially so since Kasabian's estimated time of arrival is just that -- an estimate. The car could have easily arrived later than two.
Still, what really happened during all of that driving? Aside from Kasabian's trial testimony (and other reminiscences that are possibly based on that testimony) there is no accounting. But if we examine Kasabian's version of events it quickly becomes apparent that there is absolutely no corroborating evidence to support the conclusion that the "murder search" ever even happened.
In an effort to corroborate Kasabian's account Bugliosi had her try to locate the places where the alleged murder attempts occurred. The results of her efforts are telling. According to Bugliosi she could find all of the locations except one. But did she really?
She said she found the house that was supposedly too close to other houses to commit a mass murder. But realistically she could have pointed out any house that matched her vague description. So her "identification" of that house proves nothing.
Ditto for the church.
She couldn't find the house with pictures of children on the wall. This is especially interesting and convenient, for if she had pointed out such a house it would have been a simple matter for a competent defense attorney or investigator to question the residents of the house and determine whether such pictures were ever visible. Unfortunately, she could not locate this house, and thus no one would ever be able to determine whether pictures of children had hung on the walls or not to either prove or disprove her allegation.
As for the incident with the sports car, I don't know whether Kasabian ever pinpointed the exact location on Sunset Boulevard where this is supposed to have occurred, but one wonders why Manson, who allegedly nixed an earlier murder scenario at a house because it was too close to the neighbors, would suddenly decide to stop the car and get out to fire an extremely loud .45 caliber pistol (this according to Charles Watson's description of the weapon) at an intersection on Sunset Boulevard on a Saturday night.
The same goes for the couple getting out of their car. This supposedly occurred just down the street from where the house with the pictures of children was -- another location that Kasabian couldn't find. Were the couple supposed to be murdered right in the street in front of any number of potential witnesses, or were they to be followed to an unknown location (which could have been a residence full of other people) to be dispatched?
Regarding the encounter with the resident of the Venice apartment one floor below that of intended murder victim Saladin Nadar, police investigators were never able to locate anyone in this precisely placed location who had been awakened early in the morning of August 10 by an attractive young blonde who said, "Sorry, I have the wrong apartment." Now I'll grant that if you wake me up at three in the morning for thirty seconds it's very likely that I won't later remember anything that happened. But one could wonder exactly how much of a chore it would have been for someone in the apartment to be awakened and get to the door. Was there a doorbell? Did Linda knock loudly and persistently? How far was the apartment's bedroom from its front door? How much ruckus would have accompanied the brief "Sorry, wrong apartment" encounter at the doorway?
Most puzzling, perhaps, is an alleged encounter described by Kasabian between her and Manson with the two law enforcement officers on the beach in Venice. Despite the fact that it should have been relatively easy to determine which pair of officers was on duty in that area at the time, none could be found to corroborate the encounter. Is this believable? Police officers are especially trained to be observant and recall everything that happens while they are on duty. Is it likely that not one but two police officers would fail to remember questioning a suspicious couple at three-thirty or so during a graveyard shift, especially on such a memorable night as the one after the slaughter on Cielo Drive? To me this is highly unlikely.
Aside from the grand jury testimony of Susan Atkins, given at a time when she was providing other spectacular and attention getting (but since denied) lurid murder details such as drinking Sharon Tate's blood and personally stabbing Tate to death, the only corroboration of Linda Kasabian's testimonial claims of a city-wide "murder search" comes from…. Linda Kasabian herself. (And from a legal point of view it's worth noting that normally testimony from a crime partner against their accomplices in a crime is not admissible without corroboration -- but this inconvenience was eliminated here by having Kasabian granted immunity and removed from the indictment before the trial started, thus eliminating her "accomplice" status and allowing her uncorroborated testimony against her fellow participants in the night of August 9 to be admissible into the trial record as "evidence.")
So, what is the answer to the answer to the question, is Linda Kasabian’s account of the second night credible? Well, I would have to admit that it’s credible if one is determined to believe that what Kasabian says is the truth. On the other hand, if a person takes into account the total lack of corroboration, Kasabian’s character, and the fact that she had been promised immunity for seven counts of first degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder for her “truthful testimony” at the Manson/Girls trial and all future M-related trials, then it wouldn’t be at all unreasonable to suspect that the account could be largely exaggerated or even totally false.
The "murder search" route?
Posted by George Stimson at 12:04:00 AM
Labels: Charles "Tex" Watson, Charles Manson, Linda Kasabian, Susan Atkins, Vincent Bugliosi, Waverly Drive
Robert C said...
On the second map that's a lot of theoretical territory to cover in one night. LA is 'Big' as many here know.
But I can imagine a scenario where members in the Family vehicle were likely just talking about targets of opportunity half-heartedly in those situations mentioned although some of them like the church thing could have become more deadly. I'd guess some of the details like the pictures, the church, the sports car and any other targets of opportunity are 'normally' the kind of things she would not make up without some degree of validity whether it's the whole story or not. More likely just nervous idle chat as they cruised (?) that, for some reason, she and others remembered in particular, especially whenever they actually stopped and checked out some place.
I also wonder how familiar she and others were with that part of greater LA and since it was at night, how aware many of them were as to exactly where they were geographically at any given time ? This may account for her later confusion about the location of some place(s).
Overall my take is Kasabian at that time was a frightened, edgy person with some creditability as long as it didn't deeply incriminate herself. From all I know about her I get the sense she was not really into the 'killing' thing but was just going with the flow until they all hit the big time, then she really got scared.
I'm just guessing here ....
Mr. Humphrat said...
thanks George. I like your second map with possible route. Would you tell me what possible order that route went in? Would it have been taking the Ventura Freeway toward Pasadena? And did they come at the Silver Lake District from the west? The lowest east-west line would that have been the way from Pasadena going west? Thanks
Cielodrive.com said...
Seems odd to drive all the way back down to Venice from Sylmar after you’ve driven around all night and Sylmar is so close to Spahn Ranch.
Although Susan doesn’t mention going to Venice to the Grand Jury, she doe say they were going to be two groups and two locations
Q: While you were driving around, Susan, was there any discussion as to what you were going to do?
A: The only discussion that I can recall, sticks in my mind, is that the same thing we had done last night only two different houses, there was to be two sets of -- two groups consisting of one man and two girls to go to two different houses. That is why there were two men and six women -- and four women.
Susan does mention a second house in South Pasadena to the Grand Jury
Q: Did Charlie stop at any other house after that?
A: We stopped at one house and then --
Q: Do you know where that was?
A: Somewhere in the same neighborhood.
Q: Did Charlie get out of the car at that time?
Q: He stayed in the car?
Q: What took place in front of that house?
A: Nothing, we just watched.
Q: For how long?
A: About two, three minutes.
Q: Was anything said at that time?
Q: What happened next?
A: We drove on and then we just continued driving around and I fell asleep, I was thoroughly exhausted, and when I woke up we were in front of another house and I seemed to recognize the house -- not the house, but the particular area.
Both Atkins and Leslie Van Houten claim to have slept through portions of the driving. Ever seen the back seat of that car? Looked like a dumpster.
Although Kasabian never gave specific addresses for the places she identified, I was able to find the locations from a few photos LAPD took. Thankfully, the second house looks exactly the same as it did in 1969, otherwise I would never have found it. Incidentally, the person who lived there in 1969, still lived there up until a few years ago.
1909 Illinois Dr, South Pasadena
and then the church....
Oneonta Congregational Church at 1515 Garfield Ave, South Pasadena
George Stimson said...
Mr Humphrat,
Let’s see, starting at Spahn’s in the upper left you go down Topanga Canyon Boulevard, then east on Devonshire to the 405 south to the Ventura Freeway east to the Fair Oaks exit in Pasadena, driving around in Pasadena for a while, then somehow heading far enough west (here I speculate going south on Arroyo Parkway to the Pasadena Freeway south to the Santa Monica Freeway west and then up the 405 to Sunset Boulevard) in order to be heading “back up Sunset from the ocean” when the sports car incident allegedly occurred, then up Sunset to Los Feliz and the LaBianca residence, then up the Golden State Freeway north to Sylmar for gas and milk shakes, then south again on the 405 to Venice Boulevard and into Venice to Saladin Nadar’s apartment on Ocean Front. (I think that's right.)
Cielo,
Actually, it was your skepticism about the drive from Slymar to Venice that inspired this post .
George, that trip is hard to swallow. Maybe a dog was driving
Great post as usual George... very interesting.
About the Copy Cat motive though lol- I actually agree that the three crime scenes were eerily similar and should have alerted the authorities much sooner as to the connections. But, I am not sure I am convinced of a copy cat motive though. Maybe- but still think if that's the case, Charlie instigated it and who and where and when.
Also,I think it is a stretch to say the murders were randomly selected. Charlie and others had been to both locations in the past. No?
And most importantly. Linda was a traitor and is a piece of garbage. Totally self serving. But there are enough other people who verified or collaborated enough pieces that we have a "general" idea of what happened that night- if not exact specifics.
Linda may have been wrong or lied about a few details for whatever reason. That reason was not because she ordered the killings and Charlie was completely innocent, or that she had some deeper hidden involvement that takes away from Charlie's culpability. I hope that is not an implication? That I do not buy personally.
George I think you would have made a fine attorney yourself...
I also wonder how the cops had so much trouble tying those crimes scenes together? that always bothered me. And if George is right and it was supposed to look like a copy cat- that means they were trying to make the crime scenes look similar and the cops still didn't catch on???
So much is so hard to believe about this case. You sort of still cant rule almost anything out I guess. But Linda being a mastermind or having a deeper role is very hard for me to wrap my mind around....
Bobscamarumbump said...
In Ed Sander's The Family, he wrote that while in Venice, "somebody" went to a "Biker's house" to borrow a gun. As far as I can recall, this is something that was never mentioned anywhere else. Given the fairly recently discovered revelation of the extremely close proximity of the Straight Satans HQ to the apartment that Kasabian was allegedly sent to carry out a murder, I believe 100% that a visit was made to the Straight Satans that night and the entire trip to Venice was not without purpose and connected to them.
As for the testimony of Kasabian, needless to say, I think it appears tailor made. It's just too conveniently perfect for Bugliosi's case. While it leaves many of us with questions, it answered too many that beneficial for Bugliosi in regards to a jury.
Of course, with Kasabian, the biggest issue was if she was credible. According to his case, all except her were "heartless, bloodthirsty robots". But how did the jury and public know she wasn't capable of murder if asked? Bugliosi had too perfect of a scenario in which that question is not only answered, but also one in which she defied the command and actually comes out a hero by thwarting the plan.
I don't think that situation happened at all.
George as a person who would like to consider you a friend I would like you to consider your very own words...
"Well, I would have to admit that it’s credible if one is determined to believe that what Kasabian says is the truth."
Are you able to consider the same sentence could be true if you substitute Charlie for Kasabian?
Critical thinking means you cant go into something researching it if you already have your mind made up. To me anyway....
I really do not know what the true motive is. I am vexed at how many people are not willing to say the same?
In this community people form an opinion and then go out and find only facts that support it, or find things to cast doubt on any facts that do not...
I am pretty practiced at that if anything lol So I know.
But I am willing to accept this fact and admit I don't really know at the end of the day. Putting out motives as if they are fact- unquestioned and as an absolute is not the best of ideas....
Nobody knows for sure what it it is or isn't except the ruthless bastards who did it- and as long as they tell the same consistent story (over many years)- backed up by multiple independent testimonies and various evidence, of a motive that was not Copy- Cat (That never comes up in any parole hearings- ever- over all these years, by the way , by anyone who was involved on those two nights- Albeit Tex mentions it in one of his books as 1/3 the reason)
Why do you think that is???
I honestly feel that some go into this not objectively looking for the real answer. I think some have already made up their minds and instead spend their time researching ways to try and convince others it is so.
That is ok with me. People can spend their time any way they wish lol
In Fact- I will leave you with this...
Most of us have no access nor ever will. Here is an honest, serious plea to those who do
Charlie has not much time left at all. Enough of the bullshit. You are not getting him out, or changing the public perception of who he is. We can argue all day, but that is as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow somewhere on Earth. It no longer matters. He just aint going back to the desert or to hang out with you when he is free...
even if he really would have had he gotten free. I wonder how many of you would have a relationship with him at all if you weren't giving him something?
I know you wont be honest with me, but how about yourself?
Does Charlie give you anything at all in return for what he tales from you to get close? An affiliation with a guy like that is rationale enough?
There are many more important people, with much more invested than I- who deserve the truth.
Why did he take that group of people in such a dark direction?
Why did he instigate the murders of those people?
Linda Kasabian- COME ON MAN!!!!!
I am no fan of Linda Kasabian. To me when I compare Atkins and Kasabian, Atkins' recollection, nearest to the events, seems to be the most accurate if you compare both to the objective evidence. Bugliosi ‘leads’ her on far too many answers. She minimizes her role when she can. And Bugliosi’s ‘interview style’ and tactic of leaving facts dangling so wrong conclusions can be drawn occurs again and again. In fact, but for one fact, I might even argue that after Watson slit the screen Kasabian saw nothing else. She was not ‘going to testify anyway’ without immunity, she was ‘all in’ with Manson when she got back to LA and was never ‘innocent’ and I don’t mean legally.
Of course why Atkins never mentioned the actor incident is a very good question.
But to reach the conclusion the drive was made up you have to go further than I can go. Saint is right. You have to put aside proving your view for a moment.
What is corroborated? We know from LVH that they drove and drove and drove. We know from Atkins they drove a lot and stopped at the ‘pictures on the wall’ house. Then, as Cielodrive pointed out above, they both fell asleep. [Aside: they all knew night number 2 was murder….could you crash knowing that? Tells you a bit about them, doesn’t it?]
So either Bugliosi made it up and drilled it into Kasabian or she made it up herself.
If its Bugliosi the cost benefit analysis is too skewed against it. He risks everything else his star witness says on a lie he doesn’t need. His conspiracy exists without it. He must then stage the drive around to look for the locations- a move that will never help him in court. He puts his entire career and his case on the line to prove, what. Manson drove to Venice? There are no charges here related to any of that. No attempted murder, no brandishing a firearm. The indictment sets out his ‘overt acts’. That is what he needs to prove. Risk everything on this lie? Someone tell me why.
Now add Gary Fleischman, Kasabian’s attorney. He’s in every interview between Bugliosi and Kasabian, folks. He’s somehow willing to sit there and listen to Bugliosi say ‘now Linda, on that second night you drove down to Venice and here’s what happened’. Risk his career for this? For what? Because as a defense lawyer he was ‘all in’ on getting Manson? Sorry, this is for me the break down on Kasabian was told to lie by Bugliosi. There is no money, no fame, nothing for Fleischman.
Ok, Kasabian made it up. Now tell me why? She doesn’t need it to pin the murders on Manson and skip the noose. She doesn’t need this lie to walk free. She just hates Charlie? But she already gave him both barrels. He didn’t draw his finger across his throat during this stuff. She already threw him under the bus.
But maybe it’s just me.
Thanks George. That does surprise me too that you don't think Sylmar was the last stop-that's what I had pictured.
And thanks Cielo for those addresses and links.
I just don't get the obsession with trying to change who Charlie was. It's like people want to have it both ways. They want to support a bad guy but don't want to have to accept he was bad...
Linda was bad too lol it doesn't have to
Be exclusive.
Own who you dig. Take responsibility for your choices.
Do not create an alternative reality so you can feel more comfortable in your own skin and please please please ..
Stop trying to blame Bugs, Linda , or amyome else. They were all rotten. No Angels in this group.
But Charlie was the boss and he called the shots and he ordered those murders because???
That is how some of you should be talking to him who can. Stop trying to help him and help the rest of us figure it out so maybe we can prevent it from happening again.
But we need to really know why to begin to do that.
I believe that Gary Fleischman would have had Linda testify in favor of Charlie unless that deal was struck. Early articles had Fleischman discussing what a strong case Manson had over the prosecution and that there was little to no evidence against him (yet his own client turned out to be the most damaging). I'm not sure if he was just commenting on the lack of evidence, but it sounded as if he was on the side of Manson in the early stages.
This was at the time Linda wasn't talking. Bugliosi said she wanted to, but Fleischman wasn't letting her. I think that is bunk.
If Linda, the only one who did not commit any physical violence testified in favor of Manson, he might have walked.
BTW: doesn't anyone else find it odd that Bugliosi never recorded or documented any conversations with Kasabian?
Is it possible Linda didn't testify in favor of Manson because Charlie was the leader and the bulk of her story - if not every detail- was mostly correct ?
MM sais,
"This was at the time Linda wasn't talking. Bugliosi said she wanted to, but Fleischman wasn't letting her. I think that is bunk."
"BTW: doesn't anyone else find it odd that Bugliosi never recorded or documented any conversations with Kasabian?"
It is 'bunk'. From the horses mouth:
GARY FLEISCHMAN, Kasabian’s lawyer. Now 75, he practices in Northern California. "Linda had seen them committing mayhem at the Tate house. She had driven the killers to the LaBianca residence, but she hadn’t done anything. Still, she was technically guilty of first-degree murder. I told her that a deal was the only way out. She initially didn’t want to do that. These were her soul mates, no matter what they’d done. But I told her, “You’re broke, you’re pregnant, and you were there. You must become a prosecution witness.”
Taping her- no, I don't. If he did he would have to produce it to the defense and he had Fleischman running interference on their access to Kasabian. Everyone worried she would turn around. That is why they held her immunity as long as they did.
But, again, to say Bugliosi coached/created Kasabian's testimony you have to answer how that could happen with Fleischman in the room. He was at every interview. Bugliosi wants him there for precisely the reason being raised- that he coached her and he wants to be there so his client doesn't say something that implicates her in some other offense- like perjury. I'm sure VB and GF discussed the Melton money before he let her talk about that, for example.
ColScott said...
Everyone is missing out the more obvious answer- all of this happened just at different dates. These assholes were high/sleepy/dumb all the fucking time. Maybe the drive to Pasadena was another night. Doesn't matter.
grimtraveller said...
Seems odd to drive all the way back down to Venice from Sylmar after you’ve driven around all night and Sylmar is so close to Spahn Ranch
On the other hand, having finally got what had been, up until then, a rather stillborn night in terms of objective and action, underway, maybe Charlie now had the bit between his teeth.
I'm just curious what Charlie was doing in the car in the first place.....
These murders were not committed because of personal animosity or for any hope of material gain from the victims. They were committed simply out of the need for them to be committed in order to establish a copy-cat pattern that would cause the police to believe that Bobby Beausoleil had not committed the earlier murder of Gary Hinman and thereby release him from jail
Why didn't they just alibi Bobby ? Get one of the women to say she was with him from the 25th to 29th July ? Come the penalty phase, there was a major league effort to alibi Charlie. And it was obvious that Bobby hadn't talked even up to his first trial.
The identities of the victims were irrelevant to their fates
Try telling Nicholas Shreck that !
But Atkins mentioned nothing else (including the post-Waverley trip to Venice)
True. But nothing actually happened. Does going to Nader's apartment block {even with Clem having a gun} qualify as attempted murder ?
If Susan really did have a crap on the landing, I reckon it was genuine relief at not having to kill. She liked to play the tough girl but she turned out to be, as we used to say back in the 70s, all mouth and trousers.
Steve Grogan is not talking and has never, to my knowledge, given any account of his or the others’ activities on the night of August 9-10
It's a real shame that the Wayback machine hasn't captured all of the stuff that was on Catscradle77's site because Steve Grogan's testimony in the penalty phase was interesting. He bore out some of what Linda said, just that he took the hat off Charlie and put it on Linda instead. He also revealed that the penalty phase is what the defence would have been although he doesn't state it directly. When I first read it, I remember thinking that the overall result would have been the same.
I once asked Manson about the city-wide search for murder victims before and after the group arrived at Waverly Drive. He declined to go into any detail but contended that he didn’t think there was enough time to have done all the driving that was alleged to have happened
His contention of not enough time would tend to be cancelled out by his not going into detail. It makes little sense to say that there wouldn't have been enough time for all that driving if you refuse to say anything about the time that was filled.....
Aside from the grand jury testimony of Susan Atkins, given at a time when she was providing other spectacular and attention getting (but since denied) lurid murder details such as drinking Sharon Tate's blood and personally stabbing Tate to death,
What she told Ronnie Howard and Virginia Graham is actually markedly different to what she told Richard Caballero, Paul Caruso and the Grand Jury. I think she tried to big up her role in the murders when telling the 2 cellmates {and another one called Nancy Jordon} because she never expected it to go any further. She didn't envisage them telling on her. One of them even had said to her to keep her voice down because she knew someone that had gotten in trouble due to something she told a fellow inmate. She possibly felt they were looking out for her. So fellating her baby, stabbing Gary Hinman and Sharon Tate and tasting Tate's blood would be stuff that flows freely from her imago. She had a captive audience that she was keen to impress and show how together she was in her uninhibited "freedom." Once the law enforcement agencies, lawyers and a grand jury were involved, she had a keen audience of a different kind that listened with different ears and weren't there to be impressed by tales of sucking a baby's penis, tasting a dying woman's blood and murdering a pregnant woman.
Or to put it another way, finding that Graham and Howard weren't impressed and shopped her, maybe Atkins thought "that went down like a lead balloon ! I'd better just come clean."
I think that no truer words were spoken than what The Col said...
not to kiss ass- but really it just goes along with my earlier comments. It is trying to tie minor discrepancies together in such a manner to make a bigger leap
Grim said,
"Does going to Nader's apartment block {even with Clem having a gun} qualify as attempted murder ?"
Attempted murder in California requires:
1. Some direct action towards killing another person
2. The act was intended to kill a person
So an easy one is firing a gun at someone and missing. But it can also be hiring someone to kill someone or luring someone into an alley to kill them. Could they be charged? Yes. Convicted? Eh...I personally don't think so.
"I'm just curious what Charlie was doing in the car in the first place....."
See, Col Scott: "These assholes were high/sleepy/dumb all the fucking time."
Clem is 100% guilty of murder by being at the LaBianca house. Just being there and never doing anything. No fucking idea why he didn't go down for that. But then Zero committed Russian Roulette to this day
You know, Col, I have said that too but looking at it Clem is only guilty by conspiracy. That needs an 'overt act'. That act must lead to a murder. I'm not sure Clem has one now that I look at it.
That might be why he skated on TLB.
'In the car' is the agreement but there may not be an 'overt act'.
The circumstances surrounding Zero still remain an enigma to me.
One of the few remaining that receive very little attention.
But back to this thread ....
Looking at Linda's entire life you see a very bad person who does a lot of very bad things but to give her the tiniest credit - she has been something of a survivor. She had gone through her life criss crossing the country getting into trouble from one place to the next. She never lets herself get into too big a hole she can't worm her way out of. Even going so far in one instance as to leave her own child behind when she ran..
But she never crosses the line of smdoimg herself permanent damage.
She barely knew the Family and I'm sure it was in her nature to self preserve. So if Bugs was going to be the guy to offer her the way out of this mess- and she cooperated- it's understandable to me. As long as she didn't change or distort what really happened...
I get why she would go along with a few adjustments to things like timelines.
I don't believe anything she testified to gave anyone a false idea of what went down or who was involved.
I will never believe she flat out lies to cover up her own under-reported involvement and I think that is what some imply when they start to go down this road....
Dreath- He was present during a so called murder scout that ended in murder- this per the star witness testimony. He is an uncharged co-conspirator.
Robert C- Iwhen I do immerse myself in the case it boggles my mind how little the cops care about the murder of hippies.
St- Linda flat out lies (that's three lies you've told already) to increase Charlie's culpability. That is what BUG bought from her. The actual killers he has hard evidence against.
I'm not sure we disagree. I only said she didn't lie to cover up her own culpibility. I didn't say why she did lie. So not sure how I lied ...
But whatever you say lol
In chambers Older asks Bugliosi about Grogan.
THE COURT: As a matter of curiosity, why wasn’t Tufts prosecuted?
MR. BUGLIOSI: I can explain.
THE COURT: It is of moment in this case but I am just curious.
MR. BUGLIOSI: There are several reasons, and I can’t give the Court all the reasons.
One reason was that all we had at the time of the Grand Jury was Susan Atkins, and what she told me, her story was identical to Linda Kasabian’s with one substantial departure. She said that after the LaBianca incident they drove straight back to the ranch instead of going to Venice where these other things occurred. In the Grand Jury the testimony was that he was with them at the LaBianca residence and they drove back to the ranch.
We didn’t have him doing anything affirmative that night, not even disposing of anything.
There were other problems. He is a mental case.
Also, I had to put this Grand Jury thing together in about three days, and I hadn’t spoken to Tufts.
I was hopeful that maybe we could use him as a witnesses for us at that time. Maybe he would have testified for us at the trial.
There are several other reasons which I won’t go into now, but I am just giving the Court some idea.
THE COURT: You don’t have to tell me.
St- Linda flat out lies (that's three lies you've told already) to increase Charlie's culpability. That is what BUG bought from her
Which lies does Linda actually tell ? I don't mean discrepancies or those daft time type estimates. I mean actual lies, knowing untruths. It'd be an interesting exercise examining those and trying to work out how she got away with them.
The actual killers he has hard evidence against
Yes and three of them {Susan, Leslie and Tex} stated that Charlie was behind the killings. And not only that, evidence coming in from a surprising variety of sources were either placing or repeating talk of Charlie being behind them.
Sometimes, I wonder what people expected the prosecution to do.
If one personalizes it for a moment, imagine your wife, girlfriend, Mum or sister had been gang raped by 4 guys and there was evidence against them but it also transpired that the reason they raped was because the leader of their gang who wasn't present at the rapes put them up to it, a kind of "getting your bones" and proving yourself to the gang type scenario. Would you simply hold up your hands and accept that the leader gets away with it, especially when it becomes clear that, while totally guilty, the rapists would never have committed those particular crimes had it not been for the leader ?
St Circumstance said...
So not sure how I lied...
