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How MonoGame Can Bring More Games to Linux
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MonoGame 2.0 was released on October 27 bringing support for 2D XNA APIs for Linux. MonoGame was previously known as XNATouch and is an open source implementation of the XNA tools in OpenGL.
About XNA
Microsoft XNA is a set of tools with a managed runtime environment (.Net, C#) provided by Microsoft that facilitates video game development and management. XNA is used extensively today by indie game developers to develop games for XBox and Windows. Most of the Games on XBLIG (XBox Live Indie Games) are developed in XNA.
About MonoGame
MonoGame is an open source implementation of the XNA 4.0 APIs that allows developers to build 2D games that run on Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Linux and Windows using the same code base, or reusing existing XNA code that runs on Xbox 360 or Windows Phone 7. MonoGame is developed and maintained by Kenneth Pouncey and have support from Xamarin Team.
So What is the Big Deal?
MonoGame can bring a large number of popular games to Linux, which were until now only working on XBox and Windows. Game developers will now be easily able to port their 2D games to Linux. In fact developers of Indie game Wizorb, which is rising fast in popularity are porting their game to Linux using MonoGame 2.0. Check out the Wizorb trailer below:
Just within a week of MonoGame adding support for Linux, we have our first game (there may be more) and I am sure more developers will follow. Next major release of MonoGame, 3.x series will bring 3D API support that will bring even more games to Linux.
Bastion, easily the best Indie game to come out this year is based on XNA and I would like to see more games like this coming to Linux in future (though it is very unlikely that Bastion itself will be ported to Linux even if the tools are available).
MonoXNA is another framework which has been longer in development and supports 2D XNA games but is being developed at a slow pace while MonoGame looks more complete, have a clear roadmap with some heavy development going on. In fact it includes a good amount of code form MonoXNA.
I know Mono is not favored by many Linux users but as long as more games come to Linux, there are no complaints and the future is looking bright.
A fan has attempted to run Terraria natively on Linux using MonoGame and its working quite nicely. There are some issues regarding sound and some other crashes but if official support is extended to it, Terraria can be easily ported to Linux.
If you are wondering, Terraria, a multiplayer action adventure game is another hit indie released this year and has a huge community around it. Thousands of players across the world play this game everyday.
Check out the video showing Terraria running natively on Linux (the game runs at ~ 60 fps, lag in video is recording issue):
Bastion, GameDev, Games, Mono, MonoGame, Terraria, Wizorb, XNA
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Jill Hemmington
School of Social Work, Care and Community
Jill is Course Leader for UCLan’s Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) programme and post-qualifying AMHP CPD. Both are delivered nationally as standard or bespoke (accelerated or on-site) delivery. Jill’s doctoral research and training is around the independent role of the AMHP and various decision-making aspects including Shared Decision-Making (SDM) and the statutory Empowerment and Involvement principle. Jill contributes to national AMHP policy initiatives, conferences and workforce development. She continues to practice as an AMHP.
Jill has a Course and Module Lead role for the AMHP programme which runs on different sites. Her teaching includes law and policy (including applying the Statutory Competencies to practice), diversity and mental health, social perspectives, ethics (legal and professional) critical reflection on mental health and power and communication. Jill’s post-qualifying CPD suite of training includes decision-making, psychosis and communication and Shared Decision-Making. Jill is also working with agency partners to develop the National AMHP Workforce Standards. Jill has published work in this area (Matthews, O’Hare and Hemmington, 2014) and planning for a second book underway. Jill is now developing training materials to look at Shared Decision-Making, linking to the principles of service user involvement becoming statute through the Mental Health Act reforms. Jill is part of a small group leading on unique annual national conferences supporting AMHP Research-Informed Practice and Practice-Informed Research for any colleagues who are undertaking or planning to undertake research in the area.
Prior to working at UCLan, Jill was an Integrated Team Manager within a community mental health team, an Approved Social Worker (ASW) and an ASW Practice Assessor. She has worked in the field of mental health since 1989 in a range of mental health settings, mainly Mental Health Social Work. Jill continues to practice as an AMHP and is an external panel member for a Local Authority’s AMHP reapproval panel. Jill is an External Examiner for other universities’ AMHP programmes. She has a role as an Education and Quality Inspector (AMHP and BIA) with Social Work England. Jill retains close links with practice developments (for example being part of the AMHP Leads Network) and supporting current national AMHP Workforce Development initiatives.
Approved Mental Health Professional qualification; Best Interest Assessor qualification, University of Chester (2007)
ASW Practice Assessor Award, Manchester University (2003)
Approved Social Work Award, Manchester University (2001)
MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Individuals with Psychosis and their Families, University of Manchester (2000)
MA Applied Social Studies, Lancaster University (1998)
Diploma of Social Work, Lancaster University (1998) (HCPC Registered Social Worker SW50158)
BA (Hons) Social Policy, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1995)
Areas of Interest / Expertise
AMHP research and training: Decision-Making, Assessment and Communication, Empowerment and Involvement and Shared Decision Making
AMHP Workforce Development including standards of the national AMHP Workforce plan (particularly AMHPs’ Psychological, Personal, Physical and Professional Safety)
AMHPs undertake statutory assessments and have overall responsibility for the decision to detain (or not) in hospital without service users’ consent. AMHPs are required to act autonomously and make independent decisions within complex systems. They are required to embed the Empowerment and Involvement statutory Guiding Principle whereby service users should be ‘fully involved in decisions’. This indicates that MHA assessments are a place for Shared Decision Making (SDM). Jill’s research evaluates the significant factors affecting AMHPs in the decisions that they make; develops further understanding of the dynamics and power relations between AMHPs and service users in assessments and considers how AMHPs can facilitate empowerment and involvement and promote SDM in assessments. Jill conducted an ethnographic study and gathered in-depth information about AMHPs’ experiences and perspectives of the work, particularly how this was influenced by different AMHP service and team configurations. Jill then observed and audio-recorded Mental Health Act assessments in order to evaluate patterns of communication and decision-making, using Conversation Analysis to analyse the data. This method supports examination of content and style of communication as well as power relations. AMHPs and service users were interviewed following the assessments. Research addressed views that service users do not have capacity to take part in decision-making, and Jill’s work further explores ways of facilitating this. In particular, this focuses on ways in which patters of communication take place and how power sometimes operates at a subtle level around negotiated decisions. Research supports broader evidence that formal SDM methods are not well-developed within a mental health setting, and are not always considered within MHA assessments. Professionals can have difficulty understanding what service users’ priorities are, and there is more to be understood around the way that communication patterns can forward or block conversations. Jill’s research continues to focus on the process of MHA assessments and future work will look at enhancing SDM within revisions to the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended 2007).
Use the links below to view their profiles:
AMHPA: The Approved Mental Health Professional Association (North West) (Chester, 2019) (Shared) Decision-Making in AMHP work: Exploring the Evidence
AMHP Research Network: Practice Informed Research and Research Informed Practice conference(Birmingham, 2019): Co-developer and presenter AMHPS’ Shared Decision-Making in Mental Health Act Assessments
AMHP Leads Network (2019) AMHP Practice and Decision-Making:
Looking for the Evidence
International Conference on Social Work and Mental Health (ICSW) York (2019) AMHP Practice and Decision-Making: Exploring the Evidence
Oxford County Council annual AMHP conference (2019) Can we really ‘Empower and Involve’ people who are subject to compulsory admission?
YAMHP (Yorkshire AMHP Network) (2019) AMHPs’ (Shared?) Decision-Making in Mental Health Act Assessments: Looking ahead to the Choice and Autonomy principle
Telephone:+44 (0) 1772 895460
Email:jhemmington@uclan.ac.uk
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Film - The Endless
Ren Zelen watched The Endless at London Film Festival...
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Writer: Justin Benson
Starring: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington, Lew Temple, James Jordan, Shane Brady, Kira Powell
After the critical success of their 2014 genre-bending feature Spring, the filmmaking team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with their newest feature, The Endless. Praised for their original storylines and their skill in crafting genre-mashing microbudget movies, Benson and Moorhead now make the transition from writer-directors to actors.
The film follows two brothers, Justin Smith (Justin Benson) and Aaron Smith (Aaron Moorhead), former cult members who have managed to escape what they describe as a “crazy UFO death cult”.
Struggling to reintegrate into normal society, they lead a bleak existence, finding work cleaning recently vacated apartments. They have no friends, little money, and a diet of desiccated noodles. They attend ‘reprogramming’ sessions, where they can discuss their difficulties in readjusting to society after having spent their childhood indoctrinated in the cult.
It appears however, that there is conflict between elder brother Justin, who is relieved to have left the cult for a regular, albeit tough, life, and Aaron, who yearns for the companionship, seclusion, security (and good food) that life with the cult offered. Aaron remembers less and is thus more naïve about the past than his older brother, who is wary of the cult’s insidious attractions.
Then they unexpectedly receive a parcel in the mail. It is a videotape from Arcadia Camp, the settlement where their former cult still resides. Featured on the tape is Anna (Callie Hernandez) who they recognise as their former babysitter. She is filmed reassuring viewers that they all members are happy and awaiting a mysterious event called ‘the Ascension’.
The brothers are disturbed by this sudden intrusion into their lives, but Aaron is desperate to investigate further, and uses the enigma of the tape as an excuse to plead with his brother to revisit Arcadia Camp.
Worried about Aaron’s state of mind, Justin reluctantly agrees to return to the campsite for a brief overnight visit, hoping that he will recognise the flaws in their former life for himself and be cured of his idealized nostalgia.
When they arrive, everyone is still alive and thriving, and life in Arcadia Camp appears to be continuing much as before. Hal, (Tate Ellington) the leader in Arcadia, goes out of his way to be hospitable to the brothers. They receive a hearty welcome from the inmates who ply them with a hearty home-cooked dinner and pitchers of home-brewed beer, one of the sect’s main sources of income.
Everyone in the sect has a purpose and contributes their own particular skill, which makes them feel useful and fulfilled. Clearly ‘The Ascension’ never happened, and the “crazy UFO death cult” doesn’t seem at all as bad as it had been painted.
Aaron begs Justin to stay for an additional night, and then another, trying to extend their trip, until he confesses that he wants to stay, despite Justin’s disapproval. However, odd events begin to accumulate, and soon the situation escalates into downright weirdness.
Not Anna, their erstwhile babysitter, nor Hal, nor anyone, appear to have aged at all over the years of the brothers’ absence, although Aaron puts this down to clean air and a healthy diet. Although Anna is the person on the VHS tape sent to the brothers, she claims to have no knowledge of it.
Strange incidents and odd behaviour are subtle at first, but become increasingly more bizarre. There is a heavily padlocked shed that is guarded at all times, enigmatic post-it messages are left around the campsite, and on a chalkboard there is a complex and unfinished maths equation that Hal claims will give him the answer to an ultimate question. There is a tug-of-war with no opponent, photographs fall from the sky at key moments, additional moons appear at night followed by visual anomalies - the strange occurrences multiply until they create a perplexing and unsettling puzzle.
The plot of The Endless also expands on some of the themes of Benson and Moorhead’s 2012 debut, Resolution – there is even a scene which is a direct crossover, (although that is perhaps just for fans to spot, as The Endless is entirely a stand-alone movie in itself).
Benson and Moorhead have always been impressive, holding down multi-tasking jobs as directors, screenwriters and film crew members, and this time they even manage to give confident performances as leads in capable ensemble cast.
Moorhead, who doubles as the cinematographer, succeeds in elevating their films above their modest budgets. Here, low-cost effects are used to enhance the visuals - bizarre events, odd behaviour, and cryptic motifs and symbols serve to convey the sense of an unsettling menace within a dull, dusty, rural landscape. Benson’s writing is sharp, witty and tense when it has to be, encouraging the viewer to interpret and theorise from the clues before a reveal is forthcoming.
Benson and Moorhead continue to generate a reputation for original and thought-provoking suspense movies. They avoid clichés while still delivering queasy anticipation and a sense of dread. The Endless is deadpan, severe, funny, frightening, but also surprising. It proves to be an enigmatic story steeped in symbolism – and it is also a satisfying sci-fi-horror flick, but unlike many of those, it is one that will keep you thinking long after you leave the cinema. I for one, cannot wait to see what they come up with next.
Copyright R.H. Zelen – ©RenZelen 2017 All rights reserved.
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THE ENDLESS is released by Arrow Films in Cinemas, and via Arrow Video on Digital HD on 29th June. It will also be released on DVD & Blu-ray via Arrow Video on 2nd July.
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Why Indians eat with hands
IANS | 5 Dec 2014 12:37 PM GMT
You may have often wondered why people eat with their hands in Kerala. Eating food with your hands feeds not only the body but also the mind and the spirit.
That is the Vedic wisdom behind Kerala's famous Banana Leaf Experience whose pleasure can only be appreciated fully, it is said, if one eats with hands and not fork and spoon.(More: 10 best Kerala recipes)
Traditionally, Indians -- not just in Kerala -- have always eaten with their hands but the experience and its virtues have been elevated to a gastronomic art by the chefs at Vivanta by Taj Bekal, a picturesque 26-acre resort in the northern Kasaragod district of Kerala, flanked by the famous backwaters and the Lakshadweep Sea.
And to lend logic to the eating-by-hand experience for fussy foreigners, especially Westerners who would think twice before scooping up curry with their fingers, the maitre d'hotel lays before each guest at Latitude - the multi-cuisine restaurant with an accent on regional Kerala cuisine and a scenic view of serene waters and swaying palm fronds - captured pithily in printed paper the "Vedic wisdom behind eating with your hands".
"Our hands and feet are said to be the conduits of the five elements. The Ayurvedic texts teach that each finger is an extension of one of the five elements.
The thumb is agni (fire) -- you might have seen children sucking their thumb, this is nature's way of aiding the digestion at an age when they are unable to chew; the forefinger is vayu (air), the middle finger is akash (ether -- the tiny intercellular spaces in the human body), the ring finger is prithvi (earth) and the little finger is jal (water)," the paper explains.
The 'banana leaf experience' has been redefined by the hotel from the traditional 'sadya', or banquet, in Malayalam, says Ashok Pillai, the executive sous chief. Sadya is traditionally a vegetarian meal served on a banana leaf on special occasions, during weddings and other celebrations. All the dishes are served on the leaf and eaten with hands sans cutlery, the palm and fingers being cupped to form a ladle.
A sadya can have about 24-28 dishes served as a single course and is usually served for lunch as it is quite heavy on the stomach. Preparations begin at dawn and the dishes are made before 10 in the morning on the day of the celebration.
"At Vivanta by Taj at Bekal we have given a twist to the experience by adding delectable preparation of fish or meats as per request," Samir Khanna, the affable general manager, told IANS during a recent trip.
The centerpiece of sadya is navara, a medicinal rice type, that is one of the native genetic resources of Kerala and famed for its use in Ayurveda. Navara is used as a nutritional rice and health food and is said to be therapeutic for conditions such as arthritis, paralysis, ulcers, urinary tract infections, neuralgic and neurological disorders.
For a novitiate to Kerala cuisine, the food does not stop coming, and the helpings are as much as you can ingest. Most people stop at the second helping and react in surprise when waiters with buckets of curry offer to ladle more on the leaf-plate.
Foreigners, after their initial cultural reservations about eating with their hands, awkwardly slurp and lap up the food, any messiness be damned. As a concession to non-vegetarians, karimeen or pearl spot, the local fish, is served fried or in curry form.
Since the "experience" requires some preparation, those guests who want to partake of it need to intimate the chef in advance and tables are laid out separately in the restaurant for those who are eating on the banana leaf.
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The making of Shooting on a Shoestring
At BIAFF 2010 Michael Slowe won a 4-Star Award with Shooting of a Shoestring. Here he writes about his brush with commercial film making.
It was an offer I couldn't resist: to shoot and produce a Making Of documentary for inclusion
on the DVD of a feature film being shot in my area of North London.
Most DVD's of commercial films nowadays contain such an item under the heading 'extras'.
The better ones show activities that non film makers know little about while others consist mainly of actors saying how wonderful it was working with such talented fellow actors and hoping that nice words about their director will gain them further work.
I was interested in observing the actual process of shooting a commercial feature highlighting the technical aspects equally with the creative.
Since I enjoy being a 'fly on the wall' documentary film maker I accepted the offer but not without some trepidation since I had never worked alongside professionals. I was nervous as to how my work would stand up.
The main production, although aimed at cinema distribution prior to DVD sale, was being planned on a ridiculously low (almost minimal) budget with most people involved being contracted on the basis of a share in any proceeds in lieu of payment.
As to me, I was most certainly not even in that category, the voluminous contract that arrived in the post stated quite clearly that I was not being paid. There were various stipulations such as agreeing not to show in an unfavourable light anyone involved in the production together with details of what I was permitted to do with the material I was to shoot.
I wanted to be able to make my own film in addition to the official 'Making Of' and indeed the contact allowed for this, specifying that whilst the copyright would be owned by the company, my own film would be mine, subject again to the condition concerning the depiction of anyone in an unfavourable light.
The shoot was planned for completion in 18 days of filming. For a full length feature this was hugely ambitious even though all the location scouting and production planning had been carried out during proceeding months. There is with film making always the fear of the unexpected, particularly as this was to be all on location with no studio work and there is always the English weather to contend with. In the event we were extraordinarily fortunate to have an unusually dry and sunny April.
The question of insurance in respect of my participation was raised and my brokers confirmed that they were not happy since the enterprise was commercial and suggested a separate policy. The production company therefore took out a policy covering the shooting period containing fully comprehensive cover for me, my kit and any damage I may cause with cables, tripod etc. I also had to complete an exhaustive Health & Safety Assessment. This consisted of a questionnaire detailing exactly what I would be doing on the set and what possible risks that might entail as regards my own and others' safety.
As we assembled for pre production meetings I felt I was treated with some suspicion by a few of the production people even though it was made quite clear that I was an approved contracted member of the unit.
This subsided as the shoot progressed but was not wholly absent right to the end and always inhibited my activities somewhat. I appreciated that the main production was the priority but nevertheless there were occasions when I felt aggrieved at being prevented from getting as close to the action as I would have preferred.
For instance after a number of rehearsals for a scene which I had been able to film quite satisfactorily without causing the slightest concern, for the actual take I was usually asked to stop filming, or even worse, to leave the set. I had wanted to contrast the rehearsal with the actual take. The fact that on occasions I had been able to remain for a take made the objections illogical to my mind.
The technicians were in the main extremely helpful and encouraging despite being under the most appalling pressure to handle many more set ups in one day than is usual on a production. Some of the actors and, I felt, a few location production staff were rather less tolerant and in my efforts to concentrate on my task I was conscious of causing some irritation and I trod a fine line in this respect.
The feature was being shot by a really skilled DOP (Director of Photography). He was Polish born and trained and his father is well known in Poland and is now a lecturer at their world famous film academy. The film was being shot in High Definition video at a high bit rate on the new Sony EX3, adapted to take prime 35mm film lenses. This incorporated a piece of kit called a Movie Tube* mounted on the front of the camera to accommodate the prime lenses and which enables the camera to receive its images from a ground glass screen rather than directly through the lens. It is thought that this provides a more 'filmic' look to the footage in preference to the characteristic hard video image. Personally I'm not wholly convinced on this and, interestingly, in my film where I have included extracts from the main production, it can be seen that they do not look dramatically different from my own footage. I was also using an EX camera but without the prime lenses and the Movie Tube.. When you get to see my film you will judge for yourselves and it should be noted that in post production I have not had to make any great effort to manipulate the images.
The sound recordist was a young Frenchman with an already impressive credit list and it was in this department that I noticed the biggest difference from amateur film making. He was meticulous in his placement of microphones and very fussy as regards background noise of any sort. On more than one location he had an air conditioning duct dismantled and always required clocks and fridges silenced.
The first event that I shot was a pre production meeting with the director taking all the production staff (DOP, Sound Recordist, Costume Consultant, Make-Up Consultant, Assistant Directors etc) through the film and all the arrangements. I originally intended this as my 'running script' through my film but actually it all took too long and slowed the action so I just used small segments, mostly the amusing bits. I also filmed large segments of the cast read through that I hoped might be useful as a link but here again it was all too slow. I had been given an assistant (the editor's film-student niece) and she held a boom mic for me whenever possible and she helped me carry and guard my equipment at all the varied locations.
The first scene to be shot was in a health club and, not knowing what was to follow, I covered this as extensively as possible. From a lot of footage I was able to construct the 'setting up' sequence in my film which I cut to music. Usually on location I was able to utilise the lights set by the DOP and his team so I had no problems there except that my camera positions were not the same as his, far from it! The DOP was aiming largely to light at a Kelvin of 5500 which we both set in our cameras but when I left the set to snatch a bit of action nearby I often did not have time (or forgot) to do a white balance for different light and this gave me some problems with matching the colours from shot to shot. My edit system, Media 100, does enable colours to be adjusted, but colour grading has never been my strong point and I would have preferred to set my white balance correctly at the shooting stage.
Both cameras were recording on to the new Sony S x S cards and it is necessary to down load the media files on location in order to clear the cards for re use. At around £400 per card (depending on capacity) users of these cameras prefer to manage with a limited number of cards. This is easy enough provided one has a decent laptop (I, and the production editor, had Apple MacBook Pros) and a reliable USB powered external hard drive. I downloaded the files from a 16Gb card (one hour of HD video) in about twelve minutes via firewire direct from the camera. Back at home I then backed up to a second drive as a safety measure as I wasn't intending to take any media on to my main editing drives until I began editing.
However I was also contracted to provide a two minute clip from the day's events for the PR people to update to the production's web site. This was a real pain since I had to view my day's footage and take into my edit system the material I thought would be of daily interest. I then had to assemble the clip, compress it to an H264 file in Apple's Compressor program in order to E Mail it to Publicity. This took time and was irksome if I had been up at 6 am for an early location shoot. I always wanted to be on location well before shooting began because this was the time to catch interesting material.
For more such teaser-clips visit: YouTube here.
On one location they needed a second camera as a 'prop' since the story involves a film within a film … and they wanted mine! This gave me some problems as I was then out of action for the time that the scene took to shoot. I asked the 'cameraman' in the film to shoot for me but whatever he did was useless as he had not framed properly. That was about the only time that my camera sat on a tripod! Much as I prefer using one there simply was not the time or space to allow this. What really saved me throughout was the CVP shoulder brace www.mitcorp.com) which enabled me to get reasonably steady shots whilst moving around. The only trouble was that I couldn't breathe whilst shooting as one end of the brace rested on my chest!
So the month sped by. I filmed the obligatory interviews with the leading actors which proved surprisingly difficult to arrange as everyone was so rushed, not to mention temperamental! Accordingly some of my settings for these talks were hastily improvised and consequently were unsatisfactory. The technicians, whilst also busy, were easier to access. The director I left until well after filming was completed as I had no chance during the shoot. This actually was a blessing because during my edit I was better able to judge what I required by way of explanation and narration.
I had over 30 hours of footage from my month's work and then my problems really started - with a 90 minute feature they only had space on the DVD for a 30 minute documentary. This is a common problem for anyone editing a documentary where large amounts of footage are shot because the story and structure can only be determined at the edit stage.
The producer and the director too both wanted to view my rough cut, I suspect, to see whether I was up to the job. They seemed happy and one comment was "it is fun". I had tried to make it slightly different from the 'Making Of's' that they had given me to view before we started.
A special preview of the main film, together with mine, was arranged for cast and crew at the Everyman cinema in Hampstead where the final scenes of the film had been shot four months earlier. This went well and I thought that my film stood up well visually in comparison with the main one. Both films were projected through the cinema's £50,000 digital projector from Blu-Ray DVD's and the pictures looked good. I had been warned by the editor to be especially careful with my audio track during my own edit as a cinema sound system would amplify any faults. I had sat for hours at my edit suite listening through high quality Bose headphones in order to identify and eliminate any clicks and at the same time ensure that the audio levels and track balance were consistent.
The audience seemed to like my film and in the pub afterwards I'm told, compared it favourably with the main feature! Sad to say that as far as that is concerned things appear to be ending in tears as internal politics have somehow contrived to upset the applecart and it all looks decidedly murky at the time of writing.
