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__label__wiki	0.555891	0.555891	AfDB supports Nigeria’s cassava project The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged its support for the newly launched BASIC–II project of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). This was disclosed in a statement endorsed by Godwin Atser, a digital extension and advisory services specialist, sent to PREMIUM TIMES. The project tagged Building an economically sustainable and integrated cassava seed system, phase 2, (BASICS-II), was launched during a virtual meeting at the IITA headquarters in Ibadan. IITA is a non-profit institution that offers research partnership that facilitates agricultural solutions to hunger, poverty, and natural resource degradation throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Martin Fregene, AfDB’s director of agriculture and agro-Industry, was quoted to have said the project is aimed at creating a more efficient dissemination of cassava stems that would trigger the adoption of new varieties to improve productivity with the hope to raise income of cassava growers and seed entrepreneur. He also told that the project will enhance gender equity and as well contribute to inclusive agricultural transformation in Nigeria and Tanzania. Mr Fregene said the development bank, through its flagship project, Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), is excited to be part of BASICS-II to ensure the best varieties are put in the hands of farmers as soon as possible. The statement noted that the first phase of the project, BASICS-I, which lasted between 2015 and 2020, facilitated the development of more than 160 commercial seed entrepreneurs in Nigeria. These seed entrepreneurs are now growing cassava with the primary aim of producing and selling stems—an activity that is generating income and creating wealth in cassava growing communities, the statement reads. It said BASICS-II will also work with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation). While PIND pledged to be the project’s sustainability platform in the Niger Delta of Nigeria; AGRA will help the project’s replication in other states in Nigeria as well as other African countries, Mr Atser noted in the statement. BASICS-II will not only raise the productivity of African, Nigerian and Tanzanian farmers, but it will improve productivity along the value chain and make cassava to be a good business for anyone to invest in, Mr Fregene maintained. He urged the project managers to maximise public private partnerships to achieve maximum success and impact. In his remarks, PIND executive director, Dara Akala, said his foundation would help BASICS-II outlive its duration in the Niger Delta. Everything we do in PIND is centred around partnerships and partnerships is at the core of what we have achieved in the Niger Delta. Our collaboration with NRCRI Umudike towards the end of BASICS-I led to the pool of Village Seed Entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta. So, we are committed to partnering with BASICS-II to consolidate and scale up the results of those initial efforts made in BASICS-I, he said. The 5-year project will be led by IITA, working in partnership with Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), IITA GoSeed, Umudike Seed, Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Ltd., Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), and Tanzania Official Seed Certification (TOSCI). Significant incentives to stimulate smallholder farmers Agri-tech continues to innovate Africa’s future in food safety The Sh500 million project benefiting twelve Kenyan counties Previous Article Tanzania Gold Mining earns a financial boost of $1.1 million Next Article Tanzania revive’s agricultural research centers to improve crop yields	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1
__label__cc	0.665757	0.334243	The Royal Treatment by M.J. Summers Book Blitz Posted by Robin \| May 31, 2017 \| Another Book Hangover, Book Blitzes, Featured, M.J. Summers (Crown Jewels Romance #1) Publication date: May 23rd 2017 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance Enough laughs to satisfy fans of Bridget Jones. Enough sparkly shoes and breathtaking ball gowns for fans of Cinderella… Twenty-eight-year-old Tessa Sharpe, a.k.a. The Royal Watchdog, hates everything about Prince Arthur. As far as she’s concerned, he’s an arrogant, lazy leech on the kingdom of Avonia. When he shocks the nation by giving her the keys to the castle in an attempt to boost his family’s dismal public approval ratings, Tessa has no choice but to accept and move in for two months. It’s lust at first sight, but there’s no way she can give in to her feelings—not if she wants to have a career or a shred of pride left when her time at the palace ends. Ultra-private, ultra-hot Crown Prince Arthur has always gotten by on his charm. But that won’t be enough now that the Royal Family is about to be ousted from power once and for all. When Prince Arthur has to rely on the one woman in the kingdom who hates him most, he must learn that earning the love of a nation means first risking his heart… Can two natural enemies find their forever in each other’s arms, or will they ruin each other to save themselves? [PLEASE NOTE: The Crown Jewels Series is not a typical MJ Summers book. It’s a light romantic comedy, very heavy on the laughs with a low steam level (but lots of delicious sexual tension and some swearing).] Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play Are you a book reviewer? Request a review copy of The Royal Treatment here! Prince Arthur: When we reach the vault room, there are two guards standing at the door. Normally there is just one, sitting on the inside; but for nights like tonight, there are a total of six. I nod, and one of them opens the door. “Good evening, fellows,” I say. “Good evening, Your Highness.” Once inside the room, we go through the same routine with the other four men. I go to the keypad and press the code, then hold my face in front of the camera for a retina scan. When I look down at Tessa, she actually looks impressed. “A little Bond-esque, no?” I ask. “Come on, Moneypenny, let’s get you something for that beautiful neck of yours.” I tug her hand and pull her in with me before she can say no. She’s already shaking her head, but I hold up one finger. “I can see those Sharpe family brains of yours going to work on ten different reasons why you won’t borrow a necklace, but I have already prepared counterarguments, and since we are now twelve minutes behind schedule, please allow me. One, they’re already paid for, some of them hundreds of years ago, so it’s not coming out of anyone’s taxes. Two, like the books in the library, they’re going to waste in here. Three, for the first time in my life, I want to share something with someone else—someone who deserves to feel like a queen, even if she’ll only allow herself that for one measly little evening. Four, I have this fantasy of seeing you in only the jewels. Maybe the heels could stay.” Tessa laughs and her cheeks go pink. “All right. One necklace, but make it a cheap one.” I raise one eyebrow. “Define cheap.” “Less than a kitchen stool.” “How about less than a car?” “Sofa.” “I said ‘queen.’ Would a queen really wear a sofa around her neck?” I reach up and run my fingertips along the base of her neck. “Would she wear a car?” “Good point.” I lean down and kiss the crook of her neck. “How about this? You choose whichever one you like the best, and I won’t tell you how much it’s worth.” I continue to brush my lips along her skin, then move up to her earlobe. The other night, I discovered a little spot at the base of her ear that turns her to putty. After a moment of some careful work, I get what I want. A breathy, little ‘okay’ escapes her lips. MJ Summers made a name for herself with her debut novel, Break in Two, a contemporary romance that cracked the Top 10 Paid on Amazon in the UK, as well as Canada (and the top 50 Paid in the USA). Her highly acclaimed Full Hearts Series was picked up by both Piatkus Entice (a division of Hachette UK) and HarperCollins Canada. Her first two books have been translated into Czech and Slovak by EuroMedia, with more translations underway. MJ Summers currently resides in Edmonton, Canada, with her husband, three young children, and their goofy dog. When she’s not writing romance novels, she loves reading (obviously), snuggling up on the couch with her family for movie night (which would not be complete without lots of popcorn and milkshakes), and long walks in the woods near her house. MJ also spends a lot more time thinking about doing yoga than actually doing yoga, which is why most of her photos are taken ‘from above’. She also loves shutting down restaurants with her girlfriends. Well, not literally shutting them down, like calling the health inspector or something. More like just staying until they turn the lights off… MJ is a member of the Romance Writers of America, as well as the International Women’s Writing Guild. PreviousSmoke and Mirrors by Susan Harris Book Blitz NextIf We Fall by K.M. 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__label__wiki	0.685325	0.685325	mark pieloch house ft. complex will house the collection of Mark Pieloch, nearly 250 cars that range from classic 1960’s and 1970’s American muscle cars to modern “sophisticated” muscle like a 2016 Shelby GT350R. Pieloch is founder and president of PF Inc. (formerly Pet Flavors), which is based in Melbourne. There was a problem saving your notification. Additionally, investigators said they obtained water records on the South Dakota residence, which showed that from 2008 through 2010, the Pielochs used an average of 300 gallons of water per month. And tomorrow from 2-5 the American Muscle Car Museum will host an open house for all of those that made this happen!!! {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}} This new 123,000 sq. The new center is also energy efficient and eco-friendly, using radiant heat and a kennel cleansing system that uses less water.The combination of sites means the humane society can house more animals (although Downey said he hopes that is not needed), keep animals longer, train those who come in with hard-to-adopt behaviors, showcase those irresistible fuzzy faces and create a comfortable setting that will entice people to linger and visit often.Plans to build an adoption center were announced in June 2011. Including a passion for animals, which he regularly gives to many animal-related charities and programs, he also has a love for vintage cars, and not just any cars, Muscle Cars! Construction began early spring 2012 and was completed this past May. Damage to the floors delayed the center’s June opening by one month.Downey credited generous donations with making his long-time dream of an adoption center into a reality.Dave and Mary Jo Livingston sold the 2.5 acre parcel of land to the humane society for $500,000 -- less than half of its $1.1 million appraised value.While the Pieloch name graces the outside of the adoption center, inside the generosity of dozens of pet lovers is etched into the walls and windows of colony and adoption rooms. Initially, this was to be done live...Over 50 years of Ford racing history and supercar design packed into one episode! Five Vedco Employees Receive Free Sports Cars - StJoeChannel.com vid on link ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Since the solar-powered facility opened in October 2016, his collection has grown to 302 vehicles valued at roughly $50 million.The American Muscle Car Museum typically only opens to the public during charitable events. The founder of the American Muscle Car Museum, Pieloch is an animal pharmaceutical inventor and entrepreneur. Initially, Melbourne officials considered adding a dog park at Ruffner Park, a small recreational area on Country Club Drive just north of the Florida Institute of Technology. -- Five employees from veterinary supplier Vedco in St. Joseph got the surprise of a lifetime Monday morning when they were presented with brand-new … They talked to a Dakota Dunes neighbor who said Pieloch and his wife stayed at the house perhaps two days per month. Eventually they will be part of the humane society’s storybook “Night at the Animal Shelter.” The story will be a take-off of the popular movie “Night at the Museum” taking families on a fantastical expedition through the adoption center after normal business hours.The $4 million adoption center is more than a pretty building. The 501(c)3 museum, located on 42 acres in Melbourne, includes 90,000 sqft of vehicle display area, an 18,000 sqft showroom, and an adjacent 15,000 sqft maintenance and restoration facility for the collection. * A small isolation room for cats who may have respiratory viruses. AMCM Owner Mark Pieloch has owned this truck since new, and with consistent care and upkeep, it looks nearly new despite being 20 years old and having nearly 100,000 miles. An animal lover and long-time friend of Downey’s, Pieloch donated $1.5 million toward the humane society’s Celebrate Me Home capital campaign -- putting it well over the top of its original $2.9 million goal.“It’s a very beautiful facility inside and out,” Pieloch said in a telephone interview from his business in Melbourne, Fla. “It should get a lot of use and hopefully will save the lives of lots of dogs and cats.”The new adoption center is a place of windows -- inside and out. 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__label__cc	0.502184	0.497816	Shimahide 21082AG200 Engine Cooling Fan Clutch Hayden Automotive 2747 Premium Fan Clutch Universal Air Conditioning ...New A/C Compressor with Clutch Home › Blog › US Automotive News › Takata Non Grata: GM Recall Actions Shine By Comparison – Forbes Takata Non Grata: GM Recall Actions Shine By Comparison – Forbes Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2014 The Takata air-bag imbroglio is making General Motors’ handling of its own air-bag problem look especially good by comparison. While Takata management, the U.S. car-safety regime and some of GM’s largest rivals have been grossly mishandling the problem of air-bag shrapnel, GM seems to have turned the corner on its own safety-recall mess — and largely because of how CEO Mary Barra has conducted herself and the company. The Takata terror looks worse by the day as the Japanese mega-supplier, automakers and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration deal unevenly and slowly with recall and safety campaigns meant to corral 7.8 million older cars with air bags that can explode with too much force during a crash and spray drivers and passengers with metal and plastic debris that amounts to shrapnel. Most recently, AutoNation, America’s largest auto retailer, halted sales of any of the cars in question as CEO Michael Jackson blasted federal regulators for their “incoherent” response to the crisis. Takata air bags so far have been blamed for four deaths and more than 30 injuries in the U.S. Most main brands in the U.S. auto market, including some GM vehicles, have taken actions ranging from issuing recalls to urging owners to leave the front passenger seat empty until air bags can be replaced. NHTSA has warned owners to get their cars repaired immediately but has resisted issuing a nationwide recall because the danger is most acute in hot, humid areas of the country where air-bag degradation likely is worst. Some automakers also have focused their efforts to get limited supplies of recall parts to most-affected regions. But that doesn’t deal with the fact that cars and consumers scatter everywhere. And NHTSA’s limp actions in the matter have sewn confusion among many car owners around the country. There’s also the fact that faulty Takata air bags have hardly caught NHTSA unawares. Japanese automakers have been recalling batches of cars carrying Takata air bags, because of this problem, for nearly two years. In March, Toyota and Honda and Nissan recalled a combined three million vehicles because of Takata air bags. But only very recently has NHTSA begun trying to assert overall control of the problem in the United States. So while Washington bureaucrats and politicians have yet to reach their final judgments about the handling by Barra and GM of the ignition-switch problem that led to at least 29 deaths in the United States, the Takata episode has become another hour that is not NHTSA’s finest. The fact also remains that NHTSA poorly handled allegations of unintended acceleration in Toyota models several years ago, with an approach that helped escalate a dubious accusation into a massive and expensive safety recall imposed on the company. Toyota’s own obstreperous response, of course, only made things worse. And a congressional committee also has held NHTSA to blame for its own role in not being able to put the pieces together earlier about GM’s ignition-switch problem though there was much evidence to suggest a fundamental flaw. In fact, the Takata debacle may yet end up forcing the Obama administration to change NHTSA chiefs. Current acting head David Friedman isn’t likely to be renominated for the job, Reuters reported. Also, compare the reaction of Takata management to that of GM. So far, Takata has only said the company will form a global quality-control committee, and CEO Shigehisa Takada has apologized for “causing … concerns and troubles.” Yet arguably the company should have known about the potential for this kind of disaster as early as 2006, when mishandling of the propellant in its air bags — it’s the only supplier to use ammonium nitrate, Bloomberg reported — caused a series of explosions in its plant in Mexico. Takata’s flaccid response so far seems vastly disproportionate to the seriousness of the flaw in its air bags and to the amount of time it has known about the problem.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line15
__label__wiki	0.505396	0.505396	Crypto custodian Anchorage nabs national bank charter from OCC Published by theblockcrypto.com on 2021-01-13 Anchorage has won the race to become the first federally chartered digital asset bank by obtaining a national bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The institutional crypto custodian is now on even firmer footing with its designation as a “Qualified Custodian” under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) requirements. Investment advisers have to keep client funds and securities with those that meet the qualified custodian standard, usually banks or registered broker-dealers. In a statement, the OCC highlighted the “conditional approval” of Anchorage’s banking bid. “The OCC granted a national trust bank charter to Anchorage after thorough review of the company and its current operations. As an enforceable condition of approval, the company entered into an operating agreement which sets forth, among other things, capital and liquidity requirements and the OCC’s risk management expectations,” the regulator said. With a banking charter, the Anchorage Digital Bank National Association can provide sub-custody services — like holding assets for a main custodian — for any financial institution, according to Anchorage. “Before now, there have existed fintech companies with the technical sophistication to securely handle digital assets under a piecemeal, state-by-state regulatory structure, and there have existed federally chartered banks with a robust regulatory framework that lack the true technological savvy it takes to operate in the blockchain space at its breakneck pace of innovation,” said Nathan McCauley and Diogo Mónica in a joint statement. Anchorage Digital Bank, they say, can now provide the tech and regulatory clarity that “serious institutional participation” requires. Other players are also looking to obtain banking charters in the near future. BitPay and Paxos both applied for federal charters from the OCC in December. Avanti remains a state-regulated bank under Wyoming’s charter. Anchorage’s approval comes days before Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks is slated to end his tenure with the bank regulator, according to a report from Politico. © 2021 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Author: Aislinn Keely Categories: Legal Researchers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have examined the central bank laws of 174 IMF members to answer the question of whether a digital currency is really money. They found that of all the Read more… Crypto Exchange Located in Europe Will Not Delist XRP Despite Legal Battle HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s ongoing lawsuit against Ripple for selling XRP, which it refers to as an unregistered security, Gatehub, with offices in the UK and Read more…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line18
__label__wiki	0.767354	0.767354	Posted In: Celebrity Profiles Photo courtesy of E! Brandi Glanville is a former model and American television personality, best known for her role on the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, where she appeared for four seasons. Glanville has also appeared on season 7 of the Celebrity Apprentice and made it to the final four but was fired only two weeks before the finale. Glanville is also a cast member of E!’s latest reality TV show, Famously Single, and will appear on the FOX cooking competition series My Kitchen Rules against friend Dean Sheremet. Aside from television appearances, this reality TV star runs a weekly podcast, Brandi Glanville Unfiltered, where she discusses pop culture and conducts celebrity interviews. Additionally, the former model is a contributor for the celebrity news magazine NW. In terms of her love life, the former RHOBH star hasn’t had it easy. She married actor Eddie Cibrian in 2001, and the celebrity couple have two boys together. However, their relationship ended in 2010 after Cibrian was caught in an infamous cheating scandal with country singer LeAnn Rimes, who is the ex-wife to Glanville’s friend Dean Sheremet. Despite the betrayal, the former model has continued to date since her split from Cibrian but ultimately has not remarried. Hopefully with the help of Famously Single, Glanville will get relationship advice that will bring her closer to finding the love she deserves. Related Celebrity Articles for Brandi Glanville Celebrity Exes: Brandi Glanville Accuses LeAnn Rimes of Keeping Tabs on Her Relationship Celebrity Interview: Brandi Glanville Is More Than a Housewife on 'Famously Single' Brandi Glanville Says Eddie Cibrian Is Asking Her for Child Support Brandi Glanville Talks About Dating as a Single Parent Brandi Glanville Says Drama Will End When LeAnn Rimes Has Her Own Kids Brandi Glanville Donates Wedding Dress to Army Wife LeAnn Rimes Breaks Down Over the Ending of Her First Marriage Brandi Glanville Lashes Out at LeAnn Rimes About Taking Credit for Her Sons Brandi Glanville Admits to Hooking Up with Gerard Butler Brandi Glanville Has Quickie Wedding in Las Vegas LeAnn Rimes Says She's a Mom (Not a Stepmom) When it Comes to Eddie Cibrian's Children Eddie Cibrian's Ex Brandi Glanville is Dating A-List Actor Gerard Butler Brandi Glanville and Elin Nordegren Are Bouncing Back LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Party With Cibrian’s Ex Brandi Glanville LeAnn Rimes and Brandi Glanville End Feud Over Eddie Cibrian Eddie Cibrian Gives LeAnn Rimes Birthday Bling <a href="http://cupidspulse.com/112421/brandi-glanville/">Brandi Glanville</a>	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line23
__label__cc	0.743982	0.256018	The Q8 Magellan spectrometer – Bruker’s flagship for metal analysis To describe Bruker Elemental’s relationship with its customers, Andreas Kunz, Managing Director of Bruker Elemental, needs a single word: “customise”. Where others come along with standard products and standard service, Bruker offers customer-oriented solutions that exactly fit custom needs. “First of all we listen closely to our customers, and then together we create the optimum spectrometer with the required parameters and detection limits,” explains the CEO. Customerisation is in demand especially where high-tech metals are processed and produced for the manufacturing of high-tech products in aerospace, the automotive industry and generally demanding materials in the steel and aluminium industry. For metal analysis during the manufacturing process, Bruker’s Q8 Magellan is already equipped with the necessary, rather unusual line combinations according to customer requirements. Matrices such as gold, indium, silver and bismuth can be easily analysed. With Bruker’s analytical expertise in spark spectrometry, the Q8 Magellan offers highly specialised companies worldwide an optimal, precisely tailored analysis tool. Custom design and flexibility become the customer’s benefit in many applications. Today Bruker’s Q8 Magellan is considered one of the most perfect instruments of its class on the market. Very accurately and quickly, the spectrometer performs even the most demanding analytical tasks, scoring with its highest precision, lowest detection limits and outstanding stability. Bruker’s high-end analyser is the first spectrometer worldwide that offers a previously unseen quality of analysis because of its possibility for unlimited combinations of measurement parameters. The most important reason for the Q8 Magellan’s outstanding capabilities is its statistical evaluation of time-resolved measurements of the individual spark. This allows new algorithms for the determination of dissolved / undissolved element portions, and also helps to detect non-metallic inclusions. Oxygen content, oxide and sulphide inclusions, and particle size distribution of various oxide and sulphide types (such as aluminium oxide, calcium aluminate and magnesium aluminate spinels) can all be determined with the Q8 Magellan. For samples with a copper matrix, the spectrometer features such small limits of detection with the necessary tight tolerances that the elemental composition of pure copper with a few ppm impurities can be analysed. To carry out the measuring process under optimum conditions, the Q8 Magellan uses a pneumatic sample clamp at the spark stand. This enables user-friendly operation and ensures the stable fixation of the sample during the spark, a precise analysis flow and ultimately accurate results. At the same time, it also allows a quick change of the samples. Because of the open spark stand, the analysis of bulky samples, sometimes 50cm wide, is also possible. The subsequent analysis is carried out by one-button technology – as fast as it gets. “The Q8 Magellan meets all requirements that are expected of an optical emission spectrometer in the premium segment of metal analysis,” says Product Manager Martin Tilleman. And this includes not only the technical finesse. “Also Bruker Elemental´s service and competence as a partner for difficult analytical problems is “premium”. We partner in a team with the customer. Sophisticated analysis always includes expert support.” For more information, contact your nearest IMP Branch, Gauteng TEL: 011 916 5000, KwaZulu Natal TEL: 031 764 2821, Western Cape TEL: 021 852 6133, Eastern Cape TEL: 041 364 2544, Free State TEL: 018 293 3333 or email: info@imp.co.za website: www.imp.co.za	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line31
__label__cc	0.6579	0.3421	Support CCAP Dialogue. Insight. Solutions. Since 1985, CCAP has been a recognized world leader in climate and air quality policy and is the only independent, nonprofit think tank working exclusively on those issues at the local, U.S. national and international levels. Learn More » Featured Work View All Featured Work » Oil and Gas Methane Mitigation: An opportunity for increasing NDC ambition Welcome to 2020: a pivotal year for countries to substantially ratchet up their ambition under the Paris Agreement. Under the “ratchet mechanism” (illustrated below) countries are expected to submit new or updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that represent a progression compared to the commitments they made in 2015. Chile Launches Ambitious Decarbonization Plan ahead of COP25 Presidency In a display of strong climate leadership, Chile announced this week the close of eight coal power plants over the next 5 years. Lessons from Virtual Pilots: Raising Climate Ambition through ITMOs Article 6 of the Paris Agreement facilitates use of cooperative approaches in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Realizing Art. 2.1c: Approaches to shifting financial flows towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development To limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and realize Paris Agreement goals, finance and assets aligned with low-GHG, resilient development must be the rule, not the exception. Center for Clean Air Policy : Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN) : Building local capacity to reduce short-lived climate pollutants from the waste sector: CCAP and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition October 11, 2013 \| by Julie Cerqueira Building local capacity to reduce short-lived climate pollutants from the waste sector: CCAP and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition Recognizing the need to mitigate climate change in the near-term, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition was launched in February 2012 to leverage political will in an effort to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as methane, black carbon and other air pollutants. One of the Coalition’s key initiatives works directly with city and national governments to reduce SLCPs from municipal solid waste (MSW). As a member of the Coalition’s MSW initiative, CCAP is building on its expertise developing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the waste sector to support projects at the city level in Colombia and Chile that complement NAMAs at the national level. Through the generous support of the Coalition, CCAP is working closely with the cities of Cali and Barranquilla in Colombia, and Vina del Mar and Concepcion in Chile, to improve sustainable waste management practices that reduce SLCPs. One of the benefits of joining the Coalition is access to a global network of waste and finance experts, cities, and national governments working together to reduce SLCPs from the waste and other sectors. At a March 2013 meeting convened by the Coalition on the periphery of the Global Methane Initiative Expo, the governments of Chile and Sweden initiated a formal partnership to support the development of sustainable waste practices in Chile. This partnership was also extended to the city level between Vina del Mar and Stockholm. The first activity emerging from the partnership was a week-long site visit by Swedish officials to Chile to help Vina del Mar determine how to most appropriately apply Stockholm’s renowned waste policies to their own context. In November 2013, Vina del Mar will be traveling to Sweden to get a better understanding of Stockholm’s waste policies and systems. During this exchange, CCAP is providing technical and capacity support to the city of Vina del Mar with the goal of helping to design a sustainable integrated solid waste management plan for the city. The plan will strive to reduce the volume and cost of waste dumped in landfills as well as promote value-generating activities such as recycling, composting and biodigesting. In Cali, CCAP is working with the government to assess and develop source separation and collection policies. To do so, the team will develop models to quantify mitigation impact, assess opportunities for diverting organics from large producers, and determine the market feasibility of compost generated through organics diversion. The policies apply to both organics and recyclables, and importantly, explore how to best formalize the city’s informal waste sector to improve the lives of waste pickers. New to the Coalition, the cities of Barranquilla and Concepcion are collaborating with CCAP to conduct assessments of their waste stream and identify a menu of potential projects that reduce SLCPs. CCAP, the governments of Chile and Colombia, and waste officials from the four cities recently participated in a global meeting of the Coalition’s Advisory Network in Vienna, Austria. The meeting shared best practices from across the globe and build the capacity of city governments to improve waste management activities with the goal of putting them on a path to identifying, designing and ultimately implementing actions that reduce SLCPs. The cities of Cali and Vina del Mar were showcased during the two-day event to demonstrate to new members the opportunities created by joining the Coalition and actions that can be achieved through strong local and national partners. Tags Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Integrated Solid Waste Management, On the Ground Name (required) Email (will not be published) (required) John Waweru Gakunga Posted at 4:45 PM on Friday, November 22, 2013 This is great news for new members for opportunities created by joining the Coalition and actions that can be achieved through strong committed local and foreign partners. 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__label__cc	0.604474	0.395526	celindareyesblog Interviewer, Music/Fashion/YouTube/Entertainment Blogger, Film/TV/Award Show/Book Reviewer. Welcome people of the internet!!! Tag Archives: Charles Pratt Jr. Monday Memos: Top 3 TV shows that left us to soon in 2014 & 2015 Home \| Monday Memos \| Monday Memos: Top 3 TV shows that left us to soon in 2014 & 2015 Hello people of the internet!!! On today’s ‘Monday Memos’ we’re going to talk about everybody’s favorite pastime…watching T.V.! January is an interesting time for T.V., because this is when new seasons premiere, new shows are added to the list of thing’s we’re obsessed with, and our hearts are broken when our fav shows are cancelled. So let’s take a look at some of the shows in 2014 & 2015 that were taken from us far too soon. Ready? Ok, let’s go!!! 3) Crisis (NBC): This high action drama was another show that had the potential to be so great. It told the story of what happens when the nation’s most powerful people’s children are kidnapped and held for ransom. We not only got to see the drama that the adults went through as they struggled with their parental love and civil duties, but we also got to see the drama that the kids went though as they tried to survive. This is a show that always kept its’ audience on their toes, so I would have liked to see how it would have continued. 2) Red Band Society (FOX): This show was able to perfectly balance, romance, drama, tragedy, and comedy in an amazing story of terminal ill teenager who live in a hospital. Even though the show only had a 13 episode run, they did a great job of developing their characters, and it’s obvious that we would have fallen even more in love with these characters as the series continued. 1) Twisted (ABC Family): This was was another drama that always had us on our toes. This show told the story of a boy named Danny who returns to his hometown after 5 years in a juvenile detention center after being convicted of murdering his aunt. When he returns he reunites with his 2 childhood best friends and soon finds himself accused of committing another murder after a popular girl from his high school dies. In the rest of the season we get romance, lots of drama, and more questions about whether or not Danny really killed his aunt, and if he didn’t what secrets is his family hiding. It’s such a shame that this show ended before we could really dive into the story, and explore these complex characters. 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__label__cc	0.524633	0.475367	Connectionist models of language production: lexical access and grammatical encoding. (1999) by G S Dell Venue: Cognit. Sci. The persistence of structural priming: transient activation or implicit learning by Kathryn Bock, Zenzi M. Griffin - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , 2000 "... Structural priming in language production is a tendency to recreate a recently uttered syntactic structure in different words. This tendency can be seen independent of specific lexical items, thematic roles, or word sequences. Two alternative proposals about the mechanism behind structural priming i ..." Structural priming in language production is a tendency to recreate a recently uttered syntactic structure in different words. This tendency can be seen independent of specific lexical items, thematic roles, or word sequences. Two alternative proposals about the mechanism behind structural priming include (a) short-term activation from a memory representation of a priming structure and (b) longer term adaptation within the cognitive mechanisms for creating sentences, as a form of procedural learning. Two experiments evaluated these hypotheses, focusing on the persistence of structural priming. Both experiments yielded priming that endured beyond adjacent sentences, persisting over 2 intervening sentences in Experiment 1 and over 10 in Experiment 2. Although memory may have short-term consequences for some components of this kind of priming, the persisting effects are more compatible with a learning account than a transient memory account. Speakers repeat themselves. Sometimes their repetitions are intentional, made for emphasis or other stylistic and social purposes (Giles & Powesland, 1975; Tannen, 1987), and sometimes they are accidental. They may involve almost ...mulate priming in a computational model that actually learns to produce sentences. Such a model can then be tested in an analog of the priming paradigm. Chang, Dell, Bock, and Griffin (2000; see also =-=Dell, Chang, & Griffin, 1999-=-) implemented a model that adapts the principles of parallel distributed processing to the circumstances of language production. The model explicitly incorporates a learning mechanism for priming, so ... Becoming Syntactic by Franklin Chang, Gary S. Dell, Kathryn Bock , 2006 "... Psycholinguistic research has shown that the influence of abstract syntactic knowledge on performance is shaped by particular sentences that have been experienced. To explore this idea, the authors applied a connectionist model of sentence production to the development and use of abstract syntax. Th ..." Psycholinguistic research has shown that the influence of abstract syntactic knowledge on performance is shaped by particular sentences that have been experienced. To explore this idea, the authors applied a connectionist model of sentence production to the development and use of abstract syntax. The model makes use of (a) error-based learning to acquire and adapt sequencing mechanisms and (b) meaning–form mappings to derive syntactic representations. The model is able to account for most of what is known about structural priming in adult speakers, as well as key findings in preferential looking and elicited production studies of language acquisition. The model suggests how abstract knowledge and concrete experience are balanced in the development and use of syntax. ...n & Dyer, 1991; Rohde, 2002; St. John & McClelland, 1990), and production, where word sequences are predicted from meaning 234BECOMING SYNTACTIC 235 (Chang, 2002; Chang, Dell, Bock, & Griffin, 2000; =-=Dell, Chang, & Griffin, 1999-=-; Miikkulainen & Dyer, 1991; Rohde, 2002). Our model is a variant of the dual-path model of Chang (2002), a connectionist treatment of the acquisition of production skill. The original dual-path model... Doing without schema hierarchies: A recurrent connectionist approach to normal and impaired routine sequential action by Matthew Botvinick, David C. Plaut - Psychological Review , 2004 "... In everyday tasks, selecting actions in the proper sequence requires a continuously updated representation of temporal context. Many existing models address this problem by positing a hierarchy of processing units, mirroring the roughly hierarchical structure of naturalistic tasks themselves. Such a ..." In everyday tasks, selecting actions in the proper sequence requires a continuously updated representation of temporal context. Many existing models address this problem by positing a hierarchy of processing units, mirroring the roughly hierarchical structure of naturalistic tasks themselves. Such an approach has led to a number of difficulties, including a reliance on overly rigid sequencing mechanisms, an inability to account for context sensitivity in behavior, and a failure to address learning. We consider here an alternative framework, according to which the representation of temporal context is facilitated by recurrent connections within a network mapping from environmental inputs to actions. Applying this approach to a specific, and in many ways prototypical, everyday task (coffee-making), we examine its ability to account for several central characteristics of normal and impaired human performance. The model we consider learns to deal flexibly with a complex set of sequencing constraints, encoding contextual information at multiple time-scales within a single, distributed internal representation. Mildly degrading this context representation leads ...ehavior. Models very similar to the one presented here have been proposed in work on language comprehension (Elman, 1991; McClelland et al., 1989) and production (including errors; Dell et al., 1993; =-=Dell, Chang, & Griffin, 1999-=-), raising the intriguing possibility that sequence production in language may rely on the same mechanisms as non-linguistic sequencing. In agreement with some others (e.g., Gupta & Dell, 1999), we su... Speech errors, phonotactic constraints, and implicit learning: a study of the role of experience in language production by Gary S. Dell, Kristopher D. Reed, David R. Adams, Antje S. Meyer, Gary S. Dell, Kristopher D. Reed - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 2000 "... Speech errors follow the phonotactics of the language being spoken. For example, in English, if [n] is mispronounced as [n], the [q] will always appear in a syllable coda. The authors created an analogue to this phenomenon by having participants recite lists of consonant-vowel-consonant syllables in ..." Speech errors follow the phonotactics of the language being spoken. For example, in English, if [n] is mispronounced as [n], the [q] will always appear in a syllable coda. The authors created an analogue to this phenomenon by having participants recite lists of consonant-vowel-consonant syllables in 4 sessions on different days. In the first 2 experiments, some consonants were always onsets, some were always codas, and some could be both. In a third experiment, the set of possible onsets and codas depended on vowel identity. In all 3 studies, the production errors that occurred respected the "phono-tactics " of the experiment The results illustrate the implicit learning of the sequential constraints present in the stimuli and show that the language production system adapts to recent experience. We know that "king " is a word of English and that, as far as we can tell, "hing " is not. However, most people would not be greatly surprised to hear that "hing " is a word that they just do not know. This is because [hlrj] is well formed. Each of its phonemes occur in English, and their ordering is consistent with English phono-tactics, the constraints that define the language's sound sequences. Just as it is apparent that "hing " is a possible word, it is even ...een syllables. None of the existing recurrent network models of the production of word forms (e.g., Dell et al., 1993) can give a good account of phonemic movement errors, particularly exchanges (see =-=Dell, Chang, & Griffin, 1999-=-, for a discussion). To conclude, we return to the phonotactic regularity of speech errors. Why does this effect occur? Our experiments invite the conclusion that at least part of the effect is the re... A Connectionist Model of Sentence Comprehension and Production. Unpublished by Douglas L. T. Rohde , 2002 "... The most predominant language processing theories have, for some time, been based largely on structured knowledge and relatively simple rules. These symbolic models intentionally segregate syntactic information processing from statistical information as well as semantic, pragmatic, and discourse inf ..." The most predominant language processing theories have, for some time, been based largely on structured knowledge and relatively simple rules. These symbolic models intentionally segregate syntactic information processing from statistical information as well as semantic, pragmatic, and discourse influences, thereby minimizing the importance of these potential constraints in learning and processing language. While such models have the advantage of being relatively simple and explicit, they are inadequate to account for learning and validated ambiguity resolution phenomena. In recent years, interactive constraint-based theories of sentence processing have gained increasing support, as a growing body of empirical evidence demonstrates early influences of various factors on comprehension performance. Connectionist networks are one form of model that naturally reflect many properties of constraint-based theories, and thus provide a form in which those theories may be instantiated. Unfortunately, most of the connectionist language models implemented until now have involved severe limitations, restricting the phenomena they could address. Comprehension and production models have, by and large, been limited to simple sentences with small vocabularies (cf. St. John & McClelland, 1990). Most models that have addressed the problem of complex, multi-clausal sentence processing have been prediction networks (cf. Elman, 1991; Christiansen & Chater, 1999a). Although a useful component of a language processing system, prediction does not get at the heart of language: the interface between syntax and semantics. Symbolically speaking: a connectionist model of sentence production by Franklin Chang - Cognitive Science , 2002 "... The ability to combine words into novel sentences has been used to argue that humans have symbolic language production abilities. Critiques of connectionist models of language often center on the inability of these models to generalize symbolically (Fodor & Pylyshyn, 1988; Marcus, 1998). To addr ..." The ability to combine words into novel sentences has been used to argue that humans have symbolic language production abilities. Critiques of connectionist models of language often center on the inability of these models to generalize symbolically (Fodor & Pylyshyn, 1988; Marcus, 1998). To address these issues, a connectionist model of sentence production was developed. The model had variables (role-concept bindings) that were inspired by spatial representations (Landau & Jackendoff, 1993). In order to take advantage of these variables, a novel dual-pathway architecture with event semantics is proposed and shown to be better at symbolic generalization than several variants. This architecture has one pathway for mapping message content to words and a separate pathway that enforces sequencing constraints. Analysis of the model’s hidden units demonstrated that the model learned different types of information in each pathway, and that the model’s compositional behavior arose from the combination of these two pathways. The model’s ability to balance symbolic and statistical behavior in syntax acquisition and to model aphasic double dissociations provided independent support for the dual-pathway architecture. ... & Williams, 1986). 2.1. Statistical learning of production: the Prod-SRN model The Production Simple Recurrent Network (Prod-SRN, Fig. 1) was a SRN (Elman, 1990), which was augmented with a message (=-=Dell, Chang, & Griffin, 1999-=-; Jordan, 1986). One part of the network mapped from a representation of the previous word to the next word in the sequence. The output word units received inputs from a set of hidden units, and the h... Connectionist natural language processing: the state of the art by Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater - Cognitive Science , 1999 "... provides an opportunity for an appraisal both of specific connectionist models and of the status and utility of connectionist models of language in general. This introduction provides the background for the papers in the Special Issue. The development of connectionist models of language is traced, f ..." provides an opportunity for an appraisal both of specific connectionist models and of the status and utility of connectionist models of language in general. This introduction provides the background for the papers in the Special Issue. The development of connectionist models of language is traced, from their intellectual origins, to the state of current research. Key themes that arise throughout different areas of connectionist psycholinguistics are highlighted, and recent developments in speech processing, morphology, sentence processing, language production, and reading are described. We argue that connectionist psycholinguistics has already had a significant impact on the psychology of language, and that connectionist models are likely to have an important influence on future research. I. Theoretical and computational analysis of skill learning, repetition priming, and procedural memory by Prahlad Gupta, Neal J. Cohen - Psychological Review , 2002 "... This article analyzes the relationship between skill learning and repetition priming, 2 implicit memory phenomena. A number of reports have suggested that skill learning and repetition priming can be dissociated from each other and are therefore based on different mechanisms. The authors present a t ..." This article analyzes the relationship between skill learning and repetition priming, 2 implicit memory phenomena. A number of reports have suggested that skill learning and repetition priming can be dissociated from each other and are therefore based on different mechanisms. The authors present a theoretical analysis showing that previous results cannot be regarded as evidence of a processing dissociation between skill learning and repetition priming. The authors also present a single-mechanism computational model that simulates a specific experimental task and exhibits both skill learning and repetition priming, as well as a number of apparent dissociations between these measures. These theoretical and computational analyses provide complementary evidence that skill learning and repetition priming are aspects of a single underlying mechanism that has the characteristics of procedural memory. One of the most significant developments in the study of human memory over the last two decades has been the discovery of a dissociation between two different kinds of memory systems. An early indication of this dissociation came from studies of amnesia in patients with excision or lesions of the hippocampus (Scoville & Milner, 1957). These patients were dramatically impaired in their ...; Bock & Loebell, 1990; Bock, Loebell, & Morey, 1992). It has been specifically proposed that structural priming is a form of implicit learning (Bock et al., 1992; Chang, Griffin, Dell, & Bock, 1997; =-=Dell, Chang, & Griffin, 1999-=-). Furthermore, thesviability of such a view has been demonstrated in the form of a computational model in which connection weights are adjusted slightly each time a sentence is presented to the model... Connectionist sentence processing in perspective by Mark Steedman - Cognitive Science , 1999 "... The emphasis in the connectionist sentence-processing literature on distributed representation and emergence of grammar from such systems can easily obscure the often close relations between connectionist and symbolist systems. This paper argues that the Simple Recurrent Network (SRN) models propose ..." The emphasis in the connectionist sentence-processing literature on distributed representation and emergence of grammar from such systems can easily obscure the often close relations between connectionist and symbolist systems. This paper argues that the Simple Recurrent Network (SRN) models proposed by Jordan (1989) and Elman (1990) are more directly related to stochastic Part-of-Speech (POS) Taggers than to parsers or grammars as such, while auto-associative memory models of the kind pioneered by Longuet–Higgins, Willshaw, Pollack and others may be useful for grammar induction from a network-based conceptual structure as well as for structurebuilding. These observations suggest some interesting new directions for specifically connectionist sentence processing research, including more efficient representations for finite state machines, and acquisition devices based on a distinctively connectionist basis for grounded symbolist conceptual structure. I. ...usible alternatives. But it it is hard to believe that this can be done without a fuller grammatical analysis than that implicit in the SRN. The study of syntactic priming (Bock 1986) in the paper by =-=Dell et al. 1997-=- in this volume might appear at first glance to encourage a more optimistic view. It uses a variant of the simply recurrent architecture linking the context units of an SRN trained to associate sequen... Learning to divide the labor: an account of deficits in light and heavy verb production by Jean K. Gordon , Gary S. Dell , 2003 "... Theories of sentence production that involve a convergence of activation from conceptual-semantic and syntactic-sequential units inspired a connectionist model that was trained to produce simple sen-tences. The model used a learning algorithm that resulted in a sharing of responsibility (or “divisio ..." Theories of sentence production that involve a convergence of activation from conceptual-semantic and syntactic-sequential units inspired a connectionist model that was trained to produce simple sen-tences. The model used a learning algorithm that resulted in a sharing of responsibility (or “division of labor”) between syntactic and semantic inputs for lexical activation according to their predictive power. Semantically rich, or “heavy”, verbs in the model came to rely on semantic cues more than on syntactic cues, whereas semantically impoverished, or “light”, verbs relied more on syntactic cues. When the syntactic and semantic inputs were lesioned, the model exhibited patterns of production characteristic of agrammatic and anomic aphasic patients, respectively. Anomic models tended to lose the ability to retrieve heavy verbs, whereas agrammatic models were more impaired in retrieving light verbs. These results obtained in both sentence production and single-word naming simulations. Moreover, simulated agrammatic lexical retrieval was more impaired overall in sentences than in single-word tasks, in agree-ment with the literature. The results provide a demonstration of the division-of-labor principle, as well as general support for the claim that connectionist learning principles can contribute to the understanding	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line40
__label__wiki	0.860598	0.860598	The World is a Very Scary Place ‘Goodfellas’ Said Best Film of All Time Martin Scorsese’s classic mobster movie “Goodfellas” is the greatest film of all time, according to the experts(!!) at a British film magazine. THAT would be awful enough on it’s own but this…(?!) “Fight Club,” starring Brad Pitt, came fourth… …leaves no hope for the future. Throw “Alexander” in there and be done with it. Fun \| Mr. Bingley \| October 25, 2005 9:05 am 6 Responses to “The World is a Very Scary Place” Cullen says: Goodfellas is okay. I love Fight Club though. Don’t think it’d be in my top 10 best, though. Top 20 maybe. I think I’ve discovered where they train snail trainers. GetALifeAgain says: ‘WINS, “The janitors say it was two million, the local police say it was four million, Lufthansa says it was six million!”‘ (Back to Henry Hill in the shower), “JIMMY….” This heist is in the Guiness Book of world records. Crusader says: Goodfellas was decent, but sheesh. Goodfellas is the greatest movie ever made. Just shut up. SHUT UP!!!! GALA says: No the best movie ever made was, “In The Heat of The Night” (1967) with Rod Steiger & Sidney Portier. “Strange Cargo” (1940) Clark Gable & Ian Hunter “Breaker Morant” (1979 – Australian) Edward Woodward	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line42
__label__cc	0.634367	0.365633	Kerry Cassidy is broke "We basically have run out of money," says Kerrynote 1 in this update video dated March 17th. The caption reads "We are totally out of funds .. please help." Well, that's straightforward enough, anyway. To me, the surprise is that this didn't happen years ago. In my opinion, running the kind of wild and woolly operation Kerry does, and expecting your audience to support you 100% financially, is foolhardy. It might work for PBS (just barely,) but PBS's audience is mostly professional people with what they call discretionary income. My picture of Kerry's core audience is of people who barely have jobs, let alone money to throw around to enable Kerry to jet off to Gobekli Tepe with her paramour and stay in a nice hotel. So she may have managed to swing the Gobekli Tepe boondoggle, but the more general evidence is that I'm right. Late last year Kerry announced an Indiegogo campaign, with a $100,000 goal. The campaign wound up on November 28th having raised $5,850 -- just 6% of the target. This despite the fact that a $5,000 contribution would get you a perk of a dinner with Kerry (Good luck getting a word in edgeways there.) I'm not unsympathetic. It's tough being broke, and believe me I know. But I just think Kerry's ambitions are totally unrealistic. She works hard, no doubt about that, but her product really isn't very good. She claims to have done a year of film school at UCLA Extension, but I see very few signs of a professional approach to videography. Her IMDB page includes no credits whatsoever as director, producer, writer, editor or director of photography. It lists just two credits as "herself." (I won't brag about my own IMDB credits, but they're... er, a lot.) This 25-minute video from Kerry's May 2013 trip to Washington DC serves to illustrate Kerry's shortcomings as a videographer. She starts with a minute of establishing shots of the city, setting up the venue (The National Press Building.) OK, a perfectly decent idea. But what she gives us is a minute of the camera waving around, finding focus, passing over some recognizable stuff then moving right along. This is not what you do to establish a location. What you do, as a professional, is to capture enough scenes from the tripod to offer your editor so that he or she can cut together a montage of the appropriate length. You do not use the out-of-focus shots or the wavey-waveys.note 2 Then you write a script that fits the picturenote 3, record it, and dub it on. Optionally, mix in a little M&E (Music and Effects.) In practice the editor may be the same person as the producer and camera operator, as I'm sure it is in the world of Kerry. Makes no diff. And I'm not saying the occasional whip-pan or crash-zoom is verboten -- just that everything shouldn't be on the move all the time. It's dizzying, and it serves its intentions very poorly. Her framing during interviews isn't too bad, actually. I was trained to keep the interviewee's eyes between 2/3 and 3/4 up the screen height, and Kerry pretty-much follows that. But from 06:58 to 07:28 in this piece she keeps the camera trained on the interviewee's lapel as she introduces herself for half a minute. CHOP IT OUT, Kerry. A professional would never allow that dreck into the cut story. She doesn't shoot enough cutaways to edit the interviews tightly -- she seems to be content to let them drone on at full length, and that applies to her entire oeuvre as far as I've seen. To my mind, she simply doesn't have the instinct for what works to create watchable documentaries. Her pieces to camera run the range from so-so to frighteningly bad. She doesn't light herself, so we get an ultra-low contrast picture. She doesn't seem to believe in learning a script, or teleprompting one, so we get plenty of ers and ums, and she has the devastating habit of shaking her head every so often, as though getting her hair out of her eyes (check the appeal for support video, at 01:45.) Her editing is at times inaccurate (again, check the appeal vid at 09:57 for a double-cut.) I hear you say this is all part of her down-home appeal, but I don't buy it. UNPROFESSIONAL is the word that comes to mind. So my suggestion to Kerry would be to give up on it. Maintain your library of however-many-thousand over-length interviews you have, but stop prancing around the world making more of them and expecting volunteers to foot the bill. Perhaps stick to conference organizing — that surely generates plenty of cash. The punters who pay good money to attend the Awake and Aware conferences aren't interested in Kerry specifically, but in the speakers she comes up with. She's pretty good at that, and of course these days she could always have a great new career as an Uber driver. Update March 24 Since declaring that she's skint and cannot continue "this important work," Kerry has produced and released the following videos: Same day: Richard Bartlett & Melissa Joy: Matrix Energetics (whatever those are) A day later: Chris Kehler: Quantum Energy Healing (whatever that is) And today, "The Brussels bombings were a False Flag." Oh yes of course they were. Everything tragic is. That way we can all admire Kerry's brilliant access to THE REAL STORY and forget about wasting sympathy on the 30+ fake families who are pretending to have lost fake loved ones. Terrific job, Kerry. Announcements that tell their own story: Today Kerry announced that she's putting together a tour of Europe, to take place sometime this Spring. She doesn't say she'll be hitchhiking and staying in youth hostels, either. If that announcement had come a day later I'd have thought "Yeah, yeah, Kerry. April fool, right?" [1] For those who have NFI who Kerry is, here's a briefing. [2] Unless you're Dennis Hopper. Sorry, Easy Rider is one of my pet hates. [3] In the newsgathering business they tend to start with a narration track and cut to it. Fine, that works too (but in my opinion is less creative.) Labels: kerry cassidy It doesn't really work for PBS either. They get some of their funding from tax payers and from various foundations. Where Kerri gets her money has always been an open question for me. Quite right, Chris. "Viewers like you" only provide a minority of the total budget. All the more reason to declare Kerry's business model a non-starter. Exactly. Even Hoagland tried to line up other sources of income(dvd sales, conferences, and whatever C2C was paying him) before begging for money from his fans. In the end, not he could make that work. The guys making a go of it in this area our the folks who write books. Bara, for all his faults, has a good enough work ethic to keep turning out(really bad) books. Of course they are crap, but they give him a little cash and something to talk about at conferences. They also give him some credibility with gullible (or apathetic) TV producers. Irrelevant comment from "Captain Novvak" disallowed THE Orbs Whiperer said... Do you feel there is a legitimate purpose to cover the subjects in programs they have produced, Patrick, and that the only problem is with the craftsmanship of the production, or should there be censorship, all together? Expat wrote: "forget about wasting sympathy on the 30+ fake families who are pretending to have lost fake loved ones." It might, in this case, point to a more psychopathic (narcissistic?) tendency: to construct a view which inhibits actual sympathy for the mindless suffering, waste and ignorance while elevating one where everything is rationally "controlled" and "staged", in some evil and hidden way. It's the typical flipped inside-out world view of a person trying to keep ones own intolerable suffering and desire out of sight by controlling those elements by endlessly restructuring them. And sometimes for good reasons: accepting would break down a fragile ego-structure, fragile in the sense of vulnerable when the fantasy story arch production would stop functioning. It's all too human but so exaggerated in this case! And very sad how Kerry does not see how she's describing mostly her own panic, secrecy and conspiracy for the world to take notice. Endlessly self-therapizing, without solution since the hiding is the source of problem and as well the source of her current power, her current "way to be". The fact this stuff still has some kind of audience, shows not only that there are others who resonate with her disposition but more that there's a market for the outrageous, repetitive and tantalizing speculation. Members of such audience might have complex and varying motives to remain (briefly) interested. There's in my view no easy answer, no handy category to put them all in. Not even "nut cases" or "woo crowd". Perhaps this is more like conspiracy p@rn? While in this case the director believing it's true art... Dr. Dee based on previous posts I know what a "pain in the nuts" Ripley can be but on the other hand it was always pretty funny, entertaining and "informative" how she always seem to be able and willing to make a complete nutter out of her-selves. So....a request to allow her comments every now and then....just for the fun of it ;-) Happy Easter holiday Theadora: ABSOLUTELY NO CENSORSHIP. Kerry has an absolute right to say silly things, just as I have an absolute right to mock them. Click on the little KERRY CASSIDY label at the bottom of my article to see everything I've ever written about her. Summary: It's both the content and the packaging I object to. If Kerry fails for lack of financial support, that's just what she deserves. But as I hinted in yesterday's update, she's just bluffing. Dee: Your analysis is excellent. I fully agree. Adrian: I did, see? Erickson said... For awhile I might have dreamed of a world where Kerry could not afford to continue her work, where she would not be able to visit "Captain" Mark Richards in prison because the vending machines in the visiting room raised their prices, or she could not travel around the world with Sean Morton (although future trips with Sean will probably have to be delayed in any event). It would be nice if her supporters simply decided that her quest for insider knowledge and conspiracy was not worth the price they were paying - not because of censorship, not even because of the risk of a scaler attack, but because people decided that whatever she had to say was just another false flag and they got bored. But from your update, it does appear that it is just a dream. She has an audience, just not a paying one. Hoagland has the same issue, but to a lesser degree. He has his own BS to sell, where as she's just selling other people's stories. Those interviews really are awful. I saw the 3 hour one with Hoagie, and it was all over the place. Instead of trying to keep him on topic, she let him (and his ego) roam free. Truly bad. Thank you...and I fully agree with your "...Kerry has an absolute right to say silly things, just as I have an absolute right to mock them..." reaction to Ripley's post. The world is going berserk with political correctness and the silly offspring it produced. There are to much [potential] narcissistic people around thinking they have the right to be offended for example. It is nothing more then a silly and childish whine. If we would or should allow such a right to exist they also should except its offspring...Having the right to offend. So yes, excellent point Lest any readers think I'm exaggerating the attitude of conspira-droids (not just Kerry) to domestic tragedy, here's a quote I stole from Metabunk, who were in turn quoting from the NorthernTruthSeeker blog: "WHY are there still shills out there in the alternative media and the so called "truth movement" trying to push the lie that Sandy Hook was real to this very day? Honestly, even with the other frauds including the San Bernardino fraud, the Virginia fraud, the Boston Bombing fraud, etc, etc, staring them right in their faces, they still have the nerve to say that Sandy Hook was real? It would not surprise me that they were paid off (estimates are that the criminals involved have given each person participating some $666,000 in blood money for perpetuating the lie...) and are now stuck with their lies.... I honestly wonder how they can live with themselves?" No censorship, Patrick? Well then, call it obstinacy. You dismissed my first comment on this thread, even though it pertains to that Dick Hoagland, who also deleted my comment on the same subject. Now watch, he's going to do just as I preDICKted, and start ranting about the incoming comet having a companion under intelligent control, and 39 more nerds in Nikes are liable to wash down a fistfull of sleeping pills with vodka and castrate themselves all over again. I'll say it right here and now, their blood will be on your hands, because you can't handle the truth. Or do you think that the Heaven's Gate suicide pact never happened, and that it was all just a show, with actors playing dead as they were hauled out on stretchers to the ambulance? Maybe they drank vodka that had been dosed with knock out drops, and then they were castrated? At any rate, that Dick Hoagland and Art Bell were like Orson Welles doing, War of the Worlds. To this day, they remain unrepentant about their complicity in driving those impressionable audience members to their deaths, even if it was all staged. Hoagland and Bell wouldn't have had inside information about it all being an act, would they? Hoagland did go so far as to say that he heard that Marshall Applewhite was a CIA operative. At any rate, what are the odds that three comets would be headed towards Earth, flying in formation, equidistant apart, as if three lights on the starboard side of a gimoungous triangle? It must be another fake picture from NASA. What three incoming comets? Comet 252PLinear flew by Earth on March 21st, followed by Comet P/2016 BA14 a day later, and both were keenly observed by comet watchers. There WAS no third one. I count THREE! Objects 252P/Linear, P/2016 & BA14 Amateur comet watchers don't hold NASA accountable. Please pay attention Theadora: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/p2016-ba14-closest-comet-in-almost-250-years03162016/ If you noticed, Patrick, they ASSUME that the object is a comet, because it has a tail, and that the two companions are chips off the old block. In any event, we are being desensitized to the possibility of ETs, so as to mitigate the potential damage to cultural impact upon society, as cautioned by Margaret Mead's contribution to the so called, Brookings Report. Otherwise, if NASA knows for certain that the object(s) are a comet, then they would state so uncategorically, instead of qualifying the description. P/2016 and BA14 are one and the same comet, NOT two separate ones! Look at the caption of the photo of the 'three' green comets. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/18/comets-brush-earth/81974318/ It's nothing more than a composite photo of ONE of them - P/2016: "The STACK of telephoto exposures was captured on March 16 from Penwortham, South Australia". There is a subtle inference that the objects might not be a comet. Why the ambiguity? Furthermore, notice the un-natural, symmetry. The two trailing objects following an equal distance, starboard of stern, from the lead object. Discussion of these comets is now closed. Comment from Novvak/Theadora attempting to extend the comet theme disallowed. Planning and announcing tours could perhaps supply quick financial relief as interested fans often need to book and pay these "exclusive" opportunities in advance or in some cases lump sum advances might be paid by the organizing parties. Not sure about cancellations though. Does event insurance exist? Utterly irrelevant comment from Novvak/Theadora disallowed What's she on about now? https://twitter.com/projectcamelot She's channeling some guy called 'Faily' (appropriate) who failyed in his attempt to warn us of all sorts of calamities on the 7th. http://projectcamelotportal.com/2016/04/06/13047/ Sheer raving lunacy. It's hard to believe that even her most devoted fan would give that rubbish any credence. "ANNOUCEMENT [sic] posted here for simplicity" -- That's a gem already. Nothing simple about it. The announcement is unsurprisingly riddled with factual errors and incoherent usage of various technical or formal terms, showing the source, human or not, has little exposure to the topic apart from what's gleaned from various similar blogs. It doesn't come as a surprise though as it's known that in times of high stress, the schizophrenic personality retreats in the self, dissociating to the extent of feeling "others" speaking, but mostly just facilitating through the act some "safe" environment to deal what must look like an extremely dangerous world ready to explode (and in some ways, that's always somewhat true, just more vividly so for people in this state). Sometimes this can provide some creative or at least amusing output. Not in the case of Kerry though. Perhaps inspiring to other crazies who are less creative or able to write coherent sentences? How can this increasing collapse ever end well? Yes, we have no Mike Bara	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line45
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__label__wiki	0.620601	0.620601	Difference between revisions of "Hydrogeology of Tanzania" Beod (talk \| contribs) (→‎Water statistics) Revision as of 10:47, 12 December 2018 (edit) (undo) (→‎References) ===Key Hydrogeology References=== AB Brokonsult. 1980. Tabora Region Water Master Plan: Hydrogeological Studies. Ministry of Water Tanzania Shindo S. 1989. The study on the Recharge Mechanism and Development of Groundwater in the Inland Area of Tanzania. Progress report of the Japan-Tanzania joint Research 4. Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. Carl Bro, Cowi Consult, Kampax-Kruger. 1982. Regional Water Master Plans for Iringa, Ruvuma and Mbeya Regions, Hydrogeology Vol 9. Ministry of Water for Tanzania. SADC. 2010. Hydrogeological Map of Tanzania. Coster FM. 1960. Underground water in Tanganyika DHV. 1984. Regional Water Master Plans for Morogoro. Ministry of Water Tanzania Mato. 2002. Groundwater Pollution in Urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Assessing Vulnerability and Protection Priorities. Technical University, Eindhoven Mjemah IC. 2007. Hydrogeological and Hydrogeochemical Investigation of a Coastal Aquifer in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Laboratory for Applied Geology and Hydrogeology, Geological Institute, Ghent University. Mjemah IC, Van Camp MC and Walraevens K. Groundwater exploitation and recharge rate estimation of a quaternary sand aquifer in Dar-es-Salaam area, Tanzania. Africa Groundwater Atlas >> Hydrogeology by country >> Hydrogeology of Tanzania The area of present-day Tanzania has been inhabited since pre-historic times, first by hunter-gatherers, and since at least 2000 years ago by farmers. Travellers and traders from the Persian Gulf and India began visiting coastal areas in the early 1st millennium AD, and Arab trading posts were set up long before the 14th century. Portugal took control of some coastal areas and parts of Zanzibar from the 15th century, before Omani Arabs claimed Zanzibar in the mid 19th century, which subsequently played an important role in Arab-controlled slave and spice trades. The mainland part of Tanzania was part of German East Africa from 1884, while Britain took control of Zanzibar. After World War I, the part of German East Africa that became Tanzania (then called Tanganyika) was claimed by Britain. Tanganyika became independent in 1961, and Zanzibar in 1963, and they merged in 1964 to become Tanzania. After independence, the country embraced the ideology of African socialism, with a single party state, transitioning to a multiparty political system in 1992. The first president, Julius Nyerere’s, policy of emphasising national unity and discouraging ethnic divisions helped provide relative political stability. Demands for Zanzibar’s independence from the rest of Tanzania have become stronger in the 21st century. Tanzania’s economy is heavily based on agriculture, which accounts for a quarter of GDP and 85% of exports, including sugar, cotton, cashews, coffee and sisal. Gold mining provides valuable export income, along with some petrochemicals. Tourism is a growth industry, boosted by visits to Mount Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and wildlife destinations. Strict laws protect wildlife, but poachers pose a constant threat. Tanzania has relatively abundant water resources, with relatively high, but seasonal, rainfall and a number of major rivers and lakes. Most rural areas rely on groundwater from communal boreholes for water supply, and many piped urban supplies depend on groundwater. The post-independence policy of collective villagisation, intended to make the provision of infrastructure more efficient, included the rural water supply programme that aimed to supply free and safe water within 400m of every household within 20 years. However, in the 2000s access to improved water supplies has declined, especially in urban areas. 1 Authors 2 Terms and conditions 3 Geographical Setting 3.3 Surface water 3.4 Soil 3.5 Land cover 3.6 Water statistics 5 Hydrogeology 5.1 Unconsolidated Sedimentary 5.2 Consolidated Sedimentary - Intergranular & Fracture Flow 5.3 Basement 5.4 Groundwater Status 6 Groundwater use and management 6.1 Groundwater use 6.2 Groundwater management 6.3 Transboundary aquifers 6.4 Groundwater monitoring 7.1 General online resources 7.2 Key Geology References 7.3 Key Hydrogeology References Hosea Sanga, Department of Water Resources, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Tanzania Dr Kirsty Upton, Brighid Ó Dochartaigh, British Geological Survey, UK Dr Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Institute of Development Studies, UK Please cite this page as: Sangea, Upton, Ó Dochartaigh and Bellwood-Howard, 2018. Bibliographic reference: Sangea H, Upton K, Ó Dochartaigh BÉ and Bellwood-Howard, I. 2018. Africa Groundwater Atlas: Hydrogeology of Tanzania. British Geological Survey. Accessed [date you accessed the information]. http://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Hydrogeology_of_Tanzania The Africa Groundwater Atlas is hosted by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and includes information from third party sources. Your use of information provided by this website is at your own risk. If reproducing diagrams that include third party information, please cite both the Africa Groundwater Atlas and the third party sources. Please see the Terms of use for more information. Geographical Setting Tanzania. Map developed from USGS GTOPOPO30; GADM global administrative areas; and UN Revision of World Urbanization Prospects. For more information on the map development and datasets see the geography resource page. Tanzania lies in the area between the Great Lakes (Victoria, Tanganyika and Malawi) and the Indian Ocean. The lakes mark the trace of the western branch of the East African Rift System. The coastal area of Tanzania comprises a low-lying flat plain. The centre of the country is dominated by a plateau, which varies in height between 900 and 1800 m above sea level. In the north and south of the country are highland areas, with the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro (5895 metres above sea level), situated in the northern Pare Range. Tanzania also includes several islands, located off the east coast in the Indian Ocean. The largest of these are Pemba (north), Zanzibar (centre), and Mafia (south). Capital city Dodoma Region Eastern Africa Border countries Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique Total surface area* 947,300 km2 (94,730,000 ha) Total population (2015)* 53,470,000 Rural population (2015)* 36,942,000 (69%) Urban population (2015)* 16,528,000 (31%) UN Human Development Index (HDI) [highest = 1] (2014)* 0.5212 * Source: FAO Aquastat The central plateau region of Tanzania is classified as a hot arid steppe climate, while the northern and southern regions are predominantly tropical savannah. The highland areas in the northeast and southwest of the country have temperate climates with dry winters and warm or hot summers. These climate regions are reflected in the spatial variations in observed average annual temperature and precipitation across Tanzania. There are temporal variations in precipitation and temperature across Tanzania. Temperature is generally lower during the winter months of June to August, and highest during November and December. Precipitation is consistently low from June to September, and is higher and more variable during the summer months. More information on average rainfall and temperature for each climate zone can be found on the Tanzania Climate Page. These maps and graphs were developed from the CRU TS 3.21 dataset produced by the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, UK. For more information see the climate resource page. The main surface water features in Tanzania are Lake Victoria in the north, Lake Tanganyika in the west, and Lake Malawi in the south. The main river draining the plateau region into Lake Tanganyika is the Gombe River. Several smaller lakes, including Lake Manyara, Lake Eyasi and Lake Rukwa, also receive discharge from rivers draining the central plateau. The main rivers flowing from the plateau region into the Indian Ocean are the Pangani (north), Wami (centre) and Rufiji (south). The Ministry of Water, through its nine Lake/River Basins, is responsible for river flow gauging. River flow data are stored in each of the Lake/River Basin offices, and also stored centrally at the Ministry of Water. Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) have river gauging stations at selected areas of interest within National Parks. Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) also monitor lake levels and river flow in selected locations. Major surface water features of Tanzania. Map developed from World Wildlife Fund HydroSHEDS; Digital Chart of the World drainage; and FAO Inland Water Bodies. For more information on the map development and datasets see the surface water resource page. The soils of Tanzania are very varied, reflecting the complex interaction of climate, topography and geology. Volcanic activity associated with the East African Rift System typically gives rise to Andosols, while erosion of weathered basic volcanic rocks typically produces Vertisols. Widespread Cambisols reflect continuous uplift of the area surrounding the East African Rift System. These are young soils that generally lack distinct horizons and show limited evidence of soil forming processes. Acidic Acrisols and clay-rich Luvisols represent soil development in areas with significant relief. Extensive Lixosols in the south of Tanzania reflect the predominance of grassland savannah. Fluvisols are widespread in central Tanzania along the floodplain of the Rufiji River and its tributaries. Soil Map of Tanzania, from the European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Soil Portal. For more information on the map see the soil resource page. Land Cover Map of Tanzania, from the European Space Agency GlobCover 2.3, 2009. For more information on the map see the land cover resource page. Water statistics Rural population with access to safe drinking water (%) 45.5 Urban population with access to safe drinking water (%) 77.2 Population affected by water related disease No data No data No data Total internal renewable water resources (cubic metres/inhabitant/year) 1571 Total exploitable water resources (Million cubic metres/year) No data No data No data Freshwater withdrawal as % of total renewable water resources 5.385 Total renewable groundwater (Million cubic metres/year) 30,000 Exploitable: Regular renewable groundwater (Million cubic metres/year) No data No data No data Groundwater produced internally (Million cubic metres/year) 30,000 Fresh groundwater withdrawal (primary and secondary) (Million cubic metres/year) No data No data No data Groundwater: entering the country (total) (Million cubic metres/year) No data No data No data Groundwater: leaving the country to other countries (total) (Million cubic metres/year) No data No data No data Industrial water withdrawal (all water sources) (Million cubic metres/year) 25 Municipal water withdrawal (all water sources) (Million cubic metres/year) 527 Agricultural water withdrawal (all water sources) (Million cubic metres/year) 4,632 Irrigation water withdrawal (all water sources) 1 (Million cubic metres/year) 4,425 Irrigation water requirement (all water sources) 1 (Million cubic metres/year) 973 Area of permanent crops (ha) 2,150,000 Cultivated land (arable and permanent crops) (ha) 15,650,000 Total area of country cultivated (%) 16.52 Area equipped for irrigation by groundwater (ha) 386 Area equipped for irrigation by mixed surface water and groundwater (ha) No data No data No data These statistics are sourced from FAO Aquastat. They are the most recent available information in the Aquastat database. More information on the derivation and interpretation of these statistics can be seen on the FAO Aquastat website. Further water and related statistics can be accessed at the Aquastat Main Database. 1 More information on irrigation water use and requirement statistics This section provides a summary of the geology of Tanzania. More detail can be found in the references listed at the bottom of this page. Many of these references can be accessed through the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive. The geology map on this page shows a simplified overview of the geology of Tanzania at a national scale (see the Geology resource page for more details). Other geological maps at various scales are produced by the Geological Survey of Tanzania, which hosts a Geological and Mineral Information System that shows paper geological maps available for sale, and also provides a digital geology map at a scale of 1:2 million, which is downloadable in shapefile format. Geology of Tanzania at 1:5 million scale. Based on map described by Persits et al. 2002/Furon and Lombard 1964. For more information on the map development and datasets see the geology resource page. Geological Environments Key Formations Age Lithology Structure Tertiary-Quaternary Unconsolidated Sedimentary Neogene-Quaternary Unconsolidated sediments cover large parts of the country, including alluvial sediments in valleys, coastal/marine sediments along the coast, and continental and lacustrine sediments. Cretaceous-Quaternary volcanic rocks Cretaceous-Quaternary Carbonatite volcanoes began erupting in the Cretaceous and continued into the Cenozoic. Ol Doinyo Lengai is the world's only active volcano with carbonatite lava. Alkaline volcanic rocks of Neogene age are common north of Lake Nyasa and Lake Natron. Volcanism is associated with the East African Rift system. Kimberlites Diamondiferous kimberlites are concentrated within the Precambrian Tanzania Craton (see below), mainly south of Lake Victoria, with outliers in the Precambrian (Proterozoic) Mobile/Orogenic Belt (see below). The main kimberlite provinces are Shinyanga-Mwadui, Mabuki, Speke Gulf, Lake Eyasi and Iramba Plateau. Sedimentary – Jurassic-Tertiary Cretaceous Sedimentary Late Jurassic to Tertiary Late Jurassic to Tertiary sedimentary rocks in Tanzania are associated with a long-lasting marine regression, which led to the deposition of mainly continental and deltaic sedimentary rocks, interbedded with thin marine beds. The The continental units include sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. The marine units contain coral limestone, silty shale and mudstone, and are mostly found in southern Tanzania, with isolated outcrops in the central-east and northeast. The sedimentary rocks were deposited in rift troughs of the East Africa Rift, trending SW-NE, and also in the coastal basin. In the coastal basin there are two major structural trends associated with faulting: the NNE-SSW Tanga Fault and the NNW-SSE Lind Fault. Sedimentary – Mesozoic-Paleozoic Karoo Supergroup Carboniferous to Lower Jurassic The Karoo system consists mainly of sandstone, siltstone and shale, with more minor coals, conglomerates, tillite, mudstones and limestones. In southwest Tanzania the Karoo sedimentary rocks are of continental origin; in the northeast they are predominantly marine. The major basins of the Karoo System trend NNE. The smaller basins are aligned in a NW direction between Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika. The sedimentary sequence of the Karroo System reaches 7000 m thick. Igneous Intrusive Granitic Rocks and Pegmatites Archean - Proterozoic Intrusive igneous rocks are not distinguished on the geology map on this page, but they occur intruded into Archaean and Proterozoic rocks across Tanzania. Granitic rocks are subdivided into syn-, post-, and late-orogenic. Late-orogenic granites typically form the cores of gneiss domes, or occur in complex intrusions. Various types exist: granites that are typically intruded into Archaean and Proterozoic rocks, micro-granites, and granodiorites. Different types of pegmatite occur in syn-orogenic granites, migmatites, and metamorphic rocks of the Archean and Proterozoic terrains. Pegmatites are abundant in the Proterozoic Usagaran and Ubendian Systems; they are rare in the Archean Dodoman System; almost absent in the Archean Nyanzian System; and do not occur in rocks younger than Proterozoic age. Granites within the Archean and Proterozoic rocks of Tanzania are scarce, small and discordant with the general structural trend. Micro-granites typically occur as lenticular masses within syn-orogenic granites in the Lake Victoria Goldfield. Granodiorites occur in several places including the Archean Lake Victoria Goldfield and Proterozoic Lupa Goldfield. Precambrian Mobile/Orogenic Belt Bukoban System, Mozambique Belt (Upper Proterozoic) Ubendian, Usagaran, and Karagwe-Ankolean Systems (Lower and Middle Proterozoic) Proterozoic The Bukoban System comprises largely unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks of anorogenic and continental origin, amygdaloidal basalts, and andesites. They have occasionally been subjected to local cataclasis. The sedimentary rocks of the Bukoban System include sandstones, siltstone, shales, red beds, chert, conglomerates, quartzites, greywackes, and dolomitic limestones. The rocks of the Mozambique Belt are intensely metamorphosed and deformed, and include granitoids, granulite, meta-anorthosites, gneisses, amphibolites, marbles, pegmatites, mafic and ultramafic rocks, migmatites, quartzites and schists. The Ubendian System includes granulite, amphibolite, migmatite, gneiss, schist, quartzite and marble. Intrusive rocks are predominantly granite, but also include gabbronorites, eclogites, metamorphosed amphibolites, dolerites, peridotites and carbonatites. The Usagaran System comprises sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Konse Group and gneisses, amphibolites and lenses of granulites of the Isimani Suite. The Karagwe-Ankolean System comprises argillaceous formations that have been slightly metamorphosed to argillites, phyllites and schists. Arenaceous formations have also been metamorphosed to quartzite. In the Lower and Middle Proterozoi, rocks of the Usagaran System were largely deposited in geosynclinals troughs. The Konse Group of the Usagaran System trends NE-SW and is bordered by the Tanzania Craton to the West and Isimani Suite to the East. The Isimani Suite is highly metamorphosed and is unconformably overlain by the Konse Group. Precambrian Craton Tanzania Craton: Dodoman and Nyanzian-Kavirondian systems, Greenstone Belts Archean The craton is a composite of several different terrains of variously metamorphosed Archaean rocks. The Dodoman System, in central Tanzania, is the oldest and is of amphibolites facies. It is intruded by ultramafic, mafic, and felsic rocks (granites and pegmatites discussed above). The Nyanzian and Kavirondian Systems are in northern Tanzania, and include gneiss, schist, quartzite, migmatite, amphibolite and granulite. The Greenstone Belts to the south and east of Lake Victoria are regionally metamorphosed to greenschist facies, and locally metamorphosed to epidote and amphibolites facies near granitic intrusions. The Greenstone Belts include ultramafic rocks, gabbros, dolerites, granites, syenites, diorite and lamprophyries. The Greenstone Belts are also intruded by mafic to felsic intrusions of various ages. This section provides a summary of the hydrogeology of the main aquifers in Tanzania. More information is available in the references listed at the bottom of this page. Many of these references can be accessed through the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive. The hydrogeology map on this page shows a simplified overview of the type and productivity of the main aquifers in Tanzania, at 1:5,000,000 scale (see the Hydrogeology map resource page for more details). Tanzania is also covered by the SADC hydrogeological map and atlas (2010), available through the SADC Groundwater Information Portal. Map of hydrogeology (aquifer type and productivity) of Tanzania at 1:5 million scale. For more information on how the map was developed see the Hydrogeology map resource page Unconsolidated Sedimentary Named Aquifers General Description Water quantity issues Water quality issues Recharge Alluvial deposits are mainly seen in coastal delta regions and along river valleys. The coastal plain consists of largely unconsolidated sediments (beach sands, dunes and salt marsh), with some consolidated limestone deposits. Alluvium is found in river valleys. There are also volcano-pyroclastic sediments close to formerly active volcanoes. Borehole yields vary depending on lithology, but the greatest potential lies within the volcano-pyroclastic and alluvium deposits of the Kahe Basin and Sanya Plain near Kilimanjaro. Yields typically vary between 0.2 and 2 l/s. The thickness of unconsolidated aquifers is usually not well defined, but the water table depth tends to vary between 10 and 20 m. Boreholes are often drilled to depths of 100-200 m. There are no major groundwater quantity issues. Groundwater quality is generally good, with the exception of the coastal plain deposits, which are vulnerable to saline intrusion. Rainfall is the dominant source of recharge, but infiltration also occurs from rivers and lakes. Consolidated Sedimentary - Intergranular & Fracture Flow Coastal Sedimentary Aquifer The groundwater potential of the Coastal Sedimentary Aquifer varies depending on its lithology, with higher productivity provided by the sandstones and limestones. Marls and shales are generally unproductive. The aquifer is also generally unconfined. Borehole yields in the Coastal Sedimentary Aquifer are highest in the limestone (1-6 l/s) and slightly lower in the sandstone (up to 2.5 l/s). The aquifer generally varies in thickness from 5-30m. The water table typically sits at a depth of 10-35 m. Boreholes are not normally drilled below a depth of 80 m. The productivity of the Coastal Aquifer is limited due to issues with saline intrusion. Salinity and nitrate are common groundwater quality issues. Karoo Sandstone Aquifer Sandstones and conglomerates of the Karoo System are characterised by intergranular flow and storage, which can be locally enhanced by secondary fracture permeability. The aquifer is generally unconfined. Boreholes commonly provide yields of 0.1 to 5 l/s, but yields up to 15 l/s have also been reported. The aquifer generally varies in thickness from 5 - 30m. The water table typically sits at a depth of 10 - 35 m. Boreholes are not normally drilled below a depth of 80 m. Basement Complex Groundwater occurrence in Basement Complex rocks is largely limited to secondary permeability, such as weathered zones, joints, fractures, faults or solution features. The potential of weathered zones depends on the degree and depth of weathering and associated fracturing, and the saturated thickness. The aquifers are generally discontinuous, and often confined. Higher yields are encountered in narrow bands of gneisses and metasediments, in which permeability can be enhanced by a greater degree of fracturing due to their proximity to fault zones. Such zones occur in the Pangani Basin. Higher yields are also obtained where thick weathered zones are associated with bedrock fracturing, such as in the Makutapora Basin in Dodoma, and in fractured quartzite and metasediments in otherwise dense gneisses. Borehole yields in the basement complex rocks are generally around 3 l/s and vary with lithology. A maximum yield of 13 l/s is recorded in the Pangani Basin. Transmissivity in the Pangani Basin ranges significantly. Hydraulic conductivities of between 1 and >16 m/day have been reported. Studies in the weathered fractured aquifer of the Makutupora Basin have indicated a transmissivity of 670 m²/day in the basement rocks, while overlying sand and gravel deposits have a transmissivity of around 490 m²/day. The basement aquifers are typically up to 50 m thick. Boreholes are typically drilled to depths of 70-120 m in the Dodoma System and 40-250 m in the Usagaran System. There are no major groundwater quantity issues. There are no major groundwater quality issues. Recharge generally occurs through fracture zones, faults or lineaments. Groundwater Status In Tanzania there is inadequate data and information available for the major aquifers. Data that exists are often scattered, fragmented and incomplete. Some of the key groundwater issues in Tanzania are: Overexploitation Parts of the Makutupora Basin, which supplies the Dodoma Municipality, are showing declining water levels; There has been a decrease in borehole yields, particularly within the Sanawari area; Overexploitation has led to saline intrusion in coastal regions, particularly around Dar es Salaam; There is no country-wide monitoring network to fully understand issues of overexploitation; There is a lack of groundwater resources management to deal with issues of overexploitation. There is no established safe distance between groundwater abstractions and potentially contaminating human activities; Polluting activities are increasingly encroaching on important recharge areas; Many aquifers are showing deteriorating groundwater quality; There is inadequate public awareness of potential sources of pollution and their impact on the groundwater environment. Management of abandoned wells Poor borehole construction can lead to borehole collapse, which leaves deep aquifers vulnerable to pollution; There is inadequate institutional regulation of groundwater resources; There is inadequate government control of the private drilling sector. Generally, the natural groundwater quality in Tanzania is considered potentially good and acceptable for use, with notable exceptions in some parts of the country: High chloride concentration (salinity) is a problem in the coastal regions of Lindi and Mtwara, and in central regions such as Singida and Shinyanga where there is a high evaporation rate and poor drainage. In Lindi and Mtwara regions, high levels of carbon dioxide have been reported in groundwater (Kongola et al. 1999), which causes issues with corrosion. High fluoride concentrations are a common problem in the areas surrounding the Rift valley system (e.g. Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Singida and parts of Shinyanga regions) (Mato et al. 2002). High iron content in groundwater has been observed in Mtwara and Kagera regions (Kongola et al. 1999). Nitrate levels of more than 100 mg/l were reported in the Makutupora basin, Dodoma and Singida town (Nkotagu, 1996; Kongola et al. 1999). There are several groundwater dependent ecosystems in Tanzania that are dependent on the Makutopora aquifer in the Dodoma Region. The Little Kinyasungwe River and the Hombolo lake/wetland are discharge points for this aquifer and are important sources of water for domestic supply, livestock and irrigation in the Chamwimo District. Groundwater use and management Groundwater is a vital source for both rural and urban water supply schemes in Tanzania. Towns such as Dar es Salaam, Singida, Babati, Arusha, Moshi and Dodoma depend largely on groundwater for public water supply. Many rural water schemes are also built on groundwater sources. Most sources consist of boreholes with electric or hand pumps. The current volume of groundwater used across Tanzania (1,265,000 m³/day) is estimated to be 12% of the total available volume. The main uses of groundwater are: Urban water supply (10% of total volume) Rural water supply (50% of total volume) Agriculture (10% of total volume) Industry and mining (2% of total volume) Other uses including livestock and dry land fishing (28% of total volume) Source: Ministry of Water, 2009 Groundwater use in industry is more concentrated in urban areas, particularly in Dar es Salaam, where around 80% of Tanzania's industrial activity takes place. The principal legal instruments that regulate water resources in Tanzania are: The Water Resources Management Act, No. 11 of 2009, which regulates water resources management. The Water Supply and Sanitation Act, No. 12 of 2009, which regulates water supply delivery. These pieces of legislation are based on the 2002 National Water Policy. The Water Resource Management Act outlines the institutional and legal framework for the sustainable management and development of water resources, outlines principles for water resources management, provides for the prevention and control of water pollution, and provides for the participation of stakeholders and the general public in the implementation of the National Water Policy. The Water Resource Management Act also addresses issues such as groundwater control areas, and abstraction and discharge permits. Under Section 62 of the Act, the Ministry of Water is responsible for: Groundwater exploration licences (issued to any person who is engaged in groundwater exploration); Groundwater drilling licences (issued to any person who wishes to undertake groundwater drilling activities); Drilling licences (issued to all drillers, allowing them to operate a drilling rig). Part IV of the Water Resource Management Act outlines the different institutions which are to be responsible for the development and management of water resources, including groundwater. Institutions mentioned in the Act are: The Directorate of Water Resources (DWR), the National Water Board (NWB), Basin Water Boards (BWB), Catchment and Sub-catchment Water Committees and Water Users Associations (WUAs). The Act also specifies the duties and responsibilities of these institutions. Other key institutions and organisations are: The Ministry of Water – responsible for forming regulations and guidelines; 9 Lake/River Basin Water Boards – act as a point for data collection, assessment, monitoring and management; Drilling and Dam Construction Agency – responsible for government agency drilling of boreholes; Higher Learning Institutions – responsible for providing groundwater water related courses: University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Ardhi University Sokoine University of Agriculture and Water Development and Management Institute (Formerly Rwegulurila Water Institute) Transboundary aquifers The main transboundary aquifers in Tanzania are: Kagera aquifer (Uganda) Kilimanjaro aquifer (Kenya) Coastal sedimentary aquifer (Kenya to the north and Mozambique to the south) Karoo sandstone aquifer (Mozambique) There are currently no significant issues concerning the management of these aquifers. For more general information about transboundary aquifers, please see the Transboundary aquifers resource page The Ministry of Water has established groundwater monitoring stations in four basins: Pangani, Wami/Ruvu, IDB and Rufiji. Groundwater level monitoring is carried out in the Makutapora Basin in the Dodoma region, where ten automatic water level recorders are installed. Groundwater level monitoring is also performed in observation wells in Arusha by the Arusha Urban Water Supply Authority and in TPC-Moshi. Most of these measurements are taken manually on a daily basis. The Ministry of Water, through its nine Lake/River Basins, also has a water quality monitoring network. Each Basin is responsible for the management and operation of its respective monitoring network and monitoring is generally carried out on a quarterly basis. Physical, chemical and biological monitoring is carried out through sampling of the following: pH, Electrical Conductivity, Turbidity, Odor, Taste and Temperature; Nitrate, Nitrite, Sulphate, Fluoride, Iron, Hardness, Alkalinity, and Ammonium; Total Coliform, Faecal coliform, and E coli. Bacteriological monitoring is performed in Makutapora only. Many of the references below, and others relating to the hydrogeology of Tanzania, can be seen in the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive. General online resources SADC Groundwater Information Portal General information on surface water and groundwater resources in SADC Key Geology References Geological maps published by the Geological Survey of Tanzania. http://www.gst.go.tz/mapproducts.html Geophysical maps published by the Geological Survey of Tanzania. http://www.gst.go.tz/add/map_geophysical.html Key Hydrogeology References Retrieved from ‘http://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php?title=Hydrogeology_of_Tanzania&oldid=38745’ Africa Groundwater Atlas	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line49
