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Figs and a Fulcrum: Rethinking Balanced Meals for Kids (Week 39, 52 New Foods) October 03 2013, 1 Comment
An unexpected scenario in our kitchen when we decided to try something new: cooking with figs.
Balanced precariously on a block of cheese was a ruddy wooden plank, two stainless steel bowls, a package of unsalted butter and a big batch of freshly picked figs. It was an unlikely scenario in our kitchen—one that I hadn’t expected when we decided to try cooking with figs.
A humble and unassuming basket of figs from a friend’s garden was the catalyst for our food experiment. When they arrived on our doorstop, we couldn’t ignore the signs. A new food for my kids, a relatively unfamiliar one to me, and a hallmark of the season, it seemed only natural to welcome figs to our family table and make it the food of the week in our 52 New Foods Challenge.
So together as a family, we talked about the ways we might like to try figs. I was happy to simply eat them straight from the basket, or tossed in a salad. My husband voted for an Italian-inspired recipe, prosciutto-wrapped figs with a blanket of basil. My son suggested trying them with a familiar favorite, yogurt and honey. My daughter took it up a notch, to a deliciously sinful fig bar recipe reminiscent of her favorite cookies: Fig Newtons. We had our plan, figs four ways.
It was that last recipe that inspired the makeshift scale that was constructed on my kitchen counter. The recipe called for a pound of fresh figs. Without a kitchen scale, how were we to know how many figs to use?
My six-year old son James is studying balance in his first-grade science class this semester—perfectly synchronous timing for our fig conundrum. He started by suggesting that we could just hold a package of butter in one hand and a bowl of figs in the other and guesstimate. But in action he discovered it was harder to decipher the difference between the two sides.
“We could make a scale!” he suggested, surprising even himself. “We need something long and straight for the arms.” He scurried to the garage, with my husband, to source materials for his contraption. The oversized ruler he used in his first try proved to be too flexible, which led him to the sturdy wooden plank. A block of cheese from our fridge served as the fulcrum. With the package of butter on one side, he started adding figs to the other—one by one—until he achieved the balance he was seeking. About 14 figs.
Google could have easily answered our question. Or I could have just bought a basic kitchen scale. But those solutions would have lessened the learning that was at hand. By letting James experiment, and figure out a solution for himself, he had the opportunity to learn much more than how many figs are in a pound. He exercised his creativity in coming up with a solution, constrained by the materials at hand. He encountered failure (albeit a small one) and modified his method to find a new path, instead of just giving up. He worked persistently to find a solution and felt satisfied with himself at the end—a much different kind of satisfaction than the one he would have felt with a set of search results.
Yes, searching for the answer on Google would have been faster, easier, simpler. But like so many things in our 52 New Foods Challenge, the journey is about so much more than the destination.
A mother of two, Jennifer Tyler Lee is the creator of the award-winning healthy eating game, Crunch a Color®, and author of the upcoming book, The 52 New Foods Challenge (Penguin/Avery 2014), a week-by-week playbook to get your family eating healthy, one new food at a time. Like most parents, she struggled to get her kids to eat healthy, balanced meals, so she decided to make it into a healthy eating game and she’s giving back to support non-profit kids’ nutrition programs. Winner of the Dr. Toy and Parent Tested, Parent Approved awards, Crunch a Color® has been featured by Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, Rachael Ray's Yum-O!, Laurie David’s Family Dinner, Kiwi Magazine, Dr. Greene, and Yum Food & Fun For Kids, among many others, as a simple, fun and playful way to get kids to eat healthy and try new foods. Jennifer’s passion is making mealtime fun and healthy for busy families. Her easy recipes, quick tips, and new food adventures are regularly featured at Pottery Barn Kids, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, The Huffington Post, and on her weekly recipe blog at crunchacolor.com.
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Chris's Weblog – City Chickens
My diary from 2004
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The story so far….
Chris April 17, 2020 Covid-19, Motor Neurone Disease, News
847 people have died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours
Before the arrival of the Pandemic that is COVID-19, most of the news coverage was related to our exit from the European Union. Great Britain had been part of the union since the early 70s and a democratic decision had been made to leave. It had become a long ponderous process but we were coming to the end of the negotiations. I personally was optimistic about the future of my country. I was hopeful that things might revert back to what I had seen in my youth. It wasn’t all roses but work was plentiful and life, on the whole, was good. We did import some food from the commonwealth but mostly our farmers grew what we needed seasonally and most of our commodities were produced in factories here. We had thriving industries and improving commerce. We were close to being a self-sufficient country.
The welfare state and the NHS were born more or less with me. In my lifetime they have always been there. A trusted cushion that my generation has taken for granted. I had the privilege to spend a large chunk of my working life in the NHS both in a hospital setting and in general practice. After retirement, I had a couple of years of respite before I was thrown into the heartbreak of caring for my youngest son, Adam, who contracted MND in 2011. Adam died on the 20th of February 2016. Adams’s death hit me very hard both mentally and physically. My life was on hold.
Suddenly this crisis happened, it happened all over the world and has made everyone sit up and take notice. As soon as the pandemic started the cracks in the British way of life began to show. The NHS was on its knees after years of cutbacks. Unemployment was rife. Our shops were full but most of the goods were sourced from abroad. When we suddenly needed increased supplies of medical equipment and medicines our government ordered it from abroad. First big mistake.
The country hadn’t had time to put things in place. Promises made by our government about massive improvements to our way of life following the exit from Europe hadn’t even been realised yet. This is a global problem. Each country was having to look after its own people. It seems that the impetus to source what we need has had to come from the people. Manufacturers, engineers, scientists, private labs and so on have stepped up and the government has had to be prompted to take advantage of the many skills that we have available here.
The people of my country have shown that they can adapt and produce the goods needed and adapt quickly. Precious time has been lost and as a result, many lives have been lost. I hope that from here on our government will learn from their mistakes. There is no end in sight as yet but we are nothing if not resilient.
I live in hope that we can eventually recover from this and make the country the exceptional place that it could be. Thriving and productive, self-sufficient, no jobless, no homeless, a good welfare system for sick and vulnerable, free education and health, clean and efficient buildings, good housing with gardens for everyone. A country to be proud of again. It will take a long time and I may not live to see it but we can do it. Our people deserve it.
A vaccine may be a long time coming
Chris November 6, 2017 Family, Motor Neurone Disease Adam, ashes, verse,
The subject of Adam’s ashes has reared it’s head again and I am no nearer to deciding what to do about it. Up until today the blue box containing all that remains of my beautiful boy has been sitting in the living room underneath his photograph. However, I am aware that I am not the only person with an interest in what becomes of them. He has three children and their two respective mothers, two brothers and a father, all of whom have genuine rights when it comes to making a decision about this difficult problem. I am his mother, This was his home, Where he is now is virtually the same place where he was set down when I brought him home from the maternity ward in a little blue carry cot. I don’t think I am ready to let him go yet. I still haven’t come to terms with the way he died and I think that that is the crux of the problem.
Fourteen billion years ago the whole thing was begun.
Time itself came into being, the clock began to run.
And in the crucible of space, all there is, was born.
The building blocks of all we know from some galactic storm.
Collapsing stars formed elements, the elements combined
To form the substance of it all, the earth, the trees, mankind!
So look into the midnight sky, creation on parade. . .
For what you see in starlight is the stuff from which we’re made.
For we are in the universe, The universe in us.
The two are indivisible. A thing most beauteous.
So hear the song of nature. The song that all things sing.
For we are truly stardust, everyone and everything.
By John Marsh © May 2015
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Eglu – 13 years on.
Chris October 24, 2017 Chickens, Family, Garden, Motor Neurone Disease, Pets Adam, chickens, Eglu, family, Omlet
The Eglu was the start of a big adventure for me as I ended up with fifty chickens, all bantams, and fifteen ducks, calls and runners. This adventure came to a crashing halt when my son was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. I don’t regret a single minute spent caring for Adam and In fact feel very privileged to have spent that time with him and honoured to have been able to help him through, what was for him, a horrendous time. My new chicken venture is to help me through my grief after losing him in February 2016. Life will never be the same for us without him. However, he left me with three wonderful grandchildren, and they are a lasting legacy for which I am truly grateful. They love the chickens and the Eglu is really safe for them to use.
Today I received a refurbishment kit for the Eglu from Omlet. My Eglu was number seventeen off the production line when Omlet, the company, was born. It was delivered by their own chicken bedecked van and assembled in the garden in August 2004. It came with three large fowl, Araucana, which are blue egg layers. The students who designed and produced the chicken house have come a long way since then. I have bought plastic replacements for the originally wooden perching bars, a new green shade and an all weather transparent full cover for the bad weather to come. Other than that, thirteen years later, it is as good as new.
Well, I am a little disappointed as the replacement perches didn’t fit. They looked lovely too. Strong and easy to clean but just not the right size. However the Eglu is back together and looking safe and warm with the two new covers. The five new chickens look happy. They are all small breeds so have plenty of room and I feel confident that they will be warm and dry this winter.
Day 1 making friends
Snowy, Scraggy and Violet
Christmas Rose – Helleborus Niger
Chris November 7, 2016 Garden, Motor Neurone Disease, Winter Adam, family, flowers, Hellebore, Lidl, Tips
On Thursday this week I shall be going to the local Lidl store to buy some of these beautiful plants. At six for £7.99 I shall be a happy lady. I have kept back some tête-à-tête so I shall pot them up together. This will be another reminder of Adam as this combination of plants grew along under his bedroom window at the house on the hill. When they were at their best I would take him a photo and the twins would often just pick them as toddlers do and take them in to him. I asked for White Hellebore to be included in Adams funeral flowers and they looked lovely.
Christmas roses have a deep growing root system so the roots should be planted downward rather than spread out below the soil surface and the crown of the plant should be an inch below the soil surface. Apply a layer of mulch around the plant. Every spring remove old, tattered foliage and feed the plants with a balanced water soluble fertiliser. Commonly known as hellebores the Eurasian genus Helleborus consists of approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. The scientific name Helleborus derives from the Greek.
Update November 2017 – These plants, Helleborus Niger, have paid me back over and over since I bought them as they flowered from November to May. They retain their interest throughout the year. Now its November again and once again their snow white flowers are peeping through to brighten up the Winter days. They are tough little plants with delicate flowers. I have two large containers full of them and one plant in the side garden. I love them and may invest in some coloured varieties this year. As we are expecting some very cold weather I have mulched around them with some compost and sprinkled in a little growmore.
Adam – Saturday 20th February 2016
Chris March 19, 2016 Family, Motor Neurone Disease Adam
My beautiful son, Adam, passed away on Saturday 20th February 2016. We were together when he took his first breath on the third of March 1974 and we were together when he took his last. I was privileged to be able to care for him until the end. He loved life and fought to hold on to it despite the awful suffering. I know he wasn’t ready and would have put up with anything for one more look at his beloved children. I am trying to get back to what’s left of my life as he would and often did tell me to.
Orpington Bantams
Chris July 1, 2011 Chickens, Garden, Motor Neurone Disease chickens
I have decided to sell my chickens so that I can be available to spend more time with Adam. My son Sean and his partner Deb are taking the eglu and four of the smaller chickens to live in their garden. I have advertised the three Orpington Bantams for sale and will be advertising the others soon.
Chris June 22, 2011 Family, Motor Neurone Disease Adam, MND
Did you know that this week is MND National Awareness week. Well my family has certainly been made aware as my youngest son, Adam, has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.
https://www.mndassociation.org/news_and_events/our_news/mnd_awareness_week_1.html
He and the whole family have gone through a state of shock and grief that has hit us all like a jugernaut. After the first round of gp, consultant, hospital, specialists and awful tests we are now trying to come to terms with the diagnosis and what it will mean. On 31st May we had a family visit from a lovely MND Nurse, Heidi, but since then we have had no contact from any of the care team and remain in a state of limbo.
Adam is bravely continuing to carry on as normal and has made a special effort to take his six year old daughter on days out, seaside holidays and this weekend he, his girlfriend and his daughter are travelling to Cyprus for a week in the sun to make some special memories .
If my weblog has been a bit sparse on the gardening front recently it is because we have all been totally preoccupied with this current situation and my positive and optimistic view on life has taken a bit of a battering.
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Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man
Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century
Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles
Overall: 32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.)
Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1972.368.5
The practice of creating scenes of the Nativity for the home dates from the early 1700s in Italy, where people began to set up doll-like figures of about a foot or less in height. The custom was particularly popular in Naples around 1800, where crèche scenes (crèche means cradle, or crib) included many figures, whose heads and hands of painted terracotta, stuffed cloth bodies, and clothing adapted from contemporary local costumes gave them an amazingly realistic character.
Representations of the birth of Jesus can be traced to the first few centuries of Christianity. Both living creatures and sculptural depictions of them were used from early times. By the late middle ages it was customary to create life-size figures of wood or stone, naturalistically painted, to represent the characters who participated in the events of Jesus's early life. These sculptures were then arranged in scenes illustrating one or both of the most important of these events, the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Magi-the three kings from the East who came to pay homage to the Christ child. Used in churches, these large figures were especially popular in Italy, Central Europe, Spain, and Portugal.
This Object in Focus presentation was organized by Henry Hawley, Curator of Renaissance and Later Decorative Arts and Sculpture.
[Lipkin Gallery, London]
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Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers Respond to Trump's Lies About Puerto Rico
ByTrace William Cowen
Trace William Cowen is a writer based in Los Angeles. He tweets with dramatic irregularity here.
Video via CBS
As you may or may not have heard, depending on your current tolerance level for abject bullshit, Trump recently shot off some inane tweets in which he completely lied about his Puerto Rico recovery efforts. As widely reported last year, Trump and his brainwashed brethren actually totally blew it to the point of nearly (allegedly!) hurling cans of chicken at victims.
The latest of idiocy sees the 72-year-old dolt disgustingly questioning death toll stats, a move that was roundly slammed across late-night shows Thursday night.
"As we broadcast tonight’s show, Hurricane Florence is grinding its way into the east coast," Stephen Colbert said at the top of his Late Show monologue. "I just hope everyone is staying safe. We are thinking of you. This thing is scary. Almost as scary as the Weather Channel's new graphics."
Later, Colbert detailed the sickening nature of Trump's current batch of lies. "Now, folks, if you watch the show, you know we kid the president about being a terrible person," he said. "But in reality, it is much worse than we could have imagined. Trump has been laser-focused on hurricane response this week, just not this one. He’s talking about the one a year ago because he's been tweeting a lot about how good a job he did responding to Hurricane Maria that decimated Puerto Rico last year, resulting in the death of almost 3,000 American citizens. It's hard to imagine anything more horrible than that, other than this tweet . . . I just wanna state that not only is this a sickening tweet, it is in no way true."
Colbert then explained that the study in question found that 2,975 deaths were "a result of the disaster and its effects," a fact Trump is hoping his cult will simply ignore. "It's kind of like he was on trial for littering and said on the stand 'I only threw my cup out of that window because I was distracted by the homeless man I ran over. Pretty sure he died of old age. Democrats pushed him in front of my car,'" Colbert said.
Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers also addressed Trump's latest lie, as seen below:
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More controlled access to your device's camera, mic, and sensors
Starting with Android P, an app won't be able to access your camera, microphone, or most of its sensors while it's running in the background — unless it makes it perfectly clear to you that it's doing so.
This is basically a preventative measure to make sure bad apps aren't able to abuse legitimate permissions they've been granted. The way it'll work is this:
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If an app has a valid reason for accessing one of those elements in the background, it'll have to create a foreground process to do it. In layman's terms, that means you as the user will see a notification anytime that's occurring.
"We want to make sure that whenever a sensor's being used — whether it's the camera, microphone, or any other sensor — that there's a clear disclosure to the user, and so there's always that persistent notification," Xin says.
The change will affect all apps as of Android P, regardless of when they were last updated or what Android version level they're targeting. The one exception to the rule is a device's GPS sensor: Since that's already controlled via its own standalone toggle in Android's Quick Settings, it won't require an ongoing foreground process to remain active.
Xin says in all of Google's testing thus far, she and her team have yet to encounter a single app where legitimate functionality has been disrupted as a result of the change.
Better encryption for backup data
You know all that data Android saves from your device and then makes available for restoring when you sign into a new phone or tablet — OS-level settings, app-oriented info, all that sort of stuff? The data's always been encrypted, but with Android P, it'll start using a client-side secret for its encryption.
What that means is the encryption will be protected with something specific to your phone — something derived from your PIN, pattern, or password — and the whole process will take place directly on your device.
That, in turn, means it'll be tougher than ever for anyone to access that info when they shouldn't be able to.
(This element is not yet present in the initial Android P developer preview, by the way, but it'll show up in a future update between now and the final P release.)
More privacy with network connections
When you connect to a Wi-Fi network from an Android device today, the network is able to see your device's MAC address — a unique and consistent number that identifies your phone or tablet. And while it's a bit out there, that means there's the potential, in theory, for your location to be tracked as you connect to different networks throughout the day.
"Anywhere I go, if I connect to a network, the owner of the network will know my MAC address," Xin explains. "If those people were then to collude, they could figure out where I go."
Android P addresses this possibility by allowing the system to generate a new and random MAC address for every single Wi-Fi network you connect to. The address will stay constant for that one network over time, but you'll get a new and different address for each other network you use — so there's no permanent and device-specific ID that follows you everywhere and leaves a lasting mark.
This option is starting out as an off-by-default "experimental" feature in the earliest Android P developer preview build.
Stronger protection from unsecure traffic
Speaking of network security, Android P pushes forward with Google's effort to move away from unencrypted "http" web traffic and toward fully secure web transmissions.
P actually takes what Oreo started in that department and turns it up a notch (so to speak): With Oreo, Google introduced a new system in which app developers could choose to prevent unencrypted network traffic — commonly known as "cleartext" — from appearing in their apps. As of P, that system is fully active and running by default.
Developers can still opt to allow unencrypted network traffic on a case-by-case basis by whitelisting specific domains as needed. And the change will only affect apps that have been updated to support Android P, so older apps that aren't regularly maintained will continue to function without issue.
Better protection of your unique device identifier
Network connections aside, every Android device has a permanent and unique identifier known as a "build.serial identifier" — basically a serial number that belongs to your phone and your phone alone. It remains present even through factory resets, so if you sell your device to someone, he or she will then have that same number.
It may seem trivial, but it's just one more way companies could track you and learn about you without your knowledge — especially when you consider that in the past, apps were able to freely access and store that number. With Oreo, Google started the process of pulling back that ability — and with Android P, it's fully removing the ability for apps to access your device identifier without first getting permission.
A standardized UI for fingerprint authentication
Your fingerprint is a powerful form of security — but the user interface for inputting your fingerprint across Android has thus far been anything but clear or consistent.
"We saw a very, very large variety in what apps did for fingerprints," Xin laughs. "We saw one app that basically showed a Comic Sans font when it was asking for a fingerprint."
So with P, Google is creating a consistent UI for fingerprint authentication — whether the prompt is coming from the system itself or from an app. Aside from the obvious surface-level benefit of this change, Xin says it could have some hidden perks for future technologies.
"If an OEM wanted to launch an in-display fingerprint sensor — say, in the bottom half of the screen — you'd need a way for them to tell you to put your fingerprint in a specific place," she notes.
Don't get too excited about that possibility yet, though: Xin says while some Android device-makers have absolutely been starting to consider the idea of in-display fingerprints, it's not yet clear if or when any such system will actually launch on a device.
User-facing warnings for outdated API use
When we talk about Android OS updates, the shiny marquee features tend to get the most attention. Beneath the surface, though, new releases always contain important foundational improvements — including sets of new APIs, or interfaces developers use to access data and tap into features within their apps.
Newer APIs can provide more advanced possibilities as well as more effective privacy and security — and so when an app doesn't take advantage of such opportunities and continues to target older APIs instead, it can be bad news for you as the user.
"We tighten down the API year after year," Xin says. "A lower API level might not be as secure."
In Android P, Google is proactively working to keep developers using the latest tools available — and to keep you aware of any instances when they might be failing to do so. How? Simple: The P-level operating system will actually show a warning to you anytime an app is targeting older-than-acceptable APIs.
(Side note: I hope this warning will be phrased in a way that explains the potential problem in plain English and thus actually means something to a typical user — because if a message pops up on an average person's phone about an "app targeting outdated APIs," I can't imagine it'll be effective at much other than befuddlement.)
This change actually goes hand in hand with an effort announced for Google Play late last year. On that side of the equation, any new or updated apps will be required to use recent API levels starting this summer. Xin tells me this two-prong approach is designed to allow for ongoing support of older apps that haven't been updated — but also to make sure users are aware of the potential downsides of using any such titles.
And that, dear friends, is what's new in terms of security with Android P. We've got a lot more to discuss with this release as it continues to take shape in the weeks and months ahead, so stay near — and don't miss out on the newsletter, below, as we'll be exploring P's most significant intricacies there tomorrow (and on plenty of other Fridays in the future).
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‘Tasers should be available in Kmart’
Should women be allowed to carry tasers?
SHOULD women in Australia be allowed to carry tasers and pepper spray?
It's a question that's been raised this week after the horrific death of Melbourne woman Eurydice Dixon who was killed on her walk home from work on June 12.
Victorian MP with the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, Jeff Bourman, is filing a motion to Parliament that would allow "all reasonable and practical methods of self defence".
Mr Bourman wants women to have the option to defend themselves "against a stronger and probably more experienced attacker". Specifically, he wants them to be able to use pepper spray and stun guns.
It is illegal to carry "any article designed or adapted to discharge and offensive, noxious or irritant liquid" in Victoria.
Victoria's Critical Incident Response Team is allowed to carry tasers but they are not permitted to be owned or used by the general public.
Western Australia is the only state where pepper spray is considered a controlled weapon and can be carried where there are deemed to be "reasonable grounds".
Perth woman Yushan Luo was fined for carrying pepper spray in 2014 after it was given to her by her boyfriend. She also had a taser disguised as a mobile phone.
Tasers and pepper spray are being pushed by a Victorian Shooters and Fishers MP.
A Facebook post by Mr Bourman noted that Victoria's Minister for Police Lisa Neville and new Lord Mayor of Melbourne Sally Capp are "afraid to walk the streets alone at night".
It created fierce debate from both sides of the argument. Many said it was a "slippery slope".
Rodney Phillips wrote: "Not on. Don't start something of which you have no idea where it will finish … putting more weapons on the street is not the answer."
Sue Phillips wrote: "I do not want access to weapons. I want appropriate consequences for offenders. Timely and respectful responses by police."
Harley Pettirosso wrote: "If the Lord Mayor is afraid to walk the streets at night in her own city then a new Lord Mayor is required. Take a leaf out of (former New York City mayor) Rudy Giuliani's book on how to clean up a city."
But others said it was time for change and that Ms Dixon's death proved women need to be able to defend themselves.
Marion Barnes wrote: "Thank you Jeff, at last someone gets it."
Aleta Rowland wrote: "I'm in, where do we sign? 'Bout time, we need to be able to legally defend ourselves like they can in other countries."
Sam Cannuli wrote: "Tasers should be available at Kmart."
David Brown wrote: "The debate needs to step up a gear. Women and men equally deserve the right to protect themselves. They should have a choice of lethal and non-lethal or both."
The comments were raised on the Today show on Monday where presenter Alicia Loxley said the plan was a bad one.
"I just feel this debate, once again, is moving completely in the wrong direction, putting the onus back on the woman to ensure that she is safe," Loxley said.
"I think what is really sad in the wake of a tragedy like this is when the commentary goes in the wrong direction and makes women feel like they are the ones who need to take responsibility for their actions."
Pepper spray is not legal in Victoria.
It's not the first time Mr Bourman has weighed in on law on order in Victoria. Previously, he wrote that "police aren't doing enough" about gangs.
"Given that the police on the police on the streets are flat out, there is obviously a resource shortage that must be dealt with," Mr Bourman said.
"Separate to that, and in my opinion as important as the resource shortage, is the sub standard judiciary.
"Serial offenders getting bail and thugs getting a tiny sentence given their history and that the gravity of the offences sends a message that you can do serious stuff and get away with it.
"We can put another 10,000 police on the streets but the weakest link is still the court system. We must have the courts reflecting the will of all society, not just the lefty hand wringers.
"Make the judiciary accountable, it's within the power of the government and the opposition can make a promise, a core promise, to do it should they get elected.
"We're not allowed anything to protect ourselves, so it's the government's job to keep us safe and it's not happening."
Eurydice Dixon was farewelled at a private funeral last week. More than 10,000 people also turned out to Princes Park in Carlton North for a vigil to offer their condolences to the young comic who was killed after a gig at the Highlander Bar in the CBD.
Her alleged killer, Jaymes Todd, 19, handed himself in to police after CCTV images were circulated. He is due to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court in October.
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Customer payment information compromised at 34 Spec's stores
Business // Retail
David Kaplan
March 28, 2014 Updated: March 28, 2014 11:26 p.m.
1of3The newly updates Bordeaux aisle is seen, Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Spec's Liquor on Smith street in Houston, Texas.TODD SPOTH/For The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of3The Texas beer aisle at Spec's Liquor store at 2410 Smith Street, Oct. 7, 2010, in Houston. Story is about the explosion of Texas craft beers on the market.Karen Warren/ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
3of3Joey Williams, beer department manager at Spec's, 2410 Smith, talks to customers in the Texas beer section Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Houston. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )Melissa Phillip/StaffShow MoreShow Less
More than half a million customers at 34 liquor stores owned by Spec's may have had critical financial information stolen in a sophisticated computer scam that persisted for a year and a half, the company announced Friday.
The Houston-based chain, a statewide presence with 155 stores, joins a growing list of high-profile retailers, from Target to Neiman Marcus, that have reported major breaches this year. Those security breakdowns affected more customers, but the Spec's hacking appears to have lasted much longer before being made public.
The company issued a statement saying the breach is believed to have started Oct. 31, 2012, and continued as late as last week. A representative said hints the computer system had been compromised began to surface early last year but that until this week federal investigators had asked Spec's not to divulge details.
"This was a very sophisticated attack by a hacker or hackers who went to great lengths to cover their tracks," spokeswoman Jenifer Sarver said. "It took professional forensics investigators considerable time to find and understand the problem then make recommendations for Spec's to fully address and fix them."
Rick Dardenne, a Spec's customer who lives in Fort Worth, said he learned his information had been compromised, possibly when he shopped at a Spec's in Kingwood, after receiving a new Amegy Bank card in the mail. He said he called Amegy about two weeks ago and asked if the switch was because he had shopped at Target. The customer service rep told him that there had also been a breach at Spec's.
"I don't like being kept in the dark," said Dardenne. "Target at least communicated with the customers sooner."
'Exceptionally long'
Tim Erlin, director of IT risk strategy at data security firm Tripwire, agreed that the breach "was exceptionally long." He also said that whatever security measures were in place "were clearly ineffective or inadequate."
Customer information was compromised at 34 Spec's-owned liquor stores statewide. Some of the stores operate as Copperfield Liquors, JJ's Liquors, Cowtown Discount Liquors, Restaurant & Bar Supply, Warehouse Liquors, The Beverage Shoppe and Richard's Fine Wines & Spirits.
The following Houston-area stores were affected:
12901 Queensbury
14110 Stuebner Airline
1665 South Voss
1743 Fry
1900 S. Shepherd
2545 Kirby
5630 Richmond
5750 Woodway
4665 Garth Road, Baytown
1304 West Davis, Conroe
17996 FM 529, Cypress
13827 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land
10491 Kuykendahl, The Woodlands
4747 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands
4775 West Panther Creek, The Woodlands
Other affected stores around the state:
1600 Texas Ave., College Station
3505 Longmire, College Station
10529 South Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi
4318 Ayers , Corpus Christi
4733 South Alameda, Corpus Christi
620 Old Robstown , Corpus Christi
6401 Weber, Corpus Christi
11411 Gateway Blvd. West, El Paso
5100 Montana Ave., El Paso
7933 North Mesa, El Paso
15540 FM 624, Robstown
Closed, but open during the time of the compromise:
1219 N. Texas Ave., Bryan
4804 Doniphan Drive, El Paso
4530 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood
2230 Buckthorne Place, The Woodlands
9420 College Park, The Woodlands
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Sarver said that after receiving alerts from a major lending institution and the company that processes many of its card payments, Spec's brought in private investigators and turned over evidence to the U.S. Secret Service. The breach may have lasted as late as March 20.
"I'm surprised the investigation went on so long without them discovering the root problem," said Erlin, adding that Spec's did the right thing hiring a private investigator after finding out fraud of some kind was taking place.
Neiman Marcus also learned from an outside source there had been fraud, he said, but it took about two months to determine 1.1 million customer cards had been breached. And the Target breach, which affected more than 100 million customers, lasted just a few weeks.
It's possible the scope of the Spec's breach will expand, Erlin said.
The warehouse-size superstore on Smith near downtown was not affected in this case. In addition to several smaller Spec's stores, some of the affected retailers operate as Copperfield Liquors, JJ's Liquors, Cowtown Discount Liquors, Restaurant & Bar Supply, Warehouse Liquors, The Beverage Shoppe and Richard's Fine Wines & Spirits. The list included mostly stores in the Houston area, but also some in Bryan, College Station, Corpus Christi and El Paso.
The exposure may include customers' bank routing numbers, card security codes and other payment card and check information.
Removed malware
Sarver said the compromise affected "an estimated fewer than 550,000" customers and Spec's employees. The company said the breach affected less than 5 percent of Spec's total customer transactions during that period.
"The issue has been resolved and data is no longer being obtained," Sarver said. She said the company replaced cash registers and "disabled and removed malware that was illegally placed on the computer systems."
"It's still an ongoing investigation and we are working on it," said Cynthia Marble, special agent in charge at the Houston field office of the Secret Service. She had no further comment.
Sarver said that as the hunt for the hacker continues, Spec's "has not taken any personnel action, nor based on what we know from the Secret Service do we see any reason to."
Dardenne said that while his is "disappointed," he plans to continue shopping at Spec's.
'It is unsettling'
Outside the Richard's Spirits & Fine Wines on Kirby, other customers did not seem overly upset.
"I'm not outraged, but it is unsettling," said Greg Frisco of Houston. "Just dealing with all the aftermath is frustrating."
Laura Snowden said hackers have stolen her identity in the past and she always tries to use cash.
"Everyone should be concerned, especially with the increasing use of credit cards," she said. "Every large store that sells in bulk has to be a target. "It's happened to Target, Neiman Marcus and now liquor stores. I'm surprised it hasn't happened to Toys R Us yet."
Data theft has been in the news a lot lately, but is not necessarily more common today, Erlin said.
"As an industry, we're getting better at detecting it," he said. "The concerning question is, how many more cases are like Spec's where data is being stolen and we don't know?"
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Will Patrick's Farma bioreactor could let owners brew their own drugs
Emma Tucker | 8 December 2015 1 comment
MIT Media Lab graduate Will Patrick has designed a prototype desktop bioreactor that could enable the production of pharmaceutical drugs at home.
The cylinder-shaped Farma kitchen appliance could be used to grow, measure, filter and dry synthetically designed microbes.
The owner would be able to order a starter culture, which could then be added to the device and grown until enough has been produced to be harvested for a daily dosage.
Patrick's first Farma prototype has been created for growing Spirulina that's been genetically modified to produce pharmaceutical drugs, but the designer has said it could be adapted for other uses.
"The prototype can control temperature and light levels, and aerate and mix the culture thoroughly," said Patrick, who previously served as a researcher in Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter group.
"It should be able to grow other organisms, including algae, yeast and E coli," he added.
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The device also comes with a pill maker that allows the owner to add dried algae bacteria to gel capsules for consumption.
"I wanted to focus Farma on the societal and ethical implications of recent genetic engineering technology," said the designer.
Patrick researched techniques such as CRISPR technology, which can change the sequence of specific genes, and recent explorations into the ways technology could mass-produce opium-like drugs using yeast rather than poppies.
"I wanted to explore how it could be possible to commercialise this type of research for distributed drug production," he added.
According to Patrick, the Farma would be most useful for the kinds of drugs that are used for long periods of time, such as anti-depressants, chemotherapy or insulin – rather than occasional drugs such as antibiotics.
"I can also imagine Farma being used to brew personalised supplements," he said.
Although currently still in prototype stage, Patrick believes the Farma and devices like it are closer to being realised than people might expect.
"There are several drugs that are now being produced in synthetically designed organisms, including human insulin, anti-malarials and opiates," he explained. "These drugs are currently produced in microbes such as E coli and yeast, both of which could be brewed at home in a bioreactor such as Farma."
As the tools for modifying and culturing organisms become more accessible and less expensive, designers and artists are beginning to suggest accessible alternatives.
Julie Legault recently developed a desktop biolab that would allow users to hack DNA at home, and monitor the progress of their creations.
Biologist Aakriti Jain and industrial designer Guillian Graves teamed up to develop a machine that could let owners user bacteria and yeast to grow their own products without the use of a lab.
"I believe that much of the creativity and innovation within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry in the coming decades will be driven from the bottom-up by these new bio-design hackers," said Patrick.
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Boeing suffers setback in space taxi testing
By Lulu Chang and Mark Austin July 23, 2018
An anomaly during the most recent test of the Starliner, Boeing’s planned space taxi, means the company’s aggressive timeline to replace NASA’s space shuttle may have to be pushed back.
NASA had hoped to accelerate the timeline to certify private companies including Boeing and SpaceX to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS); the agency wanted to turn a June Starliner test flight into a full-fledged mission. It was a bold move that some scientists worried could jeopardize crew safety. Too bold, perhaps.
“The engines successfully ignited and ran for the full duration,” Boeing said in a statement. “During engine shutdown an anomaly occurred that resulted in a propellant leak.”
While Boeing didn’t provide further details about what exactly went wrong, sources claimed that a valve in the propulsion system did not close entirely at the conclusion of the test, according to Ars Technica, which led to the leak.
“We have been conducting a thorough investigation with assistance from our NASA and industry partners,” Boeing added in the statement. “We are confident we found the cause and are moving forward with corrective action.”
It remains to be seen whether this issue will affect Starliner’s development schedule. Updates on crew test schedules should be released by NASA in the coming days. Both SpaceX and Boeing’s launch dates are expected to be sometime in late 2019, and likely won’t be able to win certification to send astronauts to the ISS until late 2019 at the earliest.
The development is a blow to Boeing, which proposed an updated and accelerated schedule in a contract modification. The amendment would add a third blue-suited crew member to the Starliner “Crew Flight Test” and extend the mission from two weeks to a full six months, according to Florida Today.
NASA’s current contract with Russia to ferry astronauts to the ISS aboard Soyuz spacecraft expires in 2019. Purchasing additional Soyuz seats is not an option, due to the long lead times involved. The two private contractors, Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, will likely not be certified for four-person crews by that time.
“It was clear to us that we needed to provide NASA with additional flexibility to ensure the station remains fully staffed and fully operational until the Commercial Crew Program providers can pick up a more regular cadence of flying long-duration crew rotation missions,” Boeing said in a statement.
“This contract modification provides NASA with additional schedule margin if needed,” Bill Gerstenmaier of NASA added. “We appreciate Boeing’s willingness to evolve its flight to ensure we have continued access to space for our astronauts.”
In 2014, NASA awarded a $4.2 billion contract to Boeing and a $2.6 billion contract to SpaceX for two test flights and six operational missions. Boeing and SpaceX planned to launch unmanned test flights this summer, and to follow those missions up with second test flights with two-person crews before the end of the year.
Schedule pressure was a factor in the two shuttle disasters, and scientists on the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel have warned the agency not to be too hasty. As recently as 2012, however, NASA expanded the scope of the Dragon capsule test launch by packing it with supplies for the ISS and proceeding with the launch as if it was a regular operational mission.
At a presentation in March, NASA’s Kathy Lueders admitted that the new timeline was aggressive but achievable, reported Space News. “In a perfect schedule, it all could come together,” she said. “We really want to give them the time to do this right. Yes, we want them to do it as fast as possible, but we’re not willing to sacrifice the safety of the crew.”
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No, Snapchat’s original show wasn’t bigger than Game of Thrones
By Allison Matyus September 26, 2019
Snapchat Chief Business Officer Jeremi Gorman said that one of Snapchat’s original shows was watched more than the Games of Thrones finale. That’s not really true.
Gorman said in a session during Advertising Week that one of Snap’s Originals, a reality show called Endless Summer, was watched by 28 million people, according to CNBC. In comparison, a record-breaking 19.3 million people tuned in for the final episode of Game of Thrones in May. Endless Summer stars YouTube star Summer Mckeen’s life in Laguna Beach, California.
Here’s the catch though: a spokesperson from Snapchat told CNBC that the company counts a view as when someone opens the video in the app. So, if the video was watched for five seconds or one minute, it still counts as a view, meaning that in reality, the 28 million views Endless Summer garnered weren’t the same as those who and paid attention during the entire 80-minute finale of Game of Thrones.
Endless Summer had 12 episodes in its first season on Snapchat, and every episode was just a few minutes in length.
This all comes down to the way social media platforms measure engagement — and try to sell views to advertisers. Social media platforms often make far-fetched claims like this when it comes to how many people “view” content. Facebook reportedly gets 8 billion video views per day, but again, the social media giant counts when a video is played for at least three seconds as a view. If you’re on desktop, the video has to be 100% on the screen for it to count, and on mobile, it has to be on 50% of the screen.
Facebook’s autoplay feature helps with these statistics, too. You can scroll past a video on your News Feed, and it will automatically start playing, possibly counting its play as a view from you.
A video that autoplays as you scroll through your feed — but one you may only glance at or ignore altogether before you scroll away — counts as a “view” for both Snapchat and Facebook. If these companies can inflate their view numbers, they can sell more ads — whether viewers are actually paying attention or not.
We’ve reached out to Snap about their claim that Endless Summer is bigger than Thrones and will update this story if we hear back.
Snapchat comparing its original video content to Game of Thrones is interesting, though, since more and more social media platforms are creating shows to get a leg in the video streaming market. Aside from Endless Summer, Snap Originals also include Everything’s Fine, a new scripted series produced by Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and Tekashi69 VS The World, produced by Complex.
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DOJs Updated Guidance for Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
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Coronavirus tests mettle of city businesses, nonprofits
Cara Eisenpress
A pharmacist and food executive cope with soaring demand for prescription drugs and grocery deliveries. A restaurant owner works to survive on takeout, while a restaurant supplier offers its products to supermarkets and consumers. The head of the Brooklyn Navy Yard tries to keep open for manufacturers—some producing hand sanitizer. The new boss at the 92Y moves his programming online and worries about his finances.
What follows are the stories of six New York executives as they cope with the coronavirus. Crain’s will continue to check in with them to track how the leaders of these representative businesses are meeting the challenge.
92nd Street Y
Longtime city official and real estate executive Seth Pinsky took over as chief executive of the 92nd Street Y in January. Now he has to move as much of its extensive programing online as possible and hope he can hold the institution’s $70 million annual budget together.
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He focused first on vulnerable seniors, barring people who had visited in the last 14 days certain countries hit by the pandemic from the building and then closing the senior center altogether.
Now it’s all about reaching users online with a combination of recorded classes and group meetings through the internet or conference call technology. It has also asked for volunteers and families to take a handful of the 700 seniors it serves on a regular basis. By late last week scores of people had volunteered.
The Y is seeing some success. About 80% of those using the music program are doing so online. A classical concert two weeks ago on Saturday with pianist Garrick Ohlsson drew 65,000 people watching in 120 countries. An in-person concert at the Y in normal times draws a couple of hundred people.
Finances soon will be a great concern. “We are doing everything to balance our need to be fiscally prudent to continue to carry out the mission, which is not something we can do indefinitely,” Pinsky said. “We are confronting a threefold hit: Revenues are declining, it’s more complicated to get philanthropic donations, and the endowment has shrunk.”
Apthorp Pharmacy
On March 7, Apthorp Pharmacy sent out two tweets that it had N95 particulate respirator masks in stock. Customers were soon emptying the cold-medicine shelves and loading up on their prescriptions, even paying out of pocket. Delivery orders went up 25%.
A hit to the bottom line is coming, even though the pharmacy, an essential business, will stay open: On March 17, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine recommended that fertility doctors stop initiating new treatment cycles, since dosages are time-sensitive, and Apthorp specializes in fertility medication.
“That represents a significant amount of my business,” said owner Russell Gellis. He is about to move to a cheaper location a half block away, but he is waiting for approval on a state application. A delay could leave him paying two rents.
Yet so far Gellis has been receiving all the drugs he orders, both prescription and over-the-counter, although the pile-on for messenger services has slowed delivery time, and he has to prioritize delivery to patients with acute needs. He likely will reduce payroll by cutting staff hours.
He remains uncertain about what to do if his 28 employees, including four pharmacists, come into contact with sick shoppers. “Should staff be wearing masks?” he asked. “Do you quarantine everyone for 14 days?
“If you want the pharmacies to be able to continue during the crisis, there should be direct communication,” he said.
Baldor Foods
Baldor Foods has 10,000 customers from Maine to Virginia, and 80% of them are restaurants, hotels, schools, caterers and stadiums that have ceased or diminished operations because of the coronavirus.
Last week Baldor’s sales were less than half of what they were the same week in 2019. “It’s a tremendous financial strain, putting us back five to seven years,” said Ben Walker, the vice president for sales and marketing. Walker said layoff conversations for the 2,200 employees were just beginning but would number in the hundreds.
Just as food service accounts stopped ordering, supermarkets needed products. In three days last week, Baldor’s retail business grew from 12% to 65% of sales. That meant rapidly setting up accounts and launching relationships that usually take months to build.
Friends asked about home delivery, so Baldor had its developers tweak the existing website, used for about 70% of wholesale orders.
“Our trucks are on the road, and we have the product so we can offer it,” said Walker, who noted that its 3,000 items are geared to restaurants. That means home-delivery customers may have to buy 40 pounds of chicken or 10 pounds of cheese at once, although they also have access to the kinds of specialty goods and imported vegetables used by chefs at restaurants such as Le Bernadin and Eleven Madison Park.
Three weeks ago Brooklyn Navy Yard CEO David Ehrenberg assembled his senior managers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to come up with a plan to cope with the coronavirus threat at the city-owned facility, home to manufacturers, creative businesses and the city’s largest film studio.
But no matter how much he planned, events overtook him. Instead of implementing partial telecommuting two weeks ago Monday, everyone was put on remote work that day. And the cascade of events has continued.
By late last week, the Steiner Studio was shut down. The manufacturing firms were trying to continue to operate, with a few rushing to make hand sanitizer. The crucial operations staff had been pared and put on shifts so the Navy Yard would not have to close for essential businesses. The parking lot was actually busier than usual because people were driving instead of taking mass transit.
A few tenants have asked about reducing or forgoing rent payments. “Keeping staff is the highest priority,” he said. “We have instituted a hiring freeze, eliminated discretionary spending and shored up our cash position.” The Yard boasts a rainy-day fund, though he wouldn’t say how big it is.
Ehrenberg said he finds it impossible to prepare when he doesn’t know how long the crisis will last. He remains confident. “We are well positioned to weather this and are trying to make sure our tenants can survive and be ready to rebound.”
FreshDirect
On March 4 the size of each customer order at FreshDirect surged. Within days, the number of orders increased too, as people bought paper products, cleaning supplies and canned goods. Delivery time slots for the week ahead filled up the moment they were released.
FreshDirect is now doing 40% more in sales over the same period last year. “Meals have migrated back to the home,” FreshDirect CEO David McInerney said.
FreshDirect’s warehouse is less than two years old, built with growth in mind. It has the capacity to store and ship large volumes--and to let workers stand far from one another. The company is trying to add 300 employees to its Bronx workforce of 3,000. It added trucks through partnerships with outside fleets and vendors who found their vehicles suddenly parked.
At the same time, the company is trying to communicate to customers that supplies are available and that they can return to buying food for the week, not for eternity.
“That’s our plea to people--we’re trying to serve as many homes as we can,” McInerney said, including the kitchen at New York Common Pantry, an East Harlem food pantry for which FreshDirect has taken over all production.
Nami Nori
Three weeks ago Lisa Limb, a partner at the Japanese hand roll restaurant Nami Nori, bought a case of all-natural peppermint-scented hand sanitizer and made it a ritual to spritz guests’ hands before they ate. Limb and her partners then began following guidelines to operate at half capacity. On March 16, when Mayor Bill de Blasio told all restaurants to shut down, they had already decided to shift to takeout and delivery only.
The restaurant, which opened in October, had always planned to offer takeout but had been too busy. So Limb had already developed a custom biodegradable wrapper to keep each hand roll’s piece of nori crisp in transit--essential for quality--and had a small stock on hand.
“We were sort of prepared, oddly enough, to make this transition,” she said. She is rushing to get another order of the wrappers.
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Chronic inducible urticaria
Author: Donna Bartlett, Medical Writer, Allori, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. DermNet NZ Editor in Chief: Adjunct A/Prof Dr Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand. Copy edited by Gus Mitchell/Maria McGivern. December 2018.
This article was supported by an educational grant from Novartis, distributors of Xolair™ in New Zealand and Australia. Xolair is not indicated for the treatment of chronic inducible urticaria in either country. Sponsorship does not influence content.
Chronic inducible urticaria — codes and concepts
Physical urticaria
Other inflammatory disorder, Reaction to external agent
Dermographism, Cholinergic urticaria, Cold urticaria, Heat urticaria, Delayed pressure urticaria, Solar urticaria, Contact urticaria, Vibratory urticaria, Aquagenic urticaria, Weal, Provocation test, Urticaria control test, Angioedema activity score, CU-QoL, AE-QoL, Treatment of chronic inducible urticaria, Tolerance in chronic inducible urticaria, Ozalizumab
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What is urticaria?
Urticaria is a condition characterised by the presence of weals (hives) or angioedema (swelling in the skin) [1,2].
A weal is a superficial red or pale swelling in the skin that is often surrounded by erythema. A weal can persist from a few minutes to 24 hours.
Angioedema is a deeper skin-coloured or red swelling within the skin or mucous membranes. It can take up to 72 hours to resolve.
Urticaria affects up to one in four people at some time in their lives and is classified by duration, acute or chronic, and cause, whether spontaneous or inducible [1–3].
Acute urticaria is the daily or episodic occurrence of weals, angioedema, or both for less than 6 weeks [1,2]. Causes can include infections and allergies, but more often, the cause is unknown [2].
Figure 1. Classification of urticaria
Classification of urticaria
Types of urticaria
Spontaneous urticaria
Dermographism
What is chronic urticaria?
Chronic urticaria is the daily or episodic occurrence of weals, angioedema, or both for 6 weeks or more [1,2]. Chronic urticaria can persist for a duration ranging from a few months to many years [2,4].
International guidelines have recently been published for the classification, diagnosis, and management of chronic urticaria, based on a consensus from multiple national and international societies [1].
Chronic urticaria is either spontaneous or inducible; both types may co-exist in one patient [1,2]. (See DermNet NZ's page on Chronic spontaneous urticaria).
What is chronic inducible urticaria?
Chronic inducible urticaria is chronic urticaria that has an attributable cause or trigger and is classified according to the stimulus that provokes weals to develop. Commonly, these stimuli that provoke weals to develop include stroking or scratching the skin (dermographism), exercise, and emotional upset (cholinergic urticaria).
Less common forms of chronic inducible urticaria are triggered by cold, heat, pressure, sunlight (solar urticaria), contact with water or various chemicals (contact urticaria), or vibration [1,2].