ColScott isn't saying that you lied. He's quoting Charlie during Linda's testimony, taking as evidence from Charlie that Linda lied.
On a side note, when Charlie shouted out to Linda in everyone's hearing that she'd told 3 lies "already," her reaction is interesting. Unlike Susan, Pat and Leslie who had all previously earmarked Charlie as being behind the murders {and crucial to understanding the mindset of at least Susan & Leslie, is seeing that they regarded these as killings that had to be done in the service of a greater scheme as opposed to how everyone else saw them ~ murders} but who all backed down once Charlie got to them with messages, Linda stared him down and didn't buckle. She said something like "it's the truth Charlie ~ and you know it."
Great stuff, Cielo!
Dreath said...
Quick question; has the law in California changed much in these areas since 1970 ? Some of the legal clarity you bring, would these have been the case even back then ?
For example, with Steve Grogan, back then, I understood that the words of one perp in a crime couldn't be used against an accomplice without independent corroboration of some kind. If that's true, it partly explains why no action was taken against Clem ~ there was nothing other than Susan and Linda's words to prove he was there. Same sort of thing with Tex, Bill Vance and Larry Jones in regards to Shorty's murder. None of them ever copped to it to anyone that was prepared to repeat it in court and Bruce and Clem years later doing so in relation to Tex was fairly worthless. Whereas Diane Lake could tie Leslie to the LaBiancas and Paul Watkins could tie Clem & Charlie to Shorty.
None of that would account for why, having admitted to knowing what had happened the night before and supposedly believing in the copycat, he would get into a car with them, go into someone's house {by his own admission}, leave Tex there and see Leslie and Pat enter the house and then drive off.....
GARY FLEISCHMAN: "Linda had seen them committing mayhem at the Tate house. She had driven the killers to the LaBianca residence, but she hadn’t done anything. Still, she was technically guilty of first-degree murder. I told her that a deal was the only way out. She initially didn’t want to do that. These were her soul mates, no matter what they’d done. But I told her, “You’re broke, you’re pregnant, and you were there. You must become a prosecution witness.”
The problem with that story as fait accompli and explanation is that the prosecution didn't want her. They had Atkins. So for the story to have any legs at all, one is forced to concede that Fleischmann was some kind of Paul Crockett style mystic force that could so successfully penetrate the mind of Susan Atkins by putting into motion a daring plan to have Linda write her lots of Charlie speak style messages to destabilize her mental framework and make her recant and toss her own immunity from the death sentence.
It could have happened that way, but I don't believe it. Far more likely, is that Susan crumbled under Charlie's presence. She says he threatened her with the safety of her son. But what happened with her is consistent with what happened with Pat. She runs off to "Alabammy" and tells Dr Brown that she was scared of Charlie finding her and killing her and fights extradition to LA. He gets to her with messages and not only does she end her extradition fight, she joins a joint defence and talks herself into the gas chamber.
Or Leslie, who never sold Charlie out. In her Mike McGann interview, she goes to the ends of the earth and back to keep him out of any trouble. One month later after the gig is up and Susan has spoken to the GJ, she comes clean and tells Marvin Part all. And at Charlie's behest, goes rogue and pitches in her lot with the joint defence and no psycho examinations and talks herself into the gas chamber too.
As calculating as Linda may have been, as Atkins pointed out not long before she died, she was no mastermind. I think Mr Fleischmann, a bit like Joe Sage, takes a little too much credit for the way the events bent Linda's way.
Grim,
The law of 'attempt' has bene the same for over 100 years. This is the current statute:
"California Penal Code Section 21(a)
An attempt to commit a crime consists of two elements: a specific intent to commit the crime, and a direct but ineffectual act done toward its commission."
Likely, that number has changed but that concept has not changed.
Grim, Cielo's comment there provides you with the answer regarding Clem.
This post about Kasabian requires attention. I have not read the comments, but on the post the following needs to be said:
1. For reasons I will set out in due course, at another time, the Copycat theory of the Hinman murder is not to be believed. It was discredited in the penalty phase of Tate/LaBianca. In any event was implausible for many reasons.
2. Atkins' failure to testify to as many details as Kasabian does not discredit Kasabian's evidence. It does not mean much more than that Atkins did not recall as much or was not prepared to testify to as much.
3. Van Houten did give a near contemporaneous account of the driving around in her interview with Marvin Part on 29 December 1969. She said inter alia "we drove and we drove and we drove".
4. Doubt is cast upon Watson's corroboration of Kasabian on the basis that his account followed her account. The allegation seems to be that he merely copied her. This is wrong. The account contained in his book was almost certainly the account he supplied to his lawyers in late 1969 (see his e-book). Therefore, it could not have been copied from her. There are other reasons it was not copied, which are unnecessary to go into here and now. All of that being so, the result is Kasabian got very powerful corroboration from Watson.
5. The stuff about Bugliosi driving her around is of no consequence. She could not corroborate herself.
6. Manson contemplated firing a loud weapon on public street because that was the sort of guy he quite often was - quite mad, capricious and temperamental. Only someone quite volatile and crazy would do things like, e.g. the throat slitting gesture to Kasabian while she was in the witness box (stand I believe it is called in USA). I could write a book about the crazy unpredictable things Charlie did, in particular the vile bashings he inflicted upon the female Family members, some as young as 16 yo.
7. About the removal of Kasabian from the indictment, you must be talking about a different Tate/LaBianca case to the one that I've read about. By all means, correct me if I'm wrong but the the court decided after much argument that Kasabian was in law an accomplice, and therefore her evidence did require corroboration. That is the very reason so much effort was put into corroborating her, and the jury was instructed her evidence required corroboration. Yes, uncorroborated evidence went in too, but teh jury was carefully instructed that it ought to treat that type of evidence with caution and indeed, prima facie, distrust. This is very standard fare in a criminal trial.
8. I find Kasabian's evidence absolutely credible without having any pre-determined desire to accept it. She was cross examined at ridiculous length by four different trial attorneys and not a glove was laid on her. That was quite amazing. You'll struggle long and hard to find in the annals of jurisprudence an example of such a good witness as Ms Kasabian. Why would anyone find that other than totally credible.
That said, I've seen people raise eyebrows about things she has said. That's fair enough but I have yet to see anything which remotely calls into question her credibility. I will be quiet willing to stand corrected if and when someone comes up with something.
Kind Regards to you all in USA.
Hello in USA, I'm new and just wanted to test, simon
I'd like to say the following in response to the post about LK's credibility re the 2nd night.
1. Watson's account in his book was almost certainly the version he gave to his lawyers in 1969 (see his e-book). That means it was unlikely to have been copied from LK. That being so, it was very powerful corroboration of LK.
2. Van Houten gave a version to her lawyer Marvin Part. She said inter alia something to the effect of driving and driving and driving, which tends to corroborate LK.
3. Bugliosi's car trips with LK are of little or no consequence. She couldn't corroborate herself.
4. Manson would have used the gun in public because he was the sort of guy who did many inexplicable crazy things e.g. the throat slitting gesture at LK during her testimony, the vile bashings of the girls, some as young as 16, maybe even younger. He was capricious, moody and unpredictable in the extreme.
5. Police are trained to be observant and recall everything that happens on duty - not quite. For the very reason that they can't be expected to remember everything that happens on duty, they are trained to record events in notebooks. If they do not make a notebook entry, they are apt to not be able to testify about events. I have interviewed, examined and cross examined 100's of police officers. It would not surprise me in the least that a police officer, when first asked some seven months later, had no independent recollection of the type of fleeting encounter on a beach that LK described. It would surprise me even less that the police officer made no record of such an encounter.
6. The court decided that LK's evidence did require corroboration because in law she was an accomplice. The jury was directed that her evidence ought to be treated with caution (indeed I recall "distrust" was the term) unless it was corroborated. None of this meant that uncorroborated evidence was precluded from admission, and none of it necessarily meant that the jury could not make use of such evidence. All it meant was that that type of evidence (uncorroborated) ought to be viewed prima facie with distrust.
7. The removal of LK from the indictment did not have the result that uncorroborated evidence could go in.
Kind Regards to all in USA (and elsewhere too!)
Simon... Very well said :)
Thank you Sir !
Thank u very much for your kind comment. I rather apprehend that all will not be so kind, but that's fair enough. Everyone has a point of view.
I had forgotten one thing. The fact that Atkins did not fully corroborate LK is neither here nor there. The fact is that, if anything, Atkins' GJ testimony did have a tendency to corroborate LK. Apart from that, it only meant that Atkins did not recall as much as LK, or was not prepared to testify to as much as LK. The significance either way is very limited.
starviego said...
They went straight down to where Bernard Crowe was to get him.
They went straight down to where Gary Hinman was to get him.
They went straight down to the Tate house to get them.
But they chose the LaBianca house more or less at random? Hmmm...
I am looking at all that driving around as a psychological tactic on Charlie's part to get the kids frustrated and pissed off, so that by the time they got to the LaBianca house they are rarin' to go and there won't be any hesitation. Also Charlie was deliberately trying to hide the fact that he had picked the target before they even got in the car, IMO.
"Everyone has a point of view."
Grim said: ' Charlie shouted out to Linda in everyone's hearing that she'd told 3 lies "already,"'
I was just wondering if Charlie wasn't throwing out a quick bible allusion for fun. (Peter denying Jesus 3 times)
Mr. H,
Very interesting observation. 'For fun"? Or on purpose- cue Manson's crucifixion pose.
Hey, I like that one Mr H !
I am looking at all that driving around as a psychological tactic on Charlie's part to get the kids frustrated and pissed off, so that by the time they got to the LaBianca house they are rarin' to go and there won't be any hesitation
Yet, if one looks at what went on to happen later in the night, there was hesitation~a~plenty and I think it's a fair argument that Clem and Susan were anything but raring to go....or they might well have said to Linda "oi, girly, if that's the wrong door, which one is the right one because you've just 5 minutes ago pointed out a door to Charlie and he's expecting results...."
If the accounts of the killers are true, the evening began with Charlie saying that he was going out with them to show them how 'it' should be done. After 4 or 5 of his attempts to select the right victim, nothing had been done. The pressure was on.
As an aside, I have to say that the photos Cielo included are incredible. In my mind's eye over the years, I have never and would never picture the church building and particularly the house looking like that. The house is so isolated.....
The law of 'attempt' has bene the same for over 100 years
I was thinking more of the "words of an accomplice without corroboration" thing, although that's useful to know. Sometimes we can think that the law was kind of deficient in the 'old days' but I reckon there were some very forward thinkers even 100 years ago.
And most importantly. Linda was a traitor and is a piece of garbage
Without whom all may have walked.
That they all pleaded 'not guilty' continues to fascinate me. But even hard evidence like prints don't actually prove anything.
Manson Mythos said...
As for the testimony of Kasabian, needless to say, I think it appears tailor made. It's just too conveniently perfect for Bugliosi's case
Actually, I think it's rather bumpy. Any good lawyer will take the raw material of someone's story and make it fit the case they are presenting.
That's what lawyers do.
I honestly feel that some go into this not objectively looking for the real answer. I think some have already made up their minds and instead spend their time researching ways to try and convince others it is so
The problem with being objective is that sooner or later you may well find that you can weigh up the very elements that you've been so objective about and reach a conclusion. And when you have reached a conclusion, you naturally defend that conclusion or try to illuminate the reasons for your belief in that conclusion. Being permanently objective about a particular matter could make one eternally wishy washy on it.
Part of the joy of human discourse is being able to discuss with those who come from opposing camps, those from your own camp, those of no camp and it's simply the way we are that we will try to pitch our view and get others to see it, even if they don't agree with it.
When it comes down to it, we rarely have the real answer to much. But we are able to weigh up the fragments we do have and make a decision based on them.
In "Goodbye Helter Skelter" is Charlie's account of the second night credible ?
If Charlie was going to lie about what happened on the second night, why would he admit going into the house and speaking with Leno LaBianca? Wouldn't it have been easier for him to deny going into the house altogether? Why admit to partial (seeming) culpability?
I don't see a problem driving all those miles George mapped out between say 10pm and 3 or 4 am. I would think if they'd made parts of the claimed trip on separate nights one of them would have said so by now.
Grim said: "I was thinking more of the "words of an accomplice without corroboration" thing...."
Ah, then here you go- a bit of history: http://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3035&context=lawreview
and California Penal Code Section 1111:
A conviction can not be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.
An accomplice is hereby defined as one who is liable to prosecution for the identical offense charged against the defendant on trial in the cause in which the testimony of the accomplice is given.
(Amended by Stats. 1915, Ch. 457.)
Note the date there at the bottom.
Grim said: "Actually, I think it's rather bumpy. Any good lawyer will take the raw material of someone's story and make it fit the case they are presenting. That's what lawyers do."
Example we all know: take two truths and spin them- racist cop (truth) + bloody glove (truth)= racist cop planted bloody glove.
they both fell asleep. [Aside: they all knew night number 2 was murder….could you crash knowing that? Tells you a bit about them, doesn’t it?]
On the other hand, being under such stress could cause one to crash out for a while, especially Atkins, infected to the max and later to show possible relief from stress by laying a loaf on the landing at Ocean Walk.
if George is right and it was supposed to look like a copy cat- that means they were trying to make the crime scenes look similar and the cops still didn't catch on???
That's debatable because as has been said a few times recently, some did. One even used the words "copycat". Actually, the word "copycat" came up a few times. Also, with the preponderance of drug related stuff with the Cielo crime and none whatsoever with the LaBianca crime, one can forgive the cops for treating them as two separate incidents.
In his book, George pointed out that murders in which bloody messages {or messages scrawled in lipstick} were left were apparently not unusual in California in 1969. Whether true or not one can make a case either way on behalf of or against the Police that they should have spotted the link straight away or that given other things that came up in their investigation {that years later Shreck would use to present his thesis of what was really going on}, it wasn't surprising that it took a while to get there.
He just ain't going back to the desert or to hang out with you when he is free.....even if he really would have had he gotten free. I wonder how many of you would have a relationship with him at all if you weren't giving him something?
Who can tell ?
But the fact remains that because of the way in which anyone after Oct '69 came to hear of Charles Manson, any relationship would proceed on the basis of one person in jail and one out. There are lots of prison ministries run by churches and social groups in which relationships are formed and both parties engage in them for their own reasons. One could say that both sides of the equation have their own selfish agendas and to be honest, is that really different from any relationship ?
but for one fact, I might even argue that after Watson slit the screen Kasabian saw nothing else
That's what Bugliosi and Stovitz originally thought. That's kind of why they thought she'd be no good as a witness as long as they had Atkins. I think her story genuinely caught them by surprise and one can see why Bugliosi started hoping that Susan would recant. Better a drug sodden rent~a~puss hippie that never killed than one he suspected killed Sharon Tate and fellated her own son and tasted her blood. One thinking of a jury sees there is no contest between the two.
She was not ‘going to testify anyway’ without immunity
It is interesting that Bugliosi didn't share that view. It came up during the trial and he reiterated it later in his book. She gives a noble speech on it during her testimony.
she was ‘all in’ with Manson when she got back to LA
I asked this a while ago but there was no answer forthcoming. Do we have any evidence of this ? Has anyone said that she tried to contact the Family at all ? It seems to me a little odd, given that her fleeing was in response to Cielo. She hadn't known that the LaBiancas were killed until October.
But, hey.
But if we examine Kasabian's version of events it quickly becomes apparent that there is absolutely no corroborating evidence to support the conclusion that the "murder search" ever even happened
If one examines Kasabian's version of events there is corroborating evidence from Atkins and Van Houten although none of it showed up in the trial. It also crosses my mind that with 7 people in a car, with 4 of them in the back and there were no seats in the back and Kasabian was up at the front, there were things that some of the guys in the back just may not have been privy to, especially if some were asleep, some were tripping and some were scared about the nights events to come. And Clem up front can't talk or he implicates himself.....
Well, I would have to admit that it’s credible if one is determined to believe that what Kasabian says is the truth
That's kind of unfair. Determination to believe Linda is telling the truth has little to do with anything. It's a matter of weighing up a whole lot of other stuff and deciding what one thinks. Given everything said about her from her Dad to the Family, given her liking for drugs and her willingness to give herself to blokes she barely knew, her penchant for theft etc, one has to ask if she comes across as the kind of duplicitous Ventress that fooled Bugliosi, Stovitz, the prosecution, the defence, Charlie, the Family, the Police, Judge Older and all the jail officials she had to deal with.
I've yet to be convinced and unlike with Charlie on his recollections of LaBianca night, there's nothing that Linda has yet come out with that makes me clench my backside and say "naw...."
On the other hand, if a person takes into account the total lack of corroboration, Kasabian’s character, and the fact that she had been promised immunity for seven counts of first degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder for her “truthful testimony” at the Manson/Girls trial and all future M-related trials
And therein lies the key. This wasn't a question of spinning a few yarns to get Charles Manson into the gas chamber. It went on for a number of years, was an intrusion into her life just when she'd want to be laying low and that immunity could be stripped away at any time if it was felt that she had not truthfully testified. She'd seen it happen to Susan and I wouldn't be surprised if she was aware that LE was trying at one point to do it to Mary in regards her Bobby trial shenanigans. While she testified for the prosecution in the original trial, she hadn't received the immunity. It was quite a way into her testimony that the DA's office petitioned for her to receive it and the Judge said yes.
It really isn't the fait accompli that it is often presented as.
then it wouldn’t be at all unreasonable to suspect that the account could be largely exaggerated or even totally false
That's true. It wouldn't be unreasonable to suspect. It wasn't unreasonable to suspect Ronald Hughes was killed by the Family. It wasn't unreasonable to suspect some family involvement in the death of Joel Pugh. It wasn't unreasonable to suspect Squeaky was involved in the murder of Lauren Willets.
None of the suspicions were borne out though.
Trilby said...
Dreath, can you give a few examples of what might constitute an overt act in furtherance of a conspiracy? Please and Thanks.
I've always felt the narrative that says they stopped the car pulling out of the Spahn driveway, & Bruce Davis and Manson talked for a bit, before Manson returned to car & they left Spahn; is of significance. Then Manson disappeared from view at the church, & again at the Denny's when he came back to the car with milkshakes. Could he have been using a payphone to call Bruce or another pre-arranged number? I still think Susan/Suzan was involved & that the timing was co-ordinated, as was Frank Struthers staying at the lake an extra day. I'd love to ask him who suggested he stay an extra night, & if anyone (Susan) tried to dissuade him.
"I asked this a while ago but there was no answer forthcoming. Do we have any evidence of this ? It seems to me a little odd, given that her fleeing was in response to Cielo."
Why: Krenwinkel fled and so did Watson. His trip to Texas wasn't to link up with his high school prom date.
That said I think I did answer you:
1. Fleichman (above: "I told her that a deal was the only way out. She initially didn’t want to do that. These were her soul mates, no matter what they’d done.")- I know you think he's lying. I don't. I can't think of better evidence then the lawyer who spoke with her on December 5, 1969.
2. The first post I ever did. "Accused Milford Girl Says She Won't Talk" http://www.mansonblog.com/2016/08/the-unhappy-odyssey-of-linda-kasabian.html
I believe back there you rationalized her statement likely because it doesn't fit your viewpoint.
Trilby said: "Dreath, can you give a few examples of what might constitute an overt act in furtherance of a conspiracy? Please and Thanks."
From this case and others I came across when writing that post:
Driving the car to the crime scene- or simply riding along
Entering the homes
Tying up the victims
Had Nader been murdered- let's say Kasabian knocked on the door he opened and she left- knocking on his door to lure him to open it.
Renting a car for a crime.
Buying guns for a crime or a rope.
Diagraming the surveillance cameras
Staking out the armored car drop at a bank
Buying the explosives for someone to make a bomb
An overt act is any action that moves the conspiracy forward. The real defense to conspiracy is 'lack of intent'. That's the argument made that even though Manson drove the car night #2 he didn't know/think anyone would be killed.
What evidence was there that Linda Kasabian had ever been anywhere near Cielo or Waverley Drive ? Whatever Susan Atkins testified before the Grand Jury could not, under the terms of her deal {we call it immunity but it wasn't really. But it was immunity from the death penalty}, be used against her or any of her accomplices. And the stuff they had on Kasabian was inadmissible hearsay unlike physical stuff that tied Tex and Pat to Cielo, Bobby to Hinman and Bruce to Shea. So one could ask exactly the same question of her. Why testify ? She wasn't really gaining anything. As Bugliosi himself pointed out, it was more to her advantage to say nothing, let the trial happen and be acquitted than incur the ire of the Family. Bugliosi says he'd only have gone for 2nd degree murder as a charge against her but he wouldn't have gotten a conviction on that, with or especially without Atkins. All Linda had to say was "I wasn't there. I drove no car. I didn't dispose of weapons or bloody clothes."
This tends to weigh heavily when considering whether she exaggerated or made stuff up. It was totally unnecessary for her to do so.
And actually Charlie could hardly lie about going into the LaBianca house since Atkins, Watson, Kasabian and Van Houten all placed him there. But he could spin any number of yarns about what took place in the house. The only person that could challenge anything he said was Tex and any time he's spoken about the murders he's nearly always {other than on the 'Tex tapes' which haven't been publicly aired yet} repeated what already exists in the public record which indicates to me that he has little recollection. His version of what happened is nothing like Charlie's although it is very similar to the controversial Emmons account.
Only Watson places Manson inside the house. All Atkins, Kasabian, and Van Houten can say is that he walked up the driveway towards Harold True's house and then came back to the car.
Why: Krenwinkel fled and so did Watson. His trip to Texas wasn't to link up with his high school prom date
You've kind of lost me there. The question I was saying I asked but got no answer to was whether or not Charlie tried to contact Linda in the period before she turned state's evidence. And whether or not she was back in the Family fold or trying to get there ~ having run away from them because of some of their murderous inclinations.
1. Fleichman - I know you think he's lying. I don't
I didn't say I thought he was lying and I don't think he was. If I was her lawyer it's advice I may well have given, though I'd also be aware that they had no case against her.
What I said I didn't believe him on was his master plan for Linda to keep sending "Manson~ speak" letters to Susan to destabilize her and cause her to recant. I do not believe that. It makes a great soundbitey story but there are other statements by various participants that round out that picture so much more or at least in addition to it, that are worthy of consideration.
I conflated that story with the quote that you brought because to me, for the purposes of balance, one has to consider both. So again, the question has to be put, what evidence is there that Linda, having run away from the Family because of murder, now was all for them and considered them as soul mates ? I think it's a valid question. Fleischmann's statement has competition.
I can't think of better evidence then the lawyer who spoke with her on December 5, 1969
I agree. Except that he's recalling events from 40 years previous. The article you quote from is from a 2009 LA Times oral history. He says other things like Linda's husband and Charles Melton slept on his doorstep and smoked his drugs. You've sometimes said that you don't give much credence to statements made so long after the event whereas I tend to be one that will.
In the same article, the reporter quotes Mike McGann as saying "Manson and Susan Atkins started communicating, and she completely changed. She became very belligerent. She didn’t want anything more to do with us. She decided she wouldn’t testify.."
The first post I ever did. "Accused Milford Girl Says She Won't Talk".....I believe back there you rationalized her statement likely because it doesn't fit your viewpoint
I guess you could say that. Paradoxically, you could also say that a spontaneous answer given to a hurriedly shouted question by a reporter just after you've been arrested for a heinous murder and given yourself in is difficult to use as a demonstration of long term intent, particularly as it wasn't exactly an interview.
I'll often look at the different ways that people behave in situations, all the while mindful that people change, sometimes from day to day.
We both have viewpoints of Kasabian that we can find "evidence" in support of, whether it's to show that she was naive or highly duplicitous.
Manson Guilty, Trump Declares
Only Watson places Manson inside the house. All Atkins, Kasabian, and Van Houten can say is that he walked up the driveway towards Harold True's house and then came back to the car
In her 29/12/69 interview with Marvin Part, Van Houten says:
"I heard Charlie talking to Sadie — or, no, Tex; that’s who he was talking to, Tex. And he said, 'Everything’s — I got everything okay. And they think it’s a robbery. And just to tie it up, just go on in. I got their wallet. They’re sure it’s a robbery.'"
She places him in the house.
To the Grand Jury, Susan Atkins said:
"Then he came back and he said, 'Tex, Katie' and he looked at me and he could see that I didn't want to go into the house, and he said, 'Leslie, go into the house. I have got the people tied up. They are very calm.'
He said something to the effect last night that Tex let the people know they were going to be killed which caused panic and Charlie said that he reassured the people with smiles in a very quiet manner that they were not to be harmed and -- just that they were not to be harmed."
Kasabian, when interviewed by Bugliosi in March 1970, she says that she never heard Charlie give an order to kill the LaBiancas. But she did say that he said that they were tied up and that he'd told them that they shouldn't be afraid, that everything was going to be alright. I will take a risk and presume she testified to this in court although I honestly can't recall her exact words. Without Cats' transcripts to refresh my memory, I can't say. But she certainly said it to Bugliosi before the trial began.
All three and Watson could be lying. My point wasn't whether what they said was true or not, rather, that all of them having placed Charlie in the house, it would be damaging for him to deny it ~ unless he really had not gone in there.
ziggyosterberg said...
Charlie says that's fake news....
Grim, said:
"We both have viewpoints of Kasabian that we can find "evidence" in support of, whether it's to show that she was naive or highly duplicitous."
"So again, the question has to be put, what evidence is there that Linda, having run away from the Family because of murder, now was all for them and considered them as soul mates ?"
Do you find these two comments inconsistent? Just curious.
" I think it's a valid question. Fleischmann's statement has competition."
Ah, that's why trials occur- competing facts- that doesn't mean its not evidence and it doesn't mean he's wrong unless you have some proof he's not telling the truth.
You are right, I do find statements by witnesses closer to the events regarding those events more reliable then 40 years later. That's why I believe Kasabian.
Thanks, Dreath.
So because Grogan was said to be in the car the second night, would intent hinge on whether he thought there would be murder committed?