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__label__wiki	0.732521	0.732521	Home » indie • new release • rawk • review » Album Review: Floating Action — Is it Exquisite? Posted in indie, new release, rawk, review By Bill Kopp On October 24, 2017 Album Review: Floating Action — Is it Exquisite? Imagine if The Soft Bulletin-era Flaming Lips were influenced as much by pop and soul as by psychedelia. Imagine, too, that they adopted a more intimate, less expansive production aesthetic. The results might sound a bit like Is it Exquisite?, the fifth album from Black Mountain NC-based Floating Action. Though there is a live, four-man performing version of Floating Action, in the studio, Floating Action is Seth Kaufmann. And on Is it Exquisite?, he displays his full command of the studio. There’s an intentionally tinny, lo-fi ambience to the tracks, but one supposes that quality is the product of an aesthetic decision rather than the result of studio limitations. The hypnotic aura of canned percussion is especially effective on the epic-length (well, eleven-plus minutes) instrumental, “Controlled Burn.” The relentlessly repetitive backing of the tune imbues it with a krautrock feel; Kaufmann’s subtle addition of guitar figures – sometimes close-picked, other times in the form of sustained whammy-bar chords – is set against vintage-sounding electric keyboards. Is it Exquisite? serves up plenty of sonic variety. “Last of the Wild Cards” weds acoustic guitar and a drum machine, all in support of a plaintive, gentle vocal. And the demo-sounding psych-pop of “My Ticket Out of Here” recalls Berlin-based American expat Anton Barbeau in its combination of winning pop melody and a vaguely mysterious arrangement. “It Won’t Be Long” (not a cover of the Beatles tune of the same name) finds Kaufmann affecting a breathy vocal reminiscent of early ’70s AM radio pop, with a catchy, understated melody to match. But the boxy synthetic drums anchor the song in more modern era (the ’80s, at least). The aforementioned Flaming Lips vibe is even more evident on “My Blood is Bright,” a melodically straightforward tune with oddball lyrics and assorted bits of wonderful sonic weirdness. “Seek Then I Found” features a Beatlesque melody, but it’s delivered in a production style that works seamlessly within the context of the album. The tune is also notable for its effective use of background vocal harmonies, something used only sparingly – and in a more subtle fashion – elsewhere on Is it Exquisite? “I’m Gonna Take You Down” wins the Weirdest Track on the Album award; once again Kaufmann writes a catchy tune, but the arrangement owes more to My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, the 1981 collaboration by David Byrne and Brian Eno. “The Silent One” combines a hymn-like backing vocal with exceedingly spare instrumentation, and for its first half, it’s redolent of a bad acid trip. But the second half of this relatively brief tune transforms itself into a funky number that suggests that when the trip is over, it’s time to dance. The phrase “late night album” applies to Floating Action’s Is it Exquisite? It’s a collection of songs best experienced via attentive listening. Tags:floating action	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line55
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INDIE REVIEW: “Shadow of the Antlered Bird” by Dav... "Principles of Angels" by Jaine Fenn 50 DAYS 50 BOOKS GIVEAWAY: Win a SIGNED COPY of Jo... SPOTLIGHT: George R. R. Martin's "The Hedge Knight... "The Steel Remains" by Richard K. Morgan w/Bonus Q&A PRESS RELEASE: Orbit Books welcomes Four New Stars... "Underground" by Kat Richardson PRESS RELEASE: Dabel Brothers to Adapt Two Novels ... Winners of the Elizabeth Bear and Terry Pratchett ... "The Gargoyle" by Andrew Davidson Winners of the Stephenie Meyer Giveaway + Misc.New... SPOTLIGHT: Books of August 2008 Welcome to the August 2008 edition of Fantasy Book Critic’s monthly SPOTLIGHT which covers everything from fantasy and science fiction to horror, thrillers, YA, and more. Previous spotlights can be found HERE. While not as jam-packed as July, August is another busy month spearheaded by Stephenie Meyer’s highly anticipated conclusion to her Twilight Saga. Other notable titles include Richard K. Morgan’s first fantasy novel, “The Steel Remains”; more sequels in The Gypsy Morph, Return of the Crimson Guard, Sly Mongoose and The Diamond of Darkhold; and some exciting debuts in The Gargoyle, The Cabinet of Wonders, Pandemonium, The Little Book and The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls… (NOTE: Unless stated otherwise, all release dates are for the US. Also, Liviu C. Suciu provided valuable assistance with the August 2008 Spotlight): “British Invasion” edited by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon + James A. Moore. Release Date: August 1, 2008. They invaded before, sending their best & brightest to transform popular music for all time. This time, they're focusing on words. From creeping dread to hideous humor, from quiet terror to brutal horror, from mad speculation to unspeakable truth, the twenty-one tales here represent the best that the UK has to offer. The rising stars and masters of British horror have joined together. The British Invasion has begun… Official Christopher Golden Website Official Tim Lebbon Website Official James A. Moore Website Order “British Invasion” HERE “Superior Saturday” by Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom, The Seventh Tower). Release Date: August 1, 2008. Arthur Penhaligon has wrested five of the Keys to the Kingdom from their immortal guardians, the Trustees of the Will. But gaining the Sixth Key poses a greater challenge than any he has ever faced before. For Superior Saturday is not just one of the Trustees, she is also the oldest Denizen, and the most powerful and knowledgeable sorcerer within the house… Official Garth Nix Website Official Keys To The Kingdom Website Order HERE (US) + HERE (UK-July 1, 2008) NOTE: “Superior Saturday” is the sixth volume in Garth Nix’s gripping YA fantasy series, The Keys to the Kingdom. “Stalking the Vampire” by Mike Resnick. Release Date: August 1, 2008. In this long-awaited sequel to Mike Resnick’s 1987 classic, Stalking the Unicorn, it is All Hallows’ Eve, and on this night when ghosts, goblins and other creatures of the night are out celebrating, detective John Justin Mallory—with the aid of the catgirl Felina, a cowardly vampire and a dragon that writes hard-boiled private eye novels—must stalk the vampire who has threatened his assistant, Winnifred, and prevent him from killing again… Official Mike Resnick Website Order “Stalking the Vampire” HERE Read Fantasy Book Critic’s REVIEW of “Stalking the Vampire” NOTE: In support of Mike Resnick’s new John Justin Mallory novel, Pyr is releasing both the 1987 classic, “Stalking the Unicorn” (reprint), and its sequel, “Stalking the Vampire”, simultaneously. “Ghostgirl” by Tonya Hurley. Release Date: August 1, 2008. Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school. But after spending all summer ‘rebooting’ her look and her life, she is more than ready to turn her nonexistent status into Hawthorne High A-List. But in her eagerness to climb the Hawthorne social ladder, she lands “six feet under” instead, after accidentally choking on a gummy bear after Physics class. Now a 'can-do' spirit, Charlotte is not letting the simple fact that she’s dead stop her from attainting her goal of popularity. It just makes her more creative about her approach… Official Tonya Hurley Website Official Ghostgirl Website Order “Ghostgirl” HERE Read Reviews via The Story Siren “Dark Whispers” by Bruce Coville. Release Date: August 1, 2008. “Dark Whispers” is a tale of two quests: Cara Diana Hunter's search for an ancient story that may unravel the secret of the long enmity between the unicorns and the delvers, leading her to the court of the centaur king; and her father's journey from mysterious India to free Cara's mother from the Rainbow Prison. This multi-stranded story will intrigue and delight the legion of fans who have been clamoring for the next tale in this beloved series… Official Bruce Coville Website Official The Unicorn Chronicles Website Order “Dark Whispers” HERE Listen to An Excerpt HERE NOTE: “Dark Whispers” is the third volume in Bruce Coville’s YA fantasy series, The Unicorn Chronicles, following “Into the Land of the Unicorns” and “Song of the Wanderer”. “Therapy” by Sebastian Fitzek. UK Release Date: August 1, 2008. Twelve-year-old Josy has an inexplicable illness and one day vanishes without a trace. Four years later her father, psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, has withdrawn to an isolated island to deal with the tragedy. There he meets Anna Glass. A novelist, Anna suffers from an unusual form of schizophrenia: all the characters in her books become real to her, and in her last novel she has written about a young girl with an unknown illness who has vanished without a trace… Official Sebastian Fitzek Website Order “Therapy” HERE NOTE: The internationally bestselling “Therapy” was originally published in Germany in 2006. “Billy Bones: A Tale from the Secrets Closet” by Christopher Lincoln & Avi Ofer. Release Date: August 1, 2008. Billy and his skeleton parents live in the Secrets Closet, where they're in charge of filing all the secrets and lies of the unscrupulous Biglum family. Then Billy meets Millicent, Sir Biglum's recently orphaned niece. Together, Billy and Millicent encounter ghosts and other uncanny creatures as they explore each other's worlds and uncover the biggest secret of all: Billy was once a Biglum… Official Christopher Lincoln Website Official Avi Ofer Website Order “Billy Bones” HERE (US) + HERE (UK-April 2008) Read Reviews via The Book Bag “Filter House” by Nisi Shawl. Release Date: August 1, 2008. Aqueduct Press is pleased to announce the release of Filter House, the first collection of Nisi Shawl’s short fiction. Featuring an introduction by Nebula Award-winner Eileen Gunn (Stable Strategies), the collection's fourteen tales (eleven reprints / three unpublished) offer a haunting montage that works its magic subtly on the reader's subconscious. As Karen Joy Fowler says, “This lovely collection will take you, like a magic carpet, to some strange and wonderful places.” Official Nisi Shawl Website Order “Filter House” HERE “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer. Release Date: August 2, 2008. “Twilight” tempted the imagination. “New Moon” made readers thirsty for more. “Eclipse” turned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon. And now, the book that everyone has been waiting for, “Breaking Dawn”, the fourth and final entry in Stephenie Meyer’s (The Host) number one bestselling The Twilight Saga, will take your breath away as questions will be answered and the fate of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen will be revealed… Official Stephenie Meyer Website Official The Twilight Saga Website Order “Breaking Dawn” HERE Read a Preview HERE Watch An Interview with Stephenie Meyer HERE “Leather Maiden” by Joe R. Lansdale. Release Date: August 5, 2008. A masterly new thriller from the Edgar, British Fantasy, American Horror and six-time Bram Stoker Award–winning writer who has “a folklorist’s eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur’s sense of pace” (The New York Times Book Review), Leather Maiden is a brash amalgam of suspense, raw humor, and mystery that unfolds in the vividly rendered shadowy lowlands of eastern Texas. It’s country noir as only Joe Lansdale (The Bottoms) can do it… Official Joe R. Lansdale Website Order “Leather Maiden” HERE “City at the End of Time” by Greg Bear. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Greg Bear (Darwin’s Radio, Moving Mars) is one of science fiction’s most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work. Now Bear has written a mind-bendingly epic novel that may well be his masterpiece. Do you dream of a city at the end of time? Official Greg Bear Website Official City at the End of Time Website Order “City at the End of Time” HERE (US) + HERE (UK) “The Gargoyle” by Andrew Davidson. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Marianne Engle is a beautiful sculptress of gargoyles who appears in the burn unit one day and tells the narrator of this mesmerizing tale that they were lovers in medieval times, when she was a scribe and he was a mercenary. Is she simply mad? Or is she truly the angel of mercy who will save him from his suicidal despair? The Gargoyle is an extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time… Official The Gargoyle Website Order “The Gargoyle” HERE (US) + HERE (UK) “Marsbound” by Joe Haldeman. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Winner of five Hugos, five Nebulas, a John W. Campbell, a James Tiptree, Jr. and a World Fantasy Award, Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, Forever Peace, The Accidental Time Machine) “delivers cutting-edge technological speculation and irresistibly compelling reading” (Booklist). Now in “Marsbound”, Joe sends readers on an epic voyage to humanity’s newest frontier on a familiar nearby planet. But the frontier is not new to everyone… Official Joe Haldeman Website Order “Marsbound” HERE Read Reviews via Darque Reviews “The Last Theorem” by Arthur C. Clarke & Frederik Pohl. Release Date: August 5, 2008. The historic collaboration between Frederik Pohl and his fellow founding father of the genre, Arthur C. Clarke, is both a momentous literary event and a fittingly grand farewell from the late, great visionary author. It is also a gripping intellectual thriller in which humanity, facing extermination from all-but-omnipotent aliens, the Grand Galactics, must overcome differences of politics and religion and come together . . . or perish… Official Frederik Pohl Website Order “The Last Theorem” HERE Read An Extract HERE “Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show” edited by Edmund R. Schubert & Orson Scott Card. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Bestselling writer Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game, The Tales of Alvin Maker) founded the online magazine Intergalactic Medicine Show in 2006. It has been a big success, drawing submissions from well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, as well as fostering some amazing new talents. This collection contains some of the best of those stories from the past year… Official Orson Scott Card Website Official Intergalactic Medicine Show Website Official Edmund R. Schubert Website Order “Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show” HERE NOTE: Collection includes fiction from David Farber, Tim Pratt, and David Lubar among others, as well as four new Ender’s Game universe stories by Card himself. “The Academy” by Bentley Little. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Something strange is happening at Tyler High. The laid-back principal has become unusually strict. The janitors no longer work nights because of what they hear. The students are frightened by what they see. And things are happening on school grounds that defy rational explanation. But there is an explanation. It’s just nothing that anyone can begin to believe—or hope to survive… The Academy is the latest horror novel from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author… Official Bentley Little Website Order “The Academy” HERE “Mars Life” by Ben Bova. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Jamie Waterman discovered that an intelligent race lived on Mars 65 million years ago, only to be driven into extinction by a giant meteor. Now the exploration of Mars is itself under threat of extinction, as the ultraconservative New Morality movement gains control of the U.S. government and cuts off all funding for the Mars program. Science and politics clash on two worlds as Jamie desperately tries to save the Mars program and discover who the Martians were… Official Ben Bova Website Order “Mars Life” HERE “Hell & Earth” by Elizabeth Bear. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Two queens sit on thrones in two different worlds—Elizabeth reigns over England, while Mab, rules the Faerie realm. Bound together by magic, their monarchies draw strength from each other, sustaining their regimes. But within the inner circles of royalty, are ambitious men plotting to usurp power. Bear’s latest addition to this epic tells the story of Kit Marley, Queen Elizabeth’s playwright/spy who crafts magical plays that maintain Her Majesty’s rule… Official Elizabeth Bear Website Order “Hell & Earth” HERE NOTE: “Hell & Earth” is Volume II of The Stratford Man—after Ink & Steel—which itself is a sequel to “Blood & Iron” and “Whiskey & Water” in Elizabeth Bear’s The Promethean Age series. “The Last Centurion” by John Ringo. Release Date: August 5, 2008. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, the world is struck by two catastrophes: a new mini-ice age and a plague to dwarf all previous experiences. Rising out of the disaster is the character known to history as “Bandit Six”, an American Army officer caught up in the struggle to rebuild the world and prevent the fall of his homeland. Written “blog-style”, The Last Centurion is a memoir of one possible future, a world that is a darkling mirror of our own… Official John Ringo Website Official The Last Centurion Website Order “The Last Centurion” HERE Read Excerpts HERE Read Reviews via RedState + Say Anything “Pirate Sun” by Karl Schroeder. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Chaison Fanning, the admiral of a fleet of warships, has been captured and imprisoned by his enemies, but is suddenly rescued and set free by a mysterious woman named Antaea. Chaison flees through the sky to his home city to confront the ruler who betrayed him. And perhaps even to regain his lovely, powerful, and subversive wife, Venera, who he has not seen since she fled with the key to the artificial sun at the center of Virga, Candesce… Official Karl Schroeder Website Order “Pirate Sun” HERE Read Reviews via Fantasy Book Critic NOTE: “Pirate Sun” is the third book in Karl Schroeder’s Virga science fiction series after “Sun of Suns” and “Queen of Candesce”. “Exile and Glory” by Jerry Pournelle. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Collecting the novels “High Justice” (1972-1975) and “Exiles to Glory” (1977) by number one New York Times bestselling author, Jerry Pournelle, “Exile and Glory” tells of an Earth sinking into a morass of corruption, red tape, and failure of nerve, while a dedicated few dare to reach for the stars… Jerry has won the John W. Campbell, Prometheus and Heinlein Society Awards, and served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America… Official Jerry Pournelle Website Order “Exile and Glory” HERE “The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls” by John R. King. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Probably the most infamous story in the Sherlock Holmes canon is “The Final Problem” which relates the death of the detective at Reichenbach Falls. But what really happened that day at Reichenbach Falls and why did Holmes disappear in the aftermath? And what of the infamous Moriarty? How did a noble mathematician become the Napoleon of Crime? “The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls" provides these answers and more… Order “The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls” HERE Read Reviews via Bookgasm “The Gaudi Key” by Esteban Martín & Andreu Carranza. Release Date: August 5, 2008. In the early 20th century, Barcelona, Antonio Gaudí is charged by an ancient religious brotherhood to protect a sacred object from those who seek to do evil. Almost a century later, María, the granddaughter of the apprentice to whom Gaudí passed along his secret, is charged with finding the relic before the evil forces aligning against her can unravel the true meaning of Gaudí's monuments and their mysterious legacy… Order “The Gaudi Key” HERE “Acheron” by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Release Date: August 5, 2008. 11,000 years ago a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron spent a lifetime of shame. However, his human death unleashed an unspeakable horror that almost destroyed the earth. Brought back against his will, Acheron became the sole defender of mankind and has fought for our survival for centuries. Until a lone woman threatened his very existence. Now his survival—and ours—hinges on hers as old enemies reawaken and unite to kill them both… Official Sherrilyn Kenyon Website Official Dark-Hunter Website Order “Acheron” HERE Watch the “Acheron” Book Trailer HERE “Underground” by Kat Richardson. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Harper Blaine was your average small-time private investigator until she died—for two minutes. Now Harper is a Greywalker—walking the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And she’s discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of “strange” cases, such as her latest which involves homeless turning up dead and mutilated or missing, decomposing zombies, and a creature out of ancient legend… Official Kat Richardson Website Order “Underground” HERE NOTE: “Underground” is Kat Richardson’s third Greywalker novel, after “Greywalker” and “Poltergeist”. “Omega Games” by S.L. Viehl. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Dr. Cherijo Torin faces a different kind of epidemic—a mysterious black crystal spreading like cancer throughout the galaxy. The hunt for information leads Cherijo to the planet Trellus, whose inhabitants exhibit excessive paranoia and anger, taking out their frustrations in the Omega Dome in simulated combat against battle drones. But someone is killing victims outside the arena, and Cherijo believes the black crystal infection is responsible for this horror… Official S.L. Viehl Blog Order “Omega Games” HERE NOTE: “Omega Games” is the eighth volume in S.L. Viehl’s Stardoc science fiction series. “Harmony” by C.F. Bentley. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Long ago, the world of Harmony—and its close-knit colony planets—isolated itself from the rest of the universe. But with the human-based Confederate Star System fleet hard-pressed to stand against ever-increasing attacks by the alien Marillon Empire, the Harmonic Empire cannot be left alone. Yet invasion is far from the only threat the planet faces, and in this time of crisis, one young woman might prove Harmony's best hope—or the catalyst for total collapse… Order “Harmony” HERE “Storm Born” by Richelle Mead (Georgina Kincaid). Release Date: August 5, 2008. Eugenie Markham is a powerful shaman who does a brisk trade banishing spirits and fey who cross into the mortal world. In her most recent case, however, Eugenie comes face to face with a startling prophecy—one that uncovers dark secrets about her past and claims that Eugenie's first-born will threaten the future of the world as she knows it. Now Eugenie is a hot target for every demon and Otherworldy who either want her knocked up or dead… Order “Storm Born” HERE “Gale Force” by Rachel Caine. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She’s thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than happy about it. Unfortunately, Joanne’s pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she can’t ask David and his kind for assistance. Because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encountered—and a power even the Djinn cannot perceive… Official Rachel Caine Website Order “Gale Force” HERE NOTE: “Gale Force” is the seventh book in Rachel Caine’s Weather Warden urban fantasy series. “The Cabinet of Wonders” by Marie Rutkoski. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it’s never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who gives her advice. Her best friend can trap lightning inside a glass sphere. And her father in faraway Prague is able to move metal with his mind. But Petra’s life is forever changed when the prince steals her father’s eyes. Why? Petra doesn’t know, but she’s determined to go to Prague and steal back her father’s eyes no matter what… Official Marie Rutkoski Website Order “The Cabinet of Wonders” HERE Read Reviews via Otherwhere Book Reviews “The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard” by Eddie Campbell (From Hell, Bacchus, The Fate of the Artist) and Dan Best. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Step right up, Ladies and Gentlemen, for a glorious spectacle of graphic literature beyond your wildest imaginings, in which young Etienne discovers that replacing his uncle as the Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard, world-renowned acrobat and head of a circus troupe, is every bit as difficult as it appears to be, especially when his happiness is in question... Official Eddie Campbell Blog Order “The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard” HERE Read Reviews via ComicMix + Comics Waiting Room Read Interviews via Newsarama + Publishers Weekly “Necking” by Chris Salvatore. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Gia Felice is the premier book publicist to the underworld which sometimes can suck—literally. Especially if you’re human and have the hots for impressible Johnny and his sly half smile that shows just a little fang. Now Gia’s agreed to help Belladonna Nightshade, a New York Times bestselling vampire author, find the supernatural killing machine who changed Bella centuries ago…if he doesn’t find Gia first. Who knew publicity was such a deadly business? Official Chris Salvatore Website Order “Necking” HERE Read Reviews via Scooper Speaks “The Viper of Portello” by James C. Glass. Release Date: August 5, 2008. Soldier, strategist and assassin, Eduardo Cabral harbors two souls—one dark & deadly, the other loving & creative. After a war ending in betrayal, Eduardo flees to a peaceful, artistic life on another planet. But war and its aftermath will not go away. There is revolution on his home world and it is Culebra, the Viper, who must decide between innocence & guilt, while searching for a love he has never had, and a world where Eduardo can find peace… Official James C. Glass Website Order “The Viper of Portello” HERE Read Reviews via Fantasy & Sci-fi Lovin’ Book Reviews “The Steel Remains” by Richard K. Morgan. UK Release Date: August 7, 2008. As rumors of ghosts and demons spread throughout the Empire, three veterans of the War against the Scaled Folk—Ringil Eskiath, Egar the Dragonbane and Archeth—are about to meet a new, even more terrifying enemy and fight again for a world that owes them everything and has given them nothing… Thus begins a new fantasy saga from the author of Altered Carbon and the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Black Man/Thirteen… Official Richard K. Morgan Website Order “The Steel Remains” HERE Read Reviews via Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review, Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, SFFWorld + The Book Swede “The Night Sessions” by Ken MacLeod. UK Release Date: August 7, 2008. After the Middle East wars and the rising sea levels, came the Great Rejection and the Second Enlightenment which separated religion from politics. In this enlightened age there's no persecution, but the millions who still believe and worship are a mistrusted minority. Now someone is killing them. At first, suspicion falls on militant atheists, but it soon becomes evident that something old has risen from the ashes. Old and very, very dangerous... Official Ken MacLeod Blog Order “The Night Sessions” HERE Read Reviews via SFFWorld “The Everlasting” by Tim Lebbon. UK Release Date: August 11, 2008. Thirty years ago, Scott's grandfather slaughtered his best friend and then committed suicide. Now the spirit of the murdered man has returned, seeking the ancient volume that can return him to life—forever. Pursued by this savage spirit and accompanied by a strange woman who claims to be immortal, Scott must do the impossible and find the book that may have driven his grandfather to murder and destroy it before its secrets can be revealed… Order “The Everlasting” HERE Read Reviews via Horror Reader “Faces of Fear” by John Saul. Release Date: August 12, 2008. New York Times bestselling author John Saul (The Blackstone Chronicles) is a master at writing novels that chill the bones, curdle the blood, and tap into our darkest fears. He creates characters so real that you’ll feel as if they’re friends or family, and throws them into situations so terrifying that you won’t be able to look away until you turn the final page. Now, in “Faces of Fear”, Saul proves that there’s a fine line between perfection and madness… Official John Saul Website Order “Faces of Fear” HERE “Bitten to Death” by Jennifer Rardin. Release Date: August 12, 2008. “Jaz Parks here. My latest mission has taken me to the ancient Greek city of Patras. But instead of soaking up its splendor, I'm here to infiltrate a Vampere Trust. Only two vamps have ever escaped the tightly bound communities and lived to tell the tale: Edward “The Raptor” Samos, the most reviled criminal mastermind in recent memory; and Vayl, the CIA's number one assassin who also happens to be my boss. This job is going to be the death of me.” Official Jennifer Rardin Website Order “Bitten to Death” HERE (US) + HERE (UK) NOTE: “Bitten to Death” is the fourth Jaz Parks novel after “Once Bitten, Twice Shy”, “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Biting the Bullet”. “The Dragon Heir” by Cinda Williams Chima. Release Date: August 12, 2008. Moral compasses spin out of control as a final battle storms through what was once a sanctuary for the gifted. With so much to lose, what will Jason Haley and Madison “Maddie” Moss be willing to fight for—and what will they sacrifice? Continuing the tale from “The Warrior Heir” and “The Wizard Heir”, it’s every man for himself in this thrilling conclusion to Cinda Williams Chima’s young adult fantasy series, the Heir Trilogy… Official Cinda Williams Chima Website Order “The Dragon Heir” HERE “13 Things That Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time” by Michael Brooks. Release Date: August 12, 2008. Spanning disciplines from biology to cosmology, chemistry to psychology to physics, Brooks thrillingly captures the excitement, messiness, and controversy of the battle over where science is headed. “In science,” he writes, “being stuck can be a sign that you are about to make a great leap forward. The things that don’t make sense are, in some ways, the only things that matter.” Official Michael Brooks Website Order “13 Things That Don’t Make Sense” HERE “The Little Book” by Selden Edwards. Release Date: August 14, 2008. An irresistible triumph of the imagination more than thirty years in the making, Selden Edwards’ “The Little Book” is the extraordinary tale of forty-seven year old Wheeler Burden who suddenly finds himself in fin de siècle Vienna, the year 1897, precisely ninety-one years before his last memory and a half-century before his birth… “The Little Book” is a breathtaking love story that spans generations and is a masterpiece of unequaled storytelling… Order “The Little Book” HERE (US) + HERE (UK) Read An Interview HERE Read Reviews via BCF Book Reviews “Hespira” by Matthew Hughes. Release Date: August 15, 2008. “Hespira” is the follow-up to “Majestrum” and “The Spiral Labyrinth”, and is the third book in a loose trilogy from Night Shade Books featuring freelance detective, Henghis Hapthorn. An author of science fiction, fantasy, media tie-ins, and crime fiction, Matthew Hughes’ bibliography also includes “Fools Errant”, “Fool Me Twice”, “Black Brillion”, “The Gist Hunter and other Stories”, “Wolverine: Lifeblood”, “The Commons” and “Template”… Official Matthew Hughes Website Order “Hespira” HERE Read Fantasy Book Critic’s REVIEW of “Majestrum” “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” by Sean Williams. Release Date: August 19, 2008. For Darth Sidious—better known as Emperor Palpatine—the overthrow of the Republic is complete, but more remains to be done. Pockets of resistance must still be defeated and missing Jedi dealt with. These tasks fall to the Emperor’s ruthless enforcer, Darth Vader. In turn, Vader has groomed a lethal apprentice entrusted with a top-secret mission. But this nameless agent seeks an even greater destiny—destroying Palpatine… Official Sean Williams Website Official “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” HERE NOTE: “The Force Unleashed” is a tie-in novel to the LucasArts videogame HERE, which is coming out September 16, 2008 for the PS3, Xbox360, etc. Additionally, on August 18, 2008, Dark Horse Comics is releasing The Force Unleashed graphic novel HERE, which was written by Haden Blackman and illustrated by Brian Ching & David Ross. “Zoë’s Tale” by John Scalzi. Release Date: August 19, 2008. Meet Zoë Boutin Perry: Friend. Daughter. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. A player—and a pawn—in an interstellar chess match to save the human race. Seventeen years old. Readers of John Scalzi’s bestselling Old Man’s War series have met Zoë before, but now, in this compelling standalone novel set in the same universe, Scalzi brings her front and center, to tell her tale as only she can… Official John Scalzi Website Order “Zoe’s Tale” HERE Watch An Interview HERE Read Reviews via SF Reviews.net + Technoprobing “Sly Mongoose” by Tobias S. Buckell. Release Date: August 19, 2008. Fourteen-year-old Timas’s life is turned upside down when a strange man crash lands on the city. The newcomer is fleeing an alien intelligence intent on invading the planet Chilo and discovering the secret hidden deep inside the perpetual storm—a secret that could lead to interplanetary war. As Chilo’s citizens race against time to stop the enemy, Timas will find out what kind of man he has become in the harsh conditions of Chilo’s surface… Official Tobias S. Buckell Website Order “Sly Mongoose” HERE Read Reviews via Adventures In Reading, Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review, Fantasy & Sci-fi Lovin’ Book Reviews, SF Reviews.net + SF Signal NOTE: “Sly Mongoose” is a standalone novel, but is set in the same universe as Tobias S. Buckell’s “Crystal Rain” and “Ragamuffin”. “Ill Met in the Arena” by Dave Duncan (King's Blades, The Pandemia). Release Date: August 19, 2008. In a world ruled by women who can read minds, where men possess superhuman strength and teleportation, and where a son’s future can be won in psychic gladiatorial contests, two contestants—Quirt of Mundil and Humate of Alfet—find themselves caught in an epic struggle where much more than a winner's crown at stake. For there is also atrocity, revenge, and even possibly a war. And there is also the hand of a lady… Official Dave Duncan Website Order “Ill Met in the Arena” HERE “Dark Vengeance” by Ed Greenwood. Release Date: August 19, 2008. Orivon Firefist was captured as a six-year-old child by dark elves. Fifteen years later, Orivon rose up and opposed his underworld tyrants, successfully returning to the surface world home that he thought only existed in his dreams. But the score is far from settled. Years of oppression and revelations about his former captors only fuel his rage. And the fact that their evil still permeates the underworld only intensifies his desire for a dark vengeance… Ed Greenwood @ Wikipedia Order “Dark Vengeance” HERE “Man in the Dark” by Paul Auster. Release Date: August 19, 2008. Recovering from a car accident, plagued by memories he would prefer to forget, 72-year-old August Brill imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq, but with itself… Passionate and shocking, Paul Auster’s “Man in the Dark” is a novel of our moment, a brilliant book that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence… Official Paul Auster Website Order “Man in the Dark” HERE Read Reviews via The Book Catapult “The Age of the Conglomerates” by Thomas Nevins. Release Date: August 19, 2008. Forty years in the future, in a world where Big Brother runs amok, a powerful political party known as the Conglomerates has emerged, vowing to enforce economic martial law at any cost. But even in this cold, cruel age, the Conglomerates can only control so much… In his enthralling debut, Thomas Nevins thrillingly chronicles a brave new world where one family struggles to survive by keeping alive feelings of mercy, loyalty, and love… Order “The Age of the Conglomerates” HERE Read Reviews via Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review “The Darker Mask” by Christopher Chambers + Gary Phillips. Release Date: August 19, 2008. Expanding on the concept behind Byron Preiss' Weird Heroes, GRRM’s Wild Cards series, and Michael Chabon's McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, The Darker Mask is a collection of original prose stories recalling the derring-do of the beings we call Superheroes and the worlds they fight to save. This is the stuff of urban legends, new mythos, and extraordinary folks exploring worlds gritty, visceral, and fantastic… Official Christopher Chambers Blog Official Gary Phillips Website Order “The Darker Mask” HERE NOTE: Includes stories by Walter Mosley, L.A. Banks, Naomi Hirahara, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Tananarive Due and Stephen Barnes, Mike Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ann Nocenti, Jerry Rodriguez, Reed Farrell Coleman, Doselle Young, Mat Johnson, Peter Spiegelman, Alexandra Sokoloff, Christopher Chambers, Gary Phillips, Victor LaValle, and Wayne Wilson. “Yellow Moon” by Jewel Parker Rhodes (Magic City). Release Date: August 19, 2008. Echoing with the heartache and triumph of the African American experience, the soulful rhythms of jazz, and the horrors of racial oppression, Rhode’s “Yellow Moon”—part two of the New Orleans trilogy that began with “Voodoo Season” which in turn is a sequel to “Voodoo Dreams”—gives us an unforgettable heroine in sexy, vulnerable, and mysterious Marie Levant, while it powerfully evokes a city on the brink of catastrophe… Official Jewel Parker Rhodes Website Order “Yellow Moon” HERE “The Northwoods Chronicles” by Elizabeth Engstrom (Nightmare Flower, Dead On Demand). Release Date: August 20, 2008. To all appearances, White Pines Junction is just a normal small town with a lively summer fishing and tourism industry. But White Pines Junction is a town with a dark secret and those who live in the northwoods know that their community has a foot in two different worlds—one in reality and one not—and they live contentedly, for the most part, with a few murderous secrets… Official Elizabeth Engstrom Website Order “The Northwoods Chronicles” HERE “The Stress of Her Regard” by Tim Powers (Last Call, Declare). Release Date: August 22, 2008. A novel of secret histories and dark revelations, Tim Powers’ “The Stress of Her Regard” is the tale of a terrified young doctor who—after discovering his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed and forced to flee to prove his innocence—allies with the great Romantic poets, Byron, Keats and Shelley in a desperate battle against a malignant vampire seeking her ultimate pleasure in their ravaged bodies and imperiled souls… Official Tim Powers Website Order “The Stress of Her Regard” HERE NOTE: Originally published in 1989, “The Stress of Her Regard” received the World Fantasy, Mythopoeic, and Locus Awards. The book has been out of print since 1994. “Return of the Crimson Guard” by Ian C. Esslemont. UK Release Date: August 25, 2008. In this second Malazan novel from co-creator ICE, Empress Laseen of the Malazan Empire faces threats from both the Crimson Guard—a mercenary company opposed to the existence of the Empire—and insurrectionists who have lost patience with Laseen’s rule. Yet there are hints that Laseen is using the uprisings to draw out and eliminate the last survivors of her predecessor's rule, while rivalries and betrayals plague the Guard… Official Malazan Empire Fansite Order “Return of the Crimson Guard” HERE Read Reviews via Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist Read Fantasy Book Critic’s REVIEW of “Night of Knives” Read Fantasy Book Spot’s INTERVIEW with Ian Cameron Esslemont “The Best of Lucius Shepard” by Lucius Shepard. Release Date: August 25, 2008. Lucius Shepard writes from the darkest, truest heart of America, and he writes of it with rare passion, honesty and intelligence. The Best of Lucius Shepard is the first ever career retrospective collection from one of the finest writers of the fantastic to emerge in the United States over the past quarter century. It contains nearly 300,000 words of his best short fiction and is destined to be recognized as a true classic of the field… Official Lucius Shepard Website Order “The Best of Lucius Shepard” HERE Read Reviews via Adventures In Reading “The Gypsy Morph” by Terry Brooks. Release Date: August 26, 2008. Terry Brooks won instant acclaim with his classic novel, The Sword of Shannara. Its sequels earned Brooks legendary status. Then in The Word and the Void trilogy, he gave the genre a compelling contemporary twist. In 2006, Brooks began the Genesis of Shannara trilogy with Armageddon’s Children which united two unique worlds. The Elves of Cintra followed in 2007. Now, that trilogy comes to a shattering conclusion in The Gypsy Morph… Official Terry Brooks Website Order “The Gypsy Morph” HERE (US) + HERE (UK-September 4, 2008) Find Excerpts HERE Read Reviews via A Dribble of Ink + Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review “The Ten Thousand” by Paul Kearney. Release Date: August 26, 2008. Vast, dominant, and prestigious, the Assurian Empire is thought to be invincible. An exile from the empire, the Great King’s brother hires a force of ten thousand elite mercenaries from a legendary race known as the Macht to take the throne by force. But when their employer is killed, The Ten Thousand find themselves abandoned. This is the story of their fight for freedom and the beginning of a brand new series by one of fantasy’s finest writers… Official Paul Kearney Website Order “The Ten Thousand” HERE (US) + HERE (UK) “The Diamond of Darkhold” by Jeanne Duprau. Release Date: August 26, 2008. It’s been several months since Lina, Doon and the rest of their people escaped the dying city of Ember and joined the town of Sparks. Now, struggling through the harsh winter aboveground, they find a book. Torn up and missing most of its pages, it alludes to a mysterious device from before the Disaster, which they believe is still in Ember. Together, Lina & Doon must go back underground to retrieve what was lost and bring light to a dark world… Official Jeanne Duprau Website Order “The Diamond of Darkhold” HERE NOTE: “The Diamond of Darkhold” is the fourth Book of Ember novel after “The City of Ember”, “The People of Sparks” and “The Prophet of Yonwood”. “Pandemonium” by Daryl Gregory. Release Date: August 26, 2008. As a boy, Del Pierce is possessed by the Hellion, an entity whose mischief-making can be deadly. With the help of Del’s family and a caring psychiatrist, the demon was exorcised . . . or was it? Years later, the Hellion is back and clamoring to get out. Del needs an exorcism, by any means necessary, and the answers may lie in a handful of Golden Age comics, a series of demon-created paintings, and his own childhood memories… Official Daryl Gregory Website Order “Pandemonium” HERE “The Battle of the Hammer Worlds” by Graham Sharp Paul. Release Date: August 26, 2008. Back from tangling with the Hammer of Kraa, the most brutal tyrants in humanspace, Michael Helfort is assigned to the Federated Worlds cruiser Ishaq, which is blown apart in a horrific ambush. One of only a few survivors, Michael and company are sent to a prison camp on the Hammer’s home planet. Its payback time and the Hammers intend to throw their entire space fleet into destroying Michael Helfort and the Federated Worlds… Order “The Battle of the Hammer Worlds” HERE NOTE: “The Battle of the Hammer Worlds” is the second book in the Helfort’s War series following “The Battle at the Moons of Hell”. “The Riven Kingdom” by Karen Miller. Release Date: August 26, 2008. Ethrea is an island in the centre of the most important shipping route in the world and has enjoyed peace and prosperity for 400 years. The imminent death of Ethrea's king has placed his daughter, Rhian, in a dangerous position. The church has great power in Ethrea, stating that no woman may have dominion over a man. If Rhian can take and hold the throne—can she also keep it safe from the rest of the world? An exile from Mijak may be her only hope… Official Karen Miller Website Order “The Riven Kingdom” HERE (US) + HERE (UK-October 2008) Read Reviews via The Specusphere NOTE: “The Riven Kingdom” is the second volume in The Godspeaker Trilogy after “Empress”. “Wanderlust” by Ann Aguirre. Release Date: August 26, 2008. Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster-than-light ships through grimspace. Unfortunately she’s also broke and unemployed. So Jax accepts a diplomatic mission for the government—only to find herself contending with Syndicate criminals, a stormy relationship with her pilot, man-eating aliens, and her own grimspace-weakened body. She’ll be lucky just to make it to out alive… Official Ann Aguirre Website Order “Wanderlust” HERE “The Ghosts of Kerfol” by Deborah Noyes. Release Date: August 26, 2008. In this remarkable collection of intertwining short stories, Deborah Noyes tells us Anne de Barrigan's story through the sympathetic eyes of her servant girl. Four more tales set in the same haunted manor over the centuries, slip forward in time, peering in on a young artist, a hard-drinking party girl, a young American couple, and a deaf gardener who now tends the Kerfol estate. All these souls are haunted by the ghosts of Kerfol… Official Deborah Noyes Website Order “The Ghosts of Kerfol” HERE Read Reviews via The Well-Read Child “Rogue’s Home” by Hilari Bell. Release Date: August 26, 2008. As in “The Last Knight”, Hilari Bell's first Knight and Rogue novel, “Rogue's Home” combines the banter of a buddy story with elements of classic fantasy, medieval derring-do, and mystery. This time, Sir Michael Sevenson and his reluctant squire, Fisk, continue their knight-errantry, facing new challenges, greater dangers and . . . Fisk’s family. Magnets for trouble, you never know what is going to happen to these would-be heroes next. Official Hilari Bell Website Order “Rogue’s Home” HERE “Pure Blood” by Caitlin Kittredge. Release Date: August 26, 2008. In the shadows of Nocturne City, witches lurk and demons prowl, and homicide detective Luna Wilder must keep the peace—while living life as a werewolf. Now bodies are turning up all over town, the brutal murders linked by a cryptic message: We see with empty eyes. To make matters even worse, a war is brewing between rival clans of blood witches and caster witches—a magical gang war with the power to burn Nocturne City to the ground… Official Caitlin Kittredge Website Order “Pure Blood” HERE Read Darque Reviews’ Interview with Caitlin Kittredge NOTE: “Pure Blood” is the second volume in Caitlin Kittredge’s Nocture City series after “Night Life”. “Hunter’s Prayer” by Lilith Saintcrow. Release Date: August 26, 2008. It’s another night on the Nightside… An ancient evil looms over Santa Luz. Prostitutes are showing up dead and eviscerated. And Jill Kismet—introduced in Lilith Saintcrow’s Night Shift—just might be able to get her revenge against an old enemy. There’s just one problem. Someone wants Jill dead–-again. And if they have to open up Hell itself to kill her, they will. Sometimes, even when you're Jill Kismet, you don't have a prayer... Official Lilith Saintcrow Website Order “Hunter’s Prayer” HERE (US) + HERE (UK-September 2008) Read Fantasy Book Critic’s REVIEW of “Night Shift” “Legacy” by Jeanne C. Stein. Release Date: August 26, 2008. Vampire Anna Strong has struggled to adapt to her supernatural status while clinging to the vestiges of her humanity. Now in Jeanne C. Stein’s fourth Vampire Chronicles novel, Anna must deal with her legacy. Because the sinister vampire who transformed her is dead, and Anna is entitled to his vast fortune. But a predatory werewolf comes forward, claiming the inheritance as her own—and she’ll kill to get what she wants most: blood and money… Official Jeanne C. Stein Website Order “Legacy” HERE “Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe)” by Kimberly Pauley. Release Date: August 26, 2008. Being a teenager is a challenge, and high school is no piece of cake. In Kimberly Pauley’s new young adult novel, “Sucks To Be Me”, life gets really complicated when Mina Hamilton has to decide whether or not to become a vampire like her parents. Toss in a couple of cute boys, and it’s enough to drive a girl crazy—or at least make her want to drink some blood… Official Kimberly Pauley Website Order “Sucks to Be Me” HERE Read Reviews via Book Review Maniac, LoveVampires + The Book Muncher “The Source” by Michael Cordy. UK Release Date: August 28, 2008. Ambitious geologist Ross Kelly has it all: a lucrative career searching for oil across the world and Lauren, a beautiful, brilliant wife who is pregnant with their first child. But when Lauren deciphers the university's mysterious Voynich manuscript—which has confounded experts for centuries—Ross is suddenly thrust upon a desperate quest against a lethal assassin and a fanatical priest that will eventually challenge everything he ever thought about the source of life on earth… Michael Cordy @ Wikipedia Order “The Source” HERE “Seeds of Change” edited by John Joseph Adams. Release Date: August 29, 2008. Imagine the moment when the present ends and the future begins. When the world we knew is no more and a brave new world is upon us. Gathering stories by nine of today’s most incisive minds, Seeds of Change confronts the pivotal issues facing our society today: racism, global warming, oil, political revolution, and technological advancement. Many serve as a call to action. How will you change with the future? Official John Joseph Adams Website Order “Seeds of Change” HERE NOTE: Includes stories by Mark Budz, Tobias S. Buckell, Blake Charlton, Ted Kosmatka, Jay Lake, Ken MacLeod, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Jeremiah Tolbert, and K. D. Wentworth with an introduction by John Joseph Adams. Kimberly Swan said... Another amazing spotlight from you Robert. I've gotten to read several(thank you for the DR links) and will read a few more in the upcoming weeks, but I always end up adding more to my 'wish list'. lol Just wanted to point out that Elizabeth Bear's two Stratford Man novels are not exactly prequels to Whiskey and Water. The Stratford Man is set 400 years in the past during the days of William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth. It's not exactly a prequel either, just a story set in a different era. For what it's worth, I also have a review of The Best of Lucius Shepard from a few months back. Superb spotlight once again, thanks a lot. -.- said... I always look forward to these posts. Great job once again. There are some that I've already heard and have on my TBR list, but Therapy by Sebastian Fitzek looks really good. I can't wait to read it. ~ Popin You're welcome for the links Kimberly! I'm always amazed at how many titles you end up reviewing when I put together a spotlight :D Joe, thanks for the info and for the link to your Lucius Shepard review. I've updated the spotlight with your review :) Calibander, no problem! I'm just glad the website wasn't locked for a significant time... Thanks Popin! I'm looking forward to reading Therapy myself too :) Thanks for the link to the Book Catapult! MUCH appreciated.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line64
__label__cc	0.71589	0.28411	Are threads still a menace? An interesting question showed up in my mailbox today. So interesting that I think it’s worth a public answer and discussion: In chapter 7 of The Art of Unix Programming , you classified threads under the section “Problems and Methods to Avoid”. You also wrote that with the increased emphasis on thread-local storage, threads are looking more like a controlled use of shared memory. This trend has certainly continued; recent programming languages like D, Scala, and Go encourage the use of threads as mostly isolated lightweight processes with message passing. Observing this trend, I have often wondered, why not go all the way and use multiple OS processes? I can think of two reasons to use threads in this newer, controlled way rather than using full processes: 1. Portability to Windows, which doesn’t have an equivalent of fork(2) 2. Performance, particularly because message passing between real processes requires serialization and deserialization, whereas message passing within a process can be done with shared memory and (maybe) locks So what do you think? Are threads still a menace to be avoided in favor of full OS processes? Or has the situation improved since 2003? I think it has, and I think you’ve very nearly answered your own question as to why. Bare threads were dangerously prone to deadlocks, livelocks, context-trashing, and various other sorts of synchronization screwups – so language designers set out to encapsulate them in ways that gave better invariants and locality guarantees without sacrificing their performance advantages. I think Scala’s transactional memory stands out as a particularly elegant stab at the problem. I don’t develop for Windows or communicate much with people who do, so I’m not equipped to judge how important Windows portability is in motivating these features. But the performance issue you called out is real and quite alive on Unix systems. UPDATE: Matt Campbell, who has materialized in the comments here, send the original question and has given me permission to cite him. Thanks for a good question! This entry was posted in Software by esr. Bookmark the permalink. 42 thoughts on “Are threads still a menace?” Threads are a huge topic of discussion in the Windows development community. Honestly, I don’t hear much about problems, it is far more about the opportunity to take advantage of multicore. Each version of .NET and C# has had a focus on a particular theme. 2.0 was about Generics, 3.0 was about linq and so forth. 5.0 is entirely focused on multithreading. For example, they have introduced a whole new version of LINQ called PLINQ that is all about automatically threading the declarative syntax of LINQ and leveraging threading to run in parallel. So, for example, if you wanted to perform some expensive calculation Compute on a list of items Items, you could use this syntax: var result = from item in Items.AsParallel() select Compute(item); This would partition Items and use all the cores to perform Compute in parallel. FWIW, it is also deferred execution, what I would call lazy, but I’ve been yelled at here for using that term too loosely. Of course there are lots of tools for intert hread locking too. C# also has a process isolation mechanism called AppDomains that provides separation of state (and a lot of other things) within the same OS process. I agree, but I put threading vs. forking in similar tool bins as compiled vs. interpreted. Unless the performance gains of threaded are really, really, really important, it’s almost always easier, quicker, and more flexible to fork and use the various available means of message passing. Matt Campbell on 2011-12-21 at 12:09:09 said: jsk’s choice of analogy is ironic, because interpreter- or VM-based environments tend to favor threads, coroutines, or a single-threaded event-based model (as in Node.js) over forking. I can think of three reasons for this: 1. Reference counting and some garbage collectors tend to defeat the copy-on-write method of memory sharing used by forked processes. The Dalvik VM specifically avoids this problem. 2. In environments with JIT compilers, JIT compilation also doesn’t work well with copy-on-write memory sharing. 3. Portability to Windows again. Maybe another reason is that in higher-level languages, it’s easier to build abstractions such as actors, so threads are more or less isolated and communicate via message passing. Jim T on 2011-12-21 at 12:24:40 said: The one thing that’s most dangerous in my work is the synchronisation on the UI thread. I’ve still not worked out why the UI can only be manipulated by a single thread in these days of C# and managed code, it may have been an engineering necessity back in the days of yore, but I seriously don’t care about the message pump any more. In general, there are mechanisms and patterns available that reduce the risk of threading. You tend to know when you’re approaching danger territory. However, I like the node.js type solution – run multiple processes, all accepting from the same work queue. Make everything async. Michael Mol on 2011-12-21 at 12:32:26 said: C++ on Windows is a large part of my day job. Windows doesn’t have fork(), but it does have mmap(), which is probably the cheapest way to flush a lot of data between processes. We use mmap() in an isolation context, where crappy third-party components can live in their own process, and not take down the entire system. When done correctly, threads are good. When done incorrectly, threads are terrible. I haven’t read TAUP, but it sounds like the argument against threading is its being prone to abuse and misuse…that makes sense, in 2003. Threading can be hard to get right. Since then, tools and abstractions such as thread pools, worker queues and OpenMP make things much easier, and help build ‘best practices’ models for those who need parallelism. @jsk: Hmm. At the risk of sounding like I’m just saying the same thing as Matt Campbell and esr, I’ll point out that while threading is more difficult in C and even somewhat more involved in Python, recent languages like Go, D and Scala are designed around multiprocessing and using multiple threads and so forth, so it’s way easier than it used to be. That said, there is a time and a place for multithreading. Most multithreading seems to be implemented using POSIX threads, which are expensive, so you have to know when using multithreading vs. separate processes buys you performance. It is not always the case that using multithreading is worth it, even if the language does it make it easier. There is still something to be said for the simplicity of a fork. Oh, and BTW — while there is no fork on Windows, you can simulate one with CreateJobObject and AssignProcessToJobObject on Windows 2000 and later. It is however, much hairier. > It is not always the case that using multithreading is worth it, even if the language does it make it easier. There is still > something to be said for the simplicity of a fork. That’s what I was driving at, yeah. I personally weigh the modularity and flexibility of forking (and I use ‘forking’ here loosely, as I also include the myriad messaging methods with it) a little more than the performance of threading. Jakub Narebski on 2011-12-21 at 13:17:43 said: Since then, tools and abstractions such as thread pools, worker queues and OpenMP make things much easier, and help build ‘best practices’ models for those who need parallelism. Even with OpenMP you have to take care about “false sharing” and bank conflicts… Cathy on 2011-12-21 at 13:56:02 said: Building on the single-tasking nature of the UI: Windows applications still live in the world of modal dialogs, which absolutely drive me up the wall. In a multitasking environment, why oh why must you force me (as a user) to close a dialog box before engaging in another task? This is continually messing up my desired workflow. Non-modal dialogs have been available in Windows for a long time, but few applications developers seem to use them routinely. tz on 2011-12-21 at 14:23:15 said: Threads are not so much a menace as a powerful but specific tool. I go out of my way to avoid threads, but in cases where I have to I then triple-check the semaphores, memory and other mechanisms associated with them and try to isolate them to the simplest subset. I know exactly what they are doing in all possible permutations. Some UI things like Java have them but it is still a matter of taking care. If you isolate where the threads are it can be nearly as good as having separate processes. Normally a UI and background processor that only share a small footprint interface. Burying them in layers of protection either limit or negate their usefulness, cause bloat and leakage, or encourage their use where refactoring would easily yield something better. Sort of like C++. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html goes into pointers and recursion and too many programmers today can’t handle those. Threading means you have to think in higher dimensions still, at least to get things right. Bare threads were dangerously prone to deadlocks, livelocks, context-trashing, and various other sorts of synchronization screwups – so language designers set out to encapsulate them in ways that gave better invariants and locality guarantees without sacrificing their performance advantages. Threads were never rocket science, but they do require care. Current tools reduce the programming burden, but even with stock C or assembly language, some discipline and a well-thumbed copy of Hoare was all that ever was really required. Honestly, I don’t hear much about problems, it is far more about the opportunity to take advantage of multicore. This. The primary difference between yesterday and today is that threads (done properly) buy you a lot more today than they did a decade ago. This means both that more programmers are learning to use them correctly and that there is (as esr points out) extra evolutionary pressure on the tools to make this work. As a side-note, the underlying mechanics of threads are actually arguably more difficult now for most systems than they were a couple of decades ago. Extra complexity in desktop systems manifests itself as multicore, which is more difficult to get right — in the simple case, a uniprocessor system can disable interrupts to insure atomic operation, and that just doesn’t work any more. Extra complexity in embedded systems often manifests itself as cache, but not every vendor spends the transistors and cycles to snoop the bus and make sure that DMA I/O is cache-coherent… “Lazy Evaluation” is not done until the results are required (which may be never). So is a “deferred execution” done at some later point, but guaranteed to be done? Or what is the difference that you got yelled out for? @Cathy: Modal vs. non-modal dialogs is completely orthogonal to multithreading. In fact, like many programming problems, it’s probably easier to make non-modal dialogs operate correctly in a non-threaded environment. jgon on 2011-12-21 at 14:58:56 said: @Jim T, in response to you question about why gui toolkits are primarily single threaded I have this link which is a pretty good summary of the issues involved, written from the perspective of people involved in the creation of the Swing toolkit for Java: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kgh/archive/2004/10/multithreaded_t.html Before any comes in and says that just because Swing failed to do it, maybe that is more a reflection on Swing than on the idea I present this thesis on the creation of an actual fully threaded UI toolkit: http://www.inf.uos.de/elmar/projects/java-gtk/thread-ui.pdf So does that second link contradict the first? No, if you read the thesis I think you’ll see that the approach one would need to use to create an application with the threaded library is quite different and not without it’s own set of drawbacks. There appears to be a fundamental mismatch between the evented model of UI’s and threads, and I don’t think there is an easy way around it. So it appears that we will likely have to be careful of doing work in the UI thread for quite a while yet. warmi on 2011-12-21 at 15:06:16 said: Multhreaded GUIs are not as useful as people think. What you end up with is exponential increase of complexity ( everything needs to be synchronized, including derived implementations so popular in GUI world ) and for what ? Just to be able to flip a control from another thread ? Instead of synchronizing on every permutation of a widget, it is much easier to synchronize on required parts of your data domain – you almost never want to draw from separate threads to the same window, what you end up doing most often is presenting multiple views of the same data , in which case you synchronize (double buffer perhaps) on your data. brian on 2011-12-21 at 15:53:27 said: Multithreading is more intended so that there is nothing that halts the UI thread while it is thinking. IBM’s guidelines for OS/2 said if it takes more than 10ms to process, it belongs in a separate thread. And with the way that the Windows NT kernel schedules threads across processors/cores/HT, it is always a net plus for performance. (I don’t know how Linux implements threads, never used them. So this is not a slam or flamebait.) @brian: I think you may be misconstruing what warmi says — there is a considerable difference between multithreading UI vs. computation, and multithreading multiple UI tasks against each other. The former, which you are discussing, is often a huge win for not much effort. The latter, which warmi was discussing is only a win if the UI activities don’t then immediately get bottlenecked in the graphics hardware, and it can be some serious effort to try to parallelize some graphics operations without interference between the threads. btw, warmi said “multithreaded gui,” which means exactly that — the gui itself is multithreaded, not that the gui operates on a single thread which could, in fact, communicate with other threads… I was talking about having GUI libraries being threadsafe, not about writing GUI based , multithreaded apps in general. roystgnr on 2011-12-21 at 17:31:39 said: Since when can’t full processes make use of shared memory? You allocate a block of shared memory, you allocate data structures within that block, you share access to those data structures. The correct answer to “how should I share some memory between these execution contexts?” is not always “make it easy for any context to write to nearly every single byte of memory in any other context”. With that being said, I do write threaded code; sticking to abstractions like the Threaded Building Blocks makes it relatively easy to take advantage of threads in fairly concise and safe ways. @roystgnr: Since when can’t full processes make use of shared memory? With that being said, I do write threaded code… This brings up an interesting point. In a simple single-process embedded system, polling isn’t usually that much more inefficient than thread switching, and if you’re concerned about power management you can always halt the core until you get an interrupt. So, in general, the best use-case for threads exists in systems with multiple processes, but unless you’re severely memory resource-constrained, the very ability to have multiple processes often obviates the need for threads. The correct answer to “how should I share some memory between these execution contexts?” is not always “make it easy for any context to write to nearly every single byte of memory in any other context”. Yes. Threads are most useful when you have multiple cores, and highly parallelizable yet tightly coupled tasks to perform. Unfortunately, “tightly coupled” and “highly parallelizable” often don’t go together, and even when they do, “tightly coupled” is the very feature that makes it difficult for mere mortals to write code that actually manages to usefully exploit parallelism. BPSouther on 2011-12-21 at 19:08:33 said: Any thoughts on a 2nd edition of TAOUP? Your position on “figuring out how to automatically do the right thing” vs mini-language config files seems to have evolved since its release as well. >Any thoughts on a 2nd edition of TAOUP? I’ve run the idea past Addison-Wesley. They don’t seem very interested, which puzzles me because I was given to understand the book did pretty well. >Your position on “figuring out how to automatically do the right thing” vs mini-language config files seems to have evolved since its release as well. Yes, that’s true. I started to push autoconfiguration in my own projects pretty hard in 2004 after thinking about what the Mac got right. Patrick Maupin Says: > “Lazy Evaluation” is not done until the results are required (which may be never). So is a “deferred execution” done at some later point, but guaranteed to be done? Or what is the difference that you got yelled out for? Only done when the value is actually to be used, if it is never used, it is never evaluated. You could, for example, define an infinitely long list. I can’t remember what the Functional Programming purists yelled at me about, but my experience is that they can be rather territorial about this sort of terminology. Ted Walther on 2011-12-21 at 22:43:53 said: I like the way OpenBSD is doing this; OpenBSD makes their new servers “automatically do the right thing”, but they provide the mini-language config files. In fact, the syntax of all their newer config files is pretty similar. I think they have some yacc files in common or something. The pf configuration language has been reused at the very least, in OpenSMTPD and OpenNTPD. It was a huge relief when they came out with OpenNTPD. Just enable it, and it does the most common use case, of synchronizing your clock with the set of time servers. But the config file lets you do any of the other stuff you might have wanted to do with it before. OpenSMTPD is pretty good for config too. @Patrick Maupin: You mean PC and mobile device programmers. Servers and Unix workstations have had multiprocessor systems for decades. But I’m sure you’ve encountered more than a few of those in your travails. RJRmd on 2011-12-22 at 02:52:55 said: Just browsed over some notes on AMD’s Fusion Development Summary, going over their new graphics card architecture. Apparently, they’re focusing more on [b]general[/b] purpose computation over pure graphical stuff (it’ll still do that, too). Just when threading is emerging from adolescence, we’re going to have to dive into massively parallel problems. I’m already pondering some applications on my end (I do process control applications, using C# and (Iron)Python on very slow (Atom/VIA) CPUs) that could possibly benefit, perhaps heavily, by offloading setpoint (a setpoint is a future trigger, normally on the reaching of some value (based on monitoring the current value, read by a continuous output from some device), that’ll require immediate action) monitoring to the GPU. Threading itself is just the tip of the iceberg. We’re in for interesting times. I believe the inflection point for the safety and usability of threads in mainstream programming was the development of the Java memory model. Before it, multithreaded programs lived in a limbo between a completely synchronous model and the asynchronous but moderately well-insulated land of independent processes. Java particularly specified semantics about memory ordering that had previously been highly platform-idiosyncratic (much like the width of the various C integer and pointer types, the latter of which (IIRC) don’t have to be the same size when pointing to different types). Since ordering issues are the core of what makes concurrent programming hard, having consistent rules makes dealing with concurrency much safer. The original JMM had some nasty edge cases, but it was a major advance in making imperative concurrency tractable. >> Any thoughts on a 2nd edition of TAOUP? > I’ve run the idea past Addison-Wesley. They don’t seem very interested, which puzzles me > because I was given to understand the book did pretty well. I speak only for myself, but I’m willing to bet I can get some “AMEN”s from regular readers of this blog – I would be happy to pre-subscribe to a copy of the 2nd edition of TAOUP, i.e., pay to our noble host cash in advance to have the right to get a (preferably nicely printed) copy of the text. (I would pay somewhat less for an e-book, but YMMV.) Any other subscribers / patrons ??? P.S. – “pebcak” – Eric, you may delete my nonsense comment #354730 >I would be happy to pre-subscribe to a copy of the 2nd edition of TAOUP Thank you. If you want this to happen, the most effective thing you could do is scare up a way for me to compile DocBook to an open ebook format like EPUB. I have substantial new material I’d like to publish, including a very nice optimization case study for chapter 13. > the most effective thing you could do is scare up a way for me to compile DocBook to an open ebook > format like EPUB. Unless I am mistaken, it looks like recent versions of DocBook support ePub exporting. Mark A. Flacy on 2011-12-22 at 10:16:28 said: The DocBook XSL stylesheets support epub output. They have for a while, actually. (Curses! Beaten by 2 minutes. :-D) dtsund on 2011-12-22 at 12:29:43 said: Fork(2): Thread or Menace? 16BITBoy on 2011-12-22 at 20:31:32 said: >I’ve run the idea past Addison-Wesley. They don’t seem very interested, which puzzles me because I was given to understand the book did pretty well. That’s a shame. I’ve recently started reading it. It’s a very good book, too good to leave it outdated. Count me as subscriber :) Glenn (NotReynolds) on 2011-12-22 at 20:32:12 said: Linked at http://yacof.blogspot.com/2011/12/another-no-content-link-post.html (along with a link to the 2002 post by moshez) Aaron on 2011-12-23 at 00:45:35 said: message passing between real processes requires serialization and deserialization, whereas message passing within a process can be done with shared memory and (maybe) locks Processes can use shared memory too. With some caveats, mmap()ing files can work, as can SysV shared memory (if you’re a masochist). In any case, serialization is a fair bit easier when you know the other processes are running on the same CPU, with the same compiler, etc. You can just directly write the contents of everything except for pointers. Douglas A. Seifert on 2011-12-23 at 10:00:50 said: You should definitely do a second edition of TAOUP yourself if you can legally do so a la Louis CK (https://buy.louisck.net/). PDF or epub. You wouldn’t make a million bucks in 2 weeks, but I’d buy a reasonably priced second edition in a heartbeat, especially if I could bypass the publishing industry. @Patrick – My mistake. I misinterpreted. @Warmi – I can’t speak to Windows’ implementation, but OS/2’s WPS (OS/2 3.0, circa 1994) was completely thread-safe. I suspect a large part of the problem in doing threads “right” is this very thing. If the underlying OS and WM are properly thread-safe, then you only have to make sure your own code is safe. I have done multithreaded GUI stuff in MFC – having separate dialogs with their own UI threads, and further threads doing the I/O and pushing the processed data into shared resources. As far as Unix servers having been multiprocessor for decades: server programming is a very different beast than workstation programming. GUI response times are very important, as is the impression that actual work is being done. @Aaron – this is true, but threads run in the same memory context as the parent, whereas forked processes don’t. Ken Burnside on 2011-12-23 at 17:17:56 said: Every time I read the title of this post, I keep trying to make a Programmers of Pern joke. Thankfully (for the rest of you), I’ve never managed to get one to compile, Threads or no. Mr. Burnside: I believe if you type C-x M-c M-Dragon in emacs you get a mode that will you program threads more safely. In vim you’d use :set dragons on, but that’s only if you the plugin installed. Jim Hurlburt on 2011-12-27 at 11:32:05 said: >Thank you. If you want this to happen, the most effective thing you could do is scare up a way for me to compile DocBook to an open ebook format like EPUB. I have substantial new material I’d like to publish, including a very nice optimization case study for chapter 13. Eric: I too want the updated version of TAOUP, would be willing to pay money or effort. If someone else hasn’t made this offer redundant, I would undertake to convert TAOUP from docbook to epub. I would need a copy of the source or a pointer to a copy or a pointer to a document of similar structure and complexity. And permission with at least a smidgen of enthusiasim from you. I own a paper copy of the original, so I should have a pretty good notion of when I have it right. My initial plan is to use the python docbook2epub, and the deliverable should be a program that will create an epub doc if given a pointer to the docbook source. Use my login email for reply if appropriate. Jim Hurlburt Do you control the rights to the book? I read the first 1/2 3/4 of it for free online before breaking down and purchasing a hard copy. Maybe a finished copy of it online would give your publisher a push in the right direction.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line70
__label__cc	0.65924	0.34076	30 Rock is all new! Pages: 1 ... 7 8 [9] 10 11 Go Down Author Topic: 30 Rock is all new! (Read 20198 times) Re: 30 Rock is all new! Quote from: BEERxTaco on May 26, 2009, 01:36:41 PM Quote from: Courtney on May 15, 2009, 07:34:55 AM By the way, Alan Alda saying the line "a guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show" and its total reach of a lead-in made me really happy. That was my favorite bit too... I wonder how many people didn't get that? A lot I bet... the final episode of MASH ran in what, 1982 or something? I didn't, but I had watched that episode with my parents, and they loved it. Then I watched it again on the DVD, and with the commentary or one of the special features, Tina Fey was kinda congratulating herself on working that in. My curiousity was piqued, so I had to look it up. I'd love to see the source material on MASH though. Was that something Alan Alda's character said on MASH, or something he said in reference to MASH? I can't understand how the former would make sense. Quote from: Imrahil on October 23, 2009, 07:13:36 AM It was in reference to it. You know the story of the last ep, right? He made a woman smother her crying child to keep it quiet, and then went crazy and mis-remembered it as a chicken? Yeah, that's what I read. When and where did Alda actually utter the line though? Quote from: Thrifty on October 23, 2009, 07:41:53 AM He wasn't quoting Hawkeye. He was just referring to that situation--it was after Liz's photo shoot with the chicken, I think, when he's wandering around on the floor. I know he wasn't quoting Hawkeye. He was, on 30 Rock, referring to Tracy's crying about having been forced to murder someone named "Baby", but how actually the story was that Tracy was supposed to disect a frog, but couldn't, because he was "chicken". The exact words were "There was no baby. I was a chicken!" But what did Alda originally say? And when? Go watch the fucking episode, I don't know. Jesus. Who pissed in your corn flakes? It was just a question about a reference. esoobaC .T bocaJ Mayor of Nilbog Jolly Snowflake day!! "What's all this crying about babies and chickens? I thought this was supposed to be a comedy show." there now everyone shut up flesyht etah tsum uoy ,flesyht evas oT Maverick Joe Six-Pack "you don't tell me what kind of pizza to like" "Outside of a dog, a book is Man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Groucho Marx stansimpson Show yourself! Otherwise, we'll kill some diffrum! Quote from: Imrahil on January 15, 2010, 03:12:32 PM Oh, also, Jenna's dying lines--nice Blade Runner riff. I didn't catch the reference. Could you recount it for me (with relation to BR [I've only sen it once a long time ago])? Quote from: stansimpson on January 15, 2010, 04:05:53 PM It was a paraphrase of Roy Batty's dying speech - "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." I cant find her quote online yet--but I'm almost positive it's a riff. Where Batty says "Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion" etc., she says girl/mall related stuff. Haha. Thanks. I love that show. Seeing Tracy Morgan again always thrills me. They know how to use just enough of him without overexposing him (and I can see other tv shows would totally do that). I never could stand him on SNL, but I agree, they play to his strengths. I still think we need more Pete. He's awesome. I'm hoping for a return of Tina F--uh, Liz Lemon's brother played by Andy Richter. No doubt he should be available pretty soon. Steals from Casinos Movie-Watching Machine I thought the first episode was stronger than the second, but they were both pretty damned good. Get this lazy Manc twat an Emmy! Horatio Sans is back! Suck it Rifftrax! On timeout Thurs night's ep was all about "Future Husband". I know I've heard that riff somewhere. It's Bill exclaiming "[Someone someone]: Futuuure Husband!" I'm pretty sure it was a short. Anyone remember? Just saw this little news item: From Extra: Just last week Steve Carell announced he was leaving "The Office" after next season, and now Alec Baldwin says he won't be returning to "30 Rock" once his contract expires in 2012. "As much as I like acting, I know that I would love to have a different life, a private life. I think doing this now for a living has become really hard. It's really hard," Baldwin told CNN during an interview. He added, "I would rather go do other things and have whatever amount of time I have left in my life, have more of a normal life... I want to find out if it's possible. How close can I get." Perhaps it's just contract negotiation time... or perhaps Baldwin really does want to do other things! I feel this is actually good news. Perhaps if Baldwin quits, the show will finish before it outstays its welcome, unlike some other shows we know of. Of course, if they were to replace him, the ONLY person they could get is Will Arnett. « Last Edit: July 11, 2010, 05:02:02 PM by mrbasehart » The FBI Pays Me to Surf Quote from: stansimpson on March 13, 2010, 12:28:12 AM Don't worry about it! (hint hint) Quote from: eegah on October 05, 2010, 04:00:38 AM D'oh! Thanks. Can't believe how obvious that was! "I think it was a short"!? ::guhhhh:: How come this thread hasn't returned either? C'mon! They're doing a live show next week! Two actually! One for each coast! Pages: 1 ... 7 8 [9] 10 11 Go Up	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line74
__label__wiki	0.79271	0.79271	International Quranic Open University / Quranic Open University MOA says IQOU/QOU is “a premier institute for the study of Holy Qur’an, Islamic traditions and Sufic Sciences.”[i] IQOU operates as MOA’s educational branch and awards certain members with unaccredited degrees. It has also served as a recruiting center for participants in Sheikh Gilani’s guerrilla warfare training courses, as he stated in his secret “Soldiers of Allah” videotape filmed in the early 1990s.[ii] The FBI said during the trial of Fuqra members for a 1991 bomb plot in Toronto that the International Quranic Open University in Lahore, Pakistan is a front for terrorism.[iii] In 1992, the MOA training camp in Colorado was raided and a letter to Gilani from a MOA member was seized. It was addressed to the Quranic Open University at 18B Upper Mall Scheme, Mian Mir Rd, Jilani House, Lahore, Pakistan. Internal MOA documents show that the Quranic Open University also had a Dawah Division. Dawah refers to the proselytizing of Islam. The documents state that the QOU’s Dawah Division had a U.S. headquarters at Dawa Center and Publications in Charlotte, N.C. and an international headquarters on Gulberg Road in Lahore, Pakistan. [i] “International Qur’anic Open University.” The Muslims of America. http://www.tmoamerica.org/organizations/522-iqou/ [ii] The video can be see at the Fuqra Files YouTube channel and more information about the tape is available in the section of this website about terrorist/jihad training. [iii] Goddard, John. (2010). Forgotten Islamist terror plot targeted Toronto. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2010/08/31/forgotten_islamist_terror_plot_targeted_toronto.html wm-letter-on-existance-of-quranic-open-university-and-dawah-center	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line76
__label__wiki	0.573463	0.573463	home > review > archive > Mega Man Battle Chip Challange \|\| Get Prices Mega Man Battle Chip Challange game: Mega Man Battle Chip Challange posted by: GF! Back Catalogue 10/2004 => 1995 publisher: Capcom platform: GBA date posted: 12:00 AM Sat May 1st, 2004 last revision: 12:00 AM Sat May 1st, 2004 By Eric Qualls Collectible card games are all the rage amongst the kiddies these days, so Capcom decided to shoehorn the blue bomber into the genre and sit back and wait for the cash to come rolling in. The end result is a title that severely pales in comparison to the other CCGs out there due to a distinct lack of strategic elements and overall control. Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge isn't a horrible game, but it just isn't very good, either. By its very nature Battle Chip Challenge is only going to appeal to a very select group, but even if you are both a CCG fan and love the Battle Network series, there are a lot of problems with Battle Chip Challenge that are going to be pretty hard for even the most die hard fans to overcome. Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge takes place in the Battle Network universe. Everything in the world is hooked up via network and it is up to special programs called Navis to defend against computer viruses. Mega Man is a Navi belonging to a boy named Lan and they have become some of the best in the world at protecting the net. In the Battle Network role-playing games, the pair did battle with the evil http://WWW organization and that is pretty much the same here. The story this time is that Lan and Mega Man enter a tournament called the Battle Chip Grand Prix and through their battles to climb up the ranks they discover a new plot by the WWW. There are five other characters that have their own storylines you can choose to use as well, but they aren't as important and/or cool as Mega Man and Lan. What really sets the Battle Network games apart from Battle Chip Challenge is the gameplay. Basically, you have absolutely no control over anything in BCC. All of the running around to various locations in the real world and on the internet that you would have had to do in the Battle Network games is gone and instead the computer does everything for you. This blows, quite frankly. You just move from conversation to conversation with stupid annoying people while you watch your onscreen character run around on its own. The game progresses as you play through different rankings and earn money to move up to the next rank until you get to the end. The real core of the game is the card battle aspect, but you have very limited control over this part of the game as well. You collect battle chips by purchasing them at a shop or winning them from other characters. You then take these chips and place them onto a pyramid shaped grid. The way the game works is that the computer chooses a random path through the chips on your grid and uses them in that order. This means that the chips on the second level from the top (your chosen Navi is on top) have a 50% chance of being chosen, the third row have a 33% chance, and the fourth and final row a 25% chance. The chips in the game give your Navi new weapons they can use as well as defensive tactics such as shields. Each chip takes up a certain amount of space and what chips you can place on your grid is determined by how much space your Navi has available. This means you can't just load up your grid with super powerful attacks. The problem with the game is that once you place your chips on the grid, you don't really have control over how a battle plays out. The computer chooses a path through your grid and then executes the attacks or defensive moves without any input from you. All you can do is press the A button to move the battle along and watch from the sidelines. When you are setting up your grid you can also place two chips in special positions that allow you to use them each once in a battle at your discretion, but these two chips rarely have a big impact on the outcome of a match. If the computer repeatedly chooses a poor path through your grid you are basically sunk no matter what you do. The lack of control is the biggest problem with Battle Chip Challenge. You really only have control over your grid and the rest of the gameplay consists of you pressing the A button over and over and over. That simply is not very fun. The card game suffers even more by forcing you to rely entirely on luck. It isn't as if this game is all that difficult, but it just isn't fun to watch the computer play through a battle for you. Despite all of these major shortcomings, it is still possible to get hooked. Playing Battle Chip Challenge is sort of like playing the lottery. Getting new chips when you win, buying a new pack of chips and not knowing if you just spent $3000 on great new chips or ones you already had, and the random nature of the battles themselves. You never ever know how a battle is going to turn out and some people , mostly gambling addicts , will find something to like about Battle Chip Challenge in spite of the ridiculously simple gameplay. Graphically, Battle Chip Challenge is a severe disappointment. These are the exact same graphics that were used in the last Battle Network game with no upgrades to them whatsoever. The game doesn't look bad, but it was obvious that not a whole lot of effort went into it. Likewise, the sound is pretty much exactly what we have heard before. Even though it isn't entirely brand new, the music in the game is catchy and old school through and through. Overall, Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge is a title that is going to be hard for most gamers to like, but it relies so heavily on luck that some people may enjoy it just for the gambling aspect of it. Every battle is literally like buying a scratch off lottery ticket. The severe lack of control over battles and the fact that the computer controls pretty much everything means you spend a lot of time watching instead of playing which is never good. If you are a big fan of the Battle Network games you might enjoy Battle Chip Challenge just because of the familiar characters and locations, but collectible card game fans and everyone else other than gambling addicts probably won't think too much of it. Try it before you buy it, but I find it pretty hard to recommend Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge to anyone but the most masochistic. Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Review (review) (12/23/06)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line77
__label__wiki	0.930215	0.930215	/ Duke lacrosse alleged rape case gets more interesting Duke lacrosse alleged rape case gets more interesting eyendastorm [SIZE="4"][COLOR="Purple"]'It look to me like somebody get hurt,' Mostafa says during TV interview[/SIZE] RALEIGH, N.C. - A cab driver who took a Duke University lacrosse player home from a team party says his passenger, now charged with raping an exotic dancer, seemed calm and even jovial that night. But the driver said a second passenger he picked up later was talking about a stripper. Moez Mostafa said the second passenger spoke about the stripper in a tone that made it âlook to me like somebody get hurt.