In accordance with my original intention I have now adapted the 'Making Of' into my own film which has a slightly different focus and which I have titled Shooting on a Shoestring.
- Michael Slowe - this article first appeared in Film & Video Maker April 2010.
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NFL draft 2020: Dolphins, Giants among teams with most at stake
Michael Middlehurst-SchwartzUSA TODAY
Though intended to promote parity, the NFL draft is hardly an egalitarian enterprise.
Given its format of allotting first choice of top talent to teams with the worst records from the previous year, the draft can seem like an evenhanded affair. But trades completed over the course of multiple years always shift the balance of power, sometimes widening the disparity between the teams with the most draft capital and those with the least. With this year's event just weeks away, six first-round picks have already changed hands.
The dynamic can further be complicated by teams entering the draft with a wide range of incentives. While some general managers can rest easy knowing they have the freedom to build for the long term, others face more pressure to fill a void — or merely to identify the right player for an early pick.
With that in mind, here are the 11 teams with the most at stake in the 2020 NFL draft:
11. Carolina Panthers
Though not turning a rebuilding project into a full teardown, first-year coach Matt Rhule is nevertheless embracing upheaval as he takes the helm, most notably by cutting former NFL MVP Cam Newton and bringing on Teddy Bridgewater as the new starting quarterback. Those moves and Rhule's seven-year contract suggest that Carolina has a degree of patience that's lacking for other teams on this list. Still, using the No. 7 pick and other selections to refurbish the roster will be crucial, especially with significant problems along both of the lines.
10. New York Jets
General manager Joe Douglas vowed last year to better equip Sam Darnold with "protection and playmakers." Mission only marginally accomplished. After free agency, an offensive line that surrendered 52 sacks in 2019 still looks vulnerable, and there's no go-to receiver in sight. With the No. 11 selection, the Jets could have their choice of the top pass-catchers or nab one of the remaining highly rated offensive tackles (Alabama's Jedrick Wills Jr., Louisville's Mekhi Becton, Iowa's Tristan Wirfs and Georgia's Andrew Thomas are considered the first-tier options). Given how the poor picks of his predecessors weighed down the franchise, Douglas won't be afforded much leeway in his inaugural draft for Gang Green.
9. Cleveland Browns
As the youngest GM in the NFL, Andrew Berry will be challenged with the task so many others have failed to accomplish: building the Browns into a contender and ending the NFL's longest active playoff drought. Before that, though, he and new coach Kevin Stefanski have to get quarterback Baker Mayfield back on track after the 2018 No. 1 pick's erratic sophomore campaign. Adding right tackle Jack Conklin and tight end Austin Hooper in free agency will help, but Cleveland still has not afforded Mayfield sufficient blindside protection. That might change this year, however, as a starting-caliber left tackle looks like a reasonable bet for the No. 10 selection.
8. Cincinnati Bengals
The lack of drama and discord surrounding Joe Burrow's widely expected coronation eases some of the burden that typically follows a team with the No. 1 pick. Still, even with A.J. Green set to return and 2019 first-round offensive tackle Jonah Williams expected to make his debut after missing his entire rookie season, the Bengals will need to do a better job of unearthing impact players throughout the draft after whiffing on several selections in recent years. The current outlook along the offensive line is particularly troublesome, and an early pick at linebacker might also be wise.
7. Las Vegas Raiders
Sin City's drafting host dreams were dashed by the coronavirus pandemic, but the Silver and Black could still make a significant splash at the event even without the boats on the fountains of the Bellagio Hotel. GM Mike Mayock once again has a significant haul to work with, highlighted by selections at No. 12 and 19. The very first Las Vegas draft pick might be the top-flight receiver missing since the failed Antonio Brown experiment. And after landing several instant-impact contributors in last year's class, Mayock will once again face the task of rounding out the defense with players selected on Day 2 and beyond.
6. Minnesota Vikings
With quarterback Kirk Cousins having received an extension in March and running back Dalvin Cook seemingly bound to follow, the Vikings appear to be making their push as an aspiring NFC contender. Yet significant holes at cornerback and wide receiver, which became an integral point to address after Stefon Diggs' trade to the Buffalo Bills, leave plenty of uncertainty about just how competitive this team can be in its current form. Fortunately for Minnesota, deep groups at both positions could provide a number options at the No. 22 and 25 slots in the first round. But with further issues at defensive end and along the offensive line, the Vikings might be forced to work several rookies into meaningful roles early on.
5. New York Giants
Saquon Barkley and Daniel Jones are in place as the backfield of the foreseeable future. And then ... there's not much else. If that doesn't change by next season, a hot seat might be awaiting GM Dave Gettleman, who might be facing the first true inflection point in the draft with the No. 4 pick. Gettleman could be drawn to scooping up one of his beloved "hog mollies" along the offensive line, but a defense still short on playmakers after the arrivals of cornerback James Bradberry and linebacker Blake Martinez still could stand for an infusion of talent.
4. Los Angeles Chargers
As they prepare to move into their new stadium, the Chargers appear set to make their first substantial draft move for a quarterback since securing Philip Rivers in 2004. But will the Bolts merely let the board fall as it may until they pick at No. 6, or would they leapfrog the quarterback-hungry Miami Dolphins to grab the passer of their choice? That decision might ultimately determine whether Los Angeles ends up with Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa or Oregon's Justin Herbert, though Utah State's Jordan Love could be a wild card. Whichever signal-caller the Chargers select might determine the course of the franchise for years to come, so GM Tom Telesco and Co. should make sure they're extremely comfortable with whoever ends up behind center.
3. Detroit Lions
Before the Lions closed out a 3-12-1 campaign that stood as the franchise's worst finish in a decade, owner Martha Ford announced last December that GM Bob Quinn and coach Matt Patricia would return under the expectation that the team would be a playoff contender in 2020. Maybe that falls short of a mandate, but it's a tough spot for a duo headed the wrong way since Quinn fired Jim Caldwell after consecutive 9-7 seasons. If the current regime had more flexibility, the Lions might be a prime candidate to collect future assets by trading back from the No. 3 slot. Yet with the last-ranked pass defense still having a sizable hole at cornerback after three-time Pro Bowler Darius Slay was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit might have a hard time passing on Ohio State's Jeff Okudah as an immediate answer. The offensive and defensive lines could also be in line to be upgraded on Day 2.
2. Jacksonville Jaguars
At some point, the shedding has to end and the construction must begin. Jacksonville's last year has been defined by discarding, whether that's marquee players (Jalen Ramsey, A.J. Bouye, Calais Campbell), the front office (Tom Coughlin) or a bad contract (Nick Foles). While coach Doug Marrone and GM Dave Caldwell were granted a reprieve, the Jaguars rank last in USA TODAY Sports' latest power rankings and don't have many short-term solutions beyond the draft. Armed with two first-round selections and 12 picks overall, the Jaguars will be under pressure to address their many defensive deficiencies. The scrutiny will only ramp up if a top quarterback slides, prompting the question of whether the team should make a significant investment to bring in competition for second-year passer Gardner Minshew.
1. Miami Dolphins
When it comes to draft capital, no one else comes close to the Dolphins, whose league-high 14 selections include three first-rounders and six picks in the top 70. The setup gives Miami unparalleled control in maneuvering around the board, but this isn't house money. The Dolphins made a concerted effort to load up on assets in this and next year's drafts, so a significant payoff is the baseline expectation. Beyond the massive quarterback decision to be made, there are also pressing concerns at offensive tackle, edge rusher and safety. At the very least, Miami should emerge with a couple of cornerstones along with some solid starters.
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Find My Past is a well-known provider of ancestry DNA testing solutions and genealogical sources. Registered in Wilmington and owned by Scottish publisher DC Thomson, the company was conceived way back in 1965 and currently cooperates with a wide range of genealogy experts and family history organizations in order to provide its users with the best resources and records about their past. The company currently offers more than 2 billion records dating back to the 1200s and has over 18 million subscribers all over the world.
Continue reading our honest Find My Past review to learn all about the company and how it can help you solve the mysteries of your family’s past and present.
Find My Past offers an at-home DNA test in cooperation with Living DNA and complements the results with a wide variety of genealogical sources. The direct-to-customer testing procedure involves the following steps:
Placing an order – The first thing you have to do is place an order on the official website. Alternatively, you can also transfer your DNA results for free and gain access to Family Networks if you already tested with AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, 23andMe or Family Tree DNA. If you tested with a different company, you can contact customer support via help@livingdna.com and the forthcoming staff will do their best to find the right option for you. The company currently accepts Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.
Activating the testing kit – Once the at-home testing kit arrives at your address, you have to activate it on the official website by following the provided instructions and entering your unique ID code.
Collecting the DNA sample – After registration, you should proceed to collect the relevant biological specimen by using the provided cheek swab tool. Make sure not to eat or drink anything but water at least half an hour (ideally 2 hours) prior to sample collection. Smoking cigarettes, chewing a bubble gum or brushing your teeth can also contaminate the specimen and lead to inconclusive results or even test failure.
Sending the sample back – Once your DNA sample is stored within the provided pre-paid envelope, simply mail it back to the company’s US lab for processing.
Receiving the results – 6-8 weeks after the lab receives your specimen, it will generate your final report and upload it to your private online portal.
Find My Past is the only provider of genealogical records that features “PayAsYouGo” credits. This allows you to view its records with credits and decide which ones you want to purchase without any commitments. Once you purchase a subscription, you will have unlimited access to all the records you have previously chosen.
The company also features a dedicated blog on its official website where you can read informative posts written by some of the leading experts in the field. You can also ask questions and get in touch with family history enthusiasts on the company’s Facebook page.
Find My Past is one of the oldest DNA testing companies with a genealogical background. As such, it offers a wide variety of benefits to its users, including:
Partnership with Living DNA, FamilySearch, British Library, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Naval & Military Press, Society of Genealogist, and The National Archives
Top-tier testing facilities
More than 80 regions around the world covered in the test
Special focus on Irish and British descent
650,000 genetic markers checked
Personal family tree
More than 2 billion genealogical records dating back to the 1200s
Budget-friendly + flexible payments
Informative blog written by leading experts
Solid privacy policy
Data transfer from AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, 23andMe, and FTDNA
When it comes to genetic ancestry, Find My Past basically offers Living DNA’s at-home testing option, which means it compares your DNA with a reference database of samples common to specific regions and ethnicities. The test covers more than 80 regions worldwide, including 21 in Britain and Ireland, and checks over 650,000 genetic markets within your genome.
The test costs 89.00$ and comes with a free 14-day Find My Past subscription. Additionally, you can also purchase a deep ancestry upgrade for the ultimate Living DNA 3-in-1 experience for 29.95$. This upgrade provides you with a more precise mtDNA/YDNA examination and uncovers the migration histories of your ancestors.
As already mentioned in this Find My Past review, the company features a genealogical component that can be accessed by purchasing one of the offered subscriptions. Note that US Censuses 1900, Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Records, 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census, US & Canada: Public Records of Birth, Marriage, and Death, US Census 1790, and US Census 1900 can be viewed absolutely free of charge. Having said that, every subscription comes with a free 14-day trial and they go as follows:
Essential British & Irish (14.95$ – 1 month; 129.00$ – 12 months) – This option allows you to view the UK/US/Ireland Census Records, UK/US/Irelan birth, marriage, and death records, and UK/Ireland parish records. It also gives you access to your personal family tree builder.
Ultimate British & Irish (19.95$ – 1 month; 179.00$ – 12 months) – This subscription includes everything offered in the Essential British & Irish subscription and also gives you access to exclusive guides and masterclasses, British and Irish newspapers, British military records, UK/Ireland institutional records, and wills and probate records. It includes exclusive content and guidance from experts as well.
Find My Past First is a premium service offered to all of the company’s 12-month subscribers. It includes monthly webinars on record sets, tips, hints, and sneak previews, monthly prizes, and priority customer support. It also allows you to state which records you wish to see next.
Finally, Find My Past also features a Community Edition with special offers for schools, libraries, family history societies, companies, and other organizations. Note that a limited number of genealogical records is not available in the Community Edition for contractual reasons, which includes the British Newspapers collection.
Apart from featuring a solid privacy policy, Find My Past works only with reputable partners and holds ISO accreditation for data security. The company collects your name and email address but can also ask for contact details (phone number or address) in order to carry out its surveys. It uses cookies, pixels, and similar software across its network of websites.
Additionally, if you create your family tree or produce any type of content on the website, Find My Past will collect the provided data as well. That is one of the reasons why the company urges its users to never post the personal info of living relatives without their explicit consent.
Find My Past uses the collected data to provide you with the requested services, process payments, improve your search results, establish the number of visits from different countries, conduct surveys, tailor personal advertising, and for administrative purposes. When it comes to data transfer, it is important to note that Find My Past is located in the US and only registered in the UK. Therefore, it follows the EC approved model standard clauses for personal data transfer.
Find My Past does not have access to your payment details or biological sample. The genetic data contained in your personal report will be retained in order to provide you with the features associated with your purchase. Note that you can request the deletion of your genetic and/or personal data at any time.
Once the company receives your order, the testing kit will be dispatched within 5-7 days. The delivery time depends on your location and the postal service you select. The standard delivery cost within the US is 9.95$. Alternatively, you can also choose premium delivery for 39.95$.
Apart from the US, the kit can also be shipped to Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the UK. Note that the billing information does not have to be the same as the shipping info, so you can also order the test as a gift.
Find My Past is a reputable provider of at-home genetic tests as well as numerous exclusive genealogical sources you cannot find anywhere else. This makes it an ideal choice for both avid family historians and people who want to learn a bit more about their genetic background and ancient origins.
Apart from having a proven track record dating back to 60s, the company is also partnered with Living DNA, which features an ancestry DNA test with one of the largest geographical ranges on the market. Additionally, the test focuses on British and Irish descent, which makes it perfect for discovering potential genetic background in these areas. The test itself is very precise and even allows you to expand your mitochondrial and YDNA search to observe the actual migration patterns of your ancient ancestors.
After everything we said in this Find My Past review, the only possible conclusion is that this is a serious and renowned company that will definitely keep on revealing the secrets of our past in the decades to come.
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Jane Harris | November 14, 2018
This DNA test was exactly what I needed since none of the other companies focus so much on Britain and Ireland. So, if you suspect you’re genetically linked to the island, I definitely recommend checking it out. You’ll be surprised at what you can find out with a simple cheek swab. The subscriptions for old records could be a bit cheaper, though.
Ian McGowan | May 20, 2018
Great company that showed me exactly how much of my dna comes from the ol homeland. The test is pretty cheap and you can look at a bunch of old papers and document for free.
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Tucker lost the love of his life once, but this time, he's not taking no for an answer.
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General Release Date: 15th August 2011
“Just once I’d like to catch a God damned break.” Tucker Poston had pulled into his garage stall and wrenched his race helmet from his head. “Bastard knew I was there and still shoved me into the wall.” He tossed the safety gear out of the window. “This shit has to end. I’m tired of racing crashed cars.”
“Just like Cline knew you were there the week before, and yeah, the shit has to end. I’m tired of replacing crashed cars.” Guy Turner tapped on the roof of the car. “Get out, Poston.”
Tucker ground his teeth together. Just what he needed...his ass handed to him on a platter. He wriggled out through the window. “Mr Turner, I swear—”
“Spare me the excuses.”
Raking his fingers through his hair, Tucker glanced at the midway. Although he heard Guy’s rant, the words didn’t register above the roar of cars thundering down the backstretch. The tangy scent of race fuel and motor oil permeated the air. A whip of late-October breeze caressed his cheek. He noticed none of it after the flash of chestnut hair caught his eye. He shifted position to keep her in view, using the guise of removing the rest of his safety gear. He had to see this woman again. Make sure it was her.
“Are you listening to me?” Guy stepped into Tucker’s line of sight. “She’d better be cute.”
Tucker stared at his car owner. “What?”
“I know you ain’t gettin’ any—when you do, you race well. Eighth place doesn’t win races. So I am to assume you’re checking out a woman.” Guy turned and whistled. “Holy shit.”
“What?” Tucker tugged the zipper on his uniform down and flapped air into the suit. October in Virginia wasn’t that hot.
“You’re staring at Megan Rodney.”
“Nah,” he lied as he rubbed his eyes and caught a flash of her face in his mind. Megan. Heat stirred low in his belly. Memories of Megan and their past rushed into his brain—the taste of her kiss, the tickle of her hair on his cheek, the low tone of her sigh when they made love.
The moment he told her goodbye.
“I oughta set you up with her. She needs a good lay and you need to get your head out of your ass.”
“Sure, sell me for parts.” In Megan’s hands, he’d willingly offer whatever parts she wanted. His cock, his mouth, his tongue... Damn. If he didn’t get his priorities straight, he’d be caught in the middle of the garage with a hard-on.
“Shit. You ain’t got any parts she could use other than someone to direct her team. Women don’t need to own race teams.” Guy threw his hands in the air. “Since we’re in the garage area, why don’t we talk cars? Got any ideas for how we make your speeds better? I’d love to have both my cars finish the race for a change.”
Tucker turned his back on Megan’s position. The cars. Right. Focus on something other than his cock or his irritation towards Guy Turner. “Maybe we should share equipment like you promised at the beginning of the season. Boyd’s team could stand to share their findings once in a while.” He followed behind Guy as he strolled away. “I can make things work if I have the right equipment.”
Guy stopped at the second car. “Lower your voice.” He groaned. “You make it sound like I give you shit and expect miracles.”
“My rear end gear broke in two straight races. Makes me wonder what you are giving me.”
“You want good stuff? Prove to me you can handle it. Boyd gets better stuff because he’s twenty-three and winning. I put the money where the performance is.”
“No buts. Step up, improve your attitude, and I’ll consider a change. Keep up the DNFs and you’re out. Plain and simple.”
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Wendi Zwaduk
Wendi Zwaduk is a multi-published, award-winning author of more than one-hundred short stories and novels. She’s been writing since 2008 and published since 2009. Her stories range from the contemporary and paranormal to BDSM and LGBTQ themes. No matter what the length, her works are always hot, but with a lot of heart. She enjoys giving her characters a second chance at love, no matter what the form. She’s been the runner up in the Kink Category at Love Romances Café as well as nominated at the LRC for best contemporary, best ménage and best anthology. Her books have made it to the bestseller lists on Amazon.com and the former AllRomance Ebooks. She also writes under the name of Megan Slayer.
When she’s not writing, she spends time with her husband and son as well as three dogs and three cats. She enjoys art, music and racing, but football is her sport of choice.
You can find out more about Wendi on her website or on her blog. You can also find her on Instagram, Bookbub and Amazon.
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The medieval period was a world of iron. The age of Bronze was over for most of the world and the age of Steel had yet to completely come. During that time, the majority of metal tools and weapons were made of this alloy of copper and tin (Bronze). It could be melted and forged into numerous shapes. It could work relatively easier to take an advantage and also was really harder than pure iron. Bronze at that time could possibly be refined with complete ease from ore. In fact, it was this refining process which may have been the origin of “magic” in which one common substance could be changed into another more valuable substance through mysterious and hard to understand methods.
The iron was being sent to the armorers and sword makers while some part of the iron was too soft that it was useful to make everyday objects. An important part of being a blacksmith was understanding how to ascertain which iron was a good choice for what. An important technique a blacksmith required was the creation of steel from iron by diffusing carbon into the heated iron. Another technique was the hardening of steel. Introducing carbon into the iron allowed the resulting steel to be hardened, often by heating it and then rapidly cooling it.
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School trustee plans to run in Richmond council by-election
Maria Rantanen / Richmond News
School trustee Ken Hamaguchi
Richmond school trustee Ken Hamaguchi plans to run in the yet-to-be announced by-election for Richmond council.
The by-election to replace former councillor Kelly Greene, elected to the provincial legislature in October, is expected some time in the spring.
Hamaguchi stepped away from the school board chair position on Wednesday and was replaced by Sandra Nixon who has been serving as vice-chair.
Hamaguchi is serving his second term on the board of education and was the chair for the past two years.
Hamaguchi runs a private consulting service, working with children with autism. He is also involved in local minor hockey.
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Review ~ Doppelbanger by Heather M Orgeron
Doppelbanger; A person who bangs someone solely because they look similar to another person they want to bang.
At thirty-five, Gina Bourque is still playing the field. If he’s single, in his early twenties with dark hair and brooding eyes, there’s a damn good chance you’ll find him in her little black book.
Jeffrey Ryan never imagined that at nearly forty he’d find himself widowed and a single dad. But here he is—stumbling through this thing called life with two impressionable daughters watching his every move.
When Gina and Jeffrey meet while cruising the Caribbean, sparks fly and not in a good way. He’s too old. Too blond. Too stiff. Yet she’s still drawn to him like a moth to a flame. She’s too vulgar. Too sassy. Too wild. But she ignites something inside of him he can’t ignore.
We all know what happens when you play with fire. . . someone’s bound to get burned.
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“You know...even the biggest, thickest, veiniest cock isn’t worth putting up with the dick attached to it after a while.”
I haven’t laughed this hard in a long, long time. There was so much I loved about this book and this woman certainly knows how to create one heck of a rom com. I mean, we are talking spit your tea out laughing, snorting, tears of laughter and those big guttural belly laughs that are so hard to contain. But, also, this book had everything a romance should have, it had heart, it had emotion and it had a great message. I adored everything about this book and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
“I hear her muttering about what a bad influence I am, and how these children would likely be better off raised by wolves than the lot of us. But I don’t think we’re doing so bad. They’re the coolest little assholes I know.”
Gina aka Tink is a single, 35-year-old sex therapist who has no intentions of ever settling down. Her “itches” are scratched by the virile, a lot younger members of the male human race for which there are no worries of any ties. Gina has no filter, says what she thinks and does what she wants and I loved her for it. She has her reasons, she has a lot of baggage but this woman has one huge, huge heart and all the way through this book I was championing her to get what she really wanted, what she never wanted to admit she wanted, because at the end of the day, the truth hurt too much.
Jeff aka CEO is a 39-year-old, widower and single dad, to two amazing girls. After losing his wife, he is on a single mission to be the best dad and mum he can be. His life revolves around the two lives he created and as much as he tries, girls sometimes just need a mum, and that is the one thing he cannot give them. Jeff has a lot of baggage too, his heart is still with his wife, he cannot ever see himself moving on, he’s stuck in the past, one that frequents his brain far too often to even contemplate forgetting about it. It is a catch-22 situation.
These two meet on a cruise, Gina with her god-sons and Jeff with his two girls. The kids make friends first, pulling Gina and Jeff into each other’s orbit, after that the hormones are out and neither one can do a damn thing about it. I loved the chemistry between these two, despite Jeff’s adamant proclamations he cannot stand her. His head may say that, but his other one cannot seem to help himself. The more and more time that these two spend in each other’s company, the more you can see “feelings” are getting involved, something neither of them want to admit.
“She’s not in love…The girl done went and got dickstruck.”
I adored everything about this book, the banter was spot on, the dialogue was fantastic, the scenarios these two find themselves in were both hilarious and endearing. The fighting of feelings felt genuine and honest and the development of their relationship was neither rushed nor forced. It felt organic and real. I have to mention the kids, the kids made this book too, I adored every single one of them. This was one of the best rom com’s I have had the pleasure to read and will be one I re-read again when I need a good laugh. I highly recommend this one!!
“‘Remember when I told you I losed my marbles? I musta swallowed two of ’em, cuz I found ’em. They’re in my nuts!’”
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Heather M. Orgeron 11 May 2018 at 22:01
Thank you so much! I love your review!
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SUU football: T-Bird running backs now playing for injured teammate
Running backs coach Sam Elliott paused the tape, turned to James Felila and asked, “Was that it?”
Felila nodded.
The Southern Utah running backs were reviewing film of the Thunderbirds' win over North Dakota last Saturday at Eccles Coliseum and the play had come where Felila, SUU’s leading rusher, had suffered a collarbone injury that might sideline him for the rest of the season.
But you wouldn’t have known it based on his reaction. Felila got up, stayed in the game and, on the next play, nearly got into the end zone.
