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Is ICT in Schools Wasted
Ashish Garg on Why Most Investments in Technology for Schools are Not Wasted
Robert Lattimore: Technology in Schools is Visionary and Benefits Society
Benjamin Vergel De Dios: Most ICT are Wasted in Schools due to Human Tendencies and Organizational Choices
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Wayan Vota: Technology in Schools, in Education, is Not Wasted
Closing Statements on: Are ICT Investments in Schools Wasted?
Ashish Garg
The Educational Technology Debate is one year old this month and to celebrate, we had a Live Debate: Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted? at the World Bank offices in New Delhi, India. With six great speakers, we focused on the issues around technology implementation in educational systems of the developing world.
This is the opening remarks and initial response of Ashish Garg, Asian Regional Coordinator for Global E-Schools and Community Initiative to the question: Are most investments in technology for schools wasted?
Ashish Garg: (download the podcast)
Thank you Dr. Kelly and thank you Atanu for trying to make this debate interesting. Even though, I don’t see any reason for us to be here debating about the affrication of using ICTs in schools and education. Nevertheless let me start by quoting not Shakespeare but Ban Ki-moon from recent times.
“Information and communication technology have a central role to play in the quest for development, dignity, and peace. The international consensus on this point is clear. We saw it at the Millennium Summit in 2000 and at the 2005 World Summit and we saw it at the two phases of the World Summit of Information Society.”
Already a substantial number of examples have demonstrated that ICT based systems and servers have the power to improve the quality of life not just for people in the cities but also more importantly for the marginalized and the poor. In the years that have followed, we have seen global spent on ICTs increase consistently the number of internet subscribers have multiplied across the globe depicting the hunger for knowledge, communication, and collaboration. To be debating the efficacies of using ICTs in schools in 2010 in this phase of tremendous progress across the world to me is nothing short of incongruity.
I am afraid I have to fall back on clichéd argument that has now been used a zillion times to support my motion of the day which is investment in ICTs in school is not a waste. I think first and foremost what is required is we need to set expectations right. It is far too easy to take the myopic view of the role and impact of ICTs in the society. ICTs do not exist in isolation and therefore they cannot be measured in isolation to all other elements that impact education. They exist within an educational framework that is part of a larger societal ecosystem.
Jyrki Pulkinnen, CEO of GeSCI, writes:
“I think it is very important to recognize that basically ICT applications are standardized work processes and therefore always social by nature”
and as Shahid Akhtar writes:
“the main challenge across the region is less the matter of access and distribution of technology per say. It is more a matter of creating the enabling environment and capacity building approach.”
I agree that computers may continue to sit in their boxes but the point is that there needs to be a development of an ecosystem and for that it is very important to understand what is the way to assess the investment that is made in ICTs. Wayan ran on this topic on Education Technology Debate, Asessing ICT Evaluations, and there were varied responses to that starting from priorities in developing countries versus investment in ICTs, lack of appropriate tools to measure the impact of ICT versus are ICTs for e-assessments actually effective or not and so on.
To mention Tim Kelly who first started talking about ICTs for E-assessments will help avoid wasteful tragedies and so on. I would really urge you to read that blog for some really insightful articulations on the use of ICTs in schools. As Dr. Kelly even said right the cost of a computer is equivalent to providing a class with a couple of books each but providing the computer is linked to the internet the students and their teachers will then have access to the boundless library of the worldwide web which is constantly updated and which contains a hugely diverse range of views and experiences.
By contrast, the textbook inevitably provides a pre-digested view of the world and one that is out of date the day it is printed. It also brings us to another very important element which is the lack or the presence of political wind and remember long time ago we all lamented the fact that there is no political way to push this wonderful technology across in schools but today we are actually moving from our focus just simply hardware.
Thanks to research and awareness building in not just countries like India but also in Bangladesh and Nepal, countries are more open on spending on teacher training plans, reforming school curriculum, and providing new assessment tool for technology in every class. Clearly I think the risk does not lie in failing to adopt the technology-enabled strategies which are inevitable. You could see the lucrative use of mobile even though I do not really stand for the use of mobile for basic literacy and things like that but these are inevitable and they are lucrative as you can see them across.
The risk is rather tonight doing a poor job of adopting these strategies and then the final point that I want to make is to Atanu’s point where he says that the number schools and the number of people that we have to educate in India and how do we provide technology for all of them? I think brick and mortar possibilities are really going to be difficult.
The recent RTE now says 290 million more students will start attending schools. I think if we are planning on putting up more schools then we might have to stop losing roles because probably we have to put schools everywhere but contrast that with the statistics or the data that IGNOU printed out sometime back, 24% of India’s school going population, higher education population, uses ODL, open distance learning methods, for education. So therefore I think, and Dr. Kelly is showing me the time already, there is really a lot of scopes for ICTs provided we understand a few basic mechanisms of how to make this work.
The last point that I want to make is there really is a phased evolution process on how we use the technology in our countries. Jyrki Pulkinnen talks about the society where the society actually stops the question of relevance of ICT in education. Thank you.
Dr Kelly: How do you think we should be doing evaluation of ICT in education, to make the investment worthwhile?
Actually, the government is going to be beaten any which ways. If they did not spend the money on the ICT then there would be a brigade that would rise up saying the government is not doing anything to put technology in the schools and today the government is doing then the response is that because the government is doing it there is no responsibility and there is no accountability.
I agree that yes ICTs help a lot in various things and there is no debate on that and Sam brought forward a very important point about a tail that wags the dog and yes definitely it is the ecosystem but my point is that for 62 years of India’s independence nobody really decided to question the response of the ecosystem, the development of the educational ecosystem, or the readiness of the educational ecosystem. So what has lead especially in India and this part of the world? What has lead to this question?
It is the coming of the ICT that brings up these questions that what is it about that needs to be done? The reformative or the transformative reforms that need to come in so that new technologies can be adopted. The last point that I want to make is that it is not about just raising a point about what has been the worth of that particular investment. It is not like your log book which says credit and debit and in the end of the day both the sides have to be equalized. It is education.
It is a social change. It is social reform so there is a gestation period. So sufficient gestation period has to be given in order for ICT to prove their point but beyond that let me just talk about the PISA results, the program for international student assessment. Likewise there are several such impact studies monitoring and evaluation studies which have particularly shown how ICTs have helped move scores forward and in one of the blogs Dr. Kelly writes that available evidence of benefits of ICTs in schools is sometimes mixed and hard to interpret.
In the same way we say in the latest survey of 2006 shows the fastest gain in reading standards in any country observant with in the Republic of Korea where students have increased their reading standards by 31 points and not coincidentally he continues to write Korea also scored top in the ITUs digital opportunity index, DOI index, in 2006 which is the most respected measure of an economy’s ICT performance.
So if you kind of correlate the two I think there is a lot to be drawn from there and I think finally that it is these evaluations that are necessary to demonstrate to the local officers and to the national policy makers that ICTs are worth the investment. They need to know what local problems ICT can address or opportunities that are possible.
Dr. Kelly: Do you want to challenge the other side or shake the arguments?
I would really like to go back to what I put forward some time back why we are asking ourselves these questions today? How come we are questioning the ecosystem and its ability to deliver which we didn’t do? I actually want to go back to the time when I was probably in class 10 and then multiple choice questions were starting to get introduced and before that everybody thought it was great to write 5 answers of 20 marks each for a paper of 100 marks and you had to memorize as much as you could.
The reason why these multiple choice tests started coming up was because first computers had these multiple choice standardized tests fed into them and then the government thought that it would be great. So I am just trying to bring the fact forward that technology has been influencing change. Technology has been influencing innovation and it is just not possible for a country like India to wait until the mindset of the government has been changed and we are in a state of readiness to accept not just the hardware but be transformed ecosystem processes or the human ware.
So I don’t think that is going to work and it is a process of evolution but we see a whole lot of new indigenous dynamism that is coming up and it is only a matter of recording them and I am sure a lot of organizations that work at the grass roots level already just-so stories but they are there and you cannot take it away from the process of evolution.
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4 Responses to “Ashish Garg on Why Most Investments in Technology for Schools are Not Wasted”
Ian Thomson
Thanks Ashis,
Very sensible input.
I would like to add another high level point. We are actually talking about Education, which has at its core, the function of learning. I would say that we are learning lots about using ICTs in education. Is that wasted? Of course not.
Imagine trying to evaluate progress of ICT among native Tamil (or Chinese) speakers by giving them a Hindi (or Russian) based ICT system (computer, software, educational materials, etc.). This is precisely what's happening in India >70% have no knowledge of English but ICT programs in India are hardly localized.
So, to all the Indian ICT programs, their good intentions and their well-ensconced fat cats, "Many thanks for creating an extra obstacle – the linguistic one." And yes, we will discuss this until we die of boredom and old age. Of course, we Indians reincarnate, so there is hope the next time around!
Ooops. Looks like not everyone's on board the ICT express. I just wonder how forceful the push-back is going to become?
On the one side we have the blandly confident paladins of education who are so steeped in the assumption that funding is a substitute for efficacy that it would never cross their minds to point to evidence of efficacy as a means of justifying the ICT programs they espouse. Funding *is* success and failure always has an excuse should anyone be afflicted with poor enough manners to inquire.
On the other side is, perhaps, I hope, a rising chorus of voices demanding proof of the value of the idea before expending resources. People who are in embarrassingly visible positions who don't pray at the totem of a government education system free of the necessity to prove its value.
Puts me in mind of those embarrassing, young, African economists who find nothing to value in the river of foreign aid that pours into their various nations and much that's objectionable. What *is* one to do with people like that? They're difficult to ignore, won't shut up yet unimpressed with the unquestionable truths of the past.
@jamesbt
Open & Distance Learning (ODL) was mentioned, and rightly so – it is one potential solution to the challenge of scaling up education and training. But I would ask: is ICT-supported ODL any better than the traditional methods that rely on paper-based materials? Does anyone know if this comparison has been made already & if there is data to support either being more effective?
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D4VHF on Cape Verde plans to be on the 70 MHz band during the Summer of 2021
The D4VHF team on Cape Verde Islands have just announced that they plan to be operational on the 70 MHz (4-metre) band during the Summer of 2021!
They will be using a 4-element Yagi (shown above) beaming towards Europe with an output power of 500-watts.
As the map shows below, the Cape Verde Islands are a long way from Europe and some multi-hop propagation will likely be required.
Analysis... The annual Sporadic-E season in the northern hemisphere normally starts in late April and runs until mid-August.
It's likely that the first Sp-E openings from Cape Verde will be single hop with a maximum range of 2300kms or so. Stations in the Canary Islands (EA8) at 1500kms or so are ideally placed for a one-hop Sporadic-E opening on 70 MHz.
To get further up and into Europe, it will likely require a double hop opening with ranges of say 2500 to 4400 kms. This should allow stations in the UK and Ireland to work Cape Verde on 4m.
Obviously the more hops that are required for a path to open then there are statistically fewer openings. However, 70 MHz isn't that high a frequency when it comes to Sporadic-E and there should be occasions when even three hops or even four hops are possible. I suspect though that multi-hop openings like this to say central or northern Europe may only occur once per season? We'll see.
Tropo Ducting at 70 MHz???... The D4VHF station on Cape Verde has made many spectacular contacts on 144 MHz and 432 MHz thanks to a marine duct off the north-west coast of Africa.
This marine duct establishes itself for long periods at different times of the year and this allows stations on the coast of Spain and Portugal to work D4VHF on 2m with relative ease over a 3000km or so path. At times, this duct moves further north allowing stations in the UK and Ireland to get in on the action.
This duct behaves like a waveguide and it has certain dimensions. As such, like a waveguide it will have a lower cut off frequency below which signals will not propagate.
The big question is if 70 MHz signals with a wavelength of four metres will be able to propagate through this marine duct?
Will the 70 MHz signals from D4VHF be able to reach the Canary Islands (~1500kms) by tropo ducting? The south-west coast of Spain and Portugal at 2800kms? Will the frequency be too low?
If the marine duct does propagate 70 MHz signals then there is the possibility of it coupling to Sporadic-E openings more often. If not then it looks as if rarer double hop Sp-E might be the only option.
In conclusion... I'm sure many fans of the 70 MHz band will look forward to D4VHF from Cape Verde appearing on the band during the summer of 2021. Single hop and even double hop Sporadic-E contacts I believe are a forgone conclusion and these shouldn't be that difficult.
What I find most interesting however is the ability of a 70 MHz signal to propagate inside a marine duct. Is it possible? If it does happen, is it common? And how far?
It'll be interesting to see the results.
John, EI7GL at Thursday, January 07, 2021
Yes, there are marine tropo ducts on 4m and even 6m. I have wkd D4 and EA8 on 4m and 6m via Tropo on CW several times in the past. Signals usually were weak, not stronger than 559 when 2m signals were 59+20 at the same time. So, may be coupling into Es is not so easy, but with FT8 you never know. All this was reported and analyzed in DUBUS Magazine several years ago. 73 and HNY Joe, CT1HZE
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For other places with the same name, see Agios Nikolaos (disambiguation).
Agios Nikolaos (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a city in Crete.
7th-9th century church of Agios Nikolaos
Local bus service with modern air conditioned buses.
By ferryEdit
Ferries don't run directly to the town Agios Nikolaos but major ferry lines operate to the port of Herakleion, connecting with bus services at the main bus station near to the port. Frequent ferry lines operate to the port of Sitia as well.
The distance from 35.33972225.1802781 Heraklion International Airport (HER IATA) near Heraklion to Agios Nikolaos is about 64 km (40 mi). The journey time is 45 – 60 minutes by car or taxi.
Alternatively the distance from 35.21610826.1013252 Sitia Airport (JSH IATA) near Sitia is about 67 km (42 mi).
Map of Agios Nikolaos
Elounda, Kritsa, Sitia, Heraklion (and from there, Knossos), Malia and Hersonnisos are easily accessed with a regular bus service which is very good value.
By scooterEdit
Scooters are readily available. Wearing of crash helmets is compulsory. Do not ruin your holiday by receiving a large fine.
By hired carEdit
You will not normally need a 4 x 4 to negotiate the roads, most of which are sealed. Some places and rental properties are less accessible. Beware of damage to the underside of the hire car on rough tracks.
By taxiEdit
Excellent value. Invariably will be a large, clean and air-conditioned Mercedes. Most drivers speak basic English and have none of the bad habits of many Med taxi drivers (loud local music, smoking en route etc.).
By quadEdit
Not designed for use on road, these cause traffic congestion and impatience, leading to many accidents and occasional deaths. Think very carefully before hiring one and using it on the roads.
Recommended are the boat trips which are fascinating and amazing value (do not spend more than €10); they also usually include an ocean swim.
35.297525.7380561 Spinalonga (Greek: Σπιναλόγκα). The old leper colony (formerly a Venetian fortress).
Barbarossa's Cave. There are boat trips up the coast to see Barbarossa's Cave. (updated Dec 2016)
Nearby Istron Bay
Go to Almyros beach, a long sandy beach with a cold water stream entering the sea at the southern end. Perfect for a cooling paddle if the heat gets too much. About a 20-minute walk from the town centre but worth every step. Alternatively, a taxi from the town centre costs about €8.
If it is windy, consider a pebble beach rather than a sand beach, of which there is no shortage.
Locally produced fruit and vegetables at the market on Wednesday morning. The tomatoes are superb.
Thyme honey. The bees here take the pollen from hyme and the subtle flavour is transferred to the honey.
There are a good selection of restaurants and tavernas in the town, ranging from the small and friendly "Grigoris" to the superb "Mediterraneo" on the harbour.
Meze restaurants worth visiting are "Barko" which provides a modern slant on traditional dishes and "Chyssofillis" on Kitroplatia. Just around the corner is "9 Muses", a modern restaurant/cafe bar which is popular with local residents. The "Piato" near Ammoudi beach is an excellent contemporary meze restaurant. Near the taxi rank by tourist information is "Embassy".
For more northern European tastes, "Obelix" is a Dutch operated restaurant near Ammoudi beach which serves large portions with a daily special.
Psaraki (Ψαρακι), Laki Voulismeni, ☏ +30 28410-24025. 10:00-02:45. Opened in 2009, Psaraki hails as one of Agios Nikolaos top new restaurants. Modern & minimalist style, Mediterranean-New Hellenic cuisine, extensive wine list and authentic & perfect cocktails. moderate.
Patriko towards Elounda, at Amoudi Beach. Lovely fresh fish and meats. Great Greek ambiance.
Modern cafe bars on the right of the harbour include "Molto" and "En Plo".
35.19166425.7212881 Yanni's Rock Bar, Koundourou 3. An institution, formerly the haunt of rock stars such as Ozzy Osbourne, U2 and Jimmy Page. (updated Apr 2017)
"Puerto" is popular with the young locals and 25 March Street (25 Martiou) is busy at weekends with many of the local student population. Don't be misled by old tales about this street being the hub of the night life for tourists. It is entirely "Greek" and if you don't want to hear modern Greek music you will be in the wrong place.
The bars that have survived the change in tourist tastes over the last few years include "Aquarius", "Sorrento" and "Alexandros". The first two are "British" style tourist bars and the latter is a rooftop garden bar which has a small dance floor. Also Toedeledokie Bar-Cafe situated in between Coral and Hermes Hotel with candle light and good music.
The small but friendly "Sky Bar" near to the Marina shows televised sport.
Jollies Bar (near football ground/ marina), ☏ +30 28410 26073. Small, friendly bar covering most sports.
35.21559725.7123851 Artemis Beach Hotel (200 m from Havania beach). Offers single, double and triple rooms to let with sea view. Also does hot snacks and has a quiz night on Sunday evenings. Free internet and very friendly bar.
Bayview Apartments, Almyros Beach (by foot,bus or car,2km from town center), ☏ +30 28410 82966, +30 6970 633301, ✉ bayview23@hotmail.com. Studios and apartments in big garden close to Almyros beach. Good location, free Wi-Fi. €30-60.
35.21836425.7119982 Candia Park Village, ☏ +30 28410 26811. Aparthotel complex with self-catering apartments and plenty of amenities including 2 swimming pools, several restaurants and a small shop.
Minos Beach art hotel, ☏ +30 28410 22345.
Mantraki Hotel Apartments, Kapetan Tavla 1, ☏ +30 28410 28880.
Youth Hostel Regina, Theotokopoulou 13-15, ☏ +30 841-26770. Youth hostel. €15.
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1 Now a I saw when the Lamb opened one of the 1 seals; and I heard b one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see." 2 And I looked, and behold, c a white horse. d He who sat on it had a bow; e and a crown was given to him, and he went out f conquering and to conquer.
3 When He opened the second seal, g I heard the second living creature saying, "Come 2 and see." 4 h Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to i take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
5 When He opened the third seal, j I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, k a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of l scales 3 in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A 4 quart 5 of wheat for a 6 denarius, 7 and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and m do not harm the oil and the wine."
7 When He opened the fourth seal, n I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see." 8 o So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And 8 power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, p to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, q and by the beasts of the earth.
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under r the altar s the souls of those who had been slain t for the word of God and for u the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, v "How long, O Lord, w holy and true, x until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 11 Then a y white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them z that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, a and 9 behold, there was a great earthquake; and b the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the 10 moon became like blood. 13 c And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 d Then the sky 11 receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and e every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the f kings of the earth, the great men, 12 the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, g hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 h and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who i sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 "For the great day of His wrath has come, j and who is able to stand?"
Acts 21:8
On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
Knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
1 Corinthians 9:24 - 27
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son.
For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying.
And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their ministry, and they also took with them John whose surname was Mark.
Acts 15:37 - 39
Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark.
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him).
And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia - also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you.
Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.
Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, and wanted to make his defense to the people.
Of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil.
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
But the following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel.
Moreover David said, "The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you!
Save Me from the lion's mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment.
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them.
Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.
So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he himself stayed in Asia for a time.
Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother.
(For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
In humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia.
If anyone inquires about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you. Or if our brethren are inquired about, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica - Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
1 Timothy 3:2 - 4
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach.
Titus 1:6 - 8
If a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
Leviticus 10:9
Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless.
Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
"for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Therefore the Lord said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men.
But rather give alms of such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.
I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Matthew 7:20 - 23
Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
"But he answered and said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.'
He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Vivo U20 To Be Powered By Snapdragon 675 processor, Launch In India November 22
Vivo U20, The Latest Addition To The Smartphone Maker’s U-series, Will Be Launched In India On November 22 At 12 Pm (noon). According To The Vivo, The Upcoming Smartphone Will Come With Snapdragon 675 AIE Processor.
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Vivo U20, the latest addition to the smartphone maker’s U-series, will be launched in India on November 22 at 12 pm (noon). Days ahead of the official launch, the smartphone maker has revealed some of the key specifications of Vivo U20. Previously, the company confirmed that the Vivo U20 will come packed with a 5000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support. Vivo has now revealed the hardware specifications of the Vivo U20.
According to the Vivo, the upcoming smartphone will come with Snapdragon 675 AIE processor. It is the same chipset that powers the last two generations of Vivo V-series i.e. V15 Pro and V17 Pro. The company further claimed that Snapdragon 675 is 25 per cent better than Snapdragon 665 SoC. The phone will also come with up to 6GB RAM and UFS 2.1 storage.
As per Vivo's recent official teaser page on Amazon.in, Vivo U20 is seen sporting a gradient design with a royal blue-purple backdrop and a wavy pattern running across the glossy back. Also, there is a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and a triple rear camera module at the back. On the front, one can see the display with a waterdrop notch and a small chin at the bottom.
Vivo U20's teaser page on Amazon mentions that the Vivo U20 will likely be sold exclusively via Amazon. Vivo U20 will rely on the faster UFS 2.1 storage standard, which essentially means faster file transfer.
Vivo U20 is likely to feature a 6.3-inch full-HD+ (1080x2340 pixels) display. The phone's triple rear camera setup may include a 16-megapixel primary sensor, assisted by an 8-megapixel secondary sensor, and a 2-megapixel tertiary sensor. On the front, there may be a 16-megapixel selfie camera. The device is expected to boot Android 9 Pie with Funtouch OS 9.1 on top. The smartphone may pack a 5,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support.
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For Our Consideration
Netflix’s latest horror sensation doesn’t believe in itself
Alex McLevy
Andrew Bachelor, Bella Thorne, and Robbie Amell in The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Photo: Tyler Golden/Netflix
The Babysitter: Killer Queen was the top live-action narrative film on Netflix this past weekend. The horror-comedy sequel is also, as many others have pointed out, deeply stupid. Among its crimes are references substituted for jokes, a beat-for-beat reenactment of its predecessor’s plot, and a gross-out gag involving the lead character peeing on the face of his romantic interest. There are plenty of reasons to avoid it.
But there are lazy choices, and then there’s the fundamental incompetence of Killer Queen. The Babysitter, while not very good, was at least passably entertaining, providing a simple and unfussy setup for its sequel. Directed by McG—who, with the upcoming 20th anniversary of Charlie’s Angels, enters his third decade of helming features with the same candy-colored hyperstylization he once applied to music videos for Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, and The Offspring—the film followed one momentous night in the life of Cole (Judah Lewis), a shy pre-teen who sneaks out of his room after bedtime, the better to spy on the activities of his babysitter Bee (Samara Weaving) and the other high-schoolers she’s invited over (Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Hana Mae Lee, and Andrew Bachelor). After Bee commits a brutal murder, Cole learns the horrifying truth: She and her friends are members of a demonic cult, intent on completing a ritual that will grant them their deepest wishes. They need the blood of an innocent to finish their rite, which is where Cole comes in; the resourceful kid spends the rest of the night fending off his attackers and taking them out one by one, usually in a manner designed for maximum cartoonish gore. After fleeing to the home of his best friend Melanie (Emily Alyn Lind) and using her parents’ car to crash into Bee after burning her spell book, the film ends on a standard-issue horror stinger suggesting the malevolent sitter survived.
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
So far, so predictable, but at least it all follows comprehensible storytelling convention. Everything is established clearly: Cole’s world is basically our own, he’s a typical kid with an unachievable crush, the people around him behave more or less according to standard social norms. Then the human sacrifices start. Killer Queen sends Cole away for a weekend of fun with Melanie and some teen-sex-comedy stock types, only to be confronted with the vengeful, resurrected spirits of the antagonists he defeated in the first movie. They’re intent on completing their ritual—the sort of premise an ostensible Babysitter franchise could hash and rehash ad infinitum. These angry and power-hungry undead teenage jerks could return every couple of years to menace Cole as he goes through life, though presumably at some point their ire would transfer to a newer, younger hero, as per the demands of horror sequels.
But despite Killer Queen seemingly becoming popular enough to potentially merit another sequel, the film bungles its mission so spectacularly—and in such ham-fisted fashion—that it doesn’t deserve another round. Here’s the core concept this sequel fails to understand: Both horror and comedy—like every other genre of film—are based upon respecting the reality of their fictional worlds. More specifically, the horror-comedy that Killer Queen aspires to be depends upon the viewer recognizing when the movie has shifted from that world’s everyday baseline (Cole goes to school, Cole talks with his parents) into a higher gear (Cole sees Melanie slice a friend’s neck open with a large fishing hook). Whether done for laughs or scares, those baseline norms must exist in the first place. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is funny because Jim Carrey’s outrageous, flamboyantly dressed animal lover stands in contrast to a Miami police force comprised of ordinary movie cops. Rosemary’s Baby works because its young married couple moves into an unassuming apartment building—one with ominous history and architecture, but certainly not the type of place levelheaded New Yorkers would expect to encounter demons and devils. When one appears in their midst, it marks a shattering of what they (and we) understood about their reality.
Cole’s perception of everything around him was already shattered by The Babysitter; rather than working with the shards, Killer Queen pulverizes them into a fine dust. It mistakes the destruction of a narrative world for a heightening of the stakes. A common knock on the Fast And Furious movies is that a franchise that was once about street-racing small-time crooks has since elevated its heroes to the level of international covert ops agents. But every new entry in the series grounds itself in what came before: Whether Dominic Toretto is boosting consumer electronics or backing his Dodge Charger off of a cargo plane, the Fast And Furious can still fall back on Dom’s unwavering belief in “family” to hold things together. Killer Queen can’t even pull off a grounding force that simple.
Judah Lewis and Emily Alyn Lind in The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Lacking conviction in the world built by the first film, it’s driven to continually disrupt its own logic with sketch-comedy setups punctuated by hacky laugh lines. Take the expository scene where Cole is recounting his travails to the school guidance counselor (Carl McDowell). After laying out the events of the first film and explaining to the counselor (and by extension, the audience) that the bodies of Bee and her friends all disappeared—ergo, no one believes him, and he’s a social outcast—the counselor jumps in. “We need to get you laid.” Thus ensues a pile-up of contradictory information that ends with the character credited as Big Dr. Carl McManus whipping out a comically large needle and announcing “Time for your flu shot!” Should a guidance counselor prescribe sexual healing when, as Cole points out, he’s also the school nurse? Well, Carl “went to Cornell, motherfucker.” Don’t question his credentials: He’s a trained psychologist, but he also sees to the physical health of the student body from 8 to 2—the same student body he’s encouraging to be sexually active while also noting he’s monitoring simultaneous outbreaks of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and herpes at the school.
In other words, this isn’t a plausible reality or a sturdy narrative. This is Cartoon Land, and no scene will end without a flailing, metaphorical slip on a banana peel. And if it wasn’t there in the script, it’s wedged in via clunky editing: When new girl Phoebe (You’s Jenna Ortega, one of the few bright spots of this whole mess) introduces herself to her classmates by making deliberately outlandish statements engineered to make the other kids keep their distance, the scene ends by cutting away from Phoebe and back to the teacher whose class she’s joining. “You crazy bitch,” he says, unprompted and in close-up. It highlights just how little McG trusts his audience to stick with this thing. It’s a suggestion that the filmmakers didn’t think the scene worked without a jarring, tonally unjustifiable “Oh no, he didn’t!” button.
Jenna Ortega and Judah Lewis in The Babysitter: Killer Queen
The first Babysitter bent over backwards to avoid such farcical unreality and defensive, lazy humor. The sequel does the opposite—and, as a result, there’s no foundation to work from once the undead cult members pop up and start attacking Cole. And there’s no reality off of which Killer Queen can play its increasingly ludicrous personalities and plot beats. It grows more untethered as the film plays on: Cole’s parents (Ken Marino and Leslie Bibb, deserving better) ask him to start taking meds in order to see if they will quell his belief that he fought a demon cult, but they’re also planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility. When a cop shows up after Cole and Melanie have been reported missing, he crudely flirts with Bibb’s character, openly refuses to do his job, then chucks her on the chin like an affectionate grandparent. When two new evil-teen henchmen try to walk away from the mission, only to explode into embers without the film offering so much as a passing reason why, even the action set pieces stop making sense. “I don’t think you understand how this works, Jimmy,” one of them is told before he bursts into charcoal. That makes him equal to the viewer.
The unfortunate byproduct of all this is that it calls into question the Killer Queen jokes that could work, or the few times it legitimately says “Don’t take this so seriously.” Consider the way the script toys with time: Cole is 12 years old in The Babysitter, and a high-school junior in the sequel, which a title card tells us takes place “2 YEARS LATER.” It’s a meta joke of the Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp variety, but without any surrounding context or implication that it’s meant to be silly; in light of all the other gags that fail to land, it just plays like a counting error.
The most damning but accurate comparison would be the dire “spoof” movies of Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg: Date Movie, Disaster Movie, The Starving Games, and others that imitate the throw-it-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks approach of vintage Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker—minus the wit of Airplane! or the visual ingenuity of Top Secret! Killer Queen has a similar pedigree, and a likeminded commitment to believing references and crotch shots are hilarious in and of themselves. During a road trip pit stop, Cole goes to pay for snacks and is greeted by the saucy, buxom employee behind the counter, wearing what is essentially lingerie. None of the characters are nonplussed by the inexplicable nature of this “hilarious” choice. The movie is at least restrained enough not to scrawl “Isn’t that wild?! Gas station employees don’t wear that!” across the screen. Of course, maybe they’re saving that kind of gold for the third installment.
Alex McLevy is a writer and editor at The A.V. Club, and would kindly appreciate additional videos of robots failing to accomplish basic tasks.
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Final Fantasy Adventure Characters, Villains, Guest Characters
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Sprite(s)
Kana ジュリアス
Romaji Juriasu
Final Fantasy Adventure Character
Julius is a temporary party member and the main antagonist of Final Fantasy Adventure.
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His father was the emperor of Vandole Empire, which was on the verge of world domination before it was defeated by the Gemma Knights and Fuji's Mother. When Vandole Empire's side was losing by the combined forces of the Gemma Knights and the Mana Family, Julius' father left the empire's last hope in the cave of the waterfalls, his baby son inside it. Sometime later, Julius was found by Dark Lord, ruler of the Glaive Empire, and was taken in as his own.
Many years later, Dark Lord began his own quest for world domination, with Julius as his right-hand man. Dark Lord sends Julius on a mission to retrieve a pendant and the girl that owns it. With both in their possession, they could reverse the flow of the waterfall that leads to the top of Mount Illusia, where no airship can reach. At the top of the mountain lies the Tree of Mana, and anyone who touches it will gain the ultimate power of Mana. However, neither Julius nor Dark Lord know the consequences of this.
Julius in disguise.
After finding Fuji wearing the pendant, he disguises himself and pretends to befriend her guardian, Sumo, in order to keep a closer eye on her. After obtaining proof that she was indeed the girl Dark Lord was looking for, he unveiled his true identity and kidnapped her. He was in the process of escorting her back to Glaive Castle when Sumo interfered in an attempt to rescue her. Julius knocked him off the airship with a spell, but not before Sumo got a hold of the pendant.
One thing led to another, and Garuda, Dark Lord's pet, reclaims the pendant and delivers it to Glaive Castle. Sumo followed it to there, kills Dark Lord and rescues Fuji. However, Julius casts a mind-control spell on her and forces her to use the pendant to reverse the waterfall. Once he reached the Tree of Mana, he absorbs its power.
Concept art of Julius's second form.
After obtaining Excalibur in Mana Shrine, Sumo arrives to stop Julius. But Julius had already absorbed all of the tree's power, and uses it to split into three clones. Once those are defeated, he transforms into an insect-like demon that shoots lightning. After that, too, is defeated, Julius transforms into a large demonoid head with two floating hands, each of which can cast Nuke every five seconds. However, this form is also defeated, resulting in the death of Julius and the destruction of the Tree of Mana.
Spoilers end here.
Mysterious Man's Fireball.
As the Mysterious Man, he tags along with Sumo. Julius will throw fireballs at enemies while attacking. He will also, when asked, teach Sumo that some walls can be broken with Star or Mattock.
Main article: List of Final Fantasy Adventure Enemies § Julius
During the first of the Final battle's three phases, Julius will make two clones of himself, and the three of them will walk around the area in random directions, shooting fireballs at Sumo. All three Julius incarnations must be killed in order to proceed. In his second form, he flies back and forth across the top half of the screen in a W-pattern, occasionally swooping down on the player if they're in range. He'll also fire bolts of lightning that ricochet diagonally. In his third phase, he will constantly teleport to random locations, and when he appears, he fires two Nuke blasts that homes in on the player.
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A character named Elgo from Final Fantasy Dimensions bears several similarities to Julius, e.g.: being a red mage who is the Avalon Emperor (Julius is a son of an Emperor), and both are guest members, and final bosses of their respective games.
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Oil climbs after five days of losses
Oil prices climbed overnight after five days of declines as the United States and China prepared to sign a preliminary trade deal and as Middle East tensions eased.
Brent futures were up 66 US cents, or 1 per cent, at $US64.86 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 39 US cents, or 0.7 per cent, at $US58.47.
That put WTI front-month futures on track to close below the second month for the first time since November 19, which is known in the trading industry as contango.
In addition, oil also found technical support after WTI fell to a more than five-week low of $US57.72 before bouncing off the 200-day moving average.
The outlook for oil demand was supported by the expected signing of a Phase 1 US-China trade agreement on Wednesday, marking a major step in ending a dispute that has cut global growth and dented demand for oil.
"Oil prices are tentatively rebounding after seller exhaustion kicked (in) as investors await the next developments on the trade front and whether we see a strong pickup with global demand following the phase-one trade deal," Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA in New York, said in a report.
China has pledged to buy more than $US50 billion in energy supplies from the United States over the next two years, according to a source briefed on the trade deal.
Despite the trade dispute, China's crude oil imports in 2019 surged 9.5 per cent from the previous year, setting a record for a 17th straight year as demand growth from new refineries propelled purchases by the world's top importer, data showed.
However, gains were limited as concerns about possible supply disruptions eased due to a decline in tensions in the Middle East.
The recent declines came as investors unwound bullish positions built after the recent killing of a senior Iranian general in a US air strike which sent oil prices to a four-month high earlier this month, said Harry Tchilinguirian, global oil strategist at BNP Paribas in London.
"As geopolitical tensions take a back seat for now, we may see more of the same in the short term," Tchilinguirian told the Reuters Global Oil Forum.
Saudi Arabia's energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, said his country would work for oil market stability amid heightened US-Iranian tensions.
He also said it was too early to talk about whether the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, would continue with production curbs that are due to expire in March.
Separately, US crude oil inventories likely declined by 0.8 million barrels last week, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday.
The poll was conducted ahead of reports from the American Petroleum Institute (API), an industry group, on Tuesday, and the Energy Information Administration on Wednesday.
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Government Economic Policy financial definition of Government Economic Policy
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the strategies and measures adopted by the government to manage the economy as a means of achieving its economic objectives. In general terms governments are concerned with (at the macro-level) securing full employment (see UNEMPLOYMENT), price stability (see INFLATION), ECONOMIC GROWTH and BALANCE OF PAYMENTS equilibrium, and (at the micro-level) an efficient use of resources. In practice, given the complexities of the economy and its exposure to international influences, the simultaneous achievement of all these objectives is virtually impossible, so that a degree of prioritizing is required. Inevitably, political as well as economic considerations will influence this process.
Various general measures can be employed by governments to achieve their objectives, including FISCAL POLICY (the manipulation of tax rates and government expenditure), MONETARY POLICY (the control of the money supply and interest rates), PRICES AND INCOMES POLICIES (controls on costs and prices) and the management of the EXCHANGE RATE to influence the country's external trade and payments position. These policies are augmented at a more specific level by measures designed to encourage industrial investment, research and development and enterprise, and to protect consumers' interests; see INDUSTRIAL POLICY, REGIONAL POLICY, COMPETITION POLICY.
Fiscal and monetary policies, the main measures used by successive governments in the UK since 1945, operate on the level and distribution of spending in the economy. They are thus essentially demand-side measures. In recent years greater emphasis has been given to the need to improve the supply-side of the economy, reflected, in particular, by attempts to inject greater flexibility into the workings of the labour market by breaking down the power of trade union monopolies.
The government's economic policy is formulated and coordinated through the office of the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, the TREASURY and the BANK OF ENGLAND and implemented through more specialized agencies such as the OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS etc. See BUSINESS CYCLE, MONETARISM.
The strategies and measures adopted by the government to manage the economy as a means of achieving its economic objectives. In general terms, governments are concerned with (at the macro-level) securing full employment (see UNEMPLOYMENT), price stability (see INFLATION), ECONOMIC GROWTH and BALANCE OF PAYMENTS equilibrium, and (at the micro-level) an efficient use of resources. In practice, given the complexities of the economy and its exposure to international influences, the simultaneous achievement of all these objectives is virtually impossible, so a degree of prioritizing is required. Inevitably, political as well as economic considerations will influence this process.
The priority accorded to different economic objectives will reflect the ideology of the ruling government (which at the extremes could range from democratically elected to non-elected dictatorships). Governments with a broadly left-wing ideology tend to favour widespread state ownership of the means of production and detailed intervention in the economy as a means of achieving their economic objectives; while governments with a broadly right-wing ideology tend to favour limited state ownership and minimum government intervention in the economy, relying instead on the market mechanism (see ECONOMIC SYSTEM). In practice, most countries have a MIXED ECONOMY, featuring both public and private sectors.
The pursuit of purely economic objectives by governments needs to be tempered by the various value judgements or views that governments hold about, for example, the most appropriate distribution of income between citizens (see INCOME DISTRIBUTION) and the effects of their policies on particular subgroups within the community and the desirability of helping some groups at the expense of others. Governments also hold different value judgements with regard to the priority accorded to national defence, law and order, protection of the environment, and many other noneconomic issues. All these so-called ‘normative’ elements can have an impact on the formulation of economic objectives and policies (see NORMATIVE ECONOMICS).
At the MACROECONOMIC POLICY level, various general measures can be used by governments operating in mixed economies to achieve their objectives, including FISCAL POLICY (the manipulation of tax rates and government expenditure), MONETARY POLICY (the control of the money supply and interest rates), PRICES AND INCOMES POLICIES (controls on costs and prices) and the management of the EXCHANGE RATE to influence the country's external trade and payments position. The UK government's economic policy is formulated and coordinated through the office of the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, the TREASURY and the BANK OF ENGLAND, and implemented through more specialized agencies such as the OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS, etc. These policies are augmented at a more specific level by measures designed to encourage industrial investment, research and development and enterprise, and to protect consumers’ interests (see INDUSTRIAL POLICY, REGIONAL POLICY, COMPETITION POLICY).
Fiscal and monetary policies, the main measures used by successive governments in the UK since 1945, operate on the level and distribution of spending in the economy. They are thus essentially demand-side measures. In recent years, greater emphasis has been given to the need to improve the supply side of the economy, reflected, in particular, by attempts to inject greater flexibility into the workings of the labour market by breaking down the power of trade union monopolies. See WELFARE ECONOMICS, SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS, MICROECONOMIC POLICY, MONETARISM, NEW AND OLD PARADIGM ECONOMICS.
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The strike, which follows social unrest in Bolivia, Honduras and Ecuador in the last month, was called by labor unions and social activists to protest government economic policy.
Six die in clashes
Alliance chairman Julian Burrell said: ``If the trade is to be recognised as a major earner and employer for the UK economy then it is vital that we inform and influence Government economic policy at all levels.
Plan to forge tourism links
The current dominant paradigm influencing academic thought and government economic policy, neoclassical economics, focuses on the market forces that effect economic exchange.
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Covid-19 Deaths Top 45,000
Iran’s Health Ministry on Monday recorded over 450 deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 in one day, pushing the national toll past 45,000, as the country entered the third day of nationwide restrictions to curb the pandemic.
“Within 24 hours, 12,460 new coronavirus infections were registered, taking the tally of cases to over 866,000,” Health Ministry’s Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari was quoted as saying by ISNA.
Tehran Police Chief Hossein Rahimi said the new protocols imposed since Saturday have reduced movement in the capital of Tehran by 50% during the day and by 70% at night.
The police have also started to enforce the mandatory facemask wearing order issued over the summer by the National Coronavirus Taskforce.
During the first two days of the partial lockdown, “some 2,600 residents of the capital who had not covered their face have been detected by surveillance cameras,” Rahimi said.
“Over 36,000 text messages have been sent to residents who violated the night curfew,” he said, noting that each has been handed out a fine of 2 million rials ($7.8).
The government has imposed a curfew from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. in cities hit hardest by the pandemic to curb infections and prevent public gatherings, which according to health officials, account for 51% of transmissions.
The police chief said, “Passengers using the subway have dropped by 25%.” The scheme also requires the presence of one-third of employees in offices, which has helped reduce movements in the overcrowded city.
“The restrictive measures, if strictly enforced, can decrease hospital visits in two weeks and the death rate in one month,” Lari said.
Asymptomatic Carriers
As the cold weather drives more and more people into enclosed spaces where ventilation is poor, Alireza Zali, the head of Tehran’s Coronavirus Taskforce, warned that younger members of the family could be silent carriers of the coronavirus.
“Family gatherings are one of the main avenues of transmission. Due to their strong immune system, younger people can be dangerous and active carriers of SARS-CoV-2,” he added.
Zali noted that the presence of the elderly in family gatherings can increase Covid-19 death rates in the country and asked the public not to hold or attend private social events.
“More than 610,000 have recovered from the respiratory illness and 5,812 are in critical condition,” Lari said.
“Laboratories throughout the nation have conducted 5.82 million coronavirus tests since the virus was first spotted in the country.”
Worldwide coronavirus infections surpassed 59 million on Monday and deaths reached 1.39 million.
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Naira Badalian
Electricity tariff in Armenia to be reduced by 5.9%: New price revision possible no sooner than on August 1 2017
ArmInfo. Public Service Regulatory Committee approved the method of calculating the tariff of electricity supply by power generating facilities on June 15. Later today, the watchdog will be discussing the electricity price for the population with public organizations. The final decision on the recommended prices will be adopted on June 24. The price will come into effect on August 1.
It was reported earlier that Public Service Regulatory Committee suggests reducing both day and night prices by 2.58 drams to 46.20drams (from 48.78drams) and 36.20drams (from 38.78drams) respectively. The decision will come into force on August 1.
The Committee disseminated a statement wherein it says that it has recalculated the tariffs of the big power generating plants, the service providers in the energy market and the Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC considering the power generation balance for Aug 12016 -Aug 1 2017, import and export of electric power, the change of the gas price, heat power, and other factors.
Earlier, Garegin Baghramyan, Head of the PSRC Tariff Policy Department, told ArmInfo this time the PSRC itself initiated the revision of the current electricity prices with due regard for 3
factors influencing the electricity price formation. "The first factor is the condition of the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA), including modernization and the need to compensate for the 23.4 bln AMD damage, which should be compensated for within 1 year, according to the decision taken," Baghramyan said. The second factor is the new natural gas tariff that will come into effect on 1 July 2016, which will influence the tariffs of the thermal power plants. The third factor is the scheduled suspension of the Armenian NPP's activities for maintenance and refueling for 120 days instead of 40 days. "To understand the given factor, I should say that the need arises to replace 350 mln kWh electricity generated at the ANPP with more
expensive electricity," he says. It is due to the third factor that the electricity tariffs before 1 Aug 2015 cannot be restored, he said.
On May 31, the Public Services Regulatory Commission of Armenia (PSRC) made decision on changes in the gas tariffs. The new terms will come into force on 1 July 2016. The gas tariff for the Armenian consumers will decline by 9.3 AMD per 1 cu m. Tariffs for households
consuming up to 10 thsd cu m of gas per month was reduced from 156 to 146.7 AMD per 1 cu m. The gas tariff for the subscribers consuming over 10 thsd cu m of gas reduced from 276.98 to 257.56 USD in AMD equivalent (at the AMD/USD exchange rate as of the 25th day of the
previous month. The tariff includes VAT).
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The Story of the World’s First Emoji
A new Standards Manual book charts how emoji designed by Shigetaka Kurita became the commonplace tools for emotional expression
Madeleine Morley
Spread from Standard Manual's 'Emoji'
In 2016, the Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired 176 miniature drawings of faces, objects, and abstract places, all illustrated on a tiny 12×12 pixel grid. There are googly eyes, zodiac symbols, and oddly familiar smiles constructed from simple lines and square dots. At a first glance this new addition to MoMA’s collection might feel unlikely and strange, but after a closer look, you’ll recognize something important in the little, crude forms: they’re the original emoji, designed in Japan in 1999 by Shigetaka Kurita at the Japanese telecommunications company NTT DOCOMO. These pixelated smiles are the great grandparents of the emoji that we now know so well, and the forms that would go on to revolutionise—and humanize— the way we communicate.
Heart emoji, new and old. Image courtesy Standards Manual.
The Standards Manual imprint (the publisher behind reissues of the EPA and NASA graphic standards manuals) has just announced that it’s putting out a book of the original emoji, along with a smartphone keyboard that makes the set available on iPhone and Android for the first time. Simply called Emoji, this new release, currently generating funds on Kickstarter, honors Kurita’s creation and explores how communication icons have evolved with technology—charting how emoji have become the commonplace tools for emotional expression.
For those of you that had mobile devices in the mid-90s, you can probably remember how primitive the technology was compared to today’s: low-resolution screens only displayed black and white text, a glaring green light shimmering in the background. Mobile phones had one function and one function only: to make a call. Texting—or playing snake, in slightly later devices—was secondary.
“In 1998, Japan was far ahead of the rest of the world in terms of technology and they had much more advanced devices,” says Paul Galloway, MoMA’s architecture and design collection specialist, and part of the team that acquired Kurita’s design. “NTT DOCOMO had a really successful pager called the Pocket Bell, which displayed the first emoji—a heart. When they started to make the push into a truly mobile internet—a software platform called i-mode—they knew that they wanted a killer app or feature that would grab the attention of people in Japan.”
Emoji, NTT DOCOMO, designed by Shigetaka Kurita in 1998/9.
And so the first set of emoji was born, created by i-mode development lead Kurita, who proposed an ingenious way to incorporate images in the limited space on the screen. There was the sad face, the key, the bomb, and the enigmatic yellow cat. Released in 1999, these picture characters were an instant success—quickly copied by rival companies across the country. Within a few months, emoji was a phenomenon in Japan—used by kids far and wide. Other countries wouldn’t catch up until 2011 when Apple added emoji functionality to its iOS messaging app, and an international explosion of blushing, yellow smilies took place.
Kurita was informed by pictograms when designing the original icons, and he reused and repurposed existing forms like the cigarette shape from a ‘No Smoking’ sign. He also pulled from text emoticons like those used since the 80s, as well as manga and typographic forms. “It’s interesting that he designed them on a 12 x 12 grid, which is the exact same grid that Susan Kare used when she designed the original icons for Mac iOS,” notes Galloway. “This gives you an idea of how simple phone devices were at the time: a device from 1998-99 is roughly as powerful as a computer from 15 years before. We’ve now collapsed that difference and a portable devise is not drastically weaker than a laptop or desktop.”
Shigetaka Kurita sketches for NTT DOCOMO
DOMOCO developed three types of icons: images for content delivery (like weather icons, so that the user could see whether it was raining or shining), menu items (like arrows or an envelope symbolizing mail), and expressions for communication (smileys, like those we use today).
“We don’t rely on emoji to tell us the weather, the phases of the moon, or the signs of the zodiac now, so that content delivery aspect of their original conception is no longer necessary,” says Galloway. “The emotional communication—raised fists, smiley face, the heart—is what has become hugely important.” The functionality of the i-mode system was vital for the beginning of the mobile internet, but so far as how we use emoji now, what DOCOMO’s set established was a new kind of nuance in written communication, a set of signs to help us to understand one another on a distinctly emotional level even while hundreds of miles apart.
Spread from Standard Manual’s ‘Emoji’
“Writing by text electronically is a deeply inhuman way to communicate,” adds Galloway. “We are built as animals to look at each other, to smell each other, to respond to non-verbal ques. Japan is a very formal society—in writing, there are all these salutations and formal ways of addressing someone, which 10 years ago especially, you couldn’t do on a tiny screen.” DOCOMO’s emoji become an incredibly efficient way of short cutting those requirements.
“They are also so abstract that they lend themselves to multiple interpretations. The faces are clearly the most abstract and basic information that you need to make a face: eyeballs and a mouth. There are no intonations of race or nationality or age. Now that you have emoji where there are all these attempts to include new forms—like a woman in a hijab, a dumpling, a taco—there’s this continual embrace of more and more, but actually I think that starts closing off some of the looseness that made these original emojis so powerful.” Galloway notes that if you head to places like Twitter Tracker to see which emoji are the most used, the most popular are still the ones derived from DOCOMO’s set, like the laughing face with tears streaming from its eyes.
Emoji old and new, image courtesy of Standards Manual.
