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Do smoking and vaping increase susceptibility to COVID-19?
By SHIVNI PATEL | April 4, 2020
According to Dr. Christy Sadreameli, vaping and smoking impairs the lung's ability to fight off infection.
Since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) predominantly affects the respiratory system, several studies have looked at the connection between smoking or vaping and the risk of COVID-19 infection. Scientists suspect that smoking and vaping increase a person’s risk of severe COVID-19.
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Florida and in Beijing in February found that more men in China were hospitalized for COVID-19 than women. They suspected that this may be related to the fact that many more men than women smoke in the country.
Similarly, researchers at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology found that out of their sample size of 78 patients with COVID-19, patients with a history of smoking were around 14 times as likely to have a greater progression of the disease. On the other hand, non-smokers had a significantly higher rate of health improvement.
In an email to The News-Letter, Dr. Nicholas Rowan, an otolaryngologist at Hopkins Hospital, explained how smoking and vaping inhibit respiratory function.
“The very basic principle here is that inhaled smoke acts as an irritant to respiratory mucosa, whether it is in the nose, airway or lungs, and decreases its ability to function,” Rowan wrote. “Impaired functioning of the respiratory mucosa decreases the ability of the protective mechanisms to function appropriately.”
This process may consequently make smokers/vapers more susceptible to COVID-19 infection. Rowan noted that the risk faced by cigarette smokers extends beyond a higher likelihood of acquiring respiratory infection.
“If you compare a smoker vs. non-smoker, the smoker is more likely to be on a mechanical ventilator longer and more likely to have respiratory associated complications like pneumonia and lung consolidation,” Rowan stated.
This compounds problems for U.S. hospitals, which are already facing a shortage of ventilators amid the growth of the COVID-19 epidemic.
In an interview with CNN, Dr. Steven Choi of the Yale School of Medicine noted that the spread of diseases like coronavirus call for a large supply of ventilators.
“What we’re seeing in COVID-19 patients in Asia, Italy and the U.S. is that when patients do end up being ill enough to be admitted to the ICU, they need to be intubated and remain on a ventilator for two to three weeks, which increases the demands for ICU beds and ventilators dramatically,” Choi said.
However, the Center for Health Security at Hopkins estimated in a report last month that the U.S. has 160,000 total ventilators in all hospitals across the nation — not nearly enough ventilators to provide effective care during a nationwide pandemic.
Major cities across the nation are already feeling the effects of this shortage. On Tuesday, March 24, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo estimated that New York — the state that currently has the greatest number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. — would need at least 30,000 additional ventilators to effectively counter the pandemic.
Although a concrete determination can be made on smoking as a known risk factor for influenza, not enough research has been done to say the same for COVID-19. Given the novelty of COVID-19, studies are still underway to determine an association.
Hopkins pediatric pulmonologist Dr. Christy Sadreameli conceded that there is an overall lack of studies examining the link between smoking or vaping and susceptibility to or severity of infection with the novel coronavirus. However, she noted that there is a certain link between traditional combustible cigarettes and respiratory illnesses. Evidence shows that the same link may exist for vaping.
“While we do not yet have any basic, animal, or human studies examining vaping and susceptibility to or severity of infection with the novel coronavirus, there is growing evidence that vaping injures pulmonary airway epithelium, is pro-inflammatory to the lungs and may interfere with the lung's ability to perform normal repair processes and fight off infection,” Sadreameli wrote in an email to The News-Letter.
Sadreameli noted that scientists know more about the link between traditional cigarettes and respiratory illnesses because they have been around much longer than vaping, which is a relatively new trend. Nonetheless, Sadreameli noted that scientists know enough to caution against vaping.
Existing scientific literature suggests that vapers are more likely to be infected by respiratory viruses.
A study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and published in 2016 by the American Physiological Society found that vaping suppresses immune and inflammatory-response genes in nasal epithelial cells, possibly causing more damage than smoking cigarettes.
Animal studies have also shown the damage vaping causes for immune system responses to infection. Researchers at Hopkins, University of Tennessee and Louisiana State University published a study in 2015 that found that exposure to electronic cigarettes impairs pulmonary anti-bacterial and anti-viral defenses in murine models.
“We know enough about the ill effects of vaping on the lungs to be concerned about those who vape and their potential for more serious illness. Now is a good time to stop vaping. And also a good time to stop smoking,” Sadriameli advised.
Sadriameli suggested that the increasing use of telemedicine, or medical appointments in which doctors and patients connect remotely, is an ideal tool for those looking to quit.
“I encourage people who vape or smoke and are interested in quitting to talk to their healthcare provider today. A lot of this is ideal for a phone call or a telemedicine visit too, both of which are happening more during the coronavirus pandemic than ever before,“ she said.
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Duplicate and salami publications.
P Abraham
April-June 2000, 46(2):67-9
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Antinuclear antibodies: clinical applications.
AA Wanchu
April-June 2000, 46(2):144-8
One of the common serological hallmarks of autoimmune disorders is the presence of various autoantibodies in the sera of patients affected by these disorders. Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) detection is often needed to aid the diagnosis in several autoimmune disorders. In view of the different methodologies available for their detection, it becomes essential to understand the advantages and pitfalls of each procedure. This brief review discusses some methodological aspects of ANA detection and the clinical relevance of the presence of some of the autoantibodies found in the sera of patients with autoimmune disorders.
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Non-invasive respiratory monitoring in paediatric intensive care unit.
UB Nadkarni, AM Shah, CT Deshmukh
April-June 2000, 46(2):149-52
Monitoring respiratory function is important in a Paediatrics Intensive Care Unit (PICU), as majority of patients have cardio-respiratory problems. Non-invasive monitoring is convenient, accurate, and has minimal complications. Along with clinical monitoring, oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry, transcutaneous oxygenation (PtcO2) and transcutaneous PCO2 (PtcCO2) using transcutaneous monitors and end-tidal CO2 using capnography are important and routine measurements done in most PICUs. Considering the financial and maintenance constraints pulse oximetry with end tidal CO2 monitoring can be considered as most feasible.
SPECIAL ARTRICLE
Non-pathology: the bedrock of pathology.
ML Kothari, LA Mehta, VM Kothari
Pathology, also called morbid anatomy, is macroscopically, microscopically, and molecularly so manifest an array of phenomena that it has compelled medical men to closely link it up with disease, dis-ease, and death. But there is more than meets the eye of the morbid anatomists, microscopists, and the molecular biologists. The obvious science of pathology is governed by numerous abstract, subtle, non-pathological factors. A pathological phenomenon is subservient to cosmic noumenon. Such a sea-change allows a newer perspective that cures modern medicine of many of its dogmas and provides epistemologically valid directions to research methodologies on the one hand and clinical practices on the other.
IMAGES IN RADIOLOGY
Images in radiology: type III growing skull fracture.
RC Parmar, SB Bavdekar
Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome or LEOPARD Syndrome? A clinical dilemma.
MS Tullu, MN Muranjan, VC Kantharia, RC Parmar, DR Sahu, SB Bavdekar, BA Bharucha
April-June 2000, 46(2):98-100
Neurofibromatosis (NF), Noonan syndrome (NS), and LEOPARD syndrome are all autosomal dominant conditions, each being a distinct clinical entity by itself. Rarely, one encounters cases with features of NF and NS and is termed as the 'Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome' (NF-NS). The authors report a clinical dilemma with major clinical features of the NF-NS syndrome and LEOPARD syndrome co-existing in the same patient. Also, features of Noonan syndrome and LEOPARD syndrome are compared with the case reported.
E-MEDICINE
Information retrieval in medicine: overview and applications.
PM Nadkarni
Effect of early mobilisation on grip strength, pinch strength and work of hand muscles in cases of closed diaphyseal fracture radius-ulna treated with dynamic compression plating.
PV Solanki, KP Mulgaonkar, SA Rao
AIMS: The purpose of the study was to objectively determine the effects of early mobilisation in terms of grip strength and work of hand muscles in cases of closed diaphyseal fracture radius - ulna treated with dynamic compression plating. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Fifty normal subjects and Twenty-one patients, (Eleven patients treated with early active and resistive goal directed mobilisation and Ten control group) were assessed for pinch strength and grip strength on Pinch Dynamometer and Jamar Dynamometer and work of hand muscles on Ergograph. Standardised positions of the equipments and patients were maintained throughout the study. RESULTS: Results showed highly significant reduction in performance in patients treated with early mobilisation as compared to normal subjects in their first assessment (Fourth week post operatively). These patients showed significant improvement in successive assessments (sixth & eighth post operative week) on exercising in between these assessments. CONCLUSIONS: There are significant effects on grip strength and work of hand muscles in patients treated with that early active and resistive goal directed mobilisation.
The art and science of presentation: the poster.
AN Supe, DR Sahu
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The palm print as a sensitive predictor of difficult laryngoscopy in diabetics: a comparison with other airway evaluation indices.
VV Vani, SK Kamath, LD Naik
AIMS: To evaluate the ink impression made by the palm of the dominant hand as a screening tool for difficult laryngoscopy in diabetic patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In this prospective study, airway of 50 adult diabetic patients, undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia, was assessed preoperatively using the common clinical indices such as Modified Mallampati test, thyromental distance, degree of head extension and a specific index- the palm print test. Following induction of anaesthesia and neuromuscular relaxation, laryngoscopy was performed and the laryngoscopic view scored. The sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of each airway evaluation index were calculated. RESULTS: The incidence of difficult laryngoscopy was 16%. The palm print test had the highest sensitivity (75%) of all the indices. The thyromental distance less than six cm had the highest specificity (95.2%) but was least sensitive (25%). 87% of patients with difficult laryngoscopy had two or more indices abnormal. CONCLUSION: Though the palm print test was the most sensitive index of the four indices studied, a better prediction of difficult laryngoscopy can be achieved by evaluating all the four airway indices preoperatively.
Eisenmenger syndrome in pregnancy.
JJ Kansaria, VS Salvi
Maternal mortality in the presence of Eisenmenger syndrome is reported to be 30 to 50% & increases further with associated complications. A case of Eisenmenger syndrome in pregnancy where the patient progressively deteriorated postpartum & expired 3 weeks later is reported.
Malrotation of the gut manifested during pregnancy.
JV Hardikar
The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction during pregnancy poses problems, as vomiting which is an important symptom of the obstruction can be attributed to hyperemesis of pregnancy and radiological investigation are avoided during this period. A case of intestinal obstruction due to volvulus resulting from congenital malrotation of the gut is reported here. The patient first presented during pregnancy. The case emphasises the need for thorough investigations in a case of persistent vomiting in pregnancy.
The art and science of web-based literature search: the MEDLINE.
DR Sahu, RR Ramakantan, SB Bavdekar
IMAGES IN MEDICINE
Images in medicine: Apert syndrome.
HS Hosalkar, HH Shah, PP Gujar, AA Chaudhari
April-June 2000, 46(2):129-129
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The evaluation of cerebral oxygenation by oximetry in patients with ischaemic stroke.
GG Demet, AA Talip, UU Nevzat, OO Serhat, OO Gazi
AIMS: To evaluate the clinical significance of estimation of the regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) in the patients with ischaemic stroke by the cerebral oximetry during acute, sub-acute and chronic phases. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In this prospective study, 24 patients with ischaemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory were included. A detailed clinical examination and appropriate laboratory investigations were carried out. The rSO2 was determined by oximetery (INVOS 3100-SD) bilaterally on the first, third, seventh, and fifteenth days. The blood pressure, the peripheral capillary oxygen saturation and the arterial blood gas values were noted too. the changes were evaluated along with Glasgow coma scale (GCS) using unpaired student t-test and one way ANOVA test. RESULTS: There were significant differences between the rSO2 values in acute, subacute and chronic phases on the side of the lesion (p value < 0.05). The values of oxygen saturation gradually increased throughout the chronic phase. These values showed a positive correlation with GCS, but the results were not significant statistically. The rSO2 values were also significantly higher on the non-lesional side than those on the lesion side in the acute phase (p= 0.0034), the discrepancy disappeared during the sub-acute and chronic phases. CONCLUSION: Cerebral oximetry can be used as a measure to evaluate the cerebral oxygenation during the various phases of ischaemic stroke. It has a potential to serve as a useful marker for detection of cerebral oxygenation imbalances, to judge the effectiveness of the management and for the follow-up of patients with ischaemic stroke.
Giant cell tumour of talar body.
MR Bapat, RS Narlawar, MK Pimple, PB Bhosale
Giant cell tumour (osteoclastoma) of talar bone is a rare entity and is seen more commonly in the third decade of life. We report this disease entity in a 17-years-old girl. The patient presented with painful swelling of the left ankle with an osteolytic lesion in the talus on conventional radiographs. Intralesional curettage and autologous bone grafting was performed following which patient's pain and swelling disappeared. Complete range of movement at the ankle joint was regained with minimal restriction at the subtalar joint. There is no evidence of relapse at six months follow up.
IMAGES IN PATHOLOGY
Images in pathology: verrucous haemangioma.
AB Rupani, CV Madiwale, P Vaideeswar
Eptifibatide: in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes.
MS Oak, NN Rege
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An intragastric trichobezoar: computerised tomographic appearance.
BB Morris, ZK Shah, PP Shah
A 26-year-old lady presented with a history of abdominal pain and distension since two months. The ultrasound examination showed an epigastric mass, which was delineated as a filling defect in the stomach on barium studies. The computerised tomographic scan showed a gastric mass with pockets of air in it, without post-contrast enhancement. This case highlights the characteristic appearance on computerised tomography of a bezoar within the stomach, a feature that is not commonly described in medical literature.
Giant prosthesis for reinforcement of visceral sac for complex bilateral and recurrent inguinal hernias: a prospective evaluation.
VV Thapar, PP Rao, RR Prabhu, CC Desai, AS Singh, AN Supe
AIMS: To evaluate giant prosthesis for reinforcement of visceral sac (GPRVS) as a treatment for complex bilateral and recurrent inguinal hernias. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The prospective study carried out in a single surgical unit at a tertiary health care center involved consecutive series of 31 patients with complex bilateral and recurrent inguinal hernias who underwent GPRVS. All were men and the mean age was 58 years (range 49-95 years). Factors predicting high risk for recurrence included a large hernia ( greater, similar5cms, 32%, 10/31 patients), failure of one or more previous repairs (45%, 14/31 patients), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (25%, 8/31 patients) and poor muscle tone (70%, 22/31 patients). Operative time, length of postoperative stay, complications and death were the main outcome measures. RESULTS: Mean -/+ SEM operative time was 65 -/+ 11 minutes (range 45-115 minutes). Mean -/+ SEM length of stay was 3.5 -/+ 0.7 days (range 2-5 days). There were 4 minor complications, but no mesh infections and death. Follow up was obtained for a mean period of 14.6 months (range 12-23 months); there were no recurrences. CONCLUSION: GPRVS provides a definitive and safe cure for repair of complex bilateral and recurrent inguinal hernias because of its simplicity, ease of the procedure, good results and low recurrence rate.
Sprengels deformity: anaesthesia management.
SS Dave, LD Naik
A 28 years old lady presented with Sprengels deformity and hemivertebrae for Fothergills surgery. Clinically there were no anomalies of the nervous, renal or the cardiovascular systems. She had a short neck and score on modified Mallapati test was grade 2. She was successfully anaesthetised using injection Propofol as a total intravenous anaesthetic agent after adequate premedication with injection Midazolam and injection Pentazocine. Patient had an uneventful intraoperative and postoperative course.
Imaging findings in a giant hepatic artery aneurysm.
HH Parmar, JJ Shah, BB Shah, DD Patkar, RR Varma
A rare case of relatively asymptomatic giant hepatic artery aneurysm of atherosclerotic aetiology is presented. The importance of imaging findings in the diagnosis of this condition and the differential diagnosis including the pertinent literature on the topic is discussed.
Scleredema adultorum.
RC Parmar, SB Bavdekar, SS Bansal, AA Doraiswamy, SS Khambadkone
Scleredema adultorum is a rare connective tissue disorder reported usually following streptococcal infection, influenza, measles, and mumps. It has been reported occasionally following trauma and tuberculous lymphadenitis. This is a report of scleredema adultorum developing after chicken pox in an eight-year-old male child. The diagnosis was established by characteristic picture on skin biopsy using special stain. The patient had a benign course and a spontaneous recovery in two weeks. The case has been reported as the first case of scleredema adultorum developing after chicken pox.
Isolated tuberculous hepatic abscess in a non-immunocompromised patient.
DD Balsarkar, MA Joshi
A 38 years old female presented with pain in the epigastrium, jaundice and fever since one and half month. The computerised tomographic scan of the abdomen revealed a multiloculated abscess of the left lobe of liver. The pus drained from the liver abscess at laparotomy showed acid fast bacilli on microscopy. A detailed search failed to identify any other focus of tuberculous infection. The case has been reported for the rarity of isolated hepatic tuberculous abscess and its presentation with jaundice, a rare feature, and to highlight the importance of microscopic or culture diagnosis in a suspected case of pyaemic abscess.
A study of an epidemic of acute respiratory disease in Jaipur town.
ML Mathur, SP Yadav, BK Tyagi
April-June 2000, 46(2):88-90
AIM: To detect an association between the sudden epidemic with respiratory symptoms, and fogging with dichlorovos in Jaipur town and to find out probable mechanism of causation of the epidemic. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In this community based study of the epidemic, house to house survey of households selected using systematic random sampling was carried out. The incidence in the exposed and unexposed population, the relative risk and attributable risk were calculated. RESULTS: The incidence of cases was high (58.9%) in subjects present on roads at the time of fogging as compared to in those who were inside rooms of the houses (5.4%) and in those who were not in the locality at that time (1.8%) [Relative Risk (RR)=32.7 and Attributable Risk (AR)=96.9%]. CONCLUSION: High RR and AR in the present epidemic indicate strong association between fogging and occurrence of symptoms. In absence of signs and symptoms of organophosphorus poisoning it suggests that this could have been due to an inappropriate solvent or defective functioning of fog generator, leading to generation of an unusual dark fog, that might have irritated eyes and respiratory tract of exposed residents.
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Headshot and Resume
Although COVID-19 has put a halt to previous plans, Julia is doing her best to stay active in the arts. She is currently back home in Phoenix, Arizona, where she is working in vocal instruction and stage management at Musical Theatre of Anthem- MTA strictly follows social distance protocols, and has adapted live theatre in such a way to make it possible for the time being. Julia is also teaching private voice lessons both on zoom and in-person.
PAST:
December 4-22: Julia spent the holiday season playing "Jovie" in Elf: the Musical! A dream role!
October 16-November 3: Julia got the chance to revisit the story of Edgar Allan Poe. This time, she played "Annabel Lee" in Nevermore: Voyage Into the Netherworld, written by Charleston Stages' very own Julian Wiles.
August 2019-September 2019: Julia was thrilled to play the fun and quirky role of "Rusty" in the iconic Footloose: the Musical!
July 2019: Julia made the move to Charleston, South Carolina to begin her 10-month contract as a Resident Actor with Charleston Stage!
May 2019: Julia graduated from ASU, receiving her BM in Musical Theatre.
September 2018: Julia starred as "Lilli Vanessi/Kate" in Arizona State University's production of Kiss Me, Kate!
April 2018: Julia had a blast playing "Vivienne Kensington" in Legally Blonde at Arizona State University.
January 2018: Julia had the wonderful opportunity to perform in an obscure musical named Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, where she played "Player 5/Annabel Lee" at Arizona State University.
May 2017-September 2017: Julia spent the summer working at Pickleville Playhouse in the beautiful Bear Lake, Utah. She acted in over 30 performances of Shrek: The Musical as "Gingy/Sugar Plum Fairy", and over 50 performances of a hilarious production called Bandito, where she played the "ingenue-type" character named "Luna".
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Coming Home from the Mill
Framed art print by L.S. Lowry
Framed print, 33 x 43 cm
L. S. Lowry (1887-1976) is best known for painting industrial scenes of North West England in the mid 20th century. His characteristic style has a dreamlike quality, populated by stylised figures referred to as ‘matchstick men’. Although Lowry was trained in academic drawing, he chose to develop his own naive style which has brought him widespread recognition. His mysterious, weatherless landscapes express a personal response to the world around him that never fails to bewitch the viewer. Lowry’s paintings tell the true tale behind English city life.
More by L.S. Lowry
By L.S. Lowry
Coming From The Mill, 1930
Coming From The Mill, c.1917-18
A View From The Window Of The Royal Technical College, Salford, 1924
Going To Work, 1959
The Lake, 1937
View From The Window Of The Royal Technical College, Looking Towards Broughton, 1925
The Cripples, 1949
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Group X, No. 1, Altarpiece, 1915.
By Hilma af Klint
Number 5, 1950
By Jackson Pollock
No.2a, The Current Standpoint of the Mahatmas, 1920.
Le chef-d'oeuvre ou le mystere de l'horizon
By Rene Magritte
Beside the sea No.24 1962
By Robert Motherwell
Lithographie Originale II, 1972
By Joan Miro
Pez Dispenser, 1984
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Sun and Moon, 1968
By Alexander Calder
By Hans Hartung
Framed rare poster, 102 × 59 cm
Standing Girl, c.1907-10
By Egon Schiele
Am 7 (26) 1926
By Lászlo Moholy-Nagy
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Framed rare poster, 71 × 93 cm
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UK Supreme Court complicates international insolvencies
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Canada, United Kingdom December 19 2012
The central question in Rubin v Eurofinance SA, [2012] UKSC 46, was whether the English courts ought to recognise the order or judgment of a foreign court to set aside transactions determined to be preferential or to have been at an undervalue, in circumstances where the defendant in the foreign proceedings was not present in the foreign jurisdiction or had not voluntarily submitted to its courts. By a majority of 4 to 1, the United Kingdom Supreme Court has concluded that the traditional requirements at common law and under UK legislation on the recognition of foreign judgments – which would allow enforcement of a foreign judgment only where the defendant is present in or has attorned to the foreign jurisdiction – should not be relaxed in order to facilitate international insolvencies.
The majority of the court expressly declined to follow the broader rule which has been adopted in Canada, which permits enforcement where there is a ‘real and substantial connection’ between the defendant and the foreign jurisdiction, whether or not the defendant was present there when proceedings were instituted or voluntarily submitted to its jurisdiction. Lord Collins was blunt: except in matrimonial proceedings, ‘reciprocity has not played a part in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments at common law’, and to go the Canadian route would be ‘a radical departure from substantially settled law’. Where this leaves us is that a Canadian court could enforce the insolvency order of an English court (which is what happened in Re Cavell Insurance Co (2006) OR (3d) 500 (CA), cited in the UKSC judgment), but an English court would not be able to enforce a Canadian one. So much for comity?
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The Fringes of the Fleet
This exclusive new recording turns the spotlight on a forgotten but fascinating corner of British music and theatre history. The Fringes of the Fleet, a patriotic song-cycle with words by Kipling, was the morale-raising headline act in variety theatres throughout the country, as World War I reached its climax in 1917. This recording is a significant document in understanding a forgotten era of British music.
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Tom Higgins Conductor, Roderick Williams, Nicholas Lester, Duncan Rock, and Laurence Meikle
GLANVILLE HICKS//
Laurence joins a stellar cast of international Wagnerian voices in the supporting role of The Alexandrian in Sappho, the last grand opera of Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–90), which was written in her stone cottage on Mykonos in 1963. Never heard before this recording, Sappho reflects Glanville-Hicks’ fascination with the orient and folk music, encapturing the colours of ancient Greece, with a heroic brass fanfare and epic writing for chorus, haunting woodwind solos and shimmering percussion evoking the stillness of crystal island waters. Deborah Polaski, who creates the role of the disenchanted Sappho, describes it as ‘the kind of music that singers want to sing’. The libretto, based on Lawrence Durrell’s verse-play, incorporates fragments of Sappho’s own verse.
Orquestra Gulbenkian, Jennifer Condon Conductor
With Deborah Polaski, Roman Trekel, Wolfgang Koch, and Sir John Tomlinson
MEYERBEER//
Margherita d'Anjou
Laurence sings the bass protagonist, Carlo Belmonte, in Meyerbeer's bel canto extravaganza. This new production by Alessandro Talevi was the work 's modern-day premiere at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in 2017. Conducted by Fabio Luisi.
Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Fabio Luisi Conductor, with Giulia de Blasis, Anton Rositskiy and Laurence Meikle
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Title 50. Wildlife and Fisheries
Chapter VI. FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Part 622. FISHERIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GULF OF MEXICO, AND SOUTH ATLANTIC
Subpart D. Coral and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico
Section 622.70. Permits.
50 CFR § 622.70 - Permits.
§ 622.70 Permits.
See § 622.4 for information regarding general permit procedures including, but not limited to fees, duration, transfer, renewal, display, sanctions and denials, and replacement.
(a) Required permits - -(1) Allowable chemical. For an individual to take or possess fish or other marine organisms with an allowable chemical in a coral area, other than fish or other marine organisms that are landed in Florida, a Federal allowable chemical permit must have been issued to the individual. Such permit must be available when the permitted activity is being conducted and when such fish or other marine organisms are possessed, through landing ashore.
(2) Aquacultured live rock. For a person to take or possess aquacultured live rock in the Gulf EEZ, a Federal aquacultured live rock permit must have been issued for the specific harvest site. Such permit, or a copy, must be on board a vessel depositing or possessing material on an aquacultured live rock site or harvesting or possessing live rock from an aquacultured live rock site.
(3) Prohibited coral. A Federal permit may be issued to take or possess Gulf prohibited coral only as scientific research activity, exempted fishing, or exempted educational activity. See § 600.745 of this chapter for the procedures and limitations for such activities and fishing.
(4) Florida permits. Appropriate Florida permits and endorsements are required for the following activities, without regard to whether they involve activities in the EEZ or Florida's waters:
(i) Landing in Florida fish or other marine organisms taken with an allowable chemical in a coral area.
(ii) Landing allowable octocoral in Florida.
(iii) Landing live rock in Florida.
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(1) The applicant for a coral permit must be the individual who will be conducting the activity that requires the permit. In the case of a corporation or partnership that will be conducting live rock aquaculture activity, the applicant must be the principal shareholder or a general partner.
(2) An applicant must provide the following:
(i) Name, address, telephone number, and other identifying information of the applicant.
(ii) Name and address of any affiliated company, institution, or organization.
(iii) Information concerning vessels, harvesting gear/methods, or fishing areas, as specified on the application form.
(iv) Any other information that may be necessary for the issuance or administration of the permit.
(v) If applying for an aquacultured live rock permit, identification of each vessel that will be depositing material on or harvesting aquacultured live rock from the proposed aquacultured live rock site, specification of the port of landing of aquacultured live rock, and a site evaluation report prepared pursuant to generally accepted industry standards that -
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(D) Describes the naturally occurring bottom habitat at the site; and
(E) Specifies the type and origin of material to be deposited on the site and how it will be distinguishable from the naturally occurring substrate.
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Wat Long Khun (or Long Khoun), the Monastary of the Happy or Blessed Song (Monastère du Chant Bienheureux) sometimes also is called the Monastery of the Willow Stream. The wat is attractively sited on a 1.5 hectare (3.7 acre) flat area at the top of a long stairway leading from the river’s edge on the right bank of the Mekong. It is located almost directly across the river from Wat Xieng Thong.
The monastery historically had important ties with the royal family of Luang Prabang. From its beginnings Wat Long Khoun served as a retreat center for spiritual revitalization. It was traditional practice that the new king-designate spend three days there in ceremonial bathing and meditative retreat before returning across the Mekong to the embarcadero of Wat Xieng Thong on the eve of his formal coronation. With the dissolution of the monarchy, however, the monastery was abandoned and fell into disrepair, as did the other wats on the right bank. The Lao Department of Museums and Archeology and the École française d’Extrême-Orient carefully restored the complex the mid-1990s using traditional materials and techniques.
The Luang Prabang style sim has two sections of almost equal size that are set on a low platform. The rear and older half is the sim proper and dates from the 18th century. It has some pleasant and sometimes vibrant interior jataka murals depicting the various lives of the Buddha. Unfortunately many are in poor condition because of moisture seeping into the building and from the years of neglect following the end of the monarchy. There doubtless also was deliberate vandalism from the revolutionary years of the mid-1970s, as one can see numerous gouges in the murals. Perhaps it is fortunate, however, that they have not been inexpertly repainted as has been the case in some of the other sims.
The front section is an extended portico added during the reign of King Sisavonvang in 1937. It has attractive gilded lotus-capped columns and a nicely carved wooden pediment with floral spirals and graceful figures with pointed tiaras. Under the portico and on the facade of the sim, one unexpectedly finds two historic and large bearded Chinese guardians flanking the main entry.
The wat also contains a rich variety of other structures. Most of were restored in the mid-1990s. There are six kutis, living quarters for the monks. They are of mixed traditional wooden styles and a number are raised on customary pilings. The earlier masonry stairs were reincorporated into most of these buildings. There is also a long narrow windowless structure near the sim that served as a meditation room for kings, their male relatives, monks and others.
One final short note about the name of the wat. Hans Georg Berger, in his valuable volume on the rituals of Luang Prabang, recounts a legend that suggests that the two hills opposite the city on the right bank of the Mekong represent a young girl leaning against a young man. Wat Long Khoun (which may be translated as a flatland near rivers and female abdomen) is next to her abdomen.
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The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market different than all the previous ones, but there were still many deals made, and it may take a look at the main ones here. The window might be closed on the major leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumors from around the world.
Gunners losing patience with Pepe
Arsenal is ready to sell Nicolas Pepe after his disappointing performances in North London so far, the Daily Star reports.
The 25-year-old scored against Molde in the Europa League on Thursday, amending his dismissal against Leeds the previous weekend, but has yet to fulfill the promise he showed while playing for Lille.
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The Gunners have internally admitted that they paid above the odds for the Ivory Coast international, having agreed to an initial £ 22 million deal and another £ 50 million in add-ons to lure him from the French club in August 2019.
Arsenal are reportedly now ready to let the winger leave if a suitable offer comes through. However, they are looking to avoid a situation similar to Mesut Ozil, so coach Mikel Arteta has been told to handle the situation carefully to maintain the player’s market value.
Martínez makes a move to leave Inter
Lautaro Martinez seems increasingly desperate to leave Internazionale, and Marca says he has made his biggest move yet to force a way out.
It is suggested that the Argentine international has put transfer guru Jorge Mendes in charge of finding him a new club.
So far, Beto Yaque and Rolando Zárate have represented the forward and, although they will continue to be his agents as well, Mendes will take over the search for a new club.
There have been links with Barcelona and Real Madrid in recent months, but so far nothing has come to fruition.
Barcelona ready to sell Dembélé
Barcelona is open to the idea of selling Ousmane Dembele, reports Mundo Deportivo.
There have been various links between the winger and Manchester United, but Barça is said to be holding between € 70 million and € 80 million, which the Red Devils are unwilling to pay.
The Catalan giants are not willing to let the Frenchman leave on loan, as they hope to use whatever commission they are charged to sign Eric Garcia Manchester City.
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Scarlet fever is a bacterial illness that causes a distinctive pink-red rash. It is uncommon in the UK nowadays and is usually mild.
The characteristic symptom of scarlet fever is a widespread, fine pink-red rash that feels like sandpaper to touch. It may start in one area, but soon spreads to many parts of the body, such as the ears, neck and chest. The rash may be itchy.
Other symptoms include a high temperature, a flushed face and a red, swollen tongue.
Symptoms of scarlet fever usually develop two to five days after infection, although you will be contagious before showing signs of the illness.
Read more about the symptoms of scarlet fever.
Scarlet fever is also known as scarlatina, although this often refers to a milder form of the disease.
It usually follows a sore throat or a skin infection (impetigo) caused by particular strains of streptococcus bacteria.
When to seek medical advice
See your GP as soon as possible if you suspect you or your child has scarlet fever.
Your GP can usually diagnose scarlet fever by looking at the characteristic rash and other symptoms, although a sample of saliva will need to be taken from the back of the throat (throat swab) and tested in a laboratory to confirm the diagnosis.
There's no evidence that catching scarlet fever when pregnant will put your baby at risk. However, heavily pregnant women should tell healthcare staff if they have been in contact with someone who has scarlet fever.
Scarlet fever is extremely contagious and can be caught by:
breathing in bacteria in airborne droplets from an infected person's coughs and sneezes
touching the skin of a person with a streptococcal skin infection
sharing contaminated towels, baths, clothes or bed linen
It can also be caught from carriers - people who have the bacteria in their throat or on their skin but do not show any symptoms.
Who is affected
Anybody can catch scarlet fever, but it usually affects children aged two to eight years old. As it is so contagious, scarlet fever is likely to affect someone in close contact with a person with a sore throat or skin infection caused by streptococcus bacteria. It may also affect someone who lives in a crowded environment, such as day care.
Between 2,000 and 4,000 cases of scarlet fever are diagnosed each year in England.
You will only develop the symptoms of scarlet fever if you're susceptible to toxins produced by the streptococcus bacteria. Most children over 10 will have developed immunity to the toxins from streptococcal bacteria.
It is possible to catch scarlet fever more than once, although this is rare.
How it is treated
Scarlet fever used to be a very serious disease, but most cases today are mild. This is because scarlet fever can easily be treated with antibiotic tablets. These must be taken for 10 days, even though most people recover after four to five days.
With proper treatment, further problems are very unlikely. However, there is a small risk of the infection spreading to other parts of the body, such as the ear, sinuses and lungs.
Read more about treating scarlet fever and the complications of scarlet fever.
Preventing it from spreading
If your child has scarlet fever, do not let them go to school and keep them away from other people until they have been on a course of antibiotics for at least 24 hours.
All tissues and cloths that someone with scarlet fever has coughed or sneezed into should be washed or disposed of immediately. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water if you have touched any of these.
Avoid sharing contaminated eating utensils, cups and glasses, clothes, baths, bed linen or towels.
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How do mainstream publishers produce books? And should you mimic them? Help for self-publishers
Unsure how mainstream publishers manage the editorial process? This post provides an overview and shows you why books take so long to get to market and what some of the costs are (to the publisher and even to the author!).
A note on scheduling … and marketing
In the mainstream publishing industry, books are commissioned and scheduled for publication often up to a year and a half in advance, sometimes longer!
That time frame isn’t down to the publisher being busy with other stuff; rather, it’s about giving the relevant team members the necessary time to take the book through a rigorous editing process and carry out a staged prepublication marketing campaign.
TOP TIP: When self-publishing, instead of promoting your book at the eleventh hour, plan and implement your marketing campaign well ahead of launch. That way, you can create a fan base and generate excitement about your novel before it goes to market, even pulling in some pre-order sales.
How do mainstream publishers produce books?
Every press’s editorial production chain is slightly different but the broad principles apply.
1. Developmental work
This is the first stage in the editorial process.
The editor (often the commissioning editor) will review the manuscript to check whether there are problems with the overall structure of the novel. Other key players may also be involved. Here, we're talking about issues such as (but not limited to) the following:
Does the plot make sense and are all the loose ends tied up by the end of the novel?
Does the narrative flow work?
Are the characters engaging and individually formed in a way that draws the reader in and holds the story together?
This big-picture work is the SHAPING or STRUCTURING stage. There may be a lot of back and forth between the editor and author if there are extensive changes required before the book’s ready for the next stage.
KEY MEMBERS: Author, editor, peer reviewers
2. Copyediting and line editing
When everyone’s in agreement that the shaping stage is complete, the editor hands over the project to the production manager.
The production manager is responsible for seeing the book through to publication. A copyeditor (usually a freelancer) will work through the book line by line, word by word, to carefully smooth the text at sentence level, attend to inconsistencies and errors, and query any problems directly with the author.
This sentence-level work is the QUERY and CORRECTION stage. Depending on the extent of the problems, this process could take several months and require the copyeditor to work on parts of the text several times.
KEY MEMBERS: Author, editor, production manager, copyeditor
3. Design #1
When the key members have agreed that the correction stage is complete, the raw-text files are handed over to a typesetter (if the book is to be printed). This is where the first proofs are created.
The typesetter formats the book so that the layout conforms to the agreed house style and is designed so that maximum use of the page space is made. Printing is very expensive so minimizing wasted white space is a key factor in the process. The typesetter needs to balance costs against aesthetics.
This is the FIRST PROOF stage. The first proofs are essentially a first draft of what the finished product will look like when it’s picked off the shelves in a bookshop. The completed first proofs are delivered back to the production manager.
KEY MEMBERS: Author, production manager, typesetter
4. Proofreading
The production manager sends the first proofs (perhaps a chunk of paper but increasingly a PDF) to the author and the proofreader (usually a freelancer).
Both will check them carefully. The proofreader may be asked to proofread blind or against the original raw-text files worked on by the copyeditor (the latter is much slower). The proofreader’s job is not to make extensive changes, but rather to draw attention to any final spelling, punctuation, grammar, consistency or logic problems missed at earlier rounds of editing or introduced during the typesetting stage.
Every change the proofreader makes or suggests needs to be handled carefully in case it has a knock-on effect on the design, the page count and, consequently, the printing costs.
It’s demanding work that requires experience and judgement about when to change and when to leave well enough alone. Some publishers even pass some of these costs back to the author – eek!
This is the QUALITY CONTROL or CHECKING stage. The proofreader does not amend the raw text but annotates the paper or digital pages, often using proof-correction markup language (a kind of shorthand that looks like hieroglyphics to the untrained eye!).
KEY MEMBERS: Author, production manager, proofreader, typesetter
5. Final revision: Design #2
Now the proofreader’s corrected file and the author’s version go back to the production manager, who has to collate all the final amendments and instruct the typesetter to make the necessary corrections.
The typesetter creates a revised file and returns it to the production manager for sign-off.
This the SECOND PROOF stage. We’re nearly there!
6. File creation and distribution (print, digital or both)
The final countdown! The production manager works with the typesetter and printer to create the final print book that will be delivered to the relevant distribution channels.
In the case of e-books, the production manager will commission a digital formatter to create e-Pub files that are compatible with the market’s major e-readers and other digital devices.
This is the PUBLISHING stage. The book is delivered to market!
KEY MEMBERS: Production manager, digital formatter, typesetter, printer
The elusive publishing deal and the editorial process
As you can see, there are a lot of stages and a lot of people involved. And that’s why it takes so long and why it’s so expensive to publish.
It also explains, in part, why writers can find it so hard to get a mainstream publishing deal; if the book bombs, there’s no return on all that investment.
For publishers, novels that need a lot of work, or that don’t fit neatly into an obvious and currently popular genre, are difficult to sell (the high-street bookshops don’t know where to place them to grab readers’ attention).
Should you mimic the mainstream publishing industry's editorial process?
Mimicry will bring you quality – there’s no doubt about that. It’ll also require a major investment in time and money.
We all have to make difficult choices about what we do to make the things we create the best they can be. But there are limitations. I’m passionate about the independent author’s right to write, and I know that your pockets aren’t bottomless.
I hope this has shed some light on the mainstream publishing process! Until next time …
Carol Roberts link
Another thoughtful and helpful article for writers! Not all books are novels, though. For those writing nonfiction, you might want to explain what developmental editors can do for nonfiction and then also add an indexing stage to the list.
Fair point, Carol! I work with fiction authors, so aimed the post at them, but I'll do a follow-up on indexing too. Thanks so much for the nudge!
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Coronavirus creates remote working and financial challenges for the games industry, says TIGA
Chris Wallace 21st May 2020 Business News
TIGA has published a new report that states that although the video games industry is relatively resilient to the COVID-19 lockdown, over four fifths of games businesses see remote working as a key challenge, and over 50 per cent predict that their revenue will decline during the pandemic.
The report assesses the findings from TIGA’s recent ‘COVID-19: have your say‘ survey, alongside general feedback from businesses during the pandemic. Overall, the report assesses feedback from 55 UK businesses in the industry.
The survey revealed key three findings:
First, that 82 per cent of respondents regarded remote working as a key challenge due to the associated issues regarding the quality of the UK’s digital infrastructure and the impact on worker productivity.
Second, that 56 per cent of respondents expect their organisation’s income to fall during the pandemic, when compared to the previous financial year.
Third, 78 per cent support the Government’s existing business support measures, 56 per cent called for more financial support from the Government. Specifically, businesses call for assistance with rent and business rates, improvements to, and quick processing of, Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) claims, and enhancements to the UK’s digital infrastructure. TIGA themselves recently called for VGTR claims to be processed ‘speedily’ during the crisis.
Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA said:
“TIGA’s Coronavirus Report shows that the video games industry is relatively resilient to the Coronavirus engendered lockdown in comparison to some other economic sectors. Games development is a digital sector and work can be undertaken and delivered remotely.
“However, the coronavirus pandemic has had negative effects on many studios. Games development is a collaborative process and remote working inevitably impacts upon this operation. Additionally, some games businesses have experienced financial challenges, including lost contracts, lost investment and diminished revenues.
“The UK Government can support the video games industry in three principal ways. Firstly, by continuing to provide financial support such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Bounce Back Loans Scheme and the HMT Future Fund (and accelerating Video Games Tax Relief claims). Secondly, by expanding the UK’s testing capacity so that employees can return to work with confidence. Thirdly, by continuing to enhance the UK’s digital infrastructure, including our broadband speeds, to ensure business resilience and effective remote working.”
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Congratulations to our new Prime Minister the Rt Hon Theresa May MP, PC, who has been a member of the Marketors for the past 17 years. She joined as a Freeman in 1999, gaining the Freedom of the City of London, and becoming a Liveryman of the Company in 2001. At the time she was Conservative MP for Maidenhead, a post she still holds.
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Photo Gallery: Phantogram & Bob Moses In Columbus, Ohio
Phantogram and Bob Moses prove visuals are just as important as their music.
Will Fenwick
Columbus, OH, was unexpectedly calm on such a nice summer’s day. A small breeze blew through the city streets, the sun still hung in the sky, and after walking several blocks to the venue, I’d rarely noticed anyone on the clean streets. Everything about the city made me feel like I was in a warm dream while I made my way to Express LIVE. A decent gathering was already inside, and I watched the crowd grow by the minute as we all anticipated Phantogram & Bob Moses. Large mirrors mounted to the ceiling were angled towards the stage, and a translucent curtain cut the stage in half. The anticipation continued.
Bob Moses didn’t necessarily have the visuals to blow us away, but nonetheless, their performance was outstanding. The four young men (two band members, plus touring musicians) on stage performed with strong youthful energy and potent relevance to the dancing crowd. The band members themselves were dancing their own ways throughout the set. Even though the pair seesawed between songs with an alternative influence and with heavy electronic influence, neither stopped moving to the beat. I found it especially interesting to watch how much the lead vocalist altered his pedals during specific songs for artistic effects I’d never heard nor seen before. I soon made my way to the balcony and moved my focus towards the jam-packed crowd at Express LIVE, where people’s faces stayed as bright as the stage lights throughout the entirety of their performance.
Soon after the venue went completely black, Sarah Barthel’s voice softly echoed through the air. Suspense continued to grow for roughly a minute up until a lightning-like strobe reflected off the hoisted mirrors, illuminating each member of Phantogram standing behind the hazy curtain. Sarah and Josh eventually made their way to the front for “Run Run Blood,” and neither of the two stopped moving around the stage until the awaited introduction of “Mouthful of Diamonds.” It wasn’t hard to tell Sarah put everything into her performance especially when performing “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” hitting every desired pitch and displaying a clear sense of emotion through movement.
One thing I’d always heard about Phantogram’s live performance was a sincere touch Sarah added to their live shows. Sarah stopped the show right before their encore to talk about her sister’s tragic passing only a few years ago, admitting she was readjusting to speaking about the incident at shows. Sarah’s speech to the crowd received praise louder than any previous roar from that night, which was then followed by a emotional performance dedicated to her sister.
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UM Sports Trivia | July 1
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN
Ninety years ago this was the first Heavyweight boxing championship fight to ever be held in Montana as Jack Dempsey faced Canadian Tommy Gibbons. The Dempsey-Gibbons fight nearly bankrupted the northern Montana as it was ill-prepared for the throng of people that came to town and the lack the financial backing the town leaders had hoped for. Dempsey had to struggle with Gibbons but did retain his title.
This is the fifteenth season for the Missoula Osprey in the Pioneer league. Of the 8 affiliates during the Os first season of 1998 only the Osprey and Billings Mustangs have the same parent organization. Four cities that were part of the League during Missoula’s tenure are no longer a part of the circuit: Butte, Medicine Hat, Casper and Provo.
For many years Yale and the University of Montana have had the top attendance in Division FCS. In 2013 the Bulldogs and Griz will have a common opponent on their schedule. On October 5th the Yale Bulldogs travel to Cal-Poly of the Big Sky Conference and then the Cal Poly Mustangs come to Missoula for a game that could have title implications. If you are wondering, the Grizzlies have never faced an Ivy League member in football.
How good a barometer of who will reach the World Series in October is who had the best records on the Fourth Of July? Well on July 4, 2012 the Texas Rangers had the best record in the American League while the Washington Nationals had the top mark in the National League. Both the Rangers and Nationals were in the post-season last year, but both were gone before the League Championship Series.
Chris Walterskirchen has been an observer of Montana sports for nearly half a century. A Kalispell native, Chris has worked in various capacities for professional and college sports organization of at various times: ranging from announcing and statistical work to the concessions and even a stint as a costumedmascot.
Chris has academic degrees in communications and elementary education. His style of sports trivia involves more than just who won and who lost, but also focuses on the obscure or human side of sports. In this blog you will learn things like the Grizzly football team has won 210 games over the 19 seasons since they have had Monte as their mascot or that UNLV is the only school that both the Griz and Lady Griz have both faced in the NCAA basketball tournament
When not following sports Chris enjoys taking care of animals of all kinds (a peacock rescue?) and reading to pre-schoolers.
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New Patient Safety Initiative Stresses Teamwork, Not Blame
Robert Lowes
April 12, 2011 — A new $1 billion federal initiative to reduce medical errors in hospitals, such as catheter-related infections, and avoid unnecessary readmissions promises to save 60,000 lives and $10 billion in Medicare spending through 2013, federal officials announced today.
