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Black Ops 4: Updated CWL Rule Set + New Info on League Play Release announced
Treyarch has announced new details on the World League Hub, CWL Rule Set, and League Play for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
League Play is the MP ranked mode allowing players that want more competitive play style to compete in ranked matches with matchmaking based on skill. League Play for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was originally announced during the game’s reveal event in May 2018, where Treyarch stated that League Play would bring back fan favorite features from Black Ops 2.
Treyarch shared a new blog post detailing what they’re changing with League Play based on feedback to some of the announcements so far, alongside how the World League Hub will become a fourth pillar for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
Read on below for the full details, directly from Treyarch!
From Treyarch:
After wrapping up the recent CWL Pro League Qualifiers in Columbus and taking in additional Call of Duty World League feedback regarding the upcoming launch of League Play, we’re updating our game plan to make the Black Ops 4 competitive experience even better. Our goal has always been to help make the CWL as exciting as possible, and we’re adapting some core gameplay mechanics to set the stage for an incredible 2019 season for players and fans alike.
Updating the CWL Ruleset
First, we’ve huddled with the Call of Duty World League team as well as pro players and some members of team management to evolve the CWL ruleset. Our goal is to more closely match how the pros play, while embracing the diverse toolset of Black Ops 4 that allows for those big, exciting plays that make the game so damn fun to watch. We believe these carefully-considered updates will improve the future of competitive play for the pros on stage, and more widely, for our ranked players at home.
This updated CWL ruleset will go live in Black Ops 4 later this week, and includes the following new restrictions (with all previous restrictions listed here still in place, including the full restriction of Nomad):
Fully restricted
Firebreak
Reactor Core
Tac-Deploy
Scorestreaks
RC-XD
Additionally, Zero’s Ice Pick and EMP Disruptor, and any new Specialist content that we release in the future, will remain out of competitive play by default until or unless deemed viable through the CWL organization.
With these new restrictions in place, players who choose Prophet, Firebreak, or Seraph will still be able to equip the Trophy System, Combat Axe, Frag, Molotov, or Concussion in their Equipment slot. These changes are a direct result of feedback and coordination with the competitive community, and we can’t wait to see how it all plays out in ranked play and at future CWL 2019 events.
The Evolution of League Play
Aside from the new CWL ruleset, we’re also making fundamental changes to how we’re approaching League Play and the World League Hub based on feedback from the competitive community – particularly the ranked fans at home who gave us detailed responses on what they enjoyed about previous iterations of League Play, and how Black Ops 4’s competitive offering could change for the better.
We know many of our competitive players loved League Play in Black Ops 2, and some still consider it to be the gold standard. We’re big fans, too. However, we’re also aware of the problems that were inherent in the design of our very first in-game competitive feature set that launched back in 2012:
At roughly one-month intervals, League Play seasons were too long, resulting in a high volume of inactive players and “dead ladders”, watering down the feeling of competition.
Players who missed out on significant portions of seasons felt like there was no way for them to catch up to other players in their ladders, leading many to stop playing and thus exacerbating the “dead ladder” problem.
League Play is a lower-population playlist relative to the rest of Multiplayer, and it’s the only portion of Multiplayer that relies on skill-based matchmaking. As such, time to find matches can be lengthy with the League Play population subdivided by skill ranges.
Ladder groupings were too large, leaving many participants feeling disconnected from most of the players they were competing with for position.
League Play Division ranks were directly tied to each player’s skill rating under the hood, which meant that most players “settled” into a rank early on, and it was frustrating not being able to change that skill rating over time.
With every new design of a system, we start by identifying the problems to solve from previous iterations, and the League Play system in Black Ops 4 has been designed to avoid these shortcomings and accomplish some new key goals:
Running League Play events more frequently and in shorter duration makes ladders feel like meaningful competitions with constant movement against a smaller pool of competitors.
Events are condensed and timed to drive the highest player counts and achieve healthy matchmaking with faster time to find matches.
Shorter-duration events more closely match how pros compete in weekend tournaments, like 2Ks. Our intent is for events in the World League Hub to feel closer to how the pros compete.
Ladder competition will feel familiar – climb the ladder by winning ladder points, but lose ladder points and you may drop position. The goal with each League Play event is always to end as high on the ladder as possible.
We’re also introducing a new progressive rank system that persists across all individual League Play and other World League Hub events. Here’s how it will work:
Over the course of your competitive career, you’ll advance a permanent rank that reflects your performance across all events. Performing better in events and participating more often will result in faster rank progression.
Final placement in ladders determines how you advance your overall rank, giving ladder events a competitive tournament feel with the most credit given for reaching 1st Place and winning a League Play event.
Place 1st in a League Play event, and your rank will be upgraded to permanently reflect your victory. Further upgrades are possible for multiple 1st Place finishes over time, and a streak indicator that is displayed when you place 1st in back-to-back events.
Matchmaking in the World League Hub will always be prioritized by skill, so competitors will always feel competitive at their skill level.
Against this backdrop, we want our fans to know that we’ve heard them loud and clear on the desire to have ranked play available all the time, as opposed to having 3-4 day events with downtime in between. This is a good time to mention that the intervals between League Play events were designed to be filled with a different type of ranked play called World League Gauntlets, a feature which will not be ready to launch alongside the World League Hub, hence the reason for the initial announcement of a “Scrims” period of downtime during these breaks to fill the gaps.
Due to popular demand, League Play at launch will now include events that span across the full week, removing Scrims from the ranked schedule until we’re ready to go live with World League Gauntlets, which will also allow you to contribute to rank by completing a longer series of wins before striking out with three losses.
You’ll also earn Multiplayer XP and Black Market Tier progression as you play ranked matches, so there’s never a moment lost as you compete for rank. Support for Teams and Clans will also follow later in the 2019 season as feature additions to the World League Hub.
World League Hub: The Fourth Pillar
Because we’re investing the additional time and development into making Black Ops 4 competitive play as robust as possible, the World League Hub will serve as the fourth pillar of Black Ops 4’s core gameplay offerings going forward. This means you’ll see a new main menu when you boot up the game, with “World League” as its own showcased mode between Multiplayer and Blackout when it launches.
We’re also moving CWL Custom Games over from Multiplayer to the World League Hub, so that players won’t need to go into Multiplayer Custom Games and change settings to play with the new official ruleset. This means competitive games will be faster and easier to play, and it consolidates all Pro Series competitive gameplay into one location. This feature will go live alongside the launch of World League Hub.
Given these changes to the League Play structure, we’re taking a few extra weeks to implement and test the new changes, and the launch of the World League Hub and League Play is now slated for our next major game update planned for mid-February, first on PS4. Because this is a part of a larger game update with a lot of moving pieces between developer, publisher, and first-party platforms, the specific day of the release is still being finalized with all parties in the release process and will be announced as we get closer to it. League Play will be an even better experience for ranked play and pro players with the new competitive ruleset, the addition of CWL Custom Games, and ranked play progression for every day of the week.
To get everyone prepped for League Play until then, we’re planning to launch a limited-time Pro Series Moshpit public match playlist later this week, where all players use the updated competitive ruleset. Restrictions on Specialists, maps, modes, weapons, Equipment, Attachments, Perks, Scorestreaks, Wildcards, and Gear will reflect the rules governing League Play, so this is the perfect time to set up your favorite new competitive classes before our first League Play event kicks off.
Because this is a playlist for public matches and not a part of the World League Hub, it will use public matchmaking rules: it will be unranked, will not support skill-based matchmaking, and will allow players to join matches in progress.
Stay tuned for the latest news on League Play and the CWL Hub as we get closer to the launch.
SOURCE: Treyarch
Call of Duty tier list – the best & worst games
All of the best and worst Call of Duty titles, ranked.
Call of Duty is a long-standing franchise spanning 18 different main entry releases. Let’s review the best & worst games yet.
The Call of Duty franchise has changed drastically over the past 17 years. We’ve seen the series reimagined with the release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, then the jetpack era with the launch of Advanced Warfare.
Fast forward to the present, Infinity Ward redefined Call of Duty yet again with 2019’s Modern Warfare, launching the series to record sales.
Below you’ll find our tiered ratings for the best & worst Call of Duty games yet.
Note: We’ve excluded the classic Call of Duty games (1-3). After the launch of Call of Duty 4, the franchise hit large new audiences and improved drastically on the classic formula. Comparing those titles to the modern games just isn’t a fair comparison.
S Tier – The Legends
These games are the tip of the spear, the most iconic Call of Duty games yet. Many of these games put Call of Duty on the map and are still spoken as the “golden” games.
After visiting Vietnam and the Cold War with the original Black Ops, Treyarch set their sights on the future. Black Ops 2 gave players an unforgettable multiplayer experience with futuristic weaponry, scorestreaks, and settings. Included with the base package was the first Call of Duty campaign to have multiple endings, and a zombies experience.
The DLC brought players some of the greatest Call of Duty experiences to date, with zombie maps such as Mob Of The Dead and Origins.
The game that put Call of Duty on an upwards trend to become the #1 first person shooter franchise ever created. Infinity Ward recreated the core Call of Duty experience, creating a fast paced and polished shooter.
The multiplayer experience brought iconic maps such as Shipment, Killhouse, Vacant, Crash & Broadcast. Additionally, the cinematic Campaign raised the bar for single-player experiences in shooters as well.
Releasing during the hayday of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, this was the “must get” game of 2007.
After the release of Call of Duty: World At War, Treyarch knew they could step out of their comfort zone and bring the franchise past the second World War.
In order to bring a unique experience, Treyarch opted to set their first Black Ops game during the Vietnam/Cold War era. In the Campaign, players would be part of an elite squad working alongside the CIA in covert operations around the globe.
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Black Ops set new highs for Treyarch’s titles, becoming an instant success. Zombies mode was redefined, becoming a rich, story focused experience for fans. Multiplayer introduced new gadgets and movement mechanics, such as the dolphin dive.
Iconic multiplayer and zombies maps were also introduced, like Summit, Nuketown, Kino Der Toten & Moon.
Following the success of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Infinity Ward set their sights to improve upon the mechanics of the original Modern Warfare game with the sequel.
The campaign is a direct sequel to Modern Warfare and puts players in the shoes of several military factions as a war breaks out between the United States and Russia. Iconic figures like Captain Price, Commander Shepard, and Ghost all appear within the game. For the first time, players get to see the face of the main protagonist from Call of Duty 4, Soap.
For Multiplayer, a brand new set of 15 selectable killstreak rewards were introduced, evolving the killstreak system introduced in Call of Duty 4. The create-a-class system offered a new set of complex and unique perks for players, and many fell in love with maps like Terminal & Rust.
Modern Warfare 2 also launched with a “Special Ops” co-op mode, where players could play split-screen or online with a friend in a set of mission scenarios.
A-Tier – Overachievers
Lowering down a bit from nostalgic favorites, here’s some of the heavy-hitting Call of Duty games that deserve praise.
While controversial across the hardcore community, Modern Warfare yet again redefined the Call of Duty franchise, giving players one of the most polished and detailed Call of Duty titles ever created.
The campaign reintroduces classic characters with a fresh storyline, apart from the events of the classic Modern Warfare franchise. Each campaign mission introduces a tense, unique experience across the UK, Russia and the Middle East. It’s a must-play campaign experience for any Call of Duty player.
For multiplayer, animations were fine-tuned and weapons were overhauled to feel powerful in the hands of every player. The game opts for a classic Call of Duty loadout style with a twist – each weapon can have up to 5 attachments via the new gunsmith system, where players can change weapon barrels, stocks, grips and more to turn their gun into one that fits their specific playstyle.
In March of 2020, Infinity Ward released Modern Warfare’s Warzone mode, a 150 player battle royale – which was an instant hit. It quickly amassed over 75 million players after its first five months of release.
With the evolution of the Call of Duty engine during the development of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Treyarch had the opportunity make the most detailed World War 2 shooter experience yet.
World At War delivered just that, giving players a chilling ride across the Pacific Theatre and Russian front. Gore mechanics were introduced, making the experience much more intense and realistic. By far, World at War is one of the best campaigns in Call of Duty history.
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For multiplayer, players had the opportunity to experience gameplay eerie to Call of Duty 4 with World War 2 era weaponry. The game launched with a killstreak similar to Call of Duty 4 as well, giving players a recon plane, artillery strike, and attack dogs at three, five, and seven kills respectively. Popular maps included were Dome, Castle & Asylum.
Zombies were also introduced for the first time in the franchise, with the addition of Nacht Der Untoten. At launch, it was unlocked after completing the main campaign but was later unlocked by default for all players after the mode received high praise from fans. The mode received three more maps through DLC and has been continued in every Treyarch Call of Duty since.
Modern Warfare 3 was the final classic Modern Warfare game, and the finale to the story of Task Force 141 and their battle against Valdmir Makarov.
The campaign brings us front and center to a full scale “what if” scenario for a third World War. Players visit landmarks across the world including Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower and New York City. The campaign is a bit lackluster when compared to the first two games, but there are enough exciting locales for the game to hold up.
For Multiplayer, Modern Warfare 3 attempted to change up the create-a-class system with weapon proficiencies, a new perk system applied specifically to weapons. These perks would give weapons less flinch, more damage through walls, or even a second attachment.
Alongside these changes, a new “Strike Package” system was introduced to allow all players to have the chance to achieve killstreaks. Assault streaks reset upon death, granting lethal rewards for players who could reach high streaks in a single life. Support streaks did not reset upon death, but often required more kills and only rewarded less-lethal streaks to support the team. Lastly, we have the specialists streaks, which would reward perks instead of killstreaks. When a player hit 8 kills, they would be rewarded every perk in the game.
Overall, Modern Warfare 3’s Multiplayer felt like a celebration of all the series had achieved so far. It was a fun and exciting experience. The Special Ops mode from Modern Warfare 2 was also re-introduced, with new combat scenarios.
Black Ops 3 was an interesting year for Call of Duty. We debated putting this at B tier due to some of the game’s issues (supply drops, weak campaign), but the gameplay ultimately pulled it higher on the list.
For a jetpack Call of Duty game, Black Ops 3 found a perfect balance for the movement system. Wall running felt smooth, and combat was fun. Advanced Warfare’s boost jetpack system didn’t allow for wall running or controlled movement, which led to frustrating engagements. Black Ops 3 remedied these issues.
In combination with map design that complemented the movement system, a well-tuned specialist system and a well-balanced group of futuristic weapons, multiplayer was a treat for fans of the new jetpack movement.
Overall, the multiplayer experience was an entertaining one, mostly set back by the supply drop system that made the game feel pay to win. Players would often have to pour hundreds of dollars into a loot crate system to get the best weapons in the game.
In terms of the Zombies mode, it was the most evolved version yet, with brand new boss zombies, and even gave PC players a mod tools client to create their own maps. Towards the end of the game’s lifecycle, Zombies Chronicles was introduced, which brought several fan-favorite zombies map remasters to the game.
B- Tier – Average
These games showed much promise, but fell a bit short.
Black Ops 4 was a return to a “boots on the ground” experience, following Black Ops 3. Many mechanics from Black Ops 3 came over, including specialist characters and abilities. It was also the first and only Call of Duty game to not release with a proper Campaign.
While a fun installment, Black Ops 4 didn’t feel like a truly new Call of Duty experience, launching with four remade maps. The multiplayer felt just as smooth as a Call of Duty game should, but ultimately was set back by the annoyingly overpowered specialist abilities players would get throughout the game. These abilities were easy to use, awarding players with bonus XP for kills, which resulted in easier than normal to achieve scorestreaks.
The gameplay loop of multiplayer which originally fell on skilled gunfights, felt all but absent with regularly spammed equipment, specialist weapons, and streaks. It’s quite the shame, because a very well polished and fun multiplayer experience was hidden behind these mechanics.
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Zombies was also a hit and miss experience, resulting in a divided Zombies community that criticized the mode for being shallow and oversimplified.
The main shining star of Black Ops 4 though, was the Blackout battle royale mode. This was Call of Duty’s first try at a modern battle royale, and Treyarch delivered an entertaining experience that gave Battle Royale a true Call of Duty spin.
While it may not be fair to judge Black Ops Cold War just two months after its release, we decided to put it on the B-tier due to the launch issues. While the Treyarch team had less time than expected, they still managed to fully develop a game during a worldwide pandemic.
The game offers quite an entertaining campaign with all the exciting twists you’d expect from a Black Ops title, albeit a bit short. Multiplayer is what you’d expect as well, with fast-paced, heart-pumping combat. Also as a first to the Black Ops series, we now have 12v12 modes called “Combined Arms”. There’s also a Blackout-esque mode called “Fireteam” that takes place on large maps.
Zombies is the real star of the show though, being completely reworked into a more casual experience overall, while also offering a challenge to players who seek it. New currencies have been implemented into the mode for weapon upgrades, and those weapon upgrade systems have evolved past just the pack-a-punch system. You can even survive Zombies now, through the evac system.
As for the B rating, Black Ops Cold War’s launch just hasn’t impressed us when compared to Modern Warfare and Black Ops 4. The game only launched with eight 6v6 maps, and two 12v12 maps. Fireteam received two maps, but the core multiplayer experience felt lackluster for the games first month.
Luckily, Treyarch added Nuketown post launch, and Season 1 brought us 2 more multiplayer maps, with four 2v2 gunfight maps. Another Fireteam map is expected to launch midseason.
If the next few months go well for Black Ops Cold War, it very well could land higher on the list.
C- Tier
Passable, yet not stellar.
Sledgehammer Game’s first standalone installment in the Call of Duty universe was a beautiful game, with plenty of brand new mechanics. It was a solid game that should be commended for taking chances.
The game sought to capture the excitement of the Call of Duty formula, while also introducing jetpack mechanics. These mechanics allowed players to double jump and quickly evade from side to side. The jetpacks did not allow for much control mid air, which often led to clunky player movement. The sound of players double jumping around the map also created confusing audio queues for players trying to grasp situations around them.
While the core gameplay had its issues, the map design was well catered around the new gameplay design, resulting in relatively decent map flow on most maps.
This game was also the first Call of Duty to be built around the controversial Supply Drop system, that was later removed in Modern Warfare 2019.
Aside from Multiplayer, the game also brought a cinematic Campaign experience, with a relatively sub-par narrative. Exo-Zombies was also later introduced with the first DLC pack.
D-Tier
These games simply missed the mark.
Ghosts is well regarded as one of the weakest franchise entries by fans, and for good reason. This game was a frustrating experience for players, with many complaining about visability on Multiplayer maps.
Deaths felt nearly instant, and many gunfights felt inconsistent due to the state of the servers. Infinity Ward also had to release the game on six different platforms, and across two console generations, which did not help.
The multiplayer was slow, punishing and overall tough to play as an aggressive player. Enemies blended in well with their surroundings, and killstreaks were lackluster. Competitive play was heavily weighed on host connection, so many online games felt unfair.
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This was not helped by the Campaign, which had a confusing and hard to believe narrative, where South America defects against North America. To top it all off, the ending was even more impossible to believe. If you ignore the plot holes, the Campaign does have a few fun moments.
Ghosts is also the first Call of Duty where Infinity Ward attempted a third main game mode, this time in the mode Extinction. In this mode, you fight off waves of Aliens in an attempt to escape multiple scenarios.
Overall, it just felt Ghosts lacked direction. Much of the game went off in different directions. With a hard to digest storyline, subpar multiplayer and an aliens mode, it was tough to feel like this game knew what it wanted to be.
Following the launch of Call of Duty Ghosts, Infinity Ward set their sights on a futuristic sci-fi shooter set in space. After many years of jetpack Call of Duty games, fans were outraged by the decision for yet another year of jetpacks.
Infinite Warfare started off launch looking grim, amassing millions of dislikes on its YouTube trailer, becoming one of the most disliked YouTube videos ever.
Come launch, the multiplayer experience felt like an overall disappointment. The movement mechanics were fun and well-polished, but the Infinity Ward signature gunplay did not translate well into a jetpack title. Hitting targets at range felt unsatisfying, and the chaos of players darting around through the sky led to another year of frustrating gameplay. Since multiplayer is the main component of Call of Duty, much of the player base had a strong dislike for the game without giving Zombies or the Campaign a chance.
Speaking of those modes, Infinite Warfare actually does offer one of the greatest campaign experiences in the history of the franchise. It’s fun, unique and well designed. If you haven’t tried it yet, it’s well worth going back for. The character cast is full of personality, and the unique side-missions are a treat.
Zombies also explores a fun twist between the future and the 1980’s, which makes for interesting crossovers between the future and the past.
While Infinite Warfare was negatively received for its multiplayer, its hard to not wonder if things would have went differently had it come out another year, when players weren’t burnt out of the jetpack gameplay.
Call of Duty: World War 2
Sledgehammer Game’s second attempt at a Call of Duty game, World War 2 was met with mixed fan reception. Some were excited to go back to World War 2, while others wanted a modern setting to return.
World War 2 was a solid Call of Duty experience, but that’s just about it. It didn’t introduce many new mechanics to the franchise, something that Sledgehammer previously did with Advanced Warfare. If anything, it felt safe…. too safe.
The multiplayer got stale quite fast after the initial launch of the game, resulting in repetitive matches with little to no variation. Killstreaks felt underwhelming to use and earn, which further resulted in burnout. Players were also initially punished for rushing for the first few months after release, with weapons having aim-down-sight delays after sprinting for several months until player backlash resulted in Sledgehammer Games overhauling the game.
As for the Campaign, it was surprisingly unmemorable for a game that takes place during World War 2. It has a very strong opening, but then quickly turns into a Hollywood blockbuster movie. Many scenes are either exaggerated or plain hard to believe. There are a few unique stealth missions, but no mission ever tops the intensity and beauty of the strong D-Day landing mission the game opens with.
Zombies also makes an appearance in World War 2, but fails to have any flair much like Treyarch’s zombies. Most environments are dull and depressing, and the mode gets repetitive fast. All of the DLC maps also suffer from this exact same issue, which is a shame.
Ultimately, World War 2 just seemed like an uninspiring “play it safe” addition to the franchise. It failed to interest us much after the launch, and since then we’ve yet to go back and replay it.
That’s it for our Call of Duty tier list. Be sure to tweet us @CharlieIntel and let us know your picks!
Captain Soap’s top 5 Call of Duty moments of all-time
To celebrate the new Operator bundle coming to Warzone, we commemorate Captain Soap with his top 5 Call of Duty moments of all-time.
One of Call of Duty’s greatest ever characters and the man who truly began the Call of Duty that we know today. Here are 5 of his most impactful moments that still resonate in the CoD community to this day.
People always identify Captain Price as Call of Duty’s most iconic figure, and yet it was Soap who paved the way for much of the historic franchise’s success. His no-nonsense badass approach to everything made him a memorable and endearing figure, particularly once he became a Captain in Modern Warfare 2.
John “Soap” MacTavish’s accomplishments and legacy have been honored with a new Soap Operator Bundle in Warzone. But we thought we’d take it one step further and pay tribute to one of the best first-person shooter protagonists in recent memory.
“What the hell kind of name is Soap?”
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is now very much a seminal piece of craftmanship that paved the way for the future of FPS games. But before CoD descended into a game of one-upmanship on the multiplayer front, the game’s campaign used to be a must-play component.
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The game’s first mission was the famous assault course where Price first laid eyes on Soap. As a lowly recruit, you had to run the course in the quickest time possible and people are still trying to perfect it to this very day. It was an introduction to the game’s mechanics, a solid time to be had, and Soap was officially on his way.
The student becomes the teacher
Fast-forward a few years for Soap and he’s no longer a newbie finding his feet, he’s a Captain of the SAS and a true leader. The snowy “Cliffhanger” mission reintroduces us to an old flame and it’s now Soap leading the player in a mission.
It’s a terrific juxtaposition with COD4 and a sign of how far Soap has come along from knifing fruit in a training course and being ridiculed.
Never forget your roots
Soap may be a teacher in MW2, but a student doesn’t forget the person who taught them. This leads to a rather brief but touching moment in a suicidal Gulag rescue operation.
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The team is tasked with freeing a prisoner, but not knowing the identity of the person. It turns out to be Captain Price and those one or two seconds when Captain MacTavish is taken aback by seeing his old mentor is about as emotional as Call of Duty storytelling gets. The moment is also enhanced by Worm asking “Who’s Soap?”.
Soap kills Shepherd to save Price
In the scintillating climax to Modern Warfare 2, the traitorous General Shepherd has severely wounded Soap with a military knife and is now pummeling Captain Price to death.
Soap seems to be on the brink of death when his instincts and adrenaline kicks in and he performs the most incredible knife throw imaginable. It kills Shepherd, he saves Price, who then saves him by getting Soap extracted.
Captain “Soap” MacTavish’s final hour
A truly tragic and somber moment that still ranks as one of Call of Duty’s most emotive and impactful to this day. Soap is fatally wounded from a combination of an explosion and falling several stories through a host of metal and construction.
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Given that several of the moments on this list basically document the father/son relationship between Captain Price and Soap, it’s only fitting its ends with this. Soap, a soldier at heart, even manages to divulge major information with his final words which sets up a fascinating premise in Modern Warfare 3.
That concludes our list of Soap’s 5 greatest and finest moments in CoD history. It’s a testament to the makers of the game that they keep bringing him back because he’s been such a vital part of the Call of Duty franchise.
Did we miss any out? Be sure to let us know.
Image credits: Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games
New Modern Warfare 3 Remastered Mod In Development
A Call of Duty custom map creator is attempting to recreate iconic Modern Warfare 3 maps in the Black Ops 3 engine.
A Call of Duty custom map creator is taking on the task of remastering iconic Modern Warfare 3 maps.
While players have remained hopeful about the dwindling possibility of a Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Multiplayer experience, one popular Call of Duty modder has taken the task upon himself to remaster the next best thing – Modern Warfare 3.
Modder @ramijayd on Twitter is already relatively deep into the project, as you can see from the work-in-progress screenshots below.
These images show off the maps Intersection and Boardwalk, both from the DLC pool of Modern Warfare 3 maps. The left images show Modern Warfare 3 gameplay, and the right shows the updated visuals.
MW3 Remastered (WIP) pic.twitter.com/MYVC7r87rn
— Rami (@ramijayd) November 19, 2020
MW3 Remastered pt. 2 pic.twitter.com/WW7FtEehqh
— Rami (@ramijayd) January 3, 2021
Currently, it appears Ramijayd has mostly completed development on these two maps. He plans to expand development to other iconic maps from the game, while also porting over player models and weapon models from various Call of Duty games. It appears the MP7 model he chose comes from Modern Warfare 2019, while the UMP45 comes from Modern Warfare 3.
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This mod will be available only to PC players, as it is built in the Black Ops 3 mod tools. The maps will be available in the future through the Steam Workshop. Ramijayd has shared his interest in hosting public servers for these maps, so hopefully, there will be enough interest when the full mod releases for small servers to be hosted with the MW3 Remastered mod.
With any player-created game mod, this is subject to change at any time and most likely will only include fan-favorite maps from Modern Warfare 3. While it won’t be an exact recreation of Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer, it could be a fun throwback to older Call of Duty gameplay.
Unfortunately, mechanics like Modern Warfare 3 point streaks like the Juggernaut, AC-130, and Predator Missile seem unlikely to be added.
We can only hope to get some sort of release of this mod, as we are still awaiting info from the seemingly halted Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Remastered Mod, which was being developed in the Black Ops 3 engine by community modders.
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Personal Effectiveness
Going on the Offensive in an Uncertain World
We can see the power of math in upending healthcare, an industry as legacy as they come. As the Affordable Care Act sharply accelerates trends already under way, aggressive companies are using sophisticated software and algorithms to help shape the industry transformation rather than become victims of it.
Des Moines-based UnityPoint Health, for example, is investing talent and funds to build an infrastructure of digitization, algorithms and software that integrates aspects of patient care from various departments and centralizes the collection and analysis of patient data, to which nurses and other providers have instant access.
“The most sophisticated data-mining software won’t replace an intuitive feel for the customer and what he or she really wants.”
4. Still, remember that the consumer holds the key. The most sophisticated data-mining software won’t replace an intuitive feel for the customer and what he or she really wants. The human mind still is unsurpassed at making connections and generating hypotheses that can then be tested. Even the UPS’ sophisticated algorithm-based On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation System was designed to be overridden by drivers when necessary.
A feel for the consumer can only be honed by observing consumers firsthand, as Sam Walton, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos and countless others were famous for doing. This is not a quaint pastime; it is a necessity for staying relevant.
5. Get comfortable with uncertainty. Your tolerance for ambiguity and risk will be tested, because going on the offense almost always requires taking action before you have a crystal clear picture of all the factors your success will depend on. As CEO of Thompson (now Thomson Reuters), Dick Harrington was a broad thinker with a finely tuned antennae for picking up signals about the outside world. Thomson, owner of what was then the world’s largest newspaper chain, was still profitable and performing well in the mid-1990s, when Harrington concluded that the rise in Internet usage would inevitably cripple Thomson’s largest source of revenue: the sale of classified ads and display ads in print media.
With the storm clouds still far on the horizon, Thomson prepared to exit newspapers altogether. A defensive mind would have seen gloom and doom in the rise of electronic media and might have sought to buttress the print business. Harrington’s mindset for offense saw the opportunity to build a business based on something new, and put the company onto a new trajectory ahead of others. That does not mean you have to be the very first in a segment; the world doesn’t change the day a technology is invented. But don’t confuse patience with a frustrated desire for certainty.
Barnes and Noble got caught waiting too long to see where online commerce was going, and as a result, lost much ground to its born-digital rival, Amazon.
Ram Charan is a world-renowned business advisor, author and speaker who has spent the past 35 years working with many top companies, CEOs and boards.
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Cerynitii
a serene adventure on a distant island
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First Cerynitii Youtube teaser!
Hi everyone, it has been a busy week, uploading content to the Instagram and Twitter pages, and I would like to say thanks to all who supported the pages.
However, there was also enough time to launch Cerynitii’s YouTube channel and make the first YouTube video of Cerynitii. It’s a short teaser which used footage taken directly from the game engine, to give an idea on the overall feel and look of the game. use the link below to watch the video. Also don’t forget to subscribe to the Cerynitii YouTube channel and like the video!
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November 2, 2018 November 7, 2018 by The Serene Adventurer Categories: Development posts
Hi everyone! and welcome to the Cerynitii development blog, where all news, updates, trailers and more will be posted. This is the first blog entry, so stay tuned!
Cerynitii is a first person puzzle exploration adventure game for the PC, inspired by great games such as Myst, Quern, The Witness and many others. Currently, Cerynitii is on the Windows platform and it is still in the early development stage.
The game uses Unreal Engine 4, which is considered by many gamers and game developers as the most capable gaming engine in terms of graphics and realism.
Cerynitii takes you to an adventure on a distant island, where you have to solve puzzles and explore new areas while the story slowly unravels. The whole experience is meant to be a calm, peaceful and soothing adventure. This is greatly reflected in the game art design, color palette, choice of sound effects, and the story as well.
The game art is greatly inspired by the beautiful architecture of The Santorini Island and the serene beauty of Moroccan and Damascus houses. Colors and materials are chosen carefully to match the feel and mood of the game.
Cerynitii tries to introduce a couple of new gameplay features in the genre and at the same time take advantage of already existing ones. More on this in future posts.
Your support for this game is of great importance, and I thank you in advance for visiting the website and reading through the blog. Please share this page and spread the word and stay tuned for future posts! Please also check Cerynitii’s Instagram page (of which the links are provided below), give it a like and share :). There is also our Twitter page which also has its link below, don’t forget to follow it. In addition, soon the first development trailer will be available on the Cerynitii YouTube channel.
In the meantime, please enjoy these selected screenshots taken from the game which are still early-stage and will improve as the game development progresses.
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Echoes of Emergency
in India — by Ish N Mishra — June 25, 2020
The CPI (ML – Liberation) office in Varanasi was raided at midnight without the search warrant, a couple of days ago. The process of the arrest under the draconian law UAPA of human rights activists and intellectuals beginning with the arrest of 90% handicapped, Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba is going on unabated since the last few of years. Taking the advantage of pandemic Government is arresting the anti-CAA movement activists under fabricated charges. The pregnant Jamia scholar and anti-CAA activist Saroofa Zargar has been released on bail by Delhi High Court. Several activist students of JNU, Jamia and Delhi University are being warranted under the draconian UAPA resembling MISA of emergency fame. The activists Natasha Narwal and Devangna Kalita of Pinjda Tod, a Delhi based women’s rights organization, have been arrested under UAPA. Just like the present state of undeclared emergency, the charges were subsequently fabricated after the arrest, during the declared emergency also, four and half a decade ago. The renowned writer and Professor of Hindi, Dr Raghuvansh (late) almost 100% handicapped was charged with disrupting the power supply of the city. Exactly 45 years ago (25 June 1975), the then Prime Minister of the country, Mrs Indira Gandhi, with the absolute majority in the Parliament, began the repression of political opponents after declaring the emergency at the mid night. History does not repeat itself, only echoes. The present echoes of the emergency promulgated 45 years ago are quite frightening.
Indira Gandhi was quite perturbed by the popular discontent emanating from the anti-corruption students’ movement. In the meanwhile the Sanjay Gandhi coterie has emerged as an extra-constitutional, parallel power center. With Allahabad High Court decision nullifying her parliamentary election from Rae Bareli in 1971, in desperation with absolute majority in Parliament she imposed emergency on 25 June 1975 suspending the constitutional rights. Sanjay Gandhi is said to have played the role of catalyst. With the strict censorship most of the editors and media became subservient, the very few defiant ones, like Kuldip Nair were incarcerated. 42nd Amendment passed by the parliament greatly enhanced the powers of the PM. Thousands of people were put behind the bars under the colonial law DIR (Defense of India Rule) and the newly introduced, draconian law MISA (Maintenance of Internal Security Act) through 42nd Amendment. Today the rights of the workers enjoined by labor laws are being hampered by ordinances. The intellectuals, students and human rights activists raising the voices of dissent are being incarcerated under the draconian, repelled MISA like UAPA. Without formal censorship the media, particularly the electronic media has been subservient to the government and the ruling party. The non-conforming journalists are being harassed in various ways.
The centralization of political power began with the beginning of the first term of Modi government in 2014. In fact the process can be considered to have begun with the campaign of the 2014 parliamentary elections by sidelining the veteran BJP leaders and assumption of the central role by Modi. The process of the centralization and concentration of political power by Indira Gandhi, had a humble beginning in 1967 that climaxed by 1974. The then Congress President DK Barua went to the extent of the declaration, “Indira is India and India is Indira”. On the same pattern, recently the BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra declared on TV that criticism of the PM is attack on the nation. Like Modi’s electoral plank of development., Indira Gandhi set her agenda around the slogan of the eradication of poverty, “Garibi Hatao”. The courageous progressive steps of the abolition of privy purses of the erstwhile royal families and the nationalization of banks added to her charismatic image. In the storm of her popularity the veteran powerful leaders of the undivided Congress, known as the members of the syndicate, the Congress (O) after the split in 1969 were uprooted and blown away. The absolute parliamentary majority made her authoritarian. The war with Pakistan and subsequent creation of Bangladesh added new feathers to her. The Congress MPs and MLAs were like her minions and zealots. By 1974 her Charisma began to wilt and student’s movement gave a blow to it. After the Allahabad High Court decision, she imposed emergency. The Supreme Court judges were superseded. The conscientious judges resigned. Today the judiciary seems to have become subservient to executive on its own.
The BJP led NDA under the leadership of Narendra Modi, sidelining all the senior, prominent party leaders, came to power with substantial parliamentary majority in the 2014 general elections in the aftermath of communal riots in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of UP in 2013. In 2019 elections held after Pulwama terrorist attack on the CRPF convoy and Balkot “surgical strike”, Modi came to the power with the unprecedented absolute majority as supreme. The last six years of BJP rule under Modi has been fatal for democracy and democratic institutions.
Modi began its first tenure by making the constitutional institutions like planning commission etc. as subservient to the government. It filled the institutions like Indian Council of Historical Reserch (ICHR), IIFT, NCERT etc with conformist people with doubtful credentials. Its attack on educational institutions is ongoing. JNU is its main target as it is the first fortress of resistance. The echoes of emergency being heard today in the state of undeclared emergency after 45 years of the declared one are quite frightening.
Ish Mishra retired Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Hindu College, University of Delhi
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Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, and Electrical Technologies
Reactance, Inductive and Capacitive
Sketch voltage and current versus time in simple inductive, capacitive, and resistive circuits.
Calculate inductive and capacitive reactance.
Calculate current and/or voltage in simple inductive, capacitive, and resistive circuits.
Many circuits also contain capacitors and inductors, in addition to resistors and an AC voltage source. We have seen how capacitors and inductors respond to DC voltage when it is switched on and off. We will now explore how inductors and capacitors react to sinusoidal AC voltage.
Inductors and Inductive Reactance
Suppose an inductor is connected directly to an AC voltage source, as shown in Figure 1. It is reasonable to assume negligible resistance, since in practice we can make the resistance of an inductor so small that it has a negligible effect on the circuit. Also shown is a graph of voltage and current as functions of time.
Figure 1. (a) An AC voltage source in series with an inductor having negligible resistance. (b) Graph of current and voltage across the inductor as functions of time.
The graph in Figure 1(b) starts with voltage at a maximum. Note that the current starts at zero and rises to its peak after the voltage that drives it, just as was the case when DC voltage was switched on in the preceding section. When the voltage becomes negative at point a, the current begins to decrease; it becomes zero at point b, where voltage is its most negative. The current then becomes negative, again following the voltage. The voltage becomes positive at point c and begins to make the current less negative. At point d, the current goes through zero just as the voltage reaches its positive peak to start another cycle. This behavior is summarized as follows:
AC Voltage in an Inductor
When a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an inductor, the voltage leads the current by one-fourth of a cycle, or by a 90º phase angle.
Current lags behind voltage, since inductors oppose change in current. Changing current induces a back emf V = −L(ΔI/Δt). This is considered to be an effective resistance of the inductor to AC. The rms current I through an inductor L is given by a version of Ohm’s law:
[latex]I=\frac{V}{{X}_{L}}\\[/latex],
where V is the rms voltage across the inductor and XL is defined to be
[latex]{X}_{L}=2\pi{fL}\\[/latex],
with f the frequency of the AC voltage source in hertz (An analysis of the circuit using Kirchhoff’s loop rule and calculus actually produces this expression). XL is called the inductive reactance, because the inductor reacts to impede the current. XL has units of ohms (1 H = 1 Ω ⋅ s, so that frequency times inductance has units of (cycles/s)(Ω ⋅ s)=Ω)), consistent with its role as an effective resistance. It makes sense that XL is proportional to L, since the greater the induction the greater its resistance to change. It is also reasonable that XL is proportional to frequency f, since greater frequency means greater change in current. That is, ΔI/Δt is large for large frequencies (large f, small Δt). The greater the change, the greater the opposition of an inductor.
Example 1. Calculating Inductive Reactance and then Current
(a) Calculate the inductive reactance of a 3.00 mH inductor when 60.0 Hz and 10.0 kHz AC voltages are applied. (b) What is the rms current at each frequency if the applied rms voltage is 120 V?
The inductive reactance is found directly from the expression XL = 2πfL. Once XL has been found at each frequency, Ohm’s law as stated in the equation I = V/XL can be used to find the current at each frequency.
Solution for (a)
Entering the frequency and inductance into the equation XL = 2πfL gives
XL = 2πfL = 6.28(60.0/s)(3.00 mH) = 1.13 Ω at 60 Hz.
Similarly, at 10 kHz,
XL = 2πfL = 6.28(1.00 × 104/s)(3.00 mH) = 188 Ω at 10 kHz.
Solution for (b)
The rms current is now found using the version of Ohm’s law in Equation I = V/XL, given the applied rms voltage is 120 V. For the first frequency, this yields
[latex]I=\frac{V}{{X}_{L}}=\frac{120\text{ V}}{1.13\text{ }\Omega}=106\text{ A at } 60\text{ Hz}\\[/latex].
[latex]I=\frac{V}{{X}_{L}}=\frac{120\text{ V}}{188\text{ }\Omega}=0.637\text { A at } 10\text{ kHz}\\[/latex].
The inductor reacts very differently at the two different frequencies. At the higher frequency, its reactance is large and the current is small, consistent with how an inductor impedes rapid change. Thus high frequencies are impeded the most. Inductors can be used to filter out high frequencies; for example, a large inductor can be put in series with a sound reproduction system or in series with your home computer to reduce high-frequency sound output from your speakers or high-frequency power spikes into your computer.
Note that although the resistance in the circuit considered is negligible, the AC current is not extremely large because inductive reactance impedes its flow. With AC, there is no time for the current to become extremely large.
Capacitors and Capacitive Reactance
Consider the capacitor connected directly to an AC voltage source as shown in Figure 2. The resistance of a circuit like this can be made so small that it has a negligible effect compared with the capacitor, and so we can assume negligible resistance. Voltage across the capacitor and current are graphed as functions of time in the figure.
Figure 2. (a) An AC voltage source in series with a capacitor C having negligible resistance. (b) Graph of current and voltage across the capacitor as functions of time.
The graph in Figure 2 starts with voltage across the capacitor at a maximum. The current is zero at this point, because the capacitor is fully charged and halts the flow. Then voltage drops and the current becomes negative as the capacitor discharges. At point a, the capacitor has fully discharged (Q = 0 on it) and the voltage across it is zero. The current remains negative between points a and b, causing the voltage on the capacitor to reverse. This is complete at point b, where the current is zero and the voltage has its most negative value. The current becomes positive after point b, neutralizing the charge on the capacitor and bringing the voltage to zero at point c, which allows the current to reach its maximum. Between points c and d, the current drops to zero as the voltage rises to its peak, and the process starts to repeat. Throughout the cycle, the voltage follows what the current is doing by one-fourth of a cycle:
AC Voltage in a Capacitor
When a sinusoidal voltage is applied to a capacitor, the voltage follows the current by one-fourth of a cycle, or by a 90º phase angle.
The capacitor is affecting the current, having the ability to stop it altogether when fully charged. Since an AC voltage is applied, there is an rms current, but it is limited by the capacitor. This is considered to be an effective resistance of the capacitor to AC, and so the rms current I in the circuit containing only a capacitor C is given by another version of Ohm’s law to be
[latex]I=\frac{V}{{X}_{C}}\\[/latex],
where V is the rms voltage and XC is defined (As with XL, this expression for XC results from an analysis of the circuit using Kirchhoff’s rules and calculus) to be
[latex]{X}_{C}=\frac{1}{2\pi fC}\\[/latex],
where XC is called the capacitive reactance, because the capacitor reacts to impede the current. XC has units of ohms (verification left as an exercise for the reader). XC is inversely proportional to the capacitance C; the larger the capacitor, the greater the charge it can store and the greater the current that can flow. It is also inversely proportional to the frequency f; the greater the frequency, the less time there is to fully charge the capacitor, and so it impedes current less.
Example 2. Calculating Capacitive Reactance and then Current
(a) Calculate the capacitive reactance of a 5.00 mF capacitor when 60.0 Hz and 10.0 kHz AC voltages are applied. (b) What is the rms current if the applied rms voltage is 120 V?
The capacitive reactance is found directly from the expression in [latex]{X}_{C}=\frac{1}{2\pi fC}\\[/latex]. Once XC has been found at each frequency, Ohm’s law stated as I = V/XC can be used to find the current at each frequency.
Entering the frequency and capacitance into [latex]{X}_{C}=\frac{1}{2\pi fC}\\[/latex], gives
[latex]\begin{array}{lll}{X}_{C}& =& \frac{1}{2\pi fC}\\ & =& \frac{1}{6.28\left(60.0/\text{s}\right)\left(5.00\text{ }\mu\text{F}\right)}=531\text{ }\Omega\text{ at }60\text{ Hz}\end{array}\\[/latex].
[latex]\begin{array}{lll}{X}_{C}& =& \frac{1}{2\pi fC}=\frac{1}{6.28\left(1.00\times 10^{4}/\text{s}\right)\left(5.00\mu\text{F}\right)}\\ & =& 3.18\text{ }\Omega\text{ at }10 \text{ kHz}\end{array}\\[/latex].