Shortly after DOCOMO’s emoji hit the scene, essential classics like the poop emoji appeared in Japan to the delight of users, and many more facial expressions were added to create even more expressive distinction. Many of the original Japanese icons are still very clearly felt in the emoji that we now know and love. As Galloway points out, you can still find traces that derive from Japanese characters and forms; their entrenched cultural meaning is often lost on users in the rest of the world.
“The red-faced devil is a Kabuki mask for example, which has a specific meaning in Japan: everyone knows that one character for his arrogance and his brashness. Users in the West might think it’s a malicious devil. There is also the hot springs icon, and the cherry blossoms: both have very specific connotations.
“I find it fascinating how language can begin in one place—or in this case, forms with a specific use—and then once it gets out there into the world, it’s no longer in the hands of the creator. It’s in the hands of people: they make their own meaning from it.”
Standard Manual’s ‘Emoji’
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Royal Constitution
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Article Seven: The Louisiana Modus Vivendi and Social Order
Section One: A Complete State
Provision One: There are many powers not so fairly exercised by the Federal American Empire of the United States which can properly be exercised by the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana. The Kingdom of the State of Louisiana and its many sister polities in the Federal Empire have the advantage of allowing persons to move from one polity, to transact business, work, study vacation and to change citizenship. This somewhat costly federal reality is both in history and in present practice a very significant part of the liberty of many free citizens throughout history and of free citizens of this Federal Union and Empire. That kind of liberty which is derived from the capacity to choose a polity is enhanced when the choice is from among truly distinct polities rather than blending them into one another to form a single uniform whole. As it is the Constitution of the Empire imposes some limits on diversity between the polities in the Union and the Government and Imperial House will each seek to have an influence over the life of the whole of society throughout the Empire. However, this Kingdom of the State of Louisiana will not consider it particularly horrible as a matter of policy if some significant numbers of it citizens move to sister polities throughout its future to pursue happiness. It is no willing to be a mere shadow of a kingdom and state that will suit everyone equally.
Provision Two: In this Kingdom of the State of Louisiana there will be a set of twelve mandates of the Constitution here listed which go to the quality of life in the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana and its flavor as a polity which shall ever be incorporated into the Louisiana Royal Civil Code and which shall not be promoted for their own sake as a set of mandates as a larger agenda for the Empire and Union. These mandates shall be enforced by the police courts and others as constitutional law only when failure to enforce them as other forms of law has failed. These are the Twelve Mandates of the Modus Vivendi:
Mandate One: The Kingdom of Louisiana Driver’s License or Standard Identification Card shall have the name, social security number, a racial description, the sex and age of the holder and a code for the family associations to which the holder belongs. This shall be linked to the holder’s Honor Code and Racial Code status. Citizens of the Minor Compact of Louisiana are to be made welcome in all public buildings and spaces although they may be restricted to special sections and uses and required to observe other details of the Racial Code as required.
Mandate Two: The force of criminal law will be exercised if necessary in the following regard: All Women who wear a single monochromatic drab cover in public buildings and spaces must be adults who have made a free and public commitment to a harem, monastery, convents or other autonomous chartered domestic regimes but may not be adolescents, girls or single women. Veiling the entire body and face shall be illicit in public and discouraged everywhere. Women shall not be prohibited from sharing publicly funded or general access swimming pools of an athletic or social type with men but may be kept in separate facilities as regards smaller soaking, therapeutic, or similar tubs, pools or tanks. All schools which educate girls must have effective physical education programs for girls in which participation, effectiveness and outlay of funds must be at least one third of that quantifiable for boys but not equal to them. No municipal or quasi-public entity may prohibit in their boundaries public dancing between the sexes.
Mandate Three: Full-time work in employment law will be defined for women as thirty eight hours per week and for men as forty-four. Women shall be entitled to ten sickness and individual crisis days in a standard labor contract year and men to only eight days and a woman shall add two days for every child she has and two for being currently and legitimately married. With every degree of nobility from High Squire to King with a simpler scale for the other forms of nobility a person of either sex shall add a sickness individual crisis day. Employers and employees have a waivable right to be addressed by any titles or honorifics recognized in law. In all cases of compensation for work where not otherwise provided by lawful contract a woman shall earn 90 percent of what a man earns for the same position, a Noble shall earn a bonus of five percent, a White shall earn the standard rate, a North East Asian 95% of that rate, a Territorial or Colored Citizen 90% and a Possessions or Black Citizen 85%. A minor shall earn 80% of an adult’s wages for the same post. All of these differentials shall be cumulative. Overtime work shall be compensated at higher rate than the work under the full-time limit, the differential shall not be less than ten percent.
Mandate Four: Killing in a duel fully licensed and compliant with all the processes of the Offices of Ritual Confrontation shall carry no criminal liability and can be done on any chartered Lists or dueling ground throughout the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana. This process shall always include a published challenge, Selection of Seconds. This phase shall precede an Honor’s official review, an Official Statement of the Stakes in a Rules Round, a Second Statement of the Stakes and a nonlethal fight and publication of a Mortal Dispute followed by blood tests, eligible donations of blood and a duel with physicians and marshals present. Killing in Vendetta shall also be excused where fully compliant and shall be limited to five duels between the groups, a single skirmish and a set of trials and ordeals with full proprieties observed for each phase, party and event.
Mandate Five: The Kingdom of the State of Louisiana will use such influence and skills and authority as it may possess to prevent the taxation on Income, Capital Gains, or Inheritance above thirty percent from any of its citizen-subjects on any occasion to any party. However, the Kingdom shall have the power not known in the republic to require the wealthy and fortunate at the higher levels to incur prescribed and listed expenses, establish charities they will command and to endow family associations. The difference from taxing the money is that their autonomy and personality are preserved more than their money and wealth and their money may be preserved without complete freedom of enjoyment. The Kingdom of the State of Louisiana will never tax income in a manner with more than three grades with the top being twenty percent. Corporations shall have a five percent differential in the assurances of this Mandate and not in their favor.
Mandate Six: Entail shall be permitted in the State of the Kingdom of Louisiana but must be positively established with an inheritance tax special fee paid in advance, a chartered house, fealty to the King by any due liege line, set-aside plans for those not inheriting which lessen the income or chattels of the Entailed Estate and all entailed estates and titles are presumed severable unless a union is positively established in the legislature. The presumption is not towards primogeniture but four-fold Arcadian-Acadian Conformity. No more than ten percent of the lands of the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana may ever be entailed. Marriage and Licensed Maitressage or Concubinage create communities of property in which the spouses hold some property on their own and some in the community. In Marriage there is a presumption that all the properties are subject to the marital regime as a whole and in a Maitressage or Concubinage the regime only covers properties and wealth assigned to it by instrument. The man is head of the marital regime as a whole and the community portion but not the woman’s personal portion. Marriage, Maitressage and Concubinage are covenants only available to an adult man and an adult woman publicly contracted. The children of a woman are legally those of her donated ova, those given up for adoption, those she adopts and those born to her whom she retains as her legal children and this is the scale of her obligation to the children which is never nothing but is minimal at the low end. The legal distinctions of a man’s children are the children of donated semen to whom he owes medical records. Then bastards born of fleeting and irregular sexual congress to whom he owes at minimum a claim of one third of his estate divided among all other bastards or the claim of eighteen years of the formula minimum of child support in the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana as well as medical records. Then illegitimate children born of consensual sex with dependents, protégés, employees or girlfriends in the American sense to whom he owes all that he owes a bastard as well as the lowest membership rights in his family association. Then there are natural children born of Mistresses, Concubines and Junior Plural Wives who have all right to public acknowledgement, must be left far better off than would be the case if they are illegitimate but are limited to the provisions of the Covenant. Legitimate children are the children of a Married Couple. Two thirds of a wife’s non-entailed private property is forced heirship to her children in her estate. Of that two-thirds forced, two-thirds goes to her daughters and a third to her sons but the surviving husband shall have a usufruct thereof for ten years and she will have free reign over the third not forced in her will. Two-thirds of a husband’s non-entailed private property is forced heirship to his children in her estate and of that two-thirds goes to his sons and a third to his daughters but the surviving wife shall have a usufruct thereof for life if she does not remarry and ten years even if she does and the husband will have free reign over the third not forced in his will. The Community Property is subject to the will of the parties after any has been set aside to be inherited by a surviving spouse equal to rebuttably presumed portion of one half and not to be less than a third nor more than two-thirds of the deceased spouse’s estate and the surviving house shall in turn for this inheritance return up to one fourth of what is found to be his or her share of the community property after a usufruct their of as a quittance as the executor may define as necessary to the integrity of the estate. The estate of a deceased spouse shall inherit from another deceased spouse half the spouse’s portion had they been alive and like all other heirs than a surviving spouse shall inherit only after the aside in proportion to the share of any disabled persons among the heirs. The law shall be to distribute intestate properties so that half goes to the surviving spouse and half to the children after a life usufruct by the surviving unmarried spouse or ten year usufruct by a remarried spouse. The lots for families with less than five children shall include a half lot added to the number of the children with that half lot going to the oldest child and in families of more than five children there shall be an addition of one lot going to the oldest child so that among eight children the oldest shall receive two-ninths and all others one ninth of the estate.
Mandate Seven: The Law of Ancient Lights shall henceforth be in effect in the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana which may be waived by contract and is to be narrowly interpreted. The preservation of all species larger than a microbe naturally occurring in the State shall be a matter of policy. Pollution and excessive wastage shall be criminal acts and disorderly acts depending on their gravity and intentionality.
Mandate Eight: The right of associations to conduct their own affairs as regards activities which are recreational and social shall be presumed to be very great. There shall be no presumption of rights of access to those with whom members would rather not associate. However, this shall be mitigated by a duty to admit for annual formal announced visits members of the Royal House, Peer-Electors and members of the Petit Court to which they belong of any description in a formal reception which officers and most members must attend and the club or association must pay for when such rights or requested by the due representatives of such persons.
Mandate Nine: No woman may be prosecuted for acts of harm to the developing infant which result from reckless of irresponsible behavior directed toward an end which is not related to harming the developing infant. Nor can she be sued for such harms except on behalf of the child and with the consent of the child’s father once it is born. The Kingdom of the State of Louisiana will operate safe drop zones at all royal chaplain principal sites, hospitals and Manors of Peer-Electors where a mother can abandon her healthy child legally and safely for two weeks after birth complying with procedure and escaping criminal and civil liabilities for the act and at least most civil responsibilities for the child. The Kingdom of the State of Louisiana may not prohibit the sale of condoms freely to adults nor the sale of condoms to girls under age who are sexually active by their doctors. The Kingdom of the State of Louisiana shall not prohibit the sale of contraceptive or contra-implantive devices or medicines duly prescribed to women except as these are abortifacients of implanted foetuses or as limited in this mandate. No unemancipated minor shall receive such contraceptives without the consent of the parent. No wife mistress of concubine who has been a spouse for more than one year and has no children by the man to whom she is joined shall receive such contraceptives without the consent of her husband. No procedure may be performed which produces sterility without informing any spouse concerned, but in the case of an emergency this can be done after the fact. Where carrying a pregnancy to term threatens the life of the mother they physican may treat the mother in a way which will be fatal to the foetus however this must be documented and where there is a possibility of delivering a viable baby it must be pursued. Only Physicians may perform a procedure which kills a foetus except in an extreme and unpredictable emergency. A husband or the keeper of a Mistress or Concubine may sue any physician for foeticide and it will be the duty of the physician to prove that such procedure did not generate liability if the fact of its occurrence is established. No abortive implements or devices may be anywhere but an inventoried safe when not in use or cleaning. The physicians who perform such abortions as previously described alone may file with the Louisiana Institute of Health a Memorandum of Recommended Abortion and describe why the health and safety of the mother is at risk in carrying the pregnancy to term. This record shall include the name and identity numbers of the expectant mother and the physician may arrange to have the patient sent to a Constitutional Jurisdiction where such procedures may be performed. Any woman having three such procedures is ineligible for more and after a fourth may be forcibly sterilized or compelled to agree to a different regime of life which is enforceable. No physician may recommend more than ten of these per year and no hospital or clinic may have more than five such authorized physicians attached all of whom shall be certified by the Louisiana Health Institute. No transsexual or gender reassignment surgeries shall be performed in the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana and Hermaphrodite correction surgeries shall be recorded with the Louisiana Institute of Health. No organ transplantation or harvesting shall be undertaken except in full compliance with the rules of the Louisiana Institute of Health. Children may not be permanently sterilized deliberately and where this occurs wrongly or accidentally it must be recorded with the Louisiana Health Institute. The Kingdom of Louisiana may compel people to receive immunizing vaccines and injections which carry small but real risks at any age where warranted by reason of public health. Sterilization may be a punishment for crime where the condemned already has children, has committed three or more crimes showing sexual or other lack of order and responsibility, has no great or extraordinary known wealth, valued rare traits and has resisted a previous warning and is either unable to provide well for existing children or else has engaged in rape or illicit seduction. Such cases must be reviewed by the Court of Appeals before sentence is executed.
Mandate Ten: There are rights which are exempt from the usual laws of violence. A husband or the Keeper of a Mistress or Concubine is allowed to use sufficient force to achieve coitus against his woman’s resistance. The Keeper of a Mistress or Concubine may paddle her in accord with the terms of the Covenant and rules of the Offices of Placement and Liaison. A woman may spank her child formally or swat them lightly from the age of two to the age of seven and a father from seven to fourteen with a very serious presumption that such force is right and justified. Any man making unlawful sexual advances to a woman more than four degrees above him in rank may be flogged with a light cane by a protector who does no serious injury and can show this was the cause, or be flogged publicly by the court’s officers if found guilty of such an offense. Territorials and colored men making such advances to white women may be so treated by the court but not spontaneously. Black men making such advances to White or North East Asian Women may be struck so spontaneously or after mere indictment on probable cause by officers of the courts. Any man may in the eyes of the law formally court or pay sexual attention to any woman even for illicit acts or states without allowing this Mandate to take effect, only when the advances themselves are fraudulent, violent, coercive, or take advantage of conditions so obtained shall this Mandate have effect. Acts classified as desecration of sacred sites, objects or persons of a civil or purely religious sacred quality may be met with light force not otherwise permitted.
Mandate Eleven: The meetings of the Petit Courts, Bicameral State Legislature and the GAMPR in each new session shall begin with a ceremony of optional in which there are readings of the Old Testament in Hebrew by a licensed Rabbi and in Greek by an Orthodox Priest after which prayers are said for the Royal House in Latin by a Roman Catholic Deacon. The Maitresse des Rites shall then assign an interpretive reader with musicians to perform a brief scene from Louisiana Royal History. There will then be a reading of the same texts from the Old Testament in the French Douay-Rheims and Bible de Jerusalem, from a Spanish Bible and from the King James Version. The Royal Chaplain or one of his Assistants will speak briefly about these texts. There will be a distribution of copies of the Constitution to new members of the body or their agents and a salute to all due colors and standards. Then there will be a reading from the New Testament in French and English. Next prayers in Greek will be made for the King or Queen who is full Sovereign. Then a toast will made to the Roi de la Louisiane even in an interregnum and it shall be drunk and glasses shattered on a wall hearth set aside for this. One tenth of the pay of legislators shall derive from the portion of their Attendance at Tuesdays on the Floor where Debates, speeches and conversations shall occur in each chamber as the rules and Code decree from eight a.m. to five p.m. in very week of regular session with the hour from twelve to one counting as a Luncheon break. During these sessions only French and Spanish may be spoken before nine. English. French, Spanish and German will be spoken from nine to ten and then English only till noon. English will again be the only language from one to three and then French and English from three to four. The last hour may be reserved by any language caucus. The record will translate these conversations as all bills, laws and official memoranda will appear in a diglot format of both French and English and each Chamber shall employ interpreters and a system of headphones for the Tuesdays on the Floor. On other days the floor and committees shall proceed in English or the Royal dialect thereof with no prejudice to greetings, long quote or colorful illustrations from other languages.
Mandate Twelve: The Social and Economic priorities of each administration and Governor and Legislature are to conform where possible to the overall plan of the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana. That plan is specified here in these provisions of this Mandate.
First, this polity is to benefit from and support the necessary arrangements related to the fact that the Roi and King is also Basileus and Emperor.
Second, this polity wishes to prioritize the opportunities and meet the responsibilities related to the vast drainage of rivers into the Gulf in its borders. Projects for an ecological wonder in the islands, marshes, estuaries and swamps, for fishing, managed extractions, water projects and large scale shipping receive permanent priority of attention and resources. So is the overall integration of all of this into a permanent, growing and vibrant Coast and wetlands region. Further to fortify this coast against modern warfare and the rivers from hostile invasion while securing shelters for civilians and biodiversity is also a part of this commitment.
Third, this regime while it lasts rejects much of modern capitalism and socialism. Planned and directed economics with fiscal discipline and free markets is sought. We seek to add value and opportunity through government sponsored projects to work and communities centered on agriculture, aquaculture, hunting, navigation and shipping. The role of part-time warrior programs and festival sponsorship is in part to secure these things.
Fourth, we seek to allow a diversity of tourism, artistic and cultural industries to exist together and rely on government to support them. The sale of otherwise banned narcotic and related substances and legal prostitution in the Kingdom of Louisiana if permitted at all will be on Imperial or royal sites so chartered or else in Casinos duly licensed which have offsetting family programs on another site and meet stringent health and safety requirements. Prostitution shall be narrowly interpreted and there shall be a Guild of Courtesans conforming to regulations of the Maitresse des Rites.
Fifth, while oil, gas and sulfur remain the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana will seek to use some funds garnered to promote the best practices in their extraction refinement and consumption. One percent of all funds the State receives from minerals taxes, fees and severance will go to building an infrastructure of waste gas, solar, tidal, wind and geothermal energy installations in a real and working network across the polity.
Section Two: Citizen-Subject Education
Subsection One: The Administration of Education and the Polity’s Permanent Policy Objectives
Provision One: The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall receive in a set aside and apart from all budgeting ten percent of all proceeds from the Perpetuity fund and the same percentage from the General Education Support Agency. One percent of these funds will be spent outside the polity in the other Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Louisiana Minor Compact to support programs that the board deems worthy, productive and of interest to the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana. Those funds spent in the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana will be spent first on teacher professional development, recertification and enrichment programs. There shall also be outlays on curricula development and the distribution and contracting for learning materials and textbooks. A large online infrastructure will be devised with tutorial materials and other assets available to schools, classes and directly to students and teachers. These funds shall also support a menu of ongoing and coordinated field trips, academic competitions for small scholarship prizes and athletic clinics for the general student bodies of all or most schools. Further they shall support military, music and art education camps with scholarships and various levels of pay in the summer. There will also be a Homeschoolers Support network of online services and directions to field trip sites.
Provision Two: The School Boards of each Parish or special District shall cooperate with BESE and the Governor’s Secretary of Education to produce a school system that is in some degree autonomous.
Provision Three: There will be a transitioning model of the school experience which will occur over time and in different ways in each School District and as various State Administrations support or resist it but the model put forth by the Kingdom shall predominate as the goal for at least one hundred years supposing this regime to endure that long. That model is indicated very broadly in these next sentences of this Section:
1. School shall start on August 15 and end on June 1 or the first Monday after each of these dates each year that they shall fall on Saturday and Sunday. When students enroll their enrollment will be announced to their family associations and when they are promoted to the next grade that notice shall be sent as well.
2. Tuesday through Friday in lower elementary school students shall attend academic subjects in their regular building but on Monday will go to the Parish Learning Center for three long classes in Athletics, Community Learning and Religious Education. Monday through Wednesday in upper elementary school students shall attend academic subjects in their regular building but on Thursday will go to the Parish Learning Center for their three long classes in Athletics, Community Learning and Religious Education and will return to school on Friday. The Middle School Students will go to the Parish Learning Center for these classes Wednesday and remain at school on the other days. The High School students will have their Learning Center Day on Friday. Teachers at regular schools will use their students’ day at the Learning Center to prepare lessons, meet with parents and hold professional conferences. The Learning Center Teachers will do the same on Tuesday will be such a day of Preparation for Learning Center Teachers.
3. Athletics class will try to interface and synergize with sports and physical education programs which will continue at the school and to support athletic competitions. In High school ten percent of all athletic classes will be military or paramilitary training. BESE and the Royal House will approve in a generic quality sort of way all religious education programs which will be provided by registered religious institutions to their adherents. Those with no religious affiliation or no approved teachers will be required to take the Royal Chaplains Default Course which will cover ritual literacy, basic comparative religion, the civil religion of the polity and the Religious history of the Royal House. Community Learning will have two parts first will be BESE Regional Knowledge Courses in the Geography, Demography, Economics, Ecological Studies and Military History of the region. The other half will be paid and unpaid speakers and demonstrators from the local community.
4. Until sixth grade boys and girls will take all classes together. Seating will be such that all have access to learning but races and sexes are often divided and sometimes not. In Sixth grade they shall have some physical education classes together and some separately. They shall then also begin a Sex and Sexuality class meeting one hour each week at their regular school which will increase to two hours each week in High school. All students will be required to take a class in social dancing in eighth grade learning formal folk and ballroom dances between partners of the opposite sex.
5. In Eighth Grade students will be requested and urged to come to school on August first. There they shall be evaluated based on tests, group drills and all available data from old school records and parent interviews. This will include projections based on regional, family, class, sex and racial propensities. Each student will be given a tentative assessment on ten binary set of data:
a. High Social Functioning in School or Not
b. High Intelligence as related to Academic Aptitude or Not
c. High Degree of attachment of all types to the local site and economy or Not
d. Mostly Happy and Well Adjusted or Not
e. Tends to overachieve potential or Not
f. Aspires to higher social status and wealth than is most projected or Not.
6. In High School every student will have a major and a minor which will guide their studies and schedule to the degree they can and no two or incompatible not any order among the two. The categories can all serve as Majors and Minors. These categories are:
a. University Preparation on State funded Fast Track for the really exceptional.
b. University Preparation
c. Technical School Preparation
d. Apprenticeship increasing support
e. Family and domestic studies
f. Entrepreneurship
g. Agriculture and Environmental Management
h. Military preparation
i. Marginal Function Survival and Opportunity Program
j. Arts Education for Early Career Artists
k. Sports Learning and Profession Preparation
Subsection Two: Universal and Public Education
Provision One: There will be a one half of one mil property tax on all real properties in each parish, a one percent inheritance tax on all estate successions whatever in every Parish, a one percent tax on all fuels and energy sales whatever in every parish which shall by right go directly to the School Board or else first to the principal School Board and secondarily to special School District as may exist. These funds must be combined with ten percent of all proceeds from the Sovereign Fund and the Perpetuity Fund which will be divided among the School Boards of the State according to a formula in the Louisiana Royal Civil Code.
Provision Two: The Language of Instruction shall be English with numerous required exceptions. Every School Board must provide at least one French Immersion Elementary and Middle School and A Spanish Laboratory for native and non-native speakers and those in the sway area of the Petit Court der Herzog des Fleuzenbanken must provide a Laboratory and may provide an immersion school in German. All students in the first grade should be able to draw on a stable of teachers who are available to give them some instruction in any native language they may have if the local stable of talent has such a teacher.
Provision Three: Students in the public schools will wear uniforms. These shall be determined but the local school board. There shall also be a school board publication of the code of conduct for teachers and students.
Provision Four: BESE shall evaluate all home school associations, religious schools, private schools and other schools in each parish to see to what degree they achieve what BESE seeks to achieve in education and on that basis will certify these schools in one of four categories as to their capacity to share public school board resources. These are the minimal infrastructure and advice category, the transport and special materials category, the professional development and laboratories and the as much as available category. However, the public schools will always receive top priority in the distribution of resources.
Provision Five: Public schools may summon a parent to paddle a child or may act in loco parentis with specific consent of the parent. A child is allowed three significant breaches of discipline in each year before they go on the child’s record. Should this number be reached the others occurring that year will be recorded and when this total number of all years reaches twenty then a student forfeits the right to a public education. Such students are to be on probation and it is to be seen if their families own enterprises in which a traditional living is earned with little formal education and if so the Community Studies program shall take the child in for half his or her classes in preparation for this life for as long as the child remains at school with only academic courses in the rest of the time. Otherwise the school will begin to interact with the Royal Apprenticeships and Labor Schools Agency and to share the child’s education with their programs. Seigneurial schools on Manors must participate in the Parish Learning Center Days and receive BESE support programs directed to them but are not to be interfered with by the School Boards in more than a minimum way.
Provision Six: A student convicted of a felony loses the right to a public education and may be sentenced by a competent to a compulsory labor school until eighteen after being released from the sentence for the crime itself. Each Public School shall have a Discipline Master and the students shall be classified based on the external discipline needed. Before any student is put on drugs for lack of attention he or she must be offered a military style education with light paddling for infractions, marching between classes and drilling twice daily whether at the same school or transported elsewhere. Each school shall also have a Girl’s Programs Director who shall see that all girls in public schools have some sense of the local feminine culture, sexual and childrearing issues and home economics. This includes philosophical attempts to understand a society that is both officially male-dominant and feminist.
Section Three: Home Rule and Domestic Regimes
Provision One: In the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana individual libertarian principles of liberty are less than those of the republic and there are many public standards of behavior. However, one can choose various regimes which were not available before and because of that and other causes this shall be a polity which respects domestic regimes and where possible the choices made by communities within the limits imposed by the Sovereign Kingdom of the State of Louisiana.
Provision Two: All students will be taught in social studies class that it is an ideal for children to have parents who are a happily married mother and father with a good income and an autonomous home closely connected to a community that cares about them. However, they will also be taught that no nearly everyone has nearly everything and in the Senior Year of High School there will be a long class on marriage and its benefits which will also discuss some of the bad things about homosexuality, promiscuity and adultery. However, it will also discuss provisions in the law of the Kingdom whereby a homosexual man or a bisexual man might find social value in a monastery or canonical life or as the husband of a courtesan. Further, it will discuss the life of a socially responsible promiscuous woman who becomes a courtesan. It will discuss the legal protection that women have for lesbian activity between plural wives, mistresses or concubines of the same man. It will be explained that there are regimes which afford privacy and tacit support for behaviors which would be considered antisocial to some degree outside such protections. Female impersonation outside a known entertainment with no ambiguous lines between the performance and the rest of life shall be a minor crime under state law which can be aggravated to a felony. Homosexual acts and any sex act other than coitus is devoid of great intrinsic protections and may more easily be found lewd and prosecuted as such. Sexual abstinence among the young and unmarried is encouraged by society so long as the costs are not too high.
Provision Three: Everyone is to be everywhere informed that there are layers and levels of morality under the law. The Kingdom and State are neither morally neutral nor always right in the highest sense. They are instead moral perspectives which guide the society in which the Citizen-Subject lives and which may not be the inner values of any person in the regime exactly. Therefore they must be treated with respect by persons with a moral framework of associations and an interior moral life.
Section Four: Official Religion
Provision One: The King must be Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox and must affirm an understanding of the Royal House’s declared understanding of the Doctrine of the Two Swords. The rituals of the State and kingdom may often be led by the Royal Chaplain, however, provision will be made for observance of a minimal nature for those not wishing to support traditional Christian religion.
Provision Two: Each Petit Court must support royal rituals held there but may also include one, two or three other faiths as in some sense official religions of the Petit Court. However, in no sense shall these Petit Courts become religious institutions.
Provision Three: In the language on the Rights of Citizens in this Constitution the many assurances of one’s right to worship, to educate one’s clergy, to own a house of assembly and to compete for the honors of the Nobility of the Robe are reserved to all Citizen-Subjects. However, there shall be a short list of Pagan Aboriginal American, Jewish, Anglican and Protestant sites, congregations and offices that along will receive official support as State Exemplars of Faith. However, the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church may receive such informal support as the Royal House can lend them which is not coercive of others in any direct sense. On the other hand, it is not the duty nor in the power of any clergy to set the moral policy of the polity as clergy. No clergy or professional minister of religion may hold a chairmanship in the House of Representatives nor wear clerical garb on it premises if he or she is a member. Among the Senators elected by the people and governments of parishes no more than one per parish may be a member of any religious clergy. The religious education of students will be administered with some biased self interest but no religion shall be deprived of the right to offer religious instruction in the public school system. Catholic Schools will be first served, then other Christian schools, then any Jewish School and then all others when it comes to receiving available support from the public system.
Section Six: Rank and Privilege
The Nobility Associations will have the lawful right and the duty to work on their own and with Royal House to create the conditions of excellence, to ensure the survival, educate the young and promote the soundness of that group of nobility they represent. These Nobles may strive and others may strive against them to create a society more suitable to their own views of what society should be like in the Kingdom of the State of Louisiana. Neither the effortless and static preservation of status nor the promotion of social equality are goals of this regime.
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L-R: Billy Magnussen, Mark Rylance and Tom Hanks awaiting a courtroom verdict. Photo Courtesy of Touchstone Pictures.
Spielberg is an expert at communicating his message with the audience in a visual sense; it also doesn’t hurt that he has the Coen brothers penning the script, which is of course stellar. That being said, this is the kind of movie your dad will love and most likely be his favorite of the year. If you know Spielberg, you know that he has been telling the story of America through his films. Much like 2012’s mega Oscar hit LINCOLN, he uses this story of Abel, the foreign outcast to mirror the issues we are having today in our country with the witch hunts against Muslims. With the former, he dissected civil rights issues in a way that could have been nothing more than a history lesson, but Spielberg once again knows how to get the audience invested.
As the trial approaches and we get to know Donovan and Abel, the logistics of the case unfold. Through side characters, like an assuming Judge (Peter McRobbie) and CIA agent Hoffman (a very good Scott Shepard) we realize the implications this will have on Donovan and his family. The fate of Abel doesn’t consume the story at 2 hours and 15 minutes, there is another plot that reveals itself in a captured pilot (Austin Stowell) as Donavon navigates Eastern Germany in order to make a swap. Wait, there’s more, but at this point I’d just go see the movie.
Tom Hanks and an unknown pursuer in BRIDGE OF SPIES. Photo courtesy of Touchstone Pictures)
For all of Spielberg’s assets, he has his faults. It almost feels criminal calling out one of the most iconic filmmakers to ever walk the planet, but alas, he we are. He has the tendency to be too on the nose with his visual cues that have made him great in the past. It’s the Cold War so naturally Abel and Donovan develop head colds and the visual department even phoned in some computer generated cold breaths while in Europe to hammer the point home.
Even though BRIDGE OF SPIES lacks in re-watchability, the movie is perfectly adequate for its intentions. The digestible story is easy to follow and puts all the complicated x’s and o’s into laymen’s terms for dopes like me to understand. No way would I be able to process a film like TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. This will undoubtedly be given a push for Oscar season and rightfully so– it’s right up the Academy’s alley. However, this a by-the-numbers depiction of the Cold War that shows what makes us American with every shade of grey that could’ve potentially ignited the world into WW3. As discussed earlier we all have certain expectations with we see Spielberg and Hanks on the marquee, but in this case bringing those expectations with you into the theater is just fine.
BRIDGE OF SPIES opens nationwide on Friday (10/16).
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Olympic Price Problems
The official cost of the event is $12.6 billion, but recent audits suggest the actual cost will be more than twice that.
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Tokyo Olympics costs continue to swell because of the pandemic, and domestic sponsors have contributed a record amount to help pay.
Sponsor contributions total $3.3 billion to date — at least twice as much as for any previous Olympics — but it’s apparently not enough.
“We are in the process of asking for additional sponsorship [payments] from our partners,” Tokyo organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said last week.
Japanese airline ANA, travel agency JTB, financial services company Nomura, both Narita and Haneda airports, and food makers like Kikkoman and Nissin are among domestic sponsors.
Postponing the Olympics to 2021 is projected to add $2.8 billion to its budget. The official cost of the event is $12.6 billion, but recent audits suggest the actual cost will be more than twice that.
Japanese tax payers will foot most of the bill and their anti-Olympics sentiment is growing.
A November poll by TV Asahi found that almost 60% of respondents want the Tokyo Olympics further postponed or canceled
The public is wary of international fans who could set back Japan’s relatively successful containment of COVID-19
Citizens have publicly protested the displacement of communities for new Olympic venues
No domestic sponsors have publicly stated that they’re against additional financial contributions to the Games, but some have reportedly been advised against speaking with the media.
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ABOUT Lucky Lab Rescue and Adoption
Texas shelters kill more dogs than any other state in the U.S. It's a sad statistic, and Lucky Lab Rescue and Adoption is committed to changing that. Our rescue has saved thousands of dogs from animal control facilities and shelters in The Lone Star state. By donating to Lucky Lab and supporting our efforts, you're helping our nonprofit rescue make Texas a better place for animals. Our rescue is foster-based; if you'd like to foster, please head to www.luckylabrescue.com and fill out an application.
Lucky Lab Takes on Tough Medical Cases
Lucky Lab takes on tough medical cases. When our nonprofit rescue sees a dog that's limping, whimpering, bleeding, or suffering in a shelter, we don't look away in horror; we see potential. We know that with an amazing foster, medical care, and love, that discarded dog will blossom into a diamond. Our nonprofit rescue saves injured and sick dogs that would be killed if we didn't intervene. We spend tens of thousands of dollars on veterinary care and thankfully have generous donors who help us pay the bills.
Lucky Lab is All Volunteer
There's no one collecting a big fat paycheck at Lucky Lab. The heads of the rescue, managers, and fosters are volunteers. All our money, time, and efforts go... to the dogs!
Really? Labs Are Killed in Shelters?! Aren't They Like the Most Popular Breed of Dog?
You can't believe how many Labs and Lab mixes end up in shelters and are at risk of being euthanized. Some people have trouble believing this! Sure, they're one of America's favorite breeds, but when people adopt a puppy, and the dog starts to display that “Lab energy," chews up someone's shoes, digs up their yard, or takes up too much time, the dog sometimes gets dumped at a shelter. Some perfectly great dogs end up at the pound because their family moved, had a baby, got divorced, or someone lost their job.
Lucky Lab Saves Dogs of All Ages, Sizes, and Types
The most popular color of Labs are yellow, and chocolate, sadly black Labs and Lab mixes are sometimes overlooked. Lucky Lab doesn't discriminate. We take all shapes, sizes, and colors. We aren't a snooty Lab rescue who will only take purebred dogs; we welcome dog diversity. You never know who got over the fence in some cases, but we don't ask for DNA tests or pedigrees.
Some of the dogs we save have never lived in a home, have never known a soft bed, and have never known love. We've saved dogs who have spent their lives on a chain, in basements, or outside in the cold. But all that changes the day a dog becomes a Lucky Lab!
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Oppo F17 Pro, Oppo F17 With Quad Rear Cameras, ColorOS 7.2 Launched in India: Price, Specifications
Oppo F17 Pro price in India is set at Rs. 22,990, while Oppo F17 price hasn't been announced.
By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 2 September 2020 19:41 IST
Oppo F17 Pro comes with a dual selfie camera setup at the front
Oppo F17 Pro will be available for purchase starting September 7
Oppo F17 comes with a waterdrop-style display notch
Oppo F17 Pro is powered by a MediaTek Helio P95 SoC
Oppo F17 Pro and Oppo F17 have been launched in India with quad rear cameras. The new phones also come with Oppo's proprietary 30W fast charging technology and feature three distinct colour options. On the part of differences, the Oppo F17 Pro offers dual selfie cameras, while the Oppo F17 has a single camera sensor at the front for capturing selfies. The Oppo F17 Pro in the lineup also comes with a Super AMOLED display. The Oppo F17 series phones come in a metal finish design, to attract young customers, according to the brand.
Oppo F17 Pro, Oppo F17 price in India, availability details
Oppo F17 Pro price in India is set at Rs. 22,990 for the sole 8GB + 128GB storage variant. The phone will be offered in Magic Black, Magic Blue, and Metallic White colour options. The Oppo F17 price hasn't been revealed; however, we do know that the phone will be offered in 6GB + 128GB and 8GB + 128GB variants. It will be sold in Navy Blue, Classic Silver, and Dynamic Orange shades.
The Oppo F17 Pro will go on sale in the country starting September 7, with pre-orders opening later today. There is no word on the sale date for the Oppo F17.
Oppo F17 Pro specifications
The dual-SIM (Nano) Oppo F17 Pro runs on Android 10 with ColorOS 7.2 on top and features a 6.43-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) Super AMOLED display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and a 90.7 percent screen-to-body ratio. There is also a standard, 60Hz refresh rate on the display that has a hole-punch design. Under the hood, the phone has an octa-core MediaTek Helio P95 SoC, coupled with 8GB of RAM. There is the quad rear camera setup that houses a 48-megapixel primary sensor, along with an f/1.8 lens. The camera setup also includes an 8-megapixel secondary sensor with an f/2.2 wide-angle lens, and two 2-megapixel monochrome sensors with an f/2.4 lens.
Oppo F17 Pro comes with a quad rear camera setup that houses a 48-megapixel primary sensor
For selfies and video chat, the Oppo F17 Pro offers the dual camera setup at the front, with a 16-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. Both sensors come along with an f/2.4 lens on top.
The Oppo F17 Pro has 128GB of onboard storage that is expandable via microSD card through a dedicated slot. Connectivity options on the phone include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, and USB Type-C, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. There is an in-display fingerprint sensor.
Oppo has provided a 4,015mAh battery on the F17 Pro, with 30W VOOC Flash Charge 4.0 fast charging technology. Besides, the phone measures 160.1x73.8x7.48mm and weighs 164 grams.
Oppo F17 specifications
The dual-SIM (Nano) Oppo F17 runs on Android 10 with ColorOS 7.2 on top and has a 6.44-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) display with a waterdrop-style notch. The phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC, paired with up to 8GB of RAM. It comes with the quad rear camera setup that includes a 16-megapixel primary sensor with an f/2.2 lens, 8-megapixel secondary sensor with an f/2.2 wide-angle lens, and two 2-megapixel monochrome sensors along with f/2.4 lenses.
Oppo has offered a 16-megapixel selfie camera sensor at the front, with an f/2.0 lens.
In terms of storage, the Oppo F17 comes with 128GB of internal storage option that is expandable via microSD card. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, and a USB Type-C port. The phone packs a 4,000mAh battery that supports 30W VOOC fast charging. Lastly, it has 7.45mm of thickness and 163 grams of weight.
Why are smartphone prices rising in India? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below.
Slim and light
AMOLED display
Average video recording performance
Underpowered SoC for the price
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Processor MediaTek Helio P95 (MT6779V/CV)
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Global Military Justice Reform
ICC Executive Order
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the situation with respect to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its illegitimate assertions of jurisdiction over personnel of the United States and certain of its allies, including the ICC Prosecutor’s investigation into actions allegedly committed by United States military, intelligence, and other personnel in or relating to Afghanistan, threatens to subject current and former United States Government and allied officials to harassment, abuse, and possible arrest. These actions on the part of the ICC, in turn, threaten to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States and impede the critical national security and foreign policy work of United States Government and allied officials, and thereby threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute, has never accepted ICC jurisdiction over its personnel, and has consistently rejected ICC assertions of jurisdiction over United States personnel. Furthermore, in 2002, the United States Congress enacted the American Service Members' Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.) which rejected the ICC’s overbroad, nonconsensual assertions of jurisdiction. The United States remains committed to accountability and to the peaceful cultivation of international order, but the ICC and parties to the Rome Statute must respect the decisions of the United States and other countries not to subject their personnel to the ICC’s jurisdiction, consistent with their respective sovereign prerogatives. The United States seeks to impose tangible and significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC’s transgressions, which may include the suspension of entry into the United States of ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family members. The entry of such aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States and denying them entry will further demonstrate the resolve of the United States in opposing the ICC’s overreach by seeking to exercise jurisdiction over personnel of the United States and our allies, as well as personnel of countries that are not parties to the Rome Statute or have not otherwise consented to ICC jurisdiction.
I therefore determine that any attempt by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any United States personnel without the consent of the United States, or of personnel of countries that are United States allies and who are not parties to the Rome Statute or have not otherwise consented to ICC jurisdiction, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. . . .
From the June 11, 2020 Executive Order on Blocking Property of
Certain Persons Associated with the International Criminal Court
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Planning to sit in on Global Military Justice Reform's Zoom town hall? Here are topics we'll be discussing:
* Is pardoning a war crime a war crime? (Town Hall 12, Prof. Stuart K. Ford, Feb. 1, 2021). This is a do-not-miss event.
* Military personnel and the Capitol putsch: the legal issues
*Legislative intervention in retail military justice: time for a Code of Conduct?
* Legal aspects of overseas operations
* What's up with Guantánamo?
* What will the "New Normal" be for Military Justice after COVID-19?
* Use of the military during COVID-19 states of emergency around the world
* Egypt's use of military courts to prosecute civilians (see also Uganda, Lebanon, Cameroon, Pakistan, etc.)
* Status of US proposals to transfer disposition power to independent prosecutors
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Cannabis Case Summaries
By Canna Law Blog
Medical Marijuana Breach of Warranty Class Action: Larrabee and Flores v. LivWell
On October 5, 2015, a discerning recreational marijuana patron (Brandan Flores) and an MMJ patient (Brandie Larrabee) of LivWell, one of Colorado’s largest chain of marijuana shops (and also a massive grower), hauled LivWell into Denver district court for LivWell’s allegedly having used Eagle 20, a petroleum-based fungicide, on its cannabis. The lawsuit contends Eagle 20 emits poisonous hydrogen cyanide gas when a product with which it has been treated is burned. Though neither of plaintiff claimed to have been physically harmed by LivWell’s products, they both allege they would not have patronized LivWell had they known about the fungicide on the cannabis they would be buying. This case is touted as the first marijuana-related class action suit, and the attorneys behind it claim there could be thousands of similar plaintiffs (note, however, that the class action designation may only be a threat; plaintiffs in these sort of cases often say they will bring class claims, but never get around to requesting class status, let alone convincing the court to grant such status.) In other words, this is only the beginning of consumer safety litigation, not only for Colorado, but also for growers and dispensaries in other states with developed markets like Washington, Oregon, and Nevada.
This case highlights another important cannabis issue: the indisputable need for states to robustly regulate pesticide, fungicide and other chemical applications used on cannabis, and to strictly enforce testing and safety standards, as Alison Malsbury (one of our cannabis business lawyers) pointed out in the LA Times. Colorado has made efforts in this direction, quarantining tens of thousands of LivWell plants earlier this year to check for Eagle 20. That quarantine was ultimately lifted because only low levels were found, despite Eagle 20 not being on Colorado’s draft approved list. LivWell says it has stopped using the fungicide. This backstory simply begs the question: Is Colorado taking consumer safety seriously?
As of February 11, 2016, the district court dismissed this case.
Larrabee and Flores v. LivWell, Inc., District Court, Denver County, Case no. 2015-CV-33528.
NOTE: The above is part of our plan to summarize all cannabis civil cases with a published court decision. By civil case, we mean any case that involves cannabis or the cannabis industry that is not a strictly criminal law matter. These cannabis case summaries are intended both to keep you up to date on cannabis laws as interpreted by the courts and also to serve as a resource for anyone conducting cannabis law research. We also will seek to provide key unpublished cannabis law decisions as well, when available.
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Full Text PAR-95-078
SMALL GRANTS FOR CLINICAL TRIALS IN DIGESTIVE AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS
NIH GUIDE, Volume 24, Number 27, July 28, 1995
PA NUMBER: PAR-95-078
Digestive Diseases & Disorders
Nutrition/Dietetics
Disease Prevention+
The Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (DDDN), National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK),
announces a small grants program to encourage the submission of small
grant applications for clinical trials relating to digestive diseases
and nutritional disorders. These clinical trials may use
pharmacologic, dietary, surgical, or behavioral interventions given
for disease therapy or prevention. New and experienced investigators
in relevant fields and disciplines (clinical and surgical) may apply
for small grants to test new treatment strategies or do pilot
clinical studies or plan a larger clinical trial. Investigators are
encouraged to take advantage of recent laboratory developments.
Areas of special interest are obesity, eating disorders and other
nutritional disorders; Helicobacter pylori and dyspepsic conditions;
gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett's esophagus; biliary
atresia and neonatal hepatitis; primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune
hepatitis, sclerosing cholangitis; inflammatory bowel disease (IBD),
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); gallstone disease; and chronic
pancreatitis.
in a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. This PA,
Small Grants for Clinical Trials in Digestive Diseases, is related to
the priority area of chronic disabling conditions. Potential
applicants may obtain a copy of "Healthy People 2000" (Full Report:
Stock No. 017-001-00474-0 or Summary Report: Stock No.
017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (telephone 202-783-3238).
Applications may be submitted by domestic for-profit and non-profit
organizations, public and private, such as universities, colleges,
hospitals, laboratories, units of State and local governments, and
eligible agencies of the Federal government. An application may be
from one institution or several institutions (collaborating
institutions or consortia), if appropriate. Racial/ethnic minority
individuals, women, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to
apply as principal investigators.
Support for this Program Announcement will be through the NIH small
grants (R03) mechanism. However, specific application instructions
have been modified to reflect streamlining efforts being examined by
the NIH. It is hoped that these changes will relieve the burden for
the applicants, reviewers, and institute staff.
The small grants research program provides limited funds (maximum of
$50,000 direct costs per year) for short-term (up to two years)
research projects. Only limited budget information will be requested
and the Initial Review Group can make budget recommendations
concerning level of effort (e.g., if the IRG recommends reduction of
personnel, those funds could be shifted to other categories).
Instructions for completing the Biographical Sketch have also been
modified. In addition, Other Support information and the application
Checklist page will be requested by NIDDK Staff only if and when an
application is considered for an award. The APPLICATION PROCEDURES
section of this PA provides specific details of modifications to
standard application instructions.
These grants are non-renewable, but continuation of projects
developed under this program can be supported by the regular research
project grant (R01) program. Applicants will be responsible for the
planning, direction, and execution of the proposed project.
Applications submitted in response to this PA will compete for funds
with all other R03 and regular research project (R01 and R29) grant
applications assigned to NIDDK.
Applicants from institutions that have a General Clinical Research
Center (GCRC) funded by the NIH National Center for Research
Resources may wish to identify the GCRC as a resource for conducting
the proposed research. If so, a letter of agreement from either the
GCRC program director or principal investigator should be included
with the application.
Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with the Directors of the
Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Centers, Clinical Nutrition
Research Centers, and Obesity/Nutrition Research Centers for
consultation in experimental design, intervention, and methodology,
as well as use of core facilities appropriate for carrying out the
proposed projects. Information describing the centers and their
cores may be requested from the person listed under INQUIRIES.
The award of grants in response to this PA is also contingent upon
the availability of funds. Awards will be administered under PHS
grants policy as stated in the PHS Grants Policy Statement (rev.
4/94).
Projects with substantial scientific merit that are not funded by the
NIDDK are eligible for support by the American Digestive Health
Foundation (ADHF). Principal investigators will be responsible for
forwarding copies of their summary statements and applications to the
ADHF for consideration for award. The amount of ADHF support will be
determined by project scope, and duration of funding will be limited
to two years. No funds for indirect costs will be provided.
The NIDDK supports an extensive network of clinical and laboratory
research studies related to digestive diseases and nutritional
disorders, mostly through the R01 and R29 funding mechanisms. At
present, there is no mechanism targeted to stimulate the
communication of promising and potentially relevant new developments
from the laboratory to the clinical setting. There is a need for a
mechanism to fund short-term studies and obtain preliminary clinical
data rapidly. It is expected that these R03 grants will serve as a
basis for planning future clinical research project grant
applications (R01) or cooperative clinical trial group studies.
The small grants (R03) mechanism provides research support
specifically limited in time and amount for studies in categorical
program areas (see Research Goals and Scope). Small grants provide
flexibility for initiating preliminary, short-term studies and are
non-renewable. Furthermore, the time interval from application to
funding is shortened under the R03 mechanism, thus allowing new ideas
to be investigated in a more expeditious manner. Support is needed
to encourage new as well as experienced investigators to apply new
treatment approaches.
It is the policy that women and members of minority groups and their
subpopulations must be included in all NIH supported biomedical and
behavioral research projects involving human subjects, unless a clear
inappropriate with respect to the health of the subjects or the
purpose of the research. This new policy results from the NIH
Revitalization Act of 1993 (Section 492B of Public Law 103-43) and
supersedes and strengthens the previous policies (Concerning the
Inclusion of Women in Study Populations, and Concerning the Inclusion
of Minorities in Study Populations), which have been in effect since
1990. The new policy contains some provisions that are substantially
different from the 1990 policies.
All applications proposing research involving human subjects should
read the "NIH Guidelines for Inclusion of Women and Minorities as
subjects in Clinical Research," which have been published in the
Federal Register of March 28, 1994 (FR 59 14508-14513) and reprinted
Investigators also may obtain copies of the policy from the program
staff listed under INQUIRIES. Program staff may also provide
additional relevant information concerning the policy.
Applications are to be submitted on the grant application form PHS
398 (rev. 5/95). Application kits are available at most
the Office of Grants Information, Division of Research Grants,
National Institute of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3034, MSC
7762, Bethesda, MD 20892-7762, telephone 301/710-0267. The title and
number of this program announcement must be typed in Item 2 on the
face page of the application.
Applications will be accepted at the regular application deadlines
indicated in the application kit. The receipt dates for applications
for AIDS-related research are found in the PHS 398 (rev. 5/95)
instructions.
The completed original application and five legible copies must be
sent or delivered to:
6701 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, ROOM 1040 - MSC 7710
Special Instructions for Completion of PHS 398 Application
The NIH has been designated a "reinvention laboratory" by the Public
Health Service. One effort to streamline NIH operations is to
simplify the grant application and review process. Therefore, an
experiment is being conducted to test ways to reduce the
administrative burden of applying for an NIH grant without
compromising those elements needed by the initial scientific peer
review group to assess the scientific merit of the application and
the reasonableness of the proposed budget.