IIRC Juan Flynn was the one Grogan had made the comment to about "We got five piggies the other night", but I can't recall the timing of that off the top of my head. Might have been after the second night. If it had been said on Saturday afternoon, it could be used to show intent?
It's been speculated that Grogan went back to Cielo with Manson the night before. I wonder if Bugliosi wanted to avoid opening that can of worms? (In other words, if Grogan knew there had been killing on Fri/Sat, he could reasonably assume they weren't going out joyriding on Sat/Sun. But then again, as far as we know, they had no rope or knives with them, only allegedly a gun of which he might not have been aware.)
I've always been curious as to why Grogan was never charged w/LaBianca conspiracy/counts but yet, Atkins was. I read the explanation above - Bugliosi's dialogue - but I wonder if it was really because proving intent might have been difficult.
It's always stuck with me what Bugliosi wrote re: Krenwinkel & the LaBianca counts: that had she printed the handwriting exemplar, by law she'd have had to be acquitted. Aaron Stovitz had been quoted as saying the case against them for the LaBianca murders was not that strong.
From the vantage point of hindsight we always see this case as a slam dunk, but in reality this must have been a legal mess and a half.
Trilby said: "It's always stuck with me what Bugliosi wrote re: Krenwinkel & the LaBianca counts: that had she printed the handwriting exemplar, by law she'd have had to be acquitted."
You made me look that up- it's the corroboration issue- everything Kasabian says about another 'accomplice' must have independent corroboration. VB had Kasabian but needs something besides her. It would have been a problem for VB if she wrote it and they couldn't match the handwriting. If she wrote 'healter' it would have been corroboration.
"Might have been after the second night. If it had been said on Saturday afternoon, it could be used to show intent?"
Yes, his statement is evidence of intent even days later.
I go back and forth on Clem and conspiracy. The Col. very well could be right and my comment was wrong.
Wow! So many possibilities ! Circles of possibilities. Anything is possible. I say this ever so respectfully, seeing as I'm the new kid on the block, but isn't it more productive to talk about probabilities and likelihoods? It is sterile to speculate about possibilities. It is hard work to work out probabilities.
Would anyone mind if I was to be so outrageously bold as to pontificate to you about my take on this most interesting saga in American criminal law ? Good ! Here we go ! Of all the criminal and civil cases I have seen in several decades of legal practice, I have never seen such an overwhelming case as the prosecution's case against C. Manson ("CM"). From about March 1970 onwards, VB must have thought all of his Xmas's had come at once. If only all cases were so easy. The witness Kasabian was xx'd at ridiculous length by no less than four attorneys, admittedly not the most effective I've ever seen, and came through untouched. And the same seems to go for almost every single prosecution witness.
As for VB, I have read 1000's of pages of transcript and struggled to come up with a single significant instance of impropriety or unfairness. There are things I would not have done, or would have done differently, but no impropriety that I can see. Amusingly, he nearly blew the whole thing by making some dangerous assumptions about the ease with which he could get in the evidence about CM's leadership of the group, probably the most important circumstance he had to get to the jury (forget about motive gang, normally doesn't have to be proved and certainly didn't have to be proved in this case LOL!).
I've also read hundreds of pages of allegations of bad things done by LK and VB at various times. But I can't see any of it in the TLB trials. Maybe they just had a good run in those trials. Maybe it was just Charlie's bad day/s. I'm not being facetious. For all I know or care, VB and LK may have been the most despicable people that ever walked the earth. But what does it matter?
Anyway, that's what blew me away, what a charmed life VB led in the trial. I mean imagine having the principal defendant, CM, doing the throat cutting gesture at the chief prosecution witness and in open court and before the jury !! And the forehead decorations - think about that one - here's VB sweating his furrowed little brow about proving leadership and association and out marches CM with his cross, and the next day the girls have got the same cross. And then VB's thinking how can I prove CM had a propensity for violence, and little ol' CM, bless his heart, tries to attack the judge!, in open court ! What a riot. the only thing of any real stress in the case for VB was when to open the celebratory champagne bottles back in the office. Mind you, he doesn't strike me as a party animal. But you never know. Some of the most serious dudes I have opposed have turned out to be kick arse party goers. Wonder what music the ol' VB went in for. Probably not the White Album. Certainly the jurors didn't like it - see Zamora's account.
And how much they must have laughed back at the office about the girls' testimony in the penalty phase. One great exchange was where VB asked Sadie something, and as she was about to answer he cut in with "I know Sadie, you did it because you did it, because it was there to be done". And Sandra The Good'd description about PK "Ohhhhhhhh her long her hair flowed I remember her making coffee, always laughing, always flowing". What a hoot. And then VB makes a f........ fortune out of his book. Oh well, some people are just in the right place at the right time I guess.
Have a great day in USA. Don't worry about ol' Donny Trump, he'll get his come-uppence I'm sure !
Oh I clean forgot. Get this. It is 25 June 1970, ten days into empanelling the jury. VB is doing his darndest to promote the Helter Skelter thing. Fitzy and Irv and the boys are saying things to the media like HS is "preposterous". Anyway, CM gets an interview with Rolling Stone. You'd expect him to completely renounce, or dissociate himself from, HS. But the little fella can't help himself. He gives Rolling Stone a wonderful expose about HS and he sets out chapter and verse the whole HS/Beatles/revelations thing. And then Clem follows suit. Rolling Stone publishes the interview. VB must have p..... himself laughing. No wonder ol' Charlie never went into the witness box. Imagine the fun VB would have had with him just about that interview. Same goes for Clem. Then again, maybe VB had lost interest by this stage, I mean he had ten witnesses lined up on HS, and no less than 27 people in total spoke of it in terms consistent with it being the central plank of CM's philosophy/ies.
What's funny is what a snow job VB did in persuading everyone it was a hard case. And HS was critical ('cos he put it together despite everything). What a joke ! Laughing all the way to the bank. What was it? Best selling true crime book ever ? Mind you it was b..... good read. Loved it. Gave me hours of laughter. Except for the poor victims of the whole thing, unimaginable what they went through, and all for a joker. Oh well, so very sad.
Vera Dreiser said...
You and I have. Even around elsewhere on HS. Not sure I want to bring it back here. VB doesn't need a motive. He needs a conspiracy and as you know the framework of that for me is HS.
But Kassbian lie? No. She was very good. Suffered the same inaccuracies any witness to that might suffer. Bugliosi improper/ lie. Ah.... no but he did use every trick he could, effectively. I too am impressed by him. Of course the defense was no Dream Team. I'd have separated the trials (I know some tried), hammered her deal shut up and attacked the forensics to point out her errors. That's if I could shut Manson up. Then again I've pondered who I could get off or a better deal and came to no one. Night #2 just messes up any defense. IMO.
Half way through btw.
That should be 'gone around' phone
DebS said...
Blogger grimtraveller said...
What evidence was there that Linda Kasabian had ever been anywhere near Cielo or Waverley Drive ?
Grim there is evidence that Linda had been to Waverley before she ever hooked up with the Family. Harold True says as much in an interview he did with Judy Hansen, a woman who worked with Bill Nelson for a while.
https://youtu.be/8-miVt25AB4
It's at about 2:15 in the interview.
Dreath,
Pretty early on, certainly before the trial, I'd have advised him in no uncertain terms to plead guilty (if I could get a word in) and then in mitigation go to the unfortunate circumstances of his childhood, always the strongest point in his case.
Geez, I'd have given him the rounds of the kitchen about that Rolling Stone interview. And then the Sgt Maupin bribe attempt at the end of day 1 (day 1 !). I'd have laid into him like you wouldn't believe for wasting my time and the court's time. And then if he asked me to "prepare" him for the witness box (sorry, "stand"), I'd have said "listen son, all you need to know is I ask the questions, and you answer them directly and honestly. Save the BS speeches for the media or someone who cares". And a lot of barristers I know would have chided me for being too soft with him.
Always been fascinated by his Indian motion language thing. I recall he expressed a desire to testify in Indian motions (??). Imagine the transcript:
Q. Mr Manson, where were you on 8 August 1969?
A. Witness sways to his right, pivots on left foot . . . etc etc
Re LK and 3301 Waverley, Linda herself said she'd been to True's place. She also said (in evidence?) that she said to Charlie when they pulled up outside something to effect of "You're not going in there are you?", apparently in reference to True's place. Charlie said no he was going next door.
Interesting little case. Extremely easy one for the Crown (sorry, prosecution), but interesting nonetheless.
there is a committee somewhere in England that meets every week to think up new phrases specifically to amuse me. :)
simon davis said...
Yes, she did, I was presenting corroboration because her veracity has been questioned.
there is evidence that Linda had been to Waverley before she ever hooked up with the Family
I meant on the night of the murders. There's no independent corroboration of her being there or Cielo....if she decided not to talk.
Susan's statement could not be used to place her at either venue under the terms of Susan's deal. Part of the reason why Bugliosi had to do so much investigating himself was that he felt Atkins would never testify against Charlie {Caballero had said this a few times} so he had to dig deep. Fortunately, he was dealing with a lot of people that either had reason to make deals or couldn't keep their mouths closed and loved to chat.
Linda said she'd been to Harold True's 14 months before the murders in June of '68. Her and Bob the hubby had stopped off there.
Do you find these two comments inconsistent? Just curious
No. How so ? If I could glean where you were coming from I might be able to give a more meaningful response.
that's why trials occur- competing facts- that doesn't mean its not evidence and it doesn't mean he's wrong unless you have some proof he's not telling the truth
I wasn't saying Fleischmann was wrong and I can't prove it one way or the other even if I was saying that. I am however, saying that I don't believe he got Linda to do a number on Susan. Is it possible ? Absolutely. Is it likely ? Maybe.
But I still don't believe it !
IIRC Juan Flynn was the one Grogan had made the comment to about "We got five piggies the other night", but I can't recall the timing of that off the top of my head
Two different statements are being conflated here. Charlie said to Al Springer "we knocked off 5 of them just the other night" the first time he met him and Clem said to Danny DeCarlo "we got 5 piggies," when DeCarlo asked him what he did the night before.
I've always been curious as to why Grogan was never charged w/LaBianca conspiracy/counts but yet, Atkins was
I used to wonder that. It was either Diligaf or Dreath that explained that the two nights counted as one conspiracy and implicating herself in the first night automatically included Atkins in whatever went on to happen as part of the second night as it was one "event." There was nothing to put Grogan there that was outside of the accomplices' statements that he was there.
It is 25 June 1970
Those interviews were done in the March of that year and contain some really amazing things, such as the stuff you've mentioned. I suspect that many that try to rubbish the Bible and Beatles connection aren't aware of the contents of that 25 page article by Rolling stone. Had I been on the prosecution team, I would have tried to see if there was any way it could be introduced into evidence.
There were other bits in it that blow the mind, such as Gregg Jacobson {using an alias} talking about Charlie shooting Lotsapoppa and Aaron Stovitz {going by the alias 'Porfiry'} thinking out loud about a copycat theory that he's worked out {which no member of the Family ever came forward with until well into 1971}.
It really is an explosive article.
By the way Simon, do you still have the trial transcripts ?
If LK decided not to talk, then there's no need to corroborate her. If she talks, then VB needs to corroborate her in order for her testimony to be useful (because the law says so). But the law doesn't say VB necessarily needs to corroborate everything she says. And he doesn't need it to be corroborated to get the evidence "to the jury", ie be "admissible". So everything "goes in" whether corroborated or uncorroborated. But what turns on that distinction is what use the jury can make of the evidence. For uncorrob. evidence, there is a neon light flashing road block sign in front of the jury which says: "Warning. This piece of evidence is uncorroborated. You cannot use this evidence unless you firstly view it with distrust. If, after viewing it with distrust, you nevertheless come to the view that it is sufficiently probative of an issue then you may act on it". There are many ways VB can dim that flashing road block. One way is to seek to convince the jury that the evidence in question is so inherently plausible that the jury can afford to relax the road block. Another way is VB can present so much corroborated evidence that the jury finds the witness so believable that it accepts even the uncorroborated. The latter is exactly what happened in this case. Put simply, the more corroboration the better. The jury is allowed to act on uncorroborated evidence, so long as it is relatively minimal or there is some other good reason for it to be acted on.
On a more important topic, yes I will forgive the nice gentleman who mistook me for an Englishman. Now I want you to have a go at this. Which country is the only US ally that has marched behind the boys with the Star Spangled Banner to every single major conflict for the last hundred years or so ? (even Vietnam, which the Poms and the Canadians failed to show up for - no offence, I think your countries were wise !). I know you can do this.
Australia ? ^^^
You got it mate !
Grim Traveller I have most of them, and much interesting stuff, from LADA. I suggest you try contacting Denise Fox of that office. They have it on four DVD's and will run it off for you free of charge (well they did for me). For some reason, the second Beausoleil trial has some sort of confidentiality order over it, so you need a court order to get it. If LADA don't help, I have been told that LA County appeals court has it all in bound vols. The superior court probably has it too, although they wouldn't tell me exactly what they had.
Oh and it is pretty hard going because of Irv's relentless objections and extreme filibustering. Irv tried his hardest to hit VB below the belt and just went on and on and on and ........
PS - you obviously recognise the importance of the RS article. I daresay VB would have been interested in getting it in, although he would at least have to call the authors of the article, Dalton and Felton. Maybe they were unprepared to testify. There would have been other problems too. I think in USA the case is called Miranda whereby you have to warn someone that what they say may be used against them. I doubt the journos did that LOL!
It may have been available for use in xx if CM ever took the stand, but again Miranda might interfere. Who knows, but certainly by the time the article came out, VB had so many witnesses on HS that he could afford to pick and choose. No need to worry about the RS article, don't waste time or energy on trying to get it in. VB was a good operator in this regard, made a lot of good judgment calls about how to allocate his fairly meagre resources (some not so good too - trying to get Irv sacked was a complete waste of time).
The fascinating thing, as you identify, was that it was actually Stovitz who first came up with copycat. So at a a time when VB is receiving mountains of evidence for HS, amazingly Stovitz comes out and says "look I've got no evidence for this but I reckon it was copycat". No evidence whatsoever. Stovitz would later concede the error of his ways - see Ivor Davis' book. VB must have been apoplectic. And then Stovitz says "i'll level with you on LaBianca we have no case". This was despite having LK's evidence. And by June there was evidence of admissions by PK and LVH - admissions are the most powerful type of evidence. And they had tons of evidence about HS and they had it written on the LaBiancas' fridge door. And HS words on the walls. The effect of all of this evidence was that VB had CM at the LaBianca scene. He also was able to place CM at Tate in the same way. Unbelievably strong. What a dream case for a prosecutor. Complete junket. Made himself famous. Made a fortune out of book. And never had to xx anyone in the guilt phase. I'm so jealous. My cases were hard !
Lapinot said...
I don't know if it's the case here, but partial confessions are known to be psychologically attractive:
http://web.colby.edu/socialpsychology/2016/03/11/i-cheated-but-only-a-little-partial-confessions-to-unethical-behavior/
http://diaryofacommunicator.com/2014/05/06/psychological-benefits-of-confessing-all-revealed-but-what-implications-for-pr/
For those interested, http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/charles-manson-the-incredible-story-of-the-most-dangerous-man-alive-19700625
Simon Davis said: "I will forgive the nice gentleman who mistook me for an Englishman."
oops that was me! And your forgiveness is appreciated.
I have been working up a timeline/drive time off George Stimson's proposed route for August 9-10 off mapquest-does anyone know if mapquest's times are based on the actual time of day and condition of traffic at the time you're doing your search? Or is there a better way than mapquest?
Me H,
You might check if LA has a 'Trip Advisor'. We do from ODOT. It uses actual travel conditions.
To be clear Felton and Dalton did not need to 'Mirandize' Manson.
That would be 'Mr H' damn phone.
thanks Dreath
All due respect to Dreath and Hump. You two are good eggs whom I like....
But there should only be 1 Mr. H lol
Thanks Dreath about Miranda. That does make it more interesting as to why VB apparently did not use the RS article. But before we get to that, do we know for sure he didn't use it? My transcript is deficient in terms of clarifying exactly what exhibits were tendered. I think VB put in 300 or so exhibits. And defence put in a large no. (70?). There should have been a formal exhibit list somewhere. It would be in the appeal books for sure. I'm just wondering if the article actually did go in. It is conceivable, though a bit odd, that it went in and the defence decided not to xx the authors, other oddities about that as well. Also, of course, VB may have not wanted it in because he felt that Stovitz' stupid comments were embarrassing for the prosecution (which they were). VB did not need any more evidence about HS, he had truckloads of it without the RS article. So putting in the article only created potential problems in a case which was otherwise powering along like a well oiled machine. Difficult judgment call. He would have been sorely tempted to put it in because the RS article absolutely cooked CM on the HS issue. It effectively foreclosed him and Grogan from testifying against HS.
PS be careful about the internet extract of the article. The one I sourced from Rolling Stone's web site was not exactly the same as the one that actually appeared in the magazine in 1970. This would presumably be a result of the fairly serious litigation that unfolded around the article. My memory is very hazy here, but Stovitz was summonsed for contempt and he tried to fob the blame off on to Dalton and Felton, and so on and so on. Appeal court was not impressed with Stovitz and found he was in contempt of Judge Keene's publicity order, rightly so I'm sure. Stovitz did not cover himself with glory in this case. He came up with the idea of serving subpoenas on the Family members to keep them out of court. Without coming to a concluded view about it, I would have thought this was an improper use of a subpoena. Nor did it reflect that well upon VB that he apparently endorsed this strategy. I would happily stand to be corrected on this in the event there is a local legal or procedural peculiarity which explains the strategy. I have frankly not seen the need to spend too much time on it because it was insignificant in the scheme of things.
PS trivia - there are several mistakes in VB's book. Can anyone spot the part where he mistakenly cites Aranda instead of Miranda ? Understandable typo I suppose.
You two are good eggs
A good egg is not a bad egg.
If LK decided not to talk, then there's no need to corroborate her
What I meant was, in the event that either Susan Atkins didn't testify for the prosecution or she did but nothing she said either at the GJ or at trial {Aranda} could be used against Linda, then if Linda said nothing and just styled it out, there was no case against her really.
Gary Fleischmann's idea that Linda had to become a prosecution witness or she was in deadly trouble doesn't seem that plausible to me, admittedly in my ignorance of the law. I don't see what case they had against her. There was nothing to tie her to either venue and no corroboration from anyone else, the way there was, say, with Diane Lake in regards to Leslie or Barbara Hoyt in regards to Charlie re: Shorty, and Paul Watkins doing Clem re: Shorty. Even Bugliosi recognized that it was better for Linda to risk being tried and acquitted.
The only reason I bring this up is that she often gets a bad press for testifying and even Charlie brought up her immunity in his trial testimony as the reason she turned state's evidence but it seems to me that aside from the fact that the deals were done between Fleischman and Stovitz, she doesn't seem to be the one that pushed for immunity. Therefore I think one can at least stand up without being shot down in saying that she genuinely felt she was doing the right thing. Which in turn shines a more positive light on what she did actually testify.
So everything "goes in" whether corroborated or uncorroborated
That was a fascinating explanation and cleared up a lot for me. It explains why so much of LK's uncorroborated stuff of the second night got through and weighed heavily.
LADA. I suggest you try contacting Denise Fox of that office
Thanks for that, I'll try them. I really want to read up on the rest of Kasabian's testimony but I really want to read the penalty phase. I read the first 11 days of Linda's stuff on another site before it was taken down. I must admit, Kanarek's objections and the frequent conferences at the bench were a bit much to wade through, especially when you've just got in from work and want a relaxing read.
When I first saw LADA I wondered what cars had to do with it. Then good sense asserted itself !
The fascinating thing, as you identify, was that it was actually Stovitz who first came up with copycat
It's just something that I've noticed with the Family back in the day and with supporters of Charlie in the more modern day, that the ideas/theories that have been adopted were all things that some other agency came up with first. During the penalty phase, the Family came up with the copycat and the drug angle {Linda getting burned for a grand on MDA} but both were old, recycled ideas by then, the cops and Stovitz having come up with it first. According to writers like Shreck that had Charlie's ear for years, there's a Mafia element to the crimes ~ but the LaBianca detectives came up with that, there's the theory of the drug robbery but the Cielo detectives came up with that, and even the idea of being in some kind of war is only a countercultural spin that leaves helter skelter looking cool rather than kooky.
It's indeed ironic that the only thing that emerged from the Family members that actually stuck from the early days, before they were looking for every other reason under the sun was.............Helter Skelter.
And never had to xx anyone in the guilt phase
As glad as he was to have gained convictions, I think his one regret in life was not duelling swords with Charlie on the one place that both were free to give full vent to their unique modes of expression ~ the witness stand. Which, for me, makes the little snippets of conversation that they did have, as recorded in his & Gentry's book, all the more interesting. Steven Kay says he had some deep conversations with Leslie about the death penalty in that first trial, but somehow, they just don't carry the same gravitas as those of the two mastodons.
If all the info Grim needed was on books on tape he could work it all out in his delivery truck/van during his shift, hopefully not missing his stops! :)
Thanks Grimm, that's a nice thing to say, as a lawyer I'm not used to compliments but I'll take 'em whenever I can get 'em.
Re LK, I've just never thought much about what VB had on her. The thing is these people weren't professional crims (except CM). They were novices. It was always on the cards that one of them would spill their guts. The house of cards started tumbling in about late Jan 1970, then completely collapsed when LK arrived in VB's office on about 28 Feb 1970. And then VB got more with Watkins, Poston etc etc. LK had an apparently competent lawyer who would have said "get in now and be the first one to get an immunity". He probably gained the impression from talking to her that she would be a good witness, and was telling the truth.
Re copycat, yes Stovitz invented it. The RS article is notable for, if nothing else, being the first public airing of copycat (well, a version of it - there ended up being several versions). Copycat was nonsense for many reasons, not least of which was that its proponents in the penalty phase (including Share and the female defendants) were hopelessly caught out in cross examination. It was like a turkey shoot. Again I so envy VB. What cross exam he had to do was so easy, and great fun. I am a bit harsh on VB though, whilst the case was forensically a doddle, logistically it was a nightmare. And VB didn't get much assistance by the looks of it.
I'm sure he was eager to cross examine CM. He had so much ammunition that it would have been hard to know where to start. And the house of cards was still tumbling during the trial - Flynn only turned in August I think (?).
The "raps" between CM and VB (Kay and LVH) were unusual. Most attorneys would consider it very risky to be conversing with an opposing litigant. It became a point in the appeal, and the Cal. App. Ct. thought there was nothing improper done by VB, but he was inviting trouble, something I wholly agree with. It is worthwhile noting that VB was actually not a highly experienced lawyer at the time, only five years out of college. He was a baby. Fitzy was the same vintage, very inexperienced. But VB was far more talented and skilful than Fitzy. Nevertheless there are things which I think betray VB's inexperience - rapping with CM was one such thing. The other one was the trouble he got into early on with getting in his case about association between the defendants and CM's leadership. He could have blown the case there and then. Nothing much worked in the prosecution case without proving leadership.
Grimtraveller said
I'm a newcomer so I must defer to others but, while reading this and other sites, I've been wondering what I was missing since Helter Skelter still seems the best explanation.
Not the only explanantion (I wouldn't expect there to be just one motivation) but the best. I'm sure belief in it varied from person to person (Leslie thought Susan was unconvinced, I think) and from each person's mental state to mental state but as a loose framework for all the rage and fear that went into the crimes it seems reasonable.
Some might not even have thought of it as Helter Skelter but that sort of apocalyptic thinking seems to have been shared.
Lapinot I think you articulate it very well, if I may say so. It is indeed difficult to get HS into perspective. I think it was a motive, maybe not the motive, but certainly part of the motive equation.
But what slightly frustrates me about the narrative on these murders (as a lawyer) is that motive is blown out of all proportion. It is puzzling that so much is written about something the prosecution never had to prove (as a motive that is, the prosecution had to have HS in their case for other reasons). The law is clear that in some types of cases motive is important. The law is equally clear that in this type of case (where there is so much other circumstantial evidence) motive was not important.
VB's book tends to play up HS, partly because VB himself successfully worked up that part of the case. So its kind of "hey look at what I came up with". Also, the book sells because HS is an inherently interesting subject, not your usual dry legal stuff. But if you look closely at the book, whilst he ruminates heavily about motive and HS in the early parts, by the time the forensic floodgates open in March 1970 (he has interviewed LK on 28 Feb for several days), there is not much more ruminating about HS anywhere in the book. Unsurprisingly, that is exactly as the law would have it - you only need motive when you have little or nothing else.
I do not mean to be overly-critical of VB. Sometimes I may come across that way. I daresay his co-writer and/or publisher had influence in beefing up the book in this way for commercial reasons. (Has anyone seen the recent story about publishers rejecting Mick Jagger's autobiography in the early 80's because there wasn't enough sex and drugs in it ?!?). I want to make it clear I have very high regard for VB. I thought he was an exemplary legal practitioner in terms of both skill and integrity throughout the TLB trials.
Sorry to bang on at such length. I'm actually assembling a book on the murders and trials and I joined the blog to test the theses of my book. So I use you guys to bounce my ideas off. And it is great for me. I'm learning heaps from everyone. And I'm very lucky to have dreath shepherding me in the right legal direction when I go astray - seriously ! It was great running a trial and having a capable co-counsel, too often I had to run things on my own.
Cheers, I hope all will be patient with me, I highly value being able to post comments on your site, you're very nice people, and its great talking to people who are not Australian for a change !!!
Sorry to bang on at such length
I wouldn't worry too much about that. There's one guy on here whose banging on makes "War & Peace" look like a Mills & Boon novel !