Over 10 years, the Medicare savings could reach $50 billion, with billions more saved in Medicaid spending.
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Achieving the ambitious goals of the new Partnership for Patients program is not a matter of telling physicians, nurses, and other clinicians to be more careful, said Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Instead, the key to success is fine-tuning the system they work in.
"The workforce is not the problem," said Dr. Berwick at a news conference today. "Doctors and nurses...want to offer safe care. They learned 'do no harm' in their training. In spite of that, patients get injured because of defects in the care system.
"Blame and accusations are not the answers. Teamwork and improvement are the answers. Commercial air travel didn't get safer by exhorting pilots to please not crash. It got safer by designing planes and air travel systems that support pilots and others to succeed in a very, very complex environment. We can do that in healthcare, too."
Illustrating the system-wide challenge of attacking problems as basic as patient falls, the new federal program brings together a diverse coalition of groups such as the American Medical Association, the American Nurses Association, major hospitals, employers, health plans, unions, patient advocates, and state and federal agencies.
"Doing It Right Costs Less Than Doing It Wrong"
The Partnership for Patients has 2 specific objectives. The first objective is to decrease the number of preventable, hospital-acquired conditions by 40% by the end of 2013 compared with 2010. The second objective is to improve follow-up care after discharge from hospitals and other facilities and, as a result, reduce hospital readmissions by 20% — what officials describe as "healing without complication."
CMS will spend up to $1 billion in funds allocated under the new healthcare reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act, to reach these objectives. The new Innovation Center at CMS will invest up to $500 million in pilot projects to reduce hospital-acquired conditions and improve patient hand-offs. These experiments initially will target 9 types of medical errors and complications, including adverse drug reactions, childbirth complications, surgical site infections, and pressure ulcers.
The new Community-Based Care Transition Program at CMS will award another $500 million to community-based organizations that partner with hospitals to offer comprehensive follow-up care within 24 hours of a patient's release. "We know that if a patient's primary care physician receives their discharge papers within 24 hours, the likelihood of a hospital readmission will be reduced," said American Medical Association President Cecil Wilson, MD, at the press conference.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius underscored the need for the Partnership for Patients program today by citing a new study published in the journal Health Affairs. The study found that adverse events occur in roughly 1 in 3 hospital admissions, or at 10 times the number previously estimated.
At the same time, Sebelius pointed to hospitals that have made tremendous strides in making care safer. By adopting sophisticated production processes from the carmaker Toyota, for example, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, has reduced the number of patient falls by 25%, and bed sores by 75%. In addition, introducing a surgery checklist developed by Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, helped a coalition of Michigan hospitals decrease the occurrence of a common infection by two thirds, saved 1500 lives, and cut costs by $200 million in just 18 months.
One major thrust of Partnership for Patients is taking best practices found at patient safety superstars such as Virginia Mason Medical Center and sharing them with other organizations. Dr. Berwick summed up that approach with the mantra "If there, why not everywhere?"
Both Dr. Berwick and Sebelius said that the new program works hand in hand with the new healthcare act, which measures and pays for the kind of high-quality, coordinated care envisioned in the initiative. In addition, similar to the Affordable Care Act, Partnership for Patients addresses the problem of runaway healthcare costs.
"The options are either to cut care or improve care," said Dr. Berwick. "I'm against cutting. I'm for improving. Doing [healthcare] right costs less than doing it wrong."
For more information about Partnership for Patients, visit the HHS Web site.
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This Artist Created a New Paint Inspired by Iridescent Butterfly Wings
BY Michele Debczak
Maja & Marko via Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
The iridescent, silvery-blue hues seen on peacock feathers and butterfly wings aren't like most colors; they are created from nanoparticles that are smaller than wavelengths of visible light. And this "structural color" is the inspiration behind artist Kate Nichols's latest work, which marries art with science.
Nichols has been working closely with color for over a decade. While taking a break from her undergrad studies at Kenyon College in 2002, she worked as an apprentice under San Francisco artist Will Wilson. There she learned to mix her own pigments using linseed oil, lead oxide, and mastic resin. She also developed a fascination with the wings of the morpho butterfly. The creature's opalescent, blue-green shade was something she knew she wouldn't be able to recreate by simply mixing together ingredients—for that she would need to develop special nanoparticles in a lab.
Most colors we see come from pigments. Pigments absorb specific bandwidths of light based on their chemical composition, and whatever light is not absorbed is then reflected as what we perceive to be a certain color. The structural color that can be found in beetle casings, fish scales, and morpho butterfly wings are instead the product of minuscule particles. These nanoscale structures slow down light waves and scatter them around, making a color that’s subject to the particles' shape, size, position, and angle in relation to the observer and light source, as Nautilus explains.
Determined to capture this type of color in her art, Nichols got in touch with UC-Berkeley physicist Paul Alivisatos. He was so taken with the concept that he invited her to come work with the school’s nanotechnology research group as an artist-in-residence. After a lot of trial and error, Nichols finally found a way to recreate the look she was after. By developing soccer ball–shaped nanoparticles and suspending them in organic solvents, she discovered she could get them to stick to glass. Her most recent art series Figments consists of small glass triangles connected by a hinge. Depending on where the viewer stands, the glass’s iridescent coating flickers like a morpho butterfly’s wing in the sun. For a look at her work and process, check out the video from Nautilus below.
The Nanopainter: Kate Nichols from Nautilus on Vimeo
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The UK Tries Imposing Potential Life Sentences for High Risk Driving Practices Resulting in Fatalities
Although surveys of driver attitudes reflect an increased awareness of the danger of extremely reckless driving practices like drunk driving, texting behind the wheel, and street racing, these dangerous activities continue to cause accidents. While engaging in any of these forms of driving can lead to civil liability for money damages and criminal penalties, these dangerous types of driving behavior continue to endanger lives. In an attempt to further detour motorists from recklessly endangering others, the UK has announced that drivers convicted of “looking at their mobile phones” will be exposed to a potential life sentence under proposed new sentencing guidelines according to The Telegraph.
The proposed new sentencing parameters increase the high end limit of incarceration for motorists whose dangerous driving results in a fatality from 14 years to life in prison. Media reports indicate several factors prompted the harsher sentencing for motorists whose reckless driving behavior causes fatal crashes. According to media sources, the impetus for the change was a series of children being hit by drivers who never attempted to apply their brakes because they were concentrating on the screen of their mobile phone.
The Telegraph reports that 122 people were sentenced for engaging in dangerous driving that resulted in a fatality in 2018. Another 21 people were convicted for causing a death while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the same period. Because the decision to adopt these tougher prison terms was spurred by concerns about distracted driving, cell phone-related accident deaths now can result in a life term of imprisonment in the UK just like deaths from drunk driving and street racing.
While a period of years might be required to determine if the increased exposure to a life sentence affects driving behavior, the penalties might be more effective than relatively minor fines. Many states in the U.S. impose relatively meager fines on certain types of cell phone use like texting and driving while permitting other uses, such as hands-free calling.
For example, Georgia passed a hands-free cell phone law that resulted in the Georgia Department of Public Safety issuing 32 citations and 1,000 written warnings in the 1stten days the law took affect according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Officers with the Atlanta Police Department wrote 86 citations during this same period. The high number of violations suggests that texting, handheld calling, and other forms of “hands on” cell phone use were widespread. The prevalence of violations also might indicate that motorists need more than the threat of a fine to adjust their driving behavior. However, the high numbers of initial violations also could reflect a “learning period” during which motorists had not yet modified their behavior based on a lack of understanding of the new law.
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Oregon Rider Kicked by Cop Wins Over $180k in Court
2012 police abuse case settled in favor of rider
By Morgan Gales
If you're unfamiliar with the 2012 video above, take a minute now to check it out. At 1:03 you see the rider cross the double yellow lines to pass a car. The rider, Justin Wilkens, continues to ride above the speed limit while being pursued by the the police officer, Robert Edwards, until the officer runs into his bike, knocking him over. While the officer claims to have had his lights on, he did not activate his siren and Wilkens claims he didn't recognize the unmarked car as a police vehicle.
Rather than a demotion or being taken off of the street, Officer Edwards has since been promoted to Captain Edwards. The officer's defense team claimed that the hit from the car was due to the rider stopping too quickly, and the police vehicle's brake fade. This didn't stand up long.
The cars that the officer pulls up on seem to clearly recognize his car as a police vehicle and pull to the shoulder, but motorcycle mirrors are much smaller and often shaky when riding. Riders tend to be on the defensive side when it comes to crazy drivers. If I saw an unmarked car racing at me and didn't hear a siren or see the lights, you bet I would be speeding away from it as well. At 3:30, you see Wilkens seem to realize the car behind him is a cop, hang his head, and go to pull over. It's at this point the cop uses his car to forcefully remove the rider from his bike.
Wilkens suffered a broken collar bone and several broken ribs from the incident. If I had to guess, I would say the collar bone was broken from the kick and the ribs were broken by the officer's treatment of the rider on the ground. At no point was any threat presented that required use of this much force, or the need to draw his weapon. It looks like this cop watched one too many rap videos, holding his gun in proper "gangster" stance.
I will say the rider was not without fault. It's not hard to spot some flashing lights in your rearview if you take a second to look behind you, and the initial crossing over the double yellows was a blatant violation. Regardless of his violations, in no way did he deserved to be rammed, have a gun drawn on him, or receive the physical abuse that he did. Happy to see the courts rule in his favor, but I would be careful riding in the Eugene area knowing that Captain Edwards is still out there to "protect and serve."
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Aspects of Tourism
Series Editors:
Chris Cooper (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
C. Michael Hall (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Dallen J. Timothy (Arizona State University, USA)
Aspects of Tourism is an innovative, multifaceted series, which comprises authoritative reference handbooks on global tourism regions, research volumes, texts and monographs. It is designed to provide readers with the latest thinking on tourism world-wide and in so doing will push back the frontiers of tourism knowledge. The series also introduces a new generation of international tourism authors writing on leading edge topics.
The volumes are authoritative, readable and user-friendly, providing accessible sources for further research. Books in the series are commissioned to probe the relationship between tourism and cognate subject areas such as strategy, development, retailing, sport and environmental studies.
Proposals for the series are welcome and should be submitted to Sarah Williams. Please read our notes about how to submit a book proposal.
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Tourism and Humour
Author: Philip L. Pearce, Anja Pabel
Publication Date: 12th Jun 2015
Tourist Behaviour and the Contemporary World
Author: Philip L. Pearce
Publication Date: 6th Oct 2011
Tourist Behaviour
Themes and Conceptual Schemes
Publication Date: 27th Sep 2005
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Endemol Shine Boomdog was formed in November 2017, when Endemol Shine North America merged its Spanish language division Endemol Shine Latino with Mexico City-based production company Boomdog. The newly combined studio, which has offices and production facilities in Mexico City, Miami and Los Angeles, is focused on developing and producing scripted and unscripted content for the U.S. Hispanic and Mexican TV markets. Endemol Shine Boomdog currently has numerous hit shows and projects in development across myriad networks/platforms including Netflix, Amazon, Televisa, Univision, Telemundo, Azteca, HBO, MTV, Comedy Central and more.
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Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from the Lewis and Clark Trail
Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs
More than two hundred years later, the “voyage of discovery”—with its outsized characters, geographic marvels, and wondrous moments of adventure and mystery—continues to draw us along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs first fell under the trail’s spell at sixteen and has been following in Lewis and Clark’s path ever since. In essays historical and personal, she revisits the Lewis and Clark Trail and its famous people, landmarks, and events, exploring questions the expedition continues to raise, such as, What really motivated Thomas Jefferson to send out his agents of discovery? What “mutinous expressions” were uttered? What happened to the dog? Why did Meriwether Lewis end his own life? In the resulting trip through history, Tubbs recounts her travels along the trail by foot, Volkswagen bus, and canoe—at every turn renewing the American experience inscribed by Lewis and Clark.
Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs serves on the board of directors for the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Foundation, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, and the American Prairie Foundation. She is the coauthor of The Lewis and Clark Companion: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery.
“For Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, the Lewis and Clark expedition is not just a historical story; it’s personal, too, intertwined with her father’s and family’s lives. In this book, she brings her own experiences on the trail—and especially her own passions and insights—to bear on the Corps of Discovery. Reading it is like having a lively conversation across an open campfire.”—Dayton Duncan, author of Out West: A Journey through Lewis and Clark’s America
“Lively, engaging, and well informed, here is the guide through the journals of Lewis and Clark and along the trail with the Corps of Discovery that will keep you laughing, arguing, and pondering. Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs provides delightful insights for her readers on this journey.”—Clyde A. Milner II, editor of A New Significance: Re-envisioning the History of the American West and co-editor of The Oxford History of the American West
"For Lewis and Clark aficionados, this little volume should find a place on their bookshelves."—Publishers Weekly
"A candid and enlightening assessment of the landmark Corps of Discovery."—Deborah Donovan, Booklist
"Her diagnosis of Meriwether Lewis's odd behavior as Asperger's syndrome, her calling for a nationwide de-idolization of Sacagawea, and her bold detailing of the "near pitfalls" and "oversights" along the way from both her family's treks as well as those on the original journey makes a new book in the pantheon of titles about this subject worth reading."—Frank X. Walker, Big Muddy
"This book is for everyone who loves Lewis and Clark."—Patricia Ann Owens, South Dakota History
1. Experiences of a Writer on the Lewis and Clark Trail
2. Missouri River
3. Paddling into Bodmer
4. In Search of Perfect Harmony: Keeping an Expedition Happy Now and Then
5. Selected and Implanted by Nature: Leadership and Manly Firmness on the Lewis and Clark Trail
6. Sufficiently Ample: What If?
7. Opening Our Ears: Researching The Lewis and Clark Companion
8. I Grew Heartily Tired of the National Hug: Meriwether Lewis under the Microscope
9. Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off
10. Beyond Measuring Shadows: What Would Thomas Jefferson Do?
11. New Beginnings: Why We Still Need Lewis and Clark
Postscript: Advice to the MSU-Billings Graduating Class of 2006
A Cycle of the West
John G. Neihardt
Annotated by Joe Green
New introduction by Alan Birkelbach
The Kid and Me
Frederick Turner
Awu's Story
Justine Mintsa
Translated and with an introduction by Cheryl Toman
Foreword by Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury
Edited and with an introduction by Kim Adrian
Foreword by Brenda Miller
Postscript by Cheyenne Nimes
The Zionist Ideas
Gil Troy
Foreword by Natan Sharansky
When History Is Personal
Mimi Schwartz
Bernard Farai Matambo
Foreword by Kwame Dawes
Gerald Costanzo
Introduction by Ted Kooser
When We Were Ghouls
Amy E. Wallen
Saga of Chief Joseph
Helen Addison Howard
New introduction by Nicole Tonkovich
Maps and illustrations by George D. McGrath
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Patrolman Robert J. Strugala
Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch Sunday, June 16, 1974
Robert J. Strugala
Patrolman Robert J. Strugala was killed and his partner was seriously wounded in a gun battle at 3157 W. 26th Street.
He and his partner were stopped at a red light at 26th and Kedzie when they heard gunfire. Both officers drew their revolvers and rushed into the establishment. Patrolman Strugala entered through the front door and his partner through the side entrance.
Patrolman Strugala’s partner ordered the gunman to drop his weapon but the man turned towards him holding a gun. The officer fired once, striking the man in the shoulder. Simultaneously, gunfire erupted from across the room. Patrolman Strugala was killed and his partner was hit in the leg, arm, and abdomen. The force of the bullets from the .38 automatic knocked the second officer out of the entrance, into the street. Two tactical officers on patrol saw the events unfold and rushed to their aid.
Patrolman Robert Strugala was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and was assigned to the Marquette District. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter. His partner made a full recovery and returned to duty, retiring after 34 years of service on June 15th, 2004.
On July 19th, 2004, the Illinois Parole Board released Patrolman Strugala's killer from custody, after serving only 30 years of his 100-year sentence.
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Marianne Faithfull shares Nick Cave-penned song ‘Late Victorian Holocaust’ – listen
Faithfull's new album 'Give My Love To London' is out later this month
By Leonie Cooper
Marianne Faithfull has shared her new song, ‘Late Victorian Holocaust’, which was penned by Nick Cave.
Click below to listen to the track, which features on Faithfull’s new album, ‘Give My Love To London’, which is released on September 29. As well as Cave, music has been written by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and Anna Calvi, though Faithfull herself wrote the majority of the lyrics.
Faithfull is backed by guest musicians Warren Ellis and Jim Sclavunos of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds as well as Portishead’s Adrian Utley on guitar, Ed Harcourt on keyboards, Rob Ellis on drums, Dimitri Tikovoi on bass and a string quartet. The album has been produced by Rob Ellis and Dimitri Tikovoi and mixed by Flood.
Marianne Faithfull plays London’s Royal Festival Hall on November 29.
The ‘Give My Love To London’ tracklisting is:
‘Give My Love To London’
‘Sparrows Will Sing’
‘True Lies’
‘Love More Or Less’
‘Late Victorian Holocaust’
‘The Price Of Love’
‘Falling Back’
‘Deepwater’
‘Mother Wolf’
‘Going Home’
‘I Get Along Without You Very Well’
To check the availability of Marianne Faithfull tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0844 858 6765
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Kathy Dreilich holds signs against animal abuse in front of the Duncan court house on Nov. 18 as Anderson Joe is sentenced in the case of Teddy the dog. (Robert Barron/Citizen
Duncan man gets suspended sentence in Teddy the dog cruelty trial
Joe also gets lifetime ban on owning animals
Robert Barron
Anderson Joe will receive a suspended sentence in the death of Teddy the dog on Vancouver Island.
Joe had pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal and failing to provide the necessities of life for an animal on March 18 and was in the Duncan courthouse on Nov. 18 to receive his sentence from Judge Mayland McKimm.
Joe will be on probation for three months in which McKimm instructed that he must keep the peace and be on good behaviour during that time.
He also received a lifetime ban on owning any type of animals or live in a home where animals reside.
RELATED STORY: TEDDY THE DOG TRIAL POSTPONED FOR TWO WEEKS
Defence lawyer Michael Ritzker asked that Joe be given a conditional discharge to prevent him from receiving a criminal record for the first time, but while McKimm acknowledged that Joe has had a hard life and has cognitive disabilities, he said he has a responsibility to send a strong message to society that mistreating animals is not acceptable.
“I have to take a strong public position on animal abuse,” McKimm said.
“Many cases call out for jail sentences, but this is not one of them. Mr. Joe can apply for a pardon at the end of his three month probation and that is a three-year process.”
Joe could have faced a maximum penalty of up to 18 months in prison, a $10,000 fine on top of the lifetime ban on owning animals.
In one of the most profoundly shocking and disturbing cases of abuse the BC SPCA has ever witnessed, special constables seized Teddy in critical distress from Anderson’s property on Feb. 16, 2018.
Meanwhile, Melissa Tooshley, who had pleaded guilty to a single charge of failing to provide the necessities of life for an animal in the same case earlier in the trial, has withdrawn her guilty plea and will be in the Duncan court house on Nov. 21.
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Trudeau is set to unveil his first post-election cabinet Wednesday morning.
B.C. petition calls for seat belts in new school buses
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Nixa, Kickapoo prep for soccer showdown
Rance Burger
RBURGER@NEWS-LEADER.COM
NIXA – Second effort seems to be the best effort for the Nixa Eagles.
The Nixa soccer team scored two goals off rebounds in a 4-0 win over Joplin on Tuesday night in the Class 4 District 10 semifinals. Nixa (20-5) will play Kickapoo (18-5) in the district final Thursday. Kickapoo defeated Ozark 6-0 in Tuesday's other semifinal.
Junior midfielder Payton Gerkin got Nixa's scoring started by pouncing on a loose ball in the Joplin box and cleaning up the trash with a goal in the 26th minute. Senior captain Andrew Brink scored a much prettier goal 12 minutes later when he drove home a cross from the left wing.
Nixa coach Evan Palmer says his team has been working on crashing the goal to create second chances.
"That's what the postseason is all about," Palmer said. "That's how games are won and lost, on whether you get into the box or not and finish, so they did a great job of that tonight."
"We need those extra goals and extra chances, because in districts that's what it comes down to," Brink said.
Nixa got insurance goals in the second half from forwards Joey Clem and Parker Crawford. Clem's goal came on a half-volley in the 55th minute, set up by freshman Jacob Romero chipping a ball over the Joplin defense. Crawford's goal was another net-crasher, as he stuffed home a rebound after Clem's attempt off a dribbling run deflected off the Joplin goalkeeper.
"Whether they score or they don't, they create problems and they create chances for others," Palmer said of Clem and Crawford.
Kickapoo beat Nixa 4-0 on Aug. 26 and 9-0 on Sept. 27 in the Kickapoo Shootout. The third meeting of the season has a district championship and a sectional playoff berth up for grabs.
"Third time is the charm, that's what they say," Brink said. "It's a mental game, I think it's just we're intimidated by (Kickapoo), but Thursday is going to be different."
"We need to be opportunistic, definitely, because there are not going to be as many chances Thursday as there were tonight, so we've got to finish the chances that we get," Palmer said.
Sam Engler scored a natural hat trick with three first-half goals in the Chiefs' win over Ozark.
"Sam is very strong on the ball, understands the game a great deal, has a great vision of the field, and does a great job of getting himself open," Kickapoo coach Phil Hodge said.
Nathan Dykes scored a pair of goals in the second half and sophomore Jacob Brown buried Kickapoo's final goal in the win against Ozark.
"They are solid, they should go a long way. I think (Kickapoo) is a final four team," Ozark coach Tom Davidson said. "They've got 10 or 11 seniors I think, and I have 10 or 11 juniors, so maybe we're one year away."
Ozark finishes the season 13-8-1.
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Georgia official says Graham asked him about tossing ballots
Ga. secretary of state says Graham asked him to 'look hard' for ballots to throw out
By Associated Press | November 17, 2020 at 12:27 AM CST - Updated November 17 at 12:27 AM
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham asked him whether he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots, a question he interpreted as a suggestion to toss out legally cast votes.
Raffensperger made the comments to The Washington Post, saying he’s faced rising pressure from fellow Republicans who want to see Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow lead in the state reversed. Nearly 5 million votes were cast in the presidential election in Georgia, and Biden was leading President Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes.
Raffensperger’s comments came as election officials across the state were working to complete a hand recount of votes in the presidential race.
When Georgia voters return an absentee ballot, they have to sign an oath on an outer envelope. County election office workers are required to ensure the signature matches the one on the absentee ballot application and the one in the voter registration system, Raffensperger said in a statement over the weekend.
Graham asked him whether political bias might have caused elections workers to accept ballots with nonmatching signatures and whether Raffensperger could throw out all absentee ballots in counties with higher rates of nonmatching signatures, the secretary of state told the newspaper.
When asked about the conversation with Raffensperger, Graham said Monday that he was “trying to find out how the signature stuff worked.” He said Raffensperger “did a good job of explaining to me how they verify signatures.”
Asked about Raffensperger’s interpretation that he was suggesting that legally cast ballots should be thrown out, Graham said, “That’s ridiculous.”
County election officials around the state worked through the weekend on a hand tally of the votes in the presidential race as part of a legally mandated audit to ensure the new election machines counted the votes accurately.
Once the tally is complete and the results are certified, the losing campaign can request a recount, which would be done using scanners that read and tally the votes.
Election officials said Monday that the hand tally had turned up more than 2,500 votes in one county that weren’t previously counted but that that won’t alter the overall outcome of the race.
The unofficial breakdown of the votes those votes was 1,643 for Trump, 865 for Biden and 16 for Libertarian Jo Jorgensen, according to Gabriel Sterling, a top elections official.
“The reason you do an audit is to find this kind of thing,” Sterling said.
He said the issue appeared to be an isolated problem and that there were “no fundamental changes” in other counties.
County election board Chairman Tom Rees said it appears the ballots were cast during in-person early voting but election officials weren’t sure how they were missed.
The county elections office suffered several setbacks, including a top official being infected by the coronavirus, and it seems proper procedures weren’t followed when the results were tabulated by machine, Sterling said. But the county had the paper ballots and caught the problem during the hand tally, he said.
Trump, who has made unfounded claims of voting irregularities and fraud, and his campaign have repeatedly taken to social media to criticize Raffensperger and the way the state’s hand tally was being conducted. The secretary of state has responded in social media posts of his own disputing their claims.
Raffensperger told the Post that he and his wife have received death threats in recent days.
“Other than getting you angry, it’s also very disillusioning,” he said.
County election officials were instructed to complete the count by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. The deadline for the state to certify election results is Friday.
The hand tally appeared to go smoothly in most places, and the vast majority of the state’s 159 counties had completed their work by Monday, Sterling said. What remained was mostly data entry and quality control measures before submitting results to the secretary of state, he said. State election officials have said they wouldn’t release any results from the tally until the whole process is complete.
Raffensperger’s office has consistently said it’s likely the results will differ slightly from those previously reported by the counties but that the difference is not expected to change the outcome. The tally resulting from the audit is what will be certified, election officials have said.
The AP has not declared a winner in Georgia, where Biden leads Trump by 0.3 percentage points. There is no mandatory recount law in Georgia, but state law provides that option to a trailing candidate if the margin is less than 0.5 percentage points. It is AP’s practice not to call a race that is – or is likely to become – subject to a recount.
Defense attorneys won temporary stays of execution this week for Higgs and another inmate, Corey Johnson, after arguing that their recent COVID-19 infections put them at greater risk of unnecessary suffering during the lethal injections.
President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to expand coronavirus vaccinations, help individuals and jump-start the economy.
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Coronavirus News Source
Mouthwash Could Be a Promising Weapon in the Fight Against Coronavirus Transmission
Researchers urge immediate study of oral rinses as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread
12-May-2020 7:00 AM EDT, by American Physiological Society (APS)
Newswise — Rockville, Md. (May 14, 2020)—Readily available dental mouthwashes have the potential to destroy the lipid envelope of coronaviruses, combating virus replication in the mouth and throat. The findings are presented in a new review article published today in Function, concluding that there is an urgent need to test the effectiveness of this approach in clinical trials.
“Emerging studies increasingly demonstrate the importance of the throat and salivary glands as sites of virus replication and transmission in early COVID-19 disease. SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped virus, characterised by an outer lipid membrane derived from the host cell from which it buds. While it is highly sensitive to agents that disrupt lipid bio-membranes, there has been no discussion about the potential role of oral rinsing in preventing transmission,” the research team wrote.
“Here, we review known mechanisms of viral lipid membrane disruption by widely available dental mouthwash components that include ethanol, chlorhexidine, cetylpyridinium chloride, hydrogen peroxide and povidone-iodine. We also assess existing formulations for their potential ability to disrupt the SARS-CoV-2 lipid envelope, based on their concentrations of these agents, and conclude that several deserve clinical evaluation.”
Notably, the lipid envelope does not vary when viruses mutate. This means that if the strategy is deemed effective, it should still work against any new coronavirus strains that emerge.
A multidisciplinary international team of scientists and clinicians led by researchers at the Cardiff University School of Medicine co-authored the Evidence Review, while industry partners provided global formulation information. This article is the first of a new style review article, with conclusions entirely based on precisely referenced original peer-reviewed articles. This is an important feature of Function, the newest publication in the American Physiological Society’s family of journals.
Function provides a high-caliber, broad-spectrum open access platform for researchers to publish their major advances in basic, translational and clinical sciences. From organelles to organisms, Function seeks papers that contribute to defining the mechanistic basis of living systems in health and disease. Published by the American Physiological Society (APS), Function aims to publish ground-breaking research that extends physiological understanding of biological function and the changes associated with disease states. The journal launched in 2020 and is now accepting submissions.
Physiology is the study of how molecules, cells, tissues and organs function in health and disease. Established in 1887, the American Physiological Society (APS) was the first U.S. society in the biomedical sciences field. The Society represents 9,000 members and publishes 16 peer-reviewed journals with a worldwide readership.
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As health officials continue to implore the public to wear masks and practice social distancing, recent research by Humboldt State University Psychology Professor Amber Gaffney provides key insights into connections between social isolation, conspiratorial thinking, and resistance to COVID-19 protocols.
Research Results SCIENCE
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a relatively simple and rapid blood test can predict which patients with COVID-19 are at highest risk of severe complications or death. The blood test measures levels of mitochondrial DNA, which normally resides inside the energy factories of cells. Mitochondrial DNA spilling out of cells and into the bloodstream is a sign that a particular type of violent cell death is taking place in the body.
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UNC Charlotte Bioinformatics professor and noted expert Dan Janies is researching how variants of SARS-CoV-2 transmit and respond to treatment.
Expert Pitch MEDICINE SCIENCE
COVID-19 deaths really are different. But best practices for ICU care should still apply, studies suggest.
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
COVID-19 deaths are indeed different from other lung failure deaths, according to two recent studies, with 56% of COVID-19 patients dying primarily from the lung damage caused by the virus, compared with 22% of those whose lungs fail due to other causes. But, the researchers conclude, the kind of care needed to help sustain people through the worst cases of all forms of lung failure is highly similar, and just needs to be fine-tuned.
45% of adults over 65 lack online medical accounts that could help them sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations
As the vaccination of older adults against COVID-19 begins across the country, new poll data suggests that many of them don’t yet have access to the “patient portal” online systems that could make it much easier for them to schedule a vaccination appointment. In all, 45% of adults aged 65 to 80 had not set up an account with their health provider’s portal system.
New England Journal of Medicine publishes COVID-19 treatment trial results
A clinical trial involving COVID-19 patients hospitalized at UT Health San Antonio and University Health, among roughly 100 sites globally, found that a combination of the drugs baricitinib and remdesivir reduced time to recovery, according to results published Dec. 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Released: 15-Jan-2021 12:40 PM EST
DNA test can quickly identify pneumonia in patients with severe COVID-19, aiding faster treatment
Fight CRC To Present Research Findings on The Impact of COVID-19 on the Colorectal Cancer Community at 2021 GI ASCO
Fight Colorectal Cancer
Fight Colorectal Cancer presents abstract at Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium highlighting the need to address the barriers and opportunities for care within the colorectal cancer community during the COVID-19 pandemic
Technion to Award Honorary Doctorate to Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla
American Technion Society
Israel's Technion will award an honorary doctorate to Pfizer CEO and Chairman Dr. Albert Bourla, for leading the development of the novel vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The honorary doctorate will be conferred at the Technion Board of Governors meeting in November 2021.
Announcement LIFE
Released: 15-Jan-2021 11:30 AM EST
UW researchers develop tool to equitably distribute limited vaccines
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health have developed a tool that incorporates a person’s age and socioeconomic status to prioritize vaccine distribution among people who otherwise share similar risks due to their jobs.
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J.J. Izard Elementary School
J.J. Izard Elementary School is a public school located in Van Buren, AR. It has 528 students in grades K-8 with a student-teacher ratio of 18 to 1. According to state test scores, 55% of students are at least proficient in math and 39% in reading.
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Pilgrimage sites on the Kreuzberg hill in Bonn
The Heilige Stiege (holy steps) on the Kreuzberg hill in Bonn are not only a pilgrimage site, but also a late Baroque work of art. In all its finery, they are a reminder of the Passion of Christ
The Heilige Stiege, or holy steps, on the Kreuzberg hill in Bonn are an extensive late Baroque work of architecture, sculpture and painting. The model for the Heilige Stiege is thought to be the “Scala Sancta” in Rome, the stairs brought by the holy Helena from Jerusalem to Rome in 326, and over which Jesus is said to have walked to his Roman judge Pontius Pilate.
On the Scala Sancta, pilgrims reflect on the Passion of Christ, kneeling and praying as they ascend the 28 steps. During the Baroque period, holy steps were particularly popular in Bavaria, while in the Rhineland region, the Heilige Stiege are the only stairs of their kind.
The stairs in the Bonn district of Endenich were built in 1751 by Baroque master builder Balthasar Neumann on orders from the Archbishop of Cologne and prince-elector Clemens August, and lead to the choir of the pilgrimage church on the Kreuzberg hill, which was built in 1627/28. During this time, the pilgrimage church was given its sumptuous Baroque façade and interior.
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Inside the step structure, a triple-run staircase leads up to a Chapel of the Cross, whereby the middle stair run contains the actual holy stairs. Small brass crosses on the marble steps mark the places where Christ’s blood dripped.
The walls and ceilings are decorated with rich Baroque paintings by Johan Adam Schöpf, and show further scenes from the Passion of Christ.
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10 April 2020 2:48pm
Benjamin Boakye is Executive Director for Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP)
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has described the government’s decision to absorb the cost of electricity of consumers as rushed.
According to the Executive Director, Benjamin Boakye, there should have been extensive deliberation on the policy ahead of its rollout to ensure that it is better-tailored to achieve the intended purpose of mitigating the impact of the coronavirus on the poor in the county.
President Akufo-Addo on the night of April 9, announced three months of free electricity for consumers of a particular category, to make up for lost income following the coronavirus lockdown in Accra and Kumasi.
“We’ve decided on further measures of mitigation for all Ghanaians for the next three months, i.e April, May and June. Government will fully absorb electricity bills for the poorest of the poor, i.e, for all consumers. That is free electricity for persons who consume from 0-50 kilowatt-hours a month for this period,” the President told the nation in a televised address.
In addition, the President said the government will also absorb 50% of electricity bills for consumers in residential areas as well as those engaged in commercial activities during the period, using their March 2020 bill as the benchmark.
But speaking on the on Good Friday edition of the Joy FM Midday News, the ACEP boss says this move defeats the said attempt to reduce the burden on the “poorest of the poor” adding that “we need to have a conversation on this policy.”
“If you consume GHS18 government absorbs your electricity bill. But for the average person or the rich that is consuming GHS5,000 a month… government is going to pay GHS2,500 of your bill for you. This is so regressive that you don’t need to have that intervention at a time that government is struggling to raise money to deal with the core issue,” he said on Friday.
ACEP expressed further concern with the modality by which this policy is expected to be implemented which he believes, rather does nothing as far as the plight of the poor is concerned.
“These poor people live in compound houses and they usually consume more than the lifeline (50 units a month). So if they are consuming 50 units a month then they are automatically out of the lifeline range.”
He recommended that government rather consults employers among others in the labour sector to assess struggling individuals affected by the crisis through layoffs and others, and provide them with the interventions.
“We are just redistributing our wealth to make the rich richer and make the poor poorer.”
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Considering the amount of debt owed the power sector by government, Benjamin Boakye explained that the latest policy only worsens the liquidity challenges of the sector.
ACEP says the move compounds government’s capacity to repay debts owed the power producers.
“The IPPs [Independent Power Producers] are owed over a billion dollars as we speak. Gas consumption is also not being paid for. If you check the OCTP payment schedule, since October there haven’t been payments for gas that is being consumed. This is a burden that sits on the books of the government as we speak,” he said.
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Police retrieve Stonebwoy’s pistol
20 May 2019 7:08pm
Officers from the Accra Region Police Command have retrieved the pistol Stonebwoy brandished at the Vodafone Music Awards (VGMA) over the weekend.
It followed a search conducted at the home of the dancehall artiste after the commotion that marred the VGMAs.
The artiste pulled out the gun after his arch-rival, Shatta Wale, stormed the stage just after he had received the reggae/dancehall artiste of the year award and was about to make a speech.
Stonebwoy said he felt threatened by Wale and his fans’ presence on the stage, a reason he drew out the weapon.
The reggae/dancehall artiste of the year title is keenly contested between the two rivals whose huge following believe either of them should win it at any given time.
Wale, however, seemed to have had enough of Stonebwoy’s consistent win and looked visibly upset when he was announced the winner of the category on Saturday.
Many said he had gone on stage to attack Stonebwoy, but he told police his only intention as to congratulate a brother.
Photo: Stonebwoy brought the gun (circled) out when Shatta Wale mounted the stage with his fans
Both artistes have been sternly criticised by Ghanaians who until the unfortunate incident, seemed to be having a good time at the awards ceremony that was marking its 20th year.
Police picked and detained the two artistes on Sunday – Stonebwoy at the Dansoman Police Station and Wale at the Tesano Police Station.
Both have been granted bail.
Joy News’ Maxwell Agbagba who had been following the story was with the police throughout the day and reported on Top Story that, the police had refused to disclose whether or not the two dancehall artistes have been charged.
Among the host of institutions that have condemned Saturday’s incidence is the National Youth Authority.
The Authority’s CEO Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri is not only appalled by the development, but he also wants the two artistes to be dealt if ruthlessly by the police, to serve as a deterrent to other players in the entertainment front who might want to take the peace of the country for granted.
“In the midst of the prevailing security situation in the West Africa Sub-region relative to suspicious terror activities, we call on the youth of Ghana to stand up and defend the integrity of the country by conducting themselves in a disciplined, patriotic and nationalistic manner as well as resisting any negative influence from these two musicians or any other person or group.
“The youth must send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that; acts or threats of violence of any kind have no place in the entertainment front of the country,” Mr Asigri said in a statement.
Stonebwoy (L) and Shatta Wale (R) are rivals
Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu disagrees with people who want Stonebwoy punished for brandishing a firearm.
Citing Section 7 of the Arms and Ammunition Act 1972, many have called for the artiste to be punished for flouting Ghana’s law on the public display of arms.
The Act states “no person shall, except in accordance with the terms of a permit granted under this Decree or with the consent of the Inspector-General of Police, publicly display any arms or ammunition (including explosives) or discharge any firearm or other weapons in any public place.”
The police have yet to disclose whether or not Stonebwoy’s pistol was licensed.
But Mr Kpebu believes that if the firearm was licenced, then displaying it in public should not be unlawful.
“If a person has a gun and there is imminent danger and he has to use it, he must bring it out…under the law you have the right to use a firearm to ward off any violence even to the extent of shooting the other person if your life in danger.
“So naturally if the gun is hidden somewhere you must first bring it out…so I don’t see how long the brandishing was from the video as to say that that was brandishing. I think we should hasten slowly because from the little that I saw, I don’t think it was a display like what Section 7 is saying, no,” he added.
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Chronic is a mexicain film of genre Drama directed by Michel Franco released in USA on 21 october 2015 with Tim Roth
Released in USA 21 october 2015
Directed by Michel Franco
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Genres Drama
Origin Mexique
Actors Emma Suárez, Tony Dalton
Valeria, une jeune femme de 17 ans, est enceinte de Mateo, un garçon de son âge. Elle vit à Puerto Vallarta au Mexique avec Clara, sa sœur de 34 ans et avec Mateo. Valeria ne souhaitait pas que leur mère espagnole, prénommée Avril, souvent absente, soit au courant de sa grossesse. Mais le coût et la responsabilité de l'arrivée d'un enfant dans la maison décide Clara à l’appeler. Avril arrive au Mexique et s’installe chez ses filles, apparemment désireuse de les aider. Mais avec l’arrivée du bébé, son comportement change et les réticences de Valéria à lui demander de l’aide se justifient de plus en plus. Avril, à la vue des difficultés que sa fille semble avoir à endosser son rôle de mère, estime que le jeune couple n'est pas prêt psychologiquement pour assumer cet enfant. Elle élabore alors un plan.
Daniel & Ana (2009)
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Marimar Vega, José María Torre
Ana (Marimar Vega) and Daniel (Darío Yazbek Bernal) are as close as siblings can get. Ana is excited about her upcoming wedding while Daniel is trying to figure out his own way in life. This is all shattered when the two are abducted in Mexico City and forced into having incestuous sex while on camera. The two then have to try to piece their lives back together the best they can, all while having the specter of the past events looming over them.
After Lucia (2012)
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Actors Toma Brun, José María Torre, Nailea Norvind
Roberto (Hernán Mendoza) is depressed after his wife Lucía dies in a road accident and decides to leave Puerto Vallarta and live in Mexico City with his 17-year-old daughter, Alejandra (Tessa Ía González Norvind). Settling into her new school, Alejandra goes to a party one night with her classmates. At the party, she has sex with José, who films the encounter on his phone. The next day the footage has been circulated around the school, with Alejandra getting text messages calling her a slut. As a result, she becomes the target of bullying from her peers.
Directed by Nicholas Jarecki
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, William Friedkin
Sixty-year-old magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) manages a hedge fund with his daughter Brooke (Brit Marling) and is about to sell it for a handsome profit. However, unbeknownst to his daughter and most of his other employees, he has cooked his company's books in order to cover an investment loss and avoid being arrested for fraud. One night, while driving with his mistress Julie Cote (Laetitia Casta), he begins to doze off and crashes; Julie is killed. An injured Robert leaves the scene and decides to cover up his involvement to prevent the public, his wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon), and the prospective buyer James Mayfield (Graydon Carter) from discovering the truth.
Directed by Werner Herzog
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Documentary, Fantasy, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Renate Krößner, Udo Kier, Hark Bohm, André Hennicke
Zishe Breitbart (Jouko Ahola) is the son of an Orthodox Jewish blacksmith in rural Poland. He is fantastically strong, largely from working at hard labor all day. A talent agent sees how strong Breitbart is in his Jewish shtetl home and convinces him to move to Berlin, where he can find work as a strongman.
The Musketeer (2001)
Directed by Peter Hyams
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth, Justin Chambers, Bill Treacher
As a young boy, d'Artagnan witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of Febre (Tim Roth), chief henchman of Cardinal Richelieu (Stephen Rea). d'Artagnan is nearly killed after using his dead father's sword to fight Febre which leaves him with a permanent scar and blinds him in one eye. d'Artagnan is taken in by family friend Planchet (Jean-Pierre Castaldi), a former musketeer, one of the loyal protectors of King Louis XIII (Daniel Mesguich).
The Beautiful Country (2004)
Actors Bai Ling, Tim Roth, Nick Nolte, Temuera Morrison, Chapman To
The film tells the story of Binh, a Vietnamese boy who is often referred to as a "bui doi" (a derogatory term which has come to refer to a Vietnamese-born child fathered by an American soldier during the Vietnam War). After a life of prejudice and servitude, Binh decides to leave his tiny Vietnamese village and search for his mother in Saigon. Binh finds his mother, Mai, and discovers he has a younger brother, energetic and precocious Tam. Mai is employed by Mrs. Hoa, the cruel mistress of a great house. After getting a job at the house with his mother, Binh discovers that she is sexually harassed constantly by Mrs. Hoa's son.
Directed by Walter Salles
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Jennifer Connelly, Tim Roth, John C. Reilly, Dougray Scott, Ariel Gade, Pete Postlethwaite
The film opens in 1974, as a young girl, Dahlia, stands outside after school in the rain, waiting for her mother.
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
Directed by Wim Wenders
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk
Shepard stars as Howard Spence, an aging, hard-living Western movie star, who, disgusted with his life, flees by horse from the set of his latest western filming in the desert outside Moab, Utah. He hits the road looking for refuge in his past, traveling to his hometown of Elko, Nevada and, eventually, to Butte, Montana, looking for a woman (Jessica Lange) he left behind twenty years before when he was filming a movie there. Also converging on Butte is a young woman named Sky (Sarah Polley), returning her late mother's ashes to her hometown and conducting a search of her own.
Directed by Nash Edgerton
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Claire van der Boom, David Roberts, Joel Edgerton, Anthony Hayes, Peter Phelps, Bill Hunter
Raymond Yale (David Roberts) and Carla Smith (Claire van der Boom) are lovers in a small Australian town living across the river from one another. However, both are already married; Raymond to a loveless wife and Carla to a domineering petty gangster Greg "Smithy" Smith (Anthony Hayes). Ray and Carla plan to leave their respective spouses and run away together, although Ray insists that they delay until he has enough money to ensure a new life together. As a foreman overseeing the construction of a new leisure resort for property developer Gil Hubbard (Bill Hunter), Ray has been doing underhanded deals with construction worker Barney (Kieran Darcy-Smith) for the hefty kick-backs which he hopes will eventually land him enough to run off with Carla.
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Himachal Police Looking At J-K's Jawahar Tunnel, London Tube Policing For Atal Rohtang Tunnel's Security
The 8.8 kilometre-long Atal Rohtang Tunnel connecting Manali to Keylong is nearing completion and it is expected to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next month.
Ashwini Sharma 18 August 2020
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Ashwini Sharma 2020-08-18T22:52:26+05:30 Himachal Police Looking At J-K's Jawahar Tunnel, London Tube Policing For Atal Rohtang Tunnel's Security
In a bid to provide a highly-advanced level of security for the upcoming Atal Rohtang Tunnel, Himachal Pradesh police have begun an exercise to study security and anti-terror components of Jawahar Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir along with replication of the London tube policy model.
This tunnel will reduce the distance between Manali and Keylong by 46 km and considerably reduce the travel time between Manali and Leh.
“Once the Tunnel is commissioned, the Manali-Leh axis will become the strategic route for supplies and logistics to the Indian Defence Forces deployed in Ladakh. The commissioning of the tunnel will also open up hitherto unexplored areas of Lahaul and Spiti to tourism. As a result, the state expects a huge rush of tourists. Thus, Himachal Pradesh Police need to prepare for providing round the clock security and traffic management at the Tunnel,” says Director-General of Police, Sanjay Kundu .
Kundu constituted a Board of Officer (BOO) headed by Daljit Thakur, Inspector General of Police CID (Security) to undertake a comprehensive exercise to draw up a plan , which takes care of all aspects of security, anti-sabotage operations, surveillance, manpower deployments and preventive policing, besides regulating traffic at the tunnel and its approaches including two key bridges connecting north and south portals.
Thakur will have four other officers in the BOO including Deputy Inspector General of Police (central) Madhusudan, SPs of Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti, and representatives of the Intelligence Bureau.
The BOO has been asked to work on six specific points, including assessment of the security threat to the tunnel, traffic density –civilian, tourists and military, manpower requirement, setting up of new police stations on either side of the tunnel and installation of security gadgets for surveillance, anti-sabotage operations, and counter-espionage operations, if required.