â Defense attorneys have said they have time-stamped photos from the party, bank records, cell phone calls and a taxi driverâs statement to support Reade Seligmannâs claim that he is innocent of raping the woman on the night of March 13. A person close to the case told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday that the cell phone records show Seligmann called for a taxi at 12:14 a.m., and that according to sworn testimony he left in the taxi at 12:19 a.m. The bank records show he stopped at an ATM five minutes later, the person added, while information provided by Duke shows Seligmannâs ID card was used to enter his dorm at 12:46 a.m. Mostafa declined to speak to The Associated Press on Wednesday but confirmed to other media outlets that he picked up Seligmann and another passenger at 12:19 a.m., took them to a bank and a drive-through hamburger stand, then dropped them off at a Duke dormitory. âThey were just joking and laughing inside my car and everything just fine,â Mostafa said in accented English in an interview broadcast Thursday on ABCâs âGood Morning America.â In an interview on MSNBC, Mostafa said he returned to the house later to pick up another customer. He said he remembered that person âsaid in a loud voice, âShe just a stripper.ââ Asked whether the second fare was complaining about the stripper or whether it appeared something bad had happened to her, Mostafa initially said he didnât âhave any information about what was going on in the house.â âWhen I look back, he look like he mad at the stripper. Or the stripper, she going to call the police and she just a stripper. ... It look to me like somebody get hurt. But what kind of harm, ... I have no idea.â The accuser, a 27-year-old student from a nearby college, told police she was attacked by three men at a house where she and another woman were hired to dance at a lacrosse team party on March 13. According to defense attorneys, DNA tests conducted on the teamâs players failed to connect any of them to the alleged rape. Seligmann and fellow sophomore Collin Finnerty were indicted Monday on charges of first-degree rape, sexual offense and kidnapping. Each posted $400,000 bond Tuesday and was released. Mostafa said he didnât realize his first customers had anything to do with the case until an attorney telephoned him a week or so ago. He told the Herald-Sun of Durham that he was initially reluctant to talk but changed his mind after a visit from Seligmannâs father. âI didnât want to get involved, but when his father came and said it was a really serious situation, I talked to them,â he told the newspaper. He said he was confident he remembered the episode correctly, not so much because the passengers paid $25 for an $18 cab ride but âbecause I wait for them a long time and they make my car smell, thatâs the only reason I have that in my mind.â He said he was sure he recognized Seligmann, though he didnât know the other passenger. âYeah, I know (Seligmannâs) face that time and I recognize him and I still remember his face,â Mostafa told MSNBC. The two players were suspended Wednesday until the investigation is concluded, CNN reported. The university declined to comment, but it has historically suspended students charged with a felony. An attorney for one of two Duke University lacrosse players charged with raping a stripper at a team party Wednesday strongly rejected any sort of deal with prosecutors, proclaiming again his clientâs innocence. âI donât think there is any chance in hell that there will be a guilty plea,â attorney Bill Cotter said. âI canât tell you about (everybody), but my clientâs case is either going to be dismissed by the D.A. or go to trial.â Cotter represents Collin Finnerty, who along with fellow sophomore Reade Seligmann was indicted Monday on charges of first-degree rape, sexual offense and kidnapping. Each posted $400,000 bond after their pre-dawn arrests early Tuesday, and both were released within hours.[/COLOR] [SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]'Eye'[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT="Georgia"] "Some say this Country's just out lookin' for a fight. Well after 9/11 man, I'd have to have to say that's right!" Darryl Worley....country song named "Have you Forgotten". [/FONT] HAHA really off topic, but i just realized that this happend on my birthday, odd... Stormlover Wow...this has plenty of evidence, or propoganda on both sides...if the guys didn't have money and plenty of defense I'd say they would have to plea bargain because of all the publicity...on the other hand, if the DA wasn't up for reelection and falling to intense pressure,I'd say with so many questions that this may not even go to a grand jury due to lack of chance of a unanimous verdict at trial....this is a very interesting situation. This is worse than idol...calling Katie...calling katie....lol Poll here...not scientific of course...but I think it shows that that DA will have a slim chance of convicting these guys with so much doubt... {{{ DRUDGE POLL }}} SHOULD DUKE ACCUSER'S NAME BE REVEALED? Well, IMO...I think the confusion and conflicting stories come from people and statement that won't even be addressed at the grand jury. These attorney speak without evidence, it's printed and people take that to heart. The story will begin to taper off with more thruths and facts once this goes to court. Juz sayin! eyendastorm Wrote: Well, IMO...I think the confusion and conflicting stories come from people and statement that won't even be addressed at the grand jury. These attorney speak without evidence, it's printed and people take that to heart. The story will begin to taper off with more thruths and facts once this goes to court. Juz sayin! Yeah, the grand jury just hears one side and that's over and done.Getting 12 jurors to be unanimous on this is unlikely from what we know so far. if you don't think the DA in Durham is on a vendetta and is acting outrageously...look at this...they only put a $50,000 bond for an accused murderer, yet the accused rapists got $400,000./headscrat http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-726291.html Stormlover Wrote: if you don't think the DA in Durham is on a vendetta and is acting outrageously...look at this...they only put a $50,000 bond for an accused murderer, yet the accused rapists got $400,000./headscrat The DA doesn't set the bonds the judge does. Not saying teh DA is not on a vendaetta just sayin The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. [COLOR="Purple"]âI think theyâre guilty,â she says; defense attorneys attack motivations DURHAM, N.C. - At first, a stripper who performed at a Duke University lacrosse team party doubted the story of a colleague who told police she was dragged into a bathroom and raped. Now, Kim Roberts isnât so sure. âI was not in the bathroom when it happened, so I canât say a rape occurred â and I never will,â Roberts told The Associated Press on Thursday in her first on-the-record interview. But after watching defense attorneys release photos of the accuser, and upset by the leaking of both dancersâ criminal pasts, she said she has to âwonder about their character.â âIn all honesty, I think theyâre guilty,â she said. âAnd I canât say which ones are guilty ... but somebody did something besides underage drinking. Thatâs my honest-to-God impression.â Attorneys for the 46 players have aggressively proclaimed the playersâ innocence, citing DNA tests during a public campaign that has included describing and releasing photos from the party. Those photos, the defense maintains, show the accuser was both injured and impaired when she arrived, and also support the claim that one of the two players who has been indicted would not have had enough time to participate in any assault before he left the party. The district attorney has said he also hopes to charge a third suspect in the case. The attorneys claim Roberts at first told a member of the defense team that she did not believe the accuserâs allegations. They say she has changed her story to gain favorable treatment in a criminal case against her. They note she also e-mailed a New York public relations firm, asking in her letter for advice on âhow to spin this to my advantage.â âWe believe ... her story has been motivated by her own self-interest,â said attorney Bill Thomas, who represents one of the uncharged players. âI think that a jury will ultimately have to decide the question of her credibility.â Roberts, 31, was arrested on March 22 â eight days after the party â on a probation violation from a 2001 conviction for embezzling $25,000 from a photofinishing company in Durham where she was a payroll specialist, according to documents obtained by the AP. On Monday, the same day a grand jury indicted lacrosse players Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty, a judge agreed to a change so that Roberts would no longer have to pay a 15 percent fee to a bonding agent. District Attorney Mike Nifong signed a document saying he would not oppose the change. âIt seems she is receiving very favorable financial treatment for what she is now saying,â Thomas said. Mark Simeon, Robertsâ attorney, said the bond conditions were changed because Roberts is not considered a flight risk. Nifong, who hasnât spoken with reporters about the case in weeks, didnât return a call seeking comment. Robertsâ testimony could be vital during any trial of the two sophomores, indicted on charges of first-degree rape, sexual offense and kidnapping. Other than lacrosse players and the accuser, a 27-year-old student at a nearby university, Roberts is believed to be the only other person at the March 13 party. Roberts said Thursday she does not remember Seligmannâs face, but said she recalls seeing Finnerty â whom she described as the âlittle skinny one.â âI was looking him right in the eyes,â she said. Although she would not talk extensively about the party, she confirmed some of what the other dancer told police â including that the women initially left the party after one of the players threatened to sodomize the women with a broomstick. The playersâ attorneys have said their clients were angry and demanded a refund when the women stopped dancing, but Roberts disputed that. âThey ripped themselves off when they started hollering about a broomstick,â she said. The accuser told police that the women were coaxed back into the house with an apology, at which point they were separated. Thatâs when she said she was dragged into a bathroom and raped, beaten and choked for a half hour. Later, police received a 911 call from a woman complaining that she had been called racial slurs by white men gathered outside the home where the party took place. The defense has said it believes the second dancer at the party made that call. Roberts then drove the accuser â whom she reportedly had just met that night â to a grocery store and asked a security guard to call 911. The accuser was described later by a police officer as âjust passed-out drunk.â The defense timeline is backed up by a cab driver who said Seligmann called for a ride at 12:14 a.m., and was picked up five minutes later. The defense argues that if the dancers were performing around midnight, Seligmann would not have had enough time to participate in the 30-minute assault described by the accuser. The cabbie, Moez Mostafa, also said he saw a woman leaving the party in anger, and overheard someone say, âSheâs just a stripper. Sheâs going to call the police.â âShe looked, like, mad,â he said of the woman. âIn her face, the way she walked, the way she talked, she looked like mad.â On Thursday, authorities released warrants detailing their search earlier this week of Finnertyâs and Seligmannâs dorm rooms. Police took a newspaper article and an envelope addressed to Finnerty from his room, and an iPod, various accessories, computer manuals, photos and a CD from Seligmannâs room. Also Thursday, 5W Public Relations, a New York firm that specializes in âcrisis communication,â distributed an e-mail signed âThe 2nd Dancer,â and Roberts confirmed she sent it after learning the AP knew her identity. âIâve found myself in the center of one of the biggest stories in the country,â she wrote. âIâm worried about letting this opportunity pass me by without making the best of it and was wondering if you had any advice as to how to spin this to my advantage.â Ronn Torossian, 5Wâs president, said he replied, but got no response. âIf this person is indeed who they say they are, I would be happy to speak with her,â said Torossian, whose firm has represented the likes of Sean âDiddyâ Combs, Ice Cube and Lilâ Kim. Roberts, like the accuser a divorced single mother who is black, took umbrage at the notion that she should not try to make something out of her experience. Sheâs worried that once her name and criminal record are public, no one will want to hire her. âWhy shouldnât I profit from it?â she asked. âI didnât ask to be in this position ... I would like to feed my daughter.â Roberts is bracing for an all-out attack, but said sheâs almost past caring. âDonât forget that they called me a damn ******,â she said. âShe (the accuser) was passed out in the car. She doesnât know what she was called. I was called that. I can never forget that.â[/COLOR] ladybug Wrote: The DA doesn't set the bonds the judge does. Not saying teh DA is not on a vendaetta just sayin Well,the DA can request the bond amount....and something is wrong in that system when a murder suspect gets $50,000 and these guys get $400,000....	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line88
__label__cc	0.581112	0.418888	The Urban Transcripts Journal Short Articles Long Articles Letters from the City Urban Design Projects and Proposals Mapping and Urban Visualisations Corona and its spatial metaphors – Paul Bostanjoglo, TU Berlin COVID-19 spreads best in enclosed and crowded rooms; according to this many potentially dangerous spaces have been detected. In case of outbreaks, these spaces have been locked down by the authorities. A further measure undertaken to prevent the virus from spreading further, is the defining and quarantining of social networks within housing areas. However, the people in these networks often did not have much in common, except one thing: They were inhabitants of so called ‘social hotspots’. The metaphor ‘social hotspot’ itself must be critically examined. What does the term ‘social hotspot’ describe and what does it imply? The official definition leaves much space for interpretation and speculation. To better understand the mechanisms and effects of metaphors regarding a pandemic, the term social hotspot is analysed with reference to Susan Sontag’s essay Aids and its Metaphors. To put this analysis into context, different newspaper articles about COVID-19 outbreaks in so called social hotspots are examined. The use of military vocabulary as a tool of public health education became popular in the early 19th century when the efforts to reduce mortality rates of pandemic diseases like syphilis and tuberculosis were named ‘fight’, ‘struggle’ or ‘war’ in official campaigns1. At first sight, the use of those metaphors might not seem to threaten infected people, because they are not the ones that are directly addressed but rather the illness they got infected with. However, Sontag explains that a shifting from the biological process of infection into a moral and political evaluation of people evolves through a process of othering: ‘The metaphor implements the way particularly dreaded diseases are envisaged as an alien “other,” as enemies are in modern war; and the move from the demonization of the illness to the attribution of fault to the patient is an inevitable one, no matter if patients are thought of as victims. Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.‘2 Is the term ‘social hotspot’ used as a metaphor with regard to the spread of COVID-19 in German media discourse and does it instigate the stigmatising processes described by Susan Sontag? Citing Aristotle, Susan Sontag states that metaphors are used to give something a name that belongs to something else3. In chemistry, a hotspot is the temperature at which gases start to burn. Therefore, the term belongs to natural science, it is originally not describing a social space and thus can be defined as a metaphor. But what does it mean in this case? The official definition was introduced by Deutscher Städtetag, a union of German cities, in 19794. It defines social hotspots as ‘residential areas in which factors accumulate, that have a negative influence on the inhabitant’s living conditions, particularly the chances and socialisation conditions of children and young people’ (translation by the author). There are two groups of factors that can be differentiated. On the one hand there are infrastructural deficits like poor building fabric, lack of real estate maintenance, the absence of retail and cultural supply as well as mobility barriers like insufficient public transport or isolation of plots from the urban context5. On the other hand, there is a complementary social side to the concept: The majority of inhabitants within the described area are socio-economically disadvantaged. This especially refers to a relatively high percentage of people dependant on financial aid and high unemployment rates compared to an average figure6. The metaphor remains vague because any effect that might be related to the aforementioned factors can be integrated and therefore stigmatise people. For example, marginalised groups like ethnic minorities are more likely to suffer from poverty. Therefore, there is a greater chance that a relatively high percentage of people with migration history are found within so called social hotspots7. The metaphor is not challenging the reasons why people are disempowered and how these dynamics should be changed. Instead, it defines a geographical area and its inhabitants as a space on fire that should be extinguished or at least isolated before flames spread to the faultless but flammable urban system. Thus, the metaphor social hotspot can lead to stigmatisation of various are socio-economically disadvantaged actors. Two case studies from two different urban areas have dominated the public discourse in June this year, where outbreaks of COVID-19 have been described as social hotspots in several German newspapers. The first one is a high-rise housing compound in the small university town of Göttingen. When a COVID-19 outbreak among inhabitants of the Iduna Zentrum high rise, built in 1975, was discovered in early June, it was made public by the city council. In the public announcement the council speculated that the outbreak might have been caused by families celebrating the Islamic Sugar Feast in large groups, disrespecting recommendations on infection control. Thereupon the whole compound was locked down in quarantine and 60 of its roughly 600 inhabitants tested positive for COVID-198. Image 1. Residential block in Berlin-Neukölln. Source: Author’s own. Image 2. Iduna Zentrum high rise in Göttingen. Source: Author’s own. Göttinger Tageblatt: ‘Tense atmosphere at the Iduna Zentrum Göttingen’9 (translation by the author). The article introduces the Iduna Zentrum as a formerly coveted apartment complex that has turned into a social hotspot during the last decades. Inhabitants are interviewed, who do not confirm the rumours about big celebrations of the Eid al-Fitr (also called the Festival of Breaking the Fast), among the Muslim families living in the compound10. The author shows solidarity with the inhabitants and speaks out against their stigmatisation but does not question the metaphor of social hotspot. ‘Riot at the Corona block in Göttingen’11 (translation by the author). Although the author does not use the term social hotspot explicitly, the article points out different attributes associated with it. The article states that the ‘Iduna Block’ has become a ‘hotspot of the Corona pandemic’ because there had been a high number of infections after celebrations of notorious Albanian-Arab clans12. Therefore, the image of a social hotspot is created without using the term. Instead, the author creates the merged term ‘hotspot of the corona pandemic’ accusing a vaguely defined group of inhabitants with migration history of being not only violent but also responsible for the outbreak. TAZ: ‘Prestige object turned into hotspot’13 (translation by the author). The article criticises the report by BILD mentioned above for its use of stigmatising language. Then the author focusses on the change in the social makeup of the inhabitants of Iduna Zentrum. Whereas in the past many students of law and business lived there, now the residents are mostly refugees, people dependent on social welfare, and impoverished elderly. The topics drug abuse and violent crime at the site are also dealt with. The term social hotspot is used to underline the contrast to the picturesque old town14. The article confirms prejudices about places defined as social hotspots, but no connection is made to the COVID-19 outbreak. The second case study is located in Berlin-Neukölln, a former working-class quarter that has recently experienced gentrification dynamics. The area where the outbreak took place is a dense residential housing block, built around the turn of the last century. When the outbreak was discovered in late June 2020, the local health authority speculated about a spread among inhabitants originally from Romania, which might have been infected during Pentecostal Christian celebrations by their priest. The whole housing block with its 370 flats was locked down and about 100 people tested positive15. Berliner Zeitung: ‘Coronavirus: Corona outbreak in Neukölln “This is not a house of Romanians!”‘16 (translation by the author). The author informs readers about the history of the housing block that used to be known as a social hotspot as its original owners rented out small and run-down flats to large groups of Roma people from Romania. However, ten years ago the buildings were bought and renovated by the catholic church. The author interviewed several inhabitants who articulated their anger against the authorities who, in their perspective, have stigmatised their orderly and friendly neighbourhood as well as the Roma inhabitants17. Although the term social hotspot is not critically reflected, no direct integration with COVID-19 takes places in the article. Tagesspiegel: ‘Why COVID-19 hits the poor the most’18 (translation by the author). The author explains that tenants in social hotspots not only have a higher risk of infection due to the higher density of inhabitants but also suffer more under the conditions of a lockdown. Statistics are also referenced, which show higher risk of severe cases COVID-19 due to higher rates of certain poverty-related pre-existing illnesses19. Although the author points out the injustice of inequality, the metaphor social hotspot is connected uncritically with COVID-19 outbreaks. ‘Interview with Michael Müller on the Corona-crisis’20 (translation by the author). The interviewer uses the term social hotspot in order to point out the stigmatisation that inhabitants of the housing blocks in Neukölln are facing. Both interviewees speak out against this but underline the success of the quarantine order over the whole block in keeping the outbreak isolated within the affected social space21. Again, the metaphor is used to point out injustice against the associated inhabitants but without critical reflection on the term itself. The case studies show that there are different levels of escalation in which the metaphor ‘social hotspot’ is used with regard to COVID-19 outbreaks. Three of the articles do not connect the outbreaks with the metaphor directly. However, their rather unreflective use of the term social hotspot to describe urban space reproduces the stigma this metaphor prompts. Tagesspiegel and the Berliner Zeitung interview try to explain the outbreaks referring to the metaphor of social hotspots. Without critical reflection on this term, they integrate COVID-19 infections with the stigmatising mechanisms of the metaphor, even if the intention is to speak out against discrimination of the affected inhabitants. Finally, although the terminology is modified, BILD uses the metaphor to clearly agitate against ethnic minorities. To conclude, if space is understood as the interaction of natural environment, built typologies and people in physical and social processes, the analysed discourse on COVID-19 outbreaks has a significant influence on the production of space. By associating the pandemic to geographical areas defined as ‘social hotspots’, the virus becomes a socio-spatial element, a module, in the urban system. However, as Susan Sontag points out, this metaphorical process has real political effects, resulting in discrimination against disempowered groups of people. Therefore, the infiltration of stigmatizing metaphors in the production of space should be prevented. 1. Sontag, S. (1989). AIDS and Its Metaphors. 1st. ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p.10. 2. Ibid. p.11. 3. Ibid. p.1. 4. Deutscher Städtetag (1979). Hinweise zur Arbeit in sozialen Brennpunkten. DST-Beiträge zur Sozialpolitik, Reihe D, 10. p11. 5. Keller, C. (2015). Problemviertel? 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Available at: https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/regional/hannover/hannover-aktuell/60-bewohner-sind-infiziert-aufruhr-im-corona-block-in-goettingen-71043834.bild.html#remId=1671550334164543691[Accessed: 20. August 2020]. 13. Reimar, P. (2020). Vom Prestigeobjekt zum Brennpunkt. Tageszeitung TAZ (04.06.2020) [online]. Available at: https://taz.de/Corona-im-Idunazentrum-Goettingen/!5690591/ [Accessed: 20. August 2020]. 15. Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg RBB (2020). Zahl der Nachgewiesenen Fälle in Neukölln steigt auf fast 100. RBB24 Panorama (20.06.2020) [online]. Available at: https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/thema/2020/coronavirus/beitraege_neu/2020/06/neukoelln-corona-infektionen-gestiegen-quarantaene.html [Accessed: 28. August 2020]. 16. Leiser, A (2020). Das ist kein Rumänen-Haus! Berliner Zeitung 21.06.2020 [online]. Available at: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/corona-ausbruch-in-neukoelln-das-ist-kein-rumaenenhaus-li.88807 [Accessed 22. August 2020]. 18. Fiedler, M (2020). Warum COVID-19 die Ärmsten besonders hart trifft. Tagesspiegel 19.06.2020 [online]. Available at: https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/vor-dem-virus-sind-nicht-alle-gleich-warum-covid-19-die-aermsten-besonders-hart-trifft/25930022.html [Accessed 20. August 2020]. 20. Leiser, A. and Schupp, A. (2020). Interview mit Michael Müller zur Corona-Krise: „Wir dürfen nicht zulassen, dass Menschen unter Generalverdacht gestellt werden“. Berliner Zeitung 27.06.2020 [online]. Available at: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/interview-mit-michael-mueller-zur-corona-krise-wir-duerfen-nicht-zulassen-dass-menschen-unter-generalverdacht-gestellt-werden-li.89801 [Accessed 22. August 2020]. Cover image: Collage of German newspaper headlines. Source: Author’s own. Special Issue, COVID-19 one year in Categories Short Articles Tags ARUDBERLINCORONACOVID-19DISCRIMINATIONGERMANYGLOBAL NORTHGÖTTINGENHOUSINGMETAPHORNEIGHBOURHOODPRESS REVIEWSOCIAL HOTSPOTSPECIAL ISSUE - COVID-19 ONE YEAR INSUSAN SONTAGTUBERLIN2020 Special Issue - COVID-19 one year in City: From home of microbes to coronavirus hotspot – Xenia Kokoula, TU Berlin Rethinking urban food systems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – Yuanzhihong Liu, TU Berlin Viruses, particles, and other matters in metropolitan Milan – Chiara Galimberti, TU Berlin Essential workers, caring, space and COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Mayra Luciana Diaz, TU Berlin Exposing the inequalities faced by Mumbai’s ‘informal’ residents – Sima Bhattarai, TU Berlin From the “disease of the rich” to the “disease of the poor”: Inequality, social perception and COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Ana Villasenin, TU Berlin Multi-species coexistence, COVID-19 & urban design – Johanna Schacht and Philine von Zimmermann, TU Berlin Learning from Quarantine with David Calas Post(covid)cards Ramadan in corona times – from Safa Ashoub, Berlin, 07.05.2020 Shifting in place – from Camilla Lade, Vancouver, 07.05.2020 Post-pandemic design and well-being – from Kevin Bennett, Pittsburgh, 10.05.2020 Borderland: Drift interrupted – from Patrick Düblin, Basel, 11.05.2020 The local retreat – from Isabella Rossen, Amsterdam, 11.05.2020 A reward for resilience – from Julian Dobson, Sheffield, 19.05.2020 Pandemic (post-)politics – from Friederike Landau, Berlin/Vancouver, 19.05.2020 The spontaneity of the lights – from Taher Abdel-Ghani, Cairo, 20.05.2020 Open spaces or cubicles? – from Nataliya Sukhova (Transstruktura architects) and Anton (10 Years old), Berlin, 20.05.2020 The fearless city – from Ramin Rahman, Kabul, 23.05.2020 Could workplaces give space to schools? – from Arnav Prakash, Kolkata, 25.05.2020 Thinking the city through COVID-19 – from Xenia Kokoula, Berlin, 26.05.2020 Children’s hopes and well-being – from Tayseer Khairy, New Cairo, 26.05.2020 Z/Room Society – from Artemis Papachristou, London, 26.05.2020 Uneven Pandemics – from Nicolas Goez, Berlín/Medellín, 31.05.2020 Greetings from the Gold Coast – Karine Dupre from the Gold Coast, 02.06.2020 Masks in Street Markets – from Hellen Aziz, Mansoura, 05.06.2020 Looking for an urban oasis… – from Georgina Eleftheraki, Athens, 16.06.2020 A democratic awakening – from Joel Mills, Washington, DC, 19.07.2020 Walking together during self-isolation – from Nonument Group, Ljubljana, 21.07.2020 Through and beyond horror (space and time) vacui in Catania? – from Elisa Privitera, Sicily, IT, 22.07.2020 Lockdown Landscape – from Estefanía Piñeiros, Edinburgh, 28.08.2020 THE URBAN TRANSCRIPTS JOURNAL ISSN 2514-5339 / A PROJECT BY URBAN TRANSCRIPTS ALL CONTENT PUBLISHED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-NODERIVATIVES 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line92
__label__wiki	0.567811	0.567811	Home » Star-Chefs Chef creates a buzz in Newton At Bokx 109 American Prime, chef Stephen Coe serves a smoked honey-lavender cheesecake with a whipped almond cream topping, which is engulfed in smoke. NEWTON — Every chef likes a place to test new ideas, techniques, or ingredients. For Stephen Coe, that place is Hollow Tree Farm in Plymouth, where he lives with his wife and three children under 5, and is surrounded by cranberry bogs, raised-bed gardens, a greenhouse, and beehives. Coe, executive chef of Bokx 109 American Prime at Hotel Indigo in Newton, might wander the 22 acres of his land and wrangle bees, plant mushroom spores in a wooded area, or harvest a rogue crop of saffron. The results of his rural experiments sometimes make their way onto his menu. Currently he’s adding honey, honeycomb, nectar, and pollen to sweet and savory dishes, drinks, and cocktails. Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff Chef Stephen Coe of BOKX 109 American Prime in Newton. Gathered from homemade hives scattered around the South Shore — in his brother’s yard, on farms, and at a cranberry bog where he can test “how the region affects the honey” — Coe harvests 30 to 80 pounds of honey once or twice a year. He built a cart to sell his product at farmers’ markets, but doesn’t have time now, so he “sells honey to friends and anybody who’s interested.” The tall, slender chef, 35, grew up on a farm in Abington and becomes animated when he describes what he’s doing in Plymouth. “We experiment with mushrooms. We had a lot of oak and pine and we saw what grew with them.” Using a technique for cultivating mushrooms called “plugging,” he bought spores, plugged them, “and threw them into the woods. A couple of years later, I’m walking down the trail and I see a black trumpet, and I’m like, that’s great!” A mix of Chinese and Japanese characters are tattooed on the chef’s forearms. One translates to, “Cook with fire, create with passion, while you dance the samba,” referring to what he calls his “mind-set on a busy night in a restaurant where everyone and everything is firing on perfect cylinders.” This mind-set has fueled Coe’s rise in the industry over the last 20 years, leading to his second stint at Bokx (he was a sous chef at the 2008 opening, then left to open his farm, cook in South Shore restaurants, and work as a consultant for Food Truck Nation; he returned last August to run the kitchen and design the menus). The sleek wood-paneled dining room with soft lighting quickly makes you forget the traffic and trolleys of I-95 and the Riverside MBTA station within earshot. “The main reason I left Bokx is because I wanted to fine-tune and hone my skill,” says Coe. Then he got word Bokx was looking for a new chef to reinvent the menu and decided to return. “Our concept is classic cooking outside the box — mysterious with an element of surprise through simplicity. My style of cooking can be described as freestyle.” That’s where bee pollen comes in. The granules are made of pollen collected from the legs of honey bees as they travel from flower to flower. Bee pollen is considered to be high in protein and is used by the bees to nourish their babies. Coe uses it in a blueberry smoothie that has a deep blue color, which he serves in a tall curvy hurricane glass and tops with whipped almond milk, honey, and pollen powder. The chef makes the pollen powder with a mixture of honey, nectar, and bee pollen granules that he dehydrates and pulverizes. The resulting fine, sandy-colored powder, with a taste similar to maple sugar, can go into smoothies, vinaigrettes, and granola. Bee pollen and bee pollen granules are available at some supermarkets and health food stores (they can cause an allergic reaction in those with an allergy to bees). Two other honey- or pollen-related menu items are the cheese plate, served with a nugget of fresh smoked honeycomb, oozing with golden elixir from Hollow Tree Farm, and a smoked honey-lavender cheesecake employs a molecular gastronomy technique to create a sensory experience that is backyard bonfire meets high-end cuisine. Coe and one of the kitchen crew, dressed in black, use a blowtorch, a hand-held “smoking gun,” and an inverted martini glass to engulf the purple and white cake with smoke. It makes the whipped almond cream topping taste like a roasted marshmallow. After it clears, several flavors emerge: the delicate taste of lavender in the surprisingly light and satisfying cheesecake, a light crackle and floral taste of bee pollen in the graham cracker crust, and the rich sweetness of a blueberry compote base. If you order the cheesecake to go, don’t be surprised to find smoke billowing out of your box. Bokx 109 American Prime at Hotel Indigo, 399 Grove St., Newton, 617-454-3399, www.newtonbokx.com Elizabeth Mindreau can be reached at ermindreau@gmail.com. source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2013/07/09/chef-creates-buzz-newton/i4T6DegGMqUbAlSPzYIucI/story.html Posted in Star-Chefs, Uncategorized No. 50 Waku Ghin SINGAPORE Gastronomy at Kerry Hotels – Shanghai and Beijing Per Se NEW YORK, USA Chocolate and blue cheese: the daring innovations of Paul A Young Eleven Madison Park Googles its diners for a more personal service	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line95
__label__wiki	0.788878	0.788878	Curry and Westbrook get technical fouls as Warriors and Thunder scuffle Andrew Joseph Published 9:38 p.m. ET March 20, 2017 \| Updated 7 hours ago Could the Warriors finally be embracing their role as the NBA’s villains? The first half of Monday’s game in Oklahoma City was a good start. With 5.3 seconds to go in the first half, Steph Curry got into a heated exchange with the Thunder’s Semaj Christon before a jump ball. Russell Westbrook quickly intervened and the incident escalated from there. Both Westbrook and Curry needed be held back as Draymond Green joined the scuffle. Curry, Westbrook, Green and Christon were all assessed with technical fouls, but no punches were thrown and no players were ejected. The Warriors, though, would have the last laugh as Curry drained an open 3 at the buzzer and ran towards the locker room. That was one way to silence the crowd. Read or Share this story: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/03/stephen-curry-heated-scuffle-russell-westbrook-thunder-draymond-green-video-nba-okc	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line96
__label__wiki	0.517099	0.517099	Glass House Twenty-First (VA) I've recently written about Glass House. But here's one wine I tasted separately, and I thought I should write about it just so, instead of going back and amending my earlier write up. Sorry for those who are playing along at home. According to the website, "Glass House’s 2009 Vintage 21st (so named for the 21st amendment that repealed prohibition) is a Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot." This medium-to-dark color garnet red color is beautiful. The nose is all dark cherry with a hint of cassis somehwere therein. A hint of mocha is also on the nose. On the palate cherries still come through as well as plum, and some other dark fruits, and spices. A bit of cocoa also comethough. The finish is long and langerous. A beautiful, beautiful wine! Conneaut Cellars Merlot (PA) Conneaut Cellars Winery fashions itself after a turn-of-the-century winery and performs all of the winemaking operations at the 6,400 square foot winery. The winery offers a broad spectrum of tastes from the farm wines of our grandparents (native American) through the more sophisticated French-American hybrids to the noble vinifera of world fame. Some wines are labeled using proprietary names to promote the local area. Conneaut Cellars Winery was founded by Dr. Alan Wolf in 1982. Dr. Wolf was exposed to winemaking when working for the US State Department in Germany in the 1950s, where he placed political refugees as winery workers. Some of these émigrés were biochemists. Later, he learned basic winemaking by enrolling in courses at the University of Würzburg and the German Wine Institute at Geisenheim. During the 1960's Dr. Wolf experimented with more than 130 grape varieties for Cornell University and The Pennsylvania State University, as well as teaching basic winemaking courses at several colleges. During the next decade, he saved and planned for starting his own winery. After retiring from education in 1981, Dr. Wolf and his wife, Phyllis, established Conneaut Cellars Winery with the mission to make a memorable and distinctive wine that reflects the northeastern climate of Lake Erie - the Lake Erie Wine Appellation. In 1982, Dr. Wolf built the winery on the South end of the largest natural lake in the state-due to the rich history of the property. Delaware and Seneca Indians called the lake Conneaut, or “Snow Place,” because the surrounding forests were so dense and that the snow remained after it had melted elsewhere. Dr. Wolf passed away in 1995 leaving the winery to Phyllis. In 1996, Joal Wolf, the son of Dr. Wolf and winemaster at Conneaut Cellars, bought the winery from his mother. As a young boy, Joal helped his father make wine during the 1960's. After graduating from college, he went to Europe for four years. While in Germany, Joal visited wineries and represented Conneaut Cellars during trade shows. Joal returned to the winery in 1988, attended graduate school, and earned his masters degree. After graduate school, Joal worked full-time at the winery as the winemaster and assisted his father in all facets of the business. As winemaster, Joal has won several international, national, and state medals for his wines. At the 1998 Wineries Unlimited show, Conneaut Cellars Winery won an International Commercial Vineyard and Winery Award as “The Most Improved Winery.” Conneaut Cellars Winery can be found in the heart of the family resort area of Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, which is approximately ten minutes from Interstate 79. Conneaut Cellars Merlot is a vinifera medium bodied red wine. The nose is bright with plum, hints of currant, blackberry, with hints of vanilla. These same flavors come through on the palate, as well as with hints of cocoa. A nice medium bodied red. Congrats to the folks at Conneaut! French Routed in Canandaigua/Western New York for Second Time in Four Centuries, The Onion Also Withdraws; NYWCC Saved An attempted French invasion, spurred on by the staff at The Onion, America’s Finest News Source, of the New York Wine Culinary Center was repelled over the weekend in upstate New York. Like the Kamakazi winds that the ancient Japanese believed protected their islands from invasion, a massive gust of common sense blew through upstate New York last night, and smote the vile French occupiers that had temporarily squatted at the Culinary Center. Like the French of the mid-1700s, good ole militia came though to rout the heavy sauce laden foreigners, and repelled them for a second time from the region in four centuries. Local people were amazed at what had been left behind. Found among the wreckage of the fleeing French were ornate duck presses, Le Cruset pots and lids in lots of cool colors, giant blocks of French cooking butter, tapes of Jacques Pepin, huge vats of heavy sauces, and many books printed in that vile, foreign tongue. Other artifacts were also uncovered from other accompanying groups like the Italian and Chileans. Large container sized shipments of pasta were discovered as well as a cache of Chilean sea bass. New York vintners celebrated the great victory by opening bottles all over the state in honor of the momentous routing of the would-be invaders. Tasting room fees were still in effect, and case discounts were observed. The French, Italian, Spanish, and Chilean embassies were shuttered in order to prepare for any unrest outside their gates as large crowds gathered. Protestors lit large bond fires from mountainous piles of bad wine marketing materials. The crowds chanted, “U – S – A” and spoke of the previous French defeat at the hands of the US and British forces in the mid-1700s. Some went as far as impromptu showings of “Last of the Mohicans” starring Daniel Day Lewis on personal dvd players or on their iPhones. Mr. Lewis could not be reached for comment. Staffers at The Onion were reached for comment, where one shrugged, saying, “It was a fun gag, but it was one note,” before refusing further comment. Later, the news agency issued an official statement, claiming it was not a defeat but merely a tactical withdrawal “in order to pursue much more comically rich material from the Roomney campaign for US President.” The New York Wine and Culinary Center went back to work, all conditions normal, with a stellar wine list filled with great New York wines. A wonderful place to dine, and discover the richness of the region. Leattie Teague Raves About Silver Thread in the Wall Street Journal Thimble-Size Tastes of Finger Lakes . By LETTIE TEAGUE The Finger Lakes region is more than 200 miles north of the Union Square Greenmarket in New York. It's a place that very few New Yorkers have probably visited—or, for that matter, could likely find on a map. But greenmarket customers who stop by the Silver Thread Winery booth (next to the Roaming Acres Ostrich Farm's) will receive a quick lesson in upstate geography along with thimble-size tastes of six Finger Lakes wines. The winery's proprietor, Shannon Brock, and her sister Kelly were on hand when I stopped by their booth this past Monday. It was around 11 a.m.; the crowds were sparse and the sky was overcast. There are rarely many customers early on Mondays, said Ms. Brock, though there is always an uptick between noon and 3 p.m. "That's our prime selling time," she said. "That's when chefs and sometimes wine directors of restaurants stop by and taste." That was, in fact, how the Brocks got their wines on the lists of restaurants including Gramercy Tavern and in stores such as Astor Wine & Spirits. Under the greenmarket rules, Ms. Brock and her sister must have their tent up by 7 a.m., she said, but they almost never sell any wine at that hour. "People have funny rules about when it's acceptable to drink," Ms. Brock said. (I didn't tell her that I abided by those "funny" rules as well—I rarely drink right after sunrise.) The Brocks—Shannon and her husband Paul—have lived in the Finger Lakes area since graduating from Cornell, she with a B.S. in 1999, he with an M.S. in 2007. (Her sister lives in Manhattan; she's an actor and theater director in real life). The Brocks bought their winery last year when its owner was retiring, and promptly doubled the winery's production. They currently make 1,500 cases of wine a year and aim to peak at 3,000 in five years. The Brocks were determined to sell their wines in New York—even though a surprisingly large number of Finger Lakes producers do not. "Some of them have never even been to the city," confided Ms. Brock. One of the best ways they decided to get the word out was by selling their wines at greenmarkets. The New York Wine and Grape Foundation maintains rotating spots at various greenmarkets; the Brocks applied for a spot in May and finally got one starting last November. Like most Finger Lakes winemakers, Paul Brock specializes in Riesling—both dry and off-dry versions. The dry Riesling ($18) is their best-seller by far, though the semi-sweet is particularly popular at the Union Square market. They also make a Chardonnay and a fruity white blend called Good Earth ($13), which is mostly Vidal (a hybrid grape), and two red wines: a Cabernet Franc blend named Blackbird and a Pinot Noir. I was particularly keen on their dry Riesling, which was clean and bright with attractive notes of mineral and pear. Shannon Brock, right, and sister Kelly at Union Square Greenmarket. While I was tasting, a woman visiting from Switzerland stopped by the booth and bought a bottle of Pinot Noir ($18) without even trying it. This isn't uncommon, Ms. Brock said: "Chardonnay and Pinot Noir pretty much sell themselves." How much wine does she sell? "Eight cases on a good day and two cases on a bad day" she replied. They only break even when they sell two cases. (There are 12 bottles in a case of wine.) But their presence helps to get the word out, and the Brocks sell a good bit of wine online, often to Manhattanites—something Ms. Brock attributes to the greenmarkets. They also sell their wines on a semi-regular basis at greenmarkets in Brooklyn and on 82nd Street at Manhattan's Upper East. Photos by Noah Rabinowitz for The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303448404577410273410408412.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTSecondStories Fero Vineyards Lemberger 2010 (PA) Back in 1812, Chuck and Daneen Zaleski's family bought tthe tract of land they are now on. It has remained in the family since then. It has always been a farm. The farm has produced corn, wheat, beans and vegetables for generations. But that dreaded suburban sprawl was closing in. The surrounding land was and is turning into shopping centers and housing developments. There were plans to develop this property too. There were years of research, test plots, and soil preparation. In the spring of 2010 they planted 13,500 vines on 12.5 acres, and all of the vines are vinifera grafted on to phylloxera resistant rootstock either 101-14 or 3309. The varieties were chosen based on test plot and root stock data in their trial vineyard. Now, I am very up and down on the German grape Blaufrankish or Lemberger as it is otherwise known. In a good year, well worked the vines can produce fruit which are capable of lush, impressive wines. Bad ones, under grown, can produce highly acidic wines with little fruit and no character. Awful. There is no middle ground with this grape in my experience. So, when I saw the Ferro Lemberger, I clenched my teeth, poured a glass, and winced as I took my first sip. I need not have, for it was an increibly impressive wine. Fero Vineyards Lemberger 2010 proves that this wine can produce a kind of Pennsylvania expression that has the characteristic dark rich color of this variety in a good year. The nose is ripe fruit, with lots of plum, dark stewed blackberries and ark raspberries, and a hint of oak. As promised, it is a dry red with a little peppery taste and a smooth finish. This was an excellent red, and a very nice surprise. Instantly, one of my favorite Lembergers anywhere on the east coast. Maryland Wine Week June 8-17, 2012 Celebrate Maryland Wine Week June 8-17 at participating restaurants & wine shops For the second year in a row, Maryland Wineries Association is pairing up with quality restaurants, wine bars and wine shops to celebrate local wine and produce. From June 8 -17, 2012, restaurants and wine shops will host a range of events themed around Maryland wine, including wine maker dinners, tastings, wine flights, and more! Visit www.marylandwineweek.com, follow them on Twitter @MDwineweek or find them on Facebook to keep up with all the events! Interested sponsors, restaurants and wine shops can contact Regina@MarylandWine.com The Associated Press Features Agritourism, Cream Ridge Winery MORRISTOWN — Sure, Jim and Caroline Etsch farm traditionally, mainly raising hay and field corn on 1,100 acres in five municipalities in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. But for a half-dozen or so years on the 30-acre home farm on Route 522 in Monroe, the couple — Jim, 52, and Caroline, 53 — has diversified in a way his grandparents, who founded the farm 82 years ago, would not have seriously envisioned. They run an autumn corn maze — 1½ miles of trail carved into eight acres of field corn. Last year, 8,000 people visited. "If you told me 15 years ago people would be running through my corn, I'd laugh," Etsch said. "They used to run through, and I'd chase them out." Now, people pay $10 each to maneuver the maze, along with participating in hay and pony rides and kids playing in something similar to a sand box, only this one filled with corn kernels. Ducks, chickens, goats, sheep and a steer are on hand for viewing. "We figure it's a way to diversify the operation," said Etsch, adding his youngest son, Peter, 19, is interested in farming, and this could keep the farm alive for a fourth generation. "It has helped pay some of the costs." Agriculture has met tourism in New Jersey to form "agritourism" or "agtourism." "Agritourism may be defined broadly as the business of establishing farms as travel destinations for educational and recreational purposes," according to a 2007 Rutgers University study, "The Economic Impact of Agritourism in New Jersey." The public traditionally has been welcome at some agricultural operations: roadside stands, wineries, garden centers and nurseries. Now, these traditionally public-friendly operations are doing more to draw customers, adding themed festivals and other specialty events. "We have events almost every month," said Eileen Amabile, 53, who operates her family's Cream Ridge Winery in Upper Freehold. "We do private tastings and tours as well." http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/agritourism_helps_nj_farmers_c.html The Onion, France Take Control of New York Wine and Culinary Center NEW YORK - The Onion, America's Finest News Source, took control of the Upstairs Bistro officially last Friday at the New York Wine & Culinary Center in Canandaigua. Their their usual sarcastic flair, they reopened the restaurant with a new name, a new look, a new menu, and a new wine list. With the Euro crashing all around their ears, French officials joined the with The Onion to take over the restaurant in order to save the floundering European currency, the wobbling new French government, and of course, to have a great laugh at the expense of New York wine makers. Officials at the Onion insisted that the formerly named "Taste of New York", had "the whole all-local concept" which was "dried-up, over the hill, and just plain out of date. No one is interested in local anymore. It's played out. No one does local anymore. Can you say dinosaur? That was so last century. You want local? There's a McDonald's right down the street." As before, the Upstairs Bistro includes a bar area, main dining room, and seating on a wrap-around deck overlooking New York's famed Canandaigua Lake. The decor features brighter more European colors, proudly displaying the French flag, and a French wine bottle with flowers at each table. The new menu includes reasonably priced starters and salads, escargot, foie gras, pate', beef encroute, and crepes! Nothing is local. It's all flown in from around the world. "No expense or carbon footprint is big enough to satisfy our need for quality produce and products. None of this farmer John crap. Forget out of state, if it's from the US we don't want it," said one proud official. The menu will be in French. And you can order any second or third rate Bordeaux or Burgundy you wish to have. And if you're really ignorant, they'll pawn off a bottle of $6 Nouveau off on you for a measly $30! Following the leads of regions like Bordeaux and Tuscany, (where American wines are served in copious amounts to pair with local foods)the wine list was re-engineered. They cut back on all that local swill with stuff floating around in it, that was recently featured in Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast and the New York Times, and replaced with with all the drainage fluid the Europeans refuse to drink, insisting they could pawn off on unsuspecting ignorant American tourists. Said one French official, "International cuisine is where it's at. Especially right here in the heart of New York wine country. People get tired of drinking all that celebrated New York wine all day. We have them come here for a taste of Italy, or Spain, or Hungary....especially Greece. The Greeks really need our help right now. Those Moussaka eaters are going to sink the whole European continent. And of course we have Irish beer to help with the current debt caused by those drunken sods. We have to help them export their beer, because otherwise they'll drink it all. And you need to fill up on all that cheap French wine we would never actually drink ourselves. You people don't know the difference, so your better off that way." The wine list will now features bottles from France, Italy, New Zealand, Chile, and even California. All wines that really represent the New York Wine Country. Californians were pleased to be included in the gold rush. "We added them just to stick it to the New Yorkers. We thought that was a really nice touch, don't you?" chirped one Onion official. Reportedly, the Italian contingent, who where outbid by the French, were particularly peeved. "No one eats French any more. Let's be honest, all those heavy sauces? People haven't been eating that pig slop for 30 years. Pasta is where it's at. Pizza. They only won because their government is less broke than ours. Luckily, the French owe us money, so we were allowed in. Finally, we have some place to get rid of all that Italian $5 Chianti that we sell on AM radio with those torturous 15 second spots. We are happy with that." Asked why New York was their target, Onion officials commented, "C'mon, it's so easy. New York wine is really hot right now. It's not only found on almost every wine list in NYC today, they've gotten too many great scores and reviews in the newspapers and magazines, and they've even made head way into London and Beijing as well. What better way to tweak New York; send a bad message to consumers; and to completely bastardize a culinary center erected to celebrate all the good things New York state has to provide, than to take their culinary institute, and trick it out with other region's wines? You'd have to absolutely be tone deaf not to know that it would piss people off. You gotta slap these puppies in the nose and tell 'em to sit down. Precocious little twerps." "And of course, the French and Italians threw tons of worthless Euros our way. And they promise to feed us for a month (except for those pompous dicks on the Fifth Floor of the Waverly Building). What's better than to give a hand-up to failing countries like France and Italy? We threw in New Zealand because they promised the wait staff a free trip to see where they made the Lord of the Rings trilogy." When asked about Chilean wines, the Onion official scoffed, "That was fun. They were desperate, so we made them buy the French flags to decorate the restaurant with. Five big flags, not the little, cheap ones, but the big, expensive canvas ones. We really made them pay through the nose." Asked what had happened to "Taste of New York" Culinary Center officials blamed the competition: "There are too many local restaurants here. Good ones, serving quality food, like Suzanne's and Red Newt Bistro. We even served free peanuts and pretzels at the bar, but it didn't do it." Napa Culinary Center officials were so concerned with these events, there are reports that they have considered joining forces with Mad Magazine, and are considered expunging their wine lists of their pune juice with a shot of vodka in it they call wine, for more authentic sake', Japanese beer, and whiskey. Suntory is considering buying the naming rights to the venue. Burgundian restaurant officials have held emergency meetings to consider a similar course of action. Un-named sources reported that the Burgundians had decided to import Chilean wines for their lists. Apparently, with a wealth of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec on their wine lists, it would be a great way to annoy those pompous tools, the Bordelais. Pride of New York officials could not be reached for comment, as they were reportedly under heavy sedation. The menu and the wine list are available at: http://taillevent.com/ Jewell Towne Vineyards (NH) I've written about Jewell Towne before. They are one of the better small wineries in New Hampshire. Nice people, good wines. In 1977, Dr. Peter D. Oldak, an emergency physician and his wife, Brenda, moved to a 12 acre farm in South Hampton, New Hampshire. In 1982, merely as a hobbyist home gardener, he planted six individual grape vines. Four years later, he started making wine.In 1994, the decision was made to go commercial and the first harvest of 40 cases was released. These sold out in 3 weeks. From 1994 to 1996 wines were produced in the cellar of the Oldak home. In 1997, due to increasing demand and limited space, Peter and Brenda made the decision to build a separate Winery modeled after an 18th century New England style post and beam barn in the middle of the vineyard. Construction was started in May of 1997 by David Cronin, a local resident, known for his exquisite historic reproductions, and it was completed in 1998. In 2010, Jewell Towne Vineyards produced over 7000 cases and could be found in over 150 stores, NH Liquor stores, and restaurants throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Jewell Towne Vineyards is a family run enterprise, embracing the New Hampshire entrepreneurial spirit. Brenda, a visiting nurse and also an artist, has designed the label, runs the art gallery, and, along with the Oldak's children, Tenley and Trevor, participates in every aspect of the vineyard and winery's operation. Recently I tried the Jewell Town Vognoles. It was light, delicate, with lots of tropical notes. Refreshing. It's a light, refreshing, aromatic white wine meant for cool quaffing on a hot summer day. Very nice. Brookmere Alexander Red NV (PA) Brookmere Farms 138 acres of rolling tillable landscape was a part of a large land grant from William Penn to the Alexander Family. This property remained with the descendants of the clan until the 1960's when a Wall Street broker, Charles Rodarmor (Business address 1 Wall St.) acquired it from his three children. They had inherited it from their recently deceased mother, Virginia Haughwout Rodarmor, wife of Charles. Some of the Haughwouts still reside in what is commonly known as "Big Valley", and run a large dairy farming operation in Alexander Springs which is adjacent to Brookmere Farm. After the civil war, James Alexander built the southern mansion type farmhouse with a federalist front as an intended wedding present for his bride to be. The bricks used in construction were sun baked and made in the back yard of the property. As the story goes, before he could finish the project, his intended took off with another suitor. Consequently the inside of the home was never finished i.e. cherry stair treads with no bannister, minimal plumbing, no formal kitchen, etc. The Reverend Leffard Haughwout lived there for a while as did a number of tenant farmers who lived in half of the house. After Charles Rodarmor acquired the farm, the family used it as sort of a getaway house and rented the land to local farmers. It became a repository of antiques of all types, and became an unkempt mess with wisteria growing up through the slate roof and the porches were rotting off. In the late sixties and early seventies one of the Rodarmor children and friends used it as a place to make music and "party" and thus it took on the "Hippie House" handle. In 1973 Donald and Susan Chapman who hail from Connecticut had been living in the Milroy area since 1966, when Don brought the domestic tool business of the Collins Company of Collinsville, Connecticut, to nearby Lewistown and became a principle in the Mann Edge Tool Company there. They had been looking to buy a farm and came upon the run-down Brookmere mansion. After numerous communiqués (spanning over a year) with Mr. Rodarmor, he suddenly asked for a $5000 deposit on a $125,000 price tag for the farm. The Chapman's swallowed hard and jumped (that was a lot of money at the time) and they consummated the deal in November of 1974. They moved in...scarey...bats, that first night it snowed, bad noises, snow on the bed in the morning...needless to say, they resurrected the mansion over the next seven years. After 16 years in the tool business, Don thought that he would like to do something a little more healthful, thus began their affair with the grapes. Starting with an aborted effort to purchase a Lewistown Winery and enough knowledge to be dangerous, he converted his 1866 PA bank barn into a sales room and wine making facility and in 1981 planted three acres of grapes. The grape varieties are primarily French Hybrids i.e. Vidal, Seyval, Chelois, DeChaunac, Chambourcin with a few Vinifera varieties, Carmine, Chardonel, and Bianco. Although the soils are very good, the humid climates and cold weather limit the varieties that will thrive here. However, the grapes and fruit that round out Brookmere's menu are available from vineyards in other areas of Pennsylvania. After 23 years in business, Don and Susan sold the business to Ed and Cheryl Glick. Cheryl was an employee for the Chapmans for 12 years prior to purchasing the business with her husband Ed, who was a former dairy farmer for 18 years. When a business opportunity arose, they decided to take a new adventure. Ed learned the wine making trade as he worked for the Chapmans. After 7 years the Glicks purchased the winery. Ed and Cheryl still maintain the same high standards of wine making as the Chapmans did with their friendly knowledgeable staff-Carolyn, Amanda, and daughter Alisha. With the help of their staff, the Glicks have a lot of changes going on for 2008. The 1866 Mansion will become a warm and inviting Bed and Breakfast. A pavilion is being built in the Vineyard to host weddings, receptions, and special events. Also, they plan to hold wine and Music festivals during the spring, summer, and fall months. Keep checking our website for updates. I recently tried the Brookmere Alexander Red. This was a blend of Cabernet Franc and Chambourcin aged in oak. This is a non-vintage wine. An as a table wine it is among the better red table wines available on the market from an East Coast winery. Big flavors of ripe cherry and raspberry burst from the glass, with himts of mocha, and a hint of plum, and some spices. A nice dry finish. Nice acids, with a bit of tannin in the back. A delicious, fantastic blend. An excellent wine! Borrowed a photo fromt The Culinary Couple who visited the farm in 2010....here's their post: http://theculinarycouple.com/2010/04/14/brookmere-winery/ Vint Hill Chambourone is a Winner! (VA) Vint Hill Craft Winery announced a new medal awarded to one of their wines. They participated in the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition in March and came home with a Silver Medal for their Chambourone. It also took home a Bronze at the Town Point Virginia Wine Competition, which took place in Norfolk, Va Vint Hill, you will recall, is the make-your-own winery, that also makes wine. It is a state-of-the-art facility, using “green” technologies and materials wherever possible and created as an example of sustainable design. The building is a restored circa 1900 dairy barn, located on the former Army base, Vint Hill Farm Station. In its past, the building was used as a secret listening post by the government. In 1943, according to an Army history of the post, a soldier working in the barn (that is now the winery) copied decoded radio messages from the Japanese ambassador to Berlin to his superiors in Tokyo that gave a detailed description of the German Atlantic Wall defenses at Normandy and Calais. Because the Japanese diplomatic code had been broken, the intercept provided Allied planners with details needed to overcome German defenses. Over the years, the Army suspended miles of antenna wire from poles in the fields at the base. The antenna arrays, which eventually spread over 450 acres, could be tuned to collect high frequency radio messages being transmitted to and from embassies in Washington. Today, Vint Hill is one of a Washington DC region’s premier mixed use office parks. Over 60 businesses and organizations and 1,000+ employees enjoy Vint Hill’s diverse living and working environment, enriched with over 170 acres of parks and open space. So, Vint Hill Winery is easy to find. The Executive winemaker is Chris Pearamund, whom I have written about at The Winery at La Grange and Paradise Springs Winery, as well as the Chris Pearamund Cellars. I caught up with Chris at the grand tasting at Tamp Camp East 2012 at Boxwood, in Virginia. he was wearing his winemakers jacket, and we shared a good laugh. He's a great guy, and a major success in Virginia wine, and eastcoast wine. The winemaker at Vint HIll is D.J. Leffin. DJ has moved up in the world of fermentation. With humble starts in beer production, he moved to winemaking first at Pearmund Cellars under the watchful eye of Chris Pearmund and is now the full time enologist and partner at Vint Hill Craft Winery. His days as a school teacher and his completion of a program in viticulture and enology from U.C. Davis make him a great asset for the teaching and learning environment of Vint Hill Craft Winery. So, this is all very nice, but what the hell is Chambourone? Isn't that what you're asking right about now? This wine is made from 100% Virginia grown Chambourcin grapes. But it is made in the same style as the Italian wine, Amarone. Before the grapes are crushed, they are harvested, and set on drying racks, where the grapes begin to raisin. Losing water, and increasing in flavor, and concentrating the sugar, the wine is a much more intense elixir when pressed and vinted. This is a big intense wine with prune, plum, and cassis all at the forefront, with even a hint of lackvar to it. Dark cherry and a whiff of vanilla. This has big fruit up front, with low acid, and a medium tannin. A nice, delicious wine, meant for charred steak and veal osso bucco. I've had a lot of Chambourcins, buit nothing like this one. The judges got it right - this wine is a winner! Congrats to DJ and Chris! New York and Virginia IN THE HOUSE! London-style! It is truly great to see both New York and Virginia contingents being represented at the London International Wine Festival 2012 this week! These two states are producing world class wines, and it is nice to see both Virginia and New York push the edge of the envelope in promoting their wines in such a way. Kudos to Jim Trezise of New York, and Annette Boyd of Virginia, in presenting the UK and European public with wines that will impresse and garner good reviews and good sales. Very, very cool stuff. "New York Drinks New York" -- An Encore! BRAVO!!!! The below is a press release from Jim Trezise and the New York Wine & Grape Foundation regarding the scond phase of New York Drinks New York. I cannot say enough how proud I am to be a New Yorker and see this organization join the wine fray in this way, embracing these methods to help promote and sell New York wine in one of the world's top markets in such a meaningful way. This is the kind of leadership New York wine deserves, and shows how Jim Trezise, who has been an innovator his whole career, has reinvented the way the NYWGF continues its role in helping to expand the industry. And it confirms his own position in the the US wine world. I laud him and all the folks at NYWGF! "New York Drinks New York" -- An Encore! New York Wine & Grape Foundation Continues New York City Promotion From Jim Trezise The highly successful "New York Drinks New York" promotion of New York wines in New York City will be continued and expanded, thanks to a new grant obtained by the New York Wine & Grape Foundation (NYWGF) from the Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority (GVRMA). "We greatly appreciate the support of the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets in helping us obtain this grant so we can continue the momentum from earlier this year," said NYWGF President Jim Trezise. "The initial grant allowed us to lay a foundation for New York wines in the world's most competitive wine market, and now we can build upon that." The first phase, conducted for NYWGF by First Press Public Relations of Manhattan, included market research; "Cellar Visits" to New York's major wine regions by New York City media and trade representatives; taxi top advertising in March; a New York City market orientation for winery representatives; and a sold-out tasting for media, trade, and consumers at Astor Center on March 12. "This was a very successful program, and we are pleased that it can continue with additional funding," said New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine. "The grape and wine industry is an important part of our agricutural economy, tourism, and quality of life in New York State, so this is a sound investment for the State of New York that I fully support." While Phase I lasted only about three months, the Phase II program will cover nine months through March 2013. The multi-faceted program will again be orchestrated by First Press, and will include: Ongoing media outreach; Website consulting for an enhanced internet presence; Sponsorship of the "Eat Drink Local Week" of the Edible publications; "Vineyard Visits" by New York City media and trade during; the summer and fall to the major winegrowing regions: Long Island, Hudson River, Finger Lakes, Niagara Escarpment; Activities surrounding the New York Wine & Food Classic in August; A week for New York City media and trade representatives to actually work the harvest in the Finger Lakes; A major presentation on marketing New York wines in New York City at the large Viticulture 2013 conference in February; A two-week series of New York wine events in New York City in early March, culminating in a "Grand Tasting" for media, trade, and consumers. "This is clearly an ambitious program, but our partners at First Press have proven they can pull it off," said Trezise. "We are confident that this program will take New York wines to a whole new level in the Big Apple." Phase I included 38 wineries which chose to participate, with many again signed up for Phase II, along with some new ones. Wineries participating by region are: Long Island: Bedell Cellars, Channing Daughters Winery, Lieb Cellars, Macari Vineyards, Palmer Vineyards, Paumanok Vineyards, Raphael Vineyards & Winery, Wolffer Estate Vineyard Hudson River Region: Benmarl Winery, Clinton Vineyards, Millbrook Vineyards & Winery, Stoutridge Vineyard, Tousey Winery, Whitecliff Vineyard & Winery Finger Lakes: Anthony Road Winery, Atwater Estate Vineyards. Dr. Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, Eagle Crest Vineyards, Fox Run Vineyards, Fulkerson Winery, Glenora Wine Cellars, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards, Keuka Lake Vineyards, King Ferry Winery, Knapp Winery, Lakewood Vineyards, Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars, Pleasant Valley Wine Company, Red Newt Cellars, Sheldrake Point Winery, Standing Stone Vineyards, Swedish Hill Winery, Thirsty Owl Wine Company, Wagner Vineyards Niagara Escarpment: Arrowhead Spring Vineyards, Eveningside Vineyards, Freedom Run Winery, Leonard Oakes Estate Winery, Spring Lake Winery Other Regions: 21 Brix (Lake Erie), Thousand Islands Winery (Thousand Islands) The New York Wine & Grape Foundation is a private, not-for-profit trade association created by the State of New York in 1985 to support the industry through research and promotion programs. Its mission: "To have the New York grape and wine industry recognized as a world leader in quality, productivity, and social responsibility." Media Contacts: Jim Trezise, jimtrezise@nywgf.org Michael Gitter, michael@firstpresspr.com Kayt Mathers, kayt@firstpresspr.com Rappahannock Cellars Continues to Excel So there I was when I saw a Virginia label I was not familiar with. With a large “R” one side, I tried to figure out what it was. The closer I got, the more I realized it said Rappahannock Vineyards. Now I have known about Rappahannock for a long, long time. I have been a fan since 2003 or 2004. I had not seen the newest label change…is that possible? I had reviewed one of their wines as recently as November, 2011, albeit, an older vintage….and a spectacular one at that. I covered their fifth anniversary and their tenth anniversary. Hmmmmmm….time flies. “It’s humbling for me to look back over the past 20 years of our family’s wine experience and see the fruits of our labor. Our Virginia winery began producing wine over 10 years ago, where we have strived to create not just good wine, but fantastic wine. Our style is largely “old world” (Virginia fruit style is very similar to Bordeaux,) and we believe great wines are made in the vineyard. Vintage-to-Vintage variation is a struggle in Virginia, but it also tends to define the personality of Virginia wine. We in Virginia believe that this variation, coupled with the challenges of grape growing in the mid-Atlantic, forces us to be some of the best viticulturalists and wine makers in the world. We have no choice but to be the best…and we believe we are. Rappahannock Cellars has arguably one of the best, if not the best, wine making teams in Virginia; please see our team member bio’s and learn more about our unique background for more information,” wrote owner John Delmare on his website about his family run business. There are two important non-family members….the winemaker and the vineyard manager. Jason Burrus is the winemaker. He studied Physical Chemistry at UC Davis and graduated with MS Food Science / Viticulture & Enology at Univ. of California, Davis 2001. He originally hails from St Louis, Missouri. Jason’s career includes 6 years in California where he pursued an MS degree and worked at several wineries in the Napa Valley, Sonoma Mountains, and Central Valley. He followed that with three years in Europe where he made wine in the Mediterranean island of Malta and consulted in the Eastern European country of Moldova. Jason and his wife moved to Virginia in 2006 and he is excited to be part of an up-and-coming region. Tom Kelly is the Vineyard Manager. Originally from Cleveland, OH, Tom has 20 years in the Eastern wine industry. Tom began his wine career in the late 80’s at a winery in Eastern Pennsylvania as a field laborer. Soon he was supervising labor crews and operating tractors and other vineyard machinery. He later moved to Virginia where he continued his development into vineyard management and cellar operations. From 1993- 1997, he served as Vineyard Manager and Cellar Master at the (now closed) Totier Creek Winery in Charlottesville. He began with Rappahannock Cellars in March of 2004 as Vineyard Manager where he continues to hone his skills and improve grape quality for RC’s award winning wines. “Grape growing in Virginia is a challenging and ever changing process,” says Tom. “Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, Mother Nature throws you a curveball and you find yourself having to re-adapt, yet again!” While the whole family pitches in, these two guys are big drivers in Rappahannock’s drive to create great wine. And the wines, which I have liked over the years, have definitely gotten better and better. Rappahanock is one of those wineries that have improved over the years. There’s a lot of times that doesn’t happen in this industry. But the wines have continued to show more and more quality over the years. Two I recently tasted were…. Viognier 2011 – This was a lovely wine with a big floral nose. A light, aromatic white wine with honeysuckle, tropical fruits, and a hint of oranges and lemons. A big, white wine, with lots of flavor, low acids, and a soft finish. 100% Viognier. 580 cases made. Cabernet Franc Reserve 2010 This is a big red wine, California style with a whopping 15.4% alcohol, and big fruit up front. Super concentrated, with raspberry, cherry, and a hint of cassis, mixed with spice and a big pop of vanilla. This was a big wine, with lots of fruit, soft acid, and soft tannins. Made primarily from their estate Glenway Vineyard Cabernet Franc. 100% Cabernet Franc. 360 cases made. Fantastic stuff! With older wines that improve with age, and new wines that continue to push the envelope, Rappahannock continues to excel! Read my review of their 2000 Viognier at: http://eastcoastwineries.blogspot.com/2011/11/rappahannock-viognier-2000-tremendous.html HYBRIDS VS. VINIFERA PARTS 1-3: PHILIP WAGNER AND DR. KONSTANTIN FRANK - THE COMPLETE SERIES In September of 2009 I wrote this series of articles about the pendulum between vinifera and hybrids. By turns the struggles between hybrid and vinifera have been swaying back and forth for more than 60 years on the east coast. Phillip Wagner in the 1940s and 1950s was seen as the savior of eastcoast winemaking, introducing numerous hybrids that survived the often icy cold winters, prospered in the humid sweltering summers, and offered ripe fruit before the end of a truncated season. Then Dr. Konstantin Frank proved the vinifera could in fact thrive, not just survive, in the north east, and proved it firt at Gold Seal champagne company, and then later at his own Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera WIne Cellars. A legion of loyal immitators included Herman J. Wiemer, followed his lead. Today, vinifera provide quality wine up and down the east coast. Now, in a search for grapes to help define or at least separate themselves form the pack, winemakers are looking for hybrids, heirlooms, and newly developed strains from university programs from Cornell and Minnesota to help achieve this. This three part series helps to piece together the story of this revolution and how it has created the modern wine movement. HYBRIDS VS. VINIFERA PART 1: PHILIP M. WAGNER http://eastcoastwineries.blogspot.com/2009/09/hybrids-vs-vinifera-part-1-philip-m.html HYBRID VS. VINIFERA PART 2: DR. KONSTATIN FRANK http://eastcoastwineries.blogspot.com/2009/09/hybrid-vs-vinifera-part-2-dr-konstatin.html HYBRID VS. VINIFERA PART 3: TODAY http://eastcoastwineries.blogspot.com/2009/09/hybrid-vs-vinifera-part-3-today.html Annefield Vineyards Shows Committment and Style I had not heard of Annefield Vineyards before the Taste Camp East 2012 grand tasting at Boxwood Vineyards. However, I must admit, finding them was a complete joy. While there, not only did I discover their luxurious wines, but had the pleasure to meet co-founder Stephen M. Ballard. Both were a very insightful and cordial moment! Stephen M. Ballard and Michael T. Leary purchased Annefield in June, 2005. Since then they have completely renovated the house and grounds, and planted the first three-acre vineyard. The place is spectacular. Like many people in viticulture, they came to it first with a love of wine. They have learned the business from the soil up, and have been hands-on with every aspect of winegrowing, from understanding soil composition, vine and rootstock selection, pruning, trellis building, and choosing equipment. They are responsible for the year-round cultivation and care of the vines and of the farm. Stephen M. Ballard was pleasant and cordial, and chatty, all good things for a winemaker. Stephen provides the company strategic business and financial planning guidance, and day-to-day management of the vineyard and winery. Since establishing Annefield Vineyards in November 2005, Mr Ballard is an attorney with Heritage Title & Escrow Company in Washington, DC. His expertise includes zoning, planning, land use, historic preservation, and landlord and tenant law. Mr Ballard has studied all aspects of viticulture and winemaking since 2005, and manages the vineyards at Annefield following biodynamic principles. In 2009 he was elected a director and vice president of the Southern Virginia Wine Trail Association. Michael T. Leary will be responsible for day-to-day tasting room operations and systems management and integration. He has spent the bulk of his career working in all aspects of customer service for a number of companies, and is now responsible for the development and integration of customer service computer systems for Sirius XM Satellite Radio in Washington, DC. He is also a long-time student of viticulture and winemaking, and directs the wine program at Annefield. While they do not have a winery yet, (they are in the planning stages) they have assembled an all-star team t help make their dreams come true and make the best of all possible wines. First, you start with the winemaker. They retained Virginia industry veteran Michael Shaps. With their first harvest in 2008, their retained award-winning winemaker Michael Shaps. Michael (who has is own brand under his namesake Michael Shaps)is the founder with Philip Stafford of Virginia Cellars, Virginia’s first custom crush facility, and their own label, Virginia Wineworks. For the past eight vintages Michael has created wines with careful attention to the details of fine wine production. The wines are produced with a traditional old-world style.Michael has earned over one hundred medals in local and national competitions. As winemaker at King Family Vineyards in Crozet, Virginia, he won the coveted 2004 Virginia Governor’s Cup from a field of over 300 entries and received gold medals for his 2002 Michael Shaps Cabernet Franc and King Family Vineyards 2002 Meritage. Recently, Michael Shaps’ Virginia Wine Works 2005 Petit Verdot was a gold medal winner at the 2007 Virginia Governor’s Cup competition. Mr. Shaps has consulted on half-a-dozen start-up wineries and for over a dozen start-up wineries on the East coast. Their winery consultant, Joyce Rigby of Rigby Consulting Services, has been involved in eastern viticulture since the 1980s when she and her husband, Stephen, began a vineyard and winemaking consulting firm in Virginia. She brought her experience in all aspects of vineyard establishment and management to North Carolina in 2000. With a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Joyce has over 15 years’ experience in project management, cost analysis, efficient process flow, and facility layout. Their vineyard consultant is Paul J. Mierzejewski of PJM Vineyard Consulting. Paul’s vineyard experience began in 1980 when he was working on his bachelor's degree in Viticulture at California State University at Fresno. During this time he also worked at the Paul Mason Winery in the grower relations department, an opportunity that gave him valuable insight into the problems and issues facing local growers and exposure to the wide variety of grapes they produced. He received his Bachelor of Science in Viticulture in 1982 and moved to Virginia. Paul is past Vice President and Treasurer of the Virginia Vineyards Association and remains an active member. He has hosted several viticulture seminars on the technical aspects of vineyard management with Dr. Tony Wolf, State Viticulture Specialist and Dr. Bruce Zoecklein, Virginia State enologist. Paul is the Winemaker at Delfosse Vineyards & Winery in Faber, Virginia. All this is to say, Annefield has a committment to making quality wine. 2009 Annefield Viognier - This was a lovely wine. A light, crisp white. Big nose up front, floral, with honeydew and grapefruit flavors as promised a hint of orange blossoms, honeysuckle, and lime. Nice hint of mineral notes. Nice finish with linger flavor of lime. Excellent! 2009 Annefield Cabernet Franc - This was a medium to dark colored dry red, with red, but also with a darker purpulish tint. Spice, raspberry and a hint of plum all came through. Also a touch of earthiness to it...a hint of mocha? Defintely a whiff of vanilla. Nice big fruit up front, soft tannins on the back side, low acidity. Still, very nicely structured. Very, very pretty wine! This wine won a gold at the 2011 State Fair of VA Wine Competition. The wines are as spectacular as the estate itself. And it seems like from here, that Annefield Vineyards produice wines stylish wines, will have someday a stylish new winery, and will be a winery to watch out for in the future. Congrats on all fronts! Jack's Hard Cider from Hauser Estate WInery (PA) Fantastic! Cider is one of those beverages that I absolutely have to have. I love the dry to semi-sweet sparkling hard ciders one finds on the east coast from Maine all the way down to Virginia, and of course out to Washington and Oregon. One of the places I rarely think of when I am thinking of cider is Pennsylvania. True, home of the whiskey rebellion, and home to so many great brewers and brewing traditions…but cider? Not usually. And I don’t specifically think of Biglerville, Pennsylvania when I think about cider either. Call me odd. Call me peculiar. But the history of Jack’s Hard Cider is a fascinating one. The fertile soil of Pennsylvania’s farm land in fact provides a home to the thousands of trees that produced millions of apples every season. A majority of America’s apples come from communities in Adams County Pennsylvania. Jack’s story begins in 1907, when John S. Musselman, Sr. and his two sons, John Jr. and Christian High, purchased the Biglerville Canning Company. After a successful first year, Christian H. Musselman began building a second canning facility in Gardners, Pa. The plant was up and running by 1913. This new plant, and the original one in Biglerville, provided much needed canned goods for the servicemen during World War I, including corn, tomatoes, and sliced apples. Musselman’s success and the growth that followed quickly. John (Jack) A. Hauser was hired into the distribution department in 1934, during the depression. He married a local woman, having met her while they both attended Temple University. John then rose through the departments within the processing plant until he was positioned to take over the company. In 1944, Mr. Musselman passed away and Jack Hauser stepped in as president. Through Jack’s tireless efforts, Musselman’s became a household name across the country with apple products of all types on virtually every grocery store shelf. Jack Hauser, and his wife, Helen (now 100 years old!) endowed the Hauser family with orchards, farmland and an estate for future generations to continue in their tradition of world class agriculture. On July 22nd, 2008, Hauser Estate Winery opened its doors as an alternative agri-tourism venture in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. In the fall of 2008, Hauser’s first bottle of hard cider rolled off the bottling line and was labeled “Jack’s” in memory of the great man who made it all possible. The completely under-ground, naturally cool (55 degree) winery & cidery, churns out thousands of gallons of Jack’s Hard Cider per year. Each batch starts as apples skillfully grown and tended to by our farm manager Lee Wagner. Their juice is then carefully crafted by our Cider-maker and is filtered slowly to maintain flavor and a high level of smoothness for which our product has been noted. Jack’s Hard Cider awaits maturity in state of the art stainless steel tanks, is bottled on-site and rests for a short period to allow for “bottle shock” to wear away. I first came across Jack's Hard Cider while out in Lancaster, PA, while attending the Eastern Wineries Expo some time back. I have to admit, the packaging caught my eye first. Fantastic package. They bottle to look like beer, whether in green glass bottle (like the beer of old Latrobe) or in a beer can. But the design on the can is so cool. so simple and forthright, it's amazing. Secondly, the taste is wonderful. Crisp, clean, lean. Lots of bright acidity, none of the mustiness that can sometimes accopany a cider. Nothing but fresh, ripe apples, a great nose of baked bread and fresh apples like a freshly baked pie. Howard Bursen Continues to Amaze at Sharpe Hill (CT) Sharpe Hill Vineyard is the award winning winery in Connecticut's Quiet Corner! I cannot lie, I have been a fan if this winery since I first started driving around tasting wines in the late 80s and early 90s. Sharpe Hill Vineyard has received over 250 medals in International tastings and is located in the town of Pomfret - just minutes from scenic Route 169 and from the Putnam Antiques District. The winemaker is industry veteran Howard Bursen. Howard has been making great wines in Connecticut for more than 25 years, and should be seen as not only one of the elder statesmen of east coast winemaking, but one of the most accomplished. While his North Fork brethren on Long Island seem to get all the ink in the big newspapers, Howard has toiled away in the qiet backwaters of the Connecticut wine industry. Howard has worked with Sharpe Hill to produce wines which have received over 80 awards for excellence in national and international competitions. He has over 25 years of hands-on experience in all phases of winery and vineyard operation. I recently had the Sharpe Hill 2010 Vineyard Reserve Chardonnay. It was light, crisp delicate, and Burgundian in style. This was beautiful wine with green apple, tropical notes, and a lovely whiff of vanilla. A fabulous wine! I can't say enough nice things about this wine, and we can;t say enough nice things about Howard's accomplishments in east coast winemaking, and his contributions that establishment over the last 25 years. Congrats to Sharpe Hill and to Howard! Glass House Winery Is a Nice Surprise (VA) When I first came upon Glass House, I was surprised on a number of levels. The bottles are decorated with pineaaples and have an almost tropical look to them. They stand out. But the colors are very bright, and fun. You're not sure if this is going to be serious wine or picnic wine. It's beautifully designed and packaged, but the bright colors threw me off. Well, let's get it straight right from the start - Glass House Winery is serious about wine. Glass House Winery is a boutique winery in the heart of the Monticello Wine Trail in central Virginia. They craft artisan wines made solely from grapes grown on our property and in our region. They currently have 6 acres under vine. Owners Jeff and Michelle Sanders moved to Virginia in 2006. They were awed by the lush landscape, the beauty of the Blue Ridge and the friendliness of the people. While searching for a way to marry Jeff’s botanical skills with Michelle’s love of creating unique chocolates, the couple discovered Virginia’s promising wine industry. It was a perfect match and Glass House Winery was born. Viognier – 100% Viognier grapes estate grown. Wonderfully aromatic. Some of this wine was made in stainless steel, some in American oak, and some in French oak. Pineapple, citrus, and other tropical aromas come through. Whifss of vanilla. Absolutely a fantastic viognier!! A wonderful surprise! Barbera - 100% Barbera grapes estate grown. The wine is made using the same techniques when making the Italian favorite, Amarone, where the grapes are tried toward the stages of raisining, giving the wine a much more intense flavor and water evaporates form the grape living highly concentrated sugars and flavors.The wine is a dark color, with big fruit flavor up front of tart blackberry and cassis. There's also a smoky overtone to the wine with hints of leather and cedar. Nicely balanced, with medium acids, and low tannins. Very, very nice, sophisticated dry red wine, with nice lingering flavors. Another nice surprise. David Falchek Covers Dr. Frank's 50th Anniversary in Edible Finger Lakes David Falchek is a friend, and I like his writing a lot. This is an oft told tale, and it's still good reading. Pick up your copy of Spring 2012 Edible Finger Lakes today! Congrats to Fred Frank and to the staff at Dr. Frank's and to David! Great job! You're Family at Gadino Cellars (VA) I discovered this wine at the Taste Camp East 2012 grand tasting at Boxwood. As I made my way around the table, I came upon these wines and also met a new friend. Gadino Cellars leads off their own story with the Italian word, “Piacere!” – We are pleased to meet you. When you sample Gadino, you become part of the family. Bill Gadino and Aleta Saccuta Gadino, who share a similar Italian family background, made their first amateur vintage in 1983. Following their immigrant grandfathers' footprints, they made a "hearty" backyard Zinfandel. Following a move to the East Coast in 1984, Bill arranged for grapes to be shipped from California. This “Gadino Vino,” crafted in the cellar of their home, continued to improve each vintage year. Several years later, the emerging Virginia wine market caught their attention with the ever-improving quality of a handful of new wineries. In 1989, harboring a dream of someday operating our own commercial winery, they purchased fifteen acres of land in Rappahannock County, Virginia. They began planting vines. They built a home in 2002 on their Rappahannock County property. Ground was broken for Gadino Cellars in April 2004. The cellar was carved out of the hillside to maintain a more constant temperature for wine production. With only days to spare before their 2004 harvest, the construction of the cellar was completed. By choice, Gadino Cellars produces under 1500 cases of wine per year. They are focused on making quality wine. At Gadino, it's a family endevour: daughter, Stephanie is Assistant Winemaker & Tasting Room Manager and and Derek, their son-in-law is Operations Manager. Now, as I went to taste this wine, I was bumping shoulders with a tall gentleman and his lovely wife. Aftr a cheery glass of Gadino Cellars Pinot Grigio, I got to talking with him, he was Kurt Jensen, and his bride was Carol Jensen. Kurt and Carol love visiting wineries, and Kurt is an avid blogger, who publishes the website WineAboutVirginia.blogspot.com Here are my thoughts on the wines: 2011 Pinot Grigio - A very classic example of a Pinot Grigio. The nose is big and floral and tropical, with a hint of vamilla to it. And the flavor was outstanding, with nice apples and melons up front followed by a puckery bright citrus ending. A fantastic Pinot Grigio. 2010 Antiche Viti Riserva Cabernet Franc - This was a bold, beautiful Cabernet Franc. Dark stewed fruits of blackberry, raspberry and cherry up front. There was not too much acid and not too big on tannin. This was a big dark fruit fruit bomb with overtones of mocha and spice. Maybe a hint of cedar and a good dose of vanilla. Very, very nice. 2009 Petit Verdot - I'm a sucker here. I love Petite Verdot, and this was a nice one. Big, big dark fruit here. Hints of blackberry, dark cherry, dark raspberry, and a touch of cassis. The wine is big up front, but the flavor lingers with just enough tannin, and beeeautiful overtones of vanilla, cocoa, and other exotic spices. And the fruit just lingers on. A big, beautiful dry red. Delicious! After this tasting Kurt and Carol and I shatted uite often as we walked through the Taste Camp East 2012 events together, even sharing down time collapsing in the hotel lobby, and sharing some laughs o the evening of the final grand tasting. But it all started wwith a glass of Gadino! Great job, Bill and Aleta, Stephanie and Derek! You can read some of Kurt's Posts About Virginia wine at: http://wineaboutvirginia.blogspot.com/2012/05/tastecamp-day-1-reception-and-dinner-at.html French Routed in Canandaigua/Western New York for ... Leattie Teague Raves About Silver Thread in the Wa... The Associated Press Features Agritourism, Cream R... 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CN/Diego Linares Traveling to different countries to showcase his talent in soccer has been Paulo Macedo Nahashique’s intention since he was a teenager. Men’s soccer Brazilian-Japanese player Nahashique, 21, traveled to Europe for the first time when he was 12 to play soccer. Nahashique was selected by the team he played in Sao Paulo Brazil, his native city, to play a tournament where professional soccer teams oversaw them. He traveled four times to Europe throughout his teen years. He played in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Nahasique said he had the opportunity to share the experience with his childhood friend, and former men’s soccer midfielder, Gustavo Silva. Silva encouraged Nahasique to move to Los Angeles and eventually come to East Los Angeles College. “Gustavo helped me come to the U.S. He told me that I could learn English and a new culture. He told me ELAC was a good school,” said Nahashique. He said his experience in Europe also encouraged him to come to the U.S. Nahashique adapted quickly to the style of play at ELAC and was a key player in many of ELAC’s games. Nahashique said he had in mind what he wanted to play, but he was also willing to play wherever the coach wanted to place him. “I told the coach he can put me as a midfielder, forward or winger. I just wanted to help my team out,” said Nahashique. Men’s soccer head coach Eddie Flores said Nahashique struggled in the beginning, but adapted quickly because he let himself be guided. “We were blessed to have him. He’s a hard worker and he’s a very talented young man…He was very coachable. He never gave me problems,” said Flores. Flores also said Nahashique was an ambitious player. “He once told me, ‘Hey coach, I’m going to score 12 goals for the team.’ I just want him to score, but he had the potential,” said Flores. Nahashique finished the season among the top 10 players with the most assists and was included in the first conference all-star team. Flores described Nahashique as a quiet and humble person who lets his talent speak for itself. Nahashique said he wants to become a professional soccer player. He said it’s hard in Brazil to become a professional, but in the U.S., there are many opportunities to pursue his goal. However, he’s also interested in pursuing a career in business or physical education. Tulio Pinheiro STOPPER—Husky Brazilian defensive midfielder Tulio Pinheiro regains possession of the ball during the last game of the season against Mount San Antonio College on Nov.9. CN/Noe Ortega Tulio Pinheiro decided to use soccer as a tool to pursue his career after learning the American soccer style for a year at Kentucky. Men’s soccer team member Pinheiro, 21, was born in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. He was given the opportunity to study and play soccer at Campbellsville University in Kentucky in 2017, just two years after graduating from high school. Pinheiro was accepted to a university in Brazil, but opted to play in the states .Pinheiro said his parents didn’t hesitate to help him achieve his goal of coming to the U.S. Pinheiro came through BRUSA Sports, a company that helps foreign exchange student athletes in Brazil. Machado had to adapt to a style that was alien to him. “In Brazil, soccer is different. We move the ball faster so we run less. We occupy spaces more and we always want the ball at our feet,” said Pinheiro. Pinheiro decided to change gears and moved to Los Angeles after his childhood friend and former men’s soccer forward Pedro Moraes told him about East Los Angeles College. Pinheiro said he came to Los Angeles because of its diversity and great weather. At ELAC, Pinheiro had to overcome some struggles, which head coach Eddie Flores said helped him mature as a player and person. “We (coaches) had to have a one-on-one with him. At one point, I recall telling him this may not be the fit for you… after that, he was a different player. He came back and Tulio was a better player. He’s brilliant in soccer,” said Flores. Pinheiro said it took him a while to adjust to the American style of soccer because he had stopped playing traditional soccer and only played indoor soccer. He said he had gotten used to playing on smaller fields. He had to work on conditioning when he came to the U.S. “I just played indoor soccer when I was 15 until I came to the U.S. It took me a bit to adjust, but I had played soccer on the field for 10 years,” said Pinheiro. Pinheiro said he learned to loved soccer through his grandfather, Daniel Machado. He learned to play at the age of five as Machado took him to all of his practices. Pinheiro said Machado was an important person in his life who helped him overcome struggles and gave him a motto which he lives by. “He would tell me the same thing his father told him. It didn’t matter what I was going through, I just had to move forward. That was the last thing he told he before he passed away,’” said Pinheiro. Pinheiro said he was raised to love soccer and he uses it as a way to relieve stress. Pinheiro said he doesn’t see soccer as a career path anymore, unlike when we has a boy. “My time has passed. I don’t want to be professional anymore like I used to when I was a boy…I like to play because it’s a way to relieve my stress. When I’m on the field, I forget about everything,” said Pinheiro. Pinheiro’s new ambition is to become an engineer. He said he’s indecisive on whether to study mining or civil engineering. One of the schools he wants to transfer to is California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Matheus Zanini Courtesy of DeeDee Jackson Matheus Zanini came to the U.S. to continue his journey after traveling the world extensively to play soccer. Men’s soccer full back Zanini, 22, started playing soccer in his native town of Artur Nogueira, a city in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He first played soccer in Santos Football Club. Notable soccer players, such as Neymar, began their career in Santos. During his time at Santos, Zanini had a sponsor who took him to Portugal to play at Academic Association and Lisboa e Marinha at the age of 13. Zanini played four years in Portugal and was able to develop his soccer skills. “It was good for me because of the language… they speak Portuguese like me. My father went with me in my first year. It was a good experience and I like Portugal,” said Zanini. Zanini’s international play continued in Paraguay when he was 20. However, he played in Paraguay for six months and said he didn’t like his experience. Zanini said his family has also been supportive of him playing soccer internationally. Zanini adapted quickly to the American culture because he said his past experiences have helped him. “For me, it’s normal living in a different country. It’s a good experience to learn about a new culture,” said Zanini. During his teen year, Zanini also traveled to Europe to play soccer. He traveled to France, Sweden and Germany. Zanini first played soccer in the U.S. at Cloud County Community College in Kansas. He said he liked the school because it had a great soccer team, but disliked the weather. He searched for a new school that satisfied all of his interest. His former teammate at Kansas and former East Los Angeles College men’s soccer forward Pedro Moraes encouraged him to come to Los Angeles. Moraes told him to contact ELAC men’s soccer head coach Eddie Flores so he could have an opportunity to tryout for the team. Zanini said he decided to stay in L.A., becasue it reminds him of Sao Paulo. Zanini didn’t hesitate and sent Flores a video of him playing. Flores said Zanini was able to adapt to the style of play at ELAC because his experience at Kansas helped him. However, throughout the season, Flores said Zanini overcame some struggles in soccer, which shaped him as a player and as a person. “I remember telling Matheus at one point in the season that he might not be the fit for you… I told him you need to think about it. If you decide to stay, you need to be coachable,” said Flores. Flores said Zanini’s growth was notable during ELAC’s game against El Camino College because he saw that the team and him played with heart. Although Zanini said he loves soccer, he doesn’t want to be a professional anymore. “I love soccer, but I’m not a pro. I want to be a coach,” Zanini said. His goal is to major in Kinesiology to become a coach because he want to be involved with soccer. Zanini said he wants to continue travel to learn about different cultures. 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__label__cc	0.504158	0.495842	Ask a Master Teacher Lesson Plan Reviews Ask a Digital Historian Tech for Teachers Beyond the Chalkboard History Content Ask a Historian Beyond the Textbook Examples of Historical Thinking Teaching in Action Teaching with Textbooks Using Primary Sources Research Advisors Teacher Representatives Digital Classroom » Abby Reisman is a Senior Researcher at UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, & Student Testing (CRESST). She was the Project Director for Reading Like a Historian in San Francisco, the first extended history curriculum intervention in urban high schools. Handout 1 Document-Based Whole-Class Discussion Document-based whole-class discussion is a classroom activity where students engage in the interpretation and reconciliation of multiple historical documents. Rather than a heated debate, the classroom dynamic resembles a deliberative seminar, where the teacher plays an active role in facilitating student participation. The value of document-based whole-class discussion is threefold: Speech is an important scaffold for academic writing; students who observe and participate in discussions where they are expected to substantiate their claims with textual evidence are better prepared to do so in their writing. Document-based discussion simulates the intellectual work of professional historians who regularly disagree about the interpretation of evidence. Whole-class discussion fundamentally transforms the traditional history classroom from one where students are passive recipients of knowledge to one where they actively produce historical knowledge. The importance of the teacher’s role in leading effective discussion about historical documents cannot be overstated. John Dewey wrote that in effective discussion, “ideas come into the class, various persons follow out those ideas, and new points are brought out; and yet the teacher harmonizes it all . . . so that it leads consistently and consecutively in a definite direction." (1) Students love to talk and debate, but without effective facilitation, many will: 1) make claims without reference to documentary evidence and 2) evaluate or judge historical actors and events by present-day standards. Choose a topic and formulate a central historical question that can be answered by multiple documents (see examples in Reading Like a Historian curriculum here). Questions can be interpretive and open-ended (e.g., Why did the U.S. enter World War I?) or evaluative and ask students to judge whether an event or historical actor is right or wrong, good or bad (e.g., Did President Wilson have good reasons for entering World War I?). Anticipate how students will respond and which quotes they will pull from the documents to support their claims. Choose 2–3 of the quotes from step #2 and think about how each one could be interpreted in multiple ways. In other words, prepare questions to challenge a student who has interpreted the quote in a particular way. Have students fill out discussion preparation (Handout 1). Review norms for classroom discussion (Handout 2). Call on students to share their initial thoughts. As a discussion facilitator, your role is two-fold: Monitor participation: As discussion unfolds, keep a list of students who want to speak so that they don’t have to keep their hands raised. You may also choose to call on students who have not participated. Push student thinking: Your questions and prompts should serve to push student thinking “consistently and consecutively in a positive direction.” A list of some effective teacher "moves" describes some key strategies for facilitating effective discussion about historical texts. Arc of Document-Based Whole Class Discussion Phase One: In the early part of the discussion, the goal is to establish the sides of the argument. Students should be prompted to support their claims with textual evidence. The teacher’s main goal is to highlight and restate the key differences in student responses so that struggling students can better see the sides and frame of the discussion. Example (questions for Texas Independence Lesson Plan discussion): How did you answer the question of why Texans declared independence from Mexico? What quote from the text supports your answer? Who agrees with [student]? Who disagrees with [student]? Phase Two: In the second part of the discussion, the goal is to closely examine one or two quotes and establish multiple interpretations. Students may spontaneously begin to discuss a particular quote, but teachers should be prepared to turn students’ attention to quotes that are particularly generative. The teacher’s key goal is to help students appreciate the difference between the past and present. Close analysis of written text should prompt students to focus on the historical actor’s words so that they move away from preconceived judgments. Let’s take a closer look at Document A. Why do you think it was called the ‘Declaration of Independence?’ Does anyone have a different interpretation? Who does Colonel Juan Seguin refer to when he says “tyrant’s yoke?” What does Benjamin Lundy believe are the Texan’s motives? Phase Three: In the third part of the discussion, the goal is to return to the central historical question and have students formulate answers that are more nuanced and complex. Students should have a better appreciation for the strangeness of the past and perhaps temper earlier judgments leveled at historical actors. They may also develop an appreciation for multiple causality, rather than simple causal understanding. Let’s return to the main question: Why did Texans declare independence? Why did the Texans believe they were justified in declaring independence? Common Pitfalls Wrong facts: Students will inevitably present historical inaccuracies or anachronisms. Sometimes it’s difficult to correct students in the middle of a discussion because we’re so excited that they’re participating and engaged. However, it’s important to ensure that the discussion proceeds on the basis of sound and accurate information. The “same” students: In every classroom, there are 2–3 students who love to talk and a larger number who never participate in discussion. It’s important to establish early on that you will call on students and expect them to at least share what they wrote on their Handout 1. All over the place: Very few discussions will clearly follow the three-phase discussion arc described above. That’s okay. The goal is to corral student comments so that they generally move in the right direction. Beck, I. et al. Questioning the Author: An Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement with Text. International Reading Association, Inc., 1997. Haroutunian-Gordon, S. Turning the Soul: Teaching Through Conversation in the High School. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. Haroutunian-Gordon, S. Learning to Teach Through Discussion: The Art of Turning the Soul. New Haven: Yale UP, 2009. Hess, D. Controversy in the Classroom: The Democratic Power of Discussion. New York: Routledge, 2009. 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__label__cc	0.616044	0.383956	Bal Kand Ayodhiya Kand Araneya Kand Kishkindha Kanda Sunder Kanda Yudh Kand Uttar Kand Parkash Protests and Solutions Devi Temple Online Meet Amrita is repeatedly referred to as the drink of the devas, which grants them immortality. Despite this, the nectar does not actually offer true immortality. Instead, by partaking it, the devas were able to attain a higher level of knowledge and power, which they had lost due to the curse of Sage Durvasa, as described in the samudra manthana legend. It tells how the devas, after the curse, begin to lose their immortality. Assisted by their rivals, the asuras, the devas begin to churn the ocean, releasing (among other extraordinary objects and beings) the amrita.[3] Amrita is sometimes said to miraculously form on, or flow from, statues of Hindu gods. The substance is consumed by worshippers and is alleged to be sweet-tasting and not at all similar to honey or sugar water. Amrita was the last of the fourteen treasures that emerged from the churning of the ocean and contained in a pot borne by Dhanvantari, the physician of the devas. Immortal Nectar Click the image Click to read it Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, quo ei simul congue exerci, ad nec admodum perfecto mnesarchum, vim ea mazim fierent detracto. Ea quis iuvaret expetendis his, te elit voluptua dignissim per, habeo iusto primis ea eam. Recent Posts Demo Uncategorized Valmik Ramayana Popular Posts Demo Disable these demo widgets by adding your own widgets or from `Customizer > Layout Options > Miscellaneous > Disable demo widgets`. id: 1 - Name: ram id: 2 - Name: sham id: 3 - Name: rama id: 4 - Name: shama satyug tretha doapar Kalyug Maharishi Valmik Ji Maharishi Valmik Ramayana Resize this responsive page to see the effect! Ram Tirath Temple is located at a distance of 11 kilometers to the West of Chogawan road in Amritsar. The Ram Tirath Temple dates back top the period of Ramayana. There is a very good ancient tank near this temple.A number of Temples are scattered in this particular area. At the site of the temple there is a hut where Mata Sita gave birth to Luv and Kush. The Ram Tirth Temple has Maharishi Valmiki's hermitage and a well with stairs where Mata Sita used to take her bath. The Temples exhibit scenes from Ramayana.Even in the holy book of Hindus, The Ramayana, the place is mentioned. Sita Mata had come here after Lord Rama deserted her and got shelter in Maharishi Valmiki's hermitage. Sage Valmiki trained the children of Lord Ram, Luv and Kush and made them proficient in all fields, be it warfare or religious / social education. Annual Fair is held in Ram Tirth in the month of November on the full moon day. The fair lasts for four days. Making a special place in the holy scripts of ancient religions, the place was once the ashrama of saint Balmiki. The saint is believed to have scripted many of his sacred manuscripts at this place. A hut of Rishi Balmiki is still found at Ram Tirth where he once lived. After giving birth to Luv and Kush, Devi Sita used to stay at this place for a considerable period of time. The evidence of her stay still exists in the form a well which, it is believed, was dug by Hanuman. Devotees of King Rama and Devi Sita flock to this place every year to offer their prayers to the respected deities. As the position of the Ram Tirth is facilitated by easy accessibility, the visitors conveniently reach this place of worship without any extra hassles. Before Mahabharata war, Krishna enlightens Arjun about Geeta which motivates him to fight for the truth. In the war, many great warriors are killed breaching the codes of conduct of war, from both sides, but in the end, with Duryodhana killed on the last day after the death of his 99 brothers. After Duryodhana's fall, Ashwathama kills upapandava in their sleep as revenge of his father and friend's unfair killing and tried to finish Pandava's linage by unsuccessfully killing unborn child of Uttara and Abhimanyu. For this reason he was cursed by Krishna of endless suffering until the end of kalyuga. The series ends with Krishna accepting curse of Gandhari and Yudishthira being crowned King of Hastinapur. The story begins with Bhishma taking his oath of celibacy to convince Satyavati to marry his father Shantanu. Later the shows focus on marriage of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari; which made Gandhari's elder brother Shakuni, enraged as Dhritarashtra is born blind and would never be King (though he later became after self imposed exile of his younger brother Pandu, to whom Dhritarashtra lost throne) and because of this marriage his beloved sister has decided to blindfold herself not to outmatch her husband. For this reason, Shakuni vows to destroy Kuru Vansh. Then the series focus on the birth and upbringing of Kauravas (son of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari) and Pandavas (sons of Pandu with his wife Kunti and Madri through Kunti's boon). During this time Shakuni sowed the seeds of enmity between Kauravas and Pandavas. Shakuni succeeds in manipulating Duryodhan to hate Pandavas. Shakuni devises various strategies to insult Pandavas and make Duryodhana, Hastinapura's king. He along with Duryodhana plans to insult Pandavas by the game of dice. Pandavas lose all of their properties in the game including Draupadi. Duryodhana asks Dushasan to disrobe her but fails as Krishna saves her dignity. Later, Pandavas with Draupadi were manipulated to go for an exile of 13 years. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris... Satyug Stories This was era of truth. A commitment was to be honored with life. One could forego life but not commitment. The hero of this mythological era was King Harish Chandra. He once offered to give a hermit, whatever that hermit wanted. The hermit in turn asked his kingdom. Bound by his word of commitment, the King abandoned his Kingdom alongwith his wife and minor son. As common men they suffered all kinds of atrocities including slavery. The worst happens when Harish Chandra was employed as care taker of cremation ground where it was his duty to collect specified tax for cremation of dead body. His own son died of snake bite and his wife brings the son’s dead body for cremation but Harish Chandra could not relent. At this, his wife tore apart half of her Saree (wearing apparel) to pay the tax. Now mythology has a happy ending here. That upon this sacrifice, the Gods appeared and restored the son and Kingdom back to Harish Chandra, but that is a different matter. The point is that in this era there was no controversy as to what truth is and duty to follow truth was supreme. " alt="New York" width="1100" height="500"> insdffe If you click on the "Hide" button, I will disappear. Temple God Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG. Wohi EK BRAHAM Thank you, Chicago - A night we won't forget. Valmik Tirath , Amritsar 3 Agnihotra 1 Offer butter and milk to fire. Welcome three chief seasons: Spring, Rains and Autumn. [37] 4-8 Somayajna Bathe in river. Offer milk and soma to fire. Offerings to deities of thought, speech. Prayer to Vishnu to harm no crop, guard the cattle, expel demons. [38] 9-10 Vajapeya and Rajasuya Cup of Victory, Inauguration of a King. Offering of butter and Sura (a kind of beer or wine) to fire. [39] THE Valmik Music BAND Chapters of the White Yajurveda[17] Chapter No. Ritual Name Days Nature of Ritual Reference 1-2 Darsapurnamasa (Full and new moon rituals) 2 Offer cow milk to fire. Separate calves from the cows. [35][36] Hymns Rigvedic deities The Rigvedic hymns are dedicated to various deities, chief of whom are Indra, a heroic god praised for having slain his enemy Vrtra; Agni, the sacrificial fire; and Soma, the sacred potion or the plant it is made from. Equally prominent gods are the Adityas or Asura gods Mitra–Varuna and Ushas (the dawn). Also invoked are Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brihaspati or Brahmanaspati, as well as deified natural phenomena such as Dyaus Pita (the shining sky, Father Heaven), Prithivi (the earth, Mother Earth), Surya (the sun god), Vayu or Vata (the wind), Apas (the waters), Parjanya (the thunder and rain), Vac (the word), many rivers (notably the Sapta Sindhu, and the Sarasvati River). The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sadhyas, Ashvins, Maruts, Rbhus, and the Vishvadevas ("all-gods") as well as the "thirty-three gods" are the groups of deities mentioned.[citation needed] Mandala 9 comprises 114 hymns, entirely devoted to Soma Pavamana, the cleansing of the sacred potion of the Vedic religion.[citation needed] Mandala 10 comprises additional 191 hymns, frequently in later language, addressed to Agni, Indra and various other deities. It contains the Nadistuti sukta which is in praise of rivers and is important for the reconstruction of the geography of the Vedic civilization and the Purusha sukta which has been important in studies of Vedic sociology.[78] It also contains the Nasadiya sukta (10.129) which deals with multiple speculations about the creation of universe, and whether anyone can know the right answer.[7] The marriage hymns (10.85) and the death hymns (10.10–18) still are of great importance in the performance of the corresponding Grhya rituals. Guitarist and Lead Vocalist 22-25 Ashvamedha 180 or 360 Only by King. A horse is released, followed by armed soldiers, wherein anyone who stops or harms the wandering horse is declared enemy of state. The horse is returned to the capital and is ceremoniously slaughtered by the soldiers. Eulogy to the departed horse. Prayers to deities. [42] 26-29 Supplementary formulas for above sacrifices [43] 30-31 Purushamedha Symbolic sacrifice of Purusha (Cosmic Man). Nominal victim played the part, but released uninjured after the ceremony, according to Max Muller[44] and others.[45] A substitute for Ashvamedha (horse sacrifice). The ritual plays out the cosmic creation. [46] 32-34 Sarvamedha 10 Stated to be more important than Purushamedha above. This ritual is a sacrifice for Universal Success and Prosperity. Ritual for one to be wished well, or someone leaving the home, particularly for solitude and moksha, who is offered "curd and ghee (clarified butter)". [47] 35 Pitriyajna Ritual funeral-related formulas for cremation. Sacrifice to the Fathers and Ancestors. [48] 36-39 Pravargya According to Griffith, the ritual is for long life, unimpaired faculties, health, strength, prosperity, security, tranquility and contentment. Offerings of cow milk and grains to yajna fire. [49] 40 This chapter is not an external sacrifice ritual-related. It is Isha Upanishad, a philosophical treatise about inner Self (Atman, Soul). The verse 40.6 states, "The man who in his Self beholds all creatures and all things that be, And in all beings sees his Self, then he doubts no longer, ponders not. [50] Loves drummin' Bass player Loves math Upnishad The Mundaka Upanishad, embedded inside Atharvaveda, is a poetic-style Upanishad, with 64 verses, written in the form of mantras. However, these mantras are not used in rituals, rather they are used for teaching and meditation on spiritual knowledge.[59] In ancient and medieval era Indian literature and commentaries, the Mundaka Upanishad is referred to as one of the Mantra Upanishads.[60] The Mundaka Upanishad contains three Mundakams (parts), each with two sections.[61][62] The first Mundakam, states Roer,[61] defines the science of "Higher Knowledge" and "Lower Knowledge", and then asserts that acts of oblations and pious gifts are foolish, and do nothing to reduce unhappiness in current life or next, rather it is knowledge that frees. The second Mundakam describes the nature of the Brahman, the Atman (Self, Soul), and the path to know Brahman. The third Mundakam continues the discussion and then asserts that the state of knowing Brahman is one of freedom, fearlessness, liberation and bliss.[61][62] The Mundaka Upanishad is one of text that discuss the pantheism theory in Hindu scriptures.[63][64] The text, like other Upanishads, also discusses ethics.[65] September Satsang October Satsang Flag Ceremony Oct 30, 2020 [Friday] Come Visit Temple Maharishi Valmik Birth Day Celebration Free Lungar Akand Phat Sunday 29 Oct 2020 Three Day Akand Phat [Continueously] Every body Welcome Tickets, $23 per person We love our fans! Fan? Drop a note. Email: mail@mail.com Mike Ross, Manager Mandala 1 comprises 191 hymns. Hymn 1.1 is addressed to Agni, and his name is the first word of the Rigveda. The remaining hymns are mainly addressed to Agni and Indra, as well as Varuna, Mitra, the Ashvins, the Maruts, Usas, Surya, Rbhus, Rudra, Vayu, Brhaspati, Visnu, Heaven and Earth, and all the Gods. This Mandala is dated to have been added to Rigveda after Mandala 2 through 9, and includes the philosophical Riddle Hymn 1.164, which inspires chapters in later Upanishads such as the Mundaka.[5][76][77] ] Chandler Bing, Guitarist Mandala 2 comprises 43 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra. It is chiefly attributed to the Rishi gṛtsamada śaunahotra.[citation needed] Mandala 3 comprises 62 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra and the Vishvedevas. The verse 3.62.10 has great importance in Hinduism as the Gayatri Mantra. Most hymns in this book are attributed to viśvāmitra gāthinaḥ.[citation needed] Mandala 4 comprises 58 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra as well as the Rbhus, Ashvins, Brhaspati, Vayu, Usas, etc. Most hymns in this book are attributed to vāmadeva gautama.[citation needed] Peter Griffin, Bass player Mandala 5 comprises 87 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra, the Visvedevas ("all the gods'), the Maruts, the twin-deity Mitra-Varuna and the Asvins. Two hymns each are dedicated to Ushas (the dawn) and to Savitr. Most hymns in this book are attributed to the atri clan.[citation needed] Mandala 6 comprises 75 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra, all the gods, Pusan, Ashvin, Usas, etc. Most hymns in this book are attributed to the bārhaspatya family of Angirasas.[citation needed] Valmik Hut At the site of the temple there is a hut where Mata Sita gave birth to Luv and Kush. The Ram Tirth Temple has Maharishi Valmiki's hermitage and a well with stairs where Mata Sita used to take her bath. The Temples exhibit scenes from Ramayana.Even Amcid Valmik Tirth Maharishi Valmik Templem 84 Percy Ave., Yuba City, CA-95991 More Links Valmik Tirath Ram Tirath Temple is located at a distance of 11 kilometers to the West of Chogawan road in Amritsar. The Ram Tirath Temple dates back top the period of Ramayana. There is a very good ancient tank near this temple.A number of Temples are scattered in this particular area. Heaven our father, and Earth our mother, Agni the men-watcher, let them send the ten days fever far away from us. O fever, these snowy mountains with Soma on their back have made the wind, the messenger, the healer for us, — Atharvaveda 4.15, Paippalada Edition[42] Charms against fever, jaundice and diseases Numerous hymns of the Atharvaveda are prayers and incantations wishing a child or loved one to get over some sickness and become healthy again, along with comforting the family members. Responsive Four Vedaas The Rigveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, from ṛc "praise"[1] and veda "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is one of the four sacred canonical texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.[2][3] The text is layered consisting of the Samhita, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads.[note 1] The Rigveda Samhita is the core text, and is a collection of 10 books (maṇḍalas) with 1,028 hymns (sūktas) in about 10,600 verses (called ṛc, eponymous of the name Rigveda). In the eight books – Books 2 through 9 – that were composed the earliest, the hymns predominantly discuss cosmology and praise deities.[4][5] The younger books (Books 1 and 10) in part also deal with philosophical or speculative questions,[5] virtues such as dāna (charity) in society,[6] questions about the origin of the universe and the nature of god,[7][8] and other metaphysical issues in their hymns.[9] The Rigveda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text.[10] Its early layers are one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language.[11][note 2] The sounds and texts of Rigveda have been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE.[13][14][15]The Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the bulk of the Rigveda Samhita was composed in the northwestern region (Punjab) of the Indian subcontinent, most likely between c. 1500 and 1200 BC,[16][17][18] although a wider approximation of c. 1700–1100 BC has also been given.[19][20][note 3] Some of its verses continue to be recited during Hindu rites of passage celebrations (such as weddings) and prayers, making it probably the world's oldest religious text in continued use.[25][26]. Temple Source’s Membership Programs The Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेद, yajurveda, from yajus meaning "worship",[1] and veda meaning "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals.[2] An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual-offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions such as those before the yajna fire.[2] Yajurveda is one of the four Vedas, and one of the scriptures of Hinduism. The exact century of Yajurveda's composition is unknown, and estimated by scholars to be around 1200 to 1000 BCE, contemporaneous with Samaveda and Atharvaveda.[3] Two of the oldest surviving manuscript copies of the Shukla Yajurveda sections have been discovered in Nepal and Western Tibet, and these are dated to the 12th-century CE.[11] Contact Us\| Privacy Policy\| Permissions\|Terms of Use The earliest and most ancient layer of Yajurveda samhita includes about 1,875 verses, that are distinct yet borrow and build upon the foundation of verses in Rigveda.[6][7] The middle layer includes the Satapatha Brahmana, one of the largest Brahmana texts in the Vedic collection.[8] The youngest layer of Yajurveda text includes the largest collection of primary Upanishads, influential to various schools of Hindu philosophy. These include the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the Isha Upanishad, the Taittiriya Upanishad, the Katha Upanishad, the Shvetashvatara Upanishad and the Maitri Upanishad.[9][10] The Yajurveda is broadly grouped into two – the "black" or "dark" (Krishna) Yajurveda and the "white" or "bright" (Shukla) Yajurveda. The term "black" implies "the un-arranged, unclear, motley collection" of verses in Yajurveda, in contrast to the "white" which implies the "well arranged, clear" Yajurveda.[4] The black Yajurveda has survived in four recensions, while two recensions of white Yajurveda have survived into the modern times.[5]. BOARDSOURCE THANKS OUR SUPPORTERS The Atharvaveda is sometimes called the "Veda of magical formulas",[1] an epithet declared to be incorrect by other scholars.[6] In contrast to the 'hieratic religion' of the other three Vedas, the Atharvaveda is said to represent a 'popular religion', incorporating not only formulas for magic, but also the daily rituals for initiation into learning (upanayana), marriage and funerals. Royal rituals and the duties of the court priests are also included in the Atharvaveda.[7] 51][55] Prayer for peace Some hymns are prayer qua prayer, desiring harmony and peace. For example, Give us agreement with our own; with strangers give us unity Do ye, O Asvins, in this place join us in sympathy and love. May we agree in mind, agree in purpose; let us not fight against the heavenly spirit Around us rise no din of frequent slaughter, nor Indra's arrow fly, for day is present ! — Atharvaveda 7.52, [56] . A hut of Rishi Balmiki is still found at Ram Tirth where he once lived. After giving birth to Luv and Kush, Devi Sita used to stay at this place for a considerable period of time. The evidence of her stay still exists in the form a well which, it is believed, was dug by Hanuman. Devotees of King Rama and Devi Sita flock to this place every year to offer their prayers to the respected deities. As the position of the Ram Tirth is facilitated by easy accessibility, the visitors conveniently reach this place of worship without any extra hassles.. Simrities Family Āprī Ṛcas[39] Angiras 1.142 3619 (especially Mandala 6) Kanva 1.13 1315 (especially Mandala 8) Vasishtha 7.2 1276 (Mandala 7) Vishvamitra 3.4 983 (Mandala 3) Atri 5.5 885 (Mandala 5) Bhrgu 10.110 473 Kashyapa 9.5 415 (part of Mandala 9) Grtsamada 2.3 401 (Mandala 2) Agastya 1.188 316 Bharata 10.70 170 . Mandala 7 comprises 104 hymns, to Agni, Indra, the Visvadevas, the Maruts, Mitra-Varuna, the Asvins, Ushas, Indra-Varuna, Varuna, Vayu (the wind), two each to Sarasvati (ancient river/goddess of learning) and Vishnu, and to others. Most hymns in this book are attributed to vasiṣṭha maitravaruṇi.[citation needed] Mandala 8 comprises 103 hymns to various gods. Hymns 8.49 to 8.59 are the apocryphal vālakhilya. Hymns 1–48 and 60–66 are attributed to the kāṇva clan, the rest to other (Angirasa) poets.[citation needed. Disappear from here to the Maratas. Neither the women desire you, nor the men whosoever, Neither a small one, nor a grown-up weeps here from desire of fever. Do not harm our grown-up men, do not harm our grown-up women, Do not harm our boys, do not harm our girls. You who simultaneously discharge the balasa, cough, udraja, terrible are your missiles, O fever, avoid us with them. — Atharvaveda 5.21, Paippalada Edition, Translated by Alexander Lubotsky[44] 11-18 Agnicayana 360 Formulas and rituals for building altars and hearths for Agni yajna, with largest in the shape of outspread eagle or falcon. [40] 19-21 Sautramani Offerings of Masara (rice-barley liquor plus boiled millet) to fire. Expiate evil indulgences in soma-drinking. For dethroned king, for soldiers going to war for victory, for regulars to acquire cattle and wealth. [41] The Atharvaveda was likely compiled as a Veda contemporaneously with Samaveda and Yajurveda, or about 1200 BC - 1000 BC.[8][9] Along with the Samhita layer of text, the Atharvaveda includes a Brahmana text, and a final layer of the text that covers philosophical speculations. The latter layer of Atharvaveda text includes three primary Upanishads, influential to various schools of Hindu philosophy. These include the Mundaka Upanishad, the Mandukya Upanishad and the Prashna Upanishad.[10][11] Maharishi Valmik Sabha [USA] Yuba City, CA-95991 Copyright 2020 JUSTWRITE. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by WordPress — Acosmin I have a .id: 1 - Name: ram Sabha Officials are : Prem: President Santokh: Vice President Balbir: Secretary Temple ManagementTree View a hierarchical view of information,Board of Directors Finance Committees For nearly 60 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The world's leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by more than one million members in the United States and close to five million globally. Temple Management hard Work And Wealth “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.” “Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.” “Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.” “Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.” “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.” There are many verses in Proverbs that talk about the importance of hard work. Those who work hard are more likely to be successful from a financial standpoint. If we sit around and do nothing all day, it is unlikely that we’ll be able to feed ourselves, much less build wealth. Additionally, it’s important for us to remember that this wealth should be gained honestly. Proverbs On Greed “Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.” “Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.” “One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.” “Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.” While building wealth is encouraged in Proverbs, doing so from a heart of greed is not. Trusting in God for our sustenance is a good step toward remembering where the money comes from, which should lead to humility rather than a belief in our own abilities to grow wealth in our own strength. Debt Proverbs “One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.” “The rich rule over the poor, And the borrower is slave to the lender.” “Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.” Debt should be approached with extreme caution. In our modern society, debt is far too easy to accumulate. The economic system provides for this ease. Student loans , mortgages and credit cards abound. And beyond the fact that debt puts us in bondage, consumer debt makes is extremely difficult to build wealth. Seek to pay off your credit card debt if you are in it and then once you get all your consumer debts paid off, it is time to focus on paying off the mortgage early. Investing Money “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.” “Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.” Proverbs about Giving “Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.” “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” “It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.” “The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” “Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.” God calls for his people to be generous with money (and everything really).“God loves a cheerful giver.” we are called to be generous when it comes to the needy around us. Caring for others is a very practical way to share the love of God with others. “The blessing of the LORD brings wealth.” Regardless of how wealthy we might be, it’s important to remember that it is God who provides us with the skill and ability to make money . Wealth comes from Him, and He wants us to use it for furthering His purposes, not ours. If we use our income to make God greater in the sight of others, we are taking an important step toward bringing Him glory. Ramayana Study Group Never spend money before you have it. – ... Spending is quick; earning is slow. – ... A fool and his money are soon parted. – ... Creditors have better memories than debtors. – ... Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. – ... If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself. – ... 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__label__cc	0.696226	0.303774	Effects of volitional spine stabilization on lifting task in recurrent low back… » « Ex-Subway pitchman did not act on sex fantasies with minors: lawyer Major change in U.S. food labels is likely to help healthiest the most By Lisa Baertlein and Chris Prentice LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The biggest overhaul of U.S. food nutrition labels in more than two decades is likely to help improve the diets of the most health-conscious consumers, but others may need more convincing. Public health advocates welcomed the new rules but said some of the groups most at risk for obesity and diet-related illness may not change habits without other measures to discourage sugar consumption, such as taxes on sugar and food advertising warning labels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced new Nutrition Facts packaged food label rules that include disclosure of how much sugar is added to thousands of processed foods ranging from soda to spaghetti sauce.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line119
__label__cc	0.666604	0.333396	Sheffield: Alternatives to Research Requiring Rodents Speakers at the Sheffield Pint of Science: Kinga Kosim, Sindhu Naik, Dr Enrico Dall’Arra and Professor Steven Renshaw. Dr Enrcio Dall’Ara is a member of the MultiSim project. The Sheffield event was attended by Dr Kasia Makowska, NC3Rs Press and Communications Officer: The event took place in a microbrewery, getting some curious looks from the beer-tasting tours. Dr Enrico Dall’Arra a researcher on the MultiSim project spoke about using a computer model, or a ‘digital mouse’, to better understand the mechanisms behind bone-related diseases. He showed how the computer modelling can allow for more accurate measurements, improve translation to humans and reduce the number of animals used in musculoskeletal research. Kinga Kosim and Sindhu Naik, PhD Students in Biomedicine and Engineering, gave an interesting talk about the potential of using organs-on-chips as human-relevant disease models. Last but not least, Professor Steven Renshaw from the Bateson Centre spoke about the benefits of using non-mammalian models such as zebrafish larvae. He showed some impressive imaging of the larvae and how they can be used in a variety of assays, to study development, gene activity, behaviour and more. All talks were followed by rounds of great Q&As. In the intervals, the audience was entertained by hands-on presentations, science busking, and a scientific quiz with prizes! (Source: http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news/impressions-pint-science-2017)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line122
__label__wiki	0.832504	0.832504	Details for: The great leveler : violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century / The great leveler : violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century / Walter Scheidel. By: Scheidel, Walter, 1966- [author.]. Material type: BookSeries: Princeton economic history of the Western world: Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xvii, 504 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691165028 (hardcover).Other title: Violence and the history of Inequality from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century \| Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the 21st century.Subject(s): Krieg \| Equality -- History \| Violence -- History \| HISTORY / World \| BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History \| HISTORY / Social History \| Equality \| ViolenceGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 305.512 SCH Introduction : The challenge of inequality -- Part I. A brief history of inequality : The rise of inequality -- Empires of inequality -- Up and down -- Part II. War : Total war -- The great compression -- Preindustrial warfare and civil war -- Part III. Revolution : Communism -- Before Lenin -- Part IV. Collapse : State failure and systems collapse -- Part V. Plague : The black death -- Pandemics, famine, and war -- Part VI. Alternatives : Reform, recession, and representation -- Economic development and education -- What If?: From history to counterfactuals -- Part VII. Inequality redux and the future of leveling : In our time -- What does the future hold? -- Appendix : The limits of inequality. Summary: "Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world. Ever since humans began to farm, herd livestock, and pass on their assets to future generations, economic inequality has been a defining feature of civilization. Over thousands of years, only violent events have significantly lessened inequality. The "Four Horsemen" of leveling--mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues--have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Scheidel identifies and examines these processes, from the crises of the earliest civilizations to the cataclysmic world wars and communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future. An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent--and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon." -- Publisher's description Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 305.512 SCH 012012 (Browse shelf) Available 012012 Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-493) and index. "Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world. Ever since humans began to farm, herd livestock, and pass on their assets to future generations, economic inequality has been a defining feature of civilization. Over thousands of years, only violent events have significantly lessened inequality. The "Four Horsemen" of leveling--mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues--have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Scheidel identifies and examines these processes, from the crises of the earliest civilizations to the cataclysmic world wars and communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future. An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent--and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon." -- Publisher's description Text in English.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line143
__label__wiki	0.736288	0.736288	Court digs deeper into LDA’s role in row-hit township Move aims at safeguarding the interests of the thousands of homebuyers who have been running from pillar to post, fearing to lose their lifetime savings in the dream projects of Ansal-API Hi-Tech Township, reports Mudit Mathur Mudit Mathur The Supreme Court agreed to go deeper into the alleged murky functioning of Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) under the state government and its agencies to safeguard the interests of the thousands of homebuyers who have been running from pillar to post losing their lifetime savings in the dream projects of Ansal-API Hi-Tech Township to get a roof on their heads. The apex court has taken stern step against the mega real estate player of India after it proactively came forward to protect the interests of homebuyers from the vicious clutches of notorious Amrapali and Unitech groups. A bench of Justices Dhananjay Y. Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra issued notice on a writ petition filed by the panic-stricken homebuyers of Sushant Golf City Hi-Tech Township project of Ansal API, in Lucknow agreeing to hear them. Entertaining the writ petition directly filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by 17 such distressed homebuyers, the court issued notices to L.D.A, Home and Housing Departments of U.P. government, Police Commissioner Lucknow and other concerned police officers, Economic Offences Wing Delhi, Ansal API company, its chairman Shushil Ansal and vice chairman Pranav Ansal. Highlighting high-level political patronage to developer, petitioners pointed out how a woman minister of state in Yogi Adityanath cabinet exerting unlawful pressure on a lady circle officer in viral audio clip who tried to registered a criminal case complaint of an harassed homebuyer. The bench also sought response within four weeks from the state government and police as the homebuyers alleged in their petition that the government authorities failed to take action despite their complaint against the company for cheating them and diverting their money fraudulently violating blatantly the provisions of laws, enacted to protect the interests of homebuyers. The petition urged probe by central investigation agencies into the connivance of these public authorities who failed to secure performance guarantee to the extent of 25 percent transferable rights in saleable land. The authorities also failed to take action on the sale of lands that do not have clear title in its favour. UP RERA on 25.10 2018 ordered forensic audit of its 91 registered projects under Shushant Golf City Hi-Tech township in view of complaints the complaints of omission and commission from the homebuyers against the developer. RERA entrusted M/s Curie and Brown to investigate its affairs, especially accounts of promoter and its subsidiaries or consortia to find out possible diversion of funds, causes of inordinate delay in completion of projects, fixing responsibilities and suggesting remedial measures to overcome mess. The audit report highlighted that Developer expanded hugely which resulted in mismanagement of resources and funds. Currently, large parcel of land in phase 1 and phase 2 is mortgage to various banks through process of equitable mortgage. Repayment of avail loan has posed a challenge in project completion. The report also disclosed that in a few loan agreements developer has not only mortgaged the project land but also hypothecated the project receivables. This has eventually led to mismanagement of escrow account as mandated under RERA guidelines. The Curie and Brown auditor has found that there was surplus money in the project that should have been utilised towards project completion. Developer has sold FSI in many projects that resulted in robust inflows in the project. The RERA guidelines mandates a promoter should deposit 70% of collection from allottee into a separate designated account and that should be utilised for the purpose of construction and land payment. The same can only be withdrawn from said account in proportion the percentage completion of project but auditors found access withdrawal in account books. Report revealed that out of total inflow of funds in the registered project amounting to 2672 crores out of which 606 crores funds found diverted for other purposes that is not permissible. Ansal Group emphatically refuted the findings of forensic auditors of diversion of 606 crores from project funds. The chairman of Ansal group, Sushil Ansal in a meeting of RERA on 21.5.2019 asserted that the forensic auditors have taken three source of inflow of funds-received from customers, received from FSI sold and loan availed/disbursed. He contended that FSI sold is not part of RERA project and is a business-to-business transactions cannot be a funding source. Similarly, bank’s loans are not part of customer inflows should be excluded. Thus, after removing these two items net surplus from 91 project remains to be 144 crore only. He pointed out that the forensic auditor has not taken outflows because of refund made to customers of these 91 projects to the tune of 181.88 crores. However, UP RERA secretary issued a detailed order on 9th July,2019 granting further four months’ time to developer putting notice of deregistration of its projects on the hold, apparently providing a breather to the developer at the cost of miseries of homebuyers. Earlier the RERA had rescheduled completion dates varying from March 2020 up to 2024 beyond its originally conceived DPRs that fixed its completion by 2012. The Petitions Committee of UP Vidhan Sabha also considered the plight of home buyers and discussed it in multiple sittings before the committee members, officers of LDA and Housing department and submitted its recommendations with regard to speedy completion of phase wise project in the infrastructural development of the town. However, the Committee chaired by speaker Hriday Narain Dixit did not propose specific action against developer despite alleged violations of MOU with LDA and homebuyers grievances with regard to undue delay in handing over their housing unit. ‘Agony of homebuyers doesn’t seem to end’ “Agony of the homebuyers doesn’t seem to end. To buy a dream home has become the nightmare of the homebuyers and to chase for their homes has landed them with the government authorities, who are in active connivance with the builder have left the homebuyers deserted, feels Supreme Court advocate Pawanshree Agrawal. He earned the credit for raising the plight of such deceived homebuyers of Amrapali and Unitech groups before apex court as their saviour to get justice. Pawanshree Agrawal, who comes from illustrious family of lawyers and judges, told Tehelka, “Faced with this situation the homebuyers have no option but to seek the shelter of the Constitutional court i.e. Supreme Court with whom they have hope and faith. Sushant golf city project by Ansal API is one such example. 14 years since the launch of project the homebuyers are still looking to get their home and plots.” “If one studies this case, this is nothing but a scheme of perpetual loot prepared by the builder right under the nose of the LDA, who also are in active connivance with the builder,” he added. Explaining the details of scam, he narrated, “sprawling in 6,465 acres of land, five development agreement, 39 schemes is in shambles. Out of 39 schemes only 6 schemes are complete and others are under construction or have not even started. Thousands of crores collected from the homebuyers, banks etc have been siphoned off by the Ansals with the officers of the LDA, he alleged. “When the homebuyers go to make a complaint in EOW they have been made to run from pillar to post with no results which also shows that they are also in connivance with the Ansals, he asserted. Pawanshree, who had assisted the apex court as amicus curie in other matters, strongly believes that Supreme Court is the only and last hope for these buyers and they hope that as the court has protected the homebuyers of Amrapali and Unitech, it will do the same for the homebuyers of Ansals. Ansal-API Hi-Tech Township Lucknow Development Authority Previous articleCultivating mangoes for income generation Next articleIs Arnab Goswami more equal than others? Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter breaks out between security forces and terrorists... 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__label__wiki	0.733223	0.733223	The official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann Father Mark Goldasich Vincent Anch Vince Cascone Rick Cheek Lesle Knop Father Dan Morris Deacon Dana Nearmyer Debra Niesen Michael Podrebarac Tom Racunas Deacon Bill Scholl Lauren Solidum Leon Suprenant Chuck Weber Deacon Tony Zimmerman Listen to the Issue Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Anniversary Notices Eagle Scout Notices Archdiocese • Local • Religious life Father of five looks forward to new vocation by The Leaven by Kara Hansen Special to The Leaven LEAWOOD — Six years ago, becoming a deacon was not on Mark Stukel’s radar. At the time, Stukel was unaware of the diaconate program gearing up in the archdiocese for the first time. But there were a couple of other people who thought the St. Michael the Archangel parishioner would be a perfect fit for it. “Father Bill Porter and Father Mitchel Zimmerman asked to talk to my wife and me and arranged to come over to our house,” said Stukel, who has been a parishioner at the parish since its founding in 1999. Unsure what the meeting was about, Stukel was a bit cautious, wondering what the topic might be. Once the four met, Father Porter and Father Zimmerman asked the Stukels to consider pursuing the diaconate. “First, I was relieved everything was OK,” said Stukel. “My next reaction was feeling humbled and flattered. They wouldn’t take an answer then, but asked us to think about it, pray about it, and talk about it with our family.” Stukel did just that and, together with his wife and family, decided that becoming a deacon was worth pursuing. “There’s a certain amount of uncertainty at this point, but I’m really looking forward to the sacramental side of being a deacon, as well as being involved in the charitable side of the parish community,” said Stukel. Though being a deacon will involve some time away from his family, Stukel said that potential benefits are there for them as well. “Selfishly, I’m looking forward to the opportunities for our children to learn to help others and appreciate the community,” he said. Name: Mark Stukel Parish: St. Michael the Archangel, Leawood Family members and ages: wife, Kim; children: Jacob, 15; Joshua, 15; Michael, 15; Nathan, 14; Lexi, 12 Occupation: client executive for IBM Favorite food: a great steak What I’m looking forward to most about being a deacon: Having the opportunity to help people grow closer to Christ — this includes myself and my family. Something people might be surprised to learn about me: Kim (my wife) and I both grew up in South Dakota but we met in Florida. I was born and raised on a farm/ranch operation in south-central South Dakota. Favorite saint: St. Joseph — there is no better model of a husband and father. How do you top being that close to Christ and Mary? If I could visit a period of church history, it would be: How cool would it be to participate in the first Mass? I’d visit the Last Supper in a heartbeat. Hobby: Keeping up with the activities of five kids! I do enjoy organizing and cataloging photos to create slide shows and videos. I hope that having the photos and videos easily accessible will help my kids to always remember how important family is to them. The Leaven The Leaven is the official newspaper for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. Lansing parishioner uses artistic talent to benefit parish Female Catholic medical support group strives for balance Devotion to Infant of Prague is long and storied God found his ‘cheerful giver’ in Lesle Knop Copyright © 2021 The Leaven Catholic Newspaper Español العربية 简体中文 Nederlands English Français Deutsch Italiano Português	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line160
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Last year’s base model was $35,200, while the new base-level 2013 Leaf S starts at $28,800. Ghosn says the new prices make the Leaf the least expensive five-seater electric for sale in the US. Some of the lower cost is due to a difference in content from last year’s low-end model to this year’s. But a sizable portion can be chalked up to the Leaf’s production moving from Japan to Tennessee. The 2013 Leaf is not only assembled in the US now, but its lithium-ion batteries and the car’s electric motors are manufactured in the same southern state. The Leaf SV will be priced from $31,820 for 2013 compared to $35,200 last year. The high-end Leaf SL now starts at $34,840, down from the 2012 model’s $37,250. These models also have differences in content. One big one is a new 6.6-kWh charger that reduces charging times pretty dramatically. All 2013 prices will have an $850 destination fee added, but the cars will still qualify for a $7,500 federal income tax credit in addition to various state and local incentives. Addition of a new LEAF S trim level lowers entry price by more than $6,000, or 18 percent Available federal and state incentives can bring price down to less than $19,000 Improved energy efficiency, faster charging times and greater customer choice headline 2013 model year improvements FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Nissan has announced that U.S. pricing for the new 2013 Nissan LEAF will start at an MSRP of $28,800 for the newly-added S grade, making it the lowest priced five-passenger electric vehicle sold in the United States. Depending on location, some consumers may purchase the vehicle for as low as $18,800 with qualifying federal and state tax credits, putting the LEAF on par with gas-powered vehicles of its size. Nissan’s objective for the LEAF has always been to produce an affordable zero-emission vehicle for the mass market, and the 2013 LEAF is a prime example of that commitment with increased value at every trim level, making it more accessible for more people. “With nearly 50,000 LEAFs on the road globally, we are the leaders in zero emissions vehicles and our class-leading product just got better,” said Billy Hayes, Global vice president of LEAF sales for Nissan. “From the very outset, Nissan has continuously advanced and refined the affordable zero emissions vehicle ownership experience. Now customers won’t have to pay a premium for owning a green car that’s really fun to drive, and that’s exciting.” Nissan recently began U.S. assembly of the 2013 Nissan LEAF at its manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tenn., a localization initiative that further drives efficiencies by leveraging already-existing equipment and processes while also reducing exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency. The battery packs that power LEAF are built in an adjacent facility in Smyrna while the vehicle’s electric motor comes from Nissan’s powertrain plant in Decherd, Tenn., further supporting efficient manufacturing. Eligible consumers can take advantage of a $7,500 federal tax credit, and some states and municipalities offer additional incentives. For example, California residents can get a 2013 Nissan LEAF for as low as $18,800 after the federal tax credit and state rebate of $2,500. Nissan will also continue its lease offer for the 2013 LEAF, allowing consumers to lease the electric vehicle for as low as $199 per month for 36 months, which includes tax credits and destination charges. Additions to the 2013 LEAF include: 17-inch alloy wheels and leather appointed interior on SL models, available Around View® Monitor and 7-speaker Bose® energy efficient audio system and a 6.6 kW onboard charger that significantly reduces 220V charging times and is standard on SV and SL models. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Prices* (MSRP) for the 2013 Nissan LEAF: Model MSRP* LEAF S $28,800 USD LEAF SV $31,820 USD LEAF SL $34,840 USD About the 2013 Nissan LEAF Now in its third model year, the Nissan LEAF is the world’s best-selling pure electric vehicle with nearly 50,000 cumulative sales worldwide. For 2013, the LEAF features numerous customer-focused upgrades. LEAF is powered by a responsive 80kW AC synchronous motor produced at Nissan’s Powertrain Assembly plant in Decherd, Tenn. The 2013 LEAF’s output is 107 horsepower, with 187 lb-ft. of torque. Energy is supplied by an advanced 48-module lithium-ion battery made at the new battery plant in Smyrna, Tenn. The 2013 Nissan LEAF is offered in three well-equipped models, the LEAF S, LEAF SV and LEAF SL. Standard features include 6-way manual driver’s seat, 4-way manual front passenger’s seat, trip computer (instant and average energy consumption, driving time, outside temperature and autonomy range), Automatic Temperature Control (ATC), center console storage and 3.6 kW onboard charger. Other standard equipment includes Nissan Intelligent Key® with Push Button Start, Bluetooth® hands-free phone system, power windows with driver’s window one-touch auto up/down, power door locks with auto locking feature, remote charge door release, variable intermittent windshield wipers, AM/FM/CD with MP3 playback capability and a 12-volt power outlet. LEAF SV models are upgraded to 16-inch aluminum alloy wheels, a 6.6 kW onboard charger, cruise control, auto dimming rear view mirror, energy saving hybrid heating system, an upgraded 6-speaker sound system, 7-inch color LCD display, Pandora® link for iPhone users, Nissan Navigation system with CARWINGS telematics and B-mode setting for increased regenerative braking. At an MSRP of $31,820, the 2013 LEAF SV represents a $3,380 savings over a similar 2012 model. LEAF SL adds leather-appointed seats, 17-inch five spoke alloy wheels, DC 480V fast charge port, automatic on/off LED headlights, fog lights, photovoltaic solar panel rear spoiler and HomeLink® Universal Transceiver. At an MSRP of $34,840, the 2013 LEAF SL represents a $2,410 savings over a similar 2012 model. Incremental aerodynamic and energy management improvements are expected to give the 2013 LEAF improved range** over previous model years. Final range estimates for the 2013 Nissan LEAF are awaiting EPA test cycle verification. About Nissan Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan’s second-largest automotive company, is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and is part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Operating with more than 248,000 employees globally, Nissan provided customers with more than 4.8 million vehicles in 2011, generating revenue of 9.4 trillion yen ($118.95 billion US). With a strong commitment to developing exciting and innovative products for all, Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of 64 models under the Nissan and Infiniti brands. A pioneer in zero-emission mobility, Nissan made history with the introduction of the Nissan LEAF, the first affordable, mass-market, pure-electric vehicle and winner of numerous international accolades, including the prestigious 2011-2012 Car of the Year Japan and 2011 World Car of the Year awards. 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__label__wiki	0.963951	0.963951	Turn Key - Turn Key Written by Derek Walker Created: 31 May 2013 Colourful tones from an imaginative pop/industrial synth duo. Label: Independent (www.turnkeyofficial.com) Time: 14 Tracks / 54 minutes Bekah Wilson and Donovan Cox are a husband/wife duo from Georgia, the former a sultry vocalist and her husband a multi-instrumentalist and producer, who has spent some time in metal and rock bands in Atlanta. His conversion to ‘80s synth-pop was a comparatively recent experience. At its most melodic and with its break beats, this duo has more than a litle Andy Hunter about it (“Dreams Come to Life”), as it does when the synth tones change within songs – which they frequently do. At the other end, when taking on more industrial beats, they veer towards Dépêche Mode territory. They use more exotic eastern tones than either, such as on “Days of Winter” and “Sandstone,” and sound surprisingly European for an American band. The album has plenty of variety in approaching these songs (as the songs streaming on the web site show well). The insistent synth loop on “Think About It” makes it very accessible; ‘At What Cost’ uses a male rap verse with a strong female chorus; “Sensory Apparatus” is probably the most influenced by ‘80s pop, with a call-and-response of vocals and synth lines on the chorus; and “Do the Children Know” brings a beat to the fore, pushing distorted vocals back. Sometimes the changes are within the song, such as when, after two minutes, the tinny beats of “Transhallucination” give way to a more magisterial and orchestral force from the keyboards. The duo saves one of the best till last. They have no riff as strong as “Metropolis” and it leaves a potent line parading through the head. At times, an unadventurous tune can lose a track’s momentum, or the vocal pitching can sound hesitant, taking the edge off an otherwise dreamy track like “Late Night Drive,” where bubbles of synth pulse up and string effects swirl. Don’t expect too much on the lyrical front, either. They are not afraid to use clichés (changing /re-arranging, make up/break up). But overall, this is a very strong début, with its own sound, several darkly commercial tracks and enough interest to sustain repeated listens. http://walkerwords.wordpress.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line173
__label__cc	0.629684	0.370316	Pop ABC’s – letters and letter sound cheerful learning app for kids This very cheerful alphabet app and also great learning game was produced by Jajdo. This very colourful app was especially produced for kids who like to play casual games, such as fruit Ninja and other Highscore games. The app developers recommend this app for kids at the ages of 4 to 10 years, whereas we would preferably recommend this app for kids at the ages of 5-99 years, as the game gets quite tricky and difficult at the high levels. This game is therefore demanding enough for older kids and adults. The actual game concept is quite popular and interesting, kids will learn fast and will also be captivated whilst playing this very colourful and funky app. Letter-bubbles of the same colour need to be connected via fingerswipe, whilst they are slowly drifting upwards. The goal is to connect as many coloured letter-bubbles as you can and as quickly as you can, before they reach the top of the screen. Also the playing field gets smaller if bubbles with letters do not get connected, they just get added to the other “unlinked” bubbles. This will shorten your reaction time too, as you get less time and less room. The educational part of this game is, that the joined letters get displayed and mentioned via audio response. The alphabet consists of many different and funny monster-like letters with funny faces. The audi response is also pretty hilarious. We don’t really appreciate the fact, that you cannot turn off or regulate the music in this app, which might be fun to the kids but rather annoying to parents. The music kind of drowns the voices of the characteristic letters. This might also disturb the learning effect of this game. If you’re looking for a fun, quick and colourful kids game for your iPad or iPhone, then you will have found the right one with Pop ABC’s. This app has no in-app purchases and brings some interesting game elements along with it, such as slicing fruits, which is always a great and fun game to play and also comes up after every game of connecting the letters. The actual highscore hunt and and entertainment of Pop ABC’s is definitely present in this app. We like this app but we would love it even more with some updates, which would increase the actual potential of the learning game. Important Hint: The language settings are a little bit hidden, as you may know from other kids apps to protect kids from having access to it. You need to go on your main settings of the iPad or iPhone – because it is only possible to change or adjust the language there. The languages are English, German and French, Bokmål, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Swedish. Download Pop ABC’s kids app developer: JAJDO AB	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line174
__label__wiki	0.58153	0.58153	"Quickly! To the Angel-mobile! Away!" stuffy's profile Member since: 12 April 2009 stuffy has posted 0 links and 33 comments to WHEDONesque. Stephen Byrne Recent comments by stuffy 07/10/2009 11:05 CET 21926. Eliza Dushku on Good Day NY. 03/10/2009 08:24 CET 21877. Ratings for Dollhouse episode 2x02 "Instinct". 26/09/2009 13:12 CET 21804. Preview for next week's episode of Dollhouse. 23/09/2009 04:54 CET 21743. Clip from the Dollhouse season 2 premiere 'Vows'. 10/08/2009 11:19 CET 21279. The Most Disappointing Episodes Of The Greatest Shows. 28/07/2009 11:58 CET 21135. Discuss the thirteenth episode of Dollhouse. 25/07/2009 11:27 CET 21069. Teaser posters for 'The Cabin in the Woods'. 22/07/2009 11:38 CET 21048. A Guided Tour of Dollhouse Season 2! 19/07/2009 05:16 CET 21016. Dollhouse and feminism. 03/07/2009 12:52 CET 20861. For the discussion of Buffy #26. 30/06/2009 14:57 CET 20849. Amber Benson on the new Buffy movie. 08/06/2009 15:46 CET 20625. How Jo Chen works her cover art magic. 26/05/2009 16:02 CET 20459. Buffy Movie: Vertigo Entertainment and the Kuzuis in talks to do a Buffy feature film. 15/05/2009 12:11 CET 20327. The Live Feed: "Fox leaning toward Dollhouse renewal". 25/04/2009 06:36 CET 20014. Discuss the tenth episode of Dollhouse. 21/04/2009 13:19 CET 19982. Michelle Trachtenberg remembers high school woes.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line180
__label__wiki	0.565914	0.565914	Swiss local government workers strike twice to defend quality public services and equal conditions Over 2,000 public sector workers of the Geneva Canton (Switzerland) went on strike on 14 December 2017 and gathered below the ancient walls of the Calvinist city letting their local government (Conseil d’Etat) know: “We are back and here to stay!”. It was the second time in a just month that public hospital, school and university workers; social, elderly and disability care workers; local government technical and administrative staff, as well as public transport and airport staff mobilized to reject local government legislative plans aiming to substantially cut resources and staffing in these essential public services. The action was led by an inter-trade union alliance (“Cartel Intersyndical”) uniting all local trade unions with membership in local public services. PSI affiliate SSP-VPOD is on the frontline of this struggle. The cuts - primarily pushed by the conservative branches of the Geneva local government - aim at curtailing 44 million CHF (38 million Euros) from the public sector in 4 years, on top of the 470 million CHF already cut over the past 4 years (404 million Euros). The cuts would lead to unilateral public workers’ wage reductions and differential remuneration to workers depending on their status (“Score project”), increases in social contributions matched with lower pensions, and with the externalization and privatization of many essential local public services, in breach of the branch collective agreement. At the same time, the local Geneva government is preparing a new tax break plan of 500 million CHF for business and large fortunes (“Fiscal Project 17”), who have already benefitted from constantly decreasing tax rates over the past 13 years. On top of this, the local government approved a 2,000 chf/month salary increase for its representatives. “It is an organized and deliberate transfer of wealth we are seeing here”, said Albert Anor, SSP-VOPD President for the Geneva region. “Billions of francs withdrawn from the public sector and services and redirected to the private sector. There have been cuts on the welfare system, in public services that are vital to the people such as health, social services and education to fuel private business and pay dividends to shareholders, not to deliver quality, accessible services to people and create decent jobs”. The cuts will reduce the patient-to-carer ratio in the hospitals, affect the capacity of life-saving emergency services, and lead to a decline in the service quality. Public transport and airport security will also be at stake at a time when Geneva services are stretched due to the growing and ageing population and increased air traffic where more – not less – investment in service workers and infrastructures are needed. Citizens and service users will have to pay more out of their own pockets. Public sector workers will have a heavier workload with less pay, increasing stress, psychological risks and burnouts, which represent an emergency that the unions have been vocally denouncing. The unions call for the immediate withdrawal of the regressive law package, and demand local government stick to the fundamental rights of non-discrimination and equal pay for equal work, honour the collective agreement and initiate immediate negotiations. The unions have concrete proposals for an alternative, viable budget that includes the creation of many jobs in to local public sector that are badly needed by the growing and ageing local population and included investment in affordable public housing to ensure access to housing for all in a city where the skyrocketing rents are a major factor contributing to inequality and social exclusion. A PSI delegation took part in the action in support of local Geneva public sector workers. Swiss health workers mobilise for quality health and better working conditions Council of Global Unions meeting Opening of "ILO100" celebrations and launch of the report on the Future of Work (Geneva) Cleaners in public buildings in Geneva want to return to the public sector Over 2,000 signatures to halt declining working conditions and pensions at Geneva hospitals PSI Global Labour Remunicipalisation Workshop (Geneva) Set the active menu item for News type En (menu position rule)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line183
__label__cc	0.570434	0.429566	Past Research‎ > ‎Archived Tasks: November 2000 to October 2005‎ > ‎SP-2: Side and Rear Impact‎ > ‎ SP-2b: Biomechanics of Injury to Wheelchair-Seated Occupants in Side Impacts Task co-leaders: Lawrence Schneider, PhD and Miriam Manary, MSE Co-investigator: Gina Bertocci, PhD Other participants: University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Student (student), Jean Marc Girardin of Q’Straint (manufacturer), Ruth Lytle of Everest and Jennings (manufacturer), Steve Linquist of Sunrise Medical Mobility Systems (manufacturer), Jim Swinehart of Metalcraft Industries (manufacturer), Tom Novotny of AES (manufacturer), University of Michigan Health System Physical Therapists and Patients (clinicians and consumers), and RESNA SOWHAT members (researchers, clinicians, consumers, students, and industry representatives). Duration/Staging of task: This is a 30-month research task that will be conducted primarily in months 31-60 of the 60 month RERC cycle. Progress Report May 1, 2005 \| Progress Report May 1, 2006 5 year report June 1, 2006 This Task is based on the hypothesis that side-impact protection can be significantly improved for wheelchair-seat travelers, particularly for far-side impact scenarios, by understanding and applying the established concepts and test methods of side-impact protection developed for the automotive environment. A primary objective is to investigate and report on safety issues related to the biomechanics of injury in side impacts, particularly as they apply to wheelchair-seated travelers. However, it is also planned to develop design and performance criteria, and associated test methods, that will improve wheelchair-user safety in side impacts, and to work with collaborating wheelchair and WTORS companies to improve side-impact performance of products. The results of this effort will increase the understanding of the problem of side-impact protection for wheelchair users and will benefit wheelchair travelers by improving their level of crashworthiness safety in motor vehicles. The research and development plan is similar to that proposed in SP2a for rear-impacts, and involves several sub tasks with individual objectives. These include: conduct a thorough review of the biomechanical literature and existing federal safety standards relevant to side-impact crashes, and summarize and document the results as they may be relevant to developing test methods, and design and performance requirements for devices and equipment used by wheelchair-seated occupants. using input from Task 1c to determine an appropriate impact pulse, conduct simulated side-end impact tests to evaluate the performance of different types of wheelchairs and WTORS that comply with the frontal crash requirements of SAE J2249 and ANSI/RESNA WC/19 to assess the problem areas and needs. based on the results of (b), develop appropriate modifications to test methods and test instrumentation for conducting side-impact sled tests. modify existing computer models used for frontal-impact wheelchair/occupant simulations for use in side-impact simulations, and validate models using results from sled impact tests conducted in (b) and (c), use sled impact testing and computer simulations to study far-side impact protection issues for wheelchair-seated occupants and to establish performance criteria for wheelchairs and wheelchair components, such as armrest, use the results from (a) through (e) to establish a set of test methodologies and associated performance criteria for inclusion in future wheelchair and WTORS standards related to side-impact protection, in conjunction with collaborating manufacturers, develop prototype securement systems and wheelchair components that improve side-impact performance relative to criteria established in (f). Anticipated outcomes The overall goal of this activity is to reduce rear-impact injury for people who travel in a motor vehicle while seated in a wheelchair. This task will result in: a thorough compilation and analysis of existing literature on rear impact, an impact pulse appropriate for rear impact testing and simulation, an evaluation of current wheelchair and wheelchair tiedown designs as to their appropriateness for rear-impact protection, new test methods and instrumentation requirements for assessment of rear-impact risks new computer models that simulate rear-impacts of wheelchair–seated travelers, an understanding of the geometric constraints and challenges of providing vehicle –mounted head and back support systems, rear impact performance criteria and draft standards, and prototype hardware and/or design requirements that can aid manufacturers in the creation of products with improved rear-impact protection. Blaisdell, D., Stephens, G., and Meissner, U., Collision Performance of the Automotive Door Systems. Paper 940562, SAE, Warrendale, PA, 1994. Cavanaugh, J.M., Zhu, Y., Huang, Y., and King, A.I., Injury and Response of the Thorax in Side Impact Cadaveric Tests. Proceeding of the 37th Stapp Car Crash Conference, Paper 933127, SAE, Warrendale, PA, 1993. Cavanaugh, J.M., Huang, Y., Zhu, Y., and King, A.I., Regional Tolerance of the Shoulder, Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis to Padding in Side Impact. Paper 930435, SAE, Warrendale, PA, 1993. Cesari D., and Bloch, J., The Influence of Car Structural Behaviour on Occupant Protection in Car-to-Car Side Impact. International Conference on Vehicle Structures, C163/84, pp 7-10, Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited, London, England, 1984. Dalmotas, D.J., Injury Mechanisms to Occupant Restrained by Three-point Seat Belts in Side Impacts. Paper 830462, SAE Warrendale, PA, 1983. Daniel, R.P, Biomechanical Design Considerations For Side Impact. Paper 890386, SAE Warrendale, PA, 1989. Eppinger, R.H., Marcus, J.H., and Morgan M.M., Development of Dummy and Injury Index for NHTSA’s Thoracic Side Impact Protection Research Program. Proceedings of the 28th Stapp Car Crash Conference, Paper 840885, SAE Warrendale, PA, 1984. Fildes, B., Vulcan, P., and Lane, J., Side Impact Crashes in Austrailia, Proceedings of the 14th ESV conference, NHTSA, Washington, DC, 1994. Gloyns, P., and Rattenbury, S. Fatally Injured Struck Side Occupants in Side Impacts. TRRL Contractors Report 113, 1989. Häland, Y., Lövsund, P, and Nygren, A, Life-Threatening and Disabling Injuries in Car-to-Car Side Impacts – Implications for Development of Protective Systems. Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol 25, pp. 199-205, 1993. Huang Y., King, A.I., and Cavanaugh, J.M. A MADYMO Model of Near-side Human Occupants in Side Impact, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 116, May 1994. Plank, G.R., and Eppinger, R.H., Computed Dynamic Response of the Human From a Finite Element Model. Proceedings of the 12th ESV Conference, NHTSA, Washington, DC, 1989. Tarriere, C., Walfisch, G., and Fayon, A., Synthesis of Human Tolerance Obtained From Lateral Impact Simulation. Proceedings of the 7th ESV Conference, pp. 359-373, NHTSA, Washington, DC, 1979. Thomas, P., and Bradford, M., Side Impact Regulations, How Do They Relate to Real World Accidents?, Proceedings of the 12th ESV Conference, NHTSA, Washington, DC, 1989. Viano, D.C., Lau, I.V., Cordin A., King, A.I., and Begeman, P., Biomechanics of Human Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis in Lateral Impact, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol 21, pp. 553-574, 1989. Viano, D.C., Evaluation of Armrest Loading in Side Impacts. Proceedings of the 35th Stapp Car Crash Conference, Paper 912899, SAE, Warrendale, PA, 1991. Wang, J.T., Analytical Studies of Injury Criteria for the Thorax. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 1, 1989. Warner, C.Y, Strother, C.E., James, M.B., Struble, D.E. and Egbert, T.P., Crash Protection in Near-side Impact – Advantages of a Supplemental Inflatable Restraint. Technical paper 890602, SAE, Warrendale, PA, 1989. Warner, C.Y, James, M.B., Strother, C.E. A perspective on side impact occupant crash protection . Technical paper 900373, SAE, Warrendale, PA, 1990 Progress Report May 1, 2005 This task focuses on occupant protection for forward-facing, wheelchair-seated drivers and passengers in lateral impacts to the side of the vehicle opposite to where the occupant is seated. The project activities include: 1) evaluating how wheelchairs and WTORS that comply with current voluntary crashworthiness standards perform under far-side impact conditions, 2) reviewing and synthesizing the relevant side impact and biomechanical literature, 3) developing a test method for evaluating wheelchair and WTORS performance far-side impact loading, 4) determining associated response parameters and performance criteria for the test method of (3), and 5) developing and implementing improvements in wheelchair and WTORS designs that reduce the risk of wheelchair user injury in far-side impacts . The work this year has focused on items 1 through 4. Six side-facing sled tests of commercial wheelchairs and WTORS were conducted to determine how products that comply with current frontal crash test requirements perform in a far-side impact crash. The crash severity simulated was between 14-18 mph delta V with 14-g deceleration, and all tests used a mid-size male crash test dummy. Test results indicate the effects of different wheelchair mass, different types of WTORS including four-point tiedown and docking securement, fabric and planar seating, and different shoulder-belt geometries on wheelchair and dummy lateral excursions. The results of these and future tests, along with information from the literature, will be used to establish design specifications and performance criteria for wheelchairs and WTORS that will improved protection for forward-facing wheelchair users in far-side impacts. These specifications and criteria, and the associated test methods, will be implemented in additional wheelchair and WTORS standards. This task is focused on occupant protection for forward-facing, wheelchair-seated drivers and passengers in impacts to the side of the vehicle opposite to where the occupant is seated, which are often referred to as far-side impacts. The project activities include: an evaluation on how wheelchairs and WTORS that comply with current voluntary crashworthiness standards perform in far-side impact conditions, a review of the relevant literature, development of a test method for evaluating wheelchair and WTORS performance far-side impact loading, determination of response parameters and performance criteria for the test method of (3), and identifying features of wheelchair and WTORS that will reduce the risk of wheelchair user injury in far-side impacts. In the previous year, six side-impact sled tests of commercial wheelchairs and WTORS were conducted to determine how products that comply with current frontal crash test requirements perform in a far-side impact crash. The crash severity simulated was between 14 and 18 mph delta V with 14-g average deceleration, and all tests used an instrumented mid-size male Hybrid III crash test dummy. Test results indicate the effects of wheelchair mass, use of four-point tiedown versus docking securement, fabric versus planar seating systems, and different shoulder-belt geometries on wheelchair and dummy lateral excursions. The test series showed that current wheelchair designs and wheelchair securement methods perform well in far side impact but that quality occupant restraint and containment to the seating area were lacking. This is particularly concerning because the literature suggests that most injuries in far-side impact are due to excessive lateral occupant excursion leading to contact with the vehicle interior or other occupants. In the current year, insights from this initial test series led to a second test series that further the effects of lap-belt anchor point location (either to the wheelchair or to the vehicle floor) and seat system characteristics (fabric versus planar seating) on lateral excursions of the ATD using the surrogate wheelchair base as a generic platform for testing. The tests indicate that use of fabric seating and wheelchairanchored lap belts reduce peak lateral head excursions, and thereby reduce the risk of injury in far-side impacts. Additional tests are being conducted to explore the benefits or disbenefits of other seating features, such as lateral-torso postural supports, to injury risk in far-side impacts. The results of these studies, along with information from the literature, will be used to establish design guidelines and test methods for wheelchairs and WTORS that will improve protection for forward-facing wheelchair users in far-side impacts. These specifications and criteria, and the associated test methods, will be implemented, as appropriate, in wheelchair and WTORS standards. This task is focused on occupant protection for forward-facing, wheelchair-seated drivers and passengers in impacts to the side of the vehicle opposite to where the occupant is seated, which are often referred to as far-side impacts. The project activities include: 1) an evaluation on how wheelchairs and WTORS that comply with current voluntary crashworthiness standards perform in far-side impact conditions, 2) a review of the relevant literature, 3) development of a test method for evaluating wheelchair and WTORS performance far-side impact loading, 4) determination of response parameters and performance criteria for the test method of (3), and 5) identifying features of wheelchair and WTORS that will reduce the risk of wheelchair user injury in far-side impacts. Six side-impact sled tests of commercial wheelchairs and WTORS were conducted to determine how products that comply with current frontal crash test requirements perform in a far-side impact crash. The crash severity simulated was between 14 and 18 mph delta V with 14-g average deceleration, and all tests used an instrumented mid-size male Hybrid III crash test dummy. Test results indicate the effects of wheelchair mass, use of four-point tiedown versus docking securement, fabric versus planar seating systems, and different shoulder-belt geometries on wheelchair and dummy lateral excursions. The test series showed that current wheelchair designs and wheelchair securement methods perform well in far side impact but that quality occupant restraint and containment to the seating area were lacking. This is particularly concerning because the literature suggests that most injuries in far-side impact are due to excessive lateral occupant excursuion leading to contact with the vehicle interior or other occupants. The insights from this initial test series led to a second test series that further the effects of lap-belt anchor point location (either to the wheelchair or to the vehicle floor) and seat system characteristics (fabric versus planar seating) on lateral excursions of the ATD using the surrogate wheelchair base as a generic platform for testing. The tests indicate that use of fabric seating and wheelchair-anchored lap belts reduce peak lateral head excursions, and thereby reduce the risk of injury in far-side impacts. Additional tests are being conducted to explore the benefits or disbenefits of other seating features, such as lateral-torso postural supports, to injury risk in far-side impacts. The results of these studies, along with information from the literature, will be used to establish design guidelines and test methods for wheelchairs and WTORS that will improve protection for forward-facing wheelchair users in far-side impacts. These specifications and criteria, and the associated test methods, will be implemented, as appropriate, in wheelchair and WTORS standards.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line192
__label__wiki	0.768136	0.768136	Apophyllite-(KF) Mineral Data [Content and History] [Recent Issues] [Back Issues] [Subscriptions] [Contacts] See Also: [Diamond Crystals] [Excalibur Minerals] [Hudson Institute] [Minerals on CDROM] Mineral News was founded some twenty years ago and has developed a following of avid mineral collectors seeking timely information about new finds and other items of interest to the collector community. Articles are solicited from collector and scientific authors. General Apophyllite-(KF) Information Chemical Formula: (K,Na)Ca4Si8O20(F,OH)•8(H2O) Potassium 4.37 % K 5.26 % K2O Sodium 0.45 % Na 0.61 % Na2O Calcium 21.08 % Ca 29.50 % CaO Fluorine 2.25 % F 2.25 % F - % F -0.95 % -O=F2 Empirical Formula: K0.85Na0.15Ca4Si8O20F0.9(OH)0.1 Environment: A secondary mineral in amygdules or druses in basalts. A late-stage mineral in some mineral deposits. Locality: Poona, Nasik, and Bombay districts, Maharashtra, India. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. Name Origin: From the Greek apophylliso - "it flakes off." and the composition containing fluorine; Name Pronunciation: Apophyllite-(KF) + Pronunciation Synonym: Fluorapophyllite - Renamed to Apophyllite-(F) by Mineralogical Record, v39, (2008), p 131 Apophyllite-(KF) Image Apophyllite-(KF) Stilbite-Ca Apophyllite Comments: Doubly terminated, very clear and perfect fluorapophyllite with white stilbite. Location: Jalgaon, India. Scale: 4 x 3.5 cm. Apophyllite-(KF) Crystallography Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.76324 Cell Dimensions: a = 8.963, c = 15.804, Z = 2; V = 1,269.62 Den(Calc)= 1.99 Crystal System: Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 4/mnc X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 7.81(1), 2.49(0.9), 3.57(0.6),2.95(0.5), 3.9(0.5), 4.51(0.45), 3.17(0.4), Stahl K , European Journal of Mineralogy , 5 (1993) p.845-849, A neutron powder diffraction study of partially dehydrated, fluorapophyllite, KCa4Si8O20F6.9H2O Physical Properties of Apophyllite-(KF) Color: White, Pink, Green, Yellow, Violet. Density: 2.3 - 2.4, Average = 2.34 Diaphaneity: Transparent to Translucent Fracture: Brittle - Uneven - Very brittle fracture producing uneven fragments. Habit: Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals. Habit: Pseudo Cubic - Crystals show a cubic outline. Hardness: 4-5 - Fluorite-Apatite Luminescence: Non-fluorescent. Luster: Vitreous - Pearly Streak: white Optical Properties of Apophyllite-(KF) Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.101 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.3 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) Ncalc = 1.41 - 1.5 Optical Data: Uniaxial (+), w=1.53-1.536, e=1.532-1.538, bire=0.0020. Calculated Properties of Apophyllite-(KF) note: Specific Gravity of Apophyllite-(KF) =2.35 gm/cc. Photoelectric: PEApophyllite-(KF) = 4.17 barns/electron U=PEApophyllite-(KF) x relectron= 9.77 barns/cc. GRapi = 62.81 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Concentration of Apophyllite-(KF) per GRapi unit = 1.59 (%) Estimated Radioactivity from Apophyllite-(KF) - barely detectable Apophyllite-(KF) Classification Dana Class: 72.03.01.01 (72)Phyllosilicate Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings (72.03)with 3-, 4-, or 5-membered rings and 8-membered rings (72.03.01)Apophyllite group (4- & 8-membered rings) 72.03.01.00 Apophyllite KCa4(Si4O10)2F•8(H2O) P 4/mnc 4/m 2/m 2/m 72.03.01.01 Apophyllite-(KF) (K,Na)Ca4Si8O20(F,OH)•8(H2O) P 4/mnc 4/m 2/m 2/m 72.03.01.02 Apophyllite-(KOH) KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)•8(H2O) P 4/mnc 4/m 2/m 2/m 72.03.01.03 Apophyllite-(NaF) NaCa4Si8O20F•8(H2O) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m 72.03.01.04 Carletonite KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(OH,F)•(H2O) P 4/mbm 4/m 2/m 2/m Strunz Class: 09.EA.15 09 - SILICATES (Germanates) 09.EA -Single nets of tetrahedra with 4-, 5-, (6-), and 8-membered rings 09.EA.15 Apophyllite* KCa4(Si4O10)2F•8(H2O) P 4/mnc 4/m 2/m 2/m 09.EA.15 Apophyllite-(KOH) KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)•8(H2O) P 4/mnc 4/m 2/m 2/m 09.EA.15 Apophyllite-(KF) (K,Na)Ca4Si8O20(F,OH)•8(H2O) P 4/mnc 4/m 2/m 2/m 09.EA.15 Apophyllite-(NaF) NaCa4Si8O20F•8(H2O) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m Other Apophyllite-(KF) Information References: NAME( AntBidBlaNic2) PHYS. PROP.