Who gets chronic inducible urticaria?
Chronic urticaria is reported to affect 1.8% of the population [2]. The prevalence of chronic inducible urticaria is approximately 0.5% (15–25% of all cases of chronic urticaria) [3].
Women experience urticaria and chronic urticaria almost twice as often as men [2,4]. Although urticaria in children is common, they are more likely to present with chronic spontaneous urticaria than with chronic inducible urticaria [2].
What are the clinical features of chronic inducible urticaria?
Chronic inducible urticaria usually presents with weals [1,2]. Weals can appear on any site of the body [2,5].
Weals range in size from a few millimetres to several centimetres.
They are white or red and are often surrounded by a red flare.
In chronic inducible urticaria, weals generally appear about 5 minutes after the stimulus and last from a few minutes up to 2 hours [5].
The weals may change shape before resolving — they may be round, and form rings or a map-like pattern.
Characteristically, weals are:
Linear in symptomatic dermographism
Confined to contact areas in contact urticaria
Confined to contact areas in vibratory urticaria
Diffuse in cold urticaria (if large areas of skin are affected, angioedema can also occur in cold urticaria).
Vibratory angioedema can very rarely be induced within a few minutes of exposure to a vibratory stimulus [5]. Delayed pressure can lead to urticaria and angioedema.
Symptoms are usually confined to skin areas that are exposed to a specific trigger. Individual patients may exhibit two or more subtypes of chronic inducible urticaria [6].
Inducible urticaria
Linear weals in dermographism
Round and linear weals in dermographism
Diffuse weal from ice cube test in cold urticaria
What causes chronic inducible urticaria?
Urticaria is a mast cell-driven disease. Activated mast cells release histamine along with other mediators, such as platelet-activating factor and cytokines, resulting in sensory nerve activation, vasodilation, plasma extravasation, and recruitment of cells to the urticarial lesion. Mast cells can be activated by many different molecules in urticaria, but generally, these are not well defined [1].
Weals and angioedema are induced by environmental or physical stimuli in chronic inducible urticaria [1,2]. Different types of inducible urticaria and their triggers include:
Dermographism — triggered by scratching or tight clothing
Cold urticaria — triggered by cold air, cold water, ice, or cryotherapy
Cholinergic urticaria — resulting from increased body heat due to exercise, emotional upset, or a hot shower
Contact urticaria — where a trigger substance is absorbed through the skin or a mucous membrane; this can be an allergen such as latex or semen (immunoglobulin E [IgE] mediated), a pseudo-allergen, or an irritant (such as a medicine, stinging nettle, or a hairy caterpillar)
Delayed pressure urticaria — resulting from pressure on the affected area several hours earlier, such as from a heavy bag, a seat belt, or sitting on a horse
Solar urticaria — from exposure to sunlight, mainly affecting skin that is infrequently exposed to the sun
Heat urticaria — triggered by a hot water bottle or a hot drink
Aquagenic urticaria or angioedema — triggered by water
Vibratory angioedema — resulting from vibratory activities such as using a jackhammer, lawn mowing, or motorcycle riding.
What are the complications of chronic urticaria?
The burden of chronic urticaria is substantial for patients, their families and carers, the healthcare system, and society [1,3]. Chronic urticaria can result in sleep deprivation, anxiety, depression, lack of energy, and social isolation [7] and result in a significant deterioration in the quality of life [1,3].
How is chronic inducible urticaria diagnosed?
Chronic inducible urticaria is diagnosed through the taking of a careful history and examination; this diagnosis is based on a history of daily or episodic weals for more than 6 weeks that have been induced by an external stimulus.
International guidelines provide a diagnostic algorithm for chronic urticaria (see figure 2). The diagnosis of chronic inducible urticaria relies on provocation testing and then compiling a thorough history covering:
When the urticaria began
The shape, size, frequency, and distribution of the weals
The presence of angioedema
The presence of bone or joint pain, fever, or abdominal pain
A prior or family history of weals and angioedema
Whether the weals were induced by physical agents or exercise
Whether the presence of corresponds with a time of day, work, recreation, menstrual cycle, holidays, or travel overseas
The effect of food or drugs on the urticaria (eg, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs], and angiotensin-converting enzyme [ACE] inhibitors)
Any association with infections or psychosocial stress
Any history of allergies or systemic illness
Occupational history, hobbies, and activities
Previous treatment and response
Diagnostic procedures and results [1].
Figure 2. Diagnostic algorithm for chronic urticaria
Diagnostic algorithm for chronic urticaria
Credit: Zuberbier et al, Allergy 2018.
Notes on diagnostic algorithm for chronic urticaria
Apart from ACE inhibitors, other renin inhibitors and sartans have also been reported to induce angioedema but much less frequently.
Patients should be asked for detailed family history and age at onset of disease.
Test for elevated inflammation markers (eg, CRP and ESR), test for paraproteinemia in adults, look for signs of neutrophil-rich infiltrates in skin biopsies, and perform gene mutation analysis for hereditary periodic fever syndromes (eg, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes) if strongly suspected.
Patients should be asked, “How long does each weal last?”
Test for complement C4, and C1-inhibitor levels and function; also test for C1q and C1-inhibitor antibodies if acquired and angioedema is suspected; and do gene mutation analysis if the former tests are unremarkable but the patient’s history suggests hereditary angioedema.
If there is no remission after 6 months of ACE-inhibitor discontinuation, test C1-inhibitor levels.
Does the biopsy of lesional skin show damage to the small vessels in the papillary and reticular dermis and fibrinoid deposits in perivascular and interstitial locations suggestive of urticarial vasculitis?
Patients should be asked, “Can you make your weals appear? Can you bring out your weals?”
In patients with a history suggestive of inducible urticaria, standardized provocation testing according to international consensus recommendation should be performed [16].
Acquired autoinflammatory syndromes include Schnitzler syndrome, systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and adult-onset Stills disease; hereditary autoinflammatory syndrome include cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, such as familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, Muckle-Wells syndrome, and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease, more rarely hyper-IgD syndrome and tumour necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome.
In some rare cases, recurrent angioedema is neither mast cell mediator-mediated nor bradykinin-mediated, and the underlying pathomechanisms remain unknown. These rare cases are referred to as ‘idiopathic angioedema’ by some authors.
Accordion: Urticaria
The consensus recommendations for diagnostic testing and management of chronic inducible urticaria can be used to identify the subtype of chronic inducible urticaria and to assess disease activity [1,6].
Provocation testing is used to determine the relevant triggers and to assess trigger thresholds. Provocation testing in positive patients usually results in the development of urticaria within a few minutes. One exception is delayed pressure urticaria, where it may be necessary to wait several hours for a response [6].
In patients with negative provocation responses, where chronic inducible urticaria is strongly suspected from the patient’s history, the test should be repeated. Ideally, the test should be conducted on a skin site that has previously been affected, although testing should not be done if weals have occurred in this site within the previous 3 days [6].
The results of provocation tests can be affected by medication; therefore, symptomatic treatment should be ceased before testing if possible. Antihistamines should be stopped 3 days before testing, and systemic glucocorticoids 7 days before testing [6].
A sample form for the documentation of provocation testing is shown in figure 3 [6].
Figure 3. Provocation tests for chronic inducible urticaria
Provocation tests for inducible urticaria
Credit: Magerl M, et al. Allergy 2016.
What is the differential diagnosis for chronic inducible urticaria?
The differential diagnosis depends on the specific type of chronic inducible urticaria and includes other forms of inducible and spontaneous urticaria, which may co-exist [8].
Dermographism and delayed pressure urticaria can present with a similar history.
Cholinergic urticaria can be confused with exercise-induced anaphylaxis.
Aquagenic urticaria can be confused with aquagenic pruritus, cholinergic urticaria, cold urticaria, and local heat urticaria.
Solar urticaria can be mistaken for sunburn or another form of photosensitivity, such as:
Polymorphous light eruption
Drug-induced photosensitivity
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
Assessment of disease activity and control
In addition to diagnosis, trigger threshold measurements are also used during treatment to measure ongoing disease activity and response to treatment [1,6].
The Urticaria Control Test (UCT) [9] is useful in the assessment of patients’ disease status and is validated to determine the level of disease control in both chronic spontaneous urticaria and chronic inducible urticaria [1]. The UCT has only four items with a clear cut-off for ‘well controlled’ versus ‘poorly controlled’ disease, making it useful in routine clinical practice.
The Angioedema Activity Score (AAS) allows the patient to score each of five key factors relating to their symptoms from 0 to 3 (giving a daily score of 0–15) [10]. Daily AAS can be summed to provide 7-day (AAS7), 4-week (AAS28), and 12-week (AAS84) scores [10].
Validated instruments can be used to assess the emotional impact of chronic urticaria and the effect on the patient’s quality of life, such as the Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire (CU-Q2oL) [11] and the Angioedema Quality of Life Questionnaire (AE-QoL) [1,12].
What is the treatment for chronic inducible urticaria?
Treatment aims to control symptoms [1,2].
The approach to the management of chronic inducible urticaria can involve:
Avoidance of trigger factors
Induction of tolerance
Pharmacological treatment to prevent mast cell mediator release or to prevent the effects of mast cell mediators [1].
It is often difficult for patients with chronic inducible urticaria to completely avoid the physical stimuli that trigger wealing [1]. It is recommended that patients minimise exposure to triggers as much as possible, although the induction of tolerance (described below) requires daily exposure to a trigger.
Inducing tolerance
Inducing tolerance can be useful in cold urticaria, cholinergic urticaria, and solar urticaria. Tolerance induction lasts only a few days, and consistent daily exposure is required to maintain tolerance [1].
Pharmacological treatment of chronic urticaria
An algorithm to treat chronic urticaria is included in the international guidelines (see figure 4) [1], these guidelines should be used with caution in children and pregnant/lactating women. Drugs that are contraindicated in pregnancy should not be used [1].
Treatment should be continued as required until the urticaria has cleared up.
Figure 4. Pharmacological treatment algorithm
Pharmacological treatment algorithm for chronic urticaria
Some forms of chronic inducible urticaria are mediated by histamine. Intermittent or continuous treatment with H1-antihistamines is supported by clinical trial data [1,2].
Non-sedating antihistamines are preferred to older antihistamines, which have anticholinergic effects and sedative actions [1]. First-line symptomatic treatment for chronic inducible urticaria includes:
Levocetirizine
Rupatadine
Bilastine.
Terfenadine and astemizole are no longer available in New Zealand or Australia because they are cardiotoxic in combination with ketoconazole or erythromycin [1].
If standard doses are not effective, the doses of bilastine, loratadine, cetirizine, desloratadine, ebastine, fexofenadine, levocetirizine and rupatadine can be increased up to four-fold (note that some of these agents are not available and the higher doses are not licensed in New Zealand or Australia) [1].
Most patients with chronic inducible urticaria who do not respond to standard doses of antihistamines will benefit from up-dosing, but antihistamines are not always effective [1]. Localised heat urticaria, aquagenic urticaria, and vibratory urticaria rarely respond to antihistamines.
Treatment of refractory chronic inducible urticaria
About one-third of patients continue to have symptoms despite maximal tolerated daily doses of antihistamine [3]. Patients with refractory chronic inducible urticaria should be referred to a dermatologist, immunologist, or medical allergy specialist [1].
Omalizumab has been reported to be effective in chronic inducible urticaria [1], including cholinergic urticaria [13], cold urticaria [14,15], solar urticaria [16], heat urticaria [17], symptomatic dermographism [18,19], and delayed pressure urticaria [20].
Note: Omalizumab is not indicated for the treatment of patients with chronic inducible urticaria in New Zealand or Australia.
No published trials have specifically investigated the use of ciclosporin in patients with chronic inducible urticaria, although a case-series (n=100) investigating its use in the management of chronic spontaneous urticaria included patients that also had chronic inducible urticaria (45% of cases). Control was achieved with ciclosporin or omalizumab in some cases refractory to antihistamines [21].
Note: Ciclosporin is not indicated for the treatment of patients with chronic inducible urticaria in New Zealand or Australia.
Systemic corticosteroids have not been studied in randomised controlled trials, and evidence for their use in chronic inducible urticaria is limited [1,2].
Long-term use of systemic corticosteroids should be avoided as high doses are often required to reduce the symptoms of urticaria with associated potentially serious adverse effects [1,2].
A short course of corticosteroids may be considered in cases of severe exacerbations of chronic inducible urticaria, but this is not always effective [1,2].
Phototherapy has been successful in the treatment of patients with chronic inducible urticaria, particularly in patients with dermographism [1]. The most common form of phototherapy used is narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy [8].
There is little evidence to support any other treatments for chronic inducible urticaria.
Immunomodulatory treatments may be of value to individual patients in particular clinical situations (eg, dapsone for cold urticaria) [8].
What is the outcome for chronic inducible urticaria?
Chronic inducible urticaria may resolve with treatment of symptoms and avoidance of physical stimuli that trigger the urticaria. However, in many patients, the threshold for the relevant physical trigger is low and total avoidance of symptoms is almost impossible [1].
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Heat urticaria
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Vibratory urticaria
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Urticaria and angioedema — British Association of Dermatologists [patient information leaflet]
Patient education: Hives (urticaria) (Beyond the Basics) — UpToDate
Urticaria Control Test (PDF)
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Angioedema Activity Score (AAS)
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Linaro completes first year with demonstrations of Linaro Evaluation Builds for Android and Ubuntu and introduction of new partner program
Milestone highlights Linaro delivering on its promise to make it easier and quicker to develop open source products
CAMBRIDGE, UK- May 27, 2011- Linaro, a not-for-profit open source software engineering company, is marking its first anniversary with demonstrations of the latest open source software running on its members' hardware at Linaro Developer Summit (LDS) and Computex. The company also announced Linaro Partner Program, an initiative designed to help companies and organizations get involved with Linaro's engineering effort.
Linaro was launched at Computex in 2010 by ARM, IBM, Freescale, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and TI with the mission to create an open source engineering organization that provides aligned engineering and investment into open source projects to reduce fragmentation, increase optimization and make it easier for OEMs and ODMs to develop Linux-based products.
Key milestones:
In the first year, Linaro has built a team of more than 100 talented open source developers that have worked on the open source Linux platform on member chips and delivered code upstream that benefits all Linux-based distributions.
The latest tools, code and optimizations have been used to create Linaro Evaluation Builds for Android and Ubuntu, making it easier for device manufacturers to use Linaro's engineering.
To help device makers get to market more quickly, Linaro has focused on delivering product quality software and has created the Linaro Automated Validation Architecture (LAVA) platform which runs on a test farm of members' low-cost boards.
The demonstrations at LDS showcased the Android and Ubuntu Linaro Evaluation Builds for the first time and will be extended further at Computex to include new hardware that will be launched at the show. To follow Linaro's engineering progress, an up-to-date status report can be found at http://status.linaro.org
"The demonstration of Android and Ubuntu Linaro Evaluation Builds and the development of the validation test farm are tangible proof points of the progress Linaro has made on delivering on its mission," said George Grey, Chief Executive Officer of Linaro. "We have delivered consolidation and performance features upstream, worked with our members on support for their latest SoCs, created optimized implementations of popular distributions and focused on the development and testing of product quality software for the benefit of our members."
Linaro Partner Program
Linaro also announced today the Linaro Partner Program, which is designed to enable companies and organizations to get involved with Linaro's engineering team. The Linaro Partner Program will enable ISVs, software service providers and device manufacturers the ability to embed engineers in Linaro and work together on projects of common interest. This alignment with Linaro will be beneficial to both sides, extending the engineering effort available to Linaro and enabling the sponsoring companies to work with a larger team and build profitable businesses around Linaro's roadmap.
"A year ago, Linaro was formed to enhance open source innovation for the next wave of always-connected, always-on computing," said Chief Operations Officer Stephen Doel. "Today, as we turn 1 year old, we are pleased to share our major achievements as we announce Linaro's Partner Program that will continue to accelerate the depth of engagement from electronics companies and encourage continuous involvement from the wider community."
At launch, the Linaro Partner Program includes Thundersoft, Canonical, Mentor Graphics, Genesi and Collabora. Companies interested in aligning with Linaro and joining the Linaro Partner Program should contact the management team.
Linaro Founding Member Quotes
"Over the last year, Linaro has succeeded by helping make it easier and quicker to bring open source based devices to market," said James McNiven, vice president of Software Alliances of ARM. "Linaro has demonstrated the efficiencies that can be achieved by adopting a coordinated approach to open source and working closely with the ARM Partner community."
"Linaro in conjunction with its other partners of which IBM is one, has been building out a comprehensive ecosystem to enable developers to deliver next-generation software for the mobile segment," said Mark Ireland, vice president of IBM Semiconductor Products & Services and Linaro club director. "Advanced silicon process technology for low power system-on-a-chip designs and software are being used to create solutions optimized for the ARM architecture through the IBM Process Technology alliance."
"At TI, we strive to create innovative technologies that revolutionize the way people interact with each other and the outside world," said Ari Rauch, senior director of Software and System Engineering, OMAP Products, Wireless Business Unit at TI. "With this pursuit in mind, we are extremely proud to be a part of the Linaro team, and we congratulate the organization on this one-year milestone. We look forward to many more years to come, as we work together to unleash new successes in the Embedded Linux community via proven ARM-based architectures, including TI's OMAPTM processors."
"Samsung has been putting much effort on delivering optimized software for ARM Linux-based developers as a member of Linaro since its launching in 2010," said Youngki Chung, vice president of Software Solution Development Team, System LSI Division at Samsung Electronics. "We are pleased with Linaro's achievements of consolidated software and environments and believe that our customers and the open source community will experience the benefits of acceleration in designing their products through the innovative Exynos platform."
"As a member, we are thrilled to see the great achievements of Linaro after just one year of operations," said Teppo Hemia, vice president and head of the Application Engine and Platform Business Unit of ST-Ericsson. "By working in a true open source way, Linaro has made impressive enhancements to the ARM Linux code base which will significantly reduce time to market and investment for OEMs and ODMs. ST-Ericsson is a strong supporter of this approach and has recently, together with partners, launched the Igloo Community and Snowball board as an open source development platform which will fully benefit from the work of Linaro."
"Linaro is delivering on the goal of quickening time to market for our i.MX processors," said Glen Burchers, consumer and industrial segment marketing director for Freescale Semiconductor. "Our customers now have confidence that the Linux mainline kernel is up to date with the latest Freescale code submissions."
Linaro Partner Quotes
"ThunderSoft is pleased to see many common system requirements being addressed in Linaro project. By joining the Linaro Partner Program, ThunderSoft is better armed to deliver the ARM-based software solution to our customers more solidly and more efficiently," said Duan ZhiQiang, chief technology officer of Thundersoft.
"Linaro is essential to the continued expansion of open source software on the ARM architecture. As a member of the Linaro Partner Program, we ensure it's quick and easy to develop and use the best open source technologies on ARM. We're pleased to be working with Linaro ensuring great products can be built using Linaro technologies in Ubuntu," said Steve George, vice president of Business Development at Canonical.
"Linaro is an innovative model for advancing open source technology on the ARM architecture," said Glenn Perry, general manager of the Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division. "CodeSourcery, which Mentor Graphics acquired in November 2010, was chosen by Linaro at its inception to assist in developing the GNU toolchain. We look forward to expanding our relationship with Linaro as we pursue our goal of developing products that simplify and accelerate embedded Linux development."
"In its first year, Linaro has proven to be a dynamic and progressive organization. We are confident that Linaro will contribute significantly to the ARM ecosystem in the years to come and we look forward to being involved," said Raquel Velasco, chairman of Genesi.
"Linaro's focus on delivering improvements upstream perfectly complements Collabora's emphasis on the commercial benefits of effective open source participation," says Robert McQueen, chief technology officer and co-founder of Collabora. "We're really pleased to align our R&D investment with Linaro's goals and help them build on the progress they've made in the past year."
For more information on the company, access to software and tools, and information on the community and open engineering, visit www.linaro.org
About Linaro
Linaro is a Not-For-Profit software engineering company that works with the open source community to make it easier and faster to develop open source based devices. Linaro has the aim of investing new resources and aligning efforts from the industry to continuously improve and optimize open source software and tools on the ARM architecture with the goal of accelerating industry innovation. www.linaro.org
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Strengthening Transparency at EPA: Growing the Data and Evidence Culture
February 24, 2020, 10:00 am — February 24, 11:30 am
1225 Eye St NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C., 20005
As the Environmental Protection Agency prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the state of public health and environmental conditions in the United States is vastly improved because of the agency’s efforts. Preparing for the next 50 years will require renewed innovation, application of program evaluation, and attention to efficiencies that collectively maximize accountability and transparency for the agency’s activities. In November 2019 the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) published the report Meaningful Transparency at EPA, which provides an overview of the suite of policies that relate to transparency, open science, and data use at EPA.
On February 24, 2020, BPC will release a second report in the series which outlines potential options for consideration by policymakers in implementing a strategy that strengthens EPA’s existing culture for science, evidence, and data. Data Coalition CEO Nick Hart will participate in a discussion with former policymakers about their views on realistic next steps.
Note: Speakers will be added as they are confirmed.
Susan Dudley
Former Administrator, OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
George Gray
Former Associate Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development
Nick Hart
CEO, Data Coalition
Bill Hoagland
Senior Vice President, BPC
Stan Meiburg
Former Deputy Administrator, EPA
Michele Nellenbach
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Bipartisan Policy Center
Mathy Stanislaus
Former Associate Administrator, EPA Office of Land and Emergency Response
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Charges against police lieutenant dropped
Steve Garrison
stgarrison@daily-times.com
FARMINGTON — Prosecutors have dismissed a misdemeanor domestic battery charge against former police Lt. Carroll Scott.
Despite the resolution, Bloomfield police Chief Randy Foster said Monday Scott resigned last week from the department.
Foster said Scott told him he needed time to resolve personal issues.
"We wish him the best moving forward," Foster said.
Scott, 45, was charged with misdemeanor battery on a household member on Jan. 14 on allegations he punched his wife, Cayci Scott, in the chest during an argument at the couple's residence on County Road 1788, according to a probable cause statement.
Officers noted a red, fist-shaped blotch on the woman's chest, but Carroll Scott declined to say whether he hit his wife, according to the statement.
Carroll Scott told deputies his wife grabbed his service weapon during an argument and threatened to kill herself. Cayci Scott denied that claim, according to the statement.
San Juan County Chief Deputy District Attorney Dustin O'Brien said Monday his office had to dismiss the charges on April 11 due to a lack of evidence.
"Basically, we were unable to locate the victim," he said.
O'Brien said his office issued a subpoena requesting Cayci Scott attend a pretrial conference, but she did not respond. He said Cayci Scott could not be reached by telephone, and she could not be located through a search of the county's public utility records.
"We came up with nothing," he said.
O'Brien said there were other issues with the case, including Carroll Scott's claim that his wife was suicidal.
"Laying hands on someone to protect them from hurting themselves is not necessarily criminal," O'Brien said.
O'Brien said that if Cayci Scott is located, charges may be refiled.
Carroll Scott was placed on administrative leave following his arrest and the Bloomfield Police Department launched an internal affairs investigation into the allegations.
Steve Garrison covers crime and courts for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4644.
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After campaigning so divisively, David Cameron must now reap what he sowed
Written by The Conversation
The prime minister after winning his seat in WitneyStefan Rousseau/PA
So most of the votes have been counted. But as Boris Johnson’s alter ego Winston Churchill once put it, this is not the end, or even the beginning of the end: it is merely the end of the beginning.
The polling achievement
The real winners of the campaign have been John Curtice and his team of exit pollsters. Once again they have proved so devilishly accurate that next time round we can safely skip the actual counting of votes, and just get Professor Curtice to interrogate 22,000 voters from representative seats as they leave the polling stations.
The Camerons voting on May 7EPA
Some might argue that we could save even more time and money by dispensing with the election campaign in its entirety. If the government had just kept going until May 7 and then suddenly asked members of the public to make up their minds, the result would probably have been the same. After all, the opinion polls told a consistent story throughout, and it turned out that that story was not the one which the voters would end up telling.
It’s not that the polls were necessarily wrong as reflections of what people thought at the time of asking; rather that a very significant number who had answered Don’t Know to the pollsters suddenly decided that they did know after all. The act of marking a paper with a cross is different from replying to a speculative question.
The Tory pitch
Apart from ensuring Professor Curtice’s place in the history books, this election campaign will probably be remembered for the most irresponsible pitch of any governing party. Even at its best the Conservative platform was dubious, starting with the claim that Labour was entirely responsible for the economic crisis. It lurched into promises of NHS spending and cut-priced housing, then reached its nadir with the meaningless pledge of a statutory freeze on key taxes and the attempt to use the SNP bogey to scare sassenach voters. Cameron chose to talk of One Nation in his acceptance speech at Witney, but that nation clearly did not include Scotland.
I formed the view that the Conservatives did not deserve to win the election because of their accentuation of the negative when a clear and unambiguous note of positivity could have prevailed. Of course, the notion of “desert” has very little bearing on political outcomes.
But maybe in a sense the Tories do deserve their surprising success in this election: after all, whether in a cynical coalition or some other arrangement they will have to face to consequences of the campaign they have conducted. They will need plenty of luck, and for the country’s sake as well as their own, one can only hope that they haven’t used up their ration of this rare commodity.
Authors: The Conversation
Read more http://theconversation.com/after-campaigning-so-divisively-david-cameron-must-now-reap-what-he-sowed-41515
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Damian and mates attended the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Burnley FC on March 10, 2019 at Anfield in Liverpool, England. Liverpool came from behind to beat Burnley 4-2 and moved back within one point of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. Looks like Liverpool’s title bid is back on track!
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Five Constitutional Rights in Drug Cases
When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they probably did not imagine the massive police powers that the government would later claim. Over the years, courts used obscure passages like the interstate commerce clause to create law enforcement bodies with powers that were unheard of in democratic states.
This same Constitution, however, also guarantees individual rights on an unheard of scale. These rights are particularly important in drug cases. Although these provisions exist, they are only ink on paper unless an aggressive Port St. Lucie criminal defense attorney stands up for your rights in court.
Remain Silent
During police interrogations and court proceedings, defendants have the right to remain silent. This right also includes performing tests or consenting to warrantless searches. In court, defendants need not testify unless their attorney recommends they do so.
Significantly, this refusal cannot be used against defendants at trial. Prosecutors cannot say things like “the defendant must have something to hide because s/he did not testify.” The state must overcome the presumption of innocence without such remarks.
Effective Counsel
The right to counsel is limited in some situations. For example, defense attorneys cannot be in the same room with their clients during grand jury proceedings. Additionally, defendants cannot talk to their lawyers in these situations unless they ask for permission. Such inquiries make a bad impression in front of a jury.
But during a drug trial, defendants have the right to effective counsel. That means more than the right to appear in court. Defense attorneys may inspect evidence and challenge it. If attorneys can get seized drugs excluded, it’s almost impossible for the state to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
Public Trial
In general, when people think no one else is looking, they often take shortcuts. That’s certainly true of certain law enforcement drug investigations, which is why it’s so important to have an assertive lawyer.
So, public trials keep witnesses, judges, and prosecutors from taking shortcuts which affect the defendant’s rights.
Confront Accusers
The judge may limit rights under the Confrontation Clause in certain situations. For example, in some sex crimes cases which involve child victims, the judge may permit the child to testify via remote video feed. A similar issue sometimes comes up in drug cases, if one of the witnesses against the defendant is a confidential informant.
But this right is a very important one, and it outweighs the witness’ comfort level or ability to make more money as a paid informant. Typically, witnesses in drug trafficking cases are not disinterested. Perhaps they got paid to provide information, or perhaps they have a personal bias against the defendant. The jury must know these things.
Single Jeopardy
The Supreme Court recently upheld the separate sovereignties exception to the Double Jeopardy clause. So, if the state prosecutes a defendant for drug trafficking, the federal government may be able to prosecute the defendant again for substantially the same crime.
But the double jeopardy clause itself remains intact. So, if the jury finds the defendant not guilty on a technicality, prosecutors cannot bring reckless conduct or other such charges. At that point, the defendant is legally clear.
Work with an Assertive Lawyer
Defendants have important Constitutional rights in drug cases. For a free consultation with an experienced criminal defense attorney in Port St. Lucie, contact Eighmie Law Firm, P.A. Convenient payment plans are available.
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By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement has penetrated deep into the American consciousness, and as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is guiding the tip of the spear. Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the nation to confront its own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows more intense: Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks, intimidation, violence, and death. The only hope for lasting change is to give voice to the millions of Americans silenced by voter suppression: "One Man, One Vote."
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With these new struggles come new allies, new opponents, and an unpredictable new president who might be both at once. But fractures within the movement are deepening ... even as 25-year-old John Lewis prepares to risk everything in a historic showdown high above the Alabama river, in a town called Selma.
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Congressman John Lewis was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation. Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He is co-author of the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel memoir trilogy MARCH, written with Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell. He is also the recipient of numerous awards from national and international institutions including the Lincoln Medal, the John F. Kennedy "Profile in Courage" Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NAACP Spingarn Medal, among many others. He lives in Atlanta, GA.
Andrew Aydin is creator and co-author of the #1 New York Times best-selling graphic memoir series, MARCH. Co-authored with Rep. Lewis and illustrated by Nate Powell, MARCH is the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award, and is a recipient of the Will Eisner Comics Industry Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Special Recognition, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, among other honors. Aydin's other comics work includes writing the X-Files Annual 2016 (IDW), writing for the CBLDF Liberty Annual 2016 (Image), and writing an upcoming issue of Bitch Planet (Image).
Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978. He began self-publishing at age 14, and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. His work includes MARCH, You Don't Say, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Silence Of Our Friends, The Year Of The Beasts, and Rick Riordan's The Lost Hero. Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. Powell has discussed his work at the United Nations, as well as on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN.
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Nitin Patel Biography
Nitin Patel
Full Name Nitin Patel
Constituency Mahesana
Place of Birth Visnagar
Political Party Bhartiya Janata Party
Father's Name Ratilal Patel
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Spouse Sulochanaben Patel
Children Jaimin Patel ,Sunny Patel
Education S.Y.B.Com
Position held Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat (7 August 2016)
About Nitin Patel
Nitinbhai Patel is an Indian politician who belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is the incumbent Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Road and Building as well as Capital Project in the state government of Gujarat. He has also been appointed as the deputy chief minister of Gujarat.
Personal Background
Nitinbhai Patel was born on 22 June, 1956 in Manipur village in Mehsana district of Gujarat. He did his schooling from Sarva Vishwavidyalaya of Kadi in Mehsana district and completed his second year of B.Com from Gujarat University. He is married to Sulochanaben Patel and the couple have two children Jaimin and Sunny Patel.
Nitin Patel began his political career as member of the Municipality of his native Kadi in Mehsana district and went on to become its president. He was first elected as MLA to the eighth legislative assembly of Gujarat in 1990 and has been a cabinet minister in the BJP government since 1995.
Having headed ministries of health, roads and building, urban development, agriculture, irrigation, revenue and finance, Patel comes with a lot of experience. He currently represents Mehsana constituency, a BJP stronghold, in the Gujarat state legislative assembly. He has also led a high level committee of ministers to discuss the issues of the protesting Patidars when the Patidar quota agitation was on the rise.
Hailing from the influential Patidar community, Nitin Patel also happens to be a businessman who owns oil and cotton ginning industries in Kadi taluka.
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Nitin Patel has not been on the national spotlight very often. He came in the news when he called the terror attack at Pathankot airbase a "small incident". The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party slammed him for his comments but Patel denied making any such statements.
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Microscopy made super
The resolving power of super resolution microscopy is opening up new areas of research in cell biology, as Jessica Rowbury discovers
Super resolution microscopy has garnered much attention recently. Capable of generating resolutions 10 times greater than conventional methods, and with a patent for one of the techniques having expired in May, it is no wonder that the major players in the field are moving into the super resolution space.
Traditional fluorescence microscopy methods are diffraction-limited and so up until recently, the highest resolution that optical microscopes could reach was 200nm. Thanks to the development of super resolution techniques, however, this optical law can be overcome, and microscopes can now achieve resolutions of 20nm or less. ‘To pass beyond the legacy diffraction limit was the major achievement for super resolution microscopy,’ noted Matthias Schulze, director of marketing of OEM components and instrumentation at Coherent.
Increasing the resolution by a factor of 10 creates new possibilities for fluorescence microscopy. As most biological structures are much smaller than the previous 200nm limit, scientists can now image biology that could not be seen before. ‘In terms of cell biology research, it really allows the researchers to identify molecular interactions, with molecules being more on the size of 50nm,’ said Mike Szulczewski, vice president and general manager of the Bruker fluorescence microscopy business unit.
As the field of fluorescence microscopy advances, microscope manufacturers are starting to move into the super resolution market. At the end of July, scientific instrument manufacturer Bruker acquired Vutara, a specialist in high speed, three-dimensional, super resolution fluorescence microscopy for life science applications, with a plan to add Vutara’s super resolution technology to its existing portfolio of confocal fluorescence microscopes. ‘Bruker bought the technology because this is pushing the performance of instruments forward for cell biology research,’ noted Szulczewski. ‘We are selling into the fluorescent microscopy research space, and we think that Vutara products with the super resolution are the next innovative step for fluorescent microscopy.’
There are several techniques that can be used to pass the diffraction limit and achieve super resolution, all of which rely on the fluorescence emission properties of the fluorescent dyes used to stain the specimen. These fluorescent molecules can be ‘switched’ on and off, and the technique varies depending on the mechanism used for this on/off photoswitching.
One example of the technology acquired by Bruker is the Vutara 350, a video-rate super resolution fluorescence microscope. To pass the diffraction limit, the instrument first pulses a 1,000mW laser onto the sample, placing the fluorescent molecules into a deep depletion state. ‘You are almost bleaching all of your molecules − you’re putting so much energy into the molecules that all of the fluorescence is turning off instead of on,’ said Bruker’s Szulczewski.
After all of the fluorescence molecules have been ‘switched off’, the energy levels are adjusted carefully so that just a few molecules blink at any one point in time; therefore only a limited amount of light enters the detector. The position of the blinking fluorescence molecule can then be derived, explained Szulczewski: ‘We can look at these blinking pieces of light and we can find the centroid of that light and we can bring that back to an understanding of where the light was coming from.
‘In other words, the light is of a smaller resolution than we can detect, but it’s the same idea as when you look into the sky and see a star − you can relate to where that star is by seeing that one bright light and relating to the centre of it,’ Szulczewski added.
For researchers, a useful feature of the system is being able to obtain three-dimensional images of the sample. Vutara’s Biplane Imaging approach involves splitting the emission light that enters the 2D camera. Because half of the light is directed into one optical path, and the other half goes into another, the axial position of a specific molecule can be obtained. ‘We are getting two different focal planes of collection at any one time,’ Szulczewski described. ‘This allows us to understand where in the three dimensional space that is coming from, along with the XY resolution.’
The real-time capability also allows scientists to watch biological reactions as they happen. For this, collecting the information needs to happen incredibly quickly, which in part has been enabled by advances in processing power and camera technology, Szulczewski pointed out: ‘You need to collect hundreds of images very quickly to apply the mathematics and figure out where these points are in space. The reason it works is because technology is advanced so the cameras are very fast, the computers are very powerful, and we can use graphic processors to do the calculations very quickly,’ he explained.
‘That allows the microscope to be useful to researchers because they can get these super resolution images at a rate of 3,000fps, so they can watch things at the timescale of the technology, where years ago it might have taken an hour to get the same image,’ Szulczewski added.
Image sensors have come a long way in recent years, and have been ‘critical in enabling the development of such super resolution techniques that require thousands of images to be captured with very short acquisition times,’ said Jim Owens, sales manager at Hamamatsu Photonics UK. Previously, the only possible camera solution was to use an EMCCD, but the extra noise introduced by this type of camera meant that the effective sensitivity was limited.
Scientific CMOS sensors are the sensor of choice for super resolution applications, as they can deliver the required high speeds, ‘in all but the most light-starved situations’, Owens said.
Hamamatsu continues to develop and improve its range of Orca Flash cameras to meet the demands of super resolution, as speeds and amount of data is continuously on the rise.
To obtain even better results from the super resolution technique, data analysis and three-dimensional imaging are areas that are going to see much development in the not-so distant future, according to Owens. ‘There is now an increased effort to perform more sophisticated analysis of the data and to create algorithms that can more accurately identify the locations of the emitting molecules and deal with more dense labelling, potential artefacts etc,’ he noted. ‘3D super resolution is still only in its infancy, so there should be some further developments in this area in the next few years.’
STED technology becomes available
Apart from the clear improvements that super resolution brings to the field, another reason that companies are moving into this area is that in May, the patent for stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy expired. ‘The fundamental patent of STED fell in May this year − before that, it was licensed only to Leica,’ said Uwe Ortmann at PicoQuant. ‘Now that the patent has run out, PicoQuant and other companies are able to produce these systems.’
Instead of developing entire new systems based on the STED technique, PicoQuant has gone another way and in September launched an add-on which can be used with its existing confocal microscopes. The company’s MicroTime 200 confocal microscope employs a similar laser scanning technique to other confocal microscopes, whereby a laser sweeps over the sample repeatedly to build up an image point-by-point. With the new system, however, scientists can switch on the STED feature, allowing them to further investigate areas of the sample with resolutions of less than 50nm. ‘You can switch on the STED add on, and instead of having a normal fluorescent image that is basically imaged by the confocal resolution, you get the super resolution,’ said Ortmann.
The components that were added into the STED unit consist of a pair of lasers − a pulsed fluorescence excitation laser and a 765nm depletion laser − and phase plates to create a doughnut-shaped laser beam. The laser pulses are synchronised so that the excitation pulse is immediately followed by the depletion pulse, which is red-shifted to the emission spectrum of the dye. Because the STED beam is set to a doughnut shape, only the fluorescence molecules at the edge of the excitation focus are depleted via stimulated emission, and the fluorescence molecules in the centre of the doughnut remain unaffected. The fluorescence is then detected by single-photon sensitive detectors.
According to Ortmann, the availability of STED systems will provide scientists with improved instruments to better demonstrate their research results: ‘It will be the cutting edge in microscopy and biology,’ Ortmann noted. ‘Before the STED, scientists published papers where you would have normal images. But now, because the systems are getting more and more affordable and available in the field, if you want to publish something that is really cutting-edge, you could use a super resolution image.’
Lasers and fibres
To achieve super resolution, lasers of a higher power are needed for the photodepletion or photoswitching of the sample. Laser manufacturers are also starting to notice an increased demand for more power among their customers. ‘What we’ve noticed is the trend for higher powers in that application,’ added Fiona Evans, laser technology product manager at Qioptiq.
But as the powers increase from typically milliwatts for conventional confocal microscopy to multi-watts of power, how does this affect the beam delivery? There are two ways to integrate the laser, according to Coherent’s Schulze: ‘You can [input the laser] directly and image the sample with conventional mirrors and beam steering. The other opportunity is to use a laser with a direct fibre that feeds through the microscope.’ However, as powers increase, it becomes more of a challenge to use fibres to deliver the beam. ‘There is a limitation when I talk about multiple Watts − you would not necessarily get the multiple watts easily through the fibre without facing damages,’ Schulze added.
Recognising the trend for higher powers and the strain that it puts on the fibres, Qioptiq has developed a high power version (HPV) of its Kineflex single-mode polarisation maintaining fibre. The optical design of its input and output has been altered to withstand powers of up to 500mW. The company can also accommodate powers above one Watt. ‘We have worked with researchers that are really pushing the envelope of super resolution microscopy and are using lasers with power coming up to a Watt or more,’ noted Evans. ‘We can offer custom KineFlex single-mode polarisation maintaining fibres up to several Watts input laser power.’
Another way that laser manufacturers are catering for super resolution is by providing a single instrument that uses different wavelengths. This is required because new dyes are being developed by the scientific community, and different wavelengths are required for the on/off photoswitching of the fluorophores. ‘As the biochemistry continues to expand, new dyes come about which require different wavelengths,’ said Schulze.
Coherent’s Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser (OPSL) technology can be used to produce lasers over a wide wavelength range, with higher powers. The gain medium in an OPSL consists of a diode-pumped thin semiconductor chip, and by altering the design of this chip different wavelengths in the visible spectrum between 458nm and 594nm, as well as in the UV at 355nm, can be achieved. Therefore, the laser is capable of producing laser wavelengths targeted at the new dyes.
According to Schulze, the system also accommodates an interest he has noticed among customers wanting to eliminate acousto-optical modulators (AOM), as they can be complex and costly in super resolution applications that require rapid switching. ‘OPSL allows direct switching, so you just change the diode current and you get optical emission modulated without having an AOM,’ he explained.
Qioptiq has also identified the need for different wavelengths, and also provides a technology for this. Its iFlex-Viper laser engines contain up to five wavelengths all delivered through a single-mode polarisation maintaining fibre so that the beams are co-linear.
Previously, researchers would have to take time to build similar systems, which would be very susceptible to movements and temperature fluctuations.
The laser engine, however, contains all of the wavelengths inside a single box, so it can be moved around the laboratory and attached to different microscope instruments. ‘Condensing all of that into a box that you can carry around is a huge headache out of the way and people can just concentrate on the science that they want to do,’ said Evans.
These features, along with the ability to fire the lasers in any sequence, and adjust the laser powers and modulation rates independently make it well suited to super resolution applications.
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As consumers navigate through a pandemic-defined holiday season, we took the opportunity to dig into the start of this season’s behavior utilizing our spend, foot traffic, and retail pricing data, as well as our newly launched income data. Our analysis is an overview of sales data to date* this season. We will be evaluating the full holiday performance after the New Year.
In addition to the discussed shift to online, this year also included an earlier start with throttled hours of in-store openings in order to minimize traffic, but it is also lapping a shortened 2019 holiday season (i.e. there were six fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas last year relative to years prior), which, according to our research, produced an early ~7 point acceleration last year due to compressed spending behavior, a dynamic that eventually normalized down as the season progressed. As such, it’s possible this season’s YoY performance will improve, despite the pandemic, as the season progresses.
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Situating the start of the holiday in its proper pandemic context: total aggregate consumer spending declined ~1% YoY in the week ending Dec 7th, alongside foot traffic declines and transaction declines of ~13%. This was roughly the same level of declines seen since September, importantly, still a pause from the summer rebound.
Category performance to date mirrored COVID-related behavior: Online Marketplaces (Amazon, Etsy, etc.) were up 27% YoY, Home Improvement was up 24%, Apparel’s Active & Athleisure and Pet Supplies were up 19%. Department Stores, General Apparel, and Footwear all declined ~ 15 to 30% YoY.
Amazon (+26% YoY), Target (+1%), and Best Buy (-8%) impressed, while Walmart (-12%) and Kohl’s (-25%) struggled. Online was the natural lifeline for virtually all retailers, with growth of ~25% this early period helping mitigate the ~35% foot traffic declines; except for Kohl’s whose online channel [still] declined 5%.
The pandemic-driven shift to online did not reach a ceiling, and pushed even higher into the holiday season. Best Buy stood out, acquiring 63% of its sales online, up from the ~40 to 50% share in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.
Best Buy’s success was not due to increased promotional activity. Total % Merchandise Value Discounted peaked at 13% across all of Best Buy’s best selling products this holiday season, significantly lower than the 18-21% peaks observed in the previous four years.
Looking at our newly launched income data, while high-income earners of $150K+ per annum drove increasingly more sales at most retailers this holiday season, it’s intriguing to us that the relatively better performers: Amazon, Target, and Best Buy, are more weighted towards higher-earners, relative to Walmart and Kohl’s.
A Rebound Still Paused
To situate the start of the holiday in its proper pandemic context, we refreshed our macro consumer behavior data across thousands of retailers across the country and analyzed performance to date. Total aggregate consumer spending declined ~1% YoY in the week ending Dec 7th. This was roughly the same level of decline seen since September, importantly, still a pause from the summer rebound, and still shy of the pre-pandemic mid single digit growth. Foot traffic and the number of transactions remain depressed at ~13% declines, also roughly equivalent levels since July.
Due to 2019’s compressed-season early strength, the onset of the season saw a material YoY dip which shortly thereafter snapped back. As depicted below, year-over-year spending eased last year following the initial compressed rush, which resulted in a very brief 14% YoY decline this year in the week ending 11/30, but which then rose to a 1% decline just a week later. As a benchmark, the 2017 and 2018 start to the season saw ~7 to 9% YoY growth in the first week of the season, a stark reminder of the pandemic-driven softness this year.
So Go the Holidays
Looking at particular sectors, the trend of COVID-related consumer behavior over the past several months continued through the start of the holiday season.
Leading the beneficiaries were Online Marketplaces (Amazon, Etsy, etc.), up 27%, although flat sequentially, as the 2019 period was up a strong 29% (likely also compressed-season related). Time at home continued to drive Home Improvement up 24%, a sharp 22 point acceleration from 2019’s growth. Apparel’s Active & Athleisure continued to propel up 19%, albeit 9 points lower than last year, but still the only shining light in Apparel. Pets were the next strongest beneficiary, up 19% in Pet Supplies, an impressive almost 2x last year’s growth.
At the struggling end, High-End and Mid-Tier Department Stores were each down ~30% during this all important period, a painful ~40 point slowdown in growth, while Off-Price declined 17%, a 25 point slowdown. General Apparel and Footwear declined 24% and 14%, respectively, both a sharp ~25 to 30 point slowdown in growth from last year.
Amazon and Target Impressed; Kohl’s Struggled
Zooming in on performance*** across the largest traditionally holiday-oriented retailers, it comes as no surprise that Amazon led the way, with the only significant growth over this early holiday period (see our Prime Day/Year? analysis). Target topped the legacy brick and mortar retailers, and was the only one that managed a positive year-over-year growth thus far into the holidays. Best Buy saw a (relatively good, considering) 8% decline, Walmart saw ~13%, Kohl’s saw a rough ~25%, and the collection of 45 other retailers** declined ~8%.
All in, the shift to online was obviously the sought after lifeline. Target’s online spend grew an impressive 56% YoY, alongside a 6% in-store spend and a 28% in-store traffic decline. Walmart and Best Buy’s spend online grew over 30%, alongside foot traffic declines of roughly the same magnitude. Kohl’s, on the other hand, struggled to see its online growth perform, offering little to mitigate its ~38% in-store decline.
*Foot traffic’s ‘other’ includes 28 of the ‘Other 45’ retailers in this analysis based on our current coverage. Please reference our coverage list in the notes section to see which are included.
Has Online Reached a Ceiling?
Online spending has been the pandemic’s answer since April. The question though is if this shift has already reached a ceiling, or would this shift push even further into the holiday season?
Answer: no ceiling just yet. Of the legacy brick and mortar stores, Best Buy managed to generate roughly two thirds of its sales online this early holiday season, ~20 points up from last year, but more importantly, 13 points more than just a week before Thanksgiving. Interestingly, despite its struggles, Kohl’s acquired roughly half of its sales online this early period, a 9 point increase from last year, and also 10+ points more than the weeks prior to Thanksgiving. Conversely, Target and Walmart pushed its online share only slightly up into the holiday season, now at ~15 to 17%, notable given Target’s strength this period (and year).
*Other 45 excludes online-only platforms Audible, Chewy, Etsy, Stitch Fix, and QVC.
A Non-Promotional Best Buy
Best Buy’s performance stood out, so we wanted to dig deeper. Specifically, we asked, how promotional was Best Buy this holiday season given such a successful online penetration? It turns out not so much.