“Approaches, key bridges and other strategic installations along the Manali to Sarchu axis, up to the Leh ( Himachal borders) should be studied. The BOO is advised to visit Jammu & Kashmir and see the existing arrangements made by the J&K Police for two key tunnels i.e. Jawahar Tunnel(Banihal)and Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Tunnel(Chenani-Nashri).” the DGP ordered.
The team has been asked to submit a report by September 14 .
The details of the study plan, as per Kundu’s advisory, must cover the traffic feeder management system for 10 kms on either side of the tunnel with a fool-proof template. "The best practices followed in similar road tunnel projects of Swiss Alps, China, Japan, etc may be studied in-depth and replicated when it is compatible to our needs," he said.
On law and order, he said there is a requirement of new police stations on both North and South portals.
“We may replicate some time-tested practices of London Tube policing and Delhi Metro policing, where the CISF uses Tetra DRTS UHF sets for communications. Disaster Management and Sabotage Pretension is another important requirement. Similarly, the need has also risen to put in place contingencies like crash evacuation, fire contingencies including embedded fire fighting systems” Kundu explained.
Anti-terror component and stationing of the Special Service Unit(SSU), the elite commando unit of the HP Police and State CID elements will be at the tunnel. BOO may also propose a weapon bouquet to suit the operations in the tunnel environment.
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Couple's YouTube wedding saved £1,000s in lockdown
Couple get married over YouTube during coronavirus lockdown
By Fran Way @OxMailFranW Digital Reporter
A NEWLYWED couple have explained how they did a wedding on a budget during the pandemic – using YouTube.
Matthew and Jennie Taylor had planned to tie the knot in front of all their friends and family at a church in November but, like many others, had to shelve their plans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Boris Johnson banned wedding ceremonies from taking place in March in an efforts to control the spread of Covid-19.
Restrictions were eased at the end of July when small wedding receptions were given the green light.
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In September couples were then told to cull large numbers of guests to just 15 – all of whom must stay socially distanced and wear face masks, but after they came back, nuptials were banned once again in the second national lockdown from November 5.
Mrs Taylor, 30, who works at Regent's Park College and lived in Cowley until moving Slough this month, said as soon as the idea of a second lockdown was floated, they ‘scrambled’ everybody together to sign the papers and make it official.
She said: “We had time to have a quick legal ceremony with the people we would have had at the 15-person limit.
“We scrambled everyone together on the Tuesday before lockdown.
“But we still wanted to share the day with everyone, and they were at work.
“So, we just did the legal bit first and went ahead with the wedding over YouTube on the day we wanted to have the wedding.
“It was so good because we could invite who we wanted to with no cost factor involved.
“Some of my friends are abroad as well so they could watch it later that day, another friend said she had just watched it twice, the second time with her mum for fun – even though her mum’s never met me.
“One of the really cool things was seeing the live chat. Our set up was our camera on the iPad and we also had a laptop so we could see the comments and live stream on YouTube.
“It felt like people were there and not just like we were doing it into a void.”
Mr Taylor, 28, said he was told people were even watching the wedding, which has now had more than 800 views, during their weekly shop in Asda and others at work.
He said: “Andrew Perryman, the pastor at the church, was really good. When we found out about lockdown he called us and told us about all of the options we had for doing it legally and then online.
“Another couple, David and Brenda, did a similar thing earlier in the year but in reverse. They did the YouTube wedding first and then did the legal bit after lockdown.”
Mrs Taylor said another perk was that she got to wear her wedding dress twice.
She gave 'full credit' to her husband who helped her get dressed, and said: "It was a bit weird though, normally you wouldn't get ready together but it was really nice."
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What Is Coaxial Cable Data Sent As
The term coaxial refers to the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing a geometric axis. The coaxial cable that runs a connection into your home might be shared, too.
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While coax cables have many applications, they are most commonly used to transmit cable tv and internet signals.
What is coaxial cable data sent as. The use of coaxial cable for ethernet has been deprecated by 2011. Our range of products includes a variety of cables, including twin coax, rg, urm, ct, ctf, microwave coaxial cable, plus tv and satellite solutions. Indeed, i have already read how are multiple signals propagated in a coaxial cable?, but it doesn't seem to be exactly the same question, nor is it specific enough, so please don't mark this as a dupe.so how exactly are multiple signals transmitted on different frequencies?
This wire is surrounded by a dielectric insulator, often made of plastic, which keeps a constant distance between the center conductor and the next layer. Unfortunately, in most cases, coaxial cables fall short in terms of data speed. The way this works is that a cable system can ‘bond’ multiple channel slots together to that the cable modems can use more than one 6 mhz channel slow for data.
It's like turning on a water faucet. Coaxial cable, or coax (pronounced / ˈ k oʊ. And why does ethernet cables have two wires for transmit and two wires for receive?
Coaxial cabling, which uses connectors called bnc (bayonet nut connector) is known as, in forms of ethernet, thicknet and thinnet, in the older lan technology. It has been around for a long time as a technology (since the early 20th century) and has many singular advantages for reliable, accurate transmission. Recently i've been trying to understand how multiple signals can travel along a coax cable.
Some homes and offices use coaxial cable, too, but its widespread use as an ethernet connectivity medium in enterprises and data centers has been supplanted by the deployment of twisted pair cabling. This modulated signal is received at the other end in your cable box, and decoded using a demodulator, to extract the baseband signal carrying the digital data (1s. It has also been used extensively within homes.
This coaxial cable has a bandwidth that ranges from 5 to 750 mhz (approximately). How coaxial cable is different from ethernet cables? Hdmi cables provide 1080p video resolution.
Some internet service providers are able to get up to 1 gbps (1,000 mbps), but it’s not too common. How fast are the data speeds with coaxial cables? Different tv channels are separated into different frequencies using frequency division multiplexing.
Coaxial cable is commonly used by cable operators, telephone companies, and internet providers around the world to convey data, video, and voice communications to customers. Docsis 3.0 is a bandwidth management technology that allows a cable modem to use a larger window of rf frequency for data. The difference that these accessories have to others is the size of the cable, as it gives a more precise conductor line.
In fiber optic cable, the speed of light only dictates how quickly that first packet of information gets to you. There are many applications where you’ll find a coaxial cable in use today, including on radio transmitters, data busses, broadband internet cables, and especially in a tv antenna. They are all transmitted at the same time, and internet data is transmitted/received at the same time as well, in separate frequency bands.
Coaxial (coax) cables work well to transmit electronic signals (data or anything else). Therefore, the coaxial cable is a good choice to reliably support large amounts of data with a simple system for long distances. Even in an hfc system, the last part of the network, from the fiber node to the subscriber premises, is still a coaxial cable.
First, let's look at the construction. This makes the bandwidth of coaxial cables ideal only in sending digital data from satellite and cable services to decoder boxes inside the home. However, the installation and the termination of the cable itself can be costly.
Fibre optic cable is better than coaxial because transmission through fibre optic cable take place in the form of light and it is very difficult to tap the data that is sent over through fibre optic. How quickly does that stream begin. Coaxial cable works by carrying data in the centre conductor, while the surrounding layers of shielding stop any signal loss (also called attenuation loss) and help reduce emi.
Coaxial cables offer a shielded design which allows the centre conductor to transmit data quickly while being protected from damage and electromagnetic interference (emi). It can carry either an analog or digital signal. The first layer, called the dielectric, provides distance between the core conductor and the outer layers, as well as some insulation.
Today only digital data is sent on cable (as far as i know), but the same concept applies for analog signals like audio (see amplitude modulation (am) and frequency modulation (fm)). Research in ethernet transmission over coaxial cable continued, as both consumers and telecommunications operators strive to use existing 75 ohm coaxial cable installations (from cable television or catv), to carry broadband data into and through the home, and into multiple. Coaxial (or “coax”) cable is a common type of cable used for transmitting data over long distances.
Æ k s /) is a type of electrical cable consisting of an inner conductor surrounded by a concentric conducting shield, with the two separated by a dielectric (insulating material); In contrast to coaxial cable service, fiber’s balanced speed removes lag time and allows for data to be sent as fast as it is. Many coaxial cables also have a protective outer sheath or jacket.
As data demands increase, the same fiber today will adapt, while coaxial cable service will undoubtedly regress further. Does coaxial cable transfer data both ways although it has 1 wire in it? Coax cables are composed of a center wire that is surrounded by an.
I'd like to expand on jeff kesselman's answer. Migrate analog channels to digital. Wire mesh prevents lost electronic signals, so it does not affect data sent from the internal cable.
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Backpedalling Donald Trump tries to warm up a cooling special relationship – UK
It wasn’t a full blown state visit, but Theresa May pulled out all the stops for Donald Trump’s trip.
There was military pageantry and the red carpet rolled out for a banquet at Blenheim Palace, lunch at Chequers and tea with the Queen at Windsor Castle.
All the while, shielding this thin-skinned president from the protests raging against him in London.
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That’s because a lot rests on this trip. She desperately needs some support over Brexit as many in her party – and some in her government – turn against her.
Trump and PM talk trade, special relationship and fake news
President Trump was not that Cavalry, as he launched into a broadside against her ahead of a bilateral meeting with the prime minster, criticising her Brexit plan and calling into question a US-UK trade deal.
The worst possible set up then for bilateral talks and a press conference, so how did it go?
:: Trade
Mr Trump suggested ahead of the bilateral meeting that it would be very hard to do a trade deal on the current Chequers plan, telling the Sun: “If they do a deal like that, we would be dealing with the European Union instead of the dealing with the UK, so it will probably kill the deal.”
But the president embarked on some furious backpedalling at the press conference, saying that having talked to Mrs May he now believed it was possible to do a trade deal – with some qualifications.
“If they are going to go in a certain route I just said that I hope aground are going to be able to trade with the US,” he said.
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“I read reports where that won’t be possible, but I believe after speaking with the prime minister’s people and representatives and trade experts it will be absolutely possible.”
Still, there was enough ambiguity to galvanise the Brexiteers.
They fear trade deals will be off the agenda – and, whether he meant to or not, the president confirmed their worst fears.
He can’t close Pandora’s box now.
:: Brexit
President Trump has been a long-term supporter of Brexit, aligning himself with Britain’s Brexiteers-in-chief Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson.
He said Mrs May’s Chequers plan was “a much different deal than the people voted on” ahead of the bilateral.
He also said he would have done the Brexit deal “differently”.
“I actually told Theresa May how to do it but she didn’t agree and didn’t listen to me she wanted to go a different route,” Mr Trump told The Sun.
Again, President Trump tried to backpedal on these incendiary remarks, heaping praise of the prime minister and saying he thought she was a “tough negotiator” who would do “very well”.
May’s eye roll as Trump quizzed on Brexit
He did not criticise her Chequers plan at all, which will have come as a great relief to a prime minister battling with her Brexiteers over what they are describing as “Brino” – Brexit in name only.
But he couldn’t help but put his own views forward, repeating that he had given her suggestions about how she should negotiate – and implied her handling of the talks was perhaps a little too soft.
“I did give her a suggestion. I wouldn’t say advice. I think she found it maybe too brutal.”
He didn’t elaborate on what his “tough” tactics where – but the prime minister looked rather frustrated as she spoke, insisting that she hadn’t felt undermined by her ally and was offered lots of advice on Brexit.
“My job is actually getting out there and doing it.”
:: Rapport/”Special Relationship”
The offensive remarks made by President Trump before the bilateral provoked an outpouring of anger from politicians across the divide as MPs accused the president of humiliating the prime minister as they urged her to stand up to him.
Labour MP Anna Turley suggested he should not be allowed to meet the Queen.
President Trump again backtracked as he met Mrs May at Chequers. “Our relationship is very very strong. We have a good relationship,” he said, following bilateral talks.
Theresa May and Donald Trump walk away after holding a joint news conference
He went further during the press conference, claiming the relationship was the “highest level of special”.
He said they’d spent a lot of time together – breakfast, lunch, dinner – and he’d got to know her more in this visit than he has in the last 18 months.
President Trump was at his most effusive and flamboyant; Mrs May looked uncomfortable throughout – perhaps worried about what the president might say.
He did tell reporters he’d apologised to her about The Sun interview to which she replied: “Its only the press.”
A leader who likes strength in others, President Trump also praised her resilience, saying she was an “incredible woman doing a fantastic job” and that he’d “rather be her friend than her enemy”.
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He said again that he liked the former foreign secretary, that he thought he’d be a “great prime minister” and that “he’d been very nice to me”.
A fulsome attempt by President Trump to warm up what has been a rather cool special relationship between the pair since his inauguration.
But the substance of his remarks during this two-day official visit has brought the prime minister problems rather than support. With friends like that, who needs enemies?
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World rugby course opens in Davao
DAVAO. Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU) Director Matt Cullen talks to development officers Rose Mae Lanticse and Blessie Kate Delos Santos at the sidelines of the Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU) World Rugby Coaching Course level one at the Ateneo de Davao University Matina campus. (Adam B. Morrell)
THE Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU) World Rugby Coaching Course level one opened at the Ateneo de Davao University Matina AVR 4 Saturday, June 25.
A total of 15 participants came to experience and learn the basic course of coaching. PRFU director Matt Cullen, in an interview with Sun.Star Davao Saturday, hopes to develop the sport among the youth of the Philippines and give them the opportunity to learn as it can be played by both boys and girls.
"Ultimately we wanted the kids to represent the country in 14, 16, and 20 or become a part of the Philippine Volcanoes." Cullen also aims to educate the youth, adding, "We wanted to teach the fundamentals of rugby football, and to do this, we will start teaching touch rugby which is non-contact."
The course, according to him, also aims to empower coaches. "Today they are learning the coaching course which is certified and they will be able to go out now and teach young players how to play touch rugby and tackle rugby in a safe environment."
Former Davao Durian rugby football player Hilton Soberano, in a separate interview, said advantages of courses like this will allow him to share his passion and learning to others.
"I am one of the people assisting coach Rose and coach Blessie especially pag nagtuturo sila sa mga grassroots level, ma i-apply ko ang learning ko dito."
Former development player of the national team William Leysa, who came from General Santos, wished to open the first rugby football club in his hometown.
"Kailangan kasi ng coaching experience and certificate para makatayo ang club, and advantage kasi ito para makakuha ka ng maraming ideas at principles of coaching."
The World Rugby level 1 match officials course will be tackled today at the same venue while the first World Rugby Get in to Rugby Program in the Philippines is slated July 2 and 3 at SOS Children's Village Davao.
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on June 25, 2016. Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/sports/2016/06/25/world-rugby-course-opens-481629
First world rugby course in PH set this weekend
DAVAO. Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU) senior development officer Rose Mae Lanticse answers questions on the World Rugby Course in the Philippines, which is set to open this weekend, during Thursday's Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at The Annex of SM City Davao. Beside her is PRFU regional development officer Blessie Kate delos Santos. (Seth Delos Reyes)
THE Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU) will launch its first World Rugby Course in the Philippines slated June 25 and 26 then on July 2 and 3 at the Ateneo de Davao University Matina and SOS Children's Village Davao, respectively.
(PRFU) senior development officer Rose Mae Lanticse and development officer Blessie Kate delos Santos bared this Thursday, June 23, during the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at The Annex of SM City Davao.
Tackled will be the World Rugby Level 1 Coaching course, Match Officials course, and the World Rugby Get Into Rugby Program-Touch Rugby Coaching course.
The coaching and matching courses will be facilitated by World Rugby Educator Matt Cullens. Delos Santos said,
"The purpose why we brought it here paradumamiyung officials and referees natin here in Davao and to spread rugby." Lanticse, for her part, said "We prefer to have locals to have rugby backgrounds."
She also said that they already have 15 to 20 in the list for the first two courses although others have yet to confirm.
"Most of them are from Davao City, one from General Santos who is a former development player of the national team," Lanticse added.
She also said the World Rugby Get Into Rugby Program-Touch Rugby Coaching course will focus on public school Physical Education (PE) teachers in each district to make the event well-represented.
"The course will teach the principles, insurance safety for officials, laws of the game, and skill wise," Lanticse added.
PRFU's main goal is to make the sports rugby football make it to the PalarongPambansa.
Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/sports/2016/06/23/first-world-rugby-course-ph-set-weekend-481276
Alabang Eagles Rugby Club retain championship for 2016 local SPI League
Lito Ramirez continued his stellar form for the CBRE Makati Mavericks in the grand final of the Plate Competition
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Saturday June 4, after fifty-seven games of rugby throughout the competition, the Alabang Eagles Rugby Club claimed victory over the Manila Nomads in the grand final of the 2016 SPI 15s league. The SPI 15s League acts as Philippine Rugby’s local domestic tournament aimed at improving the development of rugby in the Philippines. It is the sports equivalent to the sanctioned Philippine Football Federations United Football League (UFL).
It had taken the visitors and reigning 2015 league champions up until the final 3 minutes to secure a back-to-back title after a desperate last haul from the Manila Nomads. Philippine Volcano and Alabang Eagles team captain Timothy Bweheni led from the front with both his try scoring ability and conversion rate proving valuable in his teams’ victory. The Manila Nomads looked to experienced campaigners to withhold the Eagles dominance however the absence of star player and current Philippine Volcano and U19s team captain Kai Ledesma Stroem for the grand final proved costly.
“We went down six to nothing in the first few minutes of the game but the Eagles didn’t keep their heads down. The team also made a few errors towards the end that almost lost us the game but no one panicked, all I saw was determination in the players’ eyes. Everyone believed in each other, trusted each other and played for each other. I think that’s the reason why we picked ourselves up from trailing 6 points down on the first quarter of the game to come on out on top for the grand final” shared Bweheni, team captain after the Eagles ran out eventual winners 24 points to 16.
The Plate Division final saw the CBRE Makati Mavericks Plate Champions for the first year after a close encounter over their close rivals the Alabang Ibons. The Alabang Ibons went undefeated throughout the tournament rounds however the pressures of finals football fell in favor to the Mavericks. The Mavericks welcomed back Philippine Volcano Alexander Norona Aronson from injury and with Lito Ramirez continuing his stellar form the Mavericks it proved favorably to withhold a spirited Alabang team. A final minute penalty goal in the dying minute by U19 Philippine Volcano Ryan Santos secured a 13 points to 10 victory for the Mavericks.
"I was really proud of the effort our players put in. I felt we played some brave and gutsy defense, fronting up to a much bigger and on the whole more experienced Ibons side. I'm also proud of the development and improvement of our local Filipino players and grassroots high school players. We suffered a 60 to nil loss to them earlier in the year and we able to regroup and best them in the final. It really shows how far we've come as a group, and it was a great way to finish the season." Added Philippine Volcano and Makati Maverick Aronson.
After the announcement of the forced closure of Nomads Sports Club, the birthplace of Philippine Rugby, it was an emotional end to what may have been the last game of rugby at the century old venue, with rugby dating back to the early 1960s. The Philippine Rugby Football Union now looks to August for the launch of the 2016 PRFU Corporate 7s League to a new venue within Metro Manila. And with Rugby 7s inclusion into the Rio Olympic Games the sport looks to gain valuable exposure with the fast paced and exciting style of 7s rugby being displayed on the world’s most exclusive stage.
Philippine Rugby to crown 2016 SPI league champions
Philippine Volcano and Maverick Lito Ramirez will be looking for another strong performance for the CBRE Makati Mavericks this weekend as they prepare to take on the Alabang Ibons in the grand final
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – After six competition rounds, fifty-two games of local rivalries, the Philippine Rugby Football Union are set to crown the 2016 SPI League champions this weekend at Nomads Sports Club, Paranaque.
The growing local rugby scene will be showcased this weekend through three Men’s Divisions and one Women’s Division. The Alabang Eagles Rugby Club are strong favorites after their teams in each division secured a place in the finals, a remarkable achievement. The Manila Nomads will look to their experienced expatriate players to dominate the Cup Competition final playing an in-form Alabang Eagles team led by team captain and Philippine Volcano Timothy Bwehehi. Fellow Philippine Volcano Lito Ramirez will be looked at for MVP honors as his performances for the CBRE Makati Mavericks have secured the Mavericks a spot in the Plate Final. Ramirez recently made news after a story following his life as an orphan to becoming the first player for the PRFUs grassroots foundation program to play international rugby for the Philippine Volcanoes, made it to a popular New Zealand news website.
Philippine rugby has made great strides on the domestic front this year as shown by its securing of Seapac Philippines Inc. as the league’s major sponsor and fielding 13 local teams in four divisions. Rugby continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in the Asian Region and the world, which will fueled further by Rugby 7s debut in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio as well as Japan’s hosting of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a first for any Asian nation.
The finals of the 2016 SPI 15s League take place this Saturday June 4 from 12.00pm at Nomads Sports Club, Parañaque City
About SPI 15s League
The SPI 15s League is the local rugby competition held in conjunction with the Philippine Rugby Football Union sponsored by Seapac Philippines Inc. The competition model is the equivalent to the Football Alliance’s partnership with the United Football Clubs Association more commonly known as the UFL. The 2016 SPI 15s League is contested over 6 rounds of competition with a grand final to determine the final placing’s for the calendar year. Local teams competing in the league come from all areas in both metro Manila and regional cities across the country including Alabang, Quezon City, Subic, Clark and Albay.
2016 SPI 15s Finals Schedule
The 2016 SPI 15s Finals will be played this coming Saturday on June 4 at Nomads Sports Club, Paranaque. Kick off for semi final 1 in the Bowl Division is 1.00pm with the grand final for the Cup Division starting at 4.30pm
Below is the updated points table leading up to Grand Final
Alabang Eagles
Alabang Ibons
Al Caravelli
ALCU Games
Arfu
Asian 5 Nations
Asian Rugby 7s Series
Bahay Bata
Batang Pinoy
Borneo 7s
Cdo Rugby
Cebu Dragons
Cebu Lady Dragons
Clark Jets
Clark Rugby Club
Davao Durians
Duyan Ni Maria
Globe Immortals
Kiama 7s
Lady Volcanoes
Malaysia 7s
Manila Hapons
Manila Mayhem
Manila Nomads
Manila Vipers
Mumbai 7s
Nomads Carabaos
Pamantasan Lungsod Ng Maynila
Pamantasan Lungsod Ng Muntinlupa
Philippines A Team
Philippine Volcanoes
Prfu League
Pune 7s
Quezon City Polytechnic University
Rugby World Cup 7s
Shanghai 7s
Singapore 7s
Taguig City University
Tarsiers
Thailand 7s
Touraid
University Of Makati
Vismin Rfu
Women's 10s
Women's 7s
© Philippine Rugby Football Union 2014-2020
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Richard D. Wolff
Prof. Wolff on News.Markets: "Trump: The Theatre"
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Does Donald Trump – now the official Republican Party presidential candidate – offer anything other than lights, smoke and insults?
Prof. Wolff answers this question.
Normand Charest posted about this on Facebook 2016-08-13 17:56:23 -0400
Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at UMass Amherst and a visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. Richard Wolff is also a co-founder and active contributor of his non-profit: Democracy at Work
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Election 2015: An Escape Hatch for the NDP?
October 3, 2015 Wenonah Bradshaw 4 comments
In an earlier post, I sought to explain (not necessarily defend) the Mulcair team’s decision to run balanced budgets as an election campaign tactic to counter being branded by the Conservatives (and potentially the Liberals)as a profligate manager of the public purse.  Whether or not this tactic is successful will ultimately reflect in the October 19th electoral results.
Since this announcement in late August, polls have suggested the tactic may not have worked, with the NDP having being overtaken by the Conservatives and Liberals in terms of share of the popular vote. It does not strictly follow that these polling trends will translate into the seats necessary to form a majority for any party, especially for the Liberals, who will have to gain an additional 134 sears to form the government, from the 36 seats they held at dissolution. Another consideration is the extent we can have confidence in any  polling results given the deterioration of a reliable sampling frame with the rise of cell phone use over land lines.
However, let’s consider three possible electoral outcomes for the NDP: an NDP minority government supported by the Liberals, a Liberal minority government supported by the NDP  (minority governments being not uncommon in Canadian politics) and a coalition government between the NDP and Liberals (rare in Canadian history but can’t be ruled out). In all three scenarios, it is plausible to imagine the NDP relinquishing their campaign promise of balanced budgets in order to cooperate with the Trudeau team. This would provide an escape hatch from the corner the Mulcair team has seemed to paint itself into with this campaign commitment of not one, but four consecutive balanced budgets. While a shrewd campaign tactic, the commitment makes the NDP vulnerable to three political risks: 1) the risk of alienating part of its support base, and having this contribute to its defeat on Oct 19; 2) assuming the NDP forms the government, the risk of making an economic policy error by sticking to balanced budgets, when in fact the government should have run deficits to achieve its policy goals;  3) the risk being punished in 2019 for breaking an election promise when an NDP government changes its position and runs deficits (recall George H.W. Bush’s “read my lips, no new taxes†in 1992).  The possibility of a minority or a coalition between the NDP and the Liberals  (and this is a real possibility, according to Nanos Research) would help the NDP avoid these three risks.
Beyond this issue, a larger question that has emerged (for me at least) is: what is this election about for Canadian voters?  Unlike the 1988 election campaign, where free trade became the defining issue, this election is a rapidly  moving discussion in the 24/7 news cycle, with few apparent anchors. What about the economic policy debate beyond the “ balanced budgets vs budget deficit†issue?  Wasn’t it about how we treat refugees in this country? What about corruption and Senate?  Climate change, anyone?  Does Canada’s reputation abroad matter?  How has citizenship and values moved up the middle?  Is the niqab the defining issue of this moment for Canadians?
Low taxes are nothing to brag about
April 11, 2019 Nick Falvo
Ten considerations for the next Alberta budget
Major strategic blunder by the NDP to move to the middle and give up the progressive banner to the untrustworthy Liberals. Mulcair should have focussed on consolidating his position as the voice for progressive change even if it meant giving Harper another four years.
The imperative for this election was to consolidate their position as Official Opposition. Given the likelihood of a hung parliament, remaining in second place would have accomplished two purposes: 1) further undermine and potentially eliminate the desperate Liberals as a credible political alternative; and 2) give the NDP a chance to govern in coalition. Both look increasingly unlikely with two weeks to go.
Falling to third place will be a disaster that will take years to recover from. The NDP foolishly flew too close to the sun.
Larry Kazdan
October 4, 2015 7:31 pm
Reframing the Debate: Economics for a Progressive Politics
http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=31725
This presentation – Reframing the Debate: Economics for a Progressive Politics – was presented in London on August 27, 2015….
The talk considers questions such as:
How can the debate on the economy be reframed around the things that really matter – people and the environment?
Pearce Tournier
Possible, Bob, but the truth is that the Liberals will need NDP support.
I think this is golden moment, in which the NDP can play the same role it did in the 1960s, in driving the Liberals (giving support to a progressive Liberal leader against the right wing of his party) to adopt crucial social policies, the most important being:
1) Electoral reform;
2) National childcare programming (this can be done province by province, but might better be done by staying within federal jurisdiction. Qc’s model is a very good one, but one option might be, as John Restakis has proposed, adoption of a model similar to the Emilia Romagna model, in which the government provides tax credits to parents who set up parent pre-school co-operatives, hiring early childhood educators to help oversee the co-op’s operations. This has the model of fitting entirely inside of federal tax jurisdiction, and being adaptable to the specifics of each province, such as Ontario, with its extended 4-year kindergarten, or even QC, enabling the province to fill the last gaps in the system to make it truly universal.
3) Spending on social and affordable housing through the CMHC (following the arrangements with not-for-profits across the country to build and allocate this housing, as was done already up until the early 1990s).
4) Voting down the TPP, sadly, may not be possible, as that is something the Conservatives would obviously support. One can hope.
Apathy and disengagement have got to be one of the big unspoken issues of this as in many previous elections. I suspect the turn out will be low if my 19 year old and her friends are anything to go by. They have paid almost no attention to this election. One recently remarked, “I can’t wait for this stupid thing to be over.”
Which leads to the issue of NDP positioning. DO any social democratic parties really believe in social democracy any more? Some have been honest that they do not, such as New Labour under Blair, while perhaps others choose to leave people guessing. Even Syriza in Greece – which did so much to mobilize citizens behind a mild alternative to neo-liberalism – let their own supporters down because. as Varoufakis recently observed, “they lack faith in themselves”.
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Aedhmar Hynes: Power List 2014
July 01, 2014 by PRWeek staff
CEO, Text100
2014 rank: 50
In her 14 years at the helm, Aedhmar Hynes has grown Text100 into one of the largest independent tech agencies in the world during a period of intense change in the industry.
New York-based and Ireland-born Hynes has nurtured many deep and long-term relationships with clients such as IBM, Xerox, and Lenovo.
Last year Text100 teamed up with APCO Worldwide to win beleaguered handset manufacturer BlackBerry’s $10 million global PR account.
The win was a massive boon for the agency, which returned to double-digit growth in the North America region in 2013 for the first time since the financial crisis, with its 2013 revenue up 11.6%.
Hynes has been with Text100 for 20-plus years, starting in its London office before relocating to the US. A mother of four, she advocates a blend of family and work life, proving the success of one does not come at the expense of the other.
BlackBerry uses global series of events to launch Passport smartphone
Text100: Agency Business Report 2014
Executives split on whether APCO-Text 100 partnership will set a trend
Text 100: Agency Business Report 2013
BlackBerry consolidates account with APCO, Text 100
47. Julie Batliner, Carmichael Lynch Relate
43. Melissa Waggener Zorkin, WE
40. Barby Siegel, Zeno Group
38. Caroline Dettman, Golin
34. Barri Rafferty, Ketchum
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PS2J 326 News – Pulling the Pin on Fake Ads
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Quick programming update, this is our second last episode of the year before we take our traditional December vacation, but we’ll be running feed drops through to the end of the year of some other great episodes from the Alberta Podcast Network. Hope you enjoy them, and we’ll see you in January!
Classic physics-based construction puzzle game where you use a variety of materials to span different gaps and carry loads without breaking, but with a medieval twist that has you carrying provisions and trying to dump enemy troops
Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
2020 bundle of the 2019 title with an art book, soundtrack, and Rocket Star DLC
Roguelike first person shooter where you have to build, maintain, and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Clone and splice your crew with alien DNA, fight off infestations, and explore the vastness of space
Space flight simulation game that has you exploring a 1:1 scale open-world representation of the Milky Way galaxy with open-ended gameplay, where everything you do can affect the narrative of the persistent universe
It has full VR and flight stick support for added immersion, and has become the definitive MMO space epic
And it’s official- this game has now been kickstarted, developed, released, given DLC, and given away free all after Star Citizen was funded but before it was released
Indie visual novel and match-3 puzzle game where you play a human teenager who was trapped in a parallel universe and much escape before she perishes
Continuing the Epic slApple fight
Apple will now be reducing its App Store cut to 15% for most developers starting on January 1st
The best part of this is that it applies to anyone earning less than $1M in revenue per year, meaning that the small developers that need it will see a boost
As an added, and I’m sure calculated, bonus, companies making more than $1M a year like Epic and Spotify that were trying to use “fighting for the little guy” as ammunition in their case against Apple’s App Store guidelines will no longer have that arrow in their quiver
And with this gesture Apple isn’t even losing much- analytics estimate that 98% of developers would be eligible for the price cut, but they’re responsible for just 5% of the App Store’s total revenue
macOS 11 Big Sur is out now
On first blush you can expect to see a bunch of visual changes, but if you use any firewall, VPN, or virtual machine software it’ll need an update before it will run on the new OS
Third Apple event in three months
Apple Silicon is here, and it’s pretty slick
The fancy new M1 chip combines CPU, security, memory, etc for maximum performance
Now instead of computers allocating x amount of memory to graphics, and y amount to general use, everything is fluid depending on demand
I’m guessing the days of RAM upgrades are gone
Uses a mix of 4 high-performance and 4 high-efficiency cores
It can offer up to 2x the performance of the latest PC laptop chip, or equivalent performance for 1/4 the power
It has an integrated GPU with up to 8 cores, and can run almost twice as fast the hardware in the Xbox One or Nintendo Switch, and faster than the PS4
It’s also got all kinds of neural engine and machine learning goodness built right in
And supports Thunderbolt / USB 4 (an improvement over USB3 that still uses USBC connectors
Shiny new design with a bunch more privacy features, all built to maximize performance from the M1
Every app from Apple is optimized for the M1 as well, with things like Final Cut Pro rendering up to 6x faster
Universal apps can be built to run on both Intel and Apple Silicon, while Rosetta 2 gives you backwards compatibility with older Intel apps
Thanks to the improvements some programs are actually performing better on the new Macs under Rosetta than they did natively on Intel hardware
And now iPhone and iPad apps can be run natively on the Mac, if developers opt in
One example shown was Among Us, which could get interesting because it’s free on iOS but $5 on Steam
First Mac hardware with the new M1 will be the MacBook Air, 13” MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini
MacBook Air will be 3.5x faster than the previous gen, and up to 5x faster GPU
Faster than 98% of PC laptops sold in the last year
Battery lasts up to 2x as long for video conferencing, offers 18 hours of video playback
And even with all that, they remove the fan making it completely silent
Starts at $999 USD, $1299 CAD
Mac Mini is up to 3x faster CPU, 6x faster GPU
It can even run the Pro Display XDR at 6k resolutions, so you can drive your $5,000 monitor with a $700 computer
And the price dropped $100 from the last gen, to $699 USD, $899 CAD
13” MacBook Pro
All the same kinds of speed improvements, with up to 3x faster performance than the best-selling Windows laptop in its class
Up to 20 hours of video playback, doubling previous specs
Starts at $1299 USD, $1699 CAD
And all of these have education pricing as well, so if you’re in school as either staff or a student you can save about $100 USD
Finally, in a cute little throwback, we saw the return of John Hodgman as a PC, talking about how fast he is and how you don’t need all that battery life anyway
We’re already seeing benchmarks of identically-priced macs pop up, one running Intel and the other an M1 chip, and the M1 just blows the Intel mac out of the water
Even in gaming, on apps not built for the M1, Rosetta 2 translates things fast enough that everything will run faster on the M1
Even with all that, the battery life is ridiculous- I’ve seen reports online from people that are using it for video rendering and YouTube streaming for hours while still staying above 75%
And developers are saying that creating native apps has been as easy as loading their project into the latest Xcode and compiling. No code changes needed.
Apple Is reportedly investigating issues with some iPhone 12 models, including flickering backlights and greenish or grayish blacks
Internal documents say that technicians should avoid servicing affected phones for now and instead tell customers to keep their devices updated, suggesting a software update is on its way to fix the issue
This is happening even after this week’s iOS 14.2.1 update, which addressed issues with some MMS messages not being received from group chats with Android users, some hearing aids having sound quality issues when linked to an iPhone, and lock screen problems on the 12 mini
After five years, Google Photos is ending its offer of unlimited free high quality photo backups
Starting June 1st, 2021, they’ll begin charging for storage after you hit 15GB of use
They’re also implementing a new policy of deleting data from accounts that haven’t been used in the last two years
Apparently all of your photos and documents uploaded before the deadline will not count against that 15GB cap, so you’ll have time to decide if you want to migrate or pay up, but if you frequently upload large photos you might be hitting that limit sooner than you think
And everyone’s moving down a peg- Pixel users used to get unlimited storage for their original quality photos (as opposed to the high quality photos everyone else got), but now they’ll only get unlimited on high quality instead
“High quality” is Google’s terminology for photos that they’ve been allowed to compress for more efficient storage
If you’re looking to migrate you’ll want to head to takeout.google.com, where you can do a dump of your Google account’s data selecting by product, or even in some cases drilling down to things like specific photo albums
Google is entering the Venmo arena with a revamped Google Pay app highlighting peer-to-peer payments
The app can also highlight local deals and discounts nearby and give you a high-level look at your finances, if you feed it all your information
Google has said that when you pay friends it stays private, but for the app’s advanced features you’ll need to let it scan your Gmail inbox and Photos account for things like receipts
If you’re not a fan of Google tracking your every move, but you’re a Gmail user, you’ll also want to check out Lifehacker’s guide to the new smart feature privacy settings that Google has recently released, giving you more control over the data that Google is allowed to scrape from your inbox
https://lifehacker.com/turn-off-gmails-smart-features-to-avoid-tracking-1845691806
A group of Amazon employees was recently arrested for stealing over half a million dollars worth of iPhones
An internal investigation was made after finding that some packages had different weights than expected, and found that some workers at a logistics center in Madrid were slipping new iPhones (like the 12 and 12 Pro) into orders secretly at the last moment
Reports are saying that the orders were placed by an accomplice, so unfortunately it doesn’t look like random Amazon customers were getting free iPhones
Four of the five people implicated were arrested, being found with 10 iPhones in their possession, and the fifth turned himself in to police voluntarily
The UK has now proved that they are ahead of modern society as we know it, officially banning those misleading puzzle ads you see all over the place in mobile games
Playrix, the developer of titles like Homescapes and Fishdom, has been pulled up by the Advertising Standard Authority in the UK and told that ads like those with the moveable pins puzzles between a man, water, lava, and a shark are not okay when those kind of puzzles are very infrequent in actual gameplay
All Playrix games that I’m aware of are just match-3 tile swapping games, but they almost seem to go out of their way to hide that fact
The App Store page for Homescapes has seven different images, and only one of them even references the actual gameplay. The first one shown is one of those very same pin removal minigames
These Past 2 Weeks In Gaming History
November 7 – 2000 – Shenmue – Dreamcast
On a November day when the snow turned to rain, Ryu Hazuki arrives home just in time to see his father killed by Lan Di, a man Ryu’s father obviously knew very well.
Ryu attempts to stop Lan Di, but is effortlessly beaten to within an inch of his life. After recovering from his injuries Ryu sets out to track down his father’s murderer, as well as uncover his family’s secrets and the mystery of the Phoenix and Dragon mirrors that Lan Di seeks.
Shenmue is a hybrid game that incorporates elements of life simulation, adventure and fighting with light role-playing.
The game is set in a 3D environment that can be freely explored by the player.
Much of the gameplay involves talking to Ryu’s friends and the various people around town, hoping to find hints or clues that lead to the next step in the story.
Any details Ryu learns are written down in his notebook for future review.
Ryu can buy items from stores or try his luck with capsule toy machines, but most items that can be bought have no purpose outside of filling his inventory.
Ryu can also visit an arcade and play accurate versions of Hang-On and Space Harrier, as well as games like darts and pool.
Ryu is a trained martial artist, and while a true martial artist knows it is better to avoid a fight, sometimes it is still necessary.
Ryu can train his moves, either by repeatedly doing them while training, or by sparring with his friend Fuku-san, which constitutes the role-playing element of the game.
Fighting system is similar to that of Virtua Fighter, although with toned-down air juggling.
Ryu’s training also gives him heightened reflexes, and sometimes during a cutscene the player will have only a moment to press a button (displayed onscreen) to get Ryu out of danger.
Failing an input prompt is not always fatal, but whether Ryu survives or not depends on the danger he was in.
Included with the game is the Shenmue Passport disc.
On this disc players can receive tutorials about various aspects of the game like mini-games or the battle system, watch cutscenes they’ve already seen in the game, and listen to music from the game.
This disc also includes the option to go online to a special site where players can review world-wide mini-game rankings, get hints for the game from Nozomi, review game maps of Yokosuka, trade uncommon items found in the game for even rarer items only available on the passport, and visit the official homepage.
This service went offline along with the rest of SegaNet, and all online features are currently impossible to access.
Neat Facts:
Shemue appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
In the 2008 Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition, the Dreamcast version of Shenmue is listed as the most expensive game ever to develop at $70 million.
Shenmue features the ability to play Space Harrier and Hang-On, the original 80’s arcade games made by Sega.
Both games were also created and designed by Yu Suzuki, the story writer of Shenmue
November 8 – 2005 – Gun – GameCube, PS2, Windows, Xbox
I remember loving my experience with this game.
Everyone called it Grand Theft Auto in the Wild Wild West, even though it is made by Neversoft, famous for the Tony Hawk games.
This released 5 years before Red Dead Redemption by Rockstar.
Set in 1870, you are Colton White, a young gunslinger whose father is killed by an Indian tribe led by Reverend Reed.
Just before passing away, your father hands you a token and reveals you are not his son.
Sworn to avenge his death, you pursue the killers and unravel the secrets surrounding the item.
Although you are on your own, temporary alliances can be formed with townspeople, Apaches, and posse members, but watch your back as they can turn against you
November 9 – 2004 – Halo 2 – Xbox
In the sequel to Halo, Spartan-117, better known as the Master Chief, has returned to Earth, where he is promptly needed: despite all precautions taken, the Covenant have discovered the location of humanity’s homeworld and are launching their attack.
For some reason, however, their fleet is much smaller than expected.
To solve this mystery, the Chief must return to the stars, learning more about the mysterious Halo rings and their constructors.
Meanwhile, the Covenant Elite who commanded the fleet at the Halo construct is blamed for the destruction of the ring and branded a heretic.
The High Prophets grant him another chance, however: he is made the Arbiter, a special operative for the Prophets, ordered to carry out impossible missions.
He will be dealing with dissent and rebellion among the Covenant – a conflict where he might find himself to be on the wrong side.
The multiplayer component of the game has been greatly expanded.
On the Xbox, Xbox Live is now supported in addition to split screen and system link.
The campaign can be played by two players in split screen.
Competitive game types include Slayer and Team Slayer (standard free-for-all deathmatch), Capture the Flag, Assault (planting a bomb in the enemy base), Territories (controlling sections of a map for a certain amount of time), Oddball (finding a skull on the map and then holding on to it as long as possible) and more.
All types have several built-in variants and can also be customized further.
Players can choose from Spartan and Covenant Elite skins.
Halo 2 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
In the US and Canada alone, 2.4 million copies of the game were sold in the first 24 hours of its release.
That averages out to roughly 27 copies a second.
The game had 1.5 Million preorders before its release, making it an XBox “Platinum Hit” months before it was even released
Personally: This is the first game Josh preordered the collectors edition and strategy guide.
He remembers leaving high school at lunch to pick it up.
November 10 – 2020 – Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – PS4, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla leverages the Smart Delivery technology – buy the game once and play it on either Xbox One or Xbox Series X when both the console and that version of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are available
In Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla, become Eivor, a legendary Viking raider on a quest for glory. Explore England’s Dark Ages as you raid your enemies, grow your settlement, and build your political power.
Lead epic Viking raids against Saxon troops and fortresses.
Dual-wield powerful weapons and relive the visceral fighting style of the Vikings.
Challenge yourself with the most varied collection of enemies ever in Assassin’s Creed.
Shape the growth of your character with each choice and carve a path to glory.
Explore a Dark Age open world, from the shores of Norway to the kingdoms of England.
Personalize your experience by growing your clan’s settlement.
November 11 – 2011 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – PS3, Xbox 360
I remember waiting in line for the midnight release for this game
One of the few Collectors Edition statues I have proudly displayed.
Two hundred years after the events described in Oblivion, the continent of Tamriel is in turmoil.
The Emperor’s throne remained without heir; the Blades, Empire’s elite guards, have been disassembled; elven nations began capturing territory from the Empire.
The assassination of the King of Skyrim, Tamriel’s Northern-most province and home of the Nord race, led to a civil war between those who wish independence for Skyrim and those who wanted it to remain under the Empire’s control.
The game contains some features that were introduced in Fallout 3.
Enemy level-scaling is done in a similar way, as opposed to the more intrusive system of Oblivion.
The player may hire other fighters to follow the hero around and lend a helping hand in combat.
Also, the lockpicking system of the previous installment has been replaced by the lockpicking methods of the recent Fallout games.
Conversations with NPCs now occur in real time rather than “freezing” time as in Oblivion.
This games impact is no joke as it is nearly ten years old, and still referenced and refereed to as a great example of adventure games.
November 12 – 2001 – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – PS2
In 2007, two years after the Shadow Moses incident, Solid Snake – now working for a freelance organization known as Philanthropy – infiltrates the oil tanker U.S.S. Discovery, investigating the development of a new Metal Gear-type weapon.
A confrontation with a Russian military group as well as an old acquaintance from Snake’s past adventure leads to a massive detonation, after which Snake is presumed dead.
Fast-forward to the year 2009: the player takes control of Raiden, a rookie agent operating under the order of the Colonel, apparently member of a reformed Foxhound unit.
His initial assignment is to infiltrate the offshore clean-up facility Big Shell and rescue the President of the United States of America, who was kidnapped by members of a terrorist organization known as Sons of Liberty.
However, the matters become increasingly complicated as almost everyone Raiden communicates with appears to have a hidden agenda, and it is hard to tell a friend from foe…
The Snake swap to Raiden is a bait and switch that gamers still reference to today.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
In order to cover up the character Raiden, the promotional trailers for the game showed several scenes with Solid Snake in different scenes.
In the final game, Raiden is involved in the same scenes, but in Snake’s place. Hideo Kojima used computer tricks to cover up Raiden and no one knew of his existence until the game was released.
However, the manual spoils the surprise on its very first pages.
November 13 – 2011 – Super Mario 3D Land – 3DS
Super Mario 3D Land is a three-dimensional platformer which takes cues from the series’ side-scrolling instalments.
Mario starts a point in each level which he must traverse to reach a flagpole at the end.
Josh loved this game
Josh “This games is what I wanted Mario 64 to be. It felt like the classic Mario but instead of just side-scrolling, it was 3D. And the 3D feature really popped with the bold color palette. I 100% this with joy and might dig it up and play it over the holidays.”
November 14 – 2000 – Star Wars: Demolition – PlayStation
Star Wars: Demolition is a vehicular combat game set in the Star Wars universe created by both Luxoflux and LucasArts using the Vigilante 8 game engine.
Luxoflux also made True Crime: Streets of LA and New York
Its premise is that the Galactic Empire declares they’ve officially banned Jabba the Hutt’s podraces. Jabba creates a more life-threatening vehicular combat contest to replace the sport of podracing.
Several combatants enter the competition.
Boba Fett enters, opting to use only his jetpack.
Fellow bounty hunter and occasional partner Aurra Sing also enters, a swoop bike her vehicle of choice.