(AntBidBlaNic2) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic2) See Also: Links to other databases for Apophyllite-(KF) : Search for Apophyllite-(KF) using: Visit our Advertisers for Apophyllite-(KF) : A Bijoux Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) Adam's Minerals Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) Cape Minerals Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Apophyllite-(KF) McDougall Minerals Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Apophyllite-(KF) Ask about Apophyllite-(KF) here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Apophyllite-(KF) Specimen Label here : Apophyllite-(KF) (K,Na)Ca4Si8O20(F,OH)•8(H2O) Dana No: 72.03.01.01 Strunz No: 09.EA.15	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line194
__label__cc	0.711097	0.288903	Institute for Athletic Medicine - University Village Institute for Athletic Medicine Monday: 7 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Tuesday: 7 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: 7 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Friday: 7 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Blood flow restriction (BFR) training utilizes a personalized tourniquet system (PTS) to partially restrict blood flow to the working muscle while fully restricting blood flow back to the heart for a short period of time during low-intensity exercise. Cycle Fit While cyclists ride for different reasons — recreation, transportation, competition or fitness — there is one theme common to most: a desire to cycle. At the Institute for Athletic Medicine, we share your passion and have developed CycleFit, an injury treatment and prevention program designed for cyclists of all abilities, from recreational to racer. The Institute for Athletic Medicine is dedicated to meeting the distinctive health care needs of artists and performers. The Dance Program offers specialized exercise programs to help treat and prevent injuries. Our therapists work with you and your physician to develop an exercise and treatment program tailored to your needs, to get you back to the dance you love. Dry needling is a skilled intervention in which fine needles are inserted into myofascial trigger points, tendons, ligaments, or near nerves in order to stimulate a healing response in musculoskeletal conditions. It is used to treat dysfunctions in muscle, connective tissue and diminish nociceptive (pain) input. Our specifically trained providers will use dry needling, in conjunction with exercises and other interventions, to get you better, faster, and back to the things you love to do. The Institute for Athletic Medicine is dedicated to meeting the distinctive health care needs of artists, performers and arts educators. The Figure Skating Program at the Institute for Athletic Medicine offers specialized exercise programs to help treat or prevent problems. Our therapists work with you and your physician to develop an exercise and treatment program tailored to your needs, to get you back to the stage. Our team of physical therapists has specialized training to help you understand and take control of your diabetes and related conditions and reduce the impact of these conditions through improved physical activity. Golf Program The Golf Program is a specialized rehabilitation program designed to put injured amateur and competitive golfers back on the course, playing the game that they love. With an understanding of the unique biomechanical requirements and demands of the game, physical therapists from the Institute for Athletic Medicine work with you for quick and effective rehabilitation. The Institute for Athletic Medicine is dedicated to meeting the distinctive health care needs of artists, performers and arts educators. The Gymnastics Program at the Institute for Athletic Medicine offers specialized exercise programs to help treat or prevent problems. Our therapists work with you and your physician to develop an exercise and treatment program tailored to your needs, to get you back to the stage. Kids in Control It is quite common for children to wet the bed, but less common and more embarrassing for children to wet or soil themselves during the day. Children who experience daytime or nighttime wetting and soiling can suffer low self-esteem, and they may have delayed social development. However, incontinence is a treatable condition, and it doesn’t need to be “waited out” until children outgrow it. Manual Therapy (mobilization, manipulation, MFR) Manual therapy has been shown to be an important aspect of your overall plan of care. In comparisons of those individuals who are prescribed exercise alone versus those who also receive manual therapy, the group receiving both often has better outcomes. Our providers pair manual therapy with exercises and patient education to quickly best treat your condition and get you back to the things you love to do. McKenzie method of MDT Mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT) is a philosophy of care which involves active patient involvement and education. It is an evidenced based approach that is trusted and used by practitioners and patients all over the world for neck, back and extremity problems. MDT’s key distinction is the initial assessment component – a safe and reliable means to accurately reach a diagnosis and only then make the appropriate treatment plan. Many things can affect the overall health of the pelvic floor in men, often resulting in pain and/or dysfunction. Signs and symptoms may include muscular weakness resulting in loss of urine or bowel control, pelvic pain, testicular/scrotal pain, tailbone pain or erectile dysfunction. Pain can even appear in other parts of the body, and this affects how your body reacts. Many do not recognize that the overall health of the pelvic floor can affect all sorts of bodily functions. Next Step is a five-week 10-session sports rehabilitation program that bridges the gap between in-clinic sports injury rehabilitation and return to high-intensity sport activities. As Nordic skiers, our physical therapists understand the unique mechanics and musculoskeletal demands of Nordic skiing when treating the injured skier, in and out of season. We have developed a specialized Nordic Ski Rehabilitation Program that takes into consideration the specific elements and demands of the sport while recovering from acute to chronic injuries. Physical therapy is at the core of what our team does each and every day. Physical therapists (PTs) are health care professionals who treat people for muscle, bone and joint conditions that limit their ability to move and perform activities in their daily lives or in sports. Physical therapy is used to help people return to work and play after an injury, surgery, or illness. Pilates is a method of body conditioning that uses a unique system of strengthening, stretching and breathing to develop the powerhouse, or “core” of the body: abdominals, low back, gluteals and supporting muscle groups that include inner and outer thighs, pelvic floor and the upper back. Running Program Most runners have a few simple goals: Run better. Run farther. Run faster. Run without pain. At the Institute for Athletic Medicine, our running program experts understand these goals. Whether you’re recovering from an injury or training to prevent one, our running specialists help you stay in top form. The Brace Program Osteoarthritis and cartilage breakdown in the knee and hip can result in mild to severe joint pain. Unloader bracing can take pressure off your knee or hip joint to reduce pain and allow you to return to the activities you enjoy. Throwers Program The thrower's injury program aims to return injured athletes to their sport at or above their previous level of performance. With an understanding of the unique mechanical requirements of throwing, physical therapists develop an individualized return-to-throwing program to improve strength, mobility and throwing mechanics to prevent further injury. The return to peak performance requires involvement of coaches, athletic trainers and parents. Changes in a woman’s body brought about by pregnancy, aging or illness often result in discomfort, loss of mobility and lifestyle changes. Pelvic pain and dysfunction may occur throughout all stages of a woman’s life. The Women’s Health Program at the Institute for Athletic Medicine offers specialized physical therapy and exercise programs to help treat or prevent these problems. Our physical therapists work with you and your physician to develop an exercise and treatment program tailored to your needs, including access to education materials for home use. To promote healing while recovering from an injury, our Yoga-based rehabilitation program compliments traditional rehabilitation. Our trained therapists take into consideration the person’s diagnosis, their Yoga practice and requirements of Yoga training. A comprehensive assessment is performed to analyze posture, assess breathing and joint mechanics, and identify muscle imbalances. The therapist then designs a customized Yoga based rehabilitation program. 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__label__wiki	0.749548	0.749548	Start » ABBA » Studio albums » Arrival Deluxe Edition » Reviews ABBA's studio albums The eight original albums showcasing the group's creative genius The Remasters Ring Ring Deluxe Edition Waterloo Deluxe Edition ABBA Deluxe Edition Arrival Deluxe Edition ABBA - The Album - Deluxe Edition Voulez-Vous Deluxe Edition Gracias por la música Deluxe Edition Super Trouper Deluxe Edition The Visitors Deluxe Edition Compilations and box sets ABBA lecture More ABBA Monica Zetterlund Siw Malmkvist Du, pappa... Something On My Mind ABBA Blog Carl Magnus Palm Carl Magnus Palm.com Newsletter "[This latest upgrading] is an entirely worthy exercise which sees the original, impeccable album ... expanded[.] But the main attraction here is a DVD, crammed with previously unissued and hard-to-find footage[.]" Music Week (UK), October 7, 2006 "Arrival is not only ABBA's masterpiece, but also the best album ever recorded in Sweden." 5/5 Jan Gradvall, DI Weekend (Sweden), October 13, 2006 [Click here to read Jan Gradvall's review in full (in Swedish).] "Some regard Arrival as the group's best album. You don't own it? Buy this double-disc edition and enjoy both pictures and music." Nöjesmix (Sweden), October 25, 2006 "[Arrival] is a fresh and sprightly 30-year-old that again completely dazzles you with its musical strength. [...] Swedish pop music has not been as impeccably and succesfully crafted after Arrival. [...] The booklet is generous and tells you the complete story of the making of Arrival ... Story after story follows over 25 well-filled and enormously interesting pages. [...] The DVD is a real treat all the way through for both eyes and ears. [...] A more complete version of the timeless Arrival album is not to be found." Jonathan Strandlund, Nya Wermlands-Tidningen (Sweden), November 3, 2006 "[Arrival Deluxe Edition] is a textbook example of how to package a reissue. [...] Once again, one is reminded of Arrival's qualities as one of the most consummate, well-produced and melodious ABBA albums[.]" 5/5 Ulf Gustavsson, Upsala Nya Tidning (Sweden), November 3, 2006 [Click here to read Ulf Gustavsson's review in full (in Swedish).] "Featuring the immaculate 'Dancing Queen', Arrival marked the real beginning of Abba's imperious pop reign [...] the irresistible drama of 'Money, Money, Money' and then, with 'Knowing Me, Knowing You', the first signs of their mature heartache." 4/5 Stephen Troussé, Uncut (UK), December 2006 "Arrival is the first of ABBA's original album to be honoured by Universal Music's Deluxe Edition format - but hopefully not the last. [...] The DVD is a true treasure-trove for ABBA fans and contains several different television performances. The packaging and the booklet, with a long, readable essay, strengthens the high-class impression." Clas Olson, Ny musikbransch (Sweden), December 2006 "[This] expanded edition - bolstered by the glittering 1976 single Fernando and an absorbing documentary - captures all the glory and innocence of ABBA's wonder years." 4/5 Paul Elliott, Q Magazine (UK), January 2007 Arrival Deluxe Edition. Released October 9, 2006. Catalogue number: Polar 985 836-2. Amazon.com (US) Amazon.co.uk (UK) Amazon.de (Germany) Amazon.fr (France) CDOn (Sweden) CDOn (EU) ABBA Fan Club Shop (The Netherlands) Liner notes, part 1 ABBA-dabba-dooo!! - The making of a TV special Arrival – The Making Of A Classic Pop Album Knowing Me, Knowing You – Three Decades Of Heartache 2001 remastered version Waterloo 30th Anniversary Edition ABBA - The Album Deluxe Edition About the Deluxe Editions Design company In fine style © 2003-2021 Carl Magnus Palm. All rights reserved. \| Contact Produced by In fine style & Disco Works	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line210
__label__cc	0.543875	0.456125	Tag Archives: LOEWE FOUNDATION International Poetry Prize For Aurora Luque (Almería, Spain, 1962), winning the 32nd LOEWE FOUNDATION International Poetry Prize has been “an honour, a responsibility and a source of inspiration.” The poet praises “the enthusiasm and effort the LOEWE FOUNDATION puts forward to promote the Prize and ensure the books reach critics and, most importantly, readers.” Luque hopes “it will set an example for others to follow.” Gavieras, the award-winning book, is the newest addition to her prolific writing career; Luque, who is a classical philologist, poet, translator, and columnist, goes on to explain that Gavieras is not “all that different” from her other works. “What has become clear to me over the past few years is that an existence based on a fixed identity and linked to an unalterable language and status is being called into question.” Perhaps that is why “we need to focus on myths that are structurally different and that allow us to redefine or reconstruct the meaning of “identity”, particularly the female one.” For Luque, “the most attractive models are those that allow characters to change and evolve, to be in constant search, to be dynamic. When faced with past static individual and female models, why not dream of new, richer, less “still”, more fluid ones? The gaviera, the flâneuse, the gleaner, the neodanaide, the woman who narrates her descensus ad ínferos (traditionally told from the male perspective: Odysseus, Aeneas). Why not take inspiration from the experiences of past female roamers, travelers, game changers, disruptors, or women who have been displaced or been forced into exile?” For Aurora Luque, the list of LOEWE Prize winning books is “a key compilation of recent poetry, with the best of the newest talent, not because they represent an official group, but because of the aesthetics that they uphold.” Something that is a source of great personal satisfaction, since “the very first readings of living poets that I attended at university were theirs: I remember seeing Jaime Siles, Antonio Colinas, Luis Antonio de Villena, Guillermo Carnero, and José María Álvarez walk into the Madraza in Granada. Listening to their poetry meant discovering entire new worlds.” Luque does point to what she calls “an objective novelty”: after Cristina Peri Rossi, she is only the second female to ever receive the Prize. “In that sense, I feel somewhat alone. I’m hopeful that will change going forward.” In some of Gavieras’ poems, Luque reviews and rewrites ancient myths “with certain fierceness. Those with hushed undertones; where whispers abound. I focus on what the characters, particularly the heroines and goddesses, are not telling us: Amphitrite, Danaides, Medea, Eurydice, Aphrodite, the anonymous prehistoric “goddesses.” Luque also adds that “myths represent language and I question the pitfalls of language; the ways in which it provokes or imposes silence.” The refugees, according to Aeschylus Sand between the toes We didn’t know of knots or about oars. We learned rigging tasks on the fine sands of the Nile, by the sea. Of all the misfortunes we chose the noblest, to escape freely. We travelled, like Io escaping from the beds where Eros sowed horseflies, jealousy, asphyxia, landlords, The ship is our floating agora. We sail searching for the city —You are looking for a city? — Oh, yes, we want it. We can build it. We know how to build altars. To Athena the seafarer we pray in Rhodes with our free lips. Do not grow up in the houses caverns of rude Cyclops. We long to search for fountains in the Earth’s clean entrails. May our orchards never be watered by Ares’ blood. Aurora Luque LOEWE Prize 2019 Gavieras Poem Translation by Orlando Ocampo Photo Caption: LOEWE FOUNDATION International Poetry Prize © FUNDACIÓN LOEWE, 2019. This entry was posted in Poetry and tagged LOEWE FOUNDATION International Poetry Prize, Aurora Luque, Gavieras on 16/07/2020 by Fundación Loewe.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line214
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__label__wiki	0.579439	0.579439	Unwritten Regulation At The Small Ballroom SoCal pop-punk outfit Unwritten Regulation fired longtime guitarist Rob Brewer last week following an onstage fracas that left frontman Scott Russo with one less tooth. We barely see any interactions between Anders and Lawson which I believed was unusual as a result of not solely are they siblings, they’re twins and so they stay collectively. Fans will not just be treated to The Black Album (officially titled Unwritten Legislation) either. UNWRITTEN LEGISLATION play Hits and Pits Pageant at The Hello-Fi on Wednesday May 14 and Saturday May 17 alongside Strung Out, Face To Face, Ten Foot Pole and extra. When Cailin was four years outdated Russo wrote his daughter a love song, which he by no means supposed to be recorded by his skate punk band, Unwritten Legislation. Interscope Information released their very own “best of” Unwritten Legislation compilation entitled, twentieth Century Masters: The Millennium Collection. In fact, things get confusing when Regulation finally ends up working with Reed, and finally ends up hooking up with him again (and once more) pretending he’s Anders. This is the work of the unwritten legislation” about which a lot is said, and in whose behest butchery is made a pastime and nationwide savagery … Read More Unwritten Law At The Small Ballroom SoCal pop-punk outfit Unwritten Legislation fired longtime guitarist Rob Brewer last week following an onstage fracas that left frontman Scott Russo with one less tooth. In 1994 the band recorded their first album, Blue Room , which was released by native label Crimson Eye Data It established their early sound of fast-paced punk rock and gave them the opportunity to construct their reputation by enjoying local exhibits in and across the San Diego area. Reed’s sexual relationship with Anders (who is actually Law pretending to be Anders) did not seem very fleshed (ha) out in addition to his friendship-turned-relationship with Lawson. If I could be allowed a second to peel again the proverbial curtain on my formative live performance-going years, Unwritten Law had been quite literally the first punk band I saw dwell. Lawson and Anderson. Going into 2011, the band included Scott Russo, Steve Morris, Pat Kim, and newest drummer Dylan Howard. Before the yr came to an in depth, Unwritten Law inked a serious take care of Lava Information. By way of the loss of all that, I did quite a lot of studying, at that time, about music and my position in the band. It has been … Read More	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line221
__label__wiki	0.934932	0.934932	Home Life Sumith Tissera Silently serving a cause Sumith Tissera Silently serving a cause The Media Foundation’s sights are now firmly set on an assortment of goals that we hope to announce soon Marine Surveyor and well-known Canada-based businessman Sumith Tissera has earned respect and admiration for his extra-ordinary passion for music, films, media and artistes who have sparkled in those fields. This magnificent obsession has today made Sumith, the prime mover of the much talked about International Media Foundation (IMF) which has now spread its wings to the United States and Canada where he keeps the Sri Lankan flag flying high. This Media Foundation formed in 1991 aimed at promoting wholesome local arts including the media, was initially focusing on recognizing veterans who had rendered yeoman service to the relevant industries. It offers scholarships, conducts seminars and workshops for children here and abroad to groom them in the right direction in arts, media and social responsibility. IMF International President Sumith Tissera who recalled the foundation’s activities, said since the late nineties after he left for Canada, the Sri Lankan branch of the foundation was not actively operating as much as the New York and Canada branches. “I am now working on reviving the Colombo organization soon and I am glad to say that it will be run by an enthusiastic, dedicated and vibrant team, who will work in liaison with the New York and Canada branches as well. I was in fact looking for the right team to take forward my concept in the right spirit. I will elaborate more details soon. But Sri Lankans living here, in Canada and the US can be assured of renewed vigour with the revival of the Colombo branch soon, early next year,” said Sumith who always believes in sharing expertise in a meaningful manner to help mould a wholesome new generation that will appreciate our values, ethics and traditions in a professional manner. Somewhere in 1990, I together with a few of my friends with similar interests formed the Media Foundation with the intention of promoting the local arts sphere. My friends included A.D.Ranjith Kumara and former Navy musician the late Ranjith Perera. We also had award-winning film-maker H.D.Premaratne, Rev. Fr. Ernest Porutota and Ravindra Randeniya playing key roles in our Foundation. sumith with high commissioner K. K. girihagama “Personally, I felt that only people who reached star status were being recognised and honoured with glittering awards, while the efforts of hundreds who were really deserving went unnoticed. We then focussed on honouring these unsung heroes and heroines. I am proud that we were the first to felicitate artistes like Christy Leonard Perera, Joseph Seneviratne, Michael Sannas Liyanage, GSB Rani Perera, Ariyaratne Kahawita and Haroon Lantra at our second award ceremony. In our first attempt in 1992, we presented an award to Prem Jayanth. In the following years we recognised the services of Anula Karunatileke, Baptist Fernando, Malani Fonseka, Sonia Dissa, Ravindra Randeniya and also honoured the Gampaha district cricketers after the world cup victory in 1996. We never sought publicity through our attempts because we believed that the moves were part of our social responsibility,” Sumith said. “Our work was appreciated from many quarters and the word obviously spread across to Sri Lankans living abroad. As a result, we set up a branch in New York in 2000 with Nimal Rajapakse and Neville Perera. The same year we set up the Canada branch headed by Wanni Dhanawardena with the services of artistes like M. S. Ananda, Shyama Ananda and Ajith Jinadasa. Today we also have Sudesh, Muthu, Wanni, Ajith Gomez and Manjula also playing crucial roles. To coincide with the 50th Independence of Sri Lanka, we held cultural programmes featuring top Sri Lankan artistes in 15 cities in the US. We also have Nihal Radella, Lakshman Kottage, Marlon Ranasinghe and others backing our noble moves,” he said. “The Media Foundation’s sights are now firmly set on an assortment of goals that we hope to announce soon,” said Sumith who had been serving in silence, also as the one-time President of the Colombo Fort Lions club. Text: Ramesh Uvais inaugural Media Foundation meeting in 1991	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line223
__label__cc	0.712996	0.287004	Browse > Home / All Financial News, Economy News / South Korea’s trade surplus hits record high South Korea’s trade surplus hits record high Peter Charalambous \| May 1, 2009 \| 0 Comments South Korea’s exports in April have fallen less than expected, while the country’s trade surplus has hit a record high for the second consecutive month, as the cost of imports fell due to the price of oil. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy said today that exports have fallen by 19 percent to $30.67 billion in April, compared to this time last year, although economists had predicted a 23 percent fall. A further signal that the economy has passed the worst of the global economic downturn comes after South Korea posted a record trade surplus of $6.02 billion. South Korean exports fell by 34.2 percent in January and 22 percent in March. In the first quarter, the economy just avoided recession and posted a growth of 0.1 percent as the government introduced stimulus measures in order to avert the problem of falling imports. Despite this, the economy had contracted 5.1 percent at the end of 2008 and now both the central bank and the government are predicting that the economy will shrink again. South Korea’s stock market is closed today for a holiday. but the index increased by 14 percent in April. 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__label__wiki	0.571438	0.571438	Game Guide: Sailing Jargon May 23, 2008 (May 2, 2008) TheDungeoneer The first of hopefully many Game Guides. These are meant as system-agnostic guides that can help you flesh out your game world. This issue is Sailing Jargon. Make your salty seadogs sound even saltier! Sailing is a specialized world full of unique words. Keep your players off-balance while they’re on-board ship by having the crew talk authentically. Able Seaman Knowledgeable/experienced sailor. Afore To the front of the vessel. Aft At, near or towards the stern, or rear, of the boat. Aloft High in the masts or rigging. Amidships In the middle of the vessel. An order of “Rudder amidships” means to bring the rudder centered (neither port nor starboard). Ballast Weight in the keel of a boat, to add stability. Beam A term used to describe a boat’s width. Bear Away/Off See Head Down. Beating To sail a zigzag course into the wind. Bilges Bottom compartment of ship, usually filled with waste water. Block The nautical term for a pulley. Boarding Nets Nets strung out from ship’s side to stop boarding. Boom A pole or spar extending horizontally from the mast, which holds the base of the mainsail. Bow The front of the boat. Bowsprit Spar at the front of a ship. Box Haul Sharp turning of a ship. Brace Rope used to hold direction of a sail. Brigantine Two-masted ship. Bring To Slowing a ship so that it almost stops by heading it into the wind. Bulkhead Internal partitions of ships. By the Lee Sailing downwind with the wind blowing over the leeward side of the boat, increasing the possibility of an unexpected gybe. Cable Heavy rope. Cable (Length) 240 yards (219.5m). Capstan Large cylindrical device that sailors inserted poles into to help haul up cables. Careen Lying a ship on its side to allow its hull to be cleaned. Close Hauled Sailing as directly into the wind as possible. Cutter Single-masted small ship. Downwind Sailing with the wind behind you. Draught Vertical distance from water line to bottom of keel. Vessels with smaller draughts can navigate shallower waters (and usually get closer to shore). The downside is they tend to be less stable in heavy winds. Easterly A wind blowing from the east. Can be similarly applied to the other points of the compass. Eight Bells Aboard Navy ships, bells are struck to designate the hours of being on watch. Each watch is four hours in length. One bell is struck after the first half-hour has passed, two bells after one hour has passed, three bells after an hour and a half, four bells after two hours, and so forth up to eight bells are struck at the completion of the four hours. Completing a watch with no incidents to report was “Eight bells and all is well.” Sailors couldn’t afford to have their own time pieces and relied on the ship’s bells to tell time. The ship’s boy kept time by using a half-hour glass. Each time the sand ran out, he would turn the glass over and ring the appropriate number of bells. En Flute A warship without some, or all, of its cannons. Fore Front of a ship. Foredeck The area of a boat’s deck that is in front of the mast. Also a crew position. Forestay A mast support that runs from the top of the mast, or near the top of the mast, to the bow. Furl To fold or roll a sail and secure it to its main support. Gaff Yard supporting top of a sail. Gooseneck The joint connecting the boom and the mast. Gybe To change a boat’s course so that the stern moves through the wind. Halyard Rope used to hoist or lower sails. Head Down (Fall Off) To turn the boat away from the wind. Headsail Sail flown between the mast and the bow of the boat. The headsail is attached to the forestay and acts like the boat’s gears – the lighter the wind, the bigger the headsail. Heel The action of the boat leaning over due to the pressure of the wind. Helm The mechanism, a wheel or tiller, used to move the rudder and thus steer the boat. The skipper can also be called the helm. Holystone Teak, and other wooden decks, were scrubbed with a piece of sandstone, nicknamed at one time by an anonymous witty sailor as the “holystone.” It was so named because since its use always brought a man to his knees, it must be holy! Hull The body of the boat. Jib Another name for a headsail. Jibe See Gybe. Keel A weighted piece (wood or metal) running underneath the vessel, that acts to balance it. Knot A fastening made by looping a piece of string on itself and tightening it. Also, unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour (1.15 mph or 1.85 km/h). Landsman Inexperienced sailor. Larboard Same as Port, but since it sounds so similar to Starboard, it isn’t used as often. Leech Trailing edge of the sail. Leeward The side of the boat away from the direction from which the wind blows; the side sheltered from the wind. The opposite side is windward. Luff To change course towards the direction of the wind; also the leading edge of the sail. Mainsail The large triangular sail behind the mast. Mast Vertical spar that holds up the sails, also known as the rig. Mizzen Rear of a ship. Mizzenmast A mast located at the rear of the ship. Nautical mile One minute (ie one sixtieth) of a degree of latitude; approx. 6076 feet – about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280ft (1852m). Ordinary Seaman Sailor with limited experience. Orlop deck The lowest deck on a vessel. Overboard Over the side or out of the boat, as in “Man Overboard!” Pinnace A ship’s boat. Plying Turn to windward. Port The side of the ship that is on the left when one is facing forward. Opposite of starboard. Port Tack When a boat is sailing with the wind blowing on its port side. Opposite of starboard tack. Ratlines Ropes attached to a ship’s shrouds that are used as ladders. Reaching Sailing across the wind. Reef To reduce the area of sail available to the wind. Rig General term used to describe a boat’s mast and sail combination. Rudder A flat blade hanging vertically below the waterline near the rear of the boat used for steering. Runner Sailing downwind, with the wind directly behind you. Sheet Rope attached to the lower corner of the sails. Sheet in/out Tightening or slackening of the sheets to adjust the shape of the sails. Shrouds Support ropes attached to the masts. Spar A thick, strong pole used for a mast or yard on a ship. Starboard The right side of the boat when facing forward. Stern The rear of the boat. Tack Way of a ship zig-zagging into the wind or turning it by steering to winward. Tender A small boat used to transport equipment and crew from shore to a larger boat. Tiller The stick or tube attached to the top of a rudder and used to turn it. Trim To adjust the sails depending on the position and or strength of the wind. Topgallant Highest of the three spars used to make a mast. Upwind Sailing towards/into the wind. Victualling The restocking/resupplying of a ship at sea. Watches Traditionally, a 24-hour day is divided into seven watches. These are: midnight to 4 a.m. [0000-0400], the mid-watch; 4 to 8 a.m. [0400-0800], morning watch; 8 a.m. to noon [0800-1200], forenoon watch; noon to 4 p.m. [1200-1600], afternoon watch; 4 to 6 p.m. [1600-1800] first dog watch; 6 to 8 p.m. [1800-2000], second dog watch; and, 8 p.m. to midnight [2000-2400], evening watch. The half hours of the watch are marked by the striking the bell an appropriate number of times. Wake A trail of disturbed water left by a ship. Wear Turn a ship by moving prow in direction of the wind. Weather Helm The natural tendency of a sailboat to turn toward the wind, which the helmsman feels as the tiller tries to turn to leeward. Winch A device used to move sheets quickly and efficiently. Windward Facing the wind or the side of the boat facing the prevailing winds. Opposite to leeward. Yard Horizontal spar that holds up the sails. Yardarm Outer sections of the yard. Zephyr A gentle breeze from the west. Game Content, Game GuideGame Guide D100 Lists: Book Titles D100 Lists: Terrain Types One thought on “Game Guide: Sailing Jargon” great post, thanks for sharing	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line234
__label__wiki	0.690808	0.690808	Measuring Graduation Rates High school graduation rates always come up in the news. People are worried about them. People decry how low they are. People celebrate when they improve. Short of test scores, graduation rates are probably the most used indicator of educational success/failure in this country. It makes sense to worry about graduation rates, but they're far from perfect. Two of the biggest problems are that it's almost impossible to calculate an exact rate for a school and that everybody calculates graduation rates differently. I first learned about this a couple years ago when some folks from RAND did a study for Pittsburgh on their graduation rates. All calculations of graduation rates start with the same statistic: the number of new freshman who enroll in a given year. But how do we determine how many of these people have graduated and what the graduation rate should be? Do we check on them after four years? 5? 6? What about students who move out of the district? What about students who move into the district or otherwise enroll after the start of 9th grade? What about people who just stop showing up -- how do we know if they dropped out, moved away, or something else? Can we tell which students are in the 9th grade for the first time and which ones are repeating? A large part of the difficulty is that there is no national database of students. If a student leaves and enrolls in a different city or state, there's no firm way of knowing that they're still enrolled. Similarly, if a student simply stops showing up at school rather than declaring themselves a dropout it's hard to tell if they've dropped out or enrolled in another district. Anyway, the point is that it's not possible to compute an exact graduation rate. And the fact that every state and district seem to use different formulas means that it's hard to compare these inexact numbers. But, apparently, the Dept. of Ed. is going to step in and standardize the way that graduation rates are calculated. An article in the NY Times today says that the details of the new formula have not been released, but that all states will be required to use the same one. The technicalities of which formula a state uses seems so trivial and boring that most people probably don't really give it much thought. But the article details people reacting quite strongly to the announcement. This makes sense because although the change is small, the effects of the change might be huge. The federal govt. is ostensibly holding states accountable for graduation rates, but they all calculate them differently (a recent change in North Carolina's formula led the official rate to drop from 95% to 68%). Sometimes the smallest changes are the ones that matter most. Labels: Dept. of Ed., dropouts Limitations of Research and the Headlines that Ign... What's Wrong with Ed Policy Is America's Entire Education System Failing? A Solution to the Shortage of Science Students? Could Judging Teachers by Test Scores do Harm? More on School Expenditures Over Time Has Education Spending Really Skyrocketed? How Should We Get Rid of Bad Teachers? More on the NY Tenure Law Random Thought on Generalizing Don't Interpret an Article's Findings based its Title Debate is Good . . . No it's not Standardized Tests and Tenure Buying Curricula A Day Back in the Trenches Even More on Teachers and Professionalism Which Matters More: Race or Wealth? More on Teachers and Professionalism More on Self-Control Resisting Impulses and Delaying Gratification Where do we Draw the Line? Who Should Evaluate Teachers? How Good are Teach for America Teachers?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line238
__label__cc	0.671051	0.328949	North May 15, 2017 - No comments Roopkund Lake, a Popular Trekking Destination in Uttarakhand 5 out of 5 based on 1 ratings. 1 user reviews. Roopkund Lake, a Popular Trekking Destination in Uttarakhand Incredible India has a diverse range of attractions for every traveller. Hence, exploring India is more like a roller-coaster ride offering you a blend of mysteries, natural abundance, religious hubs, historic destinations and full of adventures. Every destination in India has its own uniqueness. The moment you start feeling like you have explored the country in total, you get surprised with something new. This is what probably makes India an incredible country in true sense. This post is about one such offbeat destination in India called Roopkund Lake, which is also popular as the Lake of Skeletons or a Mystery Lake. Let’s catch a glimpse of the Roopkund Lake. Perched at an elevation of nearly 16,500 feet amidst the most squalid part of the Himalayas, Roopkund Lake is an offbeat tourist attraction in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Soaked with trekking trails and delimited by rock-strewn glaciers, Roopkund Lake is visited by plenty of travellers from all round the globe. The nerve-pumping attraction of this location is the relics of over 600 human skeletons, which carry their decades old tales at the base of the shallow lake. These odd human skeletons become prominently visible once the snow starts melting at the edge of the lake. There are many tales that go with the Mystery Lake. As per the Hindu myths, on their way back to Kailash after annihilating the evil spirits, Goddess Parvati wanted to clean herself. To fulfil the wish of his consort, Lord Shiva then created a lake with the help of his Trishul. While taking a dip in the water of the lake, Goddess Parvati was mesmerised by her own reflection in the lake water. Based on the reflecting of Devi’s beautiful look on the lake, it was named as Roopkund; where the word ‘Roop’ means look and the word ‘Kund’ means a pond or lake. Today, the holy lake has turned to a mysterious abode to many human skeletons. According to the local inhabitants, it is believed that dates back to decade, King of Kanauj and his pregnant wife once went to visit Nanda Devi shrine along with others. On the way, they faced a heavy hailstorm. As a result of this the entire group was perished near the Roopkund Lake. To reveal the mystery of human skeletons, many researchers have also visited the site time and again. They have undergone several studies to reveal the truth. In 1942, several skeletons were rediscovered around the lake and it was reported that those human bones were from the late 19th century. Apart from the skeletons, several iron spearheads, wooden artefacts, leather slippers and rings were also found near the lake. Over the periods of time, many stories, films and documentaries are made on Roopkund Lake featuring the remnants of human skeletons. One popular documentary under the title of “Riddles of the Dead: Skeleton Lake” was also pictureised here by the National Geographic, which gained quite popularity amongst the global audience. Best time to visit: The glacial Roopkund Lake of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand can best be explored from May to June and from September to October. July to August is the rainy season in this region. If you want to visit Roopkund Lake for trekking purpose, September to October may be the best time for you. Moving ahead in November, the region gets enclosed with heavy snowfall making the ambiance very frosty for tourists. On the other hand, from May-end to June, numbers of skeletons can be spotted here floating in the lake water. The reason being, this is the time when the snow starts melting emerging the human skeletons. Besides being a mysterious lake site, the picturesque environs and snow-clad mountains around the lake make Roopkund as one of the popular tourist destinations in the state of Uttarakhand. Even, today, visitors travel here from all round the globe in quest of the truth. For an adventure freak, two Himalayan peaks namely; Nanda Ghunti and Trisul are the key trekking hubs in Chamoli District. The trail of an adventurous trekking mostly starts from Lohajung or from Debal and further it takes you through Didna Village, Ali Bugyal, Ghora Latoni and Bhagwabasa. From Bhagwabasa, it takes further 5 Kms to reach Roopkund. The trail is quite challenging here. On the way through the narrow roads, don’t forget to take pleasure from some spectacular panorama of captivating lush valleys and snow capped peaks. You can also enjoy an overnight camping on the way to Roopkund. Catching the first glimpse of Roopkund Lake after a rousing trek is a lifetime experience. Breathtaking vista of azure waters around the lake makes you visit the site over and over again. Note: Avoid trekking these routes after November, as intense snowfall makes the trail more difficult for trekkers. The region is prone to unanticipated landslide and road block. Trekkers are advisable to carry packaged food and tents before starting the trek, as no food is available here. En route Roopkund, you can explore two more spectacular destinations like Bedni Bugya and Ali Bugyal. Bedni Bugya sees a good number of tourist’s footfalls all round the year. Nestled at an elevation over 7000 metres, Trishul Parbat is the key attraction at Bedni Bugya. On the other hand, located in a close proximity, Ali Bugyal is popular for housing galore of green vegetation and coniferous trees. These two spots are mostly visited as the camping base for trekkers. How to reach: Reaching the key spot of Roopkund is quite challenging for visitors as it requires long trekking. However, tourists planning for a visit here from different parts of the country can make it up to Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun (around 195 kms) or Rishikesh Railway Station (around 170 kms). From both these locations one needs to travel till Karnaprayag. From Karnaprayag, it is nearly 57 kms motorable distance to reach Debal, which is the starting trekking point to reach Roopkund Lake. You can get several state transports and private vehicles as well from the places like Delhi, Srinagar and Haridwar to reach Karnaprayag. Alternatively, you can also hire a cab from Delhi to reach till Debal. From Delhi, the route will take you through Haridwar -> Rishikesh -> Devprayag -> Srinagar -> Rudraprayag -> Karnaprayag- > Debal-> trek till Roopkund. Total travel time to reach Karnaprayag from Delhi via Rishikesh is nearly 10-11 hours. Once you reach Karnaprayag, you can hire a taxi or shared cab to travel further till Debal. Places to stay: Well, it is a tough ask for visitors whether they will find a luxury hotel at Roopkund or not. Being nestled in an isolated location, no guesthouses, hotels and resorts can be expected around the destination. Hence, the only nearby option is Wan Village, which boast few accommodations for visitors. One of the commonly visited guest house at Wan Village is GMVN Guest house. You can stay and have some basic foods here before you start the trekking. In addition, you can also refer the following two accommodations for a comfortable stay: #Patwal Lodge Lohajung Sabitri Kunj, Roopkund Road, Lohajung P.O., Mundoli District Chamoli, Uttarakhand – 246427 #Lohajung Thrillophilia Hotel Lohajung Guest House, Road for Roopkund Trek, Lohjang, Uttarakhand 246481 Trekkers are advisable to carry their own camping tents. If you are planning a trip to Roopkund via any travel operators, then they will provide you the required camping equipments. Travel Pointers: Plan your trip to Roopkund Lake accordingly to the climatic conditions. Make sure you are physically fit enough for scaling the challenging trails. Carry all your essential belongings in your trekking kit. Don’t forget to carry sufficient amount of packaged food. Camping equipment is a must for night long stay on the go. Avoid visiting there during heavy snow fall. Carry a raincoat as the climate is quite unpredictable at Roopkund Lake. Get yourself into a proper and protected trekking suit. Roopkund Lake is a popular trekking destination in Uttarakhand. A blend of scenic exquisiteness amidst the snow-clad terrain and trekking around the mountains is something awe-inspiring for a true adventure enthusiast. Soothing climate and tranquil environs make Roopkund an ideal spot for a mysterious escape. So what are you waiting for? Get yourself up for the mysterious place, which is not ready to demystify its existence. If you happen to be there, don’t forget to share your audacious voyage over the alluring Roopkund Lake. Have a wonderful trip!! Tags:Human skeletons in Roopkund, Mystery Lake, Roopkund Lake, Roopkund Terkking, Skeleton Lake Popular Hill Stations for a Refreshing Summer Escape near Delhi Araku Valley: A Popular hill station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line241
__label__wiki	0.809304	0.809304	[current season] [last season] [all seasons] [prizes] [wagering calculator] [help] Show #4225 - Friday, January 3, 2003 [<< previous game] Robert Niles, an Internet editor from Pasadena, California Kathleen Ellis, a registered nurse from Red Oak, Texas Jeff Lovingood, a middle school teacher from Jacksonville, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,800) [next game >>] Jeopardy! Round U.S. CITY NICKNAMES "W"HO, "W"HAT OR "W"HERE IN A PICKLE In an interview, this Aerosmith frontman said, "Your kids never think of you as a rock god" Gerald Ford cut his teeth in this Nebraska city, "The Steak Capital of the World" He worked on an anti-influenza vaccine in the 1940s which led to an inactivated polio vaccine in 1952 A sight of lamentation, it's believed to have been part of the Second Temple To make your standard pickle, pickle this veggie Took a plane, or part of a chimney In 1986 rappers Run-D.M.C. remade this 1976 Aerosmith song Huntington Beach in California is nicknamed this "City", something for Jan & Dean to sing about He founded a clinic with his 2 sons & was active in organizing the Minnesota Territory in the 1850s & 1860s (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports) This currency was once also used as jewelry This pickle maker introduced its spokesstork in 1974 Moved to & fro, or leather finished with a soft nap "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", Aerosmith's first No. 1 hit, was from this movie DD: $200 5 This U.S. city, not the Russian one it's named for, is "The Shuffleboard Capital of the World" Use of this test developed by a Greek-born U.S. physician has reduced the death rate from cancer of the cervix This "Good Gray" poet was criticized in the 19th century for his controversial subject matter Common name of Anethum graveolens, a plant in the parsley family used in a popular pickle The smallest amount, or rented out for a long term Aerosmith covered "Come Together" in this 1978 movie that starred Peter Frampton & The Bee Gees Hats off to Zachary Taylor, who grew up in this "Derbytown" Legionnaire's disease, a severe form of this disease, can be passed through water-cooled air conditioning "Down Under" denizen displayed here In 1900 this company built the first electric advertising sign in New York City, a 40-foot-long pickle (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Belize Zoo) It can be a gradual decrease in sickness, or this mammal right here $1000 27 This 1987 hit says, "She had the body of a Venus, Lord imagine my surprise" This Montana city is known as "The Electric City"; must be those hydroelectric power generators This infection of the intestines is caused by a bacterium called Salmonella typhi This Texas radio station's call letters spell out the name of the city it's in This noted pickle dealer of 15th century Seville has 2 continents named for him Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15): Jeff Kathleen Robert $600 $3,600 $1,400 Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round: Double Jeopardy! Round EROS MYTH (Alex: Uh boy!) A COMPENDIUM OF CLUES THE "LAST" PICTURE SHOW NAPOLEON'S RESUME (Alex: Pretty impressive, I would think!) In the epic "Argonautica", Eros' arrow makes Medea fall in love with this man The 3 Pyramids at Giza are aligned almost exactly as the main stars in this hunter's belt A Hostess plant in Memphis turns out 150 to 180 loaves of this bread every minute This 1987 movie chronicled the life of Chinese ruler Pu Yi This type of career school at Brienne & at Paris A version of this English letter is the last letter in the Greek alphabet In Greek myth Eros was the son of this love & beauty goddess by any of several godly fathers The ancients thought that this constellation resembled a man pouring a stream of water from a jar The normal human body has 20 deciduous ones of these Released in 1989, it's the "last" Indiana Jones feature so far Awards & Honors: Consecrated emperor December 2, 1804 by the man in this post It's Michael J. Fox' real middle initial, but he thought it sounded too Canadian The Romans called Eros Cupid or this, which they also put after "Omnia Vincit" The name of Antares, this arachnid's main star, means "Rival of Mars" because of its red color To compete with Snapple, Minute Maid introduced this drink line in 1994 Bruce Willis & Damon Wayans investigate a murder & corruption in the NFL in this 1991 flick To paralyze this country by blockade through the "Continental System" DD: $1,000 30 The queen of England signs her name Elizabeth this Like Lady Liberty, Eros often carries one of these, but his aims to enslave you to desire It's the faintest constellation in the Zodiac; those born under it were born between June 21 & July 22 In "The Caballero's Way" O. Henry created this partner of Pancho as a scruffy bandit Linda Fiorentino leaves her husband & makes off with his cash in this 1994 thriller This Reign of Terror leader & his brother Augustin A "baby" one may be worn by a young woman as well as an infant Hesiod listed Eros as one of the primordial deities along with Gaia & this amorphous, messy one 2 stars in the Big Dipper's bowl point to the North Star; 2 others point to this constellation of the swan This first president of Kenya took his last name from a Kikuyu word for a beaded belt he wore Who could forget Cybill Shepherd & Burt Reynolds in this 1975 Bogdanovich film, a tribute to the old musicals DD: $500 18 Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard of this island; worked to keep it part of France Developed in the early 1970s, it's the main programming language of the Unix operating system Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round: $1,700 $12,000 $9,000 [wagering suggestions for these scores] Final Jeopardy! Round In this 3-part work, the main character encounters Nimrod, Ulysses, Muhammad & Thomas Aquinas Final scores: $0 $18,001 $12,001 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $18,001 2nd place: $2,000 Game dynamics: Coryat scores: 8 R, (including 2 DDs) 17 R, 1 W 20 R (including 1 DD), Combined Coryat: $23,600 [game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction] The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line242
__label__cc	0.745432	0.254568	Judicial Watch: Obama Administration Shared Information about Killing of Killing bin Laden for Upcoming Movie Judicial Watch is claiming that the Obama administration shared classified information about the operation to kill Osama bin Laden with the author of Hurt Locker. The watch group definitely leans to the right, but seems generally honest. They obtained documents through the Freedom of Information that they say an action movie about the President’s role in the operation is scheduled to be released just before the elections. If the story turns out to be true, they could call the movie “Mission Accomplished II.” THE ROVING EYE How Osama re-elects Obama A nuclear deal with Iran? An organized retreat from Afghanistan? The eurozone picking up a little bit of steam? Stable oil prices? Forget it. The crucial foreign elector recruited for Obama II at the White House is one Osama bin Laden. Call it the “Obama nails Osama” winning strategy. No wonder the winning strategy has been subcontracted to the Hollywood/Pentagon combo. Washington lost the Vietnam War, but won it in on screen. Oscar-winning director Kathryn Hurt Locker Bigelow had already started the process of “winning” the Iraq War on screen – at least morally. Now it’s time for her new project – an as yet untitled movie – on the “Get Osama” May 2011 Abbottabad raid and the events leading up to it. With POTUS (that’s president of the United States) as the hero of his own action movie. Move over, Spider Man So essentially this will be a Hollywood 90-minute multi-million dollar campaign commercial, available all across America’s screens, selling Obama as the macho commander-in-chief George W Bush always dreamed of being. It’s the same modus operandi of the recent blockbuster Battleship – which was nothing but an extremely loud US Navy recruiting commercial. The Washington, DC-based public-interest organization Judicial Watch [1] has just disclosed a series of documents – 153 pages from Pentagon records and 110 pages from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) records – described as “almost as hard to get from the Obama administration as buying a winning lottery ticket at the local grocery store”. It took Judicial Watch no less than nine months and a federal lawsuit to force the Obama administration to release the documents. The records detail how Bigelow and her screenwriter Mark Boal became darlings of both the Pentagon and the CIA. They were granted privileged access to a “planner, Operator and Commander of SEAL Team Six” – the top Special Forces that may (or may not, according to millions around the world) have killed Bin Laden in a raid on his compound at Abbottabad in Pakistan a year ago. The raid itself is described as “a ‘Gutsy Decision’ by the POTUS’,” and “WH [White House] involvement was critical.” Bigelow and Boal were even given access to “the vault” – the CIA bunker that was the site of some crucial tactical planning for the raid. As for the photos and video that should prove – beyond reasonable doubt – that it was really Bin Laden who was killed in the raid, Judicial Watch has been relentlessly stonewalled. For the Obama administration, this is a matter of national security. What matters is that everything’s cool with the Spider Man Obama operation; with crucial timing, the commercial goes live all across US cinemas on October 12. Talk about an October non-surprise. 1. See here. Pepe Escobar is the author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007) and Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge. His most recent book, just out, is Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). He may be reached at pepeasia@yahoo.com (Copyright 2012 Asia Times Online (Holdings) Ltd. All rights reserved. Please contact us about sales, syndication and republishing.) To read original article in Asia Times, click here. Hurt Locker, Obama, Osama bin Laden, Pete Escobar « God is Within You Kill Your Genie? »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line246
__label__cc	0.686084	0.313916	1531 E Bradford 2nd/3rd Floors Except 225,Springfield, MO 65804 . Investment Opportunity for Class A Office Space in the Bradford Place Office Condominiums. Conveniently located in SE Springfield, MO with easy access to James River Freeway, near the medical mile and office district. Prime location. Package listing of 10 Units with 16 office suites. Great investment opportunity. This master listing contains approximately 17,752 square feet of office space located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the ADA compliant building with a glass elevator and beautiful common lobby. The owner/occupant recently moved to a new location. There are 4 offices currently For Lease including two 414 square foot m/l executive offices located side by side, an approximately 938 square foot suite and an approximately 1,757 square foot suite open for a new owner/occupant or new tenants. The building has historically maintained an occupancy rate averaging between 95% to 100% leased. Sellers are Licensed REALTORS in the State of Missouri. The owner will also divide & sell individual units. Call for more details or to schedule your private showing. IQWeb_Office Bldg 17SP2GH3A17P Date: Dec 2020 Sales: 1 Avg $ Per SqFt: $83.03 Min Sale Price: $135,000 Max Sale Price: $135,000 Med Sale Price: $135,000 Date: Sep 2020 Sales: 1 Avg $ Per SqFt: $84.09 Min Sale Price: $186,000 Max Sale Price: $186,000 Med Sale Price: $186,000 Date: Aug 2020 Sales: 8 Avg $ Per SqFt: $119.5 Min Sale Price: $172,000 Max Sale Price: $450,000 Med Sale Price: $245,000 Date: Jul 2020 Sales: 5 Avg $ Per SqFt: $90.68 Min Sale Price: $145,000 Max Sale Price: $246,500 Med Sale Price: $189,500 Date: Feb 2020 Sales: 5 Avg $ Per SqFt: $90.96 Min Sale Price: $137,400 Max Sale Price: $361,500 Med Sale Price: $199,000 Date: Jan 2020 Sales: 3 Avg $ Per SqFt: $93.16 Min Sale Price: $203,000 Max Sale Price: $295,000 Med Sale Price: $287,000 Donna Cleous of Murney Associates - Primrose	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line247
__label__cc	0.562988	0.437012	Places/Vacation Park/Outdoor Product/Services Reviewed Social Media Shares Anti-Aging Product By Dhemz 2:00 PM // No comments Are you confused about which anti aging products that actually work the best? You should read reviews that will help you find the great product that is right for you. You can read the unbiased product reviews that will give you the customer and scientific research to help you make the right decision when purchasing anti aging product at antiaging-product.net. You should visit them today for details. Email: gregdemcy@gmail.com When traveling as a family it can be tempting to purchase a timeshare for the extra space and amenities. If you bought a timeshare that you no longer want, a timeshare termination company like Omni Ellis can help you get rid of the timeshare. Hey y'all! Welcome to my page. My name is Demcy also known as Dhemz. I'm the author behind Dias Family Adventures, FILIPINO-AMERICAN, military wife & mother, crafter, wannabe chef, savvy shopper, product reviewer, traveler, adventure seeker...I pretty much think I can do anything! Learn more about me and my family HERE Cuisine Study Blog Blog Archive January (9) December (14) November (10) October (11) September (13) August (9) July (11) June (12) May (19) April (11) March (10) February (11) January (25) December (20) November (16) October (27) September (19) August (20) July (21) June (17) May (15) April (15) March (16) February (15) January (15) December (11) November (15) October (16) September (7) August (9) July (15) June (9) May (16) April (19) March (22) February (18) January (25) December (9) November (25) October (29) September (30) August (15) July (20) June (37) May (17) April (10) March (17) February (6) January (19) December (18) November (17) October (6) September (12) August (4) July (8) June (14) May (9) April (8) March (12) February (8) January (12) December (14) November (18) October (23) September (15) August (17) July (8) June (20) May (15) April (13) March (14) February (12) January (9) December (20) November (17) October (20) September (14) August (6) July (11) June (13) May (14) April (18) March (8) February (23) January (19) December (4) November (13) October (9) September (8) August (10) July (4) June (5) May (3) April (8) March (9) February (11) January (4) December (4) November (9) October (10) September (8) August (13) July (15) June (16) May (16) April (22) March (21) February (13) January (20) December (16) November (26) October (18) September (21) August (22) July (23) June (26) May (27) April (31) March (73) February (51) January (34) December (25) November (44) October (51) September (38) August (34) July (27) June (12) May (32) April (22) March (33) February (17) January (12) December (19) November (27) October (38) September (29) August (16) July (22) June (22) May (46) April (18) March (19) February (25) January (74) December (19) November (34) October (36) September (2) August (8) July (13) June (1) January (1) November (1) November (1)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line254
__label__cc	0.710142	0.289858	Review - The List of Soiled Doves The List of Soiled Doves is the latest offering by Redding Walters. In her previous novels, Redding has taken us to the contemporary Pacific Northwest and to the court of King Charles I of England, crafting entertaining tales wrapped with humor, history, romance, and lots of flavor of the area, the times, and the people. This novella is no different, I am pleased to say. Walters takes us to Vancouver in the period 1895-1905. You can smell the sea and the coal smoke, hear the raucous roughness of the town as it tries to gain that genteel veneer of a maturing gold rush city. She takes as her inspiration small slips of paper she found stuffed in the back of a court clerks book of verdicts and penalties, “bordello raid sheets” where the “soiled doves” were listed with the fines they paid when the police swept through the town’s red light district. Walters takes these lists of names and numbers and tells the story of the women, through the eyes of one particularly literate “dove”. You feel their desperation, their humor, their humanity. Walters has captured the vernacular and the lives – the what, why, how – as well as the who, of these women and contrasts them, again through our narrator’s eye, to the men, and the women who, but for a twist of fate, live on the “better” side of town. The story is fascinating, fast-moving, well-researched, funny, and poignant all at once. Highly recommended! Me as a critic (be careful! the harshness will be well concealed!) American War For Independence Blumesday Cheyenne Bramwell Children Mystery Courtroom Drama Duel Results Espionage Thriller Great American Read More Monday NanoWritMo Napoleonics Poetry Duel Poul Anderson Rebecca Bardelli Russo-Japanese War Sarah And Lincoln Scott O'Dell	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line255
__label__cc	0.662364	0.337636	Some Call It “Justice,” Some Call it “Endorsing Cop Murder” September 1, 2015 by V the K Apparently, endorsing cop-murder is the trendy thing to do in the “professional life coach” community. Jaxi is a self-proclaimed “leader, entrepreneur, educator, innovator, philanthropist” who counsels people to “use sophistication in their words” at her website “Jaxi West, Teaching Entrepreneurs, Creating Leaders.” I wonder if she could tell me what it’s like to be a horrible, morally vacant person? Filed Under: Racism (Real / Reverse / or Faux) davinci says September 1, 2015 at 8:28 am - September 1, 2015 Teaching entrepreneurs? With her left wingism, you could never earn money in a business due to her PC. Craig Smith says September 1, 2015 at 11:10 am - September 1, 2015 I grow increasingly tired of these exaggerations being pushed forward as fact. No, a rock throwing thug is not unarmed, nor is one who has wielded a chain, or repeatedly used their fists. What she describes is not justice. It is revenge, and hot-blooded revenge no less. Just Me says Jaxi has no idea what Justice is. Justice is not going out and killing any man or woman in a police uniform. Justice is not shooting them while they pump gas. The answer to bad cops isn’t killing just any old cops but identifying and firing (or charging if action was criminal) the bad ones. Even a bad cop doesn’t deserve to die without a trial. TR says September 1, 2015 at 12:37 pm - September 1, 2015 So I guess Jaxi’s message is: If someone murders a Black man, or a White man, or murders someone else, doing a second murder will make things even. Sorry, Jaxi- I simply cannot agree with you. Sean L says September 1, 2015 at 4:41 pm - September 1, 2015 I’ve noticed that every time I see these BLM people on tv, they are mostly comprised of white people. The Left truly has turned race relations into the nation’s original sin, haven’t they? tommy651 says people like jaxi west are just showing how ignorant they are and how brainwashed they are by the wolf blitzers of the world. there are more policeman killed each year than blacks killed by police. there are more whites killed by police each year than blacks. keep watching and reading the democrat party-media complex jaxi so you can stay as misinformed as you are. Using Jaxi’s “logic,” it would be OK to go out and shoot innocent black people at random to avenge the murders of Delbert “Shorty” Belton, Fannie Gumbinger, Julie Love, Chris Lane, and Catherine Genovese. Jaxi wouldn’t know justice if it kicked her on the ass. Oh wait, maybe that would be justice – one good swift kick to HER ass! juan says Perhaps Jaxi should be declared outlaw in the original sense of the word. Placed outside the law. This means no protection under the law and anything done to here would not be punishable.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line261
__label__cc	0.727406	0.272594	HYC's Commodore Update - april 2019 Hi to all members of the Hobsonville Yacht Club. 2019 as you all know going to be a year of large changes for our club but at the end we will have a facility designed to be fit for purpose and a great asset for the Hobsonville Community as a whole. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Greg, Stuart and Lisa for all the hard work they have put in on behalf of the Club to get us to this point. I suspect that a lot of our members are unaware of the literally hundreds of hours that our team, lead by Greg have put into ensuring the continuation of the Club and I wish to thank them on behalf of the club and personally. As most will know the HLC has sold the area that we now occupy with the intention of building flats along the waterfront necessitating our moving. Our current expected date for vacating the club is June/July this year, but this could change. HLC have stated that they will supply facilities (port-a-com (s)) for the interim that will be suitable for the club to continue business as usual. The temporary building will contain a bar and kitchen but its exact layout/location has yet to be finalised as is the arrangements for the storage of the clubs dinghies, rescue boats etc. Nothing concrete has as yet been confirmed. The intention at present is to build the new club adjacent to the grassed area on the right hand side of the area below Launch Rd. This was originally intended to include a jetty type pad extending into the harbour so as to ensure we had a big enough area to build on. This meet with a lot of resistance from different stake-holders whom do not want encroachment of the harbour seabed full stop. A compromise has been suggested that a concrete pad cantilevered over the water that would give sufficient area for our proposed building. Whilst not approved at this stage it has found favour as a possible solution and is being considered. There is also the intention to build a jetty that will give club members 2 meters of water at low tide and is suitable for the rowing Club to launch and retrieve their skiffs. The building platform, jetty and the supplying of utilities is all at the cost of the HLC and while not yet agreed to on paper is the intended path for all parties. Resource consent is another big one and up to 2 years to obtain it is more than possible. So to finish up, a big year for us with a lot of changes happening as previously mentioned but also and most importantly a new beginning for the club that holds many possibilities for an exciting future. Happy Sailing Bruce Melvin Pre-Christmas Message from the Sailing Captain: December 2018 Hi and Season’s Greetings to All, Firstly, my apologies for this belated 1st message of the Summer program, I have been meaning to put a message together for a while now. No real excuses other than work and lots going on, but I will endeavour to provide the club with updates on a more regular basis. Sailing Report The summer racing program has at best been a mixed bag so far due to the weather. We had good days and bad but I guess it’s what we can expect in Auckland pre-Christmas, however, we have had some good days racing for both the Dingys and Keelers. The Friday night ‘learn to sail’ and dingy training program has had great attendance which is pleasing to see. The senior club members are more welcome to join the juniors on the water in one of the club Sunbursts for a bit of fun and sailing knowledge sharing on Friday nights. I will not talk too much about the racing results because Trev and Gill have been doing a great job of posting the results, but I guess the biggest talking point was the result of the 1st Golden Rivet race against CCYC. Let’s not talk too much about that and get out there and win it back on the 9th Dec. It was great to have some nice weather, a full clubhouse, some colourful/themed club members and some good food after the 1st Golden rivet. Thanks to Sharon and her house team for their efforts. Looking forward to seeing a similar full club house this weekend, with a hopefully a better result! From the Dingy perspective, well done to our Junior sailors Mackenzie and Grace for entering the French Bay regatta. It was an excellent opportunity for them both to experience large fleet racing, and to meet and associate with sailors from other clubs. Of note, some top Starling sailors were in attendance including the national champ. Recommend reading Mackenzie’s report on Facebook, it is a great read! Sailing Committee Meetings and Initiatives: I thought I would also take this opportunity to let the club members know the sailing committee (6x Club members) are meeting on a regular basis. We have recorded minutes and we are reporting to the Executive. We are currently working on several initiatives including; • Updating the sailing instructions, • Audits and updating racing equipment, plus a tower tidy up, • Updated computer and back up for race results and club admin/history (Special thanks to Scott for donations/help), • Engagement/possible alignment with CCYC for future racing, • Planning for future YNZ coaches course (to be offered to all members); differed until next year due to YNZ circumstance. Unfortunately, the safety boat has been out of action due to OB servicing/adjustments and some minor issues. It should be back for this weekend all going well. Lastly and more importantly thank you to all the volunteers in the club. From the running the bar/house, making the sailing happen, junior sailing coaching and admin, managing the finances and communication, and generally keeping club running. I would like to say a special thank you to our secretary Lisa who is doing a fantastic job in keeping things running smoothly, and to the team who are working hard on the Trust advocating for the club membership on the club’s future. Season’s Greetings to all, and have a safe Christmas and New Year’s both on the water and where ever you may be (or travelling) over the Christmas break. Sean Munro HYC Sailing Captain Mumbling from the commodore below.... AGM Thursday 26 July at 19.00 It is once again that time of year. Winter and the Ice Cube Trophy have been happening for a while, the days have grown short and are now starting to lengthen again and it’s time for the HYC Annual General Meeting. Tempting as it may be to give it a miss to make sure you don’t get roped into something , the Club really needs you to be there. There are some constitutional changes proposed that will affect us all and how we will run the club in the future. This is your opportunity to discuss and if necessary amend those changes. Like an election you can’t complain about the result if you didn’t vote. Yes there are elected positions that we need to fill. In the next 12 months we will need the wide range of experience and abilities that our membership represents more than ever before so think about putting your hand up to help rather than just leaving it to the same few faces that volunteer each year. We will need to present a strong and united front to the outside players that will impact on us in the coming months and we will need to support our trustees on the Marine Centre trust as they work to get us the best possible outcome. That best way to start that is with a well attended AGM. See you there Muttering from the commodore - April 2018 Many of you will have detected a big hole around the club in the past few weeks. Denise Ellis, if you didn’t already know has left Auckland for the warmer climate of the Bay of Islands. Although slight in size Denise has a stature that would make a heavy weight boxer jealous. She has been a fantastic, dedicated and hard working club member for more years than she would like to admit to. From playing “bad cop” on the ramp for the juniors to winning the 50 miler recently, she has participated in all facets of the club. That participation has included being secretary on the club executive, a role from which she has now stood down. My thanks and those of the rest of the Executive committee go to Denise . We wish her well in the move to the Bay and look forward to her hopefully frequent visits to the “big smoke”. Lisa Mackay has graciously agreed to step into the secretary job until the next AGM. Trevor Higgins Musings from our mighty commodore for April 2018 There has been much speculation about the future of the club and as is always the case when little information is available, plenty of rumour flying about, much of it incorrect. While our time in our current building is coming to an end, we do not have a definite finish day. Estimated dates have come and gone demonstrating the pointlessness of worrying about the unknown. What we do know is that our representatives on the HPMSRC trust have and are working to ensure the best possible outcome for us both for the final result and during any transition that may be required. We have a strong junior programme that needs to be kept on the water and active and a social side to the club that we do not want to see curtailed. All parties are aware of this and are working to ensure these things continue as much as possible. Having said that, our purpose as a yacht club is to foster water sport and in particular sailing and if there are any limitations to be worked through in the changes coming our emphasis, as a club, will be on maintaining sailing activities and on the water training. We are confident we can do that. As part of that emphasis on sailing activities, at the last executive committee meeting it was decided to close the acceptance of new associate members at this point in time. We have seen a growth in this area but it has been unmatched by a growth in full sailing membership and we are keen to see our sailing growing and our efforts as a club used for that We will continue to accept all other types of members and to encourage all our members to get out on the water. Wise words for December 2017 from Trevor Higgins HYC commodore As 2017 draws to a close and the golden weather of December seems destined to extend on into January, it seems easier to look forward than back. Certainly the Hauraki Gulf beckons as I write this. This year has had all the appearances of treading water while waiting for something to happen. The Hobsonville Point Marine Sports Recreation Centre Trust has had a roller coaster journey of highs and lows, and, while not much seems to have happened, behind the scenes there has been action aplenty, culminating in a meeting, chaired by Paula Bennett, to try and get things moving along at a suitable pace. The physical changes around the landing are there for all to see, including the removal of the grid and pontoon, just one more reminder of our impending move. Although our short and long term locations are still up in the air there seems to be lots of support to try and make it happen. Huge thanks go to Greg, Stuart and Andrew for their efforts as our reps. For the club itself, the AGM rang in some changes and some familiar faces decided to step back and take a well earned rest. They were replaced by new but equally enthusiastic people. To anyone who thinks that it’s easy keeping things running as smoothly as it seems to, in reality it’s the result of dedication and hard work by a small group of people. The fact that you are reading this is because of the time put in by Samatha to keeping our website and Facebook up to date and always worth a look. It is also the result of her, sometimes, gentle persuasion that we all need to contribute for it to be successful. I’m sure its often a thankless task given that as writers we all make good sailors. If you have photos or stories to share I know she always welcomes them. Sailing, both senior and junior, is well served by the folk who give up their time and inject energy and enthusiasm in enormous quantities to keep things running and growing. The juniors in particular have gone ahead in leaps and bounds and this shows no sign of changing in 2018. And after a hard or not so hard days sailing we have a well stocked and well run bar to come back to and tell our tales of derring-do and hardship. That does not happen by chance. It is all thanks to a small group of people and part of what makes us the club we are and would like to continue to be. I want to thank all of those people who have made it work yet again in 2017. Finally a plea as we head into what promises to be a fantastic summer, be safe in what you do and if you have the opportunity to take a novice or child sailing for the very first time be mindful that one bad experience can scare that person away from an activity you love. As much as is possible do things in their comfort zone, help them to participate as much as they want, explain what is happening and above all share your enthusiasm and help them see the joy that is being on the water. Commodore's musings - April 2017 As we wind down to the end of the summer series, there are a couple of events still to look forward to before we head into another keenly contested winter series, Closing day and Prize Giving. Even if you haven't been racing regularly during the past few months, closing day is a wonderful opportunity to blow out the cobwebs, check the gear is all working before winter and enjoy some quality time on the water before the last of the warm weather is gone. Closing day at Hobsonville was in the distant past, when we were strong on dinghies and short on keelers, an epic race around Kauri Point and down to Rona buoy. It was raced as a Mark Foy race and produced some interesting results. For one year light wind and a outgoing tide meant rather than a race around home it was more a case of trying to be the last boat carried backwards under the bridge. Another year the opposite applied and no wind at the start and an incoming tide kept everyone at the start until the skipper of the last starter having finished a soothing beer, strolled down to his boat where upon the wind filled in and the rest of the fleet finally crossed the start line. For many it was the last chance to avoid winning the dreaded turtle trophy. Awarded to the crew who had sailed the most races for the least reward it is a trophy with the names of many good (but unlucky that year) sailors. Given it was the last chance to win trophy the closing day is always well attended. Closing day is April 28th. Prize giving will be later in May, and I encourage as many members as possible to come if they can. Our time in the current building is drawing to an end and this could very well be the last prize giving there. Let's take the chance make it one to remember! Happy sailing everyone. Musings from the HYC commodore Trevor Higgins - December 11th 2016 The second race of the Golden Rivit was raced last week and I had the pleasure of racing on Bluebeat. It was the type of day that has broken the heart of many a sailor. Light breeze and strong outgoing tide combining to make it a long day for many. Congratulations to all our competitors for hanging in there all the way to the end and well done on winning and squaring up the series with a race to come. It was our day but there was plenty to suggest that the last race could be a tight one . I came across this blog on the Royal Akarana Yacht club this week that parallels the situation we find ourselves in and the future that hopefully awaits us. I had the pleasure of chatting to the vice commodore of that club about the changes they are going through. As we stood on the balcony of their temporary clubhouse 70 to 100 people were active on the water below and it was a Thursday night! Junior sailing, waka paddlers and standup paddlers made a colourful sight and were, he told me, the future for their club. We have a rapidly growing population on our doorstep. What are they looking for from a local yacht club? Message from HYC Commodore Trevor Higgins, 21st November 2016 One of the attractions of racing at Hobsonville is that boats of different sizes, shapes, and speeds crewed by people of different experience, knowledge and skill can sail against each other with the chance of winning. Typically all goes well until this mix is forced into a confined space like a start line or mark rounding. At that point the variety of boats and crews can be put to the test. Normally it is a test of nerve, knowledge of the rules and sense of humour. Typically shouting happens, with boats claiming right of way, rightly or wrongly and everybody gets out of each other's way after a few more shouts and perhaps the odd threat to protest and the occasional waving of a flag. We then argue about it later in the bar or more rarely in the protest room. In the past few months however we have had boats damaged in collisions during our races and that is not what we want happening. No one wants their boat damaged and out of action. That is not why we race and the rules we race under specifically prohibit it. We are holding a rules evening on Dec 2 so come along and be better informed for the rest of the season. But more than that, please if you are racing in the coming months, be aware of your limitations, your boat's limitations and just how experienced the crews or manoeuvrable the boats are around you. Better to lose a couple of boat lengths than have your boat damaged . Being in the right is small consolation. Message from HYC Commodore Trevor Higgins September 2016 Deb and I are having a fantastic time checking out the coastal playgrounds of Italy. Given my status as commodore of a major New Zealand yacht club we have been given the use of a yacht, tender and seaside villa. See the attached photo. Actually, while it is fun to see how the other half lives and Italy is an exciting place to holiday and there are many many things to appeal ( great transport system, dinner at 11 pm after an afternoon nap) I am also reminded of the many things that we have at home. Near empty SANDY beaches, uncrowded anchorages, clean water and the prospect of a long fine summer. I'm enjoying every moment while I'm here. It's the trip of a life time but when you live in paradise going home is no great hardship. Message from HYC's new Commodore Trevor Higgins -August 2016 We had the first committee meeting since the AGM on Tuesday 9th August and I was struck by how enthusiastic, knowledgable and skilled the people running our club are. Some of them like me have been part of yachting at Hobsonville for many years while others are newer on the scene. What they all share is a desire to be part of a successful, well run club that our members enjoy coming to and being part of. We have an exciting time ahead of us with a new building to be built, a strong junior programme and an ever growing source of new members in the expanding suburb of Hobsonville Point. A few more boats on the water, some friendlier weather and plenty to look forward to. A great summer beckons.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line267
__label__wiki	0.595005	0.595005	Article > ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES > 2021 > Accepted Manuscript Three-year observations of ozone columns over polar vortex edge area above West Antarctica Yuanyuan Qian, Yuhan Luo, Fuqi Si, Taiping Yang, Dongshang Yang Corresponding author: Yuhan Luo; Fund Project: References(0) The ozone vertical column densities (VCDs) were retrieved by Zenith Scattered Light-Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (ZSL-DOAS) from January 2017 to February 2020 over Fildes Peninsula, West Antarctica (62.22S, 58.96W). The retrieved ozone VCDs started to decline around July with a comparable gradient (around 1.4 DU/day), then dropped to the lowest level in September and October, when the ozone holes appeared (less than 220 DU). The daily mean values of ozone columns were compared with OMI and GOME-2 satellite observations and MERRA-2 reanalysis dataset, with the correlation coefficients (R^2) of 0.86, 0.94 and 0.90 respectively. To better understand the causes of ozone depletion, the retrieved ozone columns, temperature and potential vorticity (PV) at certain altitude were analyzed. The profiles of ozone and PV showed positive correlation during the fluctuations, which indicates that polar vortex has great influence on stratospheric ozone depletion during Antarctic spring. Located at the edge of polar vortex, the observed data will provide a basis for further analysis and prediction of the inter-annual variation of stratospheric ozone in future. [1] LIU Huizhi, TU Gang, FU Congbin, SHI Liqing, 2008: Three-year Variations of Water, Energy and CO$_2$ Fluxes of Cropland and Degraded Grassland Surfaces in a Semi-arid Area of Northeastern China, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 25, 1009-1020. doi: 10.1007/s00376-008-1009-1 [2] LIU Yi, LIU Chuanxi, Xuexi TIE, GAO Shouting, 2011: Middle Stratospheric Polar Vortex Ozone Budget during the Warming Arctic Winter, 2002--2003, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 28, 985-996. doi: 10.1007/s00376-010-0045-9 [3] Chen Yuejuan, Zhang Hong, Bi Xunqiang, 1998: Numerical Experiment for the Impact of the Ozone Hole over Antarctica on the Global Climate, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 15, 300-311. doi: 10.1007/s00376-998-0002-z [4] Qu Shaohou, 1989: Observation Research of the Turbulent Fluxes of Momentum, Sensible Heat and Latent Heat over the West Pacific Tropical Ocean Area, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 6, 254-264. doi: 10.1007/BF02658021 [5] Gao Dengyi, Sadao Kawagochi, 1986: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INCREASE TEMPERATURE AND VARIATION OF OZONE LEVEL OVER THE ANTARCTICA AND TIBETAN PLATEAU IN SPRING, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 3, 489-498. doi: 10.1007/BF02657938 [6] Aoqi ZHANG, Weibiao LI, Shumin CHEN, Yilun CHEN, Yunfei FU, 2021: Satellite Observations of Reflectivity Maxima above the Freezing Level Induced by Terrain, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES. doi: 10.1007/s00376-020-0221-5 [7] Shuanglin Li, 2010: A Comparison of Polar Vortex Response to Pacific and Indian Ocean Warming, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 27, 469-482. doi: 10.1007/s00376-009-9116-1 [8] LI Lin, LI Chongyin, PAN Jing, TAN Yanke, 2012: On the Differences and Climate Impacts of Early and Late Stratospheric Polar Vortex Breakup, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 29, 1119-1128. doi: 10.1007/s00376-012-1012-4 [9] REN Rongcai, Ming CAI, 2006: Polar Vortex Oscillation Viewed in an Isentropic Potential Vorticity Coordinate, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 23, 884-900. doi: 10.1007/s00376-006-0884-6 [10] Yushan SONG, Daren LÜ, Qian LI, Jianchun BIAN, Xue WU, Dan LI, 2016: The Impact of Cut-off Lows on Ozone in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere over Changchun from Ozonesonde Observations, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 33, 135-150. doi: 10.1007/s00376-015-5054-2 [11] Qinghua YANG, Jiping LIU, Matti LEPPÄRANTA, Qizhen SUN, Rongbin LI, Lin ZHANG, Thomas JUNG, Ruibo LEI, Zhanhai ZHANG, Ming LI, Jiechen ZHAO, Jingjing CHENG, 2016: Albedo of Coastal Landfast Sea Ice in Prydz Bay, Antarctica: Observations and Parameterization, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 33, 535-543. doi: 10.1007/s00376-015-5114-7 [12] SHI Chun'e, ZHANG Baoning, 2008: Tropospheric NO2 Columns over Northeastern North America: Comparison of CMAQ Model Simulations with GOME Satellite Measurements, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 25, 59-71. doi: 10.1007/s00376-008-0059-8 [13] Yifan DING, Xiao CHENG, Xichen LI, Mohammed SHOKR, Jiawei YUAN, Qinghua YANG, Fengming HUI, 2020: Specific Relationship between the Surface Air Temperature and the Area of the Terra Nova Bay Polynya, Antarctica, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 37, 532-544. doi: 10.1007/s00376-020-9146-2 [14] CHEN Wen, WEI Ke, 2009: Interannual Variability of the Winter Stratospheric Polar Vortex in the Northern Hemisphere and their Relations to QBO and ENSO, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 26, 855-863. doi: 10.1007/s00376-009-8168-6 [15] LIAN Yi, SHEN Baizhu, LI Shangfeng, ZHAO Bin, GAO Zongting, LIU Gang, LIU Ping, CAO Ling, 2013: Impacts of Polar Vortex, NPO, and SST Configurations on Unusually Cool Summers in Northeast China. Part I: Analysis and Diagnosis, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 30, 193-209. doi: 10.1007/s00376-012-1258-x [16] LI Qian, Hans-F. GRAF, CUI Xuefeng, 2011: The Role of Stationary and Transient Planetary Waves in the Maintenance of Stratospheric Polar Vortex Regimes in Northern Hemisphere Winter, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 28, 187-194. doi: 10.1007/s00376-010-9163-7 [17] LI Shuanglin, CHEN Xiaoting, 2014: Quantifying the Response Strength of the Southern Stratospheric Polar Vortex to Indian Ocean Warming in Austral Summer, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 31, 492-503. doi: 10.1007/s00376-013-2322-x [18] YANG Jing, BAO Qing, JI Duoying, GONG Daoyi, MAO Rui, ZHANG Ziyin, Seong-Joong KIM, 2014: Simulation and Causes of Eastern Antarctica Surface Cooling Related to Ozone Depletion during Austral Summer in FGOALS-s2, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 31, 1147-1156. doi: 10.1007/s00376-014-3144-1 [19] XU Jun, ZHANG Yuanhang, WANG Wei, 2006: Numerical Study on the Impacts of Heterogeneous Reactions on Ozone Formation in the Beijing Urban Area, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 23, 605-614. doi: 10.1007/s00376-006-0605-1 [20] Qizhen SUN, Timo VIHMA, Marius O. JONASSEN, Zhanhai ZHANG, 2020: Impact of Assimilation of Radiosonde and UAV Observations from the Southern Ocean in the Polar WRF Model, ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 37, 441-454. doi: 10.1007/s00376-020-9213-8 PDF downloads: 11 Times Manuscript received: 21 July 2020 Manuscript revised: 29 December 2020 Abstract: The ozone vertical column densities (VCDs) were retrieved by Zenith Scattered Light-Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (ZSL-DOAS) from January 2017 to February 2020 over Fildes Peninsula, West Antarctica (62.22S, 58.96W). The retrieved ozone VCDs started to decline around July with a comparable gradient (around 1.4 DU/day), then dropped to the lowest level in September and October, when the ozone holes appeared (less than 220 DU). The daily mean values of ozone columns were compared with OMI and GOME-2 satellite observations and MERRA-2 reanalysis dataset, with the correlation coefficients (R^2) of 0.86, 0.94 and 0.90 respectively. To better understand the causes of ozone depletion, the retrieved ozone columns, temperature and potential vorticity (PV) at certain altitude were analyzed. The profiles of ozone and PV showed positive correlation during the fluctuations, which indicates that polar vortex has great influence on stratospheric ozone depletion during Antarctic spring. Located at the edge of polar vortex, the observed data will provide a basis for further analysis and prediction of the inter-annual variation of stratospheric ozone in future.