Since the start of the pandemic, the electronics retailer had decreased promotional activity to record lows in the past five years. Total % Merchandise Value Discounted – measuring the overall level of discounting across Best Buy’s merchandise (including both full-price items and on-sale items) – peaked at 13% across all best selling products this holiday season, significantly lower than the 18-21% peak promotional activity typically observed over the same period in the previous four years.
Higher-Earners Driving Performance
Lastly, to round out this analysis, we looked at our newly launched income data, specifically, looking at whether the breakdown of shoppers by income-bracket materially changed this season.
In general, high-income earners of $150K+ per annum continued to drive increasingly more sales across these retailers, although, the majority of sales continues to be generated by <$100K earners, and more specifically, by the $40-100K bracket. It’s intriguing to us that the relatively better performers so far this season: Amazon, Target, and Best Buy, are also the retailers more weighted towards higher-earners (relative to Walmart and Kohl’s). This is especially notable during a pandemic where income levels for many consumers has likely changed dramatically: are more high-earners an indicator of performance?
*excludes ~12 to 18% of sales from income brackets that are unavailable.
Earnest Insights 2020 Out
Analysis excludes spend made on store-branded cards that will likely not be paid down until after the holiday period. Many retailers in this analysis are sensitive to this exclusion.
*We define the “Early Holiday Period” from Thanksgiving Day to the Monday 12 days later. This ensures that all Black Friday / Cyber Monday transactions with processing delays are included in the analysis. (For reference, in 2017, the majority of Amazon’s Black Friday / Cyber Monday transactions were processed ~10 days after the important weekend). Additionally, a 12 day period also has the effect of mitigating some (but not all) of the 2019 compressed-season spending dynamic.
**The other 45 retailers include: Academy Sports & Outdoors, American Eagle, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Audible, Banana Republic, Barnes & Noble, Bath & Body Works, Big Lots, Bloomingdale’s, Burlington Stores, Chewy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dillard’s, DSW, Etsy, Gap, GNC, H&M, Hobby Lobby, J.C. Penney, J.Crew, L.L. Bean, Loft, Lululemon, Macy’s, Marshalls, Men’s Wearhouse, Michaels Stores, Neiman Marcus, Nike, Nordstrom Full Price, Nordstrom Off Price, Old Navy, Petco, PetSmart, QVC, REI Coop, Ross Stores, Sears, Sephora, Stitch Fix, T.J. Maxx, ULTA Beauty, Victoria’s Secret. Our spend coverage list can be accessed here and our foot traffic coverage list here.
***Based on the most recent backtest results, Amazon growth is likely overstated in the data, Walmart and Target are likely understated, and Kohl’s was overstated last year. In general, all merchant performance trends should be interpreted in the context of our EarnestKPI backtest differentials. For a better understanding of our biases and differentials, schedule a demo.
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Home materials AIMPLAS completes XXL REFRESH waterbag project
AIMPLAS completes XXL REFRESH waterbag project
AIMPLAS has successfully completed its participation in the European XXL REFRESH waterbags project along with Sedó and Tecnodimension (Catalonia), D’Apollonia and Ziplast (Italy), Turgutreis (Turkey) and Safibra (Czech Republic).
XXL REFRESH waterbags have been successfully tested in the Mediterranean Sea in Tarragona with a payload of 2 million litres of fresh water. The 60m-long device is scalable up to 5 million litres and thanks to its modularity it has already piqued the interest of water supply managers in Chile and the Middle East as an alternative to submarine pipes.
Waterbag testing prior to XXL REFRESH tended to fail because of the lack of resistance in the fabric and the fact that they are manufactured in a single piece that made deploying, handling, hygienisation and transportation difficult. The modularity of XXL REFRESH allows the assembly of different modules thanks to a number of zips to adapt the maximum load to the needs of the transport.
The role of AIMPLAS in the project has consisted mainly in carrying out validation to test the mechanical resistance properties of the materials subject to so demanding service conditions. Furthermore, it has also carried out the compatibility tests for water transportation according to European regulations.
The XXL REFRESH device builds on the original REFRESH project selected by the Research Executive Agency as a successful case in 2012 when it was tested in Greece in 2012 with a prototype at medium scale that was able to transport 200 cubic metres of water. The commercial scale demonstrator developed in this project has kept the modularity concept thanks to the same zip system, but it has improved the fabric architecture with which the floating flexible container is manufactured.
Like in its pilot version, these innovative waterbags can be transported by a conventional tug, resulting in emissions saving compared to other water transporting methods such as tankers.
The project XXL REFRESH was funded by the European Commission through the Seventh Framework Programme and with grant agreement number 606423 and has been coordinated by Industrial Sedó (Spain). Together with AIMPLAS they have participated Tecnodimension (Spain), D’Apollonia and Ziplast (Italy), Turgutreis (Turkey) and Safibra (Czech Republic).
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Arsenal to move for France international striker Guillaume Hoarau
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Free agent could be en route to the Emirates.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is believed to be preparing a surprise move for free agent Guillaume Hoarau in a bid to ensure that eh has adequate back up to cover the injured Olivier Giroud, according to CaughtOffside.
The Gunners have been left short of experienced options in attack, with only Yaya Sanogo and Joel Campbell left as the clubs out and out strikers, and Wenger is keen to bring in some new faces to ease the burden on his young stars.
Hoarau is keen on a move to the Premier League after being released by Bordeaux at the end of the previous campaign, and after failing to agree a deal to join fellow Ligue 1 side Saint Etienne his agent, Thierry Gras, confirmed that England is a possible destination.
“It’s true that we have spoken with Premier League clubs before about Guillaume, as his all-round game means he’s suited to the league,” he said.
Wenger is still said to be willing to spend the money on a big name front man before Monday’s transfer deadline, but may decide to spring for the 30-year-old as insurance in case any other proposed deal takes too long to complete.
Hoarau has five caps for the French national team under his belt, and made a name for himself at PSG between 2008-12 when he bagged 38 goals in 114 games.
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Google Glass Will Change The Way You Watch Baseball
If there’s any hope for Google to convince the mainstream they need the futuristic Glass, professional sports apps like this one called Blue will be the way.
By Tyler Hayes 1 minute Read
Google Glass isn’t just out of reach financially for a lot people, it’s also out of reach conceptually for most. Everyone gets the idea that we’re moving toward a world with more information that’s easier to access, but beyond the quirky and creepy things like snapping pictures of everyone you meet, it’s still hard to get a handle on how someone would actually use Glass and the data. What are the benefits of having an ugly piece of metal voluntarily strapped to your face? Well, if you’re at all interested in sports, baseball in particular, you finally have your answer, its name is Blue.
Blue is a essentially a HUD for a live baseball game, taking baseball’s raw data and delivering the best of television merged with the live experience. The app takes info previously reserved for the hard-to-read scoreboard and puts it in Glass’s display, giving you get info like pitch count, speed, and whether it was a ball or strike. The app goes further, though, with actively involved players’ stats, a definite wow factor for those desperate to keep getting closer to the game.
Seeing Blue in action, via the demo video, really clarifies why Glass is worth caring about, even if it flops. Glass is about taking raw data from everyday life and connecting to you in some meaningful way, or at least that’s what it should be about. Baseball, like many sports, is something that connects with a lot of people, and this Glass app allows a way to dive further into the game data.
Why was Michael Lewis’s Moneyball such a hit and a game changer when it was released in 2003? It took raw data and made sense of it. More recently, the NBA has begun all outfitting arenas with cameras that track players, for the same reason, to collect raw data and try and use it in a meaningful way.
After all of Google’s efforts, I still hadn’t cared about Glass. Seeing a simple app make sense of the enormous amounts of data baseball has to offer however, I get it. At least I get why Glass could be great. Now it’s up to other developers to take Blue’s “aha” moment and exploit it like crazy if there’s any hope of Glass catching on.
[Image: Flickr user Keith Allison]
Tyler Hayes is a Southern California native, early technology adopter, and music enthusiast. You can reach him at tyler@liisten.com
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Do Curveball Interview Questions Really Work?
When does an interview question cross the line from useful to absurd?
[Photo: Flickr user Paul L Dineen]
By Samantha Cole 4 minute Read
Imagine you’re interviewing candidates for a high-pressure, fast-paced job in your company. It’ll require supreme composure in stressful situations, outside-the-box thinking, and above all, that they bring their most polished professionalism to the office every day.
Across from the interviewing table, you look them in the eyes and ask, “Who would win in a fight between Spider-Man and Batman?”
In a recent list from Mashable, we gained insight on how ridiculous interview questions can be, from financial advisory positions and software engineers to ice-cream scoopers and chino-pants sellers. These companies have reputations nearing household-name status, but are their interview questions too ridiculous to be effective? We asked hiring experts to weigh in.
“Yes, They Work!”
If you can get through a question like “What’s your favorite Disney princess?” with a straight face, the ridiculousness of these questions could pay off.
“Candidates know the standard questions and are typically really well rehearsed,” says Heather Kernahan, general manager and EVP at tech communications firm Eastwick. Injecting humor into an otherwise stuffy situation lets the candidate’s personality shine, off-message. Curveballs get them thinking on their feet, and a little bit stressed–revealing a glimpse of how they’ll behave at work. “It’s a mini simulation of how they’ll really respond during an unexpected work situation,” she says.
It’s a mini simulation of how they’ll really respond during an unexpected work situation.
But these questions don’t have to be traps with the goal of tripping up an otherwise good candidate, says Gary Barr, COO of portfolio intelligence platform Novus. In an interview, many hiring managers seek opinions (“How do you think others see you?”) instead of skills-based evidence that they’ll be right for the job.
“Watching and understanding how the candidate reacts when confronted with such an unusual question, and logically assessing their response and ensuing discussion, provides evidence of a candidates ability to react on their feet, stay in the moment, and deal well with whatever is thrown at them,” Barr says. “And knowing that helps you assess whether this candidate will deliver in a fast paced, chaotic, and often highly pressurized professional environment.”
“No, They’re A Waste Of Time”
Are these questions keeping great talent from nailing your interview process?
Tim Toterhi, HR professional and author of Job Hunting For Introverts, says yes. “Some could make the argument that the favorite Disney princess or Batman vs. Spiderman questions could uncover a person’s conceptual flexibility and ability to think on their feet, but that favors verbal processors and you’ll end up with surface thinking,” Toterhi says. “I’d rather get deeper thought and greater insight that can actually be applied.”
I’d rather get deeper thought and greater insight that can actually be applied.
Stick with the real questions that dig deeper, instead of wacky ones meant to trip candidates up, says Karin Hurt, CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders. “I think it’s much more important to ask real questions that get to a candidate’s values, strategic thinking, and track record. You might “trick” an introvert who’s not that great on her feet, and miss a gem.”
Beyond their usefulness (or lack thereof) in choosing the right person for the job, left-field questions can be a risk to your company’s reputation. In employment law, according to Josh Berry, 10-year talent consultant and researcher who now advises HR-related tech startups, interview questions must relate back to the job’s qualifications.
You might “trick” an introvert who’s not that great on her feet, and miss a gem.
“Straying too far away from things that actually have to do with the job can start to put you at risk for discrimination lawsuits.” For example: a seemingly innocent but unrelated question, such as “What path did you take get to work this morning?” uncovers clues to a person’s financial situation–whether they drive or take public transportation, where they live, etc.–and the person doesn’t get the job. If they claim discrimination based on that one silly question, the company is stuck trying to prove that this person’s socioeconomic status wasn’t what cost them the job.
How To Handle Curveballs
If you’re lobbed a question like “How many people flew out of Chicago last year?” how can you answer gracefully?
Take a breath. “Keep calm and breathe while you think through your response,” says Kernahan. “It’s OK to say that you need a minute to think about your answer because you’ve never had that question before.” Your future has probably never depended on your ability to unload a 747 full of jellybeans, after all.
Then, “cut the crap,” says Hurt. See through their intentions and call them on it. An example: “Are you really asking about my character or quick-thinking potential? If so, let me tell you about the time I saved [my employer] $5,000 by catching someone else’s mistake.”
Another option? Play along. Toterhi gives this scenario: “Next time an interviewer asks you who would win in a fight between Spider-Man and Batman? Smile. Then say, ‘Interesting. Of course, a better question might be who would win at Scrabble, Aunt May or Alfred? Your thoughts?’ They’d likely get the message.”
Freelance tech, science and culture writer. Find Sam on the Internet: @samleecole.
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Fast Company returns to Davos
Panels will explore the coming cultural disruption, new business structures, and fresh approaches brought by technology and innovation.
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By Fast Company staff 1 minute Read
Fast Company will convene some of the world’s top leaders for a series of conversations and interviews about the future of business and technology at the World Economic Forum Annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Our editors are convening panels, titled Davos Dialogues, that aim to highlight the ways business leaders are reinventing their companies—and themselves—to leverage innovation and technology and respond to changing customer needs.
One session—featuring James Loree, CEO of Stanley Black & Decker; SAP co-CEO Jennifer Morgan; Novartis CEO Dr. Vasant Narasimhan; and HCL Technologies president and CEO C Vijayakumar—will explore the role of CEO as “disruptor in chief.” These leaders will talk about the ways they try to ensure that their organizations are always innovating and evolving, and where they seek insights to help their businesses avoid obsolescence.
Another session will look at the ways technologies—and digitally empowered customers—are dramatically transforming financial services. The panel includes Gilberto Caldart, president of International for Mastercard; Hikmet Ersek, president and CEO, Western Union; Lex Greensill, founder and CEO, Greensill; and Jane Fraser, president of Citi and chief executive officer, consumer banking.
Yet another panel will highlight the widespread structural and cultural changes companies need to embrace to maximize the power of digital transformation. Speakers who will talk about their holistic, “end-to-end” technological and management approach include Bertrand Bodson, chief digital officer of Novartis, and Melanie Kalmar, chief information officer and chief digital officer for the Dow Chemical Company.
The panels will complement the theme of the World Economic Forum 50th Annual Meeting: Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World. The program aims to highlight ways businesses, governments, and international institutions can advance “stakeholder capitalism” and global accords on climate change. (Fast Company‘s coverage of inclusive capitalism may be found here.)
The sessions will take place at the HCL Pavilion.
“HCL is pleased to host a stellar group of global executives and thought leaders for a series of conversations around digital transformation of enterprises as well as progressive organizational change management, and the role leaders can play in effectively stewarding these important agendas,” Vijayakumar says. “I am confident that the thought-provoking conversations will offer real-world insights into how forward-looking organizations are embracing these themes in the backdrop of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.”
Davos Dialogues, a series of editorial panels, videos, and news coverage, is produced in partnership with HCL Technologies.
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How USNR Restructured its Plants for Maximum Efficiency
Article & Photos Supplied by Mary Ellen Klukow, Editorial Associate – Lynn Gorman Communications LLC
Company information: USNR is the world’s #1 producer of equipment for the wood processing industry, with 11 facilities in North America and eight in Europe and Asia. Their global headquarters are in Woodland, Washington, home to a growing 100,000 square foot shop that manufactures parts like edgers and gang saws.
Problem: “Previously, most parts were made on vertical machining centers, which meant that the spindles were idle while operators were changing workpieces, fixtures and tooling. Along with this slow process, there was no resident tooling in any of the machines to help minimize set up. The new method keeps USNR’s spindles as active as possible. Set up is done offline, and each machine has resident and identical tooling to eliminate bottlenecks.”
Solution: To replace the vertical machining centers, Fastems supplied their Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) and three new DMG/MORI NHX 6300 horizontal machining centers. The FMS came as part of the FMS ONE package.
Results: USNR was able to take their average delivery time down from 25 days to nine days. “We even ran out of work for what we had programmed. I warned everybody: ‘it’s going to chew through the work. Especially things that are already proven,’” said Mike Smothers, operations manager.
USNR is the world leader in producing equipment for the sawmill and wood processing industries, supplying parts to North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Mike Smothers, operations manager, calls USNR’s shop in Woodland, Washington, a “high mix, low volume” facility. The 100,000 square foot shop fills orders for edgers, profilers, chippers, gang saws, and other specialized parts for the sawmill and panel industries, with a few items produced at much higher volumes.
USNR’s Woodland, Washington FMS team and supporting members
When Smothers was hired one of the first changes he made was to install a Fastems Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS). The FMS includes three DMG/MORI NHX 6300 horizontal machining centers and organizes and schedules projects to maximize productivity. Previously, most parts were made on vertical machining centers, which meant that the spindles were idle while operators were changing workpieces, fixtures and tooling. Along with this slow process, there was no resident tooling in any of the machines to help minimize set up. The new method keeps USNR’s spindles as active as possible. Set up is done offline, and each machine has resident and identical tooling to eliminate bottlenecks.
USNR’s shop is divided into production cells, in which the entire manufacturing process for one part can take place.
The four USNR plants (Woodland, WA, Jacksonville, FL, Plessisville, QC, and Söderhamn, Sweden) are also adopting a UPS [USNR Production System] system. The premise of this system is to allow the shop to build velocity and lower WIP (Work in Process) levels to allow the company to move material through the shops rapidly. One of its goals with this system is to cut USNR’s average delivery time to five days.
“Woodland was at 25 days and now we are down to an average of 9 days, and we’re working toward 5 days,” explains Smothers. “Hitting 10 days was a big accomplishment for our shop and the UPS system, now we are working on a 5-day average.”
The UPS system extends beyond scheduling to accomplish physical organization. Two Kardex Remstar vertical lift modules keep USNR’s materials, parts, and fixtures ordered. “My warehouse is in those two Kardex machines. It keeps everything in trays and records where everything is. Rather than having a person walking around to each of the shelves in the supply areas, going upstairs and downstairs, the operator stands near its garage door-like opening, and the system delivers the items right to that opening.” The modules reorganize their trays weekly so that the most frequently used parts are closest to the openings, further streamlining the process. Best of all, they can be integrated with the FMS system and positioned in the cellular configuration.
Using three load stations in the FMS maximizes time spent machining in the three NHX6300 Horizontal Machining centers as opposed to tearing down and setting up parts in vertical oriented machines, such as the Vertical Machining Centers.
Smothers also restructured the rest of the factory into production cells. “Our shop was originally set up as groups: all mills here, all drills there, all drill presses on the other side, and so on. We’re tearing that down and making cells as part of our UPS system,” says Smothers. These production cells are set up so that almost everything for one part can be done in one location. As jobs are received and processed, shop floor coordinators stage material and move parts to different cells so that operators can focus on their designated parts. “One person follows the job through completely. We’re emphasizing quality and speed – getting orders in and out quickly and correctly.”
To accomplish this, Smothers brought in CNC machines such as mill-turns. “The whole idea of machines like this is ‘done in one’. We want to put raw material into the machine and have a finished part come out. With standalone machines the material would go to a lathe, then into a mill, and so on. Now parts are completely processed on this one machine.”
Kasi Larson, machine shop coordinator, uses Kardex Remstar units to store parts, fixtures, and tools.
Smothers has also found that one of the best ways to boost efficiency is for the operators to run their machines unattended. Many USNR operators were concerned with this prospect at first; some of their parts have tolerances within two or three ten thousandths of an inch. That’s why Smothers emphasized proving out models first.
CNC programmer Adam Corson does this by bringing a 3D model into Mastercam CAD/CAM software to program. Corson has been programming with this software since 2007. He explained, “It has many options that make my job easier, whether it’s a dynamic toolpath that allows us to achieve full flute length cutting using higher spindle speeds and faster feed rates, to surfacing odd shaped parts that allows us to use our CNC machining centers to their highest capacities.” USNR finds the most value in how the software inspires confidence in operators.
The powerful simulation features within the software are essential. With the backplot and verify functions, Corson can check for errors and possible machining issues on an intuitive screen that models the actual machining process. He then shares this information with the operators. “We manipulate our model to represent exactly what the operator will be seeing in the machine. Our operators have the capabilities to view the model at their workstation, which provides them the best understanding of what to expect in the program.” Between having had the code proven and seeing the model on their own screens, operators feel comfortable running their machines lights-out.
USNR’s Woodland, Washington shop relies on a Fastems FMS to improve part production speed, accuracy and delivery times.
Corson explained that finding the right software is crucial to the efficiency of a shop, whether it be for programming or for scheduling and organization. “The Fastems system has been a game changer for helping us get parts in and out of the machines with the shortest time handling the material. Raw material, once loaded onto a fixture, will automatically go into one of the three HMCs that are linked into the Fastems system. Being able to manage tool life on 990 tool pots and all 54 pallets from a single load station has made our processes much more predictable and safer for all our operators.” Fastems’ Manufacturing Management Software (MMS) comes as part of the FMS ONE package and is designed to keep a shop flowing smoothly. Once the operators are set up with the part and the fixture, they tell Fastems that it’s loaded. Fastems will schedule it and tell us on the big board, for example, that machine number MC1 tool 35 needs to be changed. It makes sure everything’s fresh and kept running. Fastems takes care of everything to do with the operating of the cell.” Smothers explains that even though this shop uses a standard package, the crew at Fastems was more than happy to help him find custom solutions at other shops he has worked with in the past.
Smothers knew to expect increased savings when he incorporated the FMS, reorganized the cell layout, and made lights-out production possible. What he didn’t expect was just how much USNR would save.
“We even ran out of work for what we had programmed. I warned everybody: ‘it’s going to chew through the work. Especially things that are already proven.’”
As USNR ramps up its productivity, Smothers maintains his goal to reduce average delivery time to five days or less. “We’d like to get to the point where when a customer calls I have the raw material ready, I put it in the machine and run it, and I ship it that same day.” So much of the process is automated now that he thinks achieving this goal will be possible in the very near future.
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A12 traffic: Passengers evacuated from bus before it was engulfed in flames near Chelmsford
Fire crews remain on the scene and are tackling the incident
Brad GrayMultimedia Reporter
All passengers aboard a double-decker bus had to be evacuated after it caught alight.
The vehicle fire has closed the A12 completely on the southbound carriageway and is also causing delays northbound.
The incident took place between junction 18 for Danbury and junction 17 for Howe Green, this morning at around 10.45am, (Friday, July 26).
A spokesperson from Essex County Council Fire and Rescue said: "Firefighters were called to a double decker bus on fire on the A12 near to sliproad of junction 18 (Danbury).
There are huge queues as the road remains shut (Image: Aaron)
"When fire crews arrived they reported that everyone from the bus had already been safely evacuated.
"The Police also assist at the scene to close part of the roadway, so firefighters could deal with the fire safely and due to the smoke blowing over the road.
"The fire was extinguished by 11:30am."
Chelmsford and Maldon Local Police Team tweeted: "The #A12 is closed southbound from J18 after a bus caught fire. 68 persons were evacuated and thankfully there were no injuries.
Fire crews fighting flames on the A12
"The A12 will remain closed whilst the cleanup is under way."
The cause of the fire has been recorded as accidental.
Traffic is building up past the Boreham Interchange at junction 19; a diversion is in place sending traffic through Chelmsford, but these are hitting problems at the Army and Navy roundabout as the flyover is currently shut.
There are now four miles of congestion on the southbound route stretching back to Hatfield Peverel, as well as three miles of queues in the northbound direction.
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Invesco Study Shows More Investors Adopting Factor Strategies
Ben Hernandez November 16, 2018
In the 1950s, the concept of a multi-factor strategy may have had investors scratching their heads at first mention, but that has changed over five decades later. A recent study by Invesco, a leading asset manager with more than 30 years of expertise in factor investing, showed that wider adoption of the factor strategy has taken place among North American investors.
The survey included over 300 institutional and wholesale factor investors globally, and results showed that as survey respondents obtained more experience with factor portfolios, the propensity to incorporate them into their overall investment goals increased.
While the strategy itself has been around since the 1950s, the use of factors has only started to materialize in recent years. Since Invesco first polled investors about factors in 2016, North American respondents have increased their adoption of factor strategies at an average rate of 5% per year.
What led to the wider adoption by investors? Vincent de Martel, Invesco’s Factor Solutions Strategist, said it’s a confluence of various factors, but education is first and foremost.
“Invesco has a long history with multi-factor strategies, founding Invesco Quantitative Strategies in 1983, and launching the first multi-factor ETF, Invesco Dynamic Market ETF (PWC), in 2003,” de Martel told ETF Trends. “We have always understood that developing internal capabilities is the first step for factor investors, of which education is a key component.
“Based on the response of the 300 factor investors interviewed for the 2018 study, academic research and support in training are among the top requirements for factor allocation. Invesco has conducted the Global Factor Study since 2016, and in prior years investors have explained that they use multiple resources to develop their own education, including asset managers and consultants.”
Invesco’s study revealed that an investor’s foray into factor investing typically begins with a single factor strategy. As the investor’s comfort level increases, it then leads to the incorporation of other factors as well as a migration from equities into other asset classes like fixed income.
Is the trend for the usage of factor investing on an upward trajectory? According to the study, nearly half of the respondents plan to increase their allocation to factor strategies in the next three years.
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Søren Wichmann
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André Müller (University of Leipzig)
Taraka Rama (University of Gothenburg)
Figure: A succesful simulation of the distribution of speaker populations (filled circles) compared with the empirical distribution (open circles) and a simulation with different parameter settings (line)
In applying computational and statistical methods to large lexical and typological dataset and supplementing empirical data with computer simulations, we tried to address questions such as: How fast do different elements of language change? How can we classify all of the world's languages consistently? How did the present distribution of languages come about?
The Automated Similarity Judgment Program was a large part of this endeavour.
Brown, Cecil H., Eric W. Holman, and Søren Wichmann. In press (2013). Sound correspondences in the world’s languages. Language 89.1.
Wichmann, Søren and Eric W. Holman. In press. Languages with longer words have more lexical change. (For the proceedings of the Workshop on Comparing Approaches to Measuring Linguistic Differences, Gothenburg, Oct. 24-25, 2011).
Wichmann, Søren and Matthias Urban. 2012. Toward an automated classification of Englishes. In: Terttu Nevalainen and Elizabeth Closs Traugott (eds). The Oxford Handbook of the History of English, 676-686. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press.
Holman, Eric W., Cecil H. Brown, Søren Wichmann, André Müller, Viveka Velupillai, Harald Hammarström, Sebastian Sauppe, Hagen Jung, Dik Bakker, Pamela Brown, Oleg Belyaev, Matthias Urban, Robert Mailhammer, Johann-Mattis List, and Dmitry Egorov. 2011. Automated dating of the world’s language families based on lexical similarity. Current Anthropology 52.6: 841-875.
Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Taraka Rama, and Robert S. Walker. 2011. Correlates of reticulation in linguistic phylogenies. Language Dynamics and Change 1: 205-240.
Wichmann, Søren, Taraka Rama, and Eric W. Holman. 2011. Phonological diversity, word length, and population sizes across languages: The ASJP evidence. Linguistic Typology 15: 177-197.
Wichmann, Søren and Anthony P. Grant (eds.). 2010. Special Issue: Quantitative Approaches to Linguistic Diversity: Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Morris Swadesh. Diachronica 27.2.
Wichmann, Søren, André Müller, and Viveka Velupillai. 2010. Homelands of the world’s language families: A quantitative approach. Diachronica 27.2: 247-276.
Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Dik Bakker, and Cecil H. Brown. 2010. Evaluating linguistic distance measures. Physica A. 389: 3632-3639 (doi:10.1016/j.physa.2010.05.011).
Wichmann, Søren and Holman, Eric W. 2009. Population size and rates of language change. Human Biology 81: 259-274.
Wichmann, Søren. 2008. The emerging field of language dynamics. Language and Linguistics Compass 2.3: 442-455.
Murilo Castro de Oliveira, Paulo, Dietrich Stauffer, Søren Wichmann, and Suzana Moss de Oliveira. 2008. A computer simulation of language families. Journal of Linguistics 44: 659-675.
Holman, Eric W., Søren Wichmann, Cecil H. Brown, Viveka Velupillai, André Müller, and Dik Bakker. 2008. Explorations in automated language classification. Folia Linguistica 42.2: 331-354.
Brown, Cecil H., Eric W. Holman, Søren Wichmann, and Viveka Velupillai. 2008. Automated classification of the world's languages: A description of the method and preliminary results. STUF – Language Typology and Universals 61.4: 285-308.
Schulze, Christian, Dietrich Stauffer, and Søren Wichmann. 2008. Birth, survival and death of languages by Monte Carlo simulation. Communications in Computational Physics 3.2: 271-294.
Wichmann, Søren, Dietrich Stauffer, Christian Schulze, and Eric W. Holman. 2008. Do language change rates depend on population size? Advances in Complex Systems 11.3: 357-369.
Wichmann, Søren and Arpiar Saunders. 2007. How to use typological databases in historical linguistic research. Diachronica 24.2: 373-404.
Holman, Eric W., Christian Schulze, Dietrich Stauffer, and Søren Wichmann. 2007. On the relation between structural diversity and geographical distance among languages: observations and computer simulations. Linguistic Typology 11.2: 395-423.
Wichmann, Søren, Dietrich Stauffer, F. Welington S. Lima, and Christian Schulze. 2007. Modelling linguistic taxonomic dynamics. Transactions of the Philological Society 105.2: 126-147.
Stauffer, Dietrich, Christian Schulze, F.W.S. Lima, Søren Wichmann, and Sorin Solomon. 2006. Non-equilibrium and irreversible simulation of competition among languages. Physica A 371.2: 719-724.
Wichmann, Søren. 2005. On the power-law distribution of language family sizes. Journal of Linguistics 41: 117-131.
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Michigan politician blames OWI arrest on ‘damn chicken nuggets’
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As controversial as drinking and driving is, sometimes there are news stories about OWI that are amusing — at least, to those of us not facing the charges.
WXIN-TV is reporting that a Michigan county commissioner was arrested back in December on suspicion of drinking and driving. According to the report, Montcalm County Commissioner Jeremy Miller blamed a craving for “those damn chicken nuggets” for his actions that night.
The arrest occurred on Dec. 18, but apparently was not made public until March 2. The arresting officer claimed in a report that he observed Miller driving 58 mph in a 30 mph zone and pulled him over.
The officer says there was an odor of alcohol on Miller’s body and that Miller failed a field sobriety test. He arrested Miller and asked if the man, who had been elected to the Montcalm County Commission the previous month, if he understood why he was being arrested.
“Because I was being stupid, those damn chicken nuggets,” Miller is quoted as responding. The news report provides no context, but it is possible that Miller had been driving to a fast food restaurant when the officer pulled over.
From the outside, an OWI can seem funny, depending on the circumstances. But it is not funny when you are the one facing criminal charges. A conviction could result in jail time and other severe penalties.
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Mother dies in car crash her ghostly spirit calls out for help
Terry Larch
Sometimes things simply cannot be explained. Why they happened and when ultimately is up to a higher power. This story still resonates with people from last year in 2015. It was labeled a miracle mystery and rightfully so—as a mother and her child overturned into the water from a bridge at night.
The water was chillingly cold and even rescue workers later were treated for hypothermia symptoms from working at the wreckage site. It truly was a miracle when people discovered an 18 month baby girl Lily who was still strapped in her car seat. Afterward the infant was taken to the Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The first person to the scene was a fisherman, who spotted the car partially submerged underwater below the bridge at Arrowhead Trail and Mainstreet around 12:30 Saturday afternoon. It was reported that some sections of the river were upwards of 10 feet deep.
Late at night, Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck age 25 apparently lost control of her car, which plunged into the Spanish Fork River on that disastrous night. She left her parents home located in Salem on Friday around 10 PM little did she know this was going to be her last day.
It was estimated that the accident happened between 12-13 hours previously before the fisherman spotted the car in the water. Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck died on impact suffering from a head trauma wound.
After some time passed, workers on the scene heard a woman’s voice cry out coming from the car which was upside down. This seemingly was impossible as Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck had been dead for hours. The only given explanation to this was divine intervention and her ghostly spirit cried out to get the attention of the rescue workers.
It is amazing that her daughter survived from being in a position where water couldn’t quite reach her and that she lived through the bitter cold of the river and wind. The Utah Highway Patrol was on the scene and Lt. Cory Slaymaker reported why the car left the roadway:
“Our investigation shows the driver’s side tire went up the cement barrier on the south end of the bridge, launching this woman and her baby into the freezing water.” “Where the car was, you couldn’t see it from the roadway.” “We were delighted to see the baby was alive.” The child’s mother, he said, likely died on impact.
There was no foul play and no drugs or alcohol was reported as the cause of the crash. The question remains, who did call for help from inside the car? It is one of those moments that points to a supernatural force intervening. Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck age 25 leaves behind her daughter, husband and family.
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1704: John Quelch, pirate
June 30th, 2010 Headsman
On this date in 1704, John Quelch was hanged on a Boston wharf for piracy.
Quelch had re-appeared in New England less than a year after hastily absconding with a new privateering vessel while the owners tried to sort out the captain’s sickness.
(The captain suspected his crew were up to no good, but the mutineers locked him in his cabin and set sail before the investors could act on the information. The ill captain died at sea and was pitched overboard — in what order, no one can say.)
The privateer Charles had been tricked out and licensed to raid French shipping off Newfoundland, but the avaricious mutineers saw much better buccaneering prospects preying on the gold-laden Portuguese possessions in South America.
One small problem: Portugal had formed an alliance with England.
So when the Charles re-appeared, heavy with the sort of mineral wealth not to be found in North America, authorities could not fail to notice that its crew
Have lately Imported a considerable Quantity of Gold dust, and some Bar and coin’d Gold, which they are Violently Suspected to have gotten & obtained by Felony and Piracy, from some of Her Majesties Friends and Allies …*
This all looks very neat on the legal docket (and it certainly did to the jury-less Admiralty court, the first time this instrument had been used outside of England), except that pirates and piracy were far more integrated into the fabric of the colonial frontiers than their desperado reputation might suggest. Pirates shifted in and out of their outlaw careers; even the strictly law-abiding colonists traded knowingly with these freebooters. Certainly some momentary mutual convenience between London and Lisbon for reasons of continental politics was very far from most colonists’ scope of care.
John Quelch seems to be among those operating in the grey economy, and in this case bringing “gold and silver to specie-starved colonial economies.”**
Hunger for hard currency in an environment of wartime depreciation of various sketchy paper notes helps explain why Quelch’s trial raised hackles in New England. Here were men who had by dint of enterprise and adventure plucked nearly 1,000 pounds of gold from faraway Brazil and hauled it back home to New England, honestly paid out the shares to the crew and gone to settle up with the privateering syndicate’s financiers.
And the high-handed English governor Joseph Dudley responded by clapping them in irons and trying them for their lives, using a dubiously legal and heretofore unprecedent drumhead military tribunal at which Dudley himself presided while his son† prosecuted.
It’s a nice setup for winning convictions, which is exactly what happened.
In the process, Dudley blew through a good portion of the pirates’ confiscated booty, making it rain for “Stephen North, who kept the Star Tavern in which the trial was held, for entertainment of the Commissioners during the sitting of the Court of Admiralty” and that sort of thing. If a later denunciation circulated by Cotton Mather is to be believed, the Dudleys did not scruple to wet their own beaks, either.
There have been odd Collusions with the Pyrates of Quelch’s Company, of which one instance is, That there was extorted the sum of about Thirty Pounds from some of the crew for liberty to walk at certain times in the prison yard. And this liberty having been allowed for two or three days unto them, they, were again confined to their former wretched circumstances.
(The rest of the cash went neither to the privateer’s investors nor back to the aggrieved Portuguese, but was shipped to English mints under the capable administration of Isaac Newton.)
Little wonder at the unrepentant Quelch’s parting shot on this date.
Sarcastically interrupting one of his five fellow-sufferers’ bog-standard scaffold injunction against running with a bad crowd, Quelch urged the throng of onlookers to better “take care how they brought Money into New-England, to be Hanged for it!”
Their bodies remained gibbeted in the harbor.
In Quelch’s Gold: Piracy, Greed, and Betrayal in Colonial New England, Clifford Beal argues that Quelch’s trial marked the onset of an official crackdown on pirates that would drive these formerly semi-legitimate operators further underground and therefore into greater violence. He even suggests, at a bit more of a stretch, that Quelch’s case presaged the colonial resistance to the mother country’s political and economic dictates that would later blossom into the American Revolution.
As for the gold, much of it was not recovered in 1704. Legends to the effect that it remains stashed on New Hampshire’s Star Island continue to attract treasure hunters.
* From the proclamation of Quelch and his crew‘s arrest, quoted in Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730.
** Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, by Marcus Rediker.
† That son, Paul Dudley, later endowed a still-extant lecture series at Harvard University — the oldest endowed lectureship, even though (or rather because) the donor’s intention that it be directed “for the purpose of detecting and convicting and exposing the Idolatry of the Romish church” was eventually neglected.
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Not All of Obamacare Was Upheld
And it could be bad for these companies.
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The individual mandate part of Obamacare was upheld by the Supreme Court and that's a big win for companies that count on people being able to afford health-care services.
But not all of the Affordable Care Act provisions that throw more patients into the system were upheld. The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government can't withhold Medicaid funding if states choose not to expand their Medicaid offerings. Essentially states can choose to take additional funds and expand or choose not to expand, but the federal government can't punish them for not expanding.
How many states might choose not to expand? Just over half of the states joined together asking the court to strike down the all-or-nothing provision.
Of course some of those states were just acting like teenagers not wanting to be told what to do by their parents. They'll be happy to take the federal government's extra cash and give their citizens more health-care coverage. The federal government will pick up the tab in the early years, but the states will be on the hook for some of the cost later, which might be a deal breaker for some of the cash-strapped states.
As we get closer to 2014, when the Medicaid expansion part of the law goes into effect, we'll get a better idea of how many states might opt out of the expansion. How many and which ones opt out will have an effect across the health-care industry.
More covered people means more sales of drugs and medical devices. Care for things that can be avoided by the uninsured because they're not immediately life threatening -- Merck's (NYSE: MRK) shingles vaccine Zostavax or medical devices used in elective surgeries, for example -- should get the largest bump.
For emergency care, it'll be the hospitals -- Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC), Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH), and the like -- that'll gain the most from the expanded Medicaid coverage, since they currently have to foot the bill for uninsured patients that come to them. Those companies tend to be somewhat regionalized -- Tenet is only in 12 states, for example -- so the breakdown of exactly which states choose not to expand coverage will be important.
The other major beneficiary of expanded Medicaid will be the insurers, such as Molina Healthcare (NYSE: MOH) and Wellcare Health Plans (NYSE: WCG), that administer the plans for the states. They'll benefit from the increase in customers, assuming the states opt in for the expansion.
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West Ham manager David Moyes showed defiance after Bournemouth win
2 minute read 2/1/2020 | 07:00pm
David Moyes showed defiance in his comments during an interview with BT Sport, following West Ham United’s 4-0 win against AFC Bournemouth.
What did he say?
The Scotsman’s appointment was far from the most popular of choices the West Ham board could have made, while Moyes didn’t help himself by describing the London club as ‘home’.
However, the match at London Stadium was his first opportunity to get Hammers fans on his side and the team ensured that was the case for him as they ran riot against the Cherries.
One game is not going to make him the king of East London and have fans calling for a lifetime contract, but he has made a really strong start and impacted immediately.
When asked about how important it is to have fans on his side, Moyes replied: “Of course it’s important because you need the support behind the team and the manager, but I think I’ve always probably had to go and prove myself. Down the years, I think I’ve done the best I can to do that.
“I’m going to make a real good go of this. I think that my time here before was worthy of staying, I’m going to make sure that my time here gives them no choice.”
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Admirable defiance
Having made one or two questionable comments that were part of his unveiling as Hammers manager, Moyes came across well this time around.
There was a clear sign of the intrinsic belief that he has in his own ability to get West Ham up the table, while also referencing his previous time at London Stadium – although it is a lot easier for him to say something along these lines when his team has just given out a thrashing.
Do you think Moyes will last until the end of his contract?
But with the reporter even outlining it to him, Moyes will be fully aware that many Hammers fans didn’t want him as their manager and still don’t.
There was unmissable defiance in his voice when he said the above statement. So while there will still be plenty of questions to be answered regarding whether he is the right man for the job, the determination he’s showing early doors is certainly admirable.
If he keeps that up and it filters through to the players, he could quickly win doubters over.
In other news, fans reacted to ExWHUEmployee’s comment about Manuel Pellegrini.
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Latest research in football - week 47 - 2017
As previous literature updates, I have performed a PubCrawler search looking for football articles in NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases.
Following studies were retrieved for this week:
#1 Z-scores-based methods and their application to biological monitoring: an example in professional soccer players
Reference: Biostatistics. 2017 Nov 15. doi: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxx044. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Sauliere G, Dedecker J, Marquet LA, Rochcongar P, Toussaint JF, Berthelot G
Summary: The clinical and biological follow-up of individuals, such as the biological passport for athletes, is typically based on the individual and longitudinal monitoring of hematological or urine markers. These follow-ups aim to identify abnormal behavior by comparing the individual's biological samples to an established baseline. These comparisons may be done via different ways, but each of them requires an appropriate extra population to compute the significance levels, which is a non-trivial issue. Moreover, it is not necessarily relevant to compare the measures of a biomarker of a professional athlete to that of a reference population (even restricted to other athletes), and a reasonable alternative is to detect the abnormal values by considering only the other measurements of the same athlete. Here we propose a simple adaptive statistic based on maxima of Z-scores that does not rely on the use of an extra population. We show that, in the Gaussian framework, it is a practical and relevant method for detecting abnormal values in a series of observations from the same individual. The distribution of this statistic does not depend on the individual parameters under the null hypothesis, and its quantiles can be computed using Monte Carlo simulations. The proposed method is tested on the 3-year follow-up of ferritin, serum iron, erythrocytes, hemoglobin, and hematocrit markers in 2577 elite male soccer players. For instance, if we consider the abnormal values for the hematocrit at a 5% level, we found that 5.57% of the selected cohort had at least one abnormal value (which is not significantly different from the expected false-discovery rate). The approach is a starting point for more elaborate models that would produce a refined individual baseline. The method can be extended to the Gaussian linear model, in order to include additional variables such as the age or exposure to altitude. The method could also be applied to other domains, such as the clinical patient follow-up in monitoring abnormal values of biological markers.
#2 Effects of detraining on breathing pattern and ventilatory efficiency in young soccer players
Reference: J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2017 Nov 17. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.17.07619-8. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Alvero Cruz JR, Ronconi M, Garcia Romero J, Naranjo Orellana J
Summary: This study investigated the effects of detraining on breathing pattern. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a sixweek detraining period on breathing patterns and ventilatory efficiency. Fourteen young soccer players were evaluated at the end of a competitive season and after a sixweek detraining period. Assessment of respiratory efficiency was based on VE/VCO2 slope changes below 70% of exercise intensity. All participants underwent twice an incremental graded exercise test up to exhaustion. No differences in breathing frequency and inspiratory time/ total time ratio (Ti/Ttot) were found after detraining (p>.05). Differences in tidal volume (VT), VT/Ti quotient and VE were significant (p<.05) at between 40 to 100% of exercise intensity. The VE/VCO2 slope did not change (p>.05) during a postdetraining maximal incremental test. A sixweek detraining period causes changes in inspiratory flow but does not affect the inspiratory time/total respiratory cycle time ratio. The overall ventilatory efficiency of the respiratory system remains constant and is not affected by detraining.
#3 Acoustic Analysis of Soccer Fans in Acute Phonotrauma After the Match
Reference: J Voice. 2017 Nov 13. pii: S0892-1997(17)30294-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2017.10.004. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Pinarbasli MO, Kaya E, Ozudogru E, Gurbuz MK, Colak E, Aksoy MA, Birdane L, Guney FO
Summary: Acute phonotrauma is the result of sound production by shouting or straining one's voice. In this study, we aimed to investigate the acute changes in the vocal folds and voices of soccer fans who voluntarily applied to our clinic after the soccer match where they engaged in acute phonotrauma. There are no other studies in the literature conducted on a similar sample group. Videolaryngostroboscopic (VLS) examination, acoustic voice analysis, and Voice Handicap Index (VHI) questionnaire were performed on 29 voluntary soccer fans included to the study before the match and at the first hour after the match. The values obtained were compared statistically with each other and with 29 control groups without voice pathology. The jitter, shimmer, and normalized noise energy values measured after the match increased significantly statistically compared with the pre-match level, but harmonic noise ratio value decreased significantly (P < 0.05). VHI scores increased significantly after the match according to the pre-match scores (P < 0.05). In the VLS examinations, there was no difference in the images before and after the match. It has been concluded that people who are using their voices loudly and intensely by shouting during the match are exposed to sound changes after the match, and if this situation becomes persistent, it may cause permanent voice pathologies. It is thought that VHI and acoustic voice analysis should be done together with VLS for diagnosis and follow-up of voice changes for which the VLS examination alone is not sufficient.
#4 Sex Differences in Aerobic Fitness in Top-Class Soccer Referees
Reference: J Strength Cond Res. 2017 Nov 14. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002292. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Castagna C, Bizzini M, DʼOttavio S, Araujo Povoas SC
Summary: The aim of this study was to assess the aerobic-fitness differences between male and female top-class soccer field referees (FRs). This with the purpose to provide cutoff values useful for training prescription in female FRs. Forty female top-class FRs (age 34.18 ± 3.50 years and 5 ± 3.9 years international refereeing experience) and 52 male FRs (age 38.4 ± 3.3 years and 5 ± 3.5 years international refereeing experience) candidates in the preliminary open list developed by the FIFA Refereeing Department for the 2014 and 2015 World Cup Tournaments, participated in the study. The FRs were tested for aerobic fitness under laboratory conditions with a progressive speed treadmill test until exhaustion. Female FRs showed to possess, on average, lower (large effect) levels of aerobic fitness and performance compared with their male counterparts. The female FRs' V[Combining Dot Above]O2max (48.1 ± 4.4 ml·kg·min) was 7% (large effect) lower than the male FRs (51.9 ml·kg·min). Peak treadmill speed was 11% lower (large effect) in female FRs (16.27 ± 0.94 vs. 14.64 ± 0.96 km·h). The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis enabled cutoff values (47.8 ml·kg·min for V[Combining Dot Above]O2max) that may be used as preliminary cues to guide physiological selection and training prescription in female FRs aiming to officiate male-soccer matches. Only 2.5% of the female FRs showed V[Combining Dot Above]O2max higher than the mean values of male FRs when using the scaled notation (0.68). Female FRs aiming to officiate male competitions should consider training intensities at anaerobic threshold speed (13 km·h, 95% heart rate max) when developing aerobic fitness. Given the very large sex differences in aerobic performance, strength/power training should be proposed to perspective female top-class FRs.