Other opponents mount various forms of tanks, landspeeders, and even a rancor to compete in this battle to the death.
The reviews are not amazing
Aggregate score for the PlayStation version is 57%
While the Dreamcast version, which was released later, climbed up to 65%
November 15 – 1999 – Neopets – Browser
Neopets is a pet simulation set in the fantasy world of Neopia.
The game’s core revolves around adopting and caring for up to six of the eponymous creatures.
Pets can be fed, played with, given medicine when ill, and trained for battle, just to name a few basic activities.
In order to customize a pet and make it truly unique, its owner may use special items to change its species and color, give it a Petpet, and equip it with various clothing items.
None of these activities are mandatory, though some site features may be closed off until the player has done them.
If a user decides they no longer want one of their pets, they can either leave it in a special adoption area for others to claim, or send it to a specific user.
November 16 – 2004 – Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 – PlayStation 2
All the power of DBZ is yours.
A Hall of Fame cast of the greatest DBZ, DBGT and DBZ movie characters meet for first time for some of the fastest paced, highest intensity battles ever seen.
New abilities include, for the first time on PlayStation 2, the ability to fly at will in a DBZ fighting game.
Pummel your foes on the ground and in the air.
It was a fast paced 2D fighter with awesome DBZ flair
You can teleport behind knocked backed characters to counter
Power up while your opponent is stunned
Have epic button mashing when your beam attacks clash
Go into Hyper Mode to rush down your opponent
You can go into Dragon Rush which is a chance game, the attacker secretly presses one of four buttons and if the defender can guess it, they end the onslaught
With 44 characters!
1. Goku
2. Kid Goku
3. Kid Gohan
4. Teen Gohan
5. Gohan
6. Great Saiyaman
7. Goten
8. Vegeta
9. Trunks
10. Kid Trunks
11. Krillin
12. Piccolo
13. Tien
14. Yamcha
15. Hercule
16. Videl
17. Supreme Kai
18. Uub
19. Raditz
20. Nappa
21. Captain Ginyu
23. Recoome
24. Frieza
25. Andriod 16
28. Dr. Gero
29. Majin Buu
30. Super Buu
31. Kid Buu
32. Dabura
33. Cooler
34. Bardcok/Turles
35. Broly
36. Omega
37. Saibamen
38. Cell Jr.
39. SSJ4 Goku
40. SSJ4 Vegeta
41. Gogeta
42. SSJ4 Gogeta
43. Vegito
44. Gotenks
November 17 – 1998 – Eggs Of Steel – PlayStation
In Eggs of Steel, the player takes control of Charlie the Egg, a night watchman at the MOM Steel Factory.
However while on break, the machines start up and it is up to Charlie to stop it by hitting the reset button hidden on the other end of the factory, but to do this Charlies must face hazardous obstacles and bad guys trying to stop him.
Eggs of Steel is a flip-screen platformer, using prerendered 3D backgrounds, a technique similar to Resident Evil.
The gameplay involves jumping onto ledges, climbing pipes and avoid flying obstacles such as girders.
Also Charlie will encounter bad guys along the way that he can take out with his “Egg Roll” and use his trusty wrench to trap and take out the baddies.
There are 43 levels and 12 different bosses along with power-ups such as donuts that will increase Charlie’s health.
The story is told through thirty minutes of full screen animation and music composing of jazz, salsa and even Polynesian.
November 18 – 2001 – Nintendo GameCube
The GameCube is the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as its primary storage medium.
The discs are in a miniDVD-based format but the system was not designed to play full-sized DVDs or audio CDs unlike its competitors, and mainly focused on gaming instead.
The console supports limited online gaming for a small number of games via a GameCube broadband or modem adapter and can connect to a Game Boy Advance with a link cable, which allows players to access exclusive in-game features using the handheld as a second screen and controller like a Wii U.
Josh says “Still the best controller Nintendo designed”
November 19 – 2019 – Shenmue III – PlayStation 4, Windows
Shenmue III is an action-adventure game developed by Ys Net, published by Deep Silver for Windows and PlayStation 4 and produced by Shibuya Productions.
Like the previous Shenmue games, it consists of open-world environments interspersed with brawler battles and quick time events.
It features a day-and-night system, variable weather effects, non-player characters with daily schedules, and various minigames.
The story continues teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki’s quest to find his father’s killer in the mountains of 1980s Guilin, China.
At E3 2015, following years of speculation, Suzuki launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund Shenmue III, with Sega having licensed Shenmue to Suzuki’s company Ys Net.
It became the fastest campaign to raise $2 million, in under seven hours, and ended the following month having raised over $6 million, making it the highest-funded video game in Kickstarter history at the time.
Further funding came from Sony and Deep Silver and crowdfunding on other platforms.
Shenmue III was released on November 19, 2019, 18 years after Shenmue II. It received mixed reviews, with critics divided over its similarity to its predecessors; some described it as outdated, while others praised its faithfulness to the franchise.
Retail sales were low, but exclude digital sales and copies sent to Kickstarter backers.
November 20 – 2007 – Rock Band – PS3, Xbox 360
Rock Band, by the original developers behind the Guitar Hero games, takes the concept a step further.
Instead of solely playing the guitar along with songs, this game allows players to start a full virtual band with up to four players, with different sequences for each of the three supported peripherals: guitar (electric and bass), drum and microphone.
Gameplay is based on hitting scrolling notes on the screen in time (scrolling vertically for drum and guitar), and getting the right pitch for the vocals (scrolling horizontally at the top of the screen, along with the lyrics).
Josh says “This game is nothing but good memories. I recently hauled the old hardware from my parents place to play this again. However the guitars are worn out, and the drums are missing a few pieces. Love the memories of playing this with friends.”
There’s a rumour going around right now that Sony is looking to acquire Bluepoint Games, the team behind remakes like Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls, which would be amazing
People are saying that they would likely be set to work on a new IP, but the reddit rumourmill is speculating on a modern Soul Reaver release (which would be amazing)
TikTok is saying that the Trump administration seems to have forgotten about its planned ban of the service, with approval of the sale to Oracle seemingly stalled waiting at the government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
The deal has since been granted an extension, but this app that Trump was claiming was a clear and present national security issue seems to have fallen off of his radar completely
Just a reminder for everyone, Zoom is still a lying, garbage company even during the pandemic
The FTC is saying that Zoom has lied to users for years about end-to-end encryption, maintaining the ability to access the content of its customer’s meetings and violating health information privacy laws, but instead of any kind of punishment Zoom is just saying that they’ll upgrade their security practices
BioWare has announced Mass Effect Legendary Edition, featuring a remastered trilogy (not you, Andromeda) with all its DLC
Players can expect updated visuals and technical features with higher resolutions and faster framerates coming to consoles and PC in spring 2021
PS5 mini review
Damn it’s big
The setup process was slick
If you have your PS4 games on an external drive you can just plug it in and any PS5 versions will be automatically downloaded
Astro’s Playroom is a fair bit of fun
Demon’s Souls is gorgeous and feels great
Load times are almost nonexistent
The controller is pretty amazing, the speaker is surprising, and the haptic triggers are ridiculous
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“What? 1500.00 to hire a photographer? It’s just a picture. Anyone with a phone can do this. Tell you what, I’m willing to shell out 200 bucks. Better yet, I’ll get my cousin Andrea to take it. She took a photography course a few years back…”. So here’s the deal… A professional photographer is more than someone you hire for a few hours who simply clicks a shutter button and then hands you some photos. We’re way outside of “Cousin Andrea” territory.
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The intention of this piece was to share with you the three most important words that you can use in your communications. Or the ten most important. Or the 135 most important words to use. The fact is, there is little evidence that one piece of advice is anymore valid or useful than another. Which certainly doesn’t mean that advice isn’t circulating , but it is often conjecture and sometimes contradictory.
Harper Lee wrote one book and became a national treasure. “To To Kill A Mockingbird” has been on just about every English teacher’s “must read” list for decades. Fans loved Lee’s rich characters and embraced the story in print and on film. Published in 1960, by 2015 HarperCollins reports having sold more than 40 million copies of the book about a girl named Scout growing up in the South during the Depression.
When it comes to generating ideas for public relations programs , where does inspiration come from? It strikes like a muse, or lightning from the sky, right? Hardly. As with any creative process, brilliant ideas don’t come out of nowhere; in fact, they are usually hard earned. More often than not there’s a process that came before the inspiration, and PR teams can use these steps to trigger those great, creative ideas. Immerse yourself in research, from content to experience.
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In times of crisis, are you able to think on your feet? A well-thought out communication plan can only take you so far. When making important decisions, you need to rely on your own expertise and wisdom.
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One of the great reasons to work in a PR agency is the diversity of clients you meet. If you love tech PR , you might have the opportunity to learn something about data security, e-payments, or explore the future of 3D-printing. These assignments also afford some of us the opportunity to meet and develop relationships with terrific journalists with deep knowledge. We recently helped client HiFX, an international currency firm, launch in the U.S.
If you are in PR or marketing, it is probably a familiar feeling. You have some great news or content to promote – but it is really tough these days to get anyone to care. Our Social Media Week New York seminar yesterday addressed the challenges and offered solutions. Thanks to all who attended, and especially Work-Bench for letting us host the event there; and our own Vladimir Spencer and Mike Bush , for their help in managing the event.
Your brand manages a handful of social accounts. But does it know the outcome of investing so much time, money and manpower into each? Eighty-five percent of brands haven’t proven social’s ROI quantitatively. Without benchmarks to reference and goals to meet, most brands aren’t using social to its full potential. Is your brand unknowingly giving up opportunities to bypass competitors? Stay one step ahead with Cision’s “The 9-Step Guide to Measuring Social ROI.”
News outlets are paying attention to analytics in an effort to learn more about what their audiences read and watch – and why. A recent report about a project conducted by the American Press Institute (API) reveals some interesting insights into what kind of content works, and why.
Every client comes armed with a media wish list. All of us face the daily task of getting things noticed, and we find that the task has been reshaped by technology. Simple refinement of skills allowed us to craft the perfect subject line in an email, work with digital databases, and master the art of newsjacking. These are helpful, but often aren’t enough to secure attention from a dwindling number of journalists who face the double duty of creating physical and virtual stories.
[By Alex Hoag]. As technology continues to demand change for all industries, it’s important to start your year off by planning the ways it could impact your day-to-day PR activities. Just in the past month many predictions have been made about 2016 PR trends, and a lot of them have overlapping themes. Let’s take a look at some, combined with a few of my own observations. Content Strategy is Vital.
The Art Of Storytelling In Business Communications And Public Relations. Techniques For Effective Business Communications. I’ve known Shawn Callahan for some time. I just had never met him or spoke to him. You see, he runs a management consultancy based in Australia that specializes in the use of storytelling in business. I’ve followed his firm, Anecdote — great name, by the way — from afar. That changed last month when.more.
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There are thousands of articles available online to help you become a better marketing writer or blogger. But the problem here is that there are a lot fewer articles that focus on client communication. And this is just as important to get right as your next blog post. Whether you’re sending a personal email to one client or writing a letter you’ll mail to all clients, you can apply these content writing tips to make sure you get your message right. Have One Topic Per Communication.
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An open letter published by a disgruntled employee has sparked an online debate over employee expectations and tech companies’ practices. On Saturday, a former Yelp/Eat24 employee who goes by the pen name “Talia Jane” published a letter to the company’s chief executive, Jeremy Stoppelman, via Medium. An Open Letter To My CEO: https://t.co/F7ekRtOm04. F7ekRtOm04. Lady Murderface (@itsa_talia) February 19, 2016.
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I often get asked “what makes a good crisis manager?” ” or “how do I know if I’d be good at this profession?” ” And while there are some specific skills and education required to be strong in this profession, being a crisis manager is unique in the sense that, unlike some other professions, it requires having a natural aptitude for the work that we do in this field.
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been looking at outbound media pitches and reconsidering the way we should be approaching media. As PR professionals, we tend to fall into a comfortable pattern. We’re given a piece of news from a client and, based upon our knowledge of the media, we shape up a pitch. As long as you know your contact well and the pitch is sound, this generally works. However, I think where PR slips up and where we as an industry could do better, is on our approach.
In 2015, mobile compatibility and multimedia continued to shape how newsrooms reach and inform their readers, and predictions show no sign of these trends fading. How have traditionally print newspapers made sense of the changing media landscape? We turned to The Washington Post , the D.C. region’s most widely circulated newspaper and the winner of 47 Pulitzer Prizes, for answers.
Before the days of Facebook and Twitter, major record label execs didn’t worry about seeing their reputations hit rock bottom within minutes. If a recording artist challenged a brand in the major label system, the brand would probably prevail. However, as Bob Dylan sang: “The times, they are a-changin’.”. The lyric rings true with regard to singer Kesha and her legal battle with Sony Corp. The 2014 lawsuit claims producer Lukasz Gottwald—known as “Dr.
“If you do not want to be filmed at all you can excuse yourself from the office (or hide under your desk).”. That was direction from Erin Vogelsanger, gap intelligence’s Product Specialist and social media extraordinaire, in advance of the market research firm’s first live stream. We had the privilege of assisting because gap intelligence is a client. We filmed two “scopes.”
There’s a critical component to any content marketing or communications strategy that is commonly undervalued: the quality of writing. For some, writing is intimidating and challenging. For others, it’s natural, comfortable, and fun! Regardless, there is not a single person who can’t benefit from continual improvement in their written communication skills.
Today’s constant flow of content is creating a problem for Fortune 500 companies. With so many teams and platforms to manage, coordination is essential for success. Yet, only 37 percent of marketers say they have a documented content marketing strategy. Is your organization headed toward failure without one? Don’t worry; there is a solution that can alleviate communication professionals’ struggles and make their content more effective: the hub-and-spoke model.
You’ve read 10 lists of the top 10 tech trends this year. Many of these lists appealed to investors and CEOs; it’s also essential to consider what tech creatives are drumming up. Millennials dominate digital, so it’s important to identify the trends that interest this audience. Here are five to watch in 2016: News. Sixty-three percent of social media users rely on Twitter and Facebook for news , Pew Research reports.
by Frank Strong. The cost of replacing an employee is “higher than it seems,” according to a recent piece on Marketplace. Citing studies, the report says “the cost of replacing an employee can be 1.5 to sometimes three times the position’s annual salary.”. But that’s not all. Those are just the hard costs of physically replacing an employee. The softer costs are perhaps harder to measure, but arguably more expensive.
“I’m sorry.”. Why are these two simple words sometimes so hard for corporations to utter when they’ve made a mistake? Often times it’s because of the illogical thinking that accompanies it: most top executives are loathe to admit they’ve made a mistake (or that their company failed its customers in some manner) because they view it as a sign of weakness. This couldn’t be farther from the truth: owning up to and apologizing for a mistake takes courage and is a true sign of leadership.
Twitter’s stock tumbled after CEO Jack Dorsey reported the company lost $500 million dollars over the last year. Naturally, #RIPTwitter immediately started trending. But is Twitter really dying? Journalists don’t think so. According to Cision’s State of the Media 2016 Report , 21.6 percent believe it is the platform mostly likely to grow in value to the media industry, and approximately 40 percent say Twitter is their most valuable social channel.
One big challenge many journalists face in their transition to PR is limited exposure to the business side of things. For journalists switching careers, there’s often a steep learning curve, as it takes more than strong reporting, writing and editing skills to help clients and organizations succeed. To aid with the transition, here are five areas in which to focus your efforts: 1. New business development.
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Aaaarrreuuughhwhattheheck! That’s the sound my brain makes when I’m in a new business meeting and can’t remember the fact I’m grasping for. There are certain business social media facts that – if your powers of persuasion are taking time out – won’t let you down. Facts for all seasons. Eureka facts. Pithy titbits that spark lightbulb moments with potential clients. They usually centre on money: return on investment.
Oh wow ! Surprise! Facebook has finally released the new Reactions globally across the platform and the reactions have varied from like to love. Some have used them haha ’ing their way through crazy memes , crying while watching/sharing Lorde’s powerful David Bowie tribute , then getting angry at a variety of things that I won’t share for fear of driving more anger. Sentiment Possibilities – Not Realities.
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Today in the Mission Yearbook
Presbyterian coffeehouse, worshiping community helps campus deal with racial incidents
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As troubling photos surface, Front Porch leads conversations about race
Sitting right next to the entrance to Cal Poly, Front Porch coffeehouse became the place for students to process and grieve when racially insensitive photos surfaced at the university. Photo courtesy of Front Porch ministries
When racially insensitive photos surfaced at Cal Poly University in April, Front Porch, a coffeehouse and 1001 worshiping community in San Luis Obispo, California, began to engage students — the majority of whom were disgusted by what they saw.
An Instagram photo showed Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity members flashing gang signs while dressed as gangster stereotypes — in a separate photo a student was in blackface. Ten days later, another photo surfaced of Sigma Nu members holding Corona bottles and wearing clothes that apparently were meant to impersonate Hispanics.
Front Porch, which is owned by Santa Barbara Presbytery, is next to the entrance of Cal Poly. Thousands of students walk by Front Porch every day, with some 500 dropping in for free coffee and conversation.
“We became the place for students to process and grieve,” says Front Porch ministries director Joel Drenckpohl. “Every day, all day long, every conversation, in my office, in the coffeehouse and in walks with students, was based on issues of race.”
Those daily discussions spilled over to Wednesday nights, where more than 250 students come together for a meal. The only requirement is that they get to know each other and discuss hard topics.
Front Porch has encouraged Cal Poly students to recognize each other’s humanity first, as a prerequisite for listening to and appreciating their differences. Photo courtesy of Front Porch ministries
As the conversations about race deepened, the students began to grasp that they wouldn’t truly be able to listen and celebrate each other, or their differences, until they recognized each other’s humanity.
According to enrollment data, Cal Poly is the “whitest public university” in the state. Nearly 55 percent of the 20,000 students are white, 16.7 percent are Latino and less than 1 percent are black.
Drenckpohl says it isn’t just the African-American community on campus that feels like they’re not known, or being heard, but also the Latino community — and those in other categories.
University President Jeffrey Armstrong — who indefinitely suspended all Cal Poly fraternities and sororities after the Sigma Nu photo appeared with the caption “when you get he [sic] holmes to take photo of la familia” — recently attended a breakfast at Front Porch to hang out with students and listen to their spiritual concerns.
With Drenckpohl being invited into a wider university conversation regarding the future of spirituality on Cal Poly’s campus, Front Porch is beginning to dream about how they might further influence the campus to become a healthier community.
Front Porch ministries director Joel Drenckpohl has been leading difficult conversations about race and white privilege at Cal Poly University. Photo courtesy of Highlands Church
Opened as a state-of-the-art ministry facility in 2004, it was originally envisioned as a place where students at Cal Poly who identified as Christians could create community with Presbyterians.
But when Drenckpohl arrived at Front Porch in 2013, only around 30 people were using it — and fewer than 100 on campus knew it existed. The first thing Drenckpohl did was push a new vision with the core group of students who were using it.
“The gospel should never be just for Christians,” he said. “It should benefit everyone — regardless of whether they’re going to build their lives around it or not.”
Gradually Drenckpohl’s philosophy of ministry began to reshape Front Porch. Instead of talking about big theological ideas, they started paying attention to those walking past them every day. The goal was to build relationships, not because they had an agenda to convert people, but because they were fellow human beings loved by God.
Five years later Front Porch has a core group of 120 volunteers — of both faith and non-faith backgrounds. Most consider themselves spiritual, but do not necessarily identify as religious.
Now 75 to 100 students gather for weekly worship.
And Front Porch now more fully represents the journey Drenckpohl has been on — out of the ghetto of Christianity and into a place of awareness that recognizes the humanity of one’s neighbors.
“This generation is fed up with religion,” he said. “They’re tired of how God has been presented to them, which seems to be opposite of who Jesus was.
“Daily, I have students — Christian, Jewish, Atheist and Muslim — tell me Front Porch is the most life-giving thing they’ve ever been a part of.”
Paul Seebeck, Communications Strategist, Presbyterian Mission Agency
Today’s Focus: Front Porch, 1001 worshiping community
Let us join in prayer for:
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Compassionate Christ, Lord of all people, races, colors and creeds, give us compassion to see the other, courage to cross over the barriers that separate us from one another, and commitment to live lives worthy of your calling. Amen.
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AGRICLOTHING: The Source of Premium-Quality Lifestyle and Fashion Needs
Jan 6, 2021 news, press, press release, website news
In the fashion industry, the best pieces go beyond innovative functions and aesthetic designs. The quality of each fashion piece also dictates the ultimate success of a brand. For some fashion companies, the material quality is sometimes compromised for the sake of coming up with eye-catching designs. Fortunately, there are brands that seek to ensure a premium level for both quality and aesthetics. The rising fashion brand AGRICLOTHING seeks to change the narrative of the industry by providing both.
AGRICLOTHING is the fashion powerhouse holding a wide selection of fashion pieces ranging from apparel to footwear. Each piece is carefully curated all the way from Europe, specifically Italy. Each footwear is 100 percent handcrafted by seasoned Italian shoemakers and made from genuine leather of the best kind. The company caters to all the fashion and lifestyle needs of adult men, women, and children.
Roy Daniels is the visionary founder of AGRICLOTHING. He is a professional designer and entertainer who also owns a record label called AGRIMUSIC. For the founder, his vision for AGRICLOTHING goes beyond where the company stands today. He hopes for his fashion hub to take the industry by storm on a global scale.
At present, AGRICLOTHING is most excited about unveiling their remarkable clothing line and showcasing clothing pieces that will ensure comfortability, on top of stylish designs. Each apparel piece is designed to match the fashion needs of every person invested in the fashion world.
The company prides itself on not settling for a compromise when it comes to the quality. In ensuring durability throughout its selections, AGRICLOTHING seeks to establish a more profound connection, founded on trust and reliability, with its prospective customers. The company’s commitment lies in providing styles with quality that will last “through the wear and tear” of any day. Becoming a member of the AGRICLOTHING brand family also means eligibility for future discounts and coupons to give customers the best deals imaginable.
Moreover, AGRICLOTHING also aims to be the source of functional fashion. But more than this, the company also seeks to put “fun” in “functional.” This rising fashion brand does not only focus on providing unique and attention-grabbing pieces; it also focuses on providing clothes that are easy and comfortable to wear.
Today, AGRICLOTHING continues to rise in the fashion arena. The brand is putting out more fashion selections online as it expands its reach. In the next few years, Roy Daniels hopes to propel his company toward greater success in the fashion world. “AGRICLOTHING should be stable toward an all-time high from the support that was given to help establish and create the company,” shares Roy.
Indeed, AGRICLOTHING is a brand that keeps it raw and real, giving only the best of the best for everyone’s lifestyle and fashion needs. Trusting only genuine leather and the art of handcrafting from the fashion capital in the world, the company delivers Italian quality throughout the United States with no compromise.
To know more about AGRICLOTHING and the latest fashion trends, please visit its official website.
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Bin Salman, Netanyahu met secretly in Amman: Report
Saturday, 23 June 2018 9:19 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 24 June 2018 3:22 AM ]
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have held secret meetings in Amman, Israel's Maariv newspaper reported Friday.
The two leaders met at the Royal Palace in the Jordanian capital on the sidelines of a visit to Amman by White House special adviser Jared Kushner and US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.
Citing an informed source, the report said bin Salman's meetings with Netanyahu took place both with and without the presence of Jordan’s King Abdullah.
Jacky Hugi, the political analyst of the newspaper, said, “A close friend told me about the incident, claiming that there were direct contacts between the two parties, both Saudi and Israeli, under the auspices of King Abdullah of Jordan.”
Israel and Saudi Arabia have no diplomatic relations, but they are widely believed to have secret liaisons. Latest reports say the two regimes are working behind the scenes to establish formal relations.
Kushner and Greenblatt are on a regional tour to discuss Washington's so-called peace plan with officials in the occupied territories, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Qatar.
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US President Donald Trump has proposed to establish a Palestinian state with half of the West Bank with Abu Dis as its capital, a report says.
As part of the tour, US President Donald Trump's envoys met with bin Salman on Wednesday.
The two sides discussed "increasing cooperation between the United States and Saudi Arabia, the need to facilitate humanitarian relief to Gaza, and the Trump Administration’s efforts to facilitate peace between the Israelis and Palestinians," a White House statement read.
PressTV-Kushner meets bin Salman on Mideast 'peace' process
Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The meeting came one day after the envoys spoke about similar topics with the Jordanian king in Amman. Separately, Netanyahu met with King Abdullah in Amman on Monday.
Riyadh has been supporting the US initiative purported to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
'Palestinians should make peace or shut up'
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said that Palestinians should either accept peace proposals or "shut up," Israeli media reports.
The Saudi crown prince recently sparked controversy by telling the Palestinians that they should either accept peace proposals or "shut up."
“It’s about time that the Palestinians accept the offers, and agree to come to the negotiating table — or they should shut up and stop complaining," Israel's Channel 10 news quoted Salman as saying during a trip to New York in March.
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8 Sex Habits Of Super Happy Couples
By Zahra Barnes for Women's Health
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Sex is to a happy relationship what butter is to a summer lobster feast: totally and completely necessary. "It's something you do with your partner that most people don't do with anyone else, so it sets the relationship apart and makes it special," says clinical psychologist Ursula Ofman, PsyD. Here, experts share the bedroom routines that separate the so-in-love couples from the rest.
They believe in their sexiness
"One of the most important sexual habits happy couples have is assuming their partner is turned on by them," says Ofman. If it seems like a basic step, that's because it kind of is! "It reinforces the feeling of mutual sexual interest," says Ofman. This is key because in Ofman's clinical experience, women sometimes discount their partners' sexual interest as thinking that's just what men are like rather than realizing their guys are specifically turned on by them. That distinction can make a world of difference.
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They don't underestimate the little things
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Is surprising your partner naked and covered in sushi a la Samantha Jones a good way to get things going? Sure, but happy couples know they don't need to make a big production to keep things hot. "A simple phone call at lunch to say, 'I miss you' can make your lover's whole day, a sexy text message can prime you both for an evening of intimacy, and a meaningful touch on the arm or even hand-holding while walking the dog can really restore your connection," says Madeleine Castellanos, M.D., author of Wanting to Want: What Kills Your Sex Life and How to Keep it Alive.
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They focus on the positive
His dirty talk makes you want to laugh so hard you cry? Keep it to yourself, and let him know that the swirly tongue trick he used was working in full effect. "Happy couples share what they enjoy in a positive way, rather than focusing on what they dislike or being critical," says Jane Greer, PhD, author of What About Me? Stop Selfishness From Ruining Your Relationship. Even something as simple as "I enjoyed when you did such-and-such" can make a sexual experience better, says Greer. It's all about positive reinforcement (unless something actually hurts/feels uncomfortable, in which case, definitely speak up). Even if a certain technique of his isn't working for you, redirect him by focusing on what would get you going rather than why his move is a total bedroom fail.
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They make time for sex
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If the new-relationship days when you were going at it like rabbits are just a distant memory, your S.O. should still rank high on your to-do list. "People feel sex should come naturally. It's true, it should, but we have a very busy culture where there's a lot of distraction and chronic exhaustion," says Ofman. If you have to schedule sex to keep the connection alive, so be it! Keep checking in with each other to determine how much sex you both need to stay satisfied, then do your best to make it happen.
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They set aside time to fantasize
Whether they're sharing all the dirty details with each other or keeping their steamy fantasies for their minds only, happy couples don't shy away from letting their minds wander. "Fantasizing is a great way to prime the pump for your heart and passion to soar," says Castellanos. "Don't be afraid to push the envelope a little. There's no judgment in the world of imagination."
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They don't put too much pressure on themselves
Yes, it would be awesome if every single time was the way it goes in a romance movie: You rip each other's clothes off passionately, look stunning while doing it, then both get off multiple times. But real-life sex isn't always like that, and that's okay. "Happy couples don't feel like sex has to be spectacular every time," says Ofman. "It's not a performance sport. It's a mindful experience with each other." The pressure for every time to be perfect can make things worse, especially if you don't have a ton of sex. Think about it: If you rarely have sex, chances are it'll be harder to have a crazy good experience. That, in turn, could make you feel even less like having sex. Can anyone say "vicious cycle"?
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They're responsive no matter what
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That doesn't mean having sex when you don't want to! It just means not fully shutting him down when you're not feeling it. "Happy couples are willing to be understanding and open about their partner's sexual desires, and they're responsive even if they're not necessarily always in the mood," says Greer. "Maybe they don't want full-on sex, but perhaps a hand job. If not, they'll make a plan to connect sexually at a later time or the next day. They don't just say 'No.'" Not wanting sex while your partner does is totally your prerogative, and vice-versa. Just make it clear that it isn't a rejection of your partner; it's just not the right time.
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They're psyched to have sex
If you'd rather zone out in front of the TV than have sex but you do it anyway, your guy can probably tell. That's bad news bears for your satisfaction, both in the bedroom and out. "Nothing is deadlier than the perception that someone is only participating because they feel obligated," says Ofman. Instead, people (especially women) in ecstatic relationships get themselves into a frame of mind that focuses on how much fun sex is for them. "Thinking about what's pleasurable or erotic for you instead of just doing it for him makes you more likely to have a good sexual experience," says Ofman.
The article 8 Sex Habits of Super Happy Couples originally ran on WomensHealth.com.
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Dr. Tasha Eurich
Organizational psychologist, New York Times-bestselling author
“Self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century.”
Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist and New York Times-bestselling author. As a passionate and engaging keynote speaker, she blends scientific research and powerful stories to help her audiences make smarter choices, build stronger relationships, and succeed both in and out of the workplace.
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About Tasha Eurich
Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times-bestselling author. As a third generation entrepreneur, she grew up seeing the powerful influence company leaders had, on both their businesses and the livelihoods of their employees. In her lectures, Dr. Eurich pairs her scientific background in human behavior with a pragmatic approach to business challenges. Over her 15-year career, she’s helped thousands of professionals, from Fortune 500 executives to early-stage entrepreneurs, gain leadership expertise, develop productive workplace habits, and achieve personal and company-wide goals.
As a passionate, often humorous, and always enlightening speaker, Dr. Eurich blends scientific savvy, hands-on tools, and powerful stories of leadership transformation. She has a unique ability to engage her audiences through interactive discussions, real-world application, and experiential activities. Dr. Eurich is also known for meticulously customizing her programs, knowing that no two audiences are alike.
Dr. Eurich’s first book, Bankable Leadership, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list, and has since become a popular resource for managers and executives who don’t want to choose between making their employees happy and producing bottom-line results for their business. In a book that, according to Marshall Goldsmith, “stands apart in its perspective and content,” Dr. Eurich shows readers how to successfully foster team confidence, success, and productivity.
Her latest book, Insight, delves into the connection between an employee’s self-awareness what Dr. Eurich calls the meta-skill of the twenty-first century and their performance and success, both in and out of the workplace. Over the course of three years, Dr. Eurich conducted a first-of-its-kind study, surveying thousands of people and examining hundreds of academic studies. What she found is that even in a business world filled with performance assessments, 360-degree peer reviews, and mentorship programs, very few employees actually have the tools to get the honest feedback needed to cultivate self-knowledge which research has shown helps people perform better, make smarter decisions, and become more respected leaders.
With a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Dr. Eurich contributes to The Huffington Post and Entrepreneur Magazine and has been featured in outlets like Forbes, The New York Times,CNBC, Fast Company, and Inc. In 2015, she was named a “Leader to Watch” by the American Management Association, alongside the likes of Patrick Lencioni, Ram Charan, and Chip Heath. She’s also been named one of Denver Business Journal‘s “40 Under 40” as well as a “Top 100 Thought Leader” by Trust Across America, alongside Stephen Covey, Jim Kouzes, and Bill George.
Discover how you can navigate change within your organization. Visit Tasha Eurich’s Company Reads page to learn more.
Insight: The Power of Self-Awareness to Succeed in an Increasingly Delusional World
Do you know who you really are? Do you ever wonder how other people really see you? Self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century: people who know themselves and how others see them are more successful, have better relationships, and are more respected and effective leaders. However, studies show that we are poor judges of our own performance and abilities—from our leadership skills to our driving prowess to our school and work performance. Drawing on research with thousands of people, hundreds of academic studies, and 15 years of working with Fortune 500 clients, Dr. Tasha Eurich reveals why we don’t know ourselves as well as we think, and more importantly, what to do about it. In this hard-hitting but humorous talk based on her latest book, Insight, audiences will discover the surprising myths and unseen obstacles to self-awareness and leave with battle-tested tools to improve their work performance, leadership skills, and interpersonal relationships.
Bankable Leadership: Happy People, Bottom-Line Results and the Power to Deliver Both
In today’s competitive business environment, great leadership is as difficult as it is important: good leaders create economic value, and poor leaders can sink companies. Even though research tells us that effective leaders balance people and results, this is easier said than done. Whether they know it or not, most leaders tend to prioritize one over the other, but this imbalance drastically limits their success. In this entertaining and enlightening keynote based on her New York Times bestselling book, Dr. Eurich offers a fresh, practical approach to becoming a Bankable Leader, producing powerful results and creating an environment where employees are productive and engaged. Audiences will leave with an understanding of their personal preferences as a leader and a guide to become more bankable in the workplace.
Leading Successful Change in an Ever-Changing World
Winston Churchill once said, “To improve is to change, and to be perfect is to change often.” Unfortunately, business leaders who are struggling to keep up with the pace of change often feel far from perfect. They know (and researchers agree) that their approach to change can either create an exciting new reality or doom the effort completely. In this enlightening and actionable talk, Dr. Tasha Eurich reveals the leadership behaviors to successfully lead change in our ever-changing world. Through counterintuitive research findings and the stories of real leaders, audiences will learn how Bankable Leaders successfully drive lasting change. They won’t just leave with a few new tools and approaches, but also a newfound sense of confidence to make change happen.
Becoming a Generational Genius: Why Most Generational Problems are Leadership Problems in Disguise
For Baby Boomers and Gen Xers, the surge of Millennials in the workforce has left them perplexed and vexed, while Millennials feel frustrated and misunderstood. In this provocative keynote based on her own original research, Dr. Tasha Eurich reveals why most generational problems are actually leadership problems in disguise. Audiences will learn the myths and realities of generational differences, what the real problems are, and how effective leadership can cure most generational ailments. They will leave with a clear understanding of their own generational stereotypes, actionable tips to lead across age differences, and a specific plan to improve intergenerational harmony.
Categories: Business + Management Speakers, Company Reads Speakers, Entrepreneurship Speakers, Leadership Speakers, Productivity and Time Management Speakers
Increase Your Self-Awareness With One Simple Trick
Insight: Why We’re Not as Self Aware as We Think – 2017
Anyone Can be a Better Leader
TEDxMileHigh | Learning to be awesome at anything you do, including being a leader
What is a Bankable Leader?
Bankable Leaders are Trusted
Praise for Tasha Eurich
Our team was simply blown away by Tasha’s incredible presentation style and content, combined with an energetic delivery and a passion that is truly rare. We were so happy with her contributions, in fact, that we’ve invited her back to do our opening keynote for the third year in a row! She is our new “rock star.”
— T-Mobile
Tasha has a message that transforms leaders and organizations. Not only is she a charismatic and enthusiastic speaker, she creates an interactive, participative environment that creates a better platform for learning. We’ve used her approach with our staff and clients, and we couldn’t be happier we did—it’s been very informative and has led to positive change.
— CoBiz Financial
Tasha was one of the best speakers from our entire year-long leadership development program — it felt like we were watching a live TED talk, and the content she provided was both relevant and timely, with tons of practical take-aways.
— Polycom
Tasha was excellent and her energy kept the event moving for 90 solid minutes! The entire auditorium was fully engaged, the information was relevant [with] real solid takeaways. Tasha was able to really connect with our associates because she took time ahead to the event to understand our business and our culture.
From the moment Tasha started I was captivated. She immediately engaged us, and before we knew it, we were “part” of her presentation. Tasha is obviously smart, well read, and intuitive, but her winning personality and excellent communication skills are what make her such a dynamic speaker.
— Colorado Business Bank
Tasha’s material and approach were fresh, fun, and deeply impactful. Her concepts were immediately applicable to our audience of commercial interior designers — managers and non-managers alike. But perhaps most remarkably, she spoke to us in our language. In fact, she was so knowledgeable about the commercial interior design industry that many asked how long she’d been a designer before becoming a leadership expert! She exceeded our expectations.
— International Interior Design Association
Tasha is a great, engaged speaker who challenged us to improve as leaders. She was powerful, pertinent, eye-opening, invigorating, and provided a refreshingly different aspect of leadership development.
— University of Dayton Executive Education
Tasha has an approach that is different than other speakers that I have had the opportunity to listen to. The main difference that I experienced was my engagement, her thought provoking material and approach. I found myself an active participant, rather than the passive listener that I usually am.
— Colorado Oil and Gas Association
Tasha made an immediate connection with my leadership team. Because of her great approach and excellent content, our leaders were able to grow in their respective roles. She has a great message to share that will benefit both organizations and individual leaders.
— Centura Health
Praise for Insight
[Insight is] both a sprawling exploration of the psychic frailty that leads to self-delusion and self-aggrandizement, and—importantly—a compassionate, helpful guide for avoiding that path (or reversing it).
— Fortune
The commonsense view of self-awareness, self-reflection, and how we should question ourselves is generally wrong and unhelpful. Too often in our lives and work, our obvious conclusions keep us trapped in behaviors we don't like. Using her own experiences and the results of a great deal of research, Eurich brings focus on how we might reach real insight—the kind that transforms us and our relationships with those we work with.
— Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios, New York Times-bestselling author of Creativity Inc.
Think of the most cluelessly un-self-aware person you know: your boss, annoying neighbor, or brother-in-law. How can we avoid being that person? And teach our kids to avoid it? Eurich summarizes the fascinating science about self-insight, but—perhaps more importantly—she studies admirable individuals who are self-aware in a way that is applauded by their peers. You'll benefit from knowing what they know. Buy a copy for yourself and buy another to leave, anonymously, on your boss’s desk.
— Chip Heath, co-author, New York Times bestsellers Switch and Decisisve
As an executive coach for almost four decades, I have seen firsthand how important it is for leaders to be self-aware. Tasha Eurich’s Insight lives up to its title, offering effective tools for leaders to gain this critical perspective.
— Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times-bestselling author ranked "Number One Leadership Thinker in the World" by ThinkerS50
Praise for Bankable Leadership
The business bookshelves are jam-packed with ideas on leadership. Yet seldom do I read a book that stands apart in its perspective and content. With Bankable Leadership, Dr. Eurich has hit the jackpot. Deposit this one in your account, and be assured a return on your investment!
— Marshall Goldsmith
Bankable Leadership offers a refreshing, practical approach to leadership that can change both lives and businesses.
— Barbara Corcoran
Books by Tasha Eurich
Media About Tasha Eurich
“Here’s how to be more self-aware at work, something a psychologist says is a powerful tool”
“The Stunning Power of Knowing Thyself”
“No One Is Telling You the Truth at Work (And What to Do About It)”
“6 Invaluable Lessons My Clients Taught Me in 2015”
“10 Tips From CEOs for Everyone Dreaming of Getting to the Top”
“The Secret To Getting Everything Done”
Q&A with Tasha Eurich
“The Critical Balance CEOs and Managers Must Strike To Get Results”
“If You Were a Horrible Boss, Would You Even Know It?”
Tasha Eurich travels from Denver, CO
“In Insight, Tasha Eurich shines a spotlight on people who have managed to gain insight into themselves, and she suggests groundbreaking strategies and tips for seeing ourselves clearly. This book is a powerful resource for anyone seeking to live a happier, more successful life.” —Gretchen Rubin, New York Times-bestselling author of The Happiness Project
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Joanna Barsh
McKinsey Director Emeritus, bestselling author of How Remarkable Women Lead and Centered Leadership and Grow Wherever You Work.
Greg McKeown
Author of the New York Times bestseller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, CEO of THIS Inc., and Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum
Bill Burnett
Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life
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Grant: Win Will Build Belief
Words & Video: Tom Skolarikis
Sat 4 Apr 2015, 11:30 AM
Rabbitohs forward, Tim Grant, believes his side’s Good Friday victory over the Bulldogs will build belief at Redfern after overcoming tremendous odds to grab the two points.
With two players failing to return thanks to concussion, plus other injuries, the Rabbitohs held on right through the 80 minutes to claim victory.
“It wasn’t a glamorous win for us,” admitted Grant.
“But it was definitely a hard-fought win and something we’ll take forward into coming games and it builds a bit of belief within.”
Among the casualties was Adam Reynolds, who will have scans today (Saturday) to determine the full extent of his leg injury, after Canterbury skipper James Graham collected the halfback’s leg during a shot at field goal.
Graham was placed on report while the Rabbitohs went on to win the match courtesy of a Bryson Goodwin penalty goal from right in front.
Grant admitted that the loss of Reynolds is a blow to the side, but that his (as yet) unnamed replacement will, true to Rabbitohs form, get on with the task at hand.
“It is (a big loss),” said Grant.
“’Renno’ is a key player in this team, but I’m sure whoever steps in will do the job – we’ve got a game-plan here at Souths where everyone just does their job and we’ll be right.”
To watch the full interview, please press play on the video player.
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Retro & Arcade Gaming
Joust (C64) long lost now found and released
By Unofficial Who,
June 1, 2020 in Retro & Arcade Gaming
Unofficial Who
This is amazing.
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2020/05/joust-c64-found/
Ken got in touch with GTW yesterday and informed us that the game was recovered from the archive of a retired programmer who used to work for Roklan. It was found on an 8-inch CP/M disk that was labelled “Popeye” and had the full source code and hex image to be able to create a CRT image.
We learn that the game was coded by Joe Hellesen at Roklan Corporation, and Ken plans to show the game in public for the first time since 1984, at the VCFMW/ECCC show in September (if it goes ahead). The CRT will be released after the show, or earlier if the show doesn’t happen and will be added to the GTW64 site.
edit. The whole story can be found at https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/joust/
Amazing. Look forward to playing that.
Speaking of Games That Weren't and Frank Gasking, Bitmap Books is launching pre-orders for Frank's new "Games That Weren't" book tomorrow (2nd of June)...
WizRider
14 hours ago, merman said:
I've just pre-ordered it now. It looks great.
In fairness, all of their books are great in my opinion.
Gregory Wolfe
I was certain I had a pirate copy of this back in the day.
Having such things wasn't unusual back then, see also Crystal Castles by 'Thundervision'.
andynick
When I saw the topic I thought "That can't be right, I had Joust on tape for my C64". Turns out I had Jouste instead by IJK Software. Oh well
22 minutes ago, andynick said:
That was one I didn't have...
I've just watched a video of that.
The Joust I had played better/faster with better sounds and the scale of the sprites compared to the background was more accurate.
I have occasionally seen screenshots of Jouste and questioned my memory but watching it on Youtube has removed all doubt.
Now released.
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/joust/
It's a pretty solid port, and the higher difficulties are suitably challenging.
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Here are the companies mass hiring during the coronavirus pandemic
Jazmin GoodwinUSA TODAY
The growing spread of coronavirus has left many Americans in fear of losing their jobs, as businesses continue to shutter and authorities tell people to stay at home.
Unemployment claims multiplied, reaching an all-time high of over 3.3 million in mid-March, with analysts expecting that number to climb. Large retailers like Macy's, JCPenney, Kohl's and Victoria Secret are just a few of the growing list of companies that furloughed employees.
Conversely, a surge of companies – not just in the health care industry – are looking to hire additional employees to meet increased demands onset by the virus.
CVS Health: The drugstore announced plans to immediately hire 50,000 full-time, part-time and temporary workers, including store associates, home delivery drivers, distribution center employees and member/customer service professionals. CVS is also providing eligible employees bonuses up to $500.
GE Healthcare: Due to increased demand for medical equipment such as face masks and ventilators, the company is hiring additional manufacturing employees. The company says it’s looking to increase the output of equipment, "including CTs, ultrasound devices, mobile X-ray systems, patient monitors and ventilators."
Food, grocer and convenience stores
7-Eleven: The convenience store is looking to fill 20,000 positions for full-time, part-time and delivery jobs.
Albertsons Companies: Albertson’s, the parent company of Safeway, Randall’s, United Supermarkets and other grocers, is looking to hire 30,000 store associates, managers and other in-store related employees.
Dollar General: The discount retail chain expects to hire 50,000 new workers by the end of April in response to increased demand from the coronavirus outbreak.
Dollar Tree/Family Dollar: Dollar Tree, the parent company of Family Dollar, is hiring 25,000 full-time and part-time employees across its retail stores and distribution centers. The company is looking to fill positions for cashiers, stockers, fillers, equipment operators and warehouse associates.
Kroger: The grocer chain is hiring 20,000 additional employees across retail stores, manufacturing plants and distribution centers to meet increased consumer demand for groceries and other supply products.
PepsiCo: The multinational food, snack and beverage company is hiring 6,000 full-time, full-benefit employees over the coming months.
Publix: Publix Super Markets says it's hiring "thousands of new associates" across its stores and warehouses by the end of March.
Walgreens: The pharmacy chain is seeking 9,500 full-time, part-time and temporary workers. The positions include customer service associates, pharmacy technicians and shift leads.
Walmart: The world’s largest retailer is hiring 150,000 employees though May to meet a spike in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company notes positions are temporary but could transition to permanent roles. Walmart is currently offering $150 and $300 bonuses to its part-time and full-time employees working to keep the grocery chain stocked.
Lowes: The home improvement company is expecting to add 30,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees to meet the demand created by the coronavirus.
Target: Target is looking to fill over 9,000 positions across its retail stores and distribution centers. The company announced on March 20 its plans to invest $300 million in employees, increasing wages, bonus payouts, relief programs and a new paid leave program.
Amazon: The online marketplace behemoth is hiring 100,000 full-time and part-time employees across the company's fulfillment centers and delivery network. "We are seeing a significant increase in demand, which means our labor needs are unprecedented for this time of year," the tech giant said in a blog post.