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line268
__label__wiki	0.565433	0.565433	Stunning Coloured Cities of India's vibrant RAJASTHAN Yes, we are not travelling now because of the Covid19 pandemic, but once the situation normalises Sandip Hor recommends losing yourselves in the colours of three vibrant Rajasthan cities in India Rajasthan in India is perhaps the only region in the world that can boast of cities that are identified by their distinct colourful tints – Jaipur by its pink aura, Jodhpur by the blueness and Jaisalmer by the golden fascia that glitters in the sun. Travellers from around the world visit these places to get mesmerised by their coloured appearance. However, the colour is not their only lure. There are many other attractions to make these enclaves world famous – most significant are the palaces and the forts that were built by the Rajput Kings who since medieval times ruled their princely states from these cities until India became independent from the British in 1947. Though King Jai Singh II built Jaipur in 1727 the city’s pinkish flair came later in 1878 to commemorate the visit of Prince of Wales, pink being an emblem of welcome of Rajasthan tradition. Over time pink and Jaipur became synonymous, with newer buildings also opting for the same tint. .A generous splash of pink welcomes everyone as soon as the entry is made through one of the arched gates inside a walled city where buildings flanking both sides of crowded thoroughfares are all dyed pink. Though the formal status of the princely states have been abolished in India, the scion of the Jaipur royals are still treated with awe and respect in the city. Referred to as His or Her Highness, they live in the City Palace, a sprawling complex comprising of several imposing gates, buildings, temples and paved courtyards that showcase nothing but opulence. Their Rolls Royce’s always have the right of way and their guards seem to be more powerful than the police. Part of the City Palace is open to the public and stands as Jaipur’s top tourist attraction. However, the first stop for most visitors to Jaipur is the Hawa Mahal or the “Palace of Winds”. Honeycombed with 953 intricately designed sandstone latticed windows and ornate balconies, this multi-storied and bowed shaped edifice is the city’s most distinctive landmark, the image of its pink façade featuring in countless tourism brochures. The blueness of Jodhpur, Rajasthan’s second largest city after Jaipur comes from a series of blue painted houses that stretch along the walls of the 500 years old historic walled city. It’s said the houses were painted blue to indicate that a Brahmin-the highest of the Indian caste system - lodged there, but over time the shade became a mark of identity for others as well. Other theories that vouch for the use of blue is its insect-repelling abilities, it being the colour associated with Hindu God Lord Shiva and without doubt bringing a soothing effect in a warm environment . The best spot to gaze the blue is from the ramparts of the 15th century Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur’s biggest attraction besides the Umaid Bhawan Palace – the home of the Jodhpur Kings since built almost 70 years ago. A part of the complex now is a museum open to the public and a luxury hotel operated by the Taj Group and voted by Conde Nest as the world’s best. While only parts of Jaipur and Jodhpur display their distinct hues, the entire city of Jaisalmer appears to be gold plated because of every old and new building in this desert domain has been built with yellow stones which bestows the golden tinge. Again being a former royal city, the main attraction here is the 800 year old fortress which is touted as the world’s only living citadel. TOP: Pink tinted Jaipur ABOVE LEFT: Blue City Jodphur ABOVE CENTRE: City Palace Jaipur ABOVE RIGHT: Golden City, Jaisalmer RIGHT TOP: Inside the Golden City RIGHT BOTTOM: Mehrangarh Fort BELOW: Jaipur Hawa Mahal FACT FILE: Getting There: Singapore Airlines (www.singaporeair.com) has regular flights from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth to New Delhi from where there is good air (Indigo – www.goindigo.in and SpiceJet – www.spicejet.com), rail and road connections to all three cities. Stay: Being filled with royalty, Rajasthan offers visitors the rare occasion to sleep like a Maharaja or the King as many of their former palaces and noble houses have been converted into heritage hotels. At the top end, Taj Group (www.tajhotels.com) offers luxury accommodation choices at the properties like Rambagh Palace or the Jai Mahal Palace in Jaipur and Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur , while at the other end some affordable heritage accommodation choices are Pal Haveli (www.palhaveli.com) in Jodhpur and Sonaar Haveli ( www.sonaarhaveli.com) in Jaisalmer. Tour Operator: Exotic Heritage Group (www.exoticheritagegroup.com) is specialised for tailor-made Rajasthan itineraries. Visa: Australian passport holders need visa to enter India. Check www.vfsglobal.com for information	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line272
__label__wiki	0.845478	0.845478	Going To School? Then Take A Train By Zabidi Ishar and Azimah Mohd Fathi KUALA KRAI, June 19 (Bernama) -- Waking up from sleep at about 4 am is routine for 13-year-old Mohamad Hakim Hakimi. But why a Form One schoolboy needs to wake up so early when a school's morning session only starts at 7.15 am? The reason is that Mohamad Hakim has to be at the Bukit Abu railway station before 6 am and take a ride on a train to the town where his school is located. Otherwise he would not be able to attend school for the day.When his urban peers are still in bed, the Sekolah Menengah Dabong boy and the other students have to trudge for 2-4 km from their respective homes in order to get to the station. Dabong is located some 40 km away from Bukit Abu, based on the railway distance. PRE-DAWN PRAYERS Upon reaching the railway station, Mohamad Hakim and the other students have time to perform the Subuh prayers there. Later, in the train, Mohamad Hakim killed the time by revising his schoolwork while some of the children would slump into a snooze. The train ride takes about one hour and upon reaching the Dabong railway station, more than 200 students would stream out from the coaches and head for their respective schools that are located nearby. That is the 'hard life' experienced by school students staying in areas like Kuala Bukit Abu, Temangan, Ulu Temiang and Kampung Baru Sungai Mengkuang in the heartland of Kelantan. NEW LIFE FOR 'MARKET TRAIN' However the school children have one loyal companion, which is the southbound 'market train' that leaves Tumpat as early as 3 am. (Tumpat is the northernmost railway station in the East Coast). Despite the train being considered as the slowest form of public transportation as compared to either the bus or taxi, it is the only transport available for people in the state's remote areas in order to get to towns like Kuala Krai, Tanah Merah and Pasir Mas. To these people, the train's snail pace is no bother and each day, the train's coaches are filled to the brim by passengers including the school children. However the train operator, KTMB, has initiated the upgrading of these old train coaches that used to be without air-conditioning apart from the poor lighting. KTMB general manager Datuk Abdul Radzak Abdul Malek had wished that the train journey for passengers, particularly the students, would be more comfortable. "They had to sweat it out in the hot and humid coaches and were not able to revise their lessons as the light was dim. Furthermore, the coaches were cramped with other passengers including the traders. "Therefore I have directed (KTMB) to upgrade these market train coaches and also to provide a special shuttle service to ferry the students home in comfort," Abd Radzak told Bernama here recently. The upgrading exercise, that began early this year, has brought smiles to the passengers and boosted the image of KTMB. SHUTTLE TRAIN The specially introduced shuttle train plies the Tumpat-Dabong-Tumpat route and is designed to ferry the students home from school. The train pulls away from Tumpat station at 10.45 am and its stops include the railway stations and halts at Wakaf Baharu, Pasir Mas, Tanah Merah, Temangan, Kuala Krai, Manik Urai, Bukit Abu and Dabong. For the return trip from Dabong, the journey begins at 2.10 pm with stops at Kuala Gris, Bukit Abu, Kampung Baru Bukit Abu, Ulu Temiang, Kampung Baru Sungai Mengkuang, Manik Urai, Kuala Krai, Temangan, Tanah Merah, Pasir Mas, Wakaf Baharu and Tumpat. The shuttle train goes by the number 85 for the trip down from Tumpat to Dabong in the morning while on its way back, the train bears the number 86. "Before this, the students returned on another train that left Dabong at 3.10 pm. The shuttles service cuts down the waiting time by one hour," said Abd Radzak. For Mohamad Hakim and his friends, the train ride home is much comfortable as compared to previously due to the presence of air-conditioned coaches. "Before, we have to wait until 3.10 pm for the train to go home. It was so exhausting, compounded by the hot and humid interiors of the coaches. "Now we can even revise our school work while being in the train on the way back as the coaches are comfortable due to the air-conditioning," he said. According to the Senior Assistant (Student Affairs) for Sekolah Menengah Dabong, Hazama Ismail, the present generation students are fortunate when compared to those of his time. Hazama, a son of Dabong, said he is thankful of the KTMB's introduction of the shuttle service, which is the main mode of transport for students in the interior areas. "The move should be commended as the service helps the students to return home early and they now no longer have to fight for seats with the other passengers. "This train also benefits the school teachers who use the service to commute to work," said Hazama. CHEAP KTM FARE On the train fare, Abdul Radzak said it is still much cheaper when compared to the other modes of public transport. The students were given 30 per cent discount on the train fare, he said, adding that KTMB encourages the people to use the rail services as they would be safer and more comfortable. Abdul Radzak also called on the students not to vandalise the shuttle train's coaches as the service is for their own good. Labels: Petikan Berita On 20.6.09	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line273
__label__cc	0.557855	0.442145	Oamaru Courthouse at stage one of LINZ disposal As part of a disposal process, Land Information New Zealand is determining whether the Oamaru Courthouse land will be needed for any other public works. The old courthouse was transferred to LINZ on June 23 following an announcement by the Ministry of Justice in May stating the cost of strengthening the building would be too expensive for the Ministry to justify. Oamaru had its first court hearing in a new temporary facility on Humber St on August 13, following two years of hearings at the Oamaru Opera House after the old courthouse, a category one listed building, was closed in 2012 due to earthquake risk. LINZ Crown Property acting group manager Sharyn Pilbrow said any disposal of land owned by the Crown must meet a number of statutory and government policy requirements, such as the Public Works Act 1981. “These steps ensure that the interests or legal rights that parties – such as other government agencies, former owners or iwi – may have in the land being disposed of are appropriately addressed.” A number of steps are involved in the process and the Oamaru Courthouse is at stage one, which involves determining whether the land is needed for any other public works. Steps for disposing of land (in order): – Determine if the land is needed for any other public works; – Determine if the land needs to be offered back to the person the Crown originally purchased it from, or their successors; – Offer the land to Māori under a Treaty claim settlement or, possibly, hold the land for a future settlement; – Sell the land on the open market – generally by public tender or listing with a real estate agent. Disposals might not involve all of these steps, as land could be disposed of at any stage depending on the outcome of each step. By RUBY HARFIELD PHOTO: RUBY HARFIELD DISPOSAL: LINZ is currently deciding whether the Oamaru Courthouse land is needed for any other public works. buy footwearAir Jordan MP welcomes end of `porta-court’ era Mother pleased by court ruling Tourist’s appeal on Monday	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line275
__label__wiki	0.846699	0.846699	Home>>Books>>Outlander prequel release date: When will Diana Gabaldon’s Jamie Fraser prequel come out? \| Books \| Entertainment Outlander prequel release date: When will Diana Gabaldon’s Jamie Fraser prequel come out? \| Books \| Entertainment June 18, 2020 43 Views0 Diana Gabaldon’s famous novel series has become one of the most famous TV series ever. The time-travelling nurse Claire Randall’s adventures with the dashing Jamie Fraser have excited fans for years, especially with hunky Sam Heughan in the TV show. But when will Gabaldon’s new book about Jamie Fraser come out? When is the Jamie Fraser Outlander prequel book coming out? Sadly for fans, the answer is not a simple one. The question was sparked earlier this month, when a fan tweeted Gabaldon to ask whether there would even be a prequel, made a more pressing question after a discussion about Jamie’s mother, Ellen, in the TV series. The fan asked: “Have you ever thought of writing a prequel to Outlander about Jamie’s parents? “His mom Ellen sounds like quite a gal. Murtagh loved her (boar tusk bracelets) & MacRannoch also loved her (pearls) & his parents’ love sounds very intense like J&C.” Of course, J&C there relates to Jamie and Claire, the main couple of the franchise. Never one to give too much away, Gabaldon replied: “Yes, it’s in progress.” The simple answer lit Twitter up with fans begging for more answers about when the book might be ready, though sadly no answers were forthcoming. While Gabaldon is writing the prequel, there is no clue yet on when it might be released, or how it relates to the upcoming sixth season of Outlander, which has been delayed due to the coronavirus. There is also another issue in Gabaldon’s calendar which may make this difficult: the upcoming ninth book in the series, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone. No new novels from the Outlander series have been published since 2014’s Written in My Own Heart’s Blood. In the years between the eighth and ninth books, Gabaldon has written and released several other spin-off novellas, and a further addition to the Lord John Grey series. However, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone is still nowhere to be seen, and will hopefully be a priority for her in the days and months to come. Back in August 2019, Gabaldon promised readers the book would likely be finished at the end of the year, though it still hasn’t materialised. She tweeted: “Well, it will certainly be finished before the end of the year. “When it’s published doesn’t depend on me, though–pub dates are decided by the publisher, and depend on all kinds of arcane stuff, including availability of press-time, paper, warehouse space and shipping.” Sadly, in January 2020, Gabaldon was still writing, and with this book likely to be the priority, it means the Jamie Fraser prequels will probably take even longer to come out. For now, fans will have to reread the previous books to get their Outlander fix. ‘The thing I’ve always feared’: Dame Barbara Windsor’s husband says she may have to go into care \| UK News Royal wedding: How did THIS royal buck the trend with her royal wedding dress? Winds of Winter: Why A Storm of Swords could hold REAL reason for George RR Martin delay Game of Thrones: Robert Baratheon dying in ASOIAF book sees fans reassess him \| Books \| Entertainment Winds of Winter theory: Will Euron Greyjoy DESTROY Westeros in The Winds of Winter? Winds of Winter update: George RR Martin reveals release date – is it for Winds of Winter? \| Books \| Entertainment Lord of the Rings confession: How Tolkien never wrote Gandalf’s iconic film line \| Books \| Entertainment Daily horoscope for January 17: Your star sign reading, astrology and zodiac forecast January 17, 2021	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line277
__label__cc	0.516857	0.483143	55 Chapel Street, Suite 202, Newton, Ma 02458 www.nesca-newton.com 75 Gilcreast Road, Suite 305, Londonderry, NH 03053 Thank you for visiting. NESCA Notes has moved! For articles after June 4, 2018 please visit nesca-newton.com/nesca-notes/. Positive Emotions: Helping a Teen With Learning Disability Cope Better With Stress From NCLD.org The National Center for Learning Disabilities By Annie Stuart With mounds of homework, looming SAT tests and worries about the future—being a teen in today’s world can be incredibly stressful. Add a learning disability (LD) to the mix, and you’ve no doubt witnessed your fair share of short fuses. You can’t eliminate stress altogether for your teen—nor would you want to. But when stress is taking too high a toll, what’s the answer? A growing body of research shows that instilling positive emotions, such as gratitude, hope, awe and compassion, can make a big difference. Not only can it counteract the fight-or-flight stress response and improve wellbeing, but it may also enhance the goals of traditional classroom learning.[1] How Positive Emotions Help With Stress How does this all work? In lots of ways, says Christine Carter, Ph.D., author of Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents, and sociologist and happiness expert at the University of California, Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. “When we teach our kids skills like compassion, they become more resilient, better problem-solvers, and more able to approach learning in a way that they can get the most out of it,” she says. Judith T. Moskowitz, Ph.D., MPH agrees. Negative emotions are a normal and expected response to stress, says Moskowitz, associate professor in residence at the University of California, San Francisco’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. In fact, they evolved for good reason, helping us to avoid risks and rapidly respond to threats in a focused way. “But positive emotions—even short-lived ones—can broaden that focus, helping you think of other solutions to problems and ultimately increase lasting resources for coping with stress,” she says. For one, people who show positive emotions, even in the midst of crisis, tend to elicit more social support.[2] These positive emotions may help create an upward spiral of increasing coping resources, success, and fulfillment—not to mention health and longevity—in much the same way pessimism and depression create a self-reinforcing downward spiral.[3],[4] Ways to Promote Positive Emotions in Teens So how can you help? How can you generate more positive emotions in the midst of so much stress and teen angst? First of all, says Carter, walk the talk. “Model what it takes to lead a happy life before you try to raise a happy kid.” Also, don’t overlook the obvious, she says, things like exercise, down time, and sleep. “If your teen isn’t getting 9.25 or 9.5 hours of sleep, start there.” Moskowitz helped develop a pilot program for teens, called Coping and Emotional Development for Adolescents to Reduce Stress (CEDARS), in which she and colleagues tested a “buffet” of skills, tools and practices for eliciting positive emotions. “Different skills appear to work better for different people,” she says, adding that a variety of learning styles may have something to do with this. The trick is to build a set of skills, tools and practices that work best for you and your teen. If one technique loses it luster, try another. Moskowitz adds one other caution: This is not a quick fix, magical package, or Pollyanna pie in the sky. “It’s not about denying stress or eliminating negative emotions. It’s about changing the way you are in the world to make room for positive emotions alongside them.” Here are a few techniques Carter and Moskowitz recommend for teens. You can start by modeling these techniques yourself. Notice and celebrate positive events. Noticing good—even little—things can have an impact, says Moskowitz. The key is to notice it when it’s happening—a hug from a friend, a beautiful sunset, finishing homework. Celebrating a touchdown, great performance, or improved grades with someone else increases the effect, she says. The family dinner is a tried-and-true place to recount the day’s best happenings. And, when used judiciously, sharing with social media such as Facebook or Twitter can also be helpful, says Moskowitz. It’s a way to celebrate and savor good things with others, even when you’re alone. Consciously teach and practice gratitude. There are lots of theories about why gratitude boosts happiness, says Carter. For one, it’s a social emotion that ties us to others. And it changes what we’re paying attention to. Boosting it can be a little trickier during the teen years when entitlement can run rampant. Studies suggest, however, that keeping a gratitude journal—the practice of writing down what you’re thankful for—is a great way to promote greater satisfaction, better sleep quality and fewer physical symptoms in students, says Moskowitz.[5] Be mindful. A growing body of research also shows the positive emotional benefits of mindfulness.[6] “This is nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment—not rehashing the past or rehearsing the future,” says Moskowitz. Teens can start by sitting quietly and focusing on their breath for 5 to 10 minutes each day. Not a chance your teen will try it? Then, see if it makes a difference for you. There’s bound to be a ripple effect. Foster kindness. Teens who show a giving spirit by consistently volunteering, for example, are not only at reduced risk for stress, says Carter, but also for risky behaviors such as substance abuse, smoking, and unprotected sex. Why are volunteering and even doing chores so helpful? “They make kids feel like they’re a part of something larger than themselves, which is really important in adolescence,” says Carter. Interestingly, she says, some research shows that teens with more chores actually feel less stressed than their more pampered peers. Use positive reappraisal. Positive reinterpretation of an event is the lemonade-out-of-lemons idea, but it requires some finesse on the part of parents. Start small. “And don’t ‘run over’ your kid’s negative emotions,” says Moskowitz. “You don’t want to say in the same breath, ‘Sorry you didn’t make the soccer team, but now you’ll have more time to do your math homework’!” Let the negative emotion run its course, and then do some gentle coaching from the sidelines, gradually suggesting ways something good might materialize. Soon, your teen may take over with this technique. Focus on personal strengths. Recognizing your unique strengths or skills can help you feel good about yourself and cope better with stress, says Moskowitz. And, that’s a particularly helpful skill for kids with LD. You’re-so-awesome kinds of praise, however, can feel less authentic. Kids will see right though it. Instead, provide some evidence and be specific when praising teens, says Moskowitz. Say something like: “That was a really nice thing you did for her—I can see you’re a really good friend.” Encourage the use of strengths in new ways—in school and with extracurricular activities, friends and family. Your teen can learn more about his or her signature strengths by answering questionnaires online. Promote growth mindsets. Knowing that their brains work differently than everyone else’s, kids with learning disabilities may have fixed mindsets about what they’re able to accomplish, says Carter. They may think they can’t improve. “We need to teach them that their brains can still grow—that they will improve if they work hard. It’s really about helping them fulfill their potential, rather than helping them be superstars in every area.” How can you promote a growth, rather than fixed, mindset? [7] Praise the process, strategies, and effort, rather than the end result, says Carter. Ask questions like, “What strategy did you use to get there?” Comment on the steps your teen took to make improvement. Also celebrate mistakes and failure. Emphasize that sometimes the only way to learn is to make a mistake, adds Carter. Set attainable goals. Advise your teen to set goals that are not too easy and not too hard. “They should be challenging enough to get a feeling of success,” says Moskowitz. “You need to hit the sweet spot.” And, when you cross something off a list, it feels good. Envision the future. It also helps to imagine possibilities without worrying about creating a goal-setting “roadmap.” You might have your teen use a journal to visualize where he or she wants to be in ten years. This is a way to imagine your best possible self, which can make you happier, says Carter. Again, this is not about being realistic or setting goals, she adds. Instead, have your son or daughter describe the qualities of that person. Your teen might ask himself or herself questions like these to better see who this person might be: Is it someone with integrity? Someone who’s quiet and content? Who are your friends? What is your career? What are your hobbies? How to Instill Happiness Habits Learning to be happier is not unlike making other changes. It takes practice. “The idea is to learn and practice these skills, and make them habits so they’ll more easily work once you encounter extra stress, says Moskowitz. Have your teen start very small, advises Carter. “It’s much better to make small incremental progress and end up with a new solidly established habit in a year than to have a great week and then a spectacular failure.” After a success, no matter how small, celebrate with a woohoo! “There has to be a positive emotion associated with it, or your brain doesn’t want to lay that track down as a habit.” The overall message to send to teens with LD? Tell them you trust they’ll fulfill their potential if they learn the skills it takes to be happy in life. Carter advises encouraging your teen with something like this: “Although school and academic success are important, what’s really important to me is that you learn who you are and what you want in life and what it will take for you to lead a happy life. If you accomplish those tasks, you will be successful.” Raising Happiness (The Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley) Authentic Happiness: Strengths Questionnaires (University of Pennsylvania) Annie Stuart is a freelance writer and editor with nearly 25 years of experience. She specializes in consumer health, parenting and learning disabilities, among other areas. Subscribe Now: myy Subscribe Now: google Please join us at nesca-newton.com/nesca-notes for NESCA's new, award-winning blog. 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__label__wiki	0.526855	0.526855	Channeling Gabriella Crespi Somehow while blog hopping and getting lost in cyberspace I came across the name, Gabriella Crespi. I had never heard of her, but now I find I'm a bit obsessed. At 90 years old she can look back on having been a designer, artist, manufacturer, marketing genius, glamorous socialite and, since 1987, ardent follower of Shri Muniraji, and Indian guru with whom she studies for months at a stretch high in the Himalayas, seeking Satya (truth), unity and a feeling of infinity. Her guru, a disciple of Babaji, himself said to be an incarnation of Krishna, is the "Yogi-Christ of Modern India." Crespi is experiencing a kind of rebirth, too. There is a renewed interest in her furniture and accessory designs - about 1,500 all told, including lamps, silverware and jewelry, in a huge range of materials, from metal, wood, marble and bamboo to seeds, shells and gemstones. Produced mainly in the 1960's and 70's, her creations graced some of the most elegant homes in the world. Elizabeth Arden "fell in love with my designs, and wanted everything in the collection," Crespi said recently. Thomas Hoving, Princess Grace, Gunther Sachs and the Shah of Iran were other aficionados. Today, her furniture and decorative objects are beginning to bring high prices, as the design world turns its focus from midcentury French to Italian. Suzanne Demisch, a New York dealer in 20th-century furniture who has sold a number of Crespi's pieces, considers her work "much more innovative than what other Italians were doing at the time." It is also more difficult to find, according to Liz O'Brien, another New York dealer, because "people still treasure it." O'Brien recently sold an elliptical brass coffee table for $15,000. The Tavolo 2000 table features retractable leaves and was envisioned by Crespi as furniture of the future. Originally designed as rectangular forms made of stainless steel, the tables were eventually reworked as ovals made of brass, a material the Italians were crazy for in the 60's. Similarly, a square end table called the Magic Cube later evolved into a brass cylinder. In a taller form, it opened into a bar. The multifunctionality of her furniture is a Crespi trademark. She made coffee tables that rose to dining height, bookcases that became room dividers and seating that converted into beds. In her Yang Yin collection (1979), a cylindrical desk opened like a clamshell to reveal storage. There was also a Yang Yin bar and a free-standing wardrobe, like a steamer trunk, with hangers on one side and drawers on the other. They were made of contrasting materials - one side was ebony, for example, and the other brass. While the furniture looks like sculpture, it moves with the precision of a fine watch, and her mechanisms are patented. This is due, no doubt, to her architectural studies at the Politecnico Institute in Milan. "I was in love with Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright when I was young," she said. But it was also familial. Born in Milan in 1922, she was raised in Tuscany near Florence, where she first developed her love of nature. Her father was a mechanical engineer, and her mother taught her "to be generous with others," a trait that has been most apparent in her spiritual wanderings. By 1945, she was already on a spiritual path, having spent many months at the end of the war in isolation in the Hebrides, off the coast of Scotland. "The desire for silence and infinity had already been born inside me," she said. She met her husband, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, at a tennis club in Milan. After their marriage in 1948, she lived with his family, one of the richest in Italy. The Crespis built a huge textile empire and owned the newspaper Corriere della Sera. Two children, "the object of my life," followed. Though the couple later divorced, they are still friends. Crespi's apartment is a tribute to her design acumen: her elliptical brass coffee table is surrounded by her Quick Change seating, which turns into a bed; her bamboo dining table, with its bravura sunburst pattern, has the cachet of intricate inlay and is complemented by a sensuous brass credenza with curved ends. On the terrace there are several groupings of her bamboo furniture with matching planters, and her brass lamps are in every room. Their half-dome shades (either in Plexiglass or bamboo) harken back to Tiffany and Art Nouveau - no doubt attributable to the antimodernism then in the air, though Crespi would dispute this. "I was inspired only by the universe," she says. The Moon as a cosmic symbol, an emblematic, even esoteric guide. From the beginning, since the first steps in the late 1950s, the moon has been an authentic leitmotif in Gabriella Crespi’s poetic journey. The first "Lune," moon-shaped sculptures created in 1969, appear mainly as lighting structures. Crespi did not have a factory, or even a separate studio. She would make detailed drawings at home and bring them to various artisans around Milan, where, in those days, a designer could dream up a sensational piece and quickly have a prototype made, sometimes overnight, by a fine woodworker or metalsmith. For instance, to make her tableware and necklaces - called Gold Drops - she would sculpture models in wax, and others would make the molds; her birds and animals, including her giant ostrich, with a real ostrich egg for its belly, were begun in clay and then silver-plated. At the height of her success, Crespi maintained a showroom and warehouse in Milan and a showroom and glamorous apartment in the historic Palazzo Cenci in Rome (where her pieces looked right at home set against Umbrian frescoes). In New York, she sold to the trade through Casa Bella and for a time at Neiman Marcus. And then, in 1987, she abruptly stopped. "I rid myself of everything, she said. "The showrooms, the warehouse, the Rome apartment, the house in Sardinia. Everything." Even her designer clothes and furs gave way to the ascetic wraps of Hindu holy men. Her choice of color is interesting, however. Instead of saffron, she says, "I like to wear purple." But she bends to tradition and wears the red dot in the center of her forehead. When Crespi happened upon a photo of Babaji, it was instant recognition. She felt she had known him in a previous life. She still lives in her Milan apartment part of the year, but her life there is more spartan - her diet is vegetarian, and she has become more frugal. "But rich inside," she adds. She can add "author" to her list of credits. The memoir of her spiritual journey, called "Search of Infinity - Himalaya," details her struggle to reach the unity as described in Kundalini yoga, the final goal of merging male and female energy. And has she found infinity? "Oh, yes," Crespi sighs joyfully. "But it is never-ending." THE TALK Top Brass By ELAINE MAYERS Posted by La Dolfina at 9:28 AM jeanette from everton terrace said... I loved this. I love her, her fabulous designs and outlook. Her children being the object of her life and her need to free herself from all the "trappings" both resonate deeply with me. What a fascinating woman. Thank you so much for such a great post that you obviously spent much time putting together :) Jane and Lance Hattatt said... Hello Terri; What an extraordinary woman and what absolutely amazing creative talent she possesses. Her designs are, truly, out of this world and there is not a single item which you show here that one could not instantly place and which would, we are certain, be at home in any setting, contemporary or traditional. Everything about her work has a timeless quality which, surely, elevates it to be amongst the finest of all art forms. Carol@6WilsonBlog.com said... Wow. What an interesting and inspiring post. Thank you. I had heard the name but new mostly nothing about her. I am fascinated. Acquired Objects said... What an interesting lady and life! I had never heard of her before so thank you Terri for introducing her to us. Debra~ Barbara Bussey {The Treasured Home} said... What a stunning and complicated woman! Very interesting post! Therese Long I am a passionate treasure huntress addicted to "the thrill of the hunt." I pride myself on finding unique items and have spent a lifetime collecting unusual and interesting "treasures" which I have used in decorating our home. I shop with an eye for design and look for pieces that I like to call the "jewelry" of the room. Those pieces that have been around accumulating energy thereby bringing life into a space by telling its story or evoking a memory. The allure is found in the details of its journey... condition, provenance and patina. Our collected "treasures" tell the story of who we are. Billy Baldwin said it best, "Decorating is never successful unless it is personal." My treasures are available for purchase in my Etsy Shop and on my companion blog, Shop La Dolfina. The links can be accessed from my sidebar. CLICK TO SHOP LA DOLFINA long.therese@gmail.com CLICK TO GO TO MY Etsy SHOP "THE HOME SHOULD BE THE TREASURE CHEST OF LIVING." Featured Treasures Treasures that tell a story... Get Your Stars & Stripes On! Got Oysters? People are so CLEVER! A Mother's Day Tribute I wake up to this... I Want This So Bad! M A ( I ) S O N R Y The Treasured Home What a ride! Crespi on the brain... 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__label__wiki	0.867256	0.867256	Did you know you can download our entire database for free? Georgia Caselaw: Georgia Code: Browse (external) Findlaw Georgia Law Resources This site exists because of donors like you. Lawskills.com Georgia Caselaw RODRIGUEZ v. DAVIS. A92A0391. (202 Ga. App. 550) (415 SE2d 41) MCMURRAY, Presiding Judge. Action on contract. Richmond Superior Court. Before Judge Pierce. This fraud and breach of contract action is predicated on events which transpired following plaintiff Davis' purchase from defendant Rodriguez of certain assets which constituted a mobile ice cream vending business. The assets included two step vans, a trade name, and a concessionaire contract for Fort Gordon with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. Following the trial of the case, judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff for $38,500, $3,000 attorney fees, and the title to a vehicle still held by defendant. Defendant appeals, enumerating as error certain portions of the charge to the jury, the failure of the verdict to state which count it was predicated on, and the denial of his motions for directed verdict, new trial, and judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Held: 1. Defendant's enumerations of error nos. 1 and 6-12 complain of alleged errors in the charge to the jury. However, it is axiomatic that a party cannot complain of the giving of an instruction to the jury unless he objects thereto after the court has instructed the jury and before the jury returns a verdict. After the charge was given, the trial court inquired of counsel if there were objections and none was stated. As there was no proper objection to the jury charge, these enumerations present nothing for review. Issacs v. Williams Bros., 195 Ga. App. 812 (2) (395 SE2d 11); Wigley v. Hambrick, 193 Ga. App. 903, 905 (5) (389 SE2d 763); Whelchel v. Thomas Ford Tractor, 190 Ga. App. 156, 157 (2) (378 SE2d 510). 2. Defendant's second enumeration of error complains that the verdict did not state whether it was being rendered pursuant to the fraud or breach of contract count. "Where a party allows a general verdict to be received and published in open court in the presence of his counsel, without objection or motion to have the jury retired with direction to find a special verdict, he will be deemed to have waived his right to a special verdict. [Cits.] We, therefore, find no merit in this enumeration of error." Skelton v. Skelton, 251 Ga. 631, 634 (6), 635 (308 SE2d 838). 3. Defendant's remaining enumerations of error complain of the denial of his motions for directed verdict, new trial (predicated only on evidentiary grounds), and judgment notwithstanding the verdict. These enumerations, individually and collectively, raise the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence to authorize the verdict returned by the jury and must be reviewed on appeal under the "any evidence" standard. Horan v. Pirkle, 197 Ga. App. 151, 153 (2) (397 SE2d 734); Joe N. Guy Co. v. Valiant Steel & Equip., 196 Ga. App. 20, 21 (1) (395 SE2d 310). Plaintiff's evidence clearly shows that defendant breached a non-compete provision of the contract between the parties by bidding against plaintiff for a renewal of the ice cream vending concessionaire contract which was the primary asset transferred under the contract. Indeed, the evidence shows that defendant, by purporting to advise and help plaintiff as required by the contract, learned the amount of plaintiff's bid for the concessionaire contract and then outbid him. Cas. &c. Co., 179 Ga. App. 819, 820-822 (348 SE2d 94). Samuel F. Maguire, for appellee. James F. Findlay, for appellant. DECIDED JANUARY 23, 1992. Citing Cases: AUTOMATED DRAWING SYSTEMS, INC. v. INTEGRATED NETWORK SERVICES, INC. et al. (214 Ga. App. 122) (447 SE2d 109) (1994) OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION v. SHERIFF. (210 Ga. App. 299) (436 SE2d 14) (1993) CITY OF DALTON v. SMITH et al. (210 Ga. App. 858) (437 SE2d 827) (1993) BOULDEN et al. v. FOWLER. (208 Ga. App. 89) (429 SE2d 692) (1993) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. BALLARD et al. (208 Ga. App. 474) (430 SE2d 848) (1993) TIBBS v. THE STATE. (207 Ga. App. 273) (427 SE2d 603) (1993) KRAUSE v. VANCE et al. (207 Ga. App. 615) (428 SE2d 595) (1993) Thursday May 21 09:02 EDT Home - Tour - Disclaimer - Privacy - Contact Us Copyright © 2000,2002,2004 Lawskills.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line284
__label__cc	0.642049	0.357951	Board index ‹ Hockey ‹ Pittsburgh Penguins Letang Extended; 8 years 7.25mm, Limited no trade (15 teams) Forum for Pittsburgh Penguins-related messages. 2452 posts • Page 95 of 99 • 1 ... 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 If true: Let him walk after next season and take a final run with him as #1 Dman Sign him and Malkin, rest of the roster be damned Sign him and trade Malkin/let Malkin walk Trade Letang at draft/before season starts Shut up NAN Re: Letang Extended? 8 years 7.25mm, Limited no trade (15 te by canaan on Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:34 pm Boogeyman wrote: canaan wrote: There was nothing wrong with what he said. If anything, it was a shot at the trapping dingleberries that just try to win, even if it means a brand of hockey that resembles activity time at the senior center. Trap hockey isn't fun...no matter the outcome. Its crap No it wasn't. He went corporate Ray and resorted to discussing how entertaining the team is and how they field a competitor in the aftermath of the most embarrassing playoff losses in franchise history. That says it all. Furthermore, he signed the guy solely responsible for it to an extension. It's a country club people. I know that hurts your feelings because you have this image in your mind that Mario is the savior who only cares about wining but let's face it, that new 20 million dollar ski chalet in Quebec isn't going to pat for itself. what are you even saying? NHL Third Liner Location: Nevin Shapiro A&M by Gaucho on Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:34 pm Locking up Malkin and Letang long-term should have us less concerned about the future. Location: Ignoranti by Bioshock on Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:36 pm It's now really sinking in. The Pens kept one of the top 3 best forwards along with one of the top 5 defenseman in the whole league for a raise of 4.55 million per season for the greater part of the next decade. I'm just so pleased. AHL'er Location: Mt. Lebanon by Boogeyman on Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:36 pm A Letang departure does not fall in line with this teams goal of having a team who can compete for the Stanley cup. I just thank god for Ray Shero, I know some other teams at the beginning of the season, are informed whether or not they can compete for the Stanley Cup. On a Ray Shero team, you can compete for the cup every year. Junior 'A' by topshelf on Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:38 pm Gaucho wrote: Locking up Malkin and Letang long-term should have us less concerned about the future. Yep. Plus, as the cap moves up each year, Letang's deal will begin to look better and better. It was the same with Gonchar in '05. I remember being a bit apprehensive about the price we paid, but the contract looked pretty good a few years later. topshelf canaan wrote: What I've been saying all along, top shelf has a Shero fat head. Bioshock wrote: It's now really sinking in. The Pens kept one of the top 3 best forwards along with one of the top 5 defenseman in the whole league for a raise of 4.55 million per season for the greater part of the next decade. Boogeyman wrote: What I've been saying all along, top shelf has a Shero fat head. Yet another lie that is packaged to look like the truth. They haven't come out with the GM edition of Fatheads yet. topshelf wrote: Did it smell real bad or was it just all air? By how high strung you are, seems like it may have been stewing in there a bit, yes? by Beveridge on Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:51 pm I don't even understand this thread anymore. Location: Punxsutawney by Sam's Drunk Dog on Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:03 pm Just wanted to add that I am glad Letang's contract was extended. He is young and only going to get better. The cap will go up and his deal will be seen as a discount in a couple seasons. Now back to your regularly scheduled circle jag. Sam's Drunk Dog NHL Fourth Liner Location: Shutter Island by DontToewsMeBro on Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:11 pm I hope the cap really goes up, that's all I'll say. If it does, it's great we have a #1 guy for the next decade into his prime at a reasonable contract. If his mental game can catch up with his feet, even better. DontToewsMeBro by topshelf on Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:13 pm DontToewsMeBro wrote: I hope the cap really goes up, that's all I'll say. If it does, it's great we have a #1 guy for the next decade into his prime at a reasonable contract. If his mental game can catch up with his feet, even better. Isn't it supposed to go down one year? I don't know why I have that stuck in my head. I remember hearing during the CBA negotiations, but I am not sure if it happened or whatnot. If so, at least we have Letang at his current cap hit for one more year. by sil on Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:15 pm It's going down this year topshelf...from $70,200,000 to $64,300,000. Luckily Letang will still only count $3,500,000 against it. The cap CANNOT, per the CBA, go any lower than $64,300,000 in any season. AHL All-Star Location: the Juice Case manufacturing plant by Bioshock on Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:20 pm Guys, in the new CBA it is not allowed to go below 64.3 million. Know it, love it, breathe it. Also, the league is posting record profits again. The cap will rebound and rebound quickly. This isn't a question or a possibility. The money is there. This deal will be manageable and quite cap friendly after a few years. by mikey287 on Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:21 pm Once again, now that it's official, this is good for us. Even if it doesn't work out to the extent that everyone seems to believe it has to, it's the right idea at the time...virtually the only idea at the time...to keep this team as a reasonable contender. We could have it so much worse than Letang...there are teams with similarly-priced but worse d-men, there are teams without #1 d-men, etc. the grass was, is and always will be greener on the other side... Location: Philadelphia, PA - @MichaelFarkasHF Bioshock wrote: Guys, in the new CBA it is not allowed to go below 64.3 million. Know it, love it, breathe it. The assumption is that it continues to go up, and there's no reason to think it won't. Luckily, should the worst happen, the cap cannot drop below what it is currently, which is nice. mikey287 wrote: We could have it so much worse than Letang. And he can still get better too. by columbia on Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:27 pm It could be the 3rd year of the new contract, before they have money to flesh out a balanced team. No whining about the depth of their roster until then. Location: دعنا نذهب طيور البطريق by bhaw on Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:22 pm MRandall25 wrote: People would complain we aren't giving the supposed forward prospects a chance if we played them on the 4th line (see: Tangradi), and then they'd complain it's hurting their development because they're playing 4th line. We aren't talking a prospect who is supposed to have top 6 potential. We are talking playing a young fourth liner or bottom pair. Believe it or not, there are actually players out there who belong on the fourth line and can be played there who aren't 1m to the cap. Bylsma has developed zero prospects to this point on forward or defense. But I guess this is MRandall being MRandall. Of course I'm sure you can provide mounds of evidence with all the prospects who have developed in four years who are currently playing a full time spot on the roster. Yeah, there are none... Engelland part time Vitale part time Bennett barely part time Bortuzzo part time Despres part time Everyone else was brought in via free agency/trade or developed pre-DB. Any evidence to the contrary or is it just the standard straw man/critical comment with nothing behind it or anecdotal fluff? bhaw Location: From Hockey Siberia to Hockey Hell Perhaps Letestu. columbia wrote: Perhaps Letestu. No one on the current roster. If we count him, that's 1 in four years. That's poor by any standard. Re: Letang Extended; 8 years 7.25mm, Limited no trade (15 te by Pavel Bure on Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:30 pm Who should DB have developed? Letang - seems to have turned out pretty good Staal - seems to be okay Goligoski - plays #1 D on another team Kennedy - developed nicely into NHL 3rd liner Tangradi - he's awful, poor work ethic and attitude, not sure how that's DB's fault Bennett - Rookie, developing nicely Despres - same as Bennett Vitale - developing into an energy guy quite nicely Who else should he have developed? Strait? Lovejoy? They had no place on this team. Nick Johnson? Seems whatever team he's on now is t "developing" him either. This isn't a Guilleme Latendresse (sp?) we're talking about here. Who has Bylsma put a lot if time into and failed to develope? Location: http://freebitco.in/?r=770437 BITCOINS get them It's a two fold issue: The potential list is prettt thin after who mentioned - and there are various reasons for that - and he hasn't done much with the ones who have been around. TK developed so well he regressed and was benched in the playoffs. Letang was already up and playing a large role on the team, so nice try. Staal was the same. Tangradi sucked. Goligoski was awful other than points. I guess if you want to credit DB for making Gogo awful on defense, sure. I'm also pretty sure he's not the #1 in Dallas. You have no evidence for DB developing players. As a matter of fact two young guys have specifically said after they left that they didn't understand what they had to do or why they lost playing time. There's more evidence to the contrary the Dab is developing prospects. Your anecdotal "there's no one to develop" is not evidence. Why isn't Vitale a full time player? Why did Bennett inexplicably play so few game when he actually played well? Why is Despres spending so much time in the press box? The only credit you are giving him is for guys who were already full time players. Letestu is probably the best example of any. On the short list of things DB does well, I don't think anyone would put "developer of young talent" on there. This isn't ground breaking news. He's bad with it so far. Seems like you just want to cling to the mystique that DB is the great and powerful coach who has no flaws. This team won't do well of he can't take AHL guys and get them to play on the bottom lines around Sutter and Vitale and possibly Adams. They can't afford to pay bottom line guy what they have been. DB has yet to show he's capable of that. It's ok to admit a coach's blatantly obvious faults. Return to Pittsburgh Penguins Jump to: Select a forum ------------------ Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins Penguins Affiliates NPR Non-hockey Related NHR Board index - Privacy Policy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line285
__label__wiki	0.765107	0.765107	THE VIRDEE FOUNDATION www.thevirdeefoundation.com Through the set up and establishment of The Virdee Foundation, Peter has been able to have an invaluable impact through his commitment and dedication in supporting worldwide causes. Over the years, a considerable amount has been donated to various charities, Mencap British Red Cross Chile Marie Curie Cancer Care Masjid Salaam New Mosque Build Project Amir Khan's Glove Community Centre Chief Khalsa Diwan Mane Chance Sanctuary Starlight Children's Charity Novak Djokovic Foundation Sangat Trust Charity Rays of Sunshine Children Charity The Jaralam Trust as well as contributions towards the Tsunami disaster Passionate about the need to use personal success for philanthropy and support, Prof. Peter Virdee spends a great deal of time mentoring young people. The next generation is very important. Helping them and funding them through the passage of life is critical Whether it is helping disadvantaged children in India, Pakistan or in the West,Prof. Peter’s enthusiasm extends to both major and minor charities, some of which are listed below. The Virdee foundation has helped Bharuch Welfare Hospital in India’s state of Gujarat, and has helped to build St Paul’s Children Care Centre in Nairobi. He has also set up the Sardar Jagat Singh Charitable Trust in India, named after his late grandfather. This charity has sponsored some 80 children into primary education to help them to step out into the world on the right foot. It has also carried out 400 successful cataract operations in India, thereby looking after both ends of the age spectrum. Five centuries ago, Sikhism began with Guru Nanak. As the story goes, he was given 20 rupees by his father to go and learn to trade. Instead, he gave the money away to the poor and homeless, and came home with nothing. “I am a firm believer in giving” says Prof. Peter Virdee – “but when I look back at my business life, I was as ruthless as anyone. It was ‘me’ – or ‘you’. Now I know it’s all about getting rid of ego and self- importance in business. This has come through experience.” Some of the charities supported: www.caudwellchildren.com www.namal.edu.pk www.magicbusuk.org www.grdp.co.uk www.varietyclub.org.uk www.livingthedreambandd.org.uk www.lcdisability.org www.cancerresearchuk.org © Copyright Peter Virdee. Design by Lisa Tse Ltd Don't Worry ! You will not be spammed	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line293
__label__cc	0.703452	0.296548	The complex devices all around us — from long-range satellite links in our cars and offices to powerful computers in our hand-held gadgets — prove beyond a doubt that we live in a technology-driven world. In the field of dentistry, new technology is constantly changing the way diseases are diagnosed, routine procedures are performed, and illnesses are prevented. Although they may seem unfamiliar at first, new and improved dental technologies offer plenty of real benefits for patients. Here's a look at some of the latest examples, coming soon to (or now appearing at) a dental office near you. Air Abrasion Technology. Bothered by the noise and vibration of the dental drill? This air-powered device could make that familiar high-pitched whine a thing of the past! Working like a mini-sandblaster for teeth, this hand-held device removes tiny amounts of tooth material with precision control. Anesthesia Wand. If you don't like needles, this may be just what the doctor ordered: a pen-like device that meters out the precise amount of anesthetic you need — and even pre-numbs the insertion site, so you really won't feel a thing! CAD/CAM Same-day Crown Fabrication. Hate to wait? By combining 3-D digital imaging and computer-aided design and manufacturing technology, it's now possible to have permanent crown restorations completed in a single day — much better than leaving the office with temporary crowns and coming back weeks later for permanent ones! Cone Beam CT Imaging. What's better than an x-ray of your teeth? An on-screen, movable 3-D representation of your jaws! By taking a series of x-ray “slices” and stitching the images together with a powerful computer program, Cone Beam CT imaging creates a virtual model of your mouth. It can be used to find disease, plan procedures, and visualize internal structures that formerly wouldn't have been visible without surgery. Dental Implants. Tooth replacement took a giant leap forward with the widespread use of dental implants — today's preferred method of replacing teeth. Dental implants are small titanium posts that replace the root part of your missing tooth. A realistic dental crown is then attached to the implant for a replacement tooth that looks and feels exactly like what nature gave you. Digital Dental Impressions. Remember biting down on a tray of putty-like material, so a model could be made of your teeth? A digital imaging device now makes that unnecessary. Instead, your teeth can be “dusted” with a fine reflective powder, which is then recorded by a special camera. A series of images is converted into a 3-D model, which can be used to assess a tooth's condition or fabricate dental restorations. Digital X-Rays. Diagnostic x-rays have long been invaluable to dentistry. The emergence of digital technology in the past decade, however, has made dental x-rays safer and even more useful. Digital technology cuts radiation exposure to patients by as much as 90% over traditional x-rays. And there are other advantages including the elimination of waiting time for pictures to develop, and sharper images that can be enhanced instantly to show detail. Intra-Oral Camera. A picture is worth… plenty, when it comes to helping you understand your dental examination, diagnosis and treatment! With these tiny cameras, you can see what the dentist sees, on a small chair-side monitor. The images of your teeth can be saved as stills or video — or even printed out — so you can see exactly what's happening in your mouth. Laser Diagnosis and Treatment. They're inside DVD players and scanner wands — and now, they are making their dental debut. Lasers are being used to detect tiny spots of tooth decay, treat gum disease, and remove cancerous cells in the mouth. They are also employed in gum surgery… even cavity treatments! The Future Of Dentistry Can you imagine the day your dentist actually grows you a new tooth to replace one that has been lost? Can you conceive of the day when dentists protect babies from tooth decay before they even have teeth? Learn more about these exciting innovations — they're closer than you think... Read Article Dental Implants – Your Best Option For Replacing Teeth Dental implants have many advantages over older methods of tooth replacement like bridges and dentures — from the way they function and feel to the way they look and last. Vigorous research has documented and confirmed that in the right situations, dental implant success rates are over 95%. It is no exaggeration to say that they have revolutionized dentistry. They may even change your life... Read Article	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line296
__label__cc	0.645336	0.354664	'He who informs you of your faults will guard you in your absence, whereas he who flatters you with respect to your faults will point the finger at you in your absence.' Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib [as] Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8260, 8261 Library » Nahj ul Balagha » Sermons » Mutual rights of the ruler and the ruled Mutual rights of the ruler and the ruled Sermon 215 Mutual rights of the ruler and the ruled So now, Allah, the Glorified, has, by placing me over your affairs,created my right over you, and you too have a right over me like mineover you. A right is very vast in description but very narrow in equitability of action. It does not accrue to any person unless it accrues against him also, and right does not accrue against a person unless it also accrues in his favour. If there is any right which is only in favour of a person with no (corresponding) right accruing against him it is solely for Allah, the Glorified, and not for His creatures by virtue of His might over His creatures and by virtue of the justice permeating all His decrees. Of course, He the Glorified, has created His right over creatures that they should worship Him, and has laid upon Himself (the obligation of) their reward equal to several times the recompense as a mark of His bounty and the generosity that He is capable of. Then, from His rights, He, the Glorified, created certain rights for certain people against others. He made them so as to equate with one another. Some of these rights produce other rights. Some rights are such that they do not accrue except with others. The greatest of these rights that Allah, the Glorified, has made obligatory is the right of the ruler over the ruled and the right of the ruled over the ruler. This is an obligation which Allah, the Glorified, has placed on each other. He has made it the basis of their (mutual) affection, and an honour for their religion. Consequently, the ruled cannot prosper unless the rulers are sound, while the rulers cannot be sound unless the ruled are steadfast. If the ruled fulfil the rights of the ruler and the ruler fulfils their rights, then right attains the position of honour among them, the ways of religion become established, signs of justice become fixed and the sunnah gains currency. In this way time will improve, the continuance of government will be expected, and the aims of the enemies will be frustrated. But if the ruled gain sway over the ruler, or the ruler oppresses the ruled, then difference crops up in every word, signs of oppression appear, mischief enters religion and the ways of the sunnah are forsaken. Then desires are acted upon, the commands (of religion) are discarded, diseases of the spirit become numerous and there is no hesitation in disregarding even great rights, nor in committing big wrongs. In such circumstances, the virtuous are humiliated while the vicious are honoured, and there are serious chastisements from Allah, the Glorified, onto the people. You should therefore counsel each other (for the fulfilment of your obligations) and co-operate with each other. However extremely eager a person may be to secure the pleasure of Allah, and however fully he strives for it, he cannot discharge (his obligation for) obedience to Allah, the Glorified, as is really due to Him, and it is an obligatory right of Allah over the people that they should advise each other to the best of their ability and co-operate with each other for the establishment of truth among them. No person, however great his position in the matter of truth, and however advanced his distinction in religion may be, is above co-operation in connection with the obligations placed on him by Allah. Again, no man, however small he may be regarded by others, and however humble he may appear before eyes, is too low to co-operate or to be afforded co-operation in this matter. If a man in his mind regards Allah's glory as being high and believes in his heart that Allah's position is sublime, then it is his right that on account of the greatness of these things he should regard all other things small. Among such persons he on whom Allah's bounty is great and Allah's favours are kind has a greater obligation, because Allah's bounty over any person does not increase without an increase in Allah's right over him. In the view of virtuous people, the worst position of rulers is that it may be thought about them that they love glory, and their affairs may be taken to be based on pride. I would really hate that it may occur to your mind that I love high praises or to hear eulogies. By the grace of Allah I am not like this. Even If I had loved to be mentioned like this, I would have given it up in submissiveness before Allah, the Glorified, rather than accept greatness and sublimity to which He is more entitled. Generally, people feel pleased at praise after good performances; but do not mention for me handsome praise for the obligations I have discharged towards Allah and towards you, because of (my) fear about those obligations which I have not discharged and for issuing injunctions which could not be avoided, and do not address me in the manner despots are addressed. Do not evade me as the people of passion are (to be) evaded, do not meet me with flattery and do not think that I shall take it ill if a true thing is said to me, because the person who feels disgusted when truth is said to him or a just matter is placed before him would find it more difficult to act upon them. Therefore, do not abstain from saying a truth or pointing out a matter of justice because I do not regard myself above erring (1). I do not escape erring in my actions but that Allah helps me (in avoiding errors) in matters in which He is more powerful than I. Certainly, I and you are slaves owned by Allah, other than Whom there is no Lord except Him. He owns our selves which we do not own. He took us from where we were towards what means prosperity to us. He altered our straying into guidance and gave us intelligence after blindness. (1). That the innocence of angels is different from the innocence of manneeds no detailed discussion. The innocence of angels means that they do not possess the impulse to sin, but the innocence of man means that, although he has human frailties and passions, yet he possesses a peculiar power to resist them and he is not over-powered by them so as to commit sins. This very ability is called innocence and it prevents the rising up of personal passions and impulses. Amir al-mu'minin's saying that "I do not regard myself above erring" refers to those human dictates and passions, and his saying that "Allah helps me in avoiding 'errors'" refers to innocence. The same tone is found in the Qur'an in the words of Prophet Yusuf that: I exculpate not myself, verily (one's) self is wont to bid (him to) evil, except such as my Lord hath had mercy on; verily my Lord is Oft- forgiving, All-merciful. (12:53) Just as in this verse, because of the existence of exception, its firstpart cannot be used to argue against his innocence, similarly, due to the existence of the exception "but that Allah helps me in avoiding errors" in Amir al-mu'minin's saying, its first part cannot be used to argue against his innocence, otherwise the Prophet's innocence too will have to be rejected. In the same way, the last sentence of this sermon should not be taken to mean that before the proclamation of prophethood he had been under the influence of pre-Islamic beliefs, and that just as others had been unbelievers he too might have been in darkness and misguidance, because from his very birth Amir al-mu'minin was brought-up by the Prophet and the effect of his training and up-bringing permeated him. It cannot therefore be imagined that he who had from infancy trod in the foot-prints of the Prophet would deviate from guidance even for a moment. Thus, al-Mas`udi has written: Amir al-mu'minin never believed in any other god than Allah so that there could be the question of his accepting Islam. He rather followed the Prophet in all his actions and (virtually) initiated him, and in this very state he attained majority. (Muruj adh-dhahab, vol. 2, p. 3). Here, by those whom Allah led from darkness into guidance, the reference is to the persons whom Amir al-muíminin was addressing. Ibn Abiíl-Hadid writes in this connection: The reference here is not to his own self because he had never been an unbeliever so as to have accepted Islam after that, but in these words he is referring to those group of people whom he was addressing. (Sharh Nahj al-balaghah, vol. 11, p. 108)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line300
__label__wiki	0.889183	0.889183	You are at:Home»English»Life & Arts»Flash Out of the Pan Flash Out of the Pan Limited return of a Tokyo Garden favorite quickly sells out. Posted On April 27, 2020 Life & Arts, Food and Drink The Tokyo Garden chashu-shumai combo. (MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor Wow, that was fast. On Friday at 10 a.m. JiST Café in Little Tokyo posted limited-time-only orders for the Tokyo Garden chashu-shumai combination on their website. Thirty minutes later, all 100 orders were sold. Glen Seiji Ishii and Caroline Shin of JiST Cafe. (TOYO MIYATAKE STUDIO) Chef Glen Seiji Ishii and partner Caroline Shin decided to put the popular dish on the menu for just two weekends, but Ishii said he didn’t expect the reaction. “I’m shocked,” Ishii said. “All I have to say is I have a lot of respect for Mom and Grandma.” The chashu-shumai combination was first served by the Ishii family at Tokyo Garden decades ago. The bento packs a lot of flavor: a generous serving of pork chashu with handmade shumai dumplings, all served with rice and hot mustard sauce. They will be preparing 100 orders per day on May 1-2, 8-9. Like all restaurants, business has been challenging due to the pandemic. Besides the special combination, other online menu items include the Super Huge Breakfast Burrito with eggs and hickory ham, and the Hot Chick Sandi, a chicken katsu sandwich with habanero pickled onions, cabbage, and Kewpie mayo on a brioche bun. Ishii said it was his grandmother who invented the combination. Lately he has been preparing the meal for seniors living in Little Tokyo. Tokiko Ishii at the former Tokyo Garden restaurant in 2013. (MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo) The combination was prepared for seniors as part of “Little Tokyo Eats,” a meal delivery program for seniors on limited income sponsored by Little Tokyo Service Center, Little Tokyo Community Council and Keiro. The first day of this service was on April 6, when Sake Dojo (Don Tahara) prepared a Vegetarian Bibimbap dish. Other Little Tokyo restaurants involved are: Suehiro, Mitsuru Sushi & Grill, Kouraku and JiST. “I gave them the Tokyo Garden chashu because a lot of the former customers are living at the Little Tokyo Towers,” Ishii explained. “I did that menu to have them be happy for right now and reminisce for the old days in Little Tokyo.” Bill Watanabe of the Little Tokyo Historical Society recalled the popularity of the combination. “The business was OK Monday through Thursday like a typical restaurant,” he said. “It wasn’t crowded every day. On Friday, people know about this Friday lunch special where they served the chashu and shumai. “People would actually line up in front of the restaurant to order the lunch special so it became something of a TGIF lunch that people looked forward to every week.” According to Ishii, the combo is labor-intensive, but he wanted to do something special for seniors sheltering in place. Located next to Union Center for the Arts, JiST opened in 2013 and has become a popular downtown brunch spot. Before that, his family ran Tokyo Café at the same location from 2000 to 2013. Tokyo Garden first opened before World War II and moved several times from Weller Street to Second Street. At the family restaurant, Glen’s mother Tokiko was a always familiar, cheerful presence, greeting customers and remembering their favorite menu items. He said his mom is doing well, living with his brother in Orange County. At LTSC’s urging, JiST offered the combination to the public. When the news broke that JiST would be bringing back chashu-shumai, it quickly went viral on social media. Carrie Morita was one of the lucky few to get her order in on time. “My strategy was to order for the last day because I thought everyone would go for the first day,” Morita said. Still absorbing the response, Ishii isn’t sure what he’ll be doing next. He paid tribute to his family: Grandma, Mom and dad Howard, who passed away in 2000. “Mom is really happy that we sold out so fast. We’re not 100 percent sure what to do yet. Since there’s such a demand for it, thinking of opening it up another weekend,” he said. He said the restaurant will announce their upcoming plans on Instagram. “This is to make everybody happy right now,” Ishii said. JiST is located at 116 Judge John Aiso St., Little Tokyo. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; weekends, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To order or for more information, visit jistcafe.com. Reading of Poems by Hiroshi Kashiwagi JFLA Presents ‘Music Mondays’ Imagine Little Tokyo Writing Workshop on Jan. 28	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line301
__label__wiki	0.614618	0.614618	Kari Tauring Kari Tauring is a Nordic folk musician, dancer, and storyteller and author of “The Runes: A Deeper Journey”. A volva in Old Norse, she “carries the staff” of spiritual tradition within the folkway of her Nordic ancestry through performance, education, and authorship. Kari combines deep scholarship and personal practice to create new interpretations of what it means to be Nordic. Called “innovative folk” music, Tauring gives modern relevance to the ancient poems and songs that inspire her. Kari played original folk music in the Twin Cities and around the Midwest from the early 1990’s. From 1999 – 2006 she produced large scale Winter Solstice celebrations with original music, dancers, puppets, and visual artists. Her early studies of Runes and ancient texts about them (1989) began making their way into her musical life in 2003 as she began reconstructing the staff carrying women’s traditions of her Norwegian heritage. Using the staff and stick for chanting runes is at the center of Volva Stav is her original work aligning the body and its processes with the world tree and its many inhabitants. The use of staff rhythm for journey and rune expression, and the dovetailing of rune postures within Nordic movement is unique, profound, and well received around the world. Kari began studying Scandinavian folk dance in 2006 and putting rune postures to traditional Scandinavian folk dances sparked her programs in Nordic Roots Dance in 2011. She continues to dance in performance groups, teach runes in the dance workshops, and connect the very ancient to the very modern through the threads of these folk ways. Clio Ajana Clio Ajana is a lesbian columnist for The Wild Hunt, a Mystic in the Hellenic Pagan Mystery Tradition and an Archieria for Thiasos Vestales Prima, the first House of Our Lady of Celestial Fire (E.O.C.T.O), an LGBT-integrated Thiasos that has served the Alternative Spiritual community in the Twin Cities since 1998. Clio Ajana also practices Romuva (Baltic Heathenry). She has been an active participant in the Pagan Twin Cities community since 2004. Ajana’s early studies of numerology and astrology eventually led her to embrace the Hellenic Pagan Mystery Tradition in 2006. Her religious interests include aging, numerology, astrology, rituals for group empowerment, prison ministry, and writing as a spiritual practice. As a writer, Clio Ajana is drawn to issues surrounding minority cultures that are often considered invisible within the larger Pagan, Heathen, and Polytheist communities such as aging, death, issues of race and diversity in the larger community, and the incarcerated. Her writings and reviews have appeared in Facing North: A Community Resource, the Patheos blog, Daughters of Eve, and in the anthologies Shades of Ritual: Minority Voices in Practice and Bringing Race to the Table: Exploring Racism in the Pagan Community. She considers everything in her life to be touched by her religious practice and spiritual beliefs. She can be found on Facebook as Clio Ajana, on her blog www.clioajana.com, and monthly through her column in The Wild Hunt where she looks at everyday life through a spiritual lens. Moonraven-Iuvantas Moonraven-Iuvantas is a devoted practitioner of Hellenic-Alexandrian Witchcraft & Spiritual Tradition, where he has called home since 1989. As a student of FSCJ in Jacksonville, FL he is currently finishing an AA degree (with a strong emphasis on Mathematics & Earth/Space Science) and plans to continue forward with a bachelor’s degree in digital media/Multimedia Technology. Moonraven’s goal is to learn the Liberal Arts & Applied Sciences from a Dionysian perspective. Among his many years of Service to Multicultural Pagan Faith & Community, Moonraven has earned great respect in his various titles and accomplishments; most notably: Founder & Senior Clergy for Church of Uranus ~Temple of Olympus (EOCTO) US Ambassador for the Threskian Mysteries within Φράτρα Μυστηρίον Αδύτον Αδυτύν Vice-President for NE FL Pagan Leadership Coalition (Jacksonville, FL) He is a member of several unique Spiritual bodies within the Greater Worldwide Pagan Community; among the most notable are Kemetic Orthodox Temple (under the direction of Dr. Tamara Suida) and Chosen Path Church (within the Corellian-Nativist Tradition of Wicca, where he will become a 1st degree Initiate soon). A practicing Greco-Buddhist and Balto-Slavic Вештиц (vestac), he is currently studying both Greek and Serbo-Croatian languages. As a Devotee of Perkūnas, he also practices the Romuva Romuva Tradition. His Passion and Service to the Divine includes discovering & revealing the hidden (and buried) connections of African Spirituality and Indo-Greek Religions, as well as diminishing the Godless ethnic segregation & cultural ignorance that plague these beautiful traditions.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line307
__label__wiki	0.856296	0.856296	Home / Cars / UBER SET TO LAUNCH 'FLYING CARS' AS TAXIs IN THE YEAR 2020 UBER SET TO LAUNCH 'FLYING CARS' AS TAXIs IN THE YEAR 2020 World Taxi Giants, Uber said on Tuesday that it wants to launch a system of flying cars to move people around cities, with a goal of putting demonstration projects in place by 2020. The ridesharing giant announced a series of partnerships to manufacture “vertical takeoff and landing” (VTOL) vehicles and put networks in place, a system dubbed Uber Elevate. The partner cities working with Uber are Dubai and the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolis in Texas. “The goal of these partnerships is to develop a new on-demand VTOL network to enable customers in the future to push a button and get a high-speed flight in and around cities,” Uber said in a statement. The announcement came at a summit held in the Dallas area with partners in the project. “What started as a simple question ‘why can’t I push a button and get a ride?’ has turned, for Uber, into a passionate pursuit of the pinnacle of urban mobility — the reduction of congestion and pollution from transportation, giving people their time back, freeing up real estate dedicated to parking and providing access to mobility in all corners of a city,” said Uber chief product officer Jeff Holden. “Urban aviation is a natural next step for Uber in this pursuit, which is why we are working to make push a button, get a flight a reality.” Uber’s goal is to have the first demonstration network in place in Dubai for the 2020 World Expo in that city, and another pilot in Dallas the same year ahead of “full-scale operations” in the Texas region by 2023. The announcement came a day after Silicon Valley “flying car” startup Kitty Hawk, reportedly backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, released a video of its airborne prototype and announced plans for deliveries of a “personal flying machine” this year. – Manufacturing plans – Uber’s plans appear more ambitious, and include partnerships with US-based Bell Helicopter, Brazilian manufacturer Embraer and Slovenia’s Pipistrel to produce flying machines for short distance urban operations. “Uber’s Elevate network is an exciting opportunity for Bell Helicopter to help transform how cities move people and products in the future,” Bell president and chief executive Mitch Snyder said in a statement. Embraer CEO Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva praised the “unique opportunity to complement the air transport knowledge of a visionary and revolutionary ground transport company.” The Uber plan also includes partnerships for “vertiports” for the flyers to take off and land, along with changing stations for the transporters, which are expected to be mainly electric-powered. Uber’s agreement with Dubai Roads and Transport Authority calls for a joint study into pricing models, people movement and determining where routes should be created in the city. “The partnership will result in everything from hover and forward flight tests to actual flight operations in the Dubai area,” according to a joint statement. Uber has grown into the world’s largest venture-backed startup, with a valuation estimated at some $68 billion despite ongoing obstacles with regulators and taxi operators. In addition to ridesharing in some 80 countries, Uber is also testing self-driving cars in three US metro areas. Uber’s growth so far has not been dented by a series of embarrassing disclosures about a culture of sexism, cut-throat workplace tactics and covert use of law enforcement-evading software. UBER SET TO LAUNCH 'FLYING CARS' AS TAXIs IN THE YEAR 2020 Reviewed by ReviewRites on 18:07 Rating: 5 Tags Cars	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line314
__label__wiki	0.771178	0.771178	It's Sunday, Title: Green Lakes Endurance Runs 2010 Date: Sunday August 29th, 2010 Author: Todd Baum Click the View Photos tab (above) to view the 494 pictures in the photo gallery. The 2010 Green Lakes Endurance Runs Webcast has live updates including Participant Positioning, Checkpoint Updates, and Mug Shots of participants, pre-race with their race number. Green Lakes Endurance Runs Webcast: Webcast URLs to the YellowJacket Racing timing company results: 100k Overall: http://www.yellowjacketracing.com/files/user/GLER100kOverallResults2010.pdf 100k Age Group: http://www.yellowjacketracing.com/files/user/GLER100kAgeGroupResults2010.pdf 50k Overall: http://www.yellowjacketracing.com/files/user/GLER50kOverallResults2010.pdf 50k Age group: http://www.yellowjacketracing.com/files/user/GLER50kAgeGroupResults2010.pdf The following is the Run Report for the 2010 Green Lakes Endurance Runs, 50-km & 100-km trail races Seven course records were set and many runners had personal records at this year’s GLER. The morning temperatures were cool, but that quickly changed. By 10:00 a.m. it was 73° and by noon it was 81°. And the temperature continued to rise in the afternoon. While the faster 50-km runners may have had a cooler run than in previous years, the three 100-km course records were earned despite harsh conditions. The runners must have been training hard and came better prepared than ever before. It was inspiring to watch the effort they put into their races. Here is the list of 2010 Records: 100 km 50+ Grandmaster Men Randy Miller 9:52:15 (broke his own old record 10:06:14 2009) Randy scored 3rd Open Division 100 km Open & 40+ Master Women Elizabeth Mainiero 10:38:18 (old Open record 11:17:17 2008 Elizabeth Carrion, old Master record 11:48:12 2009 RuthAnn Helfrick) 50 km 40-49 Master Men Jeff Nelson 3:45:59 (old record 3:58:32 2009 Paul Young) Jeff scored 3rd Open division 50 km 50+ Grandmaster Men Ed Housel 4:00:43 (broke his own old record 4:04:44 2009) 50 km 40-49 Master Women Shannon McHale 4:20:57 (old record Katherine Stettler 4:34:00 2007) 50 km 50+ Grandmaster Women Nancy Kleinrock 4:32:57 (old record Tanya Cady 5:35:34 2008) A total of 34 out of the 146 participants in this year’s races were awarded an age division award. There were also 4 “Local Champion Awards” and 3 “Inspiration Awards” awarded. Runners that finished in the top three overall were removed from their age division and were recognized for their Open Division accomplishment. These runners included Elizabeth Mainiero age 49 and Shannon Cutting age 46 that finished 1st and 3rd in the 100-km. Randy Miller age 51 finished 3rd in the 100-km. Shannon McHale age 40 nearly came away with the 50-km Open victory in a close finish with 27 seconds separating the top three women. Jeff Nelson age 45 finished 3rd in the 50-km. The races, the 50-km and the 100-km, and all age divisions were very competitive this year. The 100-km race had five men under 10 hours and a new women’s course record established by Elizabeth Mainiero, finishing in 10:38:19, breaking the women’s record by 39 minutes. Joshua Finger’s 100-km victory in 9:02:12 was with a margin of 48 minutes and would have been the course record if Brazilian international star Valmir Nunes hadn’t paid a visit in 2008 when he ran an 8:22:31. Elizabeth and Joshua finished 7th and 1st overall in the 41 runner field, up from 25 runners in 2009. These performances and all the 100-km performances were wonderful to witness. The RRCA designated the 100-km race the New York State Ultra Championship. The 100-km participants did the RRCA proud. The top three in the 100-km Open Division and the top finisher in the 100-km age divisions received RRCA Championship plaques. The top three in the 50-km Open Division and the top finisher in the 50-km age divisions received custom GLER Medallions. Amy Lane and Brian Rusiecki were the 50-km 2nd place finishers in 2009. They both ran faster races in 2010, becoming the 50-km Champions! These fine runners from Westfield, MA finished 9th and 1st overall in the 105 runner 50-km field. The 2010 women’s 50-km competition at GLER was exciting, with Amy Lane, Jimena Barrera and Shannon McHale all finishing within 27 seconds of each other; Lane’s winning time was 4:20:30. Ed Housel, 51, and Nancy Kleinrock, 50, broke their age groups records, with Kleinrock taking over an hour off the previous record with her 4:32:57! The 12.5-km loop course has a varied trail surface. Two ascents and one long descent traverse the upland forest along steep, shaded trails with roots, ruts, and stones. The trails in the upper meadows, referred to as “The Serengeti,” are mostly dirt and grass, with rolling terrain and no shade. The Serengeti is full of wildlife and grasses and its trails are lush with wild flowers. Three miles in the Serengeti each lap can make for a challenging summer ultra if Mother Nature offers a warm sunny day. The lake trails are shaded, have a few roots and are generally flat. As usual, the summer afternoon took its toll on the 100-km field. The past finish rates of 41% in 2007, 39% in 2008, 68% in 2009, and now with the 56% finish rate in 2010, the GLER 100-km is establishing itself as one of the most difficult 100-km races in North America and shouldn’t be entered unless you are exceptionally fit. Congratulations to all those that finished this year’s RRCA New York State Ultra Championship! And congrats and thanks to all the GLER participants. Your effort and sportsmanship was impressive. The 2010 Fleet Feet Local Champions: 100-km Female Shannon Cutting, 46, Hamilton NY 100-km Male Ryan O’Dell, 25, Liverpool NY 50-km Female Julie Randall, 33, Liverpool NY 50-km Male David Miller, 50, Manlius NY The 2010 Inspiration Awards: Fastest Last Lap Award (in the 50k) Steven Jackson, 22, NY 55:00 The Even Pace Award (100k runner with the smallest difference between their fastest and slowest 12.5-km lap) Paul Chenery, 53, ON - 4:17! Difference between laps 2 and 8. Courage of Trying Award (showing courage and sportsmanship in trying to finish 100k) William Bergeron, 32, MA - Pushed through 4 ½ hours on a tough last 25k. William Finished! CURRENT COURSE RECORDS 100 km Men Open & Master 40-49: 8:22:31 - 2008 - Valmir Nunes, 44 - Santos, Brazil Grandmaster Age 50+: 9:52:15 - 2010 - Randy Miller, 51 - Ramsey, NJ 100 km Women Open & Master 40+: 10:38:18 - 2010 - Elizabeth Mainiero, 49 - Southbury, CT 50 km Men 3:33:07 - 2009 - Phil Reutlinger, 30 - Old Lyme, CT Master 40-49: 3:45:58 - 2010 - Jeff Nelson, 45 - Titusville, PA Grandmaster 50-59: 4:00:43 - 2010 - Ed Housel, 51 - Rochester, NY Senior Grandmaster 60+: 5:10:56 - 2009 - James Miner, 60 - Dryden, NY 50 km Women 4:08:08 - 2009 - C. Mad, 21 - Old Field, NY 4:20:56 - 2010 - Shannon McHale, 40 - Marietta, NY Grandmaster 50+: 4:32:57 - 2010 - Nancy Kleinrock, 50 - Trumansburg, NY 100 km Top 25 Fastest Times Overall 8:22:31 8:06/mile 2008 - Valmir Nunes, 44, Santos, Brazil course record 9:02:12 8:43/mile 2010 - Joshua Finger, 37, Spring City, PA 9:50:45 9:30/mile 2010 - Ryan O'Dell, 25, Liverpool, NY local record 9:52:15 9:31/mile 2010 - Randy Miller, 51, Ramsey, NJ 50+ course record 9:56:15 9:35/mile 2010 - Matthew Chaffin, 42, Manlius, NY 9:57:50 9:37/mile 2010 - Paul Chenery, 53, Toronto, ON 10:00:40 9:40/mile 2009 - Matthew Chaffin, 41, Manlius, NY 10:06:14 9:45/mile 2009 - Randy Miller, 50, Ramsey, NJ 10:17:44 9:58/mile 2008 - Timothy O'Shea, 37, Cazenovia, NY 10:35:32 10:13/mile 2010 - Horacio Ruiz, 45, Astoria, NY 10:38:18 10:16/mile 2010 - Elizabeth Mainiero, 49, Southbury, CT course record 10:40:40 10:20/mile 2007 - Keith Straw, 52, Malvern, PA 10:45:08 10:24/mile 2007 - Walter Bird, 50, Marcellus, NY 10:48:28 10:26/mile 2009 - Daryl Hultquist, 39, Gaithersburg, MD 10:50:53 10:28/mile 2010 - John Geesler, 51, St. Johnsville, NY 10:53:43 10:31/mile 2010 - William McGovern, 50, Marathon, NY 10:55:22 10:32//mile 2010 - Zsuzsanna Carlson, 37, Jersey City, NJ 10:59:21 10:36/mile 2009 - Daniel Horvath, 56, Brunswick, OH 11:00:04 10:37/mile 2009 - Marc Drautz, 36, Boca Raton, FL 11:01:42 10:38/mile 2009 - John Ehntholt, 42, Glens Falls, NY 11:11:03 10:47/mile 2010 - Orla Kastberg, 44, Cabin John, MD 11:16:19 10:53/mile 2009 - Jeremy Marble, 34, San Diego, CA 11:17:17 10:55/mile 2008 - Elizabeth Carrion, 32, Fair Lawn, NJ 11:23:55 11:00/mile 2009 - Zsuzsanna Carlson, 36, Edison, NJ 50 km Top 30 Fastest Times Overall 3:33:07 6:51/mile 2009 - Phil Reutlinger, 30, Old Lyme, CT course record 3:35:30 6:56/mile 2010 - Brian Rusiecki, 31, Westfield, MA 3:40:57 7:06/mile 2010 - Steven Jackson, 22, Victor, NY 3:45:08 7:14/mile 2009 - Brian Rusiecki, 30, Leeds, MA 3:45:59 7:16/mile 2010 - Jeff Nelson, 45, Titusville, PA 40-49 course record 3:50:23 7:24/mile 2010 - Justin Weiler, 31, Whitesboro, NY 3:53:24 7:30/mile 2010 - Jesus Dominguez, 27, Astoria, NY 3:58:32 7:40/mile 2009 - Paul Young, 44, North Andover, MA 4:00:43 7:44/mile 2010 - Ed Housel, , 51, Rochester, NY 50-59 course record 4:04:39 7:54/mile 2008 - Yassine Diboun, 29, Ithaca, NY 4:04:44 7:52/mile 2009 - Ed Housel, 50, Rochester, NY 4:05:56 7:56/mile 2008 - Ed Housel, 49, Rochester,NY 4:08:08 7:59/mile 2009 - C. Mad, 21, Old Field, NY women course record 4:08:08 7:59/mile 2009 - Scott Ennis, 43, Manlius, NY local record 4:10:43 8:04/mile 2009 - Bobby Cameron, 37, Shirley, NY 4:11:51 8:06/mile 2009 - Brad Reed, 25, East Longmeadow, MA 4:16:01 8:16/mile 2007 - Javier Martinez, 36, Baldwinsville, NY 4:16:35 8:17/mile 2008 - Mike Wright, 59, Chittenango, NY 4:17:40 8:17/mile 2010 - Jeremy Marble, 35, San Diego, CA 4:18:39 8:19/mile 2010 - Christopher Moore, 38, Hamilton, NY 4:20:24 8:22/mile 2008 - Jonathan Dickens, 35, Cicero, NY 4:20:30 8:23/mile 2010 - Amy Lane, 31, Westfield, MA 4:20:40 8:23/mile 2010 - Scot Jacobs, 35, Freeville, NY 4:20:41 8:23/mile 2009 - Mark Thompson, 38, Ithaca, NY 4:20:47 8:23/mile 2010 - Jimena Barrera, 36, New York, NY 4:20:48 8:23/mile 2009 - Scott O'Connor, 41, Fonthill, ON 4:20:50 8:23/mile 2007 - Ryan O'Dell, 22, Liverpool, NY 4:20:57 8:23/mile 2010 - Shannon McHale, 40, Marietta, NY 40-49 course record 4:23:54 8:29/mile 2010 - David Miller, 50, Manlius, NY 4:25:08 8:33/mile 2008 - Vince Rucci, 31, Stow, OH http://gleruns.org Go there or Go there in new browser Additional website reference address. 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__label__cc	0.540325	0.459675	Sounding the Alarm: Media Violence in America Sunday, January 17th, 2021 by Jimmy R Allen A history making event passed virtually unnoticed during the Union address by the President of the United States to the joint session of the Congress. The President called on the communications media to be more responsible by curbing the gratuitous feeding of images of violence to American minds. He said, "For people in the entertainment industry in this country, we applaud your creativity and your world wide success, and we support your freedom of expression. But you do have a responsibility to assess the impact of your work and to understand the damage that comes from the incessant, repetitive, mindless violence and irresponsible conduct that permeates our media all the time." He was met with a thunderous standing ovation. Never have the joint leadership of America, including both parties, all of the key figures of the legislature and the administration, and leading members of the public expressed such unanimity on this subject. It was unprecedented and significant. Alarms are sounding as Americans worry over the impact of image communication media pouring gore into the living rooms of our homes and into the minds of our children. The dire predictions of a few Paul Reveres sounding warning cries a generation ago is coming true in the streets and schools yards of today. Our killers are becoming younger, our crime is spreading out of the ghettoes into the mansions of our country, our compassion is drying up, and our fears are increasing. While media experiences are not the sole cause of these trends, there is little doubt that they are a major factor. There is a rising litany of lament being wrung from the souls of grieving Americans about our violent society. The U. S. Centers for Disease Control has declared violence a leading public health issue. Our murder rate has increased six times faster than the population in recent years. Homicide has become the second leading cause of death of all persons fifteen to twenty four years of age (second only to automobile accidents). In 1992 the U. S. Surgeon Genera] pointed out that violence is the leading cause of injury for women ages fifteen to forty four. "Mindless" and "repetitive" violence is the mental food we are feeding our young. Despite stated concerns about the amount of television viewing done by children, the time spent before television screens by children ages two to eleven continues to expand. It is now averaging 28 hours of weekly television watching. Prime time programming contains an average of five violent acts an hour. That amounts to 5000 acts of violence a year. Cartoons contain even more violence and are steady fare for children. Saturday morning cartoon shows contain 25 acts of violence an hour. That adds up to children watching 8000 screen murders and more than 100,000 acts of violence by the end of their elementary school years. By the end of their teen years, the figures will double: 16,000 screen murders and more than 200,000 acts of violence. The Evidence Is In Despite our hand wringing over the amount of time our children spend in front of television sets in America, the trend continues to spiral. Unsupervised television watching is a fact of life. Neil Postman, who has written extensively on the effects of television in our society points out in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death that America is now raising a second generation of children for whom television was "their first and most accessible teacher and, for many, their most reliable companion and friend." When your most reliable companion and friend glorifies violence without consequence, it creates a consequence of its own. There was a time when many social scientists thought the impact of television viewing was minimal. They sometimes took comfort from the idea that most cartoon violence was so far removed from life situations that it was actually a substitute or release in imagination for acting out angry or hostile impulses in children. The overwhelming evidence of research over the past few years has silenced most of that debate. There are still significant studies on the details of what causes what kind of aggressive behavior, but the fact that there is a direct relationship between what we absorb into our minds and what we do in our actions is now reaffirmed. Dr. Leonard D. Eron, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, cites a summary of over 200 studies published in 1990 which provide "convincing evidence that the observation of violence, as seen in standard everyday television entertainment, does affect the aggressive behavior of the viewers. All types of aggressive behavior, including illegal behaviors and criminal violence, demonstrated highly significant effects associated with the exposure to television violence. The behaviors affected by viewing television violence are cause for social concern."[1] Television Violence and Homicides Ten of the ground breaking studies on the relationship between television viewing and violence is the study by Dr. Brandon Centerwall, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington and a psychiatrist in private practice. He traces the homicide rates in the United States, South Africa, and Canada since the introduction of television. He finds that the white homicide rate experienced a 93% increase within ten to fifteen years in the US, a 92% increase in Canada while there was no increase during that same period in South Africa. After television's introduction in South Africa in 1975, there was a 130% increase by l987.~~~ Since there are varying mixes of social trends and racial components, the common denominator is television violence. Dr. Centerwall contends that the time period allows the impact of value development on preadolescents to bear its fruit. Violence watched in adulthood does not change basic value systems, but violence watched in childhood fashions those value systems. Dr. Centerwall is so convinced of his evidence that he states that ten thousand of the twenty thousand annual homicides in the US are directly attributable to television's impact. More impressive than the impersonal studies about the relationship between television viewing and homicides are the tragic events reported constantly in our news. Jason Edward Lewis, a high school freshman in a rural community near Atlanta, sat on a swing beside his mother with his arm around her as they spoke. His truck driver father was in back of the house working on a chore in the yard. That same evening, the sixteen year old left his parents watching a television program, retrieved a shotgun from his room, and shot his mother and father to death. While most of the boy's friends reported seeing no signs of anger against his parents, three of them had talked after a movie about killing their parents, robbing a pawn shop, and making their way across the country. There had been no history of violence or abuse in the boy's family. Notes were found reflecting a churning inner anger but not directed against anyone or anything specific. He had a marked behavior change which was traced to drug use. He had also been absorbed in a violent movie "Natural Born Killers" in which heroes Mickey and Mallory killed 52 people in three weeks. He refers to them in his notes in which he says "let's kill 'til we are killed".~3' Such tragedies are taking place all over our nation because of the "no real consequences" violence portrayed in our entertainment media. The Problem is Larger Than Television The popular response to the increase of violence in our society is to blame it all on television - its programmers, companies buying its presence in our homes, and those who are writing to pander to the lowest appetites of Americans. Elizabeth Thoman, founder of the Center for Media and Values, points out. that television elementally is a reflection of a violent culture. We have developed a culture in America which glorifies violence as a way of life. This culture is reflected not only in our glorification of vigilante violence, but also in massive military spending. While the Cold War of confrontation with the Soviet Union created the market of fear, we built up the industries of destruction which then made us the largest sellers of destruction on the earth. As that world situation has changed, we are still grinding out the products of violence and marketing them to small nations or groups within nations. We have not learned the lesson of Humpty Dumpty that when the egg breaks "all the king's horses and all the king's men can't put Humpty together again." It takes more than violence to lead responsibly in a complex world. BIBLICAL INSIGHTS Parents are exhorted in Deuteronomy 6:4-9 not only to love God with all their hearts but to teach this love for God to their children. Hear, 0 Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be asfrontlet between your eyes. you shall write them on the doorpost of your house and on your gates. (New King James Version) The principle is that parental responsibility involves shaping what gets into the minds of children. This responsibility was less complex in the agrarian society of ancient Israel than it is in the information society. The simpler days offered time together in the work place, protection from the intrusion of foreign influences, and, of course, no television. The challenge is greater but it is more essential today then ever before. The tools of the information society must be turned toward the truth. The scripture emphasizes the importance of training the mind. Luke describes the growth of Jesus from childhood to manhood as the acquisition of wisdom: "And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor" (Luke 2:52, NRSV). Paul says that the work of the Spirit of God within us has to do with the renewing of the mind (Romans 12:2). In Philippians 3, Paul prays for the church at Philippi that the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Paul then presses the point of personal responsibility: "Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things" (Phil. 4:8 NRSV). One of the difficulties in developing preventive measures against abusive image communication is that you have to consume it before you can taste it. The poison is taken in before you can make a judgment. Labelling programs is the preventative response we have made thus far. The fact that labels are aimed toward the young makes older Americans believe they will be immune to destructive effects of being saturated in mindless violence. All of us must guard, however, against becoming so conditioned to the presence of violence that we become unaware of its devastation. Christians are especially responsible for being alert about the food for the mind which we knowingly consume. The command of the Bible is not centered in what we ought not to think about but in what we ought to make the nutrition of our minds.. ..the pure, lovely, positive, honest. It doesn't take a great deal of investigation to spot the pornography of violence. Its gory trail leads from one act to another and ends in characters which are only partially human doing massive acts of destruction. It is not accidental that entertainment creators have reached the point in which they are fashioning half human heroes-genetically or mechanically engineered Terminators and Robocops who wreak destruction as a way of life. The violent culture glorified by the entertainment media is subhuman; comic lines play off of death and destruction. The core of biblical truth about violence is found in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus the Christ who embodied nonviolence. Even when his righteous indignation drove him to fury in the Temple where he cast out the money changers, his action was to turn over tables rather than to strike people. His "turn the other cheek" instruction was lived out in the Garden of Gethsemane as he healed the soldier wounded by Peter's attack. The Messiah was violence's most undeserving victim who called his disciples to follow in the way of love rather than hate, peace rather than war, healing rather than hurting. Things the Family Can Do Most families feel overwhelmed by the tidal wave of violence in the media of our day. There are positive steps, however, that families can take. They cannot be done without a commitment of time and energy by parents and children. 1. Monitor television time. Time is the challenge for most families. With the schedule demands presented by both parents working, the time crunch becomes serious. It is simply the line of least resistance to let the tube be the sitter for the child while we busy ourselves with other activities. Since we cant correct out of ignorance, parents' covenant about media violence must begin with a commitment to watch what the children watch. 2. Do a family inventory of T.V. violence as a family project. Monitor the television viewing in your home for as much as thirty days. The object is to record every violent act which comes into your home for that time period. If Nielsen can do it, you can too. Design a notebook to show day, time, program name, and body count. Be sure to include the cartoons. Maybe your typical viewing exposes the family to little violence. Find out for yourselves. The first step of the inventory requires the family to develop its own definition of violence. It should be reduced to writing so that every family member can have a copy. Media and Values magazine shares some insights on that process. Critics of television violence research note that media violence experts measure television quite differently. George Gerbner of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication measures most acts of violence equally, whether accidental or intentional. The National Coalition on Television Violence 'weighs' violence so a minor act like shoving counts as one-third of an act of violence while murder counts as one and two-thirds an act of violence. Judge for yourself by developing your own definition of media violence and putting it to the test.