If all the info Grim needed was on books on tape he could work it all out in his delivery truck/van during his shift
I was talking about this with my little brother a couple of weeks ago; he travels all over the globe and he's really into talking books. I'm the opposite. I just would not be able to concentrate on them. I love reading. Even as a kid, I never wanted anyone to read me bedtime stories. My mum made me learn to read long before I started school but it was a great thing she did there because it opened up a whole new world for me ~ and I hadn't even got to grips with the one I was in ! Even while I was being told verbal tales or read to by the teacher in class, my imagination was roaming elsewhere. I guess I just like to be in control of the information coming into my sphere, how it gets there and at what pace.
VB's book tends to play up HS
I see that as kind of paradoxical because it does and it doesn't. It's almost as though it gave HS an importance that those that believed in it hadn't given it. Though I have no evidence to support this, I get the feeling that it really shocked certain of the Family that it went on to gain such prominence. I've long felt Charles Manson is embarrassed by HS for a number of reasons, not least because he was rumbled relatively quickly and because men's prison is not the place you want to be known for something like that. It's one thing to enthrall those with countercultural leanings who actually have time to listen and who look up to you and want to hear what you have to say and count you as experienced and wise and have seen the benefits of your presence. It's another thing altogether to be among violent dissenters that don't give a shit and where any spiritual disciplines are already well established without some "untested nonsense" trying to poke its head in.
Also, the book sells because HS is an inherently interesting subject, not your usual dry legal stuff
I think it is. The overall saga however, is so multifaceted that there's so much ongoing stuff to keep people interested. This blog and the various angles that books have taken down the years show this again and again. I've simply not come across a murder case that puts together so many aspects like this one. It's anything but straightforward.
Leslie thought Susan was unconvinced, I think
She did. Although the women put on a seemingly united front during the trial, Leslie and Pat really stuck it to Susan behind closed doors. I kind of think that that may be because they didn't see her as a true believer while it's pretty clear that they were.
But Susan is perhaps the most inconsistent person in the whole saga. She veered from one persona and story to another not just between '69 and '71, but right up to her death 40 years later. Even as a Christian it's hard to make head or tail of where she was ever coming from.
Lapinot,
I think there is some evidence that Atkins believed in HS at least in November-December 1969. She at least tried to tell Graham and Howard about it.
"There was a so called motive behind all this. It was to install fear into the pigs and to bring on judgment day which is here now for all." Atkins letter to Graham
MS. HOWARD: ***** You know, because I told you why they were doing some of this. She [Atkins] said she thought that it would make the colored people wake up and take notice that this is what they should do to get what they want out of the world, you know, some violence.
MS. HOWARD: Uh huh, yeah she said there is some song out, helter skelter or something. It means, most everyone, I guess, in the group knows what helter skelter means. It is supposed to be like their new movement, you know.
MS. GRAHAM: Yeah. She [Atkins] said, "You've heard of helter-skelter?" And I said, "No. What's that?" And she said that they belonged to this -- and I don't remember what word she used, I say sect because this is how I identify it, but it's a group of people that are (Unintelligible)...or whatever and their sole purpose on this earth is to go around and do people in and they are all going to get together and the are going to go to Death Valley and that there is a hole there and that Charlie knows where it is because he's been there and they are going to go down and live down under the earth and get away from society. I mean she really thinks that she did the right thing by killing these people, really.
Yes,I agree it is fascinating. Funny I've had the same feeling about CM and him maybe being embarrassed in jail about HS.
Susan was an enigma. Very mixed up. Absolutely cannot rely on anything she says unless independently corroborated (there's that "c" word again !). I don't think the evidence establishes she stabbed anyone to death, although she was clearly part of the conspiracy, and moreover she held Ms Tate whilst Rex flailed away. In the course of my research I have corresponded with her ex, James Whitehouse. I found him a really nice, sincere guy. Devoted to Susan's cause, but never unpleasant or aggro about anything.
Now here's something playing on my mind. The law about conspiracy involves questions about timing . For example, if you are part of the conspiracy, but depart it before the overt act happens, and had no specific intent to commit the overt act, you may avoid liability (in general terms). Now the consensus of the girls' evidence is that they didn't know they were going to kill until either some relatively late part in the journey to 10050 Cielo or perhaps even as late as when Tex said to the victims in the house "you're all going to die". An interesting question might be: when did each one become part of the conspiracy to kill people? May be a different answer for each defendant. I raise this because I think you, or someone, raised what VB had on Linda. I'm not sure which way this falls yet, just thinking out aloud. But for example, to be guilty of conspiracy they had to be proved beyond doubt to have joined in a conspiracy with specific intent to kill people. And this is against a background of the girls never ever asking why or indeed never ask any questions at all of the menfolk. So the girls are sort of piecing it together as things unfold apparently. (I know Sadie says somewhere Tex declared "killing" in the car but I think that is another unreliable Sadie thing, in any event assume for present purposes she is wrong about that). So when did Linda beyond doubt join in with specific intent to kill people, and therefore become part of the conspiracy to kill people? Well, she almost certainly became aware killing was on Tex's agenda as soon as he shot Parent. But did she herself then beyond doubt form the specific intent to kill people? I doubt it. Let's take the standard of proof down a notch. Did she probably form the specific intent to kill people after Parent? I even doubt this. Down one more notch. Did she possibly form the specific intent to kill people? Well, yes, but only because anything is possible, so that doesn't do much to inform the debate. From this point on the evidence in favour of finding LK a conspirator went backwards (yes she went over to the house but everything from then on is inconsistent with her being a conspirator with the specific intent of killing people). For these reasons, tentatively and subject to comments, my judgment is she was never a conspirator with the specific intention of killing people. Where does that take us? I dunno LOL! What were we talking about ? Well he only had Atkins up to 28 February. Need to check Atkins' GJ evidence about what she said about Linda. Oh yes must feed dogs too, life keeps getting suspended because of these Manson sleuthing games !
Sorry meant Tex, not Rex. Rex is one of my dogs and he wasn't at 10050 Cielo - or wait a minute ....... I wonder ?????
Do you mean night #1 only?
Doesn't night #2 'pull' night #1 into the conspiracy and then isn't there circumstantial evidence against LK as to intent?
OK, dogs happy, let's resume. First, having re-read Sadie's GJ testimony and her I/V with Caballero, I will correct myself and give more credence to Sadie's assertion that she learned during the car journey that they were going to kill people. You would have to infer that the other girls learned the same thing. (Don't know when specifically in the journey, could have been when they left Ranch, could have been just as they arrived at 10050 Cielo.) So what difference does this make to our ability to asses when each of the girls actually joined the conspiracy? Not much. Because we don't know from Sadie what everyone's reaction was to Tex's announcement. So I think we are left to see if we can reason backwards from the subsequent events to infer anything about when the conspiracy started. When we undertake that exercise, applying ordinary common sense and our experience about the way people ordinarily do things, and what we know about life at the Ranch, and absent anything extraordinary, we probably would infer from the subsequent actions of Sadie and Katie that they joined in the conspiracy and formed the necessary specific intent to kill people as soon as Tex made his announcement. Judging from LK's subsequent conduct I suspect you have to infer she never formed the specific intent to kill people with the other conspirators.
BTW, Sadie said not much about LK except she was nowhere to be found when they were killing people, and they found he back at the car.
That being so, it was only a matter of time before LK was dropped from the indictment. Let me just check VB's book about this and come back.
PPS only talking about night no.1 here.
Dreath you're a hard man ! Sheesh, the wife wants me to do the shopping, mow lawn, I'm in all sorts of trouble and you want me to go to night 2 as well. I retired to get away from all of this stress ! I can see things changing on night 2 don't worry about that !
Can't find much of direct assistance in VB's book. However, I see something which tends to corroborate (that word again !) Dreath about things changing on night 2. VB emphasises at p.338 that he wanted LK to testify before she got the benefit of the immunity. This suggests he thought he could implicate her in something at least, and he wanted to hold the immunity over her head to make sure she behaved herself. I doubt he realistically though he could get her in the conspiracy just by virtue of events on night 1. For night 2 - stay tuned -same Bat-channel, same Bat-time ! I loooooved the 60's version of Batman when I was a kid. Batman and Get Smart. Lived for 'em. And Beatles cartoons too. Did you ever get a British one called The Thunderbirds? -awesome. Loved Captain America too.
I actually wasn't suggesting you move to night number 2. I asked the question to focus on the fact the conspiracy is not readily divisible and never was intended to be into two nights. After night #1 I think it's it is a stretch to say Manson could be convicted of conspiracy and without that or (FM)- both of which only solidify after night #2- he might walk on everything.
There is an in chambers discussion just at the start of the trial, before jury selection where it is pretty clear the reasons the DA is holding her immunity is because they are concerned (1.) LK will turn and (2.) disappear and not testify at Watson.
That said, I think this may be headed towards an esoteric debate between lawyers so I will bow out.
The conspiracy is not readily divisible between nights, and I can't see how any conspiracy could be configured by arbitrary time periods. But I think the law is tolerably plain that it is divisible between people (conspirators). Some might join later than others. Some might leave later than others. It seems counter-intuitive that all conspirators were automatically, as it were, clothed with the same liability, irrespective of when they joined or left. But maybe I'm wrong, have to look more at it.
As to the suggested nightly division, I think the case was only ever run as one conspiracy that produced two nights of killing (?). However, at the risk of repetition, that doesn't mean every alleged conspirators liability is exactly the same, irrespective of when they joined or when they left.
Esoteric yes, but I think people are enjoying it, well I am, and without you I've got no-one to debate although some people on this blog are getting hold of these concepts quicker than I ever could (slightly embarrassing really LOL !). Dreath don't go away please. I want you to keep playing !!
Aha found it I think. In USA the division between persons is only available for those who leave early, and clearly declare their intention to no longer be part of the conspiracy. Different for those who join late (which I assume for now is how we're characterising LK - I'll come back to that). Once she joins, say on night 2, her membership is backdated to the start of the conspiracy and she becomes a conspirator for all of night 1 and night 2.
So is there a point in time on night 2 when she can be said beyond doubt to have joined the others in a specific intent to kill people? Hmmmmmmmmmm. I'm haing trouble coming up with any juncture on night 2 at which it can be said she had a specific intent to kill people. In an overall sense, the evidence suggests to me rather to the contrary that she was trying to avoid killing in the face of being egged on by CM.
What you's all say ? Here is our opportunity to work out whether LK would have had a case to meet. Golden opportunity to solve a possibly significant aspect of the case! (I'm still to be convinced of how significant it is by the way, but that's the next bridge to hurdle.) Come on join in, I know you can help me.
Oh and we've strayed away from Grimm's original question which was: what did VB have on LK just on the basis of Atkins' GJ evidence. Looking again at Atkins' GJ evidence, again I'm having trouble finding where LK forms the specific intent to kill people.
I might as well throw this in while anyone is still reading this post, for what it's worth. I tried to calculate the times to drive the legs of the second night, by George's possible route, based on light traffic. Feel free to correct any of these.
Say they started at 10:00 p.m.
Spahn Ranch to Topanga/ Devonshire-4 min.-2.2 miles. In moderate traffic.
Topanga/Devonshire corner to Devonshire/405 freeway (Mission Hills)—11 min.–15 min./ 10.4 miles. Light traffic
,Mission Hills to Encino (405 at Devonshire down to intersection with 101 going east) 9 min. – 7.7 miles. With light traffic
Encino to Fair Oaks, Pasadena, 20-25 min., in light traffic. 20.4 miles.
Say it's 10:50 or 11:00 when they get to Pasadena.
Driving around Pasadena for unknown amount of time, includes stops at least at a house and church in South Pasadena. 30-90 minutes?
So maybe it's 11:30-12:30 when they leave Pasadena.
Arroyo Parkway to Pasadena Freeway (now called Arroyo Seco Parkway-110)- 4 min. in light traffic –1.7 miles
Pasadena Freeway to Santa Monica Freeway (10) – 15-20 min. in light traffic -10.7 miles.
Santa Monica Freeway to the 405 north – 10 min. in light traffic – 10.3 miles
405 to Sunset Blvd – 4 min. in light traffic– 4.5 miles
Sunset Blvd. to 3301 Waverly Drive, Los Angeles- 4 min. in light traffic – 2.1 miles.
So at least 45 minutes from Pasadena to Waverly, probably longer because of possibility of stops for sports car etc.
Anyway, there's no problem getting to Waverly Drive by 2:00 a.m.
Manson at Waverly for 10-15 minutes? Leave by 2:30?
3301 Waverly to Encinitas Blvd Chevron, Sylmar- 21 min. in light traffic, 19.5 miles.
Milkshakes in Sylmar and planting wallet, possibly 2:45-3:15.
Sylmar at I-5 to Venice Beach downtown-27 min., in light traffic, 26.5 miles.
So arrive in Venice Beach around 3:45? Walk on Beach, apartment building. Charlie leaves by 4:30?
Venice Beach to Spahn Ranch-
Venice Beach to Mission Hills/Devonshire-29 min.-22.8 miles. That’s under moderate traffic. Then 15 or so minutes to Spahn Ranch.
That would get Charlie back to Spahn Ranch by maybe 5:15 a.m.
Mr. Humphrat,
Mr. Humphrat, Good stuff
If you take away Charlie's last leg back to Spahn, going by Mr H's calculations, they didn't do much more than 120 miles of driving. That's not really a large amount on open roads late at night. When I used to drive up to Oxfordshire to pick up my Mum from my sister's place and take her back home to the Isle of Dogs in East London, I'd cover much more than that and in less time too. In George's book, Charlie says that there wasn't the time to have done all the driving that was meant to have been done and I wondered about that because I don't know the LA roads. But I didn't think that that made sense, even with stops. Why couldn't you cover a long distance like that ?
I think there is some evidence that Atkins believed in HS at least in November-December 1969. She at least tried to tell Graham and Howard about it
I agree. Leslie may not have thought of Susan as a true believer but that's not the way Susan presented herself. In fact, Susan seemed to go out of her way to show how 'alternative' she was and HS was part of that. When people say that Bugliosi lied or made it up, they do so having to ignore some potent examples of HS being spoken of {Poston, Crockett, Atkins, DeCarlo} by Family members and associates and it being picked up in "rudimentary, not particularly listened to with any great seriousness nor understood" form by outsiders like Howard, Springer and Graham and even the Police on the night of the 2nd Barker arrest. And all of this was before Bugliosi was even assigned to the case.
I don't think the evidence establishes she stabbed anyone to death, although she was clearly part of the conspiracy, and moreover she held Ms Tate whilst Rex flailed away
In Robert Hendrickson's book, "Death to Pigs" Bugliosi says some pretty strong things about Atkins that leave one in no doubt that around the time he wrote his book, she disgusted him and he thought she was a vile murderer. Yet for me, one of the enduring ironies of the saga is that the book HS in trying to show what an uncontrollable harridan of a murderer Atkins was actually demonstrates the opposite ~ that she never actually killed anyone by her own hand. Yes she was dangerous and yes she played a part in every one of the murders {and attempted ones, if one believes Charlie regarding sending her away "into the hills" with Tex, during Crowe} and arguably she helped fuel a certain willingness and direction just by dint of being involved and legally she was a murderer. But not actually, in terms of blows struck.
Had she not saved the life of an inmate that tried to kill herself, one could argue that hers was almost the shining example of a wasted life.
It sort of becomes beyond doubt she didn't stab anyone to death by the time Tex corroborates her in his book published in 1978. I think VB softened over the years. Didn't he actually advocate her parole when she was terminally ill?
On HS, by my reckoning, by the end of 1971 no less than 28 people spoke of learning from Family members (including CM himself) that HS was the central plank of CM's manifesto. The defendants themselves waxed lyrical about HS to anyone who would lend an ear - lawyers, ex-girlfriends, doctors, police officers, fellow inmates, journalists, other outsiders like Gregg Jakobson, Dennis Wilson, Al Springer. It was incredible, as if it was the only thing they knew how to talk about !
Of that 27, no less than 10 gave sworn evidence to that effect, and were cross examined without success.
In the appeal court, basically nothing was said by Kanarek/CM about HS, despite running every conceivable argument under the sun about other things. Reading the appeal court's judgment, you wouldn't even know CM had ever contested HS in the slightest.
HS was absolutely a motive, perhaps not the motive, but certainly part of the motive equation.
Make that 31 people - just found 3 more doctors who got the whole HS shebang from Tex in 1971, Drs Suarez, Tweed and Grosvenor-Bailey.
I think this may be headed towards an esoteric debate between lawyers so I will bow out
Actually, as long as it doesn't turn to technical jargon that only lawyers understand {like during the trial !} it's rather interesting and helps me, at least, in my understanding.
From the vantage point of hindsight we always see this case as a slam dunk, but in reality this must have been a legal mess and a half
Simon makes a great case for why he sees it more in the range of a slam dunk but I tend to be more along Trilby's line. Aaron Stovitz certainly didn't see it as a fait accompli, a "just turn up to win" situation and he clearly thought that Bugliosi was making an already difficult situation more difficult by his insistence on "understanding" the nuts and bolts of what made this crime the crime of the century and then trying to communicate that to a jury. As Col is always at pains to point out, they had the actual {and perceived, in Sadie} killers stone cold. Linda was seen quite obviously as a none too important adjunct and had she been tried and acquitted, I doubt there would've been the kind of outcry that there would've been if Atkins, Watson, Krenwinkel and Van Houten had been. The irony there is that there has been half a century of outcry but primarily because she turned state's evidence with what many feel that implies.
But Bugliosi, from what I can see, chose a path strewn with pitfalls. So many people say he wanted to get Charlie ~ but despite me constantly asking why, no one ever tells me why. But it's easy to see why, if you're not trying to present a conspiracy theory. He wanted Manson because he believed he was guilty. Charlie was on the LaBianca suspect list a month and 4 days before Bugliosi was on the case. It kept on coming back to the cops that he was involved. As Mike McGann put it so eloquently "He [Bugliosi] didn't solve the case, we solved the case." But solving the case is one thing. Securing convictions is another and the general consensus for a while was that Charlie was going to walk. I think Bugliosi did want to make a name for himself ~ he had no choice. He was going to have a name made regardless of whether he secured convictions.
He recognized something that older, more experienced lawyers just did not ~ there were such nuanced aspects to these murders and in a way, it was not going to serve justice to simply say "she said she did it, their fingerprints were there, that girl said LVH was there." It kind of went larger than the case itself, which is partly why there was so much press and why, to this day many see it as the establishment hitting back at the hippy enclave and we still talk about it. He danced through the minefield without getting blown up. Kanarek, who genuinely thought the prosecution hadn't proved its case, shuffled through the minefield and got kerblammoe~d.
Yes, I think all that is well put. I said previously that it was easy forensically, logistically a nightmare. Another dimension could be added - legally there were traps and minefields all over the place, especially for the unwary. VB almost fell in one early on. He very skilfully maneuvred around them from then onwards.
But forensically - just the evidence he eventually had at his disposal was quite incredible. And he kept getting free kicks throughout the trial. The defence kept kicking own goals (soccer reference, sorry I don't know the American football version). The forehead decorations, the throat slitting gesture, the attack on judge Older. VB did well to retire shortly after because he would never have those lucky breaks ever again. I never got anything like that in 30 years !
Grim I'm sorry on two counts. First, I suspended my Kasabian sleuthing because it just wasn't looking like it was really advancing me far in terms of what I perceive the real issues are, or at least in terms of what I'm writing about. Secondly, I've considered supplying you with my DVD's of LK's transcript but mate I don't think I really can. Whilst the DA did not specifically attach confidentiality terms to it, I think it was strongly implicit that I not forward it on to anyone else. I don't want to abuse the trust I think they have placed in me. That said, they were very willing to help. In my book you will see a reasonably detailed outline of LK's evidence and the penalty phase. That's if I get it published and if u buy it (I'm sure we can sort out something mutually convenient there !!).
PS everyone have great weekends and brush up on your soccer terms so I can throw a few more at you all next week. Also, forget about baseball and follow the real game - cricket !
Bob otev said...
I'm sure these murders were a robbery for drugs an $.think about the fact that there seems to be no further scams or robberys after the murders plus no shortage of $ or drugs in the 2 months following the murders.they surely didn't live 2 months on 74$ supposedly taken from tates
Bob, I have to say drugs and $ didn't have much to do with it. As Sandra The Good said to teh cameras after the penalty phase of the first TLB trial, it was the revolution and it was coming to get us all. Bring on the revolution.
Maybe I suppose you no more then I do.I recently watched a you tube video were charlie says Bruce was denied parole because he won't tell.my question is what isn't he telling?because he's told the revolution story for ever.crowe Hinman were drugs.I think they hit the mother load at tate-labianca.just a feeling.also I read the girls tell there friends in prison it was drug robberies. But I'll never know
I think VB softened over the years. Didn't he actually advocate her parole when she was terminally ill?
Not so much parole but he felt nothing was gained by keeping her inside in her condition and that compassion should be shown. Perhaps by then he was into his struggle with cancer.
The defendants themselves waxed lyrical about HS to anyone who would lend an ear - lawyers, ex-girlfriends, doctors, police officers, fellow inmates, journalists, other outsiders like Gregg Jakobson, Dennis Wilson, Al Springer. It was incredible, as if it was the only thing they knew how to talk about !
Not only in that Rolling Stone article {which Shreck says gave Charlie 'guarded support'}, but in Robert's book "Death to pigs" which was compiled in and around much of the same period, the defenders of Charlie just can't shut up about it, if not in actual name, then in concept.
they were very willing to help
Denise Fox at LADA was swift and to the point and said she'd sent me the trial transcript before I even knew she was going to !
That's if I get it published and if u buy it
I'd buy it.
Just out of interest, when you say "if I get it published..." does that mean there is some doubt afoot ?
Either way, I'd love a copy of the manuscript. Autographed, of course.
I'm sure these murders were a robbery for drugs an $
So was Nicholas Shreck.
However, you want to ask yourself a question. Given that all the killers and all those involved copped to the crimes, what would they possibly have to lose by saying it was a drug robbery ? And why subsequently drag Charlie into it seeing they knew they were guilty ? They've all spent 40+ years revising and telling us what happened. And yet not once has drugs come into it. Robbery was something that Susan copped to right from the start. She told the Grand Jury that Tex told her the reason they were going to Cielo was "to get all of their money and to kill whoever was there." So the robbery angle was never any great revelation.
Once convicted, a drug robbery doesn't sound so bad. It certainly takes the edge off killing a pregnant woman.
On Cielo night, neither Pat, Susan nor Linda went along knowing they were going to kill, much less in conscious furtherance of HS. And Tex never said a thing about drug robberies, even though he's subsequently admitted the other nasty things he did. The Watson drug robbery theory has even less going for it than the copycat although in fairness, it was an early police direction.
think about the fact that there seems to be no further scams or robberys after the murders
When you say no further scams, do you mean from the Family ? The only two scams we're particularly aware of in that period are the Lotsapoppa burn and Charlie Melton $5000 theft, both within four days of each other and them at the start of July. So much is made of Watson's drug burns yet beyond the Crowe burn, never once is any other ever mooted. And I'm still waiting for proof to emerge that Watson knew Frykowski. If you know someone you're hardly likely to ask them who they are and what do they want ?
When you say there were no further robberies after the murders, who and what are you talking about ? No robberies where ?
plus no shortage of $ or drugs in the 2 months following the murders. they surely didn't live 2 months on 74$ supposedly taken from tates
Where do you get that there was no shortage of $$$s ? And there was sometimes little in supply of drugs. There's never been anything said about them flying on MDA.
Joel Rostau denied delivering drugs to Cielo, upon which the entire drug robbery theory rests. He admitted that he was just bullshitting his woman. Had there been no murders, he'd probably have continued bullshitting her until he himself got the bullet.
Well just from different books such as handing watkins 300$ for supplies not knowing if he'd come back.the auto dealer that said he always had a gangsta roll of cash.they seemed to be plenty high all the time.all accounts I've seen have that summer as constant thefts.no cash to go to desert for months then they got there.truckloads of gas tires food etc.what they got to lose is I think they thought being brainwashed made them less responsible. Now there trapped into the story look what happens to bobby when he tries to change his story.the only reason helter skelter is remotely possible is because the had a schizophrenic leader on acid if not it would be totally unbelievable. I'm not sayingvim right but it is far more plausible
The Watson drug robbery theory has even less going for it than the copycat although in fairness, it was an early police direction
An actual drug robbery, not Watson's role in it !
also I read the girls tell there friends in prison it was drug robberies
During the penalty phase the women said that Linda had been burned for $1000 on some MDA. I wouldn't mind betting they had never even heard of MDA until it came up in notes that their lawyers were privy to as defence lawyers. So they constructed a tale of murder for revenge, led by Linda Kasabian because she'd been conned on this drug deal. But even this didn't lay any leadership role on Tex. In it he was just a doped up zombie that went crazy and shot Steve Parent.
As the fog surrounding their minds cleared and they started coming clean on what happened, as they could remember it, they admitted that the entire penalty phase testimony was bullshit and not at all true. Susan later revised part of that to include the copycat which is another chapter altogether, but dismisses the drug thing. In Robert's book that I mentioned earlier, the 3 women trying to defend Charlie {Squeaky, Sandy, Brenda} try to push the drug robbery angle but their words and explanations are so contradictory that it's actually a little embarrassing at this juncture. One can only say in mitigation, "they were young and they loved...."
I haven't read shreck Sebring an voyteck were allegedly dealers.sebrings friends admitted cleaning his place in a hurry.charlie has always said the DA invented helter skelter.those were susan Atkins words they used an she was obviously disturbed.they seemed to struggle to make the move to barker an it did cost a lot to feed 20-30 people truck loads of fuel etc.but all the sudden after months of trying they made it happen.I was referring to something written by a former warden of the girls that said they always said true motive was drug robberies. Someone here must be familiar with this source?
what they got to lose is I think they thought being brainwashed made them less responsible
The women went out of their way to show that they were not brainwashed during that trial. Arguably, they showed the opposite but they went full tilt boogie to demonstrate that they were thinking for themselves. In subsequent years, there was some wavering over this but all three accepted responsibility for their actions. It's actually the various parole boards and commentators that have a hard time getting their minds around the paradox of being influenced and dominated into actions one would not otherwise have committed while being completely responsible for their part in those actions. They can't blame Charlie and they can't dismiss his part in the ruination of their lives either.