Instacart: The grocery delivery and pickup company is hiring 300,000 full-service shoppers due to increased demand for grocery delivery as more consumers are advised to stay home. The company plans to bring on the additional workers over the next three months.
Domino's: The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company is looking to add 10,000 employees to meet increased delivery demands at its nationwide locations.
Pizza Hut: Pizza Hut and its franchisees are hiring 30,000 full-time and part-time positions, including restaurant team members, delivery drivers and shift leaders.
Papa John's: The pizza chain is looking to immediately hire 20,000 restaurant team members. The company says applicants can potentially be interviewed and start the same day.
Shipt: Shipt is hiring thousands of additional shoppers nationwide to meet the rise in demand for groceries and household essentials.
Microsoft: Microsoft's website lists over 4,000 open positions, including roles for its workplace chat app, Microsoft Teams.
Outschool: The online education company, Outschool is hiring 5,000 teachers to start offering online classes for K-12. "With Outschool, teachers can offer the classes they’ve always wanted to teach, to small groups of motivated students, via online video chat," the company said in a blog post.
Slack: The productivity chat app has seen a massive surge in users as people across the country work remotely amid the pandemic. The company's hiring website includes over 200 open positions, including engineering and management roles.
Zoom: The popular video-conferencing app is hiring for full-time positions across engineering, finance, IT, sales and other departments.
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Community Newsroom Turns the Microphone Around
By Marcy Rein and Laure McElroy
During the U.S. Social Forum (USSF) in Atlanta, June 27-July 1, San Francisco-based Poor News Network (PNN) ran the Community Newsroom, a popular education project that aimed to “turn the microphone around.” Poor and disenfranchised people, who are usually media subjects rather than producers, got the chance to frame and report stories and post them to a blog on the USSF web site.
In the community newsroom we begin with introductions. We talk about where we come from, what privilege and experience we bring to the table. We have to own the “I” behind the reporting eye.
Marcy Rein: I grew up with the privileges of white skin, economic security, and an upscale education. Even as a teenager, I knew that privilege makes blinders, and I itched to know the world beyond my quiet corner of upstate New York. I crisscrossed the country by bus, and listened to countless strangers’ stories. My first preparation for journalism came from “Greyhound U.” And you have to know how hard this is to write, how Laure kept saying, “But what about you?”
Laure McElroy: This is how we do it at POOR; using the “I,” the first person, we centerpiece our own knowledge. We choose to use who we are and what we’ve personally experienced as both, the keystone narrative for any story we write, as well as the lens through which we interpret it. We believe that doing this is the best way to be honest about where one’s point of view is coming from, and that the journalistic cult of the third person in this country is not objective at all, but rife with hidden, mostly privileged bias.
Rein: At the June 30 newsroom, we take our place in a large and growing circle of folks sitting on the floor and in chairs in a corner of the mezzanine of the Atlanta Civic Center auditorium. PNN buys pizza for newsroom participants, so people help themselves to fat slices and begin introductions with the subdued din of other conversations and workshops all around.
McElroy: The Ida B. Wells Media Justice center at the USSF was proposed by POOR. Our vision was to create a space for non-hierarchical story generation, print, radio, or blog. The USSF seemed like the perfect place to model a setup for media creation that was not elitist and that did not reflect mainstream hegemonies—powerful interviewer/passive interviewee; outsider writer who interprets event; “expert” outsiders who provide “facts”; and actual event participants or those affected by event, relegated to pictures to give the article “color”—with its power relationships.
Rein: At the newsroom on this day, we have the San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, New Orleans, Miami, Nashville, Portland, and Olympia in the house. We’re Latino/a, African-American, Native American, and white, and range in age from 20 something to 50-plus. With our introductions over, PNN Project Director Lisa Gray-Garcia (a.k.a Tiny) opens the floor for story ideas.
“We need to seize the media in a lot of different ways,” she says. “This is the third day of the community newsroom and we believe the revolution will be televised and it will be our TV. Things that happen to us or people we know, things we witness and deal with, they’re all news.
“We need to connect the global-local poverty dots: poverty, race, disability, border fascism, criminalization, youth injustice, gentrification, indigenous resistance, and police brutality in Atlanta,” she says.
McElroy: We needed a room that was big enough to have our Community Newsroom, with the actual community of Atlanta involved. People like the residents of the inner city housing project that is about to be destroyed to make way for privatized “mixed use” (read: not for the poor) housing; people like the houseless folk and workers from the Task Force Shelter in Midtown Atlanta.
Rein: Despite the challenges, today the newsroom seems to be accomplishing its mission. One of the participants from San Francisco starts talking about the massive redevelopment project on the site of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Residents know the site to be heavily contaminated with asbestos and other toxics.
Redevelopment, gentrification, and displacement have hit several in the circle.
“Land is the new gold in Miami,” one person says. She talks about the project that tricked 850 low-income people into moving out of their public housing in the Liberty City community—and how the community organized to get replacement housing for them. Another notes that New Orleans faced the same loss of public housing as Miami—before authorities used Katrina as an excuse for mass displacement of poor and African-American residents.
A third talks about Atlanta.
“This is the number one foreclosure city,” she says. “Everyone lives two paychecks away from losing their homes.”
‘McMansions’ going up next to small bungalows raise the property tax assessments for everything on the street, and threaten to make whole areas unaffordable.Loss of public healthcare also threatens many of those present. Atlanta residents face the closure of Grady Hospital, the only one that treats the uninsured and homeless. People in Nashville, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia are in the same boat, one man says.
In true popular-education fashion, people see large social patterns emerge from their own lived experiences—and they learn by doing. Once all the story ideas are on the table, Gray-Garcia asks for volunteers with more media skills to collaborate with participants newer to news production.
Also in the popular education tradition, participants move from understanding to action.
Gary Spotted Wolf, talking about how land theft displaced the indigenous people of this country, proposes a symbolic action. He wants to buy back the land under Atlanta’s huge Fort McPherson for the same price the white settlers paid for it: a bottle of whiskey. Participants decide to hold the closing session of the Community Newsroom the next morning at Fort McPherson.
McElroy: It didn’t work nearly as well as it should have or could have. We needed a space big enough for the houseless folk who, by city ordinance, can be arrested simply for being anywhere within a five block radius of the Civic Center, to tell their stories, working with a POOR trained writing facilitator.
Rein: Popular education has intrigued me for years. It has baffled me too, though I have read about it and talked to people who do it and tried to adapt its methods in my organizing work. After sitting in the Community Newsroom and then talking about this piece with Laure, Cheli, and Teresa, I got it in a whole new way. I walked away from our conversation with my head exploding.
“Even the middle class among you are not secure,” Laure said in the Welfare Queenz performance. Contradictions seep into the Forum itself: the Media Justice Center sitting down the stairs and around the corner, rather than in the Task Force on Homelessness. Tight security not letting people in without their tags, security that came down on one of the panelists even. Not letting people in who get the butt end of all the troubles we’re talking about and haven’t yet started organizing. Any effective pop ed project calls out social relations. The poverty scholars working in the Community Newsroom challenge us to think about these.
Marcy Rein covered the USSF for the AFL-CIO and is a communication specialist at the ILWU.
Laure McElroy is a Poor News Network journalist, poverty scholar, and teacher at POOR's Race, Poverty and Media Justice Institute.
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Rouhani:
Launching Petchem Projects Progressing despite Sanctions
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described the inauguration of three major petrochemical projects with a total investment of $1.6 billion as a major step towards development despite sanctions and the spread of coronavirus.
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Date: 07 August 2020 - 22:24
"Today we are witnessing the transformation of the petrochemical industry," President Rouhani said addressing the inaugural ceremnoy of major petrochemical projects via video conference on Thursday.
"Today's inaugurations were doubly gratifying, because when we want to distance ourselves from crude oil exports and turn them into valuable products, one of the ways is to develop and transform the petrochemical industry,” he added.
Rouhani opened Kaveh Methanol and Kimia Pars Middle East projects in Bushehr and Lorestan Petrochemical Catalyst unit, via video conference.
"The inauguration of three important national and petrochemical infrastructure projects worth about $1.6 billion is a valuable step in the development of the country," the Iranian president added.
Rouhani stated that 17 petrochemical projects would be inaugurated by the end of the current Iranian year (will end on March 20, 2021).
“These projects are for setting the ground for and materializing the third leap of the petrochemical industry, which will take place in 1404 (2025)," he added.
In a relevant development in late June, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh announced that the country's petrochemical income will considerably increase during the coming months.
"Petrochemical revenues will reach $25 billion by next year due to the implementation of the second leap of oil and petrochemical projects," Zangeneh addressing a ceremony held via videoconference to inaugurate three important oil projects.
He reiterated that Iran's national petrochemical income had been one billion dollar over the past two decades.
The projects include normal hexane production unit of Imam Khomeini Refinery (Shazand)-the first refinery company which started work from the early years of the 1979 Islamic Revolution-in central Iran, Goureh-Jask crude oil pipeline which increases the transport capacity to one million barrels a day on southern Iran and Miandoab petrochemical complex, which will bring 140,000 tons of growth in petrochemical products, on northwest of Iran.
He further noted that 17 petrochemical projects are planned to be inaugurated up to the end of the current Iranian year (will end on March 20, 2021).
"The projects will leap production as Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has stressed the importance of doing so after naming the new Iranian year as 'Surge in Production'," Zangeneh said.
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Cal-Stanford stagger into very different Big Game on Friday
Stanford quarterback Davis Mills, center, looks to pass against Colorado during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
By JANIE McCAULEYAP Sports Writer
BERKELEY, Calif. —
This Big Game will be drastically different for so many reasons.
California and Stanford both come into the rivalry matchup with both teams winless for the first time. They’re also playing on a Friday in another first, just the third game for each team when it should be the fourth.
The teams have dealt with cancellations because of the coronavirus, the Cardinal losing out on playing last week’s scheduled home game with Washington State while the Golden Bears will finally get to play their first game at Memorial Stadium after the Nov. 7 opener with Washington didn’t happen. Stanford quarterback Davis Mills had to sit out the opener at Oregon because of a testing mistake.
“We love our fans and we wish that they could be out at the games and enjoying being at the stadium and being around their friends and family as well,” Cal coach Justin Wilcox said. “It’s just one of those things that none of us have control over right now to a degree and so we understand that. We understand people are making sacrifices and we want to be maybe a part of their life that brings them some joy and by how we play giving them something to cheer for. Obviously, the Big Game means a lot to so many people.”
Cal hopes to make it two in a row after the Bears took home the coveted “Axe” trophy last season for the first time in a decade by beating Stanford 24-20. The Cardinal are now 8-1 in the Big Game under 10th-year coach David Shaw.
Stanford senior offensive lineman Foster Sarell still feels the sting of last year’s defeat.
“The standard that’s been set here, we just beat Cal,” he said. “So losing to them it hurt me pretty good. ... We’ve got to reverse this deal.”
SHORT WEEK
It all feels strange for Wilcox: No Thanksgiving team meal, just a grab-and-go box for the players to get them fueled up for Friday. Wilcox has been focused on a strong week of practice as his top priority rather than all the challenges of a short week with a holiday, too.
At Stanford, Shaw said it felt like rivalry week “once we started practicing.”
“We’ve got enough guys that played in this game a few times and regardless of not having fans in the stands know how emotional this is,” Shaw said, “and know that we have a trophy on the line.”
GUARDIAN OF THE AXE
The Axe — currently kept by Cal in a safe, confidential location — will be on display on an easel in the stands, according to Cal spokesman Herb Benenson. The exchange will look different after the game given pandemic safety protocols, with fewer members of the Axe committees involved.
MILLS’ NEXT CHANCE
Mills has just one game to his name so far this season because of the coronavirus testing protocol mistake. He quarantined until the conference acknowledged the error and cleared Mills and three others ahead of a 35-32 loss to Colorado the second week.
Mill’s 327 yards passing were the second-most of his career, but Stanford is striving to play better after halftime.
CAL SPECIAL TEAMS
Special teams mistakes were glaring last week for Cal. Coverage and protection issues led to the problems.
Nikko Remigio’s 88-yard punt return in the first quarter got called back on an illegal block, then a holding penalty negated a 90-yard kickoff return in the third.
“If it was one thing it would be much simpler to address during the game, we just had kind of the one thing leading to the next,” Wilcox said.
NO VIEWING FROM TIGHTWAD HILL
Tightwad Hill, long a popular viewing place for those without a ticket because you can see down into Memorial Stadium from Charter Hill, will be off limits for those hoping to still steal a glimpse of a game with no fans.
“We know that our fans want to support and cheer on the Golden Bears this season, but we also want everyone to express their enthusiasm responsibly,” Cal said in a statement. “We call on fans to continue to protect the health of our community by wearing face coverings and maintaining physical distancing. Adherence to these policies has helped keep the spread of COVID-19 low in our area, including on campus and among our Cal Athletics population.”
Shaw realizes how disappointing all of this is for fans. His own family would love to be there.
“I feel bad for those people that love to watch live games, as opposed to watching them on TVs and devices,” Shaw said. “Because live sporting events are outstanding. They’re community-based and it’s one of the many things that we all are missing out on.”
JANIE McCAULEY
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Shawn Stith had 13 points as Cal State Bakersfield edged past Hawaii 60-55
Friday Sports in Brief
NFL ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons agreed to terms with Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith on Friday to become the team’s head coach.
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Chapter 11: Worms and Wartburg
Luther: A Life
by John M. Todd
Luther’s lodgings immediately became the focus of interest in Worms. To his meal came old friends, including Spalatin; and following them came newer friends and a hundred other people, so that he was ‘greeted and visited through the whole night by many counts, barons, gilded knights and nobles, ecclesiastical and lay’. About midday following, came Ulrich von Pappenheim, Master of the Imperial Cavalry, along with the Herald, to warn Luther to be ready to appear before the Emperor at 4 p.m. Returning at that hour, the Herald took Luther out by the garden and through into the next house occupied by the Count Palatine and then by back streets to the audience chamber, to try to avoid the crowds who kept gathering in the hope of catching a glimpse of the famous man, some sitting on the roofs to gain their purpose. With Luther went the Wittenberg lawyer, Jerome Schurf, and his two close priest friends, Nicholas Amsdorf and Justus Jonas, until recently Rector at Erfurt from where he had joined the party.
Luther, in his normal Augustinian habit, tonsure recently shaven, thick-set, a little gaunt for his thirty-seven years, made obeisance to the Emperor and the Emperor’s representative, the Archbishop of Trier. The Archbishop’s Chancellor Johann von Eck (another Eck), then addressed Luther, pointed to a pile of books and asked Luther very briefly whether they were his and whether he wished to retract any of them. This blunt approach surprised Luther. His lawyer jumped in immediately and requested that the titles of the books be read out. It was a motley collection of Luther’s German and Latin works, but it included both the German Appeal to the Nobility and the Latin Prelude to the Babylonian Captivity. While they were being read out, Luther and Schurf had a quick word together. Luther then replied, speaking first in German then in Latin. He asked for time to consider his answer, ‘because this is a question of faith and the salvation of souls’. It was at first sight an odd reply, apparently unexpected by the Emperor and his advisers who went into a huddle to decide what to do about it. But Schurf had given Luther the obvious advice. Only now had they learnt for certain the mood of the Emperor — Luther, it was clear, had been summoned solely to recant. It was best, then, to take time over preparing his exact reply.
They were told that Luther could have twenty-four hours, though that should be regarded as a special kindness since he should have come prepared to answer. He was abjured not to come with a written statement but be ready, at the same time tomorrow, to answer verbally.
The next day the hearing was resumed in another, bigger room, which soon became overcrowded and too hot. The Electors, the Estates, and many others were there as well as the Emperor and his advisers. It was six o’clock before they started and by then Luther was feeling ill and was in a great sweat. However, as soon as proceedings began the adrenalin flowed and he was able to speak to the brief which he and Schurf had worked out. It took about a quarter of an hour in German and nearly the same in Latin, and was recorded in writing by both friends and enemies; part of Luther’s own script has survived.
It was a prepared speech which Luther had more or less learnt off by heart:
Most serene Emperor, most illustrious princes, most clement lords. . . deign to listen graciously to this my cause — which is, as I hope, a cause of justice and of truth. If through my inexperience I have either not given the proper titles to some, or have offended in some manner against customs and court etiquette, I ask you kindly to pardon me, as a man accustomed not to courts but to the cells of monks. I can say nothing about myself but that I have taught and written up to this time with simplicity of heart, as I had in view only the glory of God and the sound instruction of Christ’s faithful.
The quiet, persuasive, intellectual voice flowed gently and deliberately on, emotion held only partially in check, visible in the changing expressions on his face — ‘frivolous’ expressions, said one Spanish reporter.
Addressing himself to the two questions, he said that there was not much doubt about the first one. Obviously his books were his books, unless someone had slipped in some of someone else’s.
The second question was more difficult, because he had written three kinds of books. 1.‘Simple gospel works — if he were to renounce these he would ‘condemn the very truth upon which friends and enemies equally agree’. 2. Books against the papacy and the concerns of the papists. He asked what was wrong with such works, when everyone knew that the papal tyranny did so much harm to the Christian world and especially to ‘this illustrious nation of Germany.’ 3. ‘I have written a third sort of books against some private and (as they say) distinguished individuals — those, namely, who strive to preserve the Roman tyranny and to destroy the godliness which I teach.’
Against these latter people, he confessed he had been more violent than his religion or his profession demanded — but then he did not set himself up as a saint, nor was he disputing about his life but about the teaching of Christ. His books against such people could not be renounced without renouncing the battle against the tyranny of anti-Christ. Finally, he repeated that he was always ready to be shown that his doctrines were wrong.
Then, although the substance of the reply was complete, Luther added a more personal kind of comment. They could see, he said, that he had thought long and hard about these things. If disturbance and dissension arose because of his teachings, that was a case for rejoicing because Christ did indeed say ‘I have come to bring not peace but a sword’ — Christianity was no easy option. They should not, then, condemn the Word of God, ‘lest the reign of this most noble youth, Prince Charles (in whom after God is our great hope) become unhappy and inauspicious’. He ended: ‘I do not say these things because there is a need of either my teachings or my warnings for such leaders as you, but because I must not withhold the allegiance which I owe to Germany. With these words I commend myself to your most serene majesty and to your lordships, humbly asking that I should not be allowed to become hateful to you because of the scheming of my enemies. I have finished.’ Luther, although sometimes naive, and exercising poor judgment politically, was never careless of political fact. Man’s task always involved attention to immediate responsibilities and loyalties, and the use of appropriate and reasonable policies. So, the effect of his actions was not something which could be left aside, nor ‘the allegiance which I owe to Germany’. He was well aware, just as Aleander was (as the Emperor himself could hardly be) of the genuine danger of violent social disruption. It was true that nothing would tend towards the prevention of this more than a movement of genuine reform. Reform was precisely what was required, reform of institutions so deeply involved in the injustices and so deeply implicated as causes of the sheer poverty and misery, the resentment and the envy which were the boiling origins of a likely social revolution.
The Chancellor of Trier then answered Luther in a speech which kept to the high level of debate and rhetoric set by Luther himself. It was an effective reply from the orthodox papal position. The Emperor, he said, would be willing to consider making a distinction between the harmless and the harmful, of Luther’s writings, but Luther was only doing what every heretic always did, the Waldensians, the Beghards, the Poor Men of Lyons, etc.; they all turned to Scripture, and they all wished it to be interpreted in their sense. He mocked a little: ‘Do not, I entreat you, Martin, do not claim for yourself that you are the one and only man who has knowledge of the Bible, who has true understanding . . . Do not place your judgement ahead of so many distinguished men . . . as wiser than others.’ Then he became more confident still, and finally threatening: ‘What the doctors have discussed as doctrine the Church has defined as its judgement, the faith in which our fathers and ancestors confidently died and as a legacy have transmitted to us. We are forbidden to argue about this faith by the law of both pontiff and emperor. . . both are going to judge those who with headlong rashness refuse to submit to the decisions of the Church. Punishments have been provided and published.’ He then told Martin to answer clearly and simply and not with a ‘horned’ (cornutum) reply.
The two poles were far apart. The Chancellor, as its obedient and humble, believing servant, was defending an organisation which claimed to act from 1500 years of tradition on its own authority as the vice general of God. The friar, speaking from his own struggles with the meaning of the Word of the Gospel, listened to in his inner being, worshipped daily in the liturgy in his own local church, himself a product precisely of the same 1500 years, was convinced that the authorities in the organisation had made great errors and that they must be brought back to what he felt he now knew to be the evident Christian faith.
Since then Your Serene Majesty and Your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor toothed. Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the Pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not retract anything since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. Here I stand, may God help me, Amen.
The hour was late, the light poor, the air foul, and the moment of truth occurred in an atmosphere of bathos, which turned speedily to some confusion. The Emperor was rising to leave. The crowd began to chatter and to move to the door —clearly there was no more to be said. The irritated Chancellor wanted the last word. He shouted that Martin must put his conscience aside and that he could never prove Councils had erred. Martin shouted that he could; he and his party began to move to the door. Martin in a state of enormous relief at having given the witness clearly and without hesitation. As he turned to his friends, he raised his two arms in the gesture of a victorious medieval knight. As they left, a clique of Spanish courtiers jeered and gestured. Luther retired, exhausted, to supper and to some malmsey wine, a great crowd of supporters accompanying him noisily through the streets.
Late that evening or early the following morning, young Habsburg took his pen and wrote in French his own response, a famous paragraph, redolent of imperial Christianity’. Von Eck and the Emperor were in close consultation about the Luther case, and there were items of similarity between Eck’s speech at the hearing of Luther and the Emperor’s piece — but the Emperor’s words had the clear stamp of personal conviction with an authoritarian, slightly impatient note about them. He lost no time. The statement was written out, dated 19 April, signed and addressed to the meeting of the Diet on that day immediately following the day of Luther’s hearing:
You know that I am descended from the most Christian emperors of the German nation, from the Catholic kings of Spain, the Archdukes of Austria and the dukes of Burgundy. . .After death they left us by natural right and heritage these holy Catholic observances, to live according to them and to die according to their example . . . I am determined to support everything that these predecessors and I myself have kept . . . It is certain that a single friar errs in his opinion which is against all of Christendom and according to which all of Christianity will be and will always have been in error both in the past thousand years and even more in the present. . . I am absolutely determined to stake on this cause my kingdoms and seignories, my friends, my body and blood, my life and soul. It would be a great shame to me and to you, the noble and renowned German nation . . . if heresy or decrease of the Christian religion should through our negligence dwell after us in the hearts of men . . . I regret having delayed so long to proceed against this Luther and his false doctrine. . .he is to be taken back, keeping the tenor of his safe-conduct. . .I am determined to proceed against him as a notorious heretic, requesting of you that you conduct yourselves in this matter as good Christians as you have promised it to me, and are held to do it. Given by my hand this nineteenth day of April 1521. Signed Carolus.
It was a grand statement, with romance and pride in a great tradition about it, that might captivate in suitable circumstances. It reminds the reader today of the statement Sir Thomas More would be making in circumstances of an opposite kind, in thirteen years time at his trial, basing his opposition to Henry VIII as Head of the Church, on ‘all the Councils of Christendom for over a thousand years’. But noteworthy in the Emperor’s statement is the absence of any reference to the Pope or the papacy. For political reasons the Emperor found himself in difficulties with Leo X; there was a danger Leo would make a treaty with the French King. The Emperor’s Catholicism was ‘traditional’, but apparently not necessarily markedly ‘papal’. And was it all true? Could the German Electors and Estates be persuaded that it was appropriate, and could it be enforced? Carolus had no idea how fragile the whole great construction of ‘Christendom’ was in many of its parts, and that only something like the bedrock of the Myth to end all myths remained invulnerable — trust in God through Jesus, prayer, love of neighbour, symbolised in public liturgy.
For two days, Friday and Saturday the Diet remained locked in debate on the Emperor’s statement. Graffiti appeared: ‘Unhappy the people whose king is a child’, and a great blustering ill-written threat, signed with the revolutionary sign of the Bundschuh, the sturdy peasant’s clog: ‘We are 400 of the nobility. We declare war on the princes of the Diet. I have 8000 men.’ The Diet finally requested that a commission of three or four people should be asked to show Luther where his errors lay. The influence of the Elector Frederick was clear — the Diet said that Luther had still not been shown what actually was wrong, by Scripture. The Elector had made the same point over two years previously when replying to Cajetan.
The practical young Emperor was ready to agree to an attempt to persuade Luther to recant. In fact, however, it was an attempt to find some compromise formula. At the heart of the attempt lay the Archbishop of Trier, friend of the Elector. On 24 and 25 April, Wednesday and Thursday, intense private discussions were held with Luther, with varying personnel present. Among those involved was Luther’s one-time supporter, and future bitter calumniator, Canon Cochlaeus. An extension of the safe conduct was granted to enable Luther to stay on for these discussions. But they came to nothing. Finally, as a last throw, the Archbishop and Luther met entirely alone, and a bribe was offered to Luther in the form of a good rich priory.
As both parties gradually came to see that there was no way out of the impasse, they became friendlier and more relaxed. They were facing facts. The Archbishop asked Luther what was to be done, and Martin turned to the advice of Rabbi Gamaliel to the Jews, who were wondering what to do about the followers of the recently crucified Jesus of Nazareth, as recorded in the New Testament: ‘What I suggest therefore is that you leave these men alone and let them go. If this enterprise, this movement of theirs, is of human origin it will break up of its own accord, but if it does in fact come from God you will not only be unable to destroy them, but you might find yourselves fighting against God.’ There was no further way forward. Dismissal documents were issued.
Meanwhile, intense private discussions had gone on between Spalatin and the Elector, who remained publicly impassive; in private he said, ‘Dr Martin spoke right well both in Latin and German . . . he is far too bold for me.’ The Emperor had presented Frederick with a very serious situation. While the Electors and the Estates seem not to have been universally impressed with the romantic traditionalism of the young French-speaking chevalier, yet they had to avoid a head-on clash with their recently elected Lord. And there was no way of undoing the papal excommunication. The answer, which had already been thought about a number of times, was to put Luther secretly into protective custody.
The idea was that Luther should be kidnapped by unknown robbers and spirited away to some place where he could remain hidden. The plan was to take Luther to the Wartburg, the great empty castle, high up above Eisenach, Luther’s boyhood school town where the Castellan would guard him closely for a week or two till his beard and hair had grown, fit him out in suitable gear, and put it about that a landowner, Junker Georg, was staying there for a time. It was a clever idea. If Luther could not be found, he could not be proceeded against. Equally, he himself would be unable to stir things up any further. Meanwhile, perhaps, the whole affair would become less explosive.
Luther agreed to the plan in general, though he did not know his precise destination. The result was a certain relaxation in his mood during the last forty-eight hours at Worms. He spent a convivial final Thursday evening, drinking malmsey wine and saying goodbye to all and sundry. On Friday morning after breakfast, the Wittenberg party rode and walked out of the city gate in good heart. They went north to the little village of Oppenheim where the Imperial Herald met them and began his task of accompanying them safely back to Wittenberg. When they reached Frankfurt two days later, Luther wrote to a leading Wittenberg citizen, and his own friend, to tell him what was happening:
To the skilled master craftsman. . . Lucas Cranach, painter in Wittenberg and my close friend . . . I am going to allow myself to be ‘imprisoned’ and hidden, though I don’t know yet where it will be. I would have preferred to suffer death at the hands of the tyrants, especially those of the furious Duke George.
Luther was caustic about the appearances before the Emperor: ‘I thought his Imperial Majesty would have got together one or fifty scholars and overcome this monk in a straightforward manner. But all that happened was this: Are these your books? Yes. Do you want to renounce them or not? No. Then go away! Oh we blind Germans, how childishly we act and allow the Romanists to mock and fool us in such a pitiful way.’ Then he spoke of his impending disappearance. The Easter and post-Easter texts were echoing round his mind from the daily Office and the Mass texts for the Sundays and weekdays after Easter. He quoted the words of Jesus in St John’s Gospel: ‘For a little while you will not see me, and again in a little while you will see me — so said Christ. I hope it will now be the same with me. But God’s will, the very best possible, be done in this . . .’ He sent greetings to another friend, a Wittenberg goldsmith, and his wife, who had been responsible for providing the cart which the Town Council had hired from him for Luther’s journey, and added, ‘Please express my deep appreciation to the Town Council for my ride’. It had meant a lot to him, feeling far from well much of the time, that he did not have to go on horseback.
Later the same day, at a village called Friedberg north of Frankfurt, Luther signed a letter he had drawn up for the Emperor, a very carefully worded epistle totally lacking in his usual rumbustiousness — he was able to exclude it when he had to. The letter was restrained throughout, though intense emotion is implied:
To the Most Serene and invincible Lord, Charles V, elected emperor of the Romans, Caesar Augustus, King of the Spaniards, of both Sicily and Jerusalem, etc., Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, etc., my most clement Lord. Jesus. Grace and peace with all my submission in Christ Jesus our Lord. Most Serene and invincible Emperor, most clement Lord; Your Sacred Majesty had summoned me to Worms, with a public guarantee. . .
There followed a description of his examination at Worms and the subsequent private manoeuvrings, and a description of Luther’s unwillingness, as he put it, to allow the Word of God to be bound. He was still hoping that somehow he could get his message across. He explained, critically, that in spite of the Safe Conduct on his way to Worms, he found his books had been burnt and banned: ‘These things could have frightened and held back this poor little monk’; nevertheless, he had put his trust in the Emperor’s Safe Conduct. Finally, he said, he left Worms without having been refuted.
The letter ended with a sincere and more or less desperate plea ‘on behalf of the whole Church; it was my concern for the Church that motivated me to send this letter after having left Worms. With my whole heart I desire, of course, that Your Sacred Majesty, the whole Empire, and the most notable German nation may be served in the best possible way.’ The letter was a last rather sad attempt to ‘reach’ the young man who was now ruling half of Europe, and to save the German lands from disturbances which continued to threaten to increase. Luther requested the Herald to return to Worms with the letters, and was successful in persuading him that he need not accompany the Wittenberg party any further. He was anxious to be rid of him before the planned abduction, to reduce the risk of it miscarrying. Possibly the Herald was even party to the plan.
The party headed north-east towards Thuringia. They received a warm welcome from the famous Benedictine Abbey of Hersfeld. The Chancellor and Bursar came out a mile or so to meet them; then the Abbot himself ‘together with many people on horseback, met us at his castle and accompanied us into the small town. The Town Council welcomed us inside the gates.’ They had fine food, and Luther slept in the Abbot’s own private guest room. Luther also preached, though he warned the Abbot that he was taking a grave risk in allowing it, in that they might lose their privileges. But the truth was that neither Emperor nor Pope had much authority over these powerful ecclesiastical barons. Finally, Luther’s party left for Eisenach, accompanied by the Abbot as far as the forest.
Eisenach in its turn sent a deputation out to welcome Luther. And again Luther preached, in his boyhood town, though the parish priest was frightened and insisted on making an official legally witnessed protest against it, so that he could not be held responsible, apologising to Luther for this necessity. Luther said ‘preaching the Word of God’ could not come within the ban on his speaking in public, which was part of the Safe Conduct. The next day half the party went on to Erfurt and Wittenberg, Jonas, Schurf and a student, so that Luther’s own group would be as small as possible for the impending abduction. He, Amsdorf and the student, Petzensteiner, headed south-east to visit relatives at the village of Mohra, where again the local priest welcomed him. The next day they headed north-east to Erfurt.
At a crossing of bridle paths in the forest Luther’s little party was attacked. Amsdorf was waiting for it and ‘escaped’ easily, followed by the student. Both of them returned immediately to Wittenberg. Luther was taken on a circuitous route blindfolded. Finally, long after dark he arrived at a high castle, exhausted. He was given a room, a meal and a bed. The next day he saw where he was, up in the great Wartburg above Eisenach, and closely guarded by a friendly but firm Castellan, Hans von Berlepsch. For a week or more he had to remain inside till, bearded and in lay clothes which were provided, he might not be easily recognised. Respect and kindness were shown; he was comfortable with good food and decent accommodation.
It was not too difficult for a man to keep to himself in the great rambling building on the hilltop, not regularly inhabited except by the Keeper and his family. No one knew where the robbers had taken Luther. Soon he would be hardly distinguishable behind the disguise of Junker Georg. Messengers and stores went up to the castle once or twice a week to von Berlepsch. At first, Luther’s presence made little difference.
In spite of conversation with von Berlepsch and the availability of writing materials, Luther was soon lonely and restless. The contrast was fearful, from the crammed daily round at Wittenberg, the intense activities of the journey to Worms and then the fraught days there. He had none of the books he needed. All day long for the first time in his life there was absolutely nothing that he must do — only things he must not do such as wander out into the air and down the hill. The letters soon began to flow, one of the first to Melancthon:
I have had much ado to get this letter off, because of the very real fear that my whereabouts may somehow be let out. . .Who knows what God plans. . . The monks and priests who raged against me while I was free now dread me as a captive. . .They cannot stand the worry of the common people’s threats.
Luther was beginning to sense the growing power which his person now commanded, as fragments of news were brought to him by Hans von Berlepsch. He had nothing at all to do but ponder the situation, standing, perforce, apart from it. Ecclesiastically excommunicate, his Appeal rejected by the Emperor, shortly to be put under the interdict of the Empire as well as the papacy, he had a new sense of alienation — and of resultant freedom.
On 12 May, Luther had been in the Wartburg for six days, was used to the regime, but getting very restless, yearning for home, for community life, for his work, and for some sign from his friends: ‘To Philip Melancthon, evangelist of the congregation at Wittenberg, my dearest brother in Christ. Jesus. Greetings. What are you doing these days, my Philip? Are you not praying for me . . .? I am quite eager to know your reaction to my disappearance. I was afraid it would look as if I had deserted the battle array . . .’ He bewails the state of the Church, and then speaks in detail of his constipation: ‘The Lord has struck me hard in the hind quarters. . . My stools were so hard that I was sweating with effort. . . Yesterday on the fourth day I went once, but I did not sleep all night.’ With a biblical greeting to Melancthon and his wife, ‘Farewell to you and your flesh’, he dates it ‘in the land of the birds’.
The Wartburg is entirely surrounded by woods and is a marvellous place for birdsong. It brought out Luther’s lyrical side, while the loneliness encouraged introspection. On 12 May, he wrote to Amsdorf and told him what had happened after he fled from the fake attack: ‘. . . The day! was snatched away from you, I arrived about eleven o’clock in the dark of the night at my new lodgings, utterly exhausted as though I had never ridden before . . . Here I am now a man of leisure, like a free man among captives’, and dated it ‘in the land of the open skies’. ‘Written on the mountain’ was the dateline for his letter to Spalatin two days later: ‘I am sitting here all day, drunk with leisure. I am reading the Bible in Greek and Hebrew. I shall write a German Tract . . . as soon as I have received the necessary things from Wittenberg.’ Other datelines common were: ‘From the Isle of Patmos’ (the Greek island to which St John is said to have retired in his old age) and ‘From my wilderness’, which eventually became the norm.
Later in May, he wrote again to Melancthon, dating the letter ‘From the land of the birds that sing sweetly in the branches and praise God with all their power night and day’, and signed his name ‘Martin’ in Greek. It was to little, gamin-like, intellectual Melancthon that he felt closest, their temperaments utterly different, complementing one another. This letter has the ring of friendship about it, even more than the letters to Spalatin where there is always the slight restraint involved in writing to one at Court who stood at the Elector’s right hand.
Luther was annoyed that Melancthon’s own new writing on doctrine had not reached him — this was the Loci Communes, ‘The Common Places’, or ‘Agreed Statement’, a first version of what would grow into a Protestant doctrinal norm in the Confession of Augsburg (1530). Luther wrote, ‘I want to know who stands in my pulpit. Is Amsdorf still snoring and lazy? And what is Dr Karlstadt doing?’ — even the tiresome old Dean of the Faculty took on a slightly roseate hue from a distance. Luther said Melancthon should not worry about him and then continued in a way which would not encourage such lack of worry: ‘The troubles of my soul have not ceased yet, and my previous weakness of faith still persists . . . I would rather burn in a raging fire than rot here alone half alive.’ But it was a test of faith, and he accepted the challenge, turning to the favourite image of Abraham, the great originating Jew-hero who was summoned from his homeland: ‘We must go out of our country, away from our kindred and from our father’s house, and must be separated from each other for awhile.’ Luther was looking for a divine healing of his loneliness and the unpredictable future.
He was worried about the state of society — the sturdy peasants would cause an uproar if the Pope went on condemning people. He chided Melancthon and the others for saying they needed him back; the Wittenberg churches had more than enough ministration with Melancthon, Amsdorf and the others there. They had complained that they were without a ‘shepherd’. Luther was being identified as their leader in a way much more specific than before. The letter ended: ‘I have no more news, since I am a hermit, an anchorite, and truly a monk, though neither shaved nor cowled. You would see a knight and hardly recognise me.’
He wrote a piece on Confession, a follow-up to the piece written for Spalatin, for people bewildered by confessors trying to stop people reading ‘Luther’, and dedicated it to the Knight Franz von Sickingen to whose castle he might have gone instead of to the Diet. He felt the need to keep some link with him and the group round him, with Ulrich von Hutten and young Martin Bucer, first met at Heidelberg, now out of the Dominicans but acting as chaplain at Sickingen’s castle. Luther addressed the letter, ‘To my special Lord and Patron’. He was specially conscious that von Sickingen was part of the political power groupings in the country. Power implied responsibility and it was to the powerful lay people, ‘the nobles’, that he had addressed his Appeal a year previously.
Then he also began to think of the members of the congregation he had addressed so many times in the parish church at Wittenberg, and felt he owed them an explanation. ‘To the little flock’ (a quotation from the New Testament) he wrote explaining his absence, his position which had led to so much criticism from authority, and outlined for their benefit all that had happened, copying at one point a style used by St Paul when rebutting his critics.
In mid June he wrote again to Spalatin, saying that he was both very busy and very idle, studying Greek and Hebrew without interruption, and he sent the manuscripts of his work on Confession and the Magnificat. ‘The man in charge of the place treats me far beyond what I deserve. The trouble from which I suffered at Worms has not left me. . . I am more constipated than ever in my life and despair of remedy. The Lord thus afflicts me that I may not be without a relic of his cross.’ He signed the letter ‘Henry Nescius’ in case, on its way to court, it fell into the wrong hands. Luther did not bother to refer to the fact that he was in the middle of a 40,000-word Latin text, entitled ‘Against Latomus’, replying to an attack on him by an old opponent at Louvain. When completed he sent it to Justus Jonas, and at the end of the piece said:
But to return to you, my Jonas. I have now expelled this Latomus from me and sent it to you. . . I have already begun to put the Epistles and Gospels into the vernacular: that is why it has been so bothersome to read and respond to this filth . . . Why doesn’t one of you reply to the rest, either you or Andreas Karlstadt? And what is stopping Amsdorf?. . .Greetings from my Patmos. 20 June 1521.
By July the disorientation seen in the letter to Spalatin was beginning to bite severely — Luther was restless and tetchy, and there was a rare sensual or sexual reference in his description of his troubles. Thirty-three-year-old Luther was ripe for an emotional crisis. Eleven weeks of loneliness had set his whole person, physiologically and psychologically into a new slow rhythm. Sexual tension had begun to be a threat; he had seen it often enough in other friars, but he had managed to bypass serious sexual problems in the past three or four years simply through work. But now his life in a vacuum gave scope to his inherent disposition towards sadness and depression.
He complained to Melancthon: ‘You praise me too much. . .Your high opinion of me shames and tortures me, since, unfortunately, I sit here like a fool and, hardened in leisure, pray little, do not sigh for the Church of God, yet burn in a big fire of my untamed body. In short I should be burning in spirit, but I am burning in lust, laziness, leisure and sleepiness.’ It was the height of summer in the forest land, and sultry humid days did not help. Constipation was bad as ever: ‘If this thing does not improve I shall go straight to Erfurt and not incognito either. . . I shall consult doctors or surgeons.’
He did not know what to think about things ‘going so well’ at Wittenberg. Clearly he was not needed. ‘You are now well supplied and you manage well without me . . . the affairs of Wittenberg progress more favourably in my absence than in my presence.’ He said perhaps a door would open for him in ‘Erfurt or Cologne or anywhere else’. He reprimanded them for cancelling a disputation at the request of the Elector. They had to guard academic and spiritual freedom. ‘Not one half would have been accomplished had I obeyed the court’s counsel. . .Farewell. Someone had promised to take along this letter which I had written some days ago, but he has not kept his word. I ask all of you to pray for me because I am drowning in sins. From my wilderness, 13 July 1521, Martin Luther the Hermit.’ Depression and disgust with himself were rolling in again. At night it all became too much: ‘I can tell you, in this idle solitude, there are a thousand battles with Satan. It is much easier to fight against the incarnate devil — that is against men — than against spiritual wickedness in the heavenly places.’
Luther was writing Postils all through the summer, sample sermons on gospel passages, for parish priests and for more general consumption, and becoming more familiar with the Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible. His mind was turning again to the serious biblical studies which had started the whole trouble off. He put the readings for each Sunday Liturgy into German. He wrote to Amsdorf: ‘I would like to be your student in the course on Hebrew, and Philip’s in the course on Colossians. . . I rejoice so much in your abundance. . . It is not you who need me, but I who need you.’ The depression was holding off a bit again as the constipation eased: ‘I tried the pills according to the prescription. Soon I had some relief and my bowels opened without blood or force, but the wound of the previous rupture isn’t healed yet, and I had to suffer a good deal of pain because some flesh extruded.’ Luther was becoming garrulous and hypochondriac under the influence of solitude. He was in need of something to do which would impinge with some impact on the outside world. He did not have long to wait.
In Worms the Emperor had had to make the best of a situation which he could not totally control. The Electors, Princes and representatives of the Estates began to drift home, and nothing further was done immediately in the Luther case.
Aleander suggested an Edict from the Emperor himself and presented him with a suitable text. Now that Frederick had gone home, the remaining Electors might be persuaded to sign; but the Emperor thought a little further delay might persuade the Pope not to sign a Treaty of Alliance with the King of France. Eventually a rump of Electors, which did not include Albrecht of Mainz, signed and to Aleander’s delight Luther was at last declared an outlaw. The Edict of Worms now lay beside the formal Decree of Excommunication, Decet Romanum, which had been eventually issued in a form acceptable to all. If the civil and Church authorities had commanded the assent of their subjects there could have been no more place for Friar Martin Luther. Eventually he would have been found, formally arrested and burnt. There was widespread consternation about his disappearance, and to a lesser extent about the Edict. The elderly Albrecht Durer noted in his diary: ‘I don’t know whether he is alive or has been murdered. . . Oh God, if Luther is dead, who is going to explain the Gospel to us?’
But, nine weeks after disappearing, Luther was lying up in the Wartburg in regular communication with the Saxon political authorities and with his friends at Wittenberg. It began to seem that much of the established structure of society was a paper construction. Among the first to push open the floodgates and to let a stream of destructive actions loose onto the world were the friars and university men at Wittenberg. Luther’s absence made them feel they must vindicate themselves and do something about the challenging blueprints for reform which their colleague and friend had issued a year ago. With Luther away, Karlstadt was able once again to move into the lead with his mixture of unreflected theory and headstrong action. He moved with an obsessive inevitability to the crucial explosive item, celibacy. Only just back from a disastrous few weeks in Copenhagen, where he had been lent to help reformers there but where he was worse than useless, with not a word of Danish in his head, he drew up his usual bunch of theses. They were on the Vows of Celibacy, and on Communion under both kinds.
The minutes of the first discussion of the theses reached Luther towards the end of July. It was not the first time that Karlstadt had taken a step ahead of Luther — he was a man of logic following an idea to its conclusion. Luther was shocked. The theses propounded not just that the compulsory celibacy of Massing priests should be dropped but that all vows of celibacy were wrong. This was to attack the religious orders as such, a central component of society, the monks, the nuns, the friars, the great country abbeys, the little convents, and the city friaries. It was to attack Luther’s own status as a vowed religious. Luther had not spoken against the institution of the monastic life in his writings but against the futile lives of so many of those who followed it, or were almost forced into it by one circumstance or another. On August, he wrote to Melancthon:
‘You people do not convince me yet that the vows of priests and monks are to be considered as in the same category. . . I am pretty well agreed that those who entered the abyss before or during the age of puberty can leave it with a clear conscience; but about those who have grown old and stayed on in this state, I don’t know yet.’ There was no reason why a priest had to be celibate. But the very nature of a monk was to take the three traditional vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. Five days later, he wrote to Spalatin: ‘Good Lord, will our people at Wittenberg give wives even to the monks? They will not push a wife on me!’ He had not begun to digest the idea. In spite of his own sexual difficulties the idea of solving them by marrying was thoroughly repugnant. He was a monk, a community man, with a vocation.
But immediately he found himself arguing and thinking furiously about the matter in the light of Scripture and reason. Yes, of course young people in a monastery or convent against their will should be allowed to leave. In fact, the Roman authorities normally gave permission for such people to leave; Erasmus had been one such, put into a religious order for lack of living parents, and allowed to leave as a young man. But the permission to leave did not include the permission to marry. Luther realised that this was a mere prejudice about sex, and opposed it. But as for the older people, Karlstadt’s statement that they should leave if they wished in order to avoid the sin of fornication — what is this other than mere quibbling rationalisation? Luther wanted something more serious than a statement that pressing sexual tension should be a reason for them to leave, and he added sardonically: ‘Who knows if he who burns with desire today, will burn with desire tomorrow?. . I would not dare to act on this principle; so I will not counsel anyone else to do so.’ And yet, ‘I too would want to help monks and nuns more than anything else, so greatly do I pity these wretched men and boys and girls who are plagued with emission of semen and by sexual desire.’ He was determined to treat the arguments objectively on their own merit, but felt that ‘if Christ were here . . he would dissolve these chains and annul these vows’. But Luther was struggling with a tradition centuries old, and his own inhibitions and neuroses: ‘I don’t know what phantom of pomp and human opinion is plaguing me here.’