The rms current is now found using the version of Ohm’s law in I = V/XC, given the applied rms voltage is 120 V. For the first frequency, this yields
[latex]I=\frac{V}{{X}_{C}}=\frac{120 \text{ V}}{531\text{ }\Omega}=0.226 \text{ A at }60\text{ Hz}\\[/latex].
[latex]I=\frac{V}{{X}_{C}}=\frac{120 \text{ V}}{3.18\text{ }\Omega}=3.37 \text{ A at }10 \text{ Hz}\\[/latex].
The capacitor reacts very differently at the two different frequencies, and in exactly the opposite way an inductor reacts. At the higher frequency, its reactance is small and the current is large. Capacitors favor change, whereas inductors oppose change. Capacitors impede low frequencies the most, since low frequency allows them time to become charged and stop the current. Capacitors can be used to filter out low frequencies. For example, a capacitor in series with a sound reproduction system rids it of the 60 Hz hum.
Although a capacitor is basically an open circuit, there is an rms current in a circuit with an AC voltage applied to a capacitor. This is because the voltage is continually reversing, charging and discharging the capacitor. If the frequency goes to zero (DC), XC tends to infinity, and the current is zero once the capacitor is charged. At very high frequencies, the capacitor’s reactance tends to zero—it has a negligible reactance and does not impede the current (it acts like a simple wire). Capacitors have the opposite effect on AC circuits that inductors have.
Resistors in an AC Circuit
Just as a reminder, consider Figure 3, which shows an AC voltage applied to a resistor and a graph of voltage and current versus time. The voltage and current are exactly in phase in a resistor. There is no frequency dependence to the behavior of plain resistance in a circuit:
Figure 3. (a) An AC voltage source in series with a resistor. (b) Graph of current and voltage across the resistor as functions of time, showing them to be exactly in phase.
AC Voltage in a Resistor
When a sinusoidal voltage is applied to a resistor, the voltage is exactly in phase with the current—they have a 0º phase angle.
For inductors in AC circuits, we find that when a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an inductor, the voltage leads the current by one-fourth of a cycle, or by a 90º phase angle.
The opposition of an inductor to a change in current is expressed as a type of AC resistance.
Ohm’s law for an inductor is
where V is the rms voltage across the inductor.
XL is defined to be the inductive reactance, given by
[latex]{X}_{L}=2\pi fL\\[/latex],
with f the frequency of the AC voltage source in hertz.
Inductive reactance XL has units of ohms and is greatest at high frequencies.
For capacitors, we find that when a sinusoidal voltage is applied to a capacitor, the voltage follows the current by one-fourth of a cycle, or by a 90º phase angle.
Since a capacitor can stop current when fully charged, it limits current and offers another form of AC resistance; Ohm’s law for a capacitor is
where V is the rms voltage across the capacitor.
XC is defined to be the capacitive reactance, given by
[latex]{X}_{C}=\frac{1}{2\pi fC}\\[/latex].
XC has units of ohms and is greatest at low frequencies.
Conceptual Questions
1. Presbycusis is a hearing loss due to age that progressively affects higher frequencies. A hearing aid amplifier is designed to amplify all frequencies equally. To adjust its output for presbycusis, would you put a capacitor in series or parallel with the hearing aid’s speaker? Explain.
2. Would you use a large inductance or a large capacitance in series with a system to filter out low frequencies, such as the 100 Hz hum in a sound system? Explain.
3. High-frequency noise in AC power can damage computers. Does the plug-in unit designed to prevent this damage use a large inductance or a large capacitance (in series with the computer) to filter out such high frequencies? Explain.
4. Does inductance depend on current, frequency, or both? What about inductive reactance?
5. Explain why the capacitor in Figure 4(a) acts as a low-frequency filter between the two circuits, whereas that in Figure 4(b) acts as a high-frequency filter.
Figure 4. Capacitors and inductors. Capacitor with high frequency and low frequency.
6. If the capacitors in Figure 4 are replaced by inductors, which acts as a low-frequency filter and which as a high-frequency filter?
Problems & Exercises
1. At what frequency will a 30.0 mH inductor have a reactance of 100 Ω?
2. What value of inductance should be used if a 20.0 kΩ reactance is needed at a frequency of 500 Hz?
3. What capacitance should be used to produce a 2.00 MΩ reactance at 60.0 Hz?
4. At what frequency will an 80.0 mF capacitor have a reactance of 0.250 Ω?
5. (a) Find the current through a 0.500 H inductor connected to a 60.0 Hz, 480 V AC source. (b) What would the current be at 100 kHz?
6. (a) What current flows when a 60.0 Hz, 480 V AC source is connected to a 0.250 μF capacitor? (b) What would the current be at 25.0 kHz?
7. A 20.0 kHz, 16.0 V source connected to an inductor produces a 2.00 A current. What is the inductance?
8. A 20.0 Hz, 16.0 V source produces a 2.00 mA current when connected to a capacitor. What is the capacitance?
9. (a) An inductor designed to filter high-frequency noise from power supplied to a personal computer is placed in series with the computer. What minimum inductance should it have to produce a 2.00 kΩ reactance for 15.0 kHz noise? (b) What is its reactance at 60.0 Hz?
10. The capacitor in Figure 4(a) is designed to filter low-frequency signals, impeding their transmission between circuits. (a) What capacitance is needed to produce a 100 kΩ reactance at a frequency of 120 Hz? (b) What would its reactance be at 1.00 MHz? (c) Discuss the implications of your answers to (a) and (b).
11. The capacitor in Figure 4(b) will filter high-frequency signals by shorting them to earth/ground. (a) What capacitance is needed to produce a reactance of [latex]\text{10.0 m\Omega }[/latex] for a 5.00 kHz signal? (b) What would its reactance be at 3.00 Hz? (c) Discuss the implications of your answers to (a) and (b).
12. Unreasonable Results In a recording of voltages due to brain activity (an EEG), a 10.0 mV signal with a 0.500 Hz frequency is applied to a capacitor, producing a current of 100 mA. Resistance is negligible. (a) What is the capacitance? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumption or premise is responsible?
13. Construct Your Own Problem Consider the use of an inductor in series with a computer operating on 60 Hz electricity. Construct a problem in which you calculate the relative reduction in voltage of incoming high frequency noise compared to 60 Hz voltage. Among the things to consider are the acceptable series reactance of the inductor for 60 Hz power and the likely frequencies of noise coming through the power lines.
inductive reactance:
the opposition of an inductor to a change in current; calculated by XL = 2πfL
capacitive reactance:
the opposition of a capacitor to a change in current; calculated by [latex]{X}_{C}=\frac{1}{2\pi fC}\\[/latex]
Selected Solutions to Problems & Exercises
1. 531 Hz
3. 1.33 nF
5. (a) 2.55 A (b) 1.53 mA
7. 63.7 µH
9. (a) 21.2 mH (b) 8.00 Ω
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Let's Talk About Hex: A Compilation Thread
Although the central place for design discussion is ##crawl-dev on freenode, some may find it helpful to discuss requests and suggestions here first.
roctavian
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Friday, 15th July 2011, 23:57 by roctavian
Ever since the Enchantments split, Hexes has been sitting in the corner like a problem child, while we all whisper about its shortcomings. No longer! We call Hexes to the front of the class.
Note that I'm including anything I find, thus we have many mutually-exclusive proposals present here.
Wiki Entries
Development Wiki Page, the list of current Hexes on Chaosforge
Hexes/Earth synergy with several spells.
MR-lowering on multiple castings of Hexes spells
MR and Glow and a discussion of partial-success Hexes spells.
Individual Spells
Inner Expansion, something like the recently-implemented Inner Fire.
Invisibility's controversial status.
Irresistible Slow and other spells to be made irresistible.
Haunt as a Hexes/Necromancy spell.
I would really love to see a lot of discussion in one place, so that everyone can see all the ideas.
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KoboldLord
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Saturday, 16th July 2011, 00:57 by KoboldLord
Re: Let's Talk About Hex: A Compilation Thread
I'd like to reiterate an old proposal of mine.
Mephitic Cloud should be hex/air/poison, not conjurations/air/poison. Currently, Mephitic Cloud spends most of the early game as a super-hex that gets a free ride on spell power from the main damage spell skill for a whopping SEVEN different caster backgrounds, two of which even get it in their starting book. Using no additional investment of resources other than what they were already spending on their main elemental blast spell, all seven of these backgrounds get to cover the screen in nearly irresistible hex clouds that affect more targets per mp spent than any actual hex spell at comparable levels.
Once the mid-game is in full swing and Mephitic Cloud is starting to fall behind in the resistance race, the casters that were using it have absolutely no incentive to continue using similar effects. If they want to jump into hexes now, they have to train it up from scratch, and they might as well stick with blowing things up harder or picking up charms or translocations. Were they forced to invest a modest amount of xp in hexes to get Mephitic Cloud online, picking up other mid-level hexes such as Confusion or Invisibility would be easier to stomach. A good chunk of the cost has already been paid for, so why not?
Ultimately, Mephitic Cloud has more in common with other hexes than it does with conjurations. It's not a blast spell by any stretch of imagination. The noise it produces is an unusual drawback for hexes, but if it shares a skill with those other hexes, the noise is just incentive to diversify with other hexes. You can Confuse those poison-resistant foes or Hibernate targets you want to assassinate without drawing unnecessary attention, and use the noisy multi-target Mephitic Cloud when there are multiple foes present or you can force them to stay in the clouds.
As a stretch proposal, it might be good to break cloud spells in general off of conjurations and feed them to hexes. Freezing and Poisonous Cloud are currently really ridiculously good, in many ways powerful enough to clear the midgame on their own. But their playing style really fits in with the tricky style I envision for hexes than the endless dakka thematic for conjurors. They've got the MR-bypassing punch that a hexer really needs after a certain point in the game, but you've got to keep the enemy from simply walking away from the dangerous clouds. A hexer can force the desired behavior way more interestingly than a conjuror, who will basically pillar-dance while dropping more clouds. Were cloud spells moved to hexes, it would also dilute the skill investment of air elementalists, who currently have the strongest elemental skill of the four, but without actually needing to remove any of the unique properties of their spells.
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Saturday, 16th July 2011, 01:23 by Bim
It's the age old problem of 'making sense vs. gameplay', as P+F cloud are conjurations and so is mephitic. In terms of, they are things that are conjured up. As mentioned on 'Invisibility's controversial status' it doesn't seem to make sense (from an English background, some may differ in usage) to have hexes affect anything other than monsters, and charms for affecting yourself and your items, same with conjurations. Of course it doesn't matter in the long run as things can be re-flavoured, but it sounds odd and a bit of a mess, and just seems as though the designers have made a mistake.
I think the main thing about Hex's is the fact that they're resistible by just about everything past mid game, and it's a pain to have to always check and then hope for the best when you cast a spell, as it don't seem as intuitive as poison. Having a wider variety of monsters open to Hexes would be better (especially demons) but the problem is, as with the SpEn, everything that can be Hexed is instantly dead due to stabbing and E.H.
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Bim wrote: It's the age old problem of 'making sense vs. gameplay', as P+F cloud are conjurations and so is mephitic. In terms of, they are things that are conjured up. As mentioned on 'Invisibility's controversial status' it doesn't seem to make sense (from an English background, some may differ in usage) to have hexes affect anything other than monsters, and charms for affecting yourself and your items, same with conjurations. Of course it doesn't matter in the long run as things can be re-flavoured, but it sounds odd and a bit of a mess, and just seems as though the designers have made a mistake.
The thing about flavor is that flavor is almost infinitely tolerant of modifications. You aren't causing dangerous clouds to poof into existence out of nothing, you're causing the monsters to be so unfortunate as to blunder into gas that's already there. Terrible luck, who'd have ever thought such a concentration of toxic gas would have collected right there?
Gameplay-wise, I only see up sides so far. Smokescreens and worse might not feel right in hexes at first consideration, but I'm fairly confident that people will get used to the idea quickly if it was tried.
minmay wrote: I agree that Mephitic Cloud fits gameplay better as a hex, though.
That's why moving Mephitic is the main proposal, and the other is just a stretch proposal. It's worth moving Mephitic Cloud even if people don't like moving clouds in general, and I'm willing to relinquish moving clouds in general if it gets Mephitic Cloud moved faster.
minmay wrote: Poisonous/Freezing Cloud are for direct damage, and that's what Conjuration is about. If Hexes needs improvement, let's not do it by making it a grab bag of spells tied together only by the fact that they happen to be in Hexes.
I would argue that conjuration skill is all about the burst damage. With the exception that I acknowledge of a very short list of clouds and DoTs, conjurations are all about killing stuff hard, killing stuff fast, and killing stuff lots. The exchange rate of mp for damage is worse for conjurations than it is for charms, hexes, or summons, but in exchange for this inefficiency it works fast, meaning your enemies don't get the chance to deal damage back. Clouds reverse this dynamic, giving conjurations a highly mp-efficient source of damage that gives enemies quite a few chances to give you trouble before they succumb. Should players really be able to have it both ways with one skill? I argue against it.
Poison seems like a natural hex effect to me. Hit points are just another stat that can be reduced, like movement speed or damage output. Poison is superficially similar to direct damage, but the lengthy delay before the target's death makes it play differently in practice. Instead of alpha striking your entire mp pool and running away if the target doesn't die, you instead have to outmaneuver your target to lock them down while your magic weakens them.
Saturday, 16th July 2011, 04:01 by roctavian
In my opinion, Mephitic Cloud's functionality - an AOE confusion spell - works better for a Hexes-school spell, whereas its form in the game - a cloud of gas that cause confusion - works more for Conj/Air/Pois as-is. I would suggest removing Mephitic Cloud and putting a Hexes, probably a Hexes/Something Else. The conjuration problem/question arises with "do we keep a lasting cloud effect?" which I'm not sure about. Maybe it could put down some kind of runes on the ground or something that last 2-3 rounds and cause a confusion effect...? I'm not sure.
Another thing that I think would work well in Hexes is a damage reflection spell - unless that's against any design philosophies.
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Saturday, 16th July 2011, 10:50 by jejorda2
roctavian wrote: Another thing that I think would work well in Hexes is a damage reflection spell - unless that's against any design philosophies.
That would make Yred a less desirable god.
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galehar
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Saturday, 16th July 2011, 12:03 by galehar
KoboldLord wrote: The thing about flavor is that flavor is almost infinitely tolerant of modifications. You aren't causing dangerous clouds to poof into existence out of nothing, you're causing the monsters to be so unfortunate as to blunder into gas that's already there. Terrible luck, who'd have ever thought such a concentration of toxic gas would have collected right there?
I completely disagree with that. Flavour is less important than gameplay, but it doesn't mean it's not important. We can reflavour a spell for gameplay reasons, but we have to give it a reasonable flavour, and you gave a perfect example of one that isn't acceptable.
I agree that it could be interesting to make MC a hex/poison/air spell, but such a move would need a decent flavour. The reflavouring can be applied to the hex school too.
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As mentioned, I think shoehorning mephitic cloud into hexes just feels wrong. I'm sure players would get used to it and all that, but it's such a crawl defining spell and it is FUN. When I started playing crawl NOTHING beat casting mephitic cloud on a group of orcs and watching them hit each other whilst I wandered casually over and stabbed them all.
I think hexes needs a boost, be it better new late(ish) game spells or just a lowering of all monster resistances. I just don't think that having to squash other workable spells into Hexes to make it a viable school is a good idea.
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Saturday, 16th July 2011, 18:36 by snow
Here are my ideas:
1. Create a spell that lowers an enemies MR.
2. Change the formulas. The formula is currently:
magic resistance + 100 - the spell's power is compared to random2(100) + random2(101)
Why not have instead just have random(the spell's power) compare to random(magic resistance) or something similar?
galehar wrote: I completely disagree with that. Flavour is less important than gameplay, but it doesn't mean it's not important. We can reflavour a spell for gameplay reasons, but we have to give it a reasonable flavour, and you gave a perfect example of one that isn't acceptable.
Certainly the flavor is important, but at the end of the process of changing something flavor is an easy thing to fix. You aren't going to cause any game-damaging side effects by fixing a flavor problem; you can just go in and do it. Given a choice between an easy and painless gameplay fix that requires an adjustment to flavor, and a probably-impossible gameplay fix that does not require an adjustment to flavor, it's probably a good idea to do the first one. Free hex effects for conjurors is a gameplay problem that makes conjuration too easy and hexes less useful, and moving the free hex effects over to actual hexes fixes the problem without removing a fun spell from the game entirely.
Bim wrote: As mentioned, I think shoehorning mephitic cloud into hexes just feels wrong. I'm sure players would get used to it and all that, but it's such a crawl defining spell and it is FUN. When I started playing crawl NOTHING beat casting mephitic cloud on a group of orcs and watching them hit each other whilst I wandered casually over and stabbed them all.
You could still do that if Mephitic Cloud was a hex. You'd just have to pay the xp to get access to the effect. I don't see why paying xp for access to the benefits of a skill is a problem. Certainly you shouldn't have an off-skill ability that's better than equivalent level abilities that are actually in the skill in question.
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Saturday, 16th July 2011, 20:29 by ElectricAlbatross
Moving Mephitic Cloud to Hexes also has the problem that it will be nearly unambiguously better than Confuse, which is also level 3.
ElectricAlbatross wrote: Moving Mephitic Cloud to Hexes also has the problem that it will be nearly unambiguously better than Confuse, which is also level 3.
Confuse is silent, so you can use it to pick off a dangerous giant or orcish caster without alerting the entire Orcish WAAAAAAAUGH!!! waiting in the next room. It is also unaffected by poison resistance, so it can disable dangerous opponents like ice beasts and crossbow imps.
Generally, you'll probably choose to cast Mephitic Cloud because of its AoE and ability to reapply confusion while the clouds linger, but if they share a skill there's at least room for both of them on your list, for different situations. This isn't as worth it if you have to train them both from scratch separately.
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Saturday, 16th July 2011, 23:25 by Roderic
Here my contribution to the invisibility. The controversial about invisibility is about this nature in front of its effect. The effect is clear: you are not seen. But the cause is vague:
- If it was a charm, then probably the spell alters your body in some fashion or creates a magic aura to deflect the light... whatever. Being a charm has a certain duration dependent (if something) only on your skill.
- If it was an hex, then you probably continue unaltered but it's the consciousness of the affected beings (probably an area effect) what . It's more like a effect of unnoticeability by clouding minds. Being a hex, it depends on your hex skill and the magic resistance of the afected beings.
- There is also the posibility of considering this unnoticeability like a temporary stealth boost, in this case it affects on you rather than others. Perhaps Charm/Hex should be a possible solution.
Being invisible by some "shield" is different from being überstealth, for example, in the first case you could be heard or smelled (off.topic: wouldn't be nice to have a stat for corporal odor ? ), while in the second you continue undetected but only to sentient beings. Why not do different spells that has similar effects but not completely equal, one for charms other for hex ?
Also combine Hex school with Poison school to create more powerful disease, plague-like spells to improve both schools without touching Transmutations or any other (see thread on Poison magic).
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Sunday, 17th July 2011, 00:17 by galehar
Roderic wrote: The controversial about invisibility is about this nature in front of its effect.
It's an illusion spell. It doesn't need any more explanation and it fits Hexes perfectly.
KoboldLord wrote: Certainly the flavor is important, but at the end of the process of changing something flavor is an easy thing to fix.
So you say. But I have yet to see a good flavour proposal for MC as a hex/air/poison spell. Last I checked hexes doesn't exactly make noisy explosions, nor does it create anything. The school change would need to be accompanied by some changes to the spell itself to make it work.
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Sunday, 17th July 2011, 10:44 by MyOtheHedgeFox
Erm, Hexes do not make noises, but I guess that the Hexing part makes the fumes confusing. But the confusing charms need some sort of material basis to spread out in a certain distance (not just affect a single creature or affect all of them: the material basis is the thing that basically holds them on a place). And in order to create fumes, you need explosion.
Why do they stink and why are they poison-based? It helps the charms to affect the unlucky ones longer. And you need less, erm, Arbitrary Hex Units (ahu) per a clouded square without making it lose effectiveness.
If you find any mistakes or typos in my post, feel free to PM me about it. Thanks in advance!
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Sunday, 17th July 2011, 10:49 by dolphin
You could make MC a target-required spell, like Haunt, though not smite-targeted, and say that you are merely inducing extreme flatulence, BO, mind-fryingly stinky pustules, (. . .) in the victim.
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That would be repeatative. One or two spells with such mechanic are okay, but three or more spells of such kind...
I am not against Bolt of Something or Throw Something spells, but I think there should be just one Inner Something, and there must be a ve-e-ery good reason to add another one.
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Sunday, 17th July 2011, 14:21 by asdu
jejorda2 wrote:
I don't think a damage reflection spell overlapping with Yred's power would be an issue, there's many other cases of gods' powers that replicate or are at least similar to something available otherwise. Also I'd imagine such a spell would be fairly high level, and a character who's capable of casting high level spells (or planning to) doesn't have much reason to go with Yred anyway.
The problem is rather that the idea of tanking damage in order to hurt one's opponents doesn't suit the sneaky enchanter playstyle at all. Before the enchantment split it could have been a crusader's ultimate trick though.
Regarding moving mephitic cloud to hexes, I don't see what that would accomplish besides a sort of nerf (which might be desirable). Hexes' main problem is being useless later on, not lacking good early spells. Even if I was forced to dabble in hexes in the early game due to an unrenounceable spell, I would still have no reason to learn any other spell from that school. Much like mephitic cloud currently doesn't help making poison more desirable for the late game (and poison is already a far more useful school than hexes).
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Sunday, 17th July 2011, 14:32 by Bim
Asdu, you've hit the orc on the head with that one.
Hexes are pretty much useless later on, and that is the main problem. Mephitic cloud has about the same cut-off point as hexes for usefulness, and doesn't add anything to the play style.
My main problem with crawl is that I feel that there are some backgrounds that are just unplayable, where as some are fine for a full win. For instance, berserker's are fine for a win, whereas enchanters aren't. As in, you're forced to branch out heavily, you can't just win using Hexes as your main skill. I'm not saying that every combination has to work, it's just that some roles just need a boost to be able to play as you'd like.
Bim wrote: My main problem with crawl is that I feel that there are some backgrounds that are just unplayable, where as some are fine for a full win. For instance, berserker's are fine for a win, whereas enchanters aren't.
No background is supposed to carry you to Zot on its own. It's just a starting package. And you can't rely on a single skill either. No playstyle does.
Sunday, 17th July 2011, 15:22 by Kate
Also SpEn is the combo with the most wins ever so I'm not sure how you feel like it's an unplayable background...
I meant more that it's an issue that some 'starting packages' are much more viable for longer than others, whereas other's are only good for the early game. SpEn is great, but I think it's auxiliary factors that make it so, not enchantments (stealth, stabbing, evasion). Air Elementalists are pretty much good through most of the game, hardly anything is overly resistant to the spells and it contains lots of suitable buffs, whereas Hexes is rubbish after you start meeting undead and demons.
I simply propose that we should try and bring all 'starting packages' up to a similar level of usefulness, or at least not leaving some much weaker.
Bim wrote: I simply propose that we should try and bring all 'starting packages' up to a similar level of usefulness, or at least not leaving some much weaker.
Huh, why? This has never been a design goal. Having backgrounds and species of varying level of difficulty is fine.
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Sunday, 17th July 2011, 16:11 by sanka
What I do not like about hexes is that the chance to affect a monster is tied to the level of the spell, while in my opinion it has nothing to do with it. I compare the chance to affect a monster with a chance to hit a monster with a conjuration spell, and the effect it causes is like the damage of a conjuration spell. It makes sense that magic dart can hit anything - it barely does any damage. Likewise, it would be good if it were very easy to affect a monster with corona - it's not terribly strong.
Crystal spear on the other hand has a good chance to miss, but it does a lot of damage. I would think that higher level hexes should have a much stronger effect, but sometimes a higher chance for the monster to resist - because they can trivialize the victim. Since confusing a high level unique is usually stronger than hit her with crystal spear, it should be much less chance to hit - just like now.
In the current system high level monsters has insane magic resistance, to prevent hibernation or confuse to affect them. But this also prevents corona, slow etc. to affect them - and I do not like it. I would like a system where there are hex spells that can affect everybody, or almost everybody, but does not have so strong effect like killing the victim. And I do not think that with a hex skill at 27, casting corona or even slowing Cerebow about 1 in 4 castings would be that strong. Yes it helps - but conjuration at 27 still would be better.
About formulas - I do not have any specific thing in my mind, but I would not use the spell's level. Instead, I would only use spell power, or, even better, hex skill, without level dependent caps. Spells with stronger effect should have diminishing results on high magic resistance - like they need to hit multiple times to have any effect (so the chances are squaered or cubed).
Sunday, 17th July 2011, 16:41 by KoboldLord
galehar wrote: Last I checked hexes doesn't exactly make noisy explosions,
There's nothing in the hex definition that says that hexes must be silent. Many of them are, because they support the stabber playing style which puts a premium on maintaining silence, but hexes needs a broader appeal than just that. This particular noisy explosion affects other creatures, so even though the noise is unusual for a hex the spell still shares the core definition of a hex.
galehar wrote: nor does it create anything.
Deoxygenated air is a common hazard in mining and spelunking, which bears some significant similarity to the player's activities in the Dungeon. The bad air often sinks to the bottom of a passage, and miners pass through one way without incident, but when it's time for them to return something has stirred up the slurry of bad air at the bottom of the passage and they suffocate if they attempt to pass back through. The air is colorless and odorless, resulting in the practice of bringing a fragile canary into the mines, since you can't possibly know when this stuff has been kicked up.
The Mephitic Cloud is pretty much the same, but it reacts with the ambient radiation from the Orb of Zot to create an unearthy cacophony resulting in nausea and hallucinations. On the plus side, the hallucinary light show shows where the dangerous air is, so affected individuals and animals can stagger out of the afflicted area even if they don't have a mining canary to warn them.
galehar wrote: The school change would need to be accompanied by some changes to the spell itself to make it work.
I'm afraid I literally don't understand why this is a big deal. I don't understand the vehemence of your objections, although I do acknowledge that you appear to feel strongly. If I'm treading on your feet, please be assured that I'm doing it in confusion rather than malice.
asdu wrote: Regarding moving mephitic cloud to hexes, I don't see what that would accomplish besides a sort of nerf (which might be desirable). Hexes' main problem is being useless later on, not lacking good early spells. Even if I was forced to dabble in hexes in the early game due to an unrenounceable spell, I would still have no reason to learn any other spell from that school. Much like mephitic cloud currently doesn't help making poison more desirable for the late game (and poison is already a far more useful school than hexes).
Ultimately, hexes needs to be useful for the entirety of a 3-Rune game. We can all agree on that, right? Accordingly, it probably does need some high-level spells that have a reasonable chance to work on magic-resistant targets. But these will never be guaranteed, because that would also be too strong. Hexes needs to be exactly strong enough at every part of the game leading up to Zot, and being too strong is as bad or worse than the current state of not being strong enough.
At the moment, the hexes' early game is impaired by the fact that hexes are simply not the best tool for the job, for most characters. Conjurations and transmutation are useful in general for every caster, and Mephitic Cloud and Evaporate do the early-game job of hexes much more efficiently. Investing in hexes is an actively bad idea during the early game unless you started with that focus, because you're diluting your xp to get an inferior effect.
Once you're past the early game, hexes start to be better at what they do, but you absolutely need to focus on them if you want to stay ahead in the magic resistance race. A character who doesn't focus on hex skill won't even be able to incapacitate a big, dumb brick of an ettin, much less a more dangerous target. I don't think we're ever going to get to the point where a high-level hex allows the player to coast through Zot on 10 or 12 hex skill, because that would be a terrible idea that we should actively avoid. 18 or 20 hexes skill is more appropriate for your heavy-lifting skill, but if you were going to build that up from scratch just because you got access to an endgame super-hex you might as well have pumped it into Tornado instead.
Low level Hexes are already great, and moving in an unrelated level 3 spell won't fix any of the main problems with the school (lack of appealing high level spells). Randomly shifting Meph to a different school also isn't an appropriate nerf (see also nerfing Tornado by tacking on the conjurations school: it's harder to cast, sure, but it's still the same broken spell).
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Sunday, 17th July 2011, 17:14 by cerebovssquire
KoboldLord: I am under the impression that Mephitic Cloud conjures up a cloud of chemicals resulting in confusion. It doesn't take out the oxygen from the air and uses some radiation from the Orb that isn't mentioned in the game and doesn't make sense to seed nausea and hallucination.
Mephitic Cloud
This spell conjures up a large but short-lived cloud of vile fumes.
Otherwise, the spell would be useless outside of the Orb's radius anyway. And outside of mines, for that matter.
MarvinPA wrote: Low level Hexes are already great, and moving in an unrelated level 3 spell won't fix any of the main problems with the school (lack of appealing high level spells). Randomly shifting Meph to a different school also isn't an appropriate nerf (see also nerfing Tornado by tacking on the conjurations school: it's harder to cast, sure, but it's still the same broken spell).
Shifting Mephitic Cloud would indeed be an effective nerf, although the value judgment of whether it is 'appropriate' can remain in contention. A starting wizard will train mostly conjurations for the first three xp levels, and Mephitic Cloud will be roughly at fair when that wizard hits level 3 and can learn it. At this point, the wizard should start training air and poison; I've found 4 air and 2 poison does pretty well in getting it online without sacrificing too much of the other urgently valuable skills.
Were Mephitic Cloud a hex spell instead, the wizard would have to train up all three skills essentially from scratch. That wizard would not be able to BS their way through every early-game unique and orc pack with this one spell, and *gasp* might even prepare Slow to help jump-start hex training.
A conjurations-caster that picks up a book with Mephitic Cloud just before entering Orc or Lair will basically be able to cast it straight out of the box. It's a free hex for them, full stop. Mounting every useful ability for an early-game conjuror on a single skill is bad, and it can be fixed either by nerfing Mephitic Cloud into oblivion, or by making it not-free. I gather you would prefer to nerf Mephitic Cloud into oblivion? That's a valid viewpoint, but I'd rather fix troublesome spells than remove them.
cerebovssquire wrote: KoboldLord: I am under the impression that Mephitic Cloud conjures up a cloud of chemicals resulting in confusion. It doesn't take out the oxygen from the air and uses some radiation from the Orb that isn't mentioned in the game and doesn't make sense to seed nausea and hallucination.
This here. I'm getting really tired of this canned response that comes up every single time a school switch is proposed for any spell, Mephitic Cloud or otherwise. Every single spell ever imagined, in Crawl, in D&D, in fantasy literature in general, in the whole of human imagination ever, can be rationalized as either creating something out of nothing or as changing one thing into another thing. Usually both. Every spell can be rationalized as conjurations and/or transmutations. Yet we haven't chopped out all the other spell skills in favor of just using these two.
'Spells that make something' is a horribly, terminally vague classification. It has no value for guiding the design of gameplay, and it has no value for flavor.
KoboldLord wrote: I gather you would prefer to nerf Mephitic Cloud into oblivion? That's a valid viewpoint, but I'd rather fix troublesome spells than remove them.
I don't recall ever saying anything along those lines, no.
KoboldLord wrote: I'm afraid I literally don't understand why this is a big deal. I don't understand the vehemence of your objections, although I do acknowledge that you appear to feel strongly. If I'm treading on your feet, please be assured that I'm doing it in confusion rather than malice.
What I strongly object to is the phrase "let's move spell foo to school bar, flavour can be trivially adjusted later". In many cases, the reflavouring is simply not trivial and sometimes impossible. Note that this is my personal opinion, and not the one of the devteam since this phrase has been thrown quite often by dpeg.
Regarding MC's flavour, try to come up with a name and an in-game description for a hexes/air/poison spell which send a beam that explode in a cloud of noxious fumes confusing monsters. Or adjust the spell effects as I suggested to make it fit. I simply don't see how it's possible. Your story about miners is interesting but do you seriously think it can be used as the base for a spell description?
Regarding gameplay, I mostly agree with MarvinPA, it won't fix hexes and would barely be a nerf to the spell. As for evaporate, I think using spell power for cloud effect would help a lot. Especially since it's a 3-schools spells and with the higher early game cost for magic school skills. Raising it to a decent power is a significant investment.
@cerebovssquire: the exercise was to reflavour MC which basically means changing the spell description. So saying it doesn't fit the description doesn't make sense.
This discussion is starts to be more about mephitic cloud then the problem with hexes. Maybe somebody move this part to a meph cloud thread.
My idea to nerf the cloud spells is to cut the duration of the effects radically if the target moves out of the cloud (1 turn at low power, 3 turns at high power maybe), and tie the duration of the cloud strongly to spellpower - so maybe if you have the power, the cloud will stay there much much longer then now..They still will be strong if you are immune to the effect and have high spellpower tough.
I think that the school - weakening enemies - has a lot of potential. But I repeat - the chance to resist I think need not to depend on the level of the spell. Effects that weaken the enemy tends to be equally strong or weak, provided they can affect a monster, in any part of the game. So to elaborate my earlier proposal : there can be effects, that, if you have high enough hex skill, should have a chance to affect the monsters. To affect high level monsters you need not to learn high level hexes, but you need to have high skill.
Compare this to charms (even if they are a little overpowered): if you cast haste, you will be faster compared to everyone, without any chance for the monsters to resist. Slowing affects one monster, if it does not resist. So I think a good chance to affect her is not overpowered (even if slow is only level two), if you have high enough hex skill (spent the xp in the relevant skill). Of course effects that almost disable an enemy should be easily resistible by strong opponents. I do not want to clear the game with confusion alone. So the chance to resist should depend on the effect instead of the level (of course using the skill vs mr or something as a base).
But I think we can collect a lot of ideas that weaken, but does not defeat the enemy, and they can be 'strong" in the sense that with a lot of skill no monster should resist them. Corona is an already exisisting example, altough a little weak (but it's level 1).
- Illusion monsters. Does no damage, does not block the way of other creatures, but the monsters sometimes get "distracted" - like with real monsters. No chance to resist. No spam - it's active for a time
- will o whisp : a stacionary light cloud in a square, monsters try to resist every turn, if it fails, they step towards the light in that turn.
- blindness : the monster acts as you are invisible to him, but she has "sense invisibility"
- double every damage on a monster for a little time (may be up to a certain amount of damage)
- make the monster "forget" you - unaware of you. She has a chance to immediately notice you if you are not stealthy enough.
- give the monster "blinkitis" - blink around in every couple of turns.
- make the monster's attacks do half damage
- make a monster attack an other one for a while Attacking it breaks the charm like enslavement.
I think several of these has been proposed somewhere - I do not know. But most of these are not so strong, so I think that if these effects are available at end game monsters, it would not break anything. Of course you need to spend the xp to overcome the magic resistance - but otherwise I do not see why can't we make spells that can be useable trough the game.
Tuesday, 19th July 2011, 00:43 by roctavian
Here's an idea I just had - what about a high-level hex (perhaps 6 or 7) that smite targets (perhaps an individual, perhaps a group) and animates weapons right out of enemy hands?
Another idea I had was a mid-level, perhaps 4 or 5 hex that compels one target to hit itself? Not a chance to hit itself like confuse, but turning-the-weapon-toward-the-wielder sort of thing?
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Tuesday, 19th July 2011, 02:16 by nicolae
minmay wrote: The spell taints the air in front of the caster (hexes/poison/air), then blows it towards the targeted location with a strong gust of wind (air).
Sounds good to me (not that my opinion matters half an iota, but).
One thought I had was that there should be more hexes that use an indirect path to incapacitate an opponent, meaning that they would be ultimately resisted by something other than MR. Tukima's Dance, for instance, doesn't hex the victims directly, it animates weapons that attack the monsters, which is resisted by the usual attack stats instead of MR. A Hex-based Mephitic Cloud wouldn't confuse monsters directly, it would hex the air and the air would affect monsters based on HD instead of MR. A couple suggestions I've seen floating around have Hexes that hold or slow monsters by animating parts of the environment (the earth, corpses, etc.), which would presumably be dodged by EV or HD instead of MR. Stuff like that.
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Tuesday, 19th July 2011, 09:43 by Galefury
Animating corpses is necromancy, not hexes. I think letting repeated hex casts overcome MR would be better than introducing lots of new spells to hexes and leaving all the old ones useless.
I like minmay's flavor for a hex/poison/air MC.
Tuesday, 19th July 2011, 15:52 by Bim
By Minmays logic though, every cloud should work that way?
It seems to be uselessly convoluted for a spell that is fine as it is. As mentioned, I think there are MUCH better ways of making hexes work than pushing a good spell into it, as that doesn't solve the problem and just means that people will pick up hexes pretty much just for that spell.
Most importantly though, Mephitic cloud loses its usefulness at the same time as other hexes. As soon as you find poison resistant enemies, you find hex resistant ones. So it doesn't really add that much.
Reducing MR in general sounds like a good idea, as does having some irresistible spells which would make it still useful later on.
Friday, 29th July 2011, 13:26 by Roderic
Also could be the basis to higher level spells to poison mages, based on plagues or diseases.
Thursday, 18th August 2011, 19:00 by ElectricAlbatross
I also like minmay's flavor suggestion for hex MC, although personally I would make it simpler and have the spell just taint the air around the targeted location instead of blowing it. That's a minor quibble, though.
One simple suggestion I have that I'm not sure has been mentioned is to make targeted Hex spells more likely to succeed when the target is sleeping or unaware of you—like a magic stab. Flavor-wise this is simple: Unaware of your presence, the monster has not had an opportunity to harden itself against your magical intrusions into its mind and body. Gameplay-wise, it will feed into the existing synergy between sneaking and Hexes, and depending on the extent of the boost (the effectiveness increase doesn't necessarily have to be as strong as that for a stab with a short blade), it could either be a great help to hex users in the late game, or just a small but decent buff among other changes that will make Hexes viable.
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Thursday, 18th August 2011, 19:12 by dpeg
The basic point of Hexes is that they have to overcome a resistance, whereas Charms do not (on the other hand, Charms can use the glow mechanic for an additional drawback). It is obvious that stronger monsters will have more resistance than earlier ones. So even if you have a lot of power behind your useful, low/mid level Hex, there will come monsters where the spell does not work reliably, or not at all.
Now there could be a spell that cuts down a monster's resistance, but it would have to pass a check on its own or be very high level. Instead, I propose to follow a lead already listed in the first post: each casting of a Hex on a monster, if successful, should reduce the resistance. How much depends on spell level and spell power. You can only do this once for each spell. So if you have an arsenal of Hex spells, you will eventually affect the monster. There is some choice about spell order. By the way, there should be some mass hexes, not necessarily mass versions of single Hexes. Affecting a whole group can be more interesting than affecting just yourself, and I believe that Hex spells can often work with smite targeting.
Thursday, 18th August 2011, 23:06 by galehar
dpeg wrote: each casting of a Hex on a monster, if successful, should reduce the resistance.
You mean unsuccessful, right?
Friday, 19th August 2011, 08:37 by dpeg
Yes! Sorry.
Friday, 19th August 2011, 08:41 by galehar
dpeg wrote: You can only do this once for each spell. So if you have an arsenal of Hex spells, you will eventually affect the monster. There is some choice about spell order.
Don't know about that. Seems a bit random and arbitrary. And also unintuitive. Want to enslave a monster? Cast slow and confuse first to soften it (and hope you don't succeed) and then go for enslavement. It means you can't really control which effects is going to be applied.
I wanted to avoid players casting the same Hex level 1 spell until their Hex level 5 spell kicks in.
Then make the MR reduction depend on spell level (that's what you suggested). Casting 5 times a L1 hex reduces MR by the same amount (or even less) as casting 1 time a L5 hex.
Sounds good! We should indicate the temporary resistance reduction, in the monster descriptions and when targeting a monster with a Hex spell:
This monster is [adverb] weakened.
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Could combine the two ideas and have a separate unresistable spell to reduce resistance. - perhaps called hypnotise. Probably level 2 or 3, with perhaps a mass hypnotise at level 5 or 6
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As with most other businesses, Panova was forced to rejigger operations once the coronavirus spread took hold. Most of the company’s New Jersey staff transitioned to working remotely, with other team members reporting to the Towaco, New Jersey, office two to three days a week to manage assembly, shipping and receiving duties, said Carl Grossi, vice president of global operations.
“As the initial impact in Asia occurred, Panova managed our supply chain very closely to ensure our clients’ orders and needs were met,” he said. “As the pandemic spread and impacted the U.S., we also worked very closely with our domestic supply chain to make sure they were safe and equipped to support our needs as well. On occasion, we have had to air freight product in order to meet our delivery commitments to our clients.”
Grossi added that the company leveraged its supply chain to obtain personal protective equipment for Panova, its clients and ministry and community outreach partners.
Coronavirus Proves to Be Another “True Test of Strength”
Panova had been down a similar road before, back in late 2012, when Hurricane Sandy caused almost $70 billion in damage. The company was ready for agile action when COVID-19 guidelines came from health organizations.
“We’ve been 100 percent cloud-based for almost a decade,” said Ehren Dimitry, Panova president and CEO. “This is the second true test of the strength of our systems, with Sandy being the first. We have utilized this time to make many continuous improvement efforts to streamline remote work.”
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Janette Mochnacz, Panova’s marketing specialist, said the company’s relationship with Conklin Media, formed in January 2020, has blossomed into a partnership, with the business growth agency emerging as an “extended arm of the Panova brand.”
“Even before signing on with Conklin, when we were just in our initial discussions, it seemed like a partnership was already forming,” she said.
Led by Josh Eberly, a Conklin Media partner and the agency’s chief operating officer, the Conklin Media team worked to optimize Panova’s website via PowerPage® development, SEO enhancements, conversion tracking setup and a Google Ads campaign on custom rubber and metal products.
Before joining with Conklin Media, Panova landed two to three leads a week. With Conklin Media running paid advertising, the company has enjoyed consistent growth in the number of leads coming in weekly. The week of June 28, Panova secured a whopping 11 leads—and during the coronavirus pandemic!
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Design in Motion at the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris
Pair of Chairs, 1966
Palissander, steel, aluminium, leather
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ROGER TALLON IS FRANCE’S UNSUNG DESIGN PIONEER
A new retrospective celebrates Tallon’s forward-looking creations, which ranged from high-speed trains to folding chairs to the first portable TV.
It seems strange then that one of their most brilliant precursors, the French industrial designer Roger Tallon, whose revolutionary creations are used today by millions, is still virtually unknown to the general public, even inside France.
Now, the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris has taken a step toward correcting that with an extensive retrospectively aptly titled “Roger Tallon, Design in Motion.” It aims to shine the spotlight on the unsung French design pioneer, whose work on trains, planes and whole transportation networks, among countless other projects, was game-changing. (Tallon died in 2011 at the age of 82.)
The embodiment of avant-garde, Tallon’s repertoire dazzles. It ranges from the first portable television (circa 1963), cameras for Pathé and slide projectors for Kodak to state-of-the art machine tools, household appliances and, notably, furniture: the flat-folding TS chair; the Cryptogamme stool; the elegant, practical Wimpy chair, for France’s first fast-food chain. Then there are portable typewriters, flip-open ski boots, waterproof watches and a whole lot more, rising to a stunning peak in his transportation design.
...After years of waiting in the wings, Paulin’s vintage furniture has become a desirable collectible. Does the same turnaround await Tallon’s designs? His Lip watches already have a partisans among vintage collectors, some of whom lent examples to the retrospective. New York gallery Demisch Danant offers such unusual Tallon pieces as a pair of 1966 palissander, steel, aluminum and leather chairs produced by Flambo. Rare Zombie chairs, the Metamorphic Trapezoidal bed and various versions of the iconic staircase have begun to turn up at fairs like Design Miami and have elicited growing interest online.
“No one cared about Paulin’s Élysée Palace furniture when we first showed it ten years ago. Now prices — and desire — have exploded,” says gallerist Stephane Danant. “It will take time for Tallon, too.”
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The Sovereign State of BP - Down for the Count?
Submitted by MichaelCollins on June 16, 2010 - 03:22
British Petroleum has operated as though it were a sovereign state since its inception. When they blew the well at their Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, it never occurred to them that they would have to take orders from anybody. But that may change largely due to their inability to stop the flow of oil after nearly sixty days of gushing.