[4] Keep in mind things like motives (revenge or passion), consequences (death or financial reward), techniques (shootouts or fist fights), intentions (to frighten or to kill). Does violence a]-ways mean physical harm? Does violence drive the story line? If there were no violence would there be a story? Are the good guys and the bad guys real people or caricatures of people? It requires more skill and screen time to give characters full names, families, and personalities. Next, count the acts of violence according to your definition. Make sure to note who are the perpetrators and who are the victims. How are these characters different in terms of gender, race and class? Do all the acts of violence fall neatly within your definition? Finally, evaluate your results. What values went into your definition? Are certain types of violence used more often than others? How does the violence change over time and program? What patterns of violence emerge in terms of gender, race and class? At the end of the thirty days, you will be equipped to look at your own viewing habits, determine whether the results are healthy, damaging, or neutral. Then you can have family discussion and decision making about what is right and wise for your family's best interests. 3. Help children discern fantasy from reality. A major concern about television violence is that T.V. violence has no realistic consequences. Damaging things are done, especially in cartoons, in which no damage really shows up. Children learn to laugh when real people get hurt. Child development professor Judith Myers-Walls cites HOME ALONE as a case in point. Consequence-free slapstick humor reenacted in play over and over by seven year old boys caused one of them to drive a nail through a board and leave it point up on the other boy's basement stairs. His friend was surprised when his mother's foot bled after she stepped on it. The boy exclaimed, "There wasn't any blood when they did it in the movie. One way to assist children into reality is to watch the program and point out the special effects involved when the actors are pretending to be hurt or to hurt one another. Knowing how special effects work helps to keep viewers in touch with reality. Children can still enjoy the story as they learn that the camera has a magic of its own to make unreal seem real. 4. Help children cope with fear. One effect of television violence on children is the creation of the neurotic fear of the world as a dangerous place. This effect is sometimes hidden because children mask their fears with bravado. It is easy to assume subconsciously that the murders, rapes, and attacks take place in the real world at the same rate they are seen on television. When television news, for example, pours out a constant flow of gory details of crimes, fires, and automobile carnage, it is easy to forget that a million persons living in that city have not experienced any of those things on a given day. How can we help our children deal with the violence they are exposed to through television? One way is to say "NO." Some programs are off limits. While parental viewing rules may bring resistance and pleading that peers get to see off-limits programs, the fact is that children feel cared for when parents fairly enforce reasonable rules. Another way to help children is to listen to their fears. Opening the door to share how it feels to be scared while watching a program gives the opportunity for deeply needed assurances. Sometimes this sharing does not come at the moment of the experience but in later conversation. However, an intentional attention to those issues pays off. Let older children help younger children. Ms. Ramona Pence, Virginia elementary school teacher who does Television Awareness Training (TAT) with children, has started a Kid Teaching Kids approach to violence. She appeals to the older elementary children, who always like to feel they know more, to help the younger ones with their understanding of violence on television. By getting them into the process, she teaches them by getting them to coach individual children one on one. The concept is transferable to many homes. When families are learning together, parents can get new insights through the eyes of children. 5. Teach children alternatives to violence. We need to show children how problems can be solved in nonviolent ways. What path could be taken in ways alternative to the situation being depicted? If force must be used, how can a maximum of good be done with a minimum of force? Under what circumstances and for what reasons is force justifiable? Let them help think of a better way. THE CHURCH'S OPPORTUNITY: MEDIA LITERACY Media literacy involves understanding the media better in its workings and impact, developing guidelines for its control, creating actions to change policies, and ministering to its victims. Materials are available for creating discussion groups in media literacy. The format for such groups can take several forms or directions. A general meeting on the subject of "Redeeming Television" can take the form of a one hour interactive use of video and discussion. One of the most helpful Christian resources on what the churches and church families can do about television is Dr. Quentin J. Schultze, professor of communications at Calvin College. Dr. Schultze has prepared an hour-long interactive video based on his book, Redeeming Television. The video presents an overview of the challenge with a special emphasis on what churches and Christians can do. Small adult discussion groups can explore media violence and constructive responses using a resource available from the Center for Media Literacy. Dr. Quentin J. Schultze provides another source of information for these groups in his book, Winning Your Kids Back From The Media. Stop the Violence Sunday. A number of communities and denominations are joining in a Stop the Violence Sunday designed to spotlight the problems of violence. While media violence is only one aspect of this emphasis, the effort helps to sensitize people to the problems each community faces. It is sometimes accompanied by a violence inventory of the community conducted by a task force of community religious leaders. Appropriate steps for community actions can be supported by Stop the Violence Sundays. There are no easy solutions for the problems of lessening the violence reflected by and promoted through the media. In addition to conventional media like movies, television, and print, new technologies present their own kind of complexities. Cable communications is joined by CD-ROM, interactive television screen toys of violence, and a tidal wave of greed. We must move beyond blame to positive actions which preserve and protect the young and the weak. We cannot wait for ultimate solutions. We can learn to handle the media instead of letting it handle us, but doing so will take a concerted effort by all concerned for the next decades. We don't have time to wait. Our children and grandchildren are at stake now. It is time for the people of God to pray, to work, and to act. Our present as well as our future is at stake. 1] Media & Values, Vol. 62, Summer 1993, p. 14. [2] Journal of the American Medical Association, June 1992 and cited in Media & Values, Vol. 62, Summer 1993, p. 12-13. [3] Atlanta Constitution, March 7, 1995. 4] Media & Values, Summer 1993, p. 15. Dr. Jimmy R. Allen is chaplain at the Big Canoe resort community in the Georgia mountains north of Atlanta. Prior to his present work he served as a pastor, as Director of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission, and as President of the Radio and Television Commission. He served two terms as President of the Southern Baptist Convention. He prepared this material on "Media Violence in America as part of an important and highly valuable 178-page resource notebook, "Violence: A Christian Response." Available in a 3-ring binder for $12, this complete set of materials dealing with Violence in American Culture and Violence in American Families may be ordered either from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, P.O. Box 450329, Atlanta, GA 31145-0329 or the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission, 333 N. Washington, Dallas, TX 75246-1798, under whose joint sponsorship the project was developed. 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__label__cc	0.73164	0.26836	[KSS NYC] About Keynote Speaker : Murat Aktihanoglu Joyce Yeo Murat Aktihanoglu is a New York-based venture capitalist who significantly contributed to building New York as the hub of startups like today’s Silicon Valley. Coming from program engineering background, Aktihanoglu has participated in multiple projects from Fortune 500 companies, such as AT&T, Sony, Panasonic and Logitech and wrote a book on location-aware applications. In addition, he successfully launched a number of startups such as Centrl, a location-aware social platform. Currently, Aktihanoglu focuses on leading Entrepreneurs Roundtable with other NY-based venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs Roundtable is a monthly meeting of entrepreneurs, investors and venture capitalists that holds startup pitching to investors and mentoring sessions. After spending 2 years in Japan in 2003 for Sony Playstation related project, he returned to New York to meet up with other NY-based entrepreneurs. At that point, the startup environment in New York was not as active compared to those in Boston or Silicon Valley. But, as entrepreneurs in NY continued to casually meet up, more and more people joined the meetings. Although the meeting was not an official organization yet, an idea of startup pitch deck was brought up seeing that numerous influential figures also joined the meeting. Although the meeting was more of a casual social gathering rather than an official event, first few startup pitch decks with investors and mentoring session with senior entrepreneurs received very positive feedbacks. Consequently, Entrepreneurs Roundtable (ER) was formed to host official startup events. As ER’s managing director, Aktihanoglu then began to vitalize New York’s startup environment. Since then, New York has been developed as one of the largest startup hubs like Silicon Valley in the last few years. Considering that New York was already the heart of U.S. economy with Wall Street, NY-based startups continue to grow at a fast pace. Undoubtedly, ER and related individuals’ influence drove such growth. Beginning with New York’s grand success, he is expanding geographic coverage by hosting startup events in other cities around the world with growth potential, such as Turkey, South Korea, Japan and Norway. Having once said in an interview that starting new business suits him better than managing a business, Aktihanoglu actively goes out of his way to help build successful startups in many different ways. For instance, his blog, muratak.com, is filled with useful information for those who are interested in starting IT-related business. From giving pitch know-hows to sharing first-hand experience on hosting local startup events, Aktihanoglu actively pursues his passion and support for startups as a seasoned entrepreneur. Details for the Korean Startup Summit NYC can be found at the event’s Facebook page and main website. Thanks to Yong Hyun for the original article Joyce (Jung Min) is a senior at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, majoring in Global Business. In her free time, she loves to drink coffee, listen to music and explore downtown DC. Joyce can be reached at jmyeo@techforkorea.com. Korean Startup Showcase NYC Korean Startup Summit NYC Previous postAlibaba Invests In Korean Film ‘Real’ Starring Soo-Hyun Kim Next postVideo Selfie App “Lollicam” Hits 1M number of download	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line320
__label__cc	0.668695	0.331305	What to Watch This Weekend: Blizzard of Souls, Song Lang, Sing Me A Song, Herself, Honest Thief, Love and Monsters, Pieces of a Woman, Mood of the Day For An Authentic, Oscar-Worthy War Drama: Blizzard of Souls (Virtual Cinema) Blizzard of Souls is a poignant, visceral, sad, and altogether inspiring war drama with a commitment to authenticity, fantastic acting, and a compelling story. For more information, check out the review! For Those With An Artistic Side: Song Lang (Digital) Song Lang has two wonderfully conflicted characters and an interesting, nuanced story that tells a tale of friendship, judgment, and redemption. For more information, check out the review! For Fans Of The Social Dilemma: Sing Me A Song (Digital) Sing Me A Song shows the pervasive and emotional effect that technology can have on even the remotest of areas, and has a cinematic style that makes this documentary emotional and enlightening. For more information, check out the review! For Those Trying To Build Something: Herself (Amazon) Herself tells a powerful tale of growth and independence fueled by Dunne's powerful performance and universal lessons about the affordable housing system. For more information, check out the review! For Those Preparing For The Apocalypse: Love and Monsters (Redbox) Love and Monsters wins praise for the great performance of Dylan O'Brien and its surprising amount of emotional depth. For Those Hoping For A Fresh Start: The Honest Thief (Redbox) The Honest Thief is classic Liam Neeson, with an interesting premise and plenty of tense, cat and mouse scenes. For more information, check out the review! For Those Looking For A Tearjerker: Pieces of A Woman (Netflix) A stunning opening act is then sustained by Vanessa Kirby's amazing performance, make sure to have some tissues ready for this tearjerking drama. For A Romantic Comedy: Mood of the Day (Amazon) Your typical Romcom fare, two strangers have a chance meeting on a train and have their worlds turned upside down the more they learn about each other. But this movie has a bright style and very good reviews, making this a good choice to lift your mood this weekend! Labels: Blizzard of Souls, Herself, Honest Thief, Love and Monsters, Mood of the Day, Pieces of a Woman, Sing Me A Song, Song Lang, What2Watch Search Watch or Pass Get Updates And Recommendations! Screening: Promising Young Woman Starring Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie In case you didn't quite get what you were hoping for this holiday season, we have screening passes for the phenomenal new dark drama / ... Watch or Pass's Top 10 Movies of 2020: Weathering With You, Onward, All About Who You Know, The High Note, Host, Emma, Fishbowl, Sword of God, Gutterbug, Soul 2020 has been a unique year and one that has brought lots of hardship and challenges, but also some titanic changes in the movie industry. ... Interview: Alejandro De Hoyos from El Contratista / The Contractor, Also Starring Ana Layevska, Mario Zaragoza Alejandro De Hoyos, the star and financier of El Contratista / The Contractor discusses the film, the quick turn around for the movie, and h... Sylvie's Love Review: A Blend of Striking Classic Style and Modern Sensibilities Release date: December 23, 2020 Running time: 99 minutes Starring: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Aja Naomi King, Jemima Kirke, Tone Bell... What to Watch This Weekend: My Little Sister, If N... My Little Sister Review: A Poignant and Powerful F... Hunted Review: A Brutal, Raw Horror Fairy Tale Interview: Meagan Holder from If Not Now, When, Bl... If Not Now, When Review: A Powerful All Black Fema... Go / Don't Go Review: A Slow Burning Indie Apocaly... The Marksman Review: A Slower Paced And More Reluc... Interview: Olivia Luccardi from Go / Don't Go, Iso... Interview: Alex Knapp from Go / Don't Go, Isolatio... One Night in Miami Review: Great Actors Play Legen... Fatale Review: A Solid Performance By Swank In A S... What to Watch This Weekend: Blizzard of Souls, Son... Song Lang Review: A Complicated And Beautiful Stor... Blizzard of Souls (The Rifleman) Review: A Poignan... Redemption Day Review: An Action Packed Movie In S... Interview: Hicham Hajji, writer and director of Re... Sing Me A Song Review: An Emotional And Enlighteni... Herself Review: A Slow Building Drama About Slowly... Grizzly II: Revenge Review: A Loving Restoration A... Max Cloud Starring Scott Adkins Blu Ray Unboxing What to Watch This Weekend: News of the World, Pro...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line325
__label__wiki	0.785914	0.785914	HomeTheatre ReviewsREVIEW: Looking At Stuff in Clouds (Playfight Productions) REVIEW: Looking At Stuff in Clouds (Playfight Productions) September 10, 2013 Matt Baker Theatre Reviews Looking at Stuff in Clouds One way of passing time [by Matt Baker] Less a play and more a series of vignettes, the fourth production by Playfight, written and performed by co-founders Shoshana McCallum and Donna Brookbanks, is a self-proclaimed thought provoking commentary on the human condition in the naughties. Said commentary is broken, however, between the nine aforementioned vignettes, and consequently offers little insight into the grander scheme of things that philosophical pareidolia can potentially afford. While comically based, and well executed in that respect, the scenes don’t offer much other than the pleasure of watching these two actresses enjoying their own work. That isn’t to say that either the performers or scenes are indulgent in any way, only that the lack of narrative tension and release within them result in the overall production being a wholly character based work. Said lack in narrative is, however, moulded well by director Jessica Joy Wood, who clearly extracts enough dynamism from the text for the writers/actresses to work with, while keeping in the style of the material, preventing it from becoming stagnant. Andrew Potvin’s lighting design, however, seems to reflect the abrupt nature of the piece, but is nicely utilised in the hilarious Candle/USB scene. While I prefer to avoid direct quotes, there is a line spoken by McCallum towards the end of the play which invites examination; “I don’t wanna give the audience the reward they really want.” Within the context of the scene, it’s hilarious; within the context of the production, it’s ironic and seems to act as a disclaimer to justify what the audience has just witnessed – especially when considering the sudden ending which follows mere moments later. This production has great potential. Particular characters and scenes of note included McCallum’s elocutionary youth, a pair of farmers’ eponymous recreation, and McCallum’s smug new-age ideology spouting Candle versus Brookbanks’ pessimistic USB. Octogenarians Phyllis and Frank were also potential candidates, however, the lack of advancement in their repetition resulted in a weak denouement for their scene. Were the script to be given a more cohesive theme running through it, and were links between characters and events to be made, I have no doubt that Looking At Stuff in Clouds could find a poignancy that resonates more clearly. In the mean time, it is an undoubtedly funny show performed by two undoubtedly great character actresses. Looking At Stuff in Clouds is presented by Playfight Productions and plays at The Basement Studio until 13 September. Details see The Basement. SEE ALSO: Theatreview.org.nz review by Nik Smythe Donna Brookbanks Playfight Productions Shoshana McCallum REVIEW: Hotel (The Christchurch Arts Festival) REVIEW: I Ain’t Mad At Cha (The Basement) This Week in the Theatre Scene: Make The Basement your new home (18-23 Feb)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line328
__label__wiki	0.625117	0.625117	Horrible, horrible, horrible but it can’t be allowed to ruin our season Tottenham 5 (Jenas 3, Bendtner og 28, Keane 49, Lennon 60, Malbranque 90) Arsenal 1 (Adebayor 70) Ouch. No matter what the occasion, no matter who the players, a 5-1 reverse to Spurs will always hurt, and rightly so. To claim that it doesn’t matter because it’s ‘only the Carling Cup’ or ‘only the reserves’ misses the point. Our kids are rightly lauded for their talents, and for players of quality, getting hammered is always painful irrespective of the context. It was always going to be a tough night. Spurs had the upper hand in both recent matches at the Emirates without getting the results they merited, and they smelt blood last night as Wenger opted to field largely the same side as in the first leg, contrary to media reports claiming it was at full strength. Gallas and Sagna came into the defence due to everyone else being unavailable, while Hleb started in midfield. As so often in North London derbies, it was Spurs who opened the scoring, Jenas finishing well after he was allowed to run unchallenged to the edge of the area. With no midfielder tracking him, and Hoyte standing off, he fired the opener in off the post. Bendtner then got himself in the wrong position to head a free kick clear and ended up redirecting the ball past Fabianski, before Berbatov could’ve wrapped up the tie before half time, hitting the post when clean through (admittedly from an offside position). At half time, Paul Merson said what we were all thinking – the side were playing as poorly as two weeks ago, and only substitutions or the bottling nature of Spurs could reverse their fortunes. With the next goal crucial, Fabianski let a Keane shot squirm through him and the tie was as good as over. When Lennon scored the goal of the night a bad defeat was turning into a humilation. Adebayor came off the bench to score a cracking consolation, which served two purposes. Firstly, it scared the Spurs fans into thinking they could throw away a four goal lead, and secondly, it means that we will no longer be hearing the tiresome ‘Arsenal never lose when Adebayor scored’ statistic. Small mercies and all that. Malbranque made the most of us pressing forward to tap in a fifth at the death, which put something of a flattering spin on the scoreline, on the night if not the tie as a whole. Over two matches, we have to admit that Spurs were far superior. And that hurts. But it’s done with now, except for the sorting out of an apparent spat between Adebayor and Bendtner, for which Ade has apologised today. This result cannot be allowed to have an effect on the rest of the season, as we’ve seen before. Last year, we exited all three cup competitions in a matter of weeks, and with an enthusiastic Newcastle coming to town in the FA Cup at the weekend, there is danger of a repeat. I suspect that Wenger would’ve played a semi first team on Saturday, saving a couple for the Premiership clash against the same opponents next week. The temptation now will be to ensure that this defeat is followed up with a win. That said, we have to have faith in these players – you cannot praise them as highly as we have over two years only to write them off after one poor defeat. Analysing individual performances would be futile, as no-one stood out as playing particularly well or badly – everyone underperformed. The only point I would make is that, quite strangely, it was some of the regular first teamers who looked most uncomfortable, with Hleb and Sagna doing a fine impression of two players who had never played together before, while Gallas was out of sorts himself. They say you learn more from defeat than victory. Let’s hope so, because nights like that hurt. Posted by Pete (The Beautiful Groan) at 10:30 pm Return to form as Adebayor proves the doubters wrong FA Cup review: Arsenal back in the comfort zone	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line329
__label__cc	0.704368	0.295632	THE LAPTOP BLOGGER A GUIDE TO THE END Zero Ten For Men PLACES AND FACES Duck Gait and the Great Stink There are golden non-negotiable rules when it comes to men’s world. Look straight ahead when hanging out at a public urinal, don’t grope, gape or gyrate near on or around another’s wife, don’t under any circumstances thieve a duck farmers ducks. On the Island of Bali, one of thousands of Islands located on the Indonesian archipelago, ducks take a back beak when it comes to favourite feathered things. All things on Bali must have some form of economic utility. Nothing is free therefore value is a complete focus of life. Cocks are top bird and many can be observed preening and pulsating after vigorous public stoking from their dedicated and devoted handlers. A strong well trained fighting cock can bring in a lot of money and afford their owner heightened prestige and popularity. In a patriarchal society such elite non paper currency positions are very important and advantageous. Such reputations and accolades are also a valuable ego addition, an emotional aphrodisiac. But ducks have their place, as all things on Bali do. So, when Mary the Bali dog, emanated her breed’s tell-tale distinctive low growl, followed by a rapid high pitched bark, it was obvious an intruder of human or otherwise was in the vicinity. Nothing really that unusual on any given night but on this occasion the intrusion was unusual and deadly. Mary was right on the danger but no one thought more than it was just another alert. However the rice paddies were being invaded. Rice paddies provide a living for Balinese ducks. They are an important link in the organic chain and they are a valuable asset. They most certainly have economic utility. After harvest time a duck farmer brings his flock of ducks to the paddy. They then spend the day clearing up old pieces of grain and eating insects that would destroy the next rice crop if left alone. The ducks follow the farmer home at night, keeping an eye on his piece of cloth tied to a big stick. Balinese ducks cannot fly so their only chance of escape is to waddle as fast as possible as a group or have the protection of their owner(s). That first night 50 working ducks were taken and even though the farmer had penned them off for security and safety, their perimeter had been savagely breached. As morning broke suspicion and conjecture rose rapidly. Someone or something must be blamed and Mary the Bali dog was most certainly being looked at as a perpetrator. Her innocence was strengthened due to her bark tight alibi and the obvious inability for even a very smart lokal dog to eat or hide 50 scared waddling ducks. Remnants of the dastardly deed were unfortunately left strewn behind. Numbers of ducks had perished either from shock or in the violent melee that had obviously transpired. Their carcasses lay strewn and as the tropical sun grew higher the stench of duck death filled the gentle wafting air. Theories began to abound as to the motivation behind such a brazen act. To be sold at market, ceremonial purpose, revenge for seen or unseen actions, act of Gods, marauding packs of crazed starving dogs………… But just as night fell and the stink subsided and everyone drew a breath of less rancid air another 20 ducks were stolen from a nearby paddy. If night one wasn’t serious enough, this latest incursion was enough to start a riot. Luckily for Mary this completely cemented her continued survival and the hunt was now on to find the miscreants who had utilised brute force and disrespectful brawn to rob a farmer of his economic surety. To date no suspects have been identified and no ducks are seen in the paddies. The scent of death has retreated into the soil and Mary the Bali dog is once again free to run with her canine friends. Quacking updates will follow if any news breaks………. Which-Hunt? There’s so much of it going on that it’s impossible to decipher which one is witch and which one is just a distractive ploy to obstruct our view from that which is clear and present. Truth has been obliterated, whatever that was anyway, replaced by a reality Hunger Games show that displays our species most base level of destructive forces. The fuck everything up the pole of rancidness is greased oiled and as slippery as a politician’s conference where playing dueling dicks is non-negotiable and penis swordsmanship is the measurement of a successful weekend. There must be something so very sinister in the human DNA that dictates that we must engage eagerly in the hunt or watch salivating from the sidelines. It goes way beyond Schadenfreude or Darwinian reality. It’s a sickness, a cancer that’s destroying not only us but everything else. The very fact that there is an old man in an oval room with opposing thumbs tapping to the world intelligent expletives that consist of rat, witch-hunt, collusion, hatchet job, haters, losers, lowlife, dog, is bad enough. The insane factual reality, that his continuance has created a whole new generation and beyond of followers and observers is a mental level of explosive psychotic overflow. Whichever hunt is on there is an eager audience ready and waiting to pick from a plethora of putrid images. What it says about us as a collective bunch of biological bilge water is probably fairly obvious, unfortunately. Bring on the show and watch the world’s dealers in destruction hunt each other down until the biggest dick is left standing. Then make him swallow his sword. Just leave the rest of us alone. Over Dosed, Right? I actually never ever thought we could kill a planet. Seriously, how could such an infantile species actually begin a process of planetary extinction? Simple numbers ……………….. 7.7 Billion. The current world population is 7.7 billion as of December 2018 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by world meters Like everything on the ascending trajectory of doom, human population is exploding. 8 Billion (2023) 10 Billion (2055) and up and up………….. WTF will happen and WTF will need to be done in order for our children’s children to basically survive? Future generations will be the first to actually suffer more from having and consuming more than past generations who consumed less and survived longer. This current generation are the first to actually succumb to actual death before their aging parents, that’s completely wrong on so many levels, leave alone nature. How we got here is really not that important, seriously it’s not. It’s like climate change and the endless arguments. It’s here, it’s happening, it’s already screwing things completely up down and sideways. WTF we gonna do about it? Every generation of anything has an instinctive need and burning desire to leave their offspring with a better quality of existence. Well, most individuals, couples, communities, colonies, communities, swarms, nations, etc. However corporations, predators, psychopathic narcissists and the like, don’t really give a thought about the bigger picture, their focus is on self-pleasure, control of others and elimination of whatever or whomever gets in the way. When the love and desire of and for money gave rise to the grand God of all Gods, the extinction of our home planet (Earth) was sealed with a simple printer that made paper Gods of all of us. It’s a psychological marvel and a majestic magician’s performance that has entranced and ensnared us into actually believing that we need to consume vast and unsustainable quantities of everything. Conditioning previous generations into believing that the only way to protect their offspring was to sign on to a programming option that encouraged them to encourage our young to eat it all up and then eat it all again and again was and continues to be the most insidious evil and destructive stroke of demented genius ever. This really is as serious as it gets, however no one really seems to be bothered, tends to happen when toddlers are distracted with corn syrup and shiny trinkets that twinkle then die then renew and shine again. My generation, born 60 years ago, are the last generation to know life before the tech boom and after. We are straddling the ages, we created the conditions for what has exploded, we can’t stop it, no one can, no one will. We are wired for addiction. On a recent visit to America I was at first bemused, shocked, then rapidly scared of what took up most airtime in adverts between programming. A whole nation of humans is bombarded by an endless loop of fixable offerings in the form of tablets, millions of humans consuming millions of pharmaceutical fixers for any and all ailments, raising billions of dollars for legal dealers. I wasn’t shocked by the knowledge or literature. I was terrified by the reality. The reality that for billions more future customers supply will always outstrip demand. Horrified that our collective species is being conditioned to gorge, regurgitate, gorge repeat. That we are all being torn and shredded into individual strips of commodity based numerical loss and profit things. Things that are not human any more, things that are unconsciously being overdosed on what is marketed as pleasure, bought as panacea, ending in death………… The Colourless Spectrum When it comes to what floods our field of vision and what flows constantly from the moment we process light waves and separated bands within the rainbow of refraction; there is endless wonderment and childlike awe experienced in indigos, violets, reds, yellows, greens, blues and oranges. Our physical world is not only naturally imbued with them, as a species we have recreated them on our view of the world. Every imaginable surface and structure is lathered and lavishly splashed with organic and chemical based colour. Our brains are obviously suited to rejoice in the hues of rich vibrant visions. Unfortunately so much of our worldview is taken up with black and white. Be it position, thoughts, negotiation, race. Most of the time such positioning brings nothing but a crunching full stop to any communication, although it must be said there are certain situations were one or the other is an only outcome. But when it comes to white race - black race, no race has ever crossed a finish line on the track record of such an ugly historical endless event. It really sadly shows how stark, boring and bland our evolution has been when it comes to dealing with such a colourless subject. Unfortunately though, it isn’t about colour at all. If it were, we would be warring over the blueness of our amazing sky, greenness of our lush grasses and yellow skin of our multi flavoured bananas. It’s about superiority. Now more than ever when our planet is totally interconnected, immersed in reflected colours, blended like never before, now is our time to explode away from black skin - white skin. But it’s about superiority and humans excel in being better than other and another. Its racist roots are deep and unfathomed. Insecure ideology continues to drive its continuance into a tinder box future and no matter how distracting the rainbow show is human colour is the main destroyer. Black and white is the prominent colouring of species human. If it was only about colour then we could simply engineer ourselves to be multi-coloured chameleons and rejoice in the wonderment and awe of our abilities. But it’s not about colour, its simply about superiority. It’s about a super race to the finish line, to be greater than them, to hate them, until the end of time. Observing whats real is becoming increasingly difficult. This site is my view, my perception and my commentary on what I believe to be real, from my own unique position.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line333
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__label__wiki	0.698739	0.698739	Tap local resources booster brigade fusion The story of "the Chinese people in the west to listen to, is not an easy thing, but with the help of the film and television to express human emotion, it is a good choice..."On June 17," BBS "cultural tourism in xi 'an, experts and scholars from the culture and tourism industry is the text brigade fusion of film and television, culture, and explore the new trend of development of the tourism industry, such as, make recommendations for the text brigade integration development. In the film and television to promote tourism "Since the ancient times, culture and tourism is very important to a person's growth."Hong Kong director tsui hark thinks, shaanxi has a long history and culture, only the qin, han and tang dynasties has left here with a valuable resource, it is a treasure trove of tourism, is also a treasure house of film and television creation. "The Chinese rich cultural resources and diverse human landscape, is the important source of literature creation, but in contrast, the status quo of China's literary and artistic creation, there are quite a number of works by the narrative mode of transmission of did not achieve the desired effect."British director Edward clarence-smith, said China's decades of major achievements in the very great degree is not known to westerners, and the Chinese visual depicting ordinary life, love movies, TV shows is one of the most convenient way for westerners to understand China."China needs to find an effective way to tell their own story, but a humanistic perspective to the China story better zone" to the world. "The film and television is the transmission of culture important carrier, is also one of the impetus to the development of tourism."Shan tour group general manager just said, as the infinite extension of film and television industry boundaries and the increase of the tourism elements, with the film and television works to tourism is becoming a fashion, this requires that the industry must actively explore the developing mode of "travel + + film and TV culture".The reporter understands, at present, shaanxi tour group, film and television company has produced "white deer" loess plateau "Yellow River" and so on film, film formed by the combination of economies of scale and tourism is emerging. Make travel destination cultural experience For traditional film and television industry, the basic industrial chain including production, distribution and projection of the product.And under the background of the text brigade fusion, film and television industry chain is the forward end and back end to expand and refine, in addition to the film and television investment and financing, film and television development of derivatives, represented by the film and television base text brigade project also gradually entered the public life, become an important cultural experience travel destination. Shaanxi film association chairman zhang said, in the process of text brigade fusion, studio business model is worthy of attention, such as zhejiang hengdian studios on the local cultural industry and tourism development is very significant.In text brigade fusion, shaanxi province in recent years made many attempts to build a batch of landing big brigade projects, such as shaanxi white studio, zhuge guzhen, China zhouyuan, Wen Anyi, Yellow River hukou, universal Chinatown, amorous feelings of the silk road city, yanan sacred valley, etc., have also launched an "everlasting regret" "yenan nursery" the red detachment of the Yellow River chorus art level, such as high performance, the text brigade fusion is bring more and more tourists more abundant tourism experience. Cultural tourism should not be a formal word structure, should abandon culture is the habitual view of tourism modifier."Central university of finance and economics, dean of the school of culture and media Wei Pengju said, only in this way can truly effective integration of culture and tourism, to achieve both in the industrial chain integration and circulation value-added."This happens under oliver brigade fusion, also need to culture and tourism workers constantly efforts to innovation, and through" and "culture" and "culture + travel + 'form of science and technology, speak good Chinese story, in Chinese culture most on the world stage."Deputy general manager, shan shan tour group tour, executive director of the film and television company Wang Hanlin said. Prev:Yunnan pu-erh tea: creating health keeping in good health Next:OYO cooperation with Meituan first launched 8000 hotels Address: No.20 Zhijietansi Lane,Yanan Road Copyright © 1996 Xin Yan An Hotel Hangzhou, All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line350
__label__cc	0.611486	0.388514	Showing posts with label Betrayal. Show all posts Patriot or Traitor? In an interview with Joe Barron for an upcoming issue of Dunning-Kruger Magazine, Obama revealed his position on the government of the future: “What’s happening now is kind of a big deal. The entire world is in chaos because of it. In order to move past this, coordination is required on a scale never before seen. There’s only one way that this can be accomplished. A common government for the globe must be established. In fact, there has never been a more appropriate time for a one world government to take form. The time for this to happen is now. There isn’t a moment to waste. We need BIG GLOBE now more than ever. There is nothing to fear with this. I will personally be involved, so you can be assured that the earth will be in competent and capable hands. I will do for the entire globe what I did for America. The safety and security of all humanity is a virtual lock.” Labels: Betrayal White Privilege in New York City forget-reading-and-math-carranza-wants-focus-on-racial-privilege-activism Rather than teach the kids reading, writing and arithmetic, they instead focus on racism, white privilege and hate. What are the Daleys coming to? A shocking vote. John P. Daley is now an advocate for full-term abortion! WTF happened to him? The nicest guy in politics has sold his soul for the power, influence and jobs he derives from being on the Cook County Board. Very sad. He thinks these "things" are real and has renounced the basics of his faith. COOK COUNTY BOARD RESOLUTION #19-3758 URGING THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SUPPORT HB2495, THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT WHEREAS, every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health; and WHEREAS, every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion; and WHEREAS, no person who has terminated a pregnancy has made that deeply personal decision lightly; and WHEREAS, accessing reproductive health care is not a criminal activity; and WHEREAS, the Guttmacher Screw the NFL NFL rejects veterans group's Super Bowl ad urging people to stand for the anthem. Claim it's too political. By Todd Starnes \| Fox News The National Football League has rejected a Super Bowl advertisement from American Veterans urging people to stand for the national anthem. The nation's largest veterans service organization had been invited by the NFL to place an ad in the Super Bowl LII program. "It's a simple, polite request that represents the sentiment of our membership, particularly those whose missing or paralyzed limbs preclude standing," wrote National Commander Marion Polk in a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. American Veterans accused the NFL of outright censorship by rejecting the advertisement. page-strzok-referenced-fbi-secret-society-met-day-election Governor Rauner - disturbing rauner-signs-bill-allowing-medicaid-for-abortions Dick Durbin and friends lean on a judicial nominee for her Catholic beliefs Will say anything for a vote. http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/06/nominees-religious-faith-dominates-senate-judicial-confirmation-hearing/ Who voted for the Soda Pop tax and why? Voting for the tax were Luis Arroyo Jr., D-Chicago; Jerry "Iceman" Butler, D-Chicago; John Daley, D-Chicago; Garcia; Edward Moody, D-Chicago Ridge; Stanley Moore, D-Chicago; Sims; and Larry Suffredin, D-Chicago with Toni Preckwinkle S-Chicago breaking the tie. In voting for this tax what were they promised? What did they get? job security? more patronage jobs? campaign contributions? pet projects? pay raises for idiot family members? county contracts for friends and relatives? Voting against the tax were Richard Boykin, D-Oak Park; John Fritchey, D-Chicago; Bridget Gainer, D-Chicago; Gregg Goslin, R-Glenview; Sean Morrison, R-Palos Park; Schneider; Peter Silvestri, R-Elmwood Park; and Jeffrey Tobolski, D-McCook. Labels: Betrayal, Greed They got nutin BY DAVID STOCKMAN J.Edgar Comey's Big Fat Nothingburger [Ed. Note: To see exactly what this former Reagan insider has to say about Trump and the fiscal threats from politics and the debt ceiling, David Stockman is sending out a copy of his book Trumped! A Nation on the Brink of Ruin… And How to Bring It Back to any American willing to listen – before it is too late. To learn how to get your free copy CLICK HERE.] Comey’s ballyhooed testimony contained nothing not already known. It had nothing remotely about obstruction of justice and nothing that matters at all. It’s just a replay of what Comey has been leaking all along. Indeed, it’s the Nothingburger that proves Imperial Washington has become completely unhinged in its groundless RussiaGate hysteria. Washington is stumbling toward a lawless defenestration of a Labels: Betrayal, Incompetence Listening to the radio. Comey reminds me of the kind of kid that would rat me out to the nun. And I would be at the park a few days later, looking for him. IN OVER HER HEAD If you think crime in our neighborhood is bad now just wait, only time will tell how bad it is going to get. The cook county states atty is letting these criminals out of jail faster than the police can lock them up. What has this world come to? Labels: Betrayal, Crime Mayor of London is conflicted Can't decide if he should condemn radical Islam or keep his mouth shut London Lord Mayor Khan downplayed the recent Isis attack by telling Londoners there was "no reason to be alarmed". I think Londoners should be alarmed that an inbecile like that is sitting in the mayor's office. His failure to condemn will be seen by the radicals as encouragement. Labels: Betrayal, Islamic Invasion A classic example of a government failing to protect it's people British Army having their parade at the Russian border earlier today while England was under attack. Very very politically correct, don't you know. What the Brits should do is what the French did. Invite more of the muslims into their country. Give them welfare and cozy up to them real good. Make them feel love and respect. Maybe then, the barbarians won't hurt them. John McCain, carrying the Neocon's message of war on this Memorial Day 80 year old midget who loves cheap fame and wants to march your children off to war, needs to be disregarded and shelved forever In an interview with ABC's 7.30, McCain called Russia's Vladimir Putin a "premier" global threat, larger than the Islamic State militant group, and called for harsher sanctions on Russia for interfering in the U.S. elections. LINK merkel-warns-us-britain-no-longer-reliable-partners And I say that any leader that opens their borders that way she did is unreliable. Brits look to pass the buck, it's all Trumps fault..... Theresa May to tackle Donald Trump over Manchester bombing evidence as 2000 muslims a day continue to arrive in England. Theresa May will confront Donald Trump over the stream of leaks of crucial intelligence about the Potheads The family that smokes together is a screwed up family Lisa Belkin,Yahoo News Mon, Apr 17 2:42 AM PDT Weed and the American Family: The family who smokes together Video by Brian Prowse-Gany It was Thanksgiving afternoon in Madison, Conn., four years ago, and the Cecchi family was getting ready for dinner. Just before the turkey was served, Paige Cecchi, then an 18-year-old college freshman, gave her older sister, Lauren, “the look,” Paige remembers. “Then we realized pothead Dad had caught ‘the look,’” she says of her father, Mike, who is now 66. “And Aunt Denise picked up on ‘the look.’” Wordlessly, and much to their collective surprise, about half of the assembled guests headed out to the chilly patio, where they lit up a joint and smoked marijuana together as a family for the first time. “Pass, pass, puff,” Mike describes it. “Pass, pass, puff. Everyone is looking out the window at us.” Whom do you smoke with? That is one measure of social acceptance of weed, and when it comes to parents smoking recreationally with their children, an Saudi America, no friend of ours NEW YORK — In a stunning lawsuit seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for 9/11, the families of 800 victims have filed a lawsuit accusing the Saudis of complicity in the worst terror attacks on American soil. The legal action, filed in federal court in Manhattan, details a scenario of involvement by Saudi officials who are said to have aided some of the hijackers before the attacks. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi nationals and three of them had CIA and NSA, what is going on there? Media kiss former intelligence brass as America's enemies grow stronger By Cliff Kincaid With massive leaks of classified information, some of them stemming from undiscovered moles in the intelligence community, the media continue treating former officials of the CIA and NSA who have presided over this debacle with honor and respect. The Business Insider article "7 things the CIA looks for when recruiting people," is one of the worst examples of this obsequiousness. It is a plug for a book by former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. Hayden was once photographed with former CIA/NSA analyst Edward Snowden, who fled to Moscow after disclosing classified information that helped our enemies. Snowden posted the photograph on his Twitter page. Hayden can't be personally faulted for Snowden's betrayal, but the series of leaks from the intelligence According to Judge Andrew Napolitano, the intelligence community is petrified of a Congressional investigation into claims that Barack Obama spied on Donald Trump because it would expose the fact that every American is under mass surveillance and that their conversations are all being digitally recorded by the NSA. Appearing on Fox & Friends this morning, Napolitano pointed out that Obama would not have needed FISA court approval to conduct surveillance of Trump and that he could have simply ordered his Attorney General to set it in motion. “The idea that it was illegal to listen to the phone calls and in person conversations of Donald Trump is wrong,” said Napolitano, adding that although it was immoral and unconstitutional, such power has resided in the hands of the president since Jimmy Carter. He added that it would then be easy for Obama to ask the NSA, which is a part of the military, to turn over any conversation that Trump had with anyone in Trump Tower.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line357
__label__wiki	0.523802	0.523802	The Great Space Race by submission \| Jan 25, 2020 \| Story \| 6 comments Author: Glenn Leung The continents were coming into focus; the race was almost over. Niu Mowang checked his hyperscan; the only other racer close by was the Tiger clan’s, about seven thousand kilometers behind. This distance could be closed in under ten seconds. He had to stay on his hoof-like toes. Mowang’s sights had not been this forward in a while. He had defended the Ox clan from other human-animal hybrids; from the ferocious Tigers to the deceitful Rats. Yet he and his kin were no match for the might of the Chimera-Dragon clan, which swallowed the Galaxy in a Blitz-like conquest. The heavy shame of surviving the defeat had kept his head down, and he was now in the race for redemption. The Dragon’s Jade Emperor had announced the race, knowing his own clan’s advantage. The first in this new rotational rule system could make irreversible laws and a Galaxy that’s essentially theirs. The Dragons had the best ship technology among the twelve; a fact made very clear during the war. They knew how to grip the soap just right; a stable hold on the conquered involved carefully tailored olive branches. There was supposed to be little risk to them, but the Jade Emperor had not counted on his chosen racer turning around and helping his competitors that were trapped by Jupiter’s gravity. Mowang was surprised that the Dragons actually believed in the honor they preached. ‘Well, they’re certainly not Rats,’ he thought. Rat rule was not something Mowang felt he could stomach; their tiny bodies paired with their not-quite-human faces would bring dread even without knowing the extent of their chicanery. He had all manners of scars from skirmishes with those rodents. He shook that thought aside. If he won, his clan would keep the vermin in check and there would be nothing to worry about. Wait. Where was the Rat’s ship? After the Dragon racer’s heroics, all twelve ships should have been accounted for, but it seemed the Rat had dropped off the hyperscan. Mowang wished he had been paying more attention; such creatures do not just disappear. Luckily for him, it was getting late for surprises. The massive ring marking the finish point above the Earth’s North pole was coming up, and he had managed to increase the distance between himself and the Tiger. Things were looking good; his breath was gushing out his giant nose in excitement. He could only see forward now; the Earth no longer a sketch but the majestic planet that gave birth to his ancestors and their stories. Victory was in sight! A slight shake and a small boom reverberated through the ship’s hull. To Mowang’s horror, a Rat-sized ship began undocking from behind his cockpit. Having conserved its fuel by hitching an uninvited ride, it was able to dump the lot into its afterburners. A blinding glow emanated from its miniature thrusters and in less than a blink, it was blazing through to the finish, its wispy trail dissolving into space like a certain clan’s hopes and dreams. Mowang followed the petite ship through the ring, mouth still ajar from shock. Surely the Jade Emperor would not allow this travesty! No, he was being naive and he saw it now. The Dragon racer had been honorable, but that wasn’t true of his entire clan. The Rats may be crafty, but deals with them could serve the Dragons’ agenda better than working with the stubbornly righteous Ox. Mowang hung his head once again. The Year of the Rat has arrived. SimonJM on January 26, 2020 at 8:13 am Nice spin on the Chinese years. But, surely, this is not speculative for without the rats how else could Boris Johnson get elected? 😉 Glenn Leung on January 26, 2020 at 9:30 am O my! I think you just unmasked a conspiracy! Lizard people secretly = dragons? Jae on January 25, 2020 at 2:20 pm Feudal animorphs in space. Niiiiice. Good depth, too. Glenn Leung on January 25, 2020 at 3:59 pm Thanks Jae! I adapted this story from the Chinese myth of the zodiac order, so there was already quite a bit to work on. I just did a ‘reverse Disney’ on it. xdhz8 on January 25, 2020 at 12:39 pm Fun and well-timed to the Chinese New Year! Hopefully the Year of the Rat will conclude with less turmoil in China than it’s starting with. Thanks! I hope so too. It’s a terrible coincidence that the Year of the Rat started out with a big disease spreading around. Hopefully the next year (the Ox) would have a happier and healthier start. The Mutation Parlor	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line363
__label__cc	0.646161	0.353839	Pa. state police trooper out of hospital after shooting BETHLEHEM, Pa. (WPVI) -- The Pennsylvania state police trooper who was shot and wounded in the line of duty last month is out of the hospital. Cpl. Seth Kelly was shot during a traffic stop on November 7 in Northampton County. Watch video from Chopper 6 HD from Northampton County, where a Pennsylvania state trooper was shot during a traffic stop. Officials say Kelly, a 13-year veteran, was helping another trooper arrest a man they suspected of driving under the influence of marijuana when a fight broke out. Kelly was shot in the neck, shoulder area, and leg during the fight. The suspect, 22-year-old Daniel Clary, was shot several times and hospitalized. He has since been released into police custody. Clary is facing charges including attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and aggravated assault. Send a breaking news alert Learn more about the 6abc apps societybethlehemstate trooperspennsylvania newspennsylvania state police Firefighters, EMS crews show support for trooper	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line367
__label__wiki	0.616095	0.616095	8Sided Blog thoughts about music’s place in the 21st century Info+About 8DSync 8D Industries A Boy Can Dream December 15, 2020 · Leave a Comment Will 2021’s New Music Hold Out For Tours? → One positive thing we can say about 2020, it didn’t lack for great music. Here’s MusicREDEF’s compilation of various 2020′ best of’ lists as proof. For the most part, it didn’t particularly seem like anyone deprived us of their new music this year. In the superstar category, where the absence of touring is a significant detriment on release strategy, artists embracing lockdown life — like Taylor Swift and Charli XCX — prospered. On the other hand, business-as-usual releases from the likes of Lady Gaga and Childish Gambino seemed here and forgotten. I think, at first, the uncertainty of the times actually ended up pushing artists to keep the releases flowing. If you remember, there was a time when acts figured they’d be on tour by the summer, and everything would be hunky-dory. There was a feeling that if bands all held their albums for a few months, then there’d be a glut of releases when the time came to tour. So, bombs away. And credit to Dua Lipa for being one of the first to jump in the water, with an end-of-March high-profile album release during the early throes of pandemic panic. Future Nostalgia ended doing quite well for her, giving other acts the nudge they needed. But, most still believed they’d tour in the summer or fall. 2020’s uncertainty is giving way to 2021’s certainty. That certainty is that there likely won’t be any major tours for another year, at the earliest. For that reason, we might see fewer big releases next year or a planned glut of releases (preceding an excess of tours) in early 2022. Here’s Larry Fitzmaurice in the Last Donut of the Night newsletter: Let’s put visibility aside for a moment (especially when, in the age of social media, it takes a lot to translate that into something you can make a living off of) and talk about the big problem with releasing new music and not touring behind it: No touring means no income, since an increasingly scarce number of musicians can afford to make and release music without touring to recoup the cost of, well, making and releasing music. Smaller and mid-sized bands are more nimble and can do things that big acts can’t, like book short-notice regional tours and vary the types of venues they play. But there’s also the audience problem — will people be ready to attend concerts before the end of next year? Right now, I’m doubtful. I don’t know if I’ll be comfortable going out until I’m absolutely sure I’m not putting myself and my loved ones in danger. With all the vaccine good news, I hope we can all safely put aside these reservations before we ring in another year. If not, we’ll need all the great new music we can get. Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out → I have mixed feelings on this story: Mr. Cook, according to two people briefed on the email, was surprised to learn that his company was making a show about Gawker, which had humiliated the company at various times and famously outed him, back in 2008, as gay. He expressed a distinctly negative view toward Gawker, the people said. Apple proceeded to kill the project. Several episodes were already in the can, so this wasn’t a small decision. And reportedly, there are other things that Cook (and Apple) object to in Apple TV+’s programming. Unsurprisingly, too much violence and nudity (the reason Cook killed a Dr. Dre biopic despite Dre’s involvement with Apple) or religious controversies (crucifixes were removed from Servant) are on the list. But then, supposedly, a scene was excised from a show because the script called for damaging an iPhone. Oh, and no one in a program can disparage China. That all sounds dicey. But, in a way, I don’t mind the leader of a content platform setting guidelines based on personal convictions that influence the company’s vision. Most platforms are solely profit-driven and have no content guidelines at all (besides the legally enforced ones). Society’s present mess is partly because platforms try to please everyone, even if everyone includes those spreading dangerous misinformation, bullying, and filth. I’m not saying Cook’s personal views and convictions inspire all his policies (unless he really does love China), but I’d like to see more CEOs express convictions that act as constraints on their companies. I think, in this case, saying ‘no’ to Gawker applies. Of course, there’s the chilling effect. Will studios take chances when having to navigate a CEO’s personality? On the other hand, could this become the differentiation that we miss in platforms? Like radio stations programming by loose definitions of genre, video streamers become separated by content that follows corporate vision. There will always be platforms that take more risks (that’s a corporate vision in itself), complimenting those that want to remain ‘family-friendly.’ Why not? I admit what I’m proposing is naïve. Reed Hastings pulling an episode of Patriot Act off Netflix because it criticizes Saudi Arabia is not what we want more of. But if Twitter and Facebook suddenly decided that misinformation, hate-speech, and harassment weren’t allowed because it was against what Zuckerberg and Dorsey believed in — I’d enthusiastically welcome that. They are private companies, after all, and can do what they want if they wanted to. I know, I know. Just let me enjoy my fantasy for at least a few minutes. Music For Vending Machines 1 by Elijah Knutsen Elijah Knutsen – Music For Vending Machines 1 → Elijah Knutsen, who gave us the exquisite Blue Sun Daydream album a couple of months ago, is back with Music For Vending Machines 1. Elijah refers to this first-in-a-series as “a miniaturized listening experience … much like something purchased from a vending machine.” The three songs, each clocking in at an average length of nine-and-a-half minutes, note a particular noise in their titles: “Air Conditioner Sound,” “Vending Machine Sound,” and “Purple Wisteria Tree Sound.” Those titles are red herrings as these ‘sounds’ are spacious, melodic, and far from mechanical or ordinary. “Vending Machine Sound” in particular gives our ears a visceral variety — layers of mesmerizing, shimmering tones fade into a chorus of voices and footsteps. And then those noises succumb to warm bendy chords alternating in the stereo field, like an interim track on that lost mid-90s My Bloody Valentine album. As with his previous Blue Sun Daydream, Elijah Knutsen’s self-described “micro-release”1It’s still longer than most early Van Halen albums btw. is a gorgeous-sounding diversion, transporting and soothing the listener within its sonic world. Filed Under: Commentary, From The Notebook, Listening Tagged With: Ambient Music, Apple, Best-Of Lists, Charlie XCX, Content Platforms, Dr. Dre, Dua Lipa, Elijah Knutsen, Lady Gaga, My Bloody Valentine, Netflix, Release Strategy, Taylor Swift, Tim Cook Memory Color and Kankyō Ongaku’s New Age September 23, 2020 · 4 Comments Blue Sun Daydream‘s opening track, “Night at Sotokanda,” instantly evokes a scene. A playful melody chimes in layers of background noise before getting washed in reverb tails and floating tones. It seems we’re lost in the Sotokanda district of Tokyo. The sounds continue, echoing grinds and bells, the occasional voice. I’m imagining a railway depot — Akihabara Station, perhaps? — and by the end, we’ve walked on and into the gentle songs of birds. The bells have become meditation bells. These eight minutes are quite the journey. Portland-based experimental producer Elijah Knutsen has crafted five expressions of Japan on Blue Sun Daydream, released through the new imprint Memory Color. Knutsen pays homage and updates the micro-genre of Kankyō Ongaku, a style of ambient recently popularized by Light In The Attic on the compilation Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990. The music is known for calming atmospheres, sparse but memorable melodies, and environmental sounds. It’s music for head-traveling, a concept I’m eager to embrace in lockdown times. I’m fascinated by this album and the origins of Kankyō Ongaku, so I requested a Q&A with Elijah Knutsen. His generous responses detail his intentions with this project, the history of this musical aesthetic, why a compact disc release of Blue Sun Daydream is essential, and so much more. And Knutsen opens up many rabbit holes to explore. His recommendations alone are worth several deep dives. (I slightly edited this interview for clarity and concision.) Blue Sun Daydream by Elijah Knutsen 8Sided: What draws you to Japanese ambient music? What makes it different from other electronic ambient music of different eras? Elijah Knutsen: The unique sound palette that stems from field recordings and environmental sound is unlike many things I’ve heard before. A lot of Japanese ambient albums are awash with sounds of flowing water, birds singing, rain, and thunder. It takes the music into another dimension of immersion, bringing you to a place you can feel and experience. It adds depth to the idea of music and sound as an art form. Second, the unique presentation of these albums is interesting to me. Two of the most well known Japanese artists, Takashi Kokubo and Hiroshi Yoshimura, made their groundbreaking records in collaboration with skincare and air conditioning companies, included free with orders and accompanying sales installations. The idea of creating an entire album based around an inanimate object is intriguing and shows how creative and talented these artists were. Something I find notable about this genre (and ambient music as a whole) is how it completely shifts your idea of what music could be. Rather than focusing on a melody or chord progression, this music encourages a different way of listening. Things as simple as distant train horns, wind chimes, or muffled conversations are now music. You can go outside and experience that music whenever you want to. 8S: What is ‘Kankyō Ongaku’? How would you explain it (and its history) to someone new to the genre? EK: Kankyō Ongaku started in Japan in the 1980s as an offshoot of more contemporary ambient music and became a distinctive form of art. It focuses on ‘background noises,’ including the natural sound of life, with bits of melody blended between the long stretches of environmental sounds. Synthesizers are typical yet used carefully. The patches and sounds used are soft and simple, much like the compositions. The melodies are simple yet evolving — and sometimes not even there. 8S: The Light In The Attic compilation only covers the years 1980-1990. But how did Kankyō Ongaku evolve into the ’90s and to the present? EK: I feel that the art of Kankyō Ongaku was significantly overlooked, and only now is it becoming apparent how special it is, especially to western audiences. The artists of the ’80s continued making their music, and many went on to work in the film and video game industry (Joe Hisaishi – Studio Ghibli). However, the specific type of Kankyō Ongaku explored by Light In The Attic is mostly from ’80s artists. But Hiroshi Yoshimura’s final album before his passing in 2003, Four Post Cards, sounds directly taken from one of his earlier works. The sound of Japanese ambient in the 1990s was defined by the artist Tetsu Inoue. Tetsu worked with Pete Namlook and his pioneering FAX label, releasing groundbreaking albums like World Receiver and Ambiant Otaku. These albums defined the genre differently. Instead of programmed synth arpeggios and babbling creeks, Tetsu’s music clouds the listener with dense textures of sound set upon ever-changing noise sheets. Tetsu, unfortunately, dropped off the radar in 2007 and hasn’t been heard from since. 8S: Are there any notable artists missing from that compilation? EK: Artists like Hiroshi Yoshimura and Takashi Kokubo are probably the most well known in this genre. Yet, there are other talented artists not included in the compilation. Right now, my favorites are Yutaka Hirose, Tetsu Inoue, Kensuke Mitome, Takao Naoi, and Kazuo Uehara. 8S: Who are some current artists carrying on the Kankyō Ongaku tradition that you’d recommend? EK: There may not be another artist exactly like Hiroshi, but there are tons who can fit the idea of Kankyō Ongaku. One of the more experimental artists I’m listening to is Tamako Katsufuji, a sound artist from Osaka, Japan. Her albums are incredibly eclectic pieces of sound art, using field recordings, cat sounds, and singing bowls, all arranged in a strangely calming fashion. Although Tamako’s music is different than Four Post Cards or Tetsu Inoue, her work is as ‘Kankyō Ongaku’ as the giants of the ’80s. The best part about this genre is how encompassing it can be. The main reason I started Memory Color was to explore the sound of Kankyō Ongaku and experiment with it. I’m also hoping to find others doing the same thing. There are many amazing artists out there who are entirely unnoticed. 8S: Why is it important to you that your releases are on compact disc or physical formats? EK: It’s important because, when creating an album, everything from the song titles to the cover design should be meticulously crafted. These things are as equally important as the music. Why should the album have to be stripped down to its bare parts for a streaming website? Many people overlook how special it is to hold something in one’s hands, especially after engaging services like Spotify. Like with a book, the cover and the packaging is as essential to the experience as the content inside. 8S: Do you think there’s a difference in how fans see physical formats now — CDs, vinyl, cassettes — or are they mostly ‘totems’ to represent affinity to the music? That said, should people listen to music on physical formats? Why or why not? EK: I do believe that many people buy physical releases for the sentimental value. But there are still arguments that formats such as tape or vinyl are the optimal way of listening. I do believe that we can grow tired of the stale sound presented by streaming platforms. One of my favorite bands, Mercury Rev, recorded their groundbreaking album Deserters Songs on physical tape. The frontman claims that the tape captured the music’s emotions in a way digital formats can not. Going back to what I said earlier, the packaging and artwork are crucial to the album as the music itself. I’ve purchased many releases on CD after listening to them purely on digital, and the artwork and design not shown on Spotify add another dimension to the overall experience. 8S: You, and the label, are out of Portland. But the label’s website has a .jp address, and song titles have Japanese translations. Are you specifically targeting Japanese listeners? EK: One of the main reasons I chose to market my label to Japan is its still-thriving physical market. A big goal is to get our releases into actual music stores, so why not try with one of the only places still buying physical releases? I also felt it was important to make the music we’re releasing accessible to Japan, especially if we’re taking such a large amount of inspiration from that country’s sound. 8S: The press release notes that “the album explores the idea of yearning for another time and place, even if one has never been there.” Is Japan one of those places? EK: Definitely. I often have vivid dreams about living in another country or place, and then wake up wondering what I’m missing. This feeling also ties into the music on the album. I base many of my albums on places and the feelings and memories they bring about. I like to capture the entire essence of a moment and relive it through the music. For Blue Sun Daydream, I went on Google Earth’s street view and wandered around in small Japanese towns, noting the names of areas I thought were evocative. I wondered what it would be like to live there. The song titles you see on the album are all real places, more or less. 8S: The album features evocative sound design. It really is transportive. I assume this is the contribution of Kato Eiji, mentioned in the press release. Can you tell me about this collaboration and how his recordings and input influenced the album? EK: Yes, I met Kato through an ambient music forum. He posted a link to his Freesound page — that’s a site where I get many field recordings and samples for music. Most of his recordings were done in Southern Tokyo, ranging from train station ambiance to street sounds and rainfall. I used some of his recordings on Blue Sun Daydream, as well as sounds I recorded. His recordings added the extra level of atmosphere that I was looking for. They set the scene for the album. 8S: What is a ‘memory color’? What does that mean to you, and how does the concept inspire the label’s output? EK: A “memory color” is, scientifically, a color typically associated with an object through memory, such as a banana being yellow or a leaf being green. It’s the relationship colors have with our memories. Some colors will remind you of the specific things you’ve seen and experienced throughout your life. However, the label name ‘Memory Color’ is inspired by the feeling of wanting to record moments and emotions somehow and revisit them whenever you want to. It’s a reference to that feeling related to the nostalgia that many people feel when listening to music. It’s also very much inspired by the sensation of dreaming, and how that plays into memory. In a dream, you can witness an incredibly vivid place or moment. Yet as soon as you wake up, it quickly dissipates, and you can only remember a particular color, sound, or emotion. I believe that the music of Kankyō Ongaku is as close as one can get to capturing those dreams. Blue Sun Daydream is available now from Bandcamp and a limited edition handcrafted compact disc from the Memory Color website. Filed Under: Featured, Interviews + Profiles, Listening Tagged With: Ambient Music, Elijah Knutsen, Field Recordings, Freesound, Japan, Kankyō Ongaku, Light In The Attic, Memory Color, Mercury Rev, Pete Namlook, Physical Media, Portland, Studio Ghibli Copyright © 2021 · 8D Industries, LLC · Log in	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line368
__label__wiki	0.739673	0.739673	Dolly Parton Finds Creativity in Graveyards Angela Stefano Rich Fury, Getty Images Dolly Parton has often found inspiration in unexpected places: graveyards. Whether she's pulling lyrics directly from their residents or simply enjoying the peace and quiet they afford her, the country icon says cemeteries are some of her favorite spots to visit. "In fact, my niece and I had a picnic in a graveyard three days ago," Paron shared during a phone call in mid-September. "I just love walking through them and looking at [the headstones]. I just love to imagine what people's lives were like. They're so well kept, and they're peaceful." In true Dolly Parton fashion, she adds with a laugh, "It's not the dead I'm afraid of — it's the living!" In her book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, released in late 2020, Parton shares multiple instances of finding the spark for a song in a cemetery. For example, "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark," a collaboration with Porter Wagoner that Parton wrote, was inspired by a child's grave that included an eternal flame ("But on Jeannie's grave, we placed an eternal flame / That glows and never loses its spark"). "I thought that was amazing," Parton recalls of discovering that exact setup in a graveyard. A 1971 Wagoner cut, "Out of the Silence (Came a Song)," came to Parton when she was "sitting up on Graveyard Hill," a cemetery near her East Tennessee home. "I was thinking about all those people in their graves, wondering about their lives, of all the things that might have happened to them," she writes. "I’d create lives for all of those people in the graveyard, just invent stories in my head for them," Parton adds in her book. "A creative mind just likes to do that, I guess." Beyond such direct inspiration, Parton finds cemeteries to be perfect places to let that creative mind of hers wander. "Even if I wasn't writing about the people in the graveyard, I've written many songs just being in that peaceful environment," she notes, "and read many a book." Source: Dolly Parton Finds Creativity in Graveyards	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line369
__label__wiki	0.785239	0.785239	sisi ni sawa lyrics (Sisi ni sawa!) Here is a joyous song with an important lyric from the Wal J:10833257:C:We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa) The circle of life should be what's guiding us all )Sisi ni sawa means we’re the same(Sisi ni sawa! )Sisi ni sawa, we are the same! Sisi ni sawa means we're the same! (Sisi ni sawa!) At the end of the day, It's like water and rain. materials, all information do not It might be from a kids TV show (The Lion Guard / Disney Channel), but we ALL could benefit from the concept! We are the same. Sisi ni sawa means we're the same! The Lion Guard (OST) We're the same (Sisi Ni Sawa) (Ukrainian) lyrics: У тебе все життя це гра. SKU: MN0163439 This article is about 3 tv series: The Lion Guard, Rapunzel’s. (Sisi ni sawa!). Songs With Lyrics From the Soundtrack. Sisi ni sawa! Kion's Lament. 'Cause we both know a higher call Still, to me, they're brand new thoughts Not to judge hyenas by their spots! 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The Lyrics for We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa) by Kion, Jasiri have been translated into 4 languages You think that life is one big game You joke, you laugh, you take no blame I'm telling you, there's just no way that we're the same Sisi Ni Sawa Lyrics Kion: You think that life is one big game Sisi ni sawa. Continue Shopping. $49.99 Quantity. Portions of the song are later heard in "A New Way to Go" from the Season 3 episode, "Battle for the Pride Lands". Sisi ni sawa! We are the same. Sisi ni sawa! Maybe I laugh, maybe you purr But take a look under the fur Deep in our heart is what matters for sure (Sisi ni sawa!) (Sisi ni sawa!) Submitted by: Mere. Lyrics. The Lion Guard. A Beautiful Day. Kion: Never thought that we'd see eye-to-eye Jasiri: I can't imagine why It's very easy if you try! Sisi Ni Sawa (We’re The Same) is a song from The Lion Guard season 1 episode 1, “Never Judge a Hyena by its Spots”. Sisi ni sawa means we're the same Kion and Jasiri: At the end of the day it's like the water and rain Sisi ni sawa, we are the same! / Для смішків, реготів пора. Kion: Forget about the past When there's nothing to gain (Sisi ni sawa!) "We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa)" is a song composed by Beau Black for The Lion Guard. 11302797F. Sisi ni sawa we are the same Sisi ni sawa mean's were the same Forget about the past when there's nothing to gain At the end of the day it's like water and rain Kion: Forget about the past When there's nothing to gain (Sisi ni sawa!) Kion: Never thought that we’d see eye-to-eye, Jasiri: I can’t imagine whyIt’s very easy if you try! Jasiri have been translated into 4 languages You think that life is one big game You joke, you laugh, you take no blame I'm telling you, there's just no way that we're the same "We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa)" is a song from The Lion Guardepisode,"Never Judge a Hyena by its Spots". (Sisi ni sawa!) Forget about the past. (Sisi ni sawa! (Sisi ni sawa!) Lyrics. A E A E Sisi ni sawa means 'we're the same.' We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa) Video Source "Here Comes the Lion Guard" is the closing song from The Lion Guard. The site does not contain any video It is sung by Jasiri and Kion as they come to realize how alike they are. It is sung by Jasiri and Kion and perfomed by Max Charles and Maia Mitchell. Enjoyed everywhere, The Lyrics for We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa) by Kion, Jasiri have been translated into 4 languages, These lyrics have been translated into 4 languages, Übersetzung von We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa), Tradução de We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa), Traducción de We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa), Translation of We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa). Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Deep in our heart is what matters for sure Choral Sheet Music. we are the same. Sisi ni moja Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle TBB View Details. Both: Sisi ni sawa, we are the same! Kion: You think that life is one big gameYou joke, you laugh, you take no blameI’m telling you, there’s just no way that we’re the same. Bunga the Wise. $49.99 Quantity . Jasiri: Sisi ni sawa! Forget about the past Performers. Both: At the end of the day, it’s like water and rainSisi ni sawa, we are the same! At the end of the day, it's like water and rain We're The Same (Sisi Ni Sawa) You think that life is one big game You joke, you laugh, you take no blame I'm telling you, there's just no way that we're the same. Jackal Style. ), Kion: I hear what you’re saying, but you need to explain! Jasiri & Kion sing their duet. Sisi ni sawa. Which side of the fight? Kion: Though you’ve got your spots, and I have a mane! Duties of the King. Kion: Still, to me, they’re brand new thoughtsNot to judge hyenas by their spots! I mean, sisi ni sawa's kinda catchy, all right? Sisi ni sawa means we're the same! But Scar's got a big master plan though He'd never give me something a hyena couldn't handle... would he? Sisi ni sawa means we're the same! Sisi ni Sawa - Lion Guard by Kion & Jasiri (Max Charles & Maia Mitchell) - Karaoke Lyrics on Smule. Sisi ni sawa means we're the same! The Lyrics for We're the Same (Sisi Ni Sawa) - From "The Lion Guard" by Kion feat. Come on we're not the same! Kion: Forget about the past when there's nothing to gain. (Sisi ni sawa!) Your email address will not be published. Listen to We're The Same (Sisi Ni Sawa) by Kion & Jasiri, 8,011 Shazams, featuring on Disney Junior Hits Apple Music playlist. It is mostly sung by Simba's Pride, to convince the Kgosi Pride that lions can be trusted. 'Cause we both know a higher call Like every creature big and small The Circle of Life should be what's guiding us all The Circle of Life will guide us all! When there's nothing to gain. Swahili. New content will be added above the current area of focus upon selection Sisi ni sawa. It is sung by Jasiri and Kion and perfomed by Max Charles and Maia Mitchell. Sisi ni sawa means we're the same Lyrics: Kion: You think that life is one big game: You joke, you laugh, you take no blame: I'm telling you, there's just no way that we're the same: Jasiri: You've got to look past what you see: (Sisi ni sawa!) Sisi ni sawa means we're the same! At the end of the day, it's like water and rain Never thought that we'd see eye-to-eye Last Update: 2016-02-08 Usage Frequency: 1 Quality: Reference: Anonymous. Kion: Forget about the pastWhen there’s nothing to gain(Sisi ni sawa!). (Sisi ni sawa!) Lyrics Kgosi Pride: You think that life is one big game Preceded by. Also in that same episode, Scar briefly sings a villainous portion after Kion becomes struck by Ushari. Forget about the past when there's nothing to gain Sisi ni sawa, we are the same! (Sisi ni sawa!) 11302799F. … We are the same. Not to judge hyenas by their spots (Sisi ni sawa!). Sisi ni sawa, we are the same My Own Way. Sarah Mirza. Though you've got your spots, and I have a mane At the end of the day, it's like water and rain Sisi ni sawa, we are the same! When there's nothing to gain Like every creature big and small Print and download We're the Same sheet music from The Lion Guard. Jasiri: Sisi ni sawa! English. Sisi Ni Sawa (We're the Same) is a song in The Lion Guard sung by Kion and Jasiri. Your email address will not be published. (Sisi ni sawa!) Though you've got your spots, and I have a mane! It Is Time. Sisi ni moja Part-Dominant MP3 Bundle SA View Details. (Sisi ni sawa!) Jasiri: At the end of the day, it’s like water and rainSisi ni sawa, we are the same! Sisi ni sawa, we are the same, Writer(s): Ford Riley, Beau Black, Sarah Mirza, Kevin Hopps, You will get 3 free months if you haven't already used an Apple Music free trial, Made with love & passion in Italy. Sisi ni sawa! sisi ni sawa. Sisi ni Sawa means we're the same I hear what you're saying But you need to explain At the end of the day it's like water and rain Sisi ni Sawa: we are the same Maybe I laugh, maybe you pur But take a look under the fur Deep in our heart is what matters for sure 'Cause … )At the end of the day, it’s like water and rainSisi ni sawa, we are the same! Kion's Lament. Db A E At the end of the day, it's like water and rain. Never thought that we'd see eye-to-eye I can't imagine why It's very easy if you try! (Sisi ni sawa!) Both: At the end of the day, it's like water and rain Sisi ni sawa, we are the same! Why Is Motivation Important, Quran Learning Software, How To Clean Dyson Ball Multi Floor 2, Simple Moisturizer Spf, Powerblock Pro Exp Stage 1, Eucalyptus Silver Drop Care, Gaming Headsets Ps4, Dan Murphy's Online, sisi ni sawa lyrics 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line376
__label__wiki	0.617386	0.617386	Llano del Rio: Desert Ruins of a Social Experiment By Missy\|2020-12-24T16:06:01-08:00December 27, 2015\|5 Comments The “alternative future” for Los Angeles The picturesque ruins of Llano Del Rio can be seen from along side the Antelope Valley’s Pearblossom Highway. Llano was an early community of Socialists, established on the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains in the southwestern Mojave Desert. Llano del Rio was conceived by socialist politician and lawyer Job Harriman after he had failed his bid to become the mayor of Los Angeles in 1911. Embittered from politics, Harriman turned to an interest in directly demonstrating that an economically practical socialist colony can exist and thrive. He sought to build a “Socialist City” that would spread socialism to the rest of the country by example. This was the site of the most important non-religious Utopian experiment in western American history. At its height, the colony’s infrastructure expanded with more than a thousand members sharing its grounds. Irrigation ditches were laid, temporary adobe homes had sprung up, as did more permanent facilities such as a large collective dining room, a hotel, and various industrial buildings. In response to political infighting, loss of water rights, and lack of access to the larger economy due to geographical isolation, the decision was made to close the colony and relocate to New Llano, Louisiana. Once abandoned, Llano del Rio’s infrastructure was immediately pillaged. Its traces – slowly decaying with the socialist dream in the Mojave Desert. “We’re looking at the ruins of the colony now. But it represents a time of real hope, and the earnest and sincere efforts of 1,000 or maybe 1,500 people who lived here, who sought to build a bright and different future.” -Dydia DeLyser, a professor of geography and a Llano expert The site is a California Historical Landmark #933 (SITE OF LLANO DEL RIO COOPERATIVE COLONY). In 1982 a 150-pound plaque was erected but was stolen two weeks later and never replaced. Despite their historical significance, the ruins have been looted, vandalized and allowed to decay. Various proposals seeking state funds or building county parks to preserve the site have been rejected. Scholars and many Antelope Valley residents fear that its last remains will disappear forever. Take a look at this video made by Tom Explores Los Angeles to further experience the site: Or check out the ruins yourself Recommended article by KCET woah, cool post. I didn’t know that those remains had socialist roots! Reply to Rosa Crazy huh! Brent (aka "Enrique") Thank you for another fascinating piece! Reply to Brent (aka "Enrique") Very interesting story. As a kid I visited a similar socialist / hippy commune called Arcosanti in Arizona. Check out my new website, I’m sort of following your footsteps …. http://minefinder.blogspot.com/	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line377
__label__wiki	0.760444	0.760444	AN INCONVENIENT TIME: THE STORY OF RUTH RAVINA MAKES ITS WEST COAST PREMIER AT DANCES WITH FILMS VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL AUGUST 28TH – PRESS RELEASE STIRRING DOCUMENTARY TELLS A YOUNG CHILD’S SAGA OF SURVIVING THREE CONCENTRATION CAMPS BY THE TIME SHE WAS SEVEN. FILM’S MESSAGE IS ESPECIALLY RELEVANT IN THIS ATMOSPHERE OF HATE, BIGOTRY, RENEWED WORLDWIDE ANTI-SEMITISM AND GENOCIDE... DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE Holocaust Survivor Film Wins Best Documentary at Florida and Virginia Film Festivals – PRESS RELEASE Despite worldwide festival delays and cancellations related to the ongoing pandemic, the summer brought much recognition for “An Inconvenient Time – The Story of Ruth Ravina,” an award-winning, feature-length documentary film about a young girl’s odyssey through the Holocaust.... READ MORE Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest to Screen ‘An Inconvenient Time’ – Jewish Link NJ Right from the start, Klein was compelled to record Ravina’s story. “The more I got to know Ruth and to learn about her inspiring life, the more I realized that her story needed to be shared with the world at large. And when Ruth and the few survivors left are no longer here, the responsibility is on us,” he said… READ MORE Film about Holocaust Survivor Debuts – New Jersey Hills Denny Klein met Holocaust survivor Ruth Ravina of Montclair when his twin daughters were matched with her in a program called Twin with a Survivor. He has spent more than six years creating and producing a film about her life… READ MORE New Documentary on Local Woman Survivor to Premiere – The Times of Israel “Ruth’s incredible odyssey is a captivating and unique story of survival and triumph,” said Klein, whose production partners were Joe Schreiber of 3 Penny Films, and illustrator/animation supervisor Greg Betza. “Her message of ‘Never Again’ is even more important in this era of rising anti-Semitism.”READ MORE An Inconvenient Time, the Story of Holocaust Survivor Ruth Ravina – Press Release Ruth Ravina, a long-time Montclair resident, was 2 years old when the Nazis arrived in her hometown of Kozienice, Poland, in 1939. By the time the Russians liberated Poland, Ruth at the age of 7 survived countless tragedies, years on the run and three concentration camps… READ MORE A Montclair Resident’s Story of Survival, Now On Film – The Times of Israel “The way to keep the stories of the survivors alive is through documentaries, and through plays, and through feature films, and through books,” said Wind. “Otherwise the stories are going to fade.” When Denny heard about Ravina’s life from his daughters in June 2013, he knew immediately that he wanted to record her. “I realized Ruth has a significant story that needed to be told,” he said…. READ MORE	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line378
__label__cc	0.734919	0.265081	Annie Ball Concert Pianist Annie performs regularly as a soloist in venues around the North East. She also enjoys accompanying local singers and instrumentalists. In the past, Annie has enjoyed varied performance collaborations with contemporary dancers, artists and sculptors. As an ensemble pianist receiving Masterclasses with cellist, Natalie Clein and the ensemble, Trio del Sol as well as having had regular coaching with Christine Croshaw who worked with the great violinist, Nathan Milstein, from whom she passed on many invaluable memories and guidance. Annie is passionate about supporting local musicians and taking performances out of the concert hall and into unique spaces and contexts. In the past this has been places like The Peckham Rye Multi Story Car Park, Wilderness Festival, galleries, pubs and cafes. She started a new dining and music concept in the North East called The Semibreve Supper Club, runs the North East chapter of 'The Classical Revolution' (a global organisation committed to bringing classical music to wider audiences) and self promotes and organises her own projects under 'Semibreve events'. Free improvisation is another interest of Annie's, she takes inspiration from pianists such as Douglas finch and John Tilbury and performed improvised pieces in concert and regularly attended workshops with Sebastian Lexer when she lived in London. Currently she is resident accompanist for 'Harleken Opera' and opera studio based in North Shields who meet weekly for rehearsals and perform opera and opera galas regularly throughout the year. Competitions: Solo finalist and prize winner at the Il Circolo competition in January 2009 and twice reached the final of the Leonard Smith and Felicity Young String duo competition in 2007 and 2009. Annie was awarded a bursary and a Regional Further Education Bursary to study Bachelors degree and a scholarship to study for her Masters degree. Semibreve Events The Semibreve Supper Club	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line381
__label__cc	0.672634	0.327366	Speaking & Seminars 20% For Good “Worst Company in America” by Alan \| Apr 27, 2010 \| Are We Idiots?, Compelling Value, Customer Experience, Just for Fun Greetings. The votes have been cast, and the 2010 "Worst Company in America" is Comcast according to Consumers Union. The decision was announced during a press conference yesterday, and came as no surprise to most Comcast customers and industry watchers. After all, the company had placed second for the past two years and it was only a matter of time before its blatant abuse of customers would earn it the top prize. The award itself is a bit of a publicity stunt, but it's also a serious attempt to shine a spotlight on corporations that seem to have little or no regard for those they have the privilege to serve. And by practically any measure, Comcast seems to be a most worthy recipient. In fact, the company's "track record" of poor quality, installation nightmares, inadequate technical support, unresponsiveness, deceptive marketing and pricing schemes, and failure to listen to its customers is almost legendary. So its defeat of Ticketmaster, last year's winner and the company that has singlehandedly made every live event significantly more expensive than it should be, was well-earned. Though one might question how they defeated AIG, the company that gave rise to the phrase "financial meltdown." Could it be that this Wall Street giant was old news? Or, as one leading blogger noted: "It all goes to show that irritating individual consumers is a really bad idea." Needless to say, Comcast officials did not attend the award ceremony or make themselves available for comment. At least they are thoughtful enough to lead, or retreat, by example. Showing other companies how not to provide a valued customer experience must be their way of raising the bar (or at least the red flag). But if you've had a great experience with Comcast, I'd love to hear about it. And I'd even be willing to spread the good word. Even if it's the only good word. After all, I have high expectations for companies based in the City of Brotherly–or Customerly–Love! We win in business by treating the customer with the highest regard. And when we don't, we still have the chance to win an award. It's just not an award that our mothers would be proud of. Making the Right Connections The Power of Purpose The Power of Distraction To a New Year of Dreams and Dreamers New Insights on Innovation and Creativity Kitchie Pilon on Saying Goodbye Jerina Tuazon on Mobile Lives Jacksonville Web Design on Getting Beyond Stereotypes ofis mobilyaları on BOGO Garland Pollard on Creating an Idea Library Are We Idiots? Compelling Value Engaging Employees Noah-isms Unlocking Genius Copyright © 2019 Alan Gregerman	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line382
__label__wiki	0.742913	0.742913	BatzP - 1st Gaza � The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, Contents Topic: BatzP - 1st Gaza The First Battle of Gaza Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917 The following list gathers together all the primary eye witness accounts by the War Diary, Signals and Operation Reports relating to the First Battle of Gaza. In addition, any correspondence relating to the action by the participants is also included such as letters and Unit Orders. Official accounts are included as these were written by authors who had direct access to the participants of the action. Finally, some exceptional analytical sections of published works are included because they add to a wider understanding of the story. The aim of this is to allow the reader the ability to access disparate information in one place. Much of the information is stored in various archives and unless the person is on site, this information is generally inaccessible to the public. We have transcribed each relevant document and placed the version on this site. Each entry is linked so giving the reader the ability to choose the level of information to be accessed. Where there is an unlinked item, usually that information no longer exists and the reader is so informed. Note: If no link appears, that information has yet to be placed on the site. Usually that occurs because the information exists but we have not had the ability to access the information. Should anyone who has access to this information wish to assist in gathering the items for publication on this site, we would be very grateful. The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, Outline Map segment of Gaza 1:125,000 Map outline for the Battle of Gaza, 0930 Map of Gaza accompanying the Official British War History Account Falls Account Sketch Map 14 The Official Turkish War History Map 1 2nd Light Horse Signal Squadron, War Diary Account Maps Official Australian War History Account Falls Account Part 1, The Situation in Late March, 1917. Falls Account Part 2, The preliminary moves and approach march. Falls Account Part 3, The Fog at Dawn on the 26th March. Falls Account Part 4, The Envelopment of Gaza by the Mounted Troops. Falls Account Part 5, The Opening of the Main Attack. Falls Account Part 6, The attack on Gaza by the mounted troops and the advance of relieving columns. Falls Account Part 7, The capture of Ali Muntar. Falls Account Part 8, The Decision to Withdraw the Mounted Troops. Falls Account Part 9, The Withdrawal of the Mounted Troops and Evacuation of Ali Muntar. Falls Account Part 10, The Reoccupation of Ali Muntar and Turkish Counter-Attacks. Falls Account Part 11, The Withdrawal to the Wadi Ghazze. Falls Account Part 12, The Causes of Failure and the Reports to the War Office. Falls Account Part 13, The Battle from German and Turkish Sources. Falls Account Part 14, Telegrams between Sir A. Murray and the C.I.G.S. Falls Account Part 15, The Evacuation of the Wounded. German Account Plan of Attack Chetwode Letter 2 March 1917 Dobell Letter 4 March 1917 Lynden-Bell Letter 5 March 1917 Murray Letter 13 March 1917 Dobell Letter 15 March 1917 Murray Letter 16 March 1917, No. 1 Hotchkiss Guns Powles Letter 2 March 1917 Annerly-Corder Letter 3 March 1917 McCheane Letter 5 March 1917 Dawnay Letter 7 March 1917 Lynden-Bell Letter 21 March 1917 Nicholl Letter 1 May 1917 Eastern Force Order Of Battle, Eastern Force Eastern Force Order No 33 Eastern Force Order No 34 [Ed. Cannot be located] Eastern Force Account 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division Order of Battle 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division War Diary Account - No War Diary Account available. Commander Royal Artillery, 52nd Division Artillery War Diary Account - No War Diary Account available. 