That's paradox.
Now there trapped into the story look what happens to bobby when he tries to change his story
And yet they have all gone against aspects of the official story.
As for Bobby, he has no one to blame but himself. Even when spinning the drug deal story, he throws in details that are demonstrably untrue.
the only reason helter skelter is remotely possible is because they had a schizophrenic leader on acid. if not it would be totally unbelievable
To some extent, I agree with parts of that. However, in the context of the 60s it was not and is not unbelievable. A look into the various strands of the counterculture and in particular, the kinds of visions that were brought forth once people had been exposed to psychedelic drugs demonstrates that. Blimey, John Lennon thought he was Christ come again. And outside of drugs, just take a gander at what people believe in various religions and I'm talking about the mainstream ones, not even the esoteric ones.
In that time, people believed things that a more straight society had not really entertained for centuries. Keith Richards of the Stones said "the most amazing thing that I can remember on acid is watching birds fly ~ birds that kept flying in front of my face that weren’t actually there. I could almost see every wing movement. It was slowed down to the point where I could even say ‘I could do that !’ That’s why I understand the odd person jumping out of a window, because the whole notion of how it’s done is suddenly clear.” Grace Slick adds "flying off the edge of a cliff or trying to embrace a moving vehicle is not an uncommon desire for psychedelic drug participants ~ not that people become suicidal, it’s just that in such a state anything seems possible.”
Words to wonder by.
Sebring an voyteck were allegedly dealers
Allegedly.
sebrings friends admitted cleaning his place in a hurry
Which proves ?
charlie has always said the DA invented helter skelter
Despite the fact that at least 8 people had spoken of it in cash or kind before Bugliosi was even on the case and despite what Atkins and Van Houten said in December '69 and despite his own words in that June '70 {interview March} Rolling Stone edition regarding the Bible and the Beatles and other things said by Clem about Black people ?
Fake news evidently had early origins.
In any case, what would you expect Charlie to say ? He can't say anything that shows him as being responsible for the murders. In the mind of the criminal fraternity, absolutely nothing was gained from these killings except for $70, a bag of coins and a dress that was burned within 12 hours of utilizing it. And you're sentenced to death for that ? Far better to cast yourself as the defiant victim of an establishment stitch up. HS causes Charlie to look like a hopeless criminal failure and I think he was painfully aware of that. The people he says he looked up to criminally were rebels, folk heroes of the American outlaw tradition. HS doesn't net you a place in that chart and nor for that matter does a drug robbery in which not only were no drugs taken, drugs were actually left behind.
they seemed to struggle to make the move to barker
Did they ? They didn't go until into September. The murders were early August.
an it did cost a lot to feed 20-30 people
And one of the features of the final time at Barker was how hungry people were at times.
I was referring to something written by a former warden of the girls that said they always said true motive was drug robberies
I wouldn't pin my life on the actuality of a person that was warden to the women having the definitive motive for the murders.
OK you got it all figured out nothing left to learn for you.its an opinion. A valid one I think. They've all said many things so I don't really put a lot of stock in any of them .one I'm sure isn't the case is copycat because had that worked all signs would have pointed back at Spahn's.so that's out
They've all said many things so I don't really put a lot of stock in any of them
But you believe in a drug robbery that none of them have said ?
I said in my very 1st post I had a feeling but I could be wrong.I think they have said it starting with Hinman charlie said he sold bad dope at his trail.the girls i beleave have said it to trusted people.Not positive.you don't suppose Linda an Leslie's lawyers took there lead from Atkins statement thinking it was a way out?any good lawyer would've jumped on that train.I don't find it believable that they all thought they were going to live in a hole in the ground an multiply to 144,000.I mean cmon.maybe so I guess the acid was good.I do agree bobby is were he belongs my point was any variation from the facts at trail is frowned on.I think decarlo had alot to do with Hinman.I'm not saying I know its just basic logic. I understand your point of view.maybe there were multiple motives.DA bought testimony with immunity.but just the same the right people are locked up so I guess it doesn't matter
I left out one thing it just don't fit that Linda bought into this helter skelter stuff in 2 weeks at the ranch.I think her presence at the murders leaves a lot of questions. Why her? The rest ok I can see being that far gone.
Oh I think if not mistaken both charlie an bobby have said that Tate an that gang in there words got what the deserved for burning people on dope an making child porn.I am not saying that but it has been said by more than one of them that dope was involved
Grim, book will definitely be published, by 1 July at latest I hope, cheers mate
His exact words in an August 2009 interview published the month before Atkins died were "The visceral response would be, 'Well, she showed no mercy so she gets no mercy.' But there are several things which militate against that easy conclusion. She's already paid substantially for her crime, close to 40 years behind bars. She has terminal cancer. The mercy she was asking for is so minuscule. She's about to die. It's not like we're going to see her down at Disneyland."
I thought it interesting that he thought that she'd paid substantially for her crime. I wonder if he ever considered that his book proved she never actually killed anyone.
I don't think he would have been so accommodating towards Susan if she wasn't terminally ill, based on what he said a few years earlier about Leslie:
"In defense of her, I can say this, that she seems to be a model prisoner and everyone seems to say that she is very remorseful for these murders.
But there is one observation I'd like to make about the issues of rehabilitation, Larry. If someone participates, as Ms Van Houten did, in murders as incredibly brutal and vicious and unspeakable and nightmarish as these murders were, it seems to me, Larry ~ I could be wrong, but it seems to me ~ that there must be something, what, we don't know, but something inside of them, something in the deepest recesses of their soul, their guts, that enabled them to do what they did, something that most of us fortunately do not have because, I just want to continue this thought, something that enabled them to do it. You and I would never do something like this.
Now we might not be able to isolate or identify that element, but I think it must be there, and therefore, to release a type of person like this on a vulnerable society, may be taking a risk that we shouldn't take."
one thing it just don't fit that Linda bought into this helter skelter stuff in 2 weeks at the ranch
It does seem unlikely doesn't it ? Yet she thought he was Christ in as short a time. I think perhaps that it shows her state of mind in July of '69, the mounting result of her lifestyle, being opened up by acid to consider the unusual, rejection by her husband and acceptance by her new found friends and trying hard to fit into their lives, to see what they saw and do what they did. The sex sessions, the going out to creepy crawl, the garbage runs, the dinner lectures ~ all these point to an environment where someone that already was on a quest "looking for God" could find themselves overwhelmed, especially as they tried to give themselves to this new thing. It's actually not vastly different to a religious conversion. It may be a while before the person undergoing the changes starts getting back to totally thinking with their own mind, even if they may be finding things that disturb them, somewhat.
Linda did say that she didn't buy everything that came out of Charlie's mouth and because she was there only a short time, those things she did buy {plus the fact that she had fallen in love with him} are all the more remarkable.
I think her presence at the murders leaves a lot of questions
You're right about that. Most people that comment on the case have theories about why she was chosen and most of them are plausible. It may well turn out that the reason was a psychedelic combination of all or many of the theories, not that we'll ever know. Even she didn't know.
Re LK, I've just never thought much about what VB had on her
A couple of days after the Grand Jury when Fleischmann was trying to get a deal for Kasabian and he said that she'd gone against his advice to fight extradition, Bugliosi said to Stovitz that her testimony to them was valueless as long as they had Susan.
As long as they had Susan.
In the section of his book starting "January 1970" Bugliosi reproduces a segment of a confidential memorandum that he sent to Evelle Younger in which he states that without Atkins testimony on Tate the evidence against Manson & Kasabian was 'anemic' and for LaBianca, 'non existent' and concludes that without Sadie they had no case. But a month earlier a deal had been made with Atkins that basically meant that whatever she said to the Grand Jury could not be used against any of her co~defendants.
There was essentially zero on Kasabian and nothing that could be corroborated, even though she'd been an active participant in getting rid of weapons and clothes.
Another reason why I'm skeptical of Gary Fleischmann's story of telling Linda to do a number on Susan to get her to recant is that in the memorandum outlining Atkins' deal, it's stated that Susan doesn't want to testify in the physical presence of Charlie or the other Co~defendants for fear. And Richard Caballero was reported as saying a few times that he did not think she would testify against Charlie and would return to the fold. So fairly early on into Kasabian's entry into the picture, she really held all the aces ~ aces she didn't actually need. The prosecution needed her far more than she needed them. Easy to say with 48 years hindsight I know, but she was in a win~win situation. They had nothing of any note on her {nowadays there may have been her DNA on the bloody clothing}. So it certainly adds a different spin to her immunity. At this moment in time, I'd argue that she didn't need immunity as she would have beaten the rap. So it begs the question ¬> why did she then testify ?
Could it be that when she said that she felt the truth had to be told, despite her suspect behaviour between mid August and December in not telling the Police {though she told at least 5 other people in one way or another} that she was actually telling the truth ?
If Kasabian testified to the events of those two nights without immunity or a deal of any kind she would have convicted herself. She would have laid out all of the elements necessary for a conspiracy conviction, precisely as she did against Manson. Now, if you are saying they would have had a hard time convicting her had she remained silent and had Atkins followed through and not testified- that I agree with.
I don't know if Fleischman is lying about helping Atkins to pull out of the deal. I doubt he is/was when he said that, however, because the risk to reward balance weighs against a lie. I do suspect that he and Goldman knew at some point after Atkins pulled the deal that they had the DA right where they wanted him and obtained the deal they did for precisely the reasons you state.
It is also clear that whether Atkins would testify at trial was not known for sure until she did back out. Per HS her deal allowed for a lesser charge if she did:
"The extent to which the District Attorney’s Office will assist Defense Counsel in an attempt to seek less than a first degree murder, life sentence, will depend upon the extent to which Susan Atkins continues to cooperate."
Bugliosi, Vincent; Curt Gentry. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders (pp. 206-207). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.
This would have told Fleischman she might testify at trial to avoid even life in prison and that would have been sufficient, in my opinion, to convict Kasabian of something. As Fleischman said: You are broke, pregnant and you were there.
Now, if you are saying they would have had a hard time convicting her had she remained silent and had Atkins followed through and not testified- that I agree with
That's exactly what I'm saying.
This would have told Fleischman she might testify at trial to avoid even life in prison and that would have been sufficient, in my opinion, to convict Kasabian of something
Well this is the point that obviously confuses me then. If, according to the Atkins deal with the DA's office, nothing she said at the Grand Jury could be used against her accomplices and if nothing she said about Linda's involvement could be independently corroborated and Kasabian remained silent, how could she be convicted of something ? Her position strikes me as being on a par with that of Clem. Nothing corroborated his involvement with the LaBianca crime, hence he wasn't even charged. It seems to be a similar picture with Tex re: Shorty. That Grogan and Davis have both subsequently placed him there and active {even down to one parole board actually referring to him as a crime partner} hasn't led to him being arrested and charged. Their words can't be used and nothing else proves/suggests he was there.
Or have I got that totally wrong ?
I'm genuinely curious about this because it occurs to me that if Kasabian was as dishonest as her detractors make her out to be {as regards this particular matter, not in general !}, once Atkins recanted, she could have lied and simply said she wasn't there or said nothing at all.
But she didn't. She told all. I can't see that she had anything to gain by doing so. Or to put it another way, she had more to lose by being granted immunity {her life, her family's lives, being beholden to possibly years of endless trials etc} than by keeping schtum.
I think your comment on the new post partially answers this: we have the benefit of hindsight.
Are you saying because it is hard to convict Kasabian the fact she testified is evidence she always wanted to testify voluntarily? I think that leaves out a few steps.
If Kasabian testifies with no deal she goes to prison. Perhaps she gets some sympathy from the jury and only gets second degree murder but she is doing 7-25 years and given how parole has gone for these people she might still be there. And she certainly didn't do that so her sense of morality had limits. What stopped her from ignoring Fleischamn's advice? Nothing.
Now what happens if she remains silent and Atkins recants. VB now knows what happened. He would set out to prove it- Juan Flynn is a start.
Fleischman's comment- pregnant, broke and being there- is actually quite revealing from my lawyer-view. I read it to say she has no cash to mount a serious defense (hire investigators, a shrink or forensics experts) and if you lose you are not going to watch that kid grow up. But most importantly it is the 'you were there' part- I think Fleischman's analysis was 'can Bugliosi put my client at either crime scene?' He is looking at that issue in late '69 early '70 not from 2017.
If VB can, my client goes to prison- felony murder puts her there for life. It all boils down to that. I am betting whether VB can place my client at either crime scene by the time he gets to trial. I, as Fleischman know she was there so I sort of have to assume he eventually can. VB too knows she was there- remember VB didn't have to convict Kasabian in the real trial so we don't know what he might have put together. So I'm betting on whether he can place her at the scene when I know she was at the scene. And my wager is 7 years to life. And Fleischman is telling you (as Kasabian) precisely that. What do you do?
Pretty compelling stuff.
I agree with it to a large extent. I don't know whether she wanted to testify right from the start but from the day after the Grand Jury Fleischmann was angling for an immunity deal. Even though Bugliosi conceded that the case against her was anemic at best for Cielo and non existent for LaBianca. As for being there, well, he knew Clem was there but there was no charge for him. They knew Tex was present for Shorty's murder. No charge.
That all said, I absolutely agree with you that I'm looking at this from a now rather than then perspective. If one compares it with Charlie {and for that matter, Pat and Leslie} who did try to style it out and got crushed, you can see the kind of thinking Linda had at the time. Because when a hot situation is live, unless one is experienced in fighting LE, it doesn't appear the way it will when you look back on it 20 years down the line.
Linda obviously didn't know this at the time but Bugliosi wasn't at all confident of netting a result against her and he did say he would only have gone for 2nd degree against her had she not joined the prosecution.
While I don't know if she wanted to testify right from the start, I do think that the desire to tell all came fairly early on in her remand.
There is an interesting exchange between Bugliosi and the Judge in chambers about Clem that Cielo put up somewhere. He says he didn't charge Clem 'because he is crazy' and other reasons but never goes into what those were. I have said before there is no way in hell VB wanted someone he thought was 'clearly insane' in that courtroom.
I agree, Grim, I think Fleischman and Goldman (I saw something I can't corroborate that it was Goldman) did a large dose of 'deprograming' on her ASAP. I saw a reference (but hearsay and questionable reliability so far) that Goldman even sat her down and explained how you die in the gas chamber. It is also highly probable to me anyway that her attorneys 'helped LK remember' she always wanted to testify once she did want to.
I've never taken the time to put it together but one key could be knowing when the defense filed for discovery and when the DA set up the 'tubs' versus when the deal was made with LK. Why?
Before the discovery request everyone has press clippings, their own client and what they can pull out of a cop in the hallway- remember Caruso's (?) statement in the Atkins interview 'they have a knife. They questioned my other client about a knife.' That is pre-'tubs'. He's going off another client interview but knows from that it is a buck knife.
Everyone is posturing and inflating their case while denigrating the other guy's case. Once the 'tubs' appear the defense now knows what the DA actually has and can watch it expand over time. We know Bugliosi put all the crime scene photos in the tubs- this comes up in chambers and the judge wants to know the press can't get to them (if I recall). Those pix would worry Fleischman-they are bad. If they had anything from say Flynn putting her in the car he'd be very worried. If all this went down before the tubs it is highly likely Stovitz and Bugliosi were over stating their case. Hence why VB gets pissed when Stovitz discusses manslaughter with Fleischman (he claims its the 'I'd have no one to try' issue- I think it was this.).
MHN said...
And what happens when every detail has been pinned down and tabulated to death? What will be written or changed or believed when every aspect of a long-dried murder case has been dissected to everyone's complete satisfaction? What if there comes a day when the route and its reasons, and everything else, every i has been dotted and every t crossed, and when even that turgid old grinder Grim can find no reason to prattle every post to dreary death with his family anecdotes, because everything is settled and agreed upon?
What then? Manson will be even more dead than he is now, his crimes and his creed a minor historical footnote, and all this talk.... all this talk, what will it have amounted to?
Life is very short. Despite the protestations of the credulous there will be no Jewish woodworker offering hugs to his western fanboys after death. We will be dead. Gone. Off. Over.
Mr Stimson I love this blog. I even read it sometimes. I also love maps. I loved your post.
Why, we move on and retire undefeated of course.
and all this talk.... all this talk, what will it have amounted to?
A little enjoyment brought about through the art of conversation, debate, arguing and swapping of thoughts and ideas and having them tested.
You sound a little, futile, Mike.....
Grim said...
'the art of conversation'.
Let me know if you ever try that.
'You sound a little, futile, Mike...
That's not English, and I'm not 'Mike'.
Well, whatever language it is, you sound a little, futile.....Mike.
You were there, were you not, George ?
We always believed they were looking for our house when they were in the Sylmar area ; something we were told by my family not to talk about. Not sure who in the Family id ask. Normally people dont ask people those questions.
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US-led coalition destroys Syrian mosque used as IS command center in Hajin
Remaining IS militants are confined to network of tunnels and edges of Syrian town
US army vehicles support SDF near Hajin, Syria, against Islamic State on Saturday (AFP)
MEE and agencies
Published date: 17 December 2018 08:21 UTC | Last update: 2 years 1 month ago
The US-led coalition in Syria on Saturday destroyed a mosque in the town of Hajin that was used as an Islamic State (IS) group command and control centre, the US military said.
Hajin is the last big town that IS held in its remaining enclave east of the Euphrates River. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), spearheaded by the Kurdish militia, have battled to eliminate the militants there for several months, Reuters said.
The coalition said that 16 heavily armed IS militants were using the mosque as a base to attack. "This strike killed these terrorists who presented an imminent threat, and eliminated another deadly…operational capability from the battlefield," the US military said in a statement.
The SDF has largely secured Hajin, the biggest settlement in what is the last pocket of territory controlled by IS, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.
IS lost nearly all the territory it once held in Syria last year in separate offensives by the US-backed SDF on the one hand, and the Russian-backed Syrian army on the other.
Smoke billows from bombs near Hajin, Syria, on Saturday (AFP)
"After a week of heavy fighting and air strikes, the SDF were able to kick IS out of Hajin," said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
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The last IS militants were confined to a network of tunnels and the edges of Hajin, which lies in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, about 30km from Iraq.
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2020 Bahrain GP - Inner Track
Thread: 2020 Bahrain GP - Inner Track
Nitrodaze
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We head to another Hermann Tilke track in the hot desert of the Bahrain Internaltional Circuit. This is a double header race spanning this weekend and the next. This weekend, the race runs through the normal 5.4km track layout with 15 corners. 57 laps through the floodlite night of this desert track that has hosted some thrilling races in the past. One such very memorable race is the Hamilton/Rosberg duel of 2015. This track has six layouts, namely:-
1. Grand Prix Circuit - Used for F1 races.
2. Endurance Circuit -
3. Outer Circuit - To be used for the F1 race next weekend
4. Paddock Circuit
5. Oasis\Inner Circuit
6. Oval Circuit
Sebastien Vettel is the most successful driver to ever race this layout with four wins. Jointly followed by Hamilton and Alonso with three wins each. Ferrari is the most successful team to race this track layout with six wins. Closely followed by Mclaren with five wins and Renault with four wins.
Charles Leclerc holds the fastest pole lap record at 1:27:866, from last season [2019] in the Ferrari. This was one race win that was snatched away from a very dominant Leclerc last season at the closing laps of the race. When the Monagast was cruelly beset with powertrain issues that saw his dominant pace dwindle at the very last few laps of the race.
Lewis Hamilton was the last winner of this race, with Bottas second and Vettel third.
F1 arrive at this circuit with both the constructors and Driver championships concluded. But all remaining position are still very much open to contest. In the conbstructors championship, Redbull is quite secure in second position. However, the battle for third remains a closely fought contest, with Racing Point leading the way with 154 points, followed closely by Mclaren five points adrift. On the outside chance for third, are Renault [136] and Ferrari [130] respectively.
The drivers championship is more open than the constructors. Bottas [197] leads the way for 2nd but not comfortably, with Verstapenn [170] only 27 points behind. The margins are so close, such that Bottas cannot afford a DNF or finishing outside the points.
The battle for 3rd is a tripartite tussle between Perez who is leading the group with 100 points, very closely followed by Charles Leclerc [97] and Ricciado [96]. The margins are so tight in this group, such that any error or bad luck is likely to be very expensive.
The battle for 7th is also equally as close, spanning 3 drivers all within 5 points of the leader of the group. Sainz [75] leads this group with teammate Norris [74], just one point behind, and Albon [70] only 5 points adrift of Sainz. Gasly [63] is also an outside chance of getting this position.
There is all to fight for in the midfields, with a maximum of 78 points on the table, the battle shall remain fierce to the very last race at Abu Dhabi.
Last edited by Nitrodaze; 26th November 2020 at 11:12.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Great summation. It's hard to believe that the season is already winding down. Seems just like yesterday that we were wondering if we were even going to have a season. But on the plus side, the off season will be much shorter and 2021 testing isn't THAT far off.
"Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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And we are off!
Quali is a go!!!
Lewis continues to amaze me. I've come to almost feel sorry for Bottas. When he said the gap to Lewis was confusing, all I could think of was what it would be like to have to play one-on-one basketball against Michael Jordan, then Kobe Bryant and then Lebron James. It's got to be spirit crushing, especially with Bottas being a capable driver himself.
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Wow my heart stopped for a minute. That Grosjean crash looked so nasty. Beyond relieved he is ok. That was a bad one. He looks like he is a bit injured and is being helped to the ambulance after sitting in the medical car
How Grosjean survived that I don’t know. Really amazing work by the FIA and safety. Years ago that would have been a fatality.
I’m glad he is no longer going to be in F1 next year, he has alway been a danger to others on the grid and that has never changed. This incident was 100% his fault only. He’s a complete and utter clown. Three drivers on the current grid are not good enough. Grosjean, Stroll and Latifi. Waste of precious F1 seats.
Delighted Grosjean is okay buy also delighted he is gone next year.
Seeing more footage just reaffirms that this was a miracle he survived. The halo really helped in this situation as it pierced through the barrier rather than his helmet and body. This was a horrendous Accident.everyone did a great job. The marshals medical car team and last but not least...Grosjean himself, through his training. Managed to get himself out of the worst condition.
Update: minor burns on hands and feet, broken ribs. Wow
That was 100% Strolls fault. Turned into the corner like nobody was there and on the completely wrong apex. Every car turned in wide but he turned on tight and just effed up things. On is beyond ridiculous that stroll will get to drive on 2021 and Perez is out. Stroll all by himself is going to cost the team p3 in the WCC. Shambolic
Vettel car is shaite and the dumb stewards blame Kyvatt smh
Lousy on Checo - he deserved the podium
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Good point. I guess Neuville himself is paid a full basic salary anyway, so... it's tricky indeed. It must be also noted that there are less opportunities for bonus money etc.
I guess both Oliver and the Solberg team is starting to understand the i20, and tweaks it in the right direction. For Veiby it seemed to go in the opposit direction, fast stage, and the got better...
this could be a good/valid request from Neuville,only if Hyundai had cut his salary,but according to his interview,thats didnt happened.
I saw a good guess on twitter: Neuville wanted to pay Gilsoul by rally rather than by year and Gilsoul demanded the opposite. Remember how there was only half of the rallies last year, that must have...
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FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Newport, RI 02840
(401) 861-4445 (voice)
info@film-festival.org
Contact: George T. Marshall, Executive Director
To discover and honor the new voices of independent film. Screenplays will be judged on creativity, innovation, vision, originality and the use of language. The key element is that of communication and how it complements and is transformed by the language of film.
Earlybird January 15, 2021 $50
Regular May 15, 2021 $55 119
Late June 1, 2021 $75 136
Extended June 15, 2021 $75 150
Final July 15, 2021 $75 180
Notification: October 14, 2019 (over Columbus Day Weekend)
Please visit website for rules and guidelines.
Screenplays entered into the competition will be adjudicated by a distinguished panel of industry professionals, educators, peers and film fans. The Grand Prize winner will become a central focus during ScriptBiz™ the screenplay pitch forum held during the Festival. The Grand Prize winner will also receive prizes valued at over $10,000. This includes travel, up to four nights accommodations, Final Draft software and screenplay promotions. Since the contest winners are announced following the main Festival, the Grand Prize winner’s work will be a focal point for RIIFF, with the official trophy presented at the Festival's Opening Night Celebration.
Screenplay Winners Announced for the 6th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival
PROVIDENCE, RI (September 4, 2002) The Rhode Island International Film Festival presented by BROOKS Pharmacy, is pleased to announce the winners for this year's third annual Screenplay Competition. 206 screenplays were received for this year's event from all over the world. The jury composed of industry professionals, screenwriters ,and members of the general public found their work challenging and exciting as they discovered this year's winning screenplays. For the first time in the contest’s history, three Spanish language entries were received. After careful review of each entrant, one Grand-Prize winner was selected along with six First-Prize winner and ten finalists.
The Grand-Prize winner for 2002 is called "Checkpoint" by Timothy Jay Smith of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (telephone: 302-226-0121, email: tsmith@dmv.com). The screenplay is timely drama set in the Middle East that follows an American photojournalist, an Israeli war hero and a Palestinian farmer as their lives intertwine.
According to George T. Marshall the RIIFF Executive Director, “We are delighted to honor Timothy Jay Smith for his exceptional screenplay.
"This was a strong year for screenplays. We received over 206 entries and for the first time welcomed three Spanish language entrants into the competition. Entries came from all over the globe.”
“Our panel of judges were greatly impressed with the power of Timothy Jay Smith’s story and quality of his writing. While a tough call given so many exceptional screenplays submitted this year, the selection of 'Checkpoint' was a unanimous call for the Grand Prize.”