Upon seeing that, Lelon Dillard spoke up, “Damn, Misi, I want to be you.”
Jay Green, Terrance Beasley and Dillard could all get their chance to be like Felila in the coming weeks. The trio will be looking to replace the production of the powerful sophomore who has rushed for 699 yards and eight touchdowns this season.
“I think I’m blessed with some really talented guys,” Elliott said. “At this point of the year, they know the system, they know the plays. … They are younger and aren’t physically as developed as James. We are going to have to split the load a little more, but they are definitely ready.”
Green will be the starter against UC Davis and is coming off his best game of the season. In last Saturday’s win, Green totaled 62 yards and three touchdowns. Beasley has totaled 265 yards this year, with 50 of those coming on a long touchdown run last week after Felila left with the injury. Dillard has just 21 yards on six carries so far but, if he gets a shot, Elliott likes what he brings to the backfield.
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“He’s a gem,” Elliott said. “You are going to see something from him. He can bring a lot of what Misi does.”
While Felila won’t be suiting up in the near future (the team is holding out hope he could be back if the T-Birds make a long run in FCS playoffs), his running style and attributes have rubbed off enough on the other backs that his influence will still be felt in the closing weeks of the season.
“His leadership is just felt; even when he is not with us,” Green said. “When he got injured, it raised all of our bars to do more and to play for him. He’s a great guy. Why would something so bad happen to such a great guy? I think it raises the bar. I think it all raises our game up to play for him in his absence.”
When Elliott went to check on Felila following the injury on Saturday, he found something that surprised him. There were tears in the running back’s eyes.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever seen him tear up,” Elliott said.
It wasn’t because of the pain — Felila regularly plays through injuries — it was because he felt he had disappointed the team by not being able to play. But it’s that attitude that has left a lasting mark on the team.
“Everyone knows how tough he is,” Elliott said. “He’s gone through injuries and just played. He broke his collarbone and played the next play and almost scored. That’s affected a lot of guys on the team. If he can be that tough, I think a lot of guys think they can be too.”
And that toughness is something Green, Beasley and Dillard are hoping to prove they have over the next few weeks.
“We all want to be as tough as him,” Green said. “Seeing him go through this, it was like he had no emotion. When it happened, it was like nothing happened. He’s just the calmest dude, the strongest dude.”
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Teach girls how to get pregnant, say doctors
Rosemary Bennett, Education Editor
Friday March 02 2018, 12.01am, The Times
Doctors have said that new compulsory sex education classes should teach students about fertility
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Girls should be taught how and when to get pregnant in new compulsory sex education classes, a coalition of leading doctors, fertility experts and campaigners has told the government.
The traditional focus on contraception and warnings over the risk of teen pregnancy mean that many young women assume they will conceive as soon as they want to, according to the Fertility Education Initiative (FEI). In fact, NHS figures show that one in seven couples struggles to conceive.
The rising age of women having children is a cause of concern, the group of academics and experts said, and the pain of involuntary childlessness should not be underestimated.
The average age for a woman in the UK to have a child is 30, up from 26 in
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Are you willing to pay for email? How about podcasts? Here are our tech predictions for 2021
Jefferson Graham
It's that time of year when we make predictions about what to see from technology in 2021.
We already know we're good for new iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones, new smart speakers from Amazon and beautiful new smart TV sets that will have higher resolution than ever before – at a lower cost.
So let's offer up some tech predictions about what else we'll see, or just might.
Let's start with a given:
You'll be paying for email in 2021
The world's most popular email program Gmail, is owned by Google, which has decided to follow in Apple's footsteps by getting more people hooked on monthly subscriptions. (Apple's Services – which includes Apple Music, News and iCloud – is now its second-highest revenue generator, above Macs, iPads and Apple Watches.)
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As of June 1, Google will no longer allow users to upload their photos and videos to Google Photos for free. Google offers 15 GBs of free storage for photos, but that also includes Gmail and Google Drive backup. The ask is that you pay for storage, which starts at $1.99 a month – but for just 100 GB of storage.
I don't know about you, but my Gmail is 41 GBs worth now, I have 15 GBs worth of photos in Google Photos and 1.7 TBs on Google Drive.
Sure, I can clear out Google Drive, but the thing is, my email is a living, growing thing that is just not going to get smaller, no matter how hard I try to clean it up. It grows every day. So if you like your Gmail, get used to it – you might be paying.
Microsoft and Yahoo still offer free email, but they're littered with ads, and you're encouraged to step up to the "premium" versions, which starts at $5 and $3.49 a month, respectively, to go ad-free. Yahoo is eliminating the ability to automatically forward emails from Yahoo Mail beginning next week, unless you spend $34.99 a year for the service.
Big tech won't find the new administration any friendlier
Facebook and Google's woes in Washington, D.C., won't change with a new Biden administration, we believe. The companies will continue to be hauled into Washington to defend against being broken up. President-elect Joe Biden has complained to the social network many times about all the disinformation coming out about him on Facebook, and the company declined to act. That certainly isn't likely to play well in the Biden years.
The streaming wars will lose a big player
Many new streaming networks launched in 2020, most notably HBO Max and Peacock, and many more are on the horizon for 2021, including Paramount Plus and Discovery +, but at least one of the new networks will go down. Or so says my USA TODAY colleague Brett Molina, who puts Paramount Plus as the most likely victim.
Paramount Plus is the soon-to-be new name for what was CBS All-Access, with the addition of movies from the Paramount Pictures library and TV shows from the Viacom (MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon) vault. "There's just too many of them," Molina says. "I can't see it lasting." (You will see many more first-run films on streaming channels in 2021, as Warner Media has announced its entire slate for HBO Max and Disney + has first-run fare scheduled as well.)
5G won't get any better until late 2021
The launch of new phones with access to the supposedly faster wireless speed of 5G, and the wireless carriers' breathless hype about speed left many consumers scratching their heads. The promised speeds were no faster than 4G. One day 5G will live up to the hype, but not until late 2021, believes Gene Munster, an analyst and investor with Loup Ventures. For real progress, we'll have to wait for 2022.
Local retailers will find a way to compete with Amazon
It's an aspirational wish, but "someone will solve the need and find a way to fill it," says Kieran Hannon, the chief marketing officer for OpenPath, a company that offers next generation office entry technology. He believes a service will be developed to help local retailers compete with the Amazons of the world by letting customers order from a direct website serving locals and have products delivered to them at home, thus keeping sales in the neighborhood.
Zoom and video meetings will only get bigger
Business travel may start to come back from the dead in the second half of 2021, but all the companies that saved money from the trips won't likely be as eager to send staffers traipsing around the country when meetings can be done cheaper and more efficiently via video.
Students will one day return to the classrooms, but company meetings, seminars, webinars and the like will likely continue. No need to return those ring lights to improve your appearance yet.
Speaking of Zoom, a possible acquisition?
The video networks is one hot property that saw its usage numbers climb from 10 million to 300 million amid the pandemic, making it one prime acquisition target. Who better to buy Zoom than Amazon?
The companies already work together, with Amazon Web Services providing the server backbone for all those Zoom meetings. Unlike Google, Apple and Facebook, which have their own well-established video networks (Google Meet, FaceTime and Messenger), Amazon doesn't have one.
So with Zoom in the company, and all those meeting minutes (about 2 trillion in April alone,) what an attractive target that would make for Amazon to remind us to use Alexa and buy more stuff, right?
Pay for podcasts?
Finally, Munster from Loup Ventures believes Apple will follow its smash success with the Services division by introducing a new way for podcasters to make money on their shows by charging admission. He sees a "Podcast +" that sees everyone's favorite audio shows (like Talking Tech) added to the Apple One bundle with Apple Music. "Good news for podcasters, who may see Apple as another avenue to monetize their listener base."
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Happy New Year, everyone!
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We are planning a two-month project from November 2020 in which we will be sending cameras to hearing-impaired children to allow them to tell their stories. Throughout the project, they will tell their stories and express themselves through photography with our support and guidance. Following this, we plan to create a book and hold an exhibition, the proceeds of which will all be donated to the organisation that supports the children the most and a copy of the book will be sent to each child. We hope that photography can give hearing-impaired children an opportunity to further express themselves, to have their voices heard and to tell their stories.
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The redesign of the Volvo FM cab interior is the first since its launch in the late 1990’s. Carina Byström, Chief Designer Interior at Volvo Trucks, explains what inspired her and her colleagues during the floor-to-ceiling update.
Carina Byström led the redesign of the spacious, new cab interior of the Volvo FM – a job which was kept highly secret.
Stepping inside the new Volvo FM, the first thing that strikes you is how much more spacious it is. A raised A-pillar gives a whole extra cubic metre to the cab’s interior, with more room for practical essentials such as storage. But it also adds to the feeling of airiness and lets drivers move around more freely. “It makes a real difference when you can fully stretch your arms above you. Or to move about the cab easily, even with a cup of coffee in one hand. It gives you a sense of freedom – a real feeling of ‘wow!’” says Carina Byström.
We wanted to make sure that everything is in view and easy reach from the driver’s seat.
Carina Byström
Chief Designer Interior, Volvo Trucks
The design strategy for the cab centred around the human body and placing everything within easy reach of the driver.
Carina Byström led the redesign of the new cab interior of the Volvo FM – a job which started in Volvo Trucks Design Studio in Gothenburg almost five years ago and has been kept highly secret until now. From the start, Carina and her team were focused on designing the new cab around the needs of drivers. The new Volvo FM had to be both extremely practical and comfortable, since it’s not just a tool and a workplace – but also somewhere to recharge and gather strength. The design strategy therefore centred around the human body, placing everything within easy reach of the driver.
“Workpod” was a concept that Carina and her Volvo Trucks design team had as a key source of inspiration for their work. “As a driver, you do all kinds of tasks in your Volvo FM cab – driving, admin, sometimes taking calls, looking up info or eating lunch, so the space has to be versatile. At the same time, we wanted to make sure that everything is in view and easy reach from the driver’s seat,” Carina explains.
Carina and her interior design team worked directly with ergonomic experts, specialists on human-machine interface (HMI) and even material analysts when designing the new Volvo FM.
Apart from the spaciousness, another thing that’s immediately striking about the new Volvo FM is the cab’s exceptional visibility. The new cab features bigger and lower windows, giving a much broader field of vision as well as new rear-view mirrors and a passenger corner camera. Better direct vision from the cab has been shown to directly cut driver’s reaction times. And since Volvo FM drivers often need to navigate tight spaces or busy city streets, direct vision is vital.
But being fully focused and responsive as a driver is not only about seeing things better, it’s also about minimising distractions. And that’s something that Carina and her colleagues in the design team worked hard to tackle in the new Volvo FM. The new cab includes a new dashboard, with extra storage and a 12-inch high-resolution instrument display and an optional 9-inch touch-screen side display for infotainment, navigation support, transport information and camera monitoring.
“For the past decade, there’s a sense that we’ve been adding information and distractions to our lives and to the driving environment. But it’s hard to process all that information. We saw our chance to break that trend. This redesign was a real opportunity to strip things down to the essentials, and to prioritise what you are seeing and when. It also allows you to personalise the display according to your own needs,” Carina says.
High-grip mats were designed to give drivers an extra-steady footing.
That means, for example, that the number of icons in the instrument cluster are reduced and key signals and warnings in the cluster are reinforced with a background halo light. The light changes from an ambient white colour to green when an action is underway, such as when the turn signal is activated. It turns amber, to warn the driver of an issue and red to indicate that there is a serious issue and the truck should be stopped.
A new touch-screen side display that can also be activated through voice control or buttons on the steering wheel, allows drivers uninterrupted access to the tools they need.
Another of the design team’s goals was to give Volvo FM drivers uninterrupted access to the tools they need. The new touch-screen on the side display can be accessed through voice control or through intuitively positioned buttons on the steering wheel.
“We want the driver to focus on the road and that’s why the display can be controlled in multiple ways,” Carina says.
Carina emphasizes that one of the keys to success of the redesign was access to the broad range of experts at Volvo Trucks.
For drivers, the cab is also a place to recharge. Behind the driver’s seat, the new living area of the Volvo FM has been upgraded for comfort. The new sleeper cab’s bed has been raised by 17 cm, with extra storage both above and below. In addition, the cab’s comfort has been further enhanced through reinforced insulation to keep out cold, heat and noise.
The floor is now flatter, reinforced and outfitted with specially designed, high-grip mats, to give drivers an extra-steady footing, both inside the cab and when stepping into the vehicle. Also, a new, slimmer, ergonomically-designed I-Shift, make transitions from the seat to the bed easier.
Carina Byström explains that, starting out, she and her colleagues wanted every part of the design to fit together seamlessly. That means that there are some “wow factors” in the vehicle, but also smart solutions that make life better but that you might not notice right away. For example, there are LED panels built into in the compartment dividers. “It’s a relatively small detail, but we think drivers will appreciate it. After all, the cab is a place where you spend a lot of time as a driver, so it’s nice to find the living area restful and a bit cozy.”
Carina emphasizes that one of the keys to success of the redesign of the Volvo FM, was access to the broad range of experts at Volvo Trucks. The Volvo FM design team worked directly with ergonomic experts, specialists on the human-machine interface and even material analysts that tested and retested the grip of the new door mat, for example, so that drivers would get a solid footing when entering the cab. “In a strong design, all these different elements must come together to create a harmonious working and living environment”.
The new Volvo FM
Wolverine on the road
Designers at Volvo Trucks often take their inspiration directly from nature in northern Sweden. For the Volvo FM, one source of inspiration was the wolverine, a stocky and muscular carnivore that roams the wild areas of the far North. Versatile and ready for any challenge, the animal packs a punch despite its smaller size – often taking on much bigger animals, even full-sized bears.
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“A Volvo FM can be a fire truck, a gravel truck or a refuse truck, and the drivers’ work plays an important role in society – they are really everyday heroes. So, we wanted the design of the truck to be build on robust lines and features, to suit a variety of uses and to interact with the outside world in a positive way.”
The new Volvo FM is designed around human-machine interaction. “There is a new intelligence to the truck and part of our work was to make sure that all the systems connected and interacted seamlessly in every situation.”
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Here’s a quick recap of the Cyberpunk 2077 ‘Night City Wire’ stream
In case you missed CD Projekt RED's stream.
Last night (well technically very early today in PHT), CD Projekt RED held the Night City Wire stream over on Twitch. There, the developer showed off lots of new Cyberpunk 2077 info, including a new trailer, more gameplay, and a surprise announcement.
In case you missed the Night City Wire stream, here’s everything you missed:
The stream opened with a new trailer for the game. Entitled ‘The Gig’, this new trailer highlight more of the game’s dark future setting of Night City, as well as more insight on the game’s characters, including the protagonist V.
READ: Cyberpunk 2077 gets a new trailer, and it gives us a closer look at Night City
Braindance Gameplay
Up next, the stream showcased more gameplay footage from Cyberpunk 2077, though not the one we were expecting. Instead of more action or hacking, CD Projekt RED revealed the game’s ‘Braindance‘ feature.
In this mode, V is able to access Braindances, which lets him/her live out the memories of a certain character. Basically, V can go into the memory of a person and essentially live through it. Aside from getting to “live” as a character, the Braindance Editor in the game also lets V enter analysis mode–think of it like an expanded detective mode from the Arkham games.
A Cyberpunk 2077 Anime Series
Finally, CD Projekt RED revealed a surprise announcement at the Night City Wire stream, and it is Cyberpunk Edgerunners, an upcoming Netflix Original anime series by anime studio Trigger.
READ: A Cyberpunk 2077 anime is in the works by Studio Trigger
Cyberpunk 2077 releases on November 19, 2020, for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4,
with a Google Stadia launch to follow. The game will also release for the PS5 and Xbox Series X in Holiday 2020, with PS4/Xbox One owners getting free upgrades to next-gen versions of the game sometime down the line.
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The more I read about this, the more excited I am for November 19th. 😂
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Application Skills of New Coating Thickness Gauge
Release date: : 2020-01-07 17:00:38
UT343D is a portable high-accuracy coating thickness gauge, which can measure coating thickness on both ferrous and non-ferrous metal. This device has features of high precision and non-destructive measurement, and functions of single-point, multi-point averaging algorithm and quick judgment. It is widely used in manufacturing, metal processing, aerospace, marine mechanics, rail transport, scientific research, quality supervision, and other industries. Due to its small size and integration of sensor and gauge, the device is especially suitable for on-site measurement.
2. Measuring Principle
Magnetic Induction Principle (FE): Coating thickness is measured by the magnetic flux flowing from the sensor through the non-ferromagnetic coating into the ferromagnetic substrate. It is also possible to measure the corresponding reluctance to indicate the coating thickness. The thicker the coating is, the larger the reluctance and the smaller the magnetic flux.
Eddy Current Principle (NFE): A high-frequency AC signal generates an electromagnetic field in the sensor coil. When the sensor is close to a conductor, an eddy current is formed. The closer the sensor is to the conductive substrate, the larger the eddy current and the greater the reflected impedance. This feedback effect characterizes the distance between the sensor and the conductive substrate, that is, the thickness of the non-conductive coating on the conductive substrate.
Figure 1 shows the measuring principle of the UT343D coating thickness gauge, which mainly includes a sensor, a ferrous substrate (FE) measurement processing circuit, a non-ferrous substrate (NFE) measurement processing circuit, a MCU processor, a display, and operation control and USB communication modules.
1. Two-point quick calibration of any thickness within the range, which is very convenient and accurate.
2. Gemstone embedding technology is adopted for the sensor, which is characterized by precision, wear resistance and stability.
3. Single-point and multi-point quick judgment functions, which are intuitive and easy to operate.
4. 3-color warning light indicates the current value attribute (green: qualified. red: below the limit. yellow: above the limit).
5. The display of the screen can be automatically rotated and manually locked, so that users can read the measured values from different angles.
6. USB communication function: Online measurement and data upload; data analysis, tendency chart drawing, chart printing, etc.
7. Automatic identification of the substrate.
Application Knowledge and Skills
1. Why Is the Correct Holding Posture Needed?
The reason why the coating thickness gauge is able to measure the thickness of the micron-scale coating is that it can sample small changes in magnetic flux and convert them into digital signals. During measurement, if the user is not familiar with the holding posture of the gauge, it may cause the sensor to deviate from the substrate under test and cause a change in magnetic flux, leading to a measurement deviation.
To obtain better measurement accuracy and exert the best performance of the gauge, the correct holding posture is very important. It directly affects the stability and measurement accuracy of the gauge.
Correct holding posture: Use the thumb and forefinger of the right hand to clench the anti-slip positions of the front and rear housing of the device (see Figure 2), then use a moderate down force to press the device vertically down on the measuring plane of the object under test; Other wrong holding postures (see Figure 3) easily cause jitter of the device, resulting in a deviation in the measurement.
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2. Why Is It Necessary to Turn On the Device Away From Metal?
For a coating thickness gauge which measures coating thickness based on the Magnetic Induction Principle, when a magnetic metal object is close to the measuring end face of the working sensor, the magnetic induction measured by the sensor will be affected, thereby affecting the measurement accuracy.
UT343D coating thickness gauge initializes the reset value each time it is turned on. If a magnetic metal object is close to the measuring end face of the sensor in this process, the device will regard the measurement parameter corresponding to the metal object as the reset value by default and store it in the system.
When coating thickness is measured under the above conditions, negative phenomena such as no response or incorrect measurement may occur. Therefore, please remove the magnetic metal object when turning on the device and use it after initialization.
If you accidentally use the device under the above conditions, please turn off the device and restart it in an environment where no magnetic metal is close to the sensor.
Figure 4 is the correct boot image (away from metal) while Figure 5 is the wrong boot image (near metal).
3. Why is Calibration Required Before Use?
Changes in the environment (such as changes in temperature, humidity, altitude and intensity of the surrounding electromagnetic field) may cause measurement error.
Someone has done a simple experiment. When the device is working near an electromagnetic field of about 10,000 volts, the measurement will be seriously disturbed. If it is very close to the electromagnetic field, there may be a crash.
Physical changes in the device (adhering substances, device drops, etc.) may also cause measurement error.
If the device encounters physical changes such as drops and strong vibrations, it needs to be recalibrated before use.
The device is sensitive to adhering substances that impede the sensor's close contact with the coating surface, so it should be used after removing the adhering substances and recalibration.
Therefore, the device needs to be calibrated before use to correct measurement error caused by environmental and physical changes.
UT343D coating thickness gauge uses two-point quick calibration to correct measurement error caused by environmental and physical changes, which is more efficient, convenient, and accurate than the existing multi-point calibration method, providing users with a new measurement experience.
For the specific calibration procedure, please refer to the two-point calibration part in Calibration of the Gauge of the UT343D Coating Thickness Gauge User Manual (see Figure 6).
4. How to Choose the Correct Calibration Substrate?
Generally, a coating thickness gauge is shipped with a set of calibration substrate, which includes one ferrous (FE) substrate and one non-ferrous (NFE) substrate (see Figure 7), so that users can use it as a reference substrate in the absence of measuring substrate. In principle, if there is a measuring substrate, it should be chosen as the calibration substrate for pre-use calibration. The reasons are as follows:
For a coating thickness gauge based on the Magnetic Induction Principle, the material and physical dimensions (such as thickness, size, etc.) of the metal substrate will affect the magnetic induction measured by the sensor, thereby affecting the measurement accuracy. If the reference substrate is used as the calibration substrate, the measurement results may differ somewhat, because the reference substrate and the actual measuring substrate are likely to have material or physical differences.
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U.S. has biggest drop in emissions since WWII due to COVID-19
Danielle Haynes
COVID-19-related restrictions periodically left some normally crowded streets free of traffic throughout 2020. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Reduced travel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic last year resulted in the lowest level of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in three decades, according to a preliminary analysis released Tuesday.
The Rhodium Group, an independent economics and policy research provider, said mitigation efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus caused a "historic shock" to economic activity and ultimately caused a 10.3% drop in greenhouse gas emissions.
Most states issued stay-at-home orders early in 2020, banning non-essential businesses from being open to the public and encouraging work-from-home arrangements. With far fewer vehicles on the road for much of last year, far less greenhouse gas was expelled into the atmosphere.
Last year, the United States experienced the largest drop in emissions since just after World War II, bringing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions down to below 1990 levels. The next biggest drop since the 1940s was during the Great Recession of 2009, when emissions fell 6.3%.
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The analysis determined that U.S. emissions in 2020 were 21% below 2005 levels, meaning the country's expected to exceed the Copenhagen Accord target of reducing emissions by 17% below 2005.
"However, 2020 should not in any way be considered a down payment toward the U.S. meeting its 2025 Paris Agreement target of 26-28% below 2005 levels," the Rhodium Group said.
The analysis said that though there's been "significant economic damage and human suffering" associated with the ongoing pandemic, economic activity will pick back up in 2021 with the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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"But without meaningful structural changes in the carbon intensity of the U.S. economy, emissions will likely rise again as well," the Rhodium Group said.
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Pandemic lessons Checking the status? Vulnerable retailers Stimulus for small biz
Gen Y can guide their offices with tech savvy
Jayne O'Donnell
Gen Y workers bring tech expertise - and a lot of questions - to work
Majority of Quicken Loans workers are Millennials
Quicken CEO wants to hear from workers at every level in company
At Quicken Loans' headquarters, young employees play table tennis on breaks, ride scooters between offices and have management's ear whenever they want it.
The mostly-Millennial workforce — 55% of the 10,000 employees were born after 1980, the generation also known as Gen Y — also likes working in an urban area, so the online mortgage lender's downtown Detroit location can help attract them.
While other employers might scratch their heads — or pull out their hair — over Millennials' approach to work, Quicken CEO Bill Emerson says he embraces it. The company's brightly colored, free-spirited offices are designed to get the young workers' creative juices flowing and help chart the company's direction. Experience, he says, is overrated.
"It doesn't matter how long you've been inside of this organization, if you've got fresh eyeballs and you see things that can get better, please tell us what those things are and we will execute on those things," says Emerson, 50.