In this letter, Luther continued with his theme of finding employment for himself elsewhere, a new ministry: ‘I see that you all grow in spiritual matters, so it seems to me that I should decrease.’ He was using an expression of St John the Baptist in the New Testament: ‘I must decrease. He [Jesus] must increase.’
On the question of communion under both kinds, Luther found himself counselling moderation and gradualism, against Karlstadt’s thesis that it was actually sinful not to take the wine as well as the bread. The castle church was pressing ahead faster than if Luther himself had been in residence. However, he was able to tell them of his own determination never again to offer a ‘private Mass’ — on the principle that the only purpose of such a Mass had to link with the idea that it was a sacrifice one gained merit by offering. ‘I will never say another private Mass in all eternity.’ The Mass, the eucharist, was essentially a communal exercise.
He ended the letter with a recapitulation of his teaching about grace, including a famous phrase, easily misinterpreted, ‘sin boldly’. ‘If you are a preacher of grace, then preach a true and not a fictitious sin. God does not save people who are only fictitious sinners.’ This was clearly a re-statement of the words of Jesus in the Gospel: ‘I came to call not the just but sinners to repentance.’ Luther was writing a personal letter to his gentle Melancthon, whom he always suspected of being a little weak-kneed — what he went on to say was a further developed and rubato version of the words already quoted, advice of the kind that Staupitz had also given Luther — ‘Do not brood over your sins which are an inevitable part of our human condition; look rather at Jesus the Saviour.’ He wrote:
Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly, for he is victorious over sin, death and the world. As long as we are here, we cannot avoid sin. This life is not the dwelling place of the righteous . By the riches of God’s glory we have come to know the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world. No sin will separate us from the Lamb, even though we commit fornication and murder a thousand times a day. . . Pray boldly — you too are a mighty sinner.
The Gospel sometimes identified Jesus as a ‘Lamb’, the new sacrifice, god-man offering himself as a redemptive sacrifice, a life and death which won eternal life for all.
Stirred up by Karlstadt’s theses, Luther began to write an extended piece on the Mass. At the beginning of it, he gave expression to the agonising questions which must present themselves to anyone leading a movement to upset longstanding practice, and venerable tradition: ‘I have found it very difficult to justify my conscience; I, one man alone, have dared to come forward against the Pope, brand him as the Antichrist, the bishops as his apostles, and the universities as his brothels. How much did my heart quail. . . Are you the only wise man? Can it be that all the others are in error? . . What if you are mistaken?’ But finally he found the power to resist these worries — ‘as a stony shore resists the waves, and laughs at their threats and storms.’ The piece grew into another major work of forty thousand words in Latin, on the Suppression of Private Masses which became in German The Misuse of the Mass.
Very swiftly, the Edict of Worms and the Excommunication were beginning to bite — in a converse sense. The established authorities could no longer be turned to for the solutions of problems — in outlawing Luther, they had outlawed themselves. At Wittenberg the Augustinians, the castle church Chapter, and the university men turned instead to the man who had set them all thinking and now acting, the man who had been disowned by Pope and Emperor. The searchlight turned on Luther and remained there. He was profoundly disconcerted, in the sense that he had done nothing to prepare for this moment. In practical terms, nothing was prepared. He was a friar, a teacher, a doctor of theology, a preacher, and in his own mind certainly to some extent a ‘prophet’. But he had not thought to be the Leader, the Executive or a politician. In his famous book he had thrown the task of achieving reform to the nobles, and all those with social, economic and political power. They had reacted with praise for his anti-Roman sentiments, and had contributed their poems and threats to clerics in their guise as opponents of Rome. But none had shown the slightest inclination to set about the Reform which Luther had programmed. So back came the programme to Luther, with the specific problems raised by Karlstadt: Celibacy, Monastic Life, Communion under both kinds. Together, these were symbol, and in a sense substance, of key problems in the practice of the Myth which underlay European society.
Luther’s Wartburg desk began to resemble his Wittenberg desk. The papers piled up, the written sheets poured out. Unable to go down to the printer, tell him what was coming and supervise the work, Luther was feeling increasingly frustrated. He wrote to Spalatin that the printers were ‘sordid money grubbers’; all they thought of was — ‘it is enough that I get my money, let the readers worry about what and how they will read it . . . anyhow please take care that those MSS. of mine are guarded carefully’. And the constipation got worse, even ‘permanent and must always be relieved by medicine. Only every fourth day, sometimes even fifth day, can I open my bowels. What a vast gut!’
The Castellan suggested a day out with the hunt, just what ‘Junker Georg’ would think of doing anyhow. It was not a success. Luther described to Spalatin how a baby rabbit came racing up to him and he tried to save it: ‘I had rolled it up into the sleeve of my cloak . . . the dogs found the poor rabbit and biting through the cloak broke its hind leg and killed it by choking it.’ Luther made an allegory of it — the Pope and Satan raging against souls that had been saved even in spite of Luther; but great people would find themselves with difficulty avoiding hell. He told Spalatin to beware: ‘In paradise you courtiers who are lovers of game will also be game which Christ, who is the best hunter, can hardly catch and save in spite of his great efforts. A game is being played with you folks while you play around hunting.’
In October, at Wittenberg, things began to move seriously. Several friars, led by Fr Gabriel Zwilling, began to omit references to ‘sacrifice’ in their celebration of Mass. At the city church communion was given in both kinds. Trying to keep discipline, Prior Heidt suspended all celebration of Mass in the Friary. In November, thirteen friars simply walked out and left the monastery for good. Karlstadt’s Theses, in the main supported by communications from the Wartburg, had broken the tabu. Unspoken thoughts finally broke into action, and men no longer at all committed in their own selves to the way of life they followed, freed themselves.
The Elector was deeply concerned. Spalatin wrote to Luther complaining about the behaviour of his Augustinian brethren. He also objected to a proposal of Luther’s to write yet another protest to Cardinal Albrecht who, in desperate straits for cash, had expressed his intention of issuing a further Indulgence, from his favourite residence at Halle (where his mistresses also lived). Luther was incensed with Spalatin’s letter, and frustrated by affairs he could not directly influence. He had already responded angrily to one previous attempt by Spalatin to put the brakes on. ‘I shall not let myself be restrained from privately and publicly attacking the idol of Mainz with regard to his "brothel" at Halle.’ Now, on 11 November, Luther wrote to Spalatin: ‘I have hardly ever read a letter that displeased me more than your last one. Not only did I put off my reply, but I had decided not to answer you at all. To begin with, I will not put up with your statement that the Sovereign will not allow anything to be written against Mainz . . . Your idea about not disturbing the public peace is fine, but will you allow the eternal peace of God to be disturbed by the wicked and sacrilegious actions of that son of perdition?’ Spalatin had complained also about developments at Wittenberg and a terrible reception which the students had given to the Hospital Brothers of St Anthony on their annual visit begging funds. Luther wanted neither to defend nor condemn them. ‘For goodness sake, do you want me to apologise to everyone who is upset by Wittenberg?’
Luther went on to tell Spalatin the latest bit of news that would be troublesome to him: ‘I have decided to attack monastic vows and to free young people from the hell of celibacy, totally unclean and condemned as it is through its burning and pollutions. I am writing partly because of my own experience and partly because I am indignant.’ But the main purpose of the letter, a further shock to Spalatin, was to send down a long manuscript on the Mass for publication, the one dealing largely with the suppression of private Masses. Its publication would stir things up further. A few weeks later, Luther sent down his MS. on Vows, and Spalatin then had two MSS. in his possession which he was loathe to pass on to the printers.
The completion of the text on vows was a triumphant moment, emotionally. Luther had full access to copiers; one copy went off to his father and another to Spalatin. In a covering letter to his father, the message was: ‘You were right all along to oppose my going into the monastery’ — though Luther made the reason why he was right a great deal more complicated than his father would have done. While sweating his way through the problem some weeks earlier, he had written to Melancthon:
I remember when I made my vow, my earthly father was terribly angry; after he was reconciled to the idea I had to listen to the following: ‘Let’s hope that this was not a delusion from Satan.’ The word took such deep root in my heart that I have never heard anything from his mouth which came back to my mind more persistently. It seemed to me as if God had spoken to me from afar, through my father’s mouth — it came late on in the affair, yet it was enough to upset me and reprove me.
Luther’s letter to his father doubled as a preface to the work:
My purpose is to recall, in a short preface, what took place between you and me in order to show the pious reader the argument and the content of the book, together with an example . . . It is now almost sixteen years since I became a monk, taking the vow without your knowledge and against your will. In your fatherly love you were worried about my weakness because I was then a young man, just entering my twenty-second year (that is, to use Augustine’s words, I was still ‘clothed in hot youth’) . . . You were determined, therefore, to tie me down with an honourable and wealthy marriage. This fear of yours, this care, this indignation against me was for a time implacable. . . At last you desisted but your fears for me were never laid aside. For I remember very well, later. . . I told you that I had been called by terrors from heaven and that I did not become a monk of my own free will and desire, still less to gain any human satisfaction but that I was walled in by the terror and agony of sudden death and forced by necessity to take the vow. Then you said, ‘Let us hope that it was not an illusion and a deception.’ That word penetrated to the depths of my soul and stayed there as if God had spoken by your lips, though I hardened my heart against you and your word . . . . You said something else too. When in filial confidence I upbraided you for your anger, you suddenly retorted with a reply so fitting and so much to the point that I have hardly ever in all my life heard any man say anything which struck me so forcibly and stayed with me so long. ‘Have you not also heard?’ you said, that parents are to be obeyed?’
Luther’s complex about authority and his father, all his inner anxieties, terrors and compulsions, all his sensitive longing to reach the heart of life, the springs of the dynamo of the world had been touched in this question of religious vows. The moment in the thunder storm had triggered off the decision to fly the world, and fly to God; to bind himself by the canonical vows. And now he was rejecting that absolute obligation, and the committing of the self under Canon Law, rejecting it in favour of a new freedom — a freedom which he believed to be the heart of the message of the Word, a freedom indeed to be bound, not by the rules of men, not by Church officials, but solely by the bonds of grace, which themselves issued in another, greater freedom.
He had to explain to his father, somewhat tortuously, that though he rejected the obligation as such, he chose of his own free will, for the moment at any rate, to remain in the habit, in the religious community, and his father had to accept this as God’s will. ‘Who can doubt that I am in the ministry of the Word? And it is plain that the authority of parents must yield to this service . . . Christ . . . himself is my immediate bishop, abbot, prior, lord, father, teacher . . . I hope that he has taken from you one son in order that he may begin to help the sons of many others through me.’
Luther worked out a distinction between the religious life as such, the life of vows in its essence, and on the other hand its abuse, as a mere social convenience. Saints had lived a life of true poverty, celibacy and obedience in a community, notably his favourite spiritual writer St Bernard. And some men and women might still live it, he thought. His moderation, in contrast with much subsequent Protestant opinion, was justified in the event. Monastic tradition continued to flourish, even taking fresh root within the Protestant tradition. But as things were he had to ask whether, in the case of the great majority of religions, the vows were really kept. As for poverty, the ‘poor’ monks and friars were secure, well fed and clothed, and hardly ever ‘poor’ in any sense recognisable by the truly poor. The vow of obedience was indifferently kept, and was so often dispensed from that to call it a ‘life’ vow was a pretence. As for celibacy, each religious pretended that in general it was kept, and that it was only oneself that found it almost impossibly difficult, evading the truth that few seemed truly called to this vocation. Finally, there was the scandal of orphaned boys and girls put into a monastery or convent early in life; they were commonly given dispensations and allowed to leave when they had grown up, but dispensations were not given from vows of celibacy. A vow had to be free, an act of an adult human being. It could not properly be transformed into a legal obligation binding under penalties, enforceable by the Church.
The conclusion was that vows to the life of poverty, celibacy and obedience had always to be in some sort temporary. A man or woman ought not to be compelled to remain in a religious house by force of law. And the religious life ought not to be held up as intrinsically ‘better’ than any other calling — a view which became acceptable to the Catholic Church only in the present century. The true way of salvation is to be subject to God, to yield to him in faith, to stand silent before him, to set aside the offensive presumption of good works . . . Vows are such counterfeit "Good works."’ Luther had recently heard of the judgement of Paris University against his teaching on faith and work (though omitting, like the Emperor, any reference to the Pope), and composed a sequence lambasting their purely human judgement and their failure to base their understanding on faith, and so to accept the Gospel fully.
This is exactly what our Parisian street whore, with her brazen effrontery and her virtues long since prostituted has not done. She has recently been bold enough to open her legs and uncover her nakedness before the whole world and say that the law about not returning evil for evil ought now to be regarded as only a counsel . . . because this makes the Christian law too difficult. . . What schools! What faculties! What theologians! What bilge! What new-fangled rubbish!
It seems people were inclined to agree with him when it came to respecting the Church Law on vows. Many religious houses had become something like clubs which people inhabited without any longer believing in their declared purposes. Their mesmerised inhabitants simply walked out of them, like so many zombies, once they realised there was no longer any social bar to doing so. ‘Lifelong poverty, obedience, and chastity may be observed but cannot be vowed, taught or imposed,’ thundered Luther. And it was so.
Luther was becoming the general of a movement already in train. Stationed far behind the lines, he was sent reports on the current situation and had to adjudicate. He was taking possession of himself and of the situation in a new way. Greatness was being thrust upon him; partly it fitted, partly it did not. He was moving personally into a new, hyper-active phase. Soon after sending off the MS. on Vows, following that on the Mass, he began composing a letter to Albrecht, his third to the Cardinal Archbishop of Mainz. These letters to ‘authority’ brought out the best and worst in Luther, but they were always impressive documents to relish — the addressee must surely have both blanched and then perhaps chuckled a little. This one began abruptly:
To begin with, Most Reverend and Most Gracious Lord, Your Electoral Grace has a clear and vivid recollection of the fact that I have twice written to your Electoral Grace . . . Your Electoral Grace has now again erected at Halle that idol which robs poor simple Christians of their money and their souls . . . Perhaps Your Electoral Grace thinks I am now out of action and that you are safe from me, and that the monk is well under the control of His Imperial Majesty. This may be so; but Your Electoral Grace should nevertheless know that I shall do what Christian love requires. . .I will not put up with nor be silent about. . .
As usual with such texts of Luther’s, the letter gathered momentum as it continued: ‘Your Electoral Grace should not think that Luther is dead . . .’ The letter wound up with a straight ultimatum: ‘I beg and expect Your Electoral Grace’s definite and speedy reply to this letter within fourteen days; if after this appointed fortnight no public answer should appear, my little book Against the Idol at Halle will be released. . . Written in my wilderness. . .1 December 1521.’ In the event assurances reached Luther through Spalatin, and he did not send the book to a printer.
The hyper-activity culminated in a break-out. Luther obtained a horse and rode over to Wittenberg, still wearing his beard, dressed as a knight might be. He wanted to get first-hand information about the remarkable developments at Wittenberg. He went straight to Melancthon’s house, and the news reached quickly up and down the street. His friends were soon there. Amsdorf insisted that Luther sleep the night in his house and that he must not visit the Friary. Excommunicate, under the imperial ban, what might not happen to him if he revealed his presence openly? Cranach came round to the house to paint him and the picture survives today. The disguise was certainly effective, though if one looked twice the eyes would surely have given away the identity of the man to anyone who knew him.
Luther was, on the whole, pleased with what had happened at Wittenberg. It was something to rejoice about; real progress was being made with actual reforms in his own town. But now, what was needed above all was the Word. With Melancthon’s encouragement he determined to translate the whole of the New Testament, the whole of the prime text of the Christian Gospel, the New Testament, into contemporary German and publish it in an edition which would be available for anyone who could read. He reckoned he could do it by Easter. He would return to the Wartburg until that time and then probably emerge for good.
But the visit was also shocking to Luther. His friends knew nothing about Luther’s text on Vows, or his text on the Mass, or about his letter to Albrecht. Spalatin had evidently held them all up. Luther wrote to him immediately.
‘To my George Spalatin, a servant of Christ and a friend. Jesus.’ Perhaps his material had been intercepted, but ‘there is nothing that would disturb me more at this moment than to know that these manuscripts had reached you and that you were holding them back . . . For goodness sake, curb that moderation and prudence of which I suspect you, . . .I came to Wittenberg and amid all the delight of being with my friends again I found this drop of bitterness. . . Everything else that I hear and see pleases me very much . . . Commend me to the most illustrious Sovereign from whom I want to keep my arrival in Wittenberg and my departure a secret . . . Farewell. Wittenberg, in Amsdorf’s house, in the company of my Philip.’ But the letter also contained a sentence reflecting Luther’s worry about the general social situation; as he travelled across Thuringia, he had sensed an even greater general disquiet, more widespread threats of disturbance, and danger of a peasants’ revolution. As soon as he was back in the Wartburg he wrote a 6000-word pamphlet A Sincere Admonition by Martin Luther to all Christians to Guard against Insurrection and Rebellion. The authorities must have been genuinely pleased to see this text, with its orthodox start, and its unremitting opposition to any kind of public violence: ‘May God grant grace and peace to all Christians who read this pamphlet or hear it read. . .’ There was a real danger, he said, that the clerical estate had tried poor Karsthans, the sturdy peasant, too far. He seems to be neither able nor willing to endure it any longer and to have good reason to lay about him with flail and cudgel’; the entire clerical estate ‘may be murdered or driven into exile’.
But no insurrection is ever right, however right the cause it seeks to promote. . .it generally harms the innocent more than the guilty . . . I am and always will be on the side of those against whom insurrection is directed, no matter how unjust their cause; . . . Those who read and rightly understand my teaching will not start an insurrection; they have not learned that from me.
Christ’s cause was to be forwarded by word of mouth. ‘Have I not with the mouth alone, without a single stroke of the sword, done more harm to the Pope, bishops, priests, and monks than all the emperors, kings and princes. . . ?’ And people should not call themselves ‘Lutherans’. ‘What is Luther? After all, the teaching is not mine. Neither was I crucified for anyone . . .How then should I — poor stinking maggot-fodder that I am — come to have men call the children of Christ by my wretched name?’
Back in the Wartburg, Luther was doing fifteen hundred words a day of his translation of the Greek text of the New Testament into German, and taking a new lease of life. Things were happening. People were listening. Archbishops cowered. The Word was about to be spread abroad in his own beloved Saxon German land and language. But threatening all this was the turmoil of resentment and expectation that still continued to increase throughout society.
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Chapter 5: Women’s (and Men’s) Liberation Groups
by Howard J. Clinebell, Jr.
The pedestal upon which women have been placed has all too often, upon closer inspection, been revealed as a cage.
Raymond E. Peters, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court1
Women in our society are still trained from infancy to entertain, to please, and to serve -- mainly men. Women are not yet raised to be just people -- whole, fully participating individuals.
Joanne Cooke:, The New Woman2
Of all our society's multiple revolutions, the revolution in female/male consciousness and roles will become the most earthshaking; eventually it will touch and change every aspect of man-woman relationships.
No marriage (or premarriage) growth group can be "with it" today and avoid grappling with the issues raised by the women's liberation movement. Growth groups exist, we have said, to develop human potential, nurture self-esteem, and enliven persons in their relationships. These are also implicit goals of women's liberation! Think of the wasted intelligence, leadership capacity, creativity, strength, and sensitivity of the millions of women denied full educational and vocational opportunities, kept in narrow role-boxes, using only a fraction of their capacitiesl
Anthropologist Margaret Mead holds that changes now occurring in women's roles are as radical as those which hit men some 14,000 years ago -- when agriculture was first practiced. After eons of scrambling for sustenance as wandering hunters, men started to raise enough food to permit some free time ( which made possible the eventual development of culture). The roles of women, however, remained largely unchanged -- bearing and rearing children, doing housework, and serving men. Now, with population pressures reducing family size and with extended longevity, women generally will not be able to find fulfillment in homemaking roles alone.3 (Not that these roles ever did really foster the full self-realization of many women.) Women in increasing numbers are awakening to this fact and to the continuing oppression of a male-dominated society. There is a mounting insistence among women (including many who reject the methods of militant liberationists) that they be treated as full human beings, with freedom to choose and to develop their personal gifts and abilities. As psychologist Naomi Weisstein declares: "Women's liberation is part of a movement toward a just and humane society, a society in which no human being will be forced into a servant role."4
The changing consciousness of women has already begun to precipitate what will become a massive crisis in marriage. Those of us who do marriage counseling can think of examples of marital conflicts stemming from a three-way collision among a wife's need for fulfillment, a husband's need to be one-up, and the needs of both for a satisfying marriage.
Growth groups can help both women and men discover the creative possibilities that lie in the profound changes ahead. The new femininity offers opportunities for (in fact demands) a richer masculinity; together men and women can create more mutually humanizing relationships, including more delightful marriages, than have been possible before. Women's liberation can mean "human liberation."
The awakening of feminine awareness will reach into marriages at all stages. For those couples who have the mutual caring, imagination and guts to struggle through to new ways of relating, a more satisfying companionship-marriage can result. The Parent/ Child distancing games which have devitalized one-up/one-down marriages, can be replaced by the intimacy of a growing Adult-to-Adult relationship.5 For these fortunate couples the coming crisis in marriage will be a crisis of growth
Types of Female/Male Liberation Groups
Marital and premarital growth groups should deal explicitly and personally with how changing roles affect the participants. This will happen spontaneously (which is best), if there's even one "liberated" woman present; she'll be sensitized to the innumerable put-downs all women experience (but many are resigned to). In one way or another, she'll confront the men with the prejudices, subtle and not-so-subtle, with which most men are infected. She'll also confront acquiescent women.
In addition to dealing with liberation issues in mixed groups, special women-only groups are needed to provide mutual help in changing self-defeating attitudes toward themselves (consciousness raising), coping with the conflicts and challenges of the struggle for full personhood, and working for liberation through social action. ( Several thousand women's liberation groups already operate in North America.) Men-only groups may become useful in coping with distinctively male pressures and problems associated with the revolution in roles. But, as those in the power position, most males have little motivation to work on their side of the relationship unless they are confronted by the "victims." All-women groups can be good preparation for men-women groups, where both sexes can discuss and discover mutually fulfilling relationships.
To help couples develop more liberating relationships, the leader must be aware of the vital human issues involved and aware of his or her own prejudices. We're surrounded by our culture as fish are by water; it's impossible to grow up in a sex-prejudiced culture without catching some of it. In the self-image of males it takes the form of a feeling of superiority to women; in females it expresses itself in the feeling that one is worthwhile only in relation to a man or men. To be a facilitator of liberation, a leader must work to change these prejudgments and be sensitive to the person-damaging social forces which the liberation movement is fighting.
A Women's Liberation Group
The specific objectives of an all-women growth group depends, of course, on the wants, needs, and unused gifts of its individual members. There are, however, common directions in which many women desire to move. The following is from a "Personal Enrichment Group" composed of women ( late thirties and early forties ):
Joan: "I really can't get excited about women's lib . . . not for me . . . My kids are about out of the nest. Liberation is just around the corner for me . . . good years to use as I want."
Betty. "But what do you want -- for the next twenty years or so?"
Joan: "I don't really know at this point. What can you do with an ancient B.A. in English?"
Betty: "When I think of spending even the next five years volunteering 'til I'm blue in the face, entertaining Dan's clients, bridge club and church things (she scowls) . . . I've got to find something that uses more of me, I guess . . . not necessarily a job . . . but something I really want to do with me. I've had it up to here (points to chin) with all decisions depending on Dan's career . . . Where do I come in?"
Betty's honesty about her frustrations and her need to find another dimension to her life triggered brisk sharing in the group. Later in the session --
Joan: "I've toyed with the idea of seeing if I could get a master's in rehab therapy. I like the volunteer things I do with the handicapped. But I haven't been near a classroom in almost twenty years and . . . well, I wasn't exactly a brain in college -- interested mostly in trapping a man, I guess. I doubt if I could make it -- with all these bright young things."
Leader: "Have you considered taking a course at the state university to see how it goes? Lots of women commute for a course or two."
Joan: "I've thought of that. Even mentioned it to Tom [her husband]. He wasn't exactly thrilled. He asked why I don't spend more time with my volunteer groups, if I want to work with the handicapped. He seemed to feel that it would be a reflection on him for me to have a career."
Leader: "How do you feel about that?"
Joan: "A little put down, I guess, and hurt at the time . . . Of course, a part of me agrees with Tom. As he says, we don't particularly need the extra money. But I've tried lots of volunteer things. They're good but . . . well, they still don't really satisfy me. Maybe they should . . ."
What must Joan do to free and use more of her capabilities? First, she must decide on goals. What does she really want to do with the next twenty years? What is feasible? Second, she must devise workable plans. A career guidance center may provide aptitude testing and educational advice to help her check the realism of her goals and strategies. If she sets her sights on becoming a rehabilitation therapist, where can she get training?
If Joan's growth goals require enlarging her orbit beyond home and volunteer activities, she will have to do two other things -- overcome her low self-estimate regarding competing "in the world," and cope with her husbands resistance to changes in their roles. The group's perceptions of her abilities and resourcefulness, shared in subsequent sessions, helped to rectify her "I'm-OK.only-in-'female'-roles" feelings. The group also challenged her to take the leap -- at the risk of possible failure -- by enrolling in one course to test and toughen flabby academic muscles. For strengthening self-esteem, nothing succeeds like success. That B+ did wonders for her self-image as a person with brains she could use in a graduate program if she chose.
Before enrolling in the course, Joan reopened with her husband the issue of her role for the next twenty years. A stormy session ensued. When the smoke cleared, Joan explained that she valued their marriage and loved him but that she had to start liking herself more. To do this, she pointed out, might or might not involve a career, in addition to her present role. "What I need is the freedom to discover what is best for me and you and the children." Tom expressed his desire for her to be happy and fulfilled as a person but showed continuing distress at the thought of things changing as they would if she acquired a career. They eventually reached agreement on Joan's plans to take a course on a trial basis.
Obviously Joan and Tom have a considerable way to go toward renegotiating their relationship so that both will be more fulfilled. Without a new mutually acceptable agreement, their marriage will become increasingly strained. If Joan gives up her search for a revised identity, resentment of her restricted options will escalate. If she goes ahead against his adamant opposition, or if Tom merely gives in, his anger will mount, driving a deeper wedge between them. But, if they can achieve a revised covenant -- a mutual agreement concerning their roles and needs -- their marriage can prosper in fresh ways. A couples' growth group, including others facing the mid-years identity crisis, could help Tom and Joan in their struggles for a new relationship.
A women's growth group should provide activities directed at both inner liberation (raising self-esteem) and outer liberation (achieving equal opportunities for women in all areas of society). Women, like blacks and members of other oppressed groups, must break their inner bondage and gain self-esteem if they are to use fully their potential in collective efforts to change the systems of injustice ( discriminatory laws, pay scales, admissions policies to professional schools, among others ).
Unconsciously, most women have adopted the attitudes of our culture, viewing themselves as naturally subordinate. This is described in women's liberation as "the enemy within." Long dependence and semivoluntary servitude have produced ambivalence toward the risks and responsibilities of freedom. Prejudices toward women professionals among women reflect their low self-esteem as women (even though these persons may be confident and competent in their "feminine" roles). Consciousness-raising in groups reverses this negative conditioning, helping women "take pride and delight in our femaleness. trust and love each other as sisters (not competitors for male approval) . . . deciding and re-deciding each day, individually and together, that we will take control over our lives . . . and struggle together for the liberation of all women."8 This is the new feminine consciousness which can be nurtured in a liberation growth group.
In addition to growth-action groups focused explicitly on "women's liberation," a variety of all-women growth groups organized around other objectives should be available, e.g., "Women's Sharing Group," "Enrichment Group," "Women in a Changing World." Thus, many women who "wouldn't be caught dead" in a women's liberation meeting can have the opportunity to deal with the issues which inevitably will confront them as sex roles change in our society.
Women who are awakened to their full femininity and to liberation issues are most effective as leaders of women's groups. Couples or other male/female co-leaders who have been involved with these issues are best suited to this dimension of marital group work. Unless a man is unusually liberated from male prejudice and empathetic regarding the experience of being a woman in our culture, he had better not attempt to lead an all-women liberation group.
The Liberation Thrust in Mixed Groups
In the fabric of human existence, the lives of men and women are inextricably interwoven -- sexually, biologically, emotionally, socially. Neither can be truly free or fulfilled unless both are, because each enriches and completes the other's world. It is in men-women groups that women's liberation can most fully become human liberation.
Mixed groups can awaken both sexes quickly and personally to the issues. One or more sensitized women will feel the pain of male put-downs; they can respond by confronting the man or men responsible with the effects of their behavior. Couples often recognize one-up/one-down games more quickly in other relationships than in their own. Furthermore, mixed groups provide both stimulus and support for couples to grow jointly around the crunch of changing roles. It's not easy to change a marriage in any basic way. A group provides both caring support and caring confrontation the constructive pressure for a couple not to settle for less than they can achieve. It's in the actual give-and-take of interacting that couples work (or muddle) through to more fulfilling patterns.
Gains for Men in Women's Liberation
In liberated marriages and other male/female relationships, men lose their feelings of superiority, control, economic advantage, and the practical satisfactions of a servant-satellite relationship. In growth groups, men should discover what they can gain as well. Deeper companionship is one. There's a mutuality based on equality that can't be present in any up/down relationship. A wife has more to give because she feels more adequate and has a richer life. There is less mutual manipulating which creates I-it feelings between people. Inequality breeds manipulation -- overt domination by the husband; sneaky, "feminine" controlling by the wife. Increased sexual pleasuring is another gain for both men and women. A woman who feels worthwhile and free to enjoy being a woman is great in bed! Contrast this with the "frozen anger"7 of women who feel chronically inferior
Another gain for a man is knowing that he is involved in the fulfillment, rather than the exploitation, of another human being. Still another benefit may be a fuller sharing by the wife of responsibility for family support. As a group member put it: "Maybe fewer of us men will kick off at forty with heart attacks and booze, when we let our wives carry more of the load." Freedom to feel the rich range of human emotions, with no off-limits categories labeled "unmasculine" is another gain. Those of us who were taught in our early years that "little boys don't cry" ( or feel tenderness, or admit needing others, etc. ) have a new chance to enrich our inner lives. The freedom to be, for women, and the freedom to feel, for men, are two sides of a liberated relationship. Greater closeness to children is another gain. One couple renegotiated and actually rewrote their marriage contract, dividing rights and duties evenly, including caring for their small daughter. After several months under the new agreement, she said to her father one day, "You know, Daddy, I used to love Mommy more than you, but now I love you both the same."8
Liberation Awareness Exercises
Here are some of the group methods we have used to stimulate awareness of liberation issues. At a one-day intimacy workshop focused on changing roles, (for about 60 couples), my wife and I began by dialoguing on the emerging shapes of marriage (including ours) and the new possibilities for conflict and intimacy therein. Then, volunteers from the audience role-played a mid-years marriage involved in head-on collision between the wife's intense desire to complete her college course and the husband's equally intense desire for them to go for a business and pleasure fling in Las Vegas (during her examination week). This role-playing took workshop participants to the feelings-attitudes level of changing roles almost immediately. The debriefing, in small groups, was intense and personal.
The following exercise awakens awareness of liberation issues by heightening polarization:9
Fishbowl technique -- Men sit in the center and discuss how they really feel about women drivers (doctors, clergy, lib-ers, etc.). Then the women, who have observed from an outer circle, report on what they heard. Following this, women sit in the middle circle and discuss ways they feel put-down in a male-oriented society, after which the men report and interaction continues in a single circle.
The Stakes are High
A revolution in human relations is like an earthquake -- it shakes everything; even strong structures feel the effects and shaky ones collapse. The stakes are very high. A research psychologist10 reports that a major concentration of mental health problems in our country is among women between thirty-five and sixty -- women with unused capacities, victims of purposelessness. Statistics on divorce, swinging (spouse-swapping), multiple sex, Kinsey's revelations on rates of infidelity -- not to mention the plethora of dull, lifeless, and grim marriages -- all point to the fact that run-of-the-mill monogamy is not flourishing. Only an "intensified monogamy," a more total relationship, more "marital spice" and space, and more lusty enjoyment of sex can make monogamy a viable, fulfilling pattern for women and men. Marriages growing toward liberation, toward Adult-to-Adult relationships, can achieve this kind of depth intimacy.
Henrik Ibsen has an interchange in his play, A Doll's House (written in 1879), which states pointedly the central issue in women's liberation:
Helmer: Before all else you are a wife and a mother.
Nora: That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being just as you are -- or at least that I should try to become one.11
Additional Reading -- Liberation Groups
Bird, Caroline, Born Female -- Source Book for the Women's Lib Movement. New York: McKay, 1970.
Callahan, Sidney C., The Illusion of Eve, Modern Women's Quest for Identity. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1965.
Cooke, Joanne, Bunch-Weeks, Charlotte, and Morgan, Robin, Eds. The New Woman. Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications, 1969.
Doely, Sarah B., Women's Liberation and the Church. New York: Association Press, 1970.
Stambler, Sookie, Compiler. Women's Liberation, Blueprint for the Future. New York: Ace books, 1970.
1. From a statement made in declaring a "protective" female employment law discriminatory and unconstitutional. Los Angeles Times, Part I, p. 3.
2. J. Cooke, C. Bunch-Weeks, R. Morgan, Eds., The New Woman, A Motive Anthology, p. 16.
3. Lecture, N.Y.C. Conference on Values in Psychotherapy, November, 1969.
4. Diane Monk, "Defining the New Feminists," Los Angeles Times, January 4, 1970, Sec. I, p. 17.
5. Eric Berne observed that girls are taught to use their Child side to hook the Parent side of males. Thus Parent/Child manipulations tend to dominate many marriages. By subordinating women, our society forces them to use their Child side to get what they want and need. A woman's inner Parent is activated in rearing her children and pampering or nagging her husband. When children leave home, she is reduced to Child/Parent and Parent/Child interaction with her husband, which cannot give her (or him) the human fulfillment they need.
6. Joanne Cooke, et al., The New Women, p. 190.
7. My wife has observed that the term "frigidity" often refers to this frozen anger.
8. Alix Shulman, "A Marriage Agreement," Women's Liberation, A Blueprint for the Future (New York: Ace Books, 1970), p. 217.
9. For an exercise involving a questionnnaire which elicits basic male/ female attitudinal barriers, see Pfeiffer and Jones, A Handbook of Structured Experience for Human Relations Training (Iowa City: University Associates Press, 1971), Vol. III, p. 73.
10. Personal communication, Douglas H. Heath, Psychology Department, Haverford College.
11. From the Introduction to The New Women.
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5th Dieron Regulars
Fifth Dieron Regulars
Nickname unknown
Parent Formation Dieron Regulars
1 Unit Description
2.1 Formation
2.2 First Succession War
2.2.1 Invasion of Towne
2.3 Second Succession War
Unit Description[edit]
The Fifth Dieron Regulars was a twenty-eighth century Draconis Combine BattleMech regiment.[1]
Formation[edit]
The Fifth Dieron Regulars can claim a heritage that goes back to the Alliance of Galedon and an equally ancient proto-state: the Dieron Federation. One of many twenty-fourth century proto-states in the region of space that in later centuries became known as the Draconis Combine, the Dieron Federation was persuaded to become a part of the Alliance of Galedon in 2310 by Shiro Kurita. As a part of the Alliance, the worlds of the Dieron Federation were required to provide a tithe of people from their population to New Samarkand for military training and indoctrination, with the first draft consisting of some three thousand men and women.[1]
The Alliance's control over the Dieron Federation fluctuated in the early years, as many became aware that they had been duped by Shiro Kurita, and Shiro was required to put down rebellions on a number of worlds, something that he was quite willing to do, invading those systems that attempted to secede and executing their planetary leaders. Dieron broke free in 2316 when the newly-appointed Director-General of the Terran Hegemony began expanding Terran influence once more; enticed by the combination of gentle diplomacy and implicit military threat, Dieron joined the Hegemony, a foe that Shiro was unable to oppose through military strength at the time. Undaunted, Shiro laid the groundwork for reclaiming Dieron by keeping the services of the brigade of Dieron natives who remained steadfastly loyal to House Kurita in his armed forces and retaining the name of the Dieron Regulars as part of the implicit promise that Dieron would once again be a part of the Kuritan state.[1]
Active during the Star League era, five regiments of Dieron Regulars - including the Fifth - occupied a privileged place within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery. Portrayed in the Combine media as "exiles waiting for the change to go home", the Dieron Regulars spent their time divided between postings in the Benjamin Military District, moving back and forth between worlds in the interior of the District and worlds on the border with the Hegemony. Recruitment into the Dieron Regulars was weighted, with first priority given to Sun Zhang MechWarrior Academy or Dieron Warriors' Academy graduates descended from members of the original Dieron draft, second priority to other personnel who could claim a lineage back to that same draft, third priority to those recruited from worlds close to Dieron and finally those recruited from other worlds within the Benjamin Military District. As of 2765 all of the 'Mech regimental commanders within the Dieron Regulars were both Sun Zhang graduates and descendants of the Dieron draft. As with the other Dieron Regiments, the Fifth Dieron Regulars was the centerpiece of a brigade consisting of a 'Mech regiment, three medium armor regiments, three infantry regiments and up to four independent artillery regiments.[1]
First Succession War[edit]
Just prior to the war the unit was stationed on Biham.[1]
Invasion of Towne[edit]
In December of 2785, the 5th Dieron Regulars led a task force of seven infantry and Aerospace regiments which mounted invasion of recently claimed Terran Hegemony world of Towne. The planet was garrisoned by the 56th Avalon Hussars and it was supported by the 123rd Aero Interceptor Wing. The Regulars' invasion slowly overwhelmed the Davion forces, whom were inter-service rivals didn't quite coordinate their efforts to repulse the invasion. Davions had pleaded for assistance as Regulars overwhelmed them, but bureaucracy FedSuns delayed reinforcements long enough for Regulars and its support forces to conquer the planet for the Draconis Combine. The conquest became known as "The Towne Debacle", and triggered a re-organization of House Davion's military.[2]
Second Succession War[edit]
On the 2nd of August 2834 the DCMS launched Operation MOONLIGHT SONATA, a large-scale offensive against the Federated Suns. Attacks were launched against a series of worlds, with Listowel invaded by the Fifth Dieron Regulars in March 2835, facing the defending Forty-first Avalon Hussars. The two commands launched a dangerous series of attacks and counter-attacks against each other throughout the Duchesne Mountains, until an ambush at Drakman Peak turned the tables in favor of the Hussars, letting them play the cat to the Regulars' mouse. In late July, the Regulars withdrew, leaving Listowel to the Hussars. Drakman Peak was subsequently renamed Deliverance Peak.[3]
Commanding Officers of the 5th Dieron Regulars
During the Star League era the Dieron Regulars battalions were frequently guests of the various planetary governors of worlds close to the border between the Hegemony and the Combine, and all of the senior staff were thoroughly trained in both diplomacy and protocol.[1]
During the Star League era the Fifth was considered to be a well-trained military force, but the Fifth's command staff had a tendency to waste their infantry and armor forces on feints or security missions.[1]
Fifth Dieron Regulars (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[1]
BattleMech regiment
Three medium armor regiments
Three infantry regiments
Up to four independent artillery regiments
Note: At this point in time the Regulars were stationed on Biham.[1]
- At this point in time the Fifth was a medium-weight regiment operating at full strength and was stationed on Biham.[4]
- At this point in time the Fifth was a medium-weight regiment and had been reduced to just barely more than a third of full strength. The Fifth was stationed on Proserpina.[4]
5th Dieron Regulars (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) [5]
Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Al Na'ir with an operational readiness of 74 percent. [5] The unit was destroyed during the war.[5]
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Field Report 2765: DCMS, p. 11
↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 60 "The Towne Debacle" - The 5th Dieron Regulars and support forces conquer Towne in 2785.
↑ Second Succession War, p. 44, "In the Manner of a Fantasy"
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 First Succession War, p. 137, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS)"
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 ’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 97
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Categorical measurement caveats
Effects of categorical measurement
Decrease statistical power and increase sample size
Categorical variables are very prevalent in medicine. Measures like presence of comorbidities, mortality, and test results are categorical in nature. Here are some general caveats associated with categorical measurement and sample size:
1. Categorical outcomes will always DECREASE statistical power and INCREASE the needed sample size. This is due to the lack of precision and accuracy in categorical measurement.
2. The underlying algebra associated with calculating 95% confidence intervals of odds ratios and relative risk is 100% dependent upon the sample size. With smaller sample sizes, by default, wider and less precise 95% confidence intervals will be found. If one of the cells of a cross-tabulation table has fewer observations that the other cells, then the 95% confidence interval will be wider and potentially not truly interpretable. A 95% confidence interval will become narrower or more precise only with larger sample sizes.
3. When using categorical variables for diagnostic testing purposes, larger samples sizes will be needed to calculate precise measures of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV). With smaller sample sizes in diagnostic studies, a change in one or two observations can have drastic effects on the diagnostic values.
This is especially true when there is a subjective rating used for purposes of diagnosing someone as "positive" or "negative" for a given disease state (radiologist reading an X-ray). Inter-rater reliability coefficients such as Kappa or ICC should be employed to ensure consistency and reliability among subsequent ratings and raters. Sensitivity, specificity, and PPV will be affected by inter-rater reliability. Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) curves can be used to find a given value where sensitivity and specificity of a test is maximized. ROC curves can also be used to compare the area under the curve (AUC) between several diagnostic tests at the same time so that the best can be chosen.
4. For each predictor categorical parameter (or variable) that you want to include in a multivariate model, you have to increase your sample size by at least 20-40 observations of the outcome. This due to the limited precision, accuracy, and statistical power associated with categorical measurement. Researchers HAVE to collect more observations in order to detect any potential significant multivariate associations.
In the case that a polychotomous variable is to be used in a model, create (a-1), where a is the number of categories, dichotomous variables with "0" as not being that category and "1" as being that category. For each level, 20-40 more observations of the outcome will be needed to have enough statistical power to detect differences amongst the multiple groups.
Prospective cohort designs provide measures of risk and incidence
Prospective cohort designs are needed in the literature
They yield the highest level of observational evidence
By far, the prospective cohort design is the most powerful observational design. The design can yield a measure of incidence (number of new cases in a population), longitudinal effects (etiology and disease progression), and the potential for decreased observation bias (more control on study design and data collection).
Retrospective cohort designs can yield some measures of incidence in patient populations. However, researchers are limited to the variables that have been collected in an objective fashion within homogeneous populations. Incidence is a much more valid measure when generated using a prospective cohort design. Researchers choose in an a priori fashion exactly what variables will be collected in the measured.
Incidence is a much more precise measure of association versus prevalence. Prospective and experimental designs can yield measures of incidence and establish the relative risk of developing an outcome. Researchers and clinicians also have a better understanding of incidence and relative risk versus prevalence and odds ratios.
Longitudinal data is data collected over an extended period of time. Longitudinal data is necessary for understanding the etiology and progression of disease states. Survival and time-to-event analyses produce popular measures in medicine such as 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival and recurrence. The primary issue with collecting longitudinal data is attrition and loss to follow-up with the prospective sample. As participants fall out of the study or are lost, the validity of the data greatly decreases.
Again, it is important to state that prospective designs give more control to researchers in regards to what data is collected. Every variable that you find pertinent for establishing causal effects between predictor and outcome variables, when controlling for all important demographic, prognostic, clinical, and confounding variables, can be chosen and collected. Observational biases associated with retrospective research do not apply with these studies because you can collect all of the data on all the variables that you chose, given that there is a theoretical, conceptual, or physiological reason for doing so.
Parametric vs. non-parametric statistics
Parametric statistics are more powerful statistics
Non-parametric statistics are used with categorical and ordinal outcomes
As we continue our journey to break through the barriers associated with statistical lexicons, here is another dichotomy of popular statistical terms that are spoken commonly but not always understood by everyone.
Parametric statistics are used to assess differences and effects for continuous outcomes. These statistical tests include one-sample t-tests, independent samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA, repeated-measures ANOVA, ANCOVA, factorial ANOVA, multiple regression, MANOVA, and MANCOVA.
Non-parametric statistics are used to assess differences and effects for:
1. Ordinal outcomes - One-sample median tests, Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon, Kruskal-Wallis, Friedman's ANOVA, Proportional odds regression
2. Categorical outcomes - Chi-square, Chi-square Goodness-of-fit, odds ratio, relative risk, McNemar's, Cochran's Q, Kaplan-Meier, log-rank test, Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel, Cox regression, logistic regression, multinomial logistic regression
3. Small sample sizes (n < 30) - Smaller sample sizes make it harder to meet the statistical assumptions associated with parametric statistics. Non-parametric statistics can generate valid statistical inferences in these situations.
4. Violations of statistical assumptions for parametric tests - Normality, Homogeneity of variance, Normality of difference scores
95% confidence intervals
Precision and consistency of treatment effects
95% confidence intervals are dependent upon sample size
If there is ANY statistical calculation that holds true value for researchers and clinicians on a day-to-day basis, it is the 95% confidence interval wrapped around the findings of inferential analyses. Statistics is not an exact mathematical science as far as other exact mathematical sciences go, measurement error is inherent when attempting to measure for anything related to human beings, and FEW tried and true causal effects have been proven scientifically. Statistics' strength as a mathematical science is in its ability to build confidence intervals around findings to put them into a relative context.
Also, 95% confidence intervals act as the primary inference associated with unadjusted odds ratios, relative risk, hazard ratios, and adjusted odds ratios. If the confidence interval crosses over 1.0, there is a non-significant effect. Wide 95% confidence intervals are indicative of small sample sizes and lead to decreased precision of the effect. Constricted or narrow 95% confidence intervals reflect increased precision and consistency of a treatment effect.