President Obama was clear in his speech last night. If any entity is going down as a result of the catastrophe, it will be BP. Today, Obama meets with BP's Chairman of the Board, Carl-Henric Svanberg, and the man he told the chairman to fire, Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward.
Two sovereign states will collide. The outcome is a foregone conclusion.
BP's Global Reign
British Petroleum began under another name in the oil rich section of Iran. Britain's William Knox D'Arcy convinced Iran's leader to grant an exclusive concession for the tidy sum of £20,000 in 1901 ($16 million current). BP grew on Iran, infecting its politics and economy to assure that the flow of oil never stopped.
By 1953, Iran's new democracy had a movement and leader that lost tolerance for BP's strangle hold on Iranian oil. The government nationalized BP assets. Undeterred by the will of the Iranian people, the company was the beneficiary of the British secret service-CIA staged Operation Ajax; a not-so-covert plan that deposed Iran's duly elected Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, and installed a puppet regime.
Iran's emerging democracy was assassinated in the service of BP oil assets and income.
There was just one hitch in the post-coup arrangement with Iran. The Shah's government got 50% of the take and BP no longer had a monopoly. They had to share the concession with U.S. oil companies, thus ending their exclusive control of Iranian oil.
Mohammad-Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, the Shah, was firmly in power as Iran's King of Kings. The Shah had the glory but not the legs to survive. He was eventually deposed in 1979 by the Iranian Revolution.
It's fair to say that the 1953 coup to maintain BP interests in Iran authored the current chaos in that country and the threat that its thugish rulers pose to Iranian citizens and the rest of the world. It's no wonder that President Obama cited this coup and an outrage in his 2009 Cairo speech; a little contrition at the shared expense of the special relationship with the Great Britain.
BP Regents Meet the President of the United States
BP's chairman must have been shocked when President Obama first summoned him to the White House for today's meeting. He'd been so respectful of the company's prerogatives in handling the mess they created. By all rights, they should have had nothing to do with the fix. The created the problem in the first place. In addition, their record in two other major disasters in the past five years hardly qualified them to drill anywhere.
President Obama's options are vast. BP is drilling within what's called the exclusive economic zone of the United States. That zone extends 200 miles off shore for nations with coast lines. Operating within that zone requires observation of the controlling nation's rules and regulations. As weak as those safeguards may have been, they will be tightened to extract whatever political capital the administration may need.
The president is well within his bounds by national and international law to apply all the pressure he wants.
Feel the Heat
The rapid demise of the president's popularity and power has not escaped his attention, nor will it be tolerated by his team trained in hardball Chicago politics. It's one thing to foul up the Gulf of Mexico. It's another to threaten those who control the world's most valuable political franchise. But that's exactly what BP's arrogance and incompetence did.
The president doesn't need to cast off his corporate-friendly cloak to know what to do here. At the very least, BP must appear to go down. In reality, an ever more demanding public wants revenge, not just for BP's crimes, but for the collective looting of the Treasury by Wall Street and the big banks.
BP and it's senior management are useful scapegoats to mollify public discontent and satisfy the cries for justice, no matter how loosely related to that aim BP's punishment might be. Their stock is down, they face the loss of $20 billion to start, and the damage to their already poor reputation could make room for gains by U.S. oil giants. There is little love for BP among that group as evidenced by the scathing findings on BP's Texas explosion. The report was produced by a team headed by James Baker.
The public needs a villain. Since no one in power will take on the real villains, crony capitalism and Wall Street fraud, BP will have to do.
It should get ugly very soon. But BP will lose. They have to. There are much more important issues, however.
How much longer will the citizens of the United States have to tolerate a political system that is rigged to make winners of losers, install followers posing as leaders, and transfer wealth from nearly everyone to the those very few in gated communities. There's never a spill of any kind there that isn't cleaned up promptly.
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I added a couple of tags
to your piece when I bumped it (Gulf Gusher, BP oil apocalypse) because "oil spill" does not even begin to tag this disaster adequately, IMHO.
And the corporate owned media is enjoying the disastrous distraction from the ongoing looting of our nation and the world... While around the world the IMF and other elite financial interests are leveraging a well coordinated assault aimed at the destruction of the working man and woman everywhere.
MichaelCollins
Many thanks for the spruce up!
You're right on your elaborations. So many crimes, so little space;)
"Furthest from him is best, whom reason hath equaled, force hath made supreme above his equals." Milton
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Home Architecture Urban Gestalt: The Z dimension to the vision of a green urban district
Urban Gestalt: The Z dimension to the vision of a green urban district
As a unique approach toward the creation of an Eco-friendly retail cum residential district at an uncommon location, the Urban Gestalt project has been proposed to be a part of the Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor Competition 2010. Designers Francisco Alarcon Ruiz and Gilbert Atick have focused on proposing a Clean-tech corridor plan that will not only support a green economy but will also incubate small businesses, enhance cutting-edge research and development of new environmentally friendly technologies, and large-scale manufacturing and assembly of such technologies. Thus, Urban Gestalt is not just a green building but is a neighborhood, as well as a block.
Inclined to take up a completely different option, the project intends to aim at the LA river site area instead of the proposed site options. The reasoning behind choosing this site option is to support the entire LA river basin’s restoration efforts being done by various government groups. This ignored basin area just exists as a brutal concrete channel or storm drain that the project aims to revitalize and heal initially in an urban and then in an architectural manner. This LA Clean-tech area has always been viewed from the X or Y dimension and the Urban gestalt project wishes to provide a Z dimension viewpoint to it.
Inspired by the 1960s project by Yona Friedman, Urban Gestalt includes the plan to set up a multilayer structure along the LA river that has exclusive building types, open spaces, and circulation. The project plan focuses on building infrastructure to connect northern with the southern side so the distance can be covered by metro, as well as by car. The car infrastructure will majorly remain for parking, but with time, can aim to become a social and public space. In addition, the new metro line will connect to the existing Metro Gold Line and Blue Line, along with future metro lines.
Since the project aims at green architecture, self-sufficient recyclable and carbon-neutral units (called cells) will be manufactured on-site and set up at the required location. Focusing on longer life cycles of buildings, these cells can be used as single units and can also be combined into multiple units as and when changes in the infrastructure are required. Each single unit is usable to create a single-family house or small office, while a larger unit configuration can create a multifamily house, learning center or hospital building. The limitless Z dimension, which is the height of the structure, will be incrementally developed in a way to initially connect the whole structure to the existing city infrastructure, while opening new vistas for both horizontal and vertical expansion in future.
As traditional structures would start getting replaced, the new Clean-tech corridor may turn into a multi-element Urban Gestalt with a specialized transit network, neighborhood housing, hospitals, schools and universities, and commercial buildings and offices. With an emphasis on unblocked pedestrian pathways, the project plans at developing a connection between the city downtown and east side. The complete infrastructure aims at developing an ultimate super porous structure with three-dimensional streets and pathways, and an above-the-city and top-of-the-river carpet structure layer acting as artificial landscape. The otherwise lazy river area is planned to be developed as a happening place for future agricultural, transportation and recreational opportunities. With a vision to make LA as one of the most advanced cities, Urban Gestalt includes proposals to make the entire development an energy self-sufficient project.
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Biographical Sketch of Martha Cook Landis Sanner, written by Deborah Bloom. Included in Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920, .
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Biography of Martha Cook Landis Sanner, 1858-1944
By Deborah Bloom, Local History Manager, Richland (S.C.) Library
Martha (Mattie) Landis Sanner was born and raised in Atlanta, the daughter of Solomon and Mary. She married Alfred Sanner, from Pennsylvania, in 1880. The marriage ended in divorce following an unusual tryst, dramatically played out in the local newspaper, between Mattie, Alfred and Mattie's sister, Birdie. Prior to their 1894 divorce, the Sanners' marriage produced three daughters: Fannie, Lucy and Minnie.
In 1894, Mattie Sanner again was prominently featured in Atlanta newspaper headlines after she accused a young black Atlantan, Adolphus Duncan, of violently attacking and raping her. Following two guilty convictions, Duncan faced a death-by-hanging sentence. Governor William Atkinson pardoned Duncan in 1896 after accusations of perjury surfaced as to the testimony of Martha and Martha's brother and sister-in-law.
Sanner, along with nine Georgia women, represented the Georgia Women's Suffrage League during the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, DC, March 3, 1913. Marching between delegations from Illinois and Florida the Georgia suffragists carried a yellow banner featuring the Georgia coat of arms on one side and “Votes for women” on the other. Jeering and violent crowds marred the daylong parade. Nationwide, newspapers criticized the District of Columbia police force including the Evening Star, which reported, “From every side yesterday and today came the most bitter denunciations of the police ‘protection' afforded the suffragists.” Following the DC march, the Georgia suffragist league issued resolutions denouncing the mob violence they experienced.
“Sanner-Landers” Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 20, 1882, p.5.
“Libel for divorce” Atlanta Constitution, Dec 13, 1892, p. 9.
“For Duncan's Pardon” Atlanta Constitution, March 19 1896, p.8.
“In Duncan's Favor” The Constitution, July 17 1896, p.8.
“Score the police for inefficiency” Evening Star (Washington, DC), March 4, 1913, p. 1.
“Suffragists roast two congressmen” Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 13, 1913, p.9.
“Mortuary” Atlanta Constitution, Nov 9, 1944, p. 22.
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The iPad 2 pocket guide
Jeff Carlson
by Jeff Carlson
Published 2011 by Peachpit in Berkeley, CA .
Tablet computers,
IPad (Computer)
Provides information on the features of the iPad 2 with step-by-step instructions covering such topics as connecting to a wi-fi and 3G network, downloading apps, browsing the Web, using email, viewing photographs, reading books, and using the iWork apps.
Statement Jeff Carlson
LC Classifications QA76.8.I863 C37 2011
Pagination xv, 247 p. :
From rugged cases to elegant, leather-clad covers, here are the best cases for the current inch iPad from Apple. TL;DR – These are the Best iPad Cases: JETech Case. Saving to Pocket on iPad; Reading, Watching and Viewing in Pocket for iPad; Organizing and Tagging in Pocket for iPad; How to Save to Pocket from Popular iPad Apps; Saving to Pocket from Reeder on iPad; Saving from Pulse News on iPad; Customizing your Reading Settings in Pocket; Using the Pocket Widget in iOS 10; Using 3D Touch Quick Actions on iOS.
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Edinburgh Art Festival announce Platform: 2020 exhibition showcasing and supporting four early career artists
Joseph Christiansson
Today, Edinburgh Art Festival announces full details of this year’s Platform exhibition, the festival’s annual showcase supporting artists in the early stages of their careers to make and present new work. The festival is delighted to once again partner with City Art Centre to present Platform: 2020 from 31 October to 29 November.
Selected from an open call by artist Ruth Ewan, and curator, Sophia Hao (Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design), four artists based in Scotland – Rabindranath A Bhose, Mark Bleakley, Rhona Jack and Susannah Stark – have been supported to create new work which will be presented in a group show at City Art Centre.
Edinburgh Art Festival, along with its sibling August Festivals, made the difficult decision earlier this year to cancel their 2020 edition due to the ongoing pandemic. Despite the many challenges faced across the cultural sector, the festival is very pleased to continue to support artists during this difficult time by presenting the delayed 2020 edition of their Platform series, which usually forms a key element of each Edinburgh Art Festival programme, showcasing new work for four artists in the early stages of their careers.
Each of the artists has been working over recent months to develop new work for their presentation in Platform: 2020. The exhibition brings together four new bodies of work that include sound installations, textile and sculptural works, printmaking, film, performance, and text-based works. Across each of the artists’ individual practice, a number of themes and approaches are particularly resonant for our present times including the aesthetics of the collective, the intense vitality of ‘being together’ in space; strategies for survival; and the importance of the sense of touch.
Rabindranath A Bhose draws on queer modes of living and relating as expansive strategies for survival, and will create a new large-scale vinyl drawing for the exhibition space. Composed of signs, and words, the drawing references autobiographical and mythological elements. The drawing will be closely related to a text written during the recent lockdown which will be presented both in print form and in audio form read by the artist’s lover.
Artist and choreographer Mark Bleakley is developing new work using movement, print and video to develop a playful exploration of the poetics of weight and gravity and their relation to collectivity; asking how these are used by, with or against live bodies, and emphasising the vitality of being in a space together, and how this is manifest. The process of this new work draws upon film documentation from a movement workshop devised with collaborators, and a range of found footage relating to ideas of grounding, groundlessness, and inertia.
Rhona Jack is developing a series of large-scale textile-based sculptural works, taking the form of stitched hangings, woven rugs and elements of soft sculpture. Reconstructed and crafted from a patchwork of recycled scrap fabrics and items of clothing, the work draws attention to our relationship to textile production, consumption and waste; presenting consumerism in opposition to the personal narratives that we put upon clothes made in their millions.
Susannah Stark’s work consists of an audio soundscape featuring field recordings and song fragments sung by the artist that draws on histories of habitation in Scotland, interwoven with several ‘moving collages’ made from touristic postcards and property adverts which emanate coloured light, suggesting different ways of ‘seeing’ and highlighting emotional frequencies within the images. In addition are a series of floor-based sculptures assembled from various natural and synthetic found objects sourced with help from the artist’s mum, that are suggestive of meditating bodies.
Platform: 2020 is made possible thanks to the PLACE Programme, a partnership between Edinburgh Festivals, Scottish Government, City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland, with additional support from the Cruden Foundation.
In spite of the current challenges, many visual art organisations, galleries, studios and production spaces remain open across Edinburgh and continue to present exhibitions and events. For further details on the amazing programming taking place across the city in the months ahead, click here.
Edinburgh Art Festival returns next year from 29 Jul to 29 Aug 2021 – as always working closely with the festival’s partner galleries, and alongside the extended network of August festivals, to celebrate the work of artists with audiences and communities across the city.
Sorcha Carey, Director, Edinburgh Art Festival said:
During what has been an exceptionally challenging time for cultural organisations across the country, and for individual artists and freelance workers in particular, we are so pleased to be able to support 4 artists based in Scotland to make and present new work. We look forward to sharing an exciting next generation of artists with audiences – and as artists and colleagues across the visual art sector continue to face considerable uncertainty, we encourage anyone who feels passionate about art and its importance to our society, to do what they can to support artists and galleries in their local community.
Ruth Ewan, Selector, Artist said:
It was exciting to be introduced to a new generation of artists in Scotland through the Platform selection process and I really look forward to seeing the new work Rabindranath, Mark, Rhona and Susannah have produced. Each artist in the exhibition has a clear and unique voice and it is vital we continue to support, nurture and value artists at this early stage in their careers, especially at this highly precarious time.
Sophia Hao, Selector, Curator of Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design said:
Platform is a vital supporting structure in Scotland for early-career artists to develop and realise new and risking taking works in a caring and stimulating environment.
It has been an invigorating and inspiring experience to be part of the selection panel of Platform 2020 alongside Ruth and the festival team. Each of the artists offers us signposts to a collective, ethical and sustainable future, in which an ethos and praxis of being together is the means of being with the world, in all its splendour and uncertainties.
In keeping with Government advice in order to protect and maintain the safety of visitors and staff, the City Art Centre has introduced a range of new safety measures and procedures throughout the venue, including a one-way system, installation of screens at reception, hand sanitiser stations, extra barriers and signage and staff will, of course, be wearing face coverings while offering visitors a very warm, socially distanced welcome.
Visitors are asked to wear face coverings and to pre-book free tickets for allocated time slots in advance via edinburghmuseums.org.uk
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April 5, 2019 April 5, 2019 by Eternality Tan
This high-concept thriller set in an emergency call room, and in real-time, delivers the requisite tension with just words over the phone.
Dir. Gustav Moller
2018 | Denmark | Crime/Drama/Thriller | 85 mins | 2.39:1 | Danish
PG13 (passed clean) for language
Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi
Plot: A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Awards: Won Audience Award – World Cinema Dramatic (Sundance); Won Audience Award & IFFR Youth Jury Award (Rotterdam)
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Subject Matter: Slightly Dark
Narrative Style: Slightly Complex
Pace: Normal
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Denmark’s foreign language film submission to the Oscars for 2019, The Guilty is a remarkable film considering how ‘stripped’ it is, leaving just the bare necessities for it to work as a high-concept thriller.
Directed by Gustav Moller in his feature debut, the film won the Audience Award at both Sundance and Rotterdam, which probably indicates that it is a fairly accessible and engaging world-cinema type picture. And indeed, if you have never tried a festival-type film before and afraid of tackling something too artsy, The Guilty will do the trick.
Take the plunge into this work of sheer minimalism, set entirely in an emergency call room, and in real-time no less, as we the audience become privy to the conversations between Asger, a police officer who has been assigned to do alarm dispatch duty, and random callers from every part of town seeking emergency help.
The actor who plays Asger, Jakob Cedergren, gives a controlled performance, though his character, suffering from psychological stress, is prone to the untimely fit of anger. His job is frustrating, but when he realises that an incoming call is from a kidnapped woman (speaking in ‘codes’) in a moving vehicle with the aggressor, (apparently Moller was inspired by a real-life emergency call), he becomes mentally and emotionally invested in the proceedings.
For much of The Guilty, because we are stuck with Asger in the office with just a phone and computer screen, the situations as they play out over the phone become evoked as ‘mental images’, and like Asger, we also fall into the trap of prematurely judging people from such ‘imaging’. One might draw parallels with today’s interconnected digital world, where cyber-trolling or the passing of ill judgment online share similar traits.
While it may just be words over the phone, Moller’s filmmaking is intuitive enough to suggest psychological depth. He does it rather well through the ‘muffled soundscape’ of each caller’s ‘world’, for instance, the sounds of moving vehicles or voices. And in one segment of the film, the visuals are imbued with light from a red bulb, almost as if Asger is in a submarine in stealth combat mode.
There is always a lingering tension from claustrophobia and uncertainty. The constant use of uneasy close-ups also characterises this pressure-cooker of a film that does enough within its capacity and short runtime to work as a tense, but not quite consistently taut, thriller.
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In 2016 planned unique expedition of Ukrainian mountaineers in the Pamir Moutains.
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Second purpose: Raise and set atop a bust of Ivan Franko and Lesia Ukrainka.
Ivan Franko (27 August 1856 – May 28 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.
Larysa Kosach-Kvitka: (February 25 1871 – August 1 1913) better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka, was one of Ukraine’s best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and feminist activist.
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We Salute the Russell and Nelson families for providing The Madeline Island Ferry Line for all to enjoy this amazing area of Wisconsin
Today’s Ferry
The year 1995 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Madeline Island Ferry Line: a quarter of a century since the merger of two rival ferry lines operating on the Bayfield to La Pointe route formed a single carrier. Today’s ferry line continues the long legacy of commercial transportation over water routes on Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior’s south shore.
The first crossing of the 1995 season took place on March 23rd. The steel car ferries Island Queen and Nichevo II made the trip: the Island Queen starting from Bayfield, and the Nichevo II from La Pointe. Cutting through up to 18 inches of ice with some difficulty, the ferries met and passed each other while crowds yelled and waved. Both boats once worked on the earlier, competing lines.
The Madeline Island Ferry Line retains strong ties to its heritage. Among corporate owners are members of both the Russell and Nelson families associated with the earlier island ferry lines.
But today’s ferry boat transportation has changed immensely from the services that operated here 150 years earlier. Sail and hand-powered wooden boats have been replaced by steel, diesel-engine vessels. And today’s ferries are designed to carry automobiles — a type of vehicle never dreamed of when the communities of Ashland, Washburn and Bayfield were rustic settlements on the Lake Superior frontier. Modern ferry boats operate nearly exclusively for transporting people and freight between terminals on a set route. But during the boom in tourism at the turn-of-the-century, Chequamegon Bay ferry boats did dual work as excursion boats among the adjacent Apostle Islands.
Though freight, as well as passengers, has always been carried by local ferries, large loads used to be towed behind on barges. But today, the 90-foot, drive-through ferry Madeline and the 110-foot double ended Bayfield are capable of loading many large shipments. These include fuel trucks, construction equipment, and even an occasional house.
Employees of the Madeline Island Ferry Line are skilled in a task unheard of by ferry boat captains of a century ago: they can size up a line of waiting vehicles and load them aboard a boat according to size and weight, in the most efficient manner possible. But with nearly 6,000 crossings made annually, they have had a lot of practice.
An industry long-dominated by men, Madeline Island Ferry Line has taken a new turn. Women of the past, participated in this work by managing home and family, enabling captains to put in long days on the lake. Today women work in many aspects of the business: from ticket sales, to deck handing, and to piloting the vessels. There are four Coast Guard Licensed female captains who run the ferries between Bayfield and La Pointe, often there will be an all female crew.
The many passengers that have stepped aboard area ferry boats over the decades, have placed their trust in the skill and knowledge of vessel captains to take them safely to the other shore. And they have not been let down. A century-and-a-half of ferry boat crossings have a virtually disaster-free history. Though Lake Superior can change within minutes from a placid pond to a raging sea, area mariners knowingly read the skies and safely maneuver their boats between ports. Today’s ferries carry regulation Coast Guard safety equipment, radar and marine radios. Crews are trained in man-overboard and disaster procedures.
Once a common form of transportation for residents in all Chequamegon Bay communities, taking a ferry ride is an unusual experience for most people in the late 20th-century. But not so for the year-round and summer residents of Madeline Island. Here, the ferry is part of the local culture. These individuals plan their activities by the ferry schedule, and it even affects their conversation. Upon arriving at La Pointe for the summer season, it is common to hear a person report that they “arrived last night on the 8 o’clock boat.”
The Madeline Island Ferry Line management respects its significance in area history and its location in the unique Apostle Islands region. The corporation’s Mission Statement includes the aim to “provide positive cultural, environmental and economic impact to the Island and Bayfield communities,” in addition to providing quality transportation to meet the present and future needs of residents and visitors.
Though the great steamers and festive pleasure yachts that graced the bay in an earlier century have been replaced with fiberglass sailing craft and trolling boats, ferry boats still ply the waters. In an endless journey they cross and re-cross the bay, just as they have done for nearly 150 years. They are part of the unique cultural heritage of the Chequamegon Bay region.
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The Flowers of War
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From the director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers comes a story of war and love. A story about unexpected connections that should lead to heroic deeds. With Oscar winner Christian Bale in the lead role.
We are in Nanjing, China in 1937. The city is occupied by Japanese soldiers and a herd of shocked schoolchildren, a dozen of the city's seductive escort girls and an American deserter who pretends to be a priest to save their own skin, seeking refuge in a church. Surrounded by attacking soldiers, they must work together for the next few days to survive.
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Skuespillere: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang, Xiting Han, Doudou Zhang, Dawei Tong
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Regi: Zhang Yimou
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Manus: Heng Liu
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Mobile operator association GSMA cites North America as one of the most advanced mobile regions in the world, thanks to operator investments in 5G, in a newly released study. There were 321 million North American mobile subscribers in 2018, according to the researchers.
Nearly half of the region’s mobile connections will be running on new 5G networks by 2025, backed by operators spending more than $380 billion on new networks between 2018 and 2025, GSMA says.
The report cites several figures pointing out the strength of the North American market:
North American mobile subscribers represent 83% of the population. The number of subscribers is forecast to rise to 85% percent (345 million) of the population by 2025. The U.S. (278 million unique subscribers) was the largest market, followed by Canada (29 million) and the Caribbean (15 million).
Mobile technologies and services generated $937 billion (4.2%) of North America’s GDP in 2018, a figure that is expected to increase to almost $1.2 trillion by 2023 (4.8% of GDP).
Approximately three quarters of the region’s mobile connections are running on 4G networks today, but that amount will decline over the coming years as the market moves to 5G. New 5G networks are forecast to account for 46% of connections by 2025.
The region’s mobile ecosystem directly and indirectly supported 2.3 million jobs and made substantial contributions to the funding of the public sector, with nearly $123 billion raised through taxation last year (not including spectrum fees).
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The deal between T-Mobile and Sprint that forms a $146 billion telecom giant to take on AT&T and Verizon is reportedly in jeopardy
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Department of Justice staff recommends the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint be blocked, according to Reuters.
The deal would join the third- and fourth-largest US wireless providers, making it the No. 3 carrier behind Verizon and AT&T.
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The merger between the telecommunications giants T-Mobile and Sprint is in jeopardy.
Department of Justice staff recommends the deal, which would form a $146 billion company to take on Verizon and AT&T, be blocked, according to Reuters. Still, the DOJ is up to a month away from making a final ruling, the report said.
The deal, which has been four years in the making and involves T-Mobile exchanging 9.75 Sprint shares per unit of T-Mobile, would join the third- and fourth-largest US wireless providers, giving them a combined 127 million customers. That would make it the No. 3 carrier behind Verizon and AT&T.
Deutsche Telekom would own 42% of the combined company, while SoftBank, which controls 85% of Sprint, would own 27%. Other investors would hold the remaining 31%.
T-Mobile was down 2% ahead of Wednesday’s opening bell while Sprint was lower by 4%.
Joe Ciolli contributed to this report.
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How to Cut Railroad Ties: Required Tools, Safety Tips, etc
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Katie Spence | Verified & Updated Sep 29, 2018
So you want to know how to cut railroad ties, include the best way to cut railroad ties. If you’ve ever used railroad ties for a project, you know they’re heavy duty. However, this also makes railroad ties difficult to cut. You’ll need a chainsaw, a circular saw, and/or a reciprocating saw like a Sawzall to get railroad ties down to the size you need. We have what you need to know about cutting railroad ties, including safety precautions.
How to Cut Railroad Ties
Chainsaw (The Best Way to Cut Railroad Ties)
Circular Saw and Reciprocating Saw
Reciprocating Saw (Sawzall)
Other Railroad Tie Cutting Options
Railroad ties are the wooden, rectangular supports in railroad tracks. They are sturdy, last a long time, and are resistant to rot and insects. Railroad ties can be used for yard projects like building a retaining wall. In this case, you’ll probably want to cut them to size.
There are a few different ways to cut railroad ties. But, above all else, keep your safety in mind. In the instructional videos below, you’ll notice that no matter what method is used, the workers are wearing protective gear. This includes closed-toed shoes, hearing protection, eye protection, long pants, a facemask, and gloves.
Railroad ties are often covered in creosote, a dark brown, oily compound that acts as a wood preserver. While creosote is great at preserving railroad ties — which are exposed to all types of weather — it’s extremely toxic. In fact, if you get creosote on your skin or inhale it, it can cause burns, eye damage, and/or rashes. If you’re exposed to it in large doses, you could end up with liver or kidney failure, convulsions, or even death, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Because of this, you may not want to use railroad ties for something like a vegetable garden, as the creosote may leach into the soil and produce. For other projects, after you have taken the necessary precautions, try one of the three methods below to cut railroad ties.
The fastest — and best — way to cut railroad ties is with a chainsaw. Yes, by far the best way to cut railroad ties is with a chainsaw. Though be aware it will take frequent sharpening. But overall, cutting railroad ties with a chainsaw is as easy as it gets. This method is demonstrated in this video:
In the video, you’ll notice that the man cutting the railroad ties has the ties elevated off the ground — if you don’t do this, your chainsaw will hit the ground and kickback at you, which could result in injury. The key here is to go slow and use a kind of rocking motion when cutting. You may also want to enlist the help of a friend to hold the railroad ties, as seen in the video. This is not entirely necessary though.
If you don’t have a chainsaw, you can use a circular saw and reciprocating saw to cut railroad ties, as seen in this video:
In the video, you’ll notice that — like when using a chainsaw — the railroad tie needs to be elevated. And because you’ll first be making cuts around the outside of the tie, you’ll want to mark your cutting lines using something like a carpenter pencil and a Speed Square Layout Tool. After you’ve marked your tie, use the circular saw to cut around all four sides of the tie. After that, starting from the bottom of the tie, use the reciprocating saw to cut through the rest of the tie.
Alternately, you can skip the circular saw and just use a Sawzall, as demonstrated in this video:
In the video, you’ll notice that the tie is elevated by another tie. You can use this method or elevate the tie on both ends — like in the previous videos. Once the tie is elevated, proceed by cutting down through the railroad tie using the same kind of rocking motion you would use with a chainsaw.
Because most railroad ties are covered in creosote, places like The Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Menards won’t cut them for you because it’s a liability risk. However, a local lumber yard may be willing to help. Search for a lumber yard near you and call to ask.
Another option is to rent a saw from your local Home Depot or a Menards near you (Lowe’s doesn’t rent tools). Rental prices will vary by location, but for tool availability, see below:
Chainsaw rental: Yes
Circular saw rental: No
Reciprocating saw rental: No
The Home Depot’s tool rental page
Chainsaw rental: No
Reciprocating saw rental: Yes
Menards’ rental equipment page
Suggested article: Does Menards cut wood?
Railroad ties are great to use for projects because they’re sturdy and are resistant to rot and insects — but this also makes them difficult to cut. Now you know how to cut railroad ties. Cutting railroad ties takes some effort, that’s for sure. However, if you own — or can rent — a chainsaw, a circular saw, and/or a reciprocating saw, you should be able to get the job done. Be sure you wear the appropriate safety gear and take precautions for your health.
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Luxury and dance : Dance according to Coco Chanel
7. August 2020 /in Designer, News /by Clemence
Chanel & Dance – Gabrielle Chanel is a fashion icon who liked to surround herself with artists of her time. Dance is one of the arts that inspired her and to which she contributed a lot. Her need for freedom allowed the dancers to free their bodies and enjoy every movement. The Maison Chanel has continued to write the history of Chanel and dance by collaborating with dance companies around the world.
1 Gabrielle Chanel and Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
2 Chanel to the Opera
3 Throwback 2018 – Chanel at the Paris Opera
4 Danse Ads Chance Chanel – Take a new chance
5 Behind the scenes of Chanel’s Chance
6 A Coco Chanel Ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre
7 Do you know?
Gabrielle Chanel and Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
As a young seamstress, Gabrielle Chanel had great admiration for legendary dancers such as Caryathis and Isadora Duncan. When Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes arrived in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, she fell under her spell. In Venice, her pianist friend and Polish patron Misia Sert introduces her to the mentor of the Ballets Russes: Serge Diaghilev, who introduces her to dance, music, painting, poetry and fashion. Gabrielle Chanel becomes her friend, her dressmaker and her patron. The latter secretly helps finance the Sacre du Printemps, one of the most famous pieces and revival of the Ballets Russes. In 1924, Gabrielle Chanel created the costumes for the Ballet Le Train Bleu directed by Jean Cocteau and choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, the sister of the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinski.
After freeing the women from the corsets, Coco Chanel frees the dancers of the Russian ballet from the costumes that hinder them. For the first time in the history of dance, the dancers are dressed in tennis, golf and swimsuits. Gabrielle Chanel maintains a strong link between dance and fashion by creating other ballet costumes in 1929 Apollon Musagète and in 1939 Bacchanale in partnership with Salvador Dali.
I gave back to the women’s body its freedom; this body was sweating in parade clothes, under the laces, the corsets, the underwear, the padding. Gabrielle Chanel
La Maison Chanel will be the first Maison de Couture to make costumes for ballets. Karl Lagarfeld also contributes to the dance and fashion tradition at Chanel by creating the costumes for two ballets by the German choreographer Uwe Scholtz in 1986 and 1987. In 2009, he created the outfit for dancer Elena Glurdjidze for the Swan Lake Ballet at the English National Ballet in London. He also created the costumes for the dancers of the Brahms-Schönberg Quartet at the Paris Opera with the dance director Benjamin Millepied.
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Chanel to the Opera
In 2018, La Maison Chanel is associated with the Opening Gala of the Paris Opera’s dance season. The following year, Chanel signed the costumes for the annual gala of the Paris Opera Ballet “Variations” by Serge Lifar. Gabrielle Chanel was a close friend of prima ballerina Serge Lifar who considered her as his artistic godmother. The House of Chanel therefore paid tribute to their friendship by designing the costumes for this ballet under the direction of Virginie Viard and with the contribution of the Lemarié workshop which is part of Chanel’s Métiers d’art. Each of the six prima ballerinas embodied a flower: Rose, Lily, Tulip, Wisteria, Cornflower and Violet.
The House of Chanel also dressed the stars invited for the occasion such as Alma Jodorowsky, Anna Mouglais, Caroline De Maigret and Céline Cassel. Podcasts were also made at the Paris Opera with the prima ballerina Léonore Baulac and the principal dancer Germain Louvet.
Un podcast @chanelofficial à l’Opera Garnier avec @virginiemouzat à l’occasion de l’ouverture de la saison du Ballet ?✨
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Coco Chanel always inspires artists – Last year at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, a dance show dedicated to Gabrielle Chanel was born. The great prima ballerina, Svetlana Zakharova has been performing the role of Gabrielle Chanel at the Bolshoi for more than 16 years.
The choreography is by Youri Possokhov, the music by Ilya Demoutski and the direction by Aleksey Frandetti. It is a show that retraces the highlights of Mademoiselle Chanel’s life. The House of Chanel has even entrusted sketches for the occasion in order to make the costumes in the Bolshoi’s workshops. This artistic masterpiece will be danced at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris on October 24th and 25th, 2020!
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Watch “Food Marketing to Children”
We had an overflow turnout for the 3rd Annual UCLA-Harvard Food Law conference, held this year in Los Angeles. The conference addressed the regulation of food marketing to children. The conference flyer and agenda is attached to this email. We are pleased to report that CSPAN showed up and taped two of our panels and the keynote address by Senator Tom Harkin. CNN will air these parts of the conference on the time schedule, listed below. If you’d like to purchase a DVD or mp3 audio track of any of these videos, you can do so by clicking “purchase a DVD or Download” next to “More information” underneath the videos.
The Science Panel featuring Lori Dorfman (BSMG), Jason Halford (University of Liverpool), Marlene Schwartz (Rudd Center, UConn) and Emilie Aguirre (Moderator, Resnick Program) is scheduled for:
Nov 23, 2016 | 9:16pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Nov 25, 2016 | 2:39am EST | C-SPAN 1
The video can be accessed when the time comes and will remain available on the C-SPAN video library: https://www.c-span.org/video/?417139-2/discussion-focuses-science-behind-food-marketing-children
The Law Panel featuring law Profs. Jacob Gersen (Harvard), Steve Sugarman (Berkeley), Eugene Volokh (UCLA), and Jennifer Pomeranz (Moderator, NYU) has already aired and is scheduled again for:
Nov 21, 2016 | 11:39am EST | C-SPAN 1
Nov 23, 2016 | 4:04am EST | C-SPAN 2Nov 25, 2016 | 4:10pm EST | C-SPAN 1
The video for the law panel can be accessed at https://www.c-span.org/video/?417139-3/discussion-focuses-food-marketing-children
Former Senator Harkin’s keynote is scheduled for:
Nov 24, 2016 | 12:03pm EST | C-SPAN 1
And can be viewed starting Thanksgiving day at noon: https://www.c-span.org/video/?417139-4/former-senator-tom-harkin-delivers-remarks-childhood-obesity
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Get Ready To Paint The Town Green With Our St Patrick’s Day Essentials
Katie Backster
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It's the day of the year when anyone with even the faintest hint of Irish in their blood lets it all come out in a fervour of national pride. This year there's even the added spice of a Six Nations clash against England to add to the fun. So you'd better be prepared for one of the biggest St Patrick's Days ever.
Luckily we've done a lot of the groundwork for you, even finding a dessert takeaway that also offers a uniquely Irish cocktail. Food and beer pairing is also a hot topic at the moment and we've unearthed a fairly unique way to enjoy a Guinness with a burger. So all you've got to do is buy the Irish hat and the shamrock confetti and you'll be good to go.
1. Welsh Rarebit Croissant - Dominique Ansel
A post shared by Dominique Ansel Bakery London (@dominiqueansellondon) on Apr 22, 2017 at 7:29am PDT
Now our first suggestion from Dominique Ansel might seem a little out of place at first glance. After all, it sounds French and it has the word Welsh in the name. But never fear, this tasty way to set yourself up for the day actually has a generous amount of Irish Guinness mixed in with Worcestershire sauce, whole grain mustard and fontina cheese. The result is a croissant that's a whole lot more filling than you might expect, and a truly delicious one too. So put your patriotic worries aside and simply enjoy.
2. Beef and Guinness Burger - Heaps Café
A post shared by Heap's Sausage Cafe (@heapssausages) on May 11, 2016 at 3:55am PDT
We told you that we'd found an innovative way to get some more of the black stuff into a burger and here it is, courtesy of Heaps Café. One taste and you'll find that they really do go together perfectly. The burger's made from the finest beef plus it comes with a good serving of fried onions, cheese, fresh tomatoes and pickles, all served in a brioche bun. A bit French again, but worth overlooking for a burger that tastes this good.
3. Jamesons Whiskey - The Beer and Wine Store
Hopefully you'll be toasting Ireland's victory in the rugby, but just in case you're drowning your sorrows a bottle of Jameson's from The Beer and Wine Store will be just the ticket. It's a blend of the finest pot and still grained whiskeys – so they say on the Jameson's website. These are then triple distilled to give that classic smoothness. Finally, it's aged in oak casks for at least four years so it's no wonder that it's one of Ireland's most famous exports – after Patrick Kielty, of course!
4. Bailey's Presso - Portobello Juice
A post shared by Portobello Juice Cafe (@portobellojuice) on Sep 17, 2017 at 2:34pm PDT
As the name suggests, Portobello Juice is best known for its juice and desserts but they also do a pretty mean line in cocktails. So the perfect way to round off this St Patrick's Day would be with the creamy delights of their Bailey's Presso. It combines the legendary Irish liqueur with a double espresso over ice. The coffee kick means it can give you that burst of energy to get over the mid-evening slump!
Get ready to celebrate in true Irish style and let Deliveroo bring the party to you.
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Geertjan is Senior Director of Open Source Projects at Azul and Apache NetBeans PMC Chair.
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“The release of the OpenJDK 17 implementation in 2021 (which will be the foundation of Oracle’s LTS version and other community members’ LTS versions) will motivate many who are already working on versions of the JDK later than JDK 8 to start moving or investigate moving to JDK 17. However, JDK 8 will remain widely popular (probably will still be used by over half of Java developers), creating (in the long term) a bimodal distribution of most commonly used JDK versions (8 and 17).”
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In addition to targeting future Java versions, such as Java 16 via JEP 391, Azul has made OpenJDK builds of currently popular Java versions, including Zulu builds of OpenJDK 8, 11, and 13, as well as 16-ea, widely available for use on Apple Silicon, Arm-based Macs.
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Twitch streaming isn't available until early 2014. They never said it was available at launch, but I thought it was implied.
I wasn't planning to stream anyway, but a bit of a let down for some.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/19/xbox-one-gameplay-broadcast-delay/
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All the pros sound good and the controller seems much better can't wait to play BF4, DR3 and Forza. You heard anything about Ryse today? I heard they still have an embargo on that and Forza until right before launch, I'm not sure whether to buy that as well or maybe AC4 made me a bit skeptical them leaving it till last minute to review it tho.
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I'm still confident that Xbox will do much better then the PS
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I'm super excited for X1... I won't be able to get it on release day, basically I pre ordered at a Best Buy back home in TN but I'm currently visiting family in MA right now, so I have to get my brother to pick up my xbox in TN and ship it to me, so I'll probably have it by Wednesday or Thursday of next week. I;m so excited for DR3 and Battlefield though. Also considering getting Ryse once I see the reviews. I have a soft spot for historical video games like AC so I think I'll like it
Yea I think Ryse and Forza are still embargoed.
Dead rising reviews are out, it got mixed reviews like expected.
Did your console ship yet?
Operation Metro on Xbox one.
As some of you may know, the Xbox one is getting the second assault DLC for Battlefield 4 with the launch of Xbox one. For this DLC pack we're getting 4 battlefield 3 maps revisioned.
He's alone in the lobby, so this merely interesting if you want to see what xbox one graphics look like or if your a die hard Battlefield fan and want to see what Metro looks like now.
I read the DR review definitely gonna buy it
Yeah mate the order status changed earlier today they said it doesn't mean it will arrive early just that they are sorting it out ready coz of the amount of orders and it won't be sent till the 21st with next day delivery. Kinda sucks I was hoping I might get it a day early or something but it's only a day longer and as long as it gets here for then.
Has you order shipped yet bro or you still waiting?
Nah man hasn't moved yet. There are 3-4 amazon warehouses in my state and I have 1 day shipping. I'm hoping it ships tomorrow but it might not until thursday because they can still easily get one here in a day.
TigerChamp 3,281
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only a fanboy would buy a console on launch date
but its cool. give it a couple weeks and the rest of us will know what to expect.
It's not a big deal, I don't have a meth addiction tying up the funds.
Little_Kang 6
Getting it sunday or monday
i can buy next gen any time. i got cash to splurge. right now i dont see the point. both consoles are going to be slammed with traffic and bugs and theres no games out there that makes me want to go 'omfg i need to have it!'
get some good games out there, make sure the consoles arent bricking and the servers are steady and then ill bite. for now i have a huge backlog of games i want to finish up. hell i havent even cracked open battlefield 4 yet
Ok so you have explained why you feel you should wait to get a new console.
Now explain why you feel the need to crap on everything that other people are excited about.
GstarUk 2
I be getting the xbone come friday with free fifa14 DL.
Will also order Dead Rising 3.
because you are a fanboy and you are buying it. thats why. i hate fanboys and i hate 12ers. the only thing worse than 12ers are the 13ers. but dear god have mercy on our souls. the 14ers will be arriving shortly.
Yeah that's most likely what will happen they seem to want to make sure they arrive on launch.
IDYB not really I was open minded on which one I was gonna get but my friends are getting the Xbone regardless they prefer it for online and stuff so that sealed the deal for me. I doubt one will be tons better than the other anyway so I decided it's best to get the one I can talk to mates on and I had the money sat there so I figure why not get it on launch.. I stopped buying games like BF etc which i was gonna get coz I'd have to buy them again for the new console.
Only thing is none of them will get it before Christmas or after so ill be on my own for a little while but that's down to money and late orders.
Cool story bro. Glad to see you have kept up your streak of not contributing one worth while post on this forum.
This is my fault for engaging you. I'll just ignore your trolling from here on out.
hahaha how many times have i heard that one before?
classicboxer 14,938
Stand back and stand by.
Are you guys equal to all the people who line up every time a new I Phone comes out?
Microsoft has insisted it has the software gamers want. But it's also maintained that this generation is about more than that. It's repeatedly outlined a vision for a console based around entertainment, apps and connected experiences, tied together by Kinect, which has been met with apprehension by the enthusiast audience.
To be clear, Kinect isn't a fully realized product yet. Gesture support is functionally non-existent, and there's a lack of good examples of how Kinect can contribute to games. There are certain elements of Microsoft's strategy that are missing at launch, like support for Twitch streaming and HBO Go. And the console's television functionality impresses … if you watch television.
But in many ways, the Xbox One's bold direction for the future is well in place. The integration of voice controls and its media strategy are a boon to everyone, and the ability to run apps while playing games is something we now want on every gaming console we have. That it has a handful of strong, exclusive games at launch only supports its legitimacy as a gaming console and not just an entertainment hub.
The Xbox One is an impressive marriage of software and hardware that raises the bar in terms of what we expect from a living-room machine. Looking forward more than it looks back, the Xbox One feels like it's from the future.
http://www.polygon.com/a/xbox-one-review#video_review
Negative. My xbox will be delivered to my home with dignity. I won't be waiting in line with the nerdgins.
Also the iphone has a new iteration like every year right? ( I wouldn't know, I have a prepaid phone) there hasn't been a new playstation or xbox for 8 years.
When Microsoft says it's building a console for the next decade, it's not lying. Where the PlayStation 4 is designed to simply become an ever-better version of itself, the Xbox One is poised to turn into an entirely different, entirely unprecedented device. It may not only supplement, but replace your cable box; it could have a rich, full app store; games are only going to get better, more impressive, and more interactive. The blueprints are all here. Virtually everything Microsoft is trying to do is smart, practical, and forward-thinking — even as they've undone some of the Xbox One's most future-proof innovation over the last few months, Marc Whitten and his team at Microsoft have clearly kept their heads in the future.