For Baby Boomers who grew weary of answering their toddlers' constant questions, Millennials' workplace "whys" can get tiresome. "Because I said so" may have worked when it came to kids and winter coats, but it's probably not the right answer to most Gen Y employees. Neither is: "Because we've always done it that way."
After all, workplace cultures need to adapt to both a younger workforce and tougher competition in this economy.
"Most managers don't think they owe explanations to people and can be offended by these young people who ask questions like, 'Why are we merging with this other company?' And 'Why aren't we adopting this new technology,' " says talent expert Leah Reynolds, a senior vice president with human resources consulting company Aon Hewitt. "It can be seen as insubordinate instead of saying, 'Wow, great energy and great initiative.' "
Besides, many young workers actually did get good answers to those "whys" growing up. Parents might have explained the family finances when they were breaking it that the vacation was off, says Reynolds. So they expect answers at work, where they are gaining on Baby Boomers, who currently make up 37% of the workforce, compared with the 25% that Millennials comprise, according to a report by non-profit company Catalyst.
Annual performance reviews and the seniority system are two workplace institutions that Millennials simply don't get. Reynolds says they don't make much sense anymore, anyway. After all, in many companies' tech-oriented offices these days, the younger workers often can be as valuable as older ones. And letting them move "a few boxes on the org chart" may be key to keeping them, Reynolds says.
"They bring more of a sense of urgency to their career development than we've found in previous generations," says Reynolds. "The pace at which they think they need to add meaningful bullet points to their résumé is much quicker."
Many twentysomething workers were in college during the recession and may have seen their own parents lose their jobs. That's given them the idea they "need to be able to own their own careers," Reynolds says.
It isn't necessarily that young workers don't want to stay long at their company. It's that they doubt it will happen because of factors beyond their control, such as mergers and downsizing.
That's one reason they don't want to wait a year between job reviews. They expect managers to help them understand what their best skills are and where they need to improve, Reynolds says.
Helping them helps Quicken adapt to the times: "We want to make sure we're continuously focused on technology and ... new and innovative solutions," Emerson says.
Among the changes Quicken has Gen Y to thank for: an app that helps people find meeting rooms in the company's buildings and another that helps them track where the shuttle buses are.
Tapping Gen Y for ideas keeps them "engaged and excited about staying at a place long term," he says. In fact, the average tenure for a Quicken Gen Y employee is six years. Most studies show the average Gen Y employee stays only two years.
Reynolds says this approach can feel uncomfortable to traditional businesses.
"A lot of our assumptions of how we should work together in a 20th-century workplace need to be rethought," she says.
That's especially true of the idea that someone on the "lowest rung can't go talk to someone at a high level because everyone in between will get upset," she says.
"It's unprecedented to reach down and pull people out" of lower levels in an organization and use them in highly strategic ways, Reynolds says. But it's critical to businesses of the future.
"This is not about catering to a bunch of kids," she says. "It's about a shift in the way you do business to embrace young talent, particularly the tech savvy they bring to work."
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(e.g. special consideration, audition alone, schools recommendation scheme with no minimum ATAR requirement)
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Below is a review of the most significant changes to the 2018-2022 Faculty Collective Agreement
There has been an overall increase in total compensation through:
Salary increases;
Changes to Performance-Linked Career Progress (PLCP) Salary Breakpoints;
Increases to flex credits; and
A new grant of $3,500 for all new Full-Time Members with a Research or Scholarship component of 20% to 39% in their contracts.
Student Questionnaires on Courses & Teaching
Clarification that when Student Questionnaires on Courses and Teaching (SQCTs) are used in Appointments, Annual Performance Evaluation, and Promotion and Tenure processes, they shall only be considered as information about students’ experience in the classroom.
Specification of what data from SQCTs may be used in such processes (class sizes, response rates, distribution of ratings) and that SQCT data may not contain arithmetic averages (such as the average/mean score for any particular question).
Stipulation that a decision to deny Promotion and/or Tenure shall not solely be based on data from SQCTs.
Creation of a Joint Working Group to review tools for the assessment of teaching and make recommendations to enhance them.
Academic Responsibilities
Adds elements from the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies regulations as obligations of Members in fulfilling their academic responsibilities (see the list in clause 9(e)), with the qualification that students shall also meet the relevant expectations and requirements. These elements include providing timely feedback on drafts and scholarship applications and allowing students to engage in professional development.
Annual Performance Evaluation (APE)
Changes the terminology for rating category a) from “outstanding” to “exceptional.” This is to be implemented for assessment in January 2021 and beyond.
Provides that for each of Teaching, Research and Service;
ratings are to be distributed such that category c) (good) represents the level of performance expected to be achieved by the majority of Members;
assignment of category a) (exceptional) will normally not exceed 10% of Members in a Department/Unit (or 2 where there are fewer than 20 Members); and
assignment of category b) (very good) will normally not exceed 30% of Members in a Department/Unit (or 6 where there are fewer than 20 Members).
The Chair or Director will notify the Dean of proposed deviations from these expected distributions, and the Dean may require a rationale. This is to be implemented for assessment in January 2021 and beyond.
Requires that written comments, not merely numerical scores, are provided to Members whose performance is rated below good.
Clarifies details that Members are to provide about supervision of undergraduate student work: start and end dates of the supervision, the student’s program, the role of the Member, and the frequency of meetings or other interactions.
Clarifies that the APE Committee is elected annually. Members serve for a one-year term and may not serve for more than two consecutive terms.
Creation of a permanent Teaching Scholar appointment category, with a 60% Teaching, 20% Scholarship Activities and 20% Service workload. The Scholarship Activities component may be research and academic leadership related to teaching and learning and is negotiable. At least twelve such positions to be filled by internal recruitment from current Members holding Limited-Term or Limited-Duties appointments or who have held appointments at the time of ratification.
Twelve new Limited-Term positions to be created by converting Limited-Duties Appointments held by eligible Part-Time Members.
Conflict of Interest & Conflict of Commitment
Requires Members to declare the existence of an actual, apparent or potential conflict.
Specifies than an actual conflict of interest arises when a Member is involved in a sexual or otherwise intimate relationship, or other close personal relationship, with a student with respect to whom the Member is in a supervisory or evaluative role.
Specifies that an apparent or potential conflict of interest arises when a Member is involved in a sexual or otherwise intimate relationship, or other close personal relationship, with a student who is enrolled in a course or program offered by a Faculty in which the Member has Academic Responsibilities or in any graduate program in which the Member has Academic Responsibilities.
Upon request, details of voting results will be made available, including the number of votes cast and the numeric result of the vote.
Clarification of the circumstances in which Members are required to disclose copyrighted work (a requirement prescribed by a University policy in Manual of Administrative Policies & Procedures (MAPP)). The provision in the Collective Agreement takes priority over the policy. Members are required (clause 2.1) to disclose to the Employer copyrighted work created in the course of employment or through the use of University resources when that work is sold for more than $2,000 or accumulates more than $2,000 in royalties.
Pregnancy, Parental & Adoption Leave
The maximum paid Parental Leave for Members is increased by two weeks to 26 weeks inclusive of any Pregnancy Leave.
In accordance with federal law, maximum Pregnancy/Parental Leave has been extended to 18 months.
Promotion, Tenure & Continuing Status
Specifies that the Promotion and/or Tenure file must include a Research Statement.
Specifies that one member of the P&T Committee will be designated the Committee’s Equity Representative, consistent with the Employment Equity article.
Letter of Understanding – Workload Study Group
Creates a Workload Study Group with representatives from UWOFA and the Employer to identify trends related to workload (class sizes, faculty complement, number of students) and solicit input as to any perceived structural and other changes to Members’ workload.
The Study Group will meet by January 31, 2020 and will submit a final report, including recommendations, by January 31, 2021.
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Climate neutrality
Development & Solutions
The Vaillant Group is becoming climate-neutral
Vaillant Group sustains growth with record revenue
Vaillant Group Taking Care Magazine 2019 | 2020
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#whywait: Vaillant campaign for climate protection and environmentally friendly heating technology
The core message is that there has never been a better – nor more urgent – time for property owners to choose a Vaillant heating system.
In order to achieve this goal, the Remscheid-based heating technology specialist has developed an ambitious, long-term climate strategy.
The Vaillant Group has increased its revenue to a new record level of more than €2.6 billion. This corresponds to growth of 5 per cent compared to the 2018 financial year, and 6 per cent when adjusted for exchange rates.
Heat pumps - With natural refrigerant
Green gas - Energy sources with a future
More vibrant than you think - Visiting SOS Children's Villages
Human rights policy statement
The Vaillant Group has published a human rights policy statement, expressing its policy of observing and strengthening human rights. This is a fundamental part of our corporate ethos.
The human rights policy statement forms part of our sustainability programme S.E.E.D.S. and applies to all employees.
Sales launch: New aroTHERM plus heat pump
After extensive field and practical tests, sales of aroTHERM plus - the first Vaillant air-to-water heat pump suitable for both new and existing buildings - will begin in April 2020. The monoblock heat pump works with a natural, particularly environmentally friendly refrigerant and can generate feed and hot water temperatures of up to 75 degrees Celsius.
New control units for more convenience – A new gateway for more control
Vaillant is extending its range of controllers. The company is presenting a wireless version of its sensoCOMFORT weather driven system controller, the new sensoHOME room temperature driven controller - in a wired and a wireless version - as well as the VR 92f wireless remote control.
Now available: ISA makes service visits more efficient
Vaillant presents its InteractiveServiceAssistant (ISA) to its trade partners, which is now available after a comprehensive pilot phase. Like a navigation system, this app guides you through installation, commissioning, maintenance and repair.
Plan air conditioning and photovoltaic systems quickly and safely
Vaillant is presenting an extended version of its planSOFT software with an integrated design tool for Vaillant air conditioning systems. planSOFT is the most frequently used free planning software for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. It combines 15 design modules for different requirements under a common user interface. With its “Quick PV design” Vaillant is offering its trade partners some additional software. It supports the quick and easy designing of photovoltaic systems.
Vaillant expands its sales support for the electrical trade
Vaillant is expanding its sales structures to provide improved support for the electrical trade. The focus is on products for electrical heating and water heating, photovoltaic systems to generate your own electricity, battery storage as well as control and communication systems. Customers will be supported by specialised Vaillant sales and system consultants.
Vaillant strengthens building energy consultants
Vaillant now specifically supports building energy consultants with training courses, com-prehensive calculation tools and consulting documents. Building energy consultants can thus recommend measures to their customers that guarantee the highest efficiency and maximum German government grant when renovating an existing building or building a new one.
Stefan Hüttemeister new Marketing Director of the Vaillant Group
As of 1 November 2019 Stefan Hüttemeister will be the new Marketing Director of the Remscheid-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist Vaillant Group. He will be responsible for the central marketing of the company with its eight brands.
Ralph Jakobs new Managing Director Technology of the Vaillant Group
The Vaillant GmbH Supervisory Board has appointed Ralph Jakobs as a managing director of the company with effect from 1 November 2019. Ralph Jakobs will be succeeding Dr.-Ing. Norbert Schiedeck as Managing Director Technology.
Record sales thanks to heat pumps and efficiency technologies
The Vaillant Group increased its sales by 6 per cent in the 2018 financial year, reaching 2.5 billion euros. This means that the company recorded its highest revenue in history.
Taking Care Magazine 2018
Where we stand, where we want to go.
Vaillant delivers hands-on experience of heating technology at the Hanover Fair
Vaillant, the heating technology specialist from Remscheid, is working with Microsoft on the digitalisation of its heating systems. Vaillant is showcasing new developments for the Internet of Things at the Microsoft stand of the 2019 Hanover Fair.
Vaillant at the ISH 2019
As a global market and technology leader, heating technology specialist Vaillant is presenting a number of new, energy-saving and environmentally friendly products and comprehensive services at the ISH 2019 industry trade fair in Frankfurt am Main.
One company, eight brands, around 13,000 employees and one vision: “Taking care of a better climate.”
Vaillant Group grieves for Franz Wilhelm
Franz Wilhelm, Partner of the Vaillant Group and former long-term Managing Director, passed away on 13 September 2018 at the age of 92. As a passionate entrepreneur, he drove ahead the successful development of the family-owned company with great energy and untiring commitment.
Annual Magazine 2017
2017 was a successful year for the Vaillant Group. Read more about this in our 2017 Annual Magazine. (PDF, 7 MB)
Vaillant Group scores growth with heat pumps and digital solutions
The Vaillant Group had a successful financial year 2017. Both in sales revenues and the operat-ing result (EBIT), the Remscheid-based family-owned company topped the level of the previous year.
Dr.-Ing. Norbert Schiedeck new Chairman of the Vaillant Group Management Board
The Partners’ Board of Vaillant GmbH has appointed Dr.-Ing. Norbert Schiedeck Chairman of the company’s Management Board with effect from 1 May 2018. Until the position will be filled, Dr.-Ing. Schiedeck also remains in charge of his previous tasks as Managing Director Technology.
Change in the Vaillant Group Management Board
Dr Carsten Voigtländer, CEO of the Vaillant Group, will leave the company on 31 March 2018 after almost nine years’ work. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Schiedeck, Managing Director Technology at the Vaillant Group, will take over the portfolio of Dr Voigtländer on an interim basis with effect from 1 April 2018 in addition to his current tasks.
Vaillant at SHK 2018
At SHK Essen, three new heat pump models took centre stage at the Vaillant stand. In addition to electricity, Vaillant continues to focus on gas as an energy source.
The Supervisory Board of Vaillant GmbH has appointed Dr Stefan Borchers a Managing Director of the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning specialist with effect from 1 January 2018. He will take over as successor to Dr Dietmar Meister the Group-wide responsibility for the Finance and Services divisions.
World Climate Conference at the Vaillant Group
The World Climate Conference stops off at the Vaillant Group. Government officials, journalists and non-governmental organisations from three continents stopped by the company headquarters in Remscheid. An excursion programme put together for conference attendees by EnergyAgency.NRW provided an insight into various climate protection solutions, presented in a total of 36 projects across North Rhine-Westphalia.
For a better climate
Dr Jens Wichtermann, Director Corporate Communications, Sustainability & Politics of the Vaillant Group, gave a speech at the World Climate Conference in Bonn about the contribution of the company to achieving the climate goals. In his presentation, he explained both the need for efficient and sustainable heating technology for climate protection and the holistic approach of the company. The Vaillant Group sets standards in corporate responsibility with its new vision "Taking care of a better climate" and the multiple award-winning sustainability program S.E.E.D.S..
Automotive supplier Bleistahl takes over plant premises in Gelsenkirchen
The Vaillant Group production site in Gelsenkirchen has been sold to Bleistahl, a medium-sized family-run company from Wetter (Ruhr). The handover will take place in the second quarter of 2018.
Vaillant brings together start-ups and installers
Heating technology specialist Vaillant invited young company founders to present their ideas and business models focused around the continued digitalisation of the HVAC industry.
Authentic and inspiring
With genuine stories and exciting insights into our sustainability activities.
2016 was a good year for the Vaillant Group. It also was a year of change and transformation. Read more about this in our 2016 Annual Magazine. (PDF, 10,4 MB)
Digital annual press conference 2017
The Vaillant Group presented its company figures for 2016 and a forecast for the first quarter of 2017 at its digital annual press conference. Further topics are a double-digit revenue increase in China, strong growth for heat pumps as well as a greater focus on digital products and services.
Vaillant opens 3D print centre
The Vaillant Group inaugurated in Remscheid a new competence centre for digital 3D printing processes. The digital print process will be employed initially in pre-series production in the building of prototypes. It forms another interface of development activities and production at the Vaillant Group headquarters in Remscheid.
New heat pump production started in Remscheid
The Vaillant Group is now also producing heat pumps in Remscheid in large numbers.
Webspecial: Vaillant at ISH 2017
Green, digital and customer-focused: these are Vaillant’s major points of emphasis at the ISH.
Vaillant makes millionth latest generation ecoTEC condensing boiler
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning specialist Vaillant Group celebrated the manufacture of its one millionth wall-hung, latest generation Vaillant ecoTEC condensing boiler in Remscheid.
Running again for the climate: Friedhelm Weidemann crosses the Brazilian rainforest
Running again: Friedhelm Weidemann once again travelled the world as Vaillant’s climate champion. For the campaign “Places worth protecting”, the 57-year-old faced the world’s most challenging long-distance course, the Jungle Marathon through the Brazilian rainforest.
The foundation stone has been laid
Today the Management Board of the Vaillant Group, together with Dr Philipp Vaillant, member of the Vaillant Group Partners’ Board, and the mayor of the city of Remscheid, Burkhard Mast-Weisz, laid the foundation stone for the new building of the research and development centre (R&D centre) at the company headquarters in Remscheid.
Dr Jens Wichtermann meets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Dr Jens Wichtermann, Director Corporate Communications, Sustainability & Politics at the Vaillant Group (right) – current holder of the title “Germany’s most sustainable large company” –, congratulates UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on receiving the 2016 Honorary German Sustainability Award. In his acceptance speech, Ban Ki-moon emphasised the great importance of the 2050 climate targets, highlighting the need for a close-knit collaboration between politics, business and civil society.
Vaillant awards start-up grant to Cognigy
The Vaillant Group’s STARTPLATZ grant awarded to start-up developer of a voice-control platform. The technology is potentially usable for voice-activated heating control.
S.E.E.D.S. Around the world
Country Manager Mario Opačak has set up a sustainability strategy for the Croatian sales company. Based on S.E.E.D.S. as a Group-wide strategy and suited perfectly for Croatia.
Sustainability report 2015: Enthusiasm for sustainability
The Vaillant Group publishes a new edition of its sustainability report.
High tech and high culture - South Korea
South Korea is one of the world’s top 15 economies wih very high standard of living. The Vaillant sales company has been working there since August 2014.
The year 2015 was eventful and had many highlights. Also, the business of the Vaillant Group took a positive development. Read more about all of this in our 2015 Annual Magazine. (PDF, 9,5 MB)
Digital press conference 2016
The Vaillant Group is now hosting its annual press conference exclusively online as an interactive webcast. Topics are the business developments from 2015, an outlook for 2016 and the digital transformation of the company.
Vaillant at the SHK
120 Vaillant xellPOWER fuel cell heaters installed, a new device in the Green iQ product line and market share gains in the area of condensing boilers – at the SHK trade fair in Essen, Vaillant appeared well-equipped for the future.
Another award for the Vaillant Group website
The Vaillant Group’s new corporate website has reaped another award: the www.vaillant-group.com portal clinched the German Design Award in Frankfurt.
International study: Germany is only average in green ranking
Germans are champions when it comes to avoiding plastic bags, saving water and separating rubbish. This was revealed by an international study conducted by Vaillant, in cooperation with the market research institute TNS Infra-test. A total of 13,500 people from 13 countries were asked about their eco-friendly behaviour for the study.
Vaillant wins the German Sustainability Award
Vaillant has received the German Sustainability Award 2015 as Germany’s most sustainable large company.
Vaillant Group invests €54 million in Research and Development Centre
In Remscheid, the headquarters of the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist Vaillant Group, a new Research and Development Centre will arise by 2018. The total investment in building the centre is about €54 million.
Vaillant Group makes major investments in growth and efficiency
The Vaillant Group, leading heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist, is strengthening growth in its European core markets by major investments. The investments go hand in hand with efficiency measures to improve the costs structure.
Best website 2015
The Vaillant Group wins the Econ Award.
Vaillant to warm up Korea with premium heating technology
The Vaillant Group has opened its first sales office in the South Korean capital, Seoul, thus making it the first European heating technology provider to start selling high-efficiency technologies in the country.
Birthday present: Vaillant hands donation to Mothers Group Mama mia
The employees of the heating, ventilation and climate control technology manufacturer Vaillant support the Mothers Group Mama mia of the Remscheid Child Protection Association.
Vaillant’s factory customer service receives excellent marks in TÜV test
The heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist Vaillant has received excellent marks for its factory customer service from the certification company TÜV Saarland.
The warmest promotion of the summer is “for sure from DemirDöküm”
DemirDöküm asked kids where the warmest place in Turkey is. Find out the answers.
Karl-Ernst Vaillant turns 80
Karl-Ernst Vaillant, partner and long-time Managing Director of the Vaillant Group, the Remscheid heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist, is celebrating his 80th birthday on 10 June 2015.
Vaillant merging sales and service
The Remscheid-based heating and ventilation engineering specialist Vaillant is systematically pressing ahead with merging its sales and service activities in Germany.
The year 2014 was an eventful year for the Vaillant Group with many highlights. Learn more about the Vaillant Group’s topics and highlights in 2014 in the Annual Magazine (PDF, 9,5 MB)
Vaillant Group with stable sales development in weak market environment
The Remscheid-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist Vaillant Group achieved sales revenues in financial year 2014 of €2.33 billion (2013: €2.38 billion). In a difficult market environment, the sales development was thus about 2 per cent below the previous year, although adjusted for currency exchange effects the sales matched the previous year’s level.
Vaillant expo – a home for a strong brand
With the new Vaillant expo, we’re inviting our customers and partners to delve into the brand’s history and cast a glance into the future of green heating technology,” said Dr Carsten Voigtländer, CEO of the Vaillant Group, speaking at the opening ceremony.
Dr Andree Groos to take over as Managing Director for Vaillant Group Sales, Marketing and Service
Dr Tillmann von Schroeter assumes the position of Regional Director Sales, Marketing and Service Central Europe and Managing Director Vaillant Germany.
That's the way it is here. We are the Vaillant Group. The Family Company. In 400 seconds.
Vaillant at ISH
Green and intelligent: two words to describe the new products and services that Remscheid-based heating and ventilation engineering specialist Vaillant will be presenting at ISH 2015 in Frankfurt.
Relaunch website
The Vaillant Group relaunches its corporate website
#KeepSmiling
The story of a smile powered vending machine which helped Londoners to #KeepSmiling
Running to stop climate change
German marathon runner to run in the Antarctic.
Vaillant Children’s Christmas Party with Santa Claus and the Vaillant Bunny
At the Teo-Otto-Theater in Remscheid, the Vaillant Children’s Christmas Party took place last Saturday. There, children and grandchildren of Vaillant staff did not only meet Santa Claus and the Vaillant Bunny but as well got to know many countries in a children’s performance of Jules Verne‘s „Around the world in 80 days“. The play was performed by Westdeutschen Tourneetheater (WTT). Moreover, Santa Claus offered a small Christmas gift to each of the more than 400 attending children.
Parents and grandparents enjoyed the afternoon with talks, savouring coffee and Christmas stollen.
Every year, the Vaillant Children’s Christmas Party is organised by volunteering colleagues from the HR division and the Works Council. The Party has been held for almost 20 years now.
Vaillant Christmas Action – Baking biscuits for the Remscheider Tafel
Employees of Vaillant have handed over home-made Christmas biscuits to the food charity organisation Remscheider Tafel. More than 30 Vaillant employees joined to bake heaps of biscuits on trays, full of crispy flakes, coconut macaroons, and orange crescent cookies for the good cause. Overall, about 114 tins were filled with Christmas cookies.
The Vaillant Group Supervisory Board has appointed Dr-Ing Norbert Schiedeck as a Managing Director of the company.
Vaillant Group continues on course to growth
The Remscheid-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist Vaillant Group grew further in financial year 2013.
Vaillant Group opens day care nursery
The heating technology specialist Vaillant has joined forces with the city authorities and opened a day care facility at its headquarters in Remscheid.
The Vaillant Group sees stable growth
Remscheid-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist the Vaillant Group continued to gain market share and grow in the financial year 2012.
Vaillant Group increases sales and earnings again in 2012
Remscheid-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology specialist Vaillant Group grew further in the financial year 2012.
Vaillant Group and solar technology specialist SMA form joint research team
At the 2013 ISH trade fair, heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialist the Vaillant Group has announced the formation of a partnership with SMA Solar Technology AG.
Vaillant’s sustainability strategy S.E.E.D.S. nominated for German Sustainability Award
The Remscheid-based specialist heating technology company Vaillant is among the winners of the German Sustainability Awards 2013.