In essence, p-values should not be what people get excited about when it comes to statistical analyses. The interpretation of your findings within the context of the subsequent population means, odds, risk, hazard, and 95% confidence intervals IS the real "meat" of applied statistics.
Chi-square p-values are not enough
Chi-square p-value
Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval should be reported and interpreted
Most people that need statistics are focused only on the almighty p-value of less than .05. When running Chi-square analyses between a dichotomous categorical predictor and a dichotomous categorical outcome, p-values are not the primary inference that should be interpreted for practical purposes. The lack of precision and accuracy in categorical measures coupled with sampling error makes the p-values yielded from Chi-square analyses virtually worthless in the applied sense.
The correct statistic to run is an unadjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval. This is the best measure for interpreting the magnitude of the association between two dichotomous categorical variables collected in a retrospective fashion. Relative risk can be calculated when the association is assessed in a prospective fashion.
The width of the 95% confidence interval and it crossing over 1.0 dictate the significance and precision of the association between the variables. With smaller sample sizes, the 95% confidence interval will be wider and less precise. Larger sample sizes will yield more precise effects.
Statistical Designs
Research questions lead to choice of statistical design
Differences between-subjects and within-subjects designs
There are terms in statistics that many people do not understand from a practical standpoint. I'm a biostatistical scientist and it took me YEARS to wrap my head around some fundamental aspects of statistical reasoning, much less the lexicon. I would hypothesize that 90% of the statistics reported in the empirical literature as a whole fall between two different categories of statistics, between-subjects and within-subjects. Here is a basic breakdown of the differences in these types of statistical tests:
1. Between-subjects - When you are comparing independent groups on a categorical, ordinal, or continuous outcome variable, you are conducting between-subjects analyses. The "between-" denotes the differences between mutually exclusive groups or levels of a categorical predictor variable. Chi-square, Mann-Whitney U, independent-samples t-tests, odds ratio, Kruskal-Wallis, and one-way ANOVA are all considered between-subjects analyses because of the comparison of independent groups.
2. Within-subjects - When you are comparing THE SAME GROUP on a categorical, ordinal, or continuous outcome ACROSS TIME OR WITHIN THE SAME OBJECT OF MEASUREMENT MULTIPLE TIMES, then you are conducting within-subjects analyses. The "within-" relates to the differences within the same object of measurement across multiple observations, time, or literally, "within-subjects." Chi-square Goodness-of-fit, Wilcoxon, repeated-measures t-tests, relative risk, Friedman's ANOVA, and repeated-measures ANOVA are within-subjects analyses because the same group or cohort of individuals is measured at several different time-points or observations.
Prevalence vs. Incidence
Prevalence and incidence used correctly
Difference in important epidemiological measures
The terms prevalence and incidence are often used interchangeably. However, they are extremely different in their utility and interpretability within epidemiology.
Prevalence is the proportion of cases or disease states that exist in a population at any given time. Prevalence is established using cross-sectional research designs. Measures of prevalence can be used to generate odds ratios for outcomes occurring given an exposure or non-exposure. It is calculated when data is collected in a retrospective fashion.
Incidence is the number of new cases or disease states that occur in a population. Incidence is established in cohort designs. Measures of incidence are used to establish the relative risk of an outcome given treatment or no treatment. It is calculated when data is collected in a prospective fashion.
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5 Things To Know About Sakshi Malik, Starring In New Song ‘Veham’ Opposite Asim Riaz
by Tanvi Akhauri
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Transport / Few answers in parliament on ferries as MSPs press minister for updates
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THE SCOTTISH Government’s “chaotic and embarrassing mismanagement” of ferry services was raised in parliament on Thursday as MSPs sought updates on the Northern Isles ferry contract.
Islands minister Paul Wheelhouse reaffirmed in the chamber that there was little he could say at the moment about CalMac Ferries’ ongoing legal action launched against the government after rival bidder Serco was picked for the next Northern Isles ferry contract, which is now due to start in early 2020.
He did, however, say the government “regrets” that legal action is being taken by CalMac, which is owned by Scottish ministers.
The issue of ferries was first raised by Conservative list MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Jamie Halcro Johnston.
CalMac and current operator Serco were the two bidders in the running for the £345 million contract, but the former claimed it offered the best price before launching legal action.
Halcro Johnston asked for an update on the legal process, with Wheelhouse responding: “Scottish ministers are limited in what can be said at this stage of legal proceedings in order not to prejudice the outcome of those proceedings.
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“Arrangements are being made to extend the current contract so that the services operate as normal throughout the period, which will ensure that communities, passengers and businesses who rely on the services and the staff who work on them will not be affected during the proceedings.
“Furthermore, the proceedings do not affect our commitment to fare reductions on the Aberdeen, Kirkwall and Lerwick routes from January 2020, which will proceed as promised.”
Halcro Johnston then pointed to the delay in rolling out reduced fares on all routes across the Northern Isles, while he criticised the government over its funding of inter-island ferries in Shetland and Orkney – saying the “Scottish Government’s mismanagement of Scotland’s ferry services has been chaotic and embarrassing”.
Wheelhouse, however, pointed to a 97 per cent satisfaction rating for ferry services connecting Shetland and Orkney with Aberdeen.
He added that the government is in “positive dialogue” with the Shetland and Orkney councils about the fair funding of internal ferries for 2020/21.
“The figures that they have supplied to us have been fed into the budget process—which has, of course, been delayed by Jamie Halcro Johnston’s Conservative Party’s government delaying its budget statement, potentially until as late as March,” Wheelhouse said.
Orkney’s Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur, meanwhile, said the fact that the government had been faced with legal action from its own ferry company was a “remarkable spectacle”.
He asked whether calculations had been made for the likely cost to CalMac Ferries and the government of the legal action.
“We regret that legal action is being taken, but we also recognise that CalMac operates at arm’s length from the government and that it has the right to legal challenge of the government about a commercial tender exercise,” Wheelhouse said.
“Obviously, we hope that the process can go forward as quickly as possible at minimal cost to CalMac and the Scottish Government.”
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Copyright Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; Photo Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf
In between between, 2012 - 2013
12 frames, wood, gold leaf
Please respect what breaks when spoken, 2013
20 x 44 x 2.5 cm
Marie, 2013
Copyright Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; Photo Ph. De Gobert, Brussels
Now and then, 2013
Chalk on canvas
Scars, 2013
11 double-sided printed paper partially gilded with gold leaf
Matrilineal, 2005
Glass, 5 globes
La dimension du miroir, 2012
Antique painting, mirror and wood
All around, 2013
Varnish on wall
Upon a time #1, #2, #3, 2013
Blue stone, bronze
Untitled (Fountain), 2013
From where to come, 2013
Olive wood, glass
Pupil's mask, 2013
Locally devarnished antique painting
Untitled (Golden Shadow #1), 2013
Burnt wood and gold leaf
120 x 90 x 2.5 cm
Untitled (Golden Shadow #2.1), 2013
Debarked, 2012
Marble through, 2013
Vanishing point of view, 2011
Engraved wood, backrest board
Relic from the burning bush, 2013
Burnt wood with colophone
The mask of your image, 2013
“What breaks when spoken” is the second exhibition of Belgian artist Fabrice Samyn (born1981). In his new work Samyn again poses metaphysical questions to which the answers are sought through his conceptual art. Issues associated with the problem of representation are at the focus of interest to the artist, as much through references to Christian history as to Eastern philosophy.
His works form a visual oxymoron as an attempt to overcome the dualism of the language we use to describe transcendence. Operating with paradoxes leads the artist towards the situation in which, while creating the work, he waives the presence of art in the strict sense. By avoiding a univocal focus on the object itself he summons a kind of s a c r u m. The act of balancing on the border between the visible and the hidden, between the present and the non-present, between the created and that what remains in the non-being, aims at triggering an inner space of perception which follows an ungraspable dimension of the object. The idea of the impossibility of representation forms the key to understanding the exhibition. The situation of deceptive emptiness created by Samyn affects several aspects of artistic creation: Gesture, real presence of the artwork, and hiding the literalness of symbols.
“In Between, between” consists of 12 empty frames that were painted on their reverses with different colours of the sky. The transition of colours illustrates the timing and the appearance of objects from invisibility, which is made possible by light. To him, the interdependency of light and shadow, for what they come to reveal, is of great interest. It is remarkable that the ornate sides of the frames, which are covered with gold, are turned towards the wall. Unexpectedly, we find ourselves on the other side of d e c o r u m, on the side of the image in its essence. Gold as a symbol of holiness or wealth manifests itself as a delicate reflection on the wall. The reflection of light is as described in Plato’s allegory of the cave, because the i d e a belongs to another world, an inner one, on the side of the viewer. On the semiological level, this representation is in a sense a “mise en abyme”, as an image that includes itself in itself. The sky here frames the emptiness that surrounds itself with infinity. Emptiness as a concept is essential to Buddhism.
From the series “Upon Time” the three plinths made of stone, without the monuments for which they were created. Only the traces of washed down oxide visible on the stone prove that once there were sculptures on the pedestals. What is actually present on the pedestal is a thin plate of bronze as a minimalistic reappropriation of the connection between sculptures and pedestals. And again there appears the problem of the impossibility of representation, and the question of what a work of art really leaves behind. It turns out that what we see is only completion of time and reminiscence of the once existing monument… In the postcard series “All” the transfer of meaning towards a metaphysical level and the withdrawal of context become especially clear. A particular word is extracted from a sentence, which is part of natural language, and surrounded by gold surface. Like some kind of quotation mark, it lends universal significance to this word. The gold, alluding to medieval symbolism as a sign of eternal light, sacralises the profane “time and space related object” of the postcard.
The dispute between iconoclasts and iconophiles is again the background to the next work by Samyn, “Golden Shadow”. It revolves around the issue of representation of the s a c r u m. The three stretchers, burnt and gilded on the inside, resisted destruction, while the light reflection symbolising the s a c r u m falls onto the wall. The representation is possible after all, but not in the literal way. It is a paradox that the resulting effects of the strictly opposing viewpoints should allow to draw this conclusion. Operating with conflicting terms, and thus crafting a perceptual oxymoron, has found its strongest expression in the sculpture “From the Olive Tree Garden”. The gold-plated traces of worms (called Typographers) turn into the stigmata of an olive tree, enclosing the beauty of mortality and eternity at the same time. The worms’ peculiar traces are reminiscent of a kind of alphabet. This leads towards the realisation of the fact that neither literalness nor distinctness can provide answers, and that any representation of the absolute is impossible. Just as in the painting “Blind spot”, the aim is not a representation of a specific character, but more an ungraspable presence. As in other portraits, space and time are indefinable. There is no necessity to name them. On a marble slab there is the engraved inscription “Please respect what breaks when spoken”. What is alluded to is silence. But silence was not explicitly mentioned, and not directly demanded, because false immediacy often veils the universal essence of things.
The mask of your image
Relic from the burning bush
Vanishing point of view
Marble through
Debarked
Untitled (Golden Shadow #2.1)
Untitled (Golden Shadow #1)
Pupil's mask
From where to come
Untitled (Fountain)
Upon a time #1, #2, #3
La dimension du miroir
Matrilineal
In between between
Please respect what breaks when spoken
Previous Exhibition
Third man argument
Apr 12th – Jun 8th, 2013
For general inquiries please contact Daniel Müller
daniel@sieshoeke.com
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Boost My Business
Business 2020: Banks grapple with implications of crises new and old
Updated / Wednesday, 30 Dec 2020 06:00
Traditional banks faced fresh threats as new, more tech-focused entrants began to take more market share
By Adam Maguire
Business Journalist
As 2020 draws to a close, RTÉ News takes a look at seven ways in which the Irish and global economy was changed fundamentally this year.
The ghosts of economic crises past continued to haunt Ireland's banks this year - all while they juggled with the implications of a new one.
The tracker mortgage scandal continued to trundle towards a conclusion in 2020, with some banks starting the year by setting aside more money to deal with inevitable fines from the Central Bank.
And those fines would continue to come in - though not before another significant challenge hit the sector.
With the Government locking down the country in March, many jobs effectively ceased to exist - albeit temporarily - raising the spectre of fresh mortgage arrears building, even while many of those from the financial crisis remained.
In order to avoid that, banks agreed to make loan payment breaks available to customers - giving them the option of pausing their mortgage without it impacting their credit worthiness.
At first the breaks were for three months - reflecting perhaps the feeling at the time that Covid-19 would be no more than a short-term irritation. That was later extended to six months, but banks resisted calls to go even further - saying, instead, that they would deal with the need for further leeway on a case-by-case basis.
At the same time banks set aside millions to prepare for a downturn in new loan applications, as well as any potential souring in existing lending.
They were also forced to grapple with a rapidly changing market, with the sudden shift towards card and contactless payments, as well as online spending, having significant implications for lenders here.
The future of the bank branch also came into focus once again, with some opting to reduce their physical footprint further.
Others announced cut-backs of their own, though they assured customers that the changes were largely being made behind the scenes, with customer-facing operations mostly remaining unchanged.
But perhaps the most significant trend to gather pace in 2020 was the adoption of digital alternatives like Revolut and N26, which offered customers an easier way to manage their money.
Revolut passed the one million user threshold in Ireland earlier this year and while it does not yet offer a full suite of products, including loans, traditional banks are sure to be concerned at the fact that more and more of people's walking around money - and day-to-day spend - is going through its coffers rather than theirs.
But as limited as these digital offerings currently are, it can only be good news for Irish consumers to have as many banking options as possible available to them.
That will include KBC Bank, after the Dutch lender decided to stick with the Irish market following a review.
It is not yet clear, however, whether the future of Irish banking will also include Ulster Bank - as its parent company NatWest continues to review it plans for its Republic of Ireland business.
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Why a Fast Start Makes You Suffer
How quickly you ramp up oxygen use determines how tired your muscles get.
By alex hutchinson
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When you’re starting on the start line, your muscles aren’t burning much energy. Then the gun fires, and suddenly they’re burning a whole lot.
Your heart, lungs, and muscles respond—but they can’t ramp up to full capacity instantly. It takes two or three minutes for the heart and lungs to speed up, blood vessels to dilate, and perhaps most importantly, for the oxygen-processing enzymes in the muscles themselves to get fully activated.
In the meantime, you’re running on borrowed energy, powering your muscles with quick but unsustainable anaerobic metabolism, which produces byproducts that ultimately lead to muscle fatigue. So the faster you can ramp up to full aerobic energy production, the better.
Interestingly, that ramp-up rate, known as oxygen uptake kinetics (which I’ve written about previously, such as here and here), varies from person to person. In a bit of tragic irony, middle-distance runners, whose fast race starts incur the greatest oxygen deficits, tend to have relatively slow oxygen kinetics. That may be because middle-distance runners need to have exceptional anaerobic capacities, so their bodies have learned to rely more on anaerobic energy.
Marathoners, in contrast, are aerobic monsters with lightning-quick kinetics, even though their more leisurely starting pace means they don’t really need it. Marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe, for example, was reportedly able to reach an aerobic steady state within about 35 seconds when going from rest to running at 6:00 per mile pace, which is an extremely rapid transformation.
In theory, then, runners (and other endurance athletes) who have quick oxygen kinetics should experience less muscle fatigue than those with slower oxygen kinetics if they both start out at a similar effort. In practice, though, that idea had never been tested—so that’s what Guillaume Millet and his colleagues at the University of Calgary did in a new study that appears in the European Journal of Applied Physiology.
They took 10 subjects, and first tested their oxygen kinetics, by measuring how quickly oxygen uptake increased when going from a standstill to a relatively rapid pace on an exercise bike. Then they had the subjects do a very hard six-minute cycling trial, and tested their muscle function before and after using various techniques (maximal efforts, electrical stimulation).
One of the key advances in the study was the use of a specially built exercise bike that allowed the subjects to pedal as normal, but could also have the pedals instantly locked into position for maximal strength tests. In studies of this kind, it usually takes a minute or two to transfer the exhausted subject from the bike to the force-measuring equipment—a gap that distorts the measurements of fatigue, since some forms of muscle fatigue begin recovering within seconds.
Anyway, the headline result was as expected: Subjects who had slower oxygen kinetics tended to also have greater muscle fatigue (i.e., greater loss of strength) after the six-minute cycling test, independent of their overall fitness levels or VO2 max. Presumably their slow aerobic kinetics forced them to go more anaerobic, which produced more nasty byproducts that produced muscle fatigue.
So what are these “byproducts” that cause fatigue? That’s still very much an open area of research. According to the paper, the two main candidates are inorganic phosphates, produced by the use of the instant-but-shortlived stores of phosphocreatine in the muscle; and protons, produced by the anaerobic breakdown of glucose.
The study can’t determine whether one or both of these byproducts dominated, but the particular pattern of fatigue observed suggests the result was a failure of “excitation-contraction coupling.” That means, in essence, that a given electrical signal from your brain isn’t producing as big a contraction in the muscle, thanks to changes at the nerve-muscle junction.
All of this, of course, raises the question of what you can do to improve your oxygen kinetics. There are two major things you can do.
One is to train. In one 2009 study from Andy Jones and his colleagues, two weeks of sprint intervals produced a big improvement in kinetics (e.g., 28 to 21 seconds for the time constant on one measure of kinetics), while steady efforts didn’t produce any changes. That makes intuitive sense: To ramp up more quickly, you should do some abrupt zero-to-max transitions in training. The study used four to seven all-out 30-second reps with four minutes rest.
The other thing you can do, on a more acute level, is warm up properly. You can get your blood vessels dilated and oxygen-processing enzymes activated by making sure your warm-up includes a priming effort that reaches threshold intensity or a little higher—and then, crucially, allowing enough time to ensure your anaerobic energy stores have recovered before the race. These days, for example, I like to do a couple of 45- to 60-second efforts at around 5K pace, finishing 10 minutes before a race starts.
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Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough; Mark a handsome investment banker with a bright future. They seem to have it all. But do they?
On a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, Mark takes Erin scuba diving. Everything is perfect. Until they find something in the water. Something that will change their lives forever.
Erin and Mark decide to keep their discovery a secret. No one else need know; they trust each other implicitly.
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Catherine Steadman is an actress and author based in London. She has appeared in leading roles on British and American television as well as on stage in the West End where she has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. She grew up in the New Forest, Hampshire, and now lives in North London with her husband and daughter.
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Good use of some wasted land, and Dalry and Fountainbridge area will benefit from student footfall
13h202
Moxy signage has been put up on their new building. Looks really nice IMO – not too in your face but still conveys the brand well. The office block is coming along nicely too. This was my first time wandering by Fountainbridge in a while and its incredible just how much work is going on here, even in the midst of our current situation. The area will be unrecognisable once vertical work starts on the sites by the canal!
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Quirinalian
ElectricityWon'tHurt said:
In that case I’d ask what it is you’d propose instead? There’s a housing shortage and we have to build more homes. This is firmly background stuff in terms of design but I’d position it in the tradition of mass produced flatted blocks that Scotland has been building for centuries - and as has been the case for centuries some compromises over quantity (and often quality) of private space might be made, but it can equally create densely populated, liveable neighbourhoods.
The Fountainbridge area is a very rare opportunity to build on a site of significant scale in the heart of the city - not only that, the canal provides a central feature and some unique opportunities.
We can look at the New Town, the Old Town, the West End - even the Victorian developments on the edges of the city centre. Compare and contrast with the proposed featureless blocks that make up most of the Fountainbridge plan.
If you want to make it solely about housing, that's one perspective. But this is really nothing to do with density, which can be accommodated in a far less depressing way - Leith Walk may not all have high quality building, but it is the most densely populated part of Scotland and managed to accommodate that without resorting to... well, this.
This part of the city could attract visitors and showcase modern Scotland near our World Heritage Site, becoming another major city district - but one that adds variety and difference. This will not. But it'd be daft to assume we're building for anything other than easy profit and temporary gap-filling: what's going up here will be unlikely to survive 50 years before being flattened. Let's hope they can do a bit better then.
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ElectricityWon'tHurt
Quirinalian said:
Again, no real evidence that any of these buildings are being poorly built - cheaply built perhaps in terms of material spec and "interesting features" but that doesn't automatically mean they'll be falling down in 50 years. Tenements were cheap mass produced housing and the ones that have been looked after haven't been knocked down.
Anyway, the site we were discussing isn't near the canal. It's next to the Western Approach Road. There is a site that's next to the canal, which arguably has had some more "interesting" proposals over the past 20 years but as yet none of them have come to fruition. I'm all for innovation and variety but someone has to stick their neck out and pay for it. Maybe that tells us as much about modern Scotland as your mythical new district.
The comparisons with Leith Walk are also unhelpful and misleading. "Leith Walk" covers a huge area of the city so of course it displays a greater variety of building types and qualities. To make it a fair comparison you'd have to consider this gap site in the context of the entire Fountainbridge district as well as Merchiston, Dalry, Shandon and Tollcross - suddenly this background development doesn't seem so monolithic.
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Pilrig Pilgrim
I recall a conversation with an elderly client in Bruntsfield back in the 1980s, who’s father was a stonemason working on the tenements in the late 19C. People complained of the monotony of stone wind tunnels that blocked out the sunlight.
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Latest from the Moda Springside site camera:
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Site update.
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Kenspeckle said:
As per ElectricityWon'tHurt's link above - ISA's newly submitted application is for 74 student flats replacing the consented 20-home development, with the previous commercial unit replaced with a reception & student amenity space. Minor changes to the elevation.
20/02976/FUL | Demolition of existing buildings and erection of student residential development with associated landscaping. | 7 Lower Gilmore Place Edinburgh
Recommended for approval. Decision due 25th November.
EdinburghArchiFan
So glad that officials are seeing sense and buildings flats for residents in the city centre.
I can't believe we'll get another student development in this area.
dadabouttown
What is the issue? I'd love someone to explain it.
The numbers of student flats built are still utterly dwarfed by the scale of non student housing built and being built in the immediate area - and indeed across the whole city.
It means less students in random rented tenement and other flats, freeing up space in the private rented sector for so called residents.
The greater density of purpose built student accommodation means you have many more students occupying the same building footprint that a private or social build would. It's a really efficient way for 'residents' not to have to live in the same stairwell as 000's of students if that is really important to you.
Students are by and large good tenants with near enough nil contribution to the crime rate and low anti-sociability, not least than when in purpose built accomodation.
Edinburgh is a student city with loads of Unis and colleges - and they're 'residents' as much as anyone else
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dadabouttown said:
As a student, I approve this message.
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I agree, assuming the planing dept, Unis and developers have data on the current and future student population and an eye on a saturation point. But a change is coming. Slowly but inevitably. The current pandemic has shown an alternative approach that is gaining traction around the world.
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Thinking pink.
I’ll bite, slightly.
I think students deserve to live in decent flats like the rest of us. Building flats that are fit for multiple types of residents is better long term planning, allowing for demographic and economic changes without needing to be physically changed.
The passed 12 months are the first in over 15yrs that I’ve not had student neighbours, I miss it. Learning to share space with others within a flat, within a tenement and within a community, is a good thing for all of us. I get that there’s an argument for accommodation specific to first years, although at 18 I wouldn’t have needed it.
Corralling any group is not good for anyone, in my opinion.
Bobbety was v. fine over Boofy's buggery bill.
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Roddy_
#695 • 2 mo ago (Edited)
New young offenders institute in Fountainbridge.
Vastint really need to have a word with themselves. Their 'architects' are clearly more used to the rarefied context of the highways, byways and approaches to airports than to dense city fabric. If one were to say it is better than Moxy at High St, Glasgow, it serves only to reaffirm from what a low base quality they're operating.
You guys got brick albeit horribly efflorescent.
I'll never forget the consultation in Glasgow where a young guy from Vastint (perhaps in his thirties), about my height but a bit of fitness fanatic (thick neck, pecs and guns) and Dutch sort of squared up to me when I told them how bad their proposal was. I think something must have been lost in translation as I was scrupulously polite about it. The planning consultant ,a local guy, who was alongside him at the consultation went a pale shade of green when he saw what was happening and apologised profusely. I can't imagine that 'Developer Beats up Local Objector' was the kind of publicity they were looking for that day. 🤣
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Yes Belle there is that. I'm not advocating purpose built accomodation for all or indeed most students. What a nightmare....for the students! Can't think of anything worse if I were a student. I think there's a balance to be struck as always and I suspect the amount of purpose built accomodation still only serves a large minority of students. Partly as there's finite demand for purpose built. I wouldn't be surprised if the rate of build drops in the rel near future.
Roddy_ said:
I actually 'quite' like it. Windows are a bit small but it's quite well mannered and kinda fits the slightly warehousy canalside feel of Fountainbridge
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Students are one of the remaining acceptable targets in society. If you were to complain about an area having too many elderly people, or poor people, or foreign people you would (rightly) be regarded as intolerant. But saying an area has too many students isn't just socially acceptable, it's backed up by government policy.
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That large minority is a third of the student population - 20,000 purpose built beds for a population of almost 60,000 students. Forecast:
and for those really interested, this is the last CEC summary
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Yeah that sounds plausible.
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Riksha | Five Stages of Numb | Zombie Shark Records
Local Review: Riksha – Five Stages of Numb
By Eric U. Norris
Local Music Reviews
Riksha
Five Stages of Numb
Zombie Shark Records
Street: 06.30
Riksha = Mudvayne + Zao
With guitars tuned down to near Djent levels and highly atmospheric, harmonious overtones to complement and contrast their otherwise abrasive counterparts of eccentric guitar riffs and breakdowns, Riksha have really come into their own since their inception seven years ago. As the third album under their belt, Five Stages of Numb doesn’t stray from their blend of thrash, prog and groove metal—sticking with their sound that, quite honestly, they do pretty well.
The intro track, “Departure Eminent,” has a creeping piano melody that crescendos with every repetition over the course of 77 seconds until the call-and-repeat guitar riffs of the title track take over to destroy everything in its path. The following tracks, “Shovel It” and “Skeleton Rain Dance” keep a similar sludgy pace, which trades blows for the more rapid “Banging Danger,” which is just seeping with pummeling riffs. The closing song, “Save Me,” is carried by these crawling atonal riffs with off-kilter drum patterns reminiscent of Lamb of God before a plethora of beatdown riffs take hold and are accompanied by an organ sound that could serve as the musical accompaniment for a silent horror film.
There’s an early 2000s metal vibe that goes with this album: jagged screams and growls and charging, groove-oriented, open-note riffs that switch to near orchestral melodies with the aid of clean vocal intonations. I will say the use of autotune gets a little too much for my taste, but compared to how much it’s been exploited by other artists, I’ll take a little over a lot any day. I will admit, after the first listen, I didn’t think too highly of Five Stages of Numb, thinking that I would just be listening to another metalcore album. While it has characteristics of said genre as well as other styles of metal, it had quite a few variations that make Riksha really stand out as their own entity. –Eric U. Norris
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Actor History
Wallace Kurth
February 3, 1987 to February 5, 1991; August 10, 2009 to Present
Justin Alexander Kiriakis (full name)
Salem D.A.
Former head legal counsel for Kiriakis Enterprises (including New York City and Dubai)
Formerly employed by a company in Dubai
Former co-owner of A.J. Construction
Former partner in Kiriakis/Deveraux Construction
Resides At
The Kiriakis Mansion
Formerly in Dubai
Formerly the Kiriakis mansion
Formerly the club in Salem
Formerly an apartment in Salem
Formerly Salem Inn
Formerly somewhere in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Formerly in Salem
Formerly in New York City
Formerly somewhere in Texas
Formerly various locations in Salem (including a penthouse and the Kiriakis Mansion)
Past Marriages
Adrienne Johnson [Married: April 2011; divorced 2015]
Adrienne Johnson [Married: 1990; divorced: 2010]
Alexander Kiriakis (father; deceased)
Christina Kiriakis (mother; deceased)
Yurgos Kiriakis (grandfather; deceased
Sophie Kiriakis (grandmother; deceased)
Victor Kiriakis (uncle)
Titus Kiriakis (uncle; deceased)
Isabella Toscano (cousin; deceased)
Bo Brady (cousin)
Philip Kiriakis (cousin)
Xander Cook (cousin)
Brady Black (first cousin once removed)
Shawn-Douglas Brady (first cousin once removed)
Chelsea Brady (first cousin once removed)
Zack Brady (first cousin once removed; deceased)
Ciara Brady (first cousin once removed)
Claire Brady (first cousin twice removed)
Tyler Kiriakis (first cousin once removed)
Tate Black (paternal cousin; twice removed)
Alexander Neil Kiriakis (son; with Anjelica)
Victor Kiriakis, II (son; twin; adopted)
Joseph Kiriakis (son; twin; adopted)
Jackson "Sonny" Kiriakis (son; with Adrienne)
Flings & Affairs
Anjelica Deveraux (lovers/engaged)
Elsa (lovers)
Eve Larson (kissed)
Crimes and Misdeeds
Tried to have Emilio Ramirez killed (1989)
Adultery - affair with Else while married to Adrienne (2015)
Brief Character History
Justin was Victor Kiriakis' nephew and came to Salem in 1987. Both of Justin's parents were dead, and he and Victor were the only family each other had. Justin enjoyed the high life, and the ladies, and had a brief fling with Angelica Deveraux when he first came to town. Justin soon met and fell in love with Adrienne Johnson. Adrienne was a poor girl, and Justin hid his identity from her because his uncle Victor was involved in a project Adrienne was against. Adrienne and Justin fell in love, but Victor, who didn't approve of their relationship told Adrienne that Justin was his nephew. Adrienne was hurt, but was still in love with Justin.
In 1987, Justin and Adrienne married in Greece, yet once they returned to Salem things became rocky. She hated his illegal ties with the Kiriakis business and that stress caused her to miscarry when she became pregnant with their child. Justin accused her of purposely losing their child and the two grew further apart. Eventually, Justin chose to make their marriage work and moved out of the Kiriakis Mansion - leaving behind is uncle as well as their illegal dealings. Unfortunately for the couple, when Victor was shot Justin returned to the mansion to oversee the Kiriakis Empire. Adrienne, however, didn't return with him. Justin turned to Angelica Deveraux when Adrienne rejected him, and she became pregnant with his child.
Adrienne began having an affair with the Kiriakis stable hand Emilio Ramirez. Justin was furious at this and arranged for Emilio to be killed in an accident, but Justin ended up getting caught in his own trap and was paralyzed. This accident caused Adrienne to return to Justin, and they made up. In time Justin regained the use of his legs, but was impotent as a result of the accident, leading to more tension between the couple. Angelica, now married to Neil Curtis, contemplated telling Justin he was the father of her son Alexander, but decided against it for the time being. Later Justin was almost killed when Emilio tried to get revenge on him by cutting the brakes in his car.
Eventually Justin and Adrienne learned that Angelica's son Alexander was his son, but they didn't split up. Justin and Adrienne moved out of the Kiriakis mansion when Justin learned that his uncle Victor was drugging him, causing his impotency. In an attempt to get back at his uncle Justin hired a hooker name Yvette DuPr�s to seduce his uncle and con him into believing she was a wealthy baroness. Victor eventually learned the truth and was furious with him. Angelica then moved in with Victor and planned to marry him knowing that it would kill Justin to have his son under Victor's roof. Justin refused to allow that happen and stopped the wedding. Justin then set Angelica up in a lavish penthouse apartment. Fearing she was losing Justin Adrienne, under the advice of Victor, allowed Justin to believe she was pregnant. When Angelica learned the truth and exposed Adrienne, both Justin and Adrienne agreed to get a divorce.
Soon the former spouses where in competition when both Adrienne and Justin decided to open construction companies. They also began dating again, which made Angelica angry. Angelica bribed one of Adrienne's men to blow up a building her company was working on. As a result, Adrienne became trapped in a pit. Justin managed to rescue Adrienne and he claimed that he was responsible for the blast. However, when Angelica knew she would be discovered sooner or later, she fled town. Angelica's plane crashed and she and little Alexander were presumed dead. In reality, they had boarded another flight. Justin and Adrienne grew closer because of the incident and Victor disowned him. Eventually they remarried on June 1, 1990.
Upon returning from their honeymoon, Justin and Adrienne took pity on Angelica's wacky housekeeper, J.J. Bagwood, and hired her as their own. Coincidentally, Justin and Adrienne were having problems conceiving, so when J.J. became pregnant she offered to give her twins to them. After the baby's births on September 19, 1990, their biological father, Stanley, came forward to claim them. Like their father, J.J. also had doubts about giving up the twins, but they soon realized that Justin and Adrienne could give them a better life. After handing over custody, both J.J. and Stanley left Salem. A short time later, Adrienne became pregnant and eventually gave birth to a health baby boy, Jackson. Needing a fresh start, they moved to Texas with their children and started the A.J. Construction Company. Before leaving Justin, Adrienne, and Victor all reconciled and Johnny Corelli reunited Justin with Alexander, the son who he believed had died.
Although never shown on-screen, Justin returned to Salem in 2007 with Adrienne and his sons. While she was busy helping her family deal with the fallout of her recently resurrected brother Steve's brainwashing, he tried to reestablish roots, but soon found it hard to readjust to life back in Salem. In January 2008, Justin accepted a job in Dubai and moved his entire family there.
In August of 2009, Justin, now a lawyer, returned to Salem (and this time he was seen on screen). Victor's godson, Dr. Daniel Jonas, had been falsely accused of attempted murder so Victor sent for his nephew to provide Daniel legal representation. Justin quickly returned from Dubai and got to work. His first victory on the case was when he thwarted Charles Woods, Salem's new D.A. Woods attempted to railroad Daniel, who had just gotten out on bail, and have him sent back to jail for a "violation," but Justin saved the day with his sharp skills.
Aside from the case, Justin was thrilled to see his family and friends in Salem. While catching up with Victor, Bo and Hope, he mentioned that Adrienne and his children were fine, although Jackson was the only one of their sons still living at home with them. Later, however, when Justin talked with Hope in private, he admitted that he and Adrienne were having marital problems. Part of their problems stemmed from them not adjusting well to the impending "Empty Nest Syndrome" once Jackson leaves home. Soon after, Justin received divorce papers from Adrianne.
Justin found comfort with Hope, who was also separated from Bo. However, she did not return his feelings. In March of 2010, Hope called Adrianne to Salem, under the false pretense that Justin was in trouble, in hopes that the two would reconcile. The two butted heads and once Adrienne realized that Justin had developed some feelings for Hope, Adrienne was furious. But, as Bo and Hope reconciled, Justin and Adrienne began growing closer as well. The two went to Vegas to get remarried in April of 2011 and returned to Salem to continue their life together.
Their son Jackson, now going by Sonny, returned to Salem in June of 2011. He wanted to return to Salem to tell the members of his extended family that he was gay. Justin and Adrienne had known for years, but Sonny wanted to tell Victor and the rest of the family. All of his relatives were supportive. Justin was happy for Sonny when Sonny and Will began dating.
Justin assumed a larger role with Titan, heading up their legal division. He garnered a reputation as a good lawyer outside of business as well. E.J. came to Justin with a job offer -- to help E.J. take over the legal aspects of the DiMera Empire. The two men orchestrated an unlikely take-over thanks to a share holder's meeting. Victor and Adrienne were concerned that this would make Justin one of Stefano's targets. But, Justin was confident in his work.
E.J. came to Justin for help again when Sami was arrested for shooting Detective Joe Bernardi. Sami told Justin the truth, that Bernardi was standing over Rafe with a razor when she shot Bernardi in the back before even seeing his face. But neither Sami nor E.J. told Justin that they knew Bernardi was a dirty cop. They didn't tell Justin because it would expose how they knew that Bernardi was dirty -- Sami went to Stefano and asked him to remove some incriminating evidence against Will. Stefano agreed and had Bernardi remove the evidence. Sami tried to get the evidence from Bernardi, even attacking him, but she was unsuccessful.
However, Chad video taped Sami attacking Bernardi, thinking that Sami was just humorously acting out. Chad shared the video with Sonny, who shared it with Adrienne. When E.J. learned about the video, he kept the news from Justin.
Adrienne did not like Will's family and did not like that by dating Will, Sonny was associated with them as well. Adrienne tried to get Sonny to change his mind about Will, but he told her that while he loved her, he was a grown man and could make his own decisions. Justin also warned Adrienne to stay out of Sonny's life. But, she was determined.
When Adrienne discovered the video on her phone, she first went to see Sonny. But, because she had worn Sonny out with her nagging before, he stopped the conversation before they got in an argument. Then Adrienne went to see Justin. But, when Adrienne saw that Justin was considering a job offer from E.J. they got into a huge fight and Justin left rather than continue to argue with Adrienne.
Feeling as though she was protecting Sonny, Adrienne took the video to the D.A. in exchange for immunity from any potential charges for herself and Sonny. The D.A. was thrilled and charged Sami with first degree murder. Justin was furious with Adrienne for going behind his back and not only meddling in Sonny's life, but in Justin's professional life as well. Justin moved out of the mansion and into the club for a while.
But Adrienne wasn't the only one Justin was angry at. Justin was ready to dropped Sami as a client since she had E.J. had lied to him. But, Will told Justin the truth -- how Sami was lying to protect him. Justin understood and kept Sami on as a client. He also asked Will and Sonny for $1 each so that their conversations would be protected by attorney client privilege. Justin proceeded on with Sami's defense.
When Sami was eventually exonerated, Justin and Adrienne worked their way back together. They proudly supported Sonny when he married Will. And eventually, Adrienne Sami and Adrienne learned to be civil with each other.
But Justin and Adrienne began having problems when Justin's job sent him to Dubai for an extended amount of time. To fill her time, Adrienne frequently spent time helping Will and Sonny with Arianna. In spending more time there, she also spent more time with Lucas. Adrienne and Lucas began developing feelings for each other. But they knew that they couldn't act on it.
In early 2015, Sonny was stabbed in the town square. Adrienne rushed to the hospital and stayed by Sonny's side. Justin finally returned to Salem to check on Sonny. Both Sonny and Adrienne told him how mad they were at his lack of communication while he was away.
Justin picked up on the tension between Lucas and Adrienne and confronted them about it. Adrienne told Justin that she'd felt alone and neglected. Justin apologized and offered to take Adrienne out on a date so they could start reconnecting. Adrienne was thrilled. But when Justin got up from the table, Adrienne saw some flirtatious texts from his coworker Elsa. She confronted him about them. Justin tried to explain that it was a joke and he refers to Elsa as his "work spouse" to appease her and keep her working on the account. Adrienne didn't buy it. She thought that Justin was having an affair.
It turned out that Justin was having an affair with Elsa. After admitting it, Adrienne filed for divorce. Justin turned his attention toward Sonny and tried to get Sonny to see that Will was not the right guy for him. Justin even had Mad World (a subsidiary of Titan) sing Paul Narita to a spokesperson contract, which kept Paul in Salem. Sorry warned Justin to stay out of his life.
Justin began a friendship with Eve Larson. He had drinks with her a few times. While they remained friends, Eve planted a kiss on him one night. The two immediatley knew kissing was a bad idea. In fact, Justin was still not over Adrienne. Soon, Adrienne and Justin began to date again.
When Abe Carver was appointed mayor, he asked Justin to take over the D.A. position. Justin agreed. His first case was the necktie killer. Justin believed Chad DiMera was the killer and pressured the Salem P.D. to arrest him. But, the police weren't so sure Chad was the right guy.
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Community and Public Works » Engineering » Pines Road/BNSF Grade Separation Project
Pines Road/BNSF Grade Separation Project
Pines Road is one of the region's key transportation corridors, carrying both private and commercial/industrial traffic from Trent Avenue (SR 290) across the Spokane River to I-90 and commercial areas south of the freeway.
On average, 60 BNSF Railway freight trains and two AMTRAK passenger trains travel through the Pines/BNSF Railway crossing each day, resulting in nearly 28,000 vehicle hours of delay each year. BNSF plans to add a second main track to the existing rail line, possibly as early as 2021. A second track will likely increase train traffic and vehicle delays.
In addition, about 35,000 vehicles pass through the adjacent Pines/Trent intersection, including freight trucks from Canada and northern Idaho.
Pines Road is also the primary access to nearly 230 acres of nearby undeveloped mixed-use, commercial and industrial land.
Proposed improvements
The Pines/BNSF Grade Separation Project will replace the existing at-grade BNSF crossing on Pines Road with an underpass, and redesign the adjacent signalized Pines/Trent intersection with a roundabout.
These improvements will:
Save nearly four hours per day of vehicle wait time (based on gate down time) at the Pines/BNSF crossing, improving traffic flow and the movement of workers and goods
Improve access to I-90 and key arterials in Spokane Valley
Increase safety by eliminating the risk of train/vehicle, train/school bus, and train/pedestrian collisions at the railway crossing
Add a parking lot and trailhead that will connect to Centennial Trail in coordination with Avista
Improve emergency access to Trent Elementary and the neighborhoods to the north
Add sidewalks and shared use paths for the safety of pedestrians, schoolchildren and bicyclists
Make adjacent neighborhoods quieter by eliminating the need for train horns at the crossing
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Completion of the Pines/BNSF Grade Separation Project will improve access to nearly 230 acres of undeveloped mixed-use, commercial, and industrial land, and help attract new businesses and jobs to the Spokane Valley economy. Over 25 years, the projected economic and tax impacts include:
$1.3 billion in total economic output in Spokane County ($686 million in direct spending),
8,719 new jobs supported in Spokane County (4,312 direct job impacts),
$8.2 million in new general fund taxes to Spokane Valley (25 years at 4 percent), and
$101.9 million in new general fund taxes to Washington State (25 years at 4 percent).
More information regarding the project's benefits are outlined in this ECOnorthwest Economic Benefits Study.
Project cost and funding
Total project cost, as of July 2020, is estimated to be about $29 million, based on construction starting in 2023. To date, the city has secured $9.75 million comprised of the following:
$4.7 million set aside by Spokane Valley to jump-start the project
$3.8 million Surface Transportation Block Grant
$1.25 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grant
BUILD grant application (2020)
BUILD support letters(2019)
CRISI grant application (2018)
Support letters for CRISI and BUILD grants (2018)
FASTLANE II grant application - Pines/BNSF Project (FY 2017)
FASTLANE II support letters (2017)
BTV - Local Agency Environmental Classification Summary
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Pan-African Psychologies
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Authors: Diop, Ismahan Soukeyna
Considers how common archetypes in fairy tales and cultural mythology influence and reflect social roles
Examines the aspects of the calabash as symbolic of the woman, the womb, and power
Combines description of African fairy tales and those of other cultures to find common themes and messages
This book explores feminine archetypes and mythological figures in African and European traditions with an underlying goal of describing the foundations of social status for women. The author provides a rich corpus of mythology and tales to illustrate aspects of female and mother-daughter relationships. Diop analyzes the symbolic aspects of maternity and femininity, describing the social meaning of the matrix, breasts, and breastfeeding. A retrospective of female characters in African literature brings an interesting approach to explore the figures of femininity and maternity in society. After an extensive analysis of African mythology and tales, the author proposes a way to integrate them in the clinical psychotherapy as a projective material. The analysis of clinical cases offers an example of how this material can be used in therapy with women from African descent.
Ismahan Soukeyna Diop, PhD, is a teacher-researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University. She has worked and written on the topic of women, femininity, and maternity. Her research and practice are focused on the integration of tales in psychotherapy.
Diop, Ismahan Soukeyna
Feminine Figures in African Mythology
Symbolic References to the Feminine Body
Correspondences with Tales from Europe and Middle East
Impact on Women’s Social Status
Women in the Contemporary African Literature
Clinical Representation of Femininity and Maternity in the Mother–Daughter Relationship: Analysis of Clinical Cases
Ismahan Soukeyna Diop
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Cross Cultural Psychology
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St Mary's University strike National One partnership
by The TRU Team Monday 23 July 2018
St Mary's will be hoping to benefit from their link with Old Elthamians
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St Mary’s University and National One club Old Elthamians have announced a partnership which aims to deliver co-ordinated educational and rugby union opportunities to students and the club’s players.
The five-year agreement between the University and OEs, who finished sixth last year in their maiden season in National One, begins with immediate effect and will see both parties strive to give students development opportunities and Old Elthamians players access to higher education.
The partnership will work to identify and attract talented young rugby union players from across the country to the North Kent club’s Academy which will allow them to study at the University and also be part of the Men’s Rugby Performance Programme (MRPP). They will do this by delivering two open days and a trial day to outline the educational and MRPP opportunities available.
Old Elthamians will provide a high quality learning environment for St Mary’s Sports Rehabilitation, Strength & Conditioning and Performance Analysis students to perform placements and volunteer opportunities, where they will support the club and the MRPP.
St Mary’s will offer comprehensive support to the club through a Sport Performance Officer, performance workshops and analysis, use of the University’s world class sports facilities and access to the Student Rehabilitation Clinic. They will also consider identified players who were not selected for an Old Elthamians scholarship for St Mary’s Sport Scholarship Programme, with the University providing them with dedicated term-time accommodation and a dietary plan throughout their studies, something which the rugby club are sponsoring by fully underwriting the tuition and accommodation fees.
USA Sevens coach Mike Friday has been appointed Academy Director and the club will also provide two proven rugby coaches with experience of coaching high level players - former England, Gloucester and London Irish scrum-half Pete Richards and ex-Northampton and Wasps fly-half James Brooks - to be Head Coach and Assistant Coach of St Mary’s Men’s 1st team. They have included targets to achieve promotion to the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) South A league by 2020 and the BUCS Super League by 2022.
Old Elthamians will deliver an agreed weekly training plan that takes into account players’ study commitments and will allow all of the club’s scholars to play for St Mary’s Men’s team in all BUCS League, Cup and Sevens fixtures.
The Academy will be backed by Old Elthamians’ main sponsor, Secure Trading, also principal sponsors of England Sevens, who are delighted to continue their long association with OEs rugby by supporting this educational sponsorship programme.
Academy Director at Old Elthamians Mike Friday, said, “I am really excited about this partnership and creating a different type of focused Academy which will allow us to develop players holistically.