But nearly everything that could be great someday isn't great right now. The Kinect is an incredible piece of raw machinery and engineering, but it's not implemented well into games, nor does its voice control provide a truly fast, seamless way to navigate the operating system. The TV integration is an awkward hodgepodge of menus and overlays and dead ends. There's a massive opportunity for Windows apps to turn the Xbox into something no one could have imagined, but it's as yet gone unexplored. Some of these are easily solved problems, but others — cable integration in particular — are a much steeper uphill climb.
Today, the Xbox One is a great gaming console with a few great games — Zoo Tycoon and Forza are both excellent, better than anything currently available for the PS4, and Dead Rising is a blast even if it’s flawed. Whether or not the Xbox is better than the PS4 is entirely subjective: if you're committed to buying a console this holiday season, buy the one with the games you want. It's too soon to make a call on almost any other feature. Don't buy an Xbox One expecting to immediately throw out your entertainment center.
The Xbox One is here for a decade. If Microsoft can deliver on all its promises in that time, it will have built a console truly worthy of Input One — but that's a big if.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5117320/microsoft-xbox-one-review
On balance, the Xbox One is a fantastic piece of technology, well worth the cost of a new iPad. There are some sore spots, which Microsoft will undoubtedly address in the coming months through software updates. Chief among them are the terrible quality of Game DVR recordings, the inability to stream game sessions, and the total lack of social media integration. People want to share their fun with the world, and “upload to SkyDrive and do what you want from there” is a half-baked solution. The ridiculous policy of requiring Xbox Live Gold to use streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu Plus deserves to be abolished, too.
But this is Xbox One version 1.0. This is like the “Blades” interface of the Xbox 360. If this is the starting line, it’s pretty exciting to think about where the console will be in another year or two.
Even so, we’re looking at more than just a solid foundation. The launch lineup doesn’t boast a “gotta have it” system-seller—Titanfall may be the first when it arrives this spring—but it still has quite a few very good games. These games are worth your time and money, and they clearly demonstrate the power and features of the system. Buying an Xbox One is not just buying into a promise of great things; there’s a whole lot of value in this $500 box right now.
http://www.techhive.com/article/2064509/xbox-one-review-for-gamers-yes-but-youll-like-it-too.html
Conclusion (In Progress)
The success of the Xbox One is largely dependent on what you need for the living room, and whether you intend to use the system for multiple forms of media, with multiple people in mind. The user interface feels cluttered at times, and it has a definite learning curve, but it's also easy to carve out a quick and comfortable groove for yourself as you jump between a game and a few different applications. The Xbox One's app-driven interface is full of possibilities, living alongside quirks to be learned or updated in future.
It has unique, recommendable features: Kinect feels additive rather than obstructive, and its strong suit of software and games live alongside one another in a way they don't on other platforms. Online games are well implemented too, and if that's what you're here for the rest may seem less valuable – an important matter when the product costs $500. Five bucks more if you count a Galaxy Quest rental.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/20/review-xbox-one/
PS4 FOR LIFE!!!
Alright I'm done posting reviews now.
The things I took away from this.
- The kinect has a lot of cool little features. For example, polygon noted that they have been using the xbox one for a week and haven't changed batteries. The kinect recognizes when you put the controller down and puts it in a low power state.
-The voice controls need some work.
- Lococycle and Dragon whatever are abortions. I think everyone already knew that, I forgot about those games until I saw reviewers ****ting on them
- Xbox ones launch games seem to be more highly regarded than expected.
-Snap mode is getting mixed reviews.
- and most importantly, not one reviewer has mentioned any problems with the hardware at all. After seeing two reviewers get bricked PS4's I was a bit paranoid. I guess we can take that as a good sign.
Caspian border on Xbox one
NetshadeX 7,888
Still feel the PS4, at least at this point, is the more sensible purchase but I do hope you guys enjoy the X1 and truth be told I'd trade 20 Knacks for 1 DR3 as a console exclusive.
Thanks for the well wishes homie.
iNOOB 73
I'm pretty excited about the xbox one. Everything I have read/seen about it is awesome. I like how you can voice command the xbox to record a clip of the game while you play. Then edit and render it all from your xbox. It is taking away the need for a capture card (some run as high as $200). The infinitely superior controller is always key. Perfect weight and perfect fit. Not to mention xbox has always had the better online gaming experience.
I picked up my controller the other day from gamestop. I had speculated they would sell it despite the fact I had paid for it in full. Then when I went to pick it up, the guy had to ask the girl if they had any left and she said only two. Then he tried to get me to get the play and charge kit and I said **** no.
Long story short, I left with the play and charge controller having only paid for a standard controller. Either he ****ed up and gave me the wrong one, or as I suspect they sold my **** and had to give me what they had left.
All in all the controller feels great, but I need to actually play some games with it before I pass judgement. The controller itself and the analog sticks are slightly smaller and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.
Interesting. I would assume that the smaller analog sticks would be maybe more comfortable or even easier to control. Microsoft did a really good job with the 360 controller, so I would assume they didn't turn the xbox1 controller to ****.
Nobody has had anything negative to say about it except for the bumpers. Its strange because those don't strike me as different at all.
I am not condemning the smaller triggers because they are getting rave reviews from the people that have tried it in game. It just feels different I guess, and since I really only held it for a minute its not exactly an accurate review yet.
One more review, because I like their enthusiasm. I didn't read the whole thing though, I saw the summary on the review thread on reddit.
http://gizmodo.com/xbox-one-review-absolutely-amazing-when-it-works-1467466379
For now, the Xbox One is one impressive living room box machine—and it more than justifies its $500 dollar price with the inclusion of at least $100-worth of set-top boxitude—but you're going to be better off waiting for a little while to see how things shake out.But—and this is admittedly a sizable but—if the Xbox One can straighten the few little quirks it has with some software tweaks, this thing is going to be unstoppable in a way the PS4 could never touch. It's too versatile, too feature-ridden, too future. So wait, yes. But while you do, go ahead and start clearing out plenty of space underneath your television.
I didn't plan to buy it for another 6 months at least. New gen systems always come with some glitches they have to work out. Also, maybe if I wait a little bit they will come out with a new model with more memory. Its going to be sweet to own one when I do get it though.
KINGnoob 164
Amazon had another release at 5am this morning.
Got mine and prob gonna sell it on craigslist for a premium.
Remember how far the Xbox 360 went from release to now.
Xbox 1 has so much potential
Yeah I can't see this 720p **** people moan about lasting that long and if they can patch some of the minor problems the kinect and apps are having it should be even better. My biggest regret with not getting a PS4 is I've always wanted to play the uncharted games and The Order looks good to but I'm sure Titanfall will also be a great game. Only 2 more days now can't wait!
Can't wait. With my luck it will arrive here at 7:45 PM on friday.
Lmao atleast it's over the weekend but that would still be annoying my stuff usually comes around 12 which would be perfect if it does. I should have mine before you since we're a few hours ahead over here
I think you're about 8-9 hours ahead since I'm on the west coast.
Los_Polo_Hermano 37,086
Damn, I wish I wouldn't of missed out on that. I have yet to secure a Xbox one.
Ill sell it to you. You in the states and got PayPal?
Lol that's the second time you missed out polo.
Hopefully you and Bjjnoob can work something out although a premium price sounds expensive
I actually PM'd him the info that they would have some in the morning and he still missed out. They're flying off the shelves.
juice64011 45,209
I should have bought one right away just so I can sell it in a couple of weeks on ebay.
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Premature Warm Weather Sparks Early Allergy Season
by: Suzanne Stratford
CLEVELAND, Ohio --
Allergy season arrived earlier than usual this year.
Doctors are already seeing an influx of patients with severe symptoms a full two months ahead of schedule.
“Simply put, it’s like you fast forwarded to May. So typically, what you get in May and June, we are getting in here now,” said Dr. Akhil Chouksey, Director Allergy/Immunology MetroHealth Medical Center.
The early pollen explosion is linked to the warm weather.
Flowers are already blooming, and trees are budding across northeast Ohio.
In addition to that, the mild winter prevented many bugs and allergens from dying off.
Dr. Chouksey said, “So this is a pretty bad time. Even I have a problem now, and the last two weeks the clinic’s been full with those patients--it been pretty harsh.”
Many allergy sufferers also experienced symptoms like itchy watery eyes, headache, runny nose, drainage and cough throughout the winter months because of the wild temperature swings.
Some days it was below freezing, but the next day the mercury would rise into the 40s.
“Whenever you have a flip flop in the weather, there is always an extra load on the AC unit of the body which is your nose,” said Dr. Chouksey. “So, people who already have baseline allergies, they have irritation of the mucus or lining of the nose.”
Additionally, patients are experiencing severe bronchitis and asthma.
Dr. Chouksey recommends treating allergy symptoms year round with a good allergy medication and prescription steroid nasal spray.
He does not recommend strong decongestants, which can cause a rebound effect leading to more severe swelling of the sinus cavity.
He also suggests inhaling simple steam each day.
He said, “Breathe steam, pure steam with no additives, just simple water. Steam is lighter; it will go through the nose and drain out of your sinus area, and you will have that drainage come out much easier.”
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by Michael Erman/Reuters and Nexstar Media Wire / Jan 5, 2021
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Drugmakers including Abbvie Inc and Bristol Myers Squibb raised U.S. list prices on more than 500 drugs to kick off 2021, according to an analysis by health care research firm 46brooklyn.
The hikes come as drugmakers are reeling from effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced doctor visits and demand for some drugs. They are also fighting new drug price-cutting rules from the Trump administration, which would reduce the industry's profitability.
New US dietary guidelines: No candy or cake for kids under 2
by Nexstar Media Wire and The Associated Press / Dec 29, 2020
(NEXSTAR/AP)-- Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for young children. The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, released Tuesday, recommend feeding only breast milk for at least six months and no added sugar for children under age 2.
“It’s never too early to start,” said Barbara Schneeman, a nutritionist at University of California, Davis. “You have to make every bite count in those early years.”
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Dead Boys' Club (Short) — AIDS 2020
Director: Mark Christopher
1992 | USA | 26m
The Dead Boys’ Club is the story of a young man in a world haunted by the absence of an entire generation of men that have gone before him. It’s a generation that he should have known but, because of AIDS, is one that he can only imagine, in this seminal 1992 short film by Mark Christopher (54, 54: The Director’s Cut).
Awkward and shy, Toby is visiting his New York cousin Packard, who gives him a pair of shoes previously owned by his recently deceased lover. When Toby dons the shoes, he is transported to the pre-AIDS 1970s world of promiscuity, hot guys, and glitter balls. The Dead Boys’ Club is an evocative, sexy, and humorous exploration of a young man’s coming out, and an homage to the generation before him that paved the way—some with their lives.
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Get access by reserving a free ticket.
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Contrary to Media Claims, Ghislaine Maxwell Did Not Get First Post-Lockdown Lawyer Meeting at MDC – Nxivm Leader Keith Raniere Apparently Did!
Media Erroneously Reports Ghislaine Maxwell Got First Legal Visit
Over the past few days, numerous media outlets have reported that Ghislaine Maxwell was the first prisoner at MDC to be allowed an in-person meeting with her attorneys since the Bureau of Prisons imposed its COVID-19 rules last July.
She met with attorneys on Friday, August 28th.
Based on a letter filed by his lawyers with the court, Nxivm leader, Keith Alan Raniere, also housed at MDC, met with his attorneys prior to August 27th. Raniere is currently awaiting sentencing on October 27th for his conviction on sex trafficking, forced labor, racketeering, and other charges.
The letter, written by attorney Marc Agnifilo, states: “Prior to the filing of the government’s sentencing memorandum, counsel met with
The government filed its sentencing memorandum on August 27th, one day prior to Maxwell’s first in-person meeting with her attorneys.
Obviously, if Raniere met with lawyers prior to August 27th, he met with them at least a day before Ghislaine met with hers.
MK10ART’s portrayal of Ghislaine MaxwellMedia outlets however reported that Maxwell was first:
The Daily News broke the story on August 28th reporting that “Ghislaine is (the) first federal inmate in New York City to receive (an) in-person visit since the start of the pandemic”.
CNBC followed up on the same day that “Ghislaine Maxwell is (the) first inmate to get in-person lawyer visit at NYC jail since COVID-19 restrictions”.
The Telegraph reported on August 30th that “Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been allowed an in-person visit by her legal team in what is believed to be the first permitted in a New York federal jail during the pandemic lockdown”.
And the Daily Mail reported early today that Ghislaine’s August 28th meeting with her attorneys “…reportedly marks the first time a federal inmate in NYC (was) allowed an in-person visit since the start of the pandemic”.
These media reports, in turn, led several attorneys to express outrage that Ghislaine’s attorneys were able to meet with her before they were able to meet with their clients at MDC.
“I’m incredulous really that she was the first one when there are those of us who have been waiting for nearly six months to have an in-person visit with our clients,” said Susan Marcus, a lawyer with clients at MDC who could face the death penalty in their cases.
Similarly, Sean Hecker, an attorney who has recently been involved in litigation over the sub-par conditions at MDC, expressed anger at the fact that Ghislaine was the first inmate at MDC to be able to meet with her attorneys in almost four months. “It is outrageous that the first in-person visit would be granted to a well-heeled British socialite who the President of the United States stated that he wished well,” said Hecker.
[The New York Post did seem to get it right. They reported that Maxwell was the second detainee at MDC to get an in-person meeting with lawyers, but it did not name the person who got the first meeting].
Marie White’s painting of Prisoner #57005-177 better known as Keith Alan Ranniere.
We at Frank Report thought it odd that Raniere’s attorneys did not join in the chorus of complaints about Ghislaine’s seemingly preferential treatment in terms of legal visits.
His lawyers, Marc Agnifilo and Paul DerOhanessian, are not exactly shrinking violets when it comes to meeting with media.
Marc Agnifilo [l] and Paul DerOhanessian [r] speaking to the media during Keith Raniere’s trial.
The government has recommended that their client receive a life sentence for deeds committed while running the NXIVM/ESP sex-slave cult for 20 years.
Now that they’ve received the sentencing memorandum, they’ve even submitted a request for a second meeting with Raniere.
Raniere, also known to his followers as The Vanguard has been incarcerated at the MDC since March 2018.
Keith Alan Raniere hopes to get out of prison soon – once people realize that he has been badly understood.
During that time, several documentaries have been produced about him and his NXIVM/ESP sex-slave cult (e.g., Frank Parlato’s 2-hour special “The Lost Women Of NXIVM,” which told the story of four female members of NXIVM who died or vanished under mysterious circumstances – and Lifetime’s “Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter,” which told the story of Catherine Oxenberg’s battle to extract her daughter, India, from NXIVM/ESP).
Investigation Discovery aired the documentary “The Lost Women of Nxivm”.
NXIVM and Keith have also been featured on 20/20, E/True Hollywood Story, Megyn Kelly Today, Dr. Oz, and other network shows.
Megyn Kelly interviewing Marc Agnifilo.
Keith and NXIVM/ESP have also been the subject of several books and numerous podcasts – and more are reportedly on the way.
Raniere is also the central character in a 9-part series on HBO entitled “The Vow” (Part 2 of that series aired this past Sunday).
He’s also the subject of a weekly dancing performance by his followers that takes place outside MDC.
Clearly, Keith is kind of a “big deal” at MDC – or at least he should be.
Despite all that fame and glory, Keith has been treated pretty much like all the rest of the poor souls who have ended up serving time at this draconian torture facility.
Since April 1st – when the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) first initiated its COVID-19 rules – Keith has suffered through the same indignities as all the other MDC inmates.
Lock-down or semi-lockdown conditions 24/7 – which means a lot more cell time and a lot less time for other things like watching TV, receiving and sending emails, making phone calls, showering, etc.
A reduction in commissary purchases – which, coupled with the cutback in warm meals, means an even worse diet than normal. And normal is usually a 1 on a scale of 1-to-10.
No visits from family members or friends – and, similarly, no visits from lawyers – at least until last week.
At one point during the last hearing in Raniere’s case, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis offered to let his attorneys meet with him at the EDNY Courthouse if they couldn’t arrange a legal visit with him at MDC.
Courtroom sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell
Ghislaine Not Having a Good Time at MDC
Meanwhile, Ghislaine’s attorneys have been doing a lot of complaining themselves – especially regarding where she’s being housed at MDC – and how she’s being constantly monitored by guards and psychiatrists who have dressed up as guards.
While Frank Report has not yet received a detailed report regarding Ghislaine, our understanding from our sources regarding MDC is that she is being held by herself in a separate wing in the prison’s East Tower.
Aerial view of MDC
Although she no longer has to dress in the paper uniforms she was given after she was first moved into her current cell, she is still not given the normal cloth sheets that other MDC inmates are given.
That’s because MDC officials have been put on notice by William Barr, the U.S. Attorney General, that they will likely be fired and prosecuted if Ghislaine should happen to commit suicide the same way that Epstein did at MDC’s counterpart, the Manhattan Correctional Center.
Ghislaine’s attorneys have been pressing to have her placed in “general population” with the other women who are currently imprisoned at MDC.
That request – which was recently denied by the presiding judge in her case – may not have been such a good idea anyway.
Reports have leaked out that many women prisoners at MDC were pissed that they had to spend so much time cleaning the entire unit in which Ghislaine is being housed all by herself.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
In reality, Ghislaine is being given the same treatment that most pre-trial inmates are given at MDC: they’re trying to beat her down – physically, emotionally, and psychologically – so that she’ll be more amenable to accepting a plea deal and telling them what they want to know about Epstein’s worldwide sex trafficking operation.
Keith Raniere wasn’t smart enough to accept a similar deal.
That’s why he’ll likely be spending the rest of his life in another federal prison.
K.R. Claviger,
If Maxwell is out into the general population and she is offed or suicided, then everyone will cry foul including you.
What’s your logic? Don’t you want her to live so she can talk?
I thought if I imitated Bangkok, as not Bangkok’s uncle, the little rodent would show his face. My apologies for being rude.
She will talk says:
And she will walk
NotUncleBangkok says:
Hey P*cker Checker if they put her into general population and she is killed or commits suicide —— you’d bitch and wine about that. Clavy buddy, grow a brain and some balls cuz ur sac is empty like ur head.
Hey Clavy! Total Op-Ed piece!
Reality check it’s your opinion not fact. Don’t quite ur day job cuz you suc monkey butt balls as a journaljizz FU
Maxwell has a lot to learn, as Raniere aka Crybaby Jane, is obviously better at whining than she is. LOL
Say What?!? Suneel to Judge: ‘I Brought Clare Bronfman to and From the Bathroom, Lowering Her Down Onto and Raising Her up From the Toilet Seat’!
Keith Raniere’s Amazing Prison Email to Baby Mama: ‘I Was Kidnapped By Mexicans Posing as Police,’ A South American Billionaire Is After Me — and ‘I Am Innocent’!
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MusicDNS
By Comax,
April 24, 2007 in Pandora Timeshifting
I've been messing around with Pandora and had a go with the Time Shifting Program.
It didn't work straight off the bat and I wasn't too fussed so I left it (no offense, it does look good).
I then had a look for flash media downloaders (i.e. programs that'll download any type of media streaming through flash)
Came across Replay Media Catcher. Apparently it used to be free or something but isn't anymore... doesn't matter.
Anyway the point is the interesting way it deals with pandora.
It listens for Mime Types in browser requests and then grabs the link.
As you might expect (ie if you did this manually) this results in a mp3 with SCRABAXO90HADF98Y34HASD89.MP3 as the file name....
and no tags.
But then as if by magic it changes the file name to Artist - Title.mp3
This is interesting as it isn't a Pandora specific program.
Anyhow, I look around the program and stubbed upon a file called MusicDNS.... interesting....google...
http://musicip.com/dns/index.jsp
Basically there is a service that allows you to submit a hash of the mp3 you are listening to and it will return the Tags.
There is a DEV kit which allows you to make your own proggies to go search for the tags.
It's free for under 1000 MusicDNS checks a day but you don't even need to Register.
They also have a full blown organizer that does other stuff as well (except it won't rename the files, only the tags ???)
It's well worth a look, if not for this project then just for something that is just incredible useful.
I last! I can find out who did all those unnamed MP3s I have acquired over the years...
- Comax
PS - Replay Media Catcher is pretty decent (just a little pricey), but the demo is worth a look. I might have a browse for Open Source Versions
I am actually called Shaun
I don't think it's a hash, both because the page says is uses "unique acoustic fingerprint technology" and if it did use a hash I doubt it would work with songs from Pandora, because those MP3s will have a different hash to ones in common circulation on P2P networks (and it would be totally impractical, they'd have to find every version of an MP3 of a song, listen to it and enter its details into the DB). This is pretty cool though, since renaming and ID3 tagging MP3s is pretty boring.
Well thats still a kind of hash... but you're right it's not of the file its of the "music" (The first 135 seconds of audio).
The Developers docs are very interesting (see bottom of http://musicip.com/dns/downloads.jsp)
2.Fingerprint - You will need the first 135 seconds of audio data in order to generate a fingerprint.
Using MusicDNS requires using a small piece of code to create an acoustic fingerprint (a 758 character string). This fingerprint can be sent to the MusicDNS server to retrieve a canonical identifier for the song (a Portable Unique IDentifier, or PUID), which will represent the song. If available, you can also retrieve the associated artist name and track title.
A sample PUID looks like this:
6afaf934-f2ee-d434-a477-57c804c9a6be
The complete system for creating and resolving fingerprints is also called the Open Fingerprint Architecture. This document was created with version 0.9.3 of the SDK.
This might be interesting..
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*1001: The Return of Chef*
I_Am_Not_A_Brand_Muffin
Postby I_Am_Not_A_Brand_Muffin » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:31 am
KennyStanWendyFan wrote: The beginning was hilariously weird (there's something for Stan/Kyle fangirls to finger themselves to )
Olivia42
Postby Olivia42 » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:51 am
I finally saw it just now via Mr. Twig.
The episode on the whole seemed awkward. Maybe it was Chef's choppy dialogue, or maybe I'm just out of the groove. It wasn't bad or anything, just strange.
I loved the "Previously on South Park" bit. How many times have they made fun of "to be continued" episodes on TV anyway?
I also liked the sad ending. I hoped a bit that they would let Chef's character remain independent of the actor, but I guess the statement has to come first. And since when has SP respected the sanctity of characterization? And I always appreciate a good Star Wars reference.
A good episode. Not perfect, but well worth my time.
Re: Stardust Memories
Postby Tweeks_Coffee » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:58 am
nojo wrote: Just don't resent those of us who also enjoy the more recent seasons.
Alright, but you gotta do the same. I'm not saying you've actually done anything (quite the opposite actually), but that's a big problem on this board. If you have a dissenting opinion than you'll be berated until you quit or die.
Tweeks_Coffee wrote:
Postby nojo » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:12 am
Me, I'll know the show's in trouble when they do an episode with Stan and Kyle at each other's throats because Terrance and Phillip are (are not!) starting to suck...
onepiece226
Postby onepiece226 » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:19 pm
They should bring back chef like kenny or say that the chef that died wasent the real chef like a clone or something,one question is the darth chef going to come back to destroy them or somthing
Postby kylelover52610 » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:11 pm
I am a supporter of Stan/Kyle, yes, but I don't finger myself to the sh*t! I mean, come on.
But no seriously, I miss Chef, I loved him like a fat kid loves chocolate over chocolate smothered in chocolate. >.<
Misty_Park_3R
Postby Misty_Park_3R » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:31 pm
nojo wrote: The show isn't any less funny, but these days it's funny in ways the old-timers don't enjoy -- "too political" seems the verdict.
I was thinking the reason some people do not like the newer episodes is because they are too young to understand the humor. I’m an “old timer” that enjoys the show.
marklar-mike wrote: o come on nojo, you gotta admit, south park is not as funny as it used to be. I will at least give Matt and Trey and the writers credit for TRYING but not credit for success in doing so.
nojo wrote: I agree: South Park is not as funny as it used to be…It's funnier.
That was an excellent response, nojo.
“20 yrs from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbour. Catch trade winds in your sails. Explore_Dream_Discover” TWAIN
Postby nojo » Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:13 am
Misty_Park_3R wrote: I was thinking the reason some people do not like the newer episodes is because they are too young to understand the humor.
Something like that, most likely.
Big Will, for example, has a link to South Park's "Jump the Shark" page:
http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/southpark.htm
Second item, from who knows how many years ago: "When 8 year olds started watching it."
But to be generous about it, it's not so much the "political" episodes -- SP has always been political, or at least politically incorrect -- but the balance of episodes that seem to annoy a significant contingent of old-timers. They want more of those flat-out raunchy episodes that don't require annotation to enjoy.
And really, you can't fault them for it. One of the charms of South Park is the characters themselves -- not only the kids, but the grown-ups. (Randy at the ballpark, itching for a fight with the other dads...) Lurking beneath everything else is -- surprise! -- a classic character-driven comedy. If Chef really were just a cardboard cutout, none of us would care about his fate.
Still, I've been asked to cite a recent "classic" episode that stands up to the rest, and this time I'll be serious: Last year's anime episode. That was a feat of imagination that still impresses me -- and just one reason why, to my taste, the series keeps getting better with each season.
Postby Big-Will » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:07 am
Those items are arranged chronologically, I hope. The last two items are:
I used to love this show's willingness to deal with controversial issues, engage in satire, and push the envelope, but South Park seems to have lost its soul. Many of the people, groups, and issues they tackle these days are basically subjected to petty attacks with very little real satire. SP was never very subtle, but it seems that too many recent episodes I've seen have left me more annoyed than entertained or enlightened.
I am a huge fan of South Park and will continue to watch this show. That being said, "The Return of Chef" saw South Park not only jumping the shark, but throwing the shark off the cliff, disemboweling the shark, and had the shark torn apart by wild animals. I never had a problem with South Park making fun of any religion (even if I'm a Christian) and certainly wouldn't have a problem with Matt and Trey talking about the departure of Isaac Hayes. However, the show was simply not funny. I didn't laugh once and I was in shock watching Chef get killed in the most mean-spirited way possible. They could have handled the whole Isaac Hayes thing in a a better way and tacking on a funeral at the end didn't make things better. If they weren't angry at "Chef," why the venom towards him? Another shark jump has nothing really to do with the show, but the separation of fans into two camps, those who didn't like the episode and those who did and now make fun of the former. Jeez, a person doesn't like ONE episode and suddenly they're the Antichrist and go golfing with Tom Cruise each Sunday. Now my rant is over, let me say that I'll continue to watch South Park, but I'm worried that the guys have just lost their touch.
nojo wrote: (By the way, aren't we still owed a Lemmiwinks sequel?)
You actually believed that?
Butters Stotch100
Postby Butters Stotch100 » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:32 am
every south park ep is funny. Who ever thinks that its not doesnt have a sence of humour or is a christian!
South Park kicks Ass!!!
Big-Will wrote:
Had I been watching at the time, I probably would have believed that Cartman's father's identity was going to be revealed "in four weeks"...
Postby mouchette » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:12 am
Unhooded Kenny wrote: I think that Hubbard was a douche.
I loved that for some reason.
Postby RAppel » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:51 am
Butters Stotch100 wrote: every south park ep is funny. Who ever thinks that its not doesnt have a sence of humour or is a christian!
Except the "Pip" EP
Postby M00ndragon69 » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:29 pm
Big-Will wrote: Those items are arranged chronologically, I hope. The last two items are:
Thank you Big Will...You hit the nail on the head. What you described are the exact reasons why I haven't been very happy with the more recent episodes.
And, as for the people who get trashed for not liking some of the new episodes, if any of you are reading this, here is a message..You don't have to take that kind of sh*t..It is your opinion, and you have the right to think whatever you want. If someone quotes what you said, then insults you, tell them to piss off..And, definately don't leave the board over that sort of nonsense..You are a South Park fan, you have as much right to be here as the people who profess to love every episode.
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Fatou Bensouda: “It is Not Yet Time for me to Make a Statement.” When is the Time?
Date: 05/06/2016Author: Ansumana Ceesay 0 Comments
Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mrs Fatou Bensouda
Fatou Bensouda the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at the Hague, in the Netherlands have spoken for the first time since the criminal and unlawful crackdown on the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) militants and their executives in the Gambia by Dictator Yahya Jammeh’s regime in mid-April. Mrs Bensouda was interviewed by Sheriff Junior Bojang, a Gambia journalist who is in exile in Dakar, Senegal. She was asked about her take on the ongoing political events in the country and to the astonishment of the world, Fatou Bensouda refused to acknowledge the brutality Jammeh is unleashing on Gambians.
In fairness, we have to commend Mrs Bensouda for coming out to state her and her office position, which goes to show hypocrisy of the highest proportion. Fatou claimed that, because of the ICC’s mandate, it is not due for her to make a statement, because her jurisdiction is war crime, crime against humanity and genocide.
Now one needs to ask, was there any war crimes, crime against humanity or genocide when she made a statement on the Nigerian election or Guinea warning the parties involved? Of course not, but according to her, they have information or believed there will be. Why is Gambia’s situation different from those countries, when the head of state Dictator Yahya Jammeh threatened to kill people and bury them 9 feet deep, again hypocrisy of the highest proportion.
Just as recent as Friday 4th June 2016, Yahya Jammeh has threaten to kill Mandinkas, the biggest tribe in the country, because he claimed, Mandinkas to be threat to Gambia. Jammeh went as far as claiming that the biggest tribe in the country are not even Gambians, so we beg the question, what is difference between Jammeh’s threats and that of the threats issued in Rwanda in 1994 which led to the genocide in that country? Of course none.
Fatou have shown her incompetency to be the chair of the chief prosecutor of ICC, or her office is futile and it needs to be dissolved since she claimed her office to be reactive instead of proactive in preventing crime in the first place. For the argument sake, let’s accept Fatou’s argument that she does not have a mandate as chief prosecutor to intervene in Gambia, however, she is a Gambian and it doesn’t matter what her job and position is, she is entitled to an opinion which she could use as a private individual and condemn Jammeh’s brutality. But Gambians are not surprise because she was part of the system and for her to come and take on Jammeh in such matters, would mean she risk the wrath of Jammeh or an exposure from him.
Nevertheless, for Madam Bensouda to suggest that the UN supremo’s comments was because this issue is a human rights matter goes to show how naive or negligent she is. If anyone reads Fatoumata Jawara and Nogoi Njie’s statements, it would matter how heartless you may be, it must draw a reaction from you. So for Fatou Bensouda to brush this current problems under the rug as not having the gravity and severity to draw a statement from her is farcical to say the least. As a woman, mother, aunt, sister, Gambian or a chief prosecutor for that matter, who had intervened in other countries political matters in number of occasions and does not have the will to warn Jammeh about his conducts should be a big concern to all the parties involved with the ICC.
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The Denver Nuggets will host the LA Clippers in a rematch of a playoff series from a season ago. It was the Nuggets that eliminated the heavily-favored Clippers in a seven-game series after Denver fell behind 3-1.
This is the second straight year that the Nuggets will be hosting a game on Christmas Day, and it is their seventh time in franchise history playing on Dec. 25. There are five games scheduled on Christmas Day, and the Nuggets will be the final game of the evening.
The Miami Heat will host the New Orleans Pelicans in the first game on Christmas Day. Miami was in the NBA Finals a season ago, and the Pelicans feature Zion Williamson.
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The primetime game will feature the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Dallas Mavericks. Dallas is one of the up-and-coming teams in the NBA, but it will be an underdog against LeBron James and the Lakers.
Denver will tip off the 2020-21 season with a home game against the Sacramento Kings on Dec. 23. Six of the team’s first eight games of the season will be at home, with the other two games coming against Western Conference teams.
The NBA is releasing the schedule in two parts, and only the first half of the schedule has been announced for the Nuggets. Denver will play just 72 regular-season games this season as the league has forced to remove 10 games from the traditional schedule.
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The league is worried about a potential COVID-19 spread that will force the postponement of rescheduling of games. If this does occur, the league will be looking at handing down fines and suspensions for anyone caught breaking protocol.
Another potential punishment that will be used by the league is in-season quarantine or loss of game checks for players. The league is hoping that players and teams will all understand the magnitude and what is at stake of trying to play through a pandemic.
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The Game Itself
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
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'The Last Guardian' is the third title to be directed and designed by Fumito Ueda, who previously worked on 'Ico' and 'Shadow of the Colossus.' It's been a long time coming, as its troubled development has delayed it several times since it was initially announced in 2009. It looks to blend the friendship elements from 'Ico,' as players are paired with a giant mythological creature named Trico with the grand scale and climbing action from 'Shadow of the Colossus.'
The Game Itself: Our Reviewer's Take
'The Last Guardian' features the most impressive feat I've ever experienced in gaming. The adventure title revolves around interacting with Trico, a griffin-like creature that has the head of a dog, and exploring an area that the player, a small boy, wakes up in. What's groundbreaking here is that Trico never feels like a video game character, rather he interacts as a wild animal would be expected to.
From both an animation and programming standpoint, it's phenomenal. From watching Trico barely squeeze his way through tight areas to seeing him playfully interact with a large bell as if he was a puppy, the game constantly finds new ways to develop the player's companion as a character. This growth impacts the gameplay as well, as Trico begins weary of the player and a trust has to be earned over time. This manifests in the animal failing to listen at first, and then eventually acting as a true tandem to overcome the dangerous world they've been left in.
Trico may feel like a landmark moment for gaming, but that sadly can't be said for every part of 'The Last Guardian.' Actually controlling the boy feels rough, as the platforming can feel extremely stiff and wooden. This makes accomplishing some of the huge jumps that the game requires difficult, and I fell to my death so many times that I grew all too familiar with the game's loading screen that forces the player to mash on the controller's buttons in order to revive.
These moments are a definitive bummer, as they constantly rear its ugly head throughout the entire experience. There's no learning period with the controls, as I had just as many problems with these small movements at the end of my journey as I did in the beginning. It's a shame since it gets in the way of really cherishing some special scenes. Not enough to derail the entire experience, but it does tarnish what should be some incredible action sequences that has the player jumping across falling pillars and climbing incredible structures thousands of feet above the ground.
'The Last Guardian's biggest strength is when it relies on the player interacting with Trico. The puzzle design is always at its best when it requires both the beautiful animal and the boy to work together as a team. Players are able to communicate by gesturing to the creature, much like they would a real dog. Trico learns to jump on command by having the player actually jump in the air, and similar actions are done the same way. The creature doesn't always listen perfectly, which will certainly prove to be a sore spot for some, but it only enhanced the experience for me. As an animal owner, it felt much more natural to see Trico deny instruction when first starting out and then naturally progress to where he trusted me enough to do what I commanded.
The issue is that 'The Last Guardian' doesn't always teach the player the lessons they need in order to properly instruct Trico around. For example, very late in the game I got stuck in an area for about 20 minutes trying to get Trico to perform the longest jump I had seen in the game. I eventually thought I was just going the wrong way, until I figured backtracking wasn't the right answer since the game never had me do that before. I actually had the right idea as Trico needed to jump that gap, but I was giving the creature the wrong commands. I actually had to run on his back to instruct him to get a running start, and then jump. Thus it seemed like Trico wasn't listening, but in reality it was on me for not properly instructing the adorable creature.
These sort of small moments of frustration are a constant occurrence in what is otherwise a thrilling and beautiful adventure. I found myself cursing the game's name at one point due to a terrible segment where I had to toss barrels up on several platforms, yet if it landed the wrong way it could fall back onto the floor and force me to restart completely. This took about 15 minutes to complete, and it almost made me want to stop playing for the day. Thankfully, I carried on and the game delivered some truly spectacular moments shortly afterwards. These rough spots are always worth powering through, as the reward is spectacular.
Past games directed by Ueda have also had similar mechanical shortcomings, and enjoyment will largely come down to how much the player grows attached to Trico and if they are willing to sit through some frustrating sections to see something truly special. 'The Last Guardian' hits some tremendous high notes during its 12-hour story, and it's something that I was so glad to have played by the time it wrapped up despite its many flaws.
'The Last Guardian,' for the most part, isn't a technical achievement visually. Aside from the tremendous animation work, the game won't impress with a staggering amount of detail like 'Uncharted 4.' Where it does shine is in its art design, which is consistently impressive, and had me constantly using the DualShock 4's Share button in order to document the sights I had seen. Some signs of age do show up, such as visual pop-in and some ugly textures, but for the most part it's a sight to behold.
'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' orchestrator and composer Takeshi Furukawa scores 'The Last Guardian' and the soundtrack provides the perfect accompaniment to what ends up being an emotional trek through some incredible sights. Fights, which are almost entirely fought by Trico as the player only has to lead enemies to the beast, are made more intense by energetic songs, while slower music accompanies the more meaningful story beats. It seems like Furukawa always knows the perfect melody to enhance the experience, and does it throughout. On top of the fantastic soundtrack is some top-notch sound design that brings Trico, and the game's other creatures, to life.
'The Last Guardian' isn't something I'll personally replay right away, as I feel like I need time in order to take in its full impact, but it's certainly something I'll come back to once a year or so. It's such an accomplishment, and so unique when compared to other major first-party games, that nothing else can really scratch the itch that it serves. There are some good reasons to come back, as additional costumes can be equipped for the boy (including ones based upon past Team Ico titles) as a reward for returning players.
'The Last Guardian' is filled with bouts of frustration, but it's also proof that gaming is the most powerful medium for creators. I got to experience a genuine bond with Trico over the course of the game, and that can't be replicated elsewhere as it's dependent on actual interaction. Ueda's third title as a director is filled with flaws and some straight-up bad design in spots, but it manages to overcome its shortcomings to be something truly special.
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History of WWF/E Games Part 13
Posted on May 15, 2012 by JDelacey
WWF Rage in the Cage
Time to look at the one and only WWF game for the Mega CD.
WWF Rage in the Cage, was the only WWF game for be released for Sega’s Mega CD add on. Like many Mega CD games, it was really just an updated port of a game that was already released on the Mega Drive. Rage in the Cage in the months leading up to its release was being hailed as the best WWF game ever.
First time I ever heard about this game was in a issue of the WWF magazine. I was blown away by how many wrestlers were in this game; 20. Sure it may not sound like a huge amount by today’s standards, but back then the most we had in a game was twelve, so getting a extra eight wrestlers was a huge deal. While the advertisement did a great job on selling the game really well, it was actually really vague on information about the actual game.
Many consider WWF Rage in the Cage to be the pinnacle of WWF games of this era. I personally have always felt that this is the most over rated WWF game of this era. A little bit of trivia about this game is that in Japan it is known by the rather odd but cool sounding WWF Mania Tour name.
Rage in the Cage looks juts like Royal Rumble does on the Sega Mega Drive. This really is not a bad thing as Royal Rumble looked amazing. Many games on the Mega CD really did not go all out when it came to visuals, and this game is no different. It still looks good, and you can easily tell who all 20 wrestlers are supposed to be.
One interesting thing about this game, that really blew my mind at the time was the FMV videos. Sure they look terrible by today’s standards, and truth be told at the time of release these were not even in the top ten for FMV videos on the Mega CD, but for me as a kid I was blown away by these videos. As well as having a FMV intro movie, there was a FMV for each wrestlers finishing move that you could view on the wrestler selection screen. While I am talking about the wrestler selection screen, the digitized pictures of the wrestler’s look much sharper than they did on Royal Rumble. They look just as good as the wrestler selection screens on the Super Nintendo version of Royal Rumble.
The arena really just looks the same as it did in Royal Rumble. This is a little disappointing as the Steel Cage Challenge games that were released on the 8-bit systems at least had a different ring apron depending on if you were having a cage match or regular match.
Sound is great in this game. It is a little disappointing how they decided against using real entrance themes, instead we get the midi tunes from Royal Rumble, but they do sound a lot better. They sound more like the Super Nintendo than they do the Mega Drive. One really cool thing about the sound is the introductions from The Fink before each match, as well as a little taunt from each wrestler.
Exactly the same as Royal Rumble for Mega Drive, I am being serious the core game play is 100 percent exactly the same. All the moves you could do in Royal Rumble you can do here, and there is no new ones added. They did however take away the steel chair from out side of the ring, and it still baffles me to this day as to why they did this.
Of course the thing people bought this game for was to play cage matches. Cage matches play just like any other match except you win by escaping the cage. There is a WWF Championship mode which takes forever, as you have to defeat all other 19 wrestlers, which takes a while in its self, but you also have to put up with the brutal Mega CD load times.
Game modes is what kills Rage in the Cage for me, and is why I feel it is very overrated. There is only one on one matches…that is it. Despite the game having the tag teams of Money Inc, The Nasty Boys and the Headshrinkers, there are no tag matches in this game at all, no Royal Rumble mode. All you have is one on one matches either in a normal ring or with the cage. It kind of feels like they had to rush this game out. It had a very specific time slot it needed to be released in. It had to fit in right between Royal Rumble and WWF RAW.
Rage in the Cage is not a bad game, and it does have some very good points. Cage matches, loads of wrestlers, and cool FMV are all nice touches, but the fact that the game play remains exactly the same as Royal Rumble, and the severe lack of game modes, make this game get boring quite fast. To be fair maybe it is because Royal Rumble packed in so much new stuff that I expected to much from Rage in the Cage. Truth be told if this had all the game modes that were in Royal Rumble, then hands down it would have been the best WWF game of this era. As its the only WWF game to be released for the Mega CD it is worth having in your collection. Here in the UK Rage in the Cage was released in a regular double CD style case, which was great as the larger Mega CD cases were cheaply made and broke really easy.
About JDelacey
Jason, who was raised in Scotland, but currently lives in merry old England, has been gaming for around 25 of his 33 years of life. Started off by the Atari 2600 and the classic ZX Spectrum, Jason has never once lost love for gaming. Jason is a huge wrestling video game fan and wrote a long running history of wrestling video games series. Jason now is responsible for passing on his addiction of video games to his son Logan. Favourite Systems: Super Nintendo, Sega Mega Drive (sorry Genesis for my American friends) Playstation, Nintendo 64, Xbox 360. Favourite Games: Super Mario World, Star Wars Arcade, Ninja Turles 4, Streets of Rage 2, Sensible Soccer, WWF No Mercy, Wrestlemania The Arcade Game, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 10, Link To The Past, and Resident Evil 4.
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Categories > U.S. Regional Data > States > Kansas > Counties > Riley County, KS
Unemployed Persons in Riley County, KS (LAUCN201610000000004)
Nov 2020: 1,698 | Persons | Monthly | Updated: Jan 5, 2021
Nov 2020: 1,698 (+ more)
Nov 2020: 1,698
Oct 2020: 1,368
Sep 2020: 1,540
Aug 2020: 2,093
Jul 2020: 2,466
Release: Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas)
These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.
Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.
Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.
Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.
For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployed Persons in Riley County, KS [LAUCN201610000000004], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LAUCN201610000000004, January 17, 2021.
Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas)
Counties by State, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted: Kansas
Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Riley County, KS
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Local Offer Feedback 2015
Local Offer Feedback
You said: I would like a separate section about short breaks that tells you what each one does and an on-line application form. An explanation for each one would be useful so that we can choose which one would be best and put it on the application form.
Our plans: We agree. We are currently working with the BMBC web team on a complete page re-fresh. Work will start in April 2016 and the new page will include a separate Short Break section
You said: A flowchart of the process for short breaks would be really useful so we don’t have to read all of the writing, sometimes pictures are better.
Our plans: Good idea. We will include this in the new Short Break section mentioned above
You said: The information isn’t presented in a very colourful way; it doesn’t really make me want to read it.
Our Plans: We agree. In the page re-fresh we will make sure the information is presented in a brighter, fresher way which is pleasing to the eye.
You said: Can we have the Aiming high newsletters on there so we can read old ones again or new people can see them? / I have only had 1 newsletter because I have only just signed up for them but I would like to read the old ones, having them online would be good and I can catch up when I have a minute or two
Our Plans: Yes, we can do this and we will start work on it straight away
You said: The disability register ought to be online so we can sign up to it on there, I don’t really do post!
Our plans: We agree. We will work with the web team to create an online registration form to make this happen
You said: I am new to this and haven’t looked yet, but other parents have told me the sorts of things I can find on it, I think I will use it more as my son gets older.