The following are specific instructions for sections of the PHS 398
application form (rev. 5/95) that should be completed differently
from usual, in response to this PA. Some sections are modified, and
others do not need to be completed for the submission of the
application, but WILL be requested if the application receives a
priority score in the fundable range. For items in the application
not identified here, follow the instructions on pages 5-20 of the PHS
398 booklet.
FACE PAGE (Form AA) - The title and number of the PA must be typed in
Item 2. Failure to do so could result in delayed processing of the
application such that it may not reach the review committee in time
for review.
FORM DD - PAGE 4 - DETAILED BUDGET PAGE FOR INITIAL BUDGET PERIOD
Enter the following information without the associated costs:
o Only personnel and level of effort of each should be itemized in
the Personnel section.
o In addition, list consultants, equipment, supplies, travel
(especially for personnel assisting in preparation of the Manual of
Procedures), patient care activities, and other items as appropriate.
However, the costs associated with the individual items or categories
must not be listed. Enter only the total direct costs.
Applications that do not conform to these special instructions will
be returned to the applicant without further review.
Form EE - Page 5 - BUDGET FOR ENTIRE PROPOSED PROJECT PERIOD - Do
not complete this page. The budget for the second year will be the
same as that for the first year.
Form FF - Page 6 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - For each KEY person only,
provide a two-page biographical sketch. Name, Position Title,
Education - Identify the research background and experience relevant
to the research proposed. Specifically, provide:
o A list of previous research positions that are felt to be of
significance or relevance for the review of the proposed research;
o Complete references, titles, and authors on all peer-reviewed
publications representative of the research career or pertinent to
the research proposed of each key person.
o The title and funding source of all active research grants or
contracts on which each key person is principal investigator, co-
investigator, or project leader. Indicate current percent effort for
each award.
o The title and length of service on any peer review group, council,
or program advisory committee.
The purpose of this section is to demonstrate the professional
credentials of the organizers, as briefly as possible, indicating
experience in such areas as:
o The problem under study
o Clinical trial administration
o Methodology
o Adequate and similar patient recruitment potential
o The proposed procedures.
o Professional credentials of the participating center investigators
in the clinical problem and in clinical trial participation.
Verification of the cooperating investigators and their institutions
will be required later, if the application is considered for funding.
Form GG - Page 7 - OTHER SUPPORT - Do not complete. Other Support
information relevant to the proposed research may be included in the
Biographical Sketch as indicated above. Current information will be
requested by NIDDK staff from only those applicants being considered
for funding.
Form HH - Page 8 - RESOURCES - Complete item(s) only if proposed
research requires specialized resources unique for the proposed
RESEARCH PLAN (Booklet Pages 15-19)
- Applications in response to this PA should be concise and
substantially shorter than regular research project grant
applications. Items a-d may not exceed a total of 16 pages.
(a) - Specific Aims - Within one page, list in order of priority, the
broad, long-range objectives. Describe concisely and realistically
the hypothesis to be tested and what the specific research described
in this application is intended to accomplish.
(b) - Background and Significance - Within three pages, describe (1)
how the proposed research will contribute to meeting the goals and
objectives of the PA; and, (2) explain the rationale for the
selection of the general methods and approaches proposed to
accomplish the specific aims.
(c-d) - Preliminary Studies/Progress Report, Research Design and
Methods - Within twelve pages, complete as instructed on pages 16-17
of the PHS 398 (rev. 5/95) booklet, that with the modification that
the clinical protocol(s) and up to three publications, manuscripts
submitted or accepted for publication, patents, or invention reports
can be included in the Appendix (see below).
The investigator may use this section to address, even though
briefly, issues such as the following:
o Merit of the study design.
o Appropriateness of intervention groups.
o Plans to minimize bias through randomization, stratification,
choice of controls, and masking of treatment or results.
o Identification of appropriate primary and secondary outcomes for
the trial.
o Recognition of possible problems inherent in the design and the
adequacy of plans for dealing with them.
o Quality of plans (even if broadly described) for recruitment and
retention of patients, identification of eligibility and exclusion
criteria, and standardization and maintenance of quality control
among participating centers.
o Patient protection, including informed consent and monitoring data
for safety and efficacy. Plans for early termination if it becomes
o Documentation of potential availability of patients at each of the
participating centers.
o Plans for the preparation of a Manual of Procedures that must be
submitted with any future application for support of the actual
conduct of the randomized controlled trials.
o Preliminary studies pertinent to the application;
o The study group's suitability for providing the necessary
supporting data for preliminary studies.
o The feasibility of the study group, particularly in conducting
preliminary studies.
o Rationale and hypothesis for the clinical trial and laboratory
studies such as the following: Clinical importance of the disease or
condition being studied, rationale for therapy being applied, ethical
considerations of treatment.
o General methods that will be utilized; provide specific details
for those techniques that are unique or where a significant departure
from a generally accepted technique is important for reviewers to
know;
o Plans for the rigorous data management and verification of
research data including rationale and validity of sample size and
general methods to be used for data analyses.
o Potential pitfalls in the experimental design and alternative
studies that will be done if the proposed experiments fail.
(e-f) - Human Subjects, Vertebrate Animals - Complete as described on
pages 17-18. State clearly the plans for early detection of and
protection against adverse effects on human subjects.
(g) - Literature Cited - Within two pages, give full literature
citations including the title of each article.
(h) - Consortium/Contractual Arrangements - Within one page, provide
a brief explanation of the programmatic, fiscal, and administrative
arrangements made with collaborating organizations.
(i) - Consultants - Biographical sketches should conform to the brief
format described previously for key personnel on Form FF.
APPENDIX (Page 19) - Up to three publications, manuscripts submitted
or accepted for publication, patents, and invention reports should be
provided. Clinical protocol(s) must be included in this section.
Other than this change, complete as instructed.
CHECKLIST (Form II and JJ) - Do not complete. Information will be
If the applicant or the institutional business office has any
questions regarding these instructions, contact the program staff
listed under INQUIRIES.
Applications will be assigned on the basis of established PHS
referral guidelines. Applications will be reviewed for scientific
and technical merit by an appropriate peer review group convened by
the NIDDK, in accordance with the standard NIH peer review
procedures. Following scientific-technical review, the applications
will receive a second-level review by the appropriate national
o scientific, technical, or medical significance and originality of
proposed research;
o appropriateness and adequacy of the experimental approach and
methodology proposed to carry out the research;
o qualifications and research experience of the Principal
area of the proposed research;
o availability of the resources necessary to perform the research;
o appropriateness of the proposed budget and duration in relation to
the proposed research;
o Adequacy of plans to include both genders and minorities and their
subgroups as appropriate for the scientific goals of the research.
Plans for the recruitment and retention of subjects will also be
Applications will compete for available funds with all other approved
applications assigned to the NIDDK. The following will be considered
in making funding decisions:
o Quality of the proposed project as determined by peer review o
o Program priority
Inquiries are encouraged. The opportunity to clarify any issues or
questions from potential applicants is welcome. Administrative
suggestions for preparing an R01 clinical trial grant application
that include review criteria for full-scale clinical trials are
available. These could be useful in preparing the small grant
application because the proposed research may be the first phase of a
subsequent larger full-scale clinical trial.
Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to:
Ms. Tommie Sue Tralka
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 45
Center Drive, Room 6AN/12K - MSC 6600
Telephone: (301) 594-8879
Email: tt30m@nih.gov
Ms. Sharon Bourque
Grants Management Branch
Center Drive, Room 6AS/49H - MSC 6600
Email: sb114@nih.gov
Assistance No. 93.848. Awards are made under authorization of the
Public Health Service Act, Title IV, Part A (Public Law 78-410, as
amended by Public Law 99-158, 42 USC 241 and 285) and administered
under PHS grants policies and Federal Regulations 42 CFR 52 and 45
CFR Part 74. This program is not subject to the intergovernmental
review requirements of Executive Order 12372 or Health Systems Agency
The PHS strongly encourages all grant and contract recipients to
products. In addition, Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of
1994, prohibits smoking in certain facilities (or in some cases, any
portion of a facility) in which regular or routing education,
library, day care, health care or early childhood development
services are provided to children. This is consistent with the PHS
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Hillary Clinton is Trying to Sabotage This Democrat’s 2020 Chances for One Reason
maga2016 April 18, 2019
Hillary Clinton is out for revenge.
And it’s not just against President Trump.
She’s about to sabotage one Democrat’s 2020 chances for one reason only.
Hillary Clinton could emerge as the most vindictive politician in America by the end of the year.
And it’s all because of her failed 2016 bid for the presidency.
Since losing in what has routinely been described as one of the greatest political upsets in history, Clinton has tried to blame everything from racism to her own party for why she lost.
She’s completely unwilling to admit that she herself had any role in her defeat.
But there’s one person, in particular, she constantly is pinning blame on for her loss.
And that’s none other than Bernie Sanders, her 2016 primary opponent whom she defeated after a nasty primary fight that involved both camps going extremely negative against one another.
Breitbart covers the story, “Liberal political organizer David Brock is reportedly in discussions with Democrat operatives about launching an effort to thwart Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) prospects of winning the party’s nomination for president in 2020.”
Brock was a key part of the Clinton organization in the 2016 election.
And he’s out to get Sanders before he wins the Democratic primary.
“According to the New York Times, Brock, founder of the left-wing American Bridge super PAC, is one of several left-leaning operatives concerned about Sanders’ apparent status as the Democrat frontrunner,” adds Breitbart.
Brock isn’t taking Sanders’ second campaign for the White House sitting down either.
He’s ready to get back at him for derailing Clinton’s scheduled coronation as president in 2016.
“The Bernie question comes up in every fund-raising meeting I do. There’s a growing realization that Sanders could end up winning this thing, or certainly that he stays in so long that he damages the actual winner,” said Brock.
“The Sanders campaign has not commented on Brock’s plans to oppose his nomination. Meanwhile, Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden hold a substantial lead over their Democrat White House rivals, according to an Emerson national poll released Monday. Sanders topped the survey with 29 percent of Democrat primary voters’ support, while Biden placed second with 24 percent. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg ranked third at nine percent,” concludes Breitbart.
With Brock’s commitment to destroying Sanders’ presidential campaign as payback for his primarying of Clinton in 2016, the Democratic Party civil war has officially begun.
And there’s no signs of it slowing down any time soon.
Brock knows that Sanders is prepared to fire back, and when he does both sides will be engaged in a battle for control of the party that could last the entire primary cycle.
That’s only going to be bad news for the Democrats as a whole as they try to rally behind a nominee to defeat Donald Trump in the November 2020 elections.
And for Trump, the news that Democrats could be on the verge of self-destruction is only going to give him a boost as he prepares to ramp up his re-election campaign.
Do you think Democratic infighting will help get Trump re-elected?
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terraasymmetry July 30, 2019 Features, Heavy Metal
Thrash ‘Til Death #31: Slaughter (Canada) 1984-1989
THRASH ‘TIL DEATH is a 50 week long set of features exploring the legends who crossed over between thrash and death metal between 1983-1993. The focus is primarily on under-served, unknown, and exemplar bands/releases. The selection is comprehensive but the numbering is not indicative of any type of rank or value: The order of band appearance is arbitrarily chosen. E-mail me if you want to suggest any relevant bands!
If you’re among the short-sighted research avoidant lazy bastards who believe death metal was born by chance in some dudes garage in the middle of Florida you’ve probably never spent more than a minute figuring where the blueprints for it all came from. Slayer is the place to start, for sure that logic sticks as they translated evil NWOBHM into actual aggression and primordial intricacies for death metal to come but you’d have to dig deeper to find the actual proto-death metal rhythms that still guide the genre through successive generations since and well, sure start with Hellhammer for a sense of primitive origins but where I see actual bonafide death metal sans thrash metal’s hand landing upon serious rhythmic gold it’d have to be Toronto’s Slaughter. Sure let’s not discount Mantas, Insanity, Pentagram (Chile), Messiah and a handful more fellows pushing limits hard as they contributed to the whole but what has truly lasted as the backbone of death metal today definitely owes its dues to the incinerator. The most fitting description of what Slaughter always brought to the table is exemplified by a look at their ‘mascot’, a mohawk-sporting skeleton punk with a bloody chainsaw; They were punk as fuck from the start with horror in their minds and a barely reasonable grasp of their instruments but man could they hold down a power chord and find a memorable groove. This entry will be a little bit different because one could fairly argue that Slaughter were never a ‘death metal’ band by any true definition but I’ll make that argument when it becomes relevant to the bands discography. Hey! I’ve done my best to research as much as I can but please feel free to message me (grizzlybutts@hotmail.com) or leave a comment if I’ve left out anything vital or gotten something horribly wrong!
Title [Type/Year]
Meatcleaver [Rehearsal/1984]
Rating [3.0/5.0]
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As far as I know this ‘Meatcleaver’ rehearsal demo was never widely circulated to zines or labels and it was instead an archival basement rehearsal that’d been officially released for the first time on a compilation entitled ‘Tortured Souls’ (2007) via Marquee Records. I’ve found that 4CD set particularly rare but thankfully there have been some official releases containing the entire ~34 minute rehearsal. Seeing as how Slaughter had just formed they definitely sound like a band that likes Slayer but might’ve been more capable of stuff like Hellhammer and Discharge. In some ways this recording shows Slaughter as contemporaries of many bands considered ‘proto-death metal’ but I don’t think they’d have been seen as anything other than a very dark punk band. I’ve always gotten a heavy dose of crust and west coast US hardcore punk from the earliest Slaughter recordings but the intent to play metal is abundantly clear.
Bloody Karnage [Demo/1984]
Here the ruptured sound quality cannot hope to hold back the catchy and damned groove-ridden attack of the band on their first official demo, ‘Bloody Karnage’. The pairing of ‘Disintegrator’ and ‘Incinerator’ is probably the most distinct moment from the band’s early years but many of Dave Hewson‘s (vocals, guitars) would live on with equal infamy as they’d reach better known demos and records. Although this tape still featured the original line-up it was clear they’d put in regular practice since the ‘Meatcleaver’ tape had been recorded that same year. This was a big moment, but (arguably) not -the- big moment just yet where Slaughter really hit upon genius level rhythms. The sound quality on ‘Bloody Karnage’ is rough at first but I think you’ll find the more noise and chaos this band were working with the heavier they sounded.
Surrender or Die [Demo/1985]
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In April of 1985 Slaughter released two tapes, the first was ‘Live Karnage’, a recording of their first live show ever where they opened for Sacrifice and played most all of their material up to that point along with covers of Hellhammer and Venom classics. Big deal! The ‘Surrender or Die’ demo was where shit (and blood) hit the fan for Slaughter and their trench-heavy death/thrash/punk really came to life. I won’t say that ‘Surrender or Die’ changed my life when I heard it but, it did energize my exploration of metal early on after bands like Cryptic Slaughter and Terrorizer had gotten me to take thrash and death metal more seriously. No doubt the copy I’d been given was a bootleg and missing a song or two on Side B but it was nonetheless a recording that forced my hand beyond hardcore punk/crossover into extreme metal territory.
Nocturnal Hell [EP/1986]
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With the momentum of a full-length on the horizon for the band their ‘Nocturnal Hell’ 7″ EP in 1986 probably wasn’t meant to make the waves it did but as you’ll quickly realize when firing it up the sound of this EP directly contributed to the signature sound of Scandinavian death metal and particularly that of Carnage, Dismember, Nihilist, and their kin to the cosmos. If this was all you’d ever heard of Slaughter you’d think they were some kind of fuckin’ time travelling death-lords who’d figured out the future years before it’d hit. They weren’t necessarily aiming for that, though, and at the time Slaughter were more concerned with making up-to-par extreme thrash metal and not necessarily focused on creating the next wave of anything. Just about 50 bands rip off the intro riff to “Nocturnal Hell” every year some reuse it across the span of entire albums.
Strappado [Full-length/1987]
When folks poo-poo reissues of albums and snub anything that isn’t the untouched ‘first issue’ of recordings I always get kind of pissed off, at least internally, because if it wasn’t for remasters and reissues of classics whole generations would miss out of incredible releases like ‘Strappado’ which was very limited by its original Fringe and Diabolic Force Records releases. I wouldn’t get to hear it until Nuclear Blast released a remaster in 2001 and there I was a fan for life. ‘Strappado’ is ultimately a death/thrash album from a band that could write songs as catchy as TSOL or Discharge but as heavy as Celtic Frost or Dream Death (both that same year). Fill in the blanks for yourself with more appropriate heaviness but, you’ll understand what I mean from the very first listen. The success of this album isn’t just its massive buzzsaw sound but the catchy, headbanging songs they’ve written for it. ‘Strappado’ was more or less what Slaughter had been working up to since 1984 and after its release in 1987 it must’ve been a tough road without a major payoff because the original drummer would soon leave and two new members would join. This record more or less makes the argument for Slaughter’s inclusion in this feature as it is an extreme thrash metal record from a band that began as a metalpunk hybrid influenced by the very origins of extreme metal, call it death/thrash if you will… I think it fits! If you’re looking for the best possible version of ‘Strappado’ look no further than any version High Roller Records is carrying.
Lethal Presence
‘Unholy Alliance [Demo/1987]
Around the same time Slaughter released ‘Strappado’ fellow Toronto band Lethal Presence would release their debut demo ‘Unholy Alliance’ to fairly decent zine buzz at the time. It was notable for nods to Slayer and some technical thrash metal ambitions (some of which are muffled by the awful tape rip I’ve linked) but when Slaughter needed a second guitarist they easily poached Bobby Sadzak from Lethal Presence. His capabilities alongside a new drummer (Brian Lourie) meant Slaughter would begin to sound the way they’d probably intended from the start, like a brutal thrash metal band.
Paranormal [Demo/1988]
Rating [4.25/5.0]
New drummer, two guitarists, harmonized guitar leads, faster pace, cleaner production and well… ‘Paranormal’ was a demo meant to be the second full-length from Slaughter. It is a worthy follow-up to ‘Strappado’ for its increased technical approach and greater speed throughout. For a 28 minute full-length ‘Paranormal’ is packed with riffs and generally strong songwriting, something akin to Sepultura‘s ‘Schizophrenia’. Guarantee even some of the most devout fans of the band haven’t spent serious time with this demo and I think that is a damned shame because it really deserves as much attention as ‘Strappado’ on some level. The only major issue I understand coming from fans of their original sound is that the punkish buzzsaw rage of it all has now given way to fairly standard Canadian thrash fare though it is particularly heavy. It was the thing that could not be, though, as longtime bassist Terry Sadler would leave the band after the recording and the band would shelve it, eventually changing their name to Strappado. A few of these songs would be used for the debut full-length from that new version of the band.
Not Dead Yet [Full-length/1991]
No, you shouldn’t consider Strappado‘s debut full-length canon in the Slaughter discography but there is no way to avoid it. This was Dave Hewson‘s take on classic thrash metal of the more brutal vein and it’d end up somewhere near early Blood Feast (or Rigor Mortis). Just as you wouldn’t consider Killjoy, Necrophagia and Cabal the same band you shouldn’t lump ‘Not Dead Yet’ in with their discography but look, everyone does and even the fuckin’ cover art and logo make it clear that this is still Slaughter in spirit. At the time it sure seemed like Hewson was finally going to make a death metal record but instead we have an often overlooked classic thrasher that deserves to be appreciated outside of the Slaughter legacy. You might then find it ironic that I’ve included it here but that’d be because it was released multiple times under the original band name since and is considered a Slaughter album today. It rips! And in some ways it sounds more like ’87 Slaughter than ‘Paranormal’ did.
There are a bunch of career spanning compilations, demo box sets, and remasters out there readily available to swipe up and no self-respecting thrash or death/thrash metal fan should go without at least one copy of ‘Strappado’ in their collection. Slaughter remain one of my favorite discoveries even two decades removed from my purchase of that Nuclear Blast remaster of ‘Strappado’ and it has been ecstasy to return to their discography for this feature and revive that part of my brain that is still heavily influenced by Slaughter. If nothing else I hope to inspire folks to spend more time with ‘Paranormal’ and/or ‘Not Dead Yet’ particularly if you are a classic/brutal thrash fan.
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Cannabiz Prodigy Karson Humiston On How To Be A Successful Woman In Weed
Karson Humiston is a cannabiz prodigy. At the age of 24, Humiston’s cannabis placement agency, Vangst, is already in the green.
On the heels of the 2017 Women Grow Leadership summit in Denver, HERB sat down with Karson Humiston, founder and CEO of Vangst Talent, to learn more about what it’s like to be a successful Woman in Weed.
Meet Karson Humiston
Karson Humiston is a cannabiz prodigy. At the age of 24, Humiston’s cannabis placement agency, Vangst, is already in the green. Charged with recruiting top talent for big name cannabis businesses, she says the risk was well worth the rewards her company is seeing.
Be bold, don’t stick to the status quo, and don’t worry about what others think of you. We are in an age where women are empowered, and the opportunities for women to start businesses is happening right now in cannabis.
Cannabis is a risky business, but the upside potential in this industry is huge, “the risks are bigger, and the rewards are bigger”, says Humiston.
She says people thought she was insane when she decided to start a cannabis job placement agency right out of college.
People were telling me that I would ruin my career, and none of them are still thinking that.
Once she moved from Upstate New York to Colorado to start here cannabis company, the young businesswoman quickly found a mentor in Diane Czarkowski, co-founder of Canna Advisors. One of her first clients, Czarkowski continues to be a great friend and resource.
Humiston says it’s amazing to have someone like that, who is willing to pick up the phone and work through any situation.
What empowers you?
“Besides coffee,” jokes Humiston, “it’s really empowering for me to see the idea of Vangst come to life.”
The Vangst team has seen significant growth over the past year and a half.
I’ve seen our team grow from one man team, to a 14 person company in a year-and-a-half and revenues have quadrupled in that year – more than that, what empowers me is hearing from the people we place, when they call us saying how great their job is, and ‘thanks for recruiting me and giving me a shot’. It all makes it worth while.
One candidate she placed started crying over the phone when he heard he got the cannabis job of his dreams.
The feeling of doing good for people searching for jobs is unreal, says Humiston.
What makes a great leader in cannabis?
In general, someone who can set the vision and understands the steps that the entire team needs to take to reach the vision. Someone who is constantly pushing the limits and wants to get the most out of their team as possible, as efficiently as possible while keeping a positive work culture.
A big part of her job is seeing the bigger picture and successfully guiding her “Vangsters” to reach their maximum potential.
“You’re always on”, whether going out for a cocktail with friends or in the office, Humiston knows people are relying on her to set the tone. When you eat, breathe, and sleep your business, that’s the telltale sign of a great leader.
Advice to other Women in Weed?
It’s a myth that you have to consume cannabis to work in the industry.
If you work in the liquor industry, you’re not drinking all day. Personally, I’m not big consumer, I don’t drink much either. So it’s a personal choice – I don’t have anything against it, in fact, I’m an advocate for it, I’m 1000 percent on board.
Overall, her best advice is to be in it for the experience.
I wouldn’t put a price on the experiences I’ve had over the past year and a half. Running a business can be scary in any sector.
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Ethan Alexander De Cohen said: June 22, 201111:40 pm
wow this world is just … wow
that is pretty important
Issimo said: June 24, 20118:10 am
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Joel said: June 25, 201110:26 pm
Powerpuff Girls! lol
laura said: July 3, 20114:27 pm
I thought that too lol!!
Zing said: August 7, 201112:00 pm
YES YES IT IS!
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The City of Townsville…
Michael said: June 28, 201111:03 am
musical history is intensely more elaborate than this, and far deeper. I think being bold enough to claim that this is the most important of all time may be outlandish. I am aware of how pervasive this loop is in our culture, but music is so much deeper and bigger than us, and our temporary lives, that I found it hard to believe that this is the end all of musical history.
Philmore Manbread said: August 5, 20113:32 am
I was thinking the exact same thing. Wouldn’t something like the first person to use dynamics, or alternate time signatures, or even the first person to put 3 notes together to form a chord be much more important than an over used drum loop.
Shane said: June 28, 20116:00 pm
michael, no one said this is the most important part of music. it’s simply a brief history of the loop and how it changed the world of sampling, with hip hop, techno and other genres. it is not stated anywhere that this is the end of all musical history. get your head out of your ass and quit acting like you know even a thing or two about music, you arrogant pansy.
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Davel said: July 1, 20113:38 am
Actually, the title of this post says:
Keven said: July 2, 201110:28 pm
Yeah, but how many other 6 seconds of music can claim this level of importance?
Dylan said: July 5, 20119:39 pm
“The most important 6 seconds in music history.”
TESMITH47 said: September 24, 20132:57 pm
correction: The most important 6 seconds in “COMMERICAL” music
awestcave said: July 7, 20118:22 pm
“no one said this is the most important part of music…”
…actually they did.
Paul said: July 18, 201111:48 am
Dude the name of the article itself is “The most important 6 seconds in music” which contradicts your statement “no one said this is the most important part of music” yes indeed someone said it is the most important part of music, in fact its right there in the title. Secondly, this beat is pivotal in rap, techno and hip-hop, but if you listen to a bunch of music from these genres you’ll realize that there are plenty of songs that don’t employ this 6 seconds of music, in fact most of them don’t. This is an interesting soundbyte though, it shows how a basic musical concept can influence a whole bunch of other music. It’s also funny how this beat seems to super cede copyright laws. Pretty funny. But win lose or draw drop the ‘tude princess.
Kyle said: July 21, 201110:27 pm
It is most certainly stated that this is the most important part of music history. Right in the title.
Jon said: August 6, 20114:29 pm
correct! anyone with the brainpower required to click on the actual link to the video can figure out that it is not actually titled as what this blogger decided to call it, nor claiming anything of the like.
anyone who took the post’s title literally: welcome to the internet, please think next time before posting.
Scott said: June 30, 20113:45 pm
Sounds like powerpuff girls
sam said: July 2, 20117:43 pm
this is not the most important 6 seconds in music history. it’s just not. it’s fascinating, and it brings to light much of which i had no prior knowledge and which i find very interesting. it is not that important though in the grand scheme of musical history. sorry. the broader point that it illustrates toward the end of the video is significant and may be be transcendent in ways that the amen break beat itself is not
somethingsomething said: July 3, 20115:21 pm
for those of you debating the level of how important to musical history this piece is, how does the recording end? if i remember right it discusses copyright laws and how they have the power to tear down musicians trying to build on the past. its not about how this particular break beat influenced music, but how the government is influencing the industry. the “Amen break beat” was simply a vessel to raise the point that the government has just as much, and if not more, influence on music than musicians do at this point in history
Hoos said: July 6, 20113:47 am
Now all this still leaves the most important question unanswered: “Who is the drummer?”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_C._Coleman
…how hard was that?
elliot said: July 8, 201111:58 am
If you put this on really high quality speakers, turn down all the lights, and pack a faaaaat ass bowl, it’s such a great experience that it’s life changing…and maybe even life saving.
Fintan said: July 13, 20116:03 pm
Sampling is not essential to musical building on the past. Some people play instruments, like, for example drum kits…
Tyler said: July 19, 20115:30 pm
it..does not even let me watch this video, is it because i’m on stumbleupon?
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A FREE LIFT PASS!?
staples said: August 4, 201111:13 pm
im sampling this
TheWobbled said: August 6, 201112:25 am
What about the second movement of Beethoven’s 32nd piano sonata? There are pieces of jazz in that song and it was composed a few hundred years before jazz was ever popular. This is cool and all, but it’s certainly not a gamechanger.
Remy Morritt said: August 6, 20115:36 pm
more like the most important 6 seconds in 90’s Hip-Hop history
Destinee said: August 11, 201111:52 am
I’m pretty sure this was to show the role of sampling music in media. It’s just an example. Most important, would you have watched if i was plainly titled “Amen break” Probably not. I’m sure a lot of people wouldn’t they’d pass right by it and consider it boring. Ways to catch your attention of coarse.
Travis said: August 14, 20111:33 am
Dear everyone complaining about this video:
You’ve clearly never tried to sample music, or attempted a legal way of crafting beats.
Brett said: August 14, 201110:17 pm
Good vid. . . should be half as long
amand said: August 15, 20118:36 am
ya ok no one played that drum beat before 1960. ppFFFF
night chandac said: August 18, 201110:41 pm
Holy monotone.
Eric C Hughes said: September 21, 20117:12 am
It is important but no the MOST important event in music history. The fact that the track was lifted (stolen) like most hip hop/rap beats further compounds the fact that those responsible for the actual creation of the beat will not receive their just rewards. The “author” even uses the word ‘plundered’. This is not however creating something new; it’s borrowing or stealing to bend a genre or morph an already existing style of music. New music is dead or at the very least awful. New music stopped being relevant years ago, maybe decades by now. The best that we can hope for is finding music that appeals to each individual ear and to support that which makes us happy or brings us joy.
JC said: September 24, 20117:34 am
There’s a segment on Copyright Criminals documentary on which you can meet the original drummer, “The Funky Drummer”, Clyde Stubblefield http://www.copyrightcriminals.com/
Tyler Durden said: November 9, 20118:15 pm
Copyrighting sound is as ludicrous as copyrighting sight or smell. “Oh, hai….I arranged some sounds in a particular pattern that now belongs to me and no one else. You can go ahead and pay me every time the sound is used” What a load of ridiculous BS. It makes just as much sense as me saying I am copyrighting looking at the moon. From now on, anyone who looks at the moon needs to pay me royalties. If you don’t like it you can smell my ass. But that’s going to cost you, too.
Robert said: March 20, 20128:26 pm
LoL, it’s used in rap, hip-hop, funk, techno, and pop. Therefore it’s unimportant in actual musical history.
luke sadler said: June 14, 201411:25 am
Amen brother!
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I’m going to copyright G and A#……….and guitars.
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The hobo nickel is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small-denomination coins, essentially resulting in miniature bas reliefs. The US nickel coin was favored because of its size, thickness and relative softness. However, the term hobo nickel is generic, as carvings have been made from many different denominations.
Due to its low cost and portability, this medium was particularly popular among hobos, hence the name.
Early altered coins (1750s–1913)
The altering of coins dates to the 18th century or earlier. Beginning in the 1850s, the most common form of coin alteration was the "potty coin", engraved on United States Seated Liberty coinage (half dime through trade dollar) and modifying Liberty into a figure sitting on a chamber pot. This time period was also the heyday of the love token, which was made by machine-smoothing a coin (usually silver) on one or both sides, then engraving it with initials, monograms, names, scenes, etc., often with an ornate border. Hundreds of thousands of coins were altered in this manner. They were often mounted on pins or incorporated into bracelets and necklaces. The love token fad faded out in the early 20th century; love tokens engraved on buffalo nickels are rare.
During this time period, hobo-style coin alteration could be found outside the United States, primarily in Britain, France, and South Africa.
The Buffalo nickel
When the Indian Head, or Buffalo nickel, was introduced in 1913, it became popular among coin engravers. The big Native American head was a radical departure from previous designs and would not be seen on any subsequent coins. The large, thick profile gave the artists a larger template to work on and allowed for finer detail.
On earlier coins, the head was much smaller in relation to the size of the coin. For example, on a Lincoln cent, the head covers about one-sixth of the area. On the Buffalo nickel, the Native American's head occupies about five-sixths of the area. Moreover, the nickel is a larger coin. Large heads also adorn the Morgan dollar and the Columbian half dollar commemoratives of 1892-93, but these coins were rarely altered due to their high value.
Another factor contributing to the Buffalo nickel's popularity was the sex of the subject. Nearly all previous coins had depicted women (Liberty head nickels, Indian head cents, Barber and Morgan silver dollars). A male head has larger, coarser features (nose, chin, brow) that can be altered in many ways. Even the buffalo on the reverse could be changed into another animal or a man with a backpack.
Classic old hobo nickels (1913–1940)
Many talented coin engravers, as well as newcomers, started creating hobo nickels in 1913, when the Buffalo nickel entered circulation. This accounts for the quality and variety of engraving styles found on carved 1913 nickels. More classic old hobo nickels were made from 1913-dated nickels than any other pre-1930s date.
Many artists made hobo nickels in the 1910s and 1920s, with new artists joining in as the years went by. The 1930s saw many talented artists adopting the medium. Bertram Wiegand, known almost exclusively as Bert, began carving nickels in the teens, and his student George Washington Hughes, known as Bo, began carving in the late teens (and up to 1980). During this period, Buffalo nickels were the most common nickels in circulation.
Later old hobo nickels (1940–1980)
The 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were a transitional period for hobo coin engravers, during which the Buffalo nickel was gradually replaced by the Jefferson nickel. Some veteran nickel carvers such as Bo and Bert continued making hobo nickels in the classic old style. Bo, in fact, did his best work in the early 1950s, when he carved many spectacular cameo portrait hobo nickels.
During this 40-year period, many new carvers appeared, and style and subject matter became decidedly modern. Subjects became more ethnically and socially diverse (e.g., a Chinese woman with triangular hat, hippies with long hair and glasses, men wearing floppy hats, etc.). Some of these new artists used new techniques such as power engravers, vibrating tools, and felt marker pens to add color to hair.
By the end of the 1970s, most Buffalo nickels had disappeared from circulation, and the majority of engravings were performed on worn coins. Bo, for example, was forced to obtain Buffalo nickels from coin dealers, some of whom commissioned carvings.
Modern hobo nickels (since 1980)
Many carvers who were active during the 1960s and 1970s continued carving Buffalo nickels into the 1980s. Their coins were altered using punches (dashes, dots, arcs, crescents, stars) and some carving of the profile. The area behind the head is usually rough from dressing with a power tool. They created standard design hobo nickels (derby and beard), as well as many modern subjects, such as occupational busts (fireman, railroad engineer, pizza chef), famous people (Uncle Sam, Einstein), hippies, and others.
A major event occurred in the early 1980s, demarcating the transition from "old" to "modern" hobo nickels. This was the publication of a series of articles by numismatist Del Romines on the subject of hobo nickels. He soon published the first book on the subject, Hobo Nickels (ASIN B0006R7SFW), in 1982. Both centered on Bo and his carvings.
This resulted in some new artists entering the field, most of whom simply copied Bo's nickel artwork from the illustrations in Romines's book. The two major Bo-style copycats were John Dorusa and Frank Brazzell. Together, they produced 20,000 or more modern carved nickels, most of which were copies of Bo's designs. Dorusa even copied Bo's "GH" signature (for "George Hughes") on many of this early creations. Pressure from prominent hobo nickel collectors such as Bill Fivaz convinced Dorusa to stop carving "GH" and put his own initials or name on his works. Dorusa and Brazzell also produced original works, featuring non-traditional subject matter (conquistadors, Dick Tracy, skulls, etc.). The large number of Bo copies led many collectors to label all modern carved nickels as "Neo-Bo's", a term no longer in use.
Other carvers such as "Cinco de Arturo" (Arturo DelFavero) also appeared in the 1980s and 1990s, introducing more modern subject matter (cartoon characters, witches, and animals). Most nickel carvers of the 1980s to mid-1990s are regarded by collectors as mediocre at best, but circa 1995, Ron Landis, an engraver in Arkansas, began creating superior quality carvings. For about four years, Landis was the only nickel carver creating superior carvings, at the rate of only one to two dozen per year (all signed, numbered, and dated). Many other professional engravers have since begun creating hobo nickels. Landis and "Cinco de Arturo" are two of four known living artist practicing this craft prior to the year 2000. The others are Sonny Carpenter, and Bill Jameson (Billzach), All four are considered superior carvers, and ground breakers that inspired the current renaissance.
Some current prolific carvers are converting from quantity to quality, making fewer pieces of high artistic quality (as the market is flooded with lower quality quickly-made carvings). Modern carvings of superior quality sell for about the same prices as classic old original carvings of equal quality by unknown artists.
From the early 1980s to the present, modern lesser-quality carvings could and still can be purchased for as little as $5 to $10 each. Many new collectors found it hard to obtain good-quality old original hobo nickels (as they are so scarce and costly), so they began collecting the readily obtainable and cheap modern works.
About 100,000 (and possibly as many as 200,000) classic hobo nickels were created from 1913 to 1980. Modern artists have created (and continue to create) altered nickels in such large quantities that, within the next few years, the number of modern carvings is expected to surpass that of classic old hobo nickels. Most of the 100,000-plus classic old hobo nickels are not yet in the hands of collectors, whereas almost all modern carvings are. Among numismatists, the modern carvings already greatly outnumber the classic old hobo nickels.
Artist Zhang Yu
Opportunity Collectible Art Coin
Hand Engraved Yes
Certificate COA No
Coin Type Half Dollar 1964
OHNS Member No
Original/Genuine Yes
Coin Title Doraemon
Color See Photo
Weights (g) 11
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Yamaha has introduced a new stereo receiver with support for a variety of networked music services (such as Pandora, Spotify, Rhapsody, and SiriusXM), as well as the company's new MusicCast wireless multi-room audio platform. The R-N602 features built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and...
Yamaha has introduced a new stereo receiver with support for a variety of networked music services (such as Pandora, Spotify, Rhapsody, and SiriusXM), as well as the company's new MusicCast wireless multi-room audio platform. The R-N602 features built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and AirPlay, plus support for hi-res playback--including 5.6-MHz DSD and 24/192 AIFF, WAV, and FLAC. The R-N602 is available now for $649.95.
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Created 2 years ago in 9 European countries, the Smart Start programme of the BNP Paribas Foundation now extend in Asia Pacific.
Launched in 2012, Smart Start is a programme that aims at encouraging the integration of socially excluded young people through the practice of arts. It belongs to a global education project managed by the BNP Paribas Foundation.
Its goal? Encourage disadvantaged children to achieve their self-fulfillment, facilitate their integration by giving them access to the practice of arts: music, dance, theatre, puppets, visual arts…
In 2013, Smart Start began to support 4 projects in Asia Pacific:
- Hong Kong : Artists-in-Residence 2011-2016
- India : Mehli Mehta Music Foundation's Discover Music programme
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Together with the 9 other projects running in Europe, it is estimated that over 7,100 children and young people will benefit from the Programme each year.
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Exeter Uni Awarded Funds For New Facilities
Posted by Grow Newsdesk | Jun 1, 2020 | Education, Exeter, Research | 0
The University of Exeter has received £2.5 million to establish one of two evidence review facilities dedicated to ensuring that government health and care policy is informed by the highest quality research.
The funding, from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (PRP), will bring together academics from a range of disciplines within the University of Exeter Medical School. The programme of work involves producing evidence syntheses to inform policy development and evaluation across the full policy remit of the Department of Health and Social Care. The Exeter PRP Evidence Review Facility will work alongside the long-established London-York PRP Evidence Review Facility which is a collaboration between the EPPI-Centre at University College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of York. Previous work commissioned from the London-York PRP Reviews Facility has included topics such as public health provision in community pharmacies, critical features of successful lifestyle weight management programmes, and methods to promote flu vaccine uptake in healthcare workers.
Professor Jo Thompson-Coon, who led the bid for Exeter, said:
“This award is fantastic recognition for the wide-range of high-quality evidence review expertise we have at Exeter. Our work will include reviewing evidence about how things work, what patients and practitioners think about them, whether they offer good value for money and how best to inform the development and evaluation of health and social care policy in the UK. A key element will be including the views of patients and the public, another area in which we excel at Exeter.”
The new facilities are supported by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula (PenARC), and will be led by Jo Thompson Coon, Ruth Garside and G.J. Melendez-Torres. The core review team will be Michael Nunns, Liz Shaw and Simon Briscoe. Kristin Liabo will support public and patient involvement in the programme.
Professor Clive Ballard, Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter Medical School, said:
“Congratulations to our outstanding team in securing this fantastic award. Our contribution to the PRP Reviews Facility will help ensure that government health and care policy is evidence-based and is using the most robust and high-quality research available, which is testament to the high calibre of research we have at Exeter.”
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There"s a teenager in my house
101 questions parents ask
Published 2008 by IVP Books in Downers Grove, Ill .
Parenting -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Miscellanea,
Christian teenagers -- Religious life -- Miscellanea,
Parent and teenager -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Miscellanea
Statement Wayne Rice, editor
Genre Miscellanea.
Contributions Rice, Wayne.
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Polly Adler's "house" -- the brothel that gave this best-selling autobiography its title -- was a major site of New York City underworld activity from the s through the s. Adler's notorious Lexington Avenue house of prostitution functioned as a sort of social club for New York's gangsters and a variety of other celebrities, including Robert Benchley and his friend Dorothy Parker/5(2).
I am looking for pdf book my mother had when she was young (would have probably pdf published in the 50's or 60's). The front of the book showed the alphabet and then there were several stories including two children going to toy land, a little sweet shop and a little boy eating his breakfast out of a bowl which had humpty dumpty on it.
A few weeks ago in the Book Review, Henry Download pdf wrote about strange things found stashed (and smashed) inside books, from money and photographs to baby’s teeth, insect corpses and pieces of superannuated bacon. Bacon. Really? Out in the blogosphere, there seems to be a lot of skepticism about the bacon bookmark meme — or “urban legend,” if you prefer.For those of you who follow our Instagram stories, ebook might have seen and heard me talking about ebook my book collection last month.
Basically, I am working on our living room (more of a den really) right now because we just got a projector and screen instead of a TV (gave our old TV to my father-in-law) and we had a big wrap-around floating shelf installed in the room to house the.
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Col. Bud Day: McCain told me the cross story in 1970 or 1971
AllahpunditPosted at 11:45 am on August 21, 2008
No need to lend this much credence. Sure, he’s a MOH winner and possibly the most decorated serviceman since Douglas MacArthur, but he’s said some controversial things in the past and therefore can’t be trusted. Unlike, say, McCain’s nutroots detractors.
So I asked: When was the first time you heard McCain tell this story? His response: “I heard that story in 1970, 1971—back in that time frame. Anybody who says it’s not true is full of…” Here he used some salty language.
That makes two POWs who claim to have heard McCain tell the story during or shortly after his captivity. Are we done with this now or is the next move to find a POW who never heard him mention it and use that to try to prove the negative? There are, after all, more fruitful smears to pursue. If you’re hungry for more, here’s an interesting snippet from the new Bloggingheads in which Althouse and Robert Wright speculate as to why McCain didn’t mention the story publicly sooner. Maybe because he didn’t realize how affecting people found it? Or maybe, as Althouse says, because his view on witnessing changed over time?
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RNC issues ultimatum to NBC and CNN: If you want to air GOP debates in 2016, cancel your Hillary movies
AllahpunditPosted at 12:41 pm on August 5, 2013
I’m confused. Even if both networks yield to the RNC’s demands, their intent to promote Hillary has already been proved. Why trust them to be “neutral” arbiters going forward just because the movies end up being canceled under pressure?
Is Candy Crowley suddenly a legit moderator again if “Hilary! The Movie” suspends production?
Today Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus sent a letter to Robert Greenblatt, Chairman of NBC Entertainment, and Jeff Zucker, President of CNN Worldwide, calling on their networks to cancel their attempts to influence Americans’ political decisions. Both networks are airing programs promoting former Secretary Hillary Clinton ahead of her likely candidacy for president in 2016. NBC has announced plans to air a miniseries, while CNN is producing a documentary. If the productions are not canceled prior to the start of the RNC’s Summer Meeting, Chairman Priebus will seek a binding vote of the RNC to prevent the committee from partnering with these networks in 2016 primary debates or sanctioning debates they sponsor.
“It’s appalling to know executives at major networks like NBC and CNN who have donated to Democrats and Hillary Clinton have taken it upon themselves to be Hillary Clinton’s campaign operatives,” said Chairman Priebus. “Their actions to promote Secretary Clinton are disturbing and disappointing. I hope Americans will question the credibility of these networks and that NBC and CNN will reconsider their partisan actions and cancel these political ads masked as unbiased entertainment. If they have not agreed to pull this programming prior to the start of the RNC’s Summer Meeting on August 14, I will seek a binding vote stating that the RNC will neither partner with these networks in 2016 primary debates nor sanction primary debates they sponsor.”
Read Priebus’s letter to NBC. He notes — correctly — that the parent network of MSNBC is, necessarily, not real trustworthy to begin with. He notes — correctly — that an awful lot of money has been raised for Democrats by execs at Comcast, NBC’s own parent network. (He also notes — correctly — that NBC’s Hillary boosterism hurts her Democratic rivals for the nomination as much as it hurts the GOP.) And then … he essentially offers to go through with the debates if the Hillary movie is spiked. Why?
Zeke Miller of Time floats a compelling theory:
Reforming the primary debate process has been a central component of the RNC’s 2012 autopsy, with party officials trying to restrict the number of debates and screen out unfriendly debate moderators. But the effort to cut back on the number of debates has run into headwinds from Republican state parties in early states, who in many instances see revenue from co-hosting the debates and associated events. The autopsy recommends changing the RNC rules to include penalties for Republican state parties or candidates if they participate in debates unsanctioned by the RNC.
To date that provision has not caught on. But Priebus’s letter is designed to make that easier when the Republican National Committee meets in Boston next week to discuss the debate schedule, according to one member of the Republican National Committee. “If they have not agreed to pull this programming prior to the start of the RNC’s Summer Meeting on August 14, I will seek a binding vote stating that the RNC will neither partner with these networks in 2016 primary debates nor sanction primary debates they sponsor,” Priebus wrote in his letter.
Republican Party officials believe the 20 GOP primary debates during the 2012 cycle hurt their party and Mitt Romney, the eventual nominee. They proposed a more modest 10-12 debates, in part to protect better-funded candidates from insurgents who capitalize on their time before the cameras.
Priebus has indeed been calling for fewer debates for months. The more debates there are, the more chances there are for promising candidates to stumble fatally (like Rick Perry did) and the more chances there are for grassroots upstarts like Ted Cruz to make inroads at the expense of the establishment’s preferred candidates. But how can the RNC call for fewer debates without antagonizing the grassroots (and the state parties looking to make a buck from them)? Simple: Frame it as a war on media bias. Although, again, that raises the question of why the RNC even gave NBC and CNN a chance to retain their debate rights. Why not just declare the Hillary movies an unpardonable act of partiality and pull the plug? If they promised CBS and ABC exclusive network rights to carry the debates, the public pat on the back for comparative objectivity (emphasis on “comparative”) might make those nets a teensy bit better disposed towards the GOP and its nominee going forward than they’d otherwise be.
I guess Priebus figures there’s no way that either CNN or NBC will bow to their demands here, in which case it’s better for PR reasons to offer them a choice and have it be rejected than to simply pull the plug unilaterally. This way, with the RNC having now framed the issue as a test of the networks’ biases, when they go ahead and insist on airing the movies anyway, it’ll look like they’ve knowingly and willingly chosen to stick with Hillary boosterism than be neutral brokers in 2016. There’s some political value in that for Republicans, for this news cycle at least.
Exit quotation:
Bigger threat would be that Crossroads won't air ads on NBC/CNN in retaliation for Hillary flicks #notgonnahappen
— Alex Burns (@aburnspolitico) August 5, 2013
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Uh oh: Chuck Schumer suddenly okay with House GOP’s piecemeal approach to immigration reform
AllahpunditPosted at 7:21 pm on August 7, 2013
The chief Democratic spokesman for comprehensive reform is suddenly mellow about the Republican approach?
Dude, I’m nervous.
“I actually am optimistic that we will get this done,” Schumer said about a bill taking shape in the House during an interview on CNN. “I’ve had a lot of discussions with various members of both parties in the House. Things are moving in the right direction.”…
“We would much prefer the comprehensive bill, but any way the House can get there is all right by us,” Schumer said.
Actually, let me rephrase. Dude, I would be nervous if I thought the House Republican leadership was serious about a piecemeal approach. But they aren’t. When push comes to shove, they’re comprehensivists too:
First, passing tougher enforcement measures before August would take all the momentum away from other more divisive measures, such as giving “Dreamers,” the children brought to the United States illegally, a legal option for staying in the country. While House leaders publicly insist on dealing with the immigration issues separately, they privately are wary of letting their piecemeal approach be taken out of context.
Second, voting on border security before August would hand Democrats a gift-wrapped political cudgel, a case that again paints Republicans as interested only in legislation that cracks down on immigrants. Or, as one senior House leadership aide put it, “all you did was pass bills that on the surface look discriminatory.” A month of ads smacking Republicans for being anti-immigrant was not a happy prospect.
The point of the piecemeal approach in theory is to start with border security, force both chambers of Congress to focus on that as leverage for serious action, and then deal with amnesty once that’s done. Schumer’s betting that House Republicans will go through the motions of a piecemeal approach in order to try to placate people like you and me and then simply agree to stitch their various bills together into one big comprehensive bill in the conference committee with the Senate. That’s a piecemeal means to a comprehensive end. What good is that? No wonder Schumer doesn’t object.
Speaking of the conference committee, though, the big fear among border hawks is that the House will pass something tough on border security and then gut it during the conference, replacing it with something resembling the Gang of Eight’s crapola instead. What’s the advantage to Boehner, Cantor, and the rest of the GOP leadership in doing it that way, though? Do they think conservative media won’t notice that the substance of the House bill has been radically softened? If anything, trying to pull a fast one like that in order to pass a bad bill will be perceived as even more of a stab in the back by conservatives than simply bringing the Gang of Eight bill to the floor and voting on that. If Boehner wants to pass some sort of amnesty while keeping his fingerprints off it as much as possible, his best bet is to very quietly encourage Pelosi to pursue a discharge petition and to very quietly assure amnesty-leaning House Republicans that they’ll suffer no reprisals from the leadership for voting with the Democrats on it. That way he can pretend that the Gang of Eight bill passed against his will and against the will of the House GOP majority while also letting the RNC take credit for “bipartisan passage” by pointing to the 20-30 rogue Republicans who ended up voting with the Democrats. Or maybe that’s what Schumer has in mind: If the conference committee forges a new, terrible bill, Boehner could feign opposition while a Democratic-led discharge petition conveniently forces him to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. A betrayal is coming; the only question is how.