The Grand-Prize winner will receive a cash and prizes of worth over $5,000. These include a full Scholarship at the RIIFF Master Class on Production, Take 1-2-3: Filmmaking with the Pros (to be held in August 2003); the production of segments from the screenplay which will also be used as a case study during 2003 Master Class; work in advance with the visiting director for the 2003 Master Class on the segments to be shot plus revisions; Participation in the Dailies and Editing; Involvement with Casting; a Staged Reading at the 2003 RIIFF Festival; Round-trip travel; Hotel Accommodations for up to three nights; Select meals or cash stipend; the latest version Final Draft Screenplay Software; a copy of Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop; Two all-access VIP Passes to the RIIFF 2003; a complimentary Subscription to Scr(i)pt Magazine; and promotion through the Writer’s Script Network.
"Screenplays were judged on creativity, innovation, vision, originality and the use of language.," said Marshall. "For our judges, the key element was communication and how it complemented and would be transformed by the language of film."
The winner of last year's Grand Prize was "Dead Behind the Eyes" by Joubin Mortazavi & Eli Frankel of Rodondo Beach, CA. Their screenplay is a murder-mystery set in New Orleans that charts the dark journey of a homicide detective in his hunt for a serial killer. Both attended the 2002 RIIFF and saw elements of their screenplay shot of Sony HD 24 fps equipment. The visiting guest director was Richard Schenkman, (Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God..., The Pompatus of Love, A Diva’s Christmas Carol, The Producer, et al) a frequent collaborator with actor Jon Cryer and RIIFF Board member.
First Prize winners of the Competition who will receive software from Final Draft copies and/or copies of Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop along with subscriptions to Scr(i)pt Magazine. Additionally as part of the awards for the RIIFF Screenplay Competition, top winning contestants will receive from Writers' Script Network: An e-mail announcement about their winning screenplay to about 6,500 industry professionals; plus other benefits including placement of their logline and synopsis on the WSN password protected web site; and a logline (pitch) for their winning screenplay in their printed publication
The winners of the 2002 Screenplay Competition are as follows:
Grand-Prize:
Checkpoint Timothy Jay Smith, Rehoboth Beach, DE
First-Prize:
Once Eden Harry McEwan, New York, NY
Killing Johnnie Sundae Jahant-Osborn, London, UK
Serpent in the Garden Richard G. McKee, Jr., Naples, FL
Untouchable Gary Riestory and Karen Grenberg, New York, NY
Arawan Ernst Aebj, New York, NY
The Princess and the Pirate Dana Biscotti Myskowski, Henniker, NH
Head First, Face Down Glenn Forbes, Toronto, CANADA
Sunday River Eric Diekhans, Evanston, IL
The Clear Horizon Bill Flanagan, Seattle, WA
Mission Hill Brett Ross, New York, NY
Forgive and Remember Judith D’Ambrosia, Culver City, CA
Final Witness Mirtha Vega, Sausalito, CA
The General’s Spy Michael B. Newman, Boston, MA
Uncomfortable Theodore Cormey, Brighton, MA
The Face of Eight Carl Wolfteich and Tom Dooley, Saunderstown, RI
Anna Down East F.M. Strype, Ridgewood, NJ
The Call for Entries to the 2003 RIIFF Screenplay Competition has just been announced. Entries can be found on-line at the Festival web site: www.RIFilmFest.org. The deadline for entries is June 1, 2003
The Rhode Island International Film Festival, now in its seventh year, is created and produced by the Flickers Arts Collaborative. Brooks Pharmacy is the Premiere Sponsor. Michel Coutu, President/CEO of Brooks Pharmacy is the Festival Honorary Chairman along with Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Almond. Michael Drywa, Esq. is the RIIFF Board President.
The Festival is presented in cooperation with the Rhode Island Office of Film and Television.
RIIFF will take place August 5-10, 2003 in historic Providence, and throughout the state of Rhode Island. For more information about programming and scheduling, visit the web site at www.RIFilmFest.org or call the Festival office at 401-861-4445.
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Vol 2 Issue 26
HUNDREDS OF BLUES FESTIVALS
For a complete list of all 2007 Blues Festivals
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VARIOUS RUF RECORDS ARTISTS : : Summertime Blues
Summertime Blues!
Forget about everything you associate with the Blues: dark dives, endless guitar solo parts, sadly moods.
Ruf Records has compiled what is perhaps the ultimate Summer Blues Songs; these will make you want to celebrate in the car, at the beach or in the middle of your living room.
1. Canned Heat - �Wait And See�
2. Candye Kane (with Popa Chubby) - �Crazy Little Thing�
3. Ana Popovic - �The Hustle Is On�
4. Luther Allison - �I Wanna Be with You�
5. Ian Parker - �Your Love Is My Home�
6. Walter Trout (with John Mayall)- �Highway Song�
7. Roxanne Potvin - �Caught Up�
8. Aynsley Lister - �Wherever I Am�
9. Larry Garner - �Do your personal Thing�
10. Sue Foley - �Show Me�
11. Eric Bibb - �Livin�, Lovin� an� Doin� �
12. Grayson Capps - �Poison�
Click LISTEN to hear "Wait and See" from Canned Heat
To LISTEN it may be
necessary to allow pop-ups. Just hold down the CTRL button on your
keyboard while pressing the following LISTEN button; please allow a few
seconds for juke-box player to open.
THE MATT SCHOFIELD TRIO : : Ear to the Ground
EAR TO THE GROUND is a mix of Matt Schofield's trademark blues, funk and jazz recorded live with the band in one room, and with the minimum of overdubs. To keep it fresh and spontaneous and capture the raw energy the band is known for, a "three strikes and out" rule was applied, meaning that if it didn't sound right by the third take it would not make it onto the album. One number fell by the wayside. All the rest are first or second takes. Nine original numbers are sandwiched by a pair of Kings -- opening with Freddie King's "Pack It Up" and closing with BB King's "When it All Comes Down".
Called by many the "most original and influential British Blues guitarist to have emerged since the sixties", Schofield's second studio album continues his successful organ trio of Jonny Henderson on Hammond C3 organ (and left-hand bass lines) and Evan Jenkins on drums. The huge sounding, multi-layed an rhythmically infectious delivery of this band redefines the meaning of "power trio" and is unlike anything else on the Blues Scene today.
Click LISTEN to hear "PACK IT UP" from The Matt Schofield Trio
TAB BENOIT : : Power of the Pontchartrain
Guitarist-singer Tab Benoit is the real deal. Born and raised on the Louisiana bayou, this self-proclaimed �new kid from the old school� has been the standard bearer for a new generation of Cajun blues musicians � a traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, grafting elements of rock and soul to the indigenous sounds of the bayou. And if dedicating his life to his musical roots weren�t enough, Benoit has also been a tireless crusader in recent years � prior to the devastation of hurricane Katrina but even more so since � for the preservation of the rapidly vanishing wetlands of his native region.
Benoit unleashes his passion for his homeland and its music in POWER OF THE PONTCHARTRAIN, a new Telarc recording that he co-produced with veteran producer David Z (Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Prince). Also on board for the 11-track ride is LeRoux, the enduring Louisiana-based blues/rock/pop collective that has been a regional mainstay since the late �70s.
Yes it's back! The 3rd annual "Win a Festival Cruise" Sweepstakes
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Enhanced CD Format Coming Soon from a Disney Record Label
Disney's Hollywood Records label, home to Los Lobos, the Indigo Girls, Hilary Duff, and Regis Philbin, is going to fight declining CD sales by offering CDs with exclusive extra content unavailable anywhere else as a lure to get fans to buy the discs.
Hollywood Records' artist roster may not be cutting edge (Regis?), but at least the label is willing to experiment with offering music fans something new -- similar to the extra features found on DVDs -- rather than just complaining about new technology and pointing fingers at their customers.
According to Reuters, the upcoming CDVU+ discs will include "digital magazine extras, song lyrics, band photos and other extras to boost fan loyalty" and the packaging will be recyclable. Some content will be exclusive:
"The content on a CDVU+ can be downloaded and accessed online and off. The label said the extra content had been produced for the new format rather than using the band's outtakes or widely available material, such as existing music videos."
Hollywood Records' SVP of marketing, Ken Bunt, said the label is using the traditional CD format to release these tracks rather than a file-based format because fans of his labels' artists are used to CDs: "We really believe if you're going to give consumers what they want, we should do it in a way they're used to."
The Jonas Brothers will become the first Hollywood artist to release an album in the CDVU+ format on August 7th.
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Online Radio Is Saved; SoundExchange Will Not Enforce New Royalty Rates
Late last week at a Congressional hearing about the new rates for online radio that would essentially destroy it (as readers of this newsletter already know), SoundExchange, which was scheduled to receive the new royalty payments on Monday morning (since the enforcement date falls on a Sunday), made a startling statement.
The SoundExchange executive promised -- in front of Congress -- that SoundExchange will not enforce the new royalty rates. Webcasters will stay online, as new rates are hammered out.
The Roots Music Association spoke with Pandora founder Tim Westergren, who expressed relief that Pandora didn't have to shut down on Sunday in response to the new rates. He said, "It was getting pretty close. I always had underlying optimism that sanity was going to prevail, but I was beginning to wonder."
He said everyone who called their Congress person about this should feel that they had an effect on the process:
"This is a direct result of lobbying pressure, so if anyone thinks their call didn't matter, it did. That's why this is happening." The flyer DiMA distributed to Congress today probably helped a bit too, but overall, it appears Congress intervened due to pressure from web radio listeners.
Apparently, the per-channel minimum fees mandated by the Copyright Royalty Board were never taken very seriously by those involved. They've now been taken off the table completely, saving Pandora, Live365, and other multicasters from their most imminent threat.
"No one thought those per station fees were remotely rational. It only makes sense that they're being taken off the table."
As for the Copyright Royalty Board? They're entirely cut out of the process, having set the rates and then refused a rehearing. Going forward without the royalties being collected, SoundExchange and webcasters will negotiate a new royalty rate with Congress looking over their shoulder -- "and last but not least, the public looking over Congress's shoulder." Alternatively, Congress now has time to consider the Internet Radio Equality Act, which would set webcaster royalties at 7.5 percent of revenue and allow them to continue operating pretty much as they have been.
Either way, this is a big win for webcasters and their listeners.
Boston Blues Festival Legends Revival
Blues Trust Productions, the non profit presenter of the annual Boston Blues Festival, presents past Blues Trust Lifetime Achievement Award recipients at the Somerville Theater on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 7:30 pm
The concert is a celebration of the Blues Trust�s 2nd live recording, LIVE AT THE BOSTON BLUES FESTIVAL VOLUME II. Featured performers are 92 year old Delta Blues Legend, David Honeyboy Edwards, Lazy Lester and Louisiana Red, with Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, David Maxwell, Darrell Nulisch, The Dwight Ritcher Band, Hot Tamale Brass Band and more.
Tickets for the Boston Blues Festival Legends Revival are on sale now and are available by charge through Ticketmaster, 617-931-2000, online at www.ticketmaster.com or cash sales at the Somerville Theater box office, 55 Davis Square in Somerville, 4 � 8 pm daily. Tickets are $28 - $75.
The Boston Blues Festival Legends Revival and the release of the recording, furthers the Blues Trust�s mission of promoting the music and musicians through entertainment and education. Proceeds from the presentation will help fund the free Boston Blues Festival. The 12th annual showcase will be at the Hatch Band Shell on Boston�s Charles River Esplanade on Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23. For more information visit bluestrust.com
'BLIND MISSISSIPPI MORRIS" to received need repairs to his home
Shelby County (Memphis, Tennessee) Commissioners came together Wednesday to try to help a Mid-South music legend.
The home of "Blind Mississippi Morris" is in disrepair, and was recently deemed unsafe by code enforcement. Things are so bad that the city of Memphis says Morris must leave his home. Morris is blind, and is incapable of making those repairs himself.
Last week Morris' plight lead to a conference room at the Shelby County building, packed with people hoping to help. Electricians, contractors, and painters were all willing to donate time, money, and equipment in an attempt to renovate the house.
The group viewed slides that outlined the repairs that need to be made, including electrical, mechanical, and aesthetic work. Contractors estimated it would cost nearly $90,000 to repair the home, an effort headed by County Commissioners Mike Carpenter and George Flinn.
Carpenter said Morris was worth it. "He is a living blues legend, and he is the type of guy that our music reputation in Memphis has been built on, so we would be taking care of one of our own.
Relatives said the music legend has a sister that he'll stay with for the time being.
If you'd like to help fix Morris' house, you can contact the Shelby County Commission.
THE NATIONAL COWBOYS OF COLOR LOVE THE BLUES....WHO KNEW?
The National Cowboys of Color Museum (NCCM) announces that tickets are now on sale for the historic Legends of the Blues concert benefiting the museum during the NCCM Labor Day weekend celebrations.
This year's concert will feature blues icons Buddy Guy, The Muddy Waters Band featuring all original members including Pinetop Perkins and James Cotton and Robert Johnson contemporary David "Honeyboy" Edwards together for one evening at Billy Bob's of Texas. The concert is set to raise funds for the NCCM and its efforts including a campaign for a new building project.
"This will be a concert that blues lovers will not want to miss," says Gloria Reed Austin, executive director of NCCM. "We're expecting a packed house to see these great legends take the stage for a concert that will not be seen again anytime soon."
The NCCM Labor Day four-day weekend will be full of special events starting with Thursday's Hall of Fame induction ceremony and ending with a special presentation by the Lone Star Regulators on Sunday.
BLUES ARTISTS -- WIN A CHANCE TO PERFORM ON THE LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES CRUISE
Sonicbid's Blues Cruise Band Contest Still Going Strong..
One Lucky Band will join the Legendary artist line-up and sail on the October 13-20, 2007 Mexican Riviera Cruise! Spread the word, there is still time to enter. Visit http://www.sonicbids.com/bluescruise for info.
EVERY DOG MAY HAVE IT'S DAY, BUT IKE TURNER DOESN'T
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has turned down a request to honor Ike Turner, the legendary musician who has publicly admitted to hitting his ex-wife, entertainer Tina Turner.
Slay was asked to make Sept. 2 �Ike Turner Day� in St. Louis, the same day the award-winning performer is scheduled to play the Big Muddy Blues Festival at Laclede's Landing.
The request was made by Dawne Massey, the director of the music festival, who says that the mayor's office has bestowed a similar honor each year for the headline act at the concert event.
�He helped put St. Louis rhythm and blues on the map,� Massey said about Turner. �We were only looking to celebrate his contributions to the music industry. Many entertainers have checkered pasts.�
Turner, who got his start playing the nightclubs and blues bars of St. Louis and East St. Louis, is a member of the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. He won a Grammy last year for his album, Risin' With The Blues.
In 2001, he was named to the St. Louis Walk of Fame. That same year, he published a biography in which he admitted hitting his ex-wife. The pair were split up by the late 1970s.
Massey says an aide to the mayor told her that Slay would issue the proclamation for Turner. But the aide, Cathy Smentkowski, said today that the mayor has decided against it.
�When it was brought to the mayor's attention, he did not feel comfortable issuing it,� Smentkowksi said.
Asked why, Smentkowski would say only that �he just did not feel comfortable issuing it.�
Blues club replaces troubled nightspot
Marty's Blues Cafe, a new blues cafe has opened at a former nightclub in Merriam (Kansas) that was the scene of two homicides in 2005.
The club formerly was known as Rum Runners. In response to the violence there, Merriam�s City Council required drinking establishments to sell their final drinks at 12:30 a.m. and close by 1 a.m. By January 2006, the nightclub had closed. The city later lifted the early closing time for its bars.
Marty�s Blues Cafe has been leasing space in the property since April and has been open for the past three weeks.
The owner, Martin Cohen, said he has made improvements and invited city officials and council members to tour the business.
�I think we have overcome that image problem with the city. Now we just need to overcome that with our customers,� he said.
News from M.C. Records, Alligator and Shout! Factory
M.C. RECORDS
M.C. Records has annouced CD releases from two great roots artist, Eric Bibb & Anders Osborne.
On September 11th, Eric Bibb�s first live CD is entited AN EVENING WITH ERIC BIBB (MC-0059). Eric fuses blues and folk to make a sound all his own. The 14 song recording features delicious covers as well as Eric�s own songs.
On September 25 look for New Orleans sensation Anders Osborne�s first studio recording in over five years. ON COMING DOWN (MC-0060) Ander�s sings about his two great loves, his wife and New Orleans.
Alligator Records has set an August 14, 2007 street date for BLACK CAT BONE, the new CD from bassist/ vocalist/ songwriter (and Stray Cats co-founder) Lee Rocker.
Shout! Factory readies for August 21st release "VEE-JAY: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION." This will be a deluxe four-CD box set with extensive liner notes, and features such Vee-Jay Records hitmakers as Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, The Four Seasons, Jerry Butler & the Impressions, The Staple Singers, Betty Everett, Little Richard, Billy Preston, Gene Chandler, Rosco Gordon, J.B. Lenoir, Joe Simon, The El Dorados, The Dells, Jimmy Hughes, The Spaniels and more.
Festival news from Finland, and Wyoming USA
Lakeside Blues Festival (Jarvenpaa, Finland)
29 year old Layla Zoe From Canada Wins International Blues Contest
Layla Zoe a 29 year old blues musician from Canada won the international Blues Heritage Contest organized by compo10.com in association with the Lakeside Blues Festival. The contest was this year organized in honor of the 30th anniversary of Finland's biggest blues festival, the Lakeside Blues Festival (www.puistoblues.fi).
The six finalists performed two songs in front of the festival audience and a 6 member jury on June 29th in the small beautiful city of Jarvenpaa, next to Lake Tuusula in southern Finland.
The winner of the contest received 3000 USD in cash. Layla will also be performing at the Lakeside Blues Festival in 2008. The Lakeside Blues Festival has become one of Europe's biggest blues festivals.
The contest received entries from 23 different countries from 5 continents. The first part of the contest took place on the internet. For more information about the Lakeside Blues Festival, please visit their Web site:� www.puistoblues.fi/?topic=42 (in English).
Pinedale Blues Festival (Pinedale, Wyoming)
What would have been the 6th annual Pinedale Blues Festival has been canceled. Their past benefactor passed away, and the family declined to continue the festival. After that all their other sponsor's pulled the plub.
Society news from New York State and California
Mohawk Valley Blues Society (New Hartford, NY)
Following the first Mohawk Valley Blues Festival, organizers Wednesday presented a $1,500 check to Operation Sunshine, an Observer-Dispatch charity that helps send children to summer camp.
"It was our way of giving back to the community," said board member Eileen Gallagher of Rome, whose daughter went to summer camp 15 years ago thanks to Operation Sunshine. "Without Operation Sunshine, she wouldn't have gone."
The festival, held June 30, drew just under 1,000 people and featured local, national and international performers at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds.
Leaders of the Mohawk Valley Blues Society say they're looking forward to a bigger turnout and making a bigger contribution to the charity next year.
Sacramento (California) Blues Society
The Sacramento Blues Society on Sunday afternoon, August 5, 2007 will hold their 5th Annual "Women Sing The Blues" Showcase presentation featuring: Kathleen Cairns (Outstanding West Coast blues talent making an encore appearance for this event), Stacie Eakes (The 2006 Sammie Award Winner in the "Blues" category with her band Stacie Eakes & The Superfreakes),
Lena Mosley (Legendary Sacramento Blues Artist and member of the Sacramento Blues Revue), and Dana Moret (Dynamo Lead Singer for Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers returns as a preformer and organizer for this show). The host band will be the Tim Brisson Blues Band!
ALL AGES WELCOME!Cover charges: $10 General / $8 SBS members / $5 Students with ID. For more information visit www.sacblues.com
WATERMELON SLIM:Previews his new CD "The Wheel Man"
Watermelon Slim has been a soldier, a farmer, a newspaper reporter, a trucker, a criminal, and who knows what else. He's also one of the hardest working bluesmen on the road today. Join Elwood Blues and his guest Watermelon Slim, with new music from Slim's latest CD, THE WHEEL MAN this week on your House of Blues Radio Hour.
BoozenBlues
Thursday-Sunday, July 19-22, 2007
Indianola, Mississippi, U.S.
boozenblues.com
Hotline: none
Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival - "JazzFest"
Friday-Saturday, July 20-21, 2007
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.
jazzfestsiouxfalls.com
Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
blueridgeblues.org
Quincy Area Blues Fest
Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
quincyblues.com
Nothin' But The Blues Festival
Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.
nothinbutthebluesfestival.com
Cave Run Rock-n-Blues-n-BBQ Festival
Morehead, Kentucky, U.S.
caverunblues.com
Blues in the Natural State
Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.
www.ozarkbluessociety.org
Burlington Jazz'n Blues Festival
Friday-Sunday, July 20-22, 2007
burlingtonjazzbluesfestival.com
Pittsburgh Blues Festival
pghblues.com
Hotline: 412-460-BLUE
Winthrop Rhythm & Blues 20th Anniversary Festival
Winthrop, Washington, U.S.
winthropbluesfestival.com
Endless Mountains Blues Fest
Elmhurst, Pennsylvania, U.S.
blues101.org
Dodgeville Blues Fest
Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S.
dodgevillebluesfest.com
blueridgeblues.com
Gulfport MS Blues Bash
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.
Website: none
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CIVIL & CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Front-End Justice
Pretrial Release
Justice Reinvestment | Missouri
Alison Lawrence 1/1/2017
The 2012 Missouri Justice Reinvestment Act strengthened community supervision to address the significant number of probation and parole violators who were being sent to prison. By providing earned-time compliance credits, it offers incentives for offenders who are on probation or parole to comply with rules. For those who violate rules, sanctions may include placement for up to 120 days in a treatment setting. A 13-member Sentencing and Corrections Oversight Commission is monitoring implementation and expects to identify ways to reinvest cost savings. In its December 2013 report, the commission recommended an update and revision of the criminal code, which the legislature adopted during the 2014 session.
Related Legislation
HB 1525 (2012) Justice Reinvestment Act
HB 2009 (2012)
HB 9 (2013)
HB 215 (2013)
SB 491 (2014)
Summaries of legislation can be found in NCSL’s Sentencing and Corrections Enactment Database.
Public Safety in Missouri, state technical assistance by The Pew Charitable Trusts, public safety performance project
State Data Tracker, Urban Institute
Justice Reinvestment Initiative, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Program, U.S. Department of Justice
Return to NCSL’s Justice Reinvestment State Resources page or learn more about NCSL’s Criminal Justice program.
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Dovercourt at 25: a ‘pocket battleship’
March 25, 2012 By Dan Neutel
Strong community-based philosophy — and financial support — among the secrets of the modest Westboro facility’s enduring success
Dovercourt Recreation Centre is more than a swimming pool, more than a daycare centre, more than an athletic facility and more than an arts centre. It is a financial success, a cornerstone of its community and this November, it will celebrate 25 years of outstanding service.
With its doors open from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. most days, Dovercourt’s diverse programs range from dog swims, to Lego clubs, band camps and 135 weekly fitness classes.
“We have over 80,000 participants in swimming lessons, 30,000 recreational swimmers, 406 birthday parties, 725 children registered in dance programs and nearly 6,500 children registered in day camps,” says Rachel de Waard, manager of administration and communication.
All of this is done inside a tiny building in the centre of a sleepy Westboro neighbourhood.
“It is a pocket battleship,” says executive director John Rapp. “It is a very well-designed, powerful building, but it is little.”
The key to Dovercourt’s success is the community’s complete involvement in the institution, as owners and users.
Its board of directors was originally formed in 1977 and operated out of the old Westboro Community Centre — located on the site of today’s Dovercourt.
In 1987, the City of Ottawa planned to renovate the Westboro Centre, but locals no longer wanted the run-down building and asked for something that would better serve their needs.
They drove the city into a much bigger project than intended and the groundswell of support for a new building caused the then-director of recreation to realize that the solution was to fully involve the community in the process.
He wrote a service agreement that gave the board the power to operate the new centre with less city involvement and less funding, a set up Dovercourt has thrived under ever since.
“In 1987, the city funded almost 100 per cent of the operating budget — today they fund less than seven per cent of my operating budget,” says Rapp.
Dovercourt is located in the heart of a rapidly growing, double-income neighbourhood known for seeking quality and value. By successfully combining a community and corporate mentality Dovercourt is able to provide programs and services that are financially sustainable for the organization.
And every year, attendance has increased between
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“We are a charity, we have community development and altruistic goals, and we do that with $300,000 from the city,” says Rapp. “We then leverage that to a $4-million result by providing exactly what the community wants, at the calibre the community wants.”
In November, there will be a month-long celebration, consisting of awards nights and events aimed at giving thanks to the community.
And there are big changes to come: starting next year, Dovercourt will add a new $2.5-million, 3,000 square-foot fitness centre, and much of the rest of the building will be extensively renovated.
Meanwhile, Rapp says Dovercourt will continue to strive for excellence.
“It sounds strange, but the board and myself are hoping for more of the same,” he says.
“More of the same isn’t standing still — it just means that we continue to have growth, that we continue to have innovation and that we’re really responsive.”
Photo: Dovercourt Recreation Centre
Community Profilefeatured
Ottawa Catholic School Board Schools
Finger Lakes Region
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Hand sanitiser where it’s needed with high capacity portable unit from Brewfitt
Operators preparing to reopen post-lockdown can provide effective protection from Covid-19 for customers and staff exactly where it’s needed, with the new fully mobile Hand Sanitisation Station from dispense specialists Brewfitt.
The stainless steel unit, developed in partnership with Holchem and KeyKeg, requires no power and so can be positioned in multiple locations within a site. The dispense station delivers up to 7,500 doses of Covid-19 killing, alcohol-free antibacterial hand solution between keg changes.
With hospitality, retail and leisure operators working flat-out to comply with stricter hygiene regulations as the lockdown eases, the unit offers essential reassurance to customers and staff, as well as to the licensing and public health authorities.
A new survey into public expectations, carried out by Budweiser Brewing Group, found that 93% of the public are keen to return to pubs and bars, with two thirds (66%) much more likely to visit if hand sanitiser is readily available throughout venues.