#5 Return to Play After Hip Arthroscopic Surgery for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Professional Soccer Players
Reference: Am J Sports Med. 2017 Nov 1:363546517738741. doi: 10.1177/0363546517738741. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Locks R, Utsunomiya H, Briggs KK, McNamara S, Chahla J, Philippon MJ
Summary: Arthroscopic hip surgery has been shown to be effective in returning professional athletes back to play at a high level of performance in different sports. Limited information exists regarding professional soccer players and their return to play. The purpose of the study was to determine the rate and time to return to sport for professional soccer players after hip arthroscopic surgery for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and to identify possible risk factors associated with a delay in returning to play. Professional soccer players who underwent hip arthroscopic surgery for FAI by a single surgeon between 2005 and 2015 were evaluated. Data retrieved from www.mlssoccer.com , www.fifa.com , www.transfermarkt.co.uk , and www.wikipedia.org included information on each player's professional career, participation on the national team, length of professional career before surgery, number of appearances (games) before surgery, time between surgery and first appearance in a professional game, and number of appearances after surgery. Other data were obtained from the patient's medical records. Twenty-four professional soccer players (26 hips) were included. The mean age at surgery was 25.0 ± 4.0 years (range, 19-32 years). A total of 96% of patients were able to return to play at the professional level. The mean time between surgery and the first professional game played was 9.2 months (range, 1.9-24.0 months). On average, players played in 70 games after surgery (range, 0-224). National team players were able to return to play significantly earlier than the rest of the players (median, 5.7 months vs 11.6 months, respectively; P = .018). Severe chondral damage and microfracture did not interfere with return to play. The arthroscopic management of FAI in symptomatic professional soccer players allowed 96% of them to return to play. Players with national team experience were able to return to play earlier than those without it. Severe chondral damage and microfracture did not interfere with return to play.
#6 Effects of an Interpersonal Style Intervention for Coaches on Young Soccer Players' Motivational Processes
Reference: J Hum Kinet. 2017 Oct 20;59:107-120. doi: 10.1515/hukin-2017-0151. eCollection 2017 Oct.
Authors: Pulido JJ, Sanchez-Oliva D, Leo FM, Matos S, Garcia-Calvo T
Download link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680690/pdf/hukin-59-107.pdf
Summary: The main goal of the study was to assess the effects of an intervention programme developed with soccer coaches, based on promoting strategies to optimise the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs of athletes. Eight soccer coaches, aged between 19 and 50 years (M = 32.5; SD = 14.34), participated in the study. They were selected intentionally (without academic or federative training) and divided equally into a control and an experimental group by random peer selection. Also, 109 soccer players, aged between 11 and 15 years (M = 13.78; SD = 1.38), divided into a control group (CG; n = 56) and an experimental group (EG; n = 53), participated in the experiment. The training programme (12 hours) was aimed to develop methodological and motivational strategies to promote autonomy, competence and relatedness need satisfaction among the players. The results showed that the participants in the EG decreased competence and relatedness control, while significantly increased (post-intervention) competence and relatedness needs satisfaction. Moreover, values for the EG did not decrease for autonomy, competence frustration and amotivation, while they increased for the sport commitment. Also, intrinsic motivation decreased in both groups (greater decrease in the CG). In conclusion, we can affirm the effectiveness of the training programme to create an environment of "bright side" motivation, and reduce thwarting styles, needs frustration and low self-determination levels.
#7 Mental Strategies Predict Performance and Satisfaction with Performance among Soccer Players
Reference: J Hum Kinet. 2017 Oct 20;59:79-90. doi: 10.1515/hukin-2017-0149. eCollection 2017 Oct.
Authors: Kruk M, Blecharz J, Boberska M, Zarychta K, Luszczynska A
Summary: This study investigated the changes in mental strategies across the season and their effects on performance and satisfaction with individual performance. Data were collected three times: at the pre-season at Time 1 (T1; baseline), in the mid-season at Time 2 (T2; two-month follow-up), and at the end-of-season at Time 3 (T3; nine-month follow-up) among male soccer players (N = 97) aged 16-27. Athletes completed the questionnaires assessing the use of nine psychological strategies in competition and the level of satisfaction with individual performance. Endurance performance was measured objectively with a 300 m run. A high level of relaxation (T1) explained better 300 m run performance (T3) and a high level of self-talk explained a higher satisfaction with individual performance (T3). A rare use of distractibility and emotional control (T1) predicted a higher level of satisfaction with individual performance (T3). No predictive role of other psychological strategies was found. The use of emotional control, relaxation, and distractibility increased over the season, whereas the use of imagery and negative thinking declined. Besides the roles of self-talk, imagery, relaxation and goal-setting, the effects of distractibility and emotional control should be taken into account when considering athletes' mental training programs.
#8 Low perceptual sensitivity to altered video speed in viewing a soccer match
Reference: Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 13;7(1):15379. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15619-8.
Authors: de'Sperati C, Baud Bovy G
Download link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15619-8.pdf
Summary: When watching videos, our sense of reality is continuously challenged. How much can a fundamental dimension of experience such as visual flow be modified before breaking the perception of real time? Here we found a remarkable indifference to speed manipulations applied to a popular video content, a soccer match. In a condition that mimicked real-life TV watching, none of 100 naïve observers spontaneously noticed speed alterations up/down to 12%, even when asked to report motion anomalies, and showed very low sensitivity to video speed changes (Just Noticeable Difference, JND = 18%). When tested with a constant-stimuli speed discrimination task, JND was still high, though much reduced (9%). The presence of the original voice-over with compensation for pitch did not affect perceptual performance. Thus, our results document a rather broad tolerance to speed manipulations in video viewing, even under attentive scrutiny. This finding may have important implications. For example, it can validate video compression strategies based on sub-threshold temporal squeezing. This way, a soccer match can last only 80 min and still be perceived as natural. More generally, knowing the boundaries of natural speed perception may help to optimize the flow of artificial visual stimuli which increasingly surround us.
#9 A prospective investigation to evaluate risk factors for lower extremity injury risk in male youth soccer players
Reference: Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2017 Nov 11. doi: 10.1111/sms.13013. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Read PJ, Oliver JL, De Ste Croix MBA, Myer GD, Lloyd RS
Summary: There is an inherent risk of injury in male youth football; however, pertinent risk factors for injury have yet to be examined. This study used a prospective cohort design with 357 elite male youth football players (aged 10-18 years) assessed during the pre-season period and then monitored during the season recording all non-contact lower extremity injuries. Screening tests included: single leg hop for distance (SLHD); 75% of maximum hop and stick (75%Hop); single leg countermovement jump (SLCMJ); and the tuck jump assessment (TJ). Players were divided into sub-groups based on chronological age. SLCMJ peak landing vertical ground reaction force (pVGRF) asymmetry was the most prominent risk factor (U11-U12's, OR 0.90, p = 0.04; and U15-U16's, OR 0.91, p < 0.001). Maturational offset (OR 0.58, p = 0.04), lower right leg SLCMJ pVGRF relative to body weight (OR 0.36, p = 0.03) and advanced chronological age (OR 3.62, p = 0.04) were also significantly associated with heightened injury risk in the U13-U14's, U15-U16's and U18's respectively. Univariate analyses showed combinations of anthropometric and movement screening risk factors were associated with heightened risk of lower extremity injury; however, there was variability across the different chronological age groups. Greater SLCMJ pVGRF asymmetry, lower right leg SLCMJ pVGRF %BW, later maturation and advanced chronological age are potential risk factors for injury in elite male youth football players, although the strength of these relationships were often low to moderate. In addition, risk factors are likely to change at different stages of development.
#10 Kinematic analysis of pressing situations in female collegiate football games: New insight into ACL injury causation
Authors: Sasaki S, Koga H, Krosshaug T, Kaneko S, Fukubayashi T
Summary: The most common events during which anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur in football are pressing situations. This study aimed to describe the knee and hip joint kinematics during pressing situations in football games in order to identify kinematic patterns in actions with a high risk for ACL injuries. We filmed 5 female collegiate football matches and identified 66 pressing situations. Five situations with a large distance between the trunk and foot placements in the sagittal plane were analysed using a model-based image-matching technique. The mean knee flexion angle at initial contact (IC) was 13° (range, 8°-28°), and increased by 11° (95% confidence interval [CI], 3°-14°) at 40 ms after IC. As for knee adduction and rotation angles, the knee positions were close to neutral at IC, and only minor knee angular changes occurred later in the sequences. The mean hip flexion was 25° (range, 8°-43°) at IC, and increased by 22° (95% CI, 11°-32°) after 100 ms. The hip was also externally rotated by 7° (range, -19° to 3°) at IC, and gradually rotated internally, reaching 10° of internal rotation (range, -5° to 27°) at 100 ms after IC. This study suggests that the observed knee valgus, internal hip and knee rotation, and static hip flexion previously reported in non-contact ACL injury events are unique to injury situations. In contrast, neither rapid knee valgus nor increased internal rotation was seen in non-injury pressing manoeuvres.
#11 The prognostic value of physiological and physical characteristics in youth soccer: A systematic review
Reference: Eur J Sport Sci. 2017 Nov 21:1-13. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2017.1386719. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Murr D, Raabe J, Honer O
Download link: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17461391.2017.1386719?needAccess=true#aHR0cDovL3d3dy50YW5kZm9ubGluZS5jb20vZG9pL3BkZi8xMC4xMDgwLzE3NDYxMzkxLjIwMTcuMTM4NjcxOT9uZWVkQWNjZXNzPXRydWVAQEAw
Summary: Talent identification and selection in soccer is typically based on subjective evaluations of experienced coaches. Recently, there has been a trend to complement these subjective assessments with objective tests. However, there is currently no comprehensive overview of the prognostic relevance of objective measurements in youth soccer. Therefore, the primary purpose of the current study was to systematically review published empirical studies related to the prognostic relevance of physiological (e.g. endurance and speed) and physical characteristics (i.e. height and weight). Of 6876 initially identified studies, nine articles were included. In those studies, endurance (nine studies), change of direction (seven), height (seven), and weight (seven) received the most meaningful consideration within the literature. In regard to physiological predictors, between 16 and 29 effect sizes were tested for endurance, sprint, and change of direction, and about half of them were found to be significant with small to moderate effects (0.37 ≤ Mdn(d) ≤ 0.57). In addition, while only investigated in two studies all tested effect sizes for repeated sprint ability were found to be significant. Despite their frequent consideration in the literature, low numbers of significant effect sizes (≤ 26%) and magnitude (0.23 ≤ Mdn(d) ≤ 0.29) were found for the physical predictors height and weight. Overall, results appear to be dependent on the respective study design and, in particular, moderator variables (i.e. soccer development stage, performance level T1/T2, prognostic period, and sample size). Consequently, additional research seems warranted to more comprehensively investigate the predictive relevance of the individual characteristics using more homogeneous study designs.
#1 Associations between BMI Change and Cardiometabolic Risk in Retired Football Players
Reference: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Nov 14. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001492. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Trexler ET, Smith-Ryan AE, DeFreese JD, Marshall SW, Guskiewicz KM, Kerr ZY
Summary: Elevated rates of cardiometabolic diseases have been observed in former American football players. The current study sought to determine if change in body mass index (ΔBMI) following retirement influences the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes, or high blood pressure (HBP) in former professional football players. Retired professional football players (n=3,729) were sent a survey with questions regarding health status, playing history, and demographic information. Self-reported BMI at the time of retirement was subtracted from current self-reported BMI to calculate ΔBMI. Prevalence of CHD, diabetes, and HBP were determined by asking participants if they had ever been diagnosed by a healthcare professional. Binomial regression with a Poisson residual and robust variance estimation was used to compute crude prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for each outcome. Adjusted PRs were calculated by adjusting for BMI at the time of retirement, age, years of football experience, race, exercise habits, alcohol use, steroid history, smoking history, and playing position. Complete data were available for 2,062 respondents. Prevalence of CHD increased 25-31% for each 5-point increase in ΔBMI following retirement (Crude PR: 1.25; 95%CI: 1.03-1.52; p=0.026; Adjusted PR: 1.31; 95%CI: 1.11-1.55; p=0.001). Diabetes prevalence increased 69-88% for each 5-point ΔBMI increase (Crude: 1.88; 95%CI: 1.45-2.44; p<0.001; Adjusted: 1.69; 95%CI: 1.32-2.15; p<0.001). A 5-point increase in ΔBMI was associated with a 35-40% increase in HBP prevalence (Crude: 1.40; 95%CI: 1.27-1.53; p<0.001; Adjusted: 1.35; 95%CI: 1.24-1.47; p<0.001). After controlling for relevant covariates, post-retirement ΔBMI was positively and independently associated with prevalence of CHD, diabetes, and HBP. Post-retirement interventions using diet and/or exercise to influence body composition may improve long-term health in retired football players.
#2 Calling Injury Timeouts for the Medical Evaluation of Concussion: Determinants of Collegiate Football Officials' Behavior
Reference: J Athl Train. 2017 Nov 8. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-52.11.17. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Kroshus E, Parsons J, Hainline B
Summary: Sports officials can play an important role in concussion safety by calling injury timeouts so that athletic trainers can evaluate athletes with possible concussions. Understanding the determinants of whether officials call an injury timeout when they suspect a concussion has important implications for the design of interventions that better support officials in this role. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of US collegiate football officials about concussion symptoms and to determine the associations between knowledge, perceived injunctive norms, and self-efficacy and calling injury timeouts for suspected concussions in athletes. 3074 US collegiate football officials contacted, 1324 (43% response rate) participated. Concussion knowledge, injunctive norms (belief about what others would want them to do), and behavioral self-efficacy (confidence in their ability to call injury timeouts for suspected concussions in athletes during challenging game-day conditions) were used as outcome measures. Officials reported calling approximately 1 injury timeout for a suspected concussion every 4 games during the 2015 season. Structural equation modeling indicated that officials with more concussion-symptom knowledge had greater behavioral self-efficacy. Independent of an official's symptom knowledge, injunctive norms that were more supportive of calling an injury timeout were associated with greater self-efficacy. Concussion education for officials is important because when officials are aware of concussion symptoms, they are more confident in calling injury timeouts. Beyond increasing symptom knowledge, fostering sports environments that encourage concussion safety in all stakeholder groups can support officials in calling injury timeouts. Athletic trainers can help create sports environments that support proactive concussion identification by educating stakeholders, including officials, about the importance of concussion safety. When officials believe that other stakeholders support concussion safety, they are more likely to call injury timeouts if they suspect a concussion has occurred.
#3 Postmortem Autopsy-Confirmation of Antemortem [F-18]FDDNP-PET Scans in a Football Player With Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Reference: Neurosurgery. 2017 Nov 10. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyx536. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Omalu B, Small GW, Bailes J, Ercoli LM, Merrill DA, Wong KP, Huang SC, Satyamurthy N, Hammers JL, Lee J, Fitzsimmons RP, Barrio JR
Summary: Currently, only presumptive diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) can be made in living patients. We present a modality that may be instrumental to the definitive diagnosis of CTE in living patients based on brain autopsy confirmation of [F-18]FDDNP-PET findings in an American football player with CTE. [F-18]FDDNP-PET imaging was performed 52 mo before the subject's death. Relative distribution volume parametric images and binding values were determined for cortical and subcortical regions of interest. Upon death, the brain was examined to identify the topographic distribution of neurodegenerative changes. Correlation between neuropathology and [F-18]FDDNP-PET binding patterns was performed using Spearman rank-order correlation. Mood, behavioral, motor, and cognitive changes were consistent with chronic traumatic myeloencephalopathy with a 22-yr lifetime risk exposure to American football. There were tau, amyloid, and TDP-43 neuropathological substrates in the brain with a differential topographically selective distribution. [F-18]FDDNP-PET binding levels correlated with brain tau deposition (rs = 0.59, P = .02), with highest relative distribution volumes in the parasagittal and paraventricular regions of the brain and the brain stem. No correlation with amyloid or TDP-43 deposition was observed. [F-18]FDDNP-PET signals may be consistent with neuropathological patterns of tau deposition in CTE, involving areas that receive the maximal shearing, angular-rotational acceleration-deceleration forces in American football players, consistent with distinctive and differential topographic vulnerability and selectivity of CTE beyond brain cortices, also involving midbrain and limbic areas. Future studies are warranted to determine whether differential and selective [F-18]FDDNP-PET may be useful in establishing a diagnosis of CTE in at-risk patients.
#4 Intracranial Ischemic Infarct Due to Blunt Force Trauma in a High School Football Player
Reference: Cureus. 2017 Sep 7;9(9):e1659. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1659.
Authors: Esianor BI, Haider AS, Engelhardt MI, Osumah T, Vayalumkal S, Thakur R, Leonard D, Haithcock J, Layton KF
Download link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5675602/pdf/cureus-0009-00000001659.pdf
Summary: Ischemic stroke is an uncommon cause of death among teenagers and young adults; however, the etiologies differ when compared to ischemic strokes in older individuals. Large-vessel atherosclerosis and small-vessel disease causing ischemic stroke are rare for the teenage population, while cervicocerebral arterial dissections account for up to 20% of ischemic strokes. Here, we present the case of a 16-year-old male who developed internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) after a head injury and subsequently developed ischemic stroke and seizures.
#6 Posterolateral Corner Injuries of the Knee at the National Football League Combine: An Imaging and Outcomes Analysis
Reference: Arthroscopy. 2017 Nov 13. pii: S0749-8063(17)31162-3. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2017.08.303. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Chahla J, Kennedy NI, Cinque ME, Sanchez G, Logan C, Vopat BG, Beaulieu-Jones B, Price M, Whalen J, LaPrade RF, Provencher MT
Summary: (1) To determine the epidemiology, examination findings, imaging findings, and associated injuries of posterolateral corner (PLC) injuries in players participating in the National Football League (NFL) Combine and (2) to evaluate the impact of PLC injuries on performance compared with matched controls. All PLC injuries identified at the NFL Combine between 2009 and 2015 were reviewed. The inclusion criteria were any player who had clinical findings or a previous surgical procedure consistent with a PLC injury and who participated in medical and performance testing at the NFL Combine. PLC injuries were identified by evaluating the side-to-side difference in lateral-compartment laxity with varus stress and reviewing magnetic resonance imaging studies. NFL performance outcomes (draft position and number of games played or started within the first 2 years) were compared with matched controls. Of the 2,285 players assessed at the NFL Combine, 16 (0.7%) were identified with a history of a grade II or III PLC tear and surgical management whereas 7 additional players (0.3%) had a PLC injury diagnosed on clinical examination, for 23 total PLC injuries (1%). On examination, 13 of 22 knees (59%) were shown to be stable; however, most of those managed surgically had significantly improved stability (13 of 15 stable) versus none of those managed nonsurgically (0 of 7 stable). Surgically managed PLC-injured athletes started significantly fewer games than controls (5.3 vs 10.5, P = .03); the mean draft position for players with surgically treated PLC injuries was 139.7 versus controls' mean draft position of 111.3. Of the 16 athletes treated operatively, 2 reported a PLC injury recurrence; both were managed nonoperatively. A small percentage of players at the NFL Combine had evidence of a previous PLC injury (1%), with 0.4% having residual varus asymmetry on clinical examination. A worse overall mean draft position for isolated PLC-injured athletes versus controls was found: 132.8 versus 111.3 (P = .02). It is recommended that the use of varus stress radiographs be considered for NFL Combine athletes to objectively determine their grade of injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, retrospective case series.
Australian Football
#1 Phases of match-play in professional Australian Football: Descriptive analysis and reliability assessment
Reference: J Sci Med Sport. 2017 Oct 23. pii: S1440-2440(17)31671-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.10.021. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Rennie MJ, Watsford ML, Spurrs RW, Kelly SJ, Pine MJ
Summary: The purpose was to examine the frequency and time spent in the phases of Australian Football (AF) match-play and to assess the intra-assessor reliability of coding these phases of match-play. Video footage of 10 random quarters of AF match-play were coded by a single researcher. Phases of offence, defence, contested play, umpire stoppage, set shot and goal reset were coded using a set of operational definitions. Descriptive statistics were provided for all phases of match-play. Following a 6-month washout period, intra-coder reliability was assessed using typical error of measurement (TEM) and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). A quarter of AF match-play involved 128±20 different phases of match-play. The highest proportion of match-play involved contested play (25%), followed by offence (18%), defence (18%) and umpire stoppages (18%). The mean duration of offence, defence, contested play, umpire stoppage, set shot and goal reset were 14, 14, 10, 11, 28 and 47s, respectively. No differences were found between the two coding assessments (p>0.05). ICCs for coding the phases of play demonstrated very high reliability (r=0.902-0.992). TEM of the total time spent in each phase of play represented moderate to good reliability (TEM=1.8-9.3%). Coding of offence, defence and contested play tended to display slightly poorer TEMs than umpire stoppages, set shots and goal resets (TEM=8.1 vs 4.5%). Researchers can reliably code the phases of AF match-play which may permit the analysis of specific elements of competition.
#2 Eight Week Return to Play following Latarjet Shoulder Reconstruction in an Australian Football Player: A Case Report
Reference: J Sport Rehabil. 2017 Nov 15:1-28. doi: 10.1123/jsr.2017-0194. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Murphy M, Stockden M, Withers K, Breidahl W, Charlesworth J
Summary: Anterior shoulder dislocations are a common injury in many sports resulting in extended time lost from play with an extremely high recurrence rate in young athletes playing high risk sport. Latarjet shoulder reconstruction is a common surgical procedure used to prevent subsequent dislocation with an expected rehabilitation timeframe of between four to six months before return to play. A 21-year-old male Australian football player experienced two left sided shoulder dislocations before undergoing a left Latarjet shoulder reconstruction. He was assessed clinically and with magnetic resonance imaging which revealed significant tearing of the anterior labrum. We theorized maximal glenohumeral stability occurs after bony healing of the coracoid onto the glenoid at six weeks. The patient then underwent an eight-week structured and graduated rehabilitation program aimed at preventing loss of shoulder range of motion, muscle and functional capacity and returned to play at eight weeks post injury with no complications or recurrence at twelve month follow-up. This is the first time an eight-week rehabilitation following Latarjet shoulder reconstruction has been reported. In athletes with anterior glenohumeral dislocation who require accelerated return to play, a Latarjet reconstruction with an eight-week rehabilitation protocol can be considered.
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I cover the business of cannabis.
The Initiative, a Portland, Oregon-based accelerator focused on addressing the dearth of female entrepreneurs in the legal cannabis industry, has chosen its first group of participants (or “cohorts”). Ten emerging businesses are represented in the initial session. Although most of the startups are in the consumer-packaged goods sector, a burgeoning device company and an event and social platform are also in the inaugural group. The Initiative is a three-month-program that aims to provide participants with the tools and training needed to help them raise financing from investors as well as learn how to successfully launch and roll out their products and brands on a national scale. Launched last fall, The Initiative is seeking to fix a gender discrepancy that has long plagued other industries.
Mentors Tahira Rehmatullah and Emily Paxhia discuss goal and intention setting, pitch deck creation... [+] and raising capital with the cohort.
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A highlight of the program will be the “demo day” in which each participating business will have a chance to pitch to investors at an invitation-only event. Funds, high-net worth individuals and family offices will all be invited to listen to pitches at demo day, which will be held this April. In an interview last fall with Amy Margolis, founder and program director of The Initiative, she described the event as thus, “We’re giving them access to this curated group of investors who are ready and willing to invest larger amounts of money necessary in these female-run businesses.”
If that sounds like ABC’s popular reality TV series “Shark Tank,” in which anxious entrepreneurs pitch their wares to a panel of demanding investors, it’s not; in fact, there’s a glaring difference. According to Margolis, who is also founder of the Oregon Cannabis Association, one of the largest state cannabis trade groups in the U.S, the participants will not be cold-pitching on demo day. This means the entrepreneurs will not be meeting the investors the first time when they pitch. “They’ve been coached by these same people,” said Margolis. “We’re actually helping them create that relationship prior to pitch day.”
Meryl Montgomery (left) and Valarie Sakota (right) from Barbari
Announcing the initial group of participants, Margolis hailed their promise as well as the seasoned professionals that will work with each nascent business to help them realize their potential, “We are able to bring in the most experienced and connected educators, mentors and speakers. All of our partners are working hard to get these businesses investment ready and generating revenue by the end. We feel strongly that the cohort is demonstrative of the fantastic work women are doing in this space and their vast potential for success.”
Following are The Initiative’s initial group of participants:
Founded by Meryl Montgomery and Valarie Sakota, Barbari is a provider of smoking herbs.
Hana Medicinals
Founded by Amy Risch, this medical cannabis business focuses on making topicals and edibles that combine nourishing oils, therapeutic herbs, and full-spectrum cannabis.
Leif Goods
Founded by Carrie Solomon and Jody Ake, this Portland, Oregon-based company makes cannabis edibles.
Ma'at Botanicals
Founded by Delia Olsen and Luke Olsen, this business, located in Ashland, Oregon, makes hemp-infused beauty products for women.
Make and Mary
Founded by Yvonne Perez Emerson, Portland, Oregon-based Make and Mary is a maker of lifestyle products for health and beauty.
Stoned Free
Founded by Heidi Marks, Stoned Free is a device company that makes dab stones and environmentally friendly cartridges.
(H)urban Society
Founded by Raven Duckett, (H)urban Society is a sesh kit and host guide “with a mission to create inclusive environments online and in-home where adults can safely explore the benefits of cannabis.”
Tokeativity
Founded by Samantha Montanaro and Lisa Snyder, Portland, Oregon-based Tokeativity is a cannabis-focused event and social platform.
Verte Essentials
Founded by Blair Lauren Brown, this Idaho-based business makes artisan cannabis and CBD apothecary products.
Founded by Kendra Freeman, Britton Price, Rachel Rapinoe, Madeleine Eiche and Brett Schwager, the business makes transdermal CBD patches and CBD recovery items.
The Initiative is open to women-led cannabis businesses all over the world. Sponsors of the initial session are iAnthus Capital, Hotbox Farms, Miller Nash and Nectar. To learn more about the program and how to apply for the next session, click here.
I'm an East Coast-based business journalist who has covered the emerging legal cannabis sector for a number of outlets that include the Wall Street Journal, Crain's New
I'm an East Coast-based business journalist who has covered the emerging legal cannabis sector for a number of outlets that include the Wall Street Journal, Crain's New York Business, Venture Capital Journal, Buyouts and Investopedia. In addition to legal cannabis, I've also written about private equity/venture capital, small business, politics, media and the arts. Other outlets I’ve written for include Media Industry Newsletter, PR News, Clyde Fitch Report, CFO.com, Playbill, Backstage, Live Design and DMNews. From 1999 to 2007, I was the editor-in-chief of Stage Directions, a technical theater monthly. I’m the author of “Great Producers: Visionaries of the American Theater," published by Allworth Press/Skyhorse in August 2008; "An Epiphany in Lilacs: In the Aftermath of the Camps," originally published by Mazo Publishers in January 2017; and "Sentenced to Shakespeare," a contemporary young adult/crossover novel published by Sunbury Press/Milford House Press in 2019. And, I have a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
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Fox, NBC and USA Today – Who’s the Next Script Kiddies Target?
By Firestorm Team in Predictive Intel & Media on Friday, 30 September 2011
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Social Media Safety and Risk Management
By Karen Masullo, EVP Social Media, Firestorm
Summary: USAToday’s Twitter account became the latest victim of the hacking group Script Kiddies: Unlike previous Script Kiddies hacks however, the USA Today effort apparently did not include tweets with fake news stories. Instead, the group boasted about previous hacks and encouraged people to “like” them on Facebook.
You may recall we discussed a breach of the FoxNews Politics Twitter account by the Script Kiddies Hackers over the 2011 July 4th weekend.
Next, NBC News found itself victim of a tasteless attack via its Twitter account on September 9th of this year. The NBC News hacks read:
“Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked. Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking…more as the story develops”
“Flight 4782 is not responding, suspected hijacking. One plane just hit Ground Zero site at 5:47,” the hackers wrote in a second tweet before posting, “This is not a joke. Ground Zero has just been attacked. We’re attempting to get reporters on the scene.“
In the Fox Twitter account hack, the offending messages were left “live” on the account for more than 12 hours – many suspected this was to allow the FBI and others to investigate but this was never confirmed, and that in itself created negative messaging.
In the NBC attack, due to solid oversight and communication by NBC’s Marketing Director Ryan Osborn, the issue was spotted and reported within 3 minutes, and removed within 8. Moreover, NBC used its hundreds of thousands of followers to act as brand advocates and reach out to the Twitter community en masse to alert users to the hack.
According to MSNBC, Twitter blocked the NBC account within eight minutes of being notified of the fake tweets and found that it was executed via an email hack rather than a breach of Twitter’s systems.
NBC kept its followers informed and the company later tweeted: “Our account is secure and under control. Apologize for the scare. We value your trust.” It also thanked people for “spreading the word and not sharing bad information.”
The MSNBC report goes on to say that Ryan Osborn, NBC News’s director of social media, could have been sent a spyware Trojan horse that grabbed passwords as they were typed at the keyboard.
Osborn says that he recently received a suspicious email as Hurricane Irene approached New York. The email had the following characteristics:
Hurricane Alert
Ryan, You need to get off TWITTER immediately and protect your family from the hurricane. That is an order.
Osborn wrote back to saying “I’m sorry. Who is this?” and got the reply “I’m the girl next door”, with a file attached.
Osborn says that when he opened the attachment it contained an image of a Christmas tree.
The supposition is that the Trojan horse installed a keylogger on Osborn’s computer and was then able to gain unauthorized access to NBC News’s Twitter account.
According to ThinksB.com who originally interviewed a purported member of the Script Kiddies hacker group after the FoxNews attack:
“In the months since Fox News was hacked, The Script Kiddies have carried out several smaller scale hacks, mostly against corporations, and almost entirely targeted to social media platforms. Pfizer, McAfee and Verizon all had Facebook pages hacked by The Script Kiddies in the last two months, though the extent of the damage never extended beyond a few tweaks to profile information and a few self-congratulatory wall posts.
The Script Kiddies’ preference for social media sites may relate to the relative ease of breaking into Twitter accounts and Facebook pages.
‘At news organizations like NBC News or Fox News, often interns or low-level employees are given broad access to social media sites like Twitter.’
And while NBC News reported that only three senior executives at the company had access to their main account, the Script Kiddies representative said that there were gaping holes in NBC’s online security.”
USAToday’s Twitter account became the latest victim: Unlike previous Script Kiddies hacks, however, the USA Today effort apparently did not include tweets with fake news stories. Instead, the group boasted about previous hacks and encouraged people to “like” them on Facebook.
The Script Kiddies, an offshoot of the hacker group Associated, boasted on their Facebook page:
“Just Hacked USAToday and made a new Facebook fan page, lost access to the last one.”
As cautioned by Security Experts Sophos:
“It’s unclear how the USA Today Twitter account was compromised, but there was speculation that the hack was assisted by a spyware Trojan horse. As always, Sophos recommends that social networking users ensure that they keep their security software up-to-date, choose hard-to-crack passwords and never use the same password in more than one place.”
Please keep in mind, social media management is a sophisticated process requiring a seasoned, well-monitored and managed approach. Senior Leadership must be a part of the process; the biggest risk lies not in using social media, but in using it unwisely.
Firestorm’s Business Social Media Safety Tips:
Alert your IT Group immediately if you suspect a hack or breach.
NEVER OPEN FILES OR ATTACHMENTS FROM UNKNOWN SENDERS. NEVER.
Scan attached files from know senders if your Virus protection program does not do this automatically.
Use extreme caution when you click links that you receive in messages on social websites.
Know what you’ve posted about yourself and use custom password reminder questions, not publicly available information.
Own your company Brand(s) and monitor.
Do not allow social networking services to scan your email address book to “find your friends.”
Type the address of social networking sites directly into your browser or use your personal bookmarks; do not click unknown or shortened links from messages and email.
Choose your social network carefully and be selective about who you accept as a friend on a social network. A little research goes a long way.
Assume that everything you put on a social networking site is permanent and that your mother (and your boss) will read it.
Be careful about installing extras or allowing unknown or new sites to connect accounts and share information.
Train yourself and employees on safe social media management. Have a custom policy that fits your organization and corporate culture.
Use anti-virus and anti-malware software and regularly install security updates for your browser and operating security system.
Use strong passwords and don’t share them with anyone. Do not use the same password for multiple sites. EVER.
Protect your mobile devices.
Avoid using one tool to manage personal and business accounts. Keep business tools separate.
Assure key senior leaders in company have access to social accounts in an emergency.
What to do if you believe your Social Media Account has been hacked:
On Twitter: https://support.twitter.com/groups/33-report-a-violation/topics/122-reporting-violations/articles/185703-my-account-is-compromised-hacked-and-i-can-t-log-in
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/help?page=18888
On LinkedIn: https://help.linkedin.com/app/ask/subject/Privacy%20Problem
YouTube: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=76187
Questions? Comments? Have you been hacked?
Since 2005, Firestorm has assisted clients by responding to some of the largest and most complex critical incidents. Our highly-trained team is an industry leader in providing custom safety and security solutions. Firestorm empowers its clients to manage security risks through assessments, audits, program development, training and advisory services using our PREDICT.PLAN.PERFORM.® methodology.
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Build 2016: Microsoft impresses developers with change – open source, bots and universality
Microsoft's ongoing conference, Build 2016, was supposed to be big. The reason being, a lot of us have been expecting steps beyond Windows 10. And of course, there’s been HoloLens which has been around as a proof of concept. Then there was the world of Universal Windows applications. All said and done, Microsoft presented all this and more and packaged it with style, to much applause and delight from the developer community.
Nash DavidMar 31, 2016 11:50:19 IST
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and his team delivered a keynote that easily overshot a bit both in time and by a long way in terms of information! A few minutes past 9PM India time, Nadella stepped on stage to begin the keynote for Build 2016. He didn't spend too much time in the usual number throwing. The key highlight, though, was that Windows 10 has been the fastest growing edition of Windows ever. Currently, it's used by 270 million users worldwide.
Setting the initial tone for Build, Nadella said that Microsoft wants to make things so developers can make things happen. He also highlighted the influence of technology on life, and how there was a mainstream debate around technology today – which is welcome. During the course of the keynote, he handed over the presentation to Terry Myerson and Kevin Gallo, among others, who continued to impress the developer community with announcements one after the other.
https://twitter.com/nashpd/status/715204513720770560
The latest operating system by Microsoft was supposed to be on the lines of SaaS, where incremental updates are constantly pushed to the end customer. However, for Build 2016, a lot of key updates were held to create a larger, richer 'Anniversary update'.
In addition, there is the Windows 10 Anniversary SDK. According to Kevin Gallo, Director of Program Management for the Windows Developer Platform team for Windows 10, this new Windows 10 Anniversary SDK brings a vast list of features and creates whole new possibilities for the developer community.
The SDK offers new ways to 'connect to, communicate with, and manage multiple devices and apps.' It also enables Cortana extensibility, besides offering a new Action Center in the Cloud.
With the new SDK, developers can now run applications in the background without the need for two separate processes in Windows 10.
Universal Windows Platform now allows developers to build an ecosystem based on their application. For instance, Microsoft Edge does this with its own extensions.
With Action Center in the Cloud, developers can engage with their app users across all devices. So if you dismiss a notification on one device, it is dismissed everywhere. The Anniversary Update is expected to arrive this summer.
Gallo handed it back to Terry Myerson, who came on stage to talk on Windows 10 in more detail.
Single biometric for Windows, Apps and Websites
The good old biometric security feature that was implemented with Windows 10 at launch has now gone a step further. With the anniversary update for Windows 10, users can now use the same biometrics feature you use to unlock your computer to automatically sign in to websites. Think about it as Touch ID or the fingerprint scanners available on iOS or Android devices. The Anniversary update for Windows 10 would enable you to have single sign-in using your thumbprint.
Windows Ink
In addition to signing into services using biometrics, Microsoft demoed Windows Ink, which is a new way to implement writing devices such as a stylus and the Surface Pen, to implement writing and scribbling on interfaces. This is aligned to the same philosophy of creating interfaces that interact with users in the way they would naturally expect them to. So while language comes naturally to some users, scribbling and jotting with pen on paper could come naturally to others. Either way, Microsoft wants to integrate these methods into its interface.
One operating system, multiple platforms
We've probably said it over and over again. But Windows 10 is built as one operating system that works across devices. What this means is that the same operating system would interface with a user across PC, tablet, mobile, gaming console and virtual reality. The one challenge this presents is that the earlier Win32 applications (as older Windows applications are popularly referred to) could possibly have to be redeveloped to cater to the new platform. In effect, that's a whole new code base. But then, Microsoft presented Project Centennial.
Project Centennial is also known as the all-new Desktop App Converter. Developers could now just pass their earlier code base for the older Win32 apps and games, and the Desktop App Converter will align them with the Modern interface and UWP guidelines that Windows 10 implements. In addition, it provides apps with full access to UWP APIs that include Cortana, Live Tiles and notifications.
Windows embraces open source
The Bash shell just arrived for Windows. And it's a result of a collaboration with Canonical and Ubuntu. More than ever, Microsoft is opening up to open source command-line tools such as Bash shell.
Soon, developers would be able to download the Bash shell from the Windows Store. So irrespective of whether developers prefer using a GUI or command line, they'd feel right at home while developing on Microsoft's platforms.
Windows also embraces other platforms!
A natural result of the acquisition of Xamarin, now makes it possible to develop, emulate and target other mobile platforms such as Android and iOS from within Visual Studio.
In addition, an open source Windows Bridge for iOS enables the use of Objective-C code within Visual Studio.
The first day of Build 2016 couldn't be complete without the mention of Gaming. After announcing Universal Windows Platform and that Xbox One would also come under its fold, Microsoft stated that the Xbox One was getting an update that would enable it to become a dev unit.
Effectively, users could use retail devices as dev units without the need to switch between test beds and real devices. This means an Xbox owner can develop apps on the Xbox.
Not man vs machine, it's "man with machine"
That's Satya Nadella's vision of the future of technology.
Technology, as Nadella puts it, has to adapt to the ways mankind operates. Technology ought to adapt to our language, our mannerisms, our attitude. It has be personal. The result of the philosophy of man with machine was the emergence of bots as the star.
Who knew bots would get cool all over again? Remember the days of IRC? There were bots around earlier as well! At Build 2016, bots were clearly the highlight. Picture this, the next time you order pizzas, you don't need to get on a long, boring call trying to explain the pizza, its topping, crust, and then delivery address and tons of to and fro within the conversation. The learnings from Skype translate and Cortana would be available to developers who could create 'experts' that applications such as Skype could tap into.
With a whole new take on bots, Microsoft envisions a world where programs, or bots, could interface with language in the same way you and I speak to each other. Microsoft just announced a whole new framework for bots. To know more, you could head over to click on this link.
We're talking conversations here, not boring drop down menus and other such drab UI elements. As Nadella puts it, languages are the new UI. The best way to interface.
The new buzzword around is conversations, after all.
Disclosure: The author is attending Build 2016 at the invitation of Microsoft. Travel and accommodation has been arranged by Microsoft.
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I am writing this short e-mail on behalf of both Fallside School and David MacKenzie, who is an ex-pupil of the school.
David started with you in April of last year on a new venture for both the school and himself. We were both unaware of how much of an impact that this would make on changing his life around. We are an SEBN school who caters for pupils who have needs beyond the mainstream educational system. Through the help and guidance that you have given David he has achieved the desired goal that you set for him all those months ago. David contacted me last week to thank us for giving him the opportunity to go to First Steps Future Training and because of this he has a desired pathway and a positive goal of his own for his own future.
We cannot thank you enough as a school for the work and training that you have given David and we would be delighted to work with you in any capacity in the very near future. Thank you
David Thomson (DHT - Fallside School)
First Steps have proved to be an invaluable partner in sourcing and developing our workforce over the last few years. They have worked closely with us to select excellent candidates for work experience periods which has allowed us to confidently employ a number of apprentices with the knowledge that they are not only well trained and ready for full time work and college, but are also a great fit for our company.
Eleanor Collier - General Manager, Kiloh Konstructions Limited
In my roles as Senior Depute Head teacher in St Mungo’s Academy and Head Teacher of All Saints Secondary I have worked for many years in partnership with First Steps Future Training.
Staff at First Steps Future Training are young people focused. The establishment ethos is nurturing and restorative in nature. The staff and programmes not only prepare young people for the world of work but allow trainees to develop their social and life skills. Partnership working with Parent/Carers is a priority and supports young people to achieve their potential.
The learning experiences that First Steps Future Training provides are excellent. The courses offered are based on an excellent knowledge of industry requirements and are undertaken in facilities which are of the highest standard. The establishment forms productive links with schools and work in partnership at every stage in the placements to ensure the best outcomes for the young people.
The expertise of the management and staff at First Steps Future Training is exceptional. They have an advanced knowledge and understanding of what is required to ensure trainees are successful. The links the centre has with Industry provide young people with valid work experience and ultimately lead to trainees moving into the world of work.
I would recommend First Steps Future Training to you most highly, safe in the knowledge that your young people will have the best possible experience in a supportive environment.
Brian Feeney - Head Teacher, All Saints Secondary
Taylor Wimpey West Scotland were very impressed with the programmes ran by First Steps Future Training and the way in which they prepared people from all walks of life for the realities of working on site. We were able to offer 4 young men work placements where they demonstrated commitment and an eagerness to learn. First Steps Future training supported our production team with every aspect of having their candidates on site, and were on hand to monitor their progress.
Following successful placements Taylor Wimpey West Scotland were delighted to offer all four candidates full time positions, we very much hope this will lead to successful trade careers for all of them.
The feedback from our site teams shows that these young men were well prepared for coming to work for the first time on a live site. They demonstrated a professional approach which we believe came from their initial training with First Steps Future Training.
Taylor Wimpey
First Steps Future Training’s ethos fits in with the McTaggart values.
When McTaggart take on candidates that have been on a programme of learning with FSFT they come with the skills and knowledge to make them an asset to the business from day one. Candidates come, not only with certification, but the right work ethic and experience of working in a construction environment. Continual support throughout placement and into sustainable employment completes a smooth transition for new entrants to McTaggart Construction and our Sub-contractors.
We are happy to continue to build this relationship.
McTaggart Construction
I would also like to thank everyone at First Steps again for giving Thomas a chance despite his disability. He thoroughly enjoyed his time at the training centre and it has been great to see how quick it helped him turn his life around, he really is a different boy from what he was 6 months ago. He comes home and shares his day with me telling me what he has learned etc rather than isolating himself in his bedroom. He is more confident and happy now and I put that down to the amazing work you guys do within the centre. I honestly can’t believe that in such a short space of time First Steps helped Thomas value himself more and gave him a vision of his future which he is working hard towards again. Thanks to you guys. Thomas is now in full time employment and loving it.
Sarah Jane - Parent of trainee
Mulholland Contracts undertake Groundworks , Surfacing and Utilities contracts throughout Central Scotland. We recognise that bringing the next generation of employees into the company is a priority to continue its growth.
We have been in partnership with First Steps Training for a number of years. They have provided trainees who have had training and gained their CSCS Card prior to starting with ourselves.
We believe that this partnership between First Steps Training and ourselves will continue to give young people the chance to fulfil their potential and make the most of their lives in the communities where they live and work.
Mulholland Contracts Ltd
CCL have been recruiting apprentices from First Step Future Training for a number of years and we have found the apprentices to be of a good standard. We have one employee who came to us through Henry Boot approximately 9yrs ago and has risen through the ranks, to become a supervisor/plant operator due to his hard work and willingness to learn. We will continue to recruit through First Steps due to the level of support and quality of candidates supplied.
Cuchulain Construction Ltd
I can’t thank FSFT enough for what they done for my boy Conor Hogg. I was worried sick as he got to leaving school age and wanted out those school gates ASAP, FSFT took him on for 4 weeks training then sent him out on 12 week placement in which he was offered an apprenticeship. He always says school wasn’t for him and me being his mum was thinking he wanted to be a layabout but Conor has shocked me and I am ever so proud of him. To everyone at FSFT thank you!
Michelle Hogg – Parent of trainee
Robert Wilson and Son were happy with the service provided by First Steps Future Training during the recruitment of our most recent apprentice Omran Isbaa. First Steps were very helpful throughout the process with advice regarding funding, Omran's VISA situation and oragnising a work placement for a couple of weeks. First Steps also ensured that Omran had a valid CSCS card before he started with us.
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Just wanted to let you know that I have spoken to a young person on your programme’s mother and she had very strong opinions on the way her son has been supported at FSFT.
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Saltwater Joys
Wayne Chaulk , Dawn Baker
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Saltwater Joys is perhaps one of the most popular and well-known songs to come out of Newfoundland and Labrador. Written by Wayne Chaulk of Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers, the song is a celebration of the simple pleasures of outport life. This beloved song is now available in book form, with Dawn Baker's stunning illustrations capturing the joys of living in Newfoundland. From enjoying quiet mornings in the cove, to admiring icebergs in the spring and brightly coloured leaves in the fall, to breathing in the salty ocean smells and watching the sun set over the water, the words to the song come alive within these pages. Complete with sheet music at the back, Saltwater Joys is as beautiful as the song that inspired it. - Shortlisted for the 2014 Heritage and History Book Awards, Children’s/YA Literature Category
With lively tales, engaging illustrations, and a dash of sprightly music, [Saltwater Joys] honour[s] the grand tradition of Newfoundland storytelling.-- Quill and Quire --
Chaulk and Baker has done a great job on bringing this beloved song to a whole new generation.-- Resource Links --
The idyllic illustrations bring to life the landscape and kindness of the people who inhabit the town that the narrator loves and holds dear to his heart. The words and the images work together to paint an ideal life on the east coast where peace can be found by the water. The vibrant colours in the illustrations bring to life the spectacular views of the sunsets and the seasons experienced by the young protagonist in his everyday home life in Newfoundland.-- CM: Canadian Review of Materials --
Dawn Baker's bright, colorful illustrations are beautiful and detailed, and suited to the text; they reflect [Wayne] Chaulk's lyrics lovingly.-- Western Star --
The resulting artwork is beautifully vibrant, grounding each lyrical gem in a time and place that feels like home . . . even if you've never been there.-- Atlantic Books Today --
Baker's illustrations and the lyrics were made for each other. The book is inspired by the song of the same name Chaulk wrote from the 'beal of the point' in his beloved Newfoundland hometown of Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay, and the breathtaking soft pastel drawings reflect it.-- The Telegram --
This delightful version of the famous NL song works well as a bedtime story. Its main appeal is the gentle pictures which show traditional NL activities and typical scenic landscapes.-- Jury, 2014 Heritage and History Book Awards --
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Stalking 'The Wild American Strawberry'
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Q: A couple of weeks ago, our Public Radio show, "You Bet Your Garden" got a very sweet phone call from a guy named Jeremiah in Tennessee. He explained that he's now blind, but back when he was sighted, he stumbled onto a beautiful plant growing in the woods. He said that he researched it and thinks it might have been something he called a "wild American strawberry bush", but wasn't sure. He called it "the most amazing plant", and wanted to know where he could buy one and how to grow it.
Now whenever I make a live appearance, people always ask if I research and prepare my answers in advance for the phone calls we take on the show--but my response to Jeremiah clearly showed that the answer is no, no and no!
I did venture a guess after he mentioned the plant having 'pods' and described the shape and size of the fruits, as a lot of these descriptions fit one of my favorite 'bad' plants: The Wineberry. Officially classified as an invasive, it's either an escaped ornamental or a raspberry relative from Asia that was brought here for raspberry breeding but escaped. Either way, it got into the wild; and we here in the Northeast often see it growing on roadsides and in the woods.
(At first, I didn't know if the colorful fruits were safe to eat, but now I specifically look for them every summer; they are delicious.)
Anyway, I thought I might be right with that guess—especially when he also said it was acting like a vine, kind of crawling up the side of a tree. Wineberry canes are very long and arching; and because birds eat the fruits and then 'deposit' the seed somewhere else later on, you often see the canes arching up tree trunks (underneath where those birds were roosting).
But wineberries have deadly thorns; those juicy berries come with a painful price. And Jeremiah said that if his plant had thorns, they were small and blunt. So I'm furiously thumbing through the big plant books I DO carry into the studio every week and coming up empty.