New version of sustainability brochure “Responsibility as a principle” published
Remscheid-based heating technology specialist Vaillant has published an updated version of its “Responsibility as a principle” brochure.
New Vaillant Group Sustainability Report: binding targets to be achieved by 2020
In its new Sustainability Report, Remscheid-based heating technology specialist Vaillant Group has communicated verifiable targets valid on a Group-wide basis for the first time.
Vaillant’s sustainability strategy S.E.E.D.S. among top three in Germany
Panel acknowledges sustainability performance along the supply chain
The Remscheid-based heating technology specialist Vaillant has been honoured by the consumer organisation Verbraucher Initiative e.V. for its commitment to sustainability.
Vaillant wins prize for most sustainable product
The ecoPOWER 1.0 micro-combined heat and power system (CHP) is the most sustainable product in the plumbing, heating and air conditioning sector.
Vaillant Group takes over combined heat and power systems manufacturer Cogenon
The Remscheid-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning specialist Vaillant Group took over on 2 May the Hamburg company Cogenon GmbH, which specialises in combined heat and power (CHP) systems for larger properties.
Vaillant Group with excellent start in 2012
The Remscheid-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning specialist Vaillant Group increased its sales in the first three months of this year to €563 million, a plus of 5 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2011. The operating result (EBIT) for the same period improved by 24 per cent.
Vaillant takes part in Germany’s first Green Day
Remscheid-based heating technology specialist Vaillant has taken part in Germany’s first nationwide “Green Day”.
Jens Wichtermann
Group Director Communication, Sustainability & Government Relations
Phone: +49 2191 18-2754
Fax: +49 2191 18-2895
jens.wichtermann@vaillant-group.com
Development & Products
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Don’t be Chicken… Get the Bird to Build your Brand
By Priya Nigam|2020-04-23T17:28:56+05:30April 8th, 2009|Business, Global, Marketing, Technology|0 Comments
Information technology has been the underlying cause of business transformation for the past couple of decades. In the last couple of years, it has changed the way organizations communicate with their target audience. The cheap availability and wide reach of the Internet has got companies to reconsider their online presence and to use it for relationship building. From emails to social networking sites and the use of multimedia, the Internet has become a strategic tool for brand building. The latest networking tool being used by companies is Twitter.
Twitter is a free, micro-blogging service. It asks the simple question “What are you doing?” and enables users to send and read short, text-based updates. These updates are known as tweets and they can be no longer than 140 characters.
One can send updates through the www.twitter.com site, an SMS from their cell phones or through extremely convenient applications. One can also receive updates through RSS.
How does Twitter Help in Brand Building?
Twitter helps in brand building in the same way as any other social networking site does. It helps companies to connect and communicate with their target audience.
Broadly speaking, there are two ways in which Twitter can be useful for brand building:
Promotions: You can use Twitter to let customers know about new deals, new outlets and new products. You could inform them about discount coupons and special offers. Dell posts an update – “15% off any Outlet Inspiron Mini 10 laptop.” JetBlue tells us about its vacation packages. Whole Foods tweets “Surprise! Our new store in Paramus, NJ opens one day ahead of schedule! Stop in today for wonderful samples and shopping.”
Imaging: You can pitch yourself on Twitter and build a great image. Take Comcast for instance. Its positioning as “someone who cares” with its ComcastCares ID on Twitter has been quite a success. With this, it encourages customers to share their problems, issues and grievances. All issues, small and big, are heard and responded to.
Listening and responding to the target audience: Twitter is a great place to learn what people are saying about you. Apart from addressing customer issues, you could call in suggestions from customers, which could prove to be invaluable. Starbucks uses Twitter to invite ideas from their customers and then incorporates the feasible ones. This not only helps them align their product better with the tastes and preferences of their customers, but makes the customers feel great towards the company.
Getting Excited?
So, now that you’re excited about using twitter to reach out to your target audience and grow your business, I have to tell you this. Using Twitter is an art. For heaven’s sake, don’t use it like a one-way PR channel! This is not merely wasted effort, it is as irritating as the million spam mails that hit your mailbox. Being too formal is taboo here and if you are too informal, you may be perceived as non-serious. You’d like to sound professional, yet not make it too jargon-filled or corporate-like. It’s crucial to strike the right tone on Twitter. Of course, there is no secret formula for success. The strategy for Twitter would depend, among other things, upon your offering, company image and target audience (age, economic status, etc).
Companies are talking to their target audience 24*7. Twitter is an excellent opportunity to listen for a change. Know what customers feel about your product and brand and plan out your response according to their perception of what you have on offer. Use Twitter to build an interactive, responsive relationship with your customers.
For Those Who Have Spare Time
Love, nature, valor, patriotism and devotion
Guess what these really have in common
They no longer inspire poetry
Now that we have Tweety (check out a poem on Twitter)
PS What am I doing? Right now, I’m thanking god for having invented “Poetic License.”
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Also see: - Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day One - Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival: More From Day One - Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day Two
In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve Angello, one-third of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia.
Sneak called SHM's music "fake shit" and said they "do not play house music" -- as in, real house music.
On Friday, in front of a huge crowd at Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Angello seemed to respond:
The L.A.-based DJ, whose sound is decidedly melodic and trancey compared to Sneak's thick, funky, bass-line-driven music, played a track that sampled this phrase: "DJ on two turntables."
During the Twitter spat the Swedish spinner was accused of playing the same sets on different occasions -- essentially just pressing "play." That didn't seem to be the case last night on the "Cosmic Meadow" stage.
DJ Sneak / Facebook
Sneak, of course, is of the school that believes house comes from the American inner city, a product of Latino and African American grooves that you can hear in diva samples and Latin percussion. What he was saying, essentially, was that we don't need three guys from Sweden who stand around CD players to teach us about house music.
There's no right or wrong here, however: Angello's vision of dance music echoes the early days of rave-house, which featured pulsing pianos and hand-raising build-ups. That's legit. In fact, Angello's breakout hit was a redux of just one of those songs, Robin S' "Show Me Love."
Swedish House Mafia's performance style -- playing only its own hits, remixes and edits -- seems to be a thing: Kaskade, David Guetta and other "DJs" do it because audiences expect it.
Anyway, it seemed to us that Mr. Steve was making a statement, playing tracks that sampled the phrases, "Tear the club up" and "Fuckin' haters."
At the end of his set, as he handed the decks over to New York progressive house legend Erick Morillo, Angello introduced him as "the guy who taught me how to DJ in clubs."
Morillo chuckled.
That's quite a teacher. You want authentic? I'll match your Puerto Rican DJ (Sneak) with one born in Colombia (Morillo).
Sneak, by the way, wasn't booked for EDC 2012.
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We Are Luminaries will bring together leading artists from across Australasia, treating you to an array of exemplary contemporary glass works. Come and experience the work of artists who have mastered the challenging and rewarding medium of glass. The title of this exhibition acknowledges the unique physical qualities of the glass medium, a material unparalleled for its ability to transform light. Further, the term ‘Luminaries’ refers to those inspirational and pioneering individuals who are leading lights in their field. The selected artists of this exhibition are luminaries in the field of glass, creating high calibre contemporary works of art that are sure to amaze and inspire. Exhibition Preview will be on 4 October from 5:30pm-7:30pm.
33 Mount Eden Rd
West Coast jazz visionary Kamasi Washington returns to New Zealand for one very special show at Auckland’s Powerstation on 10 October. His mass appeal continues to grow, drawing vibrant, multi-ethnic and multi-generational crowds with tour stops at the world’s most prominent festivals such as Coachella, Glastonbury, Fuji Rock, Bonnaroo and Primavera, while also releasing his latest offering, Heaven and Earth, in 2018. Washington will be bringing his epic brand of jazz to Kiwi audiences off the back of a huge northern hemisphere run, alongside legend Herbie Hancock. Buy tickets at livenation.co.nz
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Q Theatre
Not Odd Human
Sam Coren (Hofesh Shechter Company) is an award-winning performer, choreographer and movement director based in London who has come to Aotearoa to create a new work with graduating contemporary students of the New Zealand School of Dance. As a performer Sam has worked with global leading dance and theatre companies including Jasmin Vardimon Company and Clod Ensemble, and spent five years as a senior member of Hofesh Shechter Company. Sam brings an innovative perspective and movement style to this work, performed by the next generation of dance artists. This fresh style of movement provides a unique viewpoint on how the human body tells stories. For tickets to this performance you can visit nz.patronbase.com
12 Oct 10:30 am
Mangere Arts Centre
Corner of Orly Ave and Bader Dr, Mangere
خانه Home
This exhibition celebrates the work of a small section of Auckland’s Muslim migrant communities through textiles and skilled crafts. It presents slow design as a means of appreciation, authenticity and knowledge. It grew out of the women’s collective who use textile and crafts, based at the Māngere East Community Centre. They share their skills and textile craft alongside a social enterprise Companion Co-design, which celebrates cross-cultural co-creating. Companion Co-design creates furniture and textile items with migrants and former refugees. The exhibition features an abundance of embellished found and foraged textiles, new works and explores what is lost and what is gained in moments of cross-cultural translation. The exhibition opens on Thursday 12 October at
, and all are welcome! If you come along on opening day you’ll also enjoy the Māngere Migrant Craft Market.
Māngere Migrant Craft Market
This Market is held in association with the exhibition, Home, which opens on the same day. It celebrates the culture of local Muslim communities in Māngere–Ōtāhuhu and in the wider Auckland region. A local migrant women’s group, Companion Co-Design, Al-Madinah School and Zayad College for Girls will present artwork, crafts, food and performance. Items will be for sale; cash only please.
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Masina Returning Home
When Sina awakes on a mystical, ancient beach, she has no idea how she got there. How will she find her way back? What is her connection to Masina? Using words, song, music and dance including multi-sensory props and experiences, follow Sina and her exploration into reconnecting back to the land, her history and her future. Please note: There will be a third performance of Masina Returning Home strictly for children up to the age of 18 who have PMLD (profound and multiple learning disabilities). It is a multi-sensory and interactive show that is presented to meet the needs of this specific audience and each audience member must have a support person with them throughout. Up to two siblings are also welcome to attend. Please note there is no workshop following this performance. To book for this specific performance, please contact [email protected] to obtain a password link. You can buy tickets at the Auckland Live website.
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NZ Bush Embroidery Workshop with Fleur Woods
After two sold-out workshops in March, Nelson-based contemporary stitch artist Fleur Woods comes back to Auckland for another day filled with craft, art, mindfulness and fun. This time, she will teach you an array of stitches and timeless techniques to create a textured, ‘forest floor’ embroidery artwork that pays homage to Aotearoa’s native bush. Each workshop is tailored to the participant’s experience level and stitching goals. Tickets include coffee, tea and refreshments and all materials. You get to take home your hoop, needles, threads and linen, so you can keep going once you’ve got the stitch bug! For tickets and further info please visit the Eventfinda website.
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100 Motions Rd
Au Ko Tuvalu
Written and directed by Tavita Nielsen-Mamea, Au Ko Tuvalu takes the audience to Tuvalu, the homeland of the world’s first climate change refugees, now on its final day of evacuations…
Sitting just metres above sea level, the rising seas are dangerously lapping at the door step of three siblings, who must pack up their lives and flee to “Niu Sila” Aotearoa. Although Maleko and Lifa try to look to the future and their new lives, Fetau finds it hard to say goodbye… Au Ko Tuvalu follows a family watching their history, culture, and beloved homeland swept away in front of their eyes. Au Ko Tuvalu – I Am Tuvalu. Buy tickets at tapac.org.nz
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Contact lenses remain one of the most effective vision correction tools. Many people are drawn to them because of their nearly invisible appearance and ability to correct many vision problems.
Choosing the best contact lenses for a patient depends on a number of factors including your prescription, any refractive errors, your lifestyle, and your overall eye health.
There are two major categories of contact: soft and hard. Approximately 90 percent of contact lens wearers wear soft lenses. Hard lenses are used for patients with abnormal corneas or particular ocular health conditions.
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Hard contact lenses include two types of lens material. PMMA (conventional) lenses and RGP (rigid gas permeable) lenses. Some of these lenses can be worn 8-16 hours while others can be worn overnight. Hard contact lenses last longer than soft.
It's important to talk to your eye doctor to find out if contact lenses are an ideal choice for you. Schedule an eye exam and contact lens fitting with an eye care professional in order to learn more.
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Coopervision Proclear contact 1 day contact lenses are made of a high-water content hydrogel material containing molecules that naturally occur in human cell membranes. This makes them a popular choice for people with dry eyes. Proclear lenses are the only contacts cleared by the FDA for the claim, “may provide improved comfort for contact lens wearers who experience mild discomfort or symptoms relating to dryness during lens wear.”
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Title: Identification of tree with red feathery leaves
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What is the name of a tree with dark red leaves, feathery, slim trunk; maybe in the pepper family? Jedi?
Our focus and expertise here at the Lady Bird Johnson Wild Flower Center are with plants native to North America. I could find only one native California tree that sounds anything like your description. It is Rhus glabra (Smooth sumac) that has feathery green leaves that turn red in the fall. Your description, however, does sound a bit like the non-native Acer palmaturm (Japanese maple) that grows readily in California. Here are more photographs of the Japanese maple. There is the South American native, Schinus molle (Brazilian or Peruvian peppertree), that has feathery green leaves and red berries. It is on the California Invasive Plant Council's list of invasive plants. If you have photos of the tree (or can take them), there are links to several plant identification forums on our Plant Identification page that accept photos for identification.
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What Will TV’s Next Four Years Look Like?
By Josef Adalian
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Trump, and Trump-ism, has dominated — no, overwhelmed — our culture in a way nothing else has in my nearly half-century on this planet. (Disco is probably a close second.) I would love to think that all goes away on Jan. 21, but last week’s failed insurrection sadly signals we probably won’t be so lucky. This week’s Buffering focuses on how the evil at 1600 Pennsylvania ended up being a “positive” for two sectors of the industry which otherwise might have faced a very challenging four years: cable news and late night. Trump’s chaos inarguably gave news networks and late-night hosts a ratings (and thus financial) boost, but with his imminent exit, many of the viewers who turned to TV to help them deal with Trump’s words and deeds may move on — unless execs quickly figure out how to evolve their models for the streaming age. Here’s a look at how they might adapt in order to better survive without the perversely positive effect Trump had on their bottom lines.
Cable news will (finally) have to jump into the streaming age
Networks of all stripes have seen their Nielsen ratings plummet over the past five years as the great shift to streaming disrupted the entire linear TV business. But thanks to the never-ending-crisis news cycle ushered in by Trump, the two major cable news channels (CNN and MSNBC), as well as Trump-boosting infotainment network Fox News, have been drawing some of their biggest audiences ever. I don’t think these viewers will all disappear after January 20, particularly if last week’s violent attempt to overturn November’s election results ends up being just the start of a long period of instability. But if Biden is able to reestablish even the smallest semblance of normality, and when the pandemic (hopefully) is brought to heel, cable news ratings will almost certainly start to fade. And that’s when the folks who run CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News are going to wake up to the reality that the entire cable TV ecosystem is quickly crumbling — and that cable news can’t survive if it remains centered around cable distribution. It needs to remake itself for the streaming age, and quickly.
Consumers have been abandoning pay-TV bundles in huge numbers over the past decade, and the pace of defection is picking up. There were just under 100 million TV homes with cable (or virtual cable services like YouTube TV) the year Trump was elected president; that number is now under 80 million by most accounts. And per PwC data, the number of U.S. homes with some sort of pay-TV bundle has fallen from 84 percent in 2016 to 67 percent last year, with the number forecast to dip below 60 percent by 2024. The older viewers who make up the bulk of cable news audiences are probably the most likely to hold on to their cable bundles, and I’m sure news execs have data showing that many cable customers are sticking with cable because of their favorite news networks. But the rate of cord-cutting has now accelerated to the point where news networks are soon going to have no choice but to figure out how to make their programming available in homes where people choose not to buy a programming bundle. They will need to find ways to replace the subscription revenues they’re losing as folks opt for video-on-demand platforms such as Netflix or Prime Video.
So far, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News have opted against giving audiences the ability to directly subscribe to their main channels, much the way Disney won’t let sports fans pay just for ESPN. There have been reports that CNN is looking at creating a subscription service for superfans the way Fox News has with its Fox Nation, but those are additive plays aimed at niche audiences (see also ESPN+ or Lifetime Movie Club). I don’t know if we will get to the point where you can buy a subscription to the live feed of a single news channel the way you can pay directly for Showtime or CBS. Even if it was offered, I’m not sure that many people would pay $5 per month just for a news channel. But I could see WarnerMedia and Comcast, the companies that own CNN and MSNBC, respectively, figuring out a way to make live programming from those networks available on their HBO Max and Peacock platforms. They haven’t done so already in part because current deals with cable operators like Spectrum or Cox won’t allow it. That stubborn insistence on exclusivity may have to evolve as deals with cable operators come up for renewal, though.
I also think we could see more cable news programming — including live feeds — migrate to ad-supported video-on-demand platforms. As it is, CNN already has an on-demand (though not live) channel on ViacomCBS-owned Pluto TV. NBC News has also put its digital-only NBC News Now on Pluto, as well as Peacock and a few other AVOD services. But at some point soon it will make more sense to make the live feeds of what we now call “cable” news channels available on multiple streaming platforms, either free ones such as Peacock and Pluto, or pay services such as HBO Max (which later this year will roll out a lower-cost offering featuring ads). As the Trump ratings halo inevitably fades, cable news channels will have no choice but to shake up their business models.
Late night will also have to evolve … right?
Back in the 1990s, Jay Leno started off his decades-long ratings war with David Letterman as a loser, with Letterman’s CBS Late Show initially walloping Leno’s Tonight Show in the Nielsens. Leno turned things around after a couple years, and while there were many factors behind his resurgence, it was Leno’s interview with the recently arrested Hugh Grant (six words: “What the hell were you thinking”) that symbolically changed the momentum for the NBC late-night show.
Something similar happened with our current late-night battlefield. The combination of Jimmy Fallon playfully tussling Trump’s hair and Stephen Colbert deciding around the same time to go all-out on criticizing the future president roughly coincided with Colbert’s transformation into our era’s king of late night (at least as measured by Nielsen). His laser focus on calling out Trump resulted in a massive influx of new fans: Late Show struggled to reach 3 million viewers most nights before the current POTUS was elected, but after inauguration, the CBS series regularly averaged more than 4 million nightly viewers. Jimmy Kimmel similarly benefited by leaning more heavily into news and politics over the past four years, though his Nielsen gains were never as dramatic (though his ABC show began beating Fallon more regularly with Trump in the White House).
But, as with cable news, there’s a good chance the Trump ratings bump could turn into a bubble once 45 leaves office. The pandemic has already hurt viewership for all the late-night shows — even Colbert — and if the Biden era is filled with less tension than the Trump years, some of the #Resist audience may move on. If that happens, some of the same trends which have been pulling down prime-time ratings will likely impact late night.
The good news for Colbert is that the past four years gave him a much bigger base, in theory making a soft ratings landing possible. His Late Show is currently averaging a bit more than 3 million viewers this season, and while that’s down from a couple years ago and those heady weeks of 4 million-plus viewers, that’s still actually above where Late Show was pre-Trump. By contrast, Fallon is averaging a tad more than 1.5 million viewers so far this season, less than half his audience pre-Trump. Kimmel is also now tracking below his 2016 audience, though his ratings erosion is much more modest.
In fairness to all three hosts, pandemic programming disruptions — i.e., there have been far fewer episodes of scripted originals this fall; shows still don’t have full audiences or as many in-studio guests — are no doubt dragging down ratings. But with Trump not around to boost ratings, I think broadcast execs — just like their cable news peers — are going to have to get serious about figuring out how to evolve the late-night business model for the streaming age. Execs regularly talk about how much viewing takes place via YouTube and Twitter clips, but while there’s some money to be made from social media, it’s a fraction of the revenue TV generates.
Some suggestions for how they could shake things up:
➽ I wonder if the time hasn’t come for networks to once again experiment with the idea of having their main late-night shows air in prime time, something NBC briefly did at the start of the last decade with Leno. I don’t think airing Fallon, Kimmel, or Colbert at 10 p.m. (or even 8 p.m.) is going to miraculously result in millions of new viewers, but it could raise the shows’ profiles and make it easier to snag some of the over-50s who still watch live TV but simply aren’t going to stay up past 11 p.m. for a comedy show. Plus, networks have already ceded big parts of their prime-time lineups to game shows and reality series, so it’s not like devoting four or five weekly hours of prime time to a variety/talk show is going to make it more difficult to find new scripted hits. And if a network decided to go bold and air a current late-night show at 8 p.m., it might even make it possible to do the show live, adding even more energy and relevancy.
➽ I also think networks need to find a way to ensure audiences in the Western half of the country can watch late-night shows the same time they air on the East Coast. NBC already does this with Saturday Night Live, something made easier by the fact that networks don’t program scripted originals on that night. But there is zero reason in 2021 that Colbert or Fallon or Kimmel shouldn’t stream live the same time they air on TV on the East Coast. Local affiliates will object, just as they screamed at a since-delayed decision by NBC to post episodes of its late-night shows on Peacock before they aired anywhere on TV. But networks need to figure it out, particularly since 80 percent of the content of most late-night shows already posts on social-media channels before it airs on TV.
➽ Full episodes need to be widely accessible and, more importantly, monetizable on as many platforms as possible. That also goes for cable comedy shows such as Full Frontal With Samantha Bee or The Daily Show With Trevor Noah. You can watch entire episodes of those programs for free on YouTube, so why not also make them available on HBO Max or Paramount+, or for that matter, AVOD platforms such as Pluto?
The fact is, given ratings trends elsewhere, it is not hard to see networks (broadcast and cable) deciding some of the current crop of late-night comedy shows simply aren’t worth the financial investment anymore. Before taking such drastic action, platforms ought to be urgently experimenting with new ways of getting such shows in front of viewers. If WarnerMedia can figure out how to put blockbuster movies on HBO Max the same day they hit theaters, anything is possible.
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Mo’Nique: I Was ‘Blackballed’ After Winning My Oscar
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**FILE** Mo'Nique accepts the Oscar for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for “Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire” at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo)
Mo’Nique accepts the Oscar for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo)
(Hollywood Reporter) – At the 2010 Academy Awards, Mo’Nique wore white gardenias in her hair — just as Hattie McDaniel had in 1940 when she became the first African-American actress to win an Oscar. The Precious star later thanked McDaniel in her best supporting actress acceptance speech “for enduring all that she had to, so that I would not have to.”
As The Hollywood Reporter recognizes the 75th anniversary of McDaniel’s historic win, we speak at length with Mo’Nique about her debt to her movie-star idol, her memories of her own Oscar night and the dramatic turn her career has taken in the five years since. As director Lee Daniels put it to her in a recent phone call, “Mo’Nique, you’ve been blackballed.”
How do you respond to those who criticize Hattie McDaniel for only taking maid roles?
If they knew who this woman really was, they would say, “Let me shut my mouth.” If they really understood the fights behind the scenes, the conversations we’ll never have the opportunity to hear. And then you say to those people, “Well, tell me what other roles were available.” Because what she was was an actress — and at that time, she wasn’t getting the roles that her white counterparts were getting. She was saying, “I’m an actress. When you say ‘cut,’ I’m not [a maid anymore].” So I say to those people: know that woman in full before you judge.
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EU-UK trade talks set to go past mid-November deadline
Posted on November 13, 2020 by Mark Kennedy
Talks between the UK and the European Union on a post-Brexit trade
deal are likely to run into next week, missing a mid-November deadline,
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.
When asked when a deal was likely, he said: “I think it’s unlikely this week. Hopefully I’ll be proven wrong”.
He made the comments in an online event organised by the European Movement Ireland.
“I think it is likely to move into next week,” he said.
Ambassadors of the 27 EU member states in Brussels will not be
updated on the talks at a regular meeting today and the issue is now
pencilled in for their meeting on 18 November, a senior diplomat of the
bloc said.