Curtis Paxman, managing director of Brewfitt said: “As soon as the Covid-19 lockdown began, we realised entirely fresh thinking would be required to meet the need for effective hand sanitisation, often at multiple locations within the same site, and simple to move around according to the occasion and changing footfall.
“In partnership with Holchem and KeyKeg, we’ve come up with the Hand Sanitisation Station. It’s a solution for the broadest range of operators, including hospitality, retail and leisure sites, and well as commercial premises and public buildings where employees and visitors will now expect effective and reliable hygiene arrangements to be in place.”
One of the first operators to install the Hand Sanitisation Station is Manchester’s ‘Bohemian Pleasure Palace’ Albert’s Schloss, which has ordered units as part of its reopening programme. Roy Ellis, chief executive of venue owner Mission Mars, said: “Like all operators, we’re keen to reopen our doors as soon as we’re allowed to, but we’ll need to reassure our customers that we’ll keep them safe while they’re with us, and effective hand sanitisation is going to be an important part of our hygiene regime.
“For a busy, multi-faceted venue such as Albert’s Schloss, the portable Hand Sanitisation Stations are ideal, as we can resite them over the course of the day and week, depending on where they’re needed to meet the needs of our guests and team members.”
Brewfitt technology automatically dispenses the recommended 4ml dose of Holchem’s Handsan solution, which is alcohol-free and therefore kinder on skin, as well being proven to kill Covid-19. Each unit holds a 20 or 30 litre KeyKeg of Handsan, which can easily be replaced when empty.
The Hand Sanitisation Station is manufactured in Great Britain from high quality commercial grade stainless steel, is fully mobile and requires no power to function. It can be branded with the operator’s logo if required.
The unit has a guide price of £673.99 plus VAT including delivery. Handsan 20 litres with Co2 Canister costs £131.22 plus VAT, and 30 litres with Co2 Canister cost £172.65 plus+ VAT.
For more details see Hand Sanitisation Station or email sales@brewfitt.com
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Directory \ Browse By \ Type of Walk \ Military History
Type of Walk: Military History
! Military History KEY
Category Military History
The Category Military History is a subset of Heritage and History.
*Battlefield Heritage Park
Category Shrewsbury
'On Saturday 21st of July 1403 a rebel army led by Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy and the Royal army of Henry IV met. The Battle that followed was to be remembered by its ferocity ...' Note that I have replaced the original Link.
Description from
Shropshire's Great Outdoors
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Shrewsbury/
LINK to CATEGORYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Military-History/
Antonine Wall Walking & Cycling Guides
Category Central Scotland
'Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Antonine Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire. Built on the orders of the Emperor Antoninus Pius in the years following AD 140, it ran for 40 Roman miles (60 km) from modern Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth to Old Kilpatrick on the River Clyde. Over time, the industrial and commercial heartland of Scotland has grown around it yet, unbelievably, one-third of its total length is still visible today. Archaeological excavations have demonstrated that much of the rest survives well beneath both fields and urban areas.'
The Antonine Wall Frontiers of the Roman Empire
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Central-Scotland/
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Category East Riding of Yorkshire
Stamford Bridge Battlefield Walks 'Please contact the Society if you wish to attend a Battlefield Walk or to arrange a group booking ... The Walks take place on a Sunday morning at 11 am unless requested differently. The Walks are dependant on the weather and conditions. A decision as to the type and duration is made at the start. Duration is usually 1-2 hours, but the longer walk can be up to 3 hours.'
The Battle of Stamford Bridge Society
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/East-Riding-of-Yorkshire/
Brocton Camps Walk
Category Cannock Chase
Distance (miles)6
'These were powerful places to stand and surmise, with sunlight slanting across the graves and blackbirds fluttering in the cemetery hedges. Walking back north up the hidden cleft of Sherbrook Valley, with the stream chuckling quietly under its bridges and slopes of birch and pine closing off the valley from the outside world, the mud, blood and slaughter that waited for the young trainees of Brocton Camps seemed utterly inconceivable.'
Christopher Somerville Walks
The First World War Camps of Cannock Chase | The Cannock Chase War Trail [Walking Britain]
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Cannock-Chase/
Byrhtnoth's Last Essex Visit Walk
26-50 miles
Category Uttlesford
Distance (miles)49
The Walk 'follows the Cam valley to Saffron Walden, crossing into the Pant river valley and then near Wimbish to the river Chelmer valley that it follows south via Thaxted and Great Dunmow to Chelmsford. Here the Chelmer turns east, joining the Blackwater (Panta in Roman times) to reach the head of the Blackwater estuary at Maldon, where the site of the battle is finally reached ... Links include West Anglian Way / Fen Rivers Way and Essex Way, Icknield Way Path and Centenary Circle (of Chelmsford)'.
The Long Distance Walkers Association
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Uttlesford/
LINK to CATEGORYwww.open-walks.co.uk/2-26-50-Miles/
Chattri & the Windmills Walk
Category Mid Sussex
Paths and trails on 'open access' land allowing a circular walk between the Memorial and the Windmills. Accessible by several bus services.
The Chattri Memorial Service
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Mid-Sussex/
Category Inverness-shire
'Marking the spot of the last major battle on British soil, the wild moor at Culloden is the resting place of 1,500 Jacobite and 50 Government soldiers who fought and died here in 1746. Today, you can walk along the battle lines and see the graves of the soldiers beside the memorial cairn in the centre of the battlefield.'
Culloden Wood [Forestry and Land Scotland]
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Inverness-shire/
Devonport Heritage Trail
Category Plymouth
'The Heritage Trail links historic and cultural points of interest in Devonport. It is a great way to explore the local area, once an important town in its own right. The Trail also offers a way-marked detour from the popular South West Coastal Footpath; starting at Admiral's Hard in Stonehouse to connect with the Plymouth Waterfront Walkway and the Cremyll Ferry - linking Devon and Cornwall.'
Visit Plymouth
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Plymouth/
Edgcote to Edgehill Battlefields Trail
Category South Northamptonshire
'Long distance footpath running 20 miles through beautiful countryside in the heart of England. The trail starts in Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire and ends in Kineton, Warwickshire.'
The Battlefields Trust
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/South-Northamptonshire/
Hilsea Lines Trails
Category Portsmouth
'Hilsea Lines is a popular attraction for both residents and visitors - a green corridor separating Portsea Island from the mainland. Eight interpretation boards across Hilsea Lines illustrate self-guided walks which help visitors appreciate the significance of the military and natural history that can be seen along the way. You can download ... two self-guided walks leaflets - one about the military history of the area and the other focusing on the wildlife.'
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Portsmouth/
Huntingdon's Great War History Trail
Category Huntingdonshire
'Huntingdon played a significant role in the First World War. Many troops were stationed in Huntingdon, wounded soldiers were treated here and the Portholme Aerodrome Company contributed to the development of aviation. This map shows locations that would have been of importance during the war and places of remembrance for those who made the ultimate sacrifice'
Great War - Between the Lines
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Huntingdonshire/
Military Way: Antonine Wall
Category East Dunbartonshire
'The Heritage Paths (Campsie Fells) Project is very pleased to announce that we have a lovely new Campsies map leaflet showing this historic route and other paths in the area ... if you'd like one of those send a SAE to us c/o ScotWays.'
'We don't have a full recent survey of this path, but it has been described as the best part of the Antonine Wall to walk on by a journalist and is relatively accessible.'
Heritage Paths
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/East-Dunbartonshire/
Pillbox Walks
Category England
'Almost 28,000 Pillboxes were built in 1940/41 but now it is estimated only about 20% remain and many of these are in a poor condition. There may only be 1000 left in good condition. Their survival is threatened, even though interest in pillboxes is growing, and many more are likely to disappear. This website is a record of ones I have seen and how you can find them on walks throughout the country.'
Pillbox Study Group
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/All-England/
Roman Heritage Way
101-200 miles
Category Allerdale
Distance (miles)102
'A British walk with two principal route options or the simpler challenge of walking the Hadrian's Wall Path over its entire length ... This walk offers a variety of interest and terrain. In addition to the Roman Connection there are many parts with extensive historical interest spanning the centuries with many signs of the Reiving history that dominated so many parts of this countryside. The walk includes City/urban sections, river sections, moor land, forestry and open hill top walks. This will be a route that will excite due to its variety, interest and beauty.'
Walking Support
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Allerdale/
LINK to CATEGORYwww.open-walks.co.uk/4-101-200-Miles/
Ruthven Military Road
'This a part of General Wade's Road from Dunkeld to Inverness built between 1728 and 1730 - 102 miles long in total. Further sections of this lengthy Military Road which are described on the Heritage Paths website are the stretch via Old Blair, that via the Slochd and the Old Edinburgh Road from Moy to Inverness.'
Three Castles Path
51-100 miles
Category Windsor & Maidenhead
'The route links Windsor and Winchester, via the third castle, Odiham.'
'The walk book (The Three Castles Path by David Bounds for the East Berkshire Ramblers’ Association Group) is excellent with very clear maps and very precise directions, as well as helpful comments on points of interest along the way - the hallmark of the East Berkshire Ramblers series of walk book books.'
Walking in the Country
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Windsor-Maidenhead/
LINK to CATEGORYwww.open-walks.co.uk/3-51-100-Miles/
Three Castles Walk
Category Monmouthshire
'This walk around the Welsh Marches takes in the three Norman castles of Skenfrith, Grosmont and Whitecastle. From Abergavenny, the best starting point is White Castle which is around eight miles from Abergavenny along the B4521 (Old Ross Road, signposted Skenfrith).'
Abergavenny - Gateway to Wales
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Monmouthshire/
Towton Battlefield Guided Walks
Category Selby
'We aim to do two walks per month – but obviously need to have volunteers to lead them so keep visiting this page as when we can put more walks on this is where they will be shown.'
Towton Battlefield Society
The Battle of Towton 29th March 1461 [Yorkshire - Visitors - Guide]
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Selby/
War Walks on the Home Front
Category Shropshire
'Commemorate the effects of World War 1 on the homefront by partaking in our specially created World War 1 Shropshire Walk routes. Use the Map ... to see a leaflet for that particular route - each walk has been numbered.'
Shropshire’s Great Outdoors
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Shropshire/
Warrior Trail
Category Isle of Wight
'Created in celebration of one of the Isle of Wight’s most prominent First World War stories; that of General Jack Seely and his horse Warrior - a real-life War Horse.'
Isle of Wight Official Tourism Guide
LINK to NEARBYwww.open-walks.co.uk/Directory/Isle-of-Wight/
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Why the world is still obsessed by Oasis?
By Staff 25/04/2015, 2:43 PM 20/08/2020
One week ago Daily Mirror announced a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ between the Gallagher brothers for a reunion in 2016 (if you want further information, click here).
According to the source, the brothers are in really good terms and they are planning their return on the scenes.
Although these are only rumors (and Noel does not seem so convinced about the reunion in his interviews), the excitement about the Gallaghers is still high.
So, why the world still seems obsessed by Oasis?
The Guardian tries to answer to the question.
“Oasis stories are deemed of greater interest to readers of a national newspaper than, say, the general election is testament to a continuing, insatiable public appetite for all things Gallagher. At the more specialist end of the media scale, consider also that NME – a magazine that is in theory primarily for teenagers keen to discover the hottest new bands – has published three Noel Gallagher covers already this year, and 21 Oasis-related covers in the six or so years since they ceased to exist. Even given there have been two Noel solo albums and two Beady Eye albums to contend with in that time, that’s a lot. And it can’t solely be down to the fact Noel is consistently the sharpest, most entertaining interview in town. It is because a lot of people still care, a lot.”
“What Oasis still represent to a wide spectrum of people is that idea of a band doing things completely on their own terms and triumphing over ”manufactured” music. Oasis didn’t even make a dedicated video for Some Might Say (Liam didn’t turn up to the shoot, and a clip had to be cobbled together from footage shot for Cigarettes and Alcohol). Nor did they, unlike the supposedly more alternative-minded likes of Blur and Pulp, utilise that most execrable of 90s fan-extortion tactics – the multi-edition CD single – to pump up its chart position. They didn’t, it turned out, need to play either of these games. Their songs and their attitude was enough.”
Noel Gallagher: “My cat is more rock’n’roll than Justin Bieber” and “Alex Turner’s interviews are lucklustre”
‘The Dying of the Light’ thought to be Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds next single
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Oberlin Honors Bass Legend with...
Oberlin Honors Bass Legend with June 16 "Milt Hinton Day"
Erich Burnett
Photo credit: The Milton J. Hinton Photographic Collection
For an incredible seven decades, Milt Hinton played bass with the most influential artists in American music, all while chronicling his experiences through photography. In recent years, Oberlin Conservatory has celebrated its ties to the late performer with the Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass, a biennial summer program for developing musicians that takes place on the Oberlin campus June 12 to 19.
At the heart of the program is Milt Hinton Day, a daylong celebration of the life and legacy of Hinton through film, music, and more. Free and open to the public, Milt Hinton Day takes place Thursday, June 16, in multiple venues on campus.
Following is a complete list of Milt Hinton Day activities:
1 p.m.: Hinton Up Close: The Milton J. and Mona C. Hinton Photographic Collection
Museum-quality photographs taken by the legendary bassist provide an insider’s perspective on jazz across the 20th century. With curatorial assistant Oidie Kuijpers, Hinton biographer David Berger, and Holly Maxson. (At the Allen Memorial Art Museum, 2nd floor, 87 N. Main St.)
2:30 p.m.: Special Collections Tour
Special Collections Librarian Jeremy Smith and David Berger lead a fascinating journey through Hinton’s life using artifacts from the Hinton Collection. (Begins at the conservatory student lounge; enter at 41 S. Professor St.)
4:30 p.m.: Film and Q&A. Keeping Time: The Life, Music and Photographs of Milt Hinton
This 60-minute film captures Hinton’s compelling life story. His lifelong passion to document his world musically and visually provides a unique portrait of life in 20th-century America. The film will be followed by a question-and-answer session with Hinton Institute faculty and guest speakers. (In Hallock Auditorium at Adam Joseph Lewis Center, 122 Elm St.)
7:30 p.m.: Hinton Celebration Concert
Featuring faculty of the 2016 Hinton Institute. (In Warner Concert Hall, 43 S. Professor St.)
10 p.m.: Jam Session and Reception
(In Warner Concert Hall Lobby)
In addition, the Hinton Institute will present a pair of free public programs in conjunction with the city of Oberlin's annual Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 18: an 11:30 a.m. concert on Tappan Square featuring Hinton Institute faculty John Clayton Jr., Bob Hurst, and Mimi Jones; and a 7:30 p.m. student performance in Warner Concert Hall, including small bass ensembles and a bass orchestra, conducted by John Clayton Jr., Inez Wyrick, and John Kennedy.
Designed for bass students ages 13-21 of all ability levels, the Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass consists of a week of master classes, performances, bass ensembles, studio sessions, lectures, and workshops. It focuses on a comprehensive range of genres: classical, early music, jazz, slap, Latin, and electric. Directed by Oberlin Professor of Jazz Studies and Double Bass Peter Dominguez, the Hinton Institute features a host of the nation’s finest teachers and performers across a variety of styles: John Clayton Jr., Max Dimoff, Scott Dixon, Diana Gannett, Robert Hurst III, Mimi Jones, John Kennedy, Audrey Melzer, Tracy Rowell, Donovan Stokes, Inez Wyrick, and Derek Zadinsky.
Learn more about the 2016 Hinton Institute here.
ABOUT THE OBERLIN/MILT HINTON CONNECTION: In 2013, Oberlin Conservatory acquired four basses from the collection of legendary bassist Milt Hinton, including the Italian instrument Hinton bought in the late 1930s and played throughout his career. In addition, the Hinton estate donated to Oberlin a voluminous collection of papers amassed by Hinton and his wife Mona—everything from personal journals, to correspondence with music legends, to contracts from memorable shows. Part of Oberlin's expansive Special Collections, the Milton J. and Mona C. Hinton Papers bolster Oberlin's role as a world leader in the study of jazz. Inaugurated in 2014, the biennial Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass takes place on campus in June.
Conservatory Summer Programs
Oberlin Vocalists Rise to the Top
First-year students secure top prizes in national and regional competitions.
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Effects of Experimental Ocean Acidification on the Larval Morphology and Metabolism of a Temperate Sparid, Chrysoblephus laticeps
"Ocea n acidification is predicted to have widespread impacts on marine species. The early life stages of fishes, being particularly sensitive to environmental deviations, represent a critical bottleneck to recruitment. We investigated the effects of ocean acidification (∆pH = −0.4) on the oxygen consumption and morphometry during the early ontogeny of a commercially important seabream, Chrysoblephus laticeps, up until flexion. Hatchlings appeared to be tolerant to hypercapnic conditions, exhibiting no difference in oxygen consumption or morphometry between treatments, although the yolk reserves were marginally reduced in the low-pH treatment. The preflexion stages appeared[...]"
Source: MDPI
Authors: Cuen Muller et al.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans2010002
1/10/21 metabolism ocean acidification oxygenation
Os isotopic composition of western Aleutian adakites: Implications for the Re/Os of oceanic crust processed through hot subduction zones
"Constrain ing the behaviour of Re and Os during eclogite melting is required to understand the Re and Os budget and 187Os/188Os of recycled slabs produced at warm subduction zones. It is particularly relevant to early Earth history, a period during which slab melting could have prevailed over dehydration due to higher mantle temperatures. There are however currently few constraints on Re and Os mobility during slab melting. Accordingly, we measured Os, Re and 187Os/188Os in primitive submarine lavas (Mg# ˃ 0.6) from the western Aleutian Arc. These include strongly adakitic rocks shown[...]"
Authors: Rachel Bezard et al.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.10.009
Limited iodate reduction in shipboard seawater incubations from the Eastern Tropical North Pacific oxygen deficient zone
" The relative abundance of the inorganic iodine species, iodide and iodate, are applied to characterize both modern and ancient marine oxygen deficient zones (ODZs). However, the rates and mechanisms responsible for in situ iodine redox transformations are poorly characterized, rendering iodine-based redox reconstructions uncertain. Here, we provide constraints on the rates and mechanisms of iodate reduction in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific (ETNP) offshore ODZ using a shipboard tracer–incubation method. Observations of iodate reduction from incubations[...]"
Authors: D.S. Hardisty et al.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116676
1/6/21 oxygen minimum zone
Sensitivity of 21st-century projected ocean new production changes to idealized biogeochemical model structure
"While there is agr eement that global warming over the 21st century is likely to influence the biological pump, Earth system models (ESM) display significant divergence in their projections of future new production. This paper quantifies and interprets the sensitivity of projected changes in new production in an idealized global ocean-biogeochemistry model. The model includes two tracers that explicitly represent nutrient transport, light- and nutrient-limited nutrient uptake by the ecosystem (new production), and export via sinking organic particles. Globally, new production declines with warming due to reduced surface nutrient availability, as expected. However, the magnitude[...]"
Source: Biogeosciences
Authors: Genevieve Jay Brett et al.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-479
1/4/21 global warming modeling ocean
Simulating shrubs and their energy and carbon dioxide fluxes in Canada's Low Arctic with the Canadian Land Surface Scheme Including biogeochemical Cyc
"T he Arctic is warming more rapidly than other regions of the world leading to ecosystem change including shifts in vegetation communities, permafrost degradation and alteration of tundra surface-atmosphere energy and carbon (C) fluxes, among others. However, year-round C and energy flux measurements at high-latitude sites remain rare. This poses a challenge for evaluating the impacts of climate change on Arctic tundra ecosystems and for developing and evaluating process-based models, which may be used to predict regional and global energy and C feedbacks to the climate system. Our study used 14 years of seasonal eddy covariance (EC) measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2), water and energy fluxes and winter soil chamber CO2 flux measurements at a dwarf-shrub tundra site underlain by continuous permafrost in Canada's Southern Arctic ecozone to evaluate the incorporation[...]"
Authors: Gesa Meyer et al.
1/1/21 carbon dioxide
A transient swing to higher oxygen levels in the atmosphere and oceans at ~1.4 Ga
"T he mid-Proterozoic (1.8–0.8 Ga) may have witnessed persistent and predominant anoxia at the Earth’s surface. However, recent studies suggest that there was a period around ~1.4 Ga where oxygen levels might have been transiently elevated, both in the atmosphere and oceans. In order to shed light on this debated topic, we analyzed rare earth elements plus Y (REY) and Cr isotope profiles of the carbonate rocks from the ~1.44-Gyr-old Tieling Formation consisting of the lower Daizhuangzi (DZZ) and upper Laohuding (LHD) Members at the Jixian section, North China. The DZZ samples are characterized by middle REE enriched, hump-shaped REY distribution patterns, while those of the LHD Member display[...]"
Authors: Wei Wei et al.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.106058
12/27/20 oxygenation
The role of environmental factors in the long-term evolution of the marine biological pump
"The biological pump—the transfer of atmospheric carbon dioxide to the ocean interior and marine sediments as organic carbon—plays a critical role in regulating the long-term carbon cycle, atmospheric composition and climate. Despite its centrality in the Earth system, the response of the biological pump to biotic innovation and climatic fluctuations through most stages of Earth’s history has been largely conjectural. Here we use a mechanistic model of the biological carbon pump to revisit the factors controlling the transfer efficiency of carbon from surface waters to the ocean interior and marine sediments[...]".
Source: Nature Geoscience
Authours: Mojtaba Fakhraee et al.
12/22/20 atmospheric o2 carbon cycle
Glacial heterogeneity in Southern Ocean carbon storage abated by fast South Indian deglacial carbon release
"Pa st changes in ocean 14C disequilibria have been suggested to reflect the Southern Ocean control on global exogenic carbon cycling. Yet, the volumetric extent of the glacial carbon pool and the deglacial mechanisms contributing to release remineralized carbon, particularly from regions with enhanced mixing today, remain insufficiently constrained. Here, we reconstruct the deglacial ventilation history of the South Indian upwelling hotspot near Kerguelen Island, using high-resolution 14C-dating of smaller-than-conventional foraminiferal samples and multi-proxy deep-ocean oxygen[...]"
Authors: Julia Gottschalk et al.
Read the full articles here.
12/20/20 atmospheric co2 carbon cycle
In situ observations show vertical community structure of pelagic fauna in the eastern tropical North Atlantic off Cape Verde
" Distribution patterns of fragile gelatinous fauna in the open ocean remain scarcely documented. Using epi-and mesopelagic video transects in the eastern tropical North Atlantic, which features a mild but intensifying midwater oxygen minimum zone (OMZ), we established one of the first regional observations of diversity and abundance of large gelatinous zooplankton. We quantified the day and night vertical distribution of 46 taxa in relation to environmental conditions. While distribution may be driven by multiple factors, abundance peaks of individual taxa were observed in the OMZ[...]"
Source: Nature Scientific Reports
Authors: H. J. T. Hoving et al.
12/18/20 eastern tropical north atlantic oxygen minimum zone
The influence of plastic pollution and ocean change on detrital decomposition
"Plas tic pollution and ocean change have mostly been assessed separately, missing potential interactions that either enhance or reduce future impacts on ecosystem processes. Here, we used manipulative experiments with outdoor mesocosms to test hypotheses about the interactive effects of plastic pollution, ocean warming and acidification on macrophyte detrital decomposition. These experiments focused on detritus from kelp, Ecklonia radiata, and eelgrass, Zostera muelleri, and included crossed treatments of (i) no, low and high plastic pollution, (ii) current/future ocean temperatures, and (iii) ambient/future ocean partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2). High levels of plastic pollution significantly reduced[...]"
Authors: Sebastian G. Litchfield et al.
12/15/20 carbon dioxide pollution
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OCIO Open Data Policy
The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) adopted an Open Data Policy that directs state agencies to develop, implement and maintain an open data plan by October 1, 2016. Agencies also must report to the OCIO at least every twelve months on the status, progress and evolution of their plans.
As part of its core mission, the Office of Financial Management (OFM) performs research and analysis on a vast array of topics. We are committed to ensuring public access to the data created, received and transmitted by our agency. By making data available in an open and readily usable format, we facilitate transparency in government and enable the public and policymakers to engage in our work and make better decisions.
OFM will actively support and promote open data in our work as outlined in this plan.
OFM commits to these core principles:
We are active proponents of open data as part of our core mission.
We promote data access for the public, researchers and decision makers while conforming to privacy and data security requirements in state and federal law.
We will accommodate requests for data and information, subject to privacy, data security, and workload constraints. Requests that fall under the Public Records Act will be handled in accordance with the requirements of the act.
Where workload constraints limit our ability to meet data needs, we will pursue Lean principles to improve our efficiency.
When other data providers face technical constraints limiting their ability to provide data, we will endeavor to use our technical capacity to meet that demand.
Plan representatives
The Assistant Director for Technology Services and Facilities Planning is the Open Data Plan representative, and will guide implementation of this plan and monitor the agency’s progress. Other OFM employees will have a role in implementing elements of the plan as outlined below.
The Assistant Director for Technology Services and Facilities Planning will facilitate the review and evaluation of this plan on an annual basis. Revisions will be proposed to the OFM Management Team whenever necessary.
This plan is based upon the following definitions provided in OCIO’s open data policy.
Data means final versions of statistical or factual information that:
are in alphanumeric form reflected in a list, table, graph, chart, or other nonnarrative form, that can be digitally transmitted or processed;
are regularly created or maintained by or on behalf of an agency and controlled by such agency; and
record a measurement, transaction, or determination related to the mission of the agency.
Data set is a named collection of related records maintained on a storage device, with the collection containing data organized or formatted in a specific or prescribed way, often in tabular form.