My producer is in the control room trying computer searches, and all she can find is another of my favorite plants—the 'Alpine strawberry', a tiny but delicious ancestor of the modern strawberry that grows in small clumps and was originally a wild plant—so it's sometimes called 'wild strawberry'.
The other plant that keeps coming up is the weedy ground cover that lawn owners despise whose common name is also 'wild strawberry'—but that vining plant (with very pretty but totally inedible small 'fruits') always stays flat to the ground. So I bailed out, admitted I was stumped and said that I would try and find out for him. I went home and finally found what looks like a match at a website run by The Hilton Pond Research Center in South Carolina—and it is not a vine!
(Jeremiah had said that his closest match online was called a 'bush', even though the plant he saw looked like a vine to him—but I only found it when I stopped using 'vine' in my searches.)
My official answer is that the 'mystery plant' is a staggeringly beautiful native ornamental whose basic common name is just "Strawberry bush". The "American" part comes from its scientific name: Euonymus americanus. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center says that it's known under many names, including American strawberry bush, Brook euonymus, Hearts-a-burstin', Bursting-heart, and Wahoo.
Wahoo?! (I just read 'em; I don't write 'em.) Anyway, it's a member of the Bittersweet family that is described as "an airy, upright shrub that can reach 12 feet in height." So it could certainly look just like a vine in the right circumstances. (And call me crazy, but this photo of "American bittersweet", a plant in a slightly different genus, sure looks a lot like the plant our caller was describing!)
The {quote} 'strawberries' that so captivated Jeremiah are bright red fruits with a strawberry-ish texture that open up—like pods, just as he described on the air—to allow seeds that look like bright orange corn kernels to hang down off the outer edges of the fruit capsule, like crystals hanging from a chandelier.
Yes, it looks breathtaking. But here's a big warning: It could be that literally. Although the roots of the plant were used medicinally by Native Americans, The Hilton Pond Center warns that the berries are toxic (at least to humans; apparently some wild birds love them). And while the plant itself has to be protected from Bambi browsing—the uniquely green winter branches are commonly known as 'deer ice cream'—horses and other livestock need to be kept away from it.
But Jeremiah can grow it. In fact, it's a great choice for any sun-challenged gardener, as it's an understory plant that naturally grows in shade. Light shade is best if you want lots of those colorful (but remember, non-edible) fruits, but the shrub itself will do fine in even full shade.
It can be grown from those amazing looking seeds, but the process is darned tricky. Best to start with small plants, which are available from a good number of suppliers. And remember to keep an eye out for it in the wild—it's a native plat that occurs naturally in heavily wooded areas across a wide section of the Eastern United States. Just remember two things:
1) Don't collect native plants from the wild; they have enough threats to deal with. Always buy plants that were raised in cultivation and NOT taken from the wild.
2) Don't try to eat those pretty fruit-like things, and:
3) Protect the plants from deer—especially in the winter.
(Okay—that's three things. Now you know that my math is just as good as my plant guessing skills!)
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Genealogy Report: Descendants of Adam Seibert
Descendants of Adam Seibert
Generation No. 6
39.MARY A.6 SEIBERT (FRANK S.5, WILLIAM CRAWFORD4, ADAM B.3, ADAM2, ADAM1) (Source: (1) US Census, Mifflin County, PA, 1920, Lewistown, Ward 3,page 9A, lines 21-28., (2) US Census, Mifflin County, 1930, Derry Township, page 19-B., (3) US Census, Mifflin County, PA, 1910, McVeytown, sheet 2-A.) was born Abt. 1901 in Mifflin Co., PA, and died Unknown.She married EDWARD LUCIAN WAGNER (Source: (1) US Census, Mifflin County, PA, 1920, Lewistown, page 9A, lines 21-28., (2) US Census, Mifflin County, 1930, Derry Township, page 19-B.).He was born 16 Jun 1896 in Mifflintown, Juniata Co., PA (Source: World War One Draft Registration Card, Lucian E. Wagner, Lewistown, PAWorked at Standard Steel Works Co. Wife:Mary A. Wagner, Lewistown, PA.), and died Feb 1964 in PA.
More About MARY A. SEIBERT:
Residence: 1920, 12 W. 4th St., Lewistown, PA
More About EDWARD LUCIAN WAGNER:
Medical Information: Hazel Eyes, Brown Hair, Ruddy Complexion.
Occupation 1: 1920, Steel Worker
Occupation 2: 1930, Truck Driver - Coal Company
Children of MARY SEIBERT and EDWARD WAGNER are:
i. CHARLES E.7 WAGNER (Source: (1) US Census, Mifflin County, PA, 1920, Lewistown, page 9A, lines 21-28., (2) US Census, Mifflin County, 1930, Derry Township, page 19-B.), b. Jun 1917, PA; d. 29 Mar 1994.
ii. CLARENCE J. WAGNER (Source: (1) US Census, Mifflin County, PA, 1920, Lewistown, page 9A, lines 21-28., (2) US Census, Mifflin County, 1930, Derry Township, page 19-B.), b. 18 Nov 1919, PA; d. 06 Sep 1981, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH; m. VIVIAN NINA KURTZ (Source: US Census, Mifflin County, PA, 1930, Armagh Twp., Dist 1, 27-A.); b. 24 Nov 1924, Armagh Twp., Mifflin Co., PA; d. 19 Dec 2005, Granville, Mifflin Co., PA.
More About CLARENCE J. WAGNER:
Burial: 1981, ? West Park Cemetery, CLeveland, OH
Military service: 24 Mar 1944, WWII, US Army (Enlistee) Ft. George Gordon Mead
More About VIVIAN NINA KURTZ:
Burial: 2005, West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
iii. VERNA M. WAGNER, b. Private.
49. iv. JOHN H. WAGNER, b. Nov 1925, PA; d. Unknown, OH.
v. FIANNA WAGNER, b. Private; m. FOOSE, Private; b. Private.
More About FOOSE and FIANNA WAGNER:
40.HELEN MAY6 SEIBERT (FRANK S.5, WILLIAM CRAWFORD4, ADAM B.3, ADAM2, ADAM1) was born Private.She married WILLIAM LEWIS BILHEIMER (Source: US Census, Mifflin County, PA, 1920, Lewistown, Ward 6, 16-A.) Private, son of LEWIS BILHEIMER and AMELIA WAGNER.He was born Abt. 1908 in Derry Township, Mifflin County, PA, and died Bef. 05 Sep 1947.
More About WILLIAM BILHEIMER and HELEN SEIBERT:
Children of HELEN SEIBERT and WILLIAM BILHEIMER are:
i. BETTY LOU7 BILHEIMER, b. Private.
ii. CATHERINE H. BILHEIMER, b. Private.
iii. JUDY ELEANOR BILHEIMER, b. Private.
50. iv. JANE ANN BILHEIMER, b. 26 Jul 1931, Lewistown , Mifflin County , Pennsylvania; d. 14 Jul 1994, Leader Nursing Home , Carlisle , Pennsylvania.
41.LAWRENCE FRANKLIN6 SEIBERT (EDWARD CHARLES5, WILLIAM CRAWFORD4, ADAM B.3, ADAM2, ADAM1) (Source: (1) US Census, New Jersey, Hudson County, 1930, Jersey City, Ward 7,Block # 596, 04.04.1930, ED 9-91, SD 7, page 55, Sheet 4D, line 73., (2) US Census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, 1920, Saxton, ED 28, SD 20, Page 7B, Line 74., (3) US Census, Mifflin County, PA, 1900, McVeytown, Page 194-A, Sheet 14-B, Edward C. and Sarah are listed at the bottom of page 14-A Listed with the surname "Franklin" Resided on John Street, McVeytown, PA., (4) World War One Draft Registration Card for Lawrence Franklin Seibert, Bedford County, Born in Shirleysburg, PA Brakeman for H&BTRR., (5) US Census, Bedford County, PA, 1910, Saxton Borough, Sheet 4-B, Line 74.) was born 21 Apr 1893 in Shirleysburg, Huntingdon Co.,PA (Source: Social Security Administration, Social Security Application.), and died 24 Aug 1960 in Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ (Source: (1) Funeral Bill For Lawrence Seibert., (2) The Daily News, Huntingdon and Mt. Union, PA, "Obituary for Lawrence F. Seibert," Wednesday, August 31, 1960, 2, Lawrence F. Seibert, 173 Stegman St., Jersey City, NJ, trainman for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, died in the Jersey City Medical Center on Wednesday, August 24, 1960.He was born 67 years ago in Shirleysburg.He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Lodge 846, and the Lehigh Valley Veterans.He is survived by his wife, the former Louisa Brown of Saxton, and two sons; John and Robert. and five grandchildren.Before going to Jersey City the Seiberts lived in Saxton where Mr. Seibert was a trainman for the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad.Funeral services were held in Jersey City on Saturday.Intermane was made in Bay View Cemetery in Jersey City.).He married LOUISA CATHERINE BROWN (Source: (1) US Census, New Jersey, Hudson County, 1930, Jersey City, Ward 7,Block # 596, 04.04.1930, ED 9-91, SD 7, page 55, Sheet 4D, line 74., (2) US Census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, 1920, Saxton, ED 28, SD 20, Page 7B, Line 74., (3) US Census, Bedford County, PA, 1900, Broad top Twp., Coaldale Borough, Sheet 10-B., (4) US Census, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 1910, Hopewell Township, Puttstown, Sheet 4-B., (5) The Daily News, Huntingdon and Mt. Union, PA, "Obituary for Lawrence F. Seibert," Wednesday, August 31, 1960, 2.) 21 Dec 1919 in Saxton, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (Source: Marriage License For Lawrence F. and Louisa C. Seibert.), daughter of JOHN BROWN and ANNA MEYERS.She was born 15 Nov 1897 in Tatesville, Bedford Co., PA, and died 09 Jun 1976 in 144 Old Bergen Rd., Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ (Source: Funeral BillFor Louisa Seibert.).
Notes for LAWRENCE FRANKLIN SEIBERT:
Lawrence was probably born in the Huntingdon County Alms House in Shirleysburg.Family tradition was that he was born in the "Poor House" or an orphanage.Of the several locations which have been given for his place of birth, Shirleysburg is the one given by him for his social Security Application and his World War I Draft card, both of which he filled out ihn his own hand..A search of the Poor House records in 2005 showed that Lawarence's grandmother, Mary Ann Smith and his aunt Mary E. Smith lived at the Alms House but none of the records show Lawrence or his mother, Sarah being there for any period prior to or following his birth.
Lawrence and his uncle Percey were published in a list of Saxton residents who must register for the Draft (WWI) in the Bedford Gazette, July 20, 1917.
More About LAWRENCE FRANKLIN SEIBERT:
Burial: 1960, Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, New Jersey
Cause of Death: Carcinoma (mouth)
Occupation 1: 1917, Railroad Brakeman, Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain RR
Occupation 2: 03 Apr 1930, Railroad Brakeman, Lehigh Valley RR
Occupation 3: 1960, Railroad Brakeman, Pensylvania RR
Residence 1: 1910, John St., McVeytown, Mifflin County, PA
Residence 2: 1920, Railroad Avenue, Saxton, PA
Residence 3: 03 Apr 1930, 91 Seaview Ave. (corner of Ocean Ave.), Jersey City, NJ
Residence 4: 01 Feb 1937, 96 Seaview Ave., Jersey City, NJ
Residence 5: Bet. 1950 - Aug 1960, 173 Stegman St., Jersey City, NJ (Building Superintendant)
Social Security Number: 01 Feb 1937, 715-16-1480, Issued at Jersey City, NJ
More About LOUISA CATHERINE BROWN:
More About LAWRENCE SEIBERT and LOUISA BROWN:
Marriage: 21 Dec 1919, Saxton, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (Source: Marriage License For Lawrence F. and Louisa C. Seibert.)
Children of LAWRENCE SEIBERT and LOUISA BROWN are:
i. JOHN EDWARD7 SEIBERT (Source: (1) Birth Certificate For John E. Seibert., (2) US Census, New Jersey, Hudson County, 1930, Jersey City, Ward 7,Block # 596, 04.04.1930, ED 9-91, SD 7, page 55, Sheet 4D, line 75., (3) The Daily News, Huntingdon and Mt. Union, PA, "Obituary for Lawrence F. Seibert," Wednesday, August 31, 1960, 2.), b. 08 Sep 1920, Saxton, Bedford County, PA; d. 11 Feb 1996, 810 Pontiac Ave., Brick, Ocean, NJ; m. DOROTHY M. NEWELL, Private; b. Private.
More About JOHN EDWARD SEIBERT:
Burial: 16 Feb 1996, Fairview Cemetery, Middletown, NJ
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
More About JOHN SEIBERT and DOROTHY NEWELL:
51. ii. ROBERT FRANKLIN SEIBERT, b. 08 Dec 1922, Saxton, Bedford County, PA; d. 17 Aug 1991, Woodbourne, Sullivan Co., NY.
42.EUGENE R.6 SEIBERT (WILLIAM DALLAS5, WILLIAM CRAWFORD4, ADAM B.3, ADAM2, ADAM1) (Source: (1) US Census, Huntingdon Co., PA, 1920, Huntingdon, Sheet 15, Lines18-22., (2) US Census, Huntingdon County, PA, 1910, Huntingdon Borough, Page 15-B., (3) The Daily News, Huntingdon and Mt. Union, PA, "Wedding Announcement for Dieane Marie Niederer," October 18, 1966, 8.) was born 02 Apr 1907 in McVeytown, Mifflin Co., PA, and died 29 Sep 1965 in Enola, E. Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland Co., PA (Source: The Daily News, Huntingdon and Mt. Union, PA, "Obituary for Eugene R. Seibert," Thursday, September 30, 1965, 2, Huntingdon RR Engineer dies at Enola A Huntingdon resident, Eugene R. Seibert 6 Twentieth St., Sharon Heights, Huntingdon died unexpectedly yesterday, Wednesday, September 29, 1965 at Enola. Seibert, an engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad, was found by an attendant of the PRR crew callers' office at 2:30 PM.The coroner stated that death probably had occurred thwelve hours earlier, at approximately 2:00 AM the same day.The Huntingdon man had left Tuesday, September 28th at 5:45 p.m. to make his regular run for the railroad.He was 58 years old. Seibert was born Aril 2, 1907 in McVeytown, the son of William C. and Carrie (Freed) Seibert.He was united in marriage to Catherine Pearl Wood on October 30, 1904 in Cumberland, MD. His wife survives along with the following children:Mrs. Irving (Catherine) Flemming, Belleville R.D., and Frederick Seibert, at home.There are four grandchildren.The deceased was the last surviving member of his immediate family.Two brothers, William Seibert and Richard Seibert preceded him in death. He was a member of the St. James Lutheran Church, Huntingdon. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.Seibert worked for the PRR for the past 27 years. He was a veteran of the US Navy having served from 1929 until 1934. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 2 at 2:30 p.m. from the Peters Funeral Home, Huntingdon.His pastor, the Rev. Walter S. Smith will officiate.Interment will be made at Huntindon Memorial Gardens.Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:00 p.m. Friday until the hour of the services on Saturday.).He married KATHRYN PEARL WOOD (Source: (1) US Census, Huntingdon County, PA, 1930, Henderson Twp., 2-B., (2) The Daily News, Huntingdon and Mt. Union, PA, "Obituary for Eugene R. Seibert," Thursday, September 30, 1965, 2.) 30 Oct 1934 in Cumberland, MD, daughter of THOMAS WOOD and ADA CLARK.She was born 23 Aug 1914 in PA, and died Apr 1991 in Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., PA.
More About EUGENE R. SEIBERT:
Burial: 02 Oct 1965, Huntingdon Memorial Gardens, Huntingdon, PA
Military service 1: Bet. 1929 - 1934, US Navy
Military service 2: 1925, PFC, 109th Unit, Motor Transport Company
Occupation: Bet. 1938 - 1967, Railroad Engineer, Pennsylvania Rail Road
More About EUGENE SEIBERT and KATHRYN WOOD:
Marriage: 30 Oct 1934, Cumberland, MD
Children of EUGENE SEIBERT and KATHRYN WOOD are:
i. FREDERICK EUGENE7 SEIBERT, b. Private; m. DIANE MARIE NIEDERER, Private; b. Private.
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Hoffenheim made it back-to-back wins in the Bundesliga with an emphatic win against rivals Stuttgart on Saturday evening. Julian Nagelsmann’s side have shown they can turn the pressure on at any given moment with their dominant performance on Matchday eight a prime example. A twelve-minute spell yielded four goals with Ishak Belfodil bagging a brace.
Markus Weinzierl becomes the first Stuttgart head coach since Armin Veh in 2006 to lose his opening two fixtures with the club, although Veh did go on to lift the Bundesliga with Stuttgart the following season and although an unlikely story this time round, we’ve seen miracles in football happen before.
With injuries a concern for Nagelsmann, the 31-year-old opted for a 4-1-3-2 against Stuttgart on Saturday evening but it once again goes to show the how versatile his Hoffenheim side is. With arguably four strikers on the pitch from the first whistle – Andrej Kramaric, Reiss Nelson, Joelinton and Belfodil – Nagelsmann was able to through bodies forward which overwhelmed the Stuttgart defence, although they defended well following Emiliano Insúa’s red card in the opening ten minutes.
With four defeats already this season and Champions League football to contend with, Nagelsmann finds his Hoffenheim side in eighth following their 4-0 win against Stuttgart. Visits to Leverkusen and Berlin in their next three league fixtures will give fans and staff alike a real understanding of where Hoffenheim stand.
However, what’s perhaps a little worrying for fans of the club will be the departure on Nagelsmann in the summer. Unfortunately, it’s time that his Hoffenheim story came to an end and Nagelsmann moves on. His move to RB Leipzig was already confirmed prior to the 2018/19 Bundesliga campaign kicking off and while his focus is completely on Hoffenheim at the minute, you can’t help but feel that Nagelsmann is already planning ahead of his new role in Leipzig.
Losing star players and limited funding at Hoffenheim in comparison to RB Leipzig, Nagelsmann cuts a frustrated figure in Sinsheim. Costly errors resulted in a 3-3 draw against French outfit Olympique Lyon in the Champions League midweek while these mistakes have been taking place throughout the season. For their efficiency in attack, it’s errors in defence that have cost them points – against Manchester City for example while mistakes against Fortuna Düsseldorf and Eintracht Frankfurt adds to the list of errors made this season.
Back-to-back wins in the Bundesliga could certainly shape their immediate future, but it’s what happens when Nagelsmann leaves the club in the summer. His move to RB Leipzig is a move that will certainly be intriguing and it’s one that could potentially see a momentum shift in the Bundesliga. The Red Bull backed company no doubt has the funding to challenge with the likes or Borussia Dortmund and with Nagelsmann at the helm, RB Leipzig will certainly be an exciting team to watch, especially if they’re able to keep hold of Timo Werner et al. It also wouldn’t be surprising to see Nagelsmann raid Hoffenheim and although they won’t come cheap, they’re players that have progressed their careers under the tutelage of the German.
1 | Although conceding a late equaliser to Hertha BSC’s Salomon Kalou, Borussia Dortmund have every right to be happy. They played against a top four club and while they still sit top of the Bundesliga, Jadon Sancho scored a brace to continue his fine start to the Bundesliga campaign. The 18-year-old Englishman has been involved in ten goals (four goals, six assists) this season in just 376 minutes of Bundesliga football. A remarkable achievement while it looks as though Sancho has found his home in Dortmund.
Swapping Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City for Borussia Dortmund was never going to be an easy decision to make, but it’s one that has yielded playing time while away from the British media, Sancho is able to knuckle down and play his football. The youngster has a remarkable understanding with Germany international Marco Reus while watching the duo together really is a joy.
2 | Crisis? What crisis? Bayern Munich picked up three points at Mainz on Saturday afternoon to put them two points behind Borussia Dortmund. Just last week Bayern’s hierarchy had condemned media for criticising their players but ultimately, it’s the players who have got their heads down in training, which is finally showing on the pitch. Thomas Müller, Serge Gnabry and Robert Lewandowski all on the pitch together resulted in numerous chances created and while they only scored two, it could’ve been a different result completely. It’s a game that Niko Kovac’s Bayern Munich never really looked like losing while their upcoming game against SC Freiburg should yield three points before the eagerly anticipated fixture against Borussia Dortmund.
3 | Heading into the weekend, Borussia Mönchengladbach had found themselves second in the table to Borussia Dortmund. However, a trip to the Black Forest to face SC Freiburg was never going to be easy, despite Freiburg’s poor start to the campaign. From the off, Nils Petersen and Gian-Luca Waldschmidt looked up for it while Gladbach didn’t exactly start as they had planned. Petersen put the hosts ahead from the spot before Thorgan Hazard equalised but for all the possession Gladbach had, Freiburg did well to soak it up and take 57th minute lead through Waldschmidt before Lucas Höler added their third in stoppage time from the halfway line.
4 | With just seven points from their opening nine fixtures, questions need to be asked surrounding the future of Domenico Tedesco. A runners-up finish last season had set the foundations ahead of the 2018/19 campaign but with just five goals in their opening nine Bundesliga fixtures, it’s just not going to plan. Recruitment couldn’t have gone much better despite losing both Leon Goretzka and Max Meyer, but many would argue that the arrivals at the Veltins Arena outweigh the departures. If only their performances did. With seventeen goals last season for Hoffenheim, Mark Uth is yet to get off the mark for Schalke this campaign while they’re just not as clinical going forward. With games against Hannover 96 and Eintracht Frankfurt coming up, Tedesco and Schalke need a change in fortunes.
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Islamic State ‘gallery’ reveals murals about ISIS’s dream of conquering Italy
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ISIS has vowed to invade Rome in huge murals discovered under the part-liberated city of Mosul.
Chilling messages have been scrawled across the walls of the jihaid bunkers, recently visited by Iraqi forces, pushing the terrorists back towards the west of the city.
Coalition-backed forces have already battered the jihadis and left them fleeing from the east.
Now, as they leave the city, their underground lairs have been discovered.
Twenty five metres deep beneath the city a 2km long “gallery” was found.
An old railroad tunnel from Mosul to Baghdad was used as a training ground.
According to Italian Gli Occhi della guerra, the bunker then became quarters for commanders and their families.
Volunteers for the Caliphate, from the Middle East and the West, are believed to have assembled in the tunnel, to be trained to wage jihadi.
Among the drawings are murals fearing a Kalashnikov while the floor is littered with poles, tires, vests and other war debris.
In a huge black mural along the wall one drawing states: “We will invade Rome, Insha’Allah.”
The bunker gallery of ISIS is located near the airport in Mosul, the Italian reporters claimed.
ISIS ships heading for Rome were featured in the massive painting.
“We discovered it at the beginning of the offensive towards the airport. From the sky you could not see it because it was completely underground near the village of Abu Saif,” Colonel Abdul Amir from special Iraqi bodies told Gli Occhi della guerra.
Those who recently ventured into the cave-like HQ found a mural on the walls “every hundred meters” with slogans which included “against the crusaders”.
But it is one in particular which will anger Rome – the picture which has been painted next to the ISIS flag, showing the dreamed descent into Italy.
However, those who oppose ISIS have mocked them for their paintings.
”Invading your capital? But if they are losing Mosul, how could they think of threatening Italy?” Lieutenant Ahmed Galeb said.
Colonel Amir said: “Since the offensive to free the city and the air strikes targeting the leaders of Daesh, the tunnel has also become a bunker for the leaders and their families, who were afraid of being killed.”
Although the bunkers may have been hit by airstrikes they have not been damaged inside, it was revealed.
ISIS believes the conquest of Rome is central to its mission.
Hardliners have long suggested it is necessary to fulfil the prophecy of Muhammed.
Source: /Express
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Why aye man and Huawei the lads! This is the Huawei mobile phones guide.
Live the Chinese Dream with a premium phone from Huawei. But which one? Here's our guide to Huawei mobile phones deals.
Huawei is the world's third-largest smartphone manufacturer. It's quickly catching up with Samsung and Apple not only in size but in the high-end smartphones market. New to Huawei? Not sure where to start? Then let our Huawei mobile phone guide lead you down the golden path...
The hippest, hottest, must-have Huawei models
Straight outta Shenzen, Huawei won the Outstanding Contribution to the Mobile Industry, the Green Mobile Award and a bucket load of other ones at Global Mobile Awards 2018.
Closer to home, Huawei was shortlisted for Manufacturer of the Year at Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2017. Its Honor brand was named the One To Watch at the same awards. A year earlier Huawei itself was the Judge’s Choice as One to Watch at the 2016 Mobile Industry.
This is a company that has quickly moved up in the smartphone game. You can attribute a lot of this to Huawei’s solid build quality, Leica cameras, and hearty batteries.
P20 Pro and P20 (2018)
Huawei announced the release of the P20 and P20 Pro in March 2018. What got tech journalists all a fluster was the news that the P20 Pro comes with three rear cameras. And all Leica lens. You get a 12-megapixel colour camera and a 20-megapixel monochrome one. The third is an 8-megapixel telephoto camera that produces up to a 5x hybrid zoom. There’s also a 24-megapixel camera on the front for those all-important selfies.
All these lenses can be seen as a direct attempt to usurp the Samsung Galaxy S9 and all its camera tricks.
One thing it is missing though is wireless charging. Yet The Express points out that the lack of wireless charging means they can fit a huge battery in. Huawei claims a standby time of 22 days. The P20 comes with 64GB or 128 GB and the P20 Pro 128GB.
As its flagship phone, you’ll find all the major networks, and some of the smaller ones, offering the Huawei P20. Do a comparison search to find the right tariff for you.
The Huawei Mate 10 Pro gets 5 stars from the Guardian. “Incredibly solid and ergonomic in the hand for a large smartphone." However, the headline grabber is the battery life. We’re talking old-school Nokia 3310 region of battery life. It’s measured in days not hours.
Alright Mate? Mate is name that Huawei gives to its phablets. Yeah that’s now a word for big phones that are almost small tablets. And after Samsung’s slight snafu with the Galaxy Note 7 (they were the ones with the exploding batteries), Huawei is well placed to dominate when it comes to phablets. If you like big phones and you cannot lie, then The Huawei Mate 10 Pro could be for you.
In April, 2018, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro was:
Dimensions: Width - 74.5mm, Height - 154.2 mm, Depth - 7.9 mm
Weight: Approx. 178g
Screen: 2160 x 1080 pixels, 402 ppi
Memory: 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM
Main camera: 12-megapixel colour camera and a 20-megapixel monochrome one
Front camera: 8-megapixel colour camera
Audio: No headphone socket, so Bluetooth
The little brother to Mate 10 Pro, this tidy smartphone received good, if not rave reviews on release in February 2017. Unusually the fingerprint scanner is on the front of the phone. Keep an eye out for the P10 Plus and P10 Lite variations.
In April, 2018, the spec for the Huawei P10 was:
Dimensions: Width - 69.3mm, Height - 145.3mm, Depth - 6.98mm
Weight: Approx 145g
Memory: 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM
Audio: Standard 3.5mm headphone jack
Huawei P10 Plus was shortlisted for phone of the year and Best Camera Phone at Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2017.
Do you see a pattern emerging here? The Huawei P9 is “smooth and good looking” according to The Guardian, but it’s not a fan of the software.
In April, 2018, the spec for the Huawei P9 was:
Dimensions: Width - 70.9mm, Height- 145mm, Depth -6.95mm
Screen: 1920 x 1080
Main camera: Two 12-megapixel colour cameras
Are Honor phones Huawei phones?
Yeah, kinda. Honor is a sub-brand of Huawei and is attracting rave reviews. Its focus is on the budget and midrange market, whereas Huawei battle Apple and Samsung in the top-spec stakes. Still, you get a lot of bang for your buck.
Honor’s flagship model in 2018 is the Honor View 10. It won Best Phone at CES 2018, the International Consumer Electronics Show.
Its previous model, the Honor 9 was named Best Midmarket Phone at Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2017. It also won Best Mid-range Phone at the T3 Awards 2017.
Honor was named One To Watch at Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2017. It’s hard to argue with that assessment.
If you’re looking to get a great tech spec without breaking the bank then Honor might be for you. Shop around and compare what’s out there.
Huawei vs Samsung and Apple
It seems that Huawei phones are improving with every model. For many, it’s already as good as Samsung and Apple. Yet one place it’s behind those two is brand awareness. Huawei is trying to change that with a marketing push in the West with Lionel Messi and Scarlett Johansson, as well as some high profile sports sponsorships.
But while it might not have the name, it certainly has the build-quality, design, and superior batteries. Huawei mobile phones are also usually cheaper than equivalent Apple and Samsung models.
Are Huawei phones Android phones?
Sort of. They run an operating system called EMUI. And EMUI is a reskinned Android system. So kinda. Word is though that Huawei is working on its own operating system to get away from Google and its Android OS.
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After a contract, handset-only, or pay-as-you-go mobile phone deal? Whatever type of deal you’re after, there will be a Huawei or Honor phone out there for you. All the major networks in the UK offer Huawei phones as part of their line-up.
Got your heart set on a Huawei? Then use our comparison search to find the best Huawei mobile phone deals for you.
Huawei was founded in 1987 and came to Europe in 2004. The same year they shipped their first phone.
Huawei mobile phones are often cheaper than equivalent models from Apple and Samsung
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (MP3 CD)
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Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin--a "microbe's-eye view" of the world that reveals a marvelous, radically reconceived picture of life on earth.
Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ed Yong, whose humor is as evident as his erudition, prompts us to look at ourselves and our animal companions in a new light--less as individuals and more as the interconnected, interdependent multitudes we assuredly are.
The microbes in our bodies are part of our immune systems and protect us from disease. In the deep oceans, mysterious creatures without mouths or guts depend on microbes for all their energy. Bacteria provide squid with invisibility cloaks, help beetles to bring down forests, and allow worms to cause diseases that afflict millions of people.
Many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us--the microbiome--build our bodies, protect our health, shape our identities, and grant us incredible abilities. In this astonishing book, Ed Yong takes us on a grand tour through our microbial partners, and introduces us to the scientists on the front lines of discovery. It will change both our view of nature and our sense of where we belong in it.
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Becoming a responsible business – interview with Fujitsu
In this interview, recently published on CDP's blog, Greenstone talks to two leaders at Fujitsu to discuss its journey towards becoming a responsible business, and the importance of reliable data to support it.
In 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its special report into the global impact of temperatures rising at 1.5°C degrees above pre-industrial levels. As a result, the business sector and corporate leaders face mounting pressure to address their impact on the climate and demonstrate how they are taking action to their stakeholders, consumers, employees and investors.
The importance of comprehensive, robust and comparable data is integral for any business that needs to monitor performance against targets, particularly those who demonstrate best practice leadership in their sector. Greenstone‘s partnerships with its clients, some decades-long, have helped businesses grow their programs and become more ambitious and confident through the accessibility of reliable data.
Fujitsu, one of the world’s five largest global providers of IT solutions, with over 129,000 employees worldwide serving customers in more than 180 countries has an 85-year history of being a responsible business. This year, it has committed to bringing its emissions down to zero by 2050 and has joined RE100 – an initiative led by the Climate Group in partnership with CDP - with the aim to use 100% renewable energy.
Interviewees:
Juliet Silvester, Head of Responsible Business, Fujitsu
Simon Angel, Head of Engineering, Fujitsu
What does Responsible Business mean to Fujitsu?
Responsible Business has been a substantial part of the Fujitsu Way (our corporate philosophy) since its inception, and therefore it is part of our company DNA. It is genuine and longstanding, and our practice has been recognised and applauded externally in many benchmarks and indices including CDP, the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, FTSE4Good Index and the UN Global Compact 100.
Responsible practices are driven across the entire company, from protecting intellectual property rights and enforcing our human rights policy to encouraging all employees to get involved with community action projects. Our responsible business pillars – Human Rights & Diversity, Wellbeing, Environment, Compliance, Supply Chain, Health & Safety and Community - are the foundation for our country level strategy whilst defining common themes across Fujitsu.
Fujitsu is committed to using the power of ICT to help resolve social problems as we continue on the path toward a sustainable society. We see that accelerating the pace of innovation to respond to societal expectations is contributing to the achievement of common global goals such as the Paris Agreement on climate change and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
How does Fujitsu report against its Responsible Business Strategy?
Fujitsu has been publishing an Environmental Report since 1996 with the aim of increasing the responsibilities and transparency of companies to society. Since 2003, we have published a Sustainability Report focusing on the approach, initiatives and results of its social and environmental activities.
Has Fujitsu set targets for its environmental impacts?
Absolutely. We are fully committed to reducing our environmental impact across the scope of our operations and through the services we deliver to our customers. The Fujitsu Group Environmental Action Plan forms the core of Fujitsu’s commitment to sustainability. Since its inception, we have set progressively ambitious targets every three years. We are currently at Stage 9 in this journey and have hence been setting targets for 27 years.
Highlights in 2020 include that we achieved zero waste to landfill and joined RE100 where member companies aim to use 100% renewable energy for the electricity they consume. Fujitsu’s aim is to buy 100% of electricity consumed at its worldwide Group locations from renewable sources by 2050.
In August 2017, our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target from our business facilities and a part of our value chain was approved by the Science Based Targets (SBTi) initiative. We have also established our medium- to long-term environmental vision through to 2050, which includes bringing the Fujitsu Group’s CO2 emissions to zero.
How important is data and measurement in the monitoring of progress against your targets?
Very. We need access to reliable and consistent data to be able to set and monitor our targets closely. We have been using Greenstone’s sustainability software solution to collect, manage and analyse our data for over a decade now. When we first started working with Greenstone, we used it for the UK business only, but once we realised the value of it, we rolled it out globally and the Fujitsu Group now uses it in 21 countries across 400 or so sites.
As a Gold CDP Accredited Provider, Greenstone’s software gives us the confidence that we have access to accurate and reliable data enabling us to streamline reporting, increase engagement both internally and externally and focus on the strategic aspects of our Responsible Business Strategy.
I would say Greenstone’s software is integral to us monitoring our Environmental Performance, as it not only enables us to calculate and report our emissions but it enables us to monitor our progress against specific targets, year on year.
Have you broadened your reporting to align with the SDGs?
Yes we have. Fujitsu views the SDGs as a global common language and as an opportunity for wide-ranging collaboration with other organisations, including international agencies and governments.
We have integrated the SDGs into our responsible business programme and have aligned each to one, or more, of our responsible business pillars; demonstrating how our activities are aligned with the efforts of the international community in achieving the SDGs. We are also tracking our contribution to the SDGs using the responsible business and community KPI data that we collect through Greenstone’s Frameworks module – it makes it easy to have it collated in one central platform.
Fujitsu has been listed on the CDP A List for the past three years, what's your advice for companies thinking of reporting to CDP for the first time?
To become a responsible business, it makes sense to report to CDP. CDP assesses companies on the comprehensiveness of their disclosure, their awareness and management of environmental risks and their demonstration of best practices associated with environmental leadership, such as setting ambitious and meaningful targets. It scores over 5,000 companies throughout the world on their environmental action and identifies those it rates highest on the A List.
Fujitsu earning an ‘A’ (the top rating) from CDP for both climate change and water security, demonstrates the commitment and hard work from our employees in progressing our vision and purpose.
And what’s next for Fujitsu?
The world has become more interconnected with ever-growing complexity, and we are experiencing an era that is fast-changing and uncertain. Various threats to global sustainability have become apparent. It is Fujitsu's responsibility to use technology to deliver value for customers and proactively contribute to the transformation of society. Accordingly, Fujitsu has set out Our Purpose to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation, and renewed the Fujitsu Way for every person in the Group to act with Our Purpose.
In accordance to the new Fujitsu Way, the Group's approximately 130,000 people will work autonomously taking all stakeholders into account and support resolving social issues with innovation. Fujitsu also continues to embrace its new identity as a DX Company that contributes to its customers' digital transformations as a leading player in this rapidly growing domain.
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As a Gold CDP Accredited Solutions Partner, Greenstone’s software has a suite of dedicated tools to streamline the CDP reporting process. This includes GHG Protocol aligned data collection covering Scope 1,2 & 3, climate change risks and opportunities, and an initiatives savings functionality for analysing savings against targets.
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Magazine / News / Alpkit reaches investment target in eight minutes as 1,380 customers buy shares
Alpkit reaches investment target in eight minutes as 1,380 customers buy shares
Bob Smith, Editor
Tuesday 30 June 2020 10:46 AM GMT
David Hanney: 'overwhelmed by support'
A crowdfunding scheme giving customers a chance to invest in one of the UK’s fastest growing outdoors brands raised double its target.
The offer to become shareholders in Alpkit reached its initial £750,000 goal in less than eight minutes of going live on Monday.
Within 44 minutes the CrowdCube campaign hit its upper cap of £1.5m.
The Nottingham-based company said, at its height five people were investing every second.
An Alpkit spokesperson said: “This bold step follows record sales over the last 12 weeks, where like-for-like sales were up 50 per cent to £2.3m, and reflects the Alpkit ethos of being outside together.
“Alpkit firmly believes that the outdoors is for everyone and offered shares from £10 at this time of expansive growth for the company.”
Chief executive and co-founder David Hanney said: “This is an exciting time for Alpkit and we’ve been completely overwhelmed by the support from our customers.
“For a long time, they’ve been asking us whether it would be possible to invest in Alpkit and we’ve always wanted to extend our ownership and deepen our relationship with our customers. So when we looked to add financial strength to our growth plans, we wanted to involve them ahead of other financial institutions.
“The response has been incredible and we know we wouldn’t be in this position today without their loyal support.”
Alpkit said its 1,380 new shareholders will be entitled to tiered benefits, depending on their level of investment. These include discounts on Alpkit product, VIP entry to Alpkit’s annual Big Shakeout festival, a custom UK-made backpack and to be the first to hear about Alpkit’s plans.
It added that the funds raised will be invested in the opening of two new stores a year from 2021; international growth through easier translation, payment and delivery; and a programme to achieve world-class sustainability assessment using the BCorp framework by 2022.
Alpkit was started in 2004 and, as well as importing outdoor and cycling gear, makes products in the UK in its own factory in Nottingham.
There are four Alpkit stores in Hathersage, Ambleside, Keswick and the Metrocentre in Gateshead, from which the company organisers talks, rides and runs. The annual Alpkit Big Shakeout is a weekend of adventure and entertainment for 1,000 outdoor enthusiasts.
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pretty sweet May 17, 2017
What You Need to Know About America’s Brand-new Nutella Café
By Clint Rainey
Two floors to contain your chocolate-hazelnut fetish. Photo: Nutella
America is finally getting rewarded for its obsession with Italy’s most famous jarred product: It will soon be home to the world’s only official stand-alone café devoted to Nutella. Ferrero says in a press release that its Nutella Cafe — potentially the first of many — will be located in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Naturally, the menu offers Nutella many ways. Stuffed into crêpes. As a twist on pain au chocolat. Atop Liège waffles and pancakes. Poured over gelato affogatos and fruit salads. There are also savory items that, for some reason, don’t have any hazelnut spread at all — ham-and-Gruyère paninis and cold pasta salads. Or customers can swing by for a midafternoon latte or hot chocolate with whipped cream and “Nutella drizzle.”
As a technicality, it’s not the first café to be all-Nutella. Eataly has been installing Nutella bars in its markets since 2014, Toronto has an unofficial Nutella café, and a rogue store popped up in Brooklyn a few years ago that called itself Nutelleria (it didn’t make it for too long, though). But this is the first spot run directly by Ferrero. Basically, it’s like shopping for Disney princesses at the Times Square Disney Store, instead of at Target’s toy aisle or from a shady street vendor on 42nd Street.
For veteran Nutella-café-goers, it seems the main difference will be the store’s layout. “It’s designed to make you feel like you’re actually walking into a jar of Nutella,” the space’s design consultant tells the Chicago Tribune. “Everything screams ‘Nutella.’” That means white walls with various “dripping Nutella-colored embellishments” on the ceiling, light fixtures shaped like hazelnut plants, and red accents that “evoke the feeling of … the bright red ‘Nutella’ logo staring you in the face,” according to the Tribune. The two-floor space has its own Facebook page, and is set to open May 31.
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Ashley M. Farrell Pickett
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Ashley M. Farrell Pickett defends companies in complex employment class and representative litigation in both state and federal courts throughout the country. She has deep experience representing large and small employers alike at all stages of high stakes litigation—from pre-trial demands through trial or arbitration, settlement, and on appeal.
Ashley has litigated a wide range of employment claims facing companies, including wage and hour compliance, discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, leaves of absence, employee accommodations, personnel policies, and employment agreements. She is also skilled in advising employers on various issues to ensure compliance and avoid potentially costly litigation before it can arise.
Employment litigation (both state and federal courts)
Employment and labor counseling and compliance
Representations and Decisions of Broad Application
Fortune 50 Retailer
Represented Appellant before a federal circuit and obtained holding that the district court exceeded its statutory authority in remanding sua sponte based on a non-jurisdictional defect, and that defendant’s response to state court pleading did not waive its right to remove the action to federal court. Kenny v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2018 WL 650998. Link to appellate argument: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/view_video.php?pk_vid=0000012840
Roth v. CHA Hollywood Medical Center, L.P., 720 F.3d 1121 (9th Cir. June 27, 2013), Case No. 13-55771.
Represented Appellant in case of first impression before a federal circuit concerning federal court’s removal jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. sections 1441 and 1446, which reversed decades of lower court decisions and held that a defendant may remove based on facts uncovered through its own investigation.
King v. Great American Chicken Corp., Inc. 903 F.3d 875 (9th Cir. 2018)
Represented Appellant before a federal circuit and obtained holding that a plaintiff does not establish the “local controversy” exception to federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act by proving that more than two-thirds of the putative class were residents of the forum state and were employed in the forum state during the class period, as the legal standard is whether two-third are “citizens” of the forum state – a multi-factored subjective inquiry. Had the district court decision been affirmed, effectively no employment class action could be removed to federal court, as an employment class is almost universally defined as persons who worked, and resided, in the forum state.
National Restaurant Chain obtains complete defense verdict in federal jury
Seven-day jury trial resulted in a total defense verdict in case involving claims of harassment and discrimination (sexual orientation and gender), failure to prevent harassment, constructive discharge, wrongful termination, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Global travel retailer and restauranteur defeats individual claims at pleading stage
Obtained dismissal of all claims without leave to amend at the pleading stage, including claims alleging retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, and sexual harassment. Vizcaino v. Areas, USA Inc., 2015 WL 13573816 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 17, 2015)
National medical provider successfully defends former executive’s whistleblower and wrongful termination claims
Successfully defended against whistleblower and wrongful termination action brought by former company executive.
Successfully represented of one of the largest clinical laboratory networks in the world
Successfully defended client in two-plaintiff case involving allegations of discrimination, defamation and unfair competition.
Defense of Cryogenic Freezing Business against claims of senior officers
Successful defense of sexual harassment and gender discrimination claims. Successfully defense against whistleblower and wrongful termination action.
Defense of large national entertainment and booking company
Obtained dismissal with prejudice after successfully pleading challenges. Successful defense of age discrimination and wrongful termination claims; favorable settlement.
Ongoing defense of California and Nationwide class and collective actions on behalf of Abercrombie & Fitch family of companies in multiple putative class actions
Ongoing defense in putative California class and nationwide collective action seeking unpaid wages under California law and the FLSA premised on the core contention that employees were not properly compensated for pre-shift activities involving whether the employee should report for work and finding shift replacements.
Ongoing defense in putative California class action alleging claims for unpaid reporting time pay, failure to pay wages at termination, failure issue compliant wage statements, and violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law.
Ongoing defense in putative California class action alleging claims for unpaid reporting time pay, failure to pay wages at termination, failure to issue compliant wage statements, and violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law.
Took over as counsel post- class certification of 66,000 class members—all non-exempt, store associates in California— asserting unreimbursed business expenses for “uniforms,” forced patronage, and a series of derivative claims under the California Labor Code, California’s Unfair Competition Law, and PAGA.
Took over as counsel in nationwide (excluding California) FLSA putative collective action of non-exempt store associates alleging minimum wage violations stemming from unreimbursed business expenses for “uniforms,” as well as derivative state law claims under Massachusetts, New York, and Florida law.
Fortune50 Retailer. USDC Southern Case No. 3:13-cv-01919-MMA, 2014 WL 12570905 (S.D. Cal. Apr. 21, 2014)
Putative class action, privacy issues relating to employee drug testing. Entire action, including class allegations, dismissed at the pleading stage without leave to amend.
Medical center successfully avoids remand to state court
Argued that establishing that 2/3 of the class are California residents does not establish that 2/3 of the class are California citizens under the Local Controversy exception to CAFA. Obtained complete denial of class certification in published decision. Roth, et al. v. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, et al., 2013 WL 5775129 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 25, 2013).
National fitness chain successfully avoids federal claims previously settled under state law theories
Hybrid action alleging panoply of state and federal FLSA wage hour claims. Obtained voluntary dismissal with prejudice after successfully arguing that previous settlement of state law claims on an opt-out class basis also released the federal FLSA claims pled here (on an opt-in basis).
Wendy's Restaurant Group obtains dismissal of class allegations and claims
Successfully defended against putative class brought by current and former exempt employees seeking unpaid wages, and civil and statutory penalties for alleged wage and hour violations; obtained dismissal of class and dismissal of representative PAGA claim on ground that the "notice" provided to the State was insufficient notice to exhaust the preconditions to filing suit, and ruling of first impression that Labor Code section 1174 does not create a private right of action.
National Food Chain successfully defends against putative class of 9,000 in wage/hour action
After obtaining repeat orders on pleadings dismissing of individual and class claims, obtained preliminary approval of very favorable settlement with class-wide release of all related claims, including collective action claims under FLSA.
National Food Chain successfully defends against putative class action alleging misclassification
Successfully defended against putative class brought by current and former exempt employees for alleged wage and hour violations based on misclassification claims. Obtained favorable settlement on individual basis after denial of class certification.
National Marine Retailer defeats class and individual claims
Hybrid action alleging panoply of state and federal FLSA wage hour claims. Courts holds PAGA action cannot proceed in federal court absent class certification. Taylor v. W. Marine Products, Inc., No. C 13-04916 WHA, 2014 WL 1248162, at *2-3 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 26, 2014). Motion to certify class denied. Remaining action settled on very favorable terms shortly thereafter.
KinderCare defeats pay card class action in its entirety at the pleading stage
Panoply of claims pertaining to use of pay cards in lieu of live checks/direct deposit. Obtained dismissal of entire action on second motion to dismiss/strike. Judgment entered in favor of client.
National Restaurant Chain defeats pay card class action
Panoply of claims pertaining to use of pay cards in lieu of live checks/direct deposit. Entire action dismissed with prejudice.
Successful defense of large logistics/trucking company on employee and independent contractor claims
Defeated and/or settlement panoply of wage/hour claims brought by employees and independent contractor in multiple putative class action lawsuits.
Successful defense of large retailer in reimbursement claims brought on behalf of putative class
Wage hour claims arising from alleged failure to reimburse for mileage. Settled on class wide basis after partial grant of demurrers.
Successful defense one of the largest clinical laboratory on wage hour class action
Defeated class certification of wage-and-hour claims and obtained class wide release on very favorable terms. Handled and resolved on very favorable terms two class actions brought by current and former exempt employees seeking unpaid wages, and civil and statutory penalties for alleged wage and hour violations.