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The HR Social Hour Half Hour Podcast
HR pros Jon Thurmond and Wendy Dailey talk to other practitioners about connecting, giving back, and building your network. Join us each week for the podcast and the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at 7 PM Eastern for the #HRSocialHour chat on Twitter!
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Episode 73 - Jon & Wendy talk to Valorie Kondos Field
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We're joined by Valorie Kondos Field, recently retired head coach of the 7 time NCAA Champion, 22-time Regional and 18-time Pac-12 Champion UCLA Women’s Gymnastics team. "Miss Val" was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010. The four-time “National Coach of the Year” was previously named “West Region Coach” of the Year, Pac-12 Coach of the Year, and “Coach of the Century” for her solid track record as a preeminent coach.
In this episode, we talk to Miss Val about how "making the ask" changed her career path, building winning coaching teams, her relationship with John Wooden, and what it was like for her to speak at her first Human Resources conference. We were fortunate enough to hear Miss Val speak at HRRedefined earlier this year, big thanks to our friends at Namely for helping us put together this interview!
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Skyline view from the river looking north from about 800 south, Sears Tower in view, Chicago, Illinois.
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Ravenswood Elevated Train crossing the North Branch of the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois.
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View of children wading in the Chicago River at 44th Avenue (now Gompers Park), Chicago, Illinois, circa 1902.
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View of the passenger ship Pere Marquette in tow on the Chicago River, passing through the Dearborn Street Bridge, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1905.
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View of the mouth of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, 1949. The Outer Drive Bridge is lifting to allow a ship to pass through.
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Igaramkin
The student news site of A. J. Dimond High School
The Igaramkin Is Back!
Long-Awaited Galaxy Fold Brings Unique Phone Experience
James Frischkorn, Igaramkin Reporter|November 7, 2019
Samsung unveiled the first major folding phone the Galaxy Fold last February and promptly recalled the device from reviewers before it reached consumer hands.
While the phone has been out in Samsung’s home country, South Korea, since the September 6th, it finally reached the hands of American tech enthusiasts on Sept. 27.
Before the re-release, the phone was full of a few major issues that made the device very fragile, breaking many of the models sent out to tech reviewers. One of the biggest issues was in the hinge.
The hinge left a gap large enough for dust to enter the phone, and the particles would break key components inside the phone.
As expected, there were also issues where the screen would fail and one half of the inner display would fail to illuminate.
The most surprising error was in the screen protector. The protector on the screen left a lip over the edge appearing as if the protector could be removed. What people did not know was that the protector was part of the screen, so when someone attempted to remove the outer layer it would break the screen.
The new version promises to fix those issues. The top of the hinge now has “T-shaped” caps on it to keep dust out of the display, and the lip on the screen protector has also been tucked underneath the caps.
Tech reviewer Marques Brownlee responded to the fixes, saying, “It’s I guess a little surprising in hindsight that it didn’t have this or that they didn’t think of this, I mean it was kind of wild that the Fold had big gaps here [in the hinge].”
According to reviewer Lew Later, the screen has had some reinforcement done to “give it more robustness, it’s a bit sturdier feeling.” This should hopefully keep the screen from breaking as easily.
Perhaps the most interesting remedy to the phone does not have to do with the device itself, but the company’s YouTube channel.
Samsung released a video titled “Caring for Your Galaxy Fold.” It shows that the new device is still very fragile and should not be submitted to the same abuse that the average device may be.
“No extra films needed” closes down the thought of adding an extra screen protector on the inside screen, but the screen still appears to be quite weak as the video warns
“Just use a light touch.” It goes on to say that the spine is “inspired by the precision of watch mechanics keep free of water and dust.”
The Fold will not have the same water resistance we have become used to in mainstream devices.
Another interesting quirk is the magnets used to hold the device closed.
“Be mindful of objects that may be affected,” the video says with images of coins, keys and most notably, a credit card.
Dimond Computer Science and Information Technology teacher, Tracy Castoe said, “I drop my phone regularly so I keep a silicone case on it.”
Durability will be a big issue on this phone.
The main reason for the issues was the early release. The fold was not ready to be launched in February. There were a couple factors as to why the launch was rushed, primarily competition.
Being first to market gives a tech company a large leg up in the area, and that is made more crucial in a slowing market and with such large innovation.
The Royole Flexpai did technically launch before the Fold after its setback, but the device felt low quality and the lesser brand meant that the launch was insubstantial.
“The folding screen on the outside is not the way to go,” said Brownlee. The real competition was the Huawei Mate X.
With a planned launch in June the Mate X would have beaten the Fold had it not been postponed when the Fold encountered so many issues. It is the closest device to compete with the Fold but thus far has not been released, leaving Samsung to be the first major folding phone.
The other reason why the launch of the Fold was so rushed was a major breach in the project.
Back in November of 2018 Samsung found that the plans for the foldable screen had been stolen and sold to a Chinese company. This threatened the secrecy of the project and Samsung decided to risk an earlier launch date in order to keep on top of the foldable market.
Unfortunately, after the massive failure that was the initial release, Samsung has reined in the final release. First of all: no fancy blue and green colors. The fold will only be available in space silver and cosmos black.
“The whole launch is subdued now, the hype will never be what it was,” said Later.
The Fold will not be coming to Canadian markets, and if you’re not on AT&T you will have to buy an unlocked version to bring to your carrier as they are the only cell carrier carrying the device.
Lastly, the 5G model will not come to the U.S. but is coming to South Korea and Europe. But hey, it still comes with a “free” pair of Galaxy Buds.
Samsung also cancelled all the previous Galaxy Fold pre-orders saying the were going to “rethink the entire customer service experience.”
The new release does, in fact, bring a new service program where, if necessary, they will send a person to you to help with your device.
Despite the delay and lowered hype, hopefully Samsung can still kick off a new era for smartphones.
In recent years, the price of premium phones has risen dramatically and the number of major innovations have lowered. This has led to stagnation in the market as more people hang onto phones longer.
The Fold aspires to kick off a new innovation in the industry and pull it out of the rut.
On the topic of how much more expensive a phone upgrade should be, “$200. I expect the price to be no more than $600 to $800 depending on the stats,” Castoe said. The sensors in a smartphone make it expensive, but there is no reason for a smartphone to cost over $1000.”
The price of the phone will also be an obstacle.
Finally, why would anyone buy this? It has proven to be extremely fragile and has a $2,000 price tag pasted to it. It also technically is a Samsung phone that removed the headphone jack and added the notch.
Yes, it is a good “proof of concept,” but is it worth getting?
To start, the phones specs are insane. The phone fits the latest Qualcomm processor, 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. The battery is one of the largest ever seen in a phone at 4,380 mAh.
The phone is really more of a tablet, the 7.3 inch display is outside of the phone range. Essentially, the phone is for anyone who needs a tablet size device that can be carried in a pocket.
“It’s still a unique experience for gaming, for web browsing, it’s awesome for email I think and of course just for multitasking in general,”
Samsung’s market points primarily towards productivity and business, much like the Note series. They advertise the use of the inner display as comfortably opening three to eight apps at a time and easier typing on the larger keyboard.
The phone has a total of six cameras so there is no shortage of photography either.
Ultimately, version one may just be for rich tech enthusiasts living out on the edge of technology. Outside of the tech world, the fold has not gotten too much press.
Dimond Senior Kurtis Brumbaugh admits he is not heavily involved in the tech industry and “heard about some folding phone like six months ago and forgot about it.”
Castoe said she “heard it mentioned half a dozen times.”
The fold is such a major upgrade, but that may not be enough to get it widespread.
“If mine [phone] is no longer usable or it inconveniences me, I’ll upgrade it,” Brumbaugh said. At such a large price, the device is mainly for people who want to have the latest tech and can afford to do so.
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On May 20, 2020, Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) reported in a Form 8-K that 233 million warrants and options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock had expired, would expire, or had been suspended through November 1, 2020. The Company has recently received questions concerning the status of those 233 million warrants and options and so provides the following updates:
Of the 233 million total, 62 million were warrants that had expired in May 2020 or were due to expire in June 2020. Approximately all 62 million such warrants have expired as of November 2020.
The remaining 171 million were warrants and options held by a group of significant long-term shareholders and the Company’s CEO, Linda Powers. The exercise of these 171 million warrants and options was previously suspended through November 1, 2020 as reported by the Company in May 2020. Approximately 157 million of those 171 million warrants and options have now been suspended through December 15, 2020.
Furthermore, the holders have agreed to suspend the exercise of approximately 21 million additional warrants through December 15, 2020 for a total of approximately 178 million new suspensions.
Consequently, approximately 274 million warrants and options are now suspended through December 15, 2020: the 178 million warrants and options as reported here plus approximately 96 million warrants suspended earlier in connection with new share purchases.
In consideration for the forgoing suspensions, the Company has agreed to extend the term of each suspended warrant by 45 days and issue approximately 5 million warrants to the holders of the 178 million suspended warrants and options.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20205681
Status and effects of health workforce related factors on implementation of universal health care in Nakuru West Sub County, Nakuru, Kenya
Jackline Mokeira Selvesta, Moses Otiati Esilaba, Oscar Omondi Donde
Background: Globally, due to low health care coverage, there have been continued efforts to ensure that there is increased accessibility to quality, affordable and equitable universal health care (UHC) services in most parts of developing countries, such as within Nakuru county in Kenya.
Methods: The study focused on determining health workforce gaps in health care facilities that might affect the implementation of UHC in Nakuru West Sub County. Cross-sectional study design was applied, data was collected using structured questionnaires, analyzed using statistical package for social sciences 23rd version and presented in charts for ease comparison.
Results: The findings of this study indicated that there was shortage of HWCs. This implies that the staffing in the facilities located in Nakuru West Sub-County is inadequate for the implementation of the Kenyan government UHC and it was evident that the mostly affected sections were the nursing, public health officer (PHO), pharmacy, clinical officers and laboratory in that order. Most alarmingly, majority of the HCWs (58.2%) were not being appreciated for good work, despite the fact that they play a key role in the implementation of UHC.
Conclusions: It is therefore imperative for the county government which is the arm of the Kenyan government to ensure that they recruit adequate health care workers in all cadres to serve the continuously rising population and HCWs should have adequate level of education, acceptable training skills and be well- motivated.
Universal health care, Health workforce gaps, Shortage of HCWs
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Area 1 Security raises $25 million for AI tools to protect against phishing
Area 1 Security, a cybersecurity company offering AI-driven protections against phishing attacks, today announced it raised $25 million. A spokesperson said the funding will accelerate R&D and the expansion of Area 1’s go-to-market resources with a particular focus on an “aggressive multi-tier channel strategy,” after a sixth-month period during which the startup claims to have prevented $273 million in active financial cyber fraud and blocked millions of phishing attempts.
According to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report, nearly one-third of all data breaches involved phishing in one way or another. That’s likely because users have a tendency to fall for attacks, studies show — KnowBe4 reports that 38% of employees who don’t undergo cyber awareness training fail phishing tests. Problematically, the pandemic appears to have worsened the onslaught, with companies like Google suggesting millions of COVID-19-related phishing scams are being perpetrated daily.
Area 1 has an interesting history. The company was incorporated in 2013 by Oren Falkowitz, Blake Darché, and Phil Syme, all of whom were formerly employed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). In December 2018, Area 1 revealed a Chinese government cyber campaign targeting over 100 intergovernmental organizations, ministries of foreign affairs, ministries of finance, trade unions, and think tanks that ultimately led to the breach of a European Union (EU) diplomatic communications network. And in January 2020, the company uncovered a Rusian government phishing campaign targeting Burisma Holdings and its subsidiaries, the scandal-tied Ukraine firm that hired Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.
Area 1’s technology attempts to prevent phishing across email, social, web, and network vectors by integrating with cloud suites within less than a day. It operates on a unique pay-per-phish model — customers only pay for attempts it catches — and it ostensibly identifies and stops phishing up to 24 hours before it actually occurs.
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Area 1’s cloud-based Horizon software detects and halts a range of phishing attacks including those carying ransomware and malware payloads. A business email compromise filter provides a measure of protectino for the C-Suite, while anti-web-phishing measures including page blocks and real-time notifications inform administrators of thwarted campaigns.
Horizon, which employs a distributed, recursive domain name service (DNS) for monitoring and detection, also protects mobile and roaming users from phishing attempts. (In a survey from Wandera, over half of all organizations said they’d experienced at least one mobile phishing incident last year.) Via integrations on network edge devices, it enhances defenses with preemptive actions using dynamic web crawling, instant link crawls, in-the-wild sandboxing, user impersonation, computer vision, and other techniques.
Under the hood, Horizon leverages declarative rules, supervised and unsupervised machine learning models, and lexical pattern assessments for attack correlation and emergent campaign identification that focus on small pattern analytics. Over 100 models in total continuously learn, score, and self-improve, taking into account variables like message bodies, network traffic, headers, attachments, payloads, and natural language. Sensors discover potential campaign infrastructure and aggregate attack data from relay points actors use to launch their campaigns; Area 1 says it crawls over 6 billion pages and 220 million top-level domains every few weeks to find tell-tale patterns it then stores in a 6-petabyte data warehouse of attack events, records, and more than 250 billion attack metadata records.
It’s Area 1’s assertion that this comprehensive automated approach to phishing threat prevention sets it apart from rivals like Inky, Vailmail, and Vade, among others. Last year, Area 1 claims to have stopped 42 million phishing attempts and processed more than 5 billion emails and 6 billion DNS requests.
ForgePoint Capital led this latest investment in Redwood, City-based Area 1, along with current investors Kleiner Perkins, Icon Ventures, and Top Tier Capital. It brings the company’s total raised to over $80 million following a $32 million series C in October 2018.
As a part of it, ForgePoint Capital cofounder and managing director Alberto Yepez will join Area 1’s board of directors. In addition, Patrick Sweeney, former CEO of Talari Networks (which Oracle acquired in 2019), was appointed as Area 1’s CEO.
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Neuralink demonstrates its next-generation brain-machine interface
During a press conference held virtually this afternoon, scientists at Elon Musk’s Neuralink gave a progress update. It came just over a year after the company, which was founded in 2016 with the goal of creating brain-machine interfaces, first revealed to the world its vision, software, and implantable hardware platform. Little of what was discussed today was surprising or necessarily unanticipated, but it provided assurances the pandemic hasn’t prevented Neuralink from inching toward its ambitious goals.
Neuralink’s prototype can extract real-time information from many neurons at once. During a live demo, Neuralink showed readings from a pig’s brain; when the pig touched an object with its snout, neurons captured by Neuralink’s technology fired in a visualization on a TV monitor. That isn’t novel in and of itself — Kernel and Paradromics are among the many outfits developing under-skull brain-reading chips — but Neuralink uniquely leverages flexible cellophane-like conductive wires inserted into tissue using a “sewing machine.” Neuralink says it received a Breakthrough Device designation in July and it’s working with the FDA on potential future human clinical trials.
It is the work of founding Neuralink members from the University of California Tim Hanson and Philip Sabes along with University of California, Berkeley professor Michel Maharbiz, and the version demonstrated today is an improvement over what was shown last year. Musk calls it “V2,” and he’s confident it’ll someday take less than an hour to embed within a human brain. He also says it’ll be easy to remove and leave no lasting damage, should a patient wish to upgrade or discard Neuralink’s interface.
Neuralink collaborated with Woke Studios, a creative design consultancy based in San Francisco, on the design of the sewing machine. Woke began working with Neuralink over a year ago on a behind-the-ear concept that Neuralink presented in 2019, and the two re-engaged shortly after for the surgical robot.
According to Woke head designer Afshin Mehin, machine is capable of seeing the entirety of the brain.
“The design process was a close collaboration between our design team at Woke Studios, the technologists at Neuralink, and prestigious surgical consultants who could advise on the procedure itself,” Mehin told VentureBeat. “Our role specifically was to take the existing technology that can perform the procedure, and hold that against the advice from our medical advisors as well as medical standards for this type of equipment, in order to create a non-intimidating robot that could perform the brain implantation.”
The machine consists of three parts. There’s a “head,” which houses automated surgical tools and brain-scanning cameras and sensors, against which a patient situates their skull. First, a device removes a portion of skull, and a device replaces the portion of skull that was removed. Then, computer vision algorithms guide a needle containing 5-micron-thick bundles of wires and insulation six millimeters into the brain, avoiding blood vessels. (Neuralink says the machine is technically capable of drilling to arbitrary lengths.) The wires — which measure a quarter of the diameter of a human hair (4 to 6 μm) — link to a series of electrodes at different locations and depths. At maximum capacity, the machine can insert six threads containing 192 electrodes per minute.
A single-use bag attaches with magnets around the machine’s head to maintain sterility and allow for cleaning, and angled wings around the inner facade ensure a patient’s skull remains in place during surgical insertion. machine’s “body” attaches onto a base, which provides weighted support for the entire structure, concealing the other technologies that enable the system to operate.
When asked about whether the prototype would ever make its way into clinics or hospitals, Mehin danced around the question, but noted that the design was intended for “broad-scale” use. “As engineers, we know what’s possible and how to communicate the design needs in an understandable way, and likewise, their team is able to send over highly complex schematics that we can run with,” he said. “We imagine this is a design that could live outside of a laboratory and into any number of clinical settings.”
The N1 chip
As Neuralink detailed last year, the first device designed for trials — the N1 — contains the aforementioned chip, a thin film, and a hermetic substrate that can interface with up to 1,024 electrodes. Up to 10 can be placed in one brain hemisphere, optimally at least four in the brain’s motor areas and one in a somatic sensory area.
Musk says the device is dramatically simplified compared with the version shown off last year. It no longer has to sit behind your ear, it’s the size of a large coin (23 millimeters wide an 8 millimeters tall), and the wires connect within a centimeter of the device itself.
The electrodes relay detected neural pulses to a processor placed on the surface of the skull that is able to read information from up to 1,536 channels, roughly 15 times better than current systems embedded in humans. It meets the baseline for scientific research and medical applications and is potentially superior to Belgian rival Imec’s Neuropixels technology, which can gather data from thousands of separate brain cells at once. Musk claims Neuralink’s commercial system could include as many as 3,072 electrodes per array across 96 threads.
The chip contains inertial measurement sensors, pressure sensors, and a battery that lasts “all day” and inductively charges, along with analog pixels, which amplify and filter neural signals before they’re converted into digital bits. (Neuralink claims the analog pixels are at least 5 times smaller than the known state of the art.) One analog pixel can capture the entire neural signals of 20,000 samples per second with 10 bits of resolution, resulting in 200Mbps of neural data for each of the 1,024 channels recorded.
Above: Neuralink’s N1 sensor.
Image Credit: Neuralink
Once the signals are amplified, they’re converted and digitized by on-chip analog-to-digital converters that directly characterize the shape of neuron pulses. According to Neuralink, it takes the N1 only 900 nanoseconds to compute incoming neural data.
The N1 will be connected via small wires under the scalp. This will pair wirelessly up to 10 meters through the skin to a battery-powered Bluetooth device called the Link. Neuralink says the implants will be configurable through a smartphone app and that patients might be able to control buttons and redirect outputs from the phone to a computer keyboard or mouse.
During the pig demo, Neuralink showed that it was able to predict the position of all of the animal’s limbs with “high accuracy.” The next step is writing to neurons — millions of neurons could be influenced with a single N1 sensor, according to Musk.
One of Neuralink’s aspirational goals is to allow a tetraplegic to type at 40 words per minute, said Musk. Eventually, he hopes Neuralink’s system will eventually be used to create what he describes as a “digital super-intelligent [cognitive] layer” that enables humans to “merge” with artificially intelligent software.
Potential roadblocks
High-resolution brain-machine interfaces, or BCI for short, are predictably complicated — they must be able to read neural activity to pick out which groups of neurons are performing which tasks. Implanted electrodes are well-suited to this, but historically, hardware limitations have caused them to come into contact with more than one region of the brain or produce interfering scar tissue.
That has changed with the advent of fine biocompatible electrodes, which limit scarring and can target cell clusters with precision (though questions around durability remain). What hasn’t changed is a lack of understanding about certain neural processes.
Rarely is activity isolated in brain regions, such as the prefrontal lobe and hippocampus. Instead, it takes place across various brain regions, making it difficult to pin down. Then there’s the matter of translating neural electrical impulses into machine-readable information; researchers have yet to crack the brain’s encoding. Pulses from the visual center aren’t like those produced when formulating speech, and it is sometimes difficult to identify signals’ origination points.
It’ll also be incumbent on Neuralink to convince regulators to approve its device for clinical trials. Brain-computer interfaces are considered medical devices requiring consent from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and obtaining that consent can be time-consuming and costly.
Perhaps anticipating this, Neuralink has expressed interest in opening its own animal testing facility in San Francisco, and the company last month publishing a job listing for candidates with experience in phones and wearables. Last year, Neuralink claimed it performed 19 surgeries on animals and successfully placed wires about 87% of the time.
All these challenges haven’t discouraged Neuralink, which has over 90 employees and has received $158 million in funding including at least $100 million from Musk. However, they’ve potentially been exacerbated by what STAT News described in a report as a “chaotic internal culture.” Responding to the story via a New York Post inquiry, a Neuralink spokesperson said many of STAT’s findings were “either partially or completely false.”
While Neuralink expects that inserting the electrodes will initially require drilling holes through the skull, it hopes to soon use a laser to pierce bone with a series of small holes, which might lay the groundwork got research into alleviating conditions like Parkinson’s and epilepsy and helping physically disabled patients hear, speak, move, and see.
That’s less far-fetched than it might sound. Columbia University neuroscientists have successfully translated brain waves into recognizable speech. A team at the University of California, San Francisco built a virtual vocal tract capable of simulating human verbalization by tapping into the brain. In 2016, a brain implant allowed an amputee to use their thoughts to move the individual fingers of a prosthetic hand. And experimental interfaces have allowed monkeys to control wheelchairs and type at 12 words a minute using only their minds.
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A buoyant mood and happy surprises during the first part of our auction
Flying high at the Kinsky!
A thrilling bidding war for Koloman Moser’s “Feldeinsamkeit” from 1912-1913 led to a new world record! The young man reclining in the clouds reached 960.000 € (hammer price 750.000 €). This record cements the reputation (and market value) of this artist as one of the most important painter of the Art Nouveau – and also that of the im Kinsky as one of the leading auction houses in this department. Which is what had incited the owner in the first place to entrust the Kinsky with a work that had been family property for almost 100 years; with tremendous success.
Another record was achieved by the wonderful “Bildnis der Frau F. B.” by Leopold Blauensteiner from 1908. The portrait of the artist’s wife is one of his main works and executed in the purest style of the Viennese Modernism, the hammer came down at 140.800 € (HP 110.000 €).
A lot of interest is always being generated by works of the Tyrolean painter Albin Egger-Lienz. Again and again he came back to the motif of the sower, and his aptly named watercolor “Sower” from around 1920 is now this artist’s second most expensive paper work ever at auction with 172.800 € (HP 135.000 €).
The painter Rudolf Wacker from Vorarlberg is also a sure bet for top prices. The lake Constance was one of his favorite motives – as seen in the picture “Föhn” from 1927, which was auctioned off for 140.800 € (HP 110.000 €).
Furthermore, the im Kinsky proved its expertise for drawings by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. Three sheets by Klimt reached between 83.200 € (HP 65.000€) und 217.600 € (HP 170.000 €). A drawing by Schiele changed hands at a price of 230.400 € (HP 180.000 €).
Great surprises in the antiques section!
First things first: a passionate bidding war took place over two dolls from the 17th – 18th century representing “Henry VIII” and “Elizabeth I.” This led to a record price of 268.800 € including buyer’s premium (Hammer Price 210.000 €) right at the beginning of the auction thanks to an English bidder. The king and his daughter are thus returning to their home country.
More top prices in this section were achieved by a reliquary from the collection of Baron James de Rothschild, which went up to 51.200 € (HP 40.000 €) and also went to the UK. There was also a lot of interest for an amulet from 1700, for which the hammer came down at 10.880 € (HP 8500 €), highly above the estimate.
Successful contemporaries
An absolute top price was yet again achieved for a sculpture by Erwin Wurm, the famous and widely collected Austrian artist. His “model for telekinetic sculpture“ from 2006 made 65.280 € (51.000 €). The small bent vehicle therefore went for almost four times the price than a similar piece five years ago. Wurm is without question one of the leaders in the Austrian Contemporary Art.
The sculpture „Bed“ from Bruno Gironcoli reached almost as much. Its new owner will bed himself on this aluminum sculpture for 52.480 € (HP 41.000 €), the third most expensive sculpture of this artist.
Mario Dalpa’s „Friendly Corona“ stands in the tradition of his friendly, sensual figures full of relish. It was created in 2018 and therefore bears no ties to the actual crisis, but still its happy shapes will now delight its new owner for 44.800 € (35.000 €).
Another record was made in Contemporary Art with Austrian artist Drago J. Prelog. For his “Teilweise dichter Verkehr” (“some dense traffic”) from 2010, the hammer came down at 28.160 € (HP 22.000 €).
Old Masters still bring great results
A great highlight was the beautiful depiction of the “The adoration of the Magi” from an Antwerp master, created around 1520. The hammer came down for this work at 70.400 € including buyer’s premium (HP 55.000 €). The lust for travels incited a buyer to spend 52.480 € (HP 41.000 €) on “Saint Marks Square in Venice” from the circle of Michele Marieschi. The bidding for “Allegory of Love” from Jan Brueghel the Younger and Hendrik van Balen was equally successful and reached the upper estimate with 51.200 € (HP 40.000 €).
A perfect mood in the paintings of the 19th century
Among the 19th century paintings, those of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller were especially sought after. His “Young man with straw hat” from 1821 achieved 38.400 € (HP 30.000 €), while his “Marsh landscape in evening light” from 1824 brought 33.280 € (HP 26.000 €). Another highlight was Markus Pernhart – the mountaineering painter created the “Großglockner” in the mid 1850-ies. This work sold for 57.600 € (HP 45.000 €) and is the third most expensive painting of this artist at auction.
Sure bets in the Art Nouveau department
Josef Hoffmann cemented his reputation as one of the most important names in the Art Nouveau auctions. His sugar sprinkler from 1905 reached a record price of 10.240 € (HP 8000 €) and is thus the most expensive sugar sprinkler ever sold at auction designed by this master. His cigarette case from 1920 also doubled its price to 4.864 € (HP 3800 €) compared to the last auction. Also worth mentioning is the important interest in Leopold Forstner, whose draft for a poster from 1910 reached fantastic 10.880 € (HP 8500 €).
The auction also highlighted the name of a famous Art Nouveau sculptor: Franz Barwig the Older. He based his animal depictions on his studies in the zoo in Schönbrunn, and his “Panther” and “female Panther” from 1912/14 achieved each a record price of 15.360 € (HP 12000 €). Equally, almost all the other lots from this artist exceeded expectations. A great rediscovery of this Austrian sculptor!
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Actors: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong,
Directors: Ang Lee, David Benioff, Billy Ray, Darren Lemke, Darren Lemke, David Benioff,
Production: Skydance Media, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Fosun Group Forever Pictures
Duration: 117 Menit
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A retiring assassin, Henry Brogan, finds himself pursued by a mysterious killer that can predict his every move. Discovering that he's being hunted by a younger clone of himself, Henry needs to find out why he's being targeted and who the creator is.
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Maruti Suzuki launches A-star at 3.46 lakhs
19/11/2008 - 09:16 | A Star, Maruti Suzuki Alto, Maruti A-Star, maruti suzuki india, fuel efficient car, 998cc K10B petrol engine, European ELV norms, A2 segment, Suzuki's fifth World Strategic Model, three-cylinder, light-weight aluminum K10B engine, Total Effective Control Technology, 200 variants, Maruti Suzuki, Suzuki | Shrawan Raja
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Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited unveiled the much-awaited, World Strategic Model, A-star here today.
Powered by the new, state-of-the-art, light weight, 998cc K10B petrol engine, A-star is the best in class fuel-efficient car with a mileage of 19.59 kilometers per litre, as tested by ARAI, Pune, country's premier automotive research agency.
Built on a brand new platform, the A-star is an excellent city car with best in class turning radius, power, flat torque (minimum gearshifts) and performance.
A-star is truly a green car with no compromise. The newest model meets the European ELV norms, which implies that 85 per cent of the car is recyclable. In addition, it is free from hazardous materials like Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Chromium.
The A-star was launched in the city by Mr. RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India Limited and other senior company officials.
The A-star has been designed keeping in mind aspirations of the urban economy-conscious customers, who seek best-in-class fuel efficiency,lower emission, and high quality and high performance alongwith style. It also takes the engine technology in India to the next level. A-star is the most relevant car that addresses the needs of today's customers be it India or any other part of the world.
A-star is Maruti Suzuki's eighth vehicle launched in less than 40 months. It reinforces Maruti Suzuki's dominance in the highly competitive A2 segment where Maruti Suzuki holds a whopping 55% market share.
Positioned in the premium A2 segment and targeted towards urban young professionals, the stylish, sporty and youthful A-star delivers a fantastic driving experience with futuristic looks.
This new car, built under the slogan - small cars for big future - stems from Suzuki's commitment to make India the global hub for small cars.This car is Suzuki's fifth World Strategic Model.
The A-star, produced at company's Manesar plant is being launched with a high 95 per cent indigenization levels.
2008 Maruti Suzuki A-Star Image Gallery
A Brand New Engine and Transmission
The A-star is the first car from Maruti Suzuki to be fitted with the new KB Series engine. The K10B engine on the A-star is carefully designed to meet the current and forthcoming environment norms in India as well as in the advanced markets of the Western world. In India, the engine conforms to the present BS-III emission norms
The KB series engine plant, built at an investment of Rs 1,200 Crore, is an outcome of over three years of design and development in collaboration with Suzuki Motor Corporation.
The new-generation three-cylinder, light-weight aluminum K10B engine is a major initiative undertaken by the company towards offering latest technology to its customers. Maruti Suzuki engineers have put together a host of innovative technologies to enhance performance, minimise friction and provide high acceleration. The engine offers power of 67ps@ 6200 rpm and torque of 90nm @ 3500 rpm. The flat torque curve comes in handy while negotiating the stop-go city traffic conditions with ease.
The engine has undergone over 250,000 km of endurance testing and over 500 hours of engine calibration and 7,500 hours of engine validation on dynamometer.
Driving Comfort
With a turning radius of 4.5 meters and a ground clearance of 170 mm, the A-star is suitable for all Indian conditions, including congested areas and potholed roads. The A-star boasts of a unique all-round gas damped suspension, making rides much more comfortable, and also reducing wear and tear resulting in a low maintenance cost.
The A-star has a front suspension frame for excellent handling. Front and rear suspensions have been fine-tuned for enhanced riding comfort with perfect handling on Indian road conditions. Ultra high-grade steel used in coil springs provides high rigidity and agility for passenger comfort.
Safety Some important safety features on the A-star include:
Crushable structure energy dispersing frame and a high rigidity body combined with lightness
Airbags and ABS
The A-star's body reflects the Total Effective Control Technology (TECT) concept in the form of crushable structures that absorb impact energy and then disperse impact energy away from occupants in the event of a collision.
Aesthetics: A class apart
Interiors: The interior of A-star boasts of a refreshing mix of modernity and ethnicity. The smart tacho pod, digital trip meter, odometer, fuel gauge, clock, an integrated music system with AUX-in facility, a short-throw 6-gear shift and a sporty steering, together offer an unmatched experience. A floating cockpit design, sculpted aero-dashboard and wrap-around console add to the overall engaging sporty theme.
The crimson illumination that is gentle to the eyes and has stress relieving properties, has been integrated soberly in the interiors.
Exteriors: The design reflects the contemporary European tastes with apportioned cabin layouts. Besides aerodynamic looks, the car's exterior has numerous interesting features such as sweeping expressive lamps, comet shaped tail lamps, and a wide sporty grille that also offers good engine ventilation.
One of the most striking features that capture attention is the highly contoured rear bumper which brings in the cool quotient to the premium A2 segment car.
A-star car is available in three variants: LXi, VXi and the top-end fully loaded ZXi. An array of nine vibrant colours, together with three new ones, include
Desert Brown * Supreme White Bright Red
Paradise Blue * Sunlight Cooper Midnight Black
Healing Green * Silky Silver Azure Grey
* New colours
The A-star will be made in over 200 variants and exported to around 150 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Africa.
The A-star will contribute half of Maruti Suzuki's overall export target of 200,000 units by 2010-11. As announced earlier, the company plans to commence exports of A-star in early 2009, to Europe.
Introductory Prices of A-star in DELHI are:
Model A-star Lxi City Delhi Ex-Showroom (Rs) 346775
A-star Vxi Delhi 374775
A-star Zxi Delhi 411775
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Top of the Pack
It was a moment of mixed emotions for the superstar when he walked down the stage with his award.
Written by PriyankaPereira | January 14, 2011 2:58:14 am
The top four winners at the Star Screen Awards talk about their big night out
Shah Rukh Khan,Best Actor (Male) Popular Choice
It was a moment of mixed emotions for the superstar when he walked down the stage with his award. He confesses that though he would have been happier had he won the jury award for Best Actor,every award is important to him. I have two little children who do me proud by bringing home prizes,trophies. So every time I return home after attending an award function,they ask me if I won. I hate it if I disappoint them, he says,in all honesty. His winning combo with friend Karan Johar worked in 2010 too when both came together for My Name Is Khan.
At the ceremony,the 42-year-old also played the host alongside Shahid Kapoor,showing off his wicked humour. Despite having had a long-running career,Khan says he wants to continue entertaining people. I have much more than I deserve and I want to give it back to where it comes from the audience,the fans.
Katrina Kaif,Best Actor (Female) Popular Choice
When Katrina Kaif came into the industry in 2003,most critics thought that her English accent and poor acting abilities wouldnt take her too far. But things have changed for Kaif,who over the years has been termed a lucky charm by filmmakers and also been voted as the most popular actress. The testimony of her popularity was the golden statuette she won at the Star Screen Awards. I am overwhelmed. I cannot believe I won this. This is my first in this category ever, gushes Kaif. For Kaif,who has worked hard to gain acceptance in this industry,thanked all her directors,producers and co-stars. This year,has been special for her with Raajneeti being declared a hit and her item number Sheila Ki Jawani from Tees Maar Khan topping the charts. For this award,I would like to thank Prakash Jha who had the faith in me.
Vidya Balan,Best Actor (Female)
A jubilant,uninhibited smile lights up her face as Vidya Balan clutches her Best Actor (Female) trophy,the newest feather in her already decorated cap. The actress has won the award for her acclaimed feisty and bold character in Ishqiya. Its a dream run, she exclaims. The lovely actress swept pretty much all awards last year for her role in Paa and hopes that Ishqiya does an encore for her.
Ishqiya,however,she says,is indeed a film close to her heart and has done much for her. It took a lot from me as an actor to portray the character. But the sheer joy of doing the film,and that too with such talent as Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi as colleagues and Abhishek Chaubey as the director is indescribable. The credit for the kind of films I am now being offered substantial ones that push my limits as an actor goes to Ishqiya, says the actress whose next release is Sujoy Ghoshs Kahaani and Milan Luthrias The Dirty Picture.
Salman Khan,Best Actor (Male)
Trust Salman Khan to do the unthinkable. He attends the award function but disappears when he has to go on stage to pick his award. He makes his entry though the backstage giving the red carpet a miss. Thats me, he says casually and smiles. For almost two decades,fans have loved and adored him and his films,but this award in the Best Actor category is a first for him. Does it feel special? It feels the same. Nothing really changes after you win an award. You continue doing your work in the manner you are used to doing, says Khan. But the family man that he is,he is definitely happy for his brother Arbaaz Khan,who produced Dabangg. I am very happy for Arbaaz. It will do a lot of good to him.
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So why is the Folkboat such a popular type? Classic Boat examines the question
Why the Folkboat is the most popular cabin yacht of all time: a design analysis
Well, the Folkboat has Classic Boat’s Theo Rye convinced:
‘The freeboard looks perilously low, especially on the Nordic version, but the boat is remarkably dry even when pushed hard. The flare in the sections means the waterline beam when upright is modest enough for decent light-airs speed, but as the hull heels it rapidly gains stability; aided by a very healthy ballast ratio (well over 50 per cent in most versions), her stiffness is perfectly judged.
‘She is also tolerant of added weight; a good attribute in a pocket cruiser, especially one capable of crossing the Atlantic or even more, so even quite reasonably equipped boats look and sail perfectly well. The firm tuck of the bilges leading into nice, slim keel sections help generate good lift (in relative terms) from the long keel, which is a key to good sailing performance. The shape owes precious little to rating rules, only hydrodynamics; you pay for that bold forward overhang in accommodation or waterline length, maybe, but driving into any sort of sea you’ll be glad of that bargain. The slope of the transom stern tucks the rudder deep under the hull and the angle of the stern post, while typically Scandinavian, looks old-fashioned, even exaggerated; but time at the helm tells you exactly why they stuck with it.
‘The fractional sail plan is equally well judged; with her relatively modest displacement and wetted surface area (for the type), she can slip along just fine, but will carry her canvas well as the wind comes up.’
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My thanks to the excellent small boat designer, builder, sailor and sailmaker Mik Storer for spotting and sharing this one.
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Author Gavin AtkinPosted on October 16, 2015 Categories Boating, boats, ships and the sea, Designs and designers, boat plans,books of plans, History, Keelboat, Sailing cruisersTags FolkboatLeave a comment on So why is the Folkboat such a popular type? Classic Boat examines the question
How mistress of cruising Carol Hasse sets up her Folkboat
Classic Boat picked this up first, but I think it’s worth repeating. Carol Hasse has her boat worked out seriously well, and for boat users there’s always something to learn – or at least to understand even if we don’t adopt the same methods.
Port Townsend Sails: A Woman, A Place, A Passion from Paul Shapiro on Vimeo.
Author Gavin AtkinPosted on October 24, 2014 October 24, 2014 Categories Boating, boats, ships and the sea, Sailing boat, Sailing cruisers, Skills and tuition, TechniquesTags Carol Hasse, FolkboatLeave a comment on How mistress of cruising Carol Hasse sets up her Folkboat
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A selection of IRB decisions is available on the Canadian Legal Information Institute's (CanLII) website.
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal. Every year, the Board renders more than 40,000 decisions on refugee protection and immigration matters.
About Board decisions
Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, hearings before the IRB are generally held in public. A case may be heard in private when there is a serious possibility that the life, liberty and security of a person will be endangered if the proceeding is held in public, or for reasons of fairness or public security, as set out in section 166 of the Act.
When a case is heard in private, the decision and reasons are "sanitized". That is, all the information that could identify the person who is the subject of the proceedings is replaced by "XXX".
Persuasive decisions
Persuasive decisions are decisions that have been identified by a division head (the Deputy Chairperson of the Refugee Protection Division, the Refugee Appeal Division, the Immigration Division or the Immigration Appeal Division) as being of persuasive value in developing the jurisprudence of a particular division. These decisions are well written, provide clear, complete and concise reasons with respect to the particular element that is considered to have persuasive value, and consider all of the relevant issues in a case. Accordingly, members are encouraged to rely upon persuasive decisions in the interests of consistency and effective decision-making. This consistency also helps parties and counsel prepare for proceedings before the IRB, and may encourage early resolution without a hearing, where appropriate.
The use of persuasive decisions enables the IRB to move toward a consistent application of the law in a transparent manner. Their designation promotes efficiency in the hearing and reasons writing process by making use of quality work done by colleagues.
Decision makers are not required to explain their decision not to apply a persuasive decision.
VA9-02166 December 2010 | Revoked November 2014
In this decision, the claimant asserts that he has been and will be persecuted by the Sri Lankan army, government officials and paramilitary agents associated with the Sri Lankan government if he returns to Sri Lanka because he is a member of a particular social group of 'young male Tamils from northern Sri Lanka'. He also claimed a nexus to the Convention grounds of perceived political opinion and nationality. | Notice of Identification
TA6-07453 May 2008 | Revoked November 2014
This decision has persuasive value in regard to claimants from Mexico seeking protection due to their fear that the Mexican state is unable to protect them from criminality by common criminals because of corruption within the police. The reasons cite the documentary evidence which relates to state protection and conclude with a finding that for such claimants, adequate state protection is available. | Notice of Identification
Reasons of interest
Following are links to select refugee appeal decisions that the IRB deems noteworthy for meeting one or more of the following criteria:
Decisions that model a practical or expedient approach to an issue;
Decisions that demonstrate a novel or evolutional approach to an issue;
Decisions that thoroughly assess a complex issue;
Decisions that model excellence in reasons writing;
Decisions that respond to a timely or emerging issue.
Decisions identified here will be prefaced by a short introduction. All published Refugee Appeal Division decisions are available on CanLII.
Decision No. MB8-15738 October 2020
Provides an example of the RAD exercising its jurisdiction to determine an appeal on grounds other than those considered by the RPD. The RAD found that the determinative issue was not credibility, as the RPD had found, but whether the appellant faced a prospective risk if returned to Haiti.
Decision No. TB7-23779 October 2020
Provides a clearly written assessment of the issue of identity in Somalia. The RAD undertook its own analysis and agreed with the RPD on inconsistencies around the appellant’s US refugee claim, his date of birth and an identity witness’s affidavit, finding that there was insufficient evidence to establish the appellant’s personal and national identity.
Decision No. TB8-27166 October 2020
Deals with a breach of natural justice for a case in which the testimony of a witness was not interpreted for the Appellant. The RAD found that the RPD breached the Appellant’s right to understand the proceedings. The RAD sent it back to the RPD for redetermination.
Decision No. VB9-05280 October 2020
Provides a thorough analysis of the appellant’s genuineness of faith in an appeal involving Christianity in Iran. The RAD articulates the problems inherent with imposing a rigid test of religious belief and practice upon an Appellant.
Dismisses a Minister’s appeal of a positive RPD decision and cautions against bringing appeals based on speculative assessments of plausibility.
Addresses a procedural fairness issue in which the RPD member was overly stringent in applying the RPD rules. The RPD member did not allow new evidence or a witness to testify due to late notice. The RAD sent it back to the RPD for redetermination.
Decision No. MB8-19526 August 2020
Clearly and concisely addresses an appeal of a US-born minor appellant and the concept of family unity, as it relates to refugee determination.
Decision No. TB8-24987 August 2020
Outlines the legal principles associated with applications to reopen and applies them to the facts of the case.
Evaluates the admissibility of new evidence and the requirement to conduct a hearing under s.110(6) of the IRPA. It is a case involving bisexuality in Nigeria, in which the new evidence was crucial to the appeal. After holding a hearing on the new evidence, the RAD member substituted a positive decision.
Dismisses an appeal on credibility grounds. The underlying basis of the claim related to the Appellant’s asserted bisexual identity. The decision sets out the determinative issues clearly at the outset, and upholds RPD findings that went unchallenged on appeal. The decision also addresses a sur place element of the claim arising from evidence from LGBTQ organizations, which the RAD found was insufficient to overcome the serious credibility concerns.
Sets out a proper approach to claims involving gender-based violence, in accordance with the IRB’s Gender Guidelines. The RAD pointed to various ways in which the approach of the RPD did not comply with the Guidelines, particularly in the manner in which it questioned the Appellant. The RPD Member’s approach resulted in a breach of procedural fairness; the insensitive questioning re-traumatized the appellant and prevented her from presenting her case.
This decision thoroughly assesses identity and credibility findings in the case of an appellant with low literacy skills from Somalia. It applies Guideline 4 – Women Refugee Claimants Fearing Gender-Related Persecution relating to sensitivity in questioning victims or witnesses of gender-based violence.
Decision No. TB9-24114 June 2020
This decision examines the issue of cumulative discrimination amounting to persecution, in relation to Hungarian Roma refugee claimants. It includes an analysis of Federal Court jurisprudence and country conditions related to Roma in Hungary.
Decision No. TB8-30580 June 2020
This decision outlines a situation in which an internal flight alternative (IFA) was found not to exist for the Appellant, who was a victim of domestic violence in Nigeria. The RAD found that there was no viable IFA because the agent of persecution had the means and motivation to find the appellant and had previously tracked down the appellant.
Decision No. MB8-00387 June 2020
In this decision, the RAD highlighted the principle that refugee claimants cannot be expected to hide their sexual orientation in order to avoid persecution or other mistreatment. Citing Nwabueze 2019 FC 1577, the RAD found that an internal flight alternative (IFA) is not viable if an individual can only safely relocate by hiding their sexual orientation.
Decision No. VB9-01721 June 2020
This decision provides an examination of a specific situation of criminality and internal flight alternative (IFA) in Mexico. It does not purport to address all situations involving criminality, nor does it address multiple potential IFA locations in Mexico. The decision also provides an example as to when a decision-maker may directly consider the issue of IFA without first addressing credibility concerns, as considered by the Federal Court in Dakpokpo 2017 FC 580.
Decision No. MB7-00072 April 2020
This decision provides a thorough analysis of exclusion under Article 1F(a) of the Refugee Convention, taking into consideration the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ezokola, 2013 SCC 40. It is an appeal involving allegations of complicity with ISIS in Lebanon.
Decision No. VB9-02860 April 2020
This decision provides a thorough analysis of exclusion under Article 1F(b) of the Refugee Convention. It is an appeal involving allegations of identity fraud committed in the United States by appellants from El Salvador. In the decision, the RAD found that the RPD's consideration of the sentencing range applicable to the offences in question was inconsistent with the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Febles, 2014 SCC 68.
Decision TB7-19851
This decision provides a useful conceptual framework of analysis for considering the issue of internal flight alternatives (IFAs) for persons fleeing non-state actors in Nigeria. It sets out a list of factors to consider related to the reasonableness of a potential IFA. These factors are: travel and transportation, language, education, employment, accommodation, health care, culture, indigeneship, and religion.
While this decision was formerly identified as a Jurisprudential Guide by the Chairperson, he revoked that designation due to evolving country information. The decision is now identified as a RAD Reasons of Interest due to the value of the framework of analysis, absent any of the factual findings. The framework includes the legal test for identifying a viable internal flight alternative as well as the seven factors set out at paragraphs 14-15 and 21-30. In this way, members may use the analytical framework to structure their assessment of the facts of each case as well as the most current country of origin information.
Decision No. MB7-10167
Decision No. TB7-15366
Decision No. VB6-03878
These latest RAD Reasons of Interest (RROIs) model a point-first approach to reasons-writing. Point-first writing is a reader-focused approach that improves the quality, simplicity and clarity of written decisions. By honing in on determinative issues and using overviews and headings to guide readers, the point-first approach leads to concise reasons that are quicker to write and easy to understand. RAD members are developing their point-first styles, so please have a look at these examples and stay tuned for more to come!
This decision models a practical approach to assessing credibility based on knowledge of the Falun Gong practice in China. The appellant was found not to be credible due to her inability to demonstrate a level of knowledge comparable to her alleged practice.
Decisions No. MB8-13243
This decision models a practical approach to assessing generalized risk versus personalized risk in a case involving criminality in Haiti. The decision focuses on credibility and the sufficiency of objective evidence.
This decision examines the issue of negative credibility inferences drawn from implausibility findings. It highlights that plausibility findings should be made "only in the clearest of cases.” In this appeal, the RAD has substituted a positive determination for the RPD’s rejection of a claim for refugee protection.
This decision considers a domestic violence claim through the lens of Guideline 4 - Women Refugee Claimants Fearing Gender-Related Persecution.
This decision considers the question of family unity and the best interests of the child in a case involving an American-born child of Haitian parents.
This decision provides a thorough analysis of exclusion under Article 1E of the Refugee Convention in the case of a Haitian claimant with permanent resident status in Brazil.
Decision No. TB7-12847 (Jamaica) and Decision No. MB5-03341 (Sri Lanka)
These decisions examine credibility findings through the lens of the Chairperson’s Guideline 9: Proceedings Before the IRB Involving Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression.
Decision No. TB7-04608 (Turkey)
This decision provides a thorough overview of the political situation in Turkey as it relates to Hizmet followers.
Decision No. VB6-04568 / 1F(a)
This decision provides a thorough exclusion analysis pursuant to Article 1F(a) of the Refugee Convention.
This decision considers the principle of stare decisis (following legal precedent) and the jurisdiction of the RAD to give directions to the RPD in its reasons for decision.
TB7-16268March 2018 | Notice of Identification February 2019
This persuasive decision outlines the steps that can be taken in an analysis of similar Basis of Claim narratives in a transparent and fair manner.
Jurisprudential guides
Jurisprudential Guides are policy instruments that support consistency in adjudicating cases which share essential similarities. A Jurisprudential Guide serves to build a Division’s jurisprudence upon well-reasoned decisions.