However, in a sign that the estranged allies are still pushing for an
agreement, EU sources said they now expected negotiators to come up
with an agreed text in the middle of next week, unless talks collapse or
there is a breakthrough earlier.
“The real cut-off point is late next week,” said one EU diplomat who follows Brexit in EU hub Brussels.
Both EU diplomats said the agenda could be updated at the last minute should the negotiations yield a breakthrough or collapse.
A British source also said the negotiating teams’ talks in London were expected to last through the end of this week.
‘Another year needed’ to amend NI medicines distribution after Brexit
Another year should give enough time to amend Northern Ireland’s
medicines supply chain after Brexit, an industry expert has said.
Dr Richard Greville, from the Association of the British
Pharmaceutical Industry, told MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs
Committee that flexibility for 12 months should allow everyone to make
the changes required.
He said 80% of medicines in Northern Ireland were delivered on a
daily or twice-daily basis from Great Britain depending on demand.
An EU directive covers the unique identification of every pack of medicine and is designed to prevent falsification.
Unique identifiers will be needed for products to replace the system used in Europe.
Dr Greville added: “We hoped that as part of the comprehensive trade
deal, that there could be some arrangement made but I am sorry to say
with a small number of weeks left before the end of the year we cannot
hold out promise for that.”
He said he hoped the current distribution system would be allowed to proceed, at least in the short term.
Under the Falsified Medicines Directive, a pack of medicine in
Northern Ireland is certified as authentic through its unique
identifier.
At present, without that marker, pharmacists should quarantine that pack and not give it to patients, Dr Greville added.
He said the barrier was a regulatory one.
“The Commission requires the medicines exported from Europe, if they hold this unique identifier, that this is decommissioned.
“They feel that the system that they have introduced, this
verification system, is an EU only system and should not be used outside
of the EU.”
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Why we needed more shots in the quest for a vaccine
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
January 14, 2021 — 8.55pm
Australians have just had a reminder that they are in a global queue for the best vaccines to shield them from COVID-19, and there is no easy way to jump to the front.
The country’s Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly, admitted on Wednesday that the federal government could not get all the agreements it wanted with companies that could send more vaccines our way.
The fight against the pandemic has entered a critical stage as countries around the world roll out vaccination campaigns. Credit:AP
There is no deal with Moderna, for instance, even though its vaccine is one of the most promising right now. “A contract takes two parties to sign,” said Kelly. In other words, the company would not commit.
Nor is there a deal with Johnson & Johnson, which is trialling a single-dose vaccine with 45,000 people. “We were unable to reach agreement,” said Kelly. Why not? That is confidential.
This is a different message to the optimistic talk last August when Scott Morrison struck a deal with AstraZeneca that he said would put Australia at the “front of the pack” to vaccinate all Australians.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison struck a deal with AstraZeneca in August. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
In fact, it’s a crowded pack and the finish line keeps moving because nobody has the final results on which vaccine works best.
The Prime Minister and his team have locked in a range of deals but cannot shrug off the big question: are they enough?
The big bet is on AstraZeneca. The government has an agreement for 53.8 million doses, with 50 million of them to be made in Australia by CSL. The results so far show this option is safe and effective.
Pfizer is a gamble on the side. The government only has an agreement for 10 million doses for this vaccine and appears unlikely to get more, at least in the first half of the year. Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech, are giving greater priority to other countries.
While the government has an agreement with Novavax for 51 million doses, it talks of this as a “back-up” and assumes it would have to come from Europe: CSL cannot make Novavax and AstraZeneca vaccines at the same time.
Morrison and his officials are clearly hoping the final AstraZeneca trial proves this vaccine can do better than the 62.1 per cent efficacy rate for two standard doses in its interim results. Efficacy was 90 per cent for those who accidentally received a low dose followed by a standard dose. There is a mystery about why that happened.
But Australians will not reward the Prime Minister for wishing and hoping. Everyone can now see the missed opportunity of last year – the chance to get more doses from Pfizer (this vaccine has a headline efficacy rate of 95 per cent) or a contract with Moderna (94.1 per cent).
Like everything in this pandemic, performance will be judged on the numbers. The country’s relatively low coronavirus case numbers are a vindication for Morrison and other leaders. The vaccination figures are the next test – and the task is overwhelmingly one for Morrison more than the premiers and territory chief ministers.
What can Australia do instead? There are big practical constraints. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines use a new technique, messenger RNA, which cannot be manufactured in Australia. Both vaccines are hard to transport: the Pfizer vials require storage at minus 70 degrees Celsius, the Moderna ones at minus 20 degrees.
And, of course, Australia does not have any Moderna contract, nor a Pfizer deal that can cover most of the population.
If the Novavax trial turns out to be much more effective than AstraZeneca, the government will have to change bets.
There are ethical constraints, too. Australians are right to want the best possible treatment but cannot expect priority when other countries are being devastated by the pandemic.
Australia does not have a Pfizer deal that can cover most of the population. Credit:AP
Jane Halton, the former top public servant who now chairs the global Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, warns against “vaccine nationalism” and says the world can avert more deaths by ensuring poorer countries get help.
“Wealthy countries should not expect to get all the vaccines – it’s not the right thing to do and it’s also not sensible in terms of the public health perspective,” she says.
Malaysia just doubled its supply of the Pfizer vaccine to 25 million doses, but it has about 2500 new coronavirus cases a day. Perhaps Australians have to accept that other nations need swifter vaccination.
The government was upset with scientists this week for questioning its vaccine plan, but its call for public confidence in health policy would be more convincing if ministers were brave enough to rebuke wild claims from their own colleagues.
Craig Kelly is unapologetic about sharing what has been labelled health misinformation. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Political leaders are willing to muscle up when they think they can get their way. One example is the way Morrison ministers threatened non-government schools over their funding last April if they did not open during the pandemic. (It didn’t work.)
When Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly talks up unproven cures, however, ministers are too scared to say four simple words: “Craig Kelly is wrong”. In fact, most of them will not even utter his name. He is the Voldemort of the vaccine debate.
For what it is worth, I will line up for the AstraZeneca vaccine as soon as possible, as long as the final results show it works. I expect others to get priority for the Pfizer vaccine.
But if the big bet on AstraZeneca does not pay, Morrison is exposed for promising too much and failing to deliver. The final test results, expected within weeks, will pack a political punch.
David Crowe is chief political correspondent of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
David Crowe is chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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Much more powerful methods are needed than those currently used in Germany, Europe and worldwide at cabinet and parliamentary levels: one that is tantamount to a general mobilization.
This includes the requirements and concepts of this 10-point plan:
1. The introduction of a climate defense budget for the rapid phase-out of fossil fuels and a switch to renewable energies - this may account for at least five to ten percent of the gross national product, this would be four to eight times the current defense budget of the German Federal Republic.
2. The introduction of climate emergency diplomacy, that of ending wars and acts of war, in the common interest in the fight for survival - against the common enemy of global warming. This includes a European and worldwide climate migration management plan: billions of fellow human beings will be forced to migrate very soon.
3. The targeted restructuring of fossil industries: through technical substitution programs, the elimination of structural subsidies and, where necessary, structural measures such as transformation assistance - as well as the immediate dismantling of the massive regulatory blocking for renewable grids, storage and distribution systems - supported by the New Energy Market Order.
4. The replacement of jobs in the fossil industries by prioritized structural reforms towards renewable industries.
5. The redefinition of emission targets. Climate neutrality is not enough, but even so-called zero emission targets relative to 1990 alone are insufficient – the baseline year must be before the industrial age. The global economy needs strategies that are suitable for reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.
6. The classification of fossil resources as toxic: their extraction and distribution should become prohibited or at least highly taxed after a short transition period.
7. The rapid development and regeneration of healthy, climate-active agricultural soils, wetlands and forests.
8. The transformation of the construction industry and all industries and manufactories into carbon-sequestration processes. This demands the large-scale conversion of atmospheric CO2 into wood, carbon fibers and other solid carbon products.
9. Taking full advantage of unprecedented productivity and innovation gains to massively expand high-quality employment opportunities for all citizens, existing and new migrants.
10. A new financing mechanism is needed that rewards long-term investments such as defossilization, agricultural reform and afforestation with higher returns than short-term ones. This calls for ‘Future Banks’ that create special currencies with negative interest rates, thus incentivizing spending tied to sustainable products and services.
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Marcus slashes savings rate again
Marcus will cut the rate on its easy access savings accounts to 0.5% - just a month after the last reduction.
Marcus, the online savings arm of Goldman Sachs, has confirmed it will cut the rate on its Online Savings Account from 0.7% to 0.5% AER (variable).
For existing customers, the rate cut takes effect on Friday 11 December and represents another blow to savers after it slashed the rate from 1.05% to 0.7% in October.
Marcus said it is currently writing to existing customers to give them at least 14 days’ notice of the rate change, effective from 11 December.
The lower rate applies to new accounts from today. However, Marcus closed the account to new applicants in June this year in a bid to keep within a regulatory limit and to manage how quickly it grows, after being flooded with deposits.
It is still currently closed to new applicants so the rate cut only really applies to existing customers.
Following the reduction, it means Marcus is offering the same rate on its easy access account as for it’s 1 Year Fixed Rate Saver.
Overall, the subsequent rate is a long way off from its market-leading offering of 1.5% at launch in September 2018.
A Marcus spokesperson, said: “We have made the difficult decision to adjust the interest rate on our Online Savings Account in response to further movement we have seen across the savings market recently.
“Since the Bank of England’s base rate was reduced to its lowest level on record earlier this year, interest rates across the savings market have continued to fall. We have to keep these market conditions in mind and adjust our interest rates in response to ensure we remain a sustainable savings business for the long-term.”
‘Race to the bottom of the charts’
Saga, which partners with Marcus to offer savings products, has also cut the rate on its easy access savings account to 0.50% AER (variable) including a bonus rate of 0.10% gross (fixed) for the first 12 months.
The minimum balance is £1. Based on a £1,000 deposit over 12-months, savers would earn £5 in interest.
The move comes just a day after HSBC and First Direct slashed the interest rate on its Regular Saver account from 2.75% to 1% while NS&I’s brutal cuts across the board took effect yesterday.
Anna Bowes, co-founder of website Savings Champion, said: “Unfortunately, since the NS&I cuts were announced, the rates on offer have been on a downward spiral and this is the latest in a long line of providers seemingly racing to the bottom of the charts. While in no way unexpected, this change comes from a provider that previously had sparked competition in the easy access market and it is symptomatic of the market at the moment.
“That said, the rate is still significantly better than what is available from NS&I and the big high street banks and the best advice, as always, is to look at the very best rates on the market and move your money to get as much interest as possible out of your savings.”
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Banknotes are ‘low risk’ for coronavirus transmission
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Lipscomb University hosts virtual commencement ceremony
by: Nickelle Smith
Posted: May 3, 2020 / 11:45 AM CDT / Updated: May 3, 2020 / 11:45 AM CDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (WKRN) — Lipscomb University students have officially graduated with a commencement ceremony fit for the times we live in.
The school hosted a virtual commencement ceremony for its undergraduate and graduate students Saturday. Their traditional graduation events were canceled due to COVID-19.
School leaders dressed for regular graduation and pre-recorded elements to make the experience as realistic as possible, including having the graduates’ names scrolling on the screen as they watched a live stream from their homes.
The daughter of graduate Landon Parrish made sure he had a very special cape and crown in place of a cap-and-gown.
(Graduate Landon Parrish)
“This is the third graduation ceremony that I’ve taken part of at Lipscomb so I actually went there for high school, and then for undergrad as well and this was the first graduation ceremony where I showed up in shorts and it was pretty cool,” said Landon Parrish, who graduated with a Masters Degree in Business Administration. “We were actually watching cartoons with my daughter and switched it over to the ceremony.”
Members of the May 2020 class are also invited to return to campus to take part in the Fall commencement in December.
“This is just a milestone. For me it was two years of hard work,” Parrish said. “To sit here with my wife and with my daughter and to get texts and calls from all my friends and family, it’s a moment that I’ve been looking forward to for two years. I think it’s very significant that they offered a virtual experience.”
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US plants hope to maintain production despite virus threat
Updated: 7:25 AM EST Dec 26, 2020
By JOSH FUNK and TOM KRISHER, Associated Press
VACCINATIONS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. RHEYA: NEW AT 5:00. MORE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SENIOR MANAGERS AT TYSON FOODS PORK PROCESSING PLANT IN WATERLOO. FAMILIES OF WORKERS WHO DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS THERE CLAIM THOSE MANAGERS LIED TO INTERPRETERS ABOUT THE DANGERS IN THE FACILITY. THE AMENDED LAWSUIT WAS FILED LAST WEEK ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILIES OF THREE TYSON WORKERS. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES PLANT MANAGER TOM HART AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR JAMES HOOK TOLD INTERPRETERS IN APRIL THAT THE FACILITY HAD NO CONFIRMED CASES WHEN IN FACT EMPLOYEES HAD TESTED POSITIVE. THE COMPLAINT ALSO ALLEGES TYSON MANAGERS BARRED INTERPRETERS FROM DISCUSSING THE VIRUS EXCEPT TO SAY IT WAS NOT IMPACTING THE PLANT. TYSON SAYS IT DOESN’T COMMENT ON CURRENT LITIGATION. BUT IN A STATEMENT TO KCCI TYSON SAID IT INVESTED $20 MILLION INTO THE WATERLOO PLANT TO PROVIDE BONUSES TO FRONTLINE WORKERS AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIVE MEASURES. THE STATEMENT ALSO READ SAYS, "WE’VE WORKED HARD TO PROVIDE CORONAVIRUS TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO HELP ENSURE THEY’RE SAFE AT WORK AND AT HOME. IN FACT, WE HAVE ABOUT 20 TRANSLATORS AT THE WATERLOO PLANT COVERING MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN LANGUAGES." EARLIER THIS MONTH TYSON SAID IT IS UPSET ABOUT THE ACCUSATIONS AND THAT THE ALLEGATIONS DON’T REPRESENT THE COMPANY. THE EMPLOYEES NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT HAVE BEEN SUSPEN
Related video above: Amended lawsuit claims Tyson managers lied to interpreters about COVID-19 dangersU.S. factories have been cranking out goods during much of the pandemic at rates that are remarkably close to normal. However, manufacturers are concerned they may not be able to keep pace until most of the country is vaccinated because the coronavirus continues to surge in areas where many plants are based.Safeguards that were put in place after the initial wave of the virus appear to have prevented the large outbreaks that sickened hundreds of workers and forced automakers, meat processors and other businesses to halt production last spring. But with the nation's COVID-19 death toll eclipsing 300,000 and the virus spiking in communities that surround the plants, industry and union officials say it may be impossible to keep the virus out of factories.“We are seeing an increase in the number of positive (test) rates like you're seeing in the surrounding communities,” said Gary Johnson, chief manufacturing officer at Ford Motor Co., which has about 56,000 hourly factory workers nationwide.Federal Reserve statistics show that U.S. industrial output is about 5% below levels in February, before the pandemic hit. It fell by 16.5% between February and April but has rebounded since, led by auto manufacturing.Beef and pork production have both been running just below last year’s levels, Iowa State University agricultural economist Lee Schulz said.But as it will be months before many people will be able to get vaccinated, factories will remain vulnerable.“Even though we are doing OK now, this virus can spread rapidly in areas,” said Mark Lauritsen, director of the food processing and meatpacking division for the United Food and Commercial Workers International union. “I worry every day that this virus will explode in one of our plants again, even with all the precautions that we’ve taken.”At auto plants and factories in other industries where the United Auto Workers union represents workers, cases have risen slightly since around Halloween, but nearly all have been traced to outside of the plants, said UAW President Rory Gamble.Since reopening in May after an eight-week shutdown, three workers from Fiat Chrysler factories near Detroit have died from the virus, raising fear among thousands of workers.Gamble said much of the fear has come from misinformation about workers catching the virus in factories, which is not true.“They need to have a complete understanding that we’re doing everything we can to keep them safe,” Gamble said. “Because they have a right to be afraid.”The statistics on the pandemic’s impact on the meatpacking industry offer plenty of reason to worry. The UFCW union, which represents roughly 80% of the nation’s beef and pork workers and 33% of its poultry workers, estimates that at least 19,800 meatpacking workers have been infected or exposed and 128 have died of COVID-19.PGlmcmFtZSB0aXRsZT0iMzAwLDAwMCBVUyBkZWF0aHMgZnJvbSBDT1ZJRC0xOSIgYXJpYS1sYWJlbD0iTWFwIiBpZD0iZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItY2hhcnQtUzBOUDkiIHNyYz0iaHR0cHM6Ly9pbnRlcmFjdGl2ZXMuYXAub3JnL2VtYmVkcy9TME5QOS8xOS8iIHNjcm9sbGluZz0ibm8iIHdpZHRoPSIxMDAlIiBzdHlsZT0iYm9yZGVyOm5vbmUiIGhlaWdodD0iNTI5Ij48L2lmcmFtZT48c2NyaXB0IHR5cGU9InRleHQvamF2YXNjcmlwdCI+IWZ1bmN0aW9uKCl7InVzZSBzdHJpY3QiO3dpbmRvdy5hZGRFdmVudExpc3RlbmVyKCJtZXNzYWdlIiwoZnVuY3Rpb24oYSl7aWYodm9pZCAwIT09YS5kYXRhWyJkYXRhd3JhcHBlci1oZWlnaHQiXSlmb3IodmFyIGUgaW4gYS5kYXRhWyJkYXRhd3JhcHBlci1oZWlnaHQiXSl7dmFyIHQ9ZG9jdW1lbnQuZ2V0RWxlbWVudEJ5SWQoImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWNoYXJ0LSIrZSl8fGRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3IoImlmcmFtZVtzcmMqPSciK2UrIiddIik7dCYmKHQuc3R5bGUuaGVpZ2h0PWEuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il1bZV0rInB4Iil9fSkpfSgpOzwvc2NyaXB0PgoKEmployees such as Donald Nix, who works at a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa, agonizes about the virus that sidelined him for 27 days in the spring with a fever, body aches and severe headaches.Nix, 51, is concerned because co-workers keep getting sick. During the spring, more than 1,000 of the plant’s 2,800 workers were infected and at least six died. “My workplace is still high risk. My job is still high risk,” he said.But the giants of the meat industry — Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, JBS and Cargill — contend that the safety measures that were put in place after the major outbreaks last spring have enabled them to limit the spread of the virus.“We made substantial investments in personal protective equipment, social distancing safeguards, and other increased health and safety measures across our business. We’ve seen a dramatic reduction in active cases involving our team members since last spring,” Tyson CEO Dean Banks recently told investors.Measures include wellness questionnaires before work, temperature checks, plastic screens between work stations, increased cleaning of the plants, random testing, and the required use of masks and other protective equipment. The industry spent roughly $2.5 billion on those improvements and additional pay for workers in the first six months, said Will Sawyer, a protein economist at Cobank, an agribusiness bank.At Ford, factories are operating at about 98% of their pre-pandemic production. Most workers who have symptoms or have been exposed to the virus stay home until the danger of infecting others has passed, limiting its spread in the plants, Johnson said. The automaker hires temporary workers to take their place, allowing it to keep assembly lines running.Auto and meatpacking companies say generally less than 1% of their workforces are catching the virus. Automakers and the UAW are urging workers to wear masks in public outside the plants.Members of the UAW, which represents 150,000 workers employed by General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler, said the companies largely have stuck to their precautions and protocols.“I know of people who have had it and tested positive, but as far as I know, they’re doing what they’re supposed to as far as quarantining and getting people tested,” said Andrea Repasky a forklift operator at GM’s pickup truck factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana.People she passes at the plant always wear protective gear correctly, she said. Management posts how many people test positive on each shift, and the numbers have been relatively small, even with a minor surge after Thanksgiving, she said.Ford, General Motors, Toyota and others are starting to see minor problems with smaller parts companies having to shut down factories due to virus outbreaks or government restrictions, especially in Mexico. Ford's Johnson said a truck driver shortage is affecting parts deliveries. The company has lined up just-in-time freight to get parts to keep plants running, he said.Ford had to delay production of its new Bronco SUV from spring until summer because of virus-related parts shortages that the company wouldn’t specify.Toyota said it has come close to halting assembly lines due to a lack of parts, but so far has managed to avoid it.“There have been a few close calls for sure,” said spokesman Scott Vazin. “Any given day, we’ve got up to 10 parts we’re closely monitoring on red alert.”The UFCW's Lauritsen said he hopes the industry will continue working hard to limit the spread of the virus.“We can’t get complacent just because things seem to be holding right now,” Lauritsen said. “We know that plants of any kind — anytime people get together in large groups — can act as a super spreader with this virus.”___Krisher reported from Detroit.
Related video above: Amended lawsuit claims Tyson managers lied to interpreters about COVID-19 dangers
U.S. factories have been cranking out goods during much of the pandemic at rates that are remarkably close to normal. However, manufacturers are concerned they may not be able to keep pace until most of the country is vaccinated because the coronavirus continues to surge in areas where many plants are based.
Safeguards that were put in place after the initial wave of the virus appear to have prevented the large outbreaks that sickened hundreds of workers and forced automakers, meat processors and other businesses to halt production last spring. But with the nation's COVID-19 death toll eclipsing 300,000 and the virus spiking in communities that surround the plants, industry and union officials say it may be impossible to keep the virus out of factories.
“We are seeing an increase in the number of positive (test) rates like you're seeing in the surrounding communities,” said Gary Johnson, chief manufacturing officer at Ford Motor Co., which has about 56,000 hourly factory workers nationwide.
Federal Reserve statistics show that U.S. industrial output is about 5% below levels in February, before the pandemic hit. It fell by 16.5% between February and April but has rebounded since, led by auto manufacturing.
Beef and pork production have both been running just below last year’s levels, Iowa State University agricultural economist Lee Schulz said.
But as it will be months before many people will be able to get vaccinated, factories will remain vulnerable.
“Even though we are doing OK now, this virus can spread rapidly in areas,” said Mark Lauritsen, director of the food processing and meatpacking division for the United Food and Commercial Workers International union. “I worry every day that this virus will explode in one of our plants again, even with all the precautions that we’ve taken.”
At auto plants and factories in other industries where the United Auto Workers union represents workers, cases have risen slightly since around Halloween, but nearly all have been traced to outside of the plants, said UAW President Rory Gamble.
Back to work: Ford, GM and Fiat Chrysler restart US factories
Since reopening in May after an eight-week shutdown, three workers from Fiat Chrysler factories near Detroit have died from the virus, raising fear among thousands of workers.
Gamble said much of the fear has come from misinformation about workers catching the virus in factories, which is not true.
“They need to have a complete understanding that we’re doing everything we can to keep them safe,” Gamble said. “Because they have a right to be afraid.”
The statistics on the pandemic’s impact on the meatpacking industry offer plenty of reason to worry. The UFCW union, which represents roughly 80% of the nation’s beef and pork workers and 33% of its poultry workers, estimates that at least 19,800 meatpacking workers have been infected or exposed and 128 have died of COVID-19.
Employees such as Donald Nix, who works at a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa, agonizes about the virus that sidelined him for 27 days in the spring with a fever, body aches and severe headaches.
Nix, 51, is concerned because co-workers keep getting sick. During the spring, more than 1,000 of the plant’s 2,800 workers were infected and at least six died. “My workplace is still high risk. My job is still high risk,” he said.
But the giants of the meat industry — Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, JBS and Cargill — contend that the safety measures that were put in place after the major outbreaks last spring have enabled them to limit the spread of the virus.
“We made substantial investments in personal protective equipment, social distancing safeguards, and other increased health and safety measures across our business. We’ve seen a dramatic reduction in active cases involving our team members since last spring,” Tyson CEO Dean Banks recently told investors.
Tyson Foods fires 7 managers over virus wagering incident
Measures include wellness questionnaires before work, temperature checks, plastic screens between work stations, increased cleaning of the plants, random testing, and the required use of masks and other protective equipment. The industry spent roughly $2.5 billion on those improvements and additional pay for workers in the first six months, said Will Sawyer, a protein economist at Cobank, an agribusiness bank.