National health club chain successfully defends against wage/hour class action
Successfully defended against putative class action seeking unpaid wages, and civil and statutory penalties for alleged wage and hour violations.
National fitness chain successfully obtains opt-in settlement for state and FLSA wage hour claims:
Panoply of wage hour claims. Settled on class wide basis at mediation. Argued that the state law claim opt-out class (persons are bound unless they opt out) released unpled federal FLSA claims (persons are bound only if they opt in) on the same facts.
Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Labor and Employment - Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) - Defense, 2019
Listed,Super Lawyers magazine, Southern California Super Lawyers, "Rising Star," 2013-2020
Top Women Attorneys in Southern California, "Rising Star," 2019
Listed, Daily Journal, “Top 40 Under 40,” 2019
Team Member, a Law360 "Employment Practice Group of the Year," 2013
Associate Board Member, Covenant House
Member, Century City Bar Association
J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
M.B.A., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
B.B.A., Loyola Marymount University
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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Formula DRIFT 2008 Focuses on Safety
By Sean Morris 11:55 AM formula d, formula drift
Long Beach, Calif. – January 8, 2008 – The Formula DRIFT Championship Series has updated their rulebook for 2008 with a focus on safety.
“Drifting is a very exciting sport, but it is inherently dangerous and as the level of the involvement and competition increases, we need to ensure we keep safety as our top priority and we work very hard to ensure the safety of our drivers, crews, staff, spectator, and sponsors,” said Randy Hembrey, Chief Steward of Formula DRIFT.
The major updates and changes in the rulebook pertain to safety in an effort to refine and strengthen the already rigorous safety standards. Some of the highlighted changes include: updated driver’s suit and helmet minimum standards, updated roll cage specifications and eliminated bolt-in cages, and revised fire suppression system standards.
“Formula DRIFT continues to be the pre-eminent drifting series, establishing competitive and safety standards that far exceed our peers. We continue to use real-life operational experience, and the experience of the other sanctioning bodies, as well as SFI to develop our safety standards,” said Hembrey.
Formula DRIFT is an SFI (www.sfifoundation.com) Affiliate Sanctioning Body. SFI is a non-profit organization established to issue and administer standards for specialty/performance automotive and racing equipment. The benefits include: provision of and authorization for use of Copyrighted SFI Quality Assurance Specifications, assistance in rule book development regarding SFI Specifications, and answering of inquiries from participants.
"We're very pleased and proud that Formula Drift is included on the extensive list of worldwide SFI motorsport sanctioning body members and affiliates. It strongly confirms their commitment to the highest possible level of safety at Formula DRIFT sanctioned events,” said Carl Olson, Motorsports Manager of SFI.
It costs a lot of money to build a safer car. However in motorsport, and especially drifting, hitting walls is part of the sport. Car to car contact happens often. I actually wanted to see a way they can implement a HANS device, but make it possible for the drifters to look out the side of the car. Cars can be replaced, people can not. Money is just money. It is difficult to understand, and be able to follow the safety regulations for lots of grassroots guys , but drifting is progressing beyond grass roots. In World Challenge, our driver crashed his R34 GT-R twice. Both times he walked away shaken, but unhurt.
There will be moans and groans from some people about the costs, but how much cost do you put on your life?
Labels: formula d, formula drift
Formula DRIFT 2008 Focuses on Safety Reviewed by Sean Morris on 11:55 AM Rating: 5
Rally drivers and sprint/midget racers seem to do OK with HANS Devices. Why not drifters? The new sliding tether deal with HANS Devices seem to be made for the job!
it's hard to explain without trying it yourself. That argument has been brought up repeatedly. The fact is that drifting requires much more head movement than sprint/rally. Not to metion rally is more dangerous anyways. 80+ mph on a single lane dirt road with trees on both sides seems more hazardous to driver safety than a closed parking lot with energy absorabant barriers.
Sean Morris said...
HANS has a new slider that you can add on that allows you to turn your head.
No reason not to mandate a HANS in a professional series, drifting or otherwise.
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Home / Restaurant & Food Industry / Starting a Restaurant in Singapore: A birds-eye view of the primary legalities
Starting a Restaurant in Singapore: A birds-eye view of the primary legalities (Part 1)
Thinking of opening a restaurant in Singapore? The city state of Singapore is celebrated as a culinary paradise. The melting pot of multitude of culture boasts of a vibrant food scene which is sure to thrill the global gastronomes. Cuisines from all parts of the globe, American, Mediterranean, Italian, Thai, Indian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Mongolian, Brazilian, you name it you have it here in this small island state.
This guide is part one in our two-part guide on starting a restaurant in Singapore. You can open part two to learn about the other formalities that you may need to handle while starting a restaurant in Singapore at the end of this guide.
Do you wonder how the small city state, has such a dynamic restaurant industry? The avid patronage of the locals, the curious palates of the tourists and the drooling taste buds of expatriates together have made the culinary kaleidoscope all the more colorful. The favorite hobby of the nation is eating, to be more specific eating out and most of the young Singaporeans do not cook at home hence, a strong market for the restaurant business in Singapore.
The market being receptive to a variety of cuisines, enterprising restaurateurs aspiring to launch their food business in Singapore will find the going smooth and safe provided they have an exciting menu, enticing taste and the right price coupled with courteous service. Restaurateurs who are keen to set their table in Singapore will find this article informative published in two parts. This Part (Part I) will clear some clouds regarding the primary legalities to get going with starting your restaurant venture in Singapore. The start up phase involves the following important aspects:
Food Shop License
Halal Eating establishment Scheme
CPF Registration
Registration to import processed Food products and Appliances
Now that you have decided that Singapore is the ideal location for opening your restaurant, the first order of business is to setup a Singapore company. For detail, see Singapore company incorporation guide.
Relocation for Foreign Owners
Whether you are the chef de’ founder or the founding manager injecting finance and managing the restaurant enterprise, either way, the business in its infantile phase requires you to nurture at least until it breaks even and stabilizes. Successful opening of a restaurant in Singapore will likely require your presence especially in the early years.
Under the Singapore Immigration Regulations, foreign entrepreneurs who wish to setup a restaurant in Singapore will be required to apply for an Entrepass if they wish to relocate to Singapore to operate their business.
Food Shop License for Restaurant
After you have settled your company registration and relocation visa matters, you will need to identify a space that is ideally suited for the menu you serve and your target market. Under the Environmental Public Health Act, it is mandatory to secure a Food Shop License issued by the National Environment Agency (NEA) for retailing food and/or drinks. Finalizing the place for restaurant operations should precede the application for Food shop License because the authorities will inspect the premises before granting an approval for the license.
The application for the Food Shop License must be accompanied by the following supporting documents:
Compliance with the Code of Practice of Environmental Health (COPEH) and operational requirements for foodshops, which covers areas like minimum kitchen size, refuse management, noise and cooking fumes control etc. Please study the requirements appended. They will be verified through a pre-licensing check of the premises upon the completion of renovations and installation of equipment.
Approval from the land agency e.g. URA and HDB (referred to as planning permission from land agencies)*
Tenancy agreement **
Details of applicant – one of the following (where applicable):
Individual – Both sides of NRIC
Company – Information Business Profile from Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)
Society – Certificate of Registration from Registrar of Societies
Basic food hygiene certificate/Refresher food hygiene certificate of foodhandlers
Food hygiene officer certificate (for Food caterers, Restaurants, Foodcourts and Canteens only)
Cleaning program
A scaled metric layout plan of the premises showing the layout in the kitchen, preparation area, refreshment area, toilets, stores, etc.
Pest control contract covering the control of rodents, cockroaches and flies during the year-long licensing period. The inspection frequency of the food shop premises covered in the contract shall be at least once a month to detect any sign of pest infestation.
Supplementary Information form to capture business name, type of food sold, business operating hours, etc.
Food Safety Management Plan (with critical control points identified) or proof of registration for the “WSQ Apply FSMS for Food Service Establishments” course. (For Food Caterers only)
Photos showing the interior and exterior of the catering vehicle
Vehicle log card or tenancy agreement for rental vehicle to prove ownership of catering vehicle
Cleaning program for catering vehicle
*Please note that this is potential pitfall for applicant. Applicant should ensure the relevant planning permission is obtained, prior to signing any tenancy agreement and investing in renovations/equipment for the premises.
**Please note that the submission of a tenancy agreement is not required during the initial stage of application for a licence. The tenancy agreement will only be required at the final stage, before NEA approves and issues the licence. You are advised not to sign any tenancy agreement, until the land agency concerned has approved the relevant use for the premises, and you are reasonably confident you can meet with the COPEH requirements by also verifying with the owner/landlord on the necessary renovations like installation of exhaust system, piping for sinks etc.
Application for the Food Shop License for your Singapore restaurant is made online and the processing time is approximately 1-2 weeks. There will be a pre-licensing inspection of the premises where you plan to open your restaurant and depending on the outcome of the inspection, the processing time may be affected. If the application and supporting documents are in order, an in-principle approval and a list of hygiene requirements for compliance will be given to the applicant.
You may commence the set up or renovation of the premises for your Singapore restaurant according to the layout plan submitted in your Food Shop License application. Once set up or renovation of the premises is complete, you will need to inform the NEA to arrange for a site inspection to verify the compliance of all the hygiene requirements. Upon verification of the hygiene requirements, the license will be issued. The license has to be renewed every year.
Starting a restaurant means you will need to hire local and perhaps foreign workers as well. Staff in most restaurants in Singapore consists of both local and foreign workers due to the fact that most Singaporeans don’t like to work in this industry. For foreign staff, you will need to apply for a relevant work pass which is subject to approval by manpower authorities. For more details on staff hiring, refer to employee hiring guide for Singapore companies.
These are the most preliminary yet primary legalities while opening a restaurant in Singapore. This can be accomplished easily with the help of professional firms who provide company incorporation and related business services.
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Tin Woody: 1950 Pontiac Streamliner Deluxe Station Wagon – Sold!
Mar 2020 | Classifinds, Wagon Wednesday
Update: This one got away, but if you have your heart set on something similar, email us the details of what you’re looking for or call Rudy directly at (908)295-7330
1950 marked a milestone year for GM station wagons as production shifted from labor-intensive and expensive-to-produce wood bodies to all-metal shells using woodgrain trim such as this example listed on Craigslist in Bern, North Carolina where the caretaker of the past eights years is asking $21,500. Checking the Hagerty Insurance Online Valuation Tool confirms this private seller has his Streamliner priced $300 above the current #3 “Good” estimate of $21,200.
Excerpt from Hagerty Insurance:
Pontiac’s lineup was restyled in 1949 by Herman Kaiser along Harley Earl’s guidelines. The cars featured a full-width body and curved two-piece windshield common to Cadillac and Oldsmobile. Two models were built, the Streamliner and Chieftain, and both rode on a 120-inch wheelbase. Both could also be ordered with either a 239-cid six-cylinder L-head engine that made 90 hp, or a 248-cid straight-eight mill that developed 104 hp. Transmissions were the Hydramatic automatic (78%) and three-speed manual.
The Streamliner was Pontiac’s entry-level model. Pontiac Streamliners could be ordered as two-door sedan coupes, four-door fastback sedans, and an eight-passenger station wagon that could come with or without a Di-Noc exterior. DeLuxe trim could be added to any body style, which ultimately amounted to the addition of a full-length side spear and gravel guards to the rear fenders. Unique to the 1949 Streamliner was a sedan delivery body style, of which nearly 2,500 were manufacture. The car was aimed at the fleet market, much like Chevrolet’s sedan delivery, only it offered a V-8 option unlike the Chevy.
The 1950 Pontiac Streamliner was little changed from the previous year, except that the station wagon migrated to the Chieftain model, and the remaining cars wore a bolder grille. The 1951 model year marked the end of the fastback sedan body styles, leaving just a coupe. Options included a big sun visor and traffic light viewer, seven-tube radio, and Remington auto-home shaver. The price of 1950 Streamliner station wagons fell from $2,543 the prior year to $2264 for standard Sixes and from $2,690 to $2411 for Deluxe Eights due to the fact all-metal construction did not require final work be completed at either Hercules Body Company or Iona Manufacturing.
This tin woody makes a compelling alternative to a traditional “Woody” wagon as it has the look with nowhere near the maintenance required. With a freshly rebuilt straight eight connected to a freshly rebuilt transmission, as the new caretaker you’ll receive the benefit of those repairs without the cost. Based on the pictures and description provided, we get the impression the current caretaker has his Streamliner well sorted and ready to start the cruise season. Good luck with the purchase!
Here’s the seller’s description:
“Very nice running car. I’ve owned it since 2012, and have put @ 21,000 miles on it as a good weather driver. I’ve done everything necessary to fix stuff that didn’t work, along with a new interior, radial tires, and a brand new rebuilt straight 8 engine in October. The Hydramatic trans was rebuilt a couple years ago. Rides nice, doesn’t overheat.
Call Tom for further info. or email through CL. NO TEXTS PLEASE.
Will consider reasonable offers.“
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I N V I T A T I O N S
Colleen Meheen
A "Sublime Romance" Hotel & Venue in the Heart of Tuscany
Monteverdi Tuscany Hotel Experience
Monteverdi is a rare boutique hotel experience that ignites your passions, awakens your curiosity and indulges your senses. It is the timeless Tuscany you dream about: Medieval hilltop village; no paved roads or sidewalks. Sweeping views of fields of gold and green, cypress trees and vineyards, Roman roads, watchtowers and walled cities.
Expand Your Sense of Wonder
Every experience at Monteverdi evokes pleasure and wonder. Concerts by world-class musicians and singers. Exhibits by international painters and sculptors. Lectures by renowned thinkers. Innovative farm-to-table cuisine paired with legendary wines of the region. All set against the backdrop of a quintessential Tuscan landscape, lush gardens, lingering green spaces and an infinity pool perfect for reading and reflection.
Monteverdi is a place like no other, a one-of-a-kind setting to enjoy a laugh with a soprano, an enlightening conversation with fellow travelers or profound silence.
Hotel Location: Castiglioncello Del Trinoro in Tuscany, Italy
Castiglioncello del Trinoro, home to Monteverdi Tuscany, is midway between Rome and Florence in southern Tuscany, Italy. This medieval hamlet overlooks the historic Val d’Orcia in the province of Siena, and is where our villas, eighteen widely dispersed hotel rooms, restaurants, spa, art gallery and cultural and culinary events come together.
The winding gravel roads which crisscross the region offer the opportunity to set a brake on the race against time. One of these unpaved roads leads you to an altitude of 750 meters where Monteverdi shyly awaits you. A discreet sign indicates the hotel’s reception area.
Ways of life, such as wine and cheese making, have remained largely unchanged for centuries in the region. Sheep grazing on the hillsides provide the milk for pecorino cheese, while local vineyards produce the grapes that will become the finest wines in the world.
Our location is one of our greatest strengths. From Monteverdi, it is an easy drive to the most renowned Tuscan hill towns: Siena, Montepulciano, Orvieto and Pienza, to name only a few. Bigger cities such as Florence and Rome are equally available for day trips by catching the train from the nearby town of Chiusi. Many of our guests like our mountaintop location for its bosky hiking trails and its verandas that frame the vastness of the green Tuscan hills. Others prefer to drive to a nearby village or city for shopping, and exploring art and history.
Even the most seasoned traveler can sometimes lose his way, and a member of the Monteverdi family is always available to direct you to our village. We can assure you that as soon as you arrive at Castiglioncello, you will promptly realize that the less traveled road has made all the difference.
From our Tuscan village, all is possible during your stay at Monteverdi Tuscany.
Create your amazing day and dream in the heart of a Tuscan village, with all the romance and wonder tucked in the stone streets, sun-drenched hillsides and radiant Merlots as you toast to "happily ever after!"
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History of the 1950-1967 Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter
Like the Beetle, the Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter is a true “world car,” as likely to be found in Katmandu, as in Valparaiso, Chile, or Pebble Beach. The Transporter shared the Type 1 Beetle’s running gear, which provided it with excellent ground clearance and an ability to run economically and indefinitely on near-kerosene. These adaptable attributes more than made up for the Transporter’s modest power output and low top speed, and helped spread it worldwide. Today the Volkswagen Type 2 is an iconic vehicle for nearly every generation of enthusiast.
Dutch importer Ben Pon's original 1947 notebook sketch for a factory runabout led to over 6.5 million "bullis" (as they were called in Germany) being produced in air-cooled and later water-cooled “wasserbus” variations, before the arrival of the front-engine Eurovan in 1993.
The first generation, or "split-window," Transporter, named for its two-piece windshield, was made from 1950 to 1967. Americans most typically associate the VW Type 2 with the popular Kombi and Samba people-movers which have come to embody 1960s counter culture. In reality, however, there were a dizzying selection of commercial and more utilitarian variations. Volkswagen “buses,” served as ambulances, police cars, hearses, crane trucks, fire trucks, campers, and even railroad speeders. Doors could be ordered on either or both sides.
The Volkswagen pickup arrived in 1952 and, while only about one third as many trucks were sold as buses, they proved enormously versatile. The 18-inch space between the original bus floor and the pickup bed proved to be an excellent lockable storage place for equipment. Crew-cab pickups appeared in 1957 accompanied by a shorter five-foot bed, and full synchromesh transmission was fitted from 1959. The one-millionth Transporter was sold in 1962.
The Type 2’s original 1,131-cc, 25-hp power unit was enlarged to 1,192 cc in 1953, and power was upped to 40 hp in 1959. The 1,493-cc, 50-hp engine was optional from 1962 and the final 1585-cc engine arrived in 1966. In 1968, the Transporter received a refresh, with more modern conveniences being added to the model.
Americans tend to refer to the different models of the collectible split-window buses by the number of their windows. The basic Kombi (popularly referred to as “T1,” “bus,” or “microbus”) is the 11-window version with a split windshield, two front cabin windows, six rear side windows and one in the rear. The sunroof deluxe version has eight side windows and two in the rear. In addition it has eight small skylight windows, thus the 23-window designation. In 1964, Volkswagen incorporated a wider rear door on the bus and the rear corner windows were deleted and this model gained the 21-window moniker. Both the 23- and later 21-Window versions are nicknamed “Samba,” and typically are the most expensive Type 2 today. A “Westfalia” camper series, which could include a sink, refrigerator, stove and a pop-up roof for a bedroom, also have an enthusiastic and supportive following.
Parts are no problem for Transporters and many upgrades are easy to execute. High production numbers mean it is easy to find a microbus, though most have been lovingly used for so long that condition can be a common concern. Prices for solid examples are still mostly within reach for most enthusiasts—provided the model doesn’t tick all of the right boxes in terms of window count, colors, and period accessories.
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$155 as well as upFor a 92-year-old hotel, the Resort Figueroa is very “on trend,” as marketing professionals like to state. It was developed by the Y.W.C.A. as a solely female hostelry an area where solitary females, consisting of striving actresses, could stay without concern of the Harvey Weinsteins of the globe. The Figueroa allegedly also offered the United States its initial female hotel supervisor: Maude Bouldin, a motorcyle-riding excursion de force.
Then the lengthy decrease of downtown Los Angeles took a toll. By 2014, when brand-new proprietors started a $60 million deluxe overhaul, the hotel had a Morocco-by-way-of-Sweden motif (don’t ask) and also was satisfying discount German tour teams. The renovation, which was finished previously this year, leans right into the Figueroa’s feminist background, with art work from regional female musicians on the wall surfaces and typical areas designed to host women-centric “beauty parlors.”The Fig, as citizens recognize it, rests across the street from L.A.
. The Grammy Museum is also situated there. Midtown stretches in the opposite direction, using the gentrified food lover holy place Grand Central Market as well as the recovered Movie theater at Ace Resort, which holds indie bands and also screens art films. The spacious Flower Market to the south is eye-popping and also only fees $1 admission on Saturdays.
Priced at $359.20 for a Saturday evening in early November, not including tax obligation, our “traditional queen” room on an upper floor felt like a wardrobe, and the view was mainly of a wall. A generously equipped minibar took up the majority of the actual wardrobe, leaving no space for a traveling bag.
(My partner, Joe, sarcastically kept in mind that the space did include two condoms, nonetheless.) The thermostat appeared to have a mind of its very own, which made me homicidal. On the bonus side, there was a basket of totally free snacks Oreos, Red Vines as well as the bed was comfy. The area was also very quiet.
The bare walls appeared like unfinished cement and among both lighting fixtures alongside the mirror was missing out on; a bare bulb simply hung there. Switching on the shower needed the navigation of 2 counterproductive levers, and also it was so dark because corner of the washroom that it was tough to inform which container was shampoo and also which one was body wash.
Bouldin!Before supper, we picked up drinks (a martini for Joe and also a cucumber mint lemonade for me) at Rick’s, an enchanting indoor-outdoor lounge. As “Juicy” by the Well-known B.I.G. played on the audio system, we camped out by a crackling fireplace as well as marveled at the huge, 50-year-old cactuses lining the hotel’s coffin-shaped pool (Warranty Support).
Our server, Christopher, patiently answered my 700 inquiries about the little plates and also “pintxos” on the menu. We breathed in the fried kale lollipop with dill crme frache ($10) and also plaything box squash with avocado and olives ($14) before carrying on to entrees, including deep-fried chicken with a smoked peach as well as jalapeo salad ($29) spicy as well as scrumptious, also if the fruit was inedibly unripe – Warranty Support.
We ordered room solution using an iPad perched on the nightstand and were given a 35-minute wait time. It took an hour and 14 mins for our straightforward order of coffee, yogurt and a ham, egg as well as cheese sandwich to show up. The server shrugged when I grumbled and also explained that the idea was currently consisted of.
Canines are welcome to remain with their owners for a $50 charge. The hotel has a stylish, 24-hour health club outfitted with treadmills, an elliptical exerciser equipment, kettlebells and also cost-free weights, to name a few products. Private yoga courses and fitness instructors are readily available upon demand (Warranty Support). High-speed Wi-Fi is complimentary. High end boutique hotels are everything about interest to detail, which appears to be a work in progression at the Figueroa.
“Facilities and that it was extremely tidy. The bed was outstanding” “Situated near Venice beach” “Even thoughit was little it was cosy as well as it consisted of a really, extremely light breakfast” “I liked this resort significantly it was extremely homely, staff were wonderful (Warranty Support). Food was great” “The entire experience were simply wonderful.
It absolutely seems like you have actually gotten back. The parking, the treats, the beverage device, the secure food service – all leading noch! The breakfest was additionally ok. And also the area is excellent. I had a vehicle and also could get all over effortless. All the piece de resistance remain in strolling distance though.
A stunning hotel. Staff were first course” “The personnel are amazing, the place is perfect” # 1 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last evaluation published 3 days ago “This is a leading notch hotel as well as I would happily stay there once again.” “The Peninsula is pure course.” “morning meal is pricey yet the amout of food is fairly …” # 2 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last testimonial uploaded 18 days ago “An idyllic beginning to our honeymoon in the U.S – an absolutely unbelievable hotel!” “This is a wonderful hotel all the team are leading class as well as …” “Extraordinary” # 3 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last evaluation posted 4 days ago “Love this area!” “Love Tom.” “Tom is a terrific as well as extremely practical host!” # 4 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last evaluation published 8 days ago “The very best” “Finest in Beverly Hills” “Standard Beverly Hills” # 5 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last evaluation posted 3 days ago “Area, breakfast & place” “Had a terrific remain here!” “Spacious & tidy space.” # 6 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last evaluation published 8 days ago “Whatever was exceptional.” “Xavier is amazing!” “Wonderful breakfast!” # 7 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last evaluation uploaded 14 days ago “Place” “Excellent” “Personnel were very friendly and fitting with all requests.” # 8 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last testimonial published 2 days ago “Place terrific.” “You don’t get the space you publication.” “Spacious spaces” # 9 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last testimonial posted 3 days ago “the most awful cleansing personnel ever!” “Excellent Hotel with plenty of room and luxury surfaces.
I will certainly be back.” “I actually enjoyed my remain below because of the many features …” “Super clean.” # 11 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last testimonial published 2 days ago “Great place.” “Terrific service, extremely exclusive location.” “Everything is excellent one of the most effective hotels in Beverley …” # 12 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last testimonial posted 5 days ago “Intriguing resort style.” “7 evening remain in the hotel from heaven” “Beach area.” # 13 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last evaluation uploaded 6 days ago “The team were extremely useful.” “Central to many areas, quiet and lovely.” “Everything was perfect!” # 14 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last evaluation posted 4 days ago “Very wonderful and comfortable” “practical” “Noisy in the early morning baggage carts going by” # 15 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last review uploaded 6 days ago “The morning meal is superb and the workers, particularly …” “Superb area.” “The location is fantastic.” # 16 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last testimonial published 4 days ago “The service was flawless.” “Nothing” “Fantastic stay when we go to call home for a fun weekend.
Excellent morning meal!” “Pretty hotel with terrific health club but not worth the rate.” “Enjoyed LAAC – Will certainly come back!” # 24 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last testimonial uploaded 6 days ago “Really cool, wonderful men -and also informal- from Front Workdesk to the Cleansing Ladies, excellent area as well” “It was a in” “PLEASED” # 25 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last testimonial posted 7 days ago “Will never ever stay in a hostel again” “Epic!” “420 friendly paradise” # 26 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last evaluation published 3 days ago “Sign in was so easy a very easy, the place itself is fairly …” “Attractive home” “Everything great other than wifi.
That’s how we understand our testimonials come from actual visitors that have actually remained at the residential property. Adhered to by a journey When visitors remain at the residential or commercial property, they have a look at how peaceful the space is, just how friendly the staff is, as well as a lot more. As well as finally, an evaluation After their trip, guests inform us concerning their keep.
If you scheduled through us and also wish to leave an evaluation, please check in very first. End of dialog web content 758330,1088270,1082010,1073010,1081120,1077860,1079640.
Alyssa Powell/Business Insider When you’re a Los Angeles-based amusement and also way of life journalist like me, you usually discover on your own at the 4 Seasons Resort Los Angeles at Beverly Hills – Warranty Support. That’s because the resort is well understood as one of the very best seen-and-be seen places for a working browse through as well as a power lunch or supper around.
But it’s not all rigid service and also formality. As a 4 Seasons, the hotel is welcoming to families as well as travelers of all types seeking the uniformity of a popular international high-end chain. Naturally with the passing celebrity as well as bold-faced name, it’s likewise wonderful for people watching. I count myself lucky to call it something of a second house in community.
I’ll never neglect the time I saw with my partner for a staycation when I was 9 months expecting, or more lately, over the cheery vacation season when the usual areas were festooned with floral and also decor setups from celeb flower shop Jeff Leatham. Because of this, it’s no shock it made our listing of the ideal resorts in Los Angeles for 2020. Costs for entry-level spaces here start in the $400s, according to on-line search results page at the time of magazine.
On my current Xmas stay, I stayed in a mid-tier Deluxe Balcony King area, which was comped for testimonial objectives, however usually publications for $595. I have actually constantly seen conventional areas, which are in fact larger, and also with a reduced rate point. Unless you’re traveling with family or planning to entertain in-room, in my experience, a standard-sized area is the finest worth for first-class holiday accommodations that are roomy, luxurious, and also prime for people-watching.
$155 as well as upFor a 92-year-old resort, the Resort Figueroa is very “on fad,” as marketing professionals like to state. It was built by the Y.W.C.A. as a solely female hostelry an area where single ladies, consisting of aspiring starlets, can remain without worry of the Harvey Weinsteins of the globe. The Figueroa supposedly also gave the USA its very first female hotel manager: Maude Bouldin, a motorcyle-riding trip de force.
After that the lengthy decline of midtown Los Angeles took a toll. By 2014, when new owners started a $60 million high-end overhaul, the resort had a Morocco-by-way-of-Sweden motif (don’t ask) and was catering to discount German tour teams. The improvement, which was finished earlier this year, leans into the Figueroa’s feminist history, with artwork from local female artists on the walls and usual rooms designed to host women-centric “hair salons.”The Fig, as citizens know it, sits nearby from L.A.
. The Grammy Gallery is also situated there. Midtown stretches in the opposite direction, offering the gentrified foodie holy place Grand Central Market and also the recovered Theater at Ace Hotel, which hosts indie bands and screens art movies. The spacious Flower Market to the south is eye-popping and also only charges $1 admission on Saturdays.
Priced at $359.20 for a Saturday night in very early November, not including tax, our “classic queen” room on a top flooring felt like a closet, as well as the sight was mainly of a wall surface. A generously equipped minibar used up a lot of the real storage room, leaving no room for a luggage.
(My partner, Joe, sardonically noted that the area did feature 2 condoms, nonetheless.) The thermostat seemed to have a mind of its very own, which made me bloodthirsty. On the bonus side, there was a basket of free snacks Oreos, Red Vines and the bed was comfortable. The room was also extremely quiet.
The bare walls looked like unfinished cement and also one of both lighting fixtures alongside the mirror was missing; a bare light bulb simply dangled there. Turning on the shower called for the navigating of 2 counterintuitive levers, and also it was so dark because corner of the shower room that it was difficult to inform which container was hair shampoo and which one was body clean.
Bouldin!Before dinner, we picked up beverages (a martini for Joe and a cucumber mint lemonade for me) at Rick’s, an enchanting indoor-outdoor lounge. As “Juicy” by the Infamous B.I.G. played on the stereo, we by a crackling fire place and also marveled at the monumental, 50-year-old cactuses lining the resort’s coffin-shaped pool (Warranty Support).
Our server, Christopher, patiently addressed my 700 inquiries about the small plates and also “pintxos” on the food selection. We breathed in the fried kale lollipop with dill crme frache ($10) as well as toy box squash with avocado and also olives ($14) before going on to entrees, consisting of fried hen with a grilled peach and jalapeo salad ($29) spicy and tasty, also if the fruit was inedibly immature – Warranty Support.
We got space service making use of an iPad perched on the nightstand and also were offered a 35-minute delay time. It took a hr and 14 mins for our basic order of coffee, yogurt and also a pork, egg as well as cheese sandwich to show up. The server shrugged when I complained as well as explained that the suggestion was currently included.
Canines are welcome to remain with their owners for a $50 cost. The resort has a trendy, 24-hour gym equipped with treadmills, an elliptical equipment, kettlebells and also weights, amongst various other products. Private yoga exercise classes and also physical fitness instructors are available upon request (Warranty Support). High-speed Wi-Fi is free. Upscale store resorts are everything about attention to information, which appears to be a job in progress at the Figueroa.
“Facilities and also that it was spick-and-span. The bed was outstanding” “Located near Venice coastline” “Also thoughit was little it was cosy and also it included an extremely, extremely light morning meal” “I liked this resort quite it was extremely homely, personnel were fantastic (Warranty Support). Food was great” “The entire experience were simply superb.
It really really feels like you have gotten home. The parking, the treats, the drink machine, the get food solution – all leading noch! The breakfest was also ok. And the area is ideal. I had a car as well as could get everywhere easy. All the major destination remain in strolling distance though.
A lovely hotel. Personnel were first course” “The staff are incredible, the place is excellent” # 1 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last review published 3 days ago “This is a leading notch hotel as well as I would gladly stay there once again.” “The Peninsula is pure class.” “morning meal is expensive yet the amout of food is relatively …” # 2 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last review uploaded 18 days ago “A picturesque begin to our honeymoon in the U.S – a genuinely extraordinary hotel!” “This is a wonderful hotel all the personnel are top class and also …” “Remarkable” # 3 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last evaluation uploaded 4 days ago “Love this location!” “Love Tom.” “Tom is a remarkable as well as extremely helpful host!” # 4 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last testimonial uploaded 8 days ago “The most effective” “Finest in Beverly Hills” “Standard Beverly Hills” # 5 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last evaluation posted 3 days ago “Area, breakfast & area” “Had a fantastic remain below!” “Spacious & clean area.” # 6 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last evaluation uploaded 8 days ago “Everything was superb.” “Xavier is amazing!” “Terrific breakfast!” # 7 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last testimonial posted 14 days ago “Area” “Great” “Team were extremely pleasant and suiting with all requests.” # 8 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last testimonial published 2 days ago “Location wonderful.” “You do not get the room you book.” “Sizable areas” # 9 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last testimonial published 3 days ago “the worst cleansing personnel ever before!” “Terrific Resort with lots of area as well as luxury finishes.
I will certainly be back.” “I actually appreciated my stay below due to the countless amenities …” “Super tidy.” # 11 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last testimonial published 2 days ago “Great place.” “Excellent solution, extremely personal area.” “Everything is best one of the very best hotels in Beverley …” # 12 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last review uploaded 5 days ago “Fascinating hotel design.” “7 evening remain in the hotel from paradise” “Beach location.” # 13 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last review published 6 days ago “The staff were unbelievably practical.” “Central to most places, peaceful and also enchanting.” “Every little thing was excellent!” # 14 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last review uploaded 4 days ago “Very wonderful and comfortable” “doable” “Noisy in the early morning baggage carts passing” # 15 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last testimonial published 6 days ago “The breakfast is exceptional and the staff members, especially …” “Wonderful area.” “The place is excellent.” # 16 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last review uploaded 4 days ago “The solution was impressive.” “Nothing” “Remarkable keep when we most likely to call house for an enjoyable weekend.
Excellent morning meal!” “Pretty hotel with great fitness center yet unworthy the cost.” “Liked LAAC – Will definitely come back!” # 24 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last evaluation uploaded 6 days ago “Actually amazing, terrific guys -and laid-back- from Front Workdesk to the Cleansing Ladies, fantastic area as well” “It was a in” “PLEASED” # 25 of 389 hotels in Los Angeles Last review uploaded 7 days ago “Will never remain in a hostel once again” “Impressive!” “420 pleasant paradise” # 26 of 389 resorts in Los Angeles Last review published 3 days ago “Check in was so simple an easy, the place itself is quite …” “Lovely home” “Every little thing good except wifi.
That’s exactly how we recognize our evaluations come from actual visitors that have actually stayed at the home. Adhered to by a trip When guests remain at the building, they inspect out how silent the room is, exactly how pleasant the personnel is, and also extra. And also lastly, a review After their trip, guests inform us about their keep.
If you scheduled via us as well as intend to leave a testimonial, please check in very first. End of dialog web content 758330,1088270,1082010,1073010,1081120,1077860,1079640.
Alyssa Powell/Business Insider When you’re a Los Angeles-based entertainment and also lifestyle journalist like me, you often discover yourself at the 4 Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills – Warranty Support. That’s because the resort is well understood as one of the most effective seen-and-be seen areas for a working visit as well as a power lunch or supper around.
But it’s not all stiff organisation and rule. As a Four Seasons, the resort is welcoming to family members as well as tourists of all kinds looking for the uniformity of a renowned international deluxe chain. Obviously with the passing celeb as well as bold-faced name, it’s likewise great for people watching. I count myself lucky to call it something of a 2nd home in community.
I’ll never neglect the moment I visited with my other half for a staycation when I was nine months expecting, or more just recently, over the joyful vacation period when the common spaces were adorned with flower as well as design installations from star flower shop Jeff Leatham. Therefore, it’s no surprise it made our listing of the best resorts in Los Angeles for 2020. Prices for entry-level rooms here start in the $400s, according to on the internet search results page at the time of magazine.
On my current Christmas stay, I stayed in a mid-tier Deluxe Porch King area, which was comped for evaluation purposes, however commonly books for $595. I have actually always seen conventional rooms, which are in fact bigger, and with a lower rate factor. Unless you’re traveling with household or preparing to entertain in-room, in my experience, a standard-sized room is the very best worth for first-class holiday accommodations that are roomy, extravagant, and prime for people-watching.
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New National Flood Insurance Program Rates Delayed Until 2021
The FEMA move comes a week after dozens of members of Congress worried about skyrocketing rates for their constituents pushed the agency to defer its planned rate restructuring — known as Risk Rating 2.0.
by Alex Harris and Alex Daugherty, Miami Herald / November 11, 2019
In 2016, Hurricane Matthew caused massive damage and severe flooding along the Atlantic Coast. (Shutterstock)
(TNS) — Floridians have another year of reprieve before they face a likely hike in their flood insurance premiums, thanks to political pressure from Congress over a potentially drastic revamp to the National Flood Insurance Program.
The planned change to the way the NFIP charges policyholders is meant to claw the program out of its multibillion-dollar debts and help the nation adapt to the growing risk of climate change — in exchange for an end to the subsidies coastal residents have relied on for decades.
No state would face a bigger financial impact than Florida, where 35 percent of the program’s policies are written.
A week after dozens of members of Congress worried about skyrocketing rates for their constituents pushed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to defer its planned rate restructuring — known as Risk Rating 2.0 — the agency announced it would enact the new rates in October 2021 instead of October 2020.
“Some additional time is required to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the proposed rating structure so as to protect policyholders and minimize any unintentional negative effects of the transition,” the agency said in a statement. The delay also allows FEMA to switch everyone’s rates at once instead of in phases, as originally planned.
The agency originally planned to release its new rate structure in April 2020, so it’s unclear exactly how much higher rates will get. Last week, FEMA announced that renewal premiums will increase an average of 11.3 percent nationwide, and that’s without the impact of the revamped rates.
Risk Rating 2.0 is the NFIP’s big plan to get itself back in financial shape. The organization is deeply in debt after decades of expensive back-to-back natural disasters and inaccurate pricing for many coastal homes left the NFIP paying out more than consumers paid in.
Coastal residents, in particular, enjoy flood insurance policies that are cheaper than they should be thanks to the organization’s outdated risk modeling, which doesn’t take sea level rise or tidal flooding into account. But that modeling, along with FEMA’s outdated and inaccurate mapping, have led people across the country to believe their homes are safe from flooding when they really aren’t.
“People for 40 years were led to believe that FEMA flood maps were the gospel on their flood risk,” said Albert Slap, president of Florida-based Coastal Risk Consulting. “People have been wiped out as a result of following FEMA flood maps.”
He cites the example of Hurricane Harvey, which flooded more than 200,000 homes in Houston, Texas. Three-quarters of those homes were in a FEMA flood zone where flood insurance isn’t mandatory, he said, so most of them didn’t have flood insurance.
Slap agrees with former NFIP Head Roy Wright, who said last year that everyone with a Florida driver’s license should have flood insurance.
The last time the NFIP changed its rate structure to reflect the real risk of flooding, the results were disastrous for homeowners. Premiums increased tenfold in places like the Keys, and the changes were walked back two years later.
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Miami, said she hopes the yearlong delay will give FEMA more time to determine optimal flood insurance rates that will not dramatically increase costs for residents and businesses in Florida.
“I support FEMA’s decision to defer implementation of Risk Rating 2.0 for an additional year,” Mucarsel-Powell, who represents the low-lying Florida Keys, said in a statement. “I urge FEMA to use this extra time to protect policyholders and conduct a comprehensive analysis of the program. I hope this delay will result in greater clarity and transparency from FEMA in the future. Homeowners and businesses deserve more information regarding any significant changes in their flood insurance premiums.”
Six of the seven House members from Miami-Dade and Broward counties signed on to a letter urging a long-term flood insurance fix from FEMA in lieu of raising flood insurance rates around Election Day 2020. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens, was the only lawmaker from South Florida who didn’t sign the letter. Fifteen of Florida’s 27 House members, including Democrats like Broward Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Republicans like Panhandle Rep. Matt Gaetz, signed the letter.
Florida Reps. Francis Rooney, R-Naples; Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg; and Mucarsel-Powell also issued a joint statement praising FEMA’s decision but said the agency should not issue a double-digit rate increase to flood insurance premiums.
“We’re encouraged that FEMA is listening to Congress’s concerns about the impacts of Risk Rating 2.0,” the lawmakers said. “FEMA’s promise to protect policyholders and minimize any unintentional negative effects in the transition is vital to ensuring the NFIP remains successful. We hope FEMA will more actively engage with Congress to ensure transparency around the fundamental changes they have proposed.
“We led the call for a lower premium cap and delay of Risk Rating 2.0 because our constituents cannot suffer a double-digit rate increase. While this temporary reprieve should prevent rate shocks next year, it does not change that premium hikes are on the horizon. We remain committed to our goal of preventing premium spikes and making the NFIP more affordable. A long-term reauthorization is an opportunity to increase the affordability, sustainability and usability of the program and we must get it right.”
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[[Nick and Ki are still lying in bed after a long day of searching for Earth. Nick reaches down and places a hand on Ki's stomach.]]
Nick: Let's talk about something else. How are you doing, "mom"?
Ki: [Placing her hand on Nick's] OK, I suppose. It's a bit boring watching you guys have all the fun, but "we" are doing just fine.
Nick: When are you supposed to start "showing"?
Ki: Dr. Granger says it should be in a couple weeks. And the morning sickness is better, but she said it could still last a while.
Ki: [Propping herself up on an elbow and putting her chin in her hand] So... are we ready for this? To be parents?
Nick: I think so. We've had some time to ourselves, and it's been something we've wanted for a long time.
Ki: [Lying back down, slightly annoyed] Well, I was hoping for the NORMAL trials of pregnancy, not having dozens of aliens measuring and quantifying my every move.
Nick: [Raising a hand in a sweeping gesture] Just repeat to yourself, "For science"...
References: Ki's pregnancy; Right before Nick finds out
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Rostec begins production of Mi-171A3 offshore prototype
By Helicopters Staff
Development of Russian Helicopter’s Mi-171A3 began in 2018, targeting a maximum takeoff weight of 13,000 kg. (Photo: Rostec)
Russian Helicopters, part of Rostec State Corporation, started production of the first Mi-171A3 prototype offshore helicopter, being built to carry up to 24 passengers. Flight tests of rotorcraft are scheduled to start in the summer of 2021 and the company expects to begin deliveries in 2022. The first Mi-171A3 is being built by several Russian Helicopters facilities in cooperation with the National Helicopter Center Мil&Kamov for avionics, as well as structural input from Kazan and Progress Arsenyev Aviation.
The main focus of Mi-171A3 will be to service offshore drilling rigs for companies in the fuel and energy sector. It will be capable of transporting people, freight, and carrying out search and rescue operations if necessary. The SAR capabilities will include the additional installation of equipment like on-board hoists and medical technology. Russian Helicopters explains operators that use the helicopter for SAR will be able to convert the aircraft at its own base.
“Unique solutions ensuring safety of flights over water have been developed for the first offshore helicopter in Russia,” said Anatoliy Serdyukov, Cluster Industrial Director, Rostec Aviation. “The helicopter’s onboard equipment provides for navigation in high latitudes and communication with sea-going vessels. The helicopter has an emergency floatation system and life rafts, and a special crash-resistant fuselage section has been developed for it. Separate parts of the helicopter are already being assembled.”
Serdyukov continues to explain the first rotorcraft for flight is to be assembled in early 2021 at the company’s Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant. “In 2021, we plan to show the rotorcraft at MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon for the first time, as one of the most recent key developments of Rostec,” he said.
After being completely assembled, the helicopter will be transferred to NHC for the integration of avionics. Then a cycle of ground and flight tests will take place. Kazan Helicopters will make the helicopter’s cargo floor, which has been made similar to that of Mi-38. Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company is making parts of composite materials for the nose and board panels for the middle part of the fuselage section.
“Mi-171A3 is very much sought-after for offshore operations. The rotorcraft has been created as a result of cooperation among Rostec holding companies. Expanding hydrocarbon production on the Arctic shelf requires a fleet of reliable and modern helicopters, which can be operated in the most difficult weather and climatic conditions,” said Andrey Boginsky, Director General of Russian Helicopters. “Starting from 2022, we will be ready to hand over the first serial helicopters to the launch customer.”
Development of the Mi-171A3 began in 2018. The rotorcraft’s maximum takeoff weight is set to be rated at 13,000 kg, with the ability to carry up to 24 passengers and reach a maximum range of 1,000 km.
The helicopter is intended for operation in various environments, including maritime, tropical and cold climate, with ambient temperatures ranging between -50 С and +50 С. Mi-171AZ avionics will provide for automated and manual control of the helicopter at all stages of the flight, explains Russian Helicopters, from takeoff to landing, and automatic piloting is possible for both air routes and non-regulatory airspace, irrespective of the degree of ground-based radio navigation.
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7 scenic trails in Singapore you can hike at for fresh views and air
Take a break from high-rise living and lose yourself in nature at these gorgeous parks
by Balvinder Sandhu / April 3, 2020
Photo Credit: URA Singapore
Singapore is often referred to as a concrete jungle but, if you know where to look, there’s a lot of nature to be found too. The beautiful Singapore Botanic Gardens became our first UNESCO Heritage Site in 2015 and although it made us appreciate our green spaces a little bit more, there are many other parks and gardens around our island that are spectacular too.
So whether you’re walking, hiking or cycling, take the chance to get up close and personal with nature at these trails. And prepare to be bowled over by what you see.
The Southern Ridges
Just a few more steps till the weekend arrives, and what better way than to spend it with a day out amongst the trees at The Southern Ridges? #Didyouknow that this 10km trail connects many spectacular parks including Mount Faber Park, Kent Ridge Park and HortPark altogether? Shoutout to @flyawayg for the amazing photo!
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This area comprises 10km of green open spaces that connect Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, HortPark, Kent Ridge Park and Labrador Nature Reserve. It’ll take you three to five hours to walk through the whole area but it’s probably best to take your time and do them in bits so that you can truly appreciate your surroundings. Because there truly is a lot to see here – highlights include Henderson Waves, a wave-like structure consisting of a series of undulating curved ‘ribs’ and is the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore, and the Marang Trail, which leads you to the top of Mount Faber.
There are several trails including some very impressive park connectors, which means you’ll have no issues figuring out where you’re going. Take a walk to boost your health, a ‘kaypoh’ trip just to see what kinds of nature you’ll find here, a day out bonding with family/friends, or just a trip exploring the area to make your Instagram followers jealous of the dazzling photos you’ll be posting. It’s one of the best spots on our island to get stunning panoramic views of the city, harbour and the Southern Islands.
To start, head to Mount Faber Park and go up the Marang Trail. Use these routes as a guide. More info here.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
2 days to Christmas! Have you put up decorations? Nature has the ability to decorate itself with beautiful plants and flowers. Nature has reclaimed the quarry which hasn’t been used for almost 40 years. Check out NParks events to see what we have set up for Christmas in our parks. Great shot by @kandongkanxi.nature
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This is one of the first forest reserves to be created in Singapore, dating all the way back to 1883. So you won’t just be walking or hiking, you’ll also get a history lesson while you’re there. Traverse along the original vegetation and undisturbed tropical forest that existed before Sir Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore. The reserve is also home to one of the richest and most diverse ecosystems in the world, thanks to our location on the equatorial belt. It’s also where you’ll find around 40 per cent of our country’s native flora and fauna so it is especially recommended for anyone interested in vegetation.
Of course, Singapore’s highest hill, Bukit Timah Hill (standing at 163m), is also there. You could trek up the hill or choose from the many walking and biking trails around the reserve.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is at Hindhede Drive, Singapore 589318. Map here.
Kranji Marshes
Building a distinctive city for everyone to live well in includes having green spaces for the community and biodiversity! That’s why we spent nearly two years to sensitively restore Kranji Marshes, which is now home to almost 200 species of birds. With World Wetlands Day coming up soon, take a guided walk with @nparksbuzz there! Registration will open next Friday – more at http://bit.ly/2BqtUEq.
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One of the largest freshwater marshes in Singapore, you’ll find a rich array of flora and fauna here. Birdwatchers will especially love it here as you’ll find more than 170 species of birds such as woodpeckers and the majestic Changeable Hawk Eagle. There are other creatures to spot here too such as monitor lizards, as well as 54 species of butterflies and 33 species of dragonflies.