Our plans: There is information available for all age groups of children, but we have taken this on board and will work with the web team to make the categories more obvious
You said: I used it to find support groups for parents of children with Autism, it would have been easier for me if there was a separate section for ‘support’ because I had to do a lot of clicking but I found it and the info was good
Our plans: We agree. The page re-fresh will include a review of the categories, which will include a section which is specifically for ‘support’
You said: I like how things are organised in ages but now that children go to school at 4 you don’t always know whether to look in the 0-5 or the 5-11 years group. Maybe a pre-school, primary, secondary, 16+ section would be more useful?
Our plans: When we review the categories we will look at the titles for each age group which will make things easier for parents/carers to find what they are looking for
You said: I find the ‘things to do’ section useful for my older child but I do wonder how regularly the information is updated, could it have a date on it ?
Our plans: We plan to have a ‘page last updated’ feature by the end of January 2016
You said: Can we have a section just for us, where there are links to you tube about things we are interested in – like skateboarding, football and that?
Our Plans: Good idea. We will work with the web team to make this happen
You said: It’s a bit boring. The stuff would be better if it was done like a cartoon strip or something; I would read that but not really in a big paragraph
Our plans: we will look at this with the web team and look to make the information within the young people’s section more engaging for you
If you would like to provide feedback on the Local Offer please email infoFIS@barnsley.gov.uk or phone 0800 0345 340
If you would like to complete a paper copy of the feedback form, please click on the useful downloads on the right hand side of this page. Please note that this is not an online application. You can print a copy off and post to the address below, or save a copy and email it to the email above
Families Information Service
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Education is the 1st Key to Success, Make Your Contribution Towards Karabo’s Future
Fundraising campaign by Boipelo Bogatsu
by Boipelo Bogatsu
Johannesburg, ZA | Education & Learning
Viga Interactive has been blessed with an amazing family member Doreen Mashaba, who’s in need of your help. Doreen is a domestic worker that lives in Cosmo City with her 9-year-old son Karabo, who has been a victim of bullying at school. Karabo is in grade 3 at a government school in Cosmo City and has found himself victimized by older children in the school as well as high school students across the road from his school.
Doreen was called in by Karabo’s school teacher and principal to hear that her son was held at knifepoint in the school’s bathroom for his pocket money - he only gets R2 every day from his mom. All the principal could say was ‘sorry’ and mentioned no intention of punishing the culprits. This was when Doreen realised that Karabo’s safety is under threat. Before the incident, Karabo was robbed for his school bag and belt by the high school pupils while he was waiting for his school transport which isn’t always on time.
Karabo plays community soccer as his school doesn’t have sports. His soccer team plays matches on Saturdays, with practices during the week. Karabo attends practice after he has completed his homework and washed his lunch box. Karabo does well in Maths, English and Life Skills, he also enjoys reading and learning new things. His biggest dream is to become a pilot. Doreen said, “my biggest wish is for his dreams to come true because he deserves it. He is a good boy.”
Karabo and his mom have a close relationship, she has mentioned how they have mature conversations. “One day we were watching TV and he said that when he becomes a pilot he’s going to buy me a house but if I shout at him he won’t”, she laughed. She continued to say, “he’s very honest when he has done something wrong he tells me before I have to ask”.
Karabo is also responsible. “Last year I found out that Karabo chose to save his pocket money to spend it during the holidays when he goes to visit my sister in Pretoria”, Doreen said. She said that he takes care of his toys and when he breaks them he fixes them, he understands that his mom works very hard for him and puts him first.
Doreen has lost faith in his teachers as they have not made measures to ensure his safety and she’s decided to find another school that will be a safe environment for Karabo to reach his dreams of being a pilot. Please help us raise funds to enrol Karabo into a better school, that will further his education and keep him safe.
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PALLADIUM:
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TSX: GENM
Board of Directors / Consultants
Generation PGM
Davidson Molybdenum Deposit
Darnley Bay Gravity Anomaly
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Generation Mining to Host Webinar on April 29th at 2PM EST
Toronto, Ontario – April 27, 2020 – Generation Mining Limited (CSE:GENM) (“Gen Mining”, “Generation”, or the “Company”) would like to invite interested shareholders and the general public to join Kerry Knoll, Executive Chairman, Jamie Levy President and CEO and Drew Anwyll, Chief Operating Officer for a webinar detailing recent progress towards the planned, fully funded Feasibility Study on the Company’s Marathon Palladium-Copper Project in Ontario.
The Generation Mining webinar will take place on Wednesday, April 29th at 2pm ET/11:00am PT. Management will be available to answer written questions following the presentation. Online registration and participation details may be found at the following link:
https://webinars.6ix.com/6ix/Palladium-Mining-for-Fresh-Air
About the Marathon Palladium Project
The Marathon Deposit is the largest undeveloped platinum group metal Mineral Resource in North America. The Marathon Property covers a land package of approximately 22,000 hectares, or 220 square kilometres. Generation Mining acquired a 51% interest in the Marathon Property from Sibanye Stillwater on July 10, 2019 and can increase its interest to 80 per cent by spending $10 million over a period of four years. As of Q1, 2020, approximately $4 million of the $10 million has already been spent. Sibanye Stillwater has certain back-in rights that can bring its interest in the Property back to 51 per cent after such time as Generation Mining has earned its 80-per-cent interest (see the company’s press release of July 11, 2019, for more details).
Jamie Levy
President and Chief Executive
Forward-Looking Information
This news release includes certain information that may be deemed “forward-looking information” under applicable securities laws. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address acquisition of the Property and future work thereon, Mineral Resource and Reserve potential, exploration activities and events or developments that the Company expects is forward-looking information. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the statements. There are certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking information. These include the results of the Company’s due diligence investigations, market prices, exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.
Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. For more information on the Company, investors are encouraged to review the Company’s public filings at www.sedar.com. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward- looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.
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XMAP Suite
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XCAM arrives in South Africa equipped with Thermal and NIR capabilities
GeoXphere has delivered a new XCAM B Thermal R to Geosense in South Africa ready to tackle aerial survey work in the mining, energy and construction markets.
GeoXphere spent 5 days in Johannesburg providing the training for the installation, survey and processing. Here’s our report.
XCAM
At the time of deployment this was a one-of-a-kind XCAM built to meet the requirements of Geosense and the particular areas of work they wanted to operate it in. It’s an XCAM B (our most common pod form factor) with three sensors onboard. It has:
an RGB sensor that you find in other XCAMs to capture true-colour imagery,
a NIR sensor which is the same resolution as the RGB but filters for near-infrared wavelengths,
and a Thermal sensor which records absolute temperature values.
What makes this pod special is the thermal sensor. Most XCAMs with the thermal add-on produce relative temperature values, so you can see ‘what’s hot and what’s not’ but you can’t see what the actual temperature is without providing some temperature ground control. This is more than sufficient for most applications as it’s the differences in temperature that provide the insight. This sensor, however, includes a thermal sensor that can return the absolute temperature values +/- 5 degrees Celsius. This allows another layer of insight where the analyst can say “ok, that feature is hotter than the surrounding area, and it’s 45.2 degrees Celsius”. This has the potential to allow much more informed decision making when analysing an area mapped with XCAM.
The XCAM was delivered in its standard Peli case along with strut mount, battery pack and cable loom. It’s a lightweight package that fits easily into the overhead locker of an Airbus A380 (even in Economy!).
XCAM B as hand luggage at Heathrow Terminal 5
On day one, Chris from GeoXphere arrived at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International airport in the morning, met the Geosense staff in the Centurion office then headed over to the local airport, Wonderboom, where the XCAM was to be installed for the first time. The installation took longer than normal as training was incorporated into it and there were lots of questions about the pod itself, but it took around 20 minutes in total. A quick ground test was carried out and it was ready for survey.
Pilot and operator with the XCAM Thermal
No luck needed for these XCAM surveys!
Survey 1 & 2
The XCAM went up for two surveys the following day. The first was a daytime survey to collect datasets with all three sensors. This provided a true-colour base map that following surveys could be referenced against. The second survey was carried out early evening after dark to capture just the thermal. All sensors were collecting data but as the sun had gone down, the RGB and NIR sensors weren’t much use. This second survey was all about getting a thermal dataset that wasn’t affected by daytime heating by the Sun.
XCAM thermal data ranging from black (cold) through to white (hot)
The area of interest was just outside a small town where subterranean coal mining activity had taken place. The intention was to see whether the thermal sensor could pick up any evidence of underground burning, a big issue in this part of the world. This burning has the potential to compromise the surface soil and create large cavities. It doesn’t take much imagination to see how a big burning hole in the ground could be a danger to people, livestock and buildings! These XCAM datasets will pave the way for organisations to put in remedial action to reduce the risk to people in the area.
Yellow/white areas showing patches of hot surface soil (circa 48 degrees Celsius)
After the Tuesday daytime and evening surveys the XCAM headed out to Potchefstroom where it was to be used by GyroLAG on a research project linked with the local University. The XCAM was fitted to their aircraft, again in around 20 mins and was immediately sent out to capture two areas.
This area of grass burning was just outside the project area, unfortunately
The datasets were to be used by local University students to analyse the heat response from the roofs of buildings for assessing property insulation and the use of heating. There’s a lot of analysis that can be done using this data, from comparing roof construction methods, through to extrapolating levels of economic deprivation in an area. All useful data that further down the line can be used to provide guidance on policies and funding to improve the lives of the residents.
Stunning orthophoto mosaic captured over Potchefstroom
Orthophoto with semi-transparent thermal overlaid.
Vegetation and man-made surfaces show up really well
The thermal data overlaid with the orthophoto really shows up the buildings that are cold (black/grey) and the ones that are hot (yellow/white). As it's a daytime survey you can also see the effect of the heat of the sun on the faces of the roofs and in the shadows of the buildings.
Both Geosense and GyroLAG carried out their own processing, with a bit of guidance from GeoXphere. They processed the data from all three sensors in Pix4D to produce the orthophoto mosaics of RGB, NIR and Thermal datasets. They also produced NDVI classifications. The RGB data was also processed in Skyline Photomesh to produce a 3D model and terrain dataset.
NDVI produced using the RGB and NIR bands of the XCAM
The speed that this data can be captured and processed in, combined with the low-cost XCAM itself means there is a much lower overhead on survey projects. This was a revelation for both Geosense and GyroLAG who are used to operating more expensive remote sensing equipment. This means their clients can get the data they need faster than was ever possible before.
The XCAM B with the NIR and Thermal sensors has proven itself as a very capable unit for quickly and easily capturing multi-band data. Not only that, the applications are wide-reaching meaning a small survey company can tackle a variety of jobs in different sectors, expanding their capabilities and client-base. Not only that, they can value-add with processing services such as thermal analysis and NDVI calculations. The GeoXphere team look forward to seeing lots of new and interesting datasets being captured with this XCAM pod.
The XCAM B Thermal R (‘R’ stands for ‘radiometric’) was delivered in May 2017, on lease with Geosense, South Africa. For more information on Geosense or GyroLAG, please visit their websites.
Photomesh 7.3 makes big improvements to true-ortho quality
Ramani Geosystems pioneer capture of 360 street-level imagery in Kenya using XCAM G Mobile Mapping system
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Governor-Elect Scott Appoints Small-Business Owner Lindsay Kurrle Commissioner of Labor; BTV Ignite's Michael Schirling Secretary of Commerce
Governor-elect Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Michael Schirling as Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) and Lindsay Kurrle as Commissioner of the Department of Labor (DOL).
Governor-Elect Scott Announces Two Additional Cabinet Appointments
Governor-elect Phil Scott today announced the appointments of Thomas D. Anderson as Commissioner of Public Safety and Julie Moore as Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR).
Governor-Elect Scott Announces Two Agency Heads, Additional Staff
Governor-elect Phil Scott today announced the appointments of two cabinet secretaries and additional policy staff on his senior leadership team.
Governor-Elect Phil Scott Addresses Property Tax Projections
Governor-elect Phil Scott issued the following statement Thursday on the Tax Department’s property tax projections for fiscal year 2018.
Governor-Elect Scott Announces First Senior Staff Appointments
Governor-elect Phil Scott today announced the first four appointments to his senior staff.
In Support of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusiveness
A number of Vermont education leaders released the following statement, which has also been signed by Governor Peter Shumlin and Governor-elect Phil Scott in support of diversity, equity and inclusiveness
Governor and Governor-elect issue joint statement on Vermonters' concerns after Presidential election
Governor Peter Shumlin and Governor-elect Phil Scott today issued the following statement on concerns raised by Vermonters following the presidential election and recent events across the state.
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The Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (DIMAP)
Lead Research Organisation: University of Warwick
Department Name: Computer Science
Discrete Mathematics plays an essential role in modelling the natural world (e.g., the genome) and the technological world (e.g., the internet), and in designing efficient solutions such as gene-sequencing algorithms and internet routing protocols. It is well known that the UK has a serious lack of capacity in this increasingly important area. This has been highlighted in three International Reviews (Computer Science, Mathematics and OR) and by independent industry reports such as that from the Smith Institute. Discrete Mathematics is a fundamentally multi-disciplinary activity. The close connections among algorithmic work being done primarily in computer science departments, combinatorial work primarily in mathematics departments, and optimisation work primarily in OR research groups in business schools, strongly suggest that the lack of capacity in these inter-related areas will be best addressed by developing a new centre with a unified, collaborative strategy. The EPSRC Science and Innovation scheme, focussing on both the interface of mathematics and computer science, and the fundamentals of operational research, reinforces this view. We propose to enhance capacity in this area substantially by founding the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, rooted in three internationally recognised departments at the University of Warwick: Computer Science, Mathematics and the Business School. The key deliverables resulting from an initial investment of 3.62M from EPSRC/HEFCE, combined with substantial and continuing support by the University, will be:o a strong multi-disciplinary research centre in the adjacent new Computer Science and Mathematics buildings, directed by an Executive Team of Profs M Paterson FRS, AM Stuart, B Chen and Dr LA Goldberg supporting an internationally competitive programme of research in discrete modelling, algorithmic analysis and operational research;o the recruitment of three new lecturers, one in each department, on attractive terms and with permanent contracts to ensure highest quality appointments; o the recruitment of a new professor in Discrete Mathematics and its Applications in Algorithms within the Department of Computer Science;o an ongoing stream of postdoctoral RA's, building from an initial group of four to be recruited under the EPSRC/HEFCE grant;o a training strategy comprising: - a doctoral training centre offering 4-year PhD's. Two new students would be recruited each year for 5 years under the EPSRC/HEFCE grant, with others funded through CASE awards and the DTA programme; - a new stream within the 4-year Computer Science MEng degree with modules from mathematics and OR and focussing on discrete mathematics;o an Industrial Affiliates Programme, for industrial and other users to communicate their needs within the discrete mathematics area, and to collaborate with the Centre in developing solutions and transferring knowledge;o the development of collaborations, rooted in discrete maths, involving researchers at other UK universities.Strong management by the Executive Team will ensure that the Centre delivers impact through high quality research advancing knowledge in discrete mathematics, algorithms, and fundamentals of operational research and giving a significant boost to UK industry, capacity by increasing the UK's production of trained researchers in this area, sustainability by securing the long-term future through research and training, knowledge transfer via the usual publication routes and the Industrial Affiliates Programme, and timeliness by ensuring that projected schedules are met to address the UK's current problems. The added value from this Award would arise from the opportunity to focus and coordinate the excellent research currently undertaken across three departments.
EP/D063191/1
Artur Czumaj
Mathematical sciences (100%)
Algebra & Geometry (85%)
Mathematical Aspects of OR (15%)
University of Warwick, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
HEFCE, United Kingdom (Co-funder)
Artur Czumaj (Principal Investigator)
Maxim Sviridenko (Co-Investigator)
Colin Sparrow (Co-Investigator)
Bo Chen (Co-Investigator) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7605-9453
Andrew Stuart (Researcher)
Leslie Ann Goldberg (Researcher)
Michael Paterson (Researcher)
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Description DIMAP - which is the research centre funded by this EPSRC project - is a very successful research centre that enhanced Warwick's and UK's reputation in mathematical and computer science communities in the UK, in Europe, and around the world. It promotes cutting edge research in discrete mathematics and combinatorics, theoretical aspects of computer science, and mathematical aspects of operations research. Its positive impact on the UK mathematics scene has been cited in the International Reviews of Mathematical Sciences 2010 and DIMAP is widely recognized as a UK centre of excellence in algorithms.
Since its creation in 2007, DIMAP has become a recognised brand name in the mathematical and computer science communities around the world. Its excellent research environment - thanks to its renowned academic staff and its scientific activities - made DIMAP an excellent place to work at and visit. Largely thanks to DIMAP, Warwick has succeeded in several high profile appointments, like Dr Coja-Oghlan (ERC winner), Prof Cormode (ERC winner), Dr Georgakopoulos (ERC winner), Prof Král (ERC winner)', Prof Pikhurko (ERC winner), Dr Räcke, Prof Sviridenko, doubling the number of Warwick academic staff in core DIMAP areas. Most of DIMAP key members have significant individual research grants (which is not necessarily a UK standard in theoretical areas as those in the focus of DIMAP), including several ERC grants, many EPSRC grants, Royal Society Wolfson Merit Awards, etc. Grant income of DIMAP members together with the excellent research environment in DIMAP and its reputation, allowed DIMAP to maintain a steady number of high quality postdocs and PhD students. It's extremely unlikely that these things could have happened without DIMAP.
DIMAP's research activities, like its extensive programme of scientific seminars and international workshops and conferences, have brought to the UK and to Warwick many leading researchers from around the world, including Turing Award winners, Nevanlinna Prize winners, Gödel Prize winners, European Prize in Combinatorics winners, etc.
DIMAP has also played key role in establishing in October 2008 a new BSc degree course Discrete Mathematics, offered jointly by the Department of Computer Science and the Warwick Mathematics Institute. Current total number of students is over 100 across all years.
Exploitation Route The funding allowed the UK to enhance its international standing in discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and mathematical aspects of OR. We believe that this will have a positive long-term impact on the UK research in these areas and beyond, and will allow the UK to be one of the most world best centres of excellence in the very hot areas on the interface of mathematics, computer science, and operational research.
Sectors Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Other
URL http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/dimap/
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Your Data Backup Must be Ready and Accessible 24/7
January 23, 2019 / GuidesFor Team
What good is data backup if it can’t be readily available? The value of data is in its applicability, relevance, and timeliness, especially for decision-making. In times of crises, the need for data is not put on hold, if anything, it’s more relevant than ever. The volume of data continues to grow and per Whizpr, 1.7 megabytes bits of new information will be generated per second for every human being by the year 2020. This only highlights the importance of constant data access and having adequate security and redundancy measures. This article will tell you more. – Silvana Peters
Read the source article at IT News Africa
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Carrying the Sheikh’s Baby
Hired by the sheikh… And expecting the royal heir!
When shy, academic Cat Smith is hired as a researcher by Sheikh Zane Ali Nawari Kane, she’s thrilled—and completely dazzled by their overwhelming chemistry!
Cat knows a fling could compromise her professional credibility, but resisting Zane’s sensual caress feels utterly impossible. Until their passionate encounter has lasting consequences…
Now carrying the heir to the kingdom means one thing—Cat must become Zane’s queen!
The Khans
Powerful sheikhs and the women who can tame them!
#1: Carrying the Sheikh’s Baby – Zane and Cat
#2: Claimed for the Desert Prince’s Heir – Prince Kasim and Kasia
#3: Innocent’s Desert Wedding Contract – Karim and Orla
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Dr Smith, you need to come to my office ASAP. You have a very important visitor who cannot be kept waiting.
Catherine Smith pedalled through the gates of Cambridge’s Devereaux College at breakneck speed, her boss Professor Archibald Walmsley’s curt text making sweat trickle down her forehead and into her eyes.
Braking at the side of the redbrick Victorian monolith that housed the faculty offices, she leapt off the bike and rammed it into the cycle rack, before swiping her brow. Rounding the building, she spotted a limousine with blacked-out windows and diplomatic flags parked in the no-parking zone by the front entrance. Her heartbeat kicked up several extra notches.
She recognised those flags.
So that solved the mystery of who had come to visit her: it had to be someone from the Narabian embassy in London. Panic and excitement tightened around her ribs like boa constrictors as she raced up the steps—her mind racing ahead of her.
A visit from the Narabian embassy could either be very good, or very bad.
Walmsley—who had taken over as Devereaux College’s dean after her father’s death—was going to kill her for going over his head and applying for official accreditation for her research into the recent history of the secretive, oil-rich desert state. But if she got it, even he wouldn’t be able to stand in her way. She’d finally be able to get more funding for her research. Her heart thudded against her chest wall in a one-two punch. She might even get permission to travel to the country.
Surely this had to be good news. The country’s ruler, Tariq Ali Nawari Khan, had died two months ago after a long illness and his son, Zane Ali Nawari Khan, had taken over the throne. A darling of the gossip columns as a baby—Zane Khan was half American, the product of Tariq’s short-lived marriage to tragic Hollywood starlet Zelda Mayhew—he’d disappeared from the public eye, especially after his father had won custody of him in his teens. But there had been several credible stories the new Sheikh was planning to open the country up, and bring Narabia onto the world stage.
Which was why she’d made her application—because she was hoping the new regime would consider lifting the veil of secrecy. But what if she’d made a major mistake? What if this visit was actually very bad news? What if the diplomat was here to complain about her application? Walmsley could use it as an excuse to end her tenure.
She rushed down the corridor towards Walmsley’s office, breathing in the comforting scent of lemon polish and old wood.
The pulse of grief hit her hard as she took the stairs to her father’s old office. This place had been her whole life ever since she was a little girl, and her father had taken over as the new dean. But Henry Smith had been dead for two years now. And Walmsley had wanted her gone—as a reminder of the man whose shadow he’d lived in for fifteen years—for almost that long.
Buck up, Cat, it’s time. You can’t spend the rest of your life hidden behind these four walls.
Turning the corner to Walmsley’s office, she spotted two large men dressed in dark suits standing guard outside his door. Her heart rammed into her throat, the crows of doubt swooping into her stomach like dive bombers.
Why had the Narabian embassy sent a security detail? Wasn’t it a little over the top? Maybe Walmsley’s reaction wasn’t the only thing she had to worry about?
She brushed her hair back from her face and retied the wayward curls to buy time. The snap of the elastic band was like a gunshot in the quiet hallway. Both men stared at her as if she were a felon, instead of a twenty-four-year-old female professor with a double PhD in Middle Eastern studies. They looked ready to tackle her to the ground if she so much as sneezed.
She forced herself to breathe. In, out—that’s the spirit.
‘Excuse me,’ she murmured. ‘My name’s Dr Catherine Smith. Professor Walmsley is expecting me.’
One of the man mountains gave a brusque nod, then leaned round to shove open the door. ‘She is arrived,’ he announced, in heavily accented English.
Cat entered the office, the hairs on her neck prickling alarmingly as Walmsley’s head snapped up.
‘Dr Smith, at last, where have you been?’ Walmsley said, his exasperated enquiry high-pitched and tense.
Cat jumped as the door slammed shut behind her. Her anxiety levels increased, the boa constrictors writhing in her belly. Why was the dean fidgeting like that with the papers on his desk? He looked nervous, and she’d never seen him nervous before.
‘I’m sorry, Professor,’ she said, trying to read her boss’s expression—but his face was cast into shadow by the pale wintry light coming through the sash window behind him. ‘I was in the library. I didn’t get your text until five minutes ago.’
‘We have an esteemed visitor, who is here to see you,’ he said. ‘You really shouldn’t have kept him waiting.’
Walmsley held out his arm and Cat swung round. The prickle of awareness went haywire. A man sat in the leather armchair at the back of Walmsley’s office.
His face was cast into shadow. But even seated he looked intimidatingly large, his shoulders impressively broad in an expertly tailored suit. He had his left leg crossed over his opposite knee, one tanned hand clasping his ankle. The expensive gold watch on his wrist glinted in the sunlight. The pose was indolent and assured and oddly predatory.
He unfolded his legs and leaned out of the shadows, and Cat’s wayward pulse skyrocketed into the stratosphere.
The few photographs she’d seen of Sheikh Zane Ali Nawari Khan didn’t do him justice. High slashing cheekbones, a bladelike nose and his ruthlessly cropped hair were offset by a pair of brutally blue eyes, the colour of his irises the same true turquoise his mother had once been famous for.
He had clearly inherited all the best genes from both sides of his bloodline—his features a stunning combination of his father’s striking Arabic bone structure and his mother’s almost ethereal Caucasian beauty. In truth, his features would almost be too perfect, but for the scar on his chin—and a bump in the bridge of his nose, which marred the perfect symmetry.
Cat’s lungs contracted.
‘Hello, Dr Smith,’ he said, in a deep cultured voice, his English still tinged with the lazy cadence of America’s West Coast. He unfolded his long frame from the chair and walked towards her—and she had the weirdest sensation of being stalked, like a gazelle who’d accidentally wandered into the lion enclosure at London Zoo. She struggled to get her breathing back under control before she passed out at his Gucci-clad feet.
‘My name is Zane Khan,’ he said, stopping only a smidgen outside her personal space.
‘I know who you are, Your Highness,’ she said, breathlessly, far too aware of her height disadvantage.
He spoke again in that same clipped, urbane tone. ‘I don’t use the title outside Narabia.’
Blood rushed to her face and flooded past her eardrums. Then a dimple appeared in his left cheek, and her lungs seized again.
Oh, for Pete’s sake, a dimple? Isn’t he devastating enough already?
‘I’m sorry, Your High… I mean, Zane.’ Heat charged to her hairline, when his lips quirked.
Oh. My. God. Cat. You did not just call the ruler of Narabia by his first name.
‘Sorry, I’m so sorry. I meant to say, Mr Khan.’
She sucked in a fortifying breath and the refreshing scent of citrus soap, overlaid with the spicy hint of a clean cedarwood cologne, filled her nostrils. She shuffled back, and her bottom hit Walmsley’s desk.
He hadn’t moved any closer, but still she could feel that concentrated gaze on every inch of her exposed skin.
‘Are you here about my request for accreditation?’ she asked, feeling impossibly foolish.
Why on earth would he have come all this way, to see her, over something that could be sorted out by one of his minions in the Narabian embassy in London?
‘No, Dr Smith,’ he said. ‘I’m here to offer you a job.’
A Marietta Christmas Claiming My Untouched Mistress
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Zak Abel hits the studio with Marlon Roudette for new collaboration
Zak Abel has teamed up with Marlon Roudette for a new collaboration.
Roudette previously co-wrote “Finders Keepers” and “Fine Line” for his sister Mabel McVey. The JD Reid-produced tracks peaked to numbers eight and eleven on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.
In addition to prepping his third studio collection under Universal Music Group / Island Records UK, Roudette has also penned songs on the next projects by Sinead Harnett, Louisa Johnson, Dan Caplen, and Liam Payne.
Meanwhile, Abel is expected to release his next project and follow-up to 2017’s “Only When We’re Naked” – featuring current promotional single “Love Song” – later this year via Warner Music Group / Atlantic Records UK.
The still-untitled collection reportedly yields additional alliances with Mojam Music, Nile Rodgers, Maegan Cottone, Lostboy, Will Simms, Jordan Riley, Philip Plested, SG Lewis, Evan “Kidd” Bogart, Lawrie Martin, Fred Ball, Max McElligott, Lucy “Pawws” Taylor, and Clarence Coffee Jr.
Watch the music video for “When the Beat Drops Out” below.
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The Marchioness for Whom the Bell Tolled Extended Epilogue
Extended Epilogue
Five Years Later….
Bellinda sat in the pew beside Octavius and they watched as the vicar finished the ceremony that would declare Octavius’ sister a married woman at last. More than seven years had passed since Sophie had come back into Bellinda’s life and she’d gotten to know her as a young lady instead of a small child. And what a journey it had been to get to know her.
She smiled as she remembered the way they’d sparred across the dinner table, both before and after her marriage to Octavius. Although after the ordeal they had all suffered through, their sparring had gone from mean-spirited to good-natured, which is how it remained to this day. Once they had set their animosity aside, they’d become rather close. Never as close as Bellinda was to Sophie’s older sister, Annamarie, but they’d become companions and cared for one another.
“She is a vision,” she whispered to Octavius who grinned at her.
“I thought this day would never come. His Grace’s appearance in our lives has been a blessing, indeed.”
Bellinda nodded in agreement. The young Duke had come upon their family quite by accident. The previous year, during an unexpected thunderstorm, the young Duke found himself lost and stumbled upon their property seeking shelter. It was that very night which set Sophie on the path she was now on. The very moment they laid eyes upon each other it had been love. A blessing, indeed.
Sophie, just like Bellinda, had never lost that tendency toward sarcasm. She had a quick reply for anything and everything. And just like Bellinda, that had not served her well when it came to finding a husband. Octavius had struggled to find his sister a match, as no man could measure up to Sophie’s standards or could contend with her feisty nature. Until the Duke of Marxham appeared on their doorstep.
How much like me she is. It is no wonder we bumped heads together so much when we first met.
The young couple turned and Sophie beamed at Bellinda, a wife at last. Bellinda smiled back at her sister-in-law and her dashing husband. A Duke, no less.
“She outranks you now,” Octavius whispered into her ear. His voice still made her shiver with pleasure even after all these years. She turned to him, a smile on her lips.
“It has not escaped me. And I am sure I will hear of it until the end of my days. You know your sister never misses an opportunity to bring it up.”
It didn’t bother her, however. She was content in her life. Married to the man she loved now as much as on the day he’d freed her from the grasp of Lord Wolvesley, she no longer cared about status or society. These days when she traveled to London for the Season, she much preferred to spend her time with Sarah than at balls or the opera. Indeed, she relished the time she had with her friend, especially now that they each had three children to entertain. The two would spend the Season taking their children to the Royal Menagerie, the parks, and to the country while their husbands attended Parliament. Then, in the evenings, they would sit together in their drawing rooms, indulging in sweetmeats and Port and conversing about the future—and sometimes the past.
I have a good life. I have a family, a husband who adores me, loyal friends and healthy children. Yes. I am blessed, I declare.
Their third child, Lucinda, named after Bellinda’s late mother, had been born the previous year, joining her brothers, James and David, named after Octavius’ late father and brother.
She watched as her sister-in-law strut down the aisle of the little church on the arm of the only man who had not only been able to accept her strong mind and witty character, but who loved her for it. Seeing Sophie so happy made Bellinda smile. She caught the eye of her mother-in-law, who was in the pew ahead of them. The Dowager Marchioness beamed, her face aged, yet beautiful. Lady Hartlon still lived with them at Hartlon Manor and relished her role as grandmother.
The party rose and followed the young couple down the aisle and into the waiting carriages which would take them back to the Manor where luncheon would be served.
“Here, allow me.”
Octavius extended his arm to her and together, they walked down the aisle after the rest of the party. He folded his hand over hers as she rested it on his elbow. It was these little things, the small gestures and hidden affections that they showed one another even while in public, that solidified their union day after day. His devotion to her, even in the face of controversy, had made her convinced early on that he was the one for her. He’d stood by her through the loss of her mother, through the trial, and through the eventual death of her father, the late Earl of Windshire. Octavius was her rock and she knew he would always be.
That afternoon, the party was gathered in the gardens of Hartlon Manor and Bellinda walked among the guests, smiling at the many familiar faces.
“My Lady,” a voice called behind her. She turned and looked into the bright eyes of her lady’s maid, Mary. “You wanted to be told when Lord Mortimer awakens.”
Bellinda smiled. It still struck her as odd that her son was referred to by his courtesy title, although it was rightfully proper.
“Thank you, Mary. Have Miss Lester bring him out when he is ready, please. How are you getting on?” She glanced down at the maid’s bulging stomach.
“Very well, although I will be glad when the child is born, it is ever so taxing.”
Bellinda smiled. “I know it, I do. But when you hold your child in your arms it will all be worth it, trust me.”
Mary curtsied then and departed. Bellinda turned and caught sight of Linus on the lawn conversing with one of Lord Wexworth’s daughters. Bellinda could hardly believe how much he’d grown. He’d returned from Eton for the wedding and she would have sworn upon her life that he was at least a head taller. He inherited their father’s height just as she had.
“He will be a handsome lad, sure to break hearts in a few years,” her mother-in-law said beside her. “Has he any idea what he wants to do in life? I’ve asked him but he’s good at giving answers that provide no answers at all.”
Bellinda sighed. “I am not quite sure. He spoke of wanting to go into the military like Clifford, although his brother seems displeased with his experience thus far. Perhaps the clergy would be better for him.”
“He is a gabster,” Lady Hartlon agreed, as they watched the boy. “I had hoped Alpheus, I mean Lord Windshire, would join us but I suppose he is busy in London.”
“He is. It is his first year in the House of Lords and taking my father’s place among the peers has been vexing for him. I’ve had a letter, however, and it seems he has employed a matchmaker to help him find a wife.”
Lady Hartlon clapped her hands together in delight. “That is wonderful news. Any young lady would be lucky to have him.”
Bellinda agreed. Her brother had grown up to be honorable and pure of character, despite the poor example set by her father. She glanced at Octavius who was conversing with his new brother-in-law.
It is down to his good influence my brothers have all become such good young men.
“I wish Annamarie could be here,” Lady Hartlon said with sadness in her voice.
Bellinda patted her mother-in-law’s arm then. “She will be here later, I am sure. Once the guests have left. She would not miss her sister’s special day.”
Lady Hartlon gave her a nod, although the sadness had not left her eyes. She departed into the house, leaving Bellinda alone on the lawn. She sat on the steps leading to the house to survey the guests who lingered happily before her. She was alone but for a moment, as Octavius soon joined her, a quizzical expression on his handsome face.
“Why suddenly so Friday-faced on this glorious day? Is it getting to you, that she outranks you, after all? Shall I apply at Court for a Dukedom of my own?”
“And be under more scrutiny then we already are? I think not,” Bellinda made a face and shuddered at the mere thought. Octavius winked at her and she smiled, patting the space beside her. He sat close enough to her to where their bodies seemed connected. She enjoyed the closeness between them. It always gave her comfort.
“Your mother just lamented Annamarie’s absence.”
At once his visage darkened. “Yes, it is such a shame. I would have loved for them to be here.” He leaned over and dropped his voice. “I have arranged for them to come this evening, for supper. I’ve saved some Port for the occasion.”
“Does Sophie know?”
He nodded. “I told her. She and His Grace will have departed on their honeymoon by then, of course, but she saw Annamarie yesterday.”
Bellinda sighed. “I wish this could all have been resolved before the wedding.”
“I know, my love. With time it will be. Lady Wexworth has not been buried more than two months. Once the mourning period is over, Annamarie and Wexworth can wed and they can rebuild their reputations. It will just take time. But we have a Duke in the family now, one sympathetic to their plight. That can only help.”
Bellinda grunted. “I suppose. It just seems so unfair.” She had always feared that Annamarie and Lord Wexworth’s illicit relationship would be discovered, and at last it had. The previous summer the two were caught out by Lady Wexworth’s father while meeting at the stables at Pelham House. They could not explain away the circumstances and scandal soon followed.
The majority of the blame had fallen on poor Annamarie, with none of the public blame falling on Wexworth. To his credit, he stood by her and proclaimed her his true love to anyone who cared to listen. This, of course, only made things worse. A divorce was put in motion only to have to be set aside when Lady Wexworth found herself pregnant with their seventh child.
“If only Lady Wexworth had not fallen pregnant again. They could have gotten a divorce.”
Bellinda shook her head. “That might have ended Wexworth’s marriage, but he would not have been able to marry Annamarie. At least this way, they can. Still, it is such a tragedy for all involved. Especially the children.”
Lady Wexworth, who left the marital home upon the discovery of the affair, had returned to her parents’ home only to tragically pass away while giving birth to her stillborn son, their first. The boy, had he lived, would have been the heir Wexworth had so longed for, but it was not to be.
“At least now they have a chance to marry and perhaps he will have an heir yet.”
“Perhaps.” Bellinda shook her head. “One thing must be said. Despite it all, they have stood by one another. They are truly dedicated to each other.”
Octavius nodded and reached for her hand. “They are. Theirs is a union like ours, based on love and respect for one another. I see them happy together, once this scandal has passed.”
Suddenly, a thought came to Bellinda and she turned to her husband, clasping his hands.
“Promise me that when Lucinda grows up, we will let her choose her own mate. I do not care if she chooses a fisherman, I just want her to be happy.”
Octavius raised an eyebrow. “I had not considered being father-in-law to a fisherman, but very well. I suppose I’d get my cod for cheap.” He grew serious again. “I promise, she will have her own choice in a mate. It seems, so far all the ladies in the family have done well in choosing for themselves. My own wife included.”
Bellinda grinned from ear to ear. “Indeed, I have. To think I might be married to another is just unfathomable for me. All the brutes and rakes and dandies in London I could have ended up with…” She shook her head. “I was blessed to come here and find you.” She cupped his cheek with her gloved hand. “My one true love.”
“Mine,” he replied and leaned forward until his forehead was against hers. They sat that way for a moment until behind them a rush of footsteps announced the arrival of their children. Bellinda turned and waved as Lucinda, carrying her younger brother David, appeared on the steps, followed by James.
The three children were by their sides and in their arms within a moment.
“Mama, are there peppermint sticks?” She’d inherited a love of peppermint sticks from her grandmother.
“There are. But don’t have too many, you’ll upset your stomach,” Bellinda replied. Her daughter nodded and then rushed off, followed by James. David, only two years old, remained with them, laughing as he was being bounced on his father’s lap. As they watched their children, Bellinda rested her head on his shoulder.
“This is it, the purpose of my life,” he kissed her forehead gently. “You and my children, that is all I need to be happy.”
“And you will have us. Nothing and no one will ever part us. We are together, forever.”
With that, they sealed their happiness with a kiss before joining their friends and family on the lawn of their home, knowing that this, indeed, would be their lives—now and always.
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Oil futures jumped Tuesday, boosted by an unexpected commitment from Saudi Arabia to deepen output reductions in June in an attempt to help drain the excess in the international market that has built up as the coronavirus pandemic crushed fuel demand.
Brent crude futures grew 0.5% (15 cents) to $29.78, after hitting an intraday high of $30.11/barrel.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures have been up 1% (26 cents) at $24.40 after touching an intraday high of $24.77.
Saudi Arabia stated overnight; it could reduce production by a further 1 million barrels per day (BPD) in June, cutting its total production to 7.5 million BPD, down almost 40% from April.
The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait dedicated to cut output by another 180,000 BPD in total.
Kazakhstan has ordered producers in large and mid-sized oil fields along with Tengiz and Kashagan to reduce oil production by around 22% in the May to June interval.
Nonetheless, the moves to deepen cuts raised questions for some about why the further cuts had been needed.
The cuts, combined with the world’s largest economies relaxing coronavirus bans and stoking a slow recovery in fuel demand, are expected to relax the stress on crude storage capacity.
Nonetheless, within the wake of latest outbreaks of the coronavirus, along with China and South Korea, the market is wary of the second wave of COVID-19 instances spurring renewed lockdowns.
Data showing China’s April factory prices dropped at the sharpest rate in four years also added to investor jitters as it uncovered weak industrial demand.
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Saturday Night Fever: An Unexpected Blockbuster
September 3, 2020 By Geoff Pevere Go Back
The late Gene Siskel’s favourite movie “of all time”, Saturday Night Fever took a lot of critics by surprise, and for a simple reason: nobody expected it would be as good as it was.
Siskel’s enormously influential TV co-host Roger Ebert wrote “Saturday Night Fever is an especially hard-edged case and a very good movie.” Even the most formidably powerful of 70s critics, The New Yorker’s Pauline Kael, found herself captivated by this tale of a frustrated Brooklyn teenager (Tony Manero, played with star-making assurance by John Travolta) who lives for Saturday nights at the 2001 Odyssey disco: “At its best,” she wrote, “Saturday Night Fever gets at something deeply romantic: the need to move, to dance and the need to be who you’d like to be. Nirvana is the dance; when the music stops, you return to being ordinary.”
I was dragged to it by a girlfriend, and my resistance was almost instantly compromised by that amazing but simple opening credit sequence: Travolta’s Tony walking down a busy Brooklyn street to the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.” With virtually no dialogue, that sequence told us volumes about this kid: his clothes, his smile, the paint can in his hand, and maybe even his dreams. Was this the music he heard in his head? And, if so, how much of Tony’s fantasies were set to the tunes we were soon to see him dancing to?
My reluctance was due to an over-saturation of hype: the soundtrack was already a zillion seller before the movie opened, and the press around John Travolta (a former sitcom star and newly-minted teen idol) was ubiquitous and obnoxious. And really, how good could a movie about disco (already on the wane by the time the movie opened in late 77) possibly be?
But Kael and Ebert were absolutely right: the strength of Saturday Night Fever was the downlow grittiness with which it depicted desperation, frustration and dreams gone up in smoke. It had an underlying Martin Scorsese vibe in its portrayal of tribal male bonding, and its underlying message of dead-ended urban pop cultural fantasy hearkened back to an era of early 70s filmmaking that was already on the ropes by the time it opened.
Slapped with a Restricted rating on initial release – this movie has suicide, substance abuse, gang rape and a taboo-breaking reference to oral sex – the movie was later re-released in an extensively softened PG version. Which also tells you how surprised everyone involved was by the movie’s almost instant smash success. Not fully apprehending the extent of Travolta-mania, the film’s producers neglected to understand just how much business Saturday Night Fever stood to lose by locking out its most avid and largest audience: teenage girls.
The fact is, they weren’t making a movie for teenage girls and that may account for all that surprise among critics. This is a serious movie that talks about serious things (like working class despair) in a serious way. Apart from the dance sequences, there is little relief or future for Tony and his tribe, and the movie in fact has one of the most downbeat endings of any blockbuster.
Speaking of which, SNF also hearkens back to a time when blockbusters weren’t ‘made’, they ‘happened.’ A blockbuster today means anything that opens wide (which is the only opening Hollywood currently practices), whereas in its original usage it referred simply to a hugely successful movie. If anything, the movie qualifies as another kind of movie not referred to much anymore: a sleeper.
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Rediscovering Africa, One Book At A Time
Book Review – The Chibok Girls
The 2014 abduction of 276 secondary school girls from the Government College, Chibok by the Boko Haram sect remains a sore subject for many Nigerians. It has inspired hundreds of articles, documentaries, music etc; sparked a political revolution, brought attention to lackadaisical attitude of our federal government and the corruption that is literally threatening to destroy us.
The situation is made even more pathetic by the fact that the bulk of these children are yet to be found 2 years later.
In this book, Helon Habila takes us with him on his trip to Chibok, we meet some of the parents of the abducted girls, get a feel of the state of affairs in this town before and since the abduction. They narrate events that tug at your heart-strings and sound unbelievable, given that this is the country I live in.
The writer takes us from these sad accounts straight into a brief account of Nigeria’s bloody history. This, I think, is the most important part of this book, because nobody has ever presented Nigeria’s history to me with such frankness. All I remember from school is a sterile account of power exchanging hands with no mention of the gallons of blood shed in the process.
This transition is genius, as it takes you from sadness and grief to anger in just a few pages. The author also makes a case for how the political squabbles and self-centeredness of our leaders created a fertile environment for an organization like Boko Haram to thrive.
This book is well written but it doesn’t tell us anything we don’t already know. What the author does so well however is humanize the families directly affected by Boko Haram’s reign of terror. He writes about strong, willful people determined to survive in a system that seems to be working actively against them.
I was provided with a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Title: The Chibok Girls; The Boko haram kidnappings and Islamist militancy in Nigeria
Author: Helon Habila
Published by: Columbia Global Reports
Date of Publication: December 5, 2016
Genre: Nonfiction; Politics
On April 14, 2014, 267 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest terrorist group. Most were never heard from again. Acclaimed Nigerian novelist Helon Habila, who grew up in northern Nigeria, returned to Chibok and gained intimate access to the families of the kidnapped to offer a devastating account of this tragedy that stunned the world. With compassion and deep understanding of historical context, Habila tells the stories of the girls and the anguish of their parents; chronicles the rise of Boko Haram and the Nigerian government’s inept response; and captures the indifference of the media and the international community whose attention has moved on.