Open data means public data that are freely available, machine readable, and structured in a way that enables the data to be fully discoverable and usable by end users. Open data does not include:
Data identified by the state agency holding it as category 3 or category 4 data under the data categorization provisions of the state policy “Securing Information Technology Assets” (OCIO policy 141.10 section 4)
Any data set or portion of a data set to which the state agency may deny access pursuant to the public records act, chapter 42.56 RCW, or any other provision of a federal or state law, rule, interpretive policy statement, regulation or local law;
Data that reflects the internal deliberative process of a state agency or agencies, including but not limited to:
negotiating positions,
future procurements
pending or reasonably anticipated legal or administrative proceedings;
Data subject to copyright, patent, trademark, confidentiality agreements, or trade secret protection;
Proprietary applications, computer code, software, operating systems, or similar materials;
Data related to internal state agency administration, including employment records, internal employee-related directories or lists, and facilities data;
Any unstructured data that cannot feasibly be converted to an open format as required by uniform standards adopted by the OCIO without undue financial, operative, or administrative burden on the state agency; or
Data or data sets classified as category 2 data pursuant to the state policy “Securing Information Technology Assets” (OCIO policy 141.10 section 4) that the head of a state agency, after due consideration and consultation with the OCIO, determines should not be published on the open data portal because publication would be detrimental to the public interest.
Strategies and procedures
OFM will incorporate public access when acquiring, redesigning or rebuilding information systems.
Decision packages for information systems submitted for review by OCIO will include open data as a component of the system design.
Project changes or updates discussed and approved at OFM IT Portfolio Committee meetings will include consideration of public access.
We will create a list of our agency’s principal databases, noting whether they provide electronic public access. (Data and Technology)
OFM will coordinate technology planning across agency boundaries to facilitate electronic access to state data by:
naming the Assistant Director for Data and Technology responsible for overseeing our open data efforts and reporting outcomes and results to OCIO at least every twelve months.
providing oversight of select technology services that interconnect agency systems. (Data and Technology)
compiling and publishing a forward-looking list of significant upcoming data releases and updates. (Data and Technology)
identifying staff in each OFM division who will be responsible for management of data, including open data or specific data sets. (All assistant directors)
OFM will develop processes to determine which information the public most wants and needs by:
engaging strategic partners whenever possible for suggestions on which datasets to prioritize. (All divisions)
tracking the number of hits on select agency webpages. (Communications)
reviewing the dates and topics of public records requests to determine whether the most frequently requested data can be posted online. (Legal and Legislative Affairs)
maintaining a list of research and data requests received. (Forecasting & Research) Note: ERDC already does this.
OFM will develop and use the following methods to readily withhold or redact nondisclosable data.
In 2017, all OFM staff will be trained on public records requirements and procedures, including approved methods to withhold nondisclosable data. (Legal and Legislative Affairs)
The agency will develop standards to apply to datasets before opening those that may contain real or potential personal identifiers. (Data and Technology)
Pursuant to RCW 43.105.365 and Executive Order 16-01, we will continue to examine our data retention practices and retain personal information only as long as needed to carry out the purpose for which it was originally collected or the minimum period required by law. Our practices also will adhere to the state general retention schedules adopted in 2016 (Version 6.0), which made numerous changes in how data should be handled. (All employees)
OFM will develop and employ technical mechanisms for posting open data by:
identifying IT tools necessary for extracting, transforming and loading datasets to our websites. (Data and Technology)
publishing and posting a list of open datasets that includes their website locations. (Data and Technology)
requiring assistant directors to name a person in their unit who will be responsible for posting these datasets and communicating updates to the Data and Technology unit for purposes of maintaining the open data inventory. (All assistant directors/Data and Technology)
Relevant law and resources
OCIO Policy 187 - Open Data Planning
Electronic access to public records – RCW 43.105.351
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Features: John DeShazier
Quotes and Notes
Saints News | New Orleans Saints | NewOrleansSaints.com
Quarterback Drew Brees believed early that New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay would meet in playoffs
'I think this is probably where we all envisioned being at this point in the season'
John DeShazier
The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are at a logical and reasonable point in the season: Facing each other in Sunday's NFC Divisional playoff game in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
That expectation was forecast early given that the Saints (13-4) and Buccaneers (12-5), rivals in the NFC South Division, are led by two of the most accomplished quarterbacks in NFL history.
So, for the third time this season, and with the stakes higher than they ever have been in a matchup between them, New Orleans' Drew Brees, who will turn 42 years old Friday, will see his friend, 43-year-old Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady, across the field.
The Saints, who won the NFC South for the fourth consecutive season, won the two regular-season games 34-23 and 38-3, the latter game in Tampa, Fla.
"Tom and I have a friendship and a mutual respect," Brees said Wednesday during his weekly press conference. Brady played his first 20 NFL seasons with New England, and never faced Brees in the playoffs when Brees played with the San Diego Chargers from 2001-05. Brady joined the Buccaneers as a free agent last offseason.
"We were texting back and forth on Monday, just kind of chuckling at this whole scenario, right," Brees said. "He's 43, I turn 42 on Friday, so that's 85 years and a lot of football experience that's going to be on the field on Sunday.
"When Tom Brady signed with the Bucs and I knew that he was coming to our division, I envisioned this game. What was that, nine months ago? Eight months ago? I envisioned this game happening, because I knew our aspirations as a team, to be in the playoffs and beyond, and I certainly knew what he was bringing to the Bucs and that talented roster. And so, I think this is probably where we all envisioned being at this point in the season."
For Brees, it also will represent another step closer to his final snap in the Saints' uniform.
The 20-year veteran hasn't announced his playing intentions beyond this season, but repeatedly has said that he only returned this year to play for his teammates, organization and city.
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Currently – regular-season totals only – Brees ranks first in NFL history in passing yards (80,358), completions (7,142), and consecutive games with a touchdown pass (54). He ranks second in touchdown passes (571), behind Brady's 581, and second in completion percentage (67.7, behind DeShaun Watson's 67.8).
Brady is second all-time in passing yards (79,204), but first in Super Bowl victories (six) and regular-season wins (230), with Brees fourth in wins at 172.
That dual level of success made it rational to deduce that, even coming from the same division, the Saints and Buccaneers might find the path to one another in the playoffs.
"It's a division opponent," Saints Coach Sean Payton said. "It's someone we're familiar with. Obviously, they're the same way (in terms of familiarity with the Saints), and here we end up with this third game. It kind of felt like all along that this might be the case."
Now that it is, everyone recognizes the magnitude, not just of the game but also of the future Pro Football Hall of Famers at quarterback.
"They've been great at their position for a very long time," Saints right tackle Ryan Ramczyk said. "So it's obviously special to be a part of something like that, for sure."
New Orleans Saints defense hopes to cool Tampa Bay's hot offense one last time this season
'Our front's played phenomenal all season, and we definitely need that to continue'
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara shows no rust after return following 10-day absence
'I wasn't worried about the physical at all. Just the mental'
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara named finalist for FedEx Ground Player of the Year award
Kamara led the NFL with 21 touchdowns in 2020
'It's kind of trying to think outside the box a little bit at each position'
New Orleans Saints formulate the right numbers to produce Wild Card game victory over Chicago
'The thing we harped on was, we don't have to do anything differently than what we've done'
Defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins now has positive playoff experience to remember with New Orleans Saints
Finished with a sack and two tackles for loss in 21-9 victory over Chicago
New Orleans Saints defense locks down Chicago in 21-9 Wild Card victory
Defense allowed 239 yards, made 10 of 11 stops on third down
New Orleans Saints offensive line looks to continue paving way for offensive success
Saints ran for 141.6 yards per game, scored franchise-record 30 rushing touchdowns
New Orleans Saints Alvin Kamara, Demario Davis and Ryan Ramczyk named to All-Pro second team
Ramczyk earns honor for third time, Kamara and Davis, second time
The eyes will be the windows to effectiveness for New Orleans Saints defense against Chicago
'Our eyes have to be real good'
New Orleans Saints running back Latavius Murray eager for playoffs after missing regular-season finale
'It was frustrating because I wanted to play'
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Jorge Bonilla
Director, MRC Latino
STUDY: Trump's Taxes Got 24X More Coverage Than Hunter's Laptop on Univision, Telemundo
October 31st, 2020 11:53 AM
The nation’s leading Spanish-language networks continue to suppress the explosive revelations from Hunter Biden’s laptop, as broken by the New York Post and reported by other outlets, preferring instead to hide this story from their viewers. Our latest study reveals the extent to which the story is suppressed while other reports with far less corroboration receive many times more coverage, with a predictably partisan split.
We went back and compared coverage of two stories on Univision and Telemundo: the New York Post’s bombshell on Hunter Biden’s laptop versus The New York Times’ incendiary story alleging that President Donald Trump paid $750 in personal federal income taxes (referred to heretofore as Trump’s Taxes Part II). We found that the networks covered Trump’s Taxes II a whopping 24 times as much as they covered the NYP Hunter Biden bombshell over a period of two weeks after each story respectively broke:
As we’ve previously reported, the reports on the Hunter Biden allegations were framed within the context of the final presidential debate, and what President Trump might say about Hunter. For example, Telemundo’s Cristina Londoño reported that:
Joe Biden is staying home. He has been preparing for the president’s attacks. He knows that (Trump) will accuse him of being corrupt, and will mention his son Hunter’s dealings in Ukraine, as well as in China.
Univision took the same tack, reporting on what Trump said about Hunter at a rally in Tucson, Arizona. From correspondent Galo Arellano’s report on the rally:
GALO ARELLANO: He used most of his speech in Tucson, to attack his opponent, Joe Biden.
DONALD TRUMP: We think the laptop was made by Russia
ARELLANO: He mocked the Democrats' attempts to argue that the computer, which contains emails that hurt their campaign, was obtained with help from Russia. In these emails, it would supposedly be confirmed that Biden was associated with his son Hunter's alleged shady business with a natural gas company in Ukraine. The former vice president has denied these allegations and is now focused on preparing for the third and final presidential debate, which will take place Thursday in Tennessee.
By the way, Joe Biden's running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, was in Jacksonville, Florida today, where she said that social justice is on the ballot. Patricia.
Nowhere in these reports is there any mention of the actual report from the New York Post, of the details of the emails found within, or of the censorship endured by the Post for its reporting. These throwaway mentions of what would normally be an election-altering bombshell (except that Orange Man Bad) totaled one minute and 19 seconds.
On the other hand, Trump Taxes II, a story with much less rigorous sourcing and verification than the Biden laptop, got top billing on Univision and Telemundo to the tune of 31 minutes and 11 seconds over the same two-week period after the story initially broke. Again, because Orange Man Bad.
The extent to which the nation’s Spanish-language media is broken has been broadly reported here at MRC Latino. The grotesque disparity between coverage of these respective stories further highlights that brokenness, and explains the Hispanic community’s increasing distrust in the media outlets they depend on for news.
Click here to read Media Research Founder and President L. Brent Bozell III’s letter to the FCC in strong opposition to the proposed rule change that would allow Univision to fall under 100% foreign ownership.
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MRC Latino Reader,
The media are hard at work weaving a web of confusion, misinformation, and conspiracy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
We here at MRC Latino cut through the leftist propaganda and expose the media’s bias, bringing the truth to the American people—but without you, our efforts can only go so far.
In both English and Spanish, the media is determined to take down President Trump. They don’t care what they say to make it happen. They have an agenda and the truth is not part of it.
This is why MRC Latino, a program of the MRC exists. To take on the U.S. Spanish-language media’s liberal bias and disinformation and stop them in their tracks. We are part of the only organization purely dedicated to this critical mission and we need your help to fuel this fight.
Donate today to help MRC Latino continue to document and expose media bias. $25 a month goes a long way in the fight for a free and fair media that targets Hispanic Americans.
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Human brain boiled in its skull lasted 4000 years
Life 3 October 2013
By Colin Barras
No burnt log
(Image: Halic University Istanbul)
SHAKEN, scorched and boiled in its own juices, this 4000-year-old human brain has been through a lot.
It may look like nothing more than a bit of burnt log, but it is one of the oldest brains ever found. Its discovery, and the story now being pieced together of its owner’s last hours, offers the tantalising prospect that archaeological remains could harbour more ancient brain specimens than thought. If that’s the case, it potentially opens the way to studying the health of the brain in prehistoric times.
Brain tissue is rich in enzymes that cause cells to break down rapidly after death, but this process can be halted if conditions are right. For instance, brain tissue has been found in the perfectly preserved body of an Inca child sacrificed 500 years ago. In this case, death occurred at the top of an Andean mountain where the body swiftly froze, preserving the brain.
However, Seyitömer Höyük – the Bronze Age settlement in western Turkey where this brain was found – is not in the mountains. So how did brain tissue survive in four skeletons dug up there between 2006 and 2011?
Meriç Altinoz at Haliç University in Istanbul, Turkey, who together with colleagues has been analysing the find, says the clues are in the ground. The skeletons were found burnt in a layer of sediment that also contained charred wooden objects. Given that the region is tectonically active, Altinoz speculates that an earthquake flattened the settlement and buried the people before fire spread through the rubble.
The flames would have consumed any oxygen in the rubble and boiled the brains in their own fluids. The resulting lack of moisture and oxygen in the environment helped prevent tissue breakdown.
The final factor in the brains’ preservation was the chemistry of the soil, which is rich in potassium, magnesium and aluminium. These elements reacted with the fatty acids from the human tissue to form a soapy substance called adipocere. Also known as corpse wax, it effectively preserved the shape of the soft brain tissue (HOMO – Journal of Comparative Human Biology, doi.org/nz6).
“The level of preservation in combination with the age is remarkable,” says Frank Rühli at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, who has examined medieval brain tissue. Rühli says that most archaeologists don’t bother looking for the remains of brain tissue because they assume it is seldom preserved. “If you publish cases like this, people will be more and more aware that they could find original brain tissue too.”
In cases where the brain is as well preserved as this, Rühli says it might even be possible to look for pathological conditions such as tumours and haemorrhaging, and maybe even signs of degenerative disease. “If we want to learn more about the history of neurological disorders, we need to have tissue like this.”
“If we want to learn about the history of neurological disorders, we need to have brain tissue like this”
This article appeared in print under the headline “4000-year-old brain opens window on ancient health”
Magazine issue 2937 , published 5 October 2013
Zoologger: mollusc grows hardest teeth in the world
First physical evidence of why you're an owl or a lark
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NewsHealthCoronavirus
As state expands eligibility for COVID-19 shots, people seeking them find chaos
Members of the NYPD on Monday got the coronavirus vaccine at the New York Police Academy in Queens. The vaccine is harder to come by on Long Island, as Fairview Pharmacy in Port Jefferson Station experienced. Credit: Jeff Bachner, James Carbone
By Bart Jones and Newsday Staff bart.jones@newsday.com Updated January 11, 2021 8:44 PM
This story was reported by Rachelle Blidner, Robert Brodsky, Lisa L. Colangelo, Bart Jones, Carl MacGowan and David Reich-Hale and Yancey Roy. It was written by Jones.
Chaos marked the rollout of New York’s expansion of eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to teachers, police, firefighters and the elderly on Monday as pharmacies across Long Island were overwhelmed with thousands of people trying to get their shots, even though the businesses had no doses.
To cope with demand, the state on Monday started scheduling appointments for a large vaccination site in Nassau County.
The new group of about 3 million people who became eligible under Phase 1b of the state's vaccination plan includes seniors over 75. They were added to the group in Phase 1a, about 2 million people, including health care workers and nursing home residents.
But pharmacy owners said they were caught by surprise when their businesses were listed on the state's website for new vaccination locations, and they had to turn away droves of customers because the state has not delivered the doses.
The Fairview Pharmacy in Port Jefferson Station was inundated with nearly 700 phone calls by 11 a.m., experienced a crash of its phone system, and had 75 people show up before noon — even though the pharmacy has received no doses and just found out Sunday afternoon that it would be listed Monday, according to owner Michael Nastro.
"It's Armageddon," said Nastro, who called his pharmacy a small "mom-and-pop" operation.
State officials acknowledged "kinks" in the effort's launch, but said mass vaccination sites are opening at locations including Jones Beach and the Javits Center in Manhattan.
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A spokesperson for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Jones Beach went online Monday afternoon and has extensive availability for people to schedule appointments. The site is stocked with vaccines, the spokesperson said.
Still, as people desperate for their inoculation also reached out to hospitals and government sites, some officials were critical of the first day.
"Right now, I don’t think anybody could look at the rollout of the vaccine and call it a success," Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt (R-North Tonawanda) said.
Suffolk officials said their vaccine pod at the Suffolk County Community College campus in Brentwood was out of vaccines for Monday and Tuesday.
Leo Stimmler, 78, of Garden City, and his 75-year-old wife, Kathleen, tried in vain to get an appointment on Monday, getting shuffled around on the phone by hospitals and pharmacies — if they could get through at all.
An initial search on the Nassau County website told Stimmler he was not eligible, even though he is three years over the required age.
"It was so frustrating," said Stimmler, a retired administrator for the NYC Health and Hospitals Corp. "We waited on hold for 45 minutes only to be told they are not even giving out the vaccine" at one location.
Nastro, in Port Jefferson Station, said he was only notified at 4 p.m. on Sunday that his business would be one of a few new sites on Long Island to start administering vaccines under the expanded guidelines announced Friday.
"It’s a mess," Nastro said. "Right now I don’t have a means to make appointments and I don’t have product, but I have phones that are exploding."
He booked only 200 doses, he said, because that is all he can handle in a week.
"My regular business is suffering because phones are basically disabled at this point," he said. "Patients can’t get through. Doctors can’t get through. Nobody can get through."
Northwell Health, which is coordinating vaccination pods with Nassau and Suffolk counties, is hoping for delivery of more doses this week and will open sites as the vaccine becomes available, spokeswoman Barbara Osborn said.
"We have limited supply," Osborn said. "We did accommodate a small number of appointments today and will accommodate some appointments tomorrow as we wait to hear if we will be receiving additional vaccine deliveries this week."
In his State of the State address Monday, Cuomo stressed how important and difficult it will be to "vaccinate all New Yorkers," adding that the state is far from having enough shots for eligible residents. He called for the federal supply to increase.
"We would rather have people signed up and awaiting the vaccine than have the vaccine awaiting people. I understand millions of people want the vaccine today. But we must be patient, even though it is an impatient time. I believe the new federal administration will see the vaccine supply increase, and we will be ready for that increase," Cuomo said.
New York’s positivity rate was 6.72% in Sunday testing results, while hospitalizations grew by 161 to 8,645 people. The state said 170 people died Sunday of coronavirus-related causes.
Long Island had a 9.19% positivity rate Sunday, with 1,494 new confirmed cases in Nassau and 1,546 in Suffolk. New York City registered 5,290 new cases.
Among area schools, Port Jefferson high school and middle school students, along with all schools in the Port Washington district, will learn remotely this week because of COVID-19 cases or exposure among staff, officials said.
Ian Mauro, an emergency medical technician and paramedic, administering the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15 at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook. Credit: Raychel Brightman
A line of people waiting outside
At Medford Chemists in Medford, it was a similar story.
Some 500 people flooded the store's voicemail system by the time the pharmacy opened at 9 a.m., overwhelming the system, said Dr. Ricky Vohora, the store's owner.
When workers showed up, there was a line of people waiting outside — and the workers had no idea why, he said.
Vohora has no vaccines, and said if he does receive some he must first administer as many as 4,000 at long-term care facilities, which his pharmacy services.
"We were not aware we were going to be listed, and we did not actually know until we walked in this morning and there were people lined up at our door," he said.
He said he received notification on Sunday that his pharmacy had been approved by the state to order vaccines, but must still get approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Meanwhile, his regular patients can't get through on the phone because hundreds of people are calling to get a COVID-19 vaccination. The pharmacy is asking for people to go to its website instead.
"We have patients that are on hospice care, and if they can’t get their treatments, they’re dying, they are in pain," he said.
Similar scenes played out in other parts of the state, where some officials said their counties had been overwhelmed by demand.
"At 12:30pm, with virtually zero Rocklanders able to make an appointment in 1B, I have seen enough to know this rollout is not working," Assemb. Kenneth Zebrowski (D-Clarkstown) wrote on Twitter.
"I’m calling on the State Health Department to establish a Rockland County vaccination center and to take control of the logistics of this process. … My office believes that very few, if any, Rocklanders were able to make appointments as of Monday afternoon. There is obviously a failure within the current system."
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin, a Republican and frequent Cuomo critic, said there was "chaos" as "phone systems are overrun and crashing."
Suffolk County Legislative Minority Leader Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) said there is not enough information on how people can get vaccinated.
McCaffrey said he tried to make an appointment online Monday morning for his 95-year-old mother. The state website gave him several locations.
"Every time you call any one of those numbers, nobody picks up the phone," McCaffrey said, hours before the state appointment hotline opened.
People who want the vaccine can also visit a state website and complete a form to determine if they are eligible and consider their options, the state said.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city vaccinated 101,799 residents last week and that he expects the pace will accelerate in the coming days.
"It’s a very exciting moment. A very important moment," de Blasio said at his daily news briefing. "There’s a lot of work to do now. We got the freedom. Now we have work to do to reach each and every person ready to get vaccinated."
But city officials expect demand to quickly exceed supply.
Nursing homes get second dose
Meanwhile, residents and staff at Long Island's nursing homes began receiving the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday.
About half the 360 residents at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation in New Hyde Park have been vaccinated, said Michael N. Rosenblut, president and CEO at Parker.
He added that about half its staff of around 700 also has been vaccinated.
"We had about 50 people who didn't do it the first time, decide to get the vaccine's first dose this time around," Rosenblut said. "There is going to be some apprehension. Some people maybe didn't want to interrupt the holidays. Others might have medical concerns."
The federal government contracted with chains including CVS and Walgreens to roll out vaccinations at nursing homes. Parker is working with Walgreens.
Commack-based Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, also working with Walgreens, administered the second dose to residents and staff, said Stuart B. Almer, the facility's CEO.
Almer said about 93% of Gurwin's 354 residents will be vaccinated.
"It's a fantastic percentage," Almer said, adding that about 40% of Gurwin's staff of about 700 signed up for the vaccine.
Almer said the facility has campaigned, asking staff to participate.
"The first time around, we had about 15% participation, so there has been improvement," Almer said.
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GETTING COVID-19 VACCINES
To complete a prescreening and find sites to schedule COVID-19 shots, people in the eligible lists can visit https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/
State residents may call the New York State Vaccination Hotline: 1-833-NYS-4VAX (1-833-697-4829)
Who qualifies for COVID-19 shots?
New York State expanded its vaccination program to include essential workers and people over 75 years of age in addition to health care workers and nursing home residents and staff, among others, but the supply of vaccines is limited. Hospitals will continue to prioritize unvaccinated members of the first phase, focusing largely on health care workers. The following are the qualifying categories, as revised on Jan. 11. The full list can be found as part of the state’s posted guidance on phased distribution of the vaccine.
Group in Phase 1A
The state said about 2.1 million state residents belong in this group.
Health care workers at hospitals who interact with patients.
Residents and staff at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Dentists, psychologists and others deemed health care workers with direct contact with patients.
Employees of Federally Qualified Health Centers.
EMT volunteers and staff.
Coroners, medical examiners, some funeral workers.
Staff and residents of state facilities for people with developmental disabilities, mental health care and addiction services.
Employees at urgent care centers.
Individuals administering COVID-19 vaccines, including local health department staff.
Staff at ambulatory centers.
Home care and hospice workers.
Residents and staff at other congregate care facilities.
Group in Phase 1B
The state estimated about 3.2 million residents belong in this group.
People 75 and older.
Teachers and education workers, including substitute teachers, student teachers, school administrators, paraprofessional staff, support staff, contractors in schools and bus drivers.
First responders, including police; firefighters; state police; sheriff’s offices; county, town and village police departments, and other law enforcement offices.
Public safety workers, including dispatchers and technicians.
Public transit workers, including airport, railroad, subway, bus, ferry and Port Authority employees.
Corrections officers.
Other sworn and civilian personnel, such as court and peace officers.
Grocery store workers dealing with the public.
Individuals living in homeless shelters.
SOURCE: New York State.
By Bart Jones and Newsday Staff bart.jones@newsday.com
Bart Jones has covered religion, immigration and major breaking news at Newsday since 2000. A former foreign correspondent for The Associated Press in Venezuela, he is the author of “HUGO! The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution.”
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Apotheon: You just haven't urned it yet, baby
Let's start with the art: Apotheon is basically an Athenian vase painting brought to life. It’s an undeniably beautiful look, almost worth the download alone. But cracks soon start to appear in the pristine veneer of this action-platformer, and after a while, you’ll feel like an antique dealer appraising an ancient but time-weathered piece of art sadly, those scars run a little too deep to ignore.
Story-wise it’s GOW with delusions of grandeur, though a little more fun than that sounds. The short version: Earth is in ruins because the gods have grown bored of humanity. At the behest of Zeus’ wife Hera, brave warrior Nikandros attempts to take on Lord Z and the rest of the gods in order to save the world from impending catastrophe.
This involves descending into the underworld of Hades, negotiating the maze in Athena’s palace and venturing into the dangerous forests of Artemis, sword and shield in hand, all the while gaining powers that enable you to explore farther, wider and deeper. It’s the old Castlevania template, and its familiar structure makes for perfect comfort-food gaming.
Well, not quite perfect. Platforming elements are weak thanks to Nikandros’ feeble jump, but at least the game doesn’t demand too many precision leaps.
Greek Fighter
Combat is the main issue here, because it’s pervasive, and so there’s no escaping the loose controls or the lack of a satisfying connection when your blows land. The sound effects work hard to suggest otherwise, but it’s all very stilted and unconvincing. It’s crying out for digital precision, but instead it aims for a kind of Dark-Souls-in-2D approach and falls well short.
Enemies can get trapped all too easily, and when you’re being attacked on both sides, it’s pot luck whether or not you’re aiming the right way when you thrust your short-sword or hurl a javelin.
Boss fights fare better: with one large enemy to focus on you can formulate a proper strategy, and with a wide range of weapons there’s room for on-the-fly improvisation as well. But compared to the more refined Metroidvania goodness of Guacamelee, it’s glaringly apparent that Apotheon just isn’t in the same league.
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