TB7-01837 May 2017
This Jurisprudential Guide looks at whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative. Decision TB7-01837
MB6-01059/60 February 2017
This Jurisprudential Guide looks at the availability of a viable internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab. Decision MB6-01059/60
TB4-05778 June 2016
The issue in this decision that forms the basis of the Jurisprudential Guide is whether a claimant/appellant who is a citizen of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is deemed to be a citizen of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Decision TB4-05778
Revoked jurisprudential guides
TB7-19851 July 2018
This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors. Decision TB7-19851
TB6-11632 June 2019
This decision provided an analysis of Chinese exit control procedures and the ability for those being sought by the authorities to exit China via an airport using a genuine passport. Decision TB6-11632
MB6-01059/60 November 2018
The availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab. Decision MB6-01059/60
IRB decisions of public interest
Decisions of public interest
Djukic Decision
Miller Decision
Wallace Decision
Beiene Decision
Budimcic Decision
Ehikwe Decision
Hinzman Decision
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August 2014’s Best Listens
Okay, let me explain. Due to the confluence of world events, personal transitions and spotty internet, yes spotty, shitty RCN internet, the August edition is coming remarkably late for this newbie hip-hop blogger. AKA, a month late. Couple that with abnormally hefty professional commitments, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster when it comes to digesting the collective hip-hop output puked out by the blogosphere. I’ll definitely blame this unforgivable procrastination on ISIS and Ebola, since hey, they’re already magnets for so much ill in this world. Why not pile on! Ultimately, I’m saying that what was supposed to be an easy–hell, even casual–project ended up being more challenging than previously expected. Yet, here I am, continuing along naively. Perhaps I’ll get the listening/writing schedule down better, or grow some mammoth chompers to more easily chew what I’ve bitten off.
Alright, down to business. The paid world saw a few old school hip-hop groups come out of the woodwork and put out new albums, with Dilated Peoples dropping a solid new album off and Souls of Mischief, that’s right “93 Til Infinity” Souls of Mischief, releasing “There Is Only Now.” There was also the surprise collabo of Masta Killa with HaLo, an emcee based out of North Carolina. The Underachieves released their new album, which I admittedly had higher expectations for. After listening to a few of their cuts on Soundcloud, I had expected 24 carat hip-hop gold. But all in all, the standout album of the month came from obscurity, and my good friends over at Potholes In My Blog are to blame. Porter Ray, the smoke-cloud emcee from Seattle, WA, got me hooked on his blunted flow and old-school vibe.
Ironically enough, I already knew exactly which free mixtape was my chosen favorite for August, and it was released mid-month. Mick Jenkins’ “The Water[s]” was hands down the best free release I’ve listened to all month, and perhaps one of the best I’ve listened to this year. In terms of other free mixtapes, there were some decent offerings from the likes of Bizzy Crook and Shawn Chrystopher. After a few last minute spin-throughs of Lucki Eck$, I found myself pleasantly surprised by the flows and production, although they still seemed to pale in comparison to Mick Jenkins.
Alright rather than blabber on, as I am prone to do, I figure it’s better if you simply plug that audio jack with some headphones, and get listening. I’ll have September out earlier–I promise!
Porter Ray “Fundamentals”
“Babylon undercover in the Avalon//Porter Ray and Nate Jack put Seattle on”
August was a curious month for paid releases, simply because I wasn’t really that impressed by the output. Sure, I fully understand it’s pretty dope to see Souls of Mischief dropping a new album after years on hiatus, or even seeing the strong return of Dilated Peoples, but part of this blog’s quest is to elevate the more obscure artists into the limelight. As long as they damn well produce music that jives with yours truly…and they’re ok with the reality that I currently can count the number of blog followers I have on one hand. That’s why last week when I was digging through the blogs, ahem crates, really trying to find something that would stick with me, I was pleasantly surprised to discover Porter Ray’s mixtape, a recent signee to the Sub Pop label which houses acts like Shabazz Palaces.
There’s certainly an old school, cruising in the cadillac kind of vibe to Porter Ray’s album, with starts off from a place that presents itself as a smoky, lazed out, street underworld. On “Dice Game Diagrams”, the opening track of the album, the beats and Porter’s rhymes seem to blur together as if the listener is quickly fading in and out of a dream, with the jangle of the dice vibrating softly in the background. And as the album progresses, Porter’s subject matter, much like the cover of his mixtape, seem to mesh together with a nonchalant and even brazen swagger that feels genuine. There’s plenty of talk of smoking blunts, getting ass, and selling drugs. All of this could easily relegate the album to stereotype status, but it manages to strike an authentic and head-nodding chord that keeps you hungering for the next track.
What Porter seems to excel at most is conjuring up an almost “C.R.E.A.M.”-like nostalgia that reverberates throughout the album. There are, of course, the direct references to this good-ol’-days, looking-back-on-our-money nostalgia towards the end of songs like “Ruthie Dean”. But there’s also an ambience to the album that seems more at home in the early 90s than in 2014. This vibe starts with the background music, heavy on the snare drum, piano-sample, echoey beats and trickles right down to Porter’s rhymes, which aren’t today’s perfectly constructed bars that put you to sleep. Rather they’re fast-paced, ever-changing, occasionally sloppy, but incredibly immersive. Even when selecting a good verse to use at the top of this review, I found it difficult to surgically remove something since there aren’t really hooks, but instead a consistent, borderline stream of consciousness flow. That sense that Porter could damn near well be freestyling out these vivid and descriptive street scenes, jam-packed with words, clothing references and so much more, is pretty incredible.
I’ll be spinning this one regularly to hopefully dissect all that he has to offer. And stay tuned for his first full album release on Sub Pop in 2015. Oh and I almost forgot to mention–this is a Bandcamp purchase so you can cop the album for as much as you choose to give. Happy Thursday.
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HaLo, “Mansu Musa (Guest Starring Masta Killa)”: Definitely heavy on the boom rap, you gotta dig this collaboration between Masta Killa and rising talent HaLo. There’s some great guest appearances, and I have to say that the Wu-Tang Clan sound certainly comes through. Plus, who doesn’t love Masta Killa? Homeboy’s got such a unique flow. Purchase It Here.
Dilated Peoples, “Directors of Photography”: Lovers of “The Platform” will definitely be pleased with Dilated Peoples’ newest release. There’s solid beats, great guest appearances, and that same flow that seems to settle you right back into that 2000 vibe. Yes I know I just blathered on about obscure, beneath the surfaces acts, but hey, it’s Dilated Peoples. Purchase It Here.
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Mick Jenkins “The Water[s]”
“My piss aint never been so clear//my pockets never been so empty//my heart aint never been so full//but my stomach is not, so ni**a don’t tempt me”
Last year Mick Jenkins released a mixtape that totally flew under my radar called “Trees & Truths”, which was my first taste of the Chicago rapper. Anytime an album cover seems to break the mold of commercialized garbage that has become all too typical in today’s hip-hop, from pimped out cars to thong-clad women, I usually opt for at least a listen. Needless to say, I’m glad I did. There’s a poetical prowess and complicated subtext that radiates throughout Jenkins’ verses, and although he seems to spit seamlessly, near effortlessly, throughout the tape, his thirst never even seems remotely quenchable. That passion, coupled with a painfully complex flow, sucks the listeners into a tractor beam of captivation, and made many a morning commute a test in active listening. In the battle of intellectual stimulation, Mick always seem to overtake whatever article I was supposed to be reading, providing a profoundness not normally found in free, underground mixtape releases.
At first, I thought “The Water[s]” in some ways was an answer to “Trees and Truths”. His current release seemed to represent Jenkins’ artistic purification and self-reaffirmation, a departure from his previous work where his encounters with hip-hop, much as the name implies, consisted of constant flirtations with temptation and sin. But as I begin to listen more, you begin to understand that this is not a thematic U-turn but a continuation of the same determination, focus and self-discipline that Jenkins exhibits in “Trees and Truths”, albeit through a different metaphor. Water finds its roots in Biblical passages, pagan history and of course, on a much less profound level, hip-hop music. From Bruce Lee quotes throughout Wu-Tang Clan albums to Kendrick Lamar’s references to “Dying of Thirst” on “Good Kid, M.A.D.D. City”, water has always seemed pervasive in the culture. I was nervous initially listening to the album because I thought it would fall into the trap of monotony and rehashed un-originality. Yet Jenkins, channeling his inner poet and his own quest for self-originality, carves out an album that avoids those pitfalls and doesn’t quite sound like anything I’ve heard previously.
There is something beautiful in the musical production, in the multi-layered rhymes and hooks, and this continued dedication to the theme of water, that has kept me listening to the album over and over and over again. Trying to peel apart the layers behind “The Water[s]” has kept me endlessly pondering the messages behind his music. At one level, Jenkins seems to sarcastically comment on the culture of excess consumption by focusing on one of the most available and basic of resources: water. And that water, being the ultimate thirst quencher without any cost, seems to keep Jenkins relentlessly humble in the most basic of senses in hip-hop music: he is filled with artistic richness even if he is economically deficient. There is nothing that Jenkins is trying to bring to the table aside from raw talent, passion and determination. Ultimately, much as the album cover implies, Jenkins seems to be falling deeper into a world so far apart and separate from his hip-hop competition that he’s drowning in his own lyrics. And more importantly, he seems remarkably content to float tranquilly into this downward descent.
There are a million other ways to dive into Jenkins’ mixtape, and I’m sure this review could be substantially longer than it already is. However, I would simply recommend downloading “The Water[s]” right now, as in immediately. It’s time to go for a swim and lose yourself in the current.
If there’s room in the hard drive:
Lucki Eck$, “Body High”: At first I was skeptical of Lucki Eck$’ new album due to the insane amount of talent already pouring out of Chicago. How could someone with a dollar sign in their name possibly put out anything worthwhile? But after a few spins, Lucki demonstrates his skills through the profound reflection of the grit and crime that plagues Chicago currently. Definitely grab this one. Download it here.
J.K. The Reaper, “Almost Angelic EP”: Ironically enough, J.K. The Reaper, formally known as J.K. The Rapper, certainly likes sexing up those pretty young thangs. That was apparent on his previous album “A Iller Life”. But here, we’re seeing something deeply more intense, in a very, very good way. One of the tracks isn’t unfortunately available for download (I blame Soundcloud), but download the rest. It’s worth your while. Download It Here.
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The Consulate General of Jamaica has initiated a team of experts to assist with prayer, counselling, and words of encouragement to help the community through the challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Is a gentile permitted to learn the original Hebrew of the Torah?
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I've been reading the Divine Code by Rabbi Moshe Weiner and came across this in Part I 5:2 note. 91
"...(1) It is also prohibited for a Jew to teach Torah to gentiles in the canonised Hebrew or Aramaic text. (next page)..(2) We can add that after the Torah was translated into Greek as the Septuagint, it is permitted to learn Torah in one's own language from a proper translation..."
If it is prohibited for a Jew to teach to a gentile Torah in Hebrew or Aramaic then is it prohibited for a gentile to learn either language?
The source given for (1) is Talmud - Hagigah 13a
"... And Rabbi Ami said further: The words of the Torah may not be transmitted to a gentile..."
https://www.sefaria.org/Chagigah.13a.6?lang=bi&with=Shaar%20HaEmunah%20Ve%27Yesod%20HaChassidut&lang2=en
Does "The words of the Torah" mean the precise Hebrew letters and their order?
One of the sources given for (2) is Sanhedrin 59a which references Deuteronomy 33:4. Does that imply that the holy language was an inheritance to the congregation of Jacob along with the Torah? And so is it considered Theft or Adultery to learn Biblical Hebrew? Is reading in Biblical Hebrew considered a level of learning Torah that is prohibited to gentiles?
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Is your concern that learning the language would equip the non-Jew with the tools to learn the text? This law, BTW, is not clearly codified in works of law, so an extension of it would be an even more tenuous point. – rosends Dec 5 '19 at 12:25
Im concerned that reading parts of the Torah, that don't have to do with the Noahide code ,in the Original Hebrew is considered to be learning Torah for its own sake which is prohibited. – Jake w Dec 5 '19 at 13:10
There's a form of study that is in a way of deep involvement and penetrating, investigative learning - pilpul in Hebrew. And that form of studying is not allowed for gentiles for anything other than the Noachide commandments because of [Sanhedrin 59a] (sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.59a.2?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en) Please correct me if I understood this wrong, it all comes from the book The Divine Code. – Jake w Dec 5 '19 at 17:31
Related: judaism.stackexchange.com/q/96225 judaism.stackexchange.com/q/1583 and judaism.stackexchange.com/q/20403 – Fred Dec 6 '19 at 2:29
The Talmud Sanhedrin 59a rules that it is prohibited for non-Jews to study Torah. But there was one rabbi who fought for equality. He took a universal approach, saying that since Torah is objectively true, we should teach Torah to non-Jews, as Abraham had done when he welcomed strangers to learn in his tent. The ruling ruled against his motion. But he may have been right. Some rabbis (I forget the source) said that it is possible that a Sanhedrin ruling could be wrong.
For example, in the Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2:9 Rabban Gamaliel and the sage Rabbi Joshua calculated the dates for the holiday of Yom Kippur differently. In the end, Rabbi Joshua consented not because he was wrong but because he wanted to prevent division in Judaism. (The mandate of Deuteronomy 17 does not refer to the rabbis).
True, the Torah was a covenant with Abraham. Yet, G-d's truth is not inclusive. Indeed, the great Jewish sage and philosopher Moses Maimonides wrote that "The truth is the truth no matter what its source." He, therefore, had no quarrels accepting the philosophy of the Greek Pagan Aristotle.
In other words, Jews should learn the truth from whoever speaks it, and the same applies to gentiles. If truth really is the Torah, why are we preventing them from hearing G-d's message? When will we realize that in the messianic age, all people will proselyte to Judaism?1
1 Jews do not proselytize but we accept converts
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I wanted this to be a separate answer as the subject is too broad to mention in the previous one. Since we have concluded that non-Jews can and should read the Bible, we should now be asking ourselves can they read it in Hebrew? But the real question we should be asking is what is holiness?
The Jewish poet Halevi wrote that the Jewish language, Hebrew is superior and holy because it is Jewish. Rabbi Ishmael disagreed. He felt that the Bible was written for people who needed to understand it and that it was written in the way that people think and talk, in human terms, not divine, language. It follows that the Hebrew language is not inherently holy. Can the soil turn holy? Is the Bible “holy”? No. Holiness is not an ingredient.
Neither land nor any other object is holy; holiness is the result of proper action regarding the self, land, or object. Nothing is holy per se. The term holiness only comes into effect when people use these things in a proper way. Holiness is the result of actions. The Shabbat is only holy if you keep it. The Torah is certainly holy if we read it and practice its enactments as the rabbis explained them. Maimonides stressed that Israel is only holy when Jews live there. It follows that prayers do not have to be recited in Hebrew and may even be recited in an abridged version.
Although the best way to understand the Bible is to read it in Hebrew.
To see another answer regarding the nature of holiness, please click here.
Didn't G-d declare the seventh day holy? Therefore it is holy regardless if you keep it. Non-Jews can read the Torah, but not delve into the parts that don't concern them, as stated in The Divine Code. What Im not sure about is if reading Torah in the original Hebrew is delving into Torah. – Jake w Dec 5 '19 at 19:30
Thank you for your comments. As shown in my answer(s), holiness is not an ingredient. No land can turn holy for one moment and not the next. If that be the case, what then is the definition of holiness? I am convinced that holiness is what you make of it. For example, the Torah or Shabbat is only holy if we use them properly. Rambam wrote that Israel is only holy when Jews live there. – Turk Hill Dec 5 '19 at 19:45
The same can and should be applied to Hebrew. While Halevi felt that Hebrew was superior to other languages because it was Jewish, Maimonides understood that nothing is holy per se. Hebrew is like all other languages. The Torah and Hebrew did not preexist creation, the Midrash is speaking in parables. Hebrew was not the first language that Adam spoke, and it is not divine any more than the Vedic claim that Sanskrit is the first, universal, divine language. People like to feel important. – Turk Hill Dec 5 '19 at 19:45
For example, Jews say Hebrew preexisted creation, the Indians say it was Sanskrit. Hindus claim to have ruled the world millions of years ago. Jews think they are chosen. Chosenness is not to be mistaken as superior genetics. Chosenness is a contract between Abraham and G-d, like a marriage contract, but it does not mean that G-d has disdain for non-Jews. – Turk Hill Dec 5 '19 at 19:45
Regarding G-d and the Shabbath, does G-d rest? We should not understand G-d being anthropomorphically as portrayed in the Bible. Rabbi Ishmael felt that the Torah "speaks in the language of man," which is to say that the Torah was written in the way that people talk and think. – Turk Hill Dec 5 '19 at 19:45
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Co-workers: Do you have their backs?
When I was a little girl, I had a best friend who lived next door. Her name was Felicia and we were born four days apart. She’s older, if you must know. When we were first sounding out words, I called her Thwee-Thwah and she called me Kaka. We were inseparable. Different, but we loved each other just the same.
Like an old married couple, we enjoyed spending time together but we also butted heads from time to time. I remember after a rainstorm we found worms all over her driveway. I rode my bike over them to see if they’d split in half and she was so angry at my insensitivity toward living creatures that she didn’t talk to me for days.
Then there was a big snowstorm. So excited to share the season’s first sled ride, I ran to her house to see if she could come out and play. Only my boots made big 8-year-old’s tracks on her pristine lawn ruining the beauty of the untouched snow. Again, she didn’t talk to me for days. But, I still loved her.
Then we got older and high school hormones set in. She was cool and popular. I was well-liked and popular enough, but occasionally other kids picked on me unless I told her about it. She would then warn them to back off threatening not to speak to them and insinuating if they kept it up, they’d be out of the cool crowd. Felicia always had my back.
Who at your office has your back? And whose back do you have?
I recently worked with a group of patients to help them tell their stories more effectively so they can better advocate for other patients. While helping shape and craft their experiences into meaningful messages, one man who we’ll call Jack shared a sad story about how kids made fun of his medical condition and teased him as a child making him feel like an outcast.
While happy and fulfilled today, Jack’s story didn’t have a clear ending until I questioned the moral of the story. He said his life changed when he met a group of friends who liked him for him and he realized people other than his family had his back. Today, as a speaker, mentor and advocate, he empowers others by helping them understand they have the power to change the lives of people they speak to by letting them know someone has their backs.
While writing this article, I came across a quote from an unknown author that said: “A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself.”
It made me wonder how many of us let others define our perceptions of ourselves when our ideas are shot down or we don’t have the support we hoped for. Do we revert to self-doubt when it appears no one has our backs?
For example, we just finished a program designed to help people speak up at meetings. While researching why people are reluctant to jump in and share ideas, they had a host of reasons including: self-doubt, feeling threatened, afraid of being negatively perceived, lack of acceptance and inadequate time to think through responses.
But not joining the conversation or realizing the value of what you can add to a meeting can limit opportunities for advancement, rob the company of your insights and create an unintended negative impression in the work-place.
In an article posted on Forbes on line titled ‘How to Boost Your Confidence at Work,” the author acknowledges that many people who enjoy self-confidence were once plagued by fears of inadequacies whether or not these fears were born or imagined. The post goes on to say that to overcome these fears, you need to confront them head on. That means sharing your anxiety with someone you trust.
For example, if you’re worried you’ll flub a presentation, give it to a friend. Ask for candid feedback. If you struggle to interject your opinion when others are talking, ask a trusted colleague to role-play these situations with you so you’re more confident at the next meeting. The best way to develop more self-confidence is to do what you fear. I think it’s important to remember that sometimes your perceptions of yourself are incorrect.
Case in point last week. At a small group leadership communications session, a high-powered executive confided she lacked self-confidence. She told the group she doesn’t sleep for nights before an important talk, is incredibly anxious and shaky when she first starts to talk and worries that people might think she’s a fake. The room went silent. The group was stunned.
One by one they told her she comes across as confident, commanding and in total control. They said they would have never guessed she was a bundle of nerves. Then something even more interesting happened. Some of the other executives confided that they share the same insecurities and felt better knowing they weren’t alone. They agreed to get together for practice sessions.
Knowing they had each other’s backs gave them a boost of self-confidence that no amount of reading, coaching or practice could provide. They knew there would be future hurdles, but like my childhood friend, it would be easier to navigate them knowing their colleagues had their back.
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Survival is hard enough in the outer colonies—what chance does love have?
Life can be harsh and lonely in the outer colonies, but miner-turned-farmer Abraham Bauer is living his dream, cultivating crops that will one day turn the unforgiving world of Alkirak into paradise. He wants more, though. A companion—someone quiet like him. Someone to share his days, his bed, and his heart.
Gael Sonnen has never seen the sky, let alone the sun. He’s spent his whole life locked in the undercity beneath Zhemosen, running from one desperate situation to another. For a chance to get out, he’ll do just about anything—even travel to the far end of the galaxy as a mail-order husband. But no plan of Gael’s has ever gone smoothly, and his new start on Alkirak is no exception. Things go wrong from the moment he steps off the shuttle.
Although Gael arrives with unexpected complications, Abraham is prepared to make their relationship work—until Gael’s past catches up with them, threatening Abraham’s livelihood, the freedom Gael gave everything for, and the love neither man ever hoped to find.
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Paradise Not: Five Inhospitable Planets (Tor.com)
Come Die with Me (The Book Smugglers)
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The Unbreakable Bond
[Warning] The following content may trigger anxiety. Reader discretion is advised.
The sun rose again. It was yet another day of the tiring and exhausting quarantine. Luv, still in his bed was reluctant to get up. His phone vibrated and displayed a message: ‘You are an amazing cook.’ He smiled and got up with another quarantine recipe already being cooked in his mind. He rushed to his kitchen to ensure if all the ingredients are available.
“Ah! Thankfully”, he sighs with relief after finding them all in the kitchen: his new habitat this quarantine.
Luv is all set to cook. Meanwhile, the news about the increasing COVID-19 cases is telecasted on the television set. His concerned mom prays to the Almighty for everything to back to the way to was. Luv had already prepared his new dish and starts clicking pictures to upload them. The flavor and aroma of the dish draws his mother towards the kitchen.
While he was busy posting the pictures, his mom tastes the cake and loves it. He starts receiving compliments on the picture that he uploaded. But he was not completely happy as his eyes were only searching for the replies from Sia and Ricky-his childhood friends, who were more like a family. They usually replied faster than anybody else. But this time everybody except for them replied to Luv, giving their feedback to him. He was a bit perturbed by this. He texted Ricky.
Hey! did you look at my post?
There was no reply. In the meantime, he receives a message from Sia.
Hey! sorry for the late response but you nailed it this time too!
He was very happy after receiving that message. He thanks her and enquires about Ricky but in vain. They did all they could to contact Ricky and his relatives but were unsuccessful. It has been days, but there was no information about Ricky.
The next morning, Luv receives a phone call from an unknown number. He answers the call only to hear a devastating news that shook his world. He could not believe what he heard. Ricky has contracted the virus and is in a critical stage. Luv was closer to him than he was with his own family. He could not digest the fact and remained still for a few moments. He went down the memory lane and all the happy moments he had spent with his dearest friend flashed in front of him. Drops of tears reached the end of his eye and fell onto his cheeks. That is when he came into his senses. He immediately called Sia.
‘Pick up Sia….please pick up the call’, he prayed.
But there was no response. He did not understand what to do. Several thoughts clouded his mind. That was the moment he experienced loneliness with darkness all around trying to engulf him. He felt helpless. There was nothing that he could do. All the means that could connect him with his friend were sealed. He pleaded with his parents to take him to Ricky but there was nothing that they could do amid the lockdown. Within a second his whole world was drowned in the ocean of fear, loneliness and grief. The friend who was always at his rescue whenever he needed him was now was all by himself fighting for his life. All that he could do was just pray for Ricky’s well-being. He tried to contact Sia multiple times. Every time he called, it either said switched off or unreachable.
Luv and Ricky did not have enough time to recover from what has happened when the next dawn gave them the news of a tragic incident that happened during this pandemic-The Vizag Gas tragedy.
Vizag-hometown of Sia. Since the day Luv came to know about Ricky, he locked himself in a room for one and a half-day. He somehow managed to unlock himself from the room hoping that Ricky will soon come to visit him once he recovers. Positivity has just made some room in his mind but it lasted for not more than a day. He got to know that Sia became a victim of this tragic incident including hundreds of other innocents. His world was now destroyed. He couldn’t bear the loss. The urge to meet both of them grew stronger than ever.
He remembers the promise that they made as children.
“Neither the wind nor the storm could ever break this eternal bond. We will always be there for each other through thick and thin”, they promised but not just that day, but every time they meet they repeat their words. They kept their promise no matter what. But now Luv was afraid that the promise might break and wanted to do anything to keep it.
“I’m ready to cross all odds and meet them at any cost”, Luv told himself. “But not at the cost of your life”, said his mom with a heavy heart. He could barely look at his mother with his eyes full of grief and despair. He hugged his mom tight and sobbed his heart out.
A month later, there is a knock on the door. As soon as the door opened, a familiar voice reached Luv.
“Aunty, where is Luv?”
Luv ran towards the door and found Ricky! They stared at each other for a few seconds.
“How are you?”, Ricky asks. The eyes that were just a source of grief and gloom now shined brighter than the brightest of all stars.
“Thank god! You are fine. I knew you would beat the virus”, Luv said delightfully. “Yeah! By God’s grace, I am right here in front of you”, replied Ricky.
“Any news about Sia?”, Luv asked hopefully.
“About that….”, Ricky paused. “Sia and her family demised due to the gas leak. She no more belongs to our world!”, Ricky said.
That night, Luv couldn’t stop thinking about Sia.
“Sia, please come back!”, Luv pleads. “I can’t”, replied Sia. “I know you miss me. And I miss you a lot too. Remember the promise that we made years ago? I may not be there with you but I’ll always be watching over you, my friend. I need you to do me a favor. Just bring that smile back on your face for me. I know that it is very difficult but life goes on and you have to move on”, Sia says as she slowly disappears.
The next morning, the sun rose again but it was not the same anymore. It was a new start for both Ricky and Luv who had the same dream. They decided that they would never cry about Sia’s death and instead, put back a smile on their faces that Sia wanted to see.
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No sled dog deaths during Iditarod for second consecutive year
March 25, 2011 | 4:56 pm
For the second consecutive year, no dogs died during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
"I’m ecstatic. Last year zero dog deaths were considered an anomaly. Two years in a row with no deaths is a statement," Stu Nelson, Iditarod chief veterinarian, told Eye on the Trail.
Nelson believes that one reason for the drop in dog mortality is the focus on reducing ulcers or ulcer-related issues in the sled dogs. While the cause of ulcers in the animals is unclear, methods to reduce or prevent them are not.
"In the past we did nothing, and then three years ago, ongoing research by Dr. Mike Davis showed that an acid suppressant could control ulcers," said Nelson.
Davis, a professor of Physiological Sciences at Oklahoma State University and a licensed veterinarian, does off-season research on sled dogs in cooperation with kennel owners. Thanks to that research, Nelson encouraged mushers to give acid suppressants to their teams, and said that the results from those doing so are evident.
"I knew that if we could control ulcers, we could have zero deaths," Nelson said. "The animal rights people who attack the Iditarod and the sport are not really interested in dog care. They have not spent one cent on research, not one cent on improving animal care."
Nelson, an Iditarod veterinarian for 25 years -- with 16 of those as chief managing a 41-member volunteer vet corp -- seems to enjoy everything about the 1,000-mile plus race.
"It’s about the people, the mushers, the volunteers, the villagers; there is a camaraderie that comes with sharing the event. It’s about the beauty of the land ... but ultimately it is about the dogs. They are fun-loving and happy go lucky."
-- Kelly Burgess
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Photo: Musher Peter Kaiser races from Safety to the Nome, Alaska, finish line of the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Credit: Bob Hallinen / Anchorage Daily News
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The business and culture of our digital lives,
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Comcast to offer $10 Internet access
August 10, 2011 | 1:00 pm
Comcast is offering an Internet plan at $9.95 per month for qualifying low-income families.
The media and communications giant's Internet Essentials plan provides Internet access at speeds of 1.5 Mbps (megabits per second) and also offers other qualifying customers a netbook computer for $149.99 when signing up for the service.
To qualify, families must live in an area covered by Comcast and have at least one child who receives free school lunches through the National School Lunch Program.
The $10 Internet plan comes after the Federal Communications Commission ordered Comcast to offer affordable Internet access for low-income families following its purchase of NBC Universal in January.
Comcast, a company spokesman said Wednesday, had already been working on offering a low-income program prior to approval of the NBC Universal deal. That program has evolved into the Internet Essentials plan, which Comcast began offering in Chicago in late May.
“The Internet has the potential to be a great equalizer and a life-changing technology," said Davi Cohen, Comcast Executive Vice President, in a statement. "Internet Essentials will help level the playing field for low-income families."
Along with the $9.95 low monthly rate and the $149.99 netbook, the plan also offers qualifying families access to free Internet training and promises "No price increases, no activation fees and no equipment rental fees," according to a Comcast Web page.
Customers can stay on the Internet Essentials plan as long as their child continues to receive free lunches.
Free cellphone program for the poor draws critics
Worried about your kids' safety online? You should be
FCC to review AT&T deals with T-Mobile and Qualcomm together
-- Salvador Rodriguez
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Image: A screenshot of a Comcast Web page detailing the Internet Essentials plan. Credit: Comcast
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Now, Michelle Obama too is sliding in the polls
December 28, 2009 | 1:44 am
She's on vacation now in Hawaii, so what does she care?
But as the first calendar year of the new White House regime draws to a close, First Lady Michelle Obama is experiencing the same drop in poll numbers as her husband. She's not elected, of course, and not charged at least officially with making the tough executive decisions that come out of the Oval Office.
As a result, first ladies have typically fared better in different public opinion polls than their more controversial husbands. And now even as the female Harvard lawyer in the family and the one with the famously buff arms, Mrs. O still remains somewhat more popular than her spouse.
(Sarah Palin's favorable poll ratings, btw, have risen steadily in recent months to the mid-40s. But although neither woman holds an elected office, that's something entirely different.)
A new Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 55% of Americans have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of Mrs. Obama. That's down 7 points, or 11%, since November's survey and it's her lowest approval level since holding the Bible for her Democratic husband, Barack, to take the oath of office on that cold D.C day back on Jan. 20.
Her approval rating is perhaps more interesting than other first ladies because she played such an active and sometimes controversial role in her husband's $750-million campaign and has taken on some high-profile assignments during her husband's early months in ...
... the Oval Office. This includes leading the Chicago delegation to Copenhagen this fall in its unsuccessful bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and persuading her husband to make a plea there too.
Neither Obama is running for any office in next fall's crucial midterm elections, of course. But declining approval rates for both could indicate not only a general falling out of love with the couple but further electoral trouble for Democratic campaigns during double-digit unemployment and an increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.
Mrs. Obama's highest approval since Rasmussen began monitoring the first lady's public standing last winter was 67% and her previous low was 57%. Fewer than 1 in 3 Americans (31%) now regard her very favorably.
Thirty-seven percent now regard her unfavorably (17% somewhat unfavorably and 20% very unfavorably). Previous unfavorables ranged from 35% to 24%.
Eighty-five percent of Democrats in the monthly Rasmussen study of the first lady approve of her in that role, 43% of independents and only 33% of Republicans. Women approve of Mrs. Obama much more than men do, but women also see her as more involved in administration policy decisions.
The national telephone survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted on Dec. 20 and 21, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Rasmussen Reports does daily tracking polls of the president's approval. Late last week that Tracking Poll found only 25% of Americans strongly approved of Obama's work as president, while 46% strongly disapproved.
By Rasmussen's method, that gives Obama a minus-21 approval index, the largest gap, meaning greatest disapproval, since he took office with such great hope and promise.
-- Andrew Malcolm
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Photo: Obama at an autumn physical fitness event. Credit: Haraz Ghanbari / Associated Press
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E-commerce firms will have to deduct TCS on payments to suppliers
Brian SanchezNovember 27, 2016Blog
NEW DELHI: The model GST law has proposed significant changes in taxation of e-commerce business wherein firms like Flipkart and Snapdeal will have to deduct TCS (tax collected at source) while making payments to their suppliers.
Explaining the changes in the provision, experts said the proposal will increase the compliance burden on e-commerce operators as they will have to deduct 2 per cent TCS and deposit it with the government.
The measure, Nangia & Co Director Rajat Mohan said, will not increase the incidence of taxation on consumers as the supplier will get tax credit for the TCS.
The model GST law provides for 1 per cent TCS and a similar amount will have to be levied for inter-state sale of goods under the IGST.
Mohan further said in case of return of goods by the consumer the e-commerce companies will not have to deduct TCS as there is no actual sale.
The draft model GST law, however, did not provide any definition of aggregators saying that that the government would later come out with a notification specifying which type of businesses would be covered under the word ‘aggregator’.
Aggregators mainly include Ola, Uber, Urban Clap which works as a platform for providing transport and other services. The TCS provision will not apply on aggregators.
The E-commerce companies will also have to file returns on the TCS deductions.
The model law has defined ‘electronic commerce’ as supply of goods or services including digital products over electronic network.
‘Electronic commerce operator’ would mean those persons who own, operate or manage digital or electronic facility or platform for electronic commerce.
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Michael McCarty Harrison was born in Little Rock and raised in Helena-West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas. Her father is retired physician, Dr. Eddie McCarty, who still resides there, as does the majority of her family, many of whom are still practicing physicians. She attended the University of Arkansas on a University Scholarship, where she majored in Political Science and History, graduating with honors in three years, in 1995.
While there, she was a member and officer of both the Golden Key National Honor Society and Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was also recognized two years by “Who’s Who – College Students.” Michael attended law school at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, during which time she served as Professor Dent Gitchel’s research assistant for two years.
Together, they completed a revised pocket part to Professor Gitchell’s resource book, “Admissibility of Evidence, A Manual for Arkansas Trial Lawyers.” She also served on the 1997-1998 Trial Team, which won the Henry Woods’ Trial Competition, and was a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. She was recognized by “Who’s Who – Law Students” in her second and third years.
Upon graduation in 1998, Michael received the CALI “Excellence for the Future Award” in Environmental Law, as well as became certified as a Small Claims Mediator with the Little Rock District Courts. She joined the Firm in 2002, after practicing for three and a half years with The Trammell Law Firm, primarily in the fields of workers’ compensation, general insurance defense, and insurance coverage.
Since joining the Firm, her practice areas have expanded to include appellate advocacy, automobile liability negligence, premises liability, commercial torts, trucking litigation, employment discrimination, products liability, personal injury defense, construction litigation, fire and arson investigation and defense, bad faith defense, insurance fraud defense, insurance subrogation and veterinary malpractice defense.
She is licensed to practice before the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, all federal District Courts in Arkansas, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. She has tried jury trials across the State of Arkansas, with success.
She became a partner in the Firm in 2013. Michael was selected by Mid-South Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in 2011 and 2012 and as a Super Lawyer in 2013 and 2014. She has been given the preeminent AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. She has been recognized by “Who’s Who in American Law” the past many years.
She is a member of the American, Arkansas, and Pulaski County Bar Associations, as well as the Defense Research Institute and the Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, in which she has previously served as Treasurer and currently serves as Secretary. She previously served as Chair of the Membership Development Committee of the Arkansas Bar Association, of which she is still a member, and is also a member of its Long Range Planning Committees.
Recently, Michael was selected by the readers of Soiree Magazine as one of their 2014 Best Attorneys. Additionally, in both 2014 and 2015, she was selected by Arkansas Life Magazine as one of the Top 25 Lawyers in Arkansas. Michael lives in Maumelle with her husband, Dan, a Canadian and former professional hockey player, and their son, Cole, who attends the Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock. She is a Commissioner on the Maumelle Civil Service Commission.
Continuing her love of volunteerism, Michael has dedicated many hours to the Maumelle Friends of the Animals, the Pulaski County Humane Society, the Little Rock Zoo, the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure, the American Cancer Society, and the American Multiple Myeloma Association.
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Daniel Kay
Herrin, IL Attorney with 24 years of experience
(618) 319-0265 1 North Park Avenue
Herrin, IL 62948
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Divorce
Former public defender and former Assistant Attorney General. I am a solo practitioner with focus on cases in Williamson, Jackson, Franklin and Jefferson counties. I am major (retired) from the Army Reserve where I served 6 years as a Senior Military Defense Counsel in the JAG Corp. I am married and have one son.
Brandon C. Mayberry
Marion, IL Attorney with 5 years of experience
(618) 579-5250 104 Calvert St.
Marion, IL 62959
Criminal Defense, Family, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
Brandon C. Mayberry grew up in Jonesboro, Illinois. After high school, Brandon attended Shawnee Community College where he earned an Associates of Arts degree. He then attended Southern Illinois University, where he earned a B.A. in Paralegal Studies with a specialization in Pre-Law graduating Cum Laude. From there, Brandon went on to attend Southern Illinois University School of Law. Brandon graduated from the SIU School of Law. While in law school, Brandon was a member and marshal of the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. While attending SIU School of Law Brandon began working as a law clerk for the Law...
Bridget Lawler
Marion, IL Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(618) 889-4981 1129 North Carbon St.
Free ConsultationSouthern Illinois University - Carbondale
Bridget Lawler is an experienced and knowledgeable Attorney at Lawler & Lawler Injury Law Firm. Her practice areas include Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation, as well as Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slip and Fall Accidents, Dog Bites, and Wrongful Death.
Bridget received her B.A. from St. Louis University, and her J.D. from Southern Illinois University Law School. She was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 2000 and in Kentucky in 2001. Bridget is a member of the Illinois State Bar, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Inns of Court. In addition, she was Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell in 2017....
Matthew H. Caraway
West Frankfort, IL Lawyer with 11 years of experience
(618) 505-1660 115 E Main St
West Frankfort, IL 62896
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Illinois College of Law and Eastern Illinois University
Matt Caraway is a trial attorney at Sam C. Mitchell and Associates. He focuses on representing people who have been injured as a result of another’s negligence. He enthusiastically represents his clients with the energy and dedication required to deliver excellent results. He aggressively pursues individuals, insurance companies, and businesses that have wronged his clients.
Matt represents clients in both Illinois and Missouri. He practices in State and Federal Court. His trial experience includes jury and bench trials in both states.
Matt was also in the Illinois Air National Guard and served for seven years, becoming Staff Sergeant in Operation Enduring Freedom...
Amanda Burton
(618) 998-1138 1110 N Court St
Marion, IL 62959-1612
David W. Lawler
Marion, IL Attorney with 10 years of experience
(618) 993-2222 1600 West Main St
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
I am a former prosecutor for the Williamson County State's Attorney. I am proud to dedicate my life to defending the US and IL Constitutions and fighting for our rights. I am devoted to the prosecution of the wrongdoers in the practice of personal injury. I promise to do everything I can to get you the best possible outcome no matter how big or small your case may seem. Schedule a time to talk and I would be happy to give you a free consult, regardless of your legal issue.
(618) 997-2111 404 N Monroe St
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Adam B. Lawler
(618) 993-2222 1600 West Main
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Probate, Products Liability and Real Estate
Adam Lawler is the founder of Lawler Brown. Adam is a 2004 graduate of Saint Louis University School of Law. Adam worked for a local firm until founding the Lawler Brown in 2009. Adam’s practice areas focus in Personal Injury, Business, Real Estate, Probate/Trust/Estate Administration and general litigation.
Illinois, 2004
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Illinois
J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2004
B.S. (Business Economics) and B.S. (Business and Administration)
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 2001
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Joseph A Cervantez
Marion, IL Lawyer with 7 years of experience
(618) 997-1943 500 North Holland
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Divorce
Joseph A. Cervantez is a Graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Law. Joseph had the privilege of beginning his career as an Assistant State’s Attorney with the Williamson County State’s Attorney’s Office where he gained valuable court room experience prosecuting offenses ranging from traffic violations to class X felonies. He continued his work with the Saline County State’s Attorney’s Office as an Assistant State’s Attorney handling the busy Juvenile Docket.
Since Joseph went into private practice he’s handled a variety of cases throughout the 1st and 2nd judicial Circuit of Illinois. Joseph handles a variety of cases including Divorce, Custody,...
Patrick Hunn
(618) 579-1454 905 N Court St
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
Charles R. Garnati
Marion, IL Attorney
(618) 998-0026 400 W. Jackson St. Suite D
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Evan Taylor
(618) 993-2222 P.O. Box 1148
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
(618) 993-2222 1600 West Main Street
Andrew T. Flynn is a 2011 graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Law. While at SIU, Andrew was a member of the School of Law’s Trial Team that successfully competed in several national trial competitions. Prior to joining the Lawler Brown Law Firm in 2017, Andrew worked at Tetzlaff, Flynn & Associates, P.C. in Marion, while focusing on Divorce and Family Law, Guardianships and Estates, Criminal Defense, and Business Formation and Transactions.
Raymond Lawler
(618) 889-4981 1129 North Carbon Street
Lawler and Lawler obtained the first Million dollar verdict in Southern Illinois and has continued to have many satisfied clients in Southern Illinois. 618 Law yers.
Jason Grenman
(618) 579-5250 104 W. Calvert St.
Divorce, Domestic Violence, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Mr. Larry Edward Lauterjung
(618) 997-5529 1702B West Main Street
DUI lawyer for over ten years and author of two books explaining DUI law to non-attorneys. Former courtroom attorney for two of Southern Illinois' largest bankruptcy law firms. I always have plenty of time for my clients, am available for after or before hour calls. We work together as a team. You can participate as little or as much as you prefer.
(618) 993-2222 1600 West Main St.
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Products Liability
William Albee
(618) 997-1943 500 N Holland Ave
William A. Alexander
West Frankfort, IL Lawyer
(618) 505-1660 115 E Main Street
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
With a focus on personal injury, death, and worker's compensation law, William Alexander has been practicing law since 1973. He served as the Associate Circuit Judge in the Second Judicial Circuit in the State of Illinois from 1975-1978 and currently serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for Morthland College and on the Board of Directors of Centerstone of Illinois. He has been married for 47 years and has two sons.
Lance Patrick Brown
West Frankfort, IL Attorney
Lance is a trial lawyer who represents victims who have been injured by the wrongful and negligent conduct of companies and individuals throughout Southern Illinois.He has spent his legal career handling and resolving personal injury and wrongful death cases for numerous victims for over a decade with an impeccable case-winning record. Regardless, of the size of the case, Lance strives to ensure each victim is given the consideration and attention to produce the best result. His litigation experience includes jury trial, bench trials, mediations, and arbitrations. Lance’s commitment and perseverance to his injured clients have produced multi-million dollar settlements and...
Zachary S Walston
John E Bradley
Marion, IL Lawyer
Marcus Hayes Herbert
Carbondale, IL Lawyer with 29 years of experience
(618) 549-9800 308 West Walnut
Carbondale, IL 60901
Free ConsultationAppeals, Bankruptcy and Estate Planning
For the past 25 years, my practice has focused on helping individuals, families, and small businesses to overcome financial setbacks and obtain a Fresh Start. Sometimes this means fighting foreclosures or defending against credit card suits. Very often, it involves filing bankruptcy to eliminate multiple debts or to consolidate several debts into one smaller monthly payment that my clients can actually afford. I treat my clients with dignity and respect and am proud to have served more than 10,000 people in Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois.
Scott K Walker
Carbondale, IL Lawyer with 3 years of experience
(618) 703-5400 Box 7, Suite D
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale and John A Logan
WHAT IF YOUR LAWYER LISTENS AND GETS IT?
I listen and relate to my clients through my real world experience, which includes 14 years of military service, with combat tours during Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom, and over twenty years of managerial experience in the maintenance, mining, and resort industries. I became an attorney so I can bring my real world experience to the practice of law and use my different perspective of the world to passionately help people with the challenges they face.
Brian K. Zirkelbach
Murphysboro, IL Attorney with 23 years of experience
(618) 687-1022 1100 Walnut Street
Murphysboro, IL 62966
Indiana University - Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis
I began my practice as a personal injury attorney in 1996 after graduating Indiana University law school. In 22 years of practice I have only represented individuals and their families who have been economically and physically harmed by the negligence of others. In 1988, I was working at a steel company in Macoupin County just out of high school when a defective piece of equipment caught hold of my glove and pulled my left hand into a piece of machinery resulting in serious injuries to my left index and middle finger. My family and I hired a...
Joni Bailey
Murphysboro, IL Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(866) 684-8668 1008 Walnut St
Christopher Gore
Sesser, IL Attorney with 20 years of experience
(800) 339-5813 111 E Franklin Ave.
Sesser, IL 62884
Represent claimants denied their Social Security Disability Benefits.
Daniel Orloski
(618) 521-4328 1301 E. Main St., # 2531
Appeals, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Real Estate
I adhere to the enduring philosophy that honesty, commitment, and personal service are the starting points for any good attorney-client relationship. I pride myself on putting my clients needs first and being a strong advocate on their behalf. In this regard, I have exceptionally strong skills in the areas of legal research, analysis, writing and advocacy. I am admitted and practice in the Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern District of Illinois and before the U.S. Seventh Judicial Court of Appeals and the United States Tax Court.
Edward J. Kionka
Carbondale, IL Attorney with 58 years of experience
(618) 521-5555 Lesar Law Building, MS 6804
1150 Douglas Drive
Practice limited to Appeals and Trial Consulting. Experience primarily in Illinois state courts and various federal district courts and courts of appeals.
John Chullen
Benton, IL Lawyer
(618) 438-0031 7432 Deering Road
Benton, IL 62812
Diane M. Speir
Ext. 136 Milwood Executive Suites
1400 North Wood Road
Divorce, Family and Immigration
Mr Larry Beard
Carbondale, IL Attorney
(800) 559-1400 801 W Main St
Joshua A. Humbrecht
Mt. Vernon, IL Attorney with 11 years of experience
(618) 244-5335 206 S. 9th St., Suite 201
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Since my time in law school I have dedicated my legal career to serving, protecting and enforcing the rights of individuals harmed through the carelessness of others. I have tried cases throughout the counties of southern Illinois, before the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and argued successfully before the Illinois Appellate Courts. Regardless of the size of any given case, my full attention, effort and care is put into all the work I do. I understand that whatever situation the client comes into our office with, it is very important and the source of significant stress and anxiety. I ensure...
Kolby R. Smithpeters
Harrisburg, IL Attorney with 6 years of experience
(618) 294-9529 2 N Vine St 6th Floor
Harrisburg, IL 62946
I am currently an Attorney in Harrisburg, IL at The Smithpeters Law Firm LLC serving the Southern Illinois community. Please contact me for all of your legal needs.
Paul E.H. Rademacher
Mount Vernon, IL Lawyer with 4 years of experience
(618) 244-5335 206 S. Ninth Street
Mount Vernon, IL 62864
I grew up in the small Southern-Illinois town of Mount Olive and have dedicated my time and efforts as a trial lawyer to representing my friends and neighbors during times when they've needed it most. I do not represent big companies or their insurance companies and I am no stranger to injury cases taking on 10 more insurance-hired attorneys. As past IHSA All-State athlete in my youth, competitiveness is in my DNA and I strive bring that same level of fight to each case I'm involved in.
I can personally tell you that our firm - Hassakis & Hassakis -...
Douglas R. Hoffman
Mount Vernon, IL Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Andy Miofsky
(618) 931-1313 3218 W Broadway
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
I bring an ivory tower legal education from Washington University and over 35 years of legal experience to down to earth people. Since 2004 I have been the Illinois Downstate Chair for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers. And I am a founding member of the Bankruptcy Law Network legal blog. I also recognize that sometimes bad things happen to good people. When you get tired of abusive debt collectors call me for reasonable and respectable solutions to your financial problems.
Shane Carnine
Mt. Vernon, IL Lawyer with 17 years of experience
James M. Ruppert
(618) 244-5335 206 South Ninth Street, Suite 201
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Ted Cruz Flip Flops On Marijuana
Published on February 6, 2015 September 1, 2016 in Politics by Rocco Lucente
The weekend of the Iowa Freedom Summit was seen by many as the unofficial kickoff of the 2016 Iowa Caucuses, and Ted Cruz was in full campaign mode. Before delivering a rousing speech to a raucous crowd at the summit, Cruz took some time to meet with activists from Liberty Iowa, a group founded after Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign, to answer questions on a variety of issues. Cruz challenged the group to throw him “no softballs”, and they engaged in a back and forth that lasted about two hours. The meeting went by largely without disagreement, or with only expected disagreements on things like Iran. That being said, one interesting moment occurred when Cruz appeared to flip flop on his stance that President Obama must enforce marijuana laws in Colorado and Washington.
When asked about this stance, Cruz claimed that he never took the position to begin with, and had been talking about Eric Holder’s instruction to not prosecute for small amounts of marijuana. Cruz claimed that his view of Washington and Colorado was the federalist view that it was the states choice. Seeing Ted Cruz take a states rights position on marijuana immediately raised questions in my mind. This is an opinion that I can find no record of having been expressed by Cruz in the public eye, and is directly contradicted by his past statements on the subject.
Ted Cruz gave the keynote speech at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Policy Orientation about a year ago, and spelled out a position which clearly stated his opposition to Obama’s selective enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act. From 7:21-8:41, after joking about the ‘Colorado brownies’ the crowd had been provided with, Cruz argued that while “reasonable arguments” can be made about legalizing pot, the president ignored criminal laws by circumventing congress, and telling the people to ignore the law. While the only explicit reference to the states in question was made in a joking manner, the line of logic most certainly applies to Obama’s decision regarding the two (now four) states where marijuana is legal recreationally, as they are in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. This was reflected in the media coverage of the remark, which was universally that Cruz had attacked Obama’s allowing of Washington and Colorado to enforce their own drug laws.