Employing a fiction writer’s sensibility and a journalist’s curiosity, THE CHIBOK GIRLS provides poignant portraits of everyday Nigerians whose lives have been transformed by extremist forces. Habila illuminates the long history of colonialism–and unmasks cultural and religious dynamics–that gave rise to the conflicts that have ravaged the region to this day.
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theanonymouscherif says:
Uhmm..A review on your review:Are you writing from the future lol? December 5,2016? Hm
Your description reminds me of BORN ON A TUESDAY, by Elnathan John-humanising the Northern Nigeria Saga in a visceral,raw and unapologetic, form.I mean the part where you said the author doesn’t describe anything new but on the contrary retells a familiar story in a better way(which ofcourse is the forte of a good writer)
I see your effort
Naijabookworm says:
Lol, I got to read the book ahead of publication is what happened.
Wow,come teach me how that happened
You have a blog, so you can join Netgalley. That’s were I get most of my books from. But you have to post reviews for each book you are approved to read.
Thanks miss.Chal! Compulsory book review ko? Let’s see how it goes
There’s no free lunch anywhere my dear
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Woman allegedly attacked little boy for spraying her with a hose
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Rebecca Henshaw Gregg has been charged with misdemeanor assault after police in Buena Vista Township, which is located in Saginaw County, said she repeatedly hit a little boy because he sprayed her with a water hose.
"I could hear him screaming," said Wilbert Houston who lives across the street from the home-based daycare where it happened Tuesday afternoon.
Neighbors told 7 Action News that Gregg takes care of the lawn at the daycare.
"I don't know what made that lady snap the way she did," said Houston who said that some witnesses know the boy's relatives and immediately called them and they notified police.
One woman used her mobile phone to begin taking video when it appeared Gregg's anger was escalating.
In the video, a woman can be heard crying out, "Oh my God!" as Gregg appears to go from repeatedly spanking the seven-year-old boy to grabbing him by the head, causing his body to twist and fall to the ground.
Rebecca Henshaw Gregg (Saginaw County Police Department)
Action News discovered that in Oakland County, 2015, Gregg was charged with Felonious Assault when investigators with the sheriff's office said she pulled a knife on her boyfriend, attacked him with door moulding, and then bit him in the arm.
Court records show that Gregg pleaded guilty to Domestic Violence, and she spent four days in jail and about a year on probation.
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In the recent alleged assault on the child, "I think the lady should be in more trouble than that because she was too nonchalant," said Houston. "She did it like it's a normal thing for her to do."
The boy's parents said he did suffer minor injuries.
When Action News reporter Kimberly Craig went to the door of the daycare Friday afternoon, a small girl, estimated to be about four-years-old, opened the door.
"Oh, honey, don't open the door to strangers," said Craig who then asked if there was an adult who could come to the door.
A baby in a diaper also came to the door before an older boy appeared and said hello.
Action News asked if there was an adult in the house, the boy said there was before shutting the door. No one returned to the door, but the boy could be heard yelling out to someone.
No one ever returned to the door.
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Home » Tradeshift Video » From necessity to opportunity: Africa, Silicon Valley, and the drive to innovate
From necessity to opportunity: Africa, Silicon Valley, and the drive to innovate
March 5, 2020 James Hayward
It’s easy to make assumptions about what’s happening on the African continent. For decades the media have typically only shown the negatives: war, famine, drought, disease, corruption. They combine to leave us with a one-dimensional view of a continent in need of saving.
Yet this couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes, countries across this very diverse continent suffer from these issues—as do many other parts of the world. But these issues don’t define the continent. And when we look beyond the stereotypes, we see a different story. Africa is alive with innovation.
At Davos, we set about to take a detailed look at what’s driving the innovation across Africa, how this is transforming lives of millions, and to understand what’s next for this exciting and rapidly evolving continent.
A booming ecosystem
Africa isn’t the first place considered when discussing hubs of innovation. Instead our minds picture the glistening corporate headquarters of the tech giants in Silicon Valley, Shenzhen and London. And there's a good reason for this: the African continent's technology ecosystem is tiny in comparison.
But it’s not where the ecosystem is now that’s important. It’s where it’s going that matters. And Africa’s tech ecosystem is booming. Just look at the number of tech hubs present on the continent. In 2018, GSMA counted 442 active hubs across Africa. In 2019 that number shot up to 618. That’s a 42% increase in a year.
African tech startups are also receiving record investment. In 2019, 311 companies received nearly $500 million in investor funding. This is a 47% increase over 2018’s numbers, according to Disrupt Africa. And 2020 is set to break records again.
Leaders of African innovation
Much of the innovation happening across the continent has arisen from the explosion in mobile adoption. Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s fastest growing mobile market, and it’s expected to have over 500-million cell phone subscribers very soon.
This has given birth to solutions like M-Pesa. The wildly successful mobile money platform that has over 28 million users across East Africa. The solution has transformed lives by extending financial services to parts of the continent previously left unserviced. It’s made Africa a leader in mobile money and put African innovation on the map. But innovation on the continent isn’t limited to M-Pesa. There’s plenty happening around healthcare, agritech, transportation and eCommerce.
Three innovative making waves across Africa
Twiga Foods
Kenya’s Twiga Foods have built a marketplace platform that connects links smallholder farmers in rural Kenya to informal retail vendors in cities. Their solutions improve food security as well as providing farmers with a freer and fairer way to sell their produce. Over 17,000 farmers and 8,000 vendors are currently transacting on the marketplace.
Flutterwave is one of Africa’s most successful startups. Sometimes referred to as the Stripe of Africa, the company has built a payment infrastructure that better connects Africa to the global economy. The company has processed over $2.5 billion in payments to date.
Empty Trips
South African based, Empty Trips was founded in 2017 by Benji Coetzee. The company uses machine learning and AI to match supply and demand for cargo space. Despite the cost of transportation across the continent being the highest in the world according to The World Bank, 38% of cargo trucks and over 60% of trains are running empty.
What’s fueling African innovation?
So why now? Why’s innovation in Africa booming? According to Mikkel Hippe Brun, Co-Founder & SVP APAC at Tradeshift, it’s all about necessity and taking advantage of an opportunity. “Shift happens,” he says. “As humans we’re constantly looking to improve our situation and the world around us. That’s what we’re seeing right now across Africa. The people there are looking to improve their situation and technology is giving them the opportunity to do so like never before.”
Landry Signe, Professor & Founding Co-director at Thunderbird’s Fourth Industrial Revolution Initiative, agrees. He points to the continent’s youthful population as a major catalyst for change. Africa is home to 19 of the world’s youngest populations and nearly 30 percent of people on the continent are aged between 10-24 years old. “We call this the Cheetah Generation and it is extremely entrepreneurial and wanting to drive change quickly,” he says.
It’s not just technology that’s allowing this to happen. Signe points to other developments such as the improvement of governance. “This is making it easier to do business in many countries on the continent and creating new opportunities,” he says. “And there is more to come as the Intra Africa Trade Agreement comes into force this July. This is the largest trade deal since the creation of the WTO and it could transform how business trade on the continent and overseas.”
For Onyeche Tifase, Managing Director at Siemens Nigeria, this all shows that Africa has many of the raw ingredients required to drive a huge shift. “There are challenges, but there are also huge opportunities,” she says. “People on the continent are tired of hearing the same story about Africa. So they’re taking upon themselves to drive change and build the solutions needed to do this.”
How to shift the narrative
The narrative around Africa is shifting. And we may soon see African tech innovators making the same impact as those in the US, China and Europe. Innovations around mobile wallets and payments show that when you have the opportunity to start afresh. It’s also a powerful example of the transformational changes that can place when you are able to connect people digitally and provide access to finance.
But for African tech to make a mark globally it must scale. The solutions created cannot just solve problems to a situation that is peculiar to a particular country or region. And for that to happen many African countries need a better connection to the global economic and trading ecosystem, says Tradeshift’s Hippe Brun. “We’ve seen it happen in China and Africa needs to take that next step. And when it does we will see true transformation.”
Want to watch the full discussion around global trade and all our other sessions at Davos? Go to our YouTube channel now for the exclusive videos.
James is a Senior Content Marketing Manager at Tradeshift, focused on crafting compelling stories that provide supply chain professionals with unique insights and actionable advice on how to take their organization to the next level. A journalist by trade, James was previously the Global Editor at Treasury Today magazine.
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Summary of Zakaah rulings
The position of Zakaah and the Basic Rule of Its Ordainment:
Zakaah is one of Islam’s pillars and great foundations. It is Joined by Allaah The Almighty with prayer in many locations of His Glorious Book. The source of its obligation lies in the Quran, the Prophetic Sunnah andthe consensus of the Islamic ummah.
Concerning the Book of Allaah The Almighty, a mention may be made of His Saying (what means):
• #{And establish prayer and give zakaah and obey the Messenger – that you may receive mercy.}## [Quran 24:56]
• #{O you who have believed, indeed many of the scholars and the monks devour the wealth of people unjustly and avert [them] from the way of Allaah. And those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allaah – give them tidings of a painful punishment. The Day when it will be heated in the fire of Hell and seared therewith will be their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, [it will be said], “This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard.”}## [Quran 9:34-35]
As far as the Prophetic Sunnah is concerned, the Messenger of Allaah said: ~“Islam is based on five (pillars): to testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah; to establish prayer; to give Zakaah; to observe the fast of Ramadan; and to perform Hajj to the House (i.e. the Ka‘bah) for him who could find thereto a way).”~~ [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
The Messenger of Allaah further said: ~”Any owner of gold or silver who does not pay the Zakaah due on it will, on the Day of Resurrection, have his treasure heated in the Fire of Hell and then made into plates. His flanks, forehead and back will be branded with them. Every time they (i.e. the plates) get cold, they will be heated again on a day that will last fifty-thousand years. This will be done to him until Allaah Pronounces the judgment on His slaves. Then one will be shown his path, leading him either to Paradise or to Hellfire.”~~ [Muslim]
Ruling on Zakaah:
Zakaah is due on everyone who meets the following conditions:
1- Faith in Islam: the disbeliever is not asked to give it even though he will be accounted for not giving it since the disbelievers are addressed by Sharee‘ah commands.
2- Freedom: it is not due on a slave’s wealth even though it is due on the wealth of the mentally disabled and children.
3- The full possession of the due Nisaab (i.e. the minimum amount liable for Zakaah) and the Nisaab of each kind will be accurately defined later. If one’s wealth is less than the Nisaab, no Zakaah will be due except for the Rikaaz, which is what is found buried from the time of Jaahiliyyah (i.e. pre-Islamic period of ignorance).
4- Stability of Nisaab: it is not due on the share of the Mudhaarib before distributing the money.
5- The elapse of a full lunar year on prices, articles of merchandise and live stock. Concerning grains, fruits, what comes out from the land, products of grazing animals, the profit from trade and Rikaaz, Zakaah is due on that even if a full lunar year does not elapse on it.
In other words, Zakaah is due on every free Muslim in full possession of a due Nisaab upon which a lunar year has elapsed, whether he is young or old, sane or insane. The only exception is that the young or insane does not give out his Zakaah by himself but it is given out by his guardian.
Kinds of wealth on which Zakaah is due:
1- Currencies and prices (i.e. gold, silver and cash money)
2- Articles of merchandise
3- Livestock
4- What comes out from the land of grains and fruits
The focus will be made in what follows on prices and articles of merchandise.
The due Nisaab of Zakaah on prices and articles of merchandise:
1- The Nisaab of gold is 20 dinars (i.e. approximately 85 grams).
2- The Nisaab of silver is 200 dirhams (i.e. approximately 595 grams).
3- The Nisaab of cash money is debatable. It is more precautious to be that which benefits the poor better. Take this illustrative example: suppose that a gram of gold is worth 50 riyals and that of silver is 1 riyal: if gold is considered, then the Nisaab is 50×85=4,250 riyals and if silver is considered, then the Nisaab will be 1×595=595 riyals. Thus, consideration of silver will be more beneficial to the poor. Being so, whoever has 595 riyals and above has indeed possessed the due Nisaab and Zakaah becomes due on him. Some scholars measure the Nisaab only in gold especially these days when silver is very cheap and he who possesses 595 riyals is not rich.
Zakaah on articles of merchandise:
Articles of merchandise are goods planned for sale with the intention of making profit, like cars, equipment and various kinds of commodities ready for trade (i.e. those which are purchased with the intention to be sold in trade rather than to be used). If a lunar year elapsed, a merchant should assess the commodities he has according to their market value at the very time Zakaah became due on him rather than according to their value on the day he bought them. This is in order not to wrong the poor, in case the price rose, or the merchant, in case the price fell. The assessment should depend on the retail price for the retailers, the wholesale price for the wholesalers and the average for those who combine both.
Notice: a man may buy a commodity with the intention to sell it and make a profit but he uses it instead. On the other hand, another man may buy a commodity with the intention to use it and, seeing it improper, he sells it instead. On which of both is Zakaah due?
The separating limit is the original intention. If one’s original purpose when purchasing a commodity is to sell and trade in it, then it will belong to the articles of merchandise on which Zakaah is due even though it may probably be used. If the original purpose of buying is to use it, then no Zakaah will be due on it even though it may probably be sold.
If one bought a commodity with the intention to use it and a year later intended to sell it, it would be considered an article of merchandise from that very date and not from the date he bought it. Vice versa, if he bought it with the intention to traffic in it and a year later he intended to use it, Zakaah would not be due from that very date and would be due only for the previous time.
Zakaah on shares:
Concerning the Zakaah of shared companies, the purpose of a shareholder from possession is one of two:
1- To intend an investment in the long term and gain profits and revenues. If he is in the Saudi market, no Zakaah will be due on the shareholder because the company pays it on his behalf. If he is in another market where the companies do not abide by paying Zakaah, he should estimate the Zakaah by accounting the real holdings on which Zakaah is due far from the market value. If it is difficult for him and he likes to be more cautious, then he should give Zakaah like the rights of sharers (i.e. owners) which is 2.5%. The rights of sharers are the total assets minus the total deductions and the result is multiplied by 2.5%.
2- To intend by possession of shares to trade or make a Mudhaarabah with the expectation that their price will rise so as to sell them. That is to buy today and sell tomorrow and so on. This person should give Zakaah on the shares he has like articles of merchandise. If a lunar year elapsed on him, he should consider the market value rather than the nominal or real value of the shares and give Zakaah on them as articles of merchandise (i.e. 2.5%).
A differentiation should be made between an investor and a Mudhaarib. The one who intends to sell a share within a year is a Mudhaarib on whom the Zakaah of articles of merchandise is due and the one who intends to sell after more than a year is an investor.
Equity funds:
Equity funds are frequently like a Mudhaarib in purchasing and selling shares. So the Zakaah due on them is like that due on articles of merchandise as was clarified in number (2). If it is the day that ends a lunar year on which an almsgiver gives out his Zakaah, he should assess the equities he has on that day and give out as much as 2.5% thereof. It is worth mentioning that the funds themselves usually do not give out Zakaah and it is entrusted to the customer, the owner of the equities.
Zakaah on jewelry:
Scholars have two different opinions about the obligation of Zakaah on jewelry. What is intended by jewelry is only gold and silver. No Zakaah is due on precious stones, pearls and the like, regardless of how high their price may be.
1- The first opinion claims that no Zakaah is due on jewelry because the purpose is to use them permissibly rather than to trade in them. Thus, the meaning of increase does not apply to them, neither in reality nor in consideration. They bring many indications in support of this opinion and, at the same time, render weak the indications of those who advocate the obligation of Zakaah on jewelry. This opinion is adopted by many scholars.
2- The other opinion argues that Zakaah is due on jewelry in view of the general traditions concerning the Zakaah on gold and silver and the Hadeeth of the woman with the two bracelets and others. This is the opinion of many including Ibn Baaz, Ibn ‘Uthaymeen and others.
However, it is worth mentioning that, in the case of adopting the opinion that no Zakaah is due on the jewelry of women, the following criteria should be observed:
a- To intend only adornment thereby and, in case saving is intended, Zakaah becomes due on it.
b- To intend to use it in a current rather than a future need. An example of a future need is that one keeps it for his would-be wife. In this case, Zakaah becomes due on it.
c- To remain fit for adornment. But whatever is crushed or broken and thus becomes unusable thereof, then Zakaah is due on it because it is not prepared for such use.
d- To be used permissibly. If its use is impermissible, then Zakaah becomes due on it. An example of impermissible use is to be in the form of a statue or an idol and so on.
e- Not to exceed the limit of moderation and usage in the amount of jewelry that is used. But if it exceeds the limits of extravagancy, then Zakaah becomes due on what is beyond the limit of moderate usage.
Zakaah on salaries:
Zakaah is not due on a salary once it is received. It should be joined with what one has. If a lunar year elapsed and he has something thereof, he should give out Zakaah for it.
Zakaah on residential date-palm trees:
Some people have date-palm trees in their homes or resorts whose fruits reach the due Nisaab and take no heed of giving the Zakaah due on them. The due Nisaab of fruits is five Wasaqs and the Wasaq is sixty Saa‘s (i.e. three-hundred Saa‘s or nearly six-hundred and fifty-three or six-hundred and twelve kilograms). If the date-fruits reach the due Nisaab, one-twentieth (i.e. 5%) becomes due because it is irrigated by artificial means as is prevalent in our lands these days. If it is watered by rain, then one-tenth (i.e. 10%) is due. If it is equally watered by artificial as well as natural means then 7.5% is due.
Channels of spending Zakaah:
The channels of spending Zakaah are the eight categories mentioned in Saying of Allaah The Almighty (what means): #{Zakaah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [Zakaah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allaah and for the [stranded] traveler – an obligation [imposed] by Allaah . And Allaah is Knowing and Wise.}## [Quran 9:60]
The following points should be made here:
• Zakaah is neither permissible nor sufficient for him upon those whom the almsgiver should spend like a child, wife or father. According to some scholars, Zakaah is not valid for everyone whom the almsgiver should inherit when that one dies.
• Zakaah to a relative is better than to anyone else because it acts both as Zakaah and a means of strengthening kinship ties. Relatives are worthier of the favor, provided that they are not among those upon whom the almsgiver should spend as was previously clarified.
• Zakaah should not be paid to the almsgiver’s employees, such as a driver and servant, in order to avoid mixing Zakaah with obligatory fees.
• It is permissible to pay Zakaah in advance to serve a public benefit such as when a calamity befalls the Muslims or there is a needy person whose state requires Zakaah to be given in advance. In such a case, Zakaah may be paid in advance and deducted from the obligatory alms when a lunar year elapses.
• It is also permissible to delay Zakaah to serve a predominant need or benefit. Such a case is when the lunar year elapses on one upon whom Zakaah is due and he has no money at hand to pay Zakaah from or he has goods offered for sale which he could only sell after a long time. In this case, there is no harm to delay Zakaah till money becomes available. Another example is that the almsgiver knows that his relative is in need and he could only convey Zakaah to him after a long time. At any rate regardless of what Zakaah is delayed, with or without a legal excuse, the almsgiver remains liable for it and will not be free from this obligation until he gives it. It should be accounted from the very day it becomes due rather than the day on which it is paid.
How to calculate Zakaah:
A Muslim could calculate his Zakaah according to one of the following two ways:
1- To make for each lump sum he gains an independent lunar year from the very moment he possesses it until it amounts the due Nisaab and, if a lunar year elapses on that kind of money, he will give Zakaah on what he has of it and the same applies to all kinds. For example, if one receives the salary for the month of Muharram, its lunar year will be Muharram of the following year and the lunar year of the salary of Safar will be Safar of the following year. The same applies to any money he receives, that is, to record the very day on which he receives that money and then wait for the elapse of a lunar year on it. But it should be kept in mind that if the money is a trade profit or comes from that of a previous Zakaah, it should have the same lunar year of the principal and not an independent year. Nevertheless, this way is somewhat difficult.
2- The other way is easier; it is to consider the time at which one attains a due Nisaab and waits until a lunar year elapses from the very date he got the Nisaab. Then, he gives Zakaah on all the wealth he has on which Zakaah is due even if no lunar year elapsed on the whole of it. At the same time every year, he should give out Zakaah on the wealth he has. This way he will be relieved of calculating Zakaah on each part of his wealth individually.
A practical example for Zakaah according to the second way:
Fix for yourself a day for Zakaah, say, the fifteenth of Ramadan every year. Being so, when it is the fifteenth of Ramadan this year, you should collect the following:
• Your cash stock whether in bank accounts or cash in hand.
• The market value of the Mudhaarabah shares on that day.
• The last assessment of equities on equity funds.
• Gold and silver not prepared for the adornment of women like gold ingots.
• Gold and silver prepared for adornment according to the opinion which adopts the obligation of Zakaah on it.
• Debts you have with others in case your debtors are rich and the debts are payable during the same year.
• All you offered for sale of land, homes, livestock or goods in a marketplace or others.
• The total of all that was previously mentioned minus the debts you owe and expect to pay throughout the same year. For example, if you buy a house in installments for one million riyals, you should not deduct the whole sum but only what you will pay throughout the present year: the installment sum multiplied by twelve.
The final result of all that was previously mentioned minus debts is the money on which Zakaah is due.
In conclusion, I remind all brothers and sisters to exalt the symbols of Allaah The Almighty, perform them as they are commanded by their Lord and learn that wealth belongs to Allaah The Almighty which He Distributes among His servants to Test which of them is better in deed and in this let the competitors compete.
May Allaah Accept from all of us our fasting, Qiyaam and righteous deeds. Allaah Knows best and may He Send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad all his family and Companions.
By Muhammad Ibn Sa‘ood Al-‘Usaymi
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Events Announcements #TWP: Play Club Activates The White Party Featuring Steve Aoki
#TWP: Play Club Activates The White Party Featuring Steve Aoki
Bryna K.
Are you ready to get caked?
No stranger in the world of dance music, Steven Hiroyuki best known as Steve Aoki, is making his way back to Kuala Lumpur. The American electro house DJ/producer who has been to Malaysia a couple of times is best known for his energetic live shows which of course features him throwing cakes at his fans.
Apart from his highly energetic sets and infamous cake throwing, the founder of Dim Mak Records has also collaborated with producers and vocalists such as Will.I.Am, LMFAO, Afrojack, Diplo, Deorro, Iggy Azalea, Lil Jon and Laidback Luke to name a few. The Los Angeles based DJ’s debut album, “Wonderland” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2013 and he is currently working on releasing his two-part album series “Neon Future” − the first part was released on September 30th (2014).
Definitely no stranger to Kuala Lumpur, Steve Aoki is making his way back to our shores this December. Set to play for Kuala Lumpur’s Premier White Party − Play @ The Roof presents The White Party featuring Steve Aoki. Happening at KL Live, the event is slated to take place on December 10th (Wednesday).
Photo via Play Club at The Roof on Facebook
Event information are as follows:
The White Party featuring Steve Aoki
Venue: KL Live
Date: December 10th (Wednesday)
Time: 10.00pm – 3.00am
Dress code: WHITE. Those not in white will be denied entry.
Tickets are priced at: RM98 (Early bird), RM 128 (Pre-sale), Door (RM148)
For reservations and ticket purchase, please: 013 2703111.
More information can be obtained here.
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“If you mess with me, my sister, my mother, or the innocent in this city, you’re gonna get lit up.”
The CW has finally released the first trailer for its upcoming superhero show, “Black Lightning”, and it looks epic! For those who are not in the know, Black Lightning aka Jefferson Pierce is one of DC Comic’s first black superheroes who has electrical powers.
Source: Coming Soon
Executive produced by Greg Berlanti (who also created “Supergirl”), “Black Lightning” follows Jefferson Pierce (played by Cress Williams), a man wrestling with a secret. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning many years ago. However, after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he settled into being a principal and a dad.
As the father of 2 daughters, Anissa (played by Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (played by China Anne McClain), he is also the principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighbourhood overrun by a local gang called The One Hundred. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.
According to The Verge, “Black Lightning” is not part of the larger DC universe that The CW has put together. “We do not aim to do a 5-way crossover. ‘Black Lightning’, at this time, is not part of the ‘Arrowverse’. It is a separate situation,” the studio’s chief Mark Pedowitz explained.
He also shared that part of the reason is because the upcoming series films in Atlanta while the others (including “The Flash”, “Supergirl”, “Arrow”, and “Legends of Tomorrow”) are shot in Vancouver, Canada.
“Black Lightning” is set to premiere sometime this fall.
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Tablets Are Built for 'Normal People' - Wozniak
Apple's latest iPad 2 ad states that Apple wants technology to get out of the way of the "magic" that devices can provide, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak echoed that during a keynote session at Storage Networking World in Santa Clara, California on Monday.
"The tablet is not necessarily for the people in this room. It's for the normal people in the world.
"I think Steve Jobs had that intention from the day we started Apple, but it was just hard to get there, because we had to go through a lot of steps where you connected to things, and [eventually] computers grew up to where they could do ... normal consumer appliance things."
This is the same message that Apple sent to consumers in its latest iPad 2 ad. The ad showed the iPad 2 being put through a number of "paces." The ad said:
This is what we believe: technology alone is not enough. Faster, thinner, lighter: those are all good things.
But when technology gets out of the way, everything becomes more delightful, even magical. That's when you leap forward. That's when you end up with something ... like this.
iPad 2.
The ad is embededded below.
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That possibly explains why we've seen more than a few iPad toting grandmas, and none carrying around the Motorola Xoom.
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Lack of Tiny Parts Disrupts Auto Factories Worldwide
13 January 2021 World News 2 Views
Automakers braced for turmoil when the pandemic hit. They expected supply chain disruptions and plummeting sales. But they never figured that a year later one of their biggest problems would be PlayStations.
Strong demand for gaming systems, personal computers and other electronics by a world stuck indoors has sucked up supplies of semiconductors, forcing carmakers around the world to scramble for the chips that have become as essential to mobility as gasoline or steel.
Virtually no carmaker has been spared. Toyota Motor has shut down production lines in China. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles temporarily stopped production at plants in Ontario and Mexico. Volkswagen has warned of production problems at factories in China, Europe and the United States. Ford Motor said last week that it was idling a Louisville, Ky., factory for a week because of the shortage.
When Covid-19 hit, automakers slashed orders for chips in anticipation of plunging sales. At the same time, semiconductor makers shifted their production lines to meet surging orders for chips used in products like laptop computers, webcams, tablets and 5G smartphones.
Businesses also upgraded their digital infrastructure to handle online meetings and employees working from home, while telecommunications companies invested in broadband infrastructure, further fueling demand for semiconductors.
Then auto sales bounced back faster than expected at the end of 2020, catching everyone off guard. The shortages of chips that ensued are expected to last well into 2021, because it can take semiconductor makers six to nine months to realign production.
“Consumer electronics exploded,” said Dan Hearsch, a managing director at the consulting firm AlixPartners. “Everybody and their brother wanted to buy an Xbox and PlayStation and laptops, while automotive shut down. Then automotive came back faster than expected, and that’s where you get into this problem.”
While the shortage is not expected to cause auto prices to rise very much, buyers might have to wait longer to get the vehicles they want.
The chip shortage has its roots in long-term forces reshaping the auto and semiconductor industries, as well as short-term confusion from the pandemic.
During the past decade, carmakers have become increasingly dependent on electronics to boost the appeal of their products, adding features such as touch screens, computerized engine controls and transmissions, built-in cellular and Wi-Fi connections, and collision avoidance systems that use cameras and other sensors.
New cars can have more than a hundred semiconductors, and the lack of even a single component can trigger production delays or shutdowns, industry analysts and consultants said.
Jan. 13, 2021, 1:16 a.m. ET
Long-term pressure on chip makers to control production costs has also played a role. Semiconductor companies that supply the auto industry, such as Infineon, NXP Semiconductors and Renesas, chose to have their most advanced chips made for them by external manufacturing services, known as foundries. But the manufacturers also maintain their own factories to make simpler auto chips, frequently fabricating them on eight-inch silicon wafers rather than the 12-inch discs used in more modern plants.
Manufacturers with plants using older eight-inch wafers weren’t easily able to increase production. They hadn’t invested much lately in new equipment, which is now harder to find because that technology is older, said Syed Alam, global lead for Accenture’s global semiconductor consulting practice.
Geopolitics also played a role. The Trump administration in September placed restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China’s main foundry, which produces chips for cars and many other applications. The company’s customers began looking for alternatives, generating additional competition for chip supplies from other foundries, said Gaurav Gupta, a vice president at the research firm Gartner.
The chip crisis is an example of how the pandemic has shaken the global economy in unpredictable ways. Carmakers expected to face supply chain shortages, and plants closed early in 2020 because of fear that workers would infect one another, or because trucking firms had stopped delivering. Most U.S. auto factories ceased production for roughly two months last spring.
But suppliers and carmakers quickly found ways to contain contagion within factories and got assembly lines going again. The impact on most parts supplies was less than feared.
The semiconductor shortage came out of left field, hitting the industry at a perilous moment. Sales have plunged worldwide. In Europe, for example, they were down 25 percent in 2020.
This is all happening while automakers are trying to navigate a shift in basic technology from internal combustion engines to batteries, which has subjected them to new competition from Tesla, the California company that has become the most valuable automaker in the world by far, and emerging Chinese manufacturers like Nio.
Exactly how long the shortage will last is unclear. It can take 20 to 25 weeks from the time new orders are placed for chips to be produced and work through the supply chain to reach cars, said Michael Hogan, a senior vice president at GlobalFoundries, a big chip manufacturer that services the auto industry and other markets.
“We are doing everything humanly possible to prioritize our output for automotive,” Mr. Hogan said.
The German auto electronics supplier Bosch said the shortage was particularly acute for integrated circuits used to control engines, transmissions and other key functions. “Despite the difficult market situation, Bosch is doing all it can to keep its customers supplied and to keep any further impact to a minimum,” the company said in a statement.
Carmakers and suppliers are reacting as best they can. Honda said it had not had to stop any production lines, but was putting the priority on its most popular models. BMW, based in Munich, said it had been able to maintain production but was “observing the situation intensively” and in constant contact with suppliers.
The German supplier Continental, which is best known for tires but also produces electronic components, called on semiconductor producers to build up capacity in the foundries that produce chips.
“Future investment in these foundries will therefore be critical so that the automotive industry can avoid such supply chain upheavals in the future,” Continental said in a statement.
Infineon, based in Munich, said it was stepping up investment in new production capacity in 2021 to as much as 1.5 billion euros, or $1.8 billion, from €1.1 billion in 2020. The company is also ramping up production at a new chip factory in Villach, Austria, that will produce 12-inch wafers.
But it will take time for the semiconductor makers to catch up. In the meantime, PlayStations have priority.
“Automotive came back and they are not the front of the line for chips anymore,” said Gary Silberg, global head of the automotive practice at KPMG.
Neal E. Boudette and Hisako Ueno contributed reporting.
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While the beginning of November was marked by trade optimism, things took a turn last week as investor sentiment shifted. Stocks were mixed at market close on Friday after news that Beijing was becoming skeptical about the likelihood of the US and China striking a trade pact soon.
Chinese officials were reportedly “troubled” after Trump denied claims that the dueling duo were making headway and had agreed to simultaneously and proportionally roll back tariffs. Still, while Op-Eds circulated saying that the negotiation process “went off the rails and lost its meaning,” over the weekend trade delegates reinforced the narrative that discussions were constructive, and White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow appeared to distance himself from Trump’s remarks and reiterated that both sides were indeed getting closer to penning an agreement.
The week ahead has started off with a bang. US President Donald Trump met with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell—the latter’s second in-person meeting with Trump since the pair had dinner in February—where the agency said that the Chairman reinforced his stance and remarks from his congressional hearings last week. As Bloomberg notes, while the White House typically refrains from enmeshing itself in monetary policy commentary, Trump has targeted Powell via Twitter throughout the year, questioning via Twitter whether Powell was a bigger enemy to the US than the Chinese President, Chairman Xi.
Following the meeting, Trump tweeted that the discussion was “cordial” and covered an array of topics including negative interest rates, which resulted in the USD declining. For its part, the agency reiterated that a negative interest environment comparable to European and Japanese rates wouldn’t be suitable for the US. On Friday, the Fed released their biannual Financial Stability Report, highlighting key risk factors and delving into the economic market movers. On the whole, the Fed indicated that risks of severe economic downturn have been assuaged, mitigating the fears of recession that were plaguing the market this summer.
With the Fed signaling the expectation of stability, investors are pulling out of government bonds—which they spilled into this summer while seeking refuge in safe haven assets—causing yields on US Treasury notes to rise. In fact, there were more than $3bn in outflows from mutual funds that focus on Treasuries during the first half of November, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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The person, who is a liquor baron, chartered the aircraft to send to Delhi his daughter, her two children and their maid, who were stuck in Bhopal since the last two months due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, sources said
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On May 11, 2020, given the current uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic's near and potential long-term impact, the Company announced the temporary suspension of dividend distributions to conserve approximately $35 million in cash per quarter and preserve the Company's balance sheet strength and flexibility. The Board of Directors will continue to evaluate the potential for future dividend distributions on a quarterly basis.
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Starting points for the famous 'Ring of Kerry' drive are Castlemaine (north of Killorglin), or Tralee. For scenic drama a clockwise tour is recommended (although the scenery at first is quiet and undramatic) with good dune beaches at Inch and small hamlets like Anascaul, with its two unusual pubs; the strange, secretive tarn to the north, Anascaul Lake, is worth a brief detour.
Dingle is the peninsula's main tourist centre, constantly lively during the summer. It is by no means undiscovered, as anyone arriving during its festival season (July - August) will note, but it never seems quite as overcrowded or touristy as Killarney. The town is extremely well-kept, with restored shop-fronts and colourful inn-signs. The harbour is particularly appealing - bright fishing vessels moored in a lovely natural haven. In former centuries smuggling was a major source of income.
Beyond Dingle is Ventry, where you may see upturned currachs (canvas covered canoes) on the beach. Follow the road marked Slea Head Drive round Ireland's most westerly point. The whole area is riddled with forts, souterrains, standing stones and crosses. On the hillsides you will pass a number of strange little stone huts known as beehives or clochans. There are over 400 in the area altogether, and the more perfect specimens may have been reconstructed from the original stones as storage places. Dunbeg, near Ventry, is one of the best sites: an Iron Age cliff-top fort with beehive huts near by.
By returning to Dingle again, you can start the final dramatic leg of this drive, over the Connor Pass, past the 953m summit of Mount Brandon. Once over the pass, Brandon Bay opens before you in a fantastic geological model of lakes, rivers and rock strewn contours. The seafaring monk St Brendan set sail from these shores in the 5th century. In 1976, Tim Severin recreated this voyage in a similar craft of wood and leather to discover whether St Brendan could have reached America before Columbus (he concluded that it was indeed possible). Once down near sea level, the northern coastal strip is a quiet and easy drive past long beaches and more humdrum farmland.
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GET INVOLVED IN DSBA LEADERSHIP! The Delaware State Bar Association is looking for a number of talented members to join the 2021-2022 Executive Committee and lead the DSBA to continued success.
The Nominating Committee consists of: David J. Ferry, Jr., Chair William P. Brady, Vice-Chair New Castle County
The following positions on the Executive Committee of the Association must be filled for the year 2021-2022: Vice President-at-Large; Vice President, New Castle County; Secretary; Assistant Secretary; Treasurer; Assistant Treasurer; Six Members-at-Large Note: The Vice President, Kent County and the Vice President, Sussex County will be those persons selected by, respectively, the Kent County Bar Association and the Sussex County Bar Association.
The following position must be filled for the term as noted: One (1) DSBA Representative to the Delaware Bar Foundation Board: Four-year term One (1) DSBA Young Lawyer Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates: Two-year term The Nominating Committee wants to consider all interested candidates. If you are interested in serving on the Executive Committee or would like to recommend a candidate, please send your name or the candidate’s name along with a CV and at least one letter of nomination to Mark S. Vavala, Executive Director, by email at: mvavala@dsba.org or by mail at: Delaware State Bar Association, 405 North King Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, DE 19801 by February 12, 2021.
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DSBA BAR JOURNAL JANUARY 2021 | VOLUME 44 • NUMBER 6 PRESIDENT Michael F. McTaggart EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mark S. Vavala EDITORIAL BOARD Laina M. Herbert Jason C. Powell Benjamin A. Schwartz Seth L. Thompson EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LIAISON Charles J. Durante EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Valerie A. Caras Denise Del Giorno Nordheimer Katherine M. Devanney Adria B. Martinelli Jennifer L. Smuts Victoria R. Sweeney Holly O. Vaughn Wagner PUBLICATIONS EDITOR Rebecca Baird PUBLICATION ASSISTANT Susan Simmons The Bar Journal is published and distributed by the Delaware State Bar Association 405 North King Street, Suite 100 Wilmington, DE 19801 P: 302-658-5279 F: 302-658-5212 www.dsba.org
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PRESIDENT’S CORNER | BY MICHAEL F. MCTAGGART, ESQUIRE
t the beginning of my term as President last July, I asked each of our DSBA sections to organize and complete one community service project during this Bar year. I also made the same request of the DSBA Executive Committee who is working on a separate project. Given our current pandemic times, I know that many in our community are struggling and I felt that the request for action by the DSBA was more than appropriate. At the time of this article, the impact of the COVID pandemic is at an all-time high in Delaware and across the country.1
The Warehouse is a non-profit facility that is part of a collaboration with Kingswood Community Center and REACH Riverside. The collective mission of the three groups is “to empower the community to reach its full potential by eliminating the barriers of structural racism and revolutionizing teen engagement.” While Kingswood Community Center provides after-school programs for children 12 and under, for many years there have been no such after-school programming for local teens. The Warehouse was created to provide a home away from home for teens aged 13-19.
I am pleased to report that the DSBA Multicultural Judges & Lawyers Section (MJL) (chaired by Wilson Gualpa) and the Young Lawyers Section (chaired by Brandon Harper) have reached out to provide volunteer help to a local non-profit in Wilmington called the Warehouse.2 The Warehouse is intended to be an energetic new space in Northeast Wilmington to provide tools and opportunities to the youth in the city. The Warehouse’s website can be found at www.teenwarehouse.org.
The facility is funded through a combination of government and private funding from about 140 different partners. It is a unique facility which has been heavily designed by the very teens who participate in the teen programs. The three major goals of the Warehouse are: 1) Safety, a safe haven for any interested teen; 2) Support, focusing on educational and emotional support; and 3) Work Force Readiness, focusing on training teens to be ready to learn and use employable skills. The five core elements of the programs are: recreation, health, arts, careers, and education.
Many of us have probably driven by the Warehouse without even knowing it. The Warehouse is located in the building formerly occupied by the Prestige Academy charter school, located at 1121 Thatcher Street, in Wilmington. 4
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CEO Logan Herring has advised that many of these programs are currently being provided virtually due to the cur-
rent pandemic. However, there are approximately 100 teens registered and participating in the Zoom programs, including teens as far away as Georgia. It is refreshing to learn of this unique and valuable program for the youth in our community, which is not too far from our downtown courthouses and law offices. The MJL and Young Lawyers Section are planning to provide a regular schedule of volunteers to tutor and mentor the teens enrolled in the Warehouse programs. Some of these tutoring efforts are expected to be involve assistance with English homework or college essays. Young Lawyers Section Chair Brandon Harper has stated that “this initiative presents the DSBA with a real opportunity to impart some of our knowledge to help the students hone their writing skills, and hopefully do our small part to combat the systemic racism they’re up against.” I wanted to commend these DSBA sections for their efforts to volunteer at a worthy facility such as the Warehouse and to make a difference in our community. I look forward to working with the MJL, Young Lawyers, and all of our sections in pursuing community service contributions by the DSBA. •
I did want to update my article written back in November on the city of New Castle. I briefly made mention in that article about a book written by Alexander Cooper, Esquire, around
1920 on the history of the Delaware Bar. I recently learned that the New Castle Historical Society has published a new book titled The History of New Castle Delaware, authored by the same Alexander Cooper mentioned in my earlier article. The new book, which runs about 400 pages, is an impressive collection of 45 newspaper articles (yes, 45 newspaper articles) that Cooper published in The Sunday Star from 1906-1908. The book, distributed by Oak Knoll Books, also contains amazing photos and maps of New Castle dating back to the days of the old Fort Casimir in 1651. The forward to the book, which took 33 years to bring to publication, is written by The Honorable Richard R. Cooch.3 Notes: 1. I am encouraged by the home page of the DSBA website which states, “Everything is going to be alright, maybe not today but eventually.” 2. Part of the Mission Statement of the MJL section states a goal to encourage public service by its Members. 3. The statements expressed in this article are solely those of the author and are not to be attributable in any way to his employer.
Michael McTaggart is the current President of the Delaware State Bar Association. He is a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wilmington. In 2019, he retired from the Delaware Depar tment of Justice after 31 years of service. He can be reached at MMcTaggart@dsba.org.
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Staying Connected With Our Colleagues
s we welcome in 2021, I would like to highlight the creative ways law firms have found to stay connected and maintain a sense of community over the past year.1 As we return to our traditional workplaces and begin the next phase of our new normal, I encourage you to not abandon some of these initiatives and the sense of community building they were designed to foster. I am certain many of you have developed creative ways to maintain personal connections and build unity within your firm during these unique times, and invite you to share these ideas.
According to Beth E. Moskow-Schnoll, Esquire, Managing Partner of Ballard Spahr LLP’s Delaware office, since March 2020, Ballard has sponsored several wellness initiatives, including at the outset of the pandemic, COVID-19 Weekly Wellness Resource Guides, which featured free employee resources related to physical and mental health, work-life balance, learning and family; a five-week firm-wide walking challenge, through its partnership with Walker Tracker; a COVID-19 & Our Mental Health Webinar in partnership with Pennsylvania nonprofit, Minding Your Mind; and a virtual Mindfulness Meditation Series. Ballard participated in the American Bar Association’s “Lawyer Well-Being Week” by holding virtual spin and cardio classes led by one of its own, a virtual firm-wide trivia night, and a virtual gratitude wall, which was shared firm-wide. During the summer, Ballard held a 4-week superfood cooking challenge resulting in a 128-page e-cookbook. Ballard also held a “Let’s Talk Therapy” panel event with Ballard lawyers, staff, and alumni, joined by a licensed clinician, which discussed the role therapy has played in both their lives and their careers. This panel was designed to destigmatize the conversation around mental health and seeking therapy. In addition, Ballard celebrated World Mental Health Day by sharing mental health statistics and highlighting available firm resources. Ballard also recognizes that hundreds of its firm members are impacted by the school and childcare crisis, and eldercare issues created by the pandemic and issued a contingency plan for flexible workplace arrangements.2 6
According to Kathleen Furey McDonough, Esquire, Partner and Chair of the Firm, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP: Like everyone, we’re doing a lot more videoconferences and teleconferences than ever before. Those of us with local clients, who are accustomed to seeing our clients in person regularly, have had to adjust to video meetings. But this adjustment pales in comparison to not seeing our colleagues every day, and the loss of the countless interactions that help build community. To counter this, we’ve implemented several new initiatives to enhance communication. The three most notable are a series of firmwide conference calls that I host, an upgraded intranet where everyone can access information 24/7, and a new daily internal newsletter. We’ve used these platforms to celebrate client victories, share photos of our work-from-home setups, and provide suggestions for creative solutions to living in the reality that is 2020. Now more than ever, we believe it is essential to stay informed, but more importantly, to connect with our colleagues and foster community. On a more personal level, groups within the firm, such as our Women’s Initiative, hold virtual happy hours and “brown bag” lunches, to maintain and foster personal connections. We’re also staying connected to the wider community by finding virtual options for our charitable efforts such as our annual holiday gift drive for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware.