Make it to the top of the Raptor Tower and enjoy the view of the surrounding marshes and Kranji Reservoir – we guarantee you won’t for a second remember that you’re actually in Singapore. Cycling is not allowed in the area but you may cycle there and park your bike at Kranji Gate. Also, because of the rugged terrain, do make sure you have proper footwear on and keep to the designated trails.
To start, head to Kranji Gate, 11 Neo Tiew Lane 2, Singapore 718814. Map here. More info here.
Punggol Waterway Park
Explore the promenade at Punggol Waterway Park, which offers scenic views for all visitors. : @myjourneys_meena
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The sight of water is always soothing so this park is ideal for enjoying a relaxing walk or cycle. It’s amazing how this park is so near the housing estate, yet it’s filled with lush greenery and will also give you a nostalgic feel of the way the old Punggol used to be.
There are four themes at this park: Green Gallery, Recreation Zone, Heritage Zone and Nature Cove. The Green Gallery is perfect for a walk as you admire the flora and fauna, while Heritage Zone will give older visitors a blast from the past, as you walk down the heritage path and come across the mature trees and vegetation.
Fun fact: The word ‘Punggol’ in Malay means ‘hurling sticks at the branches of fruit trees to bring them down to the ground’; this isn’t a random name though, it’s a reference to the area’s history as a fruit-growing district or as a rendezvous for wholesale fruit agents.
Punggol Waterway Park is along Sentul Crescent, Singapore 821313.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Any plans for the weekend? If not, try bird- watching at the Kingfisher and Mudskipper Pods. That’s what Mong Qi Zhao Jensen did ☺️! #Friday #nparksbuzz #sgbiodiversity #nparksbuzz #nparks #cityinagarden #park #nature #thegreatoutdoors #sgig #igsg #sginstagram #instagramsg #exploresingapore #visitsingapore
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This is one of two ASEAN Heritage Parks in Singapore, the other being Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Regular visitors here include kingfishers, herons and egrets but birds aren’t the only animals you’ll find here. There are many trails to trek across and your stroll along the 500-metre-long boardwalk of the mangrove swamps will introduce you to unique creatures like tree-climbing crabs and mud lobsters.
You’ll also come across the Aerie Tower along the trail, a highlight for birdwatchers as it’s the perfect spot to observe various migratory birds during certain months. There are free guided walks every Saturday at 9.30am (registration is required, more info here) if you’d also like to find out more about the reserve.
To start, head to its Visitor Centre at 60 Kranji Way, #01-00, Singapore 739453, or its Wetland Centre at 301 Neo Tiew Crescent, Singapore 718925. More info here. Map here.
Bukit Batok Nature Park
#park #singapore #bukitbatoknaturepark #downtime #qualitytime #with #my #son #nature #tropical #old #quarry
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This park was developed on an abandoned quarry site in 1988 and it’s so serene, making it the perfect distraction from the hustle and bustle of modern life. Stroll, run or hike through the various trails; depending on which route you choose, you’ll be making your way through the forest on meandering footpaths or undulating terrain. What they all have in common is the tranquil feeling you’ll get while on your journey.
There are look-out points that offer beautiful views of the quarry. But there are lovely views even on the ground, such as the picturesque pond at the entrance, which lies at the foot of a high cliff wall. Don’t forget to pay your respects to the victims and soldiers of World War II at the Bukit Batok Memorial.
Bukit Batok Nature Park is along Bukit Batok East Avenue 2 and Bukit Batok East Avenue 6. Map here.
MacRitchie Nature Trail & Reservoir Park
What an amazing view from up high! 250 metres high to be exact. 🙂 Embark on a hike up to the TreeTop Walk and be rewarded with the resplendent views! Fantastic shot by @huriana_manuel
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One of the most popular spots for walking, hiking, running or simply enjoying nature, this park also border’s our country’s first reservoir. Many of us went to MacRitchie for our school cross-country events and thus are familiar with it but there are so many things to enjoy here to get away from city living. Take a walk along MacRitchie Trails, a 11km nature trail loop that circumnavigates the reservoir. Don’t be surprised if you meet some long-tailed macaque monkeys or monitor lizards.
But if you want to aim higher (literally!) try the Treetop Walk, where you’ll enjoy a birds-eye view from a 250-metre aerial free standing suspension bridge spanning the two highest points (Bukit Peirce and Bukit Kalang) within MacRitchie. You could also take a hike within the forested areas; there are 3.2km and 4.8km trails to choose from.
MacRitchie Reservoir Park is along Lornie Road, Singapore 298717.
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Half of violence against African migrants is by law enforcers, U.N. says
Migrants are seen at the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency shelter center in Tajoura near Tripoli, Libya April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo
GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly half of all the violence visited on African migrants during their journey to the Mediterranean coast is perpetrated by law enforcers, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday.
According to a report by UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council’s Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), thousands of refugees and migrants suffer extreme abuse including torture and sexual or gender-based violence, and in some cases death.
The report is based on nearly 16,000 interviews with refugees and migrants.
“In 47% of the cases, the victims reported the perpetrators of violence are law enforcement authorities, whereas in the past, we believe that it was mainly smugglers and traffickers,” Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR special envoy for the central Mediterranean, told a news conference in Geneva.
“States have a responsibility that they need to discharge in that respect.”
UNHCR reported that 1,750 people had died in 2018 and 2019 trying to reach the sea, but Cochetel said the true numbers were likely to be higher.
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Real life Groot? Meet 'The Tree Man' who has painful bark-like warts growing out of his hands and feet
Abul Bajandar suffers from a condition called epidermodysplasia verruciformis, which keeps recurring despite undergoing 16 operations to remove them just last year.
By Alakananda Bandyopadhyay @ironicallymetal
January 31, 2018 18:32 IST
Abul Bajandar, 27, underwent multiple surgeries to remove the 11lb growth on his hands that had left him unable to even hold his daughter. The rickshaw driver's condition is known as epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV).YouTube screenshot
A Bangladeshi man has been mocked and labelled as 'The Tree Man' due to agonising and painful bark-like warts that had covered his hands and feet – their growth recurring, despite having them removed via 16 operations just last year.
Abul Bajandar, 27, underwent multiple surgeries to remove the 11lb growth on his hands that had left him unable to even hold his daughter. The rickshaw driver's condition is known as epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV).
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Last year, luckily for him, doctors seemed to have successfully treated the extremely rare condition – once and for all, Daily Mail Online reported. An overjoyed Abul had expressed his relief, saying, "I hope the curse won't return again."
Yet, new images revealed that the growths have appeared on his hands – something that rules out the doctors' hopes that they were able to have successfully cured the first-ever EV sufferer.
Abul – who was previously forced to quit working due to the excruciatingly painful condition, has once again been left anxious about his daughter's future, as it is yet again unclear if he'll ever be able to work ever again, given the situation of his disorder.
Being one of the just four diagnosed cases of EV worldwide, Abul had previously described the pain from the bark-like protruding to be 'unbearable'. His surgeon, Samanta Lal Sen, from Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said the removal surgery was 'a remarkable milestone in the history of medical science'.
The first time around, when Abul had to spend 30 days in the hospital, post his operation, he had said: "I can hold my daughter in my lap and play with her. I can't wait to go back home." He had met his wife Halima Khatun before he had contracted the disease. The two had married, much against her parents' wishes, after the disease had shown itself.
Abul, who was described by the doctors as the 'most loved' patient in the hospital, had initially mistaken the warts to be harmless until they grew all over his hands and feet, forcing him to quit working.
The man also had plans to set up a small business with the money donated from his well-wishers all over the world. He added: "I was so worried about raising my daughter. I hope the curse won't return again."
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Conan O'Brien FALLS, Hits Head, Injures Himself (VIDEO)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Conan O'Brien has turned his "Tonight Show" stunt injury into comedy, showing footage of it as a "cautionary tale" for kids.
"As many of you may know, on this past Friday's show I was doing a stunt and I hit my head and suffered a slight concussion. And I promise, if you're a good audience, I'll do it again tonight," O'Brien said during Monday's taping.
In a transcript released by NBC, he joked that he struck his head so hard "that for five seconds I actually understood the plot of 'Lost.'"
O'Brien and guest Teri Hatcher were in a footrace when he tumbled, forcing Friday's show to be halted. He was taken to a hospital for examination, and a "Tonight" rerun aired instead of the planned episode.
In his monologue Monday, O'Brien joked that he got so much media attention from the accident that he's planning a sequel with one of Hatcher's "Desperate Housewives" co-stars.
"So tune in tomorrow when Eva Longoria pushes me down an elevator shaft," O'Brien quipped.
Before showing clips from Friday, O'Brien suggested parents "wake up your children because this is a cautionary tale."
The race between him and Hatcher was to end at the studio with the two rushing down stairs to the finish line. His memory was fuzzy, O'Brien said Monday, but he thinks he was trying to slide on a slick floor when he lost his footing.
"Why don't we show people what happened. Set your VCR to record, and your friends can all laugh watching this later," he said before the tape rolled. "'His pumpkin really got pounded' -- that's my father talking."
O'Brien took over as "Tonight" host in June, after Jay Leno's 17 years on the job. Leno is host of a new daily prime-time comedy show for NBC.
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Steve Carell Explains The Hilarious Reason 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' Was Almost Never Made
Who said anything about serial killers?
By Carly Ledbetter
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" essentially launched the film career of director Judd Apatow and actor Steve Carell, but it almost never got made.
During a Tuesday appearance on "Conan," Carrell explained the hilarious reason Universal was so keen on canning the film.
"We'd only been shooting for five days and [Universal said,] 'We've been watching footage and you look like a serial killer,'" said the 53-year-old actor as the audience roared with laughter.
Watch the rest of the exchange below:
Of course, the movie went on to become a major success, pulling in $109 million at the box office and another $68 million worldwide.
Best of all, audiences loved it -- especially the kooky ending where Carell starts singing.
"We would test the movie, and the place would explode," said Apatow in an interview with CinemaBlend's Eric Eisenberg at SXSW. "It would explode when Steve started singing ... It’s one of those magical things, you don’t know why it works and it makes people laugh, and it’s probably the only time you’ll ever see Seth Rogen dance like that."
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Letters to the editor, Jan. 13, 2021
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Re: “Fortunate one,” Dec. 29, 2020.
Letters to the editor, Jan. 13, 2021 Back to video
T. McVicar’s cutesy letter calls for comparisons between deaths caused by COVID-19 and other diseases such as pneumonia.
The reason this seems to be a critical issue for McVicar’s granny is not clear. Granny should be sat down and told that regardless of the deaths from pneumonia and other illnesses, those from COVID-19 are in addition.
Sure, some of the people who died from COVID-19 may have succumbed to other causes during the time COVID-19 has been with us, but, statistically, there would still have been an increase in overall fatalities because of COVID-19.
Granny should also be told yelling at the TV is not good COVID-19 protocol, since yelling is one way of spreading it to others. Granny should stay calm, wear a mask and stay two metres from other people.
That is good common sense.
Rod Millard
A few years ago, I was inducted into a clinic for doddering old fools.
The resident nurse showed the group how to crawl and use a stationary object to help clamber back up after they fell. I noticed there was no if you fall; it was all when you fall, which was slightly off-putting.
By the way, wheeled office chairs are a no-no.
The consultant made one very profound statement.
She said, “You are going to feel guilty when relatives, friends and neighbours strive to help you, but do try and remember that in your lifetimes you have helped others, sometimes without realizing it, so try not to feel guilty.
“Now it’s your turn to be helped.”
She was right. During the lockdown, and the recent snowfall, our friends, who also happen to be our relatives and neighbours, cleared the snow from our driveway and deck; brought goodies for us and our dog. They also brought us groceries and kept in touch to make sure we were still alive. (Sometimes I wonder about that myself).
Do we feel guilty? You bet your life we do!
Do we want them to stop being compassionate and helpful? You bet your life we don’t.
However, we wish to thank them all. We, that would be my wife and me, were going to thank them by name, or at least by initials, in a letter to the Standard-Freeholder, until the youthful half of our marriage pointed out how annoyed our friends would be. In fact we might get dog’s abuse from them for making their help public.
Speaking of dog’s abuse. Our dog, the village’s barking-mad mutt, isn’t barking at you because you missed a few spots on the driveway, she is thanking you all, and wishing you all better health now that the century has come of age.
Happy new year guys and gals – woof – oops – and dogs.
T. McVicar
Glen Walter
Unfair comparisons
Re: “Don’t stop questioning things,” Jan. 12, 2021.
By all means don’t stop questioning things, starting with the wild statements in your editorial to support your thinking.
I take exception to your statement Florida and Sweden are in the middle of the pack in their respective regions.
Florida is way ahead of its neighbours, Alabama and Georgia, in numbers of cases and deaths and doesn’t come close to Canada. In fact, the closest province to Florida, in severity of COVID-19, is Quebec – and even it is only a third of the deaths per million seen in Florida.
As for Sweden, it is the highest of the Nordic countries in numbers of cases and numbers of deaths, far ahead of Norway, Denmark, and Finland. Sweden has roughly a quarter the population of Canada but over half the deaths. It has 20 times the number of deaths of Norway, but only twice the population. Finland and Denmark, with approximately the same population as Norway, have many, many fewer deaths than Sweden.
Do not hold Sweden up as an example when even its own government has said that maybe it made a mistake in keeping everything open.
William J. Fraser
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Meet Joe Black (1998)
Great performance from Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins excels in the role of a wealthy businessman, both in his scenes of business dealings and his relationship with family and his guest
I also enjoyed the performances of Forlani, Harden and Tambor, I was not 100% keen on Brad Pitt's performance but I think this was writing and direction rather than the actor. For example, I found some of the hospital scenes somewhat nails on chalkboard.
There is good writing elsewhere however. There is an engaging plot - although you are left filling in blanks with regard to why characters do not act differently and also you are thinking at the end - so.....this is going to be tricky, what happens next?
There is a good tale of romance.
I liked the indoor swimming pool which I read was made especially for the film.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Great series and more than a hint of Nostradamus
At the time of writing I am in deep series 4. I anticipate completing the whole caboodle in the not too distant future.
I very much like the character Quark, whose name is, amusingly, pronounced differently by various characters in the show. He reminds me very much of Boyd Crowder from Justified, but it must be said that Quark has more lobes. Quark has some really funny one-liners that have made me laugh heartily.
There is excellent interaction between the characters in Deep Space 9. I really like the enthusiasm and innocence of Jake and Nog. Odo and Quark spar well as do Bashir and O'Brien. There's an interesting relationship developing between Dukat and Nerys just now. Character development is very well done too. Odo's relationship with humanoids is engaging. The pull for Nerys between her former life as a resistance fighter and subsequent civilian life is depicted well.
But it's the apparent ability to see into the future that really intrigues me. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, it is Star Trek set in the future but;
They had Cardassians before we were keeping up with the Kardashians They had Cardassian Prime before we had Amazon Prime They had ipad minis in the 1990's They frequently discuss an alien force called the Dominion. At the moment there is tremendous amount of discussion about Dominion voting machines.
It's uncanny and I'm sure there's more to come.
Just Like Heaven (2005)
Very good romantic comedy
Great performances by Ruffalo and Witherspoon, good chemistry and a nicely written and witty script combine to make a very good movie.
Didn't do it for me or fellow viewer
I managed to watch the whole movie although my partner in film bailed about half way through saying "i don't like this film, it's a bad film".
She was wiser than I was. The Proposal lacks chemistry and cohesion. There are a few nice moments, but it's a poor, stuttering effort given the array of acting talent on show, who deserved a much better script.
There is some nice scenery - a pretty seaside town with a mountainous backdrop.
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Eminently likeable romantic comedy
Whilst Nicholas Cage does not go full on Nicholas Cage in this film, Rosie Perez does go full on Rosie Perez and is a hold the front page hilarious "baddie" also producing some of the best and funniest screaming ever in a movie.
There is a very believable romance with Fonda and Cage who have good chemistry and there are good supporting performances from other members of the cast.
I really like the music, it's bright, airy and uplifting from the get go.
It is a lovely feel good movie.
21 Bridges (2019)
Decent action film
A watchable action film with good acting from Boseman and Miller. A lot of gunfighting and a couple of chases. Some nice shots of Grand Central Station near the end which I enjoyed. I would mark it at 6.5 if I could and have rounded down rather than up as the IMDB average is at 6.6 right now.
A well acted movie with some great humour
I enjoyed the performances of Lawrence, Cooper, De Niro and Weaver. The interplay between them was excellent. It was my favourite performance by De Niro of films I have recently seen him in.
Overall it had a feel of "Strictly Punch Drunk Dancing" about it without the full measure of the highs and lows of those films, but with a lot of heart, good humour and entertainment.
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Top notch comedy with a good tale
One of my favourite films that makes me smile any time I think about it.
Tomei, Pesci and Gwynne are terrific and do justice to the splendid script.
There is reference in the movie to a local staple food, "gritts" if I remember correctly. Years on from when I first saw this film, I still haven't got round to trying this, but I really want to someday - it looks kind of like fried porridge, but I'm really not sure exactly what it is.
The Judge (2014)
Patchy
22 November 2020 - 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.
A good performance by Duvall, but whilst Downey Jr was good in the various relationship roles he did not convince as an attorney and for me this undermined the film.
The scenes with the weak and and inexperienced lawyer did not sit well in this film. This was no fault of the actor it was just silly plot. It worked in the excellent "My Cousin Vinnie" but was all wrong here.
Overall there are too many story lines going on, many of them sketchy and bitty so not adding anything substantive to the film.
Être et avoir (2002)
I found this rather troubling
It was interesting seeing the children undertaking their classroom tasks but I am not certain how effective the teaching was - it is not my field so I do not know, but there seemed to be a lot of rote learning without much understanding.
It also appeared to me at times that the teacher was being unkind to the children. However, I have since read in newspaper articles that the teacher and some of the parents of the children have sued the filmmakers and one of the allegations was that a number of scenes were staged. So possibly the scenes that I found troubling (in which, for example, the teacher appeared to be psychoanalysing the children and upsetting them in the process) were staged.
Staged or not it did appear to me that there was unkindness to the children as they seemed to be genuinely distressed.
A Religiosa Portuguesa (2009)
Attractive but not entertaining.
I liked the stillness of the cinematography and the vistas of Lisbon. I also liked the way that some beautiful live music was worked into the plot. However, I did not find the storylines engaging. They were ponderous and implausible. It also seemed to me that at least one of the actors found the awkward acting style altogether too awkward and so it became clumsy rather than stylised.
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
1 November 2020 - 18 out of 28 users found this review helpful.
Sarah Cooper on Twitter = side-splitting
Sarah Cooper on Netflix = toe-curling
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)
Some funny gags but overall rather lame and witless and insulting to Kazakhstan
24 October 2020 - 6 out of 12 users found this review helpful.
I'm from the U.K. I'd like to see a film-maker from Kazakhstan lampooning us. They would do it very well and with more wit. But evidently they have too much class.
There were some funny moments in this film, but it was mostly lame and boringly lewd at times.
It also copied Sarah Cooper (who is infinitely more entertaining) with the Usual Suspects bit.
Vesnicko má stredisková (1985)
A quirky and gentle comedy - high marks for making me laugh a lot
22 October 2020 - 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.
At the beginning I thought this might be rather arty and hard to follow, but it develops into a pleasing story of relationships in village and working life that at times is hilarious. It came out two years after Local Hero to which there appear to me to be quite a few nods.
There are good characters across the generations. The humour is witty, with some darkness and good quality slapstick. Some of the comedy was crafted in a very unexpected way that really made me chuckle and admire the writing and execution.
I felt for the pigeons.
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Unconvincing
I lost engagement with this series early on. The pace was rather too slow and the demeanour of a supposedly evil character reminded me of the head teacher in Matilda and so I could not take it seriously. I will mark this review as having spoilers as the Matilda association may mar viewing for others.
Not engaging and the opposite of a class act
This was literally a switch off for me. Twisty turny gangster geysers by numbers with Hugh Grant playing a potty mouthed Griff Rees Jones.
I liked some of the lighting.
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Rather lame but not completely terrible
10 October 2020 - 24 out of 51 users found this review helpful.
I've got as far as episode 3 and may take my leave there. This is just about watchable but the script is rather lame and the acting is similar to that of a corny Dr Who episode.
A fake and excruciatingly poor Scots accent has appeared in this episode. (I think it's meant to be Scots). That may be the nail in the coffin for me as it is so grating on the ear.
Film makers please use Scottish people when you want a Scots accent. Cheers!
Some great characters, gritty story lines and occasional superb gags, but overlong and repetitive in parts
24 September 2020 - 5 out of 16 users found this review helpful.
There's a helluva lot of kids called Shorty in Baltimore. Also there are a lot of police officers with a poor grasp of grammar. "I am a police". Do Fire-fighters in Baltimore say "I am a fire" ?
My favourite character was Bubs and he was certainly worthy of a newspaper piece, written in the final series. Fabulous acting by Andre Royo depicting an addict seeking to survive on the streets.
There are some really excellent gags now and then. I loved the line about not being able to wait to go to jail which was set up and delivered superbly and made me fall off the sofa laughing and the "Baltimore traditional" quote, also set up very neatly.
There are good story lines in all the different institutions and concerns the show covers. But I found the newspaper story in series 5 unconvincing. It was more Drop the Dead Donkey than All the President's Men and was implausible.
I enjoyed series 5 though as it was the series in which I most understood who everyone was. There are so many actors on show it's hard to keep up with who is who. The show gives you help and reminders with that from time to time but I was often thinking - who's that?
In the first series I got really weary of seeing the same housing estate grounds. It felt very repetitive. There was more variety of locations in later series.
I also got bored of Bunk and McNulty's rail-track meetings, which seemed superfluous and put me in mind of the "best friend with beer" meetings in Truman.
The dialogue is not always clear and so subtitles help. Sadly the service I use has famously poor subtitling just now.
I watched the Wire for the first time in 2020 and for me it is not up there with Breaking Bad and the Sopranos. Though that's rather unfair as certainly Breaking Bad has plenty of Wire echoes in it including similar dialogue, characters and at least one of the actors.
Very entertaining character driven movie
I enjoyed the racing scenes but it was the strong characterisation that was at the heart of this film. I think the husband and wife and father and son and mother and son scenes were all very good indeed - really natural (apart from Bale's walkabout accent) and the Damon and Bale scenes were a lot of fun.
Toivon tuolla puolen (2017)
Engaging dry humour - cool music- sweet cinematographic stillness
I enjoyed the dry humour and I really appreciated the minimalist cinematography. The camera does not pan a great deal - we see a series of "stages" both exterior and interior and within each scene objects are pared down to the minimum and we focus on the actors. I find this very soothing and pleasing to watch. A lot of modern films are rather frantic.
A central theme is asylum seeking. But there is much dry humour despite the gravity of this subject matter. Humour can be very subjective. I found it very funny indeed but I daresay many may not.
It could be spoiler to say I'm not sure how it ends. Perhaps I have missed something or perhaps we are meant to be left uncertain?
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)
A cool film with some great twists and turns but lifeless characters
9 September 2020 - 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.
This is a very cool and stylish film with a great score and I enjoyed the plot twists. But I found the characters were too aloof to care about and so there was no emotional investment in this movie on my part.
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Hoo Ah!
24 August 2020 - 2 out of 3 users found this review helpful.
The two leads are fabulous, it's a great plot and there are some really wonderful and unforgettable scenes.
Lovecraft Country (2020)
24 August 2020 - 30 out of 68 users found this review helpful.
Not unenjoyable, but rather hammy, :especially the baddies and the plot seemed to jump forward sometimes without filling in the gaps, I kept rewinding as I thought I had inadvertently fast-forwarded.
Some great performances
There were some strong performances - Patrick, his parents and his father's cohort were all played well. It is also a stylish series with good cinematography.
It was sometimes hard to grasp the time-line, especially in the later episodes - even though a date was put up now and then.
it kept me interested throughout, although I enjoyed the New York scenes the most.
Ki Hwanghoo (2013)
Watch out for Dennis Wise and Bryan Cranston
I'm pretty sure that with just a few letters discreetly changed in his name, the former Chelsea midfielder Dennis Wise is playing Dang Gise, one of the wicked sons of the Grand Councillor. He puts in an excellent performance.
I am seven episodes into this tale of good & evil. It is amusing and unchallenging fare. It's often the case that various characters offer up their lives for sacrifice when they have failed their betters in some way. You don't see much of that kind of thing in the U.K.
Quite a few more episodes in now and I believe that Heuk Soo, the wicked slave dealer, is being played by Bryan Cranston in a very bad wig.
Listen out too for the range of uber-dastardly smirking laughs of the Grand Chancellor - great stuff!
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Acrylics colors in a matt and opaque, water-based formula, especially designed for brush-on use. Each color has been meticulously developed in collaboration with model-painters who specialize in fantasy figures and...
Acrylics colors in a matt and opaque, water-based formula, especially designed for brush-on use. Each color has been meticulously developed in collaboration with model-painters who specialize in fantasy figures and dioramas. The formulation of these colors has been developed signed taking into account that some of these figures are used in tabletop games, so that Game Color is manufactured with a revolutionary new resin which offers extraordinary resistance to the damage caused by frequent handling. It is recommended to apply Game Color on a previously primed surface. The colors dry rapidly and form a homogenous and self-leveling film while preserving even the smallest detail of a miniature. Game Color presents an extra ordinary adherence on all grounds, such as resin, plastic, steel and white metal. Painting tools are cleaned with water.
Safety: Game Color is not flammable, and does not contain solvents. Please see also certified safety information of the product on the Safety page.
Packaging: Game Color is presented in bottles of 17 ml./0.57 fl.oz. with eyedropper. This packaging prevents the paint from evaporating and drying in the container, so that It can be used in minimal quantities and preserved for a long time.
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PwC’s Global 100 Software Leaders driven by three key trends
June 22, 2016 Uncategorized
Most recent ranking shows startup vendors disrupting the industry and challenging established software companies
NEW YORK, June 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PwC’s new Global 100 Software Leaders ranking illustrates a rapidly shifting landscape and reveals three key trends among companies that are taking advantage of both evolutionary and revolutionary changes in the software industry.
An infographic accompanying this announcement is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6f6437d7-3fd2-429d-a595-d4476a0986bb
Within this shifting environment, the interwoven trends of digital innovation, Industry 4.0 and convergence are driving opportunities to create smarter, leaner and better software. As these trends fuel the industry, we’re seeing an increasing number of startups coming to the forefront, adding to the challenges facing legacy software vendors and their customers.
The three key themes weigh heavily on PwC’s overarching research findings:
The software industry is experiencing a rapid expansion of its total addressable market (TAM) and a high level of turbulence.
Cloud adoption is creating new software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based business models.
The move to SaaS significantly impacts the revenue of traditional vendors.
Connected devices and artificial intelligence are creating new business opportunities.
“Everywhere we look, software is defining what products do, and it’s redefining how companies are categorised,” said Raman Chitkara, PwC’s Global Technology leader. “Analysing the changes between the new Global 100 Software Leaders and the previous ranking from 2014 indicates just how dynamic the market is—and will continue to be.”
Fourteen companies fell off the current list since the 2014 ranking, and 10 of the previous bottom 12 are gone. “Several companies couldn’t keep up their growth and, as a result, fell off the list,” says Mark McCaffrey, PwC Global Software Leader. “There are others that are large enough to survive because they have the cash and the wherewithal to acquire cloud companies.”
Key trend #1: Digital innovation
Startups are propelling much of the dynamic creativity in the software industry, and they are using the new world of technology as a blank canvas for software applications across industries.
Thanks to mobility and the cloud, software can now be consumed anywhere—and innovation can happen anywhere. But globalisation can be a double-edged sword when it comes to innovation. Government regulations, such as the European Union’s Safe Harbour rules governing data privacy, can create confusion, and regional companies in emerging markets can face scalability issues when it comes time to compete against companies launched from larger markets.
Established software companies are not standing still on cloud-based customer options. The top four companies on PwC’s list all made recent significant cloud acquisitions.
Key trend #2: Industry 4.0
Cloud continues to drive new capabilities in the Internet of Things (IoT) through the proliferation of devices, sensors and remote or mobile objects that automatically transmit information. In addition to a cloud-based data repository, intelligent device software also requires the ability to transmit and analyse data.
The cloud provides enterprises with a great deal of flexibility. SaaS vendors appreciate the efficiency they get from hosting software. For instance, all customers will be running the same software version. When it’s time to upgrade, they only need to change it once in their system rather than in each user’s system. Cloud adoption is accelerating but has not yet reached the tipping point. While users’ comfort with cloud is growing across the globe, there remains some lingering doubt related to security and 24/7 accessibility. In response, software companies are expected to increase investments for maintaining the security, reliability and 24/7 accessibility of their products and services.
Key trend #3: Convergence
Software is becoming more prevalent in more places, and this affects the revenues of major industry verticals, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and retail.
Financial services – The banking industry is working hard to accommodate new digital and mobile payment systems, and to understand how to leverage the blockchain technology underlying bitcoin.
Healthcare – The proliferation of networked medical devices as part of the IoT is targeting cost reduction—a key issue for the industry—as well as patient efficacy.
Manufacturing – With the development of intelligent devices—from aircraft engines to appliances—manufacturers are reimagining their customer relationships, supply chains and business models.
Retail – Retail firms—online and offline—are using software to change the way they interact with and engage customers, from offering promotions on smartphones to enhancing inventory transparency.
Given the importance of cloud, mobility and analytics for compiling and transmitting customer and partner information, software’s importance will increase—across all segments. The companies that best leverage software to incorporate industry knowledge with technology savvy will thrive.
While the cloud continues to underpin massive change, software vendors must determine what to buy, what to own and with whom to partner—and the partnership environment is percolating. While we’re already seeing some unexpected joint ventures between long-established corporations and startups, many companies that seek to use software for a competitive advantage may find the choices to be overwhelming.
“In the future, there will be no hardware without software, and software will become artificial intelligence,” says Chitkara. “Software will continue to be central to the fast pace of change—not only in the technology sector, but across all industries.”
About the Global 100 Software Leaders
This is the fourth edition of PwC’s Global 100 Software Leaders ranking since 2010. The current edition continues our tradition of monitoring and analysing the leading companies and trends in the industry. Our goal is to help our clients understand both the obvious and the underlying forces influencing the software industry.
The new PwC Global 100 Software Leaders list is based on corporate financial statements (GAAP-based where applicable), other public sources and estimates for privately held companies, as compiled for PwC by the Global Software Business Strategies Group at IDC. Learn more about the report’s methodology here.
The initial article provides an overview of the trends impacting the global leaders and others. Future articles will examine issues impacting the fastest growing cloud-based companies and the larger software companies in emerging markets.
At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 208,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com.
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Nicholas Braude, PwC
KNKT downloads data from black box of crashed SJ 182
Jakarta The National Committee on Transportation Safety (KNKT) has downloaded data from the crashed Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane's Flight
Research vessel finds suspected location of second black box
Jakarta Research vessel Baruna Jaya has detected the suspected location of the crashed Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182's cockpit voice recorder
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Aspen Institute Releases “Action Guide for Re-Envisioning Your Public Library”
Filed by Gary Price on January 10, 2016
Released during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston.
From the Aspen Institute:
The Action Guide for Re-Envisioning Your Public Library is a companion piece to the report that the Institute issued in October 2014 that explores how public libraries can respond as the digital age increases the demand for high-speed information access, changes in our education systems, innovative job training models and additional community services to help people and communities compete in the new economy.
Both documents are available for download atLibraryVision.org – a new web site that also launched today to support the action guide and the Aspen Institute’s Dialogue on Public Libraries program.
“The overall goal of the action guide is to help public libraries to engage more deeply with their communities and inspire action to re-envision public libraries as key partners in all aspects of community life in the digital age,” said Amy Garmer, Director, Dialogue on Public Libraries, The Aspen Institute. “The action guide leads library leaders through an internal and external assessment that culminates in the convening of one or more dialogues with key library stakeholders who are identified through the assessment process. The end result is a series of forward- thinking action steps for the library and community to take to transform the experiences, opportunities and outcomes available to community residents.”
Both the report and the action guide are part of the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries. The multiyear dialogue brings library professionals, policymakers, technology experts, philanthropists, educators and civic leaders together to explore the future of public libraries.
Direct to Full Text Report (41 pages; PDF)
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Aspen Institute Report Explores How Libraries Can Nurture Innovation And Build Stronger Communities (via The Knight Blog)
Presentations From Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries, “Leadership Roundtable on Library Innovation” (August 2015)
See Also: Aspen Institute Leadership Roundtable on Library Innovation in Aspen, Colorado (August 7, 2015)
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SA sees more digital initiatives focusing on learners
By Regina Pazvakavambwa, ITWeb portals journalist.
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Digital skills initiatives help educators keep up with the changes technology innovation is bringing to classrooms.
The race to teach students digital skills is heating up, with three companies this week introducing digital learning initiatives.
Educational specialist company I-Innovate introduced the "AI and Robotics for the Future" programme at the Diepsloot Combined School.
Sponsored by IT service provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) SA, the programme helps learners and educators explore advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as automation, machine learning, pattern recognition and neural networks through a series of hands-on innovation sessions, says I-Innovate.
Grade nine students from the school will learn how to create and use AI to problem-solve and innovate in their own lives and communities. TCS employees will mentor learner-led teams throughout the experience, both in-person and online.
"[The programme] connects learning in the classroom to real-world opportunities and career pathways. It is an inspiring and highly relevant way to show children that they can make giant leaps in learning and be a real part of the solutions to some of our most pressing local and global challenges," says I-Innovate CEO Trisha Crookes.
Learners will be introduced to coding and robotics, and will discover how to use these technologies for creative problem-solving, she notes.
The global talent shortage continues to grow as the skills needed by organisations evolve but our education systems fail to do the same, adds Crookes.
She points out there is a need to teach children and communities the latest skills that will help them succeed in today's tech-driven workplace.
"We believe that by making AI concepts exciting and accessible to today's learners, we can help prepare and inspire tomorrow's innovative problem-solvers. There is a growing need across industries for 21st century skills such as problem-solving, creativity, collaboration and computational science.
"We want to introduce students to relevant and experiential new styles of learning that spark students' passion in these subjects, and fuel that passion with real-world opportunities for their future."
The initiative will culminate in an innovation competition where learners will present their creative solutions.
Coding for innovation
Meanwhile, Qberty has opened the Coders and Innovators Hub, at Northriding and Northlands Corner Shopping Centre in Randburg.
The centre will be open to children of all ages; however, the main target market is public schools, says Qberty. The company hopes to bridge the digital gap between private and public schools, and offer students an equal chance of digital experiential learning, it says.
Children will learn how to code, create apps and Web sites, and build robotics, notes Qberty, but highlights its main focus is Minecraft in education.
With technology and innovation becoming the dominating focuses within the education space, educators are still battling to keep up with these changes in classrooms, says Florah Maduma, founder and CEO of Qberty Skills Academy.
"We will offer ICT training and support to educators as well, preparing and equipping them with the necessary and required tools to facilitate these learning activities. Statistics show public schools house more than 92% of learners from foundation phase to high school.
"These are our future leaders and for that reason we believe that supporting and equipping more and more public schools will assist with future economic sustainability through a well-prepared workforce."
There is currently a fee payable for the lessons as the company is still trying to source funding from corporates, says Maduma.
Global enterprise software vendor IFS has also committed to sponsoring learning programmes for 30 unemployed South African youth.
The learnerships will include an NQF level one general education and training certificate, and NQF level three national certificate: business administration services learnership.
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Nikaia
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Campaigns and landmarks of Alexander's invasion of the Indian subcontinent
Alexander The Great campaign India 326 BC
Nikaia (निकाइया) or Nikaea was the place where Alexander defeated Porus in 326 BC in the Battle of the Hydaspes.[1]. It has been identified with Karri (कर्री) in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan).
2 Jat clan
4 निकाइयां
5 कर्री
6 Visit by Fahian
7 In Jat History
8 Nakai Misal
Astakia
Nikaian निकाइयां (AS, p.500)
Nikaia निकाइया (AS, p.500)
Na-k’eeh (by Fahian)
Nikaea
Nicaea (Arrian: Anab.4.22, Book/5b)
Jat clan
Nakai (नकई) is a Muslim Jat clan found in Pakistan.
Arrian[2] writes....After defeating Porus, Alexander founded two cities, one where the battle took place, and the other on the spot whence he started to cross the river Hydaspes; the former he named Nicaea, after his victory over the Indians, and the latter Bucephala in memory of his horse Bucephalas, which died there.
Nicaea is supposed to be Mong and Bucephala may be Jelalpur. [3]
निकाइयां
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[4] ने लेख किया है ...निकाइयां (AS, p.500) एक प्रसिद्ध ऐतिहासिक स्थान का नाम है. जिसकी स्थिति झेलम नदी के किनारे कर्री नामक स्थान पर बताई गई है। 'अलक्षेंद्र' (सिकन्दर महान) के इतिहास लेखकों के अनुसार 'पोरस' (राजा पुरु) और यवन सम्राट के बीच होने वाले प्रसिद्ध 'झेलम के युद्ध' की घटना स्थली का नाम निकाइयां है। (दे.कर्री)
कर्री
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[5] ने लेख किया है ...कर्री (AS, p.146) पाकिस्तान के झेलम से प्राय: दस मील उत्तर पूर्वं वही रणस्थल है जहाँ अलक्ष्येन्द्र (सिकंदर) और पुरु या पोरस की सेनाओं के बीच 326 ई. पू. में इतिहास प्रसिद्ध युद्ध हुआ था। ग्रीक लेखकों ने युद्ध को झेलम का युद्ध कहा है और घटना-स्थली का नाम निकाइया लिखा है। यह मैदान लगभग पांच मील चौड़ा था। पुरु के पास तीस सहस्त्र पैदल सेना के अतिरिक्त दो सौ हाथी भी थे जिनको उसने हरावल में खड़ा किया था। सेना के पार्श्वो की रक्षा के लिए तीन सौ रथ थे। प्रत्येक रथ में चार घोड़े और छ: रथारोही थे। इनके पीछे चार सहस्त्र अश्वारोही सैनिक थे। पैदल सेना चौड़ी तलवारों, ढालों, भालों और धनुष बाणों से सुसज्जित थी। अलक्षेंद्र ने पुरु की सेना के सम्मुखीन भाग को अजेय समझ कर उसके वामपार्श्व पर आक्रमण किया। इसमें उसने अपनी अश्वारोही सेना का प्रयोग किया था। सायंकाल तक युद्ध समाप्त हो गया। [p.147]: अपनी सेना के पैर उखड़ जाने पर भी पुरु अंत तक अविजित तथा अडिग बना रहा और उसके वीरता और दर्पपूर्ण व्यवहार ने कुटिल अलक्षेंद्र को भी मोह लिया और उसने भारतीय वीर को उसका देश लौटा कर अपना मित्र बना लिया।
Visit by Fahian
James Legge[6] writes - After crossing the river, (the travellers) immediately came to the kingdom of Woo-chang,1 which is indeed (a part) of North India. The people all use the language of Central India, “Central India” being what we should call the “Middle Kingdom.” The food and clothes of the common people are the same as in that Central Kingdom. The Law of Buddha is very (flourishing in Woo-chang). They call the places where the monks stay (for a time) or reside permanently Sangharamas; and of these there are in all 500, the monks being all students of the hinayana. When stranger bhikshus2 arrive at one of them, their wants are supplied for three days, after which they are told to find a resting-place for themselves.
There is a tradition that when Buddha came to North India, he came at once to this country, and that here he left a print of his foot, which is long or short according to the ideas of the beholder (on the subject). It exists, and the same thing is true about it, at the present day. Here also are still to be seen the rock on which he dried his clothes, and the place where he converted the wicked dragon.3 The rock is fourteen cubits high, and more than twenty broad, with one side of it smooth.
Hwuy-king, Hwuy-tah, and Tao-ching went on ahead towards (the place of) Buddha’s shadow in the country of Nagara;4 but Fa-hien and the others remained in Woo-chang, and kept the summer retreat.5 That over, they descended south, and arrived in the country of Soo-ho-to.6
1 Udyana, meaning “the Park;” just north of the Punjab, the country along the Subhavastu, now called the Swat; noted for its forests, flowers, and fruits (E. H., p. 153).
2 Bhikshu is the name for a monk as “living by alms,” a mendicant. All bhikshus call themselves Sramans. Sometimes the two names are used together by our author.
3 Naga is the Sanskrit name for the Chinese lung or dragon; often meaning a snake, especially the boa. “Chinese Buddhists,” says Eitel, p. 79, “when speaking of nagas as boa spirits, always represent them as enemies of mankind, but when viewing them as deities of rivers, lakes, or oceans, they describe them as piously inclined.” The dragon, however, is in China the symbol of the Sovereign and Sage, a use of it unknown in Buddhism, according to which all nagas need to be converted in order to obtain a higher phase of being. The use of the character too {.}, as here, in the sense of “to convert,” is entirely Buddhistic. The six paramitas are the six virtues which carry men across {.} the great sea of life and death, as the sphere of transmigration to nirvana. With regard to the particular conversion here, Eitel (p. 11) says the Naga’s name was Apatala, the guardian deity of the Subhavastu river, and that he was converted by Sakyamuni shortly before the death of the latter.
4 In Chinese Na-k’eeh, an ancient kingdom and city on the southern bank of the Cabul river, about thirty miles west of Jellalabad.
5 We would seem now to be in 403.
6 Soo-ho-to has not been clearly identified. Beal says that later Buddhist writers include it in Udyana. It must have been between the Indus and the Swat. I suppose it was what we now call Swastene.
In Jat History
ठाकुर देशराज लिखते हैं कि जिस स्थान पद युद्ध हुआ था, सिकन्दर ने अपनी विजय के उपलक्ष में ‘निकय’ नाम का एक नगर बसाया था। जो कि ‘नकाई’ नाम से मशहूर हुआ। सिक्खों की बारह मिसलों में से एक मिसल का नाम नकई मिसल है जो कि वहां के नकई जाटों
जाट इतिहास:ठाकुर देशराज,पृष्ठान्त-200
के गांव के नाम से मशहूर हुई। निकय गांव के लोग अवश्य ही उस जाति के होंगे, जिसमें स्वयं पौरुष था। क्योंकि 200 गांवों के जिस प्रदेश को सिकन्दर ने सन्धि होने के बाद पौरुष को सौंपा था, यह गांव भी उन्हीं में शामिल है।
Nakai Misal
The chief of this Misal was Hira Singh Sidhu, a Jat of the Sandhu clan. The area lying between Lahore and Gogaira (now both in Pakistan) was called Naka country and during the middle of the eighteenth century A.D., Hira Singh took possession of it; thus the Misal became known as Nakai Misal.
↑ Alexander Cunningham: The Ancient Geography of India/Taki,p. 155
↑ The Anabasis of Alexander/5b, Ch.19
↑ See Strabo, xv. 1.
↑ A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms/Chapter 8
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Outer Circle Psychogeographical Report
24 November 2008 birminghamuk, my projects, writing11 bus, 111111C, birminghamukJon Bounds
I spent eleven hours on the 11C bus on the 11/11/08. This is a psychogeographical report, it’s not a tale of the trip nor an attempt to map or really delve into areas along the eleven route. I’ll get to that later, I think. I’m not interested in mapping this, only in the most general sense of how places connect together and it doesn’t mention the bus itself much. Other than a method of transport its main function was to provide both the structure and lack of control for the journey. Despite the three circuits, thoughts about the places are combined into one loop.
The stops in King’s Heath are bad, squashed together 11 and 35 on a pavement not wide enough to support a queue, it forces that particularly British type of hanging away from each other. Holding back, as you would have to make the decision to interact, even if only to be polite. Even squeezing onto a packed bus gives you a feeling of space, how can humans together give off that aura of dampness when it hasn’t been raining?
Birmingham is really green and lush in places, the mature trees either side of the road can fool you into thinking nothing happens, that people wash cars clean of that tree gloop and have special machines for either sucking or blowing leaves subject to preference. Riding on the top deck you feel the need for those heavy suburban curtains, the drives where the parked monster truck acts as a barrier.
Where shops appear they don’t seem to be planned, the ‘party shop’ in Stirchley on the Pershore Road seems to whimper “celebration” rather than shout. It’s falling into itself, does it open? I don’t know. It has competition, the area thrives on the vibe of balloons and peculiarly dull glitter. Even the charity shops, the copy shops, the functional shops hide a stash of party poppers beneath the counter. In the pubs it’s perpetually New Year.
Bournville seems the most suburban suburb of them all, but really it’s an estate. Suburbs need more than the endless, not straight for some reason, roads with heavy foliage and cars, they need focal points. Bournville’s focal point is leaving it. I’ve never been to Bournville in the same way I’ve never been to the past, it wouldn’t be right. It looks focused on being itself, it has an insular industriousness. An order; factory, play, road, out, continue.
If Bournville is connected but disconnected from its surroundings, then the bit of Selly Oak that follows is disjointed. It isn’t the never-ending roadworks and diversions, it’s the superstores, casualties, job centre pluses that must be travelled to. The imposing new QE struggles to look out of place. It should, given that it and the hospital it replaces – where I was born (I remember little) – rise higher than the estated surrounds by hundreds of feet. It’s impressive, but you get the feel that the architect went for iconic and it’s got all the surprise of a neon kettle. Grey, red, green, blue. It makes me want a cup of tea. The iconic features here are the drugedly planned road island, and the huge army and navy stores.
Harborne teeters on the brink of something, it has ambition (or pretension) and strives to be a sort of Bournville with booze. Do people still do “the Harborne run”, or have the pubs become wise to gangs of university students and the hassle to spending ratio? Do Tony Blair’s 50% of the population indulge in that sort of fractious entertainment? Pub crawls are always too much crawl and not enough pub, an orgy of excess for those that can’t cope with excess, or their ale. About as Bacchanalian as a game of golf, with a similar ratio of fun to walking between brief bouts of choice and excitement. For a time my mother ran Harborne Post Office, one of the proper sort of PO that does posting letters and pensions and – at the time – very little else. Does the pillar box red comfort? It’s not a comforting colour, the gloss has a sweaty vomitous sheen.
Do you feel sorry for Bearwood? Neither Brum nor yam, it falls between two distinct but equally laughed at stools. But Bearwood seems older, the paint peels and the high street reminds me of Witton Road in the eighties. Independent shops, with independently graphic’d frontages melt one into the next. Is it darker here, does it rain more, it feels like it. I can feel the Gs being expunged from my phone signal. Can we reach Birmingham before we reach the blessed relaxed time before the matrix?
Dudley Road seems to be the closest point to the city centre – offering spectacular views of lights at night, or not so spectacular views of stooping cranes in the day. The hospital overshadows everything, against it even roads with buildings look like they are derelict. As Terry Hall might say, all the pubs are closed down. If the hospital towers above its vicinity, a left turn intoWinson Green and there’s something less welcoming. Do we expect a prison to be architecturally interesting? The slitless walls, with less features than a warehouse, make the houses opposite feel like they’re those at the end of the world. It looks more dumped there than Selfridges does in the city centre.