At Ford, factories are operating at about 98% of their pre-pandemic production. Most workers who have symptoms or have been exposed to the virus stay home until the danger of infecting others has passed, limiting its spread in the plants, Johnson said. The automaker hires temporary workers to take their place, allowing it to keep assembly lines running.
Auto and meatpacking companies say generally less than 1% of their workforces are catching the virus. Automakers and the UAW are urging workers to wear masks in public outside the plants.
Members of the UAW, which represents 150,000 workers employed by General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler, said the companies largely have stuck to their precautions and protocols.
“I know of people who have had it and tested positive, but as far as I know, they’re doing what they’re supposed to as far as quarantining and getting people tested,” said Andrea Repasky a forklift operator at GM’s pickup truck factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
People she passes at the plant always wear protective gear correctly, she said. Management posts how many people test positive on each shift, and the numbers have been relatively small, even with a minor surge after Thanksgiving, she said.
Ford, General Motors, Toyota and others are starting to see minor problems with smaller parts companies having to shut down factories due to virus outbreaks or government restrictions, especially in Mexico. Ford's Johnson said a truck driver shortage is affecting parts deliveries. The company has lined up just-in-time freight to get parts to keep plants running, he said.
Ford had to delay production of its new Bronco SUV from spring until summer because of virus-related parts shortages that the company wouldn’t specify.
Toyota said it has come close to halting assembly lines due to a lack of parts, but so far has managed to avoid it.
“There have been a few close calls for sure,” said spokesman Scott Vazin. “Any given day, we’ve got up to 10 parts we’re closely monitoring on red alert.”
The UFCW's Lauritsen said he hopes the industry will continue working hard to limit the spread of the virus.
“We can’t get complacent just because things seem to be holding right now,” Lauritsen said. “We know that plants of any kind — anytime people get together in large groups — can act as a super spreader with this virus.”
Krisher reported from Detroit.
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Critical Alert: Jordan imposes nationwide 24-hour curfew on weekends from 0001 Oct. 9 until further notice due to increased coronavirus activity.
Critical Alert
Jordan imposes nationwide 24-hour curfew on weekends from 0001 Oct. 9 until further notice due to increased coronavirus activity.
Alert Begins 07 Oct 2020 11:22 PM UTC
Alert Expires 15 Nov 2020 11:59 PM UTC
Incident: COVID-19 restrictions
Location(s): Nationwide (map)
Time Frame: Indefinite
Impact: Business and travel disruptions
Due to an increase in coronavirus activity, authorities in Jordan will impose a 24-hour weekend curfew nationwide. Effective 0001 Oct. 9, individuals in Jordan will be required stay in their homes and limit nonessential movement for the duration of curfew hours. The 24-hour curfew will continue nationwide on weekends (Fridays and Saturdays) until further notice. Medical personnel and other essential workers are exempt from the measure. Jordanian armed forces will deploy across all governorates to enforce the measure. The nationwide nightly curfew of 0100-0600 for individuals and 0001-0600 for businesses remains in effect on weekdays until further notice.
Authorities imposed 24-hour curfews on the neighborhoods of Al-Salihin, Al-Muqabil, and Umm Nawara in Amman, as well as the towns of Balama in Mafraq Governorate and Marsa'a in Jerash Governorate, from 0600 Oct. 7 through Oct. 14 due to localized increases in COVID-19 activity. Travel in and out of the affected areas will be restricted for the duration of the measure. Local authorities will issue special travel permits to ensure the continued operation of supply chains and to address exceptional humanitarian and emergency cases. Authorities previously announced 24-hour curfews in the following areas:
Ain Al-Basha in Balqa Governorate from 0600 Oct. 5 through Oct. 12
Al-Qasr in Karak Governorate from 0600 Oct. 2 through Oct. 9.
Baqaa Camp in Balqa Governorate, as well as the Batrawi and New Zarqa areas of Zarqa Governorate, from 0600 Oct. 1 through Oct. 8.
Travel into and out of those areas is likewise restricted. Authorities are monitoring the epidemiological situation throughout Jordan and will continue to enact lockdowns on locations with increased COVID-19 activity.
On Sept. 30, the government released an updated list of country classifications for flight arrivals based on the originating country's COVID-19 activity levels. The government is using a three-tier, color-coded system for classifying foreign countries according to COVID-19 activity following the Sept. 8 resumption of international commercial flights at Queen Alia International Airport (AMM). Under the system, the green designation denotes that a country has low disease activity; yellow and red designations indicate moderate and high activity, respectively. Entry requirements for travelers vary according to the classification of their country of origin. Authorities plan to re-evaluate the COVID-19 activity levels and update country classifications every two weeks. The list of country classifications is as follows:
Green: Algeria, Austria, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Thailand, Tunisia, and Turkey
Yellow: Egypt, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and Yemen
Red: Bahrain, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and the US
All travelers entering Jordan must present proof of having tested negative for COVID-19 no more than five days before their scheduled flight, as well as proof that they spent the 14 days prior to travel in the country from which they are departing. Travelers will be tested again at their own expense upon arrival in Jordan. Travelers arriving from “green” countries who test negative for COVID-19 upon arrival will be allowed entry without self-quarantining. Travelers arriving from “yellow” and “red” countries will be required to self-quarantine at their residence or accommodations for one week. Travelers from “red” countries will be required to wear an electronic bracelet during the home quarantine period. Travelers who test positive or fail to present the requisite negative COVID-19 test result upon arrival will be quarantined at a government-run facility for two weeks.
Reports emerged Sept. 30 that authorities decided to extend the home quarantine period to two weeks for those arriving from "red" countries; additional COVID-19 tests will reportedly be conducted on the seventh and fourteenth day of quarantine. However, it was unclear when the measure would enter effect.
On Sept. 27, Jordan reopened the Nasib-Jaber border crossing with Syria to trade after closing in mid-August due to an increase in COVID-19 cases originating in Syria. The reopening was accompanied by new measures, such as back-to-back handling of goods by traders, put in place to limit the risk of exposure to Jordanian customs officials. The Nasib-Jaber crossing is a main thoroughfare for goods traveling from Lebanon and Syria to the Gulf region.
Weddings, funerals, and other social gatherings are limited to 20 people. Participants of such events are required to wear protective face coverings and abide by social-distancing precautions. Authorities announced that they would strictly enforce the gathering limits due to increased COVID-19 activity; organizers of gatherings exceeding 20 people may be subject to fines and/or imprisonment of up to one year.
Domestically, nonessential travel between governorates is now permitted. Hotels, restaurants, and tourist sites nationwide have resumed operations. Public transportation is operating at reduced capacity. Across the country, residents must wear face coverings and gloves while in public places; violators may be subject to fines. Authorities could reimpose, extend, further ease, or otherwise amend any restrictions with little-to-no notice depending on disease activity over the coming weeks.
Background and Analysis
Jordan's travel restrictions and preventive measures are similar to those taken by other governments globally in response to the spread of COVID-19. COVID-19 is a viral respiratory disease caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (previously known as 2019-nCoV). Symptoms occur 1-14 days following exposure (average of 3-7 days). These symptoms include fever, fatigue, cough, difficulty breathing, sometimes worsening to pneumonia and kidney failure - especially in those with underlying medical conditions. On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
Follow all official instructions. Abide by national health and safety measures. Reconfirm all travel arrangements. Consider delaying traveling if experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19, as they may prompt increased scrutiny and delays. Liaise with trusted contacts for further updates and guidance. Maintain contact with your diplomatic representation. Ensure contingency plans account for further disruptive measures or extensions of current restrictions.
Exercise basic health precautions, especially frequent handwashing with soap and water, or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are unavailable. There is no evidence that the influenza vaccine, antibiotics, or antiviral medications will prevent this disease, highlighting the importance of diligent basic health precautions.
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Richmond feeding agencies receive 20,000 pounds of potatoes from Society of St. Andrew
by: Emma North
Posted: Dec 5, 2020 / 08:09 PM EST / Updated: Dec 6, 2020 / 08:15 AM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Society of St. Andrew worked to bag 20,000 pounds of potatoes on Saturday morning to give to Richmond organizations that help feed those in need. Volunteers at the “Potato Drop” event got the potatoes ready for Feed More, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Commonwealth Catholic Charities, Little Sisters of the Poor and more.
The volunteers were all required to follow COVID-19 restrictions such as wearing a mask, social distancing and staying outdoors.
The potatoes starting dropping right at 8:30 a.m.!
The event was made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Richmond’s Christmas Mother’s Fund
This year, food distribution events are all the more important with the pandemic causing increasing economic hardship all over the country.
Any potatoes that weren’t good enough for human consumption were given to local farmers to help feed their livestock.
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RICHMOND, Va (WRIC) -- Videos show an unmasked person yelling and cursing at a security guard inside a Kroger in Richmond.
Two incidents are in focus at the Lombardy Street Kroger--the most recent occurred just two days ago.
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PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC)-- Virginia universities are preparing for the start of the Spring semester as COVID-19 cases are surging.
Today, Virginia State University welcomed students back to campus with new safety measures in place. The university is just one of several colleges implementing procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
by Amelia Heymann / Jan 15, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The City of Richmond announced its downtown office buildings will be closed to the public on Jan. 19 and 20.
These offices were already going to be closed on Monday in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but a city official said the Tuesday and Wednesday closures were added "out of an abundance of caution in light of recent events in our nation’s capital."
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Amanda Chase to run as an independent in gubernatorial race
Sen. Amanda Chase announces her bid for Virginia governor (Photo: 8News)
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Republican Sen. Amanda Chase announced on Facebook today that she will now be seeking the nomination for governor as an independent.
Chase says that she has come to this decision after the Republican Party of Virginia decided to use a convention method instead of a primary election. Chase explains in her statement that she feels running as an independent is the only way “to bypass the political constituents and the Republican establishment elite who slow play the rules or even cheat grassroots candidates.”
The senator plans to start collecting signatures to get her name on the ballot for governor in January.
Amanda Chase says ‘Virginians deserve better’ when announcing bid for governor
Former House Speaker Kirk Cox also released a statement following the party’s decision to use a convention to choose their nomination for governor. Cox says that he has been committed to becoming the republican candidate for governor regardless of the nomination method chosen. He says that he will not share his personal preference on the method chosen because he doesn’t think “declared candidates should put their thumb on the scale.”
Cox in on Chase’s decision to run as an independent instead. He said her “antics” have become “tiresome.”
“Her threat to run as an independent is based solely on the fact that she knows principled, conservative Republicans will never tolerate the demagogue she has become,” Cox said.
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by JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press / Jan 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden takes the oath of office Wednesday outside a wounded U.S. Capitol, he will begin reshaping the office of the presidency itself as he sets out to lead a bitterly divided nation struggling with a devastating pandemic and an insurrection meant to stop his ascension to power.
Biden had campaigned as a rebuke to President Donald Trump, a singular figure whose political power was fueled by discord and grievance. The Democrat framed his election as one to “heal the soul” of the nation and repair the presidency, restoring the White House image as a symbol of stability and credibility.
Biden will nominate Wendy Sherman as deputy secretary of state and Victoria Nuland as undersecretary of state for political affairs — the second- and third-highest ranking posts, respectively. They were among the 11 officials announced to serve under the incoming secretary of state, Antony Blinken.
Georgia Rep. Greene says she plans to file articles of impeachment against Biden
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Dark Money, Assailed by Dems, Aided Biden: Analysis
Nov 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Top Stories
Though Dems have long criticized anonymous money in politics, this latest election cycle saw a wave of it flow into and fill up Democratic Party coffers.
According to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics for CNN, more than $320 million in “dark money” boosted Democrats in races for the White House and congressional seats, more than double what Republicans saw.
At the top of the list, the analysis showed, was Joe Biden. He took in nearly $132 million in such anonymous funding for his bid to unseat President Donald Trump. Trump, who is appealing vote counts showing a Biden win, received just $22 million in dark money.
Biden’s aides declined comment on the record, CNN said, but pointed to his letting reporters listen in on fundraising events as evidence of his support for transparency.
They also note that the former vice president, a supporter of public financing for federal candidates, has proposed sweeping changes to address the role of money in politics and curb the outsize influence of dark money while backing more small-donor, grassroots funding for candidates.
The analysis defined dark money as donations and other spending by nonprofits that don’t disclose sources, and money from limited liability corporations functioning as shell corporations.
With such funding, the mysterious sourcing of cash obscures the agenda of the donors. Dems have railed against it for years.
“This is a rotten system, but as long as it exists, both parties are going to use it,” said Fred Wertheimer, who runs a watchdog group, Democracy 21, and according to the cable news network is part of a coalition of more than 170 groups urging the incoming president to tackle issues that include campaign finance transparency. “The test for us is: What are you prepared to do about the system?” Wertheimer was quoted as saying.
The analysis looked at dark money giving to super PACs, and any money nonprofits spend directly on an election or defeat of a specific person seeking office. One Nation, a nonprofit with anonymous funding associated with Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, is the largest nameless donor in federal races so far, giving more than $60 million to an aligned super PAC working to help the GOP keep its Senate hold.
On the flip side, three liberal groups, led by a group known as the Sixteen Thirty Fund, account for a third of the dark money donations aiding Dems. In all, the analysis pointed to $52 million flowing from the Sixteen Thirty Fund to other groups active in the 2020 elections.
One small sum, about $300,000, went to The Lincoln Project, which has generated ads, postings and more sharply critical of Trump.
For all the qualms over dark money, the system remains in place, indeed, even as candidates, parties and other groups ramp up their spending on all-important Senate runoff elections in Georgia. The Jan. 5 votes will ultimately determine who controls the Senate chamber.
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SYSPRO USA President’s Student Mentee, Brian Briskey, Named “2017-18 Protégé of the Year” by the University of California, Irvine Paul Merage School of Business Executive Mentoring Program
SYSPRO Gives Back by Supporting Education and Building Relationships with Influencers in its Community
COSTA MESA, CA – July 12, 2018 – SYSPRO, a global provider of industry-built ERP software, has announced today that Brian Briskey, UCI MBA student and Executive Mentoring Program mentee of SYSPRO USA President Joey Benadretti, was honored to be named “2017-18 Protégé of the Year” from the Executive Mentoring Program.
Briskey was nominated for this prestigious honor based on his proactive abilities, professionalism, receptiveness to advice, and overall performance. The Executive Mentoring Program “Protégé of the Year” judging panel evaluated each mentor’s submission, and ultimately selected Briskey.
“I owe my success in receiving the ‘2017-18 Protégé of the Year’ award to Joey’s leadership style and commitment to us reaching key mentoring goals together,” said Briskey. “Those goals focused on actions in professional network development, courtship of risks with reward, and gathering buy-in from the boardroom,” Briskey said.
Forbes currently ranks UCI #14 for full-time MBA programs among USA public institutions, and recipient of the distinguished AACSB accreditation for excellence areas relating to strategic management and innovation. UCI’s MBA Executive Mentoring Program, an extension of the UCI Paul Merage School of Business, provides a powerful means for seasoned managers to influence their community and help future business leaders. Monthly Executive Mentoring Program gatherings range from one-on-one meetings, professional association meetings, company site visits, shadowing and social functions.
“The program creates a relationship that is personalized for each participant. The mentors wind up having a great impact on the students’ personal and professional growth, and many mentors comment about how much they wind up learning from our students in the process,” said Barbra Marangell, Director of Alumni Relations at the Merage School, who oversees the program. “It’s incredibly fulfilling and a testament to the success of this program,” said Marangell.
“I was able to confide in Joey my professional fears as an aspiring leader; to which he could relate decades of experience and candid tales of the struggle faced by the most senior of leadership,” said Briskey.
The Executive Mentoring Program has been equally influential for Benadretti over the course of this school year. Briskey and Benadretti share a drive and passion for the latest innovations in data science, predictive analytics, and marketing capabilities. Briskey, a business developer and self-proclaimed “Marco Polo of Data Science,” has a focused millennial’s perspective on technology innovation as it applies to today’s digital market.
Building Beneficial Relationships in the Community
Benadretti and SYSPRO USA CEO Brian Stein, have both been recognized for their efforts on various committees, and for being staunch supporters of continued education. Benadretti has served on several technology, educational, and association boards and committees feeding the ecosystem that surrounds SYSPRO USA.
“Getting involved in the community, giving back, and working with local educational establishments is critical to SYSPRO’s mission to constantly innovate and build beneficial relationships,” said Benadretti. “This is something near and dear to myself and to our staff. Social responsibility and community involvement is an important focus for SYSPRO,” Benadretti said.
Benadretti is no stranger to the UCI Executive Mentoring Program. During the 2012-2013 school year, Benadretti mentored MBA student and “Protégé of the Year” award winner, Karl Riesen; that same year, Benadretti himself had the honor of being “UCI Mentor of the Year.”
“Working with Joey in the Executive Mentoring Program was the perfect complement to my MBA and professional experience,” said Riesen. “As I was finishing my business education and planning my next career move, Joey continually pushed me to define my career path, where I wanted to go, and how I could get there. His guidance, most often in the form of well-timed questions, was critical in my framing of past experiences and future goals.”
SYSPRO’s involvement in the community provides an opportunity to build connections with forward-thinking professionals, share ideas, provide support and guidance; and through greater visibility enable valuable career opportunities. SYSPRO focuses significant attention on building business partnerships aimed at growing its own ecosystem through its Channel Partner reseller program, PartnerUP.
Learning from Innovators, Millennials, and Next-Generation Users
As one of the longest-standing, independent ERP providers in the world, procuring talent that consists of educated, influential, and forward thinking is vital to SYSPRO’s mission to stay ahead of the curve, and deliver effective solutions to its current and future customer base.
“In order to innovate, we must always be open to learning,” said Benadretti. “Whether our staff is advancing through MBA or credential programs, our very own product-based SYSPRO Learning Channel, customer feedback and surveys, or through interactions with our Partners and members of the community, we are gaining insight. Education is critical to SYSPRO’s success—just as it is to the bright and influential students we meet and mentor.”
The company continually strives to be a leader in innovation by learning from the community of technology thought-leaders and SYSPRO customers. SYSPRO recently announced that with its latest software release it will deliver the ERP market’s first available business solutions infusing two of the technology market’s hottest topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). The capabilities are part of the company’s new latest release, which has just launched.
SYSPRO is a global, independent provider of industry-built ERP software designed to simplify business complexity for manufacturers and distributors. Focused on delivering optimized performance and complete business visibility, the SYSPRO solution is highly scalable, and can be deployed on-premise, in the cloud, or accessed via a mobile device. SYSPRO’s strengths lie in a simplified approach to technology, expertise in a range of industries, and a commitment to future-proofing customer and partner success.
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Azania speaks about the end of SABC 3's Real Talk
It seems like she knew the show was going to come to an end way before anyone else knew
By | Jun 22, 2020, 01:44 PM
In September, avid viewers of SABC 3's Real Talk with Azania were shocked to have learned about the cancellation of the show just months after Azania had taken up the role as the host of the talk show after Anele's exit.
Azania Mosaka, who hosts the show, was asked to share her thoughts on this subject when she was on Trending SA this week. She shared: "I was there for the duration of the end of the season. I was there to help them to finish the season because Anele left in the middle of the season."
Azania said for her it was always about a contract until the end of October however, she sympathised with the other team members of the show who had planned their livelihoods around this show.
"... but there is a team of course to worry about, young people who made their plans around their jobs, around working there for another year..."
Anele's sudden departure from the show in May raised a lot of eyebrows as the public could not understand why she had to leave so abruptly, especially considering how successful the show had become.
"SABC 3 and Cheeky Media have mutually accepted the resignation of SABC3’s Real Talk host, Anele Mdoda after almost 2 years on the show. Anele bows out of Real Talk with her last live show airing on Friday, 8th June 2018"
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— Buhle Mbonambi (@Buhlebonga) May 31, 2018
In a statement released by Anele, her reason for leaving Real Talk was mainly because she wanted to pursue her other career ambitions, the statement read:
“Real Talk with Anele has, since the beginning of season one, been exceptionally close to my heart and I have been enormously proud to work with SABC 3. I feel, for my own growth, it is time to leave the show and to focus on my career ambitions and prospects. I would like to thank SABC3, the viewers and everyone behind the show for the opportunity they afforded me through the show. Hopefully, this is not the end but see you later.” – said Anele Mdoda.
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MotoGoLoco Sent Us On Holiday!!
So I'm pissfarting around on the internet, instead of chopping wood, washing the bike or doing anything else productive as usual.
Tapity tap tap.
Click click click.
I'm looking at facebook when I see someone has liked a page called MotoGoLoco. Whats this all about then?
I head to their website, www.motogoloco.com and have a look about. it's basically a tool to help plan routes and bike trips. There are recommended Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, Points of Interest. You can plan your route, picking the roads you want to take and avoiding the shite boring ones, then upload it straight to your GPS.
I never had my Garmin 550 back then, but I was still interested in seeing how it all worked and I wanted to know how far one of my local runs was. A few minutes later I got my answer. Finished.
But wait! it saus do you want to save your route?
Aye, OK.
Do you want to make your route public? If you do you will be entered into our "Pick A Route" competition.
Aye sure, why not.
And that's all I thought that was it.
A few days later I got a message from MotoGoLoco.
"Congratulations! You have one a nights dinner, bed and breakfast at the establishment of your choice." Followed by a list of hotels and B+Bs.
No fucking way! I couldn't believe it, I thought there was some sort of catch, but no! I'd won a competition!! Looking at my choices I opted for the Fernhill Hotel in Portpatrick.
I phoned HB.
"I'VE FUCKING WON A NIGHT AWAY IN A FANCY HOTEL!!!"
I was quite excited. All we had to do was arrange the date we wanted to go. I figured we could combine out stay with a night camping somewhere. I kept an eye on MotoGoLoco's website, using it to plan possible routes to the Fernhill Hotel. I was on it one day when I seen they had a Great Biking Roads photo competition. My regular reader will know how passionate I am about riding my bike in Scotland and I have a couple of photos of bikes by the roadside so I entered these two photos.
I got another e mail. I'd won first and second place.
BRRRRRIIINGGG
I'VE WON ANOTHER NIGHT AWAY!!!!!!
YA FUCKIN DAAAAAAANCER!!!!
I was pretty happy.
HB and I planned out trip for the end of June. My photo had won us a night at the Belted Will Inn, just outside Brampton, Cumbria in the foreign lands of England. We'd ride down a scenic route and stay there on Wednesday, head up to Balloch O Dee on Thursday, where we had hired the bothy, before spending our last night at the Fernhill Hotel, Portpatrick.
Wednesday arrived and we set off south, riding down past St Mary' Loch, stopping for a coffee at the Glen Cafe then through Moffat to Gretna, where HB "checked us in" on facebook, causing a few "You haven't... have you??" comments. My mate Paul sent multiple texts asking if I'd got married, caring soul that he is.
HB at The Glen Cafe.
Folk getting married at Gretna. The guy driving looks the happiest person there!
We arrived at Brampton earlier than we though, so we looked around a few of the touristy sights along Hadrian's Wall, a big wall the Roman's built because they were shit scared of Scottish people.
Trying on helmets at Lanercost Priory
Hadrian's Wall.
The GS and an untraditionally friendly cyclist.
HB at Birdoswald.
When we got to the Belted Will they were just opening up for that evening's service. We were welcomed in by Alyson and the GS was given a nice secure parking space. We were shown to our room, which was pretty big with an extra bed where we dumped out stuff. We chilled out for a bit, got showered then wandered down to the bar. The bar and restaurant is quite olde worldy looking with the exposed beams in the roof, its a nice place to sit and relax. We were having a couple of beers, playing pool and speaking to the staff. Stephen, the owner used to ride bikes and we chatted away before he had to get to the kitchen. My phone was hooked onto the free WiFi and I was getting messages from Stelios, a Greek guy I knew through a GS forum who was on a big tour of Europe. He was heading up north and wanted to meet up to discuss routes. When I told him we weren't in Scotland and we were at the Belted Will he decided to join us. Stelios arrived just as we were trying to decide what to have from their tasty looking menu.