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. has also instituted several initiatives to maintain a sense of community while working remotely. For example, according to Doneene Keemer Damon, Esquire, Director and President of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.: Each department and practice group has met regularly — many weekly. The meetings are all virtual over Zoom. We tried to replicate as much as possible what we would have done had we been in person. This includes having lunch together virtually. We continued with our Women’s Initiative. We have our regularly scheduled monthly meetings. In addition, we implemented weekly catch up meetings which alternate between coffee and happy hour. This has been very well received. We expanded our Wellness Initiative. We engaged a consultant to meet with us virtually to discuss topics such as how to convert COVID-19 stress into personal growth, parenting and homeschooling during quarantine, time mastery in a virtual world, and mastering your mind. We have several online workout groups. Some of them do yoga together, while others engage in boot camp-type workouts. We have “coffee and conversations” every other month where we focus on different topics and allow everyone to engage. Topics are submitted for an open conversation. I have had the pleasure of leading those
According to Jennifer Ying, Esquire, Partner, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP: Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Morris Nichols has been able to maintain our sense of community. Over the last nine months, we have come together in a variety of ways from contributing to the inaugural (and hopefully only) edition of the “Hugh Morris Quarantine Cookbook” to supporting a firmwide food drive for the Delaware Food Bank to celebrating our 90th anniversary with a slideshow featuring contributions from current and former lawyers and staff. The firm also made a $50,000 donation to the Delaware Community Foundation’s COVID Response Fund, which was established to make grants to various organizations throughout the state that have been adversely impacted by COVID-19.
conversations. Sometimes people Zoom in and they are quiet, but just want to be part of the group. I have had regular one-on-one coffees with staff. At the beginning of the pandemic when we went remote, I offered to have virtual coffee with anyone who just wanted to talk. I have had many people take me up on that offer. It has been a wonderful opportunity to get to know people on a much deeper level. We conducted an online summer program where we engaged with our summer associates through virtual dinners, Uber eats lunches, painting, and a virtual mixology class. We had weekly meetings and happy hours with the summer associates to allow them to get to know us and allow us an opportunity to get to know them. We have enjoyed each other’s company through virtual on-line games. We have played Bingo, Scavenger Hunt, and Trivia. We did these firmwide and also in different practice groups. We on-boarded 18 new associates in September. We have provided virtual orientation and training for the firm as a whole and for each practice group. We also have virtual happy hours and coffees to provide opportunities for meaningful engagement. In addition to these activities, Richards held a Halloween Costume Contest and gave prizes for various categories; created a page on its intranet for everyone to share pictures of what they are thankful for; hosted an online Holiday Craft Fair where employees could sell their crafts through the firm;3 and celebrated birthdays and other milestones through Zoom celebrations.
Like many of our Delaware colleagues, we are all becoming Zoom and WebEx masters as depositions, court hearings, and board meetings are held virtually. This year, we also hosted our summer associate program virtually, which featured a number of creative ways to connect, including a mentor/mentee virtual escape room and virtual trivia night. We have also held virtual “coffee breaks” to stay in touch with each other and welcomed our 2020 class of new law clerks in the fall with virtual training and programming. To celebrate the holidays, our practice groups are having virtual holiday get-togethers, including have a virtual “Ugly Christmas Sweater” contest. CONTINUED >
Similarly, Connolly Gallagher LLP has adapted to our new reality. According to Karen C. Bifferato, Esquire, Partner, Connolly Gallagher LLP: On Friday, June 26th the firm celebrated Connolly Gallagher Day. This is the anniversary of the opening of the firm. While we typically use the day to go out and volunteer in the community then celebrate with a family-style picnic — it was not possible to do this year! Instead we carved out time, invited the entire firm to connect via Zoom, and played (i.e. competed) trivia games then raised a toast to the firm’s commitment to work together. On a day-to-day basis we communicate with people working from home and people working at the office, and we try to keep in place regular activities, meetings, etc. (i.e., the Attorney Review committee met by Zoom with all the associates in the summer as a mid-way check in, and more or less just conducted the attorney review process by Zoom). These things have to take place by Zoom rather than in person, but at least Zoom allows you to see people you may not have seen in a while, and keeping in place regular events helps people feel more normalized, even though the times we are in are anything but normal. Morris James LLP has also found creative ways to stay connected with each other and the community during these unique times. According to Reneta L. Green-Streett, Esquire, Partner, Morris James LLP:
■■ Updates from Management: From the onset of
COVID, Morris James management provided consistent and timely communications from the Managing Partner, Chief Operating Officer, and other administrative directors with important updates regarding operations and protocols as well as helpful tips and resources for transitioning to remote working. All employees were kept up-to-date regarding changing conditions and given resources to help them adapt and stay connected.
■■ Networking Portal: The firm created a private
Facebook group for employees to utilize to remain socially connected online and outside of the offices. This was particularly impactful during the early days of our COVID response when the majority of our workforce was remote.
■■ Resilience Training: The firm offered all employees
a seminar on resilience to help them adapt and build resilience through the extra pressures brought about because of the pandemic. The training included information about the positive impact of connecting with colleagues, family, and friends, on well-being, as well as productivity.
■■ Internal Social Events: We quickly transitioned our
weekly yoga practice to a virtual yoga practice to help employees maintain connection and personal well-being. We also hosted a series of trivia nights where employees created teams and engaged in friendly competition for bragging rights, an Amazon gift card, and a small trophy. Departments and practice groups engaged in virtual happy hours and our employees in the offices found COVID-safe ways to spend time together and connect.
■■ Client Engagement: From a virtual pizza party and
cooking class to smaller activities like a Peloton challenge, our attorneys have found unique opportunities to remain socially connected with clients and each other.
■■ Community Support: When COVID hit, Morris
James made a commitment to philanthropy. In addition to our typical charitable giving, we raised over $10,000 for the Food Bank of Delaware, donated $5,000 to Beebe Medical’s COVID relief fund, and donated canned goods and made a charitable contribution of over $5,000 to the Delaware Military Support. Additionally, Morris James donated $10,000 to the Culture Restoration Project to reinforce its statement on racial injustice. Through these efforts, we gave employees an opportunity to connect with one another and the Delaware community.
Notes: 1. I would like to thank everyone who provided thoughtful and valuable contributions to this article. 2. While these issues are not limited to women, Ballard recognizes the crisis has a greater impact on women and threatens to undo decades of progress for women in the workplace. Ballard’s contingency plan for flexible work arrangements adopts a broad view of a workday, to include split or shifted workdays, and less than a full time schedule. This plan does not put pressure on anyone to return to work in the office. All attorneys and staff at Ballard can request a flexible work arrangement without providing a reason for the request. 3. I am told the Holiday Craft Fair was set to holiday music and was a huge success!
Bar Journal Content Editor Laina M. Herbert is an associate at Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. in Wilmington, Delaware. She may be reached at lherbert@gelaw.com and additional information about the author is available at www.gelaw.com.
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WHAT IS THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU COULD GIVE YOURSELF FOR 2021?
“Take nothing for granted. Be grateful for all that you have, and be sure to give back.” WILLIAM M. LAFFERTY, ESQUIRE Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP
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FIVE WAYS LAWYERS CAN ENHANCE THEIR CVs When filling out your “Interests” in applying for a legal job, it is best to leave this blank if you have none. However, before you apply, get some interests because these five are often the most attractive to a firm or government agency:
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Volunteering and Pro Bono
“Embrace the lessons learned — gratitude, f lexibility, and focus on family and friends!”
Aside from the appearance of caring for one’s community and honoring the profession, employers know that people who volunteer their legal services have been able to hone their skills and are dedicated and responsible. Any volunteering shows a commitment to the community and may often coincide with the employer’s interests.
Team-based sports can prove you work well with others and know how to respond in a high-pressure and active environment. Solo sports are also worth mentioning to show your commitment to regimens and your love for a challenge. While you do not want to write a whole lot in the “interests” section, you should include names of teams/clubs to spark conversation at the interview.
Attend Seminars of Special Interest to You
Better yet, teach one. This is considered a brilliant way to show interest in a field and you should include any skills that you gained from the instruction. (Just a note: DSBA has a lot of seminars you can attend or teach!) DSBA Bar Journal | www.dsba.org
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Write a Blog or a Vlog or any Internet-Based Informative Piece
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New Castle County Karen Ann Jacobs, Esquire, Co-Chair* Victor F. Battaglia, Sr., Esquire Dawn L. Becker, Esquire John P. Deckers, Esquire David J.J. Facciolo, Esquire David J. Ferry, Jr., Esquire Robert D. Goldberg, Esquire Bayard Marin, Esquire James K. Maron, Esquire Wayne A. Marvel, Esquire Michael F. McTaggart, Esquire Denise D. Nordheimer, Esquire Elizabeth Y. Olsen, Esquire* Kenneth M. Roseman, Esquire* Hon. Janine M. Salomone Yvonne Takvorian Saville, Esquire R. Judson Scaggs, Esquire* David A. White, Esquire Gregory Brian Williams, Esquire Hon. William L. Witham, Jr. Kent County Mary E. Sherlock, Esquire* Crystal L. Carey, Esquire Edward Curley, Esquire Elizabeth O. Groller, Esquire Clay T. Jester, Esquire Sussex County Candace E. Holmes, Esquire, Co-Chair Larry W. Fifer, Esquire
CALENDAR OF EVENTS January 2021
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. DE-LAP’s Behind the Cool Image Series: Lawyering in the 21st Century Workshop Three: Take Charge: Navigating Work, Home, and Other Competing Priorities 1.0 hour CLE credit in Enhanced Ethics Live Webinar via Zoom
Monday, January 18, 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Day of Service
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 • 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Workers’ Compensation Winter Seminar 3.3 hours CLE credit Live Webinar via Zoom
Tuesday, January 28, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Business Divorce
3.0 hours CLE credit Live Webinar via Zoom
Friday, February 12, 2021 • 9:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Rubenstein Walsh Seminar on Ethics & Professionalism 2021 3.5 hours CLE credit in Enhanced Ethics Live Webinar via Zoom
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. DE-LAP’s Behind the Cool Image Series: Lawyering in the 21st Century Workshop Four: Power-Up: Practical Approaches for Accessing and Maintaining Energy
1.0 hour CLE credit in Enhanced Ethics Live Webinar via Zoom
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 • 9:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Fundamentals of Family Law
Thursday, February 25, 2021 • 9:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Government & Consumer Law 2021 4.0 hours CLE credit Live Webinar via Zoom
Date TBD, February 2021 • 9:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Risk of Third-Party Fraud CLE 4.0 hours CLE credit Live Webinar via Zoom
Dates, times, and locations of Events and CLEs may occasionally change after time of press. Please consult the DSBA website for the most up-to-date information at www.dsba.org.
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SECTION & COMMITTEE MEETINGS January 2021
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 • 3:30 p.m. Estates and Trusts Section Meeting TBD Wednesday, January 6, 2021 • 12:30 p.m. Women & the Law Section Meeting Zoom Meeting, see Section listserv message for link and password Tuesday, January 12, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. Litigation Section Meeting Delaware State Bar Association, 405 North King Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, DE Wednesday, January 13, 2021 • 4:00 p.m. Real and Personal Property Section Meeting Teleconference Meeting, see Section listserv message for call-in information
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Michael F. McTaggart President Kathleen M. Miller President-Elect Charles J. Durante Vice President-at-Large Kate Harmon Vice President, New Castle County Anthony V. Panicola Vice President, Kent County Ashley M. Bickel Vice President, Sussex County
Friday, January 15, 2021 • 12:30 p.m. LGBTQ+ Section Meeting Teleconference Meeting, see Section listserv message for call-in information
Samuel D. Pratcher III Vice President, Solo & Small Firms, New Castle County
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 • 9:00 a.m. ADR Section Meeting Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Rodney Square, 1000 North King Street, Wilmington, DE
Renee Duval Vice President, Solo & Small Firms, Kent County
Thursday, January 21, 2021 • 11:45 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting Zoom Meeting, link will be sent via email Thursday, January 21, 2021 • 12:15 p.m. Torts and Insurance Section Meeting Teleconference Meeting, see Section listserv message for call-in information Thursday, January 21, 2021 • 4:00 p.m. Elder Law Section Meeting Teleconference Meeting, see Section listserv message for call-in information Wednesday, January 27, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. E-Discovery and Technology Law Section Meeting Teleconference Meeting, see Section listserv message for call-in information Wednesday, January 27, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. Government and Consumer Law Section Meeting Teleconference Meeting, see Section listserv message for call-in information Thursday, January 28, 2021 • 4:00 p.m. Government and Consumer Law Section Meeting Teleconference Meeting, see Section listserv message for call-in information
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 • 3:30 p.m. Estates and Trusts Section Meeting TBD Wednesday, February 3, 2021 • 12:30 p.m. Women & the Law Section Meeting Zoom Meeting, see Section listserv message for link and password Tuesday, February 9, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. Litigation Section Meeting Delaware State Bar Association, 405 North King Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, DE Wednesday, February 10, 2021 • 4:00 p.m. Real and Personal Property Section Meeting Teleconference Meeting, see Section listserv message for call-in information Refer to the DSBA Section Listserv messages for the most up-to-date information on Section Meetings. Please contact LaTonya Tucker at ltucker@dsba.org or (302) 658-5279 to have your Section or Committee meetings listed in the Bar Journal.
Stephen A. Spence Vice President, Solo & Small Firms, Sussex County Mary Frances Dugan Secretary Thomas P. McGonigle Assistant Secretary Francis J. Murphy, Jr. Treasurer Reneta L. Green-Streett Assistant Treasurer William Patrick Brady Past President The Honorable Ferris W. Wharton Judicial Member Kaan Ekiner Assistant to President James D. Nutter Special Assistant for Legislative Matters Sonia Augusthy Loren R. Barron Ian Connor Bifferato Crystal L. Carey William L. Chapman, Jr. Richard A. Forsten Denise Del Giorno Nordheimer Adam V. Orlacchio Victoria R. Sweeney David A. White Jennifer Ying Members-at-Large Mark S. Vavala Executive Director DSBA Bar Journal | January 2021
TIPS ON TECHNOLOGY | BY RICHARD K. HERRMANN, ESQUIRE
Delaware Technology The Final Frontier
Zoom technology during the 2020 COVID pandemic.
As we welcomed in the new Century, and in anticipation of the erection of the New Castle County Courthouse, the Superior Court opened Delaware’s first experimental courtroom, dubbed the eCourtroom. Fitted with state of the art technology, the eCourtroom provided a live experimental laboratory, contributing to the design of the technology in the new Courthouse. In 2003, electronic discovery began its evolution into its own body of law. Each of the Delaware Courts In 1980, the Delaware legal community developed rules relating to this game-changer received the first in-office fully computerized in the process of litigation. IBM time and billing machine using Manic As the use and abuse of the internet inSoftware on a IBM System 34 minicomputer creased and law office technology became a (thanks to Bob Katzenstein’s efforts in the required need, the Delaware Supreme Court Olivetti litigation). realized the lawyer competency involved more In the late 1980s, Delaware was the chosen than a firm understanding of substantive law. venue for large insurance coverage litigation, It also required basic technology skills in the generating so many pleadings it paralyzed manner in which legal service are provided to the Office of the Prothonotary. By way of the client. This clear realization resulted in example, one insurance coverage case alone the 2013 amendment of the Rules of Profesgenerated more than 10,000 pleadings, com- sional Responsibility and the creation of an pared with the average 25 filings in a typical additional Arm of the Court, The Commiscivil case. A Superior Court task force was sion on Law and Technology. created to resolve this issue, resulting in the In 2017, the Delaware Family Court, creation of electronic filing as we know it under the leadership of Chief Judge Michael today. The first system of its kind was maintained by Lexus and called CLAD (Complex Newell, opened its first of seven eCourtrooms. Litigation Automated Docket. As these cases This paved the way for the use of efficient, went to trial in the 90s, the Delaware Court user friendly graphic technology in a court permitted the first video teleconference of a serving a large community of self represented live witness in a civil case. And, the Bank- litigants. Finally, in 2020 the Delaware Courts efruptcy Court held its first international video hearing with the Insolvency Court in Canada. fectively embraced remote video technology This was 25 years before the Court’s use of in their efforts to continue providing the ef14
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e have gone far together in the last 50 years. In the early 1970s we automated standard document preparation with magnetic card typewriters (IBM mag card). And we moved from desktop manual calculators to handheld electronics. By the late 1970s, law offices embraced dedicated word processors and high speed printers churning out briefs at 45 seconds a page. Copy machines were standard issue and fax machines were able to transmit an order or opinion at three minutes per page.
ficient administration of justice to the citizens of the State of Delaware. I have been fortunate to be part of all of this. I was at the right place, at the right time. And all of you, the members of the Bench and Bar shared pieces of this with me along the way. I thank you for that. I became a member of the Delaware Bar in 1971, 50 years ago. In many respects we have gone where no Bar has gone before. And the next 50 years will be even more exciting — artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, space law. It is now time to let someone else take us there. This is my final column. Thank you all. Richard K. Herrmann is a Visiting Professor at Delaware Law School. He can be reached at rkherrmann@widener.edu. “Tips on Technology” is a service of the E-Discovery and Technology Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association.
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ETHICALLY SPEAKING | BY CHARLES SLANINA, ESQUIRE
Bona Fide Offices, the Unauthorized Practice of Law, and COVID-19
ue to pandemic-related shutdowns, many attorneys find themselves working from home. Law offices are closed or left minimally staffed. Nationally, firms are finding that they can function without brickand-mortar locations. It is reported that firms are renegotiating and breaking leases to downsize their physical presence, leading to speculation that the post-pandemic practice of law may not look like the pre-pandemic norms.
In addition to the logistical challenges that the COVID-related shutdowns and social distancing created, professional responsibility issues also arise. As we all know, Delaware has a bona fide office rule. Supreme Court Rule 12(a) requires that “all papers filed with the Court shall be signed by an attorney who is an active member of the Bar … who maintains an office in Delaware for the practice of law.” Rule 12(d) goes on to define an office for the practice of law as: a bona fide office maintained in this State for the practice of law in which the attorney practices by being there a substantial and scheduled portion of time during ordinary business hours in the traditional work week. An attorney is deemed to be in an office even if temporarily absent from it if the duties of the law practice are actively conducted by the attorney from that office. An office must be a place where the attorney or a responsible person acting on the attorney’s behalf can be reached in person or by telephone during normal business hours and which has the customary facilities for engaging in the practice of law. A bona fide office is more than a mail drop, a summer home which is unattended during a substantial portion of the year, or an answering, telephone forwarding, secretarial or similar service.
Ethics and Professional Responsibility offered Formal Opinion 495 entitled “Lawyers Working Remotely.” While it does not address Delaware’s bona fide office requirements, it at least offers guidance to attorneys who live and find themselves working outside the state to which they are admitted to practice law. The Committee concluded that lawyers may remotely practice the law of the jurisdictions in which they are licensed while physically present in a jurisdiction in which they are not admitted. However, there are significant limitations on such practice. Lawyers are prohibited from advertising or otherwise holding themselves out as a having an office in the location in which they live or are working. They are also prohibited from offering to provide any legal services in the jurisdiction in which they reside or are working. For example, providing their local contact information on websites, letterhead, business cards, advertising, etc. are impermissible.
While, on its face, this Rule deals with the filing of pleadings and is not a disciplinary or professional conduct rule, to not have a bona fide office has been Rule 5.5 provides both an exception treated as a disciplinary matter. Matter of Barakat, Del.Supr. 99 A.3d 639 (2013). and a complication to this advice. The An attorney without a bona fide office may be charged with violating Rule 3.4(c) multi-jurisdictional practice rule, where of the Professional Conduct Rules which prohibits disobeying an obligation to a adopted, permits an attorney to provide tribunal. What happens when a Delaware attorney chooses or is forced to work from home? What hapIn addition to t he logistical challenges pens if that home is not in Delaware? In addition, to the issue as to whether the home office is a bona t hat t he COVID - related shutdowns and fide office, there can be unauthorized practice of social distancing created, professional law questions. The ABA issued a timely advisory opinion on December 16, 2020. The Standing Committee on 16
responsibilit y issues also arise.
legal services on a temporary basis in a jurisdiction to which they are not admitted if that practice is undertaken in association with a lawyer who is admitted to practice in that jurisdiction; who actively participates in the matter; and the matter is reasonably related to a matter reasonably related to the lawyer’s practice in the jurisdiction to which the lawyer is admitted. While Rule 5.5 would appear to permit an attorney living outside a jurisdiction which adopted Rule 5.5 to practice Delaware law in that foreign state, the Rule goes on to prohibit the establishment of a regular and systematic presence for the practice of law in the jurisdiction in which the attorney is not admitted. Certainly, working from one’s home could be construed as a regular and systematic presence. In reaching these conclusions, the ABA cited a Utah Ethics Opinion which states, “What interest does the Utah State Bar have in regulating an out-ofstate lawyer’s practice for out-of-state clients simply because he has a private
home in Utah? And the answer is the same — none.” Utah Op. 19-03 (2019). The safest course while working remotely from out of state would appear to be to maintain a non-public profile while doing so and to make sure that you are only practicing law of the jurisdictions to which you are admitted. Failure to meet the requirements of the bona fide office rule will probably be excused (or overlooked) until this crisis ends. Have a happy and healthy New Year!
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“Ethically Speaking” is intended to stimulate awareness of ethical issues. It is not intended as legal advice nor does it necessarily represent the opinion of the Delaware State Bar Association.
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Cha rles Sla ni na is a par tner in the firm of Finger & Slanina, LLC. His practice areas include disciplinary defense and consultations on professional responsibility issues. Additional information about the author is available at www.delawgroup.com.
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Ethics Hotline, Ethics CLE Series, and Standing Committee on Rules BY LUKE W. METTE, ESQUIRE
n this periodic column from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”), I wanted to: 1) provide an update on the use of our Ethics Hotline; 2) summarize recent ODC-sponsored, ethics CLE programs; and 3) focus on a specific rule that is being evaluated for possible amendment. ODC Ethics Hotline
Delaware lawyers are using ODC’s Ethics Hotline with increasing frequency. Through the Hotline, ODC lawyers provide confidential and timely guidance (not legal advice) regarding a lawyer’s prospective conduct in the context of the Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Rules”). The feedback we have received regarding this initiative (both in general and from lawyers who have specifically availed themselves of it) has been overwhelmingly positive. Lawyers can simply call the Office to request such guidance, and our website (courts.delaware.gov/odc) now also includes a dedicated Ethics Hotline email address (ARMS_ ODC_EHOTLINE@delaware.gov). ODC’s Ethics CLE Programming ODC’s one-hour, ethics CLE programming has become increasingly popular since we switched to a live Zoom format during the COVID-19 pandemic months. Over 500 lawyers attended our October 16, 2020 program on civility and professionalism (featuring Justice Traynor), and approximately 300 lawyers attended our November 9, 2020 program regarding ethical issues facing in-house corporate and government lawyers (featuring State Solicitor Aaron Goldstein). Given the popularity of this series in this format, we plan to continue to offer ethics CLE programming via Zoom even after we emerge from the pandemic. Our ethics CLE programming in 2021 is likely to include one-hour Zoom presentations on many of the following topics (with invited guest presenters, as appropriate): ▪▪ succession planning; ▪▪ the effects of aging on the brain; 18
▪▪ the various Rules touching on candor, misrepresentation, deceit and fraud; ▪▪ compliance with Rule 1.2(d) in the face of evolving state and federal laws regarding marijuana; ▪▪ the duty of lawyers to supervise other lawyers and non-lawyers; and ▪▪ the Rules regarding legal fees, including advance fees. Please let me know if you have any thoughts regarding these, or other topics, for inclusion in ODC’s ethics CLE series. ODC also plans to use this column in the Bar Journal to highlight some of the issues discussed in CLE programs already delivered — for the benefit of both those lawyers who attended the CLE presentations and those who did not. To kick things off, this article addresses some of the issues discussed in the October and November CLE programs mentioned above. On October 16, 2020, Justice Traynor addressed, among other topics, the Delaware Supreme Court’s addendum to its opinion in In re Shorenstein Hays-Nederlander Theaters LLC Appeals, 213 A.3d 39 (Del. 2019), relating to the conduct of a witness during a deposition and what the defending lawyer may want to do to control such conduct. We also discussed what lawyers and judges can do to improve trust and confidence in the legal profession. I referred to former Chancellor Allen’s 1991 Law Day remarks, “Zealous Advocacy and a Lawyer’s Duty to Justice: A Law Day Meditation,” and I used the Chancellor’s comments as a basis to discuss various Rules that specifically address a lawyer’s independence from a client and lawyer’s duties to persons other than a client. On November 9, 2020, State Solicitor Aaron Goldstein discussed some of the unique ethical issues facing government lawyers and government law departments, including identifying the client and managing possible conflict of interest situations. Aaron and I identified various Rules and Comments that
address these issues. We also addressed the question whether the ethical option (or requirement) of withdrawing from representation in certain circumstances is a viable option for in-house corporate or government lawyers whose only client is their employer. Standing Committee on Rules: Rule 1.13 Specifically with regard to the issues inherent in an in-house lawyer’s decision whether to withdraw from representation, and with the permission of the Delaware Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Rules Committee”), I mentioned during the November 9 CLE that one of the issues the Rules Committee is evaluating is whether Delaware’s Rule 1.13 (Organization as Client) should track more closely the ABA’s Model Rule 1.13. Among other things, ABA Model Rule 1.13(c) (which many states have adopted in one form or another) provides that a lawyer for an organization may, in certain circumstances, reveal information relating to the representation, even if not otherwise permitted by Rule 1.6. Delaware’s corresponding Rule 1.13(c), however, provides that, in such circumstances, a lawyer may “resign.” If you have views whether Delaware’s Rule 1.13 should track ABA Model Rule 1.13 that you would like to share with the Rules Committee, please contact me or another member of the Rules Committee. Luke Mette has been a member of the Delaware Bar since 1988 and has held numerous positions in government and private firms. He was named Chief Disciplinary Counsel for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel by the Delaware Supreme Court in January 2019.
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR LAW DAY AWARDS The Delaware State Bar Association and the Awards Committee are seeking nominations for the Liberty Bell Award, the Community Service Award, and the Myrna L. Rubenstein Professional Support Recognition Award to be presented at the 2021 Law Day Luncheon. Below are the criteria for these awards.
LIBERTY BELL AWARD
The Liberty Bell Award is given annually to an individual, who is not a judge or lawyer, who has rendered outstanding service to his or her community. The award is designed to promote a better understanding of government, a greater respect for the rule of law or a deeper sense of individual responsibility which contribute to the effective functioning of our governmental institutions.
The Community Service Award recognizes annually a member of the judiciary or the Delaware Bar who has rendered meaningful service to the community and who has contributed significant time and effort to the greater Delaware community. Nominees should have demonstrated a commitment to leadership and service in activities that enrich and strengthen our community over a substantial period of time.
MYRNA L. RUBENSTEIN PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT RECOGNITION AWARD
This Award recognizes long and dedicated service to the Bench and Bar of the State of Delaware, to the Bar Association, and to the Members thereof, which has contributed in a significant way to them and to the high ideals of the legal profession. Nominations should be submitted to Mark S. Vavala, Executive
Direc tor, DSBA at mvavala@dsba.org. The deadline for nominations is February 5, 2021. Please include: The name,
firm, and title/occupation of the Candidate; name and contact information (firm, address, email, phone, and fax) of the individual nominating the Candidate; and a brief statement of the reasons the Candidate is deserving of the Award.
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Strategies to Improve Performance of Daily Activities and Reduce Pain BY GUEST COLUMNIST RACHEL GOTTESMAN, OTR/L
No matter what age, finding new tools to foster well-being and selfcare is imperative for both physical and mental health. More specifically, learning strategies to improve performance of daily activities and reduce pain. For that reason, I am pleased to welcome to the DE-LAP Zone this month our guest columnist: Rachel Gottesman, OTR/L of Body Ease Therapy. With over 20 years of experience, Rachel Gottesman is an occupational therapist who graduated from Boston University in 2000 with a BA in Occupational Therapy. Equally as important, Rachel had worked in a variety of settings, including but not limited to: acute rehab, acute care, outpatient therapy, brain injury rehab, and skilled nursing facilities including over a dozen of years in the rehab group at Christiana Care Health System. Furthermore, in 2015, Ms. Gottesman opened a private practice in Delaware and Southern Pennsylvania, specializing in myofascial release therapy and pelvic floor therapy. Today, Rachel Gottesman lives and works in Delaware and Southern Pennsylvania and has a special understanding of legal professionals. Carol P. Waldhauser is the Executive Director of the Delaware Lawyers Assistance Program and can be reached at cwaldhauser@de-lap.org.
he American Academy of Pain Medicine reports that 100 million Americans and 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from chronic pain, or pain that persists well beyond an initial insult or trigger, sometimes for years. Chronic pain can develop over time, especially from lack of activity, poor posture, physical or 20
emotional stress, and repetitive strain. Unfortunately, this type of discomfort can trigger a cycle in which exercise, work, sleep, or a balanced mental state becomes difficult. The following strategies can help to decrease discomfort and tightness in day-to-day activities. Applying some of these principles can also help by improv-
ing sleep, increasing concentration at work, and creating comfort in movement while exercising or performing sports activities. 1. Stretch Effectively We have all heard of the importance of stretching. However, the length of time a stretch is held is key to effective long-term pain relief. When we stretch, we are not only stretching the muscles, but the fascia, or the soft connective tissue that surrounds and penetrates all the muscles in the body. Fascia responds best to slow, prolonged holds in order to release or open up. Think of a rubber band — you can change its length by pulling on it, but what happens when you let go too quickly? It snaps back to its previous length. Stretching the fascia is very similar. The second aspect of stretching is holding the stretches for a minimum of 90-120 seconds. That is the amount of time it takes to get an initial release of the fascia. This is a good start! However, to keep the area open and loose after the stretch is over, you should hold the stretch an additional two to three minutes. Holding the stretch for a total of three to five minutes will start to make lasting changes in the body. Of course, the longer you can hold, the
greater the chances that the fascia will stay open to its new length. It is important that you do not force anything. There will be a barrier that you will feel when you stretch, which feels like a stopping point. You must wait at the barrier until a softening or release is felt. As long as you do not force past that barrier you should be able to increase your flexibility gradually and without injury. You may feel a temporary soreness as the fascia adjusts to its new length. This type of soreness usually last for a few hours to a few days.
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2. Focus on Feet Our feet are our “foundation.” They take much of the brunt of day to day life. Oftentimes, other areas of the body communicate discomfort and we attend to those areas first. However, the feet often get neglected. We want to care for our feet and make every step as easy on the rest of the body as possible. Proper foot care is essential! Here is a way to get started. Sink into those soles! You can use a golf ball, a tennis ball, a small reaction ball, or a tool called a nola rola (www.nolarola.com). Of course, feel free to be creative in what you use. Sit on the couch or any comfortable surface and let gravity help your feet mold into whatever device you choose. Once you find a pressure spot you let your feet “melt” and “soften” into that spot for three to five minutes. You do not want to roll the device all around the bottom of your foot because you are simply gliding along the surface and not creating any softening or length changes. Another effective self-treatment strategy is to sit on the floor or bed with your back against the wall. Place a tennis ball, golf ball or reaction ball under your calf and search for those pressures spots. Once you find one, feel your leg sink into that spot for the three to five minutes (or as long as you can tolerate). It is important to relax your body as much as possible and breathe as you do this to encourage softening and change. You
should feel the sensation start to change during this time and you may feel sensations in other areas of the body. That is not uncommon as the fascial system is interwoven, like a spider web or sweater that stretches from head to toe. 3. Remember Your Arches Where is your weight distributed when you stand? Most people typically place their weight too far back, putting undue pressure on the back of the body, including the lower back. To illustrate: Stand with your weight back on your heels. If your balance is off, hold onto something for support as your try this. What do you feel? Now stand with your weight forward, on your balls of your feet and toes. See if your body subconsciously adjusts, or guards to keep you from falling forward. When your weight is back on your heels do you notice pressure up the back of your legs onto your lower back and spine? Stand there for a minute and try
to get a sense of how this position affects your lower back and spine. Now place your weight in the middle of your foot, over your arches. Imagine that you are “floating” over them. Notice how it feels — your toes are still engaged in the ground but not doing all the work. You may feel some of the pressure taken off your calves and lower back. You may need to explore this exercise a few times to “find” and then “float” over your arches. You may even feel like you are leaning forward. Try this when you are standing in line at the store or pumping your gas or at a social event talking to people. Practice keeping your weight over your arches and your back will thank you! 4. Find a Good Way to Sit Do you sit a lot during the day? You can probably guess that getting up at least 20-30 minutes to stretch and CONTINUED >
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move is a good idea. However, I would like to add a way to effectively sit to avoid undue pressure on your lower back. We went over strategies for standing and taking some pressure off your lower back. You can use similar strategies for sitting. Find the bones you sit on; they are called the ischial tuberosities. They feel like points under the flesh of your buttocks. Stick your hands under your buttocks and see if you can find these bones. Now lean forward slightly. Do you feel how the bones move backwards? Picture your pelvis as a bowl and those bones as little feet at the bottom of the bowl. When they move backwards, the bowl is tipping forward. Now try it again and see what parts of your body are tensing. Do you notice how your legs and front of your body are engaged or working extra hard? Now keeping your hands on your ischial tuberosities lean back. Imagine that pelvic bowl tipping backwards. Feel how that effects your body? Do you notice more tension in the back of your body, especially lower back area? Ideally while you are sitting you want your pelvic bowl to not tip over — forward or backwards. Keep your feet engaged in the ground and make sure your chair is a comfortable height. This will keep the strain off of your lower back while you are sitting for work or watching TV. 5. Take Care of the Front of Your Back Tight psoas, or lower abdominal muscles, can contribute to lower back pain. We sit a lot in our day-to-day tasks — riding in the car, sitting at a desk, sitting on a couch to socialize or watch TV. All of these positions shorten the lower abdominal muscles, which can pull on other areas of the body, including the torso and lower back.
Give them a prolonged stretch! There are many ways to do this. For example, take a four-inch rubber ball and find a comfortable position on the floor. Find a spot between your belly button and your hip bone. Place the ball in an area that feels “tight” or “tender” (Note: make sure you do not have any medical conditions such as pregnancy or aneurysms before doing this.) Allow the ball to sink into that area for a minimum of two to three minutes. Feel for what other areas in your body are holding or tense. Send your breath to those areas and allow them to relax or soften. Repeat on both sides of your abdominal area. •
In conclusion, these are suggestions to help prevent pain from starting or continuing. As pain decreases, activities levels can increase. When the weather gets warmer see if you can explore a local park or plan a weekend getaway. Hiking does not have to be strenuous. Local parks usually have trails that fit all abilities, from flat smooth surfaces to more challenging terrain. Pick a time of day that is cool enough to enjoy the weather and remember to stay hydrated. Come prepared with plenty of water and make sure you are wearing supportive footwear. Make this a season of renewal by applying some of these techniques at work or in your daily activities. Change your scenery by finding new places to explore in nature. Your body and mind will thank you. Questions/Comments? Please feel free to reach out. I read every email. Rachel Gottesman has been an occupational therapist for over 19 years and specializes in the areas of myofascial release and pelvic floor therapy. She can be reached at rgottesman@bodyeasetherapy. com or (610) 314-0780. Her website is www.bodyeasetherapy.com.
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BANKRUPTCY UPDATE
The Great Debate to Abate:
Commercial Leases in Pandemic Bankruptcies BY ERIN R. FAY, ESQUIRE
he pandemic has raised myriad issues for commercial landlords and tenants, resulting in a significant uptick in retail, restaurant, and other related bankruptcy filings. Well-known brands — J.C. Penney, Brooks Brothers, Anne Taylor, Pier 1, Ruby Tuesday’s (to name a few) — entered bankruptcy in 2020. Year to date, more than 30 large retailers have filed for bankruptcy, compared to 17 in 2019, and 2021 is expected to be equally grueling.1
Forced changes to the basic business models of these companies have fundamentally impacted the revenue assumptions underlying their brick-and-mortar operations, while lenders to these companies have tightened budgets. Landlords, for their part, rely on rent streams from the brick-and-mortar operations to pay mortgages and maintain properties. Unsurprisingly, rent payments have been a key issue in many pandemic retail bankruptcies.2 Interestingly, despite a Bankruptcy Code provision that appears to require rent payments to be made when due (especially after the initial 60 days of a chapter 11 case), debtor/tenants have been remarkably successful in delaying, reducing, or making no rent payments. To the extent the Bankruptcy Code drafters intended to require debtors to timely pay their rent, the pandemic has highlighted loopholes in the text. The skirmishes center both on contractual disputes regarding the lease provisions, as 24
To the ex tent the Bankruptc y Code draf ters intended to require debtors to timely pay their rent, the pandemic has highlighted loopholes in the tex t. The skirmishes center both on contrac tual disputes regarding the lease provisions, as well as the limits of what the Bankruptc y Code will allow for rent deferrals. well as the limits of what the Bankruptcy Code will allow for rent deferrals. The primary Bankruptcy Code provision on these issues is section 365(d)(3), which provides that a debtor shall timely pay rent arising in the period after the petition date and until the lease is assumed or rejected.3 The section further clarifies that the obligation to pay rent is without regard to Bankruptcy Code section 503(b) (1), which otherwise engrafts a requirement that administrative expenses consist of “actual necessary costs and expenses of preserving the estate.” This would seem to mean that the amount to be paid is the amount stated in the lease and a debtor should not be able to reduce its rent obligation as a corollary to the profitability of the leased premises.4 Finally, the section provides that the bankruptcy court may extend the time to perform such obligations that arise in the first 60 days of a case, but only for “cause.” The pandemic has tested the boundaries of section 365(d)(3) and tenant/landlord relations across the board. At the beginning of the pandemic, debtors were permitted by some courts to “mothball” their operations
and chapter 11 cases, which was essentially a freeze on certain payments (such as rent).5 These courts found that landlords were protected because post-petition rent is an administrative expense that must be paid later in the case.6 This logic is cold comfort to landlords who are well aware that even before the pandemic, chapter 11 cases often concluded without the payment of such claims. As a part of this first round “mothballing” strategy, many debtors were granted rent extensions for the 60-day period stated in section 365(d)(3).7 Some courts were willing to take these orders a step further and prohibit landlords from seeking other relief that would arguably undermine the 60-day breathing spell, such as stay relief to foreclose and to compel immediate assumption or rejection.8 As the pandemic persisted, however, debtors were increasingly unable (or unwilling) to make the payments at the end of the 60-day period. Although it may seem clear that the Bankruptcy Code drafters intended for payment to be made on day 61, many pandemic courts have not required such payments, to the great frustration of landlords and the great relief of debtors.9
Instead, some courts have found that the Bankruptcy Code does not require payment at the end of the 60-day period or mandate a remedy if the debtor/tenant fails to pay.10 With no end to the pandemic in sight, debtors then began seeking to suspend or abate rent after the 60-day period based on several theories, including force majeure lease clauses and state law doctrines of frustration of purpose and impossibility. Notably, subject to few exceptions, the Bankruptcy Code does not vitiate underlying lease provisions or state landlord-tenant law. As such, if there is a force majeure clause in a lease, section 365(d)(3) arguably does not alter its effect. Yet, these defenses to payment each require highly fact intensive hearings on a lease-by-lease basis. For instance (and as many of us have no doubt learned post-pandemic), force majeure clauses vary dramatically both in scope of covered events and relief afforded. Frustration of purpose and impossibility may require an understanding of the range of capacities at which a business can operate or is operating under state law and the permitted uses under the lease. There is also an interesting question of whether these state law doctrines that are premised on the failure of the debtor/tenant to receive its bargained-for benefits are at odds with section 365(d)(3) which requires payment of rent as stated in the lease without regard to the benefit to the estate. Moreover, to the extent these state law doctrines apply, is their effect to permit rescission or to excuse a party from
performing while holding the other party to the contract? Abatement determinations pose practical challenges as well, especially in large chapter 11 cases. A debtor, such as a retailer, may have a portfolio with hundreds of different leases which require individualized analysis, and its landlords may incur legal fees similar in amount to the unpaid rent. Negotiated settlements can be time-consuming and difficult due to the debtor having numerous landlords and the dire straits of landlords who have not received rent for some time. Debtors have significant bargaining power given their ability to reject leases and use that threat as a means of obtaining concessions. Landlords, in turn, must be careful not to allow short-term considerations affect long-term strategy. To date, there have been few actual rulings related to rent abatement by bankruptcy courts.11 Given the continued strain expected for 2021, bankruptcy courts around the country will undoubtedly continue to wrestle with these difficult issues. Unfortunately, without an efficient and fair solution for both landlords and tenants in these proceedings, there may come a point where the courts end up with debtors on both sides of the virtual podium.12 Notes:
1. See The running list of 2020 retail bankruptcies (Nov. 25, 2020), https://www.retaildive.com/ news/the-running-list-of-2020-retail-bankruptcies/571159 (listing 29 retail bankruptcies in 2020, in addition to Francesca’s which filed for bankruptcy on December 3, 2020). 2. The term “rent” is used generally herein with regard to monetary obligations of a tenant under a lease, despite the fact that leases contain a variety
of payment obligations that may or may not technically be defined as rent. 3. 11 U.S.C. § 365(d)(3). 4. Third Circuit case law is in accord with this plain reading. See In re Goody’s Family Clothing Inc., 610 F.3d 812, 817 (3rd Cir. 2010). 5. See, e.g., In re Modell’s Sporting Goods, Case No. 20-14179 [Docket No. 166] (granting mothball motion) (Bankr. D.N.J. March 27, 2020). But see In re Forever 21 Inc., Case No. 19-12122 (Bankr. D. Del. Apr. 1, 2020) [Docket No. 1115]. (denying mothball motion by purchaser of debtors’ assets). 6. See, e.g., In re Pier 1 Imports Inc., Case No. 2030805 (Bankr. E.D. Va. May 10, 2020) [Docket No. 637]. 7. See, e.g., In re J.C. Penney Company, Inc., Case No. 20-20182 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. June 11, 2020) [Docket No. 721]. 8. See, e.g., In re True Religion Apparel, Inc., Case No. 20-10941 (Bankr. D. Del. Apr. 13, 2020) [Docket No. 349]. 9. See, e.g., In re CEC Entertainment, Inc., Case No. 20-33163 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Aug. 31, 2020) [Docket No. 782]. 10. See id. 11. As this article was going to print, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a Memorandum Opinion [Docket No. 1482], denying the debtors’ motion to abate rents filed in the CEC Entertainment, Inc. cases as to several landlords. The opinion disagrees with a ruling by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued in the Pier 1 Imports, Inc. cases, which held that Bankruptcy Code section 365(d)(3) does not compel a debtor to timely pay rent in accordance with a lease. The CEC Entertainment, Inc. opinion further highlights the individualized nature of the abatement inquiry, as it analyzed the force majeure and use clauses of the relevant leases and applicable state law regarding frustration of purpose. The opinion also only ruled on the legal issues presented and indicated that the effect of the ruling would be determined in a subsequent remedy phase. 12. The observations expressed in this article are the author’s alone and should not be ascribed to Bayard, P.A. or any of its clients.
Erin R. Fay is a director at Bayard, PA who focuses her practice on corporate bankruptcy and restructuring. She is the Vice Chair (Commercial Bankruptcy) of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association and recently was named a member of the 2020 Class of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 Under 40 Program. She can be reached at efay@ bayardlaw.com.
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J OE B I DEN
Anyone who has lived in Delaware for any amount of time knows that Joe Biden is often spotted around the State and is happy to take a photo and share friendly banter. To the rest of the country, he is now
President-Elect Biden, but to many of us he is just “Joe.” Politics aside, most Delawareans are excited
about the fact that one of our own will soon be in the White House, and Delaware Bar members are no exception. Here, we share a few Biden stories and photos from our members.
JOHN W. PARADEE, ESQUIRE, AND JACQUELINE PARADEE METTE, ESQUIRE
John W. Paradee, Esquire, and Jacqueline Paradee Mette, Esquire, with then United States Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., in the Senate Cloak Room, Summer of 1984.
MONA A. PARIKH, ESQUIRE, AND MICHAEL B. GALBRAITH, ESQUIRE
Mona A. Parikh, Esquire, and M i c h a e l B . Ga l b ra i th, E s quire, December 2013, at the Bidens’ annual holiday party at the Vice President’s residence, Naval Observatory, Washington, DC.