This was reinforced in an appearance on ReasonTV, where Cruz called Obama’s refusal to enforce marijuana laws “dangerous to liberty”, and demanded that he go to congress instead of deciding to refuse to enforce the law. He claimed Obama’s approach to drug policy is to “announce that they will stop enforcing certain drug laws”, and said that was a “very dangerous precedent”. This is a clear contradiction of Cruz’s statements to Liberty Iowa.
What is most fascinating to me about this reversal of positions is that it came during a private meeting with libertarian activists in an early caucus state. Is Ted Cruz trying to pull a fast one on Iowa libertarian activists? It appears that a man who has gone to Washington with a reputation for being a “straight shooter” may have finally found a constituency towards whom he will pander for votes. Cruz talked during the meeting of trying to compete with Rand Paul for the liberty vote, but it appears that if he wishes to do so he may end up flip flopping on some key issues. Will he make the calculation that this is worth it, or abandon the liberty vote strategy for what he sees as more fertile ground? It will be fascinating to see how Cruz handles this balancing act going forward.
Rocco Lucente
Rocco Lucente is the Editor-at-Large of The Liberty Conservative as well as the chairman of the Town of Ulysses GOP and a county coordinator of Campaign For Liberty in New York.
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By: lifepartfive Aug 21, 2018 Sep 11, 2018
Scotland, WritingFairy Glen, Fairy Pools, hiking, Inner Hebrides, Isle of Skye, landscape, Locations, mountains, nature, Old Man of Storr, photography, Quiraing, road trip, Scotland, Skye, Travel, Uig, water, Writing
For the last few days I’ve been in the magical Orkney islands, exploring the Neolithic sites and diving the famous wrecks of Scapa Flow. All this activity means my travelogue has been a bit neglected, but I’ve finally managed to complete my post about the Isle of Skye which we visited way back in June…
The day we visited the enchanting Eilean Donan castle was also the day we crossed the bridge to the Isle of Skye. No doubt the bridge, opened in 1995, made life a lot easier for the locals, but for me some of the romance of the journey is lost without a wild sea crossing! That night we camped in the small town of Broadford on a forgotten strip of land by the sea. We parked so we could watch the grey seals basking on the rocks at low tide, seemingly undisturbed by the low key bustle of the town just behind us.
A quick shot through the windscreen on our way to the Fairy Pools with the Cuillin mountains in the background.
The following morning we set out for the Fairy Pools, a cascade of plunge pools created by the River Brittle as it flows away from the Black Cuillins mountain range. I love wild swimming, and on our journey there along tiny single track roads I day dreamed of a hidden valley with limpid clear pools of icy water. Rounding the last bend in the road I began to realise we may not have been the first with this idea. The tiny road ahead was choked with cars and coaches as far as the eye could see. Sightseers marched like ants across the landscape and the path to the pools was a series of deeply eroded tracks in the sheep cropped turf. We were dismayed to see quite so many people in this beautiful and remote place, but proceeded to cram our van into a tiny roadside space and set off for the pools in our own contribution to inappropriate mass tourism.
Mr LifePartFive posing at the only deserted section of the Fairy Pools.
As you approach the pools you are gradually dwarfed by the bulk of the mountains, a towering wall of forbidding scree and rock creating an impregnable fortress of stone. These are serious mountains, and signs along the track warn you to proceed no further without a guide and mountaineering experience. Nevertheless, today the river plunge pools at their feet sparkle in the pale sunshine and the water is beautifully, enticingly, crystal clear. One or two brave souls have stripped off and are tentatively stepping into the water, but when I see the wall of tourists, snapping away like paparazzi at a royal wedding, I firmly shelve any thoughts of joining them. This is clearly not going to be my arcadian fantasy made manifest.
Sightseers marched like ants across the landscape and the path to the pools was a series of deeply eroded tracks in the sheep cropped turf.
After that slightly dispiriting start we made our way to the village of Carbost where we had heard there was an excellent pub, The Old Inn. The reviews were accurate and we found a lovely little pub next to the loch serving some of the best food we’d had on the trip so far. It was so good we decided to find a nearby camping spot and return that evening to catch the live music advertised on a board next to the bar. Walking back in around 8pm we found the bar packed with people and alive with the convivial chatter of locals and visitors alike. People lined the bar while old men sat on bar stools with their dogs at their feet and waitresses swooped in and out of the crowd, clearing the last of the food orders away. We found a tiny table near the bar and settled in. Soon after a group of young local lads appeared with their instruments and settled themselves at a table right next to us. Folk musicians don’t perform on stages here, they appear part of the pub crowd until they start playing! After a few final adjustments and gulps of Irn Bru, the band struck up an infectious, foot-tapping tune on the Scottish small pipes, whistle and bodhràn. Folk music is not normally my thing, but as the night wore on and the drinks flowed, the music wrapped us all in its simple magic, binding all who heard it in this timeless ritual of celebration and community.
The Old Man of Storr
The next day we left Carbost behind and made our way north to the Old Man of Storr. The ‘old man’ is a spectacular basalt pinnacle that forms part of the Trotternish Ridge, a geological feature in northern Skye. We had found a good hiking route that would take us right past it, but as we approached the start we spotted a now familiar problem, cars and coaches lining the narrow road and completely overwhelming the car park. Luckily this time the hiking route proved too difficult for most of the inappropriately attired, selfie-stick wielding day trippers so it wasn’t long before the crowds thinned out. As we climbed along the rocky path the views down into the Sound of Raasay became increasingly spectacular and we paused to eat our packed lunches on a stone outcrop where the rock pinnacles reached high into the scudding clouds.
The wind howled mournfully in our ears and we watched ravens play in the updrafts, casting off their somber demeanour for a moment of unruly delight.
After the success of the ‘Old Man of Storr’ hike we decided to tackle the Quiraing the following day. This is another walk along the Trotternish Ridge but the route is slightly more challenging. This time we managed to avoid the hordes gathered at the official start point thanks to the sage advice of a local who recommended an empty car park next to a windswept cemetery as an alternative. By the time we joined the main trail our companions were the usual collection of European backpackers and weatherbeaten septuagenarians in day-glo waterproofs. The walk itself is stunning, winding along stony trails with incredible views as you climb higher. Early on, as we passed a high rock feature called The Prison and moved into a forbidding, steep sided valley of rock pinnacles and scree slopes, we heard what sounded like a gun shot. Startled we looked around in time to see several large rocks tumbling and crashing down the scree slope to land on the trail about 10 metres in front of us. Rock falls are part of the natural reshaping of this mobile landscape but not something you want to experience too closely. After a slightly shocked pause, we hurried through the rest of that section, furtively scanning the rock faces for any further movement!
View from the hike over the Quiraing mountain range.
Looking down at the feature called The Table from the Quiraing plateau. It is said that islanders concealed cattle here from Viking raiders.
The rest of the Quiraing hike passed without incident and we finally made it onto the high escarpment overlooking the sea and the Torridon mountains. As we walked we gazed with delight at the incredible vista of land and sea, high cliffs lending us a giddying birds eye view of lochs and mountains in miniature. The wind howled mournfully in our ears and we watched ravens play in the updrafts, casting off their somber demeanour for a moment of unruly delight.
The following day the weather closed in, bringing plunging temperatures and soggy low clouds which erased the views and enclosed us in a flat grey half light. For the first time in several weeks our little van felt cold and I took to wearing five layers of clothing and a woolly hat under my waterproofs. Times like this can be hard when there’s no hearth to return home to but we decided to book into a campsite for our last night in Skye and wallow in the luxury of a long hot shower and a flushing toilet. Bliss!
On our final day we had a late sailing from Uig to the Isle of Harris, so spent the morning at a nearby feature called the Fairy Glen. Gazing at the pouring rain through our van window I was pretty skeptical about this final bit of sightseeing, but allowed myself to be persuaded outside with the help of a full set of waterproofs and a woolly hat so large I could barely see the path in front of me. After a brief tramp along a winding single track road we suddenly stumbled into the ‘glen’, an amazing Highland landscape in miniature. Small grassy hills form valleys studded with tiny lochs and there is even a basalt peak. It looks like the work of a bored eccentric, Willy Wonka dreaming of pixies in the land of the ancients, but it is a completely natural phenomena.
The stony labyrinth at the magical Fairy Glen.
Soon after, the rain stops and we make our final descent into the small town of Uig to join the line of vehicles waiting patiently for the ferry. In the tiny ferry cafe we eat a delicious Cullen Skink (smoked haddock soup) and contemplate the next leg of our journey. Finally we are about to reach the Western Isles, the Outer Hebrides, a collection of islands so remote and shrouded in mystery that the vast majority of British mainlanders have never visited them. I cannot wait…
Lonely phone box on the road to Duntulm from Staffin.
Ullapool to Kylesku – photo story
1 reply to The Isle of Skye
Norma Roberts says:
Very interesting and again beautifully written. Obvious you are really enjoying your trip north. Amazing history too. Also lovely pics.
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Home » Arctic Seismic Work Will Not Hurt Polar Bears, Government Says
Arctic Seismic Work Will Not Hurt Polar Bears, Government Says
by Lightlynews.com · On December 8, 2020 · In Climate/Science
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service mentioned on Monday that a seismic survey deliberate for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska this winter would have “not more than a negligible impression” on the numbers of polar bears within the area.
The discovering was contained in a proposal by the company to permit as much as three incidents through which bears may very well be inadvertently harassed or disturbed throughout the survey work, which might happen over a number of months and is supposed to detect indicators of oil and fuel reserves underground.
The company mentioned that a couple of incidents of unintentional harassment, by, for instance, coming too near a bear and inflicting it to flee or interrupt feeding, wouldn’t have an effect on survival. It added that it didn’t count on any bears to be bodily injured or killed throughout the survey.
The proposal is to be printed within the Federal Register on Tuesday, after which the general public may have 30 days to remark. Approval after the remark interval would take away a significant hurdle to permitting the survey to start early subsequent yr.
The challenge, which has been proposed by an Alaska Native village company, would contain heavy vehicles and different gear rolling throughout the snow-covered tundra in a single a part of the refuge, the coastal plain alongside the Beaufort Sea.
Polar bears are listed as threatened underneath the Endangered Species Act. With local weather change lowering the extent of sea ice, their foremost habitat, the subpopulation within the southern Beaufort Sea declined by about 40 p.c from 2001 to 2010. There are presently regarded as about 900 animals within the subpopulation.
Sea-ice loss has meant that extra of the bears come onto land for longer intervals. Pregnant bears, particularly, typically construct winter dens within the snow of the coastal plain the place they offer delivery to cubs and nurse them throughout their first few months of life.
Robert Dewey, a vice chairman of Defenders of Wildlife, mentioned that detecting polar bears of their dens will be very tough. “But that isn’t stopping builders from pursuing oil and fuel exploration there,” he mentioned in criticizing the Fish and Wildlife Service proposal.
The Arctic refuge, one of many final nice expanses of unspoiled land within the United States, has lengthy been protected against oil and fuel growth. But in 2017, the Trump administration and Republicans who managed Congress eliminated protections for 1.5 million acres of the coastal plain.
Since then the White House has been pushing ahead with a plan to permit oil and fuel drilling there. The polar bear proposal is one other signal that these efforts have accelerated in current weeks following President Trump’s re-election defeat.
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management introduced a plan to promote oil and fuel leases within the coastal plain on Jan. 6, two weeks earlier than the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., who opposes drilling within the refuge.
Separately, the bureau is making ready an environmental evaluation of the deliberate survey. A spokeswoman for the bureau mentioned the evaluation must be accessible “comparatively quickly” and could be adopted by a remark interval earlier than the bureau makes a remaining resolution on whether or not to permit the survey to proceed.
Assessing the potential impact on polar bears had been one thing of a stumbling block to approving a seismic survey within the refuge. A earlier proposal, put forth in 2018, was finally shelved as an environmental evaluation and work on figuring out the impression on polar bears dragged on.
Under a federal legislation designed to guard polar bears and different marine mammals, the Interior Department, of which the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service are a component, can authorize “incidental harassment” of a small variety of animals throughout actions in an space like a refuge. An authorization often includes prolonged dialogue and negotiations between authorities scientists and people proposing the exercise.
In its utility, the Native village company that proposed the survey, the Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation, mentioned it might take a number of steps to detect bears of their dens and keep away from contact with them, together with reconnaissance flights in late January, earlier than any vehicles start working. Such flights would use infrared cameras to detect warmth from bears.
Survey crews would then set up a one-mile buffer zone round every den to keep away from disturbing the bears and maybe inflicting them to depart their dens, which might threaten the survival of the cubs.
A examine printed this yr questioned the effectiveness of airborne thermal cameras. It discovered that over greater than a decade utilizing them on the North Slope of Alaska, oil firms situated fewer than half of the identified dens of maternal bears and their toddler cubs.
The village company’s proposal initially referred to as for a single reconnaissance flight. But the Fish and Wildlife Service mentioned that the proposal now included three flights, all of which might happen earlier than vehicles entered the refuge. On common, dens on the coastal plain are coated by lower than 100 centimeters, or about 39 inches, of snow, the service mentioned, and having three flights “will increase the probability of detecting dens at lower than 100 cm deep to 98 p.c.”
Environmental teams have additionally objected to the plan for a seismic survey due to the potential harm heavy vehicles might do to the fragile Arctic tundra, even underneath snow cowl. Tracks from the one different survey performed there, within the 1980s, are nonetheless seen at this time.
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Florianópolis, Te Quiero: Cineplexx’s new album and single
on March 24, 2014 June 16, 2014 By Christine Mazur
Te Quiero, the first single off London-based Cineplexx’s new album Florianópolis, lands in Manila March 24th along with its dreamy bossa nova B-side Sol, just in time to heat things up for summer dance parties. Hypnotic merengue beats, textured soundscapes and sensual vocals hook the ear with irresistible audio sparkle. Layers of tropical cosmic disco build intensity, summoning hips to sway to the rhythm.
“Florianópolis is an album to be listened to more with the heart than with the head; it celebrates the possibility of living a fantasy that make us forget an overrated reality,” says the man behind Cineplexx, Argentine-born Sebastián Litmanovitch. His 11th full-length album is available from Lilystars Records April 7th.
With a kaleidoscope of exciting latin rhythms, Florianópolis is different from Cineplexx’s previous albums. “I love to play percussion and bass and choppy guitars, and I have always been a fan of disco and funk so this album is the first time I really show all these influences,” says Sebastián.
Raised on a steady diet of latin boleros, bossa novas, brazilian music and disco, Sebastián describes his music as “a cinematic space in which you could live your own fantasy.” Florianópolis is a city in southern Brazil which Sebastián visited as a youth, which some locals call the “magic island.” Cineplexx’s Florianópolis is a cocktail of sounds: disco, bossa, afrofunk, electrónica, pop – transporting listeners to a magical island where they might find Ariel Pink dancing with Rita Lee to the sounds of Tom Jobim, Chic, Prince or Fela Kuti.
Sebastián wrote, produced and performed the album’s 13 songs in Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese along with guest vocalists Linda Mirada, Natalia Clavier (Thievery Corporation & Federico Aubele), Lilies On Mars and Ana Montiel (also the artist responsible for the album’s artwork). He regularly collaborates, having worked with Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Dulgas Stewart and BMX Bandits, and Nigel Baillie (Camera Obscura) among other artists.
As one talented world citizen, Sebastián seamlessly incorporates music into his life as a graphic designer, sharing good vibes with the world through music and art. “Anything I do influences all my activities,” he says. “I like to create parallel universes.”
Listen, or buy/download Te Quiero with B-side Sol (available March 24) and Florianópolis (available April 7) at http://shop.lilystars-records.com
Published by Christine Mazur
Writer, musician, film maker, paddler, hiker, rock climber. Bicycle commuter and world traveller. Peace-loving tree-hugger.
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Troublesome South African Baboon Evicted For Organizing Gang To Raid Homes
By INF
Troublesome South African Baboon ‘Kataza’ has been evicted from his home for organizing a band of baboons to join him in raiding 15 homes in Kommetjie, a small town near Cape Town in South Africa. Now he sleeps at a local prison.
Authorities keep what they call “rap sheets” that list a baboon’s misdemeanors and Kataza’s was apparently extensive. They had watched him since April, when he raided five occupied houses. The final straw came when he led his troop on 15 raids through Kommetjie in July and August, they said.
“He generally solicited other individuals to join him in raiding town,” Kataza’s rap sheet says, according to a South African newspaper that viewed the document.
Kataza is one of a few hundred urban baboons who live around Cape Town and are often a nuisance when they invade properties looking for food. They knock over trash cans, steal fruit and vegetables from gardens, and generally cause mayhem.
Kataza’s story is the latest in Cape Town’s ongoing dilemma over how to deal with the baboons, who live in the craggy mountains that surround the city but often jump at the chance to roam through residential areas and scavenge for anything edible.
There are around 15 troops in the greater Cape Town area and something in the region of 500 baboons, according to experts. The city even has a Baboon Technical Team. Wildlife rangers chase baboons away from some neighborhoods by shooting paintball guns at them. The most persistently troublesome primates are sometimes euthanized.
Kataza operated in the seaside village of Kommetjie, on Cape Town’s southern peninsula. After he was captured, rangers relocated him to the nearby area of Tokai, hoping that he would integrate with another, better-behaved troop and stop his mischief.
Activists, however, want him to be taken home and reunited with his own troop. “#BringBackKataza” reads a sign posted by a road in Kommetjie. There’s a Facebook page calling for his safe return.
Kataza was unfairly singled out, said Jenni Trethowan. She runs Baboon Matters, a conservation organization in Cape Town that seeks ways for humans and baboons to peacefully co-exist. She wants him back in Kommetjie.
“He’s no worse than any of the other baboons. He’s just an urban baboon,” Trethowan said.
Trethowan has spent many days observing Kataza since he was relocated late last month. He hasn’t integrated with the Tokai troop, she said, is isolated and appears to be “depressed.” He now spends his days wandering through the streets of Tokai, and his nights sleeping in the yard of a local prison.
“He lowers himself over the prison wall, or just ambles through the gate,” she said.
Trethowan said the city is just blaming baboons for being baboons. Instead, Cape Town should take measures to ease the problem. Baboon-proof trash cans would help, she said.
“Baboons are criminalized for things that baboons do normally,” Trethowan said. “They are just opportunistic foragers.”
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NINA PERSSON TO RELEASE SOLO DEBUT NEXT MONTH
Nina Persson — the immensely talented front woman of The Cardigans and A Camp — will finally make her long-awaited return to the music world with the release of her solo debut, Animal Heart, on February 11, 2014 on The End Records. (And we’ll be giving the album a very positive review as it gets closer to its release date.)
It’s been roughly five years since A Camp’s sophomore album and The Cardigans haven’t released anything since 2005, but it’s not as though Persson has been on a long vacation for the past several years. On the contrary, she’s kept rather busy, collaborating with Manic Street Preachers, Sparklehorse & Danger Mouse, and The Cake Sale Collective (an artists community that includes Australian musician Nick Seymour of Crowded House). She also performed with the New York cabaret group The Citizens Band and played a Finnish tango singer in Amir Chamdin’s 2006 film God Willing.
Animal Heart was written by Persson along with her husband Nathan Larson (A Camp, Shudder To Think), and Eric D. Johnson (The Shins, Fruit Bats). They approached the album in a somewhat casual manner, hanging out at Persson and Larson’s house in Harlem, writing and playing the songs with just a drum machine, a guitar and a piano before they headed into the studio.
“The most difficult, yet perhaps the most positive aspect of going solo are all the decisions you have to make alone” says Persson. “Somewhere inside, I have a very clear clock, a gut feeling, that says what I think. I have forced myself to just keep going and follow my instincts with this album. I have simply no time to dwell on things anymore which I did a lot before.”
How did she approach Animal Heart differently than her work with The Cardigans and A Camp? “Both with The Cardigans and A Camp, I have done everything with very driven, career-oriented musicians, but now I wanted to put my own instrument first. Honor the singer. I have also in my work understood that pop music is lodged deeper in me than I previously wanted to admit.”
What are the songs on Animal Heart about? One theme is about moving forward and not getting trapped by your past. “My animal heart is telling me to flee, ” sings Persson on the title track. “Burning Bridges For Fuel” also addresses this theme. As for other themes, Persson says, ““What I write is still a lot about relationships and alienation. The perennial topics that I always return to.”
Songs like “Catch me crying” and “The Grand Destruction Game” are about past love relationships. But Persson does not always know herself if they’re about sexual relationships or friendships. “But it deals with sentimentality and how to respond to it” she says.
‘Animal Heart’ Tracklisting
01. Animal Heart
02. Burning Bridges For Fuel
03. Dreaming Of Houses
04. Clip Your Wings
05. Jungle
06. Food For The Beast
07. Digestiv
08. Forgot To Tell You
09. Catch Me Cryin
10. The Grand Destruction Game
11. Silver Like The Moon
12. This Is Heavy Metal
Head on over to Paste to hear “Food For The Beast”: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2014/01/song-premiere-nina-persson—food-for-the-beast.html
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Labor & Employment Law Daily Walmart assistant store manager fired due to handling of suspected shoplifter, not for complaining about supervisor’s sexual solicitations
Walmart assistant store manager fired due to handling of suspected shoplifter, not for complaining about supervisor’s sexual solicitations
By Marjorie Johnson, J.D.
Though the supervisor indicated that he was aware that the employee was behind the allegations against him and strongly denied them, she failed to present sufficient evidence that his retaliatory motive influenced the manager who ultimately recommended her termination.
A Walmart assistant store manager failed to cast sufficient doubt on the retailer’s assertion that she was properly discharged under its progressive disciplinary policy due to her mishandling of a suspected shoplifter and not because several weeks earlier she reported that the store manager was soliciting sexual favors from female associates. While the temporal proximity was sufficient to make a prima facie showing of causation, no reasonable jury could find that the employer’s proffered explanation was pretextual, the Fifth Circuit ruled in affirming dismissal of her Title VII retaliation claim on summary judgment. Her supervisor’s attempts to get witnesses to make false statements against her proved unsuccessful and there was no indication that his retaliatory motive otherwise influenced the ultimate decisonmaker (Brown v Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., August 14, 2020, Higginson, S.).
The employee was hired in 2014 and began reporting to the store manager in July 2016, after he started working at the store. A month earlier, she had received her third-level coaching. Her first warning had been for absences and tardiness while her second and third were for referencing hourly associates using derogatory language. Under the disciplinary policy, any additional infractions before June 2017 would subject her to termination.
Sexual harassment complaints. In December 2016, she began hearing rumors that her supervisor was sexually harassing female employees. On March 28, 2017, she used the ethics hotline to report that he was soliciting sexual favors in exchange for money or employment-related favors and provided details about alleged incidents. She made a follow-up complaint a week later in which she additionally alleged that he offered to prevent a worker’s attendance-related termination if she performed oral sex on him. He denied all wrongdoing during the investigation and indicated that he was aware that the employee was behind the allegations.
Suspected shoplifter. On May 9, 2017, a customer service rep (CSR) advised the employee that a customer had left the store with more groceries than the register’s receipt reflected. At this point, the CSR had already told a cashier to bring the customer back into the store, which the employee explained violated company policy. However, it was too late to correct the mistake.
“Bad stop.” When the employee arrived at the front of the store, she compared the disgruntled customer’s receipt to the items in her bags and determined that she had paid for them. Her supervisor then stepped in at the customer’s insistence to speak to another manager and checked her receipt, the bags, and her purse. After apologizing and escorting the customer out, he reported the incident to the market manager and head security manager, who concluded there had been a “bad stop.”
The security manager then opened an investigation and asked the store manager to obtain witness statements. The CSR testified that the store manager asked her to falsely state that the employee directed her to stop the customer. Even though he threatened her job if she didn’t do so, she refused.
Termination. After reviewing the witness statements and surveillance footage, the security manager concluded that the employee should receive a warning for questioning the customer after she had already left the store, which ultimately resulted in her termination. He also recommended that the cashier receive a coaching and that the CSR be terminated. Three days later, the sexual harassment allegations against her supervisor were deemed “unsubstantiated,” though he was later terminated for gross sexual misconduct based on a separate report.
Timing suggests causation. On appeal, the Fifth Circuit first rejected the employer’s contention that the employee failed to establish a causal connection between her protected activity and her discharge. The six-to-seven-week gap between her complaints to the hotline and her firing was sufficient at the prima facie stage.
Supervisor’s actions did not show pretext. However, the close temporal proximity was not by itself enough to show pretext and even combined with other evidence was insufficient to establish but-for causation. The Fifth Circuit rejected her argument that her supervisor impermissibly influenced the security manager’s initial perception of the incident by falsely stating that she had instructed the CSR to stop the customer. Notably, she did not dispute that the security manager did not recommend her termination until after he reviewed witness statements and surveillance footage, and that his decision was based on his conclusion that she should not have engaged with the customer once she knew that there had been a bad stop.
And while evidence that her supervisor threatened the CSR with termination if she did not make a false statement against the employee was “deeply disturbing,” it did not prove but-for causation as to the security manager’s termination recommendation since her supervisor’s attempts were undisputedly unsuccessful. Not only did the CSR refuse to lie, but no other witness was successfully pressured into blaming her either. Consequently, the security manager’s termination recommendation was based on his post-investigation conclusion that she should not have engaged the customer once she undisputedly knew that there had been a bad stop and not the store supervisor’s accusation that she instructed the CSR to stop the customer.
Finally, though the employee argued that the retailer’s more favorable treatment of her supervisor in response to the shoplifting incident suggested pretext, there were meaningful differences that could explain why he was not disciplined. In particular, though they both responded to a disgruntled customer who had been inappropriately stopped by another store employee, and both compared that customer’s receipt to the items in her bags, the employee was admittedly aware that the stop violated company policy before she addressed the customer. Because there was no indication that her supervisor was similarly aware of those background facts when he engaged with the customer, the employer could have concluded that he did not violate policy.
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BYRON GRIDLOCK: Aim for 1km every minute, says councillor
Liana Boss
MOVING a kilometre every minute might have seemed like a bizarre, distant dream for many motorists in and around Byron Bay.
But that's a minimum rate of movement Byron Shire councillor Alan Hunter hopes his colleagues will support as a target for traffic movement within the shire.
Cr Hunter will bring a notice of motion before the council meeting this week, seeking support for a goal of one minute per kilometre travelled on our roads.
He hopes to see this target incorporated in a range of the council's committees, including the Byron Bay Town Master Plan, and hopes to seek public comment on the idea.
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Cr Hunter said the idea came out of a recent workshop involving some councillors and Transport for NSW.
"We started talking about a vision and we didn't come up with one," Cr Hunter said.
"The average punter out there is not frustrated with the condition of the roads; we've done a lot of work on that," he said.
"But I don't think the community is any more satisfied than it was before because the frustration in getting around is just so great."
While Byron Bay Bypass works are still ongoing, Cr Hunter said he thinks the council should consider a connection between Tennyson and Lawson Sts as well as shuttle buses to reduce traffic in the CBD.
"It's a luxury now, that Byron can't afford, to have everybody driving around town in their car," Cr Hunter said.
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah (Wis.) and Surgical Associates of Neenah were recertified as a Bariatric Center of Excellence.
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China has condemned one of the nation's top bankers to death after he was found guilty of accepting $277 million in bribes
Ex-finance official Lai Xiaomin was investigated starting in 2018 and pled guilty last year to bribery, bigamy, and embezzlement charges.
China has sentenced a former finance chairman to death on charges related to bribery, bigamy, and embezzlement.
Lai Xiaomin, who has been called China's most corrupt financial official, was investigated in 2018 over his time as the chairman of banking giant China Huarong Asset Management. The Chinese government later found him guilty of accepting $277 million in bribes between 2008 and 2018, according to the court in Tianjin.
Xiaomin "endangered national financial security and financial stability," reads the court filings, according to Bloomberg. He confessed to taking bribes in January when he said he kept the money in an apartment but "didn't spend a cent."
The court will confiscate all of Xiaomin's personal assets — including lavish goods like properties, luxury watches, and flashy cars, Bloomberg notes.
Capital punishment in the form of lethal injection is typically how the Chinese Communist Party performs executions. Amnesty International estimated that the nation carried out thousands of executions in 2019.
A former vice mayor in China was sentenced to death in 2018, but as Bloomberg notes, capital punishment is not a typical punishment for corruption in China, which usually results in life in prison. Experts told the outlet that the sentence was likely in part due to the scale of Xiaomin's corruption as well as the public attention it has garnered. It also serves as a warning that China is willing to issue executions as punishment for corruption, according to Bloomberg.
The death sentence comes as part of an anti-corruption crusade led by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has been in power since 2012. In early 2018, China created an agency designed to investigate any government official throughout the nation. The National Supervision Commission is permitted to operate outside of China's court system, granting the committee a large amount of power. For example, it can detain suspects for up to six months without granting them a lawyer's aid. The commission has punished about 1.5 million officials since its inception.
But experts have said the agency's methods could do more harm than good in its fight to crack down on political corruption.
Xiaomin's sentence also comes as China continues its crackdown on the nation's most powerful and popular businessman, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, as well as on the tech industry at large. Yahoo Finance reported Ma to be missing since China yanked his fintech firm Ant Group's $37 billion IPO in early November when the founder publicly snubbed the nation's regulatory system. However, sources say he likely is simply lying low, according to CNBC.
Ma isn't the only influential businessman that has questioned China's authority, prompting greater government oversight. Chinese regulators accused asset manager Xiao Jianhua of siphoning off investors from the country's stock markets and was abducted from a Hong Kong hotel in 2017. He disappeared into Chinese custody, and parts of his business were later taken by the government.
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The Loeries Induct Industry Guru Into Hall Of Fame And Announce Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award
Boniswa Pezisa, Net#work BBDO’s Group Chief Executive, is this year’s Loeries Hall of Fame inductee. Chicken Licken’s Managing Director and Chief Marketer, Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder, has won the 2020 Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award.
Pezisa is a lover of life, hats and other accessories, and she has experience in delivering breakthrough communications strategies across a wide range of diverse sectors from retail, automotive, finance and FMCG to telecommunications, hotels and petrochemicals. The Hall of Fame was introduced by the Loeries in 2008 to recognise dedicated individuals who have contributed to the building and elevation of the creative and brand communications industry.
‘Pezisa is well respected as a committed leader and advocate for transformation in the industry. She is also a former chairperson of the both the Loeries and the ACA and commands great love and respect from the industry, which she has served for three decades. We are honoured to be able to add her to the Loeries Hall of Fame,’ said Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of the Loeries.
Boniswa Pezisa, Net#work BBDO’s Group Chief Executive and 2020 Loeries Hall of Fame inductee.
‘I am relishing and enjoying this moment in my career and am truly honoured that a size four shoe can stand amongst giants like Nunu Ntshingila, Mike Schalit, Robyn Putter, Nathan Reddy and Nkwenkwe Nkomo, further affirming my belief that ‘black child your dreams are valid’,’ said Pezisa.
The mother, business leader, community builder and activist joined the industry back in the late ’80s and already in the early ’90s, even before the dawn of democracy, was involved in projects focused on transforming the industry with the simple focus of inclusion for all.
‘As a black female I was aware from the beginning – even when I did not have the language for it – that I was part of a revolution and carried a huge burden to be a conduit for change, diversity, innovation, inclusion and integration,’ said Pezisa.
She said while she is happy with the inroads made to date, to which she has contributed, she is well aware that transformation is not a destination but a continuous journey and there is still a lot of work to be done, especially in bringing women and the youth to the fore.
‘It’s heart-warming to see the prominent rise of the likes of Neo Mashigo, Xolisa Dyeshana and women like Nombini Mehlomakulu (who was once my intern and is now taking a seat at the table of transformation), as this is testament to all the efforts towards inclusion. I am thankful to Net#work BBDO, who from the beginning embraced diversity, for the support they have given me, the space to express myself and explore ideas as well as valuable time to serve the industry on various committees and boards,’ said Pezisa.
Pezisa said the power of Ubuntu, which sounds so cliché, is powerful and has been an anchor of her career. ‘Take the greeting Sawubona for instance, it is packed with such depth. It means: I see you, I acknowledge you, I submit to your presence and you matter. This is my approach to clients and their brands, to my team, my community and my family. This is part of the consciousness which I believe has contributed to my where I am today.’
Asked about what the future holds for the petite firebrand, she replied, ‘This is not the end but just the beginning for me. For me it is service, service and more service. I’ve been blessed with much and have so much to give back. Africa is a youthful continent. My passion is for young people and women and I believe I can make a real difference, especially in people development. I want to cultivate a culture of serving, which is a channel for building a progressive industry.’
On how the lockdown affected her, she said, ‘It has been a year of great reflection and digging deep and the award has come at the right time. I have always maximised on every opportunity along my career path. I hold the door and if someone opens, I budge right in. I will not stop breaking down barriers that hinder transformation,’ Pezisa added.
2020 Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award
Chicken Licken’s Managing Director and Chief Marketer, Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder, has made Loeries history by being the first second-generation award winner of the coveted Marketing Leadership Award, an honour her late father George Sombonos received in 2013.
Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder, Chicken Licken’s Managing Director and Chief Marketer and 2020 loeries Marketing Leadership Award winner.
Sombonos-Van Tonder has made Loeries history by being the first second-generation award winner of the coveted Marketing Leadership Award, an honour her late father George Sombonos received in 2013.
The award was introduced by the Loeries in 2007 to recognise an individual for their marketing achievements over a sustained period of time. Previous winners have included Andrea Quaye, former Vice President of Marketing at Anheuser-Busch InBev; Doug Place, Chief Marketing Officer at Nandos; Claudia Waters, Marketing Communications Manager at Mercedes Benz and Yegs Ramiah, former Chief Executive of Brand at Sanlam.
‘Sombonos-Van Tonder’s leadership has seen Chicken Licken win numerous Loerie Awards over the recent years, culminating in Chicken Licken becoming the number one ranked brand in the Loeries 2019 rankings. Her support of her agency is a testament to how effective brand and agency partnerships can create innovative experiences for society,’ said Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of the Loeries.
An elated Sombonos-Van Tonder said, ‘It is a huge honour for me on behalf of my creative team and Chicken Licken family, but also on a personal level it’s a huge affirmation of the work I am doing in continuing my father’s legacy of tenacity and hard work while chartering new territories for the brand.’
Sombonos-Van Tonder, who eats Chicken Licken daily, is exceptionally passionate about the brand founded by her father in 1981 and attributes her business success to the partnership with creative agency Joe Public and her supportive husband and family. ‘The success of our brand is a balance between our agency’s outstanding creativity and my instincts for knowing what is best for the brand, which has been part of my life since primary school,’ she said.
Sharing her father’s firm belief in the power of creativity to move the business forward has already yielded exceptional results, despite the tough economic climate. Even with its doors closed during the Covid-19 lockdown, and while other brands struggled to strike the right tone, Sombonos-Van Tonder ensured that Chicken Licken nimbly adapted its advertising to delight its audience and thereby sustaining fans’ ardent brand love.
Since taking over the helm, Sombonos-Van Tonder has collected a series of accolades – a total of 49 Loeries including a Grand Prix, eleven Gold awards and both the coveted ‘Brand of the Year’ and ‘Brand Representative of the Year’ awards for 2019.
As one of a few women in leadership, the mom of two boys highlights that, ‘Women can achieve the same success and, with determination and support, can balance both career and family.’
Sombonos-Van Tonder holds a Bachelor of Scientific Economics from the University of Stellenbosch and has been at the helm of the business for nearly two decades. ‘Chicken Licken is my life and I am as passionate about it as my father. He once told me that if you believe in something, you should be willing to die for it.’
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A Monologue of the Misunderstood
I have a terrible history of being repeatedly accused of violating beliefs and values I myself uphold, and these accusations have come from all kinds of sources — from complete strangers to the people closest to me. I probably share a good chunk of the blame for this situation. Apparently, the way I talk, work, act and react don’t reflect the person I claim myself to be.
But if I’ve stopped explaining myself to you, if I’ve started acting like I don’t care about the questions your throw at me — believe me it’s not because I am just silently admitting the blames or because you don’t matter. It’s because I’m exhausted. Every ounce of my mind and body is exhausted.
I’ve become so tired of defending myself, clearing confusions and resolving misunderstandings that even if it’s our first instance of miscommunication, I’m shutting down because of being worn out from past battles. You probably matter more than most but you’ve caught me at a time when I’m at my weakest.
People hate one thing about me. I have an uncontrollable drive to see everything in positivity. I’m not an optimist. It’s not the same as that. I have fears and worries. I’m skeptical about a lot of people and ideas. I don’t know how to explain this but somewhere down the line I’ve subconsciously learned to flip a ‘+’ switch the moment something bad or discomforting happens and try to convince myself and others to find ways to something good — peaceful resolutions, silver linings, new beginnings, lessons, surprise offsets and what not.
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In this era, it’s easier than ever to be seen, to be heard, to be noticed and recognized. But it’s harder than it was ever before to be understood. And I know I’m not the only one. We’re all misunderstood. We have more ‘friends’ than our ancestors had but we’re lonelier than they had ever been.
It’s the same reason why I’m writing this. Why is there such an innumerable quantity of people beating away onto their keyboards day in and day out? Because we keep accumulating a lot to say and keep looking for someone who will listen. Anyone. Anybody who would willingly and attentively listen, with no bias, no presumptions, no prejudice. Just a blank slate to begin with that we can scribble our hearts out on.
And we pour it all out because it’s a survival mechanism. We would suffocate to death otherwise. With so much happening deep within us and no outlet for all of it, our minds would explode into insanity and our bodies would crumble. We don’t write to show off how articulate we are or how much depth we carry. We write away to barely survive.
Sometimes scribbling away at a boring white screen keeps us alive better than shouting our lungs out into a pillow. The demon always comes back. But until it does, we want to catch a quick breath in the void.
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Métis Nation of Ontario
Some of the goals set out in the MNO Statement of Prime Purpose include:
Creating a Métis-specific governance structure for the implementation of the nation’s inherent right to self-government in the province;
Establishing a credible and recognized identification system for Métis people within the province;
Focusing on ‘nation building’ through working together as a collective in order to support Métis citizens and communities;
Pursuing a rights-based agenda and proudly asserting the Métis existence as a distinct Aboriginal people within Ontario;
Protecting and preserving the distinct culture and heritage of the Métis Nation in the province; and,
Improving the social and economic well-being of Métis children, families and communities throughout the province.
Today, based on the pursuit of the above mentioned vision and principles, MNO has built an impressive province-wide governance structure which includes: an objectively verifiable, centralized registry of over 20,000 Métis citizens; approximately 30 Chartered Community Councils across the province which represent Métis citizens at the local level; a provincial governing body that is elected by ballot box every four years; an Annual General Assembly where regional and provincial Métis leaders are required to report back to Métis citizens yearly between elections; a charitable foundation which promotes and support Métis culture and heritage (Métis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission); and, an economic development arm (Métis Nation of Ontario Development Corporation).
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The Financialization of Rent-Regulated Housing in New York City after Rent Reform
Tenant Activism, State Enforcement, and Alternative Knowledge Production
Benjamin F. Teresa - 4 December 2020
In New York City, rent-controlled housing stock has been progressively deregulated over the last three decades, to the point where it is now wholly in the hands of financial investors. In this paper, Benjamin Teresa analyzes how tenants’ associations have been fighting back against these landlords, who have let housing fall into disrepair while simultaneously hiking rents.
housing / right to housing / financialization / rent control / rent / tenants / activism / urban knowledge / public policy / housing policy / United States / New York
In June of 2019, the New York State legislature stunned the real-estate industry by passing the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, returning New York’s housing regulatory framework to the more protectionist form that had been in place in the early 1990s but steadily rolled back over the following two decades (Kromrei 2019). Now the open question is whether the rent reforms, a product of decades of tenant organizing, signal a bookend to the period of aggressive forms of financialized investment in rent-regulated buildings that have created poor living conditions and increased displacement pressure for tenants. Based on interviews with tenant organizers, city housing-agency staff, community-based organization staff, and other key informants, as well as research of property and financial records for rent-regulated buildings conducted between 2010 and 2015, this article reviews how recent tenant organizing of the 2000s has pushed the state to respond to the problems of weakened rent regulation and financialized investment through strategic knowledge production that validates tenant experience and legal strategies that redefine the tenant–landlord relationship. This activism suggests that the 2019 reform should be understood as a new terrain for political struggle over housing, and that the trajectory of the struggle will again depend on how the state interprets and executes its enforcement role. The rent reforms are therefore a key moment for both the type of financialized investment in rent-regulated housing that has expanded since about 2001 and for the future of democratic control over housing.
Over the 20th century in New York City, the political struggle over housing has shifted between periods of expanding tenant protections and curtailing them in favor of real-estate investment capital. From the early 1990s to the passage of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA), rent regulations were repeatedly changed to facilitate extractive forms of investment in rent-regulated housing. Rent regulation refers to both rent control and rent stabilization, which are state laws that provide tenure protections for about half of all privately-owned rental housing in New York City. Changes in rent laws provided landlords with new legal avenues to pursue rent increases in regulated housing, as well as removing apartments from regulation altogether. Under weakened rent regulations, landlords were still limited to annual rent increases for renewing leases, but could substantially increase rent—up to 20%—upon a vacancy. Landlords could also circumvent legal rent-increase limits if they had been charging a lower “preferential rent” and wanted to increase to the legal rent (Podkul 2018). Additionally, landlords could increase rents to recoup costs of apartment renovations, a system that owners could easily exploit by inflating the costs of improvements (Barker 2017). Moreover, “vacancy decontrol” allowed that once the rent hit an established threshold (about $2,700 in 2018) and the unit became vacant, it could be deregulated and no longer subject to rent regulation.
Since 2001, new entrants into the rent-regulated sector—financial-asset managers such as private-equity firms—have bought hundreds of rent-regulated buildings with new expectations about increasing rents (Fields 2015). This transformation in the ownership and management of rent-regulated housing stock is dependent on three related factors: the rollback of rent regulations during the 1990s and early 2000s that provided new avenues for rent increases and deregulating apartments; a broader transformation in the economy that more tightly bound real-estate and financial markets, introducing new capital and thus increasing prices and expectations about profits; and changes on the ground in property values and rent increases resulting from reinvestment and gentrification pressures that alter possible investment strategies (Teresa 2019). Given that only one out of these three factors have changed, it’s not clear what the future of financialized investment in rent-regulated housing in New York City will be. The previous decades of investment and political struggle over housing show that enforcement has been and will likely remain a key site of struggle over the direction of housing, which will depend not simply on the aggressiveness of enforcement, but about the form it takes: as a remedy to individual harms or as a market restructuring project.
Legitimating and circulating tenant knowledge
Privately owned housing that is rent-regulated comprises about half of all rental housing in New York City and is an important source of affordable housing. Described as once a “financial backwater” (ANHD 2009), owned and operated by long-term, local, independent “tenement landlords” (Sternlieb 1966), rent-regulated housing has become a coveted real-estate asset class, “as secure as owning US treasuries” (Stoler 2007). Since 2001, professional investors connected to broader capital markets, such as private-equity firms, have purchased tens of thousands of rent-regulated housing units, with some estimates placing investors’ market share at 10% of the total regulated rental-housing stock and higher in some neighborhoods (Citizens Housing and Planning Council 2009; Fields 2015). These new entrants purchased regulated buildings for historically high prices, often with amounts of mortgage debt so large that building rental income could not meet the obligations, requiring increases in operating revenues—and, inevitably, rents. Investors sought to capitalize anticipated gains through the sale of buildings within a relatively short time frame, typically between three and seven years. Private-equity actors, in particular, apply professional “asset-management” strategies to “undervalued” or long-term “mismanaged” buildings, with the objective of wringing operating efficiencies from buildings and increasing rents to “market rates” through operating-cost control, aggressive pursuit of illegal and delinquent tenancy, and intensive application of all available rent increases provided under rent-control law. These new investors and the management practices they brought to the rent-regulated sector intensified displacement pressure on long-term, low-income renters, and created unsafe living conditions for tenants.
During this period, community development practice and tenant organizing have shaped state action in contesting the wave of investment in rent-regulated housing. Fields (2015) suggests that a “strategic positivism” has been at the center of organizing strategies, centered around alternative knowledge production that includes the simultaneous deconstruction of financial narratives that normalize investment risk and the construction of alternate and critical ways of understanding the effects of financial practices.
The Building Indicator Project (BIP), first conceived in 2003 by members of the University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP) in the Bronx, stands as an example of alternative knowledge production that recursively draws from and constructs state knowledge. More recent tech-based innovations such as “JustFix.nyc” are also part of this alternative knowledge production. After organizing around speculative investment in rent-regulated buildings with low-income tenants in the Northwest Bronx in the 1990s, UNHP created the Building Indicator Project in 2004. The BIP counts the open housing code violations for more than 62,000 multifamily properties and calculates a composite “BIP score” or indicator by weighting the code violations by severity (housing violations increase in seriousness from class A through class C violations). This score provides a measure of the physical and financial distress of housing, and is actively monitored and updated every quarter (UNHP 2011).
As alternative knowledge, the BIP tool constructed and elevated tenant experience into a format that could circulate in policy networks and among financial institutions. UNHP notes that several bank lenders report actively using the BIP to identify distressed buildings in their portfolios (United Neighborhood Housing Program 2011). After BIP and other tenant activism brought to the attention of city-council members the seriously deteriorated housing conditions in Bronx rent-regulated buildings, the city launched a new regulatory strategy in 2011, called the Proactive Prevention Initiative (PPI), which would use the BIP data to identify buildings in distress. While BIP data identifies properties already in disrepair, the indicators of financial distress can also be used to find those properties that are at risk of deteriorating. City officials described the PPI as a “major shift” in housing-code enforcement policy, moving from reacting to tenant complaints to actively seeking out buildings that are at risk of deteriorating.
Legal strategy in defining the tenant–landlord relationship
There has been some legal experimentation in redefining the tenant–landlord relationship. Community and legal-aid organizations pursue legal action to enforce the “warranty of habitability” defined in the lease that tenants and landlords sign, which requires that the owner keep the apartment safe and livable at all times. New York State law requires the lender to make needed repairs to property during the period from foreclosure judgment until sale; it does not, however, require the lender to cover repairs before the foreclosure judgment, which can be a matter of years (Hasty 2012). A 2010 court ruling that required a lender foreclosing on a rent-regulated building to pay the court-appointed receiver $2.5 million for repairs signaled an important legal precedent for placing responsibility on the plaintiff in foreclosure (i.e. the property owner) for maintaining safe and decent housing conditions.
An unconventional legal strategy involved the application of the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Practices (RICO) Act—a legal tool originally created to combat organized crime—to management practices in rent-regulated buildings. The law permits leaders of ongoing criminal enterprises to be tried for crimes that they ordered but were carried out through their agents. In 2010, at the request of then-New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, the law firm Jenner and Block filed a civil RICO claim in federal court against the private-equity firm Pinnacle, alleging that the firm had conspired to overcharge, harass, and evict tenants from their rent-regulated apartments. Pinnacle settled the lawsuit in 2011 and agreed to pay claims to as many as 20,000 tenants across the 400 buildings that Pinnacle owns, potentially costing the firm $10 million (Buckley 2011).
Beyond locally focused enforcement and legal action, a financial regulatory framework exists for community organizations to engage. The 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a product of an earlier generation of political activism against redlining, provides state supervisory authority to evaluate how financial institutions are meeting the credit needs of the local communities from which they accept deposits. All institutions which receive insurance for deposits from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) must submit to CRA evolutions. While the CRA itself does not include enforcement or sanction mechanisms for poor CRA reviews, the evaluation is public and serves as a basis for mounting legal action against a bank. Furthermore, the review process allows for public input, which local community organizations took advantage of in the 2012 CRA review of New York Community Bank (NYCB), the largest multifamily lender in New York City. Based on analyses from BIP data, local organizations knew that NYCB’s lending portfolio included the highest share of distressed multifamily properties of any major commercial mortgage lender in the city. Using this information to explain to the FDIC reviewers the damage that NYCB’s underwriting standards were inflicting on tenants and communities, the FDIC downgraded NYCB’s CRA score from “outstanding” to “satisfactory.” The FDIC takes into account the CRA score in approving bank acquisitions of other financial institutions, and so the downgrade placed pressure on NYCB to address the credit quality profile of its multifamily lending portfolio. This downgrade, justified by community-based objections to NYCB’s lending practices and supported by systems of alternative knowledge production, pushed CRA regulation to take into account questions of credit quality, which have typically been segmented into another domain of regulation in fair-housing law.
Beyond physical deterioration of buildings, long-term and low-income tenants face other forms of harassment that are designed to force them to leave, such as increased rents and fees, intentional withholding of repairs, and efforts to prevent tenant organizing. Tenant organizing during the housing boom of the middle 2000s brought housing problems to the attention of New York State Attorney General. By 2012, amid mounting cases of systematic tenant harassment within the regulated sector, New York governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced the formation of the “Tenant Protection Unit”, formally housed within the state agency responsible for administering rent stabilization, New York State Homes and Community Renewal (NYSHCR). The unit’s mandate includes investigating landlord practices, and it has powers to audit building finances and legally sanction owners. By 2016, the Tenant Protection Unit had returned 50,000 apartments to rent regulation that were found to have been illegally deregulated. These various enforcement powers were institutionalized in 2015 in the Tenant Harassment Prevention Taskforce, an intergovernmental group focused on managing investment in rent-regulated housing as an enforcement problem.