“I am a firm believer that if we seek to develop the person then we will develop a better rugby player. Having been around the USA collegiate system, I’m convinced there is a place for that approach in the sporting development system in rugby here in the UK. It requires a long term approach as we fully integrate between club and university, recognising and catering for both needs and providing the total learning experience.
“Too often players, while chasing their rugby dream, have not focused on developing themselves which is to their detriment in the long term and also can leave them without ‘plan B’ should their career in rugby not work out or once rugby is over.
Friday added: “What we are seeking to put together here allows us to provide all of those experiences and development needs to give players the opportunity to become the best rugby player they can be and ‘fit for purpose’ to pursue other interests in life whilst playing or after playing.”
Director of Sport at St Mary’s Andrew Reid-Smith, said, “It’s exciting to be working with Old Elthamians to identify talented players and provide a scholarship programme that will support and develop outstanding individuals through education and rugby. We have everything in place to provide an excellent performance programme, facilities that the All Blacks used as part of their World Cup preparation, support services and a professional coaching setup.
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'We will love you forever': Former Halifax high school football standout victim in shooting
Andrew Rankin ([email protected])
Police have identified Triston Reece as the victim of Friday's fatal shooting in Halifax. Football Nova Scotia
Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 7100 block of Scot Street, Halifax on Friday evening. Police say 19-year-old Triston Reece died from his injuries shortly after midnight. -Tim Krochak
Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 7100 block of Scot Street, Halifax on Friday evening. 19-year-old Triston Reece died from his injuries shortly after midnight, police said. -Tim Krochak
A Halifax Regional Police officer escorts an area resident past the scene of a drive-by shooting Friday evening. - Tim Krochak
The young man killed in a Halifax shooting Friday is being remembered as a kind soul and an elite athlete.
Triston Reece, 19, died early Saturday morning from injuries sustained in a Friday afternoon shooting on Scot Street in the city’s west end.
“Words can’t do this young man justice,” stated a Facebook post from the Citadel High School Phoenix football team, with whom Reece was a former all-star defensive lineman.
“He was a loving son, a leader, a kind soul, an elite athlete, a great teammate, an all-star, a champion, and a young man with the brightest of futures.”
Dale Russell responded on Facebook to the Phoenix post.
“There are no words for losing your heartbeat and greatest gift from God a mother could have,” Russell wrote. “I am so grateful and overwhelmed by the love and kindness from family and friends and the amazing amount of people who loved my son.
“Triston was my hero! His way, his wisdom and that miĺlion-dollar smile will live on. To all the young men and women that knew and loved my son, I challenge you as Triston would to embrace his determination, to reach for that dream or goal that will make him smile from heaven. We will not allow the way Triston was ripped from this life to define him. Let’s let the way he lived and loved the game of football, Jesus and his family and friends define him.”
Russell thanked everyone for the calls, texts, messages and hugs.
“To my family, my friends, Triston’s friends and my colleagues and all that Triston touched, thank you, my heart thanks you.”
The Citadel Phoenix post says Reece was taken from the world “far too early,” and the entire community is devastated.
“Citadel Football sends their full support and love to his family, friends, and teammates. Every day spent with Triston was a blessing. He showed up with a positive attitude and always put the team before himself. He was an all-time great and someone who made his mark on our program and community from Day 1.”
“Our entire Citadel community is shook to its core. Rest in peace, Triston Reece. We will love you forever.”
On Friday afternoon, Jeff Parrott heard popping sounds while playing his soprano saxophone at the far end of the Atlantic Superstore building on Joseph Howe Drive.
“I never thought much of it,” said Parrott. “There was a party going on and the music was playing so I just thought they were shooting off firecrackers.”
He said 15 minutes later, between 5 and 5:30 p.m., he saw Halifax Regional Police officers cordoning off a section of Scot Street near the corner of Desmond Avenue.
When he went to investigate, he said the area was surrounded by police cars. The incident happened roughly 100 metres from where he was busking, he said.
People who had gathered around the police tape told Parrott it was a drive-by shooting.
Halifax Regional Police said in a news release “there is no suspect(s) information.” Police say the major crime unit and general investigation section of the integrated criminal investigation division are conducting the homicide investigation.
A woman living in an apartment on the corner of Desmond Avenue and Scot Street said she heard three shots Friday afternoon. Three men who had gathered in the area said the man had been shot in the head and was a victim of a drive-by shooting but none of them saw the incident.
A silver car sat on Scot Street with its four doors open. Debris lay on the ground below the driver’s-side door.
Scot Street is located off Joseph Howe Drive near the Superstore. A section between Desmond Avenue and Joseph Howe Drive had been cordoned off. Desmond and Rowe Avenue, remained closed to traffic at 7 p.m. At about 7:30, a regional police mobile command vehicle arrived on scene.
Lillian Brennan, who lives on Rowe Avenue, said she saw two men running up her street around 5 p.m. She said her daughter walked toward Scot Street and was greeted by several police officers.
“She found out it was a shooting and we’re shocked,” said Brennan. “Things like this don’t happen in our neighbourhood. It’s so quiet”
Colby Patterson lives on Bayers Road and said shortly after he arrived home at about 5 p.m., he saw an ambulance with its sirens and lights on leaving Desmond Avenue.
“It’s a surprise, obviously, but gun violence seems to be on the rise in the city,” said Patterson.
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Update: Westport police locate missing teen
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Peter Yankowski
Nov. 23, 2020 Updated: Nov. 24, 2020 8:17 p.m.
Pictured is Dale Call, deputy chief of the Westport Police Department, posing next to one of the department's newest cruisers, a 2011 Dodge Charger with a new "Westport Police" graphics scheme.
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WESTPORT — Police have located a 17-year-old local girl missing since Sunday evening.
The teen was reported missing from her residence in the Saugatuck area of town around 5:30 p.m., after she “briefly exited” the home “and did not return,” Lt. Anthony Prezioso said in a news release.
Police located her as of Tuesday afternoon, Prezioso said in an update later that day.
Earlier, police reported attempts to reach the girl had been unsuccessful.
“The Westport Police Department’s Detective Bureau is currently actively investigating this incident and following up on several possible locations,” Prezioso said Monday, before the girl was located.
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Peter Yankowski is a breaking news reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media. He previously reported for the Danbury News-Times and, before that, the Ridgefield Press.
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Development of a master plan and new identity for an “integrated site for the elderly”, plus implementation (i) at the Franziskus hospital (II), design of an orientation system (iii) and creation of new offers at the premises of the Saint Elisabeth Order in Wien Mitte
The Franziskus hospital is adding new departments and thereby expanding medical care in Vienna’s third district. Strategic deliberations gave rise to a wish for novel identity and comprehensive planning that puts future users (elderly people) at the heart of the site, located in central Vienna. theLivingCore has developed a pioneering master plan to transform this 3-hectare site into a lively and unique location, which also stands the test of time in a digital world.
Starting with a deep understanding of the needs, fears and aspirations of future users (patients, visitors, staff, elderly people), theLivingCore defined strategic core processes for the site and integrated them into a comprehensive concept and new identity that takes into account the values of the Order of Saint Elisabeth, translating them into a digital world. Identity-shaping was to integrate social and medical processes for the elderly while incorporating innovative hospital approaches, supportive technologies and aspects of pioneering site development. In a second step, theLivingCore supported the client with the organizational and spatial implementation of the acute geriatric unit, palliative unit, nurses’ stations, and the central reception. To round off its comprehensive range of services, theLivingCore designed the orientation and way-finding system for the entire site.
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A top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has died in a car crash, North Korean state media said. The KCNA news agency said Kim Yang Gon, 73, head of Pyongyang's United Front Department — the unit that manages North Korea's ties with South Korea — died early Tuesday. The report did not provide details. A career party diplomat, Kim led a high-level delegation that held emergency talks in August with South Korean envoys after troops from the rival governments traded artillery...
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Home ArtCulture History Jakarta Tracking down the hidden Portuguese pearl in north Jakarta
Tracking down the hidden Portuguese pearl in north Jakarta
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Built in the mid-18th century, Gereja Tugu is the second-oldest church in Jakarta and currently preserved as a historic monument. (ANTARA / Azis Kurmala)
Indonesia, particularly its eastern part, is well-known for its rich spices that are highly priced, even surpassing the cost of gold or precious stones around the XV century.
This is what has drawn Europeans -- Portuguese, Dutch, and Spanish -- to come to Asia.
Before the Dutch made their presence in the archipelago in 1596, Portuguese sailors had set up a network of merchants to control the spice trade chain between the Maluku islands and Europe. The highly profitable trade continued to face the attack of Dutch seamen. This is since the King of Spain Philip II, a mortal enemy for the Dutch, inherited the Portuguese throne in 1580.
The rich and powerful trading company, Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), attacked Portuguese posts and routes across Asia to seize Portuguese ports, fortifications, or cities anywhere in India, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Maluku, and China.
After success for some 130 years in Malacca, the Portuguese surrendered to the Dutch troops and handed over Malacca to the Dutch.
After taking control of Malacca, the Dutch also conquered Maluku and Ternate from the Portuguese as their colonies.
After seizing control of Malacca and Maluku from the Portuguese, the Dutch made them prisoners of war.
The Dutch also brought the Portuguese as prisoners of war to Batavia. However, they are not original Portuguese after their integration with various nations in Africa, India, and Malacca.
The Dutch termed it "Black Portuguese," based on a book titled Tempat-tempat Bersejarah di Jakarta.
Adolf J. Heuken, the author of Tempat-tempat Bersejarah di Jakarta, stated that the Black Portuguese is the forerunner of the Portuguese community in Kampung Tugu.
Kampung Tugu was a Mardijkers settlement handed over for free by the Dutch during the 17th Century. The Mardijkers were Dutch prisoners of war in the Portuguese colony, who were taken to Batavia and known as the Black Portuguese.
Mardijker translates to being independent or someone set free. The Mardijker were the first to occupy Kampung Tugu, one of the oldest villages in Jakarta.
Aprelo Formes, 50, a resident of Kampung Tugu, when met around the Tugu Church, Cilincing, North Jakarta, remarked that the Kampung Tugu settlement was located in the Semper Barat Village area, which was an administrative area of the Cilincing Sub-district, North Jakarta.
Chairperson of Daily Organizer of the Church Congregation (PHMJ) of Tugu Church stated that Kampung Tugu was located around four kilometers southeast Tanjung Priok Port. When viewed from its geographical situation, Tugu Village is a lowland.
After gaining independence, the Mardijker occupied Kampung Tugu to reside. At the start, only 23 Mardijker families had occupied Kampung Tugu.
During that time, Kampung Tugu was still a forest and swamp area that was a hotbed of malaria mosquitoes and various other sources of diseases.
Survival for them there meant hunting wild animals, catching fish, and collecting forest products.
Formes pointed to Michiels, Andreas, Abraham, Quiko, Cornelis, and Browne being the six remnant Portuguese family names in Kampung Tugu.
Some 200 Portuguese descendants live here. Aprelo remarked that Michiels was the Portuguese family name of him and his mother.
However, Aprelo revealed that he cannot inherit the family name, as his mother had married an Ambonese.
This is the reason behind some Portuguese clans fading from Kampung Tugu, as the Portuguese naming system adhered to the Patrilinear line, or the father line.
Front look of Gereja Tugu which is the second oldest church in Jakarta and is now preserved as a historic monument. (ANTARA / Azis Kurmala)
He stated that the two remnant structures from the Portuguese family in Kampung Tugu were the Tugu church, built in the mid-18th century, and an old house, constructed around the mid-19th century.
After gaining freedom and being placed in Kampung Tugu, the Marjdikers, with priest Melchior Leydekker’s assistance, built a church that also served as the first school in Kampung Tugu.
Tugu Church was built facing the Cakung River, with a few of them across the Mardijker settlement.
Cakung River, until 1960, had played a crucial role as a transportation route for the Mardijker to Batavia.
Initially, only a vast swamp, though the Mardijker were able to turn it into a well-known settlement from the 17th century.
Kampung Tugu has currently also witnessed a significant change, transforming from a residential to industrial area and a container garage, Formes stated.
On Jan 1, every year, the Kampung Tugu community follows the rabo-rabo tradition of celebrating New Year’s Day and deepening kinship.
"While adhering to the Rabo-Rabo tradition, we visit houses whose members have the Portuguese family name one-by-one whilst singing the Kroncong style music and dancing. For instance, after visiting Michiels' house, we go to other houses in Kampung Tugu and do the same things," Formes remarked.
Formes explained that rabo-rabo literally meant to follow while hinting at the action of people, who walk behind.
"The members of the houses that were visited will follow the entourage to the subsequent houses until the last one. They sing and play music in the Kroncong style in each house voluntarily," he stated.
Furthermore, the Kampung Tugu community follows another tradition called mandi-mandi.
The tradition is followed on the first Sunday of January at the complex of Tugu Church.
During the tradition, they smear white powder on one another’s faces to symbolize forgiveness after offering prayers at the church.
The greater the number of mistakes committed by someone in the past, the more the amount of powder would get smeared on his or her face.
Aprelo said that "mandi" literally meant an order to do good things during the next year.
During the rabo-rabo and mandi-mandi traditions, the Kampung Tugu community also welcomed other members of the community that followed different religions to participate.
"We also welcome Muslims and people following different religions to participate in the traditions," he remarked.
Meanwhile, Eugeniana Quiko, the fifth generation of the Quiko family, noted that the authentic culinary delights of Kampung Tugu will be on display during the rabo-rabo and mandi-mandi events.
"We display authentic culinary delights, such as pisang udang (shrimp-filled banana leaf-covered sticky rice cake), apem kinca (flower-like rice flour cake with palm sugar syrup), pindang bandeng serani, and gado-gado siram (peanut sauce on top of slightly boiled vegetables)," she stated.
Eugeniana Quiko, the fifth generation of the Quiko family, along with the authentic culinary delights of Kampung Tugu. (Documentation of Eugeniana Quiko)
Quiko remarked that pisang udang had turned out to be the most popular culinary delicacy from Kampung Tugu.
"You will not be able to find kue pisang udang outside Kampung Tugu. You cannot find the similar culinary delight in another Jakarta area or outside Jakarta. Only in Kampung Tugu," she pointed out.
Despite piles of containers lying strewn on every side and the roar of trailer engines dominating the sights of Kampung Tugu presently, the situation, in no way, dampens the fervor of Portuguese descendants to maintain their traditions.
"If not us then who else would want to preserve our culture," Quiko concluded. (Antara)
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Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube
For many Zimbabweans queuing up outside banks last week, it must have felt like the beginning of a new era. A decade after the Zimbabwean dollar was abandoned after falling victim to years of hyper-inflation, crisp new “Zimdollars” once again entered circulation this week. However, this time around the denominations come – at least for now – in two and five dollar bills, instead of the 100 million dollar notes that were printed towards the end of the last Zimbabwean dollar.
By Geopolitical Monitor
This new generation Zimdollar is the latest salvo by the government to combat the physical cash crunch and a crucial step ahead in its currency reforms. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe plans to incrementally inject $1 billion into the economy over the next six months, stimulating demand and production in a measured manner while keeping money supply in check.
“We will make sure that we drip-feed the physical cash into the market in order to ensure that there is sufficient cash in the economy,” said central bank chief John Mangudya. “We believe this will also help in eliminating queues at the bank where people spend countless hours of productive time queuing for cash.”
Mangudya added that the new Zimdollar would take the place of existing electronic money, alleviating the fear that the cash injection in the middle of an economic crisis would stoke inflation. Keeping price increases and speculative behaviour in check is also one of the reasons why the Reserve Bank is initially issuing lower denomination notes and coins.
For Zimbabweans, the new cash is a welcome relief. Over the past 10 years, they had to juggle a multitude of currencies and proxies. Following the collapse of the old Zimbabwean dollar in 2009, a basket of currencies became legal tender in the country, from the US dollar to the Chinese yuan. By 2015, the foreign currency notes dried up at the banks, which started a chronic cash shortage in Zimbabwe. The central bank introduced bond notes as a surrogate currency, but black market speculation quickly eroded their value, which then triggered the creation of electronic notes.
Given Zimbabwe’s disastrous state of affairs, a popular uprising ensued against the country’s long-time strongman Robert Mugabe, leading to his resignation two years ago. He was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa, who then won the presidential election in July 2018. He inherited a struggling economy marked by hyperinflation, cash shortages, a budget deficit, endemic corruption and a lack of monetary sovereignty.
Promising wide-ranging reforms, Mnangagwa appointed Mthuli Ncube as Finance Minister, a respected economist who was a professor of Public Policy at Oxford with a PhD in Mathematical Finance from Cambridge University. Mnangagwa tasked him to stabilise and transform the Zimbabwean economy so that it could achieve upper middle-income status by 2030, in line with countries such as Russia, China, Thailand, Costa Rica, Turkey and Malaysia (in fact, Zimbabwe was upgraded by the World Bank from a low income to lower middle income country in July).
Facing large fiscal deficits due to the expansion of underground economic activity and the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe during Mugabe’s rule – which restricted access to U.S. dollars – Ncube launched the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) a year ago with far-reaching currency and structural reforms. The move was endorsed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with whom Zimbabwe signed a two-year monitoring programme that could earn it debt forgiveness and future financing.
In February this year, the government introduced the so-called Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) dollar and abandoned its multi-currency system four months later. By now, most Zimbabweans had resorted to mobile money, which became an integral part of the country’s payment system. But it too had its challenges, as wallet holders had to pay premiums of up to 50% to price-gouging mobile money agents to access their funds in cash. This contributed to the rapid depreciation of the currency and compounded the cash shortage. This week’s issuance of the physical Zimdollar bills aims to alleviate that problem, as the availability of cash will eliminate the extortionate premiums incurred when transacting through mobile money.
The new currency likely faces an uphill battle. But the government is confident, urging Zimbabweans to embrace the freshly minted bills and coins to ensure they find traction in the market. Leaders from politics, business and civil society need to play their part as well, shedding their differences and quarrels and rally collectively behind the Zimdollar.
Its roll-out comes at a critical time for the government’s reform agenda, coinciding with the presentation of Zimbabwe’s 2020 budget, which revolved around enhancing productivity, growth, competitiveness and job creation, and the passing of the Maintenance of Peace and Order (MOPA) bill, which replaced a controversial emergency law that dated back to the Mugabe era, a key demand by the U.S. government to remove sanctions.
Implementing reforms – especially after decades of mismanagement – is a painful process and Zimbabweans are tired. But with political will tangible results are gradually being achieved. The country may be on the cusp of a better future, finally putting the years of isolation behind it. Perseverance and collaboration will help to ease the way.
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With each passing day, global warming seems more like a death sentence for the Earth. Rainforests are shrinking, carbon emissions are rising and many corporations are consistently putting profits before people. Even theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking recently gave humanity 100 years to find a new planet. There’s a certain Day After Tomorrow vibe around the topic, running down the doomsday clock with each new pipeline constructed.
But environmental agencies around the world are diligently working to curb global warming and infuse the future with some hope. On May 30 at the Dairy Arts Center, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) hosts Reversing Global Warming: It’s Possible! featuring RAN Executive Director Lindsey Allen and Project Drawdown Director Paul Hawken.
RAN has spent the past three decades fighting to preserve the rainforest, protect the climate and uphold human rights all over the world. It’s challenged companies through direct action and influenced many to change their practices. The organization has taken on large financial institutions and corporations like Home Depot, Pepsico and Citibank. It even went after the Disney Corporation when it was causing major forest destruction to make its paper products.
“It took us getting Mickey and Minnie Mouse handcuffed in front of their business office and chained to their gate to get [the Disney Corporation’s] attention,” says Christopher Herrera, director of communications for RAN. “But once we got their attention, they started working with us and we helped them develop a policy. We helped them become a leader in stopping deforestation.”
Joining RAN at the Dairy event is Project Drawdown, an organization working to shed light on the various actions rallying against climate change. Director Paul Hawken recently released a book detailing these practices called Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. The book, which is a New York Times bestseller, covers 100 different solutions that have all been researched and analyzed and are working toward one of the ultimate goals of Project Drawdown: reversing the buildup of atmospheric carbon within 30 years.
The list of viable actions includes composting, educating women and girls, farmland irrigation, forest protection, green roofs, bio plastic and more.
“What we’re trying to do here is say, hey, let’s create this collection of things that are happening, that the world is already doing, and put this together and model it and really assess it, and show the world what it looks like when you knit that tapestry together,” says Chad Frischmann, research director with Project Drawdown.
Moreover, by assembling the list of all the various solutions, it helps to put a positive spin on the conversation about environmentalism.
“The organization’s goal is to transform how we think about global warming and climate change,” Frishmann says. “The discourse has been so dominated by fear, apathy and confusion of the science. We want to transform that into one of optimism, opportunity and potential to really make change. … The possibility that we’re presenting is not pie in the sky. It’s actually something that people can latch onto and feel really empowered at their level of decision making.”
Herrera of RAN also sees hope for the future, citing last year’s Paris Climate Agreement as a groundbreaking step forward as nations from around the world gathered, committing to cap global warming levels. While the United State’s current administration is threatening to pull its support, Herrera knows RAN will keep up the fight.
“As an organization with a tagline of, ‘Challenge corporate power,’ [RAN is] now in a position that we haven’t really been in the past,” he says. “The president of the U.S. is an embodiment of corporate power overreaching the rights of individuals and the protection of the planet. So it is a bigger challenge than we’ve faced before. … But the fact that we’ve been challenging corporate power for 30 years also positions us fairly uniquely. … We’re going to continue going forward and trying to pull back this overreach of profits over people and try to put the priorities where they should be.”
And with the troves of protesters who have flooded the streets in the past few months, Herrera says there’s enough power for change.
“The one thing that we know is that people power is the one that can challenge money and political power,” he says. “When people are organized and when people are pointed in the right direction and coming together for what they believe in, that has changed history repeatedly.”
By focusing on real world solutions and tackling the issue of global warming one action at a time, we stand a chance at proving Stephen Hawking wrong.
On the Bill: Reversing Global Warming: It’s Possible! 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-641-7165.
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Ariel Nomad: The 290bhp vehicle with off-road tyres and a £36k price tag - but how sensible is a car with no roof or doors?
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Published: 03:43 EST, 24 October 2015 | Updated: 03:43 EST, 24 October 2015
Off-road vehicles (as opposed to SUVs) tend to be square, slow-moving and matt green.
The Ariel Nomad is none of these things. And now they’ve appended a supercharger to its 2.4-litre engine, it’s less so than ever.
We take a look at the exposed off-road buggy for the road to see if this extreme mode of four-wheeled transport has the fun factor.
Nomad or just mad? A supercharged 2.4-litre petrol engine with 290bhp is serious sports car stuff and almost unheard of when combined with outboard wheels, off-road tyres and no doors
It’s not the same supercharger as the one on the Atom sports car, which is more about power. This one turns things up from 235bhp to 290bhp, but its real work is done on low-down torque.
This is now 251lb ft, as increase of 30 torques. Not a huge jump, but you get the lot from way down in the depths of the rev range.
That’s what you want in an off-roader, of course. For grubbing out tree stumps and operating PTO equipment, you understand.
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Sorry. Meant to say for launching the rear wheels into big lurid slides while you cackle wildly from behind the wheel.
This happens a lot. The slides, and the cackling. You can order a Nomad with a variety of tyres; we tested ours on dual-purpose rubber with an on and off-road tread pattern, and hilarity was never far away.
The good thing is that this all happens at low speeds.
In an Atom, you have to be pushing the limits to provoke oversteer, which requires far more skill and carries dire consequences should things go wrong (or the police arrive). In the Nomad, oversteer is its default setting.
ARIEL NOMAD SUPERCHARGED
Price: £36,000 approx
Engine: 4 cyls, 2354cc, supercharged, petrol
Power: 290bhp; Torque 251lb ft
Kerb weight: 690kg (est)
Gearbox: 6-spd manual
0-62mph: 3.1sec (est)
Top speed: tbc;
Economy: na
CO2/tax band: na
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Not violent, snap-your-hand oversteer, though. This is a short, light vehicle with a mid-mounted engine, which ought to be a recipe for backward-facing exits into the scenery, but somehow they’ve managed to keep it controllable.
Not just controllable in a fighting fire way, either, but thoroughly biddable – it feels as if you could use the back wheels to paint patterns on the road like an artist at his sketching.
This willingness to break traction is a hoot for sure, but the problem is that it’s still there when you just want to get from A to B. If you can imagine a car that’ll spin its wheels in its first three gears (four in the wet), that’s not half fun – basically, it’s always playtime. But when the time comes to be sensible, it still wants to play, and that’s just tiresome.
Minimalist: There's very little in terms of creature comforts inside the Nomad. Even the seats are lightweight
As the single digital instrument unit showcases, the Nomad is about as focused as a performance car gets
'Tiresome': You'll have your work cut out trying to drive the Ariel Nomad sensibly
Another criticism would be of the Nomad’s ride. This is good, but if you’ve ever driven a sorted off-road race truck you’ll be familiar with the way their suspension can take brutal hits without you even feeling them.
Thing is, the Nomad looks like its ride ought to be that good. So when it turns out not to be, your dreams take a dive.
There’s a likely solution to this, which is to pay a bit more for adjustable shocks. Combine these with the stickiest tyres Ariel specifies (the kind that allow it to hit 62mph in 3.1 seconds) and you’ll be looking at a cure for most of its ills.
Most of all, the Nomad is unusual simply in being so unabashedly entertaining.
Petrolheads can get very serious about their performance cars – so it’s pleasing to welcome in a performance car that’s so very clearly not for people who like to follow the herd.
A performance car in a new mould: There isn't anything else like the Ariel Nomad on the market today
Review of the supercharged Ariel Nomad with 290bhp, off-road tyres and no doors
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Barron Trump Tested Positive for COVID-19 Amid White House Coronavirus Cluster
First Lady Melania Trump revealed her son’s test results.
By Lucy Diavolo
Erin Scott/Polaris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Barron Trump, the teenage son of President Donald Trump, tested positive for COVID-19. First lady Melania Trump revealed Barron’s test results in an October 14 statement on the White House’s website.
“It was two weeks ago when I received the diagnosis that so many Americans across our country and the world had already received—I tested positive for COVID-19,” Melania wrote. “To make matters worse, my husband, and our nation’s Commander-in-Chief, received the same news.”
“Naturally, my mind went immediately to our son,” Melania continued. “To our great relief he tested negative, but again, as so many parents have thought over the past several months, I couldn’t help but think ‘what about tomorrow or the next day?’.”
“My fear came true when he was tested again and it came up positive,” the first lady wrote. “Luckily, he is a strong teenager and exhibited no symptoms. In one way, I was glad the three of us went through this at the same time so we could take care of one another and spend time together. He has since tested negative.”
Melania also wrote that she has tested negative for COVID-19 after experiencing what she called “minimal symptoms” of the disease.
Shortly after the revelation, President Trump was asked about the news about his 14-year-old son outside the White House and told reporters, “Barron’s fine.”
Barron’s infection is the latest addition to the Trump cluster that surfaced in and around the White House this month. President Trump was hospitalized on October 2 after he tested positive. The first family, White House staffers, and Republican senators are among those who have tested positive.
Want more from Teen Vogue? Check this out: Trump’s Positive COVID Test Comes After Months of Downplaying the Virus
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International league of nations boost British sales on Boxing Day
Qataris, Chinese and Russians hit the shops – spending four times as much as people from the UK.
By Alice Philipson 26 December 2013 • 18:23 pm
The queue for Harrods Boxing Day sale had many Chinese people in Credit: Photo: HEATHCLIFF O'MALLEY
International shoppers from around the world boosted sales on British high streets yesterday as Qataris, Chinese and Russians hit the shops – spending four times as much as people from the UK.
As bargain-hunters began waiting in line in front of Selfridges, central London it was apparent the queue was made up of people from all around the world – particularly from China.
Many had started queuing before dawn or even the night before to ensure they were first in line to snap up bargains on designer bags, clothes and homeware.
Due to a tax levied on overseas designer goods in China many items are far more expensive than in the UK, meaning a bag from a luxury company such as Burberry or Mulberry could cost the Chinese four times as much in their home country.
Chinese shoppers are the biggest spenders in the UK of all foreign nations.
However, shoppers from Middle Eastern nations top the charts for the most spent per transaction.
Qataris spend the most on average - £1,714 per transaction - followed by those from the United Arab Emirates, who spend an average of £1,372.
The Chinese spend £1,367 on average per transaction but are more likely to return to the tills with more goods, according to shopping tourism company Global Blue.
Shoppers from Russia, Nigeria and India are also among the highest spenders, while the amount spent by Thai shoppers has risen 42 per cent year-on-year.
Gordon Clark, UK manager of Global Blue, said "With international shoppers, particularly from China, Russia and Nigeria, spending on average four times more than domestic shoppers, retailers can look to boost Christmas trading by tailoring their in-store experience to these high-spending tourists."
Many high-end retailers such as Harrods have begun hiring Mandarin-speaking shop assistants to help Chinese customers, most of whom arrive in store with a specific list of goods they want to buy.
Waiting in the Selfridges line was Wang Tianyi, 21, a student from China who is studying in Liverpool, and his girlfriend Sun Yeting, also 21, who is on holiday visiting him.
The couple had been queuing since 4am and said they hoped to pick up lots of gifts for their family. They planned to head straight for the luxury goods, Mr Tianyi said.
He added: "We will buy the things we like."
Wei Tuiao, 23, from China, said: "I have been into Selfridges this morning to get a Louis Vuitton handbag."
Nevy Frega, 20, and Hassan Frega, 19, from Egypt, said: "We come to the sales every year, it is a great opportunity to buy lots of designer and high street clothes – we love British fashion."
Sue West, retail director at Selfridges, said the Boxing Day sale is very important for its international customers.
"The Chinese market is hugely important to Selfridges. It's one of the fastest growing international markets that we have.
"But likewise, we have a lot of international customers. You'll see a lot of Europeans today.
"You'll see a lot of people from all over the world.
"So, really our international market is growing very, very fast.
"Asia and China is a big part of that," she said.
Average spend per transaction per nationality:
Qatar: £1,714
UAE: £1,372
China: £1,367
Russia: £950
Nigeria: £950
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Mozilla Firefox 70 to warn users if saved logins are found in data breaches
Bipasha Mandal Tech Jul 18, 2019, 4:06 pm
Mozilla’s partnership with Have I Been Pwned is fruitful and an important one. Mozilla Firefox 70 will have the browser report when and if any of the user’s saved logins are found in data breaches. Mozilla has been planning to integrate their independent Firefox Monitor service and the new Firefox Lockwise password manager into Firefox for some time now.
Apart from their plan to integrate these, Mozilla is also thinking about starting new premium services based around these features in the future. So, Mozilla’s new initiative is primarily based on their decision to integrate the Firefox Monitor service and Firefox Lockwise password manager.
Firefox will scan the saved login names and passwords to see if any of the passwords have been exposed to a data breach listed on Have I Been Pwned website. If any such security breach is found, Firefox will now inform the user and ask them to change their password as soon as possible. However, this is not the solution to all security breaches.
This new feature of Firefox warning when saved logins are found is only applicable for data breaches which exposed passwords and were saved prior to an associated data breach. When a saved login is detected but as a breach, Mozilla will add an alert icon next to the account profile in Firefox lockwise.
On clicking on the saved login, a subpanel will open which will notify the user using an alert that the “Passwords were leaked or stolen” as part of a data breach. Mozilla is also planning on displaying the stats for the number of data breaches the logins were involved in the browser’s upcoming protection report. The reports will be available at the about protections address.
While all of this privacy and data security is planned for the Mozilla Firefox 70, it is highly likely that it would not be ready in time, and the features may be subject to change over time.
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“Microsoft Project Natal” To be Named as “Microsoft Kinect” [Leaked]
Written By Sam on 14 June 2010
Before Microsoft could officially announce the information about Microsoft’s “Project Natal” USA Today has leaked some information saying that “Microsoft Natal” would be called “Microsoft Kinect“. Microsoft Kinect or the popularly called Project Natal will be available in the holiday season of 2010 and currently there are no official details about the pricing or the exact release date.
Apart from the Microsoft Kinect, there are also rumors saying that Microsoft will be announcing about a Xbox 360 Slim. There were also some leaked images of the motherboard of Xbox 360 Slim. The leaked information about Kinect and the Xbox 360 ad were taken down from the websites which indicates that the leaked information is real.
Microsoft Kinect Games
Kinectimals: This game lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats including a tiger, lion and cheetah.
Joyride: This is a racing game whcih allows users to hold an imaginary steering wheel and use the foot for the brakes. Users can push and pull back their bodies to execute jumps and tricks
Kinect Sports: This includes six activities including bowling, beach volleyball, track and fied, boxing, soccer and table tennis. You can control the game by playing as if it is real.
Kinect Adventures: This game includes a river-raft time trial and obstacle course which can be played by up to four players.
Dance Central: This game is developed by MTV Games and lets you dance at your home!
Microsoft in conjunction with LucasArts and Disney will develop games featuring Star Wars and Disney characters.
via USA Today
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Gadgets to Spur Energy Conservation
When the box turns red, it’s time to turn off the air conditioner and save electricity.
Peter Fairley archive page
Can glorified glow lamps stop blackouts and slash energy costs? Manhattan-based ConsumerPowerline thinks so. This winter, about a thousand participants in the company’s energy-conservation program will receive small plug-in boxes that glow red when power demand peaks, urging them to turn off space heaters, defer dishwasher runs, or otherwise save electricity.
Red alert: The red glow of the Joule meter from ConsumerPowerline and Ambient Devices tells participants in an energy-conservation program that their local power grid is jammed and that their utility will pay them to power down. Data sent to the device over a satellite pager network includes regional power costs and consumption (indicated by the bars at the left and right) and the local weather and temperature.
Energy suppliers respond to spikes in demand by gearing up extra production capacity. That can be so expensive that many utilities are willing to pay to promote conservation during periods of peak use. ConsumerPowerline pays apartment complexes, companies, and institutions to conserve on cue, then resells the resulting “negawatts”–reduction in demand–to utilities in New York, Massachusetts, and California.
Currently, ConsumerPowerline requests negawatts from its participants by paging them or sending them faxes, e-mails, or voice mails. This month, however, the firm received its first shipment of digital gauges, each about the size of an air freshener, that download information over a low-bandwidth satellite pager network. In the coming weeks, the company will distribute the gauges to participants in its program and, in some cases, display them in public spaces. Humphrey Wong, ConsumerPowerline’s manager of incentive innovations, hopes that the devices will lead to an additional 5 to 10 percent drop in power consumption among organizations that already deliver reductions of 15 percent or more.
“We’re trying to provide a relatively inexpensive tool for people to be informed about when to make good energy decisions,” Wong says. That tool, the Joule, was developed jointly by ConsumerPowerline and MIT Media Lab spinoff Ambient Devices, based in Cambridge, MA.
When a utility schedules what’s called in the business a “demand response event,” Ambient signals the appropriate Joules to turn from green to blue and to display a countdown to the time at which the utility wants negawatts. Two hours before the event, the blue light begins to pulse. Finally, the Joule glows red to signal the start of the event, and it displays a new countdown that lets the user know when the event will end.
Wong hopes that, in addition to increasing conservation among current participants in ConsumerPowerline’s program, streamlined communications will enable the company to reach out to individual homeowners–a largely untapped market–thereby multiplying its capacity to deliver negawatts.
The Joule isn’t Ambient Devices’ first foray into demand response. Since 2004, major California utilities have been testing Ambient’s Energy Orb, a glass sphere that changes color to indicate the state of the grid. One utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, adopted the Orb as a commercial product last year, distributing 2,000 Orbs to customers who have agreed to supply negawatts. Like all of Ambient’s products, the Orb receives its instructions over the pager network.
Ambient is also testing a new signaling device with EnBW, Germany’s third-largest utility. Because energy prices in Germany vary by the hour, the new device will receive even more information than the Joule will. Its three-inch-square LCD screen is large enough to display crude graphs of hour-by-hour pricing for the next 24 hours as well as a forecast of the following day’s energy prices and weather.
Most U.S. utilities are currently piloting time-specific pricing schemes like the one in Germany, and Wong hopes that this will create a new market for the Joule: helping residential and small commercial consumers track price shifts. Many utilities are planning to break their residential rates into just a few categories–a level of complexity the Joule could handle. Southern California Edison (SCE), for example, plans just three pricing categories: off peak, regular peak, and critical peak (the latter likely limited to the hottest summer afternoons, when the grid is most at risk).
Wong says that on such days, the Joule could make a major difference. “If one home turns off their air conditioner, that’s one kilowatt. But if you get 1,000 homes, all of a sudden you’re talking about one megawatt.”
Ambient and ConsumerPowerline, however, will soon face competition thanks to new utility-installed meters that will use the cellular-telephone network and Wi-Fi, rather than satellites, to relay pricing information. SCE’s $1.7 billion SmartConnect program, for example, aims to install smart meters in five million southern California homes and businesses between 2009 and 2012.
Paul De Martini, who directs the SmartConnect program, says that the meters will communicate with the utility via the cellular network, then broadcast pricing and local power-consumption information to home networks, probably using a low-power form of Wi-Fi called ZigBee. De Martini says that at least 20 companies, including giants such as General Electric, are developing ZigBee-enabled devices to pick up, interpret, and display that information. De Martini’s team at SCE has assembled a device of its own: a battery-powered ZigBee refrigerator magnet with green, orange, and red LEDs that represent off-peak, normal-peak, and critical-peak pricing. A commercial version of such a device could be cheap enough to give away.
De Martini thinks that an even more effective means of encouraging conservation will be devices that display household power consumption in real time. “The thing that really works well for people is when they can see it dynamically, kind of like when you’re at the gas pump and you can see how much it’s costing you as the dial clicks around,” he says. That dynamic view, he predicts, will not only shift consumption from peak to off peak, but it will actually reduce total power consumption.
Ambient and ConsumerPowerline may survive by incorporating ZigBee into their own devices. But Wong says that his company won’t make that move unless this winter’s pilot test proves that the Joule display motivates enough negawatts. “We know there will be a behavioral response,” he says, “but we need to understand the full value of that behavioral response.”
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What Causes a Ping General Failure?
By Richard Asmus
An improper TCP/IP setting causes a ping general failure.
Image Credit: Jupiterimages/Creatas/Getty Images
Ping is a valuable tool for troubleshooting all sorts of network or Internet problems. A ping command sends packets of information to devices on a network or the Internet to find out if they are available for connection. In Windows 8, the error message "Ping: Transmit Failed. General Failure" appears if the computer doesn't have the proper Internet protocol selected. You may select TCP/IPv4 or TCP/IPv6 in the control panel of your computer.
Ping Commands
You can only send ping requests from the the command prompt of your operating system. In Windows 8, open the Search box, type "cmd" in the Search field, then select "Command Prompt" from the list of search results. At the prompt, type "ping," a space and then the IP address or domain name of the target. For example, type "ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" or "ping www.mynetwork.com;" then press Enter. Your computer will send four packets of information at one-second intervals.
Ping Responses
A ping response shows results for each returned packet on four separate lines showing the round-trip time in milliseconds. It also gives a summary of the packets lost, along with the fastest, slowest and average times. If the target doesn't respond, each line shows "Request Timed Out." If the computer has the wrong TCP/IP setting, in Windows 7 and Windows 8, the message reads, "PING: Transmit Failed. General Failure." In Vista, it reads, "PING: transmit failed, error code 1231." It indicates that you have the wrong TCP/IP setting. In earlier Windows versions, it reads, "Destination Host Unreachable."
Set TCP/IP Version
Click "Start," and select "Control Panel." Type "Adapter" in the "Search Control Panel" box in the upper right corner and click "View Network Connections" under the Network and Sharing Center tab. Right-click on the network you're using; then click "Properties." Ensure the proper TCP/IP protocol version is checked in the list of optional boxes. At the time of publication, most networks use TCP/IPv4. Don't change any other boxes because they don't affect the ability to ping. Click "Properties," then under the "General" tab, click "Obtain an IP Address Automatically" and "Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically." Then click "OK."
TCP/IPv4 vs. TCP/IPv6
Internet Protocol Version 4 has about 4 billion addresses available, which are rapidly being used up. Version 6 allows 79 octillion times more address space to provide for worldwide Internet expansion, along with several other advantages over version 4. However the Internet Engineering Task Force has been working to design a smooth transition that allows both to exist at the same time until all networks can be upgraded. In the meantime, network designers must choose between the two and can't use both simultaneously. You must make the setting in your computer conform with the network.
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How to progress in your squats without pain
The squat is a common assessment tool that many coaches will use even before designing a training program for you. It is also one of the most popular exercises in your programming, whether it is for strength, weight loss or rehab from injuries.
17 UFIT highlights of 2017
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THE MAGIC OF STRENGTH TRAINING
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In August 2015, someone made a comment to me which has changed my outlook on training ever since. Up until that point, fitness to me was something I did for fun but with the goals purely being to lose fat, get leaner and just be generally all round fit but with no real performance goals. As a result of this comment, I decided to investigate powerlifting.
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How do International Rugby players cope with the demands of training for and playing a top class sport in multiple locations and time zones across the globe? With the Singapore Sevens in town, James Forrester, UFIT Founder and Ex England Sevens player spoke to England Rugby Sevens superstar James Rodwell to find out.
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5-HT7 Receptors Are Not Involved in Neuropeptide Release in Primary Cultured Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons.
J Mol Neurosci. 2016 Jun; 59(2):251-9.JM
Migraine is a common but complex neurological disorder. Its precise mechanisms are not fully understood. Increasing indirect evidence indicates that 5-HT7 receptors may be involved; however, their role remains unknown. Our previous in vivo study showed that selective blockade of 5-HT7 receptors caused decreased serum levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the external jugular vein following electrical stimulation of the trigeminal ganglion (TG) in an animal model of migraine. In the present study, we used an in vitro model of cultured TG cells to further investigate whether 5-HT7 receptors are directly responsible for the release of CGRP and substance P from TG neurons. We stimulated rat primary cultured TG neurons with capsaicin or potassium chloride (KCl) to mimic neurogenic inflammation, resulting in release of CGRP and substance P. 5-HT7 receptors were abundantly expressed in TG neurons. Greater than 93 % of 5-HT7 receptor-positive neurons co-expressed CGRP and 56 % co-expressed substance P. Both the capsaicin- and KCl-induced release of CGRP and substance P were unaffected by pretreatment of cultured TG cells with the selective 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS19 and antagonist SB269970. This study demonstrates for the first time that 5-HT7 receptors are abundantly co-expressed with CGRP and substance P in rat primary TG neurons and suggests that they are not responsible for the release of CGRP and substance P from cultured TG neurons evoked by capsaicin or KCl.
Wang X
Department of Neurology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, No. 1 Panfu Road, Guangzhou, 510180, China.
Hu R
Liang J
Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Li Z
Sun W
Key Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Channelopathies of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Neurosciences and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, No. 250 Changgang Dong Road, Guangzhou, 510260, China.
Pan X
Department of Neurology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, No. 1 Panfu Road, Guangzhou, 510180, China. panxiaoping@gzhmu.edu.cn.
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Wang, Xiaojuan, et al. "5-HT7 Receptors Are Not Involved in Neuropeptide Release in Primary Cultured Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons." Journal of Molecular Neuroscience : MN, vol. 59, no. 2, 2016, pp. 251-9.
Wang X, Hu R, Liang J, et al. 5-HT7 Receptors Are Not Involved in Neuropeptide Release in Primary Cultured Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons. J Mol Neurosci. 2016;59(2):251-9.
Wang, X., Hu, R., Liang, J., Li, Z., Sun, W., & Pan, X. (2016). 5-HT7 Receptors Are Not Involved in Neuropeptide Release in Primary Cultured Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience : MN, 59(2), 251-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12031-016-0727-6
Wang X, et al. 5-HT7 Receptors Are Not Involved in Neuropeptide Release in Primary Cultured Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons. J Mol Neurosci. 2016;59(2):251-9. PubMed PMID: 26892478.
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Serotonin Antagonists
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Selective inhibition of 5-HT7 receptor reduces CGRP release in an experimental model for migraine.
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Mississippi State looks to make Mean Green feel blue
The last time Mississippi State played it gave coach Ben Howland his 500th career victory.
More importantly, the 68-51 victory against Texas State was victory No. 1 for the Bulldogs this season. After losing its first two games, Mississippi State needed a win, and it can even its record by beating visiting North Texas (1-1) in Starkville, Miss., on Friday.
"I've been doing it my whole life," Howland said. "That's what you have to find as a person is whatever it is that you love, and that you're passionate about to make that your life. It's such a blessing. I don't know how many people get a chance to do that, but I'm definitely one of them. I'm very thankful."
The Bulldogs lost their first two games by 11 points each and were tied at 26 early in the second half against Texas State before the Bulldogs made five 3-pointers during a 24-6 run and Texas State was held to one field goal in more than seven minutes. They led by as many as 23.
"I thought that we did a really good job defensively in the second half, better than the first half," Howland said.
Mississippi State is facing the defending Conference USA regular-season champion that is eager to get back on the court.
North Texas has high hopes after returning seven players from last year's team, which was guaranteed at least a trip to the NIT before the pandemic caused the cancellation of the C-USA tournament. The Mean Green is led by C-USA Player of the Year Javion Hamlet, who averaged a team-high 14.6 and 4.7 assists per game last year.
"He's a winner," coach Grant McCasland said. "No one wants to win as bad as him."
The Mean Green began the season by making a school-record 21 3-pointers (on 33 attempts) in a 116-62 victory over Mississippi Valley State.
They played their second game in three days and lost at Arkansas, 69-54, last Saturday. But they haven't played since because their game against Texas AM Commerce that was scheduled for Tuesday was canceled because of COVID-19 issues with the Lions' program.
McCasland took the blame for North Texas falling behind the Razorbacks by 13 points in the first half.
"That was on me," McCasland said. "We were on our heels to start the game. They were more aggressive and really disrupted our offense and led to turnovers, which led to easy baskets for them. (But) I loved the fight we showed late."
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