The leafy Handsworth Wood gives out to the concrete expanse that is Perry Barr island, the first thing I notice is the lack of something but it takes a trip round again to realise what. The library has been bulldozed, if it has been replaced then it’s not obvious where. It was an old, circa 1900s red brick building that along with the Methodist church opposite lent something different than dirty sixtiesambience to the area. Without it, the area looks a mess and the church looks out of place. The area around Perry Barr island is bad for the brain, posters, shop signs, architecture, poor attempts at shrubbery on central reservations (although it is winter of course) clash each way you turn. The underpass stunk of piss in the eighties when I lived there, it was dark and scary – the bus doesn’t go down there.
Down Aston Lane, past one of my old dole offices and my nan and granddad’s old house. From the house I used to go over the road to the paper shop, dragging my soft toy dog on a string as my granddad walked his rather more alive dog. The shops are still there, but how well they’re doing now the newTesco is open I wouldn’t like to guess. Witton was a paradise of shopping, nearly every corner store, sports, television and more, owned by ex-Aston Villa player and managers: “Leslie Smith for Television” or “discount Dick” Taylor. The team’s influence extended to the streets, the railway bridge was painted in claret and blue by Tony Daley and Gary Shaw – or at least they posed for photos looking very much like they had. It’s peeling now, more through the neglect of the railway system than the Villa, one would guess, as the club are intent on putting their logo on everything.Scrubland is official Villa car parks, the train station is “Witton for Villa Park” – not for living in?
Birmingham lacks rivers, but the Tame here doesn’t inspire, industrial estates hidden by weed-ridden greenery and a road that hugs it. There is life on the other side of the road, but a view it doesn’t have. When the river meanders away it’s replaced by a motorway suspended on concrete columns and then a graveyard. The concrete columns are now a terrorist target, signs warn of the consequences of stopping. Surveillance of this exhaust coloured patch must be police punishment for some misdemeanour committed on patrol.
The row of four Banks shops in Stockland Green seen to finally have had new signage, or merged to one larger shop with one tiny subsidiary holding fast against the internal market for “big and tall clothes” or ladies’ dancing pumps. It’s a monster of a traffic junction, incomprehensible from all angles. If you wanted ladies’ dancing pumps, but were stranded by the bingo, you’d have to get a taxi and hope he’d mastered his sat-nav.
Erdington is trying to get that complicated, the bus takes a road and turns back on itself a mere vehicle’s length along it, there are bizare half-island half-right turn areas, a shop in the central reservation. But it can’t hold a pound shop scented candle to Stockland Green. Six Ways sounds like a Knightmare scenario, but there are only five. Take away that you came down one and you’re down to a manageable four exits. The bus takes just one, eventually.
Erdington through Ward End leads onward without a change in scene; trees blow, the pavements widen and contract. Birmingham’s increasingly tiny suburbs flick one to another and it blurs. At the Fox and Goose the ‘entertainment centre’ is anAldi. In the gathering doom it looks nicer than an Aldi might, but does it say much for the area – there’s entertainment here to be sure. More than cheaper food shopping. Stechford and the demolition therein does jar you out of the Erdington haze, pubs are gone, only shopping remains.
Shopping doesn’t remain at the Swan Island, a fairytale name now attached to a dilapidated shopping centre. The flats have neon, the shops have plywood and graffiti, regeneration can’t come too soon. The run down intoAcock’s Green (once owned by Mr Acock ? – yes), is nice. This is a suburb that is filled with amenities for its population, a rail station, pubs, shops not chained but left to their own idiosyncrasies. A contrast to the centre (is the “green” the traffic island?), which doesn’t really – but it does have life, one of the most bustling areas we’ve come through. And who can begrudge people a game of laser quest, the free market shall provide.
The houses get more expensive, larger and more sunken-back as Fox Hollies gives way to the downhill to Sarehole Mill. The Mill and the bog are a feature of Birmingham’s high water-table – until industry moved in to suck it out. With heavy industry now almost gone, the waters are rising and it has a dampness. The air has a dampness, we’ve freewheeled into a well of sorts. It takes a lower gear to pull us up toBillesley where along with drying out there is something different about the surroundings , are we further from the centre of town – no, I don’t think so, but maybe we are further from proper shops, there are more houses, more a sense of movement out, more cars itching to get somewhere. Or maybe there are just more cars, the further you move towards King’s Heath the parking gets tighter, the houses terrace, the closeness can be touched, the bus stops become an obstacle. And we go round again.
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Tom Tierney building for the future
A new home, the RBS 6 Nations title to defend and changing priorities make for a challenging year for Niamh Briggs and her Ireland women’s team but head coach Tom Tierney is relishing the opportunity to strike the right balance.
Sat, 06 Feb, 2016 - 00:00
Simon Lewis
Ireland, ranked fourth in the first official global ranking system for women’s test rugby unveiled this week by World Rugby, begin their championship defence this afternoon against Wales. They will run out not at Ashbourne RFC, their Meath home since 2010 but instead make camp at Donnybrook in Dublin, hoping to bring the women’s game to a wider audience in the continuing effort to grow participation and ensure a conveyor belt of talent finds its way into the international set-up.
These are good times for women’s rugby in Ireland but for Tierney the success of both the XVs and Sevens brings its own issues. Ireland will be staging the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup in 18 months but the Test team must embark on the 2016 campaign knowing Olympic qualification for the shorter format’s introduction to the Games in Rio in August is taking precedence.
Which means in addition to the natural turnover of players from season to season, the defending champions must do without three of the backline which helped them secure the title in Scotland last March.
Jenny Murphy, Alison Miller and Hannah Tyrell will not be in Donnybrook today but Sydney, Australia, with the sevens squad on a two-week training camp ahead of Round 2 of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Sao Paulo, Brazil later this month.
Tierney has no misgivings about the split priorities.
“Absolutely not. We’re under one umbrella and we’re very conscious of that,” he said. “We’ve seen how other countries have maybe made a big separation and a big statement of a separation and were very conscious that we didn’t want to do that. We wanted to keep everyone under one big umbrella and we’ve done that very successfully.
“It’s purely down to selection and then because of that, working on the Sevens and XVs games it’s very important that we have a quantity and quality of player. That’s been the driving factor for the last six months and we’ve been out looking at players, bringing them into the training squads in the centres around the country and then having quality camps.
“It’s all built towards 2017 and we don’t want to be kind of caught with maybe 22 or 23 players, we want to have a pool of maybe 35 and then it’s going to be good for us.”
Tierney accepts there will be times, particularly this year, when the balance will swing towards Sevens.
“It pretty much as simple as that. Getting into the World Series was huge. Last year we had the goal of winning the Six Nations, which we did, and also getting onto a World Series, which the Sevens did, and there was a number of girls that did both. So that just goes to show how it can work.
“After the big achievement of getting on the World Series it’s critical that we stay on it, to build the Sevens game, and the clashes we have with the XVs, it’s forcing us to do exactly what we need to do to build the pool of players. That’s another long-term goal of ours, to get as many players playing at a high quality, that can play both formats of the game. We’re focused on both of them but there are obviously priorities, that’s just the nature of it.”
Given the turnover in personnel, Tierney has been happy with the groundwork his XVs squad have laid down ahead of this weekend’s championship opener.
The odds seem stacked against Ireland, who after 10th-ranked Wales face tough trips to Perpignan to play France and then England, both teams ranked in the top three behind world champions New Zealand.
“Everyone’s saying ‘oh, you’ve got France up second and England up third’ but last week against Wales put us firmly in mind that it’s going to be a very tough game against a Welsh team that will have most of their Sevens players back, because GB is being pushed this year for the Olympics.
“Then we’re off to France, Perpignan, full house traditionally for the women’s game in France. That’s going to be very tough and then we go to Twickenham. So the first three games are very tough and it’s going to define how we go, then we’ll take it from there.”
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Jennifer Johnston: past master
Book Club: ‘The important things happened long ago and what remains in the present of her stories is to understand and judge’
Thu, Jun 29, 2017, 11:49 Updated: Thu, Jun 29, 2017, 11:57
Paul Delaney
Jennifer Johnston: her characters typically live with little sense of agency, haunted by the actions of those who have gone before. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
“I don’t care about the big issues,” Jennifer Johnston commented in the Belfast magazine Fortnight in 1995. “What I care about is how we manage to live with the big issues going on around us and how we manage to face ourselves.” Johnston’s fiction exemplifies this stance, speaking sensitively to the difficulties which ensue when people try to live truthfully in the world. Over and again, Johnston places characters in situations of extreme stress, struggling before the pressures to survive, to conform, or simply to be.
The situations described are various, and the canvas is suitably diverse: from the horrors of the Somme and Gallipoli (How Many Miles to Babylon? [1974], This is Not a Novel [2002]), to Big House communities in the early 1920s (The Old Jest [1979], Fool’s Sanctuary [1987]); and from divided communities during the Troubles (Shadows on our Skin [1977], The Railway Station Man [1984]), to cultures of secrecy and abuse in contemporary society (The Invisible Worm [1991], Grace and Truth [2005]). Johnston’s fiction is important less for its engagement with these “big issues”, however, than for its reading of the political through the mundane, as it prioritises the impact of such issues on domestic relations and individual lives.
Although her canvas is large, Johnston paints in miniature. Each of her 19 novels is elegantly concise, comprising a tightly-defined plot, a limited palette of ideas, very few characters and an uncluttered syntax
Although her canvas is large, Johnston paints in miniature. Each of her 19 novels is elegantly concise, comprising a tightly-defined plot, a limited palette of ideas, a cast of very few characters, and an uncluttered syntax. An additional feature of her work is that it often makes use of a preferred compositional structure, interleaving first-person accounts (diaries, letters, documents, personal memories) with extended third-person narratives. Her novels consequently shift between perspective, time and tense, foregrounding key issues through form as well as narrative, and gradually working towards the disclosure of a long-held secret.
“The important things have happened long ago,” Richard York noted a few years ago, in an astute assessment of Johnston’s oeuvre, “and what remains in the present of her stories is contemplation, the search to understand and judge, and the wish to decide what the past can mean to the present.” The results are frequently harrowing, leaving characters with a tenuous grasp of reality and a fragile sense of self-worth. “I am not sure in which tense I live, the present or the past,” Laura confesses, in one of Johnston’s finest works, The Invisible Worm, as she struggles to come to terms with the fact that she was raped by her father as a child, burdened with the memory that her mother failed her when confronted with this terrible knowledge. “Both seem irreconcilably intermingled in my mind.”
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Like many of Johnston’s other works, The Invisible Worm is a claustrophobic and deeply interiorised text, with the structure of the novel turning in on itself and only slowly bringing its secrets to light. As it does this, the narrative moves forward in psychological rather than chronological time, with the central characters, Laura and her friend Dominic, gradually finding space to speak of their innermost fears and anxieties. “We need to know how to forgive as well as to be forgiven,” Laura explains, if she is to escape the ghost of her father. Dominic similarly realises that “I believe we can be healed”, as he nurses his own hurt and attempts to deal with the consequences of stifling parental ambition.
In Johnston’s work, such statements are always hard won. Her characters typically live with little sense of agency, haunted by the actions of those who have gone before. “We echo and re-echo down the years,” Imogen reflects in the exquisite This is Not a Novel, as she reads into the secrets of the past, uncovering uncanny links between different generations of her family. Initially, these links seem sustaining: “I love the feeling of continuity,” Imogen remarks, “of having been planted somewhere in the past”, when she first considers her resemblance to her great-grandmother. However, the legacy becomes suffocating as Imogen begins to inhabit her ancestor’s aphasia, reliving her great-grandmother’s grief, and mourning young men who died at different points in time (her granduncle, Harry, and also her own brother, Johnny). “Are we all condemned to be infected by our past?”, Imogen’s father is left to ask, in private, as he anguishes over his daughter’s mental health.
Johnston deploys echoes as resonant structuring devices in her work, drawing upon fragments of texts (songs, poems, nursery rhymes, etc.), and repeating them chorus-like
As the past is repeated across Johnston’s oeuvre, certain patterns gain in definition. “Echoes. Echoes hurt my eyes,” Laura says with some ambiguity in The Invisible Worm. It is but one of many references to the motif of the echo which, in many respects, is central to Johnston’s aesthetic. “Echoes shadow all of Johnston’s work,” Ann Owens Weekes has observed; and, at one level, “Johnston uses echoes to evoke characteristic mental states and preoccupations”. Sometimes these echoes gain in intensity as characters appear trapped within ever-expanding cycles of pain and violence. As Joe’s mother says with great economy in Shadows on our Skin: “Nothing ever changes. It only gets worse.” In other instances, however, echoes seem to fade as the ripples spread across time.
Johnston deploys echoes as resonant structuring devices in her work, drawing upon fragments of texts (echoes of songs, poems, nursery rhymes, etc.), and repeating them chorus-like through the course of her narratives. Specific images also reverberate through her novels, gaining in significance as they take hold of her narrators’ imaginations, and indicating the depth to which her characters have been hurt and the extent to which they obsessively ruminate. The swans in How Many Miles to Babylon? are a case in point, providing Alec with the context for a highly-stylised recollection of his mother but also an intimate memory of Jerry, all the while indicating a world of grace and beauty which ended with the first World War.
Alec is like many of Johnston’s other protagonists, who are also embryo artists, and who share an interest in the power – but also the shortcomings – of language
The fact that the swans carry an explicit Yeatsian echo – and that a copy of Yeats’s early poems is one of the few items Alec takes with him to the Front – adds a further layer of significance to this seemingly simple image, reminding the reader that Alec is a would-be writer, with a poetic sensibility and an aptitude for metonym and allusion. In this respect, although Alec is very much alone, he is nonetheless like many of Johnston’s other protagonists, who are also embryo artists, and who share an interest in the power – but also the shortcomings – of language.
“Out of this window I see the night white and empty,” Laura concludes The Invisible Worm. “Like my future – an empty page on which I will begin to write my life. I will try to embellish the emptiness of living. Perhaps I may come alive.” Laura’s turn towards writing is repeated in a number of Johnston’s other works. It is characteristic that this turn is belated, and that its fruits remain unrealised; it is equally appropriate, though, that the decision can be made, as it allows for the possibility of self-expression, even regeneration, in a cruel and seemingly senseless world. “Perhaps I may come alive”: this is no small success in the circumstances, and testifies to Johnston’s achievements as a prose writer.
Prof Paul Delaney is Lecturer in Irish Writing in English at Trinity College Dublin. His works include Seán O’Faoláin: Literature, Inheritance and the 1930s (Irish Academic Press)
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Power lines in Rakhine State’s Sittwe. / Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy
By Moe Moe 12 November 2018
NAYPYITAW — A 30-billion-kyat project to provide 24-hour electricity to four townships in Rakhine State will be completed in December, according to the Department of Electric Power Transmission and System Control under the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.
The project was launched in 2016 to provide electricity to Ponnagyun, Rathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships. The first three townships have access to electricity at this point, said director U Kyaw Swa Soe Naing of the department.
“We’ve supplied electricity reaching Buthidaung. Only Maungdaw is left. We expect to complete the project by the end of December,” he said during the ministry’s monthly press conference in Naypyitaw on Thursday.
As of March, 1,530 households in Rathedaung and 3,374 households in Buthidaung had electricity around the clock, he added.
The project took so long due to various reasons including instability in the region and logistical difficulties.
Buthidaung Township has access to electricity around the clock on a trial basis as of November, said Lower House lawmaker U Aung Thaung Shwe of the township.
A curfew has been in effect in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships and civilians are not allowed to go outside between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
“As we have electricity now, people will feel emotionally safer despite the curfew,” he said.
“We have electricity, but there are still many people who don’t because they don’t yet have a meter box. So we still need to use charcoal to cook,” said Daw May Han Lwint, a resident of No. 4 Thabyaegon Ward in Buthidaung.
Including Maungdaw, the electricity coverage will have reached 96 percent of Rakhine State by the end of December, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.
“Those without meter boxes still do not have electricity. A meter box costs more than 100,000 kyats and not all of the people can afford that,” said Upper House lawmaker U Aung Kyaw Zan of Rakhine State Constituency (9).
According to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Myanmar currently has 24 hydropower plants, 22 gas-fired power plants, and a coal-fired power plant, which produce a combined output of more than 3,000 megawatts that covers only 37.85 percent of total households in the country.
The ministry is building four gas-fired power plants with a projected total output of some 3,000 megawatts.
Topics: Electricity, Energy, Rakhine
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Inspectorate Rescue Cases
Horrific treatment of Irish dairy calves being kicked and stamped on by workers
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT MAY CAUSE UPSET
The ISPCA is horrified and angered by the footage released by animal welfare groups Eyes on Animals and L214 of Irish dairy calves being physically abused, kicked, dragged by the ears, thrown and stamped on by workers at a control post in France after arriving on a ferry from Rosslare in March. We are calling on Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture to launch an immediate investigation and to immediately suspend the export of calves from Ireland to France and the Netherlands until the investigation is complete. Such brutal and cruel handling of calves is completely unacceptable and must not be tolerated. The investigation by Eyes on Animals and L214 also found that calves were transported for over the maximum allowable journey time of 19 hours (as per the EU Transport Regulations (Council Regulation EC 1/2005), not rested or fed appropriately with lorry drivers exceeding the maximum allowed number of driving hours, risking not only animal welfare but also themselves and other road users. The investigation also found that the trucks being used to transport the cattle were overcrowded and did not have accessible drinking water for the calves during the journey. We hope that any transport company that is found to be in breach of the regulations is penalised robustly.
Video courtesy of Eyes on Animals and L214
The ISPCA is also concerned about the large increase in the number of dairy calves being exported to the continent from Ireland over the past few years following the rapid and unsustainable increase in the Irish dairy herd from 1.1 million to 1.5 million over just a few years. This has led to an increase in the industry’s waste product i.e. male calves which are of no use to the industry. This year the industry aims to export over 200,000 dairy calves from Ireland. This year the dairy industry has already exported 29,000 calves, 34% more than the same period in 2018. The ISPCA believes it is time for the government to explore alternatives to live exports of calves including raising male dairy calves for the beef or veal industry with the meat to be exported on the hook not the hoof and to work with the importing countries to increase capacity to import chilled or frozen meat products. We also would like to see the government encourage farmers to produce rose veal for export and support the high welfare standards introduced for this purpose by the RSPCA Assured scheme in the UK.
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Iran votes to Destroy Israel: ‘Haman’s decree repeating itself’ says Rabbi
by David Sidman | Jan 4, 2021 | Biblical News
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and Mordechai the Yehudi, “I have given Haman’s property to Esther, and he has been impaled on the stake for scheming against the Yehudim. Esther 8:7 (The Israel BibleTM)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and first deputy Ishaq Jahangiri election rally in Tehran's Azadi Stadium (Shutterstock)
Last week, on the anniversary of IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani’s assassination, Iran’s published their plan to exact vengeance for his death – by destroying Israel reports Entekhab. The bill states that the government is “obligated to make arrangements to destroy the usurping Zionist regime.”
The plan included expelling US forces from the region, confronting the actions of the “usurping Zionist regime,” and countering American economic terrorism against Iran.
Spokesman of the Hebron Jewish community Rabbi Yishai Fleisher, responded to the vote, seeing it as a re-creation of the Biblical story of Purim whereby the evil Haman convinced the King of Persia to kill the Jewish people only to see his plan backfire saying: “Doubling down on fanatical Jihadism, Iran’s parliament votes to destroy Israel. Reminds me of Iran’s HAMAN of 2,500 years ago who ordered the hanging of Mordechai – but ended up hanging himself.”
Doubling down on fanatical Jihadism, Iran’s parliament votes to destroy Israel.
Reminds me of Iran’s HAMAN of 2,500 years ago who ordered the hanging of Mordechai – but ended up hanging himself. https://t.co/M2LLMoLBkP
— Yishai Fleisher يشاي ישי פליישר 🕎 (@YishaiFleisher) January 4, 2021
The verse referring to this event can is found in the Book of Esther:
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and Mordechai the Yehudi, “I have given Haman’s property to Esther, and he has been impaled on the stake for scheming against the Yehudim. (Esther 8:7)
Last week, Israel365 News reported that the United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, in what the U.S. Central Command said was a defensive action.
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Flood Diversion Task Force Releases Report on Construction Recommendations
The future of the greater Fargo–Moorhead area has been in question since the destructive flood of 1997
FARGO, ND — The Flood Diversion Task Force has released its recommendations, but does that mean construction will continue for the Red River diversion project?
The future of the greater Fargo–Moorhead area has been in question since the destructive flood of 1997.
But now, those fears may come to an end with new protections.
“It gives people an opportunity to finally see what’s going to happen,” said Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney, who is also a member of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority.
The Flood Diversion Task Force has recommended a re–start for the stalled Red River diversion project.
“This is a great step forward. If you try to litigate in the courts, it’s a two to three year process,” Mahoney said.
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton prevented that step by coming to a mutual agreement for what they say the metro needs.
Over the last decade, community members have been wondering what their futures will look like and now Mayor Mahoney says there will be a solution.
“I think I’ve often been asked is it going to go forward, yes it is,” Mahoney said.
He says many people have been in an ‘unknown zone’, wanting to know what the impact is on them.
This final recommendation gives people more clarity.
“It gives us more definity that this has to go ahead,” Mahoney said. “You will see a different project than you saw befor
There is a lot of work that still needs to be done.
“The last part of the puzzle is the alignment and we have to see what our engineers and our task force comes up with, with the DNR,” Mahoney said.
The big question is: can the technical team come up with a solution that covers up–stream, Minnesota and North Dakota concerns while also having a reasonable alternative?
“I truthfully think that’s going to happen,” Mahoney said.
Mayor Mahoney says he thinks in the next two to four months, they will start moving on the next steps.
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The Dow's over 20,000 ... Now what?
ADAM SHELL
Dow 20,000, a longtime dream of Wall Street bulls that pessimists said was a pipe dream, is now etched into the record books as the biggest milestone ever achieved by the 120-year-old stock index.
The Dow Jones industrial average topped the milestone just four trading days into President Trump's first term, after flirting with the big, round number for more than a month.
So what's an investor to do now?
The latest milestone puts the Dow at another all-time closing high. And you don’t need a Ph.D. in finance to know that new highs in the stock market mean higher share prices, which often translates into anxiety for investors who fear that stock prices may be near, or at, a top.
First off, numbers such as Dow 20,000 are more about investors’ mood than predictive tools, Ari Wald, a technical analyst at Oppenheimer, told USA TODAY during the lengthy run-up to the milestone.
“We haven’t been able to find evidence that round number milestones like Dow 20,000 carry predictive ability, though they may carry psychological significance, similar to how turning 50 in age can be viewed as being more significant than turning 49,” Wald says.
Since history offers lessons, let’s focus first on what could go wrong. After its first close above 10,000 on March 29, 1999, the Dow peaked 10 months later at 11,722.98 on Jan. 14, 2000, suffered through two bear markets in 2000-'02 and 2007-'09, and went more than 11 years before finally breaking out above 10,000 for good in August 2010.
Based on past performance, and with stocks currently pricey based on historical norms, now might not be the best time to jump into the market super-aggressively. A better time to get in was back at the market low in 2009, as the Dow has more than tripled since then.
When the Dow gets this extended, “it will likely cause some selling to enter the market,” says Mark Arbeter, president of Arbeter Investments. “I think there will be a pause at this big, psychological number,” adding he thinks the Dow will clear 20,000 this year by about 10% before a “potential market top.”
Most at risk now are bank stocks in the Dow such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase that have had “ridiculous runs” and are “benefiting from the Trump card” and higher interest rates, Arbeter says.
Michael Farr, president of money management firm Farr, Miller & Washington, sees a market that’s now “expensive” and running on momentum amid hopes for a positive economic outlook under Trump. He’s not advocating a swing-for-the-fences investment plan.
“My crystal ball is no clearer than anyone else’s,” Farr says. “I don’t think anyone can time the markets with any degree of consistency or precision. Therefore, we will remain fully invested but defensive. It can be very dangerous to get too caught up in the market’s euphoria about as-yet unfulfilled campaign promises. However, many studies have shown that it can also be very deleterious to long-term portfolio returns to jump in and out of the market and miss just a few of the best-performing days.”
Bulls, however, advise investors to keep riding the white-hot Dow to more gains — even though they can’t rule out a 5% to 10% drop along the way.
“The melt-up will continue,” says Thorne Perkin, president at Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management. The bull call comes with a caveat, however: "We believe there will be bumps along the road," he adds.
Perkin ticks off reasons for stock investors to stay invested. A sizable pile of investor cash still sitting on the sidelines, he says, will seek out fresh opportunities in the stock market. It “makes no sense,” he adds, for investors to put money into fixed-income assets such as bonds, which are declining in value and don’t provide a big enough yield.
Other positives favoring stocks, Perkin says, include a rebound in corporate profits and a belief that U.S. economic growth under a Trump administration will continue at a modest but solid pace of 2.5% or more.
“The penalty for being out of the market is so severe, one needs very high conviction to justify this stance,” Perkin says.
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17 new coronavirus cases confirmed across Cumbria today - here's where
Five areas saw an increase in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 3,275 since the beginning of the pandemic
Lorna Hughes
A coronavirus test sample being taken (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
Cumbria has recorded a total of 17 new coronavirus cases today (September 20), with positive tests in all but one of its boroughs.
The majority of the new cases were again recorded in Barrow-in-Furness which reported seven additional cases, the same increase as yesterday. The area's infection rate is now 1,026.1 per 100,000.
Copeland reported five new cases, with two in Allerdale and Eden and a single new cases in South Lakeland.
Carlisle was the only area where no new cases were recorded.
Case data is now being based on people being tested both through 'Pillar 1' - which is in hospitals - and Pillar 2 - which is drive-through test centres and swabs sent by post.
Total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus by Cumbria borough:
Allerdale: 443 (+2), 453.1 per 100,000
Barrow-in-Furness: 688 (+7), 1,026.1 per 100,000
Carlisle: 833 (no change), 766.5 per 100,000
Copeland: 396 (+5), 580.8 per 100,000
Eden: 242 (+2), 454.4 per 100,000
South Lakeland: 673 (+1) 640.4 per 100,000
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today warned Britain is at a "tipping point" as he refused to rule out a second national coronavirus lockdown if the public fails to follow social distancing rules.
Mr Hancock said there was a danger the numbers could "shoot through the roof" unless effective action was taken to halt the spread of the virus.
His warning came as the Government announced anyone in England who refuses an order to self-isolate could face a fine of up to £10,000.
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The Health Secretary said that hospital admissions for the disease were doubling "every eight days" and would be followed by an increase in the number of deaths.
"This country faces a tipping point," he told BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show.
"If everybody follows the rules - and we will be increasingly stringent on the people who are not following the rules - then we can avoid further national lockdowns.
"But we of course have to be prepared to take action if that's what's necessary."
It comes as Lancashire prepares to go into a local lockdown from next week - but Cumbria will not be one of those places.
The new restrictions include no mixing of households in private homes and gardens and 10pm curfews on hospitality venues including bars, pubs, restaurants, and cinemas.
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Do Employers Have to Pay Employees for After Hours Calls, Emails, and Texts?
On behalf of Klampe, Delehanty, Pasternak & Niesen, LLC | Mar 3, 2017 | Employment |
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) dictates when employees must be paid for cell phone use outside of work hours.
The FLSA classifies employees as either “exempt” or “non-exempt.” Exempt employees generally do not receive overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
Non-exempt employees generally must be compensated for all hours they work and must be paid overtime for time worked in excess of 40 hours per week. If non-exempt employees work in excess of 40 hours per week, each hour “suffered or permitted” to work must be paid at 1½ times the employee’s hourly rate.
If an employer requires non-exempt employees to perform work functions outside of work, such as responding to phone calls, emails, or text messages, that time must be compensated. But what about the scenario where performing those work functions outside of work is not required but instead is permitted by the employer? That time must also be compensated under the FLSA. Time that a non-exempt employee is “suffered or permitted” to work must be compensated. The FLSA requires compensation even where the employer simply had reason to believe work was being performed after-hours.
To understand this, it is helpful to consider some hypothetical examples.
Hypothetical Example Number 1
A non-exempt secretary must edit a set of reports for the supervisor. Those reports are due the next day before the secretary’s shift begins. The supervisor emails the reports to the secretary after-hours with the expectation that the edits are completed outside of work hours.
Should the secretary’s time be compensated? Yes. The supervisor required the secretary to respond to an email and perform work after-hours.
A non-exempt secretary must update customer contact lists, which requires the secretary to contact each customer by phone, email or text to verify the customer’s information. The project is too large to complete in one day at the office, so the secretary takes it home and makes customer contacts from home. The next day the supervisor notices that the customer contact information was fully updated and knows that it was too large of a project to complete at the office. The supervisor does not ask the employee if the work was completed outside of work hours.
Should the secretary’s time be compensated? Yes. The supervisor had reason to believe work was being performed after-hours.
While the United States Supreme Court has stated that employers are not required to pay for the minimum after-hours work, generally less than 10 minutes, the work performed outside of work hours is viewed collectively and not on a per-email or per-text basis. If an employer has reason to believe that employees are receiving and sending multiple emails each day outside work hours, that time should be compensated.
An employer’s failure to pay overtime can be financially devastating. A single employee may recover back wages, liquidated damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs for an employer’s violation of the FLSA. Where the employer’s policies deprive a group of employees of compensation due, the FLSA allows for collective actions by the entire group.
If after-hours phone calls, emails, or text messages are a concern for you, Attorney Andrea B. Niesen is available for consultation and will help you evaluate your situation. Attorney Niesen is an experienced employment law attorney and can also help you make sense of the recent changes to the FLSA that could impact your employment.
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Tests find no link between Fla. slayings, 'In Cold Blood' pair
Perry Smith, Richard Hickock had been eyed in quadruple homicide
Updated: 3:40 PM CDT Aug 13, 2013
DNA testing on the two men who killed a Kansas family and were profiled in the book "In Cold Blood" does not link them to a quadruple murder in Florida more than 50 years ago.Capt. Jeff Bell of the Sarasota Sheriff's Office told The Associated Press on Tuesday they were unable to make a match between killers Perry Smith or Richard Hickock to Christine Walker, who was killed in Sarasota in 1959 with her husband and two children.Authorities say there's uncertainty because only partial DNA profiles were taken from the exhumed bodies and the Walker samples were degraded. No more tests are set.Smith and Hickock fled to Florida after killing Kansas farmer Herb Clutter, his wife and two of their children.
DNA testing on the two men who killed a Kansas family and were profiled in the book "In Cold Blood" does not link them to a quadruple murder in Florida more than 50 years ago.
Capt. Jeff Bell of the Sarasota Sheriff's Office told The Associated Press on Tuesday they were unable to make a match between killers Perry Smith or Richard Hickock to Christine Walker, who was killed in Sarasota in 1959 with her husband and two children.
Authorities say there's uncertainty because only partial DNA profiles were taken from the exhumed bodies and the Walker samples were degraded. No more tests are set.
Smith and Hickock fled to Florida after killing Kansas farmer Herb Clutter, his wife and two of their children.
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Latest Cumbria infection rates as numbers surge in Carlisle, Barrow, South Lakes and rest of the county
The most up-to-date Public Health England data for infection rates in the Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness, Penrith, Kendal and Lake District areas
Jon MacphersonChief Reporter
Coniston Water (Image: Getty Images)
Coronavirus infection rates in Cumbria have surged by 133pc in a week, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.
Carlisle's infection rate has now climbed to 1,134.5 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending January 4 after a total of 1,233 people tested positive for the virus.
This is up by 110pc from the 586 cases recorded in the previous seven days to December 28.
The city now has the ninth biggest week-on-week rise in rates in England and ranked in the top 30 local authority areas.
But escalating rates of infection are appearing in all six Cumbria districts with Eden still above the new England average of 671.9.
The fastest growing infection rate in the county is found in Barrow where weekly cases rose by a massive 380 per cent from 80 to 388. This is closely followed by Copeland on 333 per cent.
South Lakeland has recorded the slowest week-on-week rise of new positive tests at 87 per cent.
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The figures, for the seven days to January 4, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).
The list below has been calculated by the PA news agency, based on Public Health England data published yesterday (January 8) on the Government’s coronavirus dashboard.
Data for the most recent four days (January 5-8) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases. The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.
Full list of Cumbria infection rates on Friday, January 8:
From left to right, it reads: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to January 4; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to January 4; rate of new cases in the seven days to December 28; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to December 28.
Carlisle, 1134.5, (1233), 539.2, (586)
Eden, 781.2, (416), 510.8, (272)
---------------------------------------------------- The latest average infection rate for England is 671.9
Allerdale, 652.6, (638), 245.5, (240)
Barrow-in-Furness, 578.7, (388), 119.3, (80)
Copeland, 495.7, (338), 114.4, (78)
South Lakeland, 335.9, (353), 178.9, (188)
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Of the 315 local areas in England, 314 have seen a rise in case rates and just one (Richmond upon Thames) has seen a fall.
Barking & Dagenham in London continues to have the highest rate in England, with 3,592 new cases recorded in the seven days to January 4 – the equivalent of 1,687.1 cases per 100,000 people.
This is up from 1,150.3 in the seven days to December 28.
Redbridge, also in London, has the second highest rate, up from 1,166.4 to 1,559.2, with 4,759 new cases.
Thurrock in Essex has the third highest rate, up from 1,252.1 to 1,540.1, with 2,685 new cases.
The 10 areas with the biggest week-on-week rise in rates are:
1 Halton (up from 279.7 to 1,172.2)
2 Isle of Wight (255.3 to 1,132.1)
3 Knowsley (254.5 to 1,118.9)
4 Tendring (508.3 to 1,182.4)
5 Corby (263.1 to 913.9)
6 Crawley (568.5 to 1,206.3)
7 Liverpool (241.5 to 859.0)
8 Sefton (251.8 to 867.6)
9 Carlisle (539.2 to 1,134.5)
10 Rushmoor (842.5 to 1,419.7)
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Burnley takeover
Alan Pace offers Burnley fans reassurance with clarity over how club takeover was funded
Burnley's new owner has commented on the purchase of the club amid doubts over the structure of payments in a move to reassure fans
Alex JamesFootball Writer
Alan Pace has offered clarity to Burnley fans over how the takeover of the club was funded
Burnley chairman Alan Pace has moved to reassure fans concerned with the funding model used to purchase the club, saying he can look supporters in the eye and say they can be proud.
And the deal comes with a safety net twist which could see the club return to the former shareholders, including outgoing chairman Mike Garlick.
ALK Capital completed a Turf Moor takeover on New Year's Eve and although the deal is a leveraged buy-out, Pace and his partners believe it to be a unique and sustainable model.
"I would tell you that the way we have done this, I am absolutely positively certain has never been done in the same way before," said Pace, speaking to Lancs Live, on Tuesday.
"It has everything to do with making that fanbase comfortable that this is the most sustainable form of what we could have done. Bar none.
"I think people will realise that over time.
"We can't speak about it for a whole bunch of reasons, but if I was in front of a number of fans at any given time I could put my hand on my heart, look them in the eye and say 'you should be proud of the way that this club has done what it has done. And you should be happy with knowing where it can go and will go with the structures that have been put in place.'"
It is understood ALK have so far paid £102million towards the Burnley takeover, with around £60million raised through a loan provided by Michael Dell's MSD UK Holdings, who have also lent money to Southampton, Sunderland and Derby County.
That loan was taken out by Burnley FC and so the interest payments will be made by the club, although they are now owned by Velocity Sports Partners, the sports investment arm of US management firm ALK Capital, so the businesses are interlinked.
The rest of the up-front payment is made up from cash in the club as well as equity from ALK.
Burnley had £42million in the bank as of June 2019, the period covered by the last set of accounts.
That money has been used to help fund the purchase of the club, effectively reducing the overall price.
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ALK have a further three payments to make, all in the short term, and should they fail to make them the American owners have agreed to hand the club back to its previous shareholders, including outgoing chairman Garlick, as first reported by Bloomberg.
He has remained on the board as a director, along with John Banaszkiewicz, with ALK keen to have Burnley know-how and knowledge as part of the club's make-up.
Pace is committed to the Clarets for the long haul with the agreement to return the club to its previous owners a safety net to protect its future.
Pace and ALK are determined to drive Burnley forward on and off the pitch and have pledged to support Sean Dyche over the January transfer window and beyond.
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There will be money to spend this month while Pace sees Dyche, who has 18 months remaining on his contract, as integral to the future of the club.
And Pace is steadfast in his belief that the financial structure behind the deal is reasonable and sustainable.
"I don't mean to be over-dramatic on it because I can't explain it but if you knew you would be 'oh my goodness, this is incredible'," he said.
"You don't think twice about taking a mortgage on your house, but it does depend on which mortgage you take, how much you take and what is the structure and interest rate and it also depends on who you take it from.
"Hopefully someday people will look back and think it was pretty incredible.
"As a supporter, if they understood it the way I understand it, then I would be like 'good on them, they have done a great thing for this club'."
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Op-Ed: Congress can put iPhones back within reach of law enforcement
(M. Ryder)
By Cyrus R. Vance Jr., Jackie Lacey and Bonnie Dumanis
The FBI paid six figures for a hacking tool to get into San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c after Apple refused to unlock it.
That’s one down, more than 1,000 lawfully seized phones to go.
As recently as 18 months ago, Apple and Google — whose operating systems run 96.7% of the world’s smartphones — would comply with judicial orders to extract evidence from mobile devices and send the data to prosecutors. In 2014, however, the companies reengineered their operating systems to make their devices encrypted by default. They could no longer unlock their own products.
Since then, 230 inaccessible Apple devices have come into the Cyber Lab of the Manhattan district attorney’s office pursuant to judges’ warrants. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is sitting on 150 warrant-proof devices, and the Los Angeles Police Department now has more than 300. San Diego and Riverside Counties have 11 connected to murder cases.
Hundreds more smartphones line the shelves of police and prosecutors’ offices across the country. Each is believed to contain evidence crucial to the investigation and prosecution of serious state offenses including homicide and child sex abuse. Each corresponds to a real crime against a real victim who may never receive justice. Others conceal evidence, without which prosecutors cannot hold defendants accountable for their wrongdoing, or can charge them only with lower-level crimes. Some hold information that would exonerate the wrongfully accused.
Hundreds of criminal investigations will remain stalled until Congress intervenes. The lawful exploit employed by the FBI to open Farook’s iPhone works only on that model and operating system, and Apple could patch the flaw exploited at any time. Moreover, tools of the kind used to open that phone cost far more than most local agencies can afford.
Data encryption is leading to a rare level of internecine conflict between American law enforcement and American industry. A technological arms race between the government and Silicon Valley is in no one’s interest. Technology companies don’t want their products used to protect criminals. Judges don’t want their search warrants rendered meaningless. And victims of crime don’t want evidence-free zones.
A technological arms race between the government and Silicon Valley is in no one’s interest.
Centuries of jurisprudence hold that no item is beyond the reach of a court-ordered search warrant. In the past, criminals stored evidence of their crimes in safes, file cabinets and closets. Today, that evidence is found on smartphones. Our laws haven’t kept pace with this evolution in technology, and in the void, large technology companies have rendered themselves — not judges — gatekeepers of the data necessary to solve crimes.
Last month, Sens. Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) proposed a way forward. They released a draft bill that would require technology companies to provide law enforcement with decrypted data, or the technical assistance to get it, when ordered by a court to do so. The bill restores the authority of judges, requires firms to be compensated for their assistance, and leaves tech companies free to decide how to design their operating systems — so long as the company can comply with court orders. No draft bill is perfect, which is why the senators have requested that stakeholders — including technology companies — simply discuss it.
State and local prosecutors stand ready to advance that discussion with data, real-life case examples, legal briefs and testimony that document the effect mobile device encryption is having on public safety and victims of crime. At the same time, we continue to ask tech companies to provide their own metrics to quantify the purported trade-offs in personal data security if the Burr-Feinstein proposal were enacted. To start: Did Apple’s routine compliance with court orders until 2014 ever lead to anyone getting hacked?
While government agents and Silicon Valley engineers engage in a cat-and-mouse game over encryption, unapprehended criminals remain out there, free to reoffend. While Apple and Google work to stay ahead of the budding cottage industry of lawful hacking consultants, statutory time limits for prosecutions tick away.
Congress, not Silicon Valley, must determine the balance in our society between personal privacy and public safety. It should start by considering the Burr-Feinstein proposal without delay.
Cyrus R. Vance Jr. is the Manhattan district attorney. Jackie Lacey is the Los Angeles County district attorney. Bonnie Dumanis is the San Diego County district attorney.
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Company Shuttered After Stealing Photographer’s Picture
By Kehl Bayern / January 2, 2019
You know what’s not a good idea?
Stealing someone else’s photography.
Josh Sorenson from Pexels
But do you know what can really make your problems a whole lot worse?
Not only stealing someone else’s photograph but using that picture, on the Internet, to make money selling a product – or at least give the impression that you are doing so.
That’s pretty much what happened here and that in and of itself doesn’t make this story interesting. What does make it interesting is how tone deaf some people can be when it comes to the modern world we live in today.
Stealing pics and acting like a jerk will usually get you a nice little write up in blogs, like this one here. And when you add in a little bit of petty spice to the dish, well, we just can’t help but serve it up.
Thunderball Clothing has had to close up shop because they stole one of photographer J. Salmeron’s pictures of the band Arch Enemy and then emailed the band to ask them to ban the photog from future events because he inquired about the violation of his copyright on the company’s Instagram account. He wasn’t asking for a settlement or an exorbitant sum but rather informed the clothing company that they had stolen his picture and, because of this, they should make a €100 donation to the Dutch Cancer Foundation as compensation to him.
Fair enough, right?
Well, Thundetball Clothing didn’t think so, and they decided to reach out to the band Arch Enemy which then emailed J. Salmeron and banned him from future concerts. That’s great but J. Salmeron happens to be a photographer with Metal Blast and the outpouring from the community in support of him was probably something neither the band nor the store expected.
Salmeron received word of his ban from band manager Angela Gossow. She wrote to him in an email, “We have immediately removed the picture you took at FortaRock…By the way, we are sure you don’t mind that you are not welcome anymore to take pictures of Arch Enemy performances in the future, at festivals or solo performances. I have copied in the label reps and booking agent who will inform promoters – no band wants to have photographers on site who later send such threatening correspondence to monetise on their images.”
Well, it didn’t end here. The lead singer of the band Arch Enemy then weighed in with a less-than-well-received statement: “The photographer of this particular photo was ALWAYS fully credited for the ENTIRE duration of his photo being on my Instagram and Marta’s…As soon as he expressed discontent the posts were immediately removed. There was never ANY attempt made by Thunderball or Arch Enemy to use that photo for commercial use, and certainly not without compensation. …We reserve the right, however, to decide who is allowed to photograph our shows and after having corresponded with him we didn’t want any more issues like this in the future, especially when passes are limited and we know so many photographers who love having the opportunity to get a photo pass and have fun with us at shows. In conclusion, no one from Arch Enemy nor Thunderball ever denied paying the photographer in question for the commercial use of his photo: We simply did not use it.”
A subsequent posting from Thunderball Clothing said that Salmeron accepted their apology and that a donation would be made to the Dutch Cancer Foundation as requested.
Nonetheless, the Internet tidal wave continued to wash over Thunderball Clothing until it was forced to shutter, posting the following announcement: “Within last 2 days I received literally hundreds of comments and messages that I’m a whore, a nazi, a communist, a worthless cunt, and that I either should quickly die, or that I should kill myself…There is no anger in me, and I apologise everyone that felt hurt or upset by this situation. Anyway, there is no Thunderball Clothing anymore. You won.”
Salmeron and Metal Blast issued a response to these developments, echoing the sentiments of many out there, “What Marta made was a mistake, a mistake that in no way justifies her losing her livelihood or seeing her life negatively impacted to this level. She deserves, like all the rest of us, the opportunity to move on from it and to continue her creative career.”
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
Sooooo….it’s not OK for a clothing store to be held accountable for ripping off a copyrighted image, but it’s OK for a band to blackball a photographer for trying to have a donation made to a charity as payment for using the image?
Some people don’t know their _ _ _ from a hole in the ground.
Kylesays:
Thunderball Clothing tried to be vindictive and it backfired. Doubtful a few hundred messages from toxic keyboard warriors forced the business to close.
Donald Giannattisays:
“… comments and messages that I’m a whore, a nazi, a communist, a worthless cunt, and that I either should quickly die, or that I should kill myself… ”
This has photographers gloating and feeling all big and bad and powerful with their virtue ridden rage?
The above is a travesty. The company and the photographer had worked it out, and now someone has lost their business. Because of ‘social’ media?
Just fucking wow.
[email protected]says:
Shouldn’t the photographer ask permission before photographing anything? I mean he’s going to use it for monetary gain (if he can). Doesn’t the band have some protections against photographers using their likenesses?
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Sarah Baird is a writer based in Kentucky covering food and drink. She's the author of several books, including “Flask” and “New Orleans Cocktails.”
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Published 01/31/18
Matt Boyle, left, and Jeffrey Van Horne
Matt Boyle and Jeffrey Van Horne, the duo behind Canadian cocktail consultancy and catering company The Clever Barkeep, know that in bartending, as in life, necessity is often the mother of invention.
“Just like for so many others, bartending started as a need for money,” says Boyle, a Canadian finalist for the Bacardí Legacy 2017 global competition. “I stumbled upon a bar in Halifax, started working and completely fell in love with the vibrancy and creativity of the profession.”
Soon, though, the late nights started to pile up.
“Flash-forward six years later,” says Boyle. “I got married and was getting older, and having a life outside of bartending became important to me.” “The 3 a.m. finish was getting rough. I wanted to get my life down to normal business hours.”
Enter their Nova Scotia–based business, The Clever Barkeep, which creates exceptional cocktail experiences of all kinds: from intimate, in-kitchen demos to massive brand-adjacent parties. Below, Boyle and Van Horne share their stories of seeking out and creating opportunities beyond the stick and tips on how to step out from behind the bar.
Van Horne, left, and Boyle.
DIY Your Dream Job
“It was pretty great coming up with our business, because we were coming from the same mind frame,” says Boyle. “We didn’t hate the late hours, but we wanted to bring a little bit more sustainable lifestyle back into our lives while still being a part of the cocktail community.”
Think Outside the Glass
“We’re a bartending company that offers beverage and luxury catering for any sort of occasion, but we’re very flexible with what kind of events we do,” says Boyle. “We have the catering, but we also do professional beverage consulting, and we’ve created some products, as well. Plus, being entrepreneurs also allows us a lot of time to educate ourselves while being up to date with our cocktails.”
Be Nimble
“One thing that helps with our success is that we want to be able to help anyone out with bar-related questions,” says Van Horne. “It’s just like that same bartender willingness to help and adapt to any kind of customer that comes up to the bar.”
Boyle, left, and Van Horne.
“You have to be disciplined when you’re looking beyond bartending, because you don’t have a bar manager or owner sitting over your shoulder,” says Van Horne. “When it’s summer and 30 degrees Celsius outside, you really have to be focused. At the end of the day, you’re eating what you kill.”
Find a Brain to Pick
“Don’t be afraid to ask questions and make mistakes,” says Boyle. “We had some help from a guy who does a similar thing in the U.S. and called him on a whim. He was an open book about clients and pricing. We’ve formed a relationship with him.”
Understand Branding Is Everything
“As a bartender, you think you’re pretty good at sales until you’re branching out and selling yourself outside of a bar,” says Van Horne. “When people go into a bar, they’re planning on spending money, but if someone calls you up with an event they’re hosting, you really have to sell it to them and tell them how amazing the evening is going to be. You have to let your passion come forward.”
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