The future of tenant organizing and the financialization of rent-regulated housing
The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 restored key tenure protections of the regulatory framework that existed prior to 1993, eliminating preferential rents, vacancy decontrol, and other routes to increasing rent that have produced displacement pressure on tenants, especially since the early 2000s. A central question about the rent reforms is how landlords, investors, and other real-estate actors will alter their practices, and how the state will enforce the new regulations. Historically, there has been a persistent tension within New York’s rent laws between their ability to offer broad social protection to all tenants and the individualizing impulse of legal practice to confer benefits to a freely contracting renter-as-consumer of a commodity: housing. Much of the policy response over the past couple of decades to the financialization of housing has framed the problem through this individualized legal framework, which may protect some current tenants but was predicated on the end of rent-regulated housing. Whether the reforms signal a departure from the financialization of rent-regulated housing in New York City depends on an enforcement approach that does not assume an unregulated future but that instead is focused on restructuring the relationship between property owners and renters. Rent control can offer circumscribed legal protection or serve as a tool that tenants can use to make an expansive democratic claim to the right to housing.
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Aboriginal society, European invasion, and the bushfire disaster
Posted Feb 04, 2020 by Eds.
Ecology , Imperialism , Inequality , Movements Australia Newswire
Originally published: Red Flag by Sandra Bloodworth (January 31, 2020) |
This summer, we have looked through the gates of hell at the apocalyptic result of the dispossession of those who nurtured the land for 65,000 years. Understanding the history of the last 232 years is imperative if we are to conceptualise a future in which the land, the animals and the people they sustain can live in harmony once again. That future is not one that capitalism can deliver.
Captain James Cook, on his voyage of 1770, wrote about the “wonderful manner” in which the people he encountered “produce fire with great facility”. He admired “the large plains, diversified with woods and lawns” that resulted from their diligence. The first invaders who followed from 1788 wrote of “park like” landscapes. But racist, colonial arrogance blinkered the invaders’ view of the people living on this continent and bred lies that justify the destructive practices of capitalism to this day. Bill Gammage, in his magnificent book The Biggest Estate on Earth: how Aborigines made Australia, offers this insight into the mindset of the foreigners, from a country where only gentry presided over parks:
It might seem a small jump to think them [the “parks”] as man-made as in Europe. In fact, the leap was so vast that almost no-one made it. Almost all thought no land in Australia private, and parks natural. To think otherwise required them to see Aborigines as gentry, not shiftless wanderers. That seemed preposterous.
Tony Abbott declared in 2014 that, before 1788, Sydney was “nothing but bush”–illustrating the longevity of this prejudice, which underpinned the lie of terra nullius. Gammage, who studied in detail the changing landscape under European occupation, concludes:
A landscape once carefully maintained has been let run wild.
Within a few short years, “explorers” and “settlers” recorded that Aboriginal people were remarking how much drier their environment was since these invaders came. Marauding across meadows of yams, trampling native grasses that preserved moisture in the soil, the invaders’ crashing, hard-hooved animals destroyed precious sources of water and compacted soft, moist soil. Rain then no longer seeped into absorbent land, but ran off hardened surfaces, gushing into wandering waterways, cutting the earth into canyons through which rivers ran rather than settling across wetlands.
It’s true, as climate deniers like to proclaim, that drought is a natural feature of much of the continent. But Aboriginal society prepared for it. They preserved areas where animals were protected from slaughter by law so that in times of drought they survived, able to spread out again when the rains came. Westerners conceptualise them as “sanctuaries”. As one historian writes: “These sanctuaries were scattered all over the landscape–wherever there was important Dreaming there was a sanctuary area”. In some places, by ingenious use of fire, kangaroo grass, which preserves water in its clumped stems and roots, flourished and preserved moisture during drought.
In the rapacious drive to produce beef, wool and agricultural products for markets, woodlands were cleared and land was over-grazed. Rain drew the ambitious into areas prone to drought, a fact of which they were ignorant because their racist arrogance prevented them from learning from those who knew. Kangaroo grass was eradicated on such a scale it became almost extinct, making drought more severe. The extinction of animals can begin a cascading impact on the environment. The burrowing bettongs , once found across much of central, southern and south-western Australia, now almost extinct, “like bandicoots, are important ecological engineers”, according to Bush Heritage.
Their digging plays an important role in decomposition of leaf litter (thereby reducing fuel loads and fire risk in dry grassy forests and woodlands) and in dispersing fungal spores and plant seeds.
The delicate management of an intricate system of drought, floods and fire, encapsulated in the fabric of Aboriginal culture, could not survive the onslaught of invasion. Its complexity and harmony could not even be conceptualised by those whose first concern was to establish boundaries around private properties–boundaries that signify the rampaging, exploitative competition that defines the capitalist system.
Aboriginal society was non-hierarchical and organised collectively. They had no concept of private property, so fire could be organised based on universal principles that might involve cooperation stretching over vast areas, based on detailed local knowledge of plants and animals. Members of their communities involved in managing fire would never be expected to do so without sustenance, denied shelter and care for their families. But that is precisely what this capitalist society, with all its wealth and technology, expects of thousands of unpaid firefighters.
In any case, Aboriginal people were not fighting fire but using it–to promote soft green shoots to attract kangaroos to eat; to weed out unwanted plants and encourage others. Integrated into their world view, its use was finely tuned to the rhythms of the seasons. It was an integral part of their rich culture in which human need was the guiding principle of land management.
Competition for land, which breeds greed and undermines human solidarity, was the world of entrepreneurs looking for a better life in the new colony. In Western Australia in 1846, a series of letters from settlers to the governor illustrate the collision of these cultures. Charles Symmons, “protector of natives” in the Swan Valley, responded to complaints that the Nyoongar destroyed settlers’ crops every year with fire. They were simply fulfilling “one of their most ancient and cherished” traditions, he wrote. But a resident magistrate clarified the general attitude: “If we are to keep flocks it is quite clear that the lands must be preserved and not fired”. He proposed “to warn them against solitary confinement and Rottnest”, a penal island off the coast.
Less hostile settlers revealed that many of the fires that settlers complained about were started by careless Europeans. The most important agenda was gaining uncontested access to Nyoongar land. What better way to drive them out than to blame them, not just for their controlled fires (which many obligingly adapted to the settlers’ needs), but also for those started by settlers themselves. The magistrate admitted that wild bushfires were not started by the Nyoongar:
[They] laugh at our idea of letting a fire escape them if they wish to put it out.
Cynical hypocrisy aimed at concealing the real agenda permeates debates to this day. The actors vary, but the substance does not. The logging industry, after every bushfire disaster, blames “greenie” policies that protect forests and national parks. Open them up to us as a bushfire mitigation program, they say. But the royal commission into the catastrophic 1939 fires in Victoria concluded that logging had increased the severity and the extent of the fires.
In the intervening 80 years, numerous enquiries and scientific studies have shown that logging creates open spaces and huge amounts of debris that promote fire. The deadly 1983 Ash Wednesday fires in Victoria mostly began in regrowth forests recovering from logging. As landscape ecology expert professor David Lindenmayer says,
I know why the industry is talking about this … this is crass opportunism to take advantage of a catastrophe.
How can we re-establish a society in which human need is the driving principle and collective responsibility makes it possible? That was the ethos that ensured the survival of the communities on this continent for 65,000 years before 1788. This society has increasingly destroyed the intricate balance of the natural world so carefully managed by the original custodians. Capitalism cannot put in place systems to repair that damage, let alone reverse the catastrophic consequences of climate change, which exacerbates every aspect of that destruction.
It is tempting to think that, if only enough landowners can be trained by Aboriginal cultural burners to regenerate their land, we can protect against a repeat of the devastation this summer. Some can and do create pockets of land that survived the raging fires. And this is rightly celebrated. But this cannot deal with huge, flammable pine forests, with mines, with barren land where rainfall has declined and temperatures keep rising. It cannot prevent the effects of logging and other destructive practices.
The problems of the environment cannot be reversed simply by technical means, even when they point to solutions. It is a social and political issue. The society that created the catastrophe cannot repair the damage. Nothing is funded unless it directly makes profits or is a means of defending one lot of exploiters against competitors. Read any enquiry, any discussion of what to do, and you find that every viable solution is met with the inevitable capitalist objection: it will be very expensive.
It’s not that those who rule do not know. The rich and powerful attend seminars to discuss how to protect themselves from the rest of us. A futurist revealed that at one of their gatherings they discussed “making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for survival” in a climate emergency. The National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework of July 2018 warned the government to prepare for natural disasters on “unimagined scales, in unprecedented combinations and in unexpected locations”, causing damage to communications, power, water and other essential services. They suppressed it rather than admit that climate change is real.
The 2009 Australian Defence White Paper and a Senate enquiry of 2018 discuss not how to tackle climate change but how to strengthen “national security” against climate refugees and competition from other states over scarce resources. So, 200 troops are sailing into a stand-off with Iran, rather than being mobilised to the fire zone. Firefighting emergency services are clearly underfunded for the tasks they face, while the Australian government subsidises, not just tolerates, the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $42 billion a year. It’s not as if we can conduct a collective, democratic discussion and make rational decisions about how to reallocate that and the $70 billion committed to submarines and fighter jets, plus $38.7 billion in the annual defence budget.
We need a massive reversal of priorities. Millions know it. There is widespread hunger for justice and climate action. On the other hand, we’ve seen the response of the rich and powerful. Governments, both Liberal and Labor, ignore the clamour for climate action while trying to silence us with police attacks on protests and authoritarian new laws criminalising climate activism. It is time for a new project. We need to build a movement so radical and determined that it can overthrow these authoritarian rich and powerful. Only then will we be able to begin to build a socialist society in which human need comes first again. Only then will we be assured of preventing disasters like the apocalypse of 2019-20.
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‘Good Omens’ and ‘Wales: Land of the Wild’ are nominated in the BAFTA Cymru Awards 2020
03 set by 20 — Awards, Good Omens, News, Wales: Land of the Wild
The nominees of the British Academy Cymru Awards 2020 were announced earlier today. The Amazon Prime mini-series Good Omens recieved a nod in the Sound category, while Wales: Land of the Wild, the BBC documentary narrated by Michael Sheen, recieved two, for Factual Series and Original Music. Check out the nominees:
Cornwall: The Fishing Life
Wales: Land of the Wild / Cymru Wyllt
Warriors: Our Homeless World Cup
Ysgol Ni: Maesincla – WINNER
Original Music (sponsored by Cardiff Council)
Mark Thomas for Last Summer
Jonathan Hill for The Long Song – WINNER
John Hardy Music for Steel Country
Karl Jenkins & Jody Jenkins for Wales: Land of the Wild / Cymru Wyllt
Alex Ashcroft for The Last Tree
Production Team for Good Omens – WINNER
Production Team for Sex Education
The ceremony will be broadcast on BAFTA’s Facebook and YouTube channels at 7 PM GMT on October 25 2020 and will be hosted by Alex Jones, the television presenter. This post will be updated once the winners are announced.
Congratulations to the teams behind both productions!
‘Good Omens’ wins at the 2020 Sandford St Martin Awards
12 jun by 20 — Awards, Good Omens, News
Yesterday the winners of the 2020 Sandford St Martin Awards, “an extraordinary awards ceremony for an extraordinary time”, were announced yesterday. The Amazon/BBC production Good Omens won the Radio Times’ Readers Award:
An overwhelming favourite among those who voted this year! Based on a fantasy fiction novel by Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens is a six-part drama series, written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Douglas Mackinnon about a Demon and an Angel’s efforts to prevent the end of the world. Good Omens stars an ensemble cast, led by Michael Sheen and David Tennant, with Miranda Richardson, Michael McKean, Jack Whitehall, Jon Hamm and Frances McDormand among the many stars in supporting roles.Set in present day England, the series follows a fussy angel, Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and a loose-living Demon, Crowley, (David Tenant), who’s shared fondness for life on earth sees them form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon. Aziraphale and Crowley team up to try and save the world from the anti-Christ – an unsuspecting 11-year-old boy, living in rural Oxfordshire. A great story that explores some very big ideas and some big themes without ever losing its sense of the absurd.
‘Good Omens’ is nominated in the BAFTA TV Awards
Earlier today the nominees of the 2020 Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards were announced. Good Omens got a nomination for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects. See the other nominees:
Ben Turner, Chris Reynolds, Asa Shoul – The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/Netflix
Framestore, Painting Practice, Real SFX, Russel Russel Dodgson – His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf, BBC Studios/HBO/BBC One
Lindsay McFarlane, Claudius Christian Rauch, Jean-Clément Soret, DNE – Chernobyl – Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games/Sky Atlantic
Milk Visual Effects, Gareth Spensley, Real SFX – Good Omens – Amazon Studios, BBC Studios, Narrativia, The Blank Corporation/Amazon Prime Video
The winners of the British Academy Television Craft Awards, originally scheduled for Sunday April 26, will be revealed on Friday July 17. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony will take place as a closed studio, socially-distanced show, with nominees invited to accept their awards virtually. Hosted by Stephen Mangan, the ceremony, will be broadcast on the BAFTA YouTube chanel.
“Dad again after 20 years”: Michael Sheen speaks to Inquirer
28 maio by 20 — Good Omens, Interviews, Prodigal Son, Quiz
Michael discusses Quiz, Good Omens, Prodigal Son, fans and being a father for the second time at 50. Read more:
LOS ANGELES—Michael Sheen has played Prime Minister Tony Blair, TV broadcaster icon David Frost and renowned human sexuality researcher William Masters, but the role he enjoys reprising these days is that of a father.
It has been 20 years since Michael became a first-time dad when he and Kate Beckinsale had Lily Mo Beckinsale-Sheen. Last September, the English actor returned to playing one of his favorite roles—a father—to Lyra, his daughter with Swedish actress Anna Lundberg.
“It’s been 20 years since I did this,” Michael confirmed in a video call about becoming a dad again at age 51.
“To be a new dad with a little baby in lockdown as well is a very particular experience,” said the Golden Globe nominee for the TV drama series, “Masters of Sex.” “It’s been great because it means that her routine comes first. I know a lot of people have been saying since the lockdown that routine is such an important thing because otherwise, you end up living in your pajamas all day, not doing anything. But, of course, she has a routine that has to be stood by, so she dictates what happens in the day.
Michael Sheen appears on ‘Good Omens’ special live
28 maio by 20 — Good Omens, News, Videos
During an ‘Author Live Series’ hosted by Amazon Live, in which Neil Gaiman and David Tennant discussed the TV adaptation of Good Omens, Michael appeared with a pre-recorded question to Gaiman. You can watch it here from 12min49.
‘Good Omens’ is nominated in the Peabody Awards
07 maio by 20 — Awards, Good Omens, News
The BBC and Amazon series adaption of Terry Pratchett and New Gaiman’s book was selected one of the “60 nominees that represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019”.
See below the other nominees in the “Entertainment” category:
Chernobyl; – WINNER
David Makes Man; – WINNER
Dickinson; – WINNER
Fleabag; – WINNER
Float;
Good Omens;
Our Boys;
Ramy; – WINNER
Stranger Things; – WINNER
Succession; – WINNER
Unbelievable; – WINNER
Watchmen; – WINNER
When They See Us. – WINNER
The awards ceremory, originally set to happen in June, is yet to be announced.
Congratulations to everyone involved in Good Omens!
EDIT: Update on the awards ceremony date as published on Deadline website:
The Peabody Awards, which had to postpone its scheduled June 18 winners ceremony in what was to be its first time held in Los Angeles, said Thursday it is now canceling the event. Winners instead will be announced next week and be accepted via video.
The plan calls for the Peabodys to reveal the recipient of its Career Achievement Award on June 8, with winners to be announced June 10.
Neil Gaiman releases video to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ‘Good Omens’
01 maio by 20 — Good Omens, Videos
Thirty years ago today, on May 1, 1990, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett published a book they wrote together called Good Omens, which would win over thousands of fans around the world and would get in 2019 a television adaptation produced by the BBC and Amazon.
To celebrate the amazing milestone, Gaiman released a video showing what Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and Crowley (David Tennant) are doing during lockdown. Watch it below:
Happy 30th anniversary Good Omens!
Michael Sheen interview for Collider
17 jan by 20 — Dolittle, Good Omens, Interviews, Prodigal Son, Quiz
Read below a long but great interview Michael gave to Collider in which he talked about Dolittle and working with Robert Downey Jr., Good Omens, Quiz, Prodigal Son, and The Way, a three-part series he is directing:
I recently sat down with Michael Sheen, who stars as the villainous Dr. Blair Müdfly in director Stephen Gaghan’s Dolittle, opening this weekend. While sitting in his trailer on the Universal backlot, Sheen and I had a wide-ranging conversation about working with Robert Downey Jr. and spending so much time looking at a tennis ball on set, the success of Amazon’s Good Omens, his idea for a Columbo episode, why he agreed to co-star on Prodigal Son, his upcoming limited series Quiz (which is about a huge Who Wants To Be A Millionaire scandal in Britian), being in an episode of The Simpsons, how he’s getting ready to direct a three-part series called The Way, and a lot more.
As you’ve seen in the trailers, Dolittle stars Downey Jr. as the famed doctor that can talk to animals. After his wife dies, Dolittle retreats behind his castle walls until being tasked to try and save the young Queen (Jessie Buckley) from a deadly illness. As he travels the world looking for a mythical island, he’s joined on his quest by a young apprentice (Harry Collett) and numerous animals that are voiced by Emma Thompson, John Cena, Tom Holland, Rami Malek, Craig Robinson, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez, Octavia Spencer, Kumail Nanjiani, and Marion Cotillard. Dolittle also stars Antonio Banderas and Jim Broadbent.
Check out what Michael Sheen had to say below.
Michael talks about ‘Dolittle’ and ‘Good Omens’ to The Beat
14 jan by 20 — Dolittle, Good Omens, Interviews
In an interview to the website The Beat, Michael talks about what it was like to work with Robert Downey Jr, the possibitily of doing more Good Omens and more:
Dolittle antagonist Michael Sheen has been crushing his way through all forms of entertainment media for a few decades now, from theater to movies and lately, television, the latter taking up most of his time in recent years. Depending on your interests might determine the work of his that you’re most familiar with, whether it’s “The Twilight Saga,” his work with writer Peter Morgan (The Crown) on The Queen and Frost/Nixon or some of his television work, like Masters of Sex – or fan favorite Good Omens.
In the new family fantasy-adventure Dolittle, Sheen plays Dr. Blair Müdfly, doctor to Queen Victoria and the ersatz arch-rival of Robert Downey Jr’s titular Doctor John Dolittle, a physician with the ability to talk to animals who has disappeared from the public view after the tragic death of his wife, Lily. Dolittle’s only friends are the animals that surround him at his estate until a young lad named Stubbins (Harry Collett from Dunkirk) stumbles onto the grounds. When Victoria (Jessie Buckley) falls ill, Dolittle is called back to London, but in order to find a cure, he must travel with his animals to the far sides of the globe. Of course, Müdfly isn’t happy about Dolittle’s interference.
Besides those mentioned above, the cast includes Antonio Banderas and Jim Broadbent, as well as a slew of actors providing their voices for various animals, including Emma Thompson, Octavia Spencer, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani and Craig Robinson.
The Beat had a chance to get on the phone line with Mr. Sheen last week, and we did throw in a question about his possible return as the angel Aziraphale for any sort of follow-up to Amazon’s series based on Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s novel, Good Omens.
Michael Sheen and ‘Good Omens’ cast talk to BBC
24 dez by 19 — Good Omens, Interviews
The Amazon miniseries based on Neil Gaiman and Terry Prattchet’s beloved book is coming to BBC Two on January 15th at 9PM (GMT). Read Michael’s interview to the British channel:
What drew you to Good Omens?
I have been a huge fan of Neil’s work for years. I first read Good Omens at drama school when someone in my year introduced me to comic books, and Neil’s work in particular. I read all the classic comic books – Sandman, Hellblazer, Watchmen and Swamp Thing. I loved them. I had always assumed that comic books were about superheroes and wasn’t that interested in them. But this stuff was brilliant. It was great storytelling; it was dark, gritty and fantastical. It really rang my bell. So I’m absolutely delighted to be involved in the TV version of Good Omens.
At the heart of Good Omens is the relationship between Aziraphale and Crowley. What brings them together?
They both begin to realise they are rather more fond of the human race than they should be. When Aziraphale and Crowley start to appreciate each other’s positions, that compromises them, but it also draws them together. It is something that is particular to them. Over hundreds of years, we see that bond developing. They’re on opposite sides, but they’re actually very similar. They’re both supernatural, but both very appreciative of humanity.
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Colorado Call
June 6, 2020 Michelle Miyagi
Faith and Trust, Uncategorized
For thirty-six years I’d anticipated this moment of freedom, we had finally escaped from Louisiana. Colorado was a perfect choice, liberal, progressive, with stunning terrain, enough culture, arts, and city life tempered with spaciousness.
We’d been in Littleton for a few weeks and I longed to explore. It felt like we were on a grand adventure. I couldn’t believe it was real yet and wanted tangible proof, evidence that we’d truly arrived in a more warm and inviting reality.
The move and prior years of hardship thanks to a contentious divorce on my end left us strapped, so a scenic drive would do for starters. As I googled, the Lariat Loop kept popping up with good reviews.
I gathered up my reticent partner. It was clear he was just along for the ride. I knew he’d rather stay home, but I was bursting to see what’s out there, even if it was just a leisurely drive.
Yeah, it was stressful being in an unfamiliar place after giving away everything we owned except what would fit in our trusty Camry, not knowing a soul at our new destination. Then searching for an apartment and orienting at a new job after being virtually hired, it was a lot. Yet, I still had this spontaneous drive to explore. I felt like a kid walking into the gates of an amusement park, so thrilling!
Google maps navigated us to the Lariat Loop National Scenic Byway in Golden, Colorado. We weren’t disappointed as we oooohd and ahhhhd at the breathtaking mountain vistas.
As we curved around the mountain there was a large bird of prey hovering at eye level and below was a vast expanse of lush, green valley with a halo of evergreen studded mountains hazy in the distance. My brain took a snapshot, click. All was quiet for an instant, like a freeze frame.
I made the mistake of glancing over the edge of the flimsy, rusted railing. My heart shuddered, shocked at the sight of the dead drop to the valley below. We were perched precariously on the side of a towering mountain! My eyes screeched back to the safety of the road only to find threatening curves ahead. I instinctively braked, my breathing growing rapid and shallow as I gripped the wheel tightly as if that would save us.
I heard, “Look at the bird!” I wanted to look, I wanted to enjoy the ride, I tried, saw the majestic bird for a millisecond before my mind took over imagining the car careening into the air in a standoff with the startled raptor, us screaming like banshees, eyes wide, mouths wider before dropping to our deaths like a Wyle E. Coyote anvil in a puff of smoke, poof, beep beep!
“I can’t look! It’s too scary! I have to concentrate on driving!” I tried to deep breathe and relax my grip deciding to keep my eyes fixed on the road for the remainder. The vertiginous height and impossibly narrow and winding roads were terrorizing me. With each ascending loop, the mountains were closing in. I felt panicky thinking, “One false move and we’re goners! Aaaaagh! Kaput!” I inched along, it felt like we were encased in invisible jelly, viscous and slug-like. My whole body felt electric, my nerve endings zapping with fear.
For lagniappe, cyclists, bikers, and pedestrians were haphazardly sharing the road. It was like a jump scare effect at every sudden encounter around a blind bend. “Oh god! I almost killed someone,” would invade my frenzied fear addled brain. I crept along desperately scanning for any exit off the hellish road of peril and death.
Locals were tailgating impatiently waiting to pass me, the slowpoke, scaredy-cat flatlander from Lousiana. Our license plate was a tattletale. I kept apologizing out loud, “I’m sorry I’m going so slow!” I talked myself down off the ledge saying, “You Speedy Gonzales daredevil locals can just hold your horses, better slow than dead!”
The ascent was an agonizing, slow-mo eternity. Even through the daze of anxiety I was able to appreciate the splendor and admired the engineering and ingenuity of roads built in such harrowing places.
I cheered as we began our descent and gasped as my jaw dropped at the sight of a skateboarder pummeling past us down the dizzying decline. My eyes furtively tracked the zooming figure gradually disappearing behind the jagged side of the mountain. I abandoned my fears in that instant worrying for their safety, envisioning them hurtling into the abyss like a crash test dummy or having to rescue their splattered form from the middle of the deathly road. “Did you see that? They weren’t even wearing a helmet! OMG! Death wish much?”
“This is taking forever! ” I was hanging on, but barely. I was so exhausted from fright. I was reassured from the passenger side, “You’re doing fine, it’s okay, but I sure am glad you’re driving!” We both laughed, what a relief to be able to laugh. “If we make it out of here alive, I vow never to try this again!”
It felt like we’d been stranded in the desert for days with no water, crusty, desiccated, crawling face down like a cowboy in an old western, one hand outstretched, clinging to life by the time we reached the exit to the main highway. We both exhaled gusty sighs, “Whew!” Bodies wooshing, relaxing, unclenched hands, teeth, and buttcheeks. “OMG! We made it! We survived! I didn’t kill us!” In my mind, we narrowly escaped certain death. I’d lasted to the finish line, I felt victorious, lol.
Not only did we break clean from the decay of our haunted Louisiana past, but we also made safe passage through the Lariat Loop setting the stage for the wild west Colorado adventure that awaits. Maybe not as warm and inviting as anticipated, but more of a call to glory. Yeehaw!
Never Bored
Inner Power
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by Dr. Salvatore Anzalone
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For the first time in human history there is an anti-cancer vaccine available. As a doctor, I am so proud to be practicing during this impactful time.
What is HPV? HPV, short for human papillomavirus, is a virus that can cause certain cancers and diseases in both males and females. It is transmitted through sexual intercourse and/or intimate skin-to-skin contact and is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections. HPV often has no signs or symptoms so many people who have the virus may not even know it.
Why is the HPV vaccine so important? HPV infects over 4 out of every 5 individuals and most will never know they are infected. In the United States, over 20,000 women and 12,000 men are affected by HPV-related cancers. In both men and women, it can cause anal, mouth, and throat cancer. It may also cause cancers of the cervix, vulva, and vagina in women and cancer of the penis in men. The HPV vaccination is important because it can prevent most cancers and diseases caused by HPV.
Can HPV cause diseases other than cancer? Yes, HPV can cause genital and anal warts which can also be prevented by the vaccine. These unsightly lesions can be treated but cause emotional distress and treatment is very uncomfortable.
Is there screening for these cancers? For women, screening is available to detect most cases of cervical cancers with a PAP smear but no screening exists for the other forms of HPV-related cancers Given this information, it becomes clear that prevention through administration of the HPV vaccination is important.
When should the vaccine be administered? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/American Academy of Pediatrics Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices recommends to start vaccinating boy and girls who are 11 or 12 years of age, to create the best immune response, along with tetanus diphtheria and acellular pertussis (TDAP)/ meningitis vaccination. This occurs around 7th grade.
What if my child is over 12? Long-term data has identified 11-12 as the op- timal age to administer the HPV vaccine; however, the vaccination series may be given to children 9-14 years old. The rec- ommended dosage for 9-14-year-olds is two doses, given six to 12 months apart. Children over 15 will require three doses: the initial administration, a second dose given 1-2 months later, and the third and final dose given six months after the third injection.
My child was light-headed after the shot; is this normal? Feeling light headed after any medical procedure is common. People often get nervous around medical procedures and their bodies tense up which can cause shallow breathing. To reduce this feeling, I recommend patients take slow deep breaths before a shot is administered or have them sit or lie down as the shot is given.
I heard the HPV vaccination causes infertility; is this true? The vaccination does not cause fertility issues. The HPV vaccine protects against cervical cancer and helps ensure a woman’s ability to get pregnant and have healthy babies.
The goal of the American Cancer Society is to vaccinate 80% of eligible preteens by 2020. Additionally, it is quite possible through education, awareness and support that cervical cancer, mainly caused by HPV, could be eliminated through vaccination.
Dr. “Sal” Salvatore Anzalone is a pediatric provider at Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida in Naples. He received his medical degree from the University of Florida and his pediatric training at T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he also served as the chief pediatric resident. In addition to his role as a pediatric provider, Dr. Anzalone serves as the medical director of pediatrics for the entire organization.
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Journey into the Heart of Peace
Marina Raye plays native flutes with the gentle harmony of nature in this meditative journey into the heart of peace. Silken waves of sound transport you to a world beyond time - a world where the waters run sweet, where life is gentle and hope sparkles in every heart. Welcome home to Liquid Silk.
Awakening Dream (8:31)
Double Sunrise (7:50)
Nature's Harmony (6:11)
Song of Gratitude (7:21)
Dance of Tranquility (8:13)
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Liquid Silk (6:19)
Gift of Peace (7:26)
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Liquid Silk... Journey Into The Heart of Peace
The Story of Liquid Silk
On a gorgeous September morning, I was swimming in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The water felt soft and soothing as the waves gently caressed my skin. That afternoon, as we drove away from Gulf Shores, Alabama, I told Charlie that the water had felt like liquid silk. He exclaimed, "That's the title you've been looking for; that is your next CD!"
I love taking my digital field recorder out in nature to capture sounds for our recordings. The water sounds on Liquid Silk are all quite special to me. I recorded the ocean sounds in Gulf Shores. We visited good friends in Tennessee where I captured the most gentle sound of a stream. The remainder of the streams were recorded in a beautiful Colorado area called Waldo Canyon.
I recorded the crickets and tree frogs in a spot along the Suwanee River in North Florida where my parents used to live. Fortunately, that night was not a big night for mosquitoes! It takes a lot of patience to wait for the perfect sounds to happen. There are all kinds of noises I don't want such as a mosquito buzzing, a gust of wind, the sound of a car in the distance, an airplane flying overhead, or a dog barking. It can take hours and hours of recording to get ten minutes of clean sound, and it is worth the wait.
We receive many comments from people who love Liquid Silk. Babies are born to this music and loved ones make their transition to it. Massage therapists and many other healers use it for their practice. Others use it for meditation, relaxation or for going to sleep. It is my bliss to play this music and I am honored that it is a blessing to many.
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Transformers, Captain America, Spider-Man return with new trailers
As we all know by now, the Super Bowl isn't just about a football game. And it's not just about splashy ads for products either.
Studios also use it to launch new trailers (or at least first looks at upcoming films). In some cases, the 30-second movie ad is just a teaser for the full trailer online.
In the case of "Transformers: Age of Extinction," the ad was all we got but it was the first anyone had seen of Michael Bay's big fourquel, with new human star Mark Wahlberg.
The spot doesn't just feature the former Marky Mark running from the evil Decepticons' reign of terror, it also includes the already-much discussed sight of Optimus Prime riding a Dinobot.
Check out the first look at Dinobot Grimlock's big movie debut below ("Extinction" arrives June 27).
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv6fVuvcHis%5D
Meanwhile, the second full trailer for "Captain America: Winter Soldier" landed, and it just may have outdone the first.
This time, we learn more about the mysterious villain, the Winter Soldier and get a better look at Captain America's high-flying comic book sidekick, Falcon (Anthony Mackie).
The action spectacular, co-starring Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Redford arrives April 4.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SlILk2WMTI%5D
But for a really good look at an upcoming sequel, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was the one to beat. A four-minute trailer was unveiled on Super Bowl Sunday, and one thing is clear: Spidey has a lot to contend with come May 2.
He's going up against a Rhino, a Goblin and most prominently, Jamie Foxx's Electro, who apparently starts out as a nerdy fan of Spidey's, but feels wronged by the web-slinger.
Take that, plus a heaping helping of Andrew Garfield bantering with Sally Field, and Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy in mortal danger and you have one epic trailer.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW5u_y27LmQ%5D
Which of these sequels are you most looking forward to?
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There's another Jonas, and more news to note
Today's talk you might've missed:
Kevin Jonas is one proud papa! He and his wife Danielle welcomed daughter Alena Rose Jonas on Feb. 2. And proving that you are never too young to strike a deal, the birth was announced via a tweet from Dreft laundry detergent which said "On this day, a little star was born. Meet Alena Rose Jonas. #BabyJonas." [Kevin Jonas' Twitter]
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Prince killed it on 'New Girl'
The event was probably as highly anticipated as the Super Bowl.
The elusive artist formerly known and now still known as Prince made a guest appearance on Fox's "New Girl" and it was everything we had hoped for. The singer is reportedly a huge fan of the show and producers cashed in on the Super Bowl lead in to feature him. Do not read the following if you have not seen the episode yet as it contains spoilers.
Zooey Deschanel character Jess is heading off to a party at Prince's mansion, but before she goes, roomie Nick blurts out that he loves her – to which Jess responds with the dreaded "pow pow" finger guns (ugghhh, we hurt for him in that moment). That sets Nick scampering after her to Prince's house to take back the "I love you."
Of course comedy ensues, Jess faints, Prince shows up and Nick faints. Actually, when Prince appeared we almost fainted even though we knew it was coming. Anyway, we won't give you all the deets but there was a makeover, Prince proved he can pull off comedy, ate some pancakes, sang his newest song “Don’t You Wanna Fall in Love Tonight?” and helped strengthen a love connection.
In his review, critic Alan Sepinwall from HitFix notes that "Sitcom episodes designed to suck up to the visiting musician can be a dicey proposition, but "Prince" worked because the man is both a legend and an eccentric, and no story about him sounds too outlandish."
The show did well for Fox as one of their execs tweeted the good ratings news.
NICE. Despite the lopsided SuperBowl, last night's #NewGirl drew an 11.1 rating in Adults 18-49 and 25.8 mil viewers! #pancakes @3RDEYEGIRL
— Gaude Paez Morose (@GaudeP) February 3, 2014
Did you catch the Purple One on "New Girl?" If so, what did you think?
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Dec. 30, 2020 COVID-19 Update: 108 New Cases (86 O‘ahu, 17 Maui, 2 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 2 Out-of-State)
December 30, 2020, 1:42 PM HST
* Updated December 30, 2:00 PM
There were 108 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 86 on O‘ahu, 17 on Maui, two on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kauaʻi and two in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.
According to the latest mapping updates provided by the state Department of Health the newly reported infections on Maui include: 13 cases in Lahaina, two in Wailuku, and one each in Kahului and Haʻikū.
There are about 40 outstanding cases on the island of Maui that have not been attributed to a specific zip code in DOH mapping.
COVID-19 testing at the Harbor Lights condominium complex in Kahului has been pushed to Thursday, Dec. 31, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. according to County Communications Director Brian Perry. County officials say the cleaning of public areas at the complex has not yet occurred as crews are awaiting proper authorizations. Earlier this week, state and county officials confirmed 10 cases have been identified in individuals at the complex through initial assessment.
Harbor Lights Condominium Complex in Kahului, file photo by Wendy Osher.
The state Department of Health reports that there is just one individual hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19. There are nine ICU beds being used in Maui County at this time, none of them by COVID-19 patients; and one ventilator is being used in Maui County, both by non-COVID-19 patients.
Of the 1,060 cases documented in Maui County over the course of the pandemic, Lahaina has the most current infections with 58 cases reported over the past two weeks. Lahaina darkened to the high rate of infection category on Dec. 15, which is defined as locations with anywhere from 51 to 200 cases reported over 14 days. It is the only location in the county that falls into that category.
Kīhei has a medium range (11-50 cases) of infections with 36 cases reported over the last 14 days. Kahului has had 34 cases over the same period. Wailuku was added to the medium infection range list on Friday (Dec. 11) with 34 cases tallied over the last two weeks; Makawao was added to the medium infection range list on Sunday, Dec. 13, with 11 cases over the same period.
After a brief appearance in the mid range category on Dec. 18 and 20, Kula dipped below 10 recent cases on Dec. 21. It is one of three areas in Maui County (the others are Spreckelsville and Haʻikū) currently listed with lower infections of 1-10 over a two week period.
Areas with no cases over the last 14 days include: Hāna, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi. Haʻikū was removed from the active list on Dec. 28 and then added back to the list on Dec. 30.
The new cases today bring the cumulative total of cases to 21,209 statewide, reported since Feb. 28, 2020.
Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths remained unchanged at 285 with no new deaths reported today.
The cumulative total of cases in Maui County is 1,060 cases over the course of the pandemic. To date, there have been 22 cases on the island Molokaʻi and 106 on Lāna‘i and 932 on Maui.
*As a result of updated information, two cases on Oʻahu were removed from the counts.
Of the 1,060 cases documented in Maui County over the course of the pandemic, Lahaina had the most cases (210), followed by Kīhei (188), Kahului (165), Lānaʻi (106),Wailuku (138), Makawao (72); Haʻikū (38), Kula (35), Spreckelsville (31), Molokaʻi (22) and Hāna (1-10).
Cases by island include:
Hawaiʻi County: 1873 (two new; 126 within last 14 days; 88 required hospitalization; and 44 deaths)
Honolulu County: 17773 (86 new; 1236 within last 14 days; 1281 required hospitalization; 221 deaths)
Kauaʻi County: 145 (one new; 10 within last 14 days; seven required hospitalization; one death)
Maui Island: 932 (17 new; 206 within last 14 days; 73 required hospitalization; 17 deaths)
Molokaʻi: 22 (0 new; 0 within last 14 days; one required hospitalization; 0 deaths)
Lāna‘i: 106 (0 new; 0 within last 14 days; 5 required hospitalization; 0 deaths)
Pending: 0
Residents diagnosed outside of Hawaiʻi: 358 (two new; no data is available for cases within last 14 days; three required hospitalization; and two deaths)
**The state Department of Health says “using cases reported in the past 14 days provides a rough approximation of the number of cases currently meeting criteria for isolation. This proxy number for “active cases” resolves classification issues for cases unable to be reached or who are out of jurisdiction, for whom precise release from isolation date may not be possible to determine. It is also not influenced by lags in data entry.”
To date, there have been 285 COVID-19 related deaths in Hawaiʻi including: 221 on Oʻahu, 17 in Maui County (all on the island of Maui, two additional deaths were accounted for by the county and previous state records, but there is now a discrepancy in the latest DOH tally), 44 on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kauaʻi and two deaths in residents diagnosed while out-of-state including one of an elderly Kaua‘i resident who died out of state, in Arizona, and another involving a male between the ages of 60-69 years old with underlying medical conditions who had been incarcerated out of state and died at a hospital.
Scroll down for a list of prior COVID-19 related deaths.
In Maui County, cases with onset in the last 14 days have been in all areas of Maui except the islands of Lāna‘i and Moloka‘i; and Hāna on Maui.
Kahului was added back to the active map on Oct. 30. Makawao was added back to the active map on Nov. 4. Lahaina was added back to the active map on Nov. 11. Kula was added back to the active map on Nov. 16. The East Maui town of Hāna was added back to the active map on Nov. 19. The DOH reports that the number of cases in the zip code reported over the course of the pandemic ranges from (1-10). Moloka‘i was added back to the active map on Nov. 30. Haʻikū was added back to the active map on Dec. 5 and removed on Dec. 28; and Spreckelsville was added back to the active map on Dec. 11.
As of Nov. 21, Lāna‘i’s case load lightened to 0 cases reported within the last 14 days, out of a total 106 reported over the course of the pandemic. On Lānaʻi, 105 of the 106 total infections are associated with the recent outbreak, first reported on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Large social gatherings and household transmission have been identified as the main drivers of this outbreak. A safer-at-home order concluded on Nov. 30, 2020, and the island returned to an act-with-care status as of Dec. 1, 2020. Fewer travel restrictions in place, although travelers to Lānaʻi need to have a negative COVID test result 72 hours prior to departure to avoid quarantine. Lānaʻi residents do not need to test or quarantine for intra-county travel
The East Maui town of Hāna dropped off the active list on Dec. 3, with no new active cases in the previous two weeks.
The state Department of Health counts visitors that are diagnosed here – they don’t count visitors that were diagnosed outside of Hawaiʻi. For residents, the DOH counts both: those that are diagnosed outside of Hawaiʻi are counted under the category, “Residents diagnosed outside of Hawaiʻi.”
The volunteer post-arrival testing is for both returning residents and visitors. For this testing, the county asks people to test about 72 hours after arrival as a secondary or “sandwich” test to their pre-arrival testing. As of Dec. 27, there were over 11,000 individuals participating in voluntary testing programs in Maui County. So far, (since Oct. 18) there have been about 164 positive cases.
For the period between Dec. 21 and 27, Approximately 78 percent of the positives have been from community exposure that are not travel related; 11 percent were visitors; and 11 percent were residents who had a travel history.
QUARANTINE UPDATES:
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Maui Mayor Request Reduction in Gathering Size from 10 to 5; Decision Expected on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020
Maui Mayor Michael Victorino said he’s hoping to get approval for a change in gathering size from 10 people down to 5 people, in order to keep gatherings smaller. He was unsure if the request would be approved; and if it would be in effect for New Year’s.
Gov. Ige Signs 17th COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation, Reducing Quarantine From 14 to 10 Days
Governor David Ige signed a 17th COVID-19 emergency proclamation reducing the state’s mandatory self-quarantine period for travelers entering the state and traveling between counties from 14 to 10 days. The new policy takes effect tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 17 at 12:01 a.m. The change is based on updated recommendations issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State of Hawaiʻi’s Department of Health in December.
Hawai‘i’s New Tightened Restrictions on Trans-Pacific and International Travel Starts
Governor David Ige signed a 16th COVID-19 emergency proclamation requiring all transpacific travelers to have a negative test result from a trusted travel partner before their departure for the State of Hawai‘i, in order to bypass the state’s quarantine. The new policy took effect on Tuesday, Nov. 24, as COVID cases surged on the mainland.
The policy change means that test results will not be accepted once a traveler arrives in Hawai‘i. Travelers who did not have a negative test result prior to departing for Hawai‘i, must self-quarantine for 14 days, without exception.
Post-arrival testing and results will also not be accepted once a traveler has arrived in the State of Hawai‘i. This policy change applies to domestic transpacific flights and flights from international locations in which pre-travel testing programs are in place. It does not apply to inter-county travelers.
State Adds “Trusted Partners” for Domestic Trans-Pacific, Inter-County Pre-Travel Testing Program
The State of Hawai‘i has added 11 new trusted partners for its domestic trans-Pacific pre-travel testing program; and two new trusted testing partners to its inter-county program for passengers arriving in Kaua’i and Maui Counties. The state will accept COVID-19 test results from the new partners starting Nov. 17. Partners were selected based on their ability to administer the test and expand the testing network, with the goal of making it easier to safely travel to Hawai‘i.
Inter-county passengers arriving in Kauaʻi and Maui counties may bypass the mandatory 14-day quarantine if they take an FDA-authorized Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) from the certified CLIA lab of a trusted testing and travel partner no earlier than 72 hours prior to departure and receive a negative result.
Travelers register on and upload their test results to the Safe Travels Hawaiʻi account and inter-county travelers must have the test result with them upon arrival so airport screeners can review the result.
Maui Moves Forward with Pre-Travel Testing Program; and Post-Arrival Voluntary Test
Maui County joined in the state’s pre-travel testing program as planned on Oct. 15; and also launched its own voluntary secondary test for arriving trans-Pacific Travelers in Maui County.
Mayor Victorino received approval for extending the pre-travel testing option to interisland travelers to avoid the state’s quarantine between counties; AND received approval to refrain from imposing a pre-travel test requirement for individuals not subject to quarantine who are traveling solely between Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.
County of Maui Emergency Health Rules
Travelers arriving in Maui County must follow the County of Maui Emergency Health Rules including:
Indoor and outdoor social gatherings are restricted to no more than 10 people.
Face masks must be worn in all public spaces unless exercising or dealing with a medical condition.
All people should maintain a minimum of six feet physical distancing from people outside of their household
Anyone who is sick should stay home or at their place of lodging
County parks and beach parks are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with outdoor county courts open until 8 p.m.
No tents or structures larger than six feet are allowed.
Grilling also is not allowed at county parks and beach parks.
Updated Medical Exemption Approved for Maui County
The Governor has signed and approved Maui County’s updated Public Health Emergency Rules to allow Maui County residents traveling for medical appointments to be exempt from quarantine and not have to take a pre-departure test. The medical exemption is only for same day or overnight travel.
Travelers do not need to apply for a quarantine exemption, but must present their flight itinerary and doctor’s letter with date of appointment to screeners on arrival. If the medical traveler needs a travel companion, this person must be specifically named in the doctor’s letter. This exemption does not apply to any non-medical related purposes.
Kauaʻi Temporarily Opts Out of Safe Travels Program; Maui County Continues with State Testing Program
Kaua‘i Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami’s request to place a temporary moratorium on Kaua‘i’s participation in the state’s pre-travel testing program has been approved by Gov. David Ige. Effective Dec. 2, at 12:01 a.m., all transpacific and inter-county travelers arriving in Kaua‘i are subject to the 14-day quarantine regardless of testing.
Limited Reopening on O‘ahu: Honolulu in Tier 2 of Reopening Plan
Honolulu is under a limited reopening phase. On Thursday, Oct. 22, O‘ahu moved to Tier 2 of the four-tiered reopening strategy. If O‘ahu’s number of cases go above 100, two weeks in a row, the island would go back to Tier 1.