155th Infantry Brigade Headquarters 155th Infantry Brigade, 52nd Division War Diary Account - No War Diary Account available. 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division Order of Battle 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division Operation Order No. 15 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division War Diary Account Report on the Operations carried out Commander Royal Artillery, 54th Division Artillery War Diary Account 161st Infantry Brigade Headquarters 161st Infantry Brigade, 54th Division War Diary Account 161st Infantry Brigade Report on Operations 162nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters 162nd Infantry Brigade, 54th Division War Diary Account 163rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters 163rd Infantry Brigade, 54th Division War Diary Account 74th (Yeomanry) Infantry Division 74th (Yeomanry) Infantry Division Order of Battle 74th (Yeomanry) Infantry Division War Diary Account No Artillery in Division Headquarters 229th Infantry Brigade, 74th Division War Diary Account Headquarters 230th Infantry Brigade, 74th Division War Diary Account - No War Diary Account available. Headquarters 231st Infantry Brigade, 74th Division War Diary Account - No War Diary Account available. Order Of Battle, Desert Column The Desert Column After Order Desert Column Account Signals issued from 25 March 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 53rd (Welsh) Division Order of Battle 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division Operation Order No. 27 Report on the attack on the Ali Muntar position Commander Royal Artillery, 53rd Division Artillery War Diary Account Headquarters 158th Infantry Brigade, 53rd Division War Diary Account Order Of Battle, Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division Anzac Mounted Division Battle Chronology, 26 - 27 March 1917 Commander Royal Artillery War Diary Account 2nd Light Horse Brigade, War Diary Account 2nd Light Horse Brigade, Brigade Order No. 11 2nd Light Horse Brigade, AIF, Roll of Honour 5th Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, War Diary Account 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance Transport Subdivision, War Diary Account 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Roll of Honour 2nd Signal Troop 2nd Signal Troop, War Diary Account 2nd Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron 2nd Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, War Diary Account 2nd Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, Roll of Honour 22nd Mounted Brigade 22nd Mounted Brigade, War Diary Account 1/1st Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1/1st Lincolnshire Yeomanry, War Diary Account 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry, War Diary Account 1/1st East Riding Yeomanry 1/1st East Riding Yeomanry, War Diary Account 22nd Mounted Brigade Signal Troop 22nd Mounted Brigade Signal Troop, War Diary Account 18th Machine Gun Squadron 18th Machine Gun Squadron, War Diary Account Imperial Mounted Division Order Of Battle, Imperial Mounted Division Imperial Mounted Division Report on Operations Imperial Mounted Division Battle Chronology, 25 - 27 March 1917 Chetwode and Hodgson letter of thanks Imperial Mounted Division Signals 2nd Field Squadron Engineers 2nd Signal Squadron 2nd Signal Squadron, War Diary Account 3rd Light Horse Brigade, Brigade Order No. 16 5th Mounted Brigade. 1/1st Warwick Yeomanry 1/1st Warwick Yeomanry War Diary Account 1/1st Gloucester Yeomanry 1/1st Gloucester Yeomanry War Diary Account 1/1st Worcester Yeomanry 1/1st Worcester Yeomanry War Diary Account 5th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop 5th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop War Diary Account 16th Machine Gun Squadron War Diary Account 1/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance 1/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance War Diary Account 6th Mounted Brigade War Diary Account - No War Diary Account available. 1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars 1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars War Diary Account 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry War Diary Account 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry War Diary Account 1/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance 1/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance War Diary Account Camel Transport Corps Camel Transport Corps Report on Operations Camel Transport Corps Poem, An Enemy Moon The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, Allied Forces, Roll of Honour The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917 Citation: The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, Contents Updated: Sunday, 27 March 2011 10:51 AM EADT First Gaza, Palestine, March 26 to 27, 1917 Ali el Muntar from Mansura Ridge. First Gaza, fought on 26-27 March. 1917, was the first British attempt to capture the major Turkish centre lying 32 kilometres inside the border of Palestine having captured Rafa (q.v.) at the start of the year and subsequently cleared out the remaining garrisons of Turks within Sinai, the British were now ready to strike deep into the enemy's own territory. Available for this operation were three British infantry divisions, two mounted divisions and a Camel brigade - a total of about 22,000 men. Each of the mounted divisions contained two Australian light horse brigades, comprising half their strength; the Anzac Mounted Division was under the command of Major-General Larry Chauvel, the Imperial Mounted Division under a British officer, Major-General Henry Hodgson. Map detailing the stages of the First Battle of Gaza. In the pre-dawn hours of 26 March, Chauvel's division led off the march from the attacking force's advanced base around Deir el Belah, some sixteen kilometres southwest of Gaza. Its route took it ten kilometres east of the town, then west towards the Mediterranean, so that the Anzac Mounted was effectively astride the enemy's rear and able to join in the assault From both north and east. Hodgson's division, with the Camel Brigade and a New Zealand armoured car patrol also moved out onto the eastern flank, to prevent any attempt at reinforcement of the enemy garrison (thought to number about 4,000) from that quarter. With Gaza thus cut off, the 53rd Infantry Division - supported by the 54th Division - moved up on the town's southern approaches to complete its encirclement. Delays experienced by the infantry due to unseasonal fog meant that it was nearly noon before the attack began, and nearly sunset before the heights of Ali Muntar which commanded the town from the southeast were in British hands. Meanwhile the men of Chauvel's division had captured other high ground to the north and were pressing on the town's outskirts. Even though the enemy's resistance was clearly crumbling, the failure to have achieved a decisive success before nightfall prompted the British high command to call off the assault, as had happened at Magdhaba (q.v.) and Rafa, for fear of the mounted troops being left without water. With the discovery that the Gaza garrison was larger than believed, and several large columns of Turkish reinforcements - one reported as 3,000 strong-sighted approaching from the north-east, east and south-east, the order for Chauvel and Hodgson's divisions to withdraw was given at about 6 p.m. The Light Horse on the march to attack Gaza. Although some of the mounted troops had already penetrated into the town's northern and eastern streets, this time there was no question of defying the recall order. Chauvel himself protested, but for his men there was nothing to do but shoulder their dismay and disgust at being Forced to surrender a victory which they considered had already been won. After collecting their wounded and some of their dead, they come away in the darkness without any hostile follow-up by the enemy, bringing with them over 460 prisoners and two captured guns. Even the reinforcements which had earlier seemed so threatening on the flanks were held off with ease. The British infantry maintained their positions on Gaza's southern outskirts for the night, but vacated the Ali Muntar heights. Ordered to re-occupy (his position the next morning, the infantry initially found it unoccupied by the enemy but were unable to properly secure it before the Turks forced them off again. They, too, were withdrawn by dawn on 28 March, finally confirming the failure of the coup de main against Gaza essentially due to a command fiasco. The attempt had cost the British nearly 4,000 casualties, 3,000 of these in the infantry; the Turks had lost perhaps 2,500. British casualties from the First Battle of Gaza passing through the 1st/3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance. Citation: The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, Outline The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men from the Allied Forces known to have given their lives during the The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917. Citation: The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, Allied Forces, Roll of Honour The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, Australian Forces, Roll of Honour Australian Forces The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men from the Australian Forces known to have given their lives during the First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917. Joseph COLMO, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action, 26 March 1917. Joseph GAHAN, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action, 26 March 1917. John Bennett GALLIGAN, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action, 26 March 1917. Walter Rupert TINK, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action, 26 March 1917. Citation: The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, Australian Forces, Roll of Honour Updated: Wednesday, 2 February 2011 10:37 AM EAST The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, New Zealand Forces, Roll of Honour New Zealand Forces The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men from the New Zealand Forces known to have given their lives during the First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917. Arthur Richard FITZHERBERT, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Died of Wounds, 27 March 1917. Arthur MULHOLLAND, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Killed in Action, 26 March 1917. Frank WILLIAMS, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Killed in Action, 26 March 1917. Citation: The First Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 to 27 March 1917, New Zealand Forces, Roll of Honour	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line385
__label__wiki	0.595709	0.595709	Who’s bringing China its bacon now that it’s running low? Joe Gan A worldwide pork deficit is impending and one virus is to blame. But who’s going to fill in the gaps? Meat giant Tyson’s latest earnings reveal it’s not them, with the US-China trade war largely to blame. Could they lose out to alternatives like Impossible Foods? Though harmless to humans, African Swine Fever (ASF) has the world’s top pork producer China reeling. Pork production is down 5.5% year-on-year and prices on China’s most popular meat are up 25%. Rabobank also predicts that China’s pig herd could halve by the end of 2019. But farmers worldwide are yet to jump in to fill the supply. Why? Tariffs, supply concerns and a lack of a route to market are holding many major players back. In major US meat business Tyson’s latest earnings report, the company said it had yet to reap profits from the massive dip in China’s pork production. That slump began last September after mass cullings following the country’s first-ever swine fever outbreak. And with President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs in place, US pork entering China now faces a 62% levy, making it too expensive for consumers there. The nail-biting back-and-forth between the two superpowers as they thrash out their trade war adds to the uncertainty and Tyson warned that the global pork situation was getting serious. “Given the magnitude of the losses in China’s hog and pork supplies, the impending impact on global protein supply and demand fundamentals is likely to be a multi-year event,” said Noel White, Tyson’s president and chief executive. AFN has reached out to Tyson Foods and Chinese pork giant WH Group for additional comment. Do check back for updates. Snapshot: China Fails to Bring Home the Bacon Pork production in H1 down 5.5% year-on-year to 24.7 mn tonnes Local hog herd dwindled 15% from a year ago to 347.61 mn head Average prices of pork up 25% to CNY17.8/kg in July v.s. end-May’s CNY14.2 Source: China’s National Bureau of Statistics Chicken to the rescue… for now With the Chinese getting deprived of their favorite meat, they are turning increasingly to chicken, beef and lamb, the statistic bureau’s June data showed. In response, Beijing has urged poultry producers to boost output to supplement the dip of their fellow white meat. Australia’s pork industry association agrees with Tyson that China’s hog problems will last into the long-term and the repercussions are reverberating worldwide. “The impact is already being felt across all protein and feed supply chains, and this will continue over the next 2-5 years and may be longer,” said a spokesperson from Australian Pork Limited (APL), adding that Australia’s robust biosecurity protocols will keep the virus from spreading to the island nation. “State and territory governments are currently implementing preparedness measures in the event that an ASF incursion occurs. Australian pork producers are reviewing their on-farm biosecurity and implementing enhanced requirements such as additional quarantine periods for foreign workers returning from visits to their home country.” But local exporters, unfortunately, won’t be able to cash in on the undersupply, she added. “Australia does not currently have protocols to supply pork to China and remains largely unaffected by the Chinese demand.” The APL added that China’s predicament is being made worse by trade tensions between China and Canada, as well as with the US. So if US and neighboring Australia aren’t benefiting, who could? It would seem only logical that the world’s number two in pork production would help step in, and analysts at Dutch bank Rabobank projected an increase in imports by China which would promote production expansion in the EU, Belgium and Eastern Europe are themselves still struggling to contain ASF outbreaks. Therefore analysts gave the outlook for Europe’s pork market a ‘mixed’ review amid the epidemic. The APL predicted China’s demand for protein would be filled by the EU and Brazil and Rabobank is more positive about Brazil, calling 2019 a ‘promising’ year for the South American nation’s pork industry. Adding to the bullishness on Brazil is a report by Shanghai-based IQC Insights, which has found that Brazil benefited greatly from the ongoing trade war and ASF outbreak in China, with its pork export volume to China rising by 208.1 % year-on-year at the time of the report’s publication in March. Looking closer to home, neighbouring countries like the Philippines have also expressed interest in upping pork exports to China, though there have been no official confirmations that producers have done so as of yet. In an article by the Philippine News Agency, the official news agency of the country’s government, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol said that Manila is “seriously looking at the possibility of exporting pork to China” as he foresaw that it would take years for the industry to recover. One closer neighbour, Thailand, however, is looking to not only cash in on the sharp drop in China’s pork supplies by starting exports to China, but also to other countries that import from the world’s top pork producer. “We see a good opportunity for Thailand to ship more pork and gain more market share in other countries,” Pimchanok Vonkorpon, the Commerce Ministry’s director-general of trade policy and strategy, told Bloomberg in an interview. Vonkorpon added it would take some time for Thai producers to boost supply for exports. But what about meat substitutes? With indications making it clear this is likely to be a multi-year crisis for the pork industry, the timing is practically perfect for the burgeoning plant-based meat sector. Beyond Meat’s unbelievably popular IPO continues to hit the headlines as investors the world over bet on increasing demand from consumers. If any of the plant-based meat companies were to bring a pork substitute to China, that demand could spike more out of necessity than a desire to eat a more environmentally-friendly option. Speaking exclusively to AFN, Impossible Foods told us that China is ‘absolutely’ one of the countries they’re targeting next. This isn’t surprising after the company’s recent manufacturing agreement with OSI Group, a US food processor with a footprint across several Asian countries, including China. The plant-based beef company said they have yet to share timelines, strategy, or products for that planned expansion, but indicated that they were much more than just a plant-based burger business. “China is absolutely on our radar. Demand for meat is growing faster in Asia, especially China, than anywhere else on the planet — and satiating the continent’s demand has global implications,” the Impossible Foods spokesperson told us. “Impossible’s platform is designed to be able to create anything global consumers consume from animals today.” “And while we want to make Impossible Foods’ products available everywhere, demand for meat is growing faster in Asia than anywhere else on the planet — and satiating the continent’s demand has global implications.” Impossible Foods did not comment on the impact of the tit-for-tat tariffs on their decision to hold off on their expansion to China, although they could be subject to levies due to existing tariffs from China on US goods such as wheat and soybeans, which their products contain. Snapshot: What is African Swine Fever? A virus endemic to sub-Saharan Africa Causes haemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates, with death possibly happening as quickly as a week Does not cause disease in humans or in other animals Outbreaks so far in Western, Northern and Eastern Europe, China and Vietnam Is a vaccine or cure in sight? Pig farmers worldwide are dealing with the spread of ASF by culling their herds as an effective cure or vaccine is still not readily available. China’s Xinhua News Agency reported in May that clinical trials have begun for a vaccine, however, with two candidates already proven in laboratory tests to offer immunity to the disease. Elsewhere in Madrid, Dr. Jose Angel Barasona, a researcher at the VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, has reportedly found a vaccine that immunized wild boar against a highly virulent strain of the fever. It is administered orally, with a 92% protection. But the researcher cautions more research is needed before it can be used widely. The clock keeps ticking as scientists fight against time for a viable cure. Rabobank forecasts that China’s pig herd could halve by the end of 2019 year-on-year, with no surefire remedy yet on the horizon. Could tech have prevented this? I’m going to start an investigation into potential technologies that could be deployed to avoid another outbreak of this magnitude in future (please get in touch if you have ideas!), but here’s a quick look at some technologies currently used for cows that could perhaps be turned towards their fellow farm brethren. One of AgFunder’s portfolio companies Connecterra has a software service for the dairy industry called Intelligent Dairy Farmers Assistant (Ida). Ida collects data from dairy cows that can detect health issues such as mastitis or lameness at least 24 hours before they are critical. Ida can also tell dairy farmers when cows are on heat and the best time for insemination as well as those that are having feeding issues including digestive disorders such as ketosis. Could technology like this be applied to pigs too? In Argentina, where our editor Louisa was last week, Uniagro is creating a suite of tools to help livestock farmers, including a computer vision solution that creates a heatmap of dairy cows to identify any health problems. The founders told Louisa that in theory this could be used in other species. Irish startup Cainthus also uses computer vision to track dairy cows, and can monitor key activities such as food and water intake and behaviour patterns that could be key indicators of disease. There is also, of course, a wealth of potential for biotechnologies to not just treat viruses like ASF but also prevent them. Do you have or know a technology that could help? Please reach out joe@agfunder.com Image credit: Wokandapix from Pixabay animal health, asia, biotech, livestock, sustainable protein PrevPreviousRabobank and Caspian partner to fill the debt gap for India’s agri-foodtech startups Next5 questions with AquaBounty on feed ingredients, social license for GE animals, and regulationNext Starting with cultured kangaroo dumplings, Vow is on a mission to diversify the world’s protein sources	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line389
__label__wiki	0.949321	0.949321	Covid-19: how are London’s airports weathering the storm? In the UK, the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted all industries but aviation has been hit particularly hard. With airports all around the country witnessing huge economic losses, how are the capital’s six airports coping? Ilaria Grasso Macola finds out. Despite London doing slightly better in terms of infection rates compared with the rest of England, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the capital’s socio-economic fabric. According to data from the Greater London Authority, the number of Londoners claiming Universal Credit rose from 200,000 to 890,000 between January and July. A report by housing association Peabody has also highlighted that unemployment rates are higher in London than elsewhere, with household incomes set to fall. The pandemic also dealt a huge blow to mobility in certain airports. A study by King’s College London showed that London’s three major airports suffered a substantial drop in flight volumes, with Heathrow dropping from 350 flights a day to around 80 in May. With the possibility of future lockdowns looming over the industry, here’s a look at what London’s six airports are doing to weather the Covid-19 storm. Select the locations for more information London City Airport: development plans halted as spending slashed With several job cuts across the organisation, London City Airport has been one of the airports to be hit the hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic. On 14 September, the airport announced a series of restructuring plans to limit losses in the face of the crisis. Having already slashed all non-essential spending, the airport’s management was forced to open consultations with its staff to explore ways for cutting costs. Voluntary redundancy and the loss of up to 239 jobs were among the options explored. “The aviation sector is in the throes of the biggest downturn it has ever experienced as a result of the pandemic,” says City CEO Robert Sinclair. “We have held off looking at job losses for as long as possible, but sadly we are not immune from the devastating impact of this virus.” A month before this announcement, London City had already decided to halt its £500m development plans, which included a new terminal extension as well as a new east pier. “Completing the terminal extension and new east pier very much remains part of our future, and, with the foundations for both in place, we stand ready to take those projects forward when demand returns,” Sinclair had said in August. Image: Travers Lewis / Shutterstock.com Gatwick Airport: betting on technology as restructuring hits jobs To better protect both passengers and staff, Gatwick Airport was the first UK airport to introduce a UV disinfection system for its security trays. The system - which features trays passing through a UV-tunnel underneath the hand luggage screening systems - has a 99.9% disinfection rate. To be rolled out on eight lanes in the airport’s north terminal by the end of the month, the system will significantly reduce the risk of Covid-19 and other coronaviruses spreading. “This new system has proven itself to be extremely reliable and provides a really high degree of reassurance as every single passenger and staff member using the system will have a tray that has only just been disinfected,” said Gatwick COO Adrian Witherow in a statement. Enhancing safety is not the only measure Gatwick had to take in the face of the pandemic. With numbers down by 80% compared to 2019, the airport was forced at the end of August to announce restructuring plans, which could result in 600 jobs cuts across the business. “If anyone is in any doubt about the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on the aviation and travel industry then today’s news we have shared with our staff, regarding the proposed job losses, is a stark reminder,” added Gatwick COO Stewart Wingate. Image: Gatwick Airport Heathrow Airport: stark warnings that quarantine is strangling the economy “Heathrow’s traffic figures for August demonstrate the extent to which quarantine is strangling the economy, cutting British businesses off from their international markets and blocking international students, tourists and investors from coming here to spend money.” With these words, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye described how much Covid-19 travel restrictions are impacting not only the airport but also the country’s economy. The airport has suffered substantial losses, including an 81.5% decrease in passenger demand and a 34.2% drop in cargo volumes. Despite the airport’s implementation of health and safety measures – including the use of UV cleaning robots and the trialling of testing solutions – other airports in Europe, such as Frankfurt, are overtaking it in terms of traffic. “The government has announced it is looking at the options for reducing quarantine for passengers who test negative for Covid-19, but ministers urgently need to turn words into action,” Holland-Kaye added. “Every day of further government delay costs British jobs and livelihoods.” Image: Heathrow Airports Limited Luton Airport: first in the UK to be ACI health accredited Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Luton has experienced a substantial decrease in passenger numbers, registering 56% fewer passengers in August compared to the previous year. To attract travellers back to flying, the airport is implementing a series of health and safety-related measures, including receiving the certification from the Airports Council International’s (ACI) health accreditation programme. At the end of August, Luton was the first airport in the UK and one of the first in the world to receive the ACI accreditation, which aims to provide an assessment on how well airports’ health measures align with the industry’s global standards. These measures include enhanced cleaning and disinfection of terminals, installation of hand sanitiser units, autonomous cleaning robots and the use of protective screens in customer service points. “This accreditation provides peace of mind to our staff and the passengers who choose to fly with us,” commented Luton CEO Alberto Martin. Whilst continuing to deal with repercussions from the pandemic, Luton is also looking ahead to a post-Covid-19 future. “As we rebuild, we want to increase the benefits we bring to passengers and the local economy, whilst also adapting to new expectations – not just in terms of Covid-19, but also in terms of sustainability,” explains a Luton spokesperson. “This is why we have developed our Responsible Business Plan, which will ensure we are transparent and accountable for our progress in that area.” Image: London Luton Airport London Southend Airport: a plea for Government consistency Drawing on the lessons learnt in the past seven months, London Southend Airport has said it will do whatever is necessary to support both passengers and staff, but still expects a drop in numbers during the winter. “We are working to support safe passenger operations at our airport, through investments including hand sanitiser every 20 paces, bio shields at all face to face locations, clear signage throughout the passenger journey and new security equipment which reduces contact points,” says the airport’s CEO Glyn Jones. “We have also maintained our cargo operations, which continue to safeguard supply chains and local employment.” What is needed, explains Jones, is for the government to actively support the industry, with clear guidance and effective testing. “That means, as a starting point, consistency in messaging and a commitment to testing to establish confidence and remove the widespread confusion that derives from the current approach to quarantine,” he adds. “Without such support, an industry which was, until recently, responsible for employing almost one million people in the UK will be fighting for survival with one arm tied behind its back.” Image: Markus Mainka / Shutterstock.com London Stansted Airport: freight growth gives hope While passenger numbers dropped, Stansted registered growth in air cargo, with a registered increase in volumes of 43.6% and 25% during the months of June and July respectively. These figures highlight the importance of airports not only for travellers but also for the wider economy. “Stansted is generally thought of as somewhere to start your holiday or perhaps a business trip to an ever-growing number of destinations across the globe,” said Essex Chambers of Commerce chief executive Denise Rossiter. “These figures show its importance for exporters and importers too and how it is increasingly a major contributor to not just the Essex economy but that of the UK generally and why it is so important to businesses in Essex.” Despite the increase in cargo operations, Stansted Airport, like many others around the country, is asking the UK Government for support packages for airports, though so far (at the time of writing) to no avail. “Indeed, throughout the pandemic, there has been no evidence of any recognition from the government of the need to protect the travel industry and enable it to recover from what is undoubtedly the biggest crisis it has ever faced,” wrote Stansted’s parent company MAG chief executive Charlie Cornish at the end of August. 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__label__cc	0.507547	0.492453	AdFarm has anywhere from 35 to 75 years of company history behind us, but it really depends on when you start counting. Here are some of the key points along the way. Flint and Associates founded. Throughout the ‘40s, better machinery, new crops and livestock varieties, new pesticides, and better irrigation techniques create a revolution in farm productivity. The Cold War with Russia continues to develop, but this eventually leads to the script for Rocky IV, so it’s not all bad. Roger Reierson joins Flint and Associates, becoming Owner in 1983, and CEO 1983–2019. Men’s fashion enters one of its darkest eras, but only metaphorically because it’s every colour and pattern at once, plus leisure suits. Parker Group is founded by Brian Parker, after what we can only assume were literally minutes of brainstorming for the right name. Ross Harvey named Managing Partner and President of Parker Group, 1984–95. Fieldstone founded by Kim McConnell. Apple introduces the Macintosh personal computer, along with the whole idea of Superbowl ads being a thing. Parker Group pitches to be Agency of Record for Alberta Pool, Sandoz and Elanco in one week. They win everything and become AOR for all three companies. Over beers, the first known use of this now-standard boss joke is made: “I’ve got some good news and some bad news — the good news is we won, the bad news is we won.” A partnership between Parker Group and Flint and Associates is established to manage the North America Flexi-Coil account. The Cold War officially ends, and Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time. Historians repeatedly tell us these two events are unrelated. Flint and Associates wins Hoechst, becoming Canada’s largest agricultural account. In genetics news, “The Flavr Savr” tomato becomes the first genetically engineered food product to get FDA approval. It’s met with apprehension by the public, partially because people fear the unknown, and partially because they hate “kewl” names. AdFarm is created when Parker Group and Flint and Associates merge into a new agency, shortly after Art Froehlich and Roger Reierson join the Parker Group Board. AdFarm’s name uses recently developed “InterCap” capitalization technology, which most people will be today-years-old when they realize that’s what it’s called. Fieldstone creates and launches the historic InVigor Canola brand. AdFarm wins Ad Rodeo’s Best of Show creative award for the “Farmers Take It Out Back and Shoot It” self-promotion campaign. Some “big” agencies complain about having a bunch of farmers win the biggest award of the year, but they quickly change their mind when asked if we can take them out back. AdFarm Partnership established. AdFarm names Art Froehlich President/CEO, 1998–2002. The end of the decade sees advanced technology become more common in agriculture, including GPS-enabled yield monitors and robotic milkers. The first web banner ads emerge, starting with Coors’ campaign for Zima — a product that quickly joins the infamous ranks of New Coke. AdFarm opens offices in Fargo, North Dakota and Kansas City, Missouri to manage the Bayer Agriscience cereals account. The agency launches the Everest brand with a $300,000 TV spot — the ag industry's most expensive, high-quality commercial to date. The world awaits the outcome of the Y2K Bug. Millennial conspiracy theorists warn of Armageddon, but the movie already came out in 1998, and most farmers are still wondering why anyone would try to train drillers to be astronauts instead of just teaching astronauts how to use drills. Fieldstone is sold to Parallel Strategies. Everyone celebrates on the rooftop patio. AdFarm wins the historic Caterpillar account, officially marking the second of many times we’ll call an achievement “historic.” AdFarm Partnership is established as a merger between Parallel, Kahntact, Creative Core, Axia, Flint and AdFarm. In terms of raw power, this new group is comparable to Led Zeppelin joining The Avengers and the ’96 Chicago Bulls. The new partnership names Bob Corrigan as Chairman, 2002–2004. AdFarm Partnership wins the Bayer Agriscience account, which is a merger between Hoechst and Bayer. AdFarm names Kim McConnell President, CEO, 2002–2007. “Keep it between the ditches” becomes one of the agency’s official guiding mantras. AdFarm creates and launches the historic Nexera Canola brand. AdFarm Calgary relocates to 4th Street and becomes the region’s first marketing specialist to fully brand its property. This means the new space is way cooler than every other office in town. AdFarm opens Guelph office. Ross Harvey wins CAMA’s Agri-marketer of the Year award. AdFarm launches its historic Driving Deeper into the Heart and Soul of Agriculture campaign. Local thesaurus owners suggest the campaign could also be called “momentous” or “paradigmatic,” but we stick with historic. AdFarm creates the Keys to the Combine campaign for Dow AgroSciences. #Historic AdFarm names and launches the Viterra brand. It’s definitely historic. Flint Holding buys out Axia to become majority owner of AdFarm. AdFarm creates the Ag More Than Ever campaign for Farm Credit Canada, which is still running today, so that’s totally historic. AdFarm named one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies, by Canadian Business. Roger Reierson named Chair of AdFarm Partnership, 2005–present. Art Froehlich named one of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential by Alberta Venture. AdFarm opens an office in St. Louis — causing us to make sure they say “Mizzur-uh” like the rest of the state. Nexera Canola wins AdFarm’s very first NAMA Best of Show award, which is a whole new kind of historic. Media Productions becomes the AdFarm Business Unit. AdFarm is named one of the 50 Best Places to Work by Canadian Business, with what had to be at least 2% of the total votes. #mathjokes AdFarm Names Roger Reierson President, CEO, 2009–2011. Kim McConnell and Ross Harvey win the Entrepreneur of the Year award from Ernst & Young. AdFarm names Nolan Berg COO, 2007–2009. The first iPhone is released, permanently changing the way people ignore their pets, loved ones and every other vehicle on the road. AdFarm launches the historic UFA 100 campaign. A “leap second” is added just before midnight on December 31, but nobody does anything useful with the extra time. Roger Reierson wins NAMA’s Agri-marketer of the Year award. Kim McConnell wins CAMA’s Agri-marketer of the Year award in the same year. Ben Graham and Les Kahl named managing partners of AdFarm. Watermelons start exploding all over China’s Jiangsu province when farmers get too generous with forchlorfenuron growth accelerator in wet weather. If you’re wondering why the fine print always says, “check label for application rates,” it’s at least partially due to Chinese melon bombs. Kim McConnell becomes the first agri-marketer recognized by the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame. Nexera Canola wins the Product of the Year award from Agri-Marketing. AdFarm names and launches Monsanto BioAg. The Canadian Wheat Board has its monopoly powers removed, temporarily leaving bumper sticker protest enthusiasts unsure about what to put on their trucks. AdFarm opens Sacramento office. Streetsmart is added as an AdFarm business unit. The boards of AdFarm and Flint Holding merge into one. Super Studio becomes a business unit of AdFarm. UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) become more popular in agriculture, simultaneously creating more fake UFO sightings and a great reason for real UFOs to stop worrying about getting spotted so much. Flint Holding rebranded under RR46 brand. Have we talked about RR46 yet? It’s really cool: the RR stands for Roger Reierson and the 46 is from 1946 when this whole thing started. But it’s also from the Rural Route naming system you see out in farm country. AdFarm names Ben Graham President, 2016–present. No jokes on this one: partially because he’s the boss and has no-questions-asked firing power, but also because he’s a great guy. Giant Goat launches as an RR46 company. Unlike RR46, no one will tell us why it’s called Giant Goat. Every time we ask, they only say, “Quiet. The beast hears all.” Kahntact re-joins RR46. AdFarm creates the food-inspired Life’s Simple Ingredient campaign for Alberta Wheat. Historic? Yeah, it’s historic. Kim McConnell becomes the first agri-marketer named to the Royal Order of Canada — an incredible honour that is Canada’s equivalent of being knighted. AdFarm wins New Holland global brand account. Andy Reierson is named CEO of RR46 and all RR46 business units. Roger Reierson and Art Froehlich cross 20-year milestone as RR46 Board Members. Cellphones create a whole new set of problems when China bans Canadian canola to retaliate for the arrest of a top executive from tech giant Huawei. Your grandpa adds this to the list of reasons why he’s never getting rid of his flip-phone. New and improved. With a new head office in Calgary’s Quarry Park, a new creative direction and a whole new corporate brand, AdFarm enters its fourth (or eighth) decade of success. The company weathers a global pandemic, something called “murder hornets,” and the prospect of going more than a year without Those Little Donuts from the Calgary Stampede, which is cancelled for the first time in over a century. What’s next? Stay tuned. Ben Graham Almost everyone is connected to agriculture in some way. But considering that his family has been farming the same land for over 115 years, Ben’s roots run a little deeper than most. With responsibilities for the overall direction of AdFarm’s operations, Ben works closely with our staff and clients alike to provide strategy, perspective and insight on a daily (and sometimes hourly) basis. Over his 20+ years with AdFarm, Ben has worked with a who’s-who of Canadian and U.S. agriculture companies, including Nutrien, Alberta Beef Producers, The Canola Council of Canada, Corteva Agriscience, and New Holland. No matter how your business is connected to agriculture and food, you’ll always want Ben at your table, in your field or riding shotgun for your brand. Jane Fuller Director, Finance & Operations Polite folks might say Jane takes a “get manure done” approach to business. With strong attention to detail and pin-point accuracy, Jane is the one you turn to when you need to know how AR and AP affects FA and CA in relation to the CAP and CF of the ROI on your BS. She is responsible for finance, administration and human resources duties, and for making sure her team has the support they need to keep everything running smoothly and by the numbers. Mike Meadus After growing up on a healthy diet of cod and Screech in Newfoundland, Mike headed west to work as an illustrator and art director. This led to a steady supply of industry awards that saw him become VP Creative Director for one of Canada’s biggest agencies — which he was able to transform into Alberta’s most awarded ad agency for over a dozen years. After joining AdFarm in 2018, Mike was central to the agency’s rebrand and move toward the wider possibilities of ag marketing. His award list includes Communication Arts (16x), Applied Arts Advertising & Design (80+), Graphis (40+), Gold ADCC awards (a bunch), CAMA and NAMA (literally 100s), countless Ad Rodeo Anvils, recognition from the Clios, Cannes, Art Directors Club and London International awards, Pencils at the One Show and D&AD, Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2008, and publication in How, Print, Luerzer’s Archive, Contagious, LogoLounge and Taschen’s “Advertising Now” books. When he’s not busy with all that, Mike somehow finds time to get a lot of tattoos. Katie Samoleski Director, Client Services – Canada Katie’s strengths lie in strategic planning, aligning stakeholders, inspiring teams that truly enjoy their work, and delivering small miracles when clients need it most. She is driven by smart, straightforward strategies that are built on meaningful insights and a healthy resistance to conventional solutions. Katie subscribes to the personal belief that big ideas can come from anywhere, and the difference between success and failure often rests on execution. With 15 years of brand building behind her, Katie has covered plenty of acres in agricultural marketing — resulting in numerous CAMA and NAMA awards in the process. Some of her clients include Nutrien, Alberta Beef, UFA, Bayer CropScience, Sunterra and the Alberta Wheat Commission, just to name a few. Julia King Vice President, U.S. Julia’s professional roots start in account planning, hands-on consumer research and strategic planning. This has made her adept at finding the simple, but not always obvious, insights and actionable business information needed to make marketing and communications work. As one of our Client Services Directors, Julia works to define and articulate client goals, understand their needs, and find functional solutions to real business problems. She provides guidance and cultivates trust by creating clear vision for strategies and tactics that are informed by a deep-seated conviction that everything we create — whether it’s an ad, an app, a site or a game — should fulfill a need and communicate with a specific purpose. Aimee Churchill Director, Agency Performance In 2018, Aimee decided to leave Toronto’s rat race and move to the completely rat-free Province of Alberta (seriously, look it up). As our Director of Agency Performance, Aimee oversees resources, training, and workloads across all our functions and offices. She excels at delivering exceptional work, on-time and on-budget, while managing and maintaining excellent relationships with our internal teams and external creative partners. Throughout Aimee’s 18+ years of industry experience, she has relied on creative problem solving and relationship building to complete projects and campaigns with accuracy and finesse. Colleen Robert Human Resources & Operations Lead With almost a decade of experience in high-volume recruitment, Colleen has built a career that’s focused on great customer service, a high sense of urgency and building solid networks in a variety of industries. She has worked for small agencies and global companies alike and recruited from entry-level to executive positions across a range of industries. As a farm kid from Northern Alberta, she grew up with a strong work ethic that led to extensive professional awards. These include recognition from WestJet, a “Race to Victory” award, the “Carolyn Reed Award of Excellence” for customer service, the President’s Club “Candidate Favorite,” and AdFarm’s “Heart & Soul” award. Colleen gets results through effective communication, problem-solving skills, planning, monitoring, appraisal, coaching, counseling, team development and coordination, and enforcing the systems and standards that keep AdFarm on track. Glenn Dawes Director, Brand Strategy & Senior Copywriter Glenn’s role at AdFarm is designed to empower companies and organizations to uncover their true brand purpose. With a history that stretches from Junior Copywriter to Global Creative Director and his current role as Brand Strategy Director, Glenn’s 30-year career at AdFarm has revolved around helping clients identify why they exist in order to find and reinforce their position in the marketplace. He sees every client as a potential industry hero and strives to help them become those heroes in the eyes of their target audience. Glenn has worked with Dow (Corteva), Bayer CropScience, New Holland, Nutrien (Agrium), Viterra, Caterpillar, RBC, Monsanto, Telus, WestJet, Lexus, Shell, Petro-Canada, and literally hundreds more. Matt Weeks Ag Intel Lead Matt oversees our strategic planning process at AdFarm and provides the expertise needed to deliver go-to market strategies that drive customer adoption and loyalty. Across a wide range of clients, he works to combine (pun intended) his love for agriculture and marketing with his dedication to lead our agri-businesses, media and advertising efforts. He is trained as a qualified agronomist and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy from Kansas State University. Matt helps guide the AgIntel by AdFarm initiative at the agency, which has driven impactful insights for clients including New Holland, Merck Animal Health, CNH Industrial, Nutrien, Trimble and many more. Les Kahl Director, Business Relations In his dual role at AdFarm, Les brings extensive industry knowledge and expertise that’s balanced by humour, energy and passion for our agency and our clients. He believes that great agencies have to fully understand their customers — and their customer’s customers. On top of that, he knows the bond that brings them all together is great creative fueled by smart strategy. This perspective is part of a long-standing philosophy that he instills in everyone he works with, and a big part of why he has been a unifying force at AdFarm for decades. After spending several years in our Calgary office, Les relocated to Kansas City, but he still likes to get back to Alberta when he can. Derek Kent Search & Automation Lead Derek is really into the web — but not like your niece who never stops LOLing at her BFF’s latest OMG. Derek is way down in the sub-basement of the Internet’s array of algorithms, cookies and user data endlessly recalibrating our digital campaigns to find new customers for our clients. As part of his tireless dedication, he has been an integral part of gaining our Google Partnership and he always strives to maintain ever-increasing levels of certification in key areas of search strategy and research. Since joining AdFarm in 2018, Derek has successfully implemented innovative, web-based strategies for all our agricultural clients and delivered a passionate, geeky digital work ethic that goes far beyond audits, analysis and optimizations. If you’re ever lucky enough (or unlucky, depending on your technical appetite) to hear his latest take on the internet’s marketing potential, you'll learn that the digital frontier is still very wild. Marija Pavic Media Lead Since 2001, Marija has gained local and international media experience, along with a specific focus on digital communications that started in 2008. During this time, she spent six years at a number of multi-national agencies in Sydney, Australia, which included experience in education, government, film, and entertainment verticals. Marija is passionate about digital media and loves evolving all of our clients’ approaches by focusing on the right data, targeting, channels, and tactics for their needs, and integrating it with offline initiatives to generate greater impact. Since joining AdFarm in 2015, she and has directed paid media for Nutrien, Nufarm, SeedMaster, and Bayer Environmental Sciences, along with hundreds of other clients. Amanda Howard Amanda brings an incredible 28 years of experience in marketing communications to the table — including 16 years at AdFarm. Her training includes degrees in Sociology from University of Saskatchewan and Communications from Simon Fraser University, and certification from the Canadian Association of Advertising Agencies. Amanda has a lifelong passion for education and sits on the board of the Canadian Agribusiness and Education Foundation, which distributes scholarships to Canadian students studying agriculture and agri-food. She has an extensive background in production, project management and account management for the entire spectrum of ag clients. This includes Nutrien Ag Solutions (and heritage companies), Farm Credit Canada, Rocky Mountain Equipment, and Egg Farmers of Alberta — along with a number of ag advocacy initiatives such as Agriculture for Life and Agriculture More Than Ever. Rosie Thoni U.S. PR & Content Lead Rosie draws on her ag background and communications experience to provide clients with innovative public relations and content strategies. At AdFarm, she strategizes and manages media relations, crisis communications, online communities and events for the world’s top agricultural companies. Rosie has a unique talent for planning and executing unique content ideas from media partnerships to thought leadership initiatives. Since joining the agency in 2014, she has secured earned media placements in agricultural and mainstream publications, provided media training for executive teams, strategized media relations for major rebranding and launch projects, and implemented strategic social media campaigns for clients across North America. Nadine Armstrong For Nadine, account management is all about building strong relationships. In her 15+ years in the ag industry, Nadine has worked to make sure that collaborative communication and transparency brings value to every client project. As part of her training, she has earned a Canadian Association Executive designation from the Canadian Society of Association Executives and graduated from the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program. At AdFarm, Nadine’s marketing experience and problem-solving skills ensure that every one of her client’s marketing initiatives is well planned and successfully executed from start to finish. Melissa Webster Canada PR & Content Lead Melissa has helped AdFarm re-define what it means for agriculture to engage with consumers and companies alike. From her ground-breaking work supporting Nutrien’s Premium Fertilizer Technologies portfolio to the award-winning Life’s Simple Ingredient campaign by Alberta Wheat, she is passionate about providing clients with progressive strategies that deliver measurable results. With numerous certifications in social media marketing and social advertising, Melissa is AdFarm’s top resource for social media insights and a key part of our online initiatives for all our clients and their prospective customers. Amanda Patterson Director, Strategy & Marketing Science Amanda brings a rare combination of creative vision and business strategy to her role as AdFarm. It’s hard to summarize exactly what she does, but the short version is she helps clients deliver the right messages in the right channels at the right time. With 14 years of marketing communication experience, and a specialization in digital marketing, she is on the leading edge of how we can adapt to the shift in how consumers receive and respond to information. Before joining AdFarm, Amanda was the account lead for the Bayer Crop Science Canada account. She has also worked on numerous initiatives for Best Buy USA, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, and Infiniti Global. Almost everyone is connected to agriculture in some way. But considering that his family has been farming the same land for over 115 years, Ben’s roots run a little deeper than most. With responsibilities for the overall direction of AdFarm’s operations, Ben works closely with our staff and clients alike to provide strategy, perspective and insight on a daily (and sometimes hourly) basis. Over his 20+ years with AdFarm, Ben has worked with a who’s-who of Canadian and U.S. agriculture companies, including Nutrien, Alberta Beef Producers, The Canola Council of Canada, Corteva Agriscience, and New Holland. No matter how your business is connected to agriculture and food, you’ll always want Ben at your table, in your field or riding shotgun for your brand. After growing up on a healthy diet of cod and Screech in Newfoundland, Mike headed west to work as an illustrator and art director. This led to a steady supply of industry awards that saw him become VP Creative Director for one of Canada’s biggest agencies — which he was able to transform into Alberta’s most awarded ad agency for over a dozen years. After joining AdFarm in 2018, Mike was central to the agency’s rebrand and move toward the wider possibilities of ag marketing. His award list includes Communication Arts (16x), Applied Arts Advertising & Design (80+), Graphis (40+), Gold ADCC awards (a bunch), CAMA and NAMA (literally 100s), countless Ad Rodeo Anvils, recognition from the Clios, Cannes, Art Directors Club and London International awards, Pencils at the One Show and D&AD, Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2008, and publication in How, Print, Luerzer’s Archive, Contagious, LogoLounge and Taschen’s “Advertising Now” books. When he’s not busy with all that, Mike somehow finds time to get a lot of tattoos. Katie’s strengths lie in strategic planning, aligning stakeholders, inspiring teams that truly enjoy their work, and delivering small miracles when clients need it most. She is driven by smart, straightforward strategies that are built on meaningful insights and a healthy resistance to conventional solutions. Katie subscribes to the personal belief that big ideas can come from anywhere, and the difference between success and failure often rests on execution. With 15 years of brand building behind her, Katie has covered plenty of acres in agricultural marketing — resulting in numerous CAMA and NAMA awards in the process. Some of her clients include Nutrien, Alberta Beef, UFA, Bayer CropScience, Sunterra and the Alberta Wheat Commission, just to name a few. Julia’s professional roots start in account planning, hands-on consumer research and strategic planning. This has made her adept at finding the simple, but not always obvious, insights and actionable business information needed to make marketing and communications work. As one of our Client Services Directors, Julia works to define and articulate client goals, understand their needs, and find functional solutions to real business problems. She provides guidance and cultivates trust by creating clear vision for strategies and tactics that are informed by a deep-seated conviction that everything we create — whether it’s an ad, an app, a site or a game — should fulfill a need and communicate with a specific purpose. In 2018, Aimee decided to leave Toronto’s rat race and move to the completely rat-free Province of Alberta (seriously, look it up). As our Director of Agency Performance, Aimee oversees resources, training, and workloads across all our functions and offices. She excels at delivering exceptional work, on-time and on-budget, while managing and maintaining excellent relationships with our internal teams and external creative partners. Throughout Aimee’s 18+ years of industry experience, she has relied on creative problem solving and relationship building to complete projects and campaigns with accuracy and finesse. With almost a decade of experience in high-volume recruitment, Colleen has built a career that’s focused on great customer service, a high sense of urgency and building solid networks in a variety of industries. She has worked for small agencies and global companies alike and recruited from entry-level to executive positions across a range of industries. As a farm kid from Northern Alberta, she grew up with a strong work ethic that led to extensive professional awards. These include recognition from WestJet, a “Race to Victory” award, the “Carolyn Reed Award of Excellence” for customer service, the President’s Club “Candidate Favorite,” and AdFarm’s “Heart & Soul” award. Colleen gets results through effective communication, problem-solving skills, planning, monitoring, appraisal, coaching, counseling, team development and coordination, and enforcing the systems and standards that keep AdFarm on track. Glenn’s role at AdFarm is designed to empower companies and organizations to uncover their true brand purpose. With a history that stretches from Junior Copywriter to Global Creative Director and his current role as Brand Strategy Director, Glenn’s 30-year career at AdFarm has revolved around helping clients identify why they exist in order to find and reinforce their position in the marketplace. He sees every client as a potential industry hero and strives to help them become those heroes in the eyes of their target audience. Glenn has worked with Dow (Corteva), Bayer CropScience, New Holland, Nutrien (Agrium), Viterra, Caterpillar, RBC, Monsanto, Telus, WestJet, Lexus, Shell, Petro-Canada, and literally hundreds more. Matt oversees our strategic planning process at AdFarm and provides the expertise needed to deliver go-to market strategies that drive customer adoption and loyalty. Across a wide range of clients, he works to combine (pun intended) his love for agriculture and marketing with his dedication to lead our agri-businesses, media and advertising efforts. He is trained as a qualified agronomist and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy from Kansas State University. Matt helps guide the AgIntel by AdFarm initiative at the agency, which has driven impactful insights for clients including New Holland, Merck Animal Health, CNH Industrial, Nutrien, Trimble and many more. In his dual role at AdFarm, Les brings extensive industry knowledge and expertise that’s balanced by humour, energy and passion for our agency and our clients. He believes that great agencies have to fully understand their customers — and their customer’s customers. On top of that, he knows the bond that brings them all together is great creative fueled by smart strategy. This perspective is part of a long-standing philosophy that he instills in everyone he works with, and a big part of why he has been a unifying force at AdFarm for decades. After spending several years in our Calgary office, Les relocated to Kansas City, but he still likes to get back to Alberta when he can. Derek is really into the web — but not like your niece who never stops LOLing at her BFF’s latest OMG. Derek is way down in the sub-basement of the Internet’s array of algorithms, cookies and user data endlessly recalibrating our digital campaigns to find new customers for our clients. As part of his tireless dedication, he has been an integral part of gaining our Google Partnership and he always strives to maintain ever-increasing levels of certification in key areas of search strategy and research. Since joining AdFarm in 2018, Derek has successfully implemented innovative, web-based strategies for all our agricultural clients and delivered a passionate, geeky digital work ethic that goes far beyond audits, analysis and optimizations. If you’re ever lucky enough (or unlucky, depending on your technical appetite) to hear his latest take on the internet’s marketing potential, you'll learn that the digital frontier is still very wild. Since 2001, Marija has gained local and international media experience, along with a specific focus on digital communications that started in 2008. During this time, she spent six years at a number of multi-national agencies in Sydney, Australia, which included experience in education, government, film, and entertainment verticals. Marija is passionate about digital media and loves evolving all of our clients’ approaches by focusing on the right data, targeting, channels, and tactics for their needs, and integrating it with offline initiatives to generate greater impact. Since joining AdFarm in 2015, she and has directed paid media for Nutrien, Nufarm, SeedMaster, and Bayer Environmental Sciences, along with hundreds of other clients. Amanda brings an incredible 28 years of experience in marketing communications to the table — including 16 years at AdFarm. Her training includes degrees in Sociology from University of Saskatchewan and Communications from Simon Fraser University, and certification from the Canadian Association of Advertising Agencies. Amanda has a lifelong passion for education and sits on the board of the Canadian Agribusiness and Education Foundation, which distributes scholarships to Canadian students studying agriculture and agri-food. She has an extensive background in production, project management and account management for the entire spectrum of ag clients. This includes Nutrien Ag Solutions (and heritage companies), Farm Credit Canada, Rocky Mountain Equipment, and Egg Farmers of Alberta — along with a number of ag advocacy initiatives such as Agriculture for Life and Agriculture More Than Ever. Rosie draws on her ag background and communications experience to provide clients with innovative public relations and content strategies. At AdFarm, she strategizes and manages media relations, crisis communications, online communities and events for the world’s top agricultural companies. Rosie has a unique talent for planning and executing unique content ideas from media partnerships to thought leadership initiatives. Since joining the agency in 2014, she has secured earned media placements in agricultural and mainstream publications, provided media training for executive teams, strategized media relations for major rebranding and launch projects, and implemented strategic social media campaigns for clients across North America. For Nadine, account management is all about building strong relationships. In her 15+ years in the ag industry, Nadine has worked to make sure that collaborative communication and transparency brings value to every client project. As part of her training, she has earned a Canadian Association Executive designation from the Canadian Society of Association Executives and graduated from the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program. At AdFarm, Nadine’s marketing experience and problem-solving skills ensure that every one of her client’s marketing initiatives is well planned and successfully executed from start to finish. Melissa has helped AdFarm re-define what it means for agriculture to engage with consumers and companies alike. From her ground-breaking work supporting Nutrien’s Premium Fertilizer Technologies portfolio to the award-winning Life’s Simple Ingredient campaign by Alberta Wheat, she is passionate about providing clients with progressive strategies that deliver measurable results. With numerous certifications in social media marketing and social advertising, Melissa is AdFarm’s top resource for social media insights and a key part of our online initiatives for all our clients and their prospective customers. Amanda brings a rare combination of creative vision and business strategy to her role as AdFarm. It’s hard to summarize exactly what she does, but the short version is she helps clients deliver the right messages in the right channels at the right time. With 14 years of marketing communication experience, and a specialization in digital marketing, she is on the leading edge of how we can adapt to the shift in how consumers receive and respond to information. Before joining AdFarm, Amanda was the account lead for the Bayer Crop Science Canada account. She has also worked on numerous initiatives for Best Buy USA, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, and Infiniti Global.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line395
__label__wiki	0.593738	0.593738	Posts Tagged ‘Friedrich Rohrmann’ Is Zero Dark Thirty an apology for torture? And Kathryn Bigelow, Naomi Wolf… Posted by: adonis49 on: January 8, 2013 In: Essays \| Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts \| Human Factors/Ergonomics \| Islam/Moslem/Islamic world \| political Artical \| religion/history \| social articles \| Time for Outrage \| women Zero Dark Thirty’s apology for torture? And Kathryn Bigelow, Naomi Wolf… Is Kathryn Bigelowpeddling the lie that CIA detentions led to Bin Laden’s killing? Is she emulating Leni Riefenstahl-Nazi like propagandist of Triumph of the Will, which glorified Nazi military power? Is Bigelow glorifying torture, the handmaiden? In falsely justifying, in scene after scene, the torture of detainees in “the global war on terror”, Zero Dark Thirty is a gorgeously-shot, two-hour ad for intelligence agents who committed crimes by keeping the pressure against letting Guantánamo prisoners out of jail. It makes heroes and heroines out of people who committed violent crimes against other people based on their race – something that has historical precedent. (Reuters) – After the Senate Intelligence Committee’s chairwoman expressed outrage over scenes that imply “enhanced interrogations” of CIA detainees produced a breakthrough in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the panel has begun a review of contacts between the makers of the film “Zero Dark Thirty” and CIA officials. Naomi Wolf published in guardian.co.uk on Jan. 4, 2013 under “A letter to Kathryn Bigelow on Zero Dark Thirty’s apology for torture” The Hurt Locker was a beautiful, brave film; many young women in film were inspired as they watched you become the first woman ever to win an Oscar for directing. But with Zero Dark Thirty, you have attained a different kind of distinction. Your film Zero Dark Thirty is a huge hit here. Your film claims, in many scenes, that CIA torture was redeemed by the “information” it “secured”. Information that, according to your script, led to Bin Laden’s capture. This narrative is a form of manufacture of innocence to mask a great crime: what your script blithely calls “the detainee program”. What led to this amoral compromising of your film-making? Could some of the seduction be financing? It is very hard to get a film without a pro-military message, such as The Hurt Locker, funded and financed. But according to sources in the film industry, the more pro-military your message is, the more kinds of help you currently can get: from personnel, to sets, to technology – a point I made in my argument about the recent militarized Katy Perry video. It seems implausible that scenes such as those involving two top-secret, futuristic helicopters could be made without Pentagon help, for example. If the film received that kind of undisclosed, in-kind support from the defense department, then that would free up million of dollars for the gigantic ad campaign that a film like this needs to compete to win audience. This also sets a dangerous precedent: we can be sure, with the “propaganda amendment” of the 2013 NDAA, just signed into law by the president, that the future will hold much more overt corruption of Hollywood and the rest of US pop culture. This amendment legalizes something that has been illegal for decades: the direct funding of pro-government or pro-military messaging in media, without disclosure, aimed at American citizens. And there is the James Frey factor. You claim that your film is “based on real events”, and in interviews, you insist that it is a mixture of fact and fiction, “part documentary”. “Real”, “true”, and even “documentary”, are big and important words. By claiming such terms, you generate media and sales traction – on a mendacious basis. There are filmmakers who work very hard to produce films that are actually “based on real events”: they are called documentarians. Alex Gibney, in Taxi to the Dark Side, and Rory Kennedy, in Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, have both produced true and sourceable documentary films about what your script blithely calls “the detainee program” – the regime of torture to generate false confessions at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib – which your script claims led straight to Bin Laden. Fine, fellow reporter: produce your sources. Provide your evidence that torture produced lifesaving – or any – worthwhile intelligence. But you can’t present evidence for this claim. Because it does not exist. Five decades of research, cited in the 2008 documentary The End of America, confirm that torture does not work. Robert Fisk provides another summary of that categorical conclusion. And this 2011 account from Human Rights First rebuts the very premise of Zero Dark Thirty. Your actors complain about detainees’ representation by lawyers – suggesting that these do-gooders in suits endanger the rest of us. I have been to see your “detainee program” firsthand. The prisoners, whom your film describes as being “lawyered up”, meet with those lawyers in rooms that are wired for sound. Yet, those lawyers can’t tell the world what happened to their clients – because the descriptions of the very torture these men endured are classified. I have seen the room where the military tribunal takes the “testimony” from people swept up in a program that gave $5,000 bounties to desperately poor Afghanis to give them incentives for turning-in innocent neighbors. The chairs have shackles to the floor, and are placed in twos, so that one prisoner can be threatened to make him falsely condemn the second. I have seen the expensive video system in the courtroom where – though Guantánamo spokesmen have told the world’s press since its opening that witnesses’ accounts are brought in “whenever reasonable” – the monitor on the system has never been turned on once: a monitor that could actually let someone in Pakistan testify to say, “hey, that is the wrong guy”. By the way, you left out the scene where the CIA dude sodomizes the wrong guy: Khaled el-Masri, “the German citizen unfortunate enough to have a similar name to a militant named Khaled al-Masri.” In a time of darkness in America, you are being feted by Hollywood, and hailed by major media. But to me, the path your career has now taken reminds of no one so much as that other female film pioneer who became, eventually, an apologist for evil: Leni Riefenstahl. Riefenstahl’s 1935 Triumph of the Will, which glorified Nazi military power, was a massive hit in Germany. Riefenstahl was the first female film director to be hailed worldwide. Leni Riefenstahl directing her crew at the Nazi part rally in Nuremberg, 1934, for her film Triumph of the Will. Photograph: Friedrich Rohrmann/EPA It may seem extreme to make comparison with this other great, but profoundly compromised film-maker, but there are real echoes. When Riefenstahl began to glamorize the National Socialists, in the early 1930s, the Nazis’ worst atrocities had not yet begun. And yet, abusive detention camps had already been opened to house political dissidents beyond the rule of law – the equivalent of today’s Guantánamo, Bagram base, and other unnameable CIA “black sites”. And Riefenstahl was lionised by the German elites and acclaimed for her propaganda on behalf of Hitler’s regime. But the world changed. The ugliness of what she did could not, over time, be hidden. Americans, too, will wake up and see through Zero Dark Thirty’s apologia for the regime’s standard lies that this brutality is somehow necessary. When that happens, the same community that now applauds you will recoil. Like Riefenstahl, you are a great artist. But now you will be remembered forever as torture’s handmaiden. Tags: adonis49, Alex Gibney, apology for torture, Bin Laden's killing, essay, Friedrich Rohrmann, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, James Frey factor, Kathryn Bigelow, Khaled el-Masri, leni riefenstahl nazi, Leni Riefenstahl-, Martin King, militarized Katy Perry video, Naomi Wolf, politics, propaganda amendment" of the 2013 NDAA, Rory Kennedy, Taxi to the Dark Side, torture's handmaiden, Triumph of the Will, writing, Zero Dark Thirty	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line396
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The immungold particles were visualized by sequential incubation of the fixed cells by the polyclonal rabbit antibodies detecting (A) DipA or (B) pre-serum and the anti-rabbit antibodies GAR10.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["electron", "micrograph", "immunogold", "labeled", "dipa", "membrane", "osp-less", "mutant"], "article_id"=>311710, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.g004", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>3, "page_views"=>10, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Transmission_electron_micrograph_showing_immunogold_labeled_DipA_in_the_outer_membrane_of_the_B_burgdorferi_Osp_less_mutant_B313_/311710", "title"=>"Transmission electron micrograph showing immunogold labeled DipA in the outer membrane of the <i>B. burgdorferi</i> Osp-less mutant B313.", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:25:47"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/640903"], "description"=>"<p>Approximately 1–10 ng of outer membrane fraction (OMF) of <i>B. burgdorferi</i> B31 Δp66 or hydroxyapatite chromatography-purified (HAC) DipA was separated by 12% SDS-PAGE and silver-stained. The positions of molecular mass standards in kDa are shown at the left panel.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["purified"], "article_id"=>311386, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.g001", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>1, "page_views"=>4, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Analysis_of_purified_DipA_/311386", "title"=>"Analysis of purified DipA.", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:24:06"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/641739"], "description"=>"<p><i>V</i><sub>m</sub> is defined as the difference between the potential at the dilute side (100 mM) and the potential at the concentrated side (500 mM). The aqueous electrolyte solutions were buffered with 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5); temperature = 20°C; The permeability ratio <i>P</i><sub>c</sub>/<i>P</i><sub>a</sub> was calculated using the Goldman-Hodgin-Katz equation <a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523#pone.0036523-Benz5\" target=\"_blank\">[62]</a> from at least three individual experiments.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["membrane", "potentials", "diphytanoyl", "membranes", "dipa", "five-fold", "gradient"], "article_id"=>312218, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.t002", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>2, "page_views"=>8, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Zero_current_membrane_potentials_V_m_of_diphytanoyl_phosphatidylcholine_n_decane_membranes_in_the_presence_of_DipA_measured_for_a_five_fold_concentration_gradient_of_different_electrolytes_/312218", "title"=>"Zero-current membrane potentials (<i>V</i><sub>m</sub>) of diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine/<i>n</i>-decane membranes in the presence of DipA measured for a five-fold concentration gradient of different electrolytes.", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>3, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:28:24"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/641463"], "description"=>"<p>The membrane was formed from diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine/<i>n</i>-decane. The aqueous phase contained ∼100 ng ml<sup>−1</sup> DipA protein, 0.1 M KCl, 10 mM Tris-Cl, pH 7.5 and dicarboxylates at concentrations as indicated; temperature = 20°C; voltage = 20 mV.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["membrane", "conductance", "induced", "dipa", "malate", "2-oxoglutarate", "phthalate"], "article_id"=>311944, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.g006", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>1, "page_views"=>9, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Titration_of_membrane_conductance_induced_by_DipA_with_malate_A_2_oxoglutarate_B_and_phthalate_C_/311944", "title"=>"Titration of membrane conductance induced by DipA with malate (A), 2-oxoglutarate (B) and phthalate (C).", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:26:59"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/641151"], "description"=>"<p>Immunoblot analysis with antiserum against <i>B. burgdorferi</i> DipA resulted in clear signals of DipA and its homologues in the total protein fractions (TP) of the Lyme disease agents <i>B. burgdorferi</i> (<i>B. b.</i>), <i>B. afzelii</i> (<i>B. a.</i>), <i>B. garinii</i> (<i>B. g.</i>) and the relapsing fever agents <i>B. crocidurae</i> (<i>B. c.</i>), <i>B. duttonii</i> (<i>B. d.</i>), <i>B. hermsii</i> (<i>B. h.</i>), <i>B. hispanica</i> (<i>B. his</i>) and <i>B. recurrentis</i> (<i>B. r.</i>). The immunoblot signal of the hydroxyapatite chromatography (HAC) purified <i>B. burgdorferi</i> (<i>B. b.</i>) DipA is on the right. The position of molecular mass standard in kDa is shown at the left.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["dipa", "lyme", "relapsing"], "article_id"=>311637, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.g003", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>2, "page_views"=>7, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Detection_of_DipA_in_Lyme_disease_and_relapsing_fever_spirochetes_/311637", "title"=>"Detection of DipA in Lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes.", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:25:25"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/641330"], "description"=>"<p>(A) Single-channel conductance observed for DipA in a diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine/<i>n</i>-decane (PC) membrane. About 10 ng ml<sup>−1</sup> of purified DipA of about was added to a PC lipid bilayer, bathed in 1 M KCl. (B) Histogram of individual single-channel events observed for purified DipA. The average single-channel conductance was 50 pS for a total number of 140 single steps; temperature = 20°C; voltage = 20 mV.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["Infectious diseases", "microbiology", "biotechnology", "biophysics", "Biochemistry"], "article_id"=>311814, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.g005", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>1, "page_views"=>9, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Pore_forming_activity_of_DipA_/311814", "title"=>"Pore-forming activity of DipA.", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:26:21"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/641692"], "description"=>"<p>The organic anions are important key metabolites of <i>Borrelia</i> species. The membranes were formed from diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine dissolved in <i>n</i>-decane. The buffered aqueous phase (1 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5) contained purified DipA in a concentration of about 100 ng/ml and 0.1 M KCl; temperature = 20°C; voltage = 20 mV. The stability constants were derived from titration experiments similar to those shown in <a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523#pone-0036523-g003\" target=\"_blank\">Fig. 3</a>. The stability constant, <i>K</i>, is given as the mean of <i>n</i> experiments ± SD. <i>K</i><sub>s</sub> is the half-saturation constant.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["binding", "anions", "dipa"], "article_id"=>312180, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.t003", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>4, "page_views"=>10, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Stability_constants_K_for_the_binding_of_different_organic_anions_to_the_DipA_channel_/312180", "title"=>"Stability constants, <i>K</i>, for the binding of different organic anions to the DipA channel.", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>3, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:28:12"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/641030"], "description"=>"<p>The alignment was performed using Pole Bioinformatique Lyonnaise Network Protein Sequence Analysis (<a href=\"http://npsa-pbil.ibcp.fr\" target=\"_blank\">http://npsa-pbil.ibcp.fr</a>). Amino acids identical in all four proteins are highlighted in red, strongly similar amino acids (:) are given in green and weakly similar ones (.) in blue. The putative beta strands in DipA of <i>B. burgdorferi</i> are indicated by blue bars as derived from secondary structure prediction programs <a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523#pone.0036523-Bagos1\" target=\"_blank\">[55]</a>, <a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523#pone.0036523-Gromiha1\" target=\"_blank\">[56]</a>. The cleavage site of the N-terminal signal peptide of DipA of <i>B. burgdorferi</i> B31 as predicted by the program SignalP 3.0 (<a href=\"http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/SignalP/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/SignalP/</a>) with maximum probability (about 50%) is marked by a black bar <a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523#pone.0036523-Bendtsen1\" target=\"_blank\">[54]</a>. This is the same site as has been found previously for the N-terminal end of Oms38 of <i>B. duttonii</i> by N-terminal sequencing <a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523#pone.0036523-Thein1\" target=\"_blank\">[48]</a>. Partial peptide sequences obtained by mass spectrometry are in bold and highlighted in yellow.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["alignment", "dipa", "b31", "pbi", "pko", "duttonii"], "article_id"=>311505, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.g002", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>2, "page_views"=>10, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Amino_acid_sequence_alignment_of_DipA_of_B_burgdorferi_B31_B_b_B_garinii_PBi_B_g_B_afzelii_PKo_B_a_and_B_duttonii_B_d_/311505", "title"=>"Amino acid sequence alignment of DipA of B. <i>burgdorferi</i> B31 (B.b.), <i>B. garinii</i> PBi (B.g.) <i>B. afzelii</i> PKo (B.a.) and B. duttonii (B.d.).", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:24:44"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/641587"], "description"=>"<p>The data were taken from <a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523#pone-0036523-g006\" target=\"_blank\">figure 6</a> and analyzed using equation 4. The straight lines correspond to stability constants <i>K</i>, for malate binding of 926 l/mol (<i>K</i><sub>s</sub> = 1.08 mM), for 2-oxoglutarate 20,298 l/mol (<i>K</i><sub>s</sub> = 0.05 mM) and for phthalate 5,152 l/mol (<i>K</i><sub>s</sub> = 0.19 mM).</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["plots", "inhibition", "membrane", "conductance", "malate", "2-oxoglutarate", "phthalate"], "article_id"=>312066, "categories"=>["Microbiology", "Biotechnology", "Biochemistry", "Infectious Diseases", "Biophysics"], "users"=>["Marcus Thein", "Mari Bonde", "Ignas Bunikis", "Katrin Denker", "Albert Sickmann", "Sven Bergström", "Roland Benz"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036523.g007", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>0, "page_views"=>3, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Lineweaver_Burk_plots_of_the_inhibition_of_membrane_conductance_by_malate_A_2_oxoglutarate_B_and_phthalate_C_/312066", "title"=>"Lineweaver-Burk plots of the inhibition of membrane conductance by malate (A), 2-oxoglutarate (B) and phthalate (C).", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2013-02-20 05:27:34"} {"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/641789"], "description"=>"<p>The membranes were formed from diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine dissolved in <i>n</i>-decane. 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__label__wiki	0.840781	0.840781	US-Based Volunteer with Alturi AlturiWorld Signup LGBTI Rights in Guyana Cracey Fernandes and Candacie McEwan – Guyana Trans United Cracey Fernandes and Candacie McEwan advocate for education on transgender people in Guyana through the organization, Guyana Trans United. “We believe strongly in changing hearts and minds,” said Candacie. In this article,… ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality, Health and Well Being, Transgender and Intersex Issues COUNTRIES: Guyana REGIONS: South America Guyana gay-rights manifesto: Seeking support from political parties 02/05/2020 \| Erasing 76 Crimes Gay rights advocates in Guyana have compiled a manifesto aimed at persuading Guyanese political parties to embrace measures to end repression of the LGBT community. News Room Guyana reported on the proposals… GO TO FULL STORY ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality, Health and Well Being, Human Rights, Protection and Safety, Transgender and Intersex Issues Guyana urged to end ban on gay sex 02/04/2020 \| St. Lucia News A host of foreign governments on Wednesday urged Guyana to decriminalise sexual activity between men and urged protection for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. According to the Criminal Offences… ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality, Human Rights Guyana: ‘God-fearing political party’ aims to end homosexuality, restore integrity to high offices 12/01/2019 \| NewsRoom GY The People’s Republic Party (PRP) is the newest political party to join the race for office come March 2, 2020. Led by Dr. Valerie Leung, a re-migrant who works in the field… Jamaica tops Caribbean countries for human rights violation, Guyana comes second 09/16/2019 \| Stabroek Times Jamaica has recorded the most incidents of human rights violation when compared to its Caribbean neighbours. According to the regional civil society-led human rights reporting mechanism, the Shared Incident Database (SID), of… COUNTRIES: Guyana, Jamaica REGIONS: Central America and Caribbean, South America Argentina says Guyana’s LGBTI community needs receptive police, hate crime laws 06/28/2019 \| Demerara Waves Argentina, which chairs the 40-nation Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) that fights for the human rights of gays and bisexuals, wants Guyanese police to make reporting hate crimes easier and for the South… ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality, Protection and Safety Hopeful signs for LGBT people in the Caribbean In the Caribbean, homophobia remains a problem, but LGBT people are seeing increased signs of public acceptance, including politicians coming out in support of their LGBT constituents. In St. Lucia, the National… COUNTRIES: Cuba, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago Buggery remains a crime, but UK hopes Guyana Govt. will soon facilitate gay rights 04/09/2019 \| Guyana Standard While Guyana and the United Kingdom (UK) continue to enjoy a healthy and fruitful relationship, and rarely butt heads when it comes to policies and laws, High Commissioner, Greg Quinn, said the… ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality COUNTRIES: Guyana, United Kingdom REGIONS: Europe, South America Court Decisions on LGBT Rights Echo ‘A Wild Wish’ 01/17/2019 \| Human Rights Watch More than two centuries ago Mary Wollstonecraft laid the foundations for feminist thought with a simple premise: lack of equal opportunity diminished individual self-worth and hobbled social progress. In A Vindication of the… COUNTRIES: Belize, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Fiji, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Nepal, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States REGIONS: Africa, Asia, Central America and Caribbean, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America Guyana bisexual seeks to become Anglican priest Family and God are priorities of Marvin Junior Livan, an openly bisexual citizen of Guyana who aspires to become an Anglican priest. "I knew I was bisexual at the age of nine.… ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics Court Strikes Down Guyana anti-Transgender Law 11/14/2018 \| Pink News A Guyana anti-transgender law banning “cross-dressing” has been struck down, after it was used to target transgender people. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), an international court with jurisdiction across several Caribbean and South… ISSUES: Human Rights, Transgender and Intersex Issues CCJ Declares Guyana’s Cross-dressing Law Unconstitutional 11/13/2018 \| Caribbean Court of Justice The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that a law in Guyana, which makes it a criminal offence for a man or a woman to appear in a public place while dressed… ISSUES: Discrimination and Equality, Transgender and Intersex Issues 1161 N OGDEN DR, #109 EMAIL: info@alturi.org ©2021 Alturi	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line403
__label__wiki	0.526335	0.526335	Tag Archives: Akbaruddin Owaisi Akbar Owaisi continues his mission to drive separatism Once again Akbaruddin Owaisi shows the scant respect he has for the Parliament of India and how he believes that it is the Muslims which can win their party over 50 Parliament seats. Also Read the gist of speech he made in 2012 – Owaisi’s objectionable remarks on Hindus This entry was posted in Nation, Threats and tagged Akbaruddin Owaisi, Muslim Radicalization, Partition of India on July 4, 2017 by arisebharat. Ten Key Objectionable Points made by Akbaruddin Owaisi ” Oh Hindustan – We are 25 crores, you are 100 crores. Remove the police for 15 minutes and we will show you who has more courage and strength. ( Crowd rises up in standing ovation ) ! – Today, I have this mike in front of me. If tomorrow I hold something else, then there will be so much of bloodshed in this country which this country has not seen in the last 1000 years ” – Akbaruddin Owaisi Thanks to the initiative taken by a bold advocate and the social media groups, the mainstream media was forced to take up the issue of the rabid hate mongering tha Mr.Akbaruddin Owaisi who is a MIM MLA ,floor leader in the AP Legislative Assembly. Mr.Akbar is not new to this spewing of venom and he has done it on numerous occasions in the past. In some of our earlier posts we had questioned the MIM’s actions and exposed how they manufacture riots in the city of Hyderabad. The idea, it seems is to spread their network outside Hyderabad now and go pan-India. His brother who is also a MP and is a frequent panelist in NDTV and other English channels, has not condemned the comments which also implicitly show that he is in support of what Akbaruddin said. Videos of Akbaruddin Owaisi at Nirmal Dec 2012 are below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI94cm8Zihg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDAtxnoWa7U While the whole speech was inflammatory and derogatory, for the benefit of many ten key points have been listed down. Ten Key Objectionable Points made by Akbaruddin Owaisi against the country and Hindus during a public program at Nirmal, Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh – Dec 24th 2012. 1. Insulting Temples : He says ” In Hindustan, we (Muslims) ruled for 1000 years and we left our symbols. Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Agra Fort, Qutub Minar, Charminar, Golkonda and hundreds of other symbols. The world comes to Hindustan to see our symbols. The people from the world do not come to see Ram and Krishna Mandirs” . 2. Claiming that Indian Muslims have the legacy of the invaders. He says”When we ruled for 1000 years, we were not even 1 crore, now we are 25 crores Why are we silent now ? .Every Pandit and Pujari used to offer salaam ( salute) to us. The 4 minars of Charminar show that the East-West-North-South were dominated by us” . 3. Justifying Terror attacks : He Says ” Terror attacks happened, bomb blasts happened – they were wrong. But Oh Hindustan if you had not allowed destruction of Babri Masjid, then the bomb blasts at Mumbai would also not have happened. Every action has a reaction. I am only for Muslims. We will think about secularism only after Babri masjid is rebuilt. “ 4.. Spreading wrong Information about legal system : He says ” Ajmal Kasab was hanged. I dont want to go into a debate on his hanging. Why was he hanged ? He came from Pak came into India, killed 200 civilians and he was hanged. In Gujarat, the person who killed 2000 Muslims – no case has been filed against him. If there is any law in this country, then the way you have hanged Kasab, you must hang Modi. This Muslim of Andhra gives a call that if muslims unite then Modi will also be hanged.” 5. Justifying Bangladeshi Infiltration into Assam : He says ” In Assam, the riots happened using AK-47 on Muslims. You say they are Bangladeshi. If the Muslims are Bangladeshi, who are you Advani ? You ran away and came to India. We Muslims of this country did not run away anywhere. “ 6. Insulting Hindu customs : He says “This country was ours and will remain ours.” ( he stated earlier that the country was ruled by Babar, Shah Jahan & Aurangzeb and they are their followers). He says further ” If in case we go, we will take Taj, Qutub Minar, Red fort. What will be left ? The dilapated Ram Mandir of Ayodhya, the nude paintings of Ajanta-Ellora ! What else be left ? When we die, we are buried because we have love for the land. When you die, you are cremated and mix with the nature like vagabonds.” 7.Threatening a democratically elected CM : He says “There are many such Modis who have come and gone. Modi, come to Hyderabad once and we will show you. Tasleema Nasreen came, no one knows where she is. She ran away. The same will happen to Modi.” 8. Encouraging Violence and Call To Muslims to Kill Hindus – He says” Hindustan – We are 25 crores, you are 100 crores. Remove the police for 15 minutes and we will show you who has more courage and strength. ( Crowd rises up in standing ovation ) Why are you afraid ? When something happens ( meaning riots), I get phone calls. Nobody calls and tells me- “This happened and I did this and now you take care”. Take action – don’t fear. Today, I have this mike in front of me. If tomorrow I hold something else, then there will be so much of bloodshed in this country which this country has not seen in the last 1000 years.” 9. Insulting National Heroes & Hindu sentiments- He says “In Ayodhya , there are 3 mandirs where people claim that Ram was born here. In Haryana, Kaushalyapuram there are places where people say Ram was born here. Oh Vajpayee, Oh Advani, tell us where all did Ram’s mother go. They say Ram was born 15 Lakhs years ago. How do they know what happened so many lakhs of years when we are unable to track even 200 years of history ?” He further says ” There are many pujas that they( Hindus) do. Rama, Lakshman, Durga..how many more. I knew Lakshmi but who is Bhagyalakshmi ? What sort of names are these ? I dont want to spoil the atmopshere of this pious program by taking this manhoos(ill-fated) names – ( names of Hindu gods and goddesses) ” ! 10. Reg cow slaughter– He says ” If only they ( Hindus) also eat the beef, they will realise how tasty it is. We are eating it and we love it. We will not compromise ” . Updates : The media had ignored the issue. But due to the pressure by social media, the police and electronic media was forced to take up the issue. Update on 8th Jan 2013 : Owaisi returns from UK. He had gone to London after his speech. He indicated that he was unwell and should not be arrested. He went through the check-up at Gandhi hospital, found fit and arrested. Update 10th Jan 2013 – NDTV Interview with Mr.Asaduddin Owaisi, Chief of MIM and brother of Akbaruddin. http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/india-decides-9/loyalty-of-muslims-is-being-questioned-asaduddin-owaisi/261413 The danger is that NDTV asks him what he feels about BJP’s statement on Akbaruddin instead of insisting on asking what the nation feels. The speech is not just about hate-speech but against sedition against Bharat. This entry was posted in Exclusivist religions, Threats and tagged Akbaruddin Owaisi, Hindustan, Hyderabad, MIM Party, Old City Charminar, Razakars on January 4, 2013 by arisebharat.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line407

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