The Belted Will
I had a huge t-bone steak, HB had a ribeye and Stelios had chicken. The food was tasty and the portions were huge. We had though about having a pudding but we were stuffed. We spent the rest of the evening discussing bike trips, looking at Stelios's map of Scotland and chatting with the staff and other punters at the bar. There was a poster up for an event held by the Leek Club. I'd never heard of a Leek Club before but apparently they are pretty popular in northern England, with people competing to see who can grow the biggest leek. There must be something in the water down there....
The next morning we headed down for breakfast. This is where the Belted Will really stood out. their breakfast was awesome. We both had a full english breakfast with one of the best sausages I've ever tasted.
Bellies full, we chucked our stuff in the bike said our goodbyes to Stelios and the Belted Will family and headed off.
Me, HB and Stelios
Go here, here, here, here and here, Here's good too, and here, here.....
My GS and Stelios's K1600
Stephen and Alyson had recommended going over the Hartside Pass the night before, so we rode over there to Penrith before carrying back up to Scotland. Now the Hartside Pass was pretty good and there's a nice cafe at the top which is known as a local bike meet but, and this is a big but, the AA have it down as one of the top ten drives in the world. Yep, in the world. It's good, but its not that fucking good.
We followed the same route as I rode with Ben a few weeks before through Dumfries and along the A712 New Galloway Forest road.
Instead of lugging our tent around HB and I had hired the Bothy. The bothy is a single room building that can sleep seven people. There's a wood burning stove for heating and cooking on. Pots, pans, plates and utensils are all supplied. All you need is bedding. For £45 a night it's a bargain. We spent the evening chilling out, feeding the chickens, particularly a greedy guy called George, and eating burgers cooked on the stove. Later on we joined the owners Dad around his fire.
The AA need to get out more.
The Bothy
Inside the Bothy.
The Roundhouse. That's £40 per night.
Wee horse eating the flowers.
After a breakfast of fresh eggs on rolls we set off for Portpatrick. Portpatrick was only a 40 mile or so ride if we went the direct route so instead we headed up the A714 then over the B734 which ends with nice views of Ailsa Craig a big rock island in the Firth of Clyde. We stopped for a photo and a pee then carried on down the surprisingly fun A77 to Stranraer then on to Portpatrick.
Riding into Portpatrick we found the Fernhill Hotel easily, we parked the bike up in the car park and walked into the reception.
The view overlooking the town from the huge window in reception blows you away. We were welcomed by a member of staff who gave us a complimentary sherry then showed us to our room, which also had an incredible view over the town, a big bathroom and a massive bed. We got the bike unpacked, arranged a time for our dinner then headed down to have a look around Portpatrick. It was still quite early so we got lunch from a chippy van at the harbour, looked round the shops and had a beer in a few of the seafront pubs.
Ailsa Craig.
At the Fernhill Hotel
The view from our room. The photo doesn't do it justice.
Chippy van ran by a crazy woman.
The Fernhill Hotel is just above the green building.
Portpatrick.
At around half six we headed back up to the Fernhill for dinner. The restaurant is in the conservatory of the hotel. Everything about it was really impressive. Fergus, our waiter, was friendly, chatting about mountain biking with us. We treated our selves to a bottle of Sancerre to accompany the stunning food. It really was seriously enjoyable sitting in the conservatory. HB ordered a fish dish and I had chicken, which was perfectly cooked.
After our meal we headed back down into the town to watch a band in one of the pubs on the way there I stopped to climb in a big barrel in the park. HB took my photo and we wandered on to the pub. We'd just arrived when I realised that I'd left my blue jumper beside the barrel. I nipped back over to get it only to find that someone had pinched it!! No more blue jumper! I must be more of a fashion icon than I thought.
After a great sleep in the gigantic bed we tucked into a great breakfast before loading the bike up and heading off. We both really enjoyed the Fernhill Hotel, it gets a full five chainsaws.
We decided to just follow the sat nav home. I thought it would take us a boring route but we ended up going along the A702, also known as the Dalveen Pass, an incredible road, really worth doing if you are heading to Portpatrick or Balloch O'Dee.
We had a great few days away. Big thanks to Faithir for letting me borrow his camera as I still hadn't got my new one through since I knackered it on the Bealach Na Ba.
Thanks also to the following people/organisations.
MotoGoLoco for giving us the prize! www.motogoloco.com
Stephen and Alyson and the rest of the team at The Belted Will Inn. http://www.beltedwill.co.uk/
Hazel at Balloch O'Dee. http://www.ballochodee.com/
All the staff at the Fernhill Hotel, Portpatrick. http://www.mcmillanhotels.co.uk/fernhill-hotel/index.html
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Labels: adventure, bikes, BMW GS, breakfast, food, motorbikes
Winton Massif 2014 - Close to the Edge tour.
Close to the edge. To the edge of what we've yet to establish, our sanity perhaps? Our alcohol tolerance levels maybe? Who knows, but Stage 2 is still to come maybe we'll find out then...
The official first night was to be Glenlivit on Tuesday night but Brian, Bob and myself left a couple of days early. Kinloch Hourn was a place that had caught my eye after looking for interesting places on the map I've not been to yet. Kinloch Hourn can be found at the end of twenty two or so miles of single track road. It's a dead end road. No one will ever get to Kinloch Hourn who doesn't want to be there. When I told Bob and Bri about it they were up for it, despite it being a "wild camping" destination. For those not in the know, wild camping is just camping wherever you want, which is legal in Scotland as long as you don't fuck anything up or scare any wildlife. Wild camping allows people to access and stay at some of the most beautiful places in Scotland in the comforts of their tents. The downsides is that you have to shite outside, something I do not rejoice in.
Sunday morning we arranged to meet at The Janet's. Mrs GHC was making breakfasts for anyone leaving for the trip and Brian, Bob and I were joined by Auld Brian and Route Captain. Every year someone takes on the roll of Route Captain. It's their job to try and organise the trip and anything else they want to (t shirts etc) but the also have to take a rake of slagging from the rest of us. Route Captain this year was Smillie, he'd come up with the main route and some fucking cracking t shirts but don't tell him I said that.
Breakfast at the Janets.
Bacon rolls tanned and coffees and teas drunk we were ready to go, but there was one problem, Bob was missing!
We waited..
and waited...
Fuck sake I'm getting worried now...
Will we go and find him?
brrrrrrraaaaaaa
braaaaaaa
BRA BRA BRA
Thank fuck, here he is.
Bob had unfortunately dropped his bike in his garage. Anyone who has dropped a GS in the past will know how much of a cunt they are to pick up, especially if you can't get proper access to lift them if you've dropped the bike in an enclosed space, like a fucking garage. Bastard.
Bob's GS was fine apart from a slightly bent crash bar, but he was sweating like a pregnant nun. As he cooled down he thundered a couple of rolls into himself and tanned some coffee.
RC Smillie and Auld Brian seeing us off.
We headed up towards Glencoe, somewhere around Stirling Bob pulled over to get his waterproofs on as we could see rain up ahead. It was a heavy shower, but it only lasted about 40 seconds. More sweaty baws for Bob. The further north we rode the better the weather got. We stopped off at the Glen Etive turnoff for a wee break before stopping again at Spean Bridge for some lunch in the cafe and to stock up on supplies for later on. We even managed to fit in a load of peat for a fire that evening.
A few miles after Invergarry you'll find the turn off to Kinloch Hourn. It starts out as a nice single track road. there's not much of a view as there's lots of Rhododendron at each side of the road, but this soon opens out and you get a good view along the side of the lochs. There's a big fuck off dam and a few miles after that the road goes mental. It swoops between rocks and up and over wee bridges and blind corners. At the end of it there is the loch, Loch Hourn (surprise, surprise) a farm building and the wee camping area. The Gamekeeper comes and collects £1 from each person camping. I tried to offer him a wee dram, but he couldn't be tempted.
We got the tents up and started gathering some fire wood. I was pretty surprised when a car turned up and an older couple started setting up camp. I hadn't expected to see anyone else while we were there. We got speaking to them and the lady asked me if we'd ever stayed there before and what we thought of the place. I told her it was our first time here and I thought the place was great, the only down side was that I wasn't looking forwards to having to shite outside. "Oh, don't worry about that. There's a toilet in the outbuilding by the farmhouse. It's open all the time. Just remember some loo roll."
RESULT!! Al fresco shiting avoided!
We got a fire going to get rid of the midges, got some beers open and shot the shit till bedtime.
Kinloch Hourn
Opening my tent the next morning showed another nice day. We ate breakfast and each took turns in taking the bikes round to the farmhouse to make a deposit in their toilet. There's also a wee cafe that runs out the farmhouse but I was unsure if it was open.
We packed all our shit up and got going. I had my gopro on and took a wee video to show how mental the road is. We came across a couple of cars on some of the tightest bits. The first guy seemed a bit unsure of reversing back to a passing place and I think he twatted his car off a rock.
Kinloch Hourn morning
Bob goes for a shite.
The road from Kinloch Hourn.
We headed back to Invergarry then up the side of Loch Ness to Drumnadrochit where we turned off for Cannich, tonight's destination. The section of the A82 that runs up the side of Loch Ness can be a stonking road but more often than not it's congested with caravans and big fuck off tour buses. Today was no different although, thanks to the traffic being stopped, we managed to get a short twisty section where we could open the taps a wee bit. The only other hold up was the locks at Fort Augustus which get boats up and down the Caledonian Canal. We stopped in Fort Augustus for a few bits and bobs too. I had forgotten my toothbrush and deodorant and I didn't want to risk the shop at Cannich not having either.
Cannich Campsite is a nice place, quite family orientated but we weren't put off by any over zealous warden types. There's a cafe on site and a wee campers room in case the weather goes bad. We walked round to the shop and got some supplies then sat about the site. Ben and Faithir were joining us today and just as we were getting some lunch they arrived.
Bob and Brian on the Kinloch Hourn road.
Invergarry
Fort Augustus lock.
You can see the difference in the water level between each side.
Ben and Faithir arrive at Cannich.
It was warm at Cannich but it started to shower. We spent time dodging the rain under the trees or under Ben's tarp shelter he'd brought with him. After a while we all ended up in the pub where we had food and then watched David Beckham ride a bobbed Triumph around on television over a few beers. Then it was back to the camping room for a few more beers.
The wee room in the campsite.
I had pitched my tent by a tree, so when I woke up the next day I didn't realise how warm it was. It was fucking roasting! I had ordered breakfast and a coffee from the on site cafe. I sat at one of the tables outside reading Chickenhawk on the kindle, but I had to go inside. I could feel myself getting burnt!
After breakfast we discussed which way we were going. Bob decided to go straight to that night's destination, Glenlivit Public Hall, while Faithir wanted to go for a look at Chanonry Point, a well known dolphin spotting area. Ben, Brian and I chose to go with Faithir, following the single track A831 to Beauly then on to Chanonry Point.
There was no dolphins to be seen that day, but there were plenty people looking.
Fort George in the background.
As we headed south and up into the Cairngorms the sky got cloudier. I stopped in Carrbridge for a photo of the old packhorse bridge, the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands, then caught up with everyone else at Grantown On Spey. We got beers and food from the shop and shovelled chips from the chippy down our throats. Much to Ben's delight Faithir and I also shared some chips with the birds, Ben fucking loves that.
From there we headed up the last few miles to Glenlivit Public Hall. The roads in the area are nice but quite busy with lorries no doubt taking stuff to and from the many Distilleries in the area.
By the time we got to the hall most of the other guys were all ready there. The five of us met up with Smillie, Euan, Andy and the Massif's newest member Chris. Andy, Euan and Chris had pitched their tents round the back of the hall but the rest of us opted to just crash out inside.
The hall was really good. Smillie had a wee stereo set up blasting out old rave music and there was a big kitchen with a huge fridge in it for all the beer. Smillie, Ben and Euan went to the distillery for a look around while the rest of us chilled oot at the hall. About an hour later Andy cooked up a load of spicy pasta for everyone who wanted some. Chris gave me one of his cigars to try, a Filthy Hooligan. It was braw! We were all relaxing on the wee porch bit when we heard another bike coming. It was Auld Brian (I'm sure he loves that handle) on his Suzuki Bandit. Now there was ten of us. With Brian on the Bandit and Chris on his Triumph Explorer, thankfully, the BMW GS fest was slightly diluted, we were beginning to look like the BMW owners club!
The night was spent chilling out and getting the crack (craic). When it got a bit later we moved into the hall. Brian, Bob and I told the other guys about Kinloch Hourn and wee inspected the damage the midges had done to Brian's legs. Ooya!
I had a great night sleep in the hall that night, and was raring to go in the morning. Ben and I had talked about heading straight to Applecross and spending two nights there, instead of going to Scourie with everyone else, but this idea was quickly kicked up the arse by Route Captain Smillie. I'm glad we stuck to the plan, cos we got to ride a couple of great roads on the way to Scourie.
As usual we left in dribs and drabs. Faithir went to ride around the whisky trail and photograph some of the distilleries, some went for coffee and rolls at another distillery and the rest of us battered up to Inverness. From there we carried on up the A9 untill we turned off onto the B9176, a fucking stonking road. It was great fun on the GS, swinging into the bends and switchbacks. The B9176 joins the A836, opens out into a bunch of fast sweepers and into Bonar Bridge. Carry on to Lairg and then take the sharp left onto the A838 which takes you up the side of Loch Shin. Myself and Bob made a slight cunt of things here and battered straight past the turn off and everyone else, spirited riding taking preference over navigation and observation.
Scottish roads can be confusing for non Scots. The B9176 is a B road but it is still a dual lane road folk are used to. Whereas the A838 is mostly a singletrack road with passing places, so you have to keep in mind that if you're battering on, you might meet another daft cunt doing the same thing but coming the other way. Despite this some of us were holding a fair old pace, but no one could match the guy in the jet fighter plane who went screaming past a hundred meters or so above us, causing the majority of us to shite our breeks!
Eventually we got to Laxford Bridge where we took a left onto the A894, the last wee bit of the north coast road that takes you into Scourie.
The usual ritual of pitching tents and going to the shop for beers and stuff took place as always. Some folk opted to eat in the pub but I joined the folk cooking on the campsite. Sausages on rolls was my three star Michelin meal, Bob had soup and Smillie and Euan attempted chilli. Hammy and Claire turned up for a visit and joined the folk eating in the pub. When they said their goodbyes we headed along to the Scourie Hotel where somehow I ended up playing darts with Smillie, Andy, Ben and Brian, or was it Bob? Fuck knows. the one sure thing was I was a fair bit more pissed up than everyone else. This didn't impede my newly found dart skills and in a torrent of foul language I won the game, and then done it again!!
Photo by Faithir
Bonar Bridge. Photo by Faithir
Scourie Views
Euan arrives at Scourie
Smillie arrives.
Brian greets Smillie.
The following morning I was a burst couch. "Coach" is the term we have in the Massif for the fuckwit who takes fucking ages to get their shit together before we move on from somewhere. That day the fuckwit was me. I was pretty hungover. It seemed I was moving through setting cement as I fed myself and packed my tent and shit away. Some of the guys chose to wait behind and give me shouts of "encouragement" while I tidied my shit up.
"For fuck sake, what the fuck are you playing at?!?!"
"Hurry the fuck up!"
"Fucking coach"
"Slooooooow bastard"
Etc etc. On top of that, I'd lost my fucking hat. So once I'd finally got the bike loaded we had to ride back to the Scourie Hotel. No sign of said hat in the bar or around the darts board where I had been so prolific the previous evening. I had given up hope when I spotted my precious hat lying outside on a picnic table, exactly where I left it the previous evening. Fuckwit.
We set off heading south on one of my favourite roads. The A894/A837 from Scourie to Ullapool is one of my favourites, but due to my wits dulled from the night before, I was more riding dog than riding god. The preceding nights festivities however had no impact on the scenery, which was fucking incredible, as always. MobyDick (what I call the GS these days) proved to be a worthy companion, hurtling my rough arse swooping and twisting into Ullapool. I might have felt a bit shite, but the bike was planted, it's forgiving handling masking my dodgy lines and mid corner braking into swoopy, pendulum swinging smiles.
We regrouped at Ullapool. The cake and coffee I bought at the cafe overlooking the harbour blasted away the cobwebs from the night before and I was back "on it" as the young team say.
Scourie to Ullapool. Photo by Faithir
Exploder to Ullapool. Photo by Faithir
Bandit and Brian. Photo by Faithir.
Andy, Bob, Ben and I stopped to look at Stac Pollaidh and discuss and arsehole in a van who tried to kill us. You can probably tell by Andy's face that he wanted to kick the guys head in. And rightly so.
Another one of the hazards of riding up north. Deer! A herd of deer near Inchnadamph. Photo by Faithir.
Massif at Ullapool. Photo by Faithir
From Ullapool we had to routes to out destination. We could follow the coast to Applecross via Gairloch, or just batter down the A835 to Garve. For some reason everyone but Faithir chose the route via Garve, despite us all knowing that the Gairloch road is the more enjoyable. We convinced ourselves we'd made the right choice, as it was the quickest route there. And while it was far from unenjoyable, it wasn't the five star route I knew my Old Man had taken. It was a great run down through Achnasheen and into Lochcarron., but it was a road I've ridden bings of times. Maybe Faithir was speaking sense...
Never mind, we'd be pitched for ages before that old fud had turned up....
Well, not really. Faithir rolled in about half an hour behind me. I should have taken the Gairloch road.
Anyways, routes aside, we'd all made it to Applecross hassle free....................ish.
After we'd stopped for supplies in Lochcarron I'd said I would like to get photos of folk riding up the Bealach Na Ba. So off I sped, followed closely by Ben. At the famous Bealach Na Ba sign I stopped. It's a Winton Massif tradition to apply our stickers wherever possible and I wanted another one on the sign.
Stopping at the sign I jumped off the bike and whipped open the top box looking for a sticker.
Where the fuck is it??
Fucking sticker.
I pulled my camera out and searched around.
Fucking hell!! Fucking beers in the way!!
I took the beers I'd bought in Lochcarron out and searched more.
Where the fuck are these stickers?!?!
Into my pocket I go and whip out a pile of stickers. Fuck sake. Sticker on the sign, beer back in the top box and off I go.
BRRAAAAAAAAAP
BRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Navigating the Bealach I'm thinking I was the first up, but no, there's Smillie on one of the hairpins, camera in hand.
I go a few turns up, quickly jump of the bike, open the top box, and
no camera.
What the fu....?
FUCK!!!!!!
Now if you read back that last wee bit, or you're equipped with a better brain than me, you'll have realised that after I took my camera out to find the stickers, I never put the thing back in the topbox.
WHAT A FUCKING ARSEHOLE!!!!
FUCK SAKE!
Next up the hill was Andy. He had been following Ben who had come across my trusty Nikon D80 lying in the middle of the road looking fucked. Ben had given it to Andy. When he passed it to me I battered hopefully on a few buttons, but it wouldn't focus. It was fucked.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
To be fair to the guys they were pretty supportive. My SLR was really expensive but I used it all the time. There was a chance it could get damaged at some point.
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
I was pretty thankful that Ben and Andy had found it. At least I hadn't lost the photos from the trip so far. I really would have been fucking gutted if I'd lost them.
PPPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIDCCCCCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNTTTTTTT
These things happen. But I was fucking annoyed with myself . What a fucking halfwit.
Anyways, I rode down into Applecross where I headed straight for the Inn. The pub is in such a great location that as long as the weather is fine I like to have a beer before I head up and sort the tent out. Euan joined me. We shot the shit and spoke to the staff while we sipped our beer and Euan sampled a pint of prawns.
We got our tents up just and I got my arse in the shower. I'd skipped a wash due to my slow start that morning and I felt like I was cultivating mushrooms around my crotch.
I emerged feeling like The Dalai Lama. My camera was fucked, but I hadn't lost my photos, and at least it was insured. Hopefully...
The rain came in the form of brief but heavy showers as we hid in the Flower Tunnel, that is now being used as a campers refuge. We all had a couple of beers then headed down to the Applecross Inn for some food. As always, it was fucking good.
Views from the Gairloch route. Photo by Faithir.
Me winging it up the Bealach sans camera. Photo by Smillie.
Photo by Smillie.
Photo by Smillie
Setting up the tents in Applecross. Photos by Faithir.
Faithir, Brian and Smillie stayed in a Wigwam. Photo by Faithir.
Cosy. Photo by Faithir.
Fuck knows whats been going on here. Answers on a postcard.....
It wasn't raining the following morning but it looked like it might start any time. We whipped the tents down and got cleaned up then rode up the Bealach Na Ba and into the clouds. That's not an exaggeration, it was misty as fuck. I literally had a couple of meters visibility. After ages crawling along I got to the top, I was heading down, when at one of the hairpins a big yellow truck appeared and then disappeared back into the mist, it was pretty freaky. I popped out of the clouds halfway down and headed on to Lochcarron. There was only one thing on everyone's mind. Breakfast.
When we've been at Applecross breakfast means only one place, The Waterside Cafe in Lochcarron, home of the Challenge Breakfast. Because it was Chris's first trip he decided he'd step up to the very large plate.
The Waterside Cafe
"What the fuck was I thinking...."
Another pass certificate for Smillie and I.
It was a valiant effort from Chris, but those last couple of slices of fried bread had him beat. He lay down his sword. Well, he lay down his knife and fork. I though it was going to beat me too but I forced those that few beans down. Fuck Shreddies, the Challenge Breakfast will keep hunger locked up till dinner time.
We left Lochcarron heading to Skye. The plan was to get the ferry from Armadale to Mallaig. Skye is known as the Misty Isle and it lived up to it's name today. Not long after crossing the bridge and getting on to the relatively new, upgraded A851 we were plunged back into the pea soup. It was quite alarming when old coffin dodgers would appear out the fog like ghosts in silver hatchbacks, only to disappear again seconds later. Put yer fucking lights on folks.
I arrived to the busy ferry, it was just getting ready to go. "We can fit you on" said the ferry guy.
"There's ten of us, the rest of them will be here just now."
"Ah. You'll be wanting to wait for the next ferry then"
This wasn't much an of an issue. Smillie had to make a pit stop to drop of some of his breakfast is some poor bastards shite house, so there was no danger we would have made it on the earlier ferry.
We killed time drinking coffee in the wee cafe, slagging each other off and reading. The ferry was back in no time. The crossing only takes a wee while and as we crossed we formulated the next wee bit of our route. While this was going on I saw some dolphins jumping not far from the boat. It's a pretty awesome thing to see.
Off the ferry, we battered down the A830, another stonking road that get occasionally clogged with tour buses and caravans, all heading to Arisaig. Our destination was Glenfinnan. Not many of us had stopped there before, so we slipped the bikes between the tour buses and foreign cars. We had a look at the viaduct and the monument to where Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard at the start of the Jacobite rebellion. Not long after we had arrived we were ready to go. Bob, Brian and I opted to head back the way we'd come and take the single track A861 to our final nights destination, Strontian.
Massif crossing the Skye Bridge. Photo by Faithir
Ferry terminal. Photo by Faithir.
Photo by Faithir.
Titanic threeway. Photo by Faithir.
Glenfinnan. photo by Smillie.
Sunart Camping is the campsite at Strontian. It's a cracker. Tim, the owner, has made camping huts himself. Smillie, Faithir, Bob, Ben and Brian all stayed in the biggest one. It was pretty impressive, it even had its own shower, toilet and cooker. All that for £65! The rest of us got our tents up and had a couple of beers. We all ate out in the pub that night. It was quality.
Homewards bound the next day. I packed my tent away for one last time. We ate in the cafe in Strontian then headed to the Corran ferry. I rode home with Smillie, Ben and Andy along the side of Loch Earn and into fife, Smillie showing us some of his old stomping ground.
Sunart Camping. That's the hut the guys hired. Photo by Faithir.
Corran Ferry. Photo by Faithir.
Great trip.
Posted by Mike at 3:38 PM 13 comments:
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Winton Massif?
The Winton Massif. We like bikes and beer.
I'm Mike, a member of the illusive Winton Massif. I attempt to ride bikes places and write about it on here. I can pretty much live on ritz crackers, primula cheese and beer.
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