PREVIOUS CASE COUNTS:
12.30.20: 108 New Cases (86 O‘ahu, 17 Maui, 2 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 2 Out-of-State)
12.29.20: 76 New Cases (56 O‘ahu, 9 Maui, 7 Hawai‘i Island, 4 Out-of-State)
12.28.20: 46 New Cases (30 O‘ahu, 13 Maui, 2 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kauaʻi)
12.27.20: 95 New Cases (72 Oʻahu, 18 Maui, 3 Hawaiʻi Island, 1 Kauiʻi, 1 Out-of-State)
12.26.20: 120 New Cases (84 Oʻahu, 20 Maui, 3 Kauiʻi, 3 Hawaiʻi Island, 10 Out-of-State)
12.25.20: 120 New Cases (95 O‘ahu, 17 Maui, 8 Hawai‘i Island)
12.24.20: 129 New Cases (79 O‘ahu, 33 Maui, 13 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 3 Out-of-State)
12.23.20: 107 New Cases (69 O‘ahu, 15 Maui, 13 Hawai‘i Island, 10 Out-of-State); 3 Deaths
12.21.20: 134 New Cases (104 O‘ahu, 14 Maui, 13 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kauai, 2 Out-of-State)
12.20.20: 204 New Cases (180 O‘ahu, 11 Maui, 13 Hawai‘i Island); 1 Death
12.19.20: 156 New Cases (116 O‘ahu, 14 Maui, 21 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 4 Out-of-State)
12.18.20: 130 New Cases (105 O‘ahu, 11 Maui, 7 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 6 Out-of-State); 1 Deaths
12.17.20: 142 New Cases (113 O‘ahu, 7 Maui, 16 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 5 Out-of-State); 2 Deaths
12.16.20: 110 New Cases (85 O‘ahu, 14 Maui, 5 Hawai‘i Island, 6 Out-of-State); 4 Deaths
12.15.20: 57 New Cases (35 O‘ahu, 8 Maui, 10 Hawai‘i Island, 4 Out-of-State)
12.14.20: 190 New Cases (158 O‘ahu, 15 Maui, 15 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Out-of-State)
12.13.20: 90 New Cases (58 O‘ahu, 8 Maui, 10 Hawai‘i Island, 4 Kaua‘i, 10 Out-of-State) 3 Deaths
12.12.20: 198 New Cases (153 O‘ahu, 22 Maui, 17 Hawai‘i Island, 5 Kaua‘i, 1 Out-of-State) 2 Deaths
12.11.20: 89 New Cases (57 O‘ahu, 19 Maui, 3 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Kaua‘i, 8 Out-of-State) 1 Death
12.10.20: 123 New Cases (79 O‘ahu, 11 Maui, 24 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Kaua‘i, 7 Out-of-State) 2 Deaths
12.9.20: 80 New Cases (45 O‘ahu, 15 on Maui, 12 Hawaiʻi Island, 1 Kauaʻi, 7 Out-of-State) 4 Deaths
12.8.20: 53 New Cases (39 O‘ahu, 6 Maui, 5 Hawai‘i Island, 3 Moloka‘i)
12.7.20: 81 New Cases (58 O‘ahu, 12 Maui, 7 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 3 Out-of-State)
12.6.20: 105 New Cases (87 O‘ahu, 6 Maui, 5 Hawai‘i Island, 7 Out-of-State); 1 Death
12.5.20: 133 New Cases (82 O‘ahu, 15 Maui, 13 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Moloka‘i, 22 Out-of-State); 5 Deaths
12.4.20: 106 New Cases (73 O‘ahu, 15 Maui, 11 Hawai‘i Island, 3 Kaua‘i, 4 Out-of-State); 10 Deaths
12.3.20: 144 New Cases (118 O‘ahu, 14 Maui, 7 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Kaua‘i, 3 Out-of-State); 2 Deaths
12.2.20: 78 New Cases (63 O‘ahu, 4 Maui, 1 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 9 Out-of-State)
12.1.20: 44 New Cases (32 O‘ahu, 5 Maui, 6 Hawai‘i Island)
11.30.20: 85 New Cases (66 O‘ahu, 9 Maui, 4 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Moloka‘i, 1 Kaua‘i, 4 Out-of-State)
11.29.20: 57 New Cases (47 O‘ahu, 4 Hawai‘i Island, 3 Maui, 1 Kaua‘i, 2 Out-of-State) 4 Deaths
11.28.20: 76 New Cases (48 O‘ahu, 17 Hawai‘i Island, 9 Maui, 1 Kaua‘i, 1 Out-of-State)
11.27.20: 92 New Cases (71 O‘ahu, 4 Maui, 5 Hawai‘i Island, 5 Kaua‘i, 7 Out-of-State) 3 Deaths
11.26.20: 120 New Cases (92 O‘ahu, 14 Maui, 11 Hawai‘i Island, 3 Kaua‘i) 2 Deaths
11.25.20: 108 New Cases (93 O‘ahu, 5 Maui, 1 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 8 Out of State) 2 Deaths
11.24.20: 61 New Cases (45 O‘ahu, 4 Maui, 7 Hawai‘i Island, 4 Out of State, 1 Kaua‘i)
11.23.20: 114 New Cases (80 O‘ahu, 11 Maui, 10 Hawai‘i Island, 10 Out of State, 3 Kaua‘i)
11.22.20: 123 New Cases (97 O‘ahu, 14 Hawai‘i Island, 4 Maui, 6 Kaua‘i, 2 Out of State); 2 Deaths
11.21.20: 163 New Cases (123 O‘ahu, 15 Hawai‘i Island, 12 Maui, 4 Kaua‘i, 9 Out of State); 7 Deaths
11.20.20: 95 New Cases (70 O‘ahu, 13 Hawai‘i Island, 5 Maui, 1 Kaua‘i, 6 Out of State); 1 Death
11.19.20: 107 New Cases (75 O‘ahu, 12 Hawai‘i Island, 9 Maui, 4 Kaua‘i, 7 Out of State)
11.18.20: 71 New Cases (59 O‘ahu, 2 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui, 8 Out of State); 1 Death
11.17.20: 53 New Cases (37 O‘ahu, 6 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui, 8 Out of State)
11.16.20: 95 New Cases (76 O‘ahu, 8 Hawai‘i Island, 7 Maui, 2 Kaua‘i, 2 Out of State)
11.15.20: No New COVID-19 Data for 11/15/20 Due to DOH Time Shift in Data Window Reporting
11.13.20: 110 New Cases (92 O‘ahu, 8 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Maui, 2 Kaua‘i, 7 Out of State)
11.12.20: 97 New Cases (72 O‘ahu, 15 Hawai‘i Island, 6 Maui, 1 Kaua‘i, 3 Out of State)
11.10.20: 78 New Cases (62 O‘ahu, 5 Maui, 4 Hawai‘i Island, 7 Out of State); 1 Death
11.9.20: 64 New Cases (53 O‘ahu, 4 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Kaua‘i, 5 Out of State)
11.8.20: 128 New Cases (106 O‘ahu, 19 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui, 1 Out of State); 1 Death
11.7.20: 128 New Cases (108 O‘ahu, 11 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui, 2 Kaua‘i, 5 Out of State)
11.6.20: 122 New Cases (87 O‘ahu, 21 Hawai‘i Island, 6 Maui, 1 Lāna‘i, 1 Kaua‘i, 6 Out of State)
11.4.20: 156 New Cases (125 O‘ahu, 21 Hawai‘i Island, 4 Maui, 1 Lāna‘i, 5 Out of State)
11.3.20: 89 New Cases (73 O‘ahu, 7 Hawai‘i Island, 3 Lāna‘i, 1 Kaua‘i, 5 Out of State)
11.2.20: 78 New Cases (65 O‘ahu, 4 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui, 1 Lāna‘i, 1 Kaua‘i, 5 Out of State)
11.1.20: 83 New Cases (53 O‘ahu, 26 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 3 Out of State)
10.31.20: 68 New Cases (46 O‘ahu, 15 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Maui, 6 Out of State) 3 Deaths
10.30.20: 94 New Cases (74 O‘ahu, 14 Hawai‘i Island, 3 Maui, 2 Lana‘i, 1 Kaua‘i) 1 Death
10.29.20: 77 New Cases (60 O‘ahu, 8 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Lana‘i, 1 Kaua‘i, 6 Out of State) 2 Deaths
10.28.20: 62 New Cases (41 O‘ahu, 5 Hawai‘i Island, 7 Lana‘i, 2 Maui, 6 Out of State)
10.27.20: 66 New Cases (50 O‘ahu, 3 Hawai‘i Island, 9 Lana‘i, 2 Maui, 2 Out of State); 3 Deaths
10.26.20: : 38 New Cases (26 O‘ahu, 9 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 2 Out of State)
10.25.20: 121 New Cases (49 O‘ahu, 51 Hawai‘i Island, 18 in Maui County, 1 Kauai, 1 Out of State)
10.24.20: 90 New Cases (58 O‘ahu, 16 Hawai‘i Island, 16 in Maui County); 3 Deaths
10.23.20: 131 New Cases (67 O‘ahu, 34 Hawai‘i Island, 29 in Maui County, 1 Out of State); 3 Deaths
10.21.20: 78 New Cases (65 O‘ahu, 9 Hawai‘i Island, 4 Maui County); 14 Deaths
10.20.20: 91 New Cases (61 O‘ahu, 24 Hawai‘i Island, 4 Out of State, 2 Maui); 2 Deaths
10.19.20: 39 New Cases (31 O‘ahu, 7 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Out of State)
10.18.20: 83 New Cases (68 O‘ahu, 14 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i); 1 Death
10.17.20: 96 New Cases (81 O‘ahu, 12 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i, 2 Out-of-State); 1 Death
10.16.20: 89 New Cases (68 O‘ahu, 21 Hawai‘i Island); 1 Death
10.15.20: 91 New Cases (74 O‘ahu, 13 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui, 2 Out of State); 1 Death
10.14.20: 101 New Cases (81 O‘ahu, 18 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Maui, 1 Out of State); 10 Deaths
10.13.20: 62 New Cases (30 O‘ahu, 21 Hawai‘i Island, 11 on Maui); 4 Deaths (3 O‘ahu and 1 Maui)
10.12.20: 42 New COVID-19 Cases (37 O‘ahu, 5 Hawai‘i Island); 0 Deaths
10.11.20: 103 New Cases (79 on Oʻahu and 24 on Hawaiʻi Island)
10.10.20: 73 New Cases (59 on Oʻahu and 14 on Hawaiʻi Island); 2 Deaths
10.9.20: 155 New COVID-19 Cases (109 O‘ahu, 45 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Out of State); 2 Deaths
10.8.20: 101 New COVID-19 Cases (86 O‘ahu, 14 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Maui); 1 Death
10.7.20: 110 New COVID-19 Cases (90 O‘ahu, 18 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Maui, 1 Out-of-State); 3 Deaths
10.6.20: 83 New COVID-19 Cases (67 O‘ahu, 14 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui); 3 Death
10.4.20: 70 New COVID-19 Cases (53 O‘ahu, 15 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui); 3 Deaths in Maui County
10.3.20: 133 New COVID-19 Cases (87 O‘ahu, 43 Hawai‘i Island, 3 Maui); 11 Deaths
10.2.20: 87 New COVID-19 Cases (70 O‘ahu, 16 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Out of State); 3 Deaths
10.1.20: 108 New COVID-19 Cases (102 O‘ahu, 6 Hawai‘i Island); 3 Deaths
9.30.20: 121 New COVID-19 Cases (92 O‘ahu, 27 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Maui, 1 Out of State); 2 Deaths
9.29.20: 87 New COVID-19 Cases (80 O‘ahu, 3 Hawai‘i Island, 2 Maui, 2 Out of State); 2 Deaths
9.28.20: 90 New COVID-19 Cases, All on O‘ahu
9.27.20: 98 New COVID-19 Cases (91 O‘ahu, 7 Hawai‘i Island); 1 Death
9.26.20: 127 New COVID-19 Cases (124 O‘ahu, 2 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i); 4 Deaths
9.25.20: 112 New COVID-19 Cases (97 O‘ahu, 14 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i); 3 Deaths
9.23.20: 168 New COVID-19 Cases (154 O‘ahu, 13 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Maui); 2 Deaths
9.22.20: 63 New COVID-19 Cases (55 O‘ahu, 8 Hawai‘i Island)
9.20.20: 77 New COVID-19 Cases (71 O‘ahu, 5 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Maui)
9.19.20: 110 New COVID-19 Cases (100 O‘ahu, 7 Hawai‘i Island, 3 Maui)
9.18.20: 114 New COVID-19 Cases (105 O‘ahu, 9 Hawai‘i Island), 13 Deaths
9.17.20: 160 New COVID-19 Cases (137 O‘ahu, 20 Hawai‘i Island, Maui County 3), 4 Deaths
9.16.20: 102 New COVID-19 Cases (97 O‘ahu, 4 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Out of State), 3 Deaths
9.15.20: 66 New COVID-19 Cases (59 O‘ahu, 6 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Out of State), 1 Death
9.14.20: 80 New COVID-19 Cases (70 O‘ahu, 3 Maui, 7 Hawai‘i Island), No New Deaths
9.13.20: 114 New COVID-19 Cases (96 O‘ahu, 2 Maui, 16 Hawai‘i Island), 2 Deaths
9.12.20: 131 New COVID-19 Cases (115 O‘ahu, 6 Maui, 10 Hawai‘i Island), 1 Death
9.11.20: 167 New COVID-19 Cases (142 O‘ahu, 4 Maui, 21 Hawai‘i Island), 2 Deaths
9.10.20: 169 New COVID-19 Cases (158 O‘ahu, 3 Maui, 8 Hawai‘i Island), 3 Deaths
9.9.20: 100 New COVID-19 Cases (88 O‘ahu, 12 Hawai‘i Island), 3 Deaths
9.8.20: 66 New COVID-19 Cases (58 O‘ahu, 2 Maui, 6 Hawai‘i Island), 2 Deaths
9.7.20: 105 New COVID-19 Cases (90 O‘ahu, 4 Maui, 11 Hawai‘i Island), 1 More Death
9.6.20: 164 New COVID-19 Cases (146 O‘ahu, 3 Maui, 14 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i), 1 More Death
9.5.20: 221 New COVID-19 Cases (191 O‘ahu, 5 Maui, 24 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Out of State), 3 More Deaths
9.4.20: 271 New COVID-19 Cases (236 O‘ahu, 1 Maui, 34 Hawai‘i Island), 2 More Deaths
9.3.20: 211 New COVID-19 Cases (190 O‘ahu, 4 Maui, 17 Hawai‘i Island), 4 O‘ahu Deaths
9.2.20: 389 New COVID-19 Cases, Includes 90 Cases From Delayed Reporting (302 O‘ahu, 2 Maui, 35 Hawai‘i Island); 1 More Death
9.1.20: 181 New COVID-19 Cases (157 O‘ahu, 5 Maui, 19 Hawai‘i Island); 4 More Deaths
8.31.20: 133 New COVID-19 Cases (107 O‘ahu, 1 Maui, 24 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Out of State); 7 Deaths
8.30.20: 200 New COVID-19 Cases (174 O‘ahu, 4 Maui, 22 Hawai‘i Island); 1 More O‘ahu Death
8.29.20: 310 New COVID-19 Cases (263 O‘ahu, 7 Maui, 39 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i); 3 O‘ahu Deaths
8.28.20: 265 New COVID-19 Cases (233 O‘ahu, 6 Maui, 26 HI Island); 4 Deaths (3 O‘ahu, 1 Maui)
8.27.20: 306 New COVID-19 Cases (289 O‘ahu, 7 Maui, 10 Hawai‘i Island); Four More O‘ahu Deaths
8.26.20: 277 New COVID-19 Cases (245 O‘ahu, 8 Maui, 23 Hawai‘i Island); Two More O‘ahu Deaths
8.25.20: 215 New COVID-19 Cases (201 O‘ahu, 3 Maui, 11 Hawai‘i Island)
8.24.20: 169 New COVID-19 Cases (150 O‘ahu, 10 Maui, 9 Hawai‘i Island); Two More O‘ahu Deaths
8.23.20: 248 New COVID-19 Cases (228 O‘ahu, 12 Maui, 8 Hawai‘i Island)
8.22.20: 284 New COVID-19 Cases (259 O‘ahu, 15 Hawai‘i Island, 10 Maui); One More O‘ahu Death
8.21.20: 230 New COVID-19 Cases (209 O‘ahu, 13 Hawai‘i Island, 6 Maui, 2 Kaua‘i); One Death
8.20.20: 236 New COVID-19 Cases (230 O‘ahu, 5 Big Island, 1 Maui); 3 Deaths (2 O‘ahu, 1 Maui)
8.19.20: 261 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i (233 O‘ahu, 20 Maui, 7 Hawai‘i Island); One Death
8.18.20: 134 New COVID-19 Cases (124 O‘ahu, 7 Maui, 3 Hawai‘i Island); One Death on O‘ahu
8.17.20: 174 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i (163 O‘ahu, 9 Maui, 2 Hawai‘i Island)
8.16.20: 220 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i (202 O‘ahu, 14 Maui, 4 Hawai‘i Island)
8.15.20: 284 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i (273 O‘ahu, 7 Maui, 3 Hawai‘i Island, 1 Kaua‘i)
8.13.20: BREAKING: 355 New COVID-19 Cases (O‘ahu 343, Maui 7, Hawai‘i Island 4, Kaua‘i 1)
8.12.20: 202 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i (O‘ahu 197, Kaua‘i 2, Hawai‘i Island 2, Maui 1)
8.10.20: Three More Deaths, 140 New COVID-19 Cases (138 on Oʻahu, one each on Maui & Kauaʻi)
8.9.20: 152 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i (O‘ahu 147, Big Island 3, Maui 1, Kaua‘i 1)
8.8.20: 231 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i, One More Death
8.7.20: 201 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawaii, First time Daily Count is Over 200
8.6.20: UPDATE: 152 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i; “Undercount” Resolved
8.5.20: 173 New COVID-19 Cases, All on O‘ahu
8.4.20: 144 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i; 27th Death
8.3.20: 207 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i, Highest One-Day Record Due to Delayed Lab Reporting
8.2.20: 45 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i; Temporary Reporting Delays Affect Total
8.1.20: 87 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i; Testing Lag of 5-7 Days
7.31.20: 123 New COVID-19 Cases: Third Consecutive Day of Triple-Digit Increases in Hawai‘i
7.30.20: 124 New COVID-19 Cases: New One-Day Record, Triple-Digit Record for Hawai‘i
7.29.20: 109 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i (98 on O‘ahu, 9 on Maui, 2 Kaua‘i), New One-Day High
7.28.20: 47 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawai‘i: 46 on O‘ahu, 1 on Maui
7.27.20: 28 New COVID-19 Cases on O‘ahu; Investigators Search for Bar Patrons for Contact Tracing
7.26.20: 64 New Covid-19 Cases in Hawai‘i on Sunday: 55 on O‘ahu, 7 on Maui, 2 on Kaua‘i
7.25.20: 73 New COVID-19 Cases: 3rd Consecutive Day of Record High Numbers on July 25
7.24.20: 60 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawaiʻi: 2nd Day of Record High Numbers on July 24
7.23.20: 55 New COVID-19 Cases in Hawaiʻi: Record High Numbers on Thursday, July 23
COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS IN HAWAI‘I: (Currently stands at 285)
(Dec. 23) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 285 with three new deaths reported today on the island of O‘ahu.
(Dec. 20) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 282 with one new death reported today on the island of O‘ahu.
(Dec. 18) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 281 with one new death reported today on the island of O‘ahu. The latest case involves a female between the ages of 60-69 years old, who had underlying conditions and was hospitalized at the time of her death.
(Dec. 17) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 280 with two new deaths reported today–one on the island of O‘ahu, and the other on Hawai‘i Island. The latest case involves a female between the ages of 60-69 years old, who had underlying conditions and was hospitalized at the time of her death.
(Dec. 16) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 278 with four new deaths reported today on the island of O‘ahu.
(Dec. 13) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 274 with three new deaths reported today on O‘ahu.
(Dec. 12) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 271 with two new deaths reported today on O‘ahu.
(Dec. 11) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 269 with one new death reported today on O‘ahu. The latest passing is a man, 50-59-years old, who died at home. He had underlying health conditions.
(Dec. 9) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 266 with four new deaths reported today on O‘ahu.
(Dec. 6) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 262 with one new death reported today on O‘ahu.
(Dec. 5) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 261 with two deaths on Hawai‘i Island and three new deaths reported today on O‘ahu.
(Dec. 4) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 256 with seven new deaths reported today on Hawai‘i Island and three new deaths on O‘ahu. Seven deaths at a Hawai‘i island long-term care facility, which experienced a COVID-19 outbreak in October, have now been classified by DOH as coronavirus related, as a result of updated information. The deaths include three women and four men, all who had underlying health conditions and ranged in age from 60 to 80+ years old. Three additional deaths were reported from O‘ahu today, also occurring more than two-weeks ago. All were men, ranging in age from 30 to 80+ years old. All had underlying health conditions and two of the men had been in the hospital.
(Dec. 3) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 246 with two new deaths reported today on O‘ahu. A woman, 80-years-old or older, had been hospitalized with underlying conditions. A man, in the 70-79-year-old age group, had also been in the hospital and had underlying conditions.
(Nov. 29) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by four to 244 with two new deaths reported today on O‘ahu, and two new deaths on Hawaiʻi Island.
(Nov. 27) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 240 with three news deaths reported today on O‘ahu. All were from Honolulu, had underlying conditions and had been hospitalized. Two were male, one between the age of 60-69 years old and the other between 70-79 years old. The other was female, between the age of 70-79 years old.
(Nov. 26) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 237 with two news deaths reported today on O‘ahu.
(Nov. 25) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 235 with two news deaths reported today–one on O‘ahu and the other on Kaua‘i, marking the island’s first COVID-19 death. Both involved males who had underlying conditions. The first was a man from Honolulu, between 70 to 79 years old. The other was over 80 years old, from Kaua‘i.
(Nov. 22) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 233 with two new deaths reported today, both on the island of O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Nov. 21) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 231 with seven new deaths reported today, all on the island of O‘ahu. Details surrounding the deaths and when they occurred have not yet been released by the state Department of Health.
(Nov. 20) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by one to 224 with one new death reported today in a Hawai‘i’ resident diagnosed out-of-state. The death involved a male between the ages of 60-69 years
old with underlying medical conditions who had been incarcerated out of state and died at a hospital.
(Nov. 18) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by one to 223 with one new death reported today on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. Details are pending release.
(Nov. 10) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to at 222 with one additional death reported today on the island of O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Nov. 8) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to at 221 with one additional death reported today on the island of O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Nov. 3) The state COVID-19 dashboard updated Maui’s death toll to 19, but kept the statewide toll unchanged at 219. The two additional deaths in Maui County were explained by Mayor Michael Victorino during a press briefing on Nov. 2, 2020.
(Oct. 31) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to at 219 with an additional death reported today on Maui, and two deaths on Oʻahu. Details are pending release.
(Oct. 30) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to at 216 with an additional death reported today on Hawai‘i Island. A Hawai‘i island man, in the 70-79 year-old age group had underlying conditions and was in the hospital.
(Oct. 29) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to at 215 with two additional deaths reported today on the island of O‘ahu. Both were men with underlying conditions and both had been hospitalized. One man was between 50-59 years old and the other was older than 80.
(Oct. 28) The state’s death toll was adjusted downward to 213. **As a result of updated information, two previously reported deaths were determined to not be related to COVID-19 and were removed from the counts (1 from Lānaʻi, and 1 from Maui).
(Oct. 27) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to at 215, with two new deaths reported today on Hawai‘i Island and one death on O‘ahu. The first involved a male on O‘ahu, between 70-79 years old. The others were on Hawai‘i Island, both males, between 60-69 years old, and over the age of 80. All had underlying conditions and were hospitalized at the time of their death.
(Oct. 24) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by three to 212, with three new deaths reported on the island of O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Oct. 23) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by three to 209, with three new deaths reported on the island of O‘ahu. All three were on O‘ahu. Two deaths involved males, 80+ years old, who were hospitalized with underlying medical conditions. The third death was a female, 80+ years old, who was also hospitalized with underlying medical conditions.
(Oct. 22) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by three to 206, with three new deaths reported on the island of O‘ahu. All three involved males between 70-79 years old, who had underlying conditions and were hospitalized on Oʻahu at the time of their death..
(Oct. 21) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by 14 to 203, with four new deaths reported on the island of O‘ahu and 10 on Hawai‘i Island. Ten of those deaths have been reported as the result of updated information received on nursing homes in Hawai‘i County. The death of those dates range from mid-September to early October, and three of those individuals had been hospitalized at the time of their death. The four more recent deaths involved O‘ahu residents. The Hawai‘i Island cases include eight men, and two women, all 70 to 80 years or older who were nursing home residents. The O‘ahu cases involved one man and three women, all 80 years or older who had underlying conditions. The man was a community care home resident and the women are all hospitalized.
(Oct. 20) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by two to 189, with both new deaths reported on the island of O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Oct. 18) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 187, with one new death on O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Oct. 16) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 185, with one new death on O‘ahu. Details are pending release. It involved a woman from O‘ahu over the age of 80, who had an underlying condition and was hospitalized at the time of her death.
(Oct. 15) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 184, with one new death on O‘ahu. It involved a man from O‘ahu over the age of 80, who had an underlying condition and was hospitalized at the time of his death.
(Oct. 14) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 183, with 10 new deaths. This includes five deaths on Maui,three on Hawai‘i Island and two on O‘ahu. Seven of the deaths occurred between Aug. 15 and Sept. 30, 2020 and are now reported as a result of updated information received on their cause of death. The other three deaths, one on Hawai‘i Island and two on Oahu are recent, as of Oct. 1. The Maui deaths included three men (one between 60 and 69 years old and two above the age of 80) and two women over the age of 80. All had underlying health conditions. One of the women died at a nursing home and the other Maui patients were hospitalized.
(Oct. 13) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 173, with four new deaths. Three were on Honolulu. One involved a male between 60 to 69 years old, one male over the age of 80, and a female between 70 to 79 years old. The fourth death was on Maui and involved a female between 50 to 59 years old. She passed away in August, but it’s now being reported as a COVID-19 death as a result of updated information. All four had underlying conditions and were hospitalized at the time of their death.
(Oct. 11) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 169, with one new death reported since yesterday on O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Oct. 10) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 168, with two new deaths reported since yesterday on O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Oct. 9) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 166, with two new deaths reported since yesterday on O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Oct. 8) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 164, with one new deaths reported since yesterday on O‘ahu. The latest case involved a female, between 50-59 years old who had underlying conditions and was hospitalized at the time of her death.
(Oct. 7) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 163, with three new deaths reported since yesterday on O‘ahu. All three were men with underlying conditions and all had been in the hospital. Two were 70-79 years-old and the third was 60-69 yrs. old.
(Oct. 6) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 160, with three new deaths reported since yesterday on O‘ahu. All three women were women who had underlying conditions. Two were 80+ years-old and both died at home. The third woman was 60-69 yrs. of age and died in the hospital.
(Oct. 5) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 157, with one new death reported since yesterday on O‘ahu. The case involved an O‘ahu woman who was older than 80-years-old and had underlying conditions. The state Department of Health reports the woman had been in the hospital.
(Oct. 4) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 156, with three deaths reported in Maui County. The three deaths occurred between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15, 2020 and were recently validated and classified as those records became available. All three deaths include individuals with underlying conditions who were hospitalized. The individuals were a man between 60 and 69 years old, and two women–one between 50 and 69 years old and one who was 80 years or older.
(Oct. 3) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 153, with 11 new deaths reported since yesterday on the island of O‘ahu. Details are available here.
(Oct. 2) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 142, with three new deaths reported since yesterday on the island of O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Oct. 1) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 139, with three new deaths reported since yesterday on the island of O‘ahu. Two men, both with underlying conditions passed away in the hospital. One was 70 to 79-years old and the other was 60 to 69-years old. A woman, in the 80 to 89-year-old age group, also had underlying conditions and had been in the hospital when she passed away.
(Sept. 30) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 136, with two new deaths reported since yesterday on the island of O‘ahu. One is a man, in the 20 to 29-year-old age group, who had underlying conditions and had been in the hospital. The other death is a woman, in the 70 to 79-year-old age category, with underlying health conditions and passed away in the hospital.
(Sept. 29) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 134, with two new deaths reported since yesterday on the island of O‘ahu. One is a man, in the 70 to 79-year-old age group, who had underlying conditions and had been in the hospital. The other death is a woman, in the 50 to 59-year-old age category, with no known underlying health conditions. She too had been hospitalized. Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 134.
(Sept. 27) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 132 with one new death on O‘ahu confirmed by the state Department of Health. Details are pending release. This was an O‘ahu woman, older than 80, who had underlying conditions and had been hospitalized.
(Sept. 26) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 131 with four new deaths on O‘ahu confirmed by the state Department of Health. A man, between 50 and 59-years-old had been hospitalized with no underlying conditions. Another man, 80 or older did have underlying conditions and was also hospitalized. Two women, both had underlying conditions and had been in the hospital. One was 70 to 79-years old and the other was 60 to 69-years-old.
(Sept. 25) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 127 with three new deaths on O‘ahu confirmed by the state Department of Health. All three people had underlying health conditions, and all had been in the hospital. One was a man in the 60-69-year-old age group. Two women also passed away; one in the 50-59-year old age group and the other in the 60-69-year-old age group.
(Sept. 24) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 124 with two new deaths on O‘ahu confirmed by the state Department of Health. Both were males and one was between 50-59 years-old, the other was between 60-69 years-old. Both had underlying conditions and passed away while hospitalized.
(Sept. 23) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 122 with two new deaths on O‘ahu confirmed by the state Department of Health. A man, 80-years-old or older, passed away while hospitalized. Both he and a woman in the 70 to 79-year old age group had underlying health conditions. She passed away at home.
(Sept. 18) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 120 as the state confirmed 12 deaths on Hawaiʻi Island and one on O‘ahu. The state Department of health had previously accounted for only three deaths at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island; but today, officials confirmed 12 more deaths among residents of the facility. These deaths include 11 men and one woman, all in the 70 to 80-year-old age group and with underlying health conditions. Ten of the residents passed away at the home and two others were hospitalized.
(Sept. 17) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 107 with the passing of four more O‘ahu residents. Three women and one man, all from O‘ahu, all with underlying health conditions and who had been in the hospital, are the latest Hawai‘i residents to pass away from coronavirus. Two of the women were in the 70 to 79-year-old age group, and the third was in the 80 to 89-years-old group. The man was in the 60 to 69-year-old age group.
(Sept. 16) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 103 with the passing of three more O‘ahu residents. Two men and one woman, all from O‘ahu, all with underlying health conditions, and all in the 70 to 79-year-old age group are the latest to pass away from coronavirus. All three had been in the hospital.
(Sept. 15) An O‘ahu man, with underlying health conditions who had been hospitalized, becomes the 100th person to die from coronavirus-associated illness since the pandemic began in late February. He was in the 60 to 69-year-old age group.
(Sept. 13) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 99 with the passing of two more O‘ahu residents. Details are pending release.
(Sept. 12) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 97 with the passing of one more O‘ahu residents. Details are pending release.
(Sept. 11) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 96 with the passing of two more O‘ahu residents. One man and one woman from O‘ahu are the latest people to pass away from coronavirus. The man, in the 70 to 79-year-old age group had no known underlying health conditions and died at home. The woman was in the 40 to 49-year-old age group, did have underlying health conditions and also died at home.
(Sept. 10) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll also rises to 94 with the passing of three more O‘ahu residents. The deaths include two men and one woman, all three of whom had underlying medical conditions and had been hospitalized. One man was in the 70 to 79-year-old age group and the other was in the 50 to 59-year-old age group. The woman was also in that age group.
(Sept. 9) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll also rises to 91 with the passing of three more O‘ahu residents. All three were men who had underlying medical conditions. Two were in the 60 to 69-year-old age group and the third was in the 70 to 79-year-old age group.
(Sept. 8) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 88 with the passing of two more residents–one O‘ahu resident, a man in the 60 to 69-year-old age group; and a woman on Maui, older than 80. Both had been hospitalized, and one was a nursing home resident.
(Sept. 7) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll also rises to 86 with the passing of one more resident on the island of O‘ahu.
(Sept. 6). Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll also rises to 85 with the passing of one more resident on the island of O‘ahu.
(Sept. 5) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll also rises to 84 with the passing of three more residents on the island of O‘ahu.
(Sept. 4) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 81 with the passing of two more residents. Details are pending release.
(Sept. 3) Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 79 with the passing of four more O‘ahu residents, two men and two women. All had underlying health conditions. One of the men and one of the women were older than 80. Another man was in the 60 to 69-year-old age group, and the other woman was in the 70 to 79-year old age group.
(Sept. 2) There was one death linked to COVID-19 in Hawai‘i today on O‘ahu, bringing the state total since the pandemic began to 75.
(Sept. 1) There were four deaths linked to COVID-19 in Hawai‘i today, including three fatalities on O‘ahu and one on Hawai‘i Island, bringing the state total since the pandemic began to 74. Two (2) O‘ahu men, an O‘ahu woman, and a Hawai‘i island man are the latest people to pass away as a result of coronavirus. All had underlying medical conditions. The three O‘ahu individuals had been hospitalized and the Hawai‘i island man was in the Veteran’s Home. The woman and one O‘ahu man were in the 70 to 79-year-old age group, and the other two men were 80-years-old or older.
(Aug. 31) There were seven deaths linked to COVID-19 in Hawai‘i today, marking the deadliest day for the state since the pandemic began. The fatalities included five on O‘ahu and two on Hawai‘i Island, bringing the state total since the pandemic began to 70. On O‘ahu, four men, with underlying health conditions, were hospitalized before passing away. Two were older than 80, another was in the 70 to 79-year-old age group, and the third in the 60 to 69-year old group. A woman on O‘ahu, with underlying conditions was in the 60 to 69-year-old age group and was also hospitalized when she passed away. On Hawai‘i island two men, both residents of the State Veteran’s Home, and both older than 80 passed away.
(Aug. 30) There was one death on Sunday linked to COVID-19 on O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Aug. 29) There were three deaths linked to COVID-19 on O‘ahu. Details are pending release.
(Aug. 28) There were also four more deaths linked to COVID-19, bringing the state total since the pandemic began to 59. The deaths include three on O‘ahu and one on Maui. A woman on Maui, older than 80, hospitalized and with underlying health conditions was Maui’s single reported fatality today. To date, there have been eight COVID-19 fatalities in Maui County. On O‘ahu, two men, both with underlying medical conditions and both of whom had been hospitalized, passed. One was 70 to 79 years-old and the other was older than 80. A woman, from O‘ahu, between 70 to 79 years-old, hospitalized with underlying conditions, was the third victim on the island in today’s report.
(Aug. 27) There were four more O‘ahu deaths linked to COVID-19, bringing the state total since the pandemic began to 55.
(Aug. 26) Hawai‘i’s coronavirus death toll reached 51, with the Department of Health reporting two additional deaths. Both are O‘ahu men who were in the hospital and had underlying health conditions. One of the men was in the 50 to 59-year-old age group, and the other was in the 60 to 69-year-old group.
(Aug. 24) The state Department of Health reports that there were two additional COVID-19 related deaths on the island of O‘ahu, bringing the total over the course of the pandemic to 49. The victims are two O‘ahu residents, one man and one woman, both over 80-years old, and both with underlying medical conditions.
(Aug. 22) The state Department of Health reports that an O‘ahu resident is the state’s 47th COVID-19 death. Lt. Governor Josh Green said the death involved a 36-year-old man who was a frontline worker.
(Aug. 21) The state Department of Health reports that an O‘ahu resident is the state’s 46th COVID-19 death. Details are pending release.
(Aug. 20) An O‘ahu man, older than 60-years-old and the Lānaʻi man, 40-59 years old raise Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll to 45. The O‘ahu victim had an underlying health condition, was hospitalized and passed away on Aug. 15. The Lānaʻi man had underlying health conditions and had been hospitalized on Maui. State officials say his death is believed to be travel related.
(Aug. 19) Two elderly O‘ahu residents (a man and woman) are the state’s 42nd and 43rd COVID-19 death.
(Aug. 18) An O‘ahu man, 40-59 years-old, with underlying health conditions is the 41st COVID-19 death since the start of the pandemic.
(Aug. 13) Two O‘ahu men, both over 60-years-old are the latest COVID-19 related deaths in Hawai‘i.
(Aug. 12) There were four deaths reported on Aug. 12. The deaths of two of the men, both over 60-years-old, were made public on Aug. 11, but included in case counts for Aug. 12. The other two deaths are men 40-59 years old, at least one of whom had underlying health conditions. Investigations into all of the deaths are ongoing.
(Aug. 10) Three new COVID-19 related deaths were reported. According to data compiled by the state Department of Health, all are on the island of O‘ahu. The department also reports the 32nd, 33rd and 34th COVID-19 deaths. One is an elderly O‘ahu female, and the two others are elderly O‘ahu men, one who had underlying health conditions. The deaths continue to be under investigation.
(Aug.7) An O‘ahu man, older than 60, who passed away on Aug. 7. His death is being recorded as the 31st since the pandemic began.
(Aug. 6) *Case removed from count. An elderly female, with underlying medical conditions, had been a resident at a Pearl City nursing home, but then was hospitalized. (This case has since been removed from the tally. Her attending physician assessed she likely died from an underlying condition).
(Aug. 6) An elderly man, also with underlying health issues, was also in the hospital when he died.
(July 27) A Honolulu man with underlying medical conditions has died. Department of Health officials say the man was in the 40 to 59-year-old age group and had tested positive for COVID-19. An investigation into his cause of death continues, and it is recorded as the 27th COVID-19 death in Hawai‘i since the beginning of the pandemic.
(July 23) State officials extended condolences to the family and friends of the 26th person to succumb to coronavirus, an elderly O‘ahu woman. Her death was reported to DOH late Wednesday, July 22 and was included in the July 23rd recap.
(July 22) An Oʻahu man, between 40-59 years-of-age was the state’s 25th COVID-19 related death. The death was reported late Tuesday, June 21. This was the fourth COVID-19 death in this age group.
(July 17) An elderly O‘ahu woman, with underlying medical conditions, was the 24th death due to coronavirus for Hawai‘i. The woman died on Thursday, July 16, and her passing was reported the following day.
(July 17) Hawaiʻi reported a 23rd COVID-19 related death involving an elderly Oʻahu resident who had been isolating at home with family. The state Department of Health confirms that the individual was a man over the age of 60 who had an underlying health condition.
(July 11-12 weekend) One patient was an elderly Kaua‘i resident who died out of state, in Arizona over the July 11-12 weekend. Health officials say the man had been receiving treatment for several months for underlying medical conditions.
(July 12) A female died in an O‘ahu hospital Sunday morning, July 12, and had previously been a resident of a care home.
(July 7) An elderly O‘ahu man with underlying medical issues died July 7th. State health officials say the man’s death was added today after a review of his health history and discussions with his primary care physician.
(July 3) An elderly patient on O‘ahu who was hospitalized with multiple underlying health issues.
(June 26) An elderly Honolulu man was the 18th death in Hawai‘i due to the coronavirus. The last reported death prior to this was on May 3, one-and-a-half months earlier.
(May 3) The 17th death is a woman, over the age of 60 on Maui, with underlying medical conditions. She had been in the hospital at Maui Memorial Medical Center since late February. Her infection occurred in mid-April. “COVID-19 is not believed to be the primary cause of death, due to her other serious illnesses, but may have been a contributing factor to her passing,” health officials said.
(April 27) The 16th death is an Oʻahu woman who is over 65-years-old and had underlying conditions and had been hospitalized since early April.
(April 26) An O‘ahu man, over the age of 65, with underlying health conditions passed away on April 26. He had been in the hospital since early March and his infection was presumed to be community associated.
(April 24) The Hawai‘i Department of Health reported the 13th and 14th deaths associated with COVID-19 in the state. One is an O‘ahu man who had been hospitalized since the beginning of April, was over 65-years-old, and had underlying medical conditions. He had a history of travel to Las Vegas in March. The other is also an O‘ahu man, over 65-years-old, who’d also been hospitalized recently and also had underlying health conditions. His infection was the result of community-associated spread.
(April 20) The Hawai‘i Dept. of Health reports that two additional coronavirus related deaths occurred on April 20, bringing the total in the state to 12 since tracking began on Feb. 28, 2020. The deaths occurred on O‘ahu and on Maui and both were men, 65-years-old, or older. On Maui, the man who passed had underlying health conditions. He had been in the hospital at Maui Memorial Medical Center since late last year, according to state Health officials. This person’s death is considered related to the MMMC cluster.
(April 19) The fourth Maui case was confirmed on April 19, and was an adult male from Washington state in the 40-59-year age group who had no previous medical conditions. State health officials say the man’s exposure history may be travel-related. The man had been hospitalized for an extended period in serious condition at Maui Memorial Medical Center.
(April 11) A woman, over 65-years-old is the ninth death from COVID-19. State officials say she had underlying medical conditions and had tested positive for the virus when she was hospitalized on O‘ahu.
(April 7) A third death in Maui County reportedly occurred on April 7, but was reported in the state count on Friday, April 10. The third case involved an elderly individual who was in the chronic care unit.
(April 8) The second Maui death was announced on Wednesday, April 8, and was an unattended death. The person who passed was identified as an adult male resident over the age of 65.
(April 6)Maui reported its first COVID-19 related death on Monday, April 6, of an adult male over the age of 65 with underlying health conditions and exposure to travelers.
(April 4) An East O‘ahu adult male, over 65-years-old, is the 4th person to die from COVID-19. The individual passed on April 4, and based on preliminary information, this case was travel-related in that the person may have been exposed to someone who had traveled. He had been hospitalized.
(April 3) The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported the death of a third individual with COVID-19. The elderly Oʻahu resident had been hospitalized in critical condition on life support for several weeks after returning from travel to Washington state.
(April 2) Hawaiʻi officials confirm a second COVID-19 related death in the state.
(March 30). Governor David Ige offered condolences to the family of an individual, as the state reported it’s first death linked to the COVID-19 virus. The individual passed away on March 20 and was identified as an older adult male resident of Oʻahu who was hospitalized with multiple medical issues and did have a positive COVID-19 exposure, according to state Health officials. The presumptive positive result came back from a private lab.
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How iTunes changed music
Eighteen years after its debut, Apple is retiring iTunes in favor of three separate apps for music, video, and podcasts—a change that represents a paradigm shift in the music and recording industries, say two Northeastern music professors. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
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Apple’s music platform, iTunes, changed the digital music landscape when it debuted in 2001. It “proved that digital music could be profitable,” says Andrew Mall, an assistant professor of music industry at Northeastern University.
Now, 18 years later, Apple is retiring the music service in favor of three separate apps for music, video, and podcasts—a change that represents a “whole paradigm shift” in the music and recording industries, says Doug Bielmeier, who is an associate teaching professor in audio recording and production at Northeastern.
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The company unveiled the plan at its annual developers conference in early June, announcing that Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple TV would replace iTunes. People who used iTunes will still have access to their entire music library, including purchased and downloaded songs and songs that have been ripped from CDs.
Bielmeier says the move wasn’t unexpected: For years, more people have been streaming music online through subscriptions services such as Spotify than purchasing and downloading it. Apple hopped onto this trend as well, with its streaming service, Apple Music.
The rise of smartphones and unlimited data plans has made low-cost, online streaming plans more appealing in recent years, Bielmeier says.
“It’s this whole paradigm shift that’s been happening since the late 1990s, where people are moving away from this idea of owning content,” Bielmeier says. “To me, [the sunsetting of iTunes] represents that it’s over.”
The retirement of iTunes represents the end of an era that changed the way musicians, record labels, and audiences think about music, Mall says.
“What iTunes did in the early years of the 21st century was to consolidate the libraries of the major record labels into a place where people could access high quality music without having to pirate it,” Mall says. “iTunes was the first legitimate digital superstore for music.”
Before iTunes, there were only a couple ways to access music, Mall says. You could go into a brick and mortar store and buy a CD, cassette, or vinyl record; or you could download music from illegal services such as Napster and Limewire.
Using those services required a fair bit of technical know-how, as well as a broadband internet connection—something that was not as ubiquitous in 2000 as it is in 2019.
And even then, there was no way to judge the quality of the music until you downloaded and listened to it.
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“If you were on a dial-up internet connection, the last thing you wanted to do was spend an hour downloading an album only to find out it’s really low quality,” Mall says.
Apple’s iTunes changed all that, Mall says. The platform offered a streamlined, legitimate service where what you’re paying for is what you got, he says. It consolidated the music libraries of a variety of record labels, so users could get music from Aerosmith (a band represented by Columbia Records and Geffen Records at different points) and Kanye West (a musician represented by Roc-A-Fella Records at the time iTunes came out) in the same place.
Music fans could already do this, of course, at brick-and-mortar record stores. But in the late 1990s and early 2000s, record labels were scrambling to meet the demand for digital music by trying to design their own platforms featuring only their artists. It was iTunes that succeeded in bringing digital music—regardless of label—into one central, digital place, Mall says.
Now, though, “most consumers just want access to as much music as possible for as small a price as possible,” Mall says.
“I don’t think that’s going to change until you can just implant the world’s music into your brain,” he says.
For media inquiries, please contact Shannon Nargi at s.nargi@northeastern.edu or 617-373-5718.
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Syracuse University Libraries Receive Delmas Foundation Grant
Thursday, October 23, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin
The Syracuse University Libraries have received a $10,400 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support the preservation of historic sound recordings carried out at the Belfer Audio Archive, a component of the Special Collections Research Center.
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The grant will be used to fund a Belfer Preservation Assistant position, augmenting NYS preservation funds dedicated to this purpose. The assistant will be trained in digitization techniques and best practices for handling, cleaning and caring for various legacy sound recording formats, e.g., cylinders, discs, tapes, wires, etc. The assistant will also create documentation of preservation techniques for various forms of audio media.
The assistant, Jim Meade, is a former iSchool student and previous Belfer intern. He will be supervised by Belfer Director Jenny Doctor and trained by Belfer Audio Engineer Bob Hodge, who heads the Belfer Preservation Studio and specializes in transferring audio materials to digital formats.
Founded in 1963, the Belfer is among the largest sound archives in the United States. Belfer collections encompass over 500,000 items, with an emphasis on commercial recordings issued between the 1890s and 1970, including over 22,000 cylinder recordings (the largest privately held collection in the U.S.), over 400,000 pre‐LP discs and around 20,000 audio tapes. The Belfer Audio Archive has equipment capable of playing back many audio formats, enabling access and preservation by transferring recordings into digital formats.
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation promotes the advancement and perpetuation of humanistic inquiry and artistic creativity by encouraging excellence in scholarship and in the performing arts, and by supporting research libraries and other institutions that transmit ou`r cultural heritage. The programs of the foundation reflect the interests and patronage of its founders, Gladys Krieble Delmas and Jean Paul Delmas.
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Religious flag showed safe direction to Vizag gas leak victims: Testimony
By Newsmeter NetworkPublished on 9 May 2020 6:31 PM GMT
Visakhapatnam: As the victims and eyewitnesses shared their horror experience of LG Polymer gas leak, the stories of how hundreds of people managed to escape from the impact of toxic gas also began to come to light.
While youngsters who were awake late at night playing mobile games and watching movies were also helpful in alerting hundreds of people, a Hanuman ji flag has also shown the safe path saving hundreds of lives.
Observing the Hanuman flag on his house, Pratap Singh Tomer, who stays in Naidu Thota (Ravi Nagar), 1.8 km away from the plant, could read the wind direction.
The wind was blowing towards south west of the plant and hence he guided people to move towards the opposite direction, that is the north-east direction, where they can avail help.
His work experience of over 20 years in Qatar as a consultant with an LPG company and hundreds of emergency evacuation training helped him to stay calm and guide the people.
The people who ran away towards the south-west of the plant—Megadhri Gedda reservoir and railway track suffered a lot as the gas was spreading towards that direction.
“As the youngsters were trying to rush the victims on their bike, the honking sound disturbed my sleep. I came out of the home and saw people fleeing randomly. I could understand the situation. The smell was not there our side as it is on the north east side. I know that the polymer plant is nearby us. So, I googled what precautions should be taken when styrene gas gets leaked,” said Mr Tomer recounting the horrible experience of the day.
“I could guide hundreds of fleeing villagers to move towards Vepagunta (north east direction from leak epicenter). Vepagunta junction is the only large open safe access area which leads you in all four directions (used it as emergency muster point). This location is ideal for accessing hospital zone in Arilova, Mudsarlova," he added.
He went around telling everyone to drink plenty of water and remove clothes to neutralize the gas impact.
“Hundreds of youths were doing excellent rescue operation by putting themselves in line of fire, and not to forget several policemen on corona lockdown night,” said Tomer.
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Innovative University Building in Singapore That Has No Corners
By Kelcee Griffis on March 11, 2015
With the rising popularity of online classes and hybrid learning methods, administrators at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University realized that students won't come to campus unless they want to. That's why the university commissioned this magnificent, newly completed “Learning Hub” designed by Heatherwick Studio. From the outside, the hub resembles a towering group of giant telescopes. Inside, the corridors are scalloped mazes that function as both walkways and balconies.
The project's aim was to design a university building that removes the sterile feel of bland, windowless institution corridors. To foster interconnectivity, the building's design centers around circular principles, and the architects succeeded in creating interior spaces without corners. In the 56 classrooms – called “tutorial rooms” – students stage discussions across round tables and participate in dialogue facilitated by professors. The design also incorporates built-in gardens and plenty of space for students and professors to get fresh air.
“Within this new context, the purpose of a university is to foster togetherness and sociability so that students can meet their fellow entrepreneurs, scientists or colleagues in a space that encourages collaboration,” the designers say on their website.
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By Beth Palmer | Media | 0 comment | 2 November, 2018 | 0
PLANO ORGANIZATION RECEIVES $1 MILLION GRANT FROM REES-JONES FOUNDATION
Grant supports My Possibilities $25 Million Capital Campaign
Nov. 2, 2018 – PLANO, TX – My Possibilities (MP), a North Texas for-cause organization, is excited to announce a $1 million grant from The Rees-Jones Foundation to support continued development of the Campus for Higher Learning, a college-style education center for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD.)
The three-year $25 million capital campaign launched in 2017 allowed My Possibilities to break ground on its 22-acre campus in Plano, located at the George W. Bush Turnpike and Coit Road. In May 2018, MP opened the doors to the first building on the campus, the Fischer Family School of Life Skills. Next year, MP plans to break ground on the LaunchAbility Career Services Center. These two buildings are the center of the campus, which will expand over time to include a therapy center, a health-and-wellness center, a retail center, a performing arts center, and dormitories.
A trailblazer in the IDD community, MP provides a trademarked curriculum for higher level education, vocational training and job development, along with socialization and fitness opportunities. MP opened its doors in 2008 to 10 Hugely Important People (HIPsters.) The organization now serves 450 HIPsters a week, in addition to providing job coaching services to more than 175 individuals with IDD working throughout the Metroplex.
Founded in 2006 by Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones, The Rees-Jones Foundation is a private foundation that works with nonprofit organizations, primarily in North Texas, to serve others and improve their quality of life and life circumstances in tangible ways. Since 2006, The Rees-Jones Foundation has awarded more than 1,300 grants, in North Texas and internationally, exceeding $300 million in total.
My Possibilities and Rees Jones first began their relationship in 2016 when the foundation awarded MP a $50,000 operation grant. Those funds supported the agency’s daily programming, designed to enrich the lives of HIPsters and promote their independence.
The Rees-Jones Foundation approved the $1 million capital request in Aug. 2018 to support construction of the organization’s LaunchAbility Career Services Center, the second building on the Campus for Higher Learning.
This is the largest grant My Possibilities has ever received, bringing total revenue for its capital campaign to $18.4 million to date.
About My Possibilities:
My Possibilities is a Plano-based for-cause 501c(3) organization that serves as a pioneering leader in vocational education for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities throughout North Texas. To learn more, visit: mypossibilities.org
About The Rees-Jones Foundation:
The vision of The Rees-Jones Foundation is that the love of Christ is experienced in tangible ways by those in our community who are disadvantaged or who are suffering spiritually, physically, or emotionally. The mission of the Foundation is to serve God by serving others, sharing His resources in ways that provide opportunities for the disadvantaged, relief for the suffering, and encouragement in the growth and well-being of children and families in our community.
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February 01, 1989; 39 (2) Article
Common carotid artery occlusion
Steven R. Levine, K.M.A. Welch
First published February 1, 1989, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.39.2.178
Steven R. Levine
K.M.A. Welch
Neurology Feb 1989, 39 (2) 178; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.39.2.178
Symptomatic common carotid artery occlusion (CCAO) is rare. We studied 17 patients with ischemic cerebrovascular symptoms and unilateral CCAO on angiography to help clarify clinical and radiologic features. Mean age was 62 years; 65% were women. Predominant symptoms and signs included visual-ipsilateral monocular or retrochiasmal symptoms (88%), motor weakness (88%), sensory disturbance (59%), dizziness/lightheadedness (53%), and syncope (24%). Dysarthria, headache, or involuntary limb shaking occurred less frequently. Positionally related symptoms occurred in approximately two-thirds of the patients. TIAs were often multiple and preceded a stroke or occurred without subsequent stroke in 82%. Hemispheric TIAs contralateral to the CCAO occurred in 41%. Ten patients (59%) suffered stroke, seven (70%) of which were ipsilateral to the CCAO. Vascular risk factors included cigarette use (76%), hypertension (71%), diabetes mellitus (41%), and hyperlipidemia (41%); 82% had two or more risk factors. Known cardiac disease was present in 59%. CCAO was present at the origin of the vessel in most patients. Most had atherosclerotic narrowing of multiple extracranial large vessels. During follow-up, none of the patients had a spontaneous second infarct; five had TIAs, including two with amaurosis fugax, all in the CCAO territory. More restricted external carotid collaterals may, in part, explain the higher frequency of ipsilateral stroke and contralateral TIAs than reported for internal carotid occlusion.
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