BRIDGET A. BRAINARD, ESQUIRE
In Washington D.C. in July 2002 when I was 10 years old with then Senator Joe Biden.
BENJAMIN S. GIFFORD IV, ESQUIRE, AND JENNA L. STAYTON, ESQUIRE
Benjamin S. Gifford IV, Esquire, and Jenna L. Stayton, Esquire, (right bottom corner), and two f r i e n d s o f t h e B a r, K a y l e e n Dillon, Esquire, and Liya Mitchell, Esquire, were able to grab a selfie with Joe Biden at Holly wood Grill on Route 202 during a lunch break in 2014.
THE HONORABLE KATHLEEN M. JENNINGS
JOSEPH M. BARRY, ESQUIRE We went to a fundraiser at the art museum and then to Toscana for dinner. It was 2003. Joe Biden came in with his entourage toward the end of the dinner, recognized us from the fundraiser, paid for our dinner and came over and talked with us for a while. Also pictured are Natalie Wolf, Esquire, Sharon Matava Zieg, Esquire, and Sean M. Beach, Esquire.
Attorney General Jennings with the President-Elect and Dr. Biden.
SARAH F. GONCHER, ESQUIRE KIADII S. HARMON, ESQUIRE, AND KATE HARMON, ESQUIRE Kiadii S. Harmon, Esquire, and Kate Harmon, Esquire, with President-Elec t Biden after the 5th Annual Delaware State Bar Association Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast in 2018.
The picture was taken in 2018 following the signing ceremony for the Beau Biden Gun Violence Prevention Act. As a Deputy Attorney General I helped to draft the legislation and was invited to the signing ceremony. After Governor Carney signed the legislation into law, I introduced myself to Vice President (now President-Elect) Biden and shared with him that I had worked on the bill. He was lovely, thanked me for my work, and took some time to talk with me.
SHELDON N. SANDLER, ESQUIRE Not long after Joe Biden was elected a Senator, he started having fundraisers called “The Biden Seminar.” He would bring up another Senator or another government official from D.C. and have an evening event with some wine and food. Joe would do an introduction, which usually took longer than the main speaker’s talk, and after both were done, they would answer questions. Susan and I attended regularly and were especially impressed with Joe’s foreign relations insights. When he decided to run for President in 1987, we were happy to support him, and that is when the photo was taken. It took many years, but we are enormously pleased that he has finally attained that pinnacle. DSBA Bar Journal | January 2021
RICHARD A. DILIBERTO, JR., ESQUIRE, AMANDA D. BUCKWORTH, ESQUIRE, AND MATTHEW C. BUCKWORTH, ESQUIRE
TANISHA L. MERCED, ESQUIRE
Left: Richard A. DiLiberto, Jr., Esquire, and then Senator Joe Biden holding Amanda J. DiLiberto in 1989 at Bellevue State Park. Amanda is now a Delaware lawyer at the Delaware Department of Justice, and practiced with Attorney General Beau Biden.
At the Louis L. Redding Benefit and Awards Gala Dinner on November 8, 2013, put on by the Delaware Barristers Association. Joe Biden was receiving an award that night.
Right: Twenty-eight years later, Richard A. DiLiberto, Jr., Esquire, and Amanda D. Buckworth, Esquire, are pictured with the President-Elect and Matthew C. Buckworth, Esquire, at the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children Fundraiser at Wilmington Country Club in September 2017.
ISLANDA L. FINAMORE, ESQUIRE
During Joe Biden’s time at Archmere Academy, he served as class president his junior and senior years. Here, Biden (second from left) is pictured with fellow Student Council Officers. Courtesy of Archmere Academy.
Islanda L. Finamore, Esquire, and Joe Biden are all smiles! BRADLEY S. EABY, ESQUIRE MARY I. AKHIMIEN, ESQUIRE
MARK S. VAVALA, ESQUIRE
Mary I. Akhimien, Esquire, with PresidentElect Biden after the 5th Annual Delaware State Bar Association Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast in 2018.
Mark S. Vavala, Esquire, with PresidentElect Biden at the Delaware State Bar Association Law Day Luncheon in 2018.
Bradley S. Eaby, Esquire, with Joe Biden at the Sussex County Democratic Jamboree in April 2015.
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MARK L. REARDON, ESQUIRE As one of hundreds of examples in my own life, I recall one winter evening decades ago when I waited for two hours outside a local funeral home at the wake of a senior Delaware lawyer. In line with the rest of us was Joe Biden, at the time Chairman of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. At some point Biden was invited by the funeral home staff to enter through the side door and move to the front of the line. He quietly said, “No thanks. This is the most important thing I could be doing.” He remained with friends, old and new, to share stories of being a Delaware lawyer. Above: Mark L. Reardon, Esquire, pictured with Joe Biden in 2013 at an event at the President Elect’s home in the above photo. A copy of a let ter from Senator Biden to Mark Reardon, a p ro u d S a l e s ia n u m grad, upon hearing M a r k ’s d a u g h te r Sara was enrolling, in 2002, at his alma m a te r. H e w r i te s , “Finally you saw the light.” Biden chides Mark for realizing what Mark “might have become” had he too gone to Archmere.
I’ve been honored to know President-Elect Joe Biden for years. As an LGBT person, I wept with joy in May 2012 when he endorsed marriage equality, but my best Joe Biden story is about how he helped my grandparents. Both of my paternal grandparents came to America (from Ukraine and Lithuania) in the very early 1900s as children. My grandfather may even have been born on the ship. While both had certificates naturalizing them as part of their families, they had no birth certificates or passports. If you’ve seen Fiddler on the Roof, you are familiar with the story of why they and many Jewish diaspora families fled to America. After a lifetime of operating tiny one-room groceries in Wilmington (and often living above them) they retired in the mid-1970s, and had enough money to finally take a vacation and to fulfill a lifelong dream to go on a cruise. But, they had no passports, nor the necessary documents to obtain them, even though they had been U.S. citizens for over half a century. Desperate after exhausting other options, my father called U.S. Senator Joe Biden’s office. My Dad didn’t have much hope — it seemed a big ask that a U.S. Senator would help two retired grocers who had never been involved in politics. Biden didn’t see it that way. My Dad always spoke with amazement about how Biden treated them like “first-class citizens.” Biden’s office worked with the State Department, and my grandparents got their passports and took that cruise.
LOREN HOLLAND, ESQUIRE Loren Holland, Esquire, pictured with Joe Biden at the 2013 Delaware Barristers’ Annual Louis L. Redding Gala where the then Vice President was an honoree.
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The First “Trial of the Century”
he Twentieth Century saw many “trials of the century.” Sacco & Vanzetti. The Scopes Monkey Trial. The Lindbergh kidnapping. Julius & Ethel Rosenberg. Charles Manson. Ted Bundy. Rodney King. O.J. Simpson. The list of such trials, many now forgotten or barely remembered, is long, although certainly all of the cases were famous in their day. One such trial, garnering constant front-page press coverage throughout the country in 1915, involved then-former President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, who was sued for libel by the former head of the New York Republican Party William Barnes.
Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy By Dan Abrams and David Fisher Hanover Square Press, 2019
And what was it that Roosevelt had said or done? In 1914, Roosevelt had endorsed a nonpartisan candidate for governor and, in the course of doing so, had railed against the rule of political bosses, claiming that Republican and Democratic political bosses had worked together to “secure the appointment to office of evil men whose activities so deeply taint and discredit our whole governmental system … that [it] is rotten throughout in almost all of its departments.” He went on to say that this “invisible government … is responsible for the maladministration and corruption in the public offices” and that the public would never secure “economic, social and industrial reforms … until this invisible government of the party bosses working through the alliance between crooked business and crooked politics is rooted out of the government system.” Roosevelt had been a crusader for reform throughout his political career, so his remarks were, in many ways, just more of the same; but, for Republican party boss William Barnes, who had further political ambitions of his own (including, it was said, the New York Governorship), the remarks could not be allowed to pass unchallenged. And so, Barnes sued Roosevelt for libel and demanded the then quite handsome sum of $50,000. When one thinks of legal thrillers, one thinks, generally, of murder mysteries and other criminal cases. Libel is not a topic that comes quickly to mind, if at all. And yet the case of Barnes v. Roosevelt, as told by Dan Abrams and David Fisher in Theodore Roosevelt For The Defense: The Courtroom Battle To Save His Legacy, reads like the very best of legal thrillers. There is suspense, dramatic turns, and unexpected surprises. Just as the trial appears to be going well for Roosevelt, the momentum shifts and suddenly Roosevelt looks doomed. Only when the jury finally announces the verdict is there any certainty, and the jury’s verdict is in doubt up until the moment it is announced. In telling the tale of Barnes v. Roosevelt, the authors have plenty of material to work with. There are the trial transcripts, there are the newspaper accounts, and, of course, there is Theodore Roosevelt himself, a man larger than life then and still larger than life today. The trial lasted six weeks, and Roosevelt was called to the stand three times (once by plaintiff, once by the defense, and finally as a rebuttal witness to Barnes)
In telling the tale of Barnes v. Roosevelt, the authors have plenty of material to
work with. There are the trial transcripts, there are the newspaper accounts, and, of course, there is Theodore Roosevelt
himself, a man larger than life then and still larger than life today.
testifying for roughly one week all told. And when “TR” spoke, people listened. The courtroom was silent, hanging on his every word; and his testimony was often quite riveting, full of “behind the scenes” stories and anecdotes that did not disappoint. In an effort to minimize the damage from Roosevelt’s testimony, the defense team objected frequently to the questions and sometimes to the answers themselves. They knew the damage Roosevelt’s testimony was doing. But for all his principles, and his relentless push as a reformer, Roosevelt had been a politician himself, and as a politician he sometimes had to negotiate and cut deals to get things done. And he had sometimes said flattering things about the party bosses (at least the Republican party bosses) and worked with the bosses (including Barnes) during this process. And Barnes was able to introduce private letters and other documents from Roosevelt’s career which suggested that while Roosevelt talked the talk, he did not always walk the walk. Much of this evidence contradicted Roosevelt’s public image of a crusading reformer who rejected politics as usual and was quite surprising to the public. Some in the press were only too happy to try and cut Roosevelt down to size. The law of libel was a bit different in 1915 as compared to modern times and still evolving. Today it is doubtful that Barnes could make out a case for libel, but in 1915, it was enough that statements were damaging to reputation or livelihood, even for a public figure like Barnes; and, if the statements were
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damaging, the burden shifted to the defendant to prove the truth of the statements. In Roosevelt’s case, the judge found the statements damaging and so the burden was on the defense. Unless Roosevelt could convince the jury of the truth of his statements, he would be found liable for damages. Abrams and Fisher do an admirable job in presenting the case — indeed, it is a page-turner in the finest sense. They provide the background on the characters, on the state of the country, and on the law. But their focus is on the trial itself. They are able to quote directly from the court transcript and do so effectively in a way that enhances the story. The early Twentieth Century does not always get its historical due. And, in the list of great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt (he hated the nickname “Teddy”) is often overlooked. But “the Colonel,” as he was also called, had an incredible and impactful career. Theodore Roosevelt For The Defense offers a glimpse at one of the four presidents on Mount Rushmore and tells the story of a fascinating libel trial that gripped the country in its day and was the first “trial of the century” in a century of amazing trials to come. It is a true courtroom thriller that is even more thrilling because it is true.
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TO COQ AU CHAMPAGNE
any of us likely toasted 2021 with a flute of champagne, Prosecco, or another bubbly. As Winston Churchill said, “First things first. Get the champagne.”
COQ AU CHAMPAGNE
I could not agree more. In fact, when you cook with bubbly, an ordinary day can feel like New Year’s Eve. With that in mind, my first recipe of 2021 is Coq Au Champagne. You are likely familiar with its brother dish, Coq Au Vin. While this classic French stew is usually made with a red Burgundy wine, for a festive flair, I recommend substituting your favorite sparkling. Previously, I wrote about one of my favorite sparklings, Gruet Brut Rosé. This 100 percent Pinor Noir crafted in Albuquerque, New Mexico, possesses floral and berry aromas ideal for lightening up a hearty winter meal. Susan E. Poppiti is an adjunct faculty member in Mathematics at Immaculata University and an AP Calculus instructor at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. To further her commitment to mathematics education, she also serves as a math content expert for UPchieve, an edtech nonprofit providing free, online STEM tutoring to high school students. Susan can be reached at spoppiti@hotmail.com.
Ingredients: • 8 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs (or 4 legs with thigh and drumstick)
• 3 large cippolini onions, peeled and quartered
• Sea salt
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• Fresh ground pepper
• Fresh thyme
• 1 bottle Gruet Brut Rosé (or your sparkling of choice)
• Fresh rosemary
• 3 cups chicken stock • Olive oil
• 1 pound Baby Bella mushrooms, cleaned, halved
• ¾ cup diced pancetta
• Flour for thickening
• Salted butter
• 6 carrots, cleaned and cut on the bias into 1-inch pieces (preferably an assortment of tricolored carrots)
Season the chicken with salt and pepper and place in a large bowl. Pour 2 cups of Gruet and 1 cup of chicken stock atop the chicken pieces. Marinate in the refrigerator for several hours. This is an important step in deepening the poultry’s flavor. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the chicken from the marinade and pat it dry. Reserve the marinade. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Brown the chicken in batches, several minutes per side. Transfer to a plate. Add the pancetta to the pot and cook until lightly browned and slightly crisp. Add the carrots and cippolini, cooking until the onion is translucent. Add the tomato paste and stir in 2 cups of chicken stock. Simmer for a few minutes to thicken slightly. Then, add the marinade. Boil until the liquid is reduced by about one quarter. Place the chicken back in the pot and nestle in several sprigs of thyme and rosemary. Add another splash of sparkling if it appears you need more liquid to cover the chicken. Bring to a boil, then cover and transfer to the oven. While the chicken cooks for 1 hour, enjoy the remaining Gruet as you continue your prep work or play a game of Scrabble. About 5 minutes before the chicken is cooked, heat two tablespoons of butter in a non-stick sauté pan. Add the Baby Bellas and sauté, moving around with a wooden spoon, until slightly browned. Remove the pot from the oven. Transfer the chicken to a warm plate and cover with aluminum foil. The chicken will be very tender. Place the pot of sauce and vegetables over medium heat and reduce by about a quarter. Also, stir about 3 tablespoons of flour into ¼ cup of water. Add this to the sauce, stir, and continue to simmer until the sauce thickens to your desired consistency. Return the chicken to the sauce and stir in the mushrooms. Simmer for another few minutes. Serve with ricotta gnocchi or polenta. Even better, let crusty bread be your starch. I like to pair with a Roussillon white or red or — let’s not lose sight of the theme here — something that sparkles.
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BY RICHARD A. FORSTEN, ESQUIRE hether you agree with his politics or not, no one can argue that Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is the Delaware lawyer who has achieved the most national political prominence of all Delaware lawyers. But other Delaware lawyers have also appeared on the national political stage and been prominent in their own time, and so we offer this list:
James A. Bayard. Bayard, a Federalist, was the Delaware Congressman who, in January 1801, cast the tie-breaking vote on the 36th ballot that broke the deadlock and elected Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr as President. Bayard later also served as a U.S. Senator.
Caesar Augustus Rodney. Nephew of his more famous uncle who made the ride to Philadelphia in 1776, Caesar Augustus Rodney served as Attorney General under Jefferson and then Madison; however, he resigned in 1811, when not appointed to the Supreme Court. Later, he was appointed by Monroe to a special diplomatic mission that recommended the United States recognize the newly-formed South American republics, and the report that he co-authored with one of his fellow commissioners is thought to have contributed to the formation of the Monroe Doctrine. Rodney was also a Congressman and Senator before being appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (now Argentina), where he died one year later in 1824.
Pete du Pont. Delaware’s Governor from 1977 to 1985 and a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. He pulled Delaware back from the brink of bankruptcy, he created DEFAC and implemented numerous financial and budgetary reforms, he created the Judicial Nominating Commission, signed the Financial Center Development Act, slashed marginal tax rates (which were as high as nearly 20 percent), the list goes on and on.
William Roth. Most members of Congress go their entire careers without contributing their names to anything, but Senator Roth is known for two: the Roth-Kemp Tax Cut and the Roth IRA. As Pete du Pont once quipped, “That’s two political victories in a lifetime. That’s very unusual.”
John M. Clayton. A Congressman and Senator, Clayton also served briefly as Secretary of State under Zachary Taylor. Clayton Hall at the University of Delaware is named for him.
Louis McLane. Also a Congressman and Senator, McLane served as Secretary of State and then Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson. McLane also served as Minister to the United Kingdom under Andrew Jackson and later under James Polk.
Thomas F. Bayard. A Senator who made three unsuccessful bids for the Democratic nomination for President, Bayard also served as Secretary of State under Grover Cleveland.
Louis Redding. No list of great Delaware lawyers is ever complete without Louis Redding.
The Honorable Collins J. Seitz, Sr. Along with Louis Redding, no list of great Delaware lawyers is complete without the Judge’s name as well.
Willard Saulsbury, Jr. The last Delaware Senator selected by the General Assembly prior to the Seventeenth Amendment and the direct election of Senators, Saulsbury become President Pro Tempore of the Senate; but, when he faced the voters for the first time in 1918, he was turned out, a loss attributed to his opposition to women’s suffrage and the Nineteenth Amendment. Note: We have not listed every Delaware lawyer who has served in Congress, as that list would be quite lengthy on its own, nor have we listed Delaware lawyers from the founding era which, again, would be a lengthy list.
Richard “Shark” Forsten is a Partner with Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, where he practices in the areas of commercial real estate, land use, business transactions, and related litigation. He can be reached at Richard.Forsten@saul.com.
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DECEMBER 2019 • OHIO COOPERATIVE LIVING 1
ANOTHER YEAR BETTER
our electric cooperative has no higher purpose than to provide its consumermembers with reliable and affordable electricity and to do so in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. Looking back on 2019, a lot has happened that affects those goals. Improving reliability: Significant investments in the high-voltage grid — lines that move electricity across the state from our generation sources to each co-op — improve reliability in many parts of rural Ohio, but much-needed upgrades are expensive and inevitably lead to escalating costs for the delivery of power to your co-op. Holding down costs: We’ve been able to keep Buckeye Power’s cost to produce and deliver wholesale power to your co-op steady for the past seven years, despite the rising costs of a more reliable grid. We expect we will able to do so again next year; 2019 was our first full year handling operational responsibility at our Cardinal Plant, which generates the lion’s share of the electricity used by our members. In that time, we’ve been able to find efficiencies and operational savings that have enabled us to hold down costs. More common-sense environmental regulations: When U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler needed a host to roll out the EPA’s new Affordable Clean Energy rule in July, he chose the Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives statewide office — a nod to how hard co-op leaders around the state have worked to achieve common-sense environmental improvements at the plant, which should keep it viable well into the future. Member satisfaction: Collectively, consumer-members of Ohio electric cooperatives gave their co-ops an unprecedented high score on the American Consumer Satisfaction Index — citing service reliability, friendly and helpful employees, good communications, and having the members’ best interests at heart. Our scores compare favorably to some of the nation’s most popular brands, such as Chick-fil-A, Costco, and Amazon. A few other significant notes from 2019: • The staff at Ohio Cooperative Living magazine won the George W. Haggard Memorial Journalism Award, presented annually to the nation’s top electric cooperative statewide consumer publication. • The Central Ohio Lineworker Training (COLT) center set another record for the number of employees participating in job training and safety programs — preparing our people to meet your needs now and into the future. • The employees at our statewide office and our families took part in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night walk in Columbus. We were among the top teams for fundraising and participation in the fight against cancer. I’m looking forward to another great year in 2020. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a blessed holiday season!
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Pat O’Loughlin PRESIDENT & CEO OHIO’S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
Collectively, consumer-members of Ohio electric cooperatives gave their co-ops an unprecedented high score on the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.
DECEMBER 2019 • Volume 62, No. 3
MORE INSIDE DEPARTMENTS
Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives 6677 Busch Blvd. Columbus, OH 43229 614-846-5757 memberinteract@ohioec.org www.ohioec.org Patrick O’Loughlin President & CEO Patrick Higgins Director of Communications Jeff McCallister Managing Editor Rebecca Seum Associate Editor Anita Cook Graphic Designer Dava Hennosy Editorial Intern Contributors: Colleen Romick Clark, W.H. “Chip” Gross, Catherine Murray, Craig Springer, Damaine Vonada, Margie Wuebker, and Patty Yoder. OHIO COOPERATIVE LIVING (USPS 134-760; ISSN 2572-049X) is published monthly by Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. It is the official commun ication link between the electric cooperatives in Ohio and West Virginia and their members. Subscription cost for members ranges from $5.52 to $6.96 per year, paid from equity accruing to the member. Nothing in this publication may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. All rights reserved.
4 POWER LINES
Are we there yet? From Youth Tour to Youth Leadership Council to Harvard, Olivia Velasquez doesn’t shy away from the unfamiliar.
6 CO-OP SPOTLIGHT
Washington Electric Cooperative: The co-op’s rugged service territory includes mountain views, rolling hills, and the Ohio and Muskingum rivers.
8 OHIO ICON
Hanby House: Benjamin Hanby made his name by penning “Up on the House Top,” and for his family’s efforts to aid freedom seekers through the Underground Railroad.
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Bright Christmas: Thousands of visitors flock each year to this winter wonderland home in Darke County.
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Cardinals: Ohio’s state bird — the highly recognizable “Big Red” — enjoys a population boom in the Buckeye State.
16 GOOD EATS
Going nuts: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Winter’s a great time to enjoy a bountiful supply of numerous nutty favorites.
19 LOCAL PAGES
News and information from your electric cooperative.
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37 CALENDAR
What’s happening: December/ January events and other things to do around the state.
40 MEMBER INTERACTIVE
Silent night: Members pause for a moment to embrace the holiday cheer.
ARE WE THERE YET? From Youth Tour to Youth Leadership Council to Harvard, Olivia Velasquez doesn’t shy away from the unfamiliar. BY REBECCA SEUM
livia Velasquez grew up in Gilboa, a tiny, two-road village in northwest Ohio, and though her path has taken her far away, her home remains the center of her compass.
In 2013, as a sophomore at Pandora-Gilboa High School, Olivia was chosen by Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative as a delegate to the Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives Youth Tour, an annual leadership program for high school students from families served by electric cooperatives. Since then, she’s made the most of each experience that has come her way. Much more than a sightseeing trip, Youth Tour was established to inspire our next generation of leaders. The Ohio contingent joins cooperative youth from all over the country for a weeklong trip to Washington, D.C. Students visit important sites, meet members of their congressional delegation, and learn about both public service and the cooperative business model. Olivia has taken the cooperative values to heart, incorporating Commitment to Community in her personal and professional life. “The Youth Tour trip enlightened me,” she says, “showing me that not only do cooperatives light up homes, but lives as well, by representing us, caring about us, and striving to make progress.”
Step by step Youth Tour participants return home with a deeper understanding of what it takes to be a leader and the skills to put that into action. During the trip, each state selects a delegate to serve on Youth Leadership Council, which meets in D.C. about a month after Youth Tour concludes. Olivia was chosen by her peers to represent Ohio on YLC. Olivia’s parents, Rick and Amy Velasquez, recognized her leadership characteristics from the outset. “Ever since she was small, she’s always been outspoken and independent,” Amy says. Olivia was a voracious reader, first listening to her mother read aloud to her and her sisters, then taking the books in her own hands. “I believe her love of learning came from all that reading,” Amy says. YLC delegates play an important role during the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s annual meeting the following spring — they’re not only recognized on stage, but they have a hands-on experience with virtually every facet of the meeting. Olivia took her experience even another step; from the pool of YLC delegates nationwide, she was selected to be that year’s Youth Leadership Council national spokesperson — the first delegate from Ohio to win that honor. Olivia’s speech at the NRECA annual meeting centered on the enduring lessons she gained from Youth Tour. “Although Youth Tour ended a mere week after we boarded that bus, the lessons I and my new friends learned 4 OHIO COOPERATIVE LIVING • DECEMBER 2019
“People in little towns like mine are heard, and this is how it’s done.” will last a lifetime,” she said. “I finally figured out my own answer to that question: Are we there yet? Youth Tour taught me that we will never be there. Instead, we must continually ask ourselves these questions — make changes in the directions to make progress. In the end, that progress is our destination.”
After YLC Not long after her YLC experience, Olivia was awarded the Ronald McDonald House Charities HACER National Scholarship, which was created in 1985 to help Hispanic high school students finance their college education. Given to only four students nationwide, the dollar amount is substantial — $100,000 — and with it, Olivia was able to take advantage of her acceptance to Harvard University. Her participation with Youth Tour and YLC allowed her to meet people from all over the country whom she would never have had the chance to otherwise, and at Harvard, she expanded her scope even further — she tried Latin dancing, became a peer counselor, did laboratory research, studied abroad in Argentina, and made friendships with Alzheimer’s patients. “I felt like my mind was being opened day to day,” she says. This spring, she graduated from Harvard with a degree in integrative biology and a secondary in mind, brain, and behavior. Now, she’s working at McLean Hospital, the Harvard-affiliated psychiatric facility, co-leading group therapy sessions and orienting new patients, with an eye toward medical school.
Olivia Velasquez (above) delivers her powerful speech to the delegates of the NRECA annual meeting — an experience that helped propel her to attend Harvard University (below).
New experiences, new challenges Olivia says her Youth Tour and YLC experience allowed her to meet people with big goals. She felt inspired by those around her, who were ambitious, yet grounded in their communities and their families. “You know you can do anything you want to do,” she says, “but you don’t really believe it until you see it in the people around you.” There are some subtler learning opportunities inherent to Youth Tour that go beyond the history and the monuments. “Going to a brand-new place with people you don’t know is daunting, but it really is a great opportunity to learn how to get to know people,” Olivia says. Additionally, the trip opened her eyes to her own community. “I gained a lot of pride in my state and my town, juxtaposing it with D.C.,” she says. “People in little towns like mine are heard, and this is how it’s done.”
CO-OP SPOTLIGHT
WASHINGTON ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
ashington Electric Cooperative lies in the hilly Appalachian region of southeastern Ohio. Though there is farmland in the western part of the service territory, the best way to describe the surrounding landscape would be “rugged.” The terrain includes mountain views, rolling hills, and the Ohio and Muskingum rivers. About 75% of Washington Electric’s 10,500 members are residential, but the co-op also serves some prominent commercial businesses, including several in the oil and gas industry.
Wayne National Forest and Seneca Lake A good bit of Washington Electric’s territory is located within the eastern portion of Wayne National Forest. In the Appalachian foothills, visitors can appreciate the natural beauty of the park, including rock formations and wildlife. Wayne National Forest is renowned for its biking, camping, and fishing opportunities. The forest has more than 300 miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and ATV riding. Seneca Lake Park is open year-round, with special events and activities during the summer. The lake, Ohio’s third-largest inland waterway, serves as a border with neighboring Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, and is known for its boating, fishing, and other opportunities for family fun. Summer activities include a moonlit kayak tour, a magic show, and a movie at the lake. There is also a swimming beach with inflatable water toys for the kids.
Nearby festivals Nearby Marietta hosts a variety of festivals and events that draw tens of thousands to the area. The Marietta Riverfront Roar showcases professional powerboat racing on the Ohio River. Racers and their crews come from around the country for the event. Spectators get free admission, a close-up view of the boats, and the opportunity to meet the drivers and crews. Marietta also hosts the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival, where 30 to 35 authentic old sternwheelers line the riverbank. The festival brings an estimated 100,000 visitors to the area over the weekend and preserves the town’s riverboat heritage. Beyond the sternwheelers, the festival offers family entertainment such as a car show, a photo contest, live music, and fireworks. After the events, visitors can explore downtown Marietta’s dining and unique shopping.
Co-op Spotlight appears regularly in Ohio Cooperative Living to give a glimpse into the land and the people of Ohio’s 24 electric cooperatives.
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Location: In the Columbus suburb of Westerville near the western edge of Otterbein University’s campus. Provenance: Built in 1846, Hanby House was the home of Rev. William Hanby and his family from 1854 to 1870. Hanby was a bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, a co-founder of Otterbein University, an active temperance advocate, and an ardent abolitionist who used the house as a station on the Underground Railroad. Inspired by the story of a broken-hearted slave separated from his sweetheart, Hanby’s son Benjamin wrote a song — “Darling Nelly Gray” — that he debuted in 1856 at a musical gathering in the home’s parlor. Benjamin Hanby’s ballad became enormously popular and helped crystallize anti-slavery sentiment prior to the Civil War. Hanby started a singing school in New Paris, where in 1864, he composed the jolly tune “Up on the House Top” for a children’s Christmas program. Hanby wrote more than 80 songs before dying of tuberculosis at age 33 in 1867. In the 1920s, Otterbein graduates John and Dacia Shoemaker rescued the dilapidated house from the wrecking ball and organized a renovation that turned it into a museum. Hanby House opened to the public in 1937.
Significance: Operated by the Westerville Historical Society, Hanby House is part of the Ohio History Connection’s statewide system of historic sites and museums and is an identified destination on the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Currently: Hanby House honors Benjamin Hanby’s musical legacy as well as his family’s efforts to aid freedom seekers. The exterior of Hanby House recently was painted, changed from white to its original butternut color. According to the site’s manager, Pam Allen, “A paint specialist determined that color by using an electron microscope to analyze all the layers of paint on the house.” It’s a little-known fact that: Christmas open houses at Hanby House feature tours led by guides in period costumes, traditional refreshments such as mulled cider and ginger snaps, and live performances of “Up on the House Top” and other holiday songs. Hanby House, 160 W. Main St., Westerville, OH 43081. Christmas open houses Dec. 3 and Dec. 7, 2019. For information, call 800-600-6843 or visit www. hanbyhouse.org.
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ick and Dianne Brown of Greenville welcome visitors by the thousands to their winter wonderland every year, treating guests to holiday trees, whimsical characters, sweet treats, and no fewer than 100,000 brightly colored lights. 2019 marks the 26th year for the Darke County display, and never has a design been repeated from the past — each new season brings a new twist, which draws people from near and far. Dick Brown, a former business owner and real estate appraiser, remembers when holiday preparations involved putting up just two strings of lights — one on each side of the front door. A move to a different house sparked his interest in more lights, and the addition of two daughters only intensified that interest. Soon, Brown had pushed his display to upward of 10,000 bulbs. “There were some problems with not enough outlets,” he recalls with a smile. The Browns even accounted for their display in the plans for their current home on Requarth Road, which includes underground electrical service along the paved driveway and a 300foot swath that serves as a runway for Santa’s reindeerdrawn sleigh. Electricians added 200-amp service in the
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drawn sleigh. Electricians added 200-amp service in the garage to handle the anticipated load. Brown says it takes a month to complete the decorating once he starts in mid-October. He starts with the tree ornaments, because arranging the group displays and laying cords for the lights must wait until lawn mowing is done for the season. “I prefer to work at my own pace,” he says. “Sometimes I work a while in the morning and then come back outside in the afternoon or the evening.”
A 40- by 100-foot barn, which his granddaughter calls “Paw-Paw’s Christmas House,” houses all the decorations. Carefully labeled plastic totes contain lights and smaller items, and paths wind in and around the statues and larger decorations that are arranged on the concrete floor. A 50-foot counter provides space to perform any needed repairs. The display is open for public viewing from 6 to 11 p.m. from Thanksgiving through Christmas. People can stay in their vehicles for a slow drive through the
wonderland. Others accept invitations to come inside for a quick peek at Dianne’s interior decorations, which include a quaint snow village and a majestic purple tree. “We give everybody who comes a full-size candy cane,” Dick says. “That amounted to 10,000. I gave out the traditional peppermint ones, but Dianne had more than 90 flavors to choose from.” Some visitors come bearing homemade treats or small gifts to show their appreciation, and the Browns sometimes find ornaments or other decorations on their doorstep. “People also want to give us money to help with the cost,” Brown says. “We don’t want anything, because this is our gift to the community.” The Browns reside at 5480 Requarth Road (at the intersection with Jaysville-St. John Road) near Greenville.
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WOODS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE
Big Red Cardinals enjoy a population boom in the Buckeye State. STORY AND PHOTOS BY W.H. “CHIP” GROSS
ublished in 2016, The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Ohio is not a casual read. A true tome totaling nearly 600 pages, the book is an inch and a half thick and weighs 6.5 pounds (don’t drop it on your toes). It’s the go-to source for professional ornithologists and serious amateur birders in the Buckeye State for all things bird-related concerning the more than 200 species nesting here. It has some encouraging things to say about the northern cardinal, Ohio’s state bird (and that of six other states, too). For instance, the atlas estimates the number of singing male cardinals in the state at a whopping 2.1 million, with the cardinal population as a whole having increased 1.1% per year since 1966. Yet as common as cardinals are, whether viewed on Christmas cards this time of year or on birdfeeders year-round, they have not always been numerous in Ohio.
When our state was first being settled and the virgin forests cleared, cardinals were found primarily in the southern half of Ohio, expanding their population north during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Today, the familiar red birds are found statewide, but are most numerous in southwest counties where National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Counts can exceed 2,000 individuals. Unlike many other songbirds, cardinals are the paragon of fidelity. Not only are they monogamous for life, or at least until their partner dies, they even stay together throughout the year, not just during breeding season. In preparation for breeding, both sexes begin singing as early as mid-to-late winter. The singing is sometimes solo, but more often counter-singing — one mate begins a song that the other finishes. You could say they complete each other’s sentences, the ultimate sign of both devoted avian and human couples.
Cardinals (male, left; female, right) mate for life and remain together even when it’s not breeding season.
Once spring arrives, the male begins courtship feeding the female by bringing her tidbits of food, their beaks touching briefly — a kiss? — as she accepts the morsel. Due to her muted protective coloration, the female has exclusive control of nesting. She selects the site, usually in dense shrubbery or a brushy field border, constructs the nest, then performs the nearly two weeks of incubation required to hatch her two to five eggs. During that time, the male isn’t just free to go hang out with the boys. He remains somewhere close with an ear cocked, awaiting his mate’s call for food when she grows hungry. Once the eggs hatch, both male and female bring the nestlings food, which is almost exclusively insects, due to their high protein content. After about 11 days, the fledglings leave the nest, and the male is in charge of feeding them on the ground. The female then
immediately begins a second nesting, producing as many as three or four broods of young cardinals per season in Ohio — hence the high population. The next Ohio breeding bird atlas is scheduled to be published in another 20 years; what might it have to say about cardinals? Jim McCormac, one of five editors of the current edition, speculates. “It is safe to say that our ‘redbird’ will be holding strong when the next atlas appears. Adaptability, tolerance of a variety of habitats, and a knack for cohabiting with people should ensure that the cardinal remains abundant into the future.” In other words, Big Red will continue to boom in the Buckeye State. W.H. “Chip” Gross (whchipgross@gmail.com) is Ohio Cooperative Living’s outdoors editor and a member of Consolidated Cooperative.
IS THIS THE YEAR TO GET
A LIVE CHRISTMAS TREE? BY PATTY YODER
fter a few years of getting their tree from a corner lot or cutting their own, Hilliard resident Linda Lutz decided she should find out what type of Christmas tree was best for her young family, so she read everything she could find on the subject.
“I researched which option was best for the environment — artificial, live, or cut — then I did a cost analysis to compare prices over time,” she says. “The live tree won, so we tried it.” For several years after, Linda and her husband, Jim, would dig a hole for their Christmas tree before the ground froze and plant it after the holidays. Then, they waited. “Because it was winter, the tree would go dormant, so it would be spring before we knew whether it would survive,” Jim says. Some trees did not last the harshness of winter, but others did. Years later, evergreens of various sizes dotted their yard, marking Christmas memories with their twin sons, Johnny and Justin. “We looked at the trees in our yard as a passage of time, the way some families mark their children’s height on a door frame each year,” Jim says. The couple agreed there are upsides and downsides to having live Christmas trees, so they didn’t get one every year. Live trees weigh around 150 pounds, so they take considerably more effort to move. With a large root ball at the bottom, the tree itself must be smaller, so there are fewer branches for ornaments and, importantly, less room for presents underneath. On the positive side, their boys liked celebrating Christmas with a live tree, and everyone enjoyed the evergreen scent that filled their home. Jim Lutz poses with his twin sons, Justin (left) and Johnny, in front of the family Christmas tree, circa 1990. Linda Lutz says the family enjoyed planting their live trees after the holidays, but they had to get smaller trees to accommodate the root ball in the living room.
“Even our cat loved the live tree,” Linda says. “She would cuddle up next to it, thinking we went to all that trouble just for her.”
Live tree tips from an Ohio expert Matt Mongin is president of the Ohio Christmas Tree Association and owner of Spring Valley Tree Farm. With more than 30 years in the business, he offers these helpful tips for live tree care: • Select the right species for your property. Popular Canaan firs grow to be 20 feet tall and 12 feet wide, while some spruces can reach beyond 100 feet. Talk to the tree farmer about the right tree for your yard. • Factor in the root ball. A 5-foot live tree comes with an 18-inch root ball, so choose a smaller live tree than you would a cut tree. • Recruit a few friends. Live trees are heavy. Mongin recommends having several people to carry the tree up any steps, then setting it on a rug or plastic sheet to slide it to its final display spot. Some of his customers use skateboards to get the tree where it needs to go. Another option: Have your tree delivered. • Store your tree until spring. After Christmas, keep the tree in a garage or other cool shelter until spring. “Add a cupful of water to the root ball every week, and it will be fine,” he says. “We have a 95% success rate with this method.”
Keep your cut tree beautiful all season Choosing a cut tree this year? Mongin offers this advice:
• Set yourself up for success. For the ultimate stability, use drywall screws to attach a traditional reservoir stand to a 3-foot by 3-foot piece of plywood. “The tree will be immovable,” Mongin says. Put a biodegradable tree bag around the stand for easy post-Christmas cleanup.
• Stop the sap. Sap on the tree base prevents water from moving up the tree. Remove the sap by cutting one-half inch off the base. If you don’t have a saw, ask the tree seller to cut it for you. Once the tree is in the reservoir, add a gallon of very hot water to dissolve any remaining sap.
• Keep it cool. The display room should have moderate or no heat and twilight lighting.
• Check the water level daily. After the first watering, the water can be any temperature, but make sure the tree base always touches water. Additives are optional, but they can add a few more days to your tree.
• Got pets? Consider a Colorado spruce, which has prickly needles and a scent that cats don’t like. Add a hook to the ceiling to anchor the tree for more stability.
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Winter’s a great time to enjoy a bountiful supply of numerous nutty favorites. RECIPES AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CATHERINE MURRAY
BOURBON PECAN PIE Prep: 20 minutes | Cook: 35 to 40 minutes | Servings: 8 1 9-inch unbaked pie crust 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 large eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup light corn syrup 11/2 teaspoons vanilla 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, 13/4 cups chopped pecans melted (roasted, unsalted) 3/4 cup light brown sugar, 1/4 cup whole pecans (roasted, firmly packed unsalted) 4 tablespoons bourbon Preheat oven to 400 F. Place rolled-out pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish. Crimp edges. Chill pie crust in refrigerator while you work on the next step. In a large bowl, use a fork to mix together eggs, corn syrup, butter, brown sugar, bourbon, flour, salt, and vanilla until smooth. Mix in chopped pecans. Remove pie crust from refrigerator and place on top of a cookie sheet. Pour pecan mixture into pie pan. Decorate top of pie with whole pecans. Bake pie on bottom rack at 400 F for 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350 F and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes. To prevent crust from burning, cover crust edges with aluminum foil. Bake until just set and bubbling at the edges; the inside will still wobble. Let pie cool for an hour before serving. For an added kick, top with bourbon whipped cream. Per serving: 584 calories, 37 grams fat (15 grams saturated fat), 56 grams total carbs, 1 gram fiber, 6.5 grams protein.
CASHEW CHICKEN Prep: 10 minutes | Cook: 20 minutes | Servings: 4 1 pound chicken breast, cut 3 cloves garlic, minced into chunks 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons water 1 bell pepper, sliced 3/4 cup chicken broth 1 medium onion, sliced 1/4 cup soy sauce 3 Thai (bird’s eye) red chili 2 teaspoons oyster sauce peppers, optional 1 teaspoon sesame oil 2 cups snow peas 2 cups cooked rice 3/4 cup unsalted roasted cashews In a skillet or wok over medium-high heat, add chicken and olive oil. Brown until almost cooked through. Add bell pepper, onion, and Thai chili peppers. Cook until vegetables are tender and chicken is no longer pink. Add snow peas, cashews, and garlic; cook another minute or two. In a medium bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water until a smooth paste is formed. Mix in chicken broth, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. Pour sauce into pan and stir until incorporated. Let simmer 2 minutes or until sauce has thickened. Remove Thai chili peppers, unless you like things SPICY! Serve over rice. Per serving: 623 calories, 11.5 grams fat (1.5 grams saturated fat), 90 grams total carbs, 5 grams fiber, 37 grams protein.
ZUCCHINI ITALIANO Prep: 10 minutes | Cook: 8 minutes | Servings: 2 2 cups zucchini, roughly julienned 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon white pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil dash red pepper flakes 1/4 cup roasted unsalted almonds, 4 large slivers of Parmesan cheese roughly chopped Toss together zucchini and garlic. Heat olive oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add a single layer of the zucchini/ garlic mixture and cook with skillet uncovered until zucchini starts to sear (brown), stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside. Add another layer of zucchini, repeating steps until all zucchini is lightly seared. Bring all zucchini back to the pan. Add almonds, salt, white pepper, and pepper flakes. Stir until heated through. Transfer to serving dish and immediately top with slivers of Parmesan. This dish can be served as an appetizer or side dish for two. Per serving: 214 calories, 15.5 grams fat (5 grams saturated fat), 10 grams total carbs, 3 grams fiber, 12.5 grams protein.
BUCKEYES Prep: 45 minutes | Cook: 10 minutes | Chill: 1 hour | Servings: 50 2 cups creamy peanut butter (not 1/2 teaspoon vanilla all-natural) 5 to 6 cups powdered sugar, sifted 1/2 teaspoon salt 12 ounces dark chocolate (chips 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened or melting wafers) Beat peanut butter, salt, butter, and vanilla in large mixer bowl until incorporated. Mix in powdered sugar a half-cup at a time until mixture starts to become firm and pliable. Shape into 1-inch balls. If mixture is crumbly, add more peanut butter. If mixture is sticky, add powdered sugar. Dust hands with powdered sugar when rolling. Set balls on baking sheets, silicone sheets, or wax paper. Place in freezer for 1 hour to firm up before dipping. Place chocolate in the top of a double boiler and fill the bottom level with water. Bring water to a boil, then lower to a simmer. Continually stir chocolate until smooth and melted. If chocolate is too thick, add a teaspoon of coconut oil, shortening, or butter. Remove chocolate from stove. Take peanut butter balls out of freezer in small batches so they stay cool. Use a toothpick or candy dipping tool to dip 3/4 of each ball into chocolate, leaving some of the peanut butter on top showing, like a buckeye nut. Tap each buckeye to remove excess chocolate, then place on a baking sheet to harden. Store in an airtight container. Buckeyes can be frozen, stored in refrigerator, or at room temperature if eaten within a day or two. Per serving: 163 calories, 9 grams fat (3.5 grams saturated fat), 18 grams total carbs, 1 gram fiber, 3 grams protein.
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MEMORIES OF ANDREW KREIDER
n June of 1985, then manager Joe Uher met with Andrew (Andy) Kreider, retired employee of The Frontier Power Company, to discuss memories of the early days of rural electrification. We’ve dusted off some of those personal histories from our cooperative to bring them to our current members. Andy was 84 years old at the time of the interview and had retired 18 years previously. Andrew Kreider began his career at the cooperative in 1943. He had formerly worked a machine at the Alva Price Coal Mine. Charles Kiser, cooperative lineman, had asked him on various occasions if he would consider working for the cooperative. One night about nine o’clock when Andy was in Workman’s Restaurant, Charles again asked him and advised that Mr. Buehler, the manager, was in his office then and asked if Andy would go talk with him. Andy finally agreed and was hired that night. He turned in his resignation at the coal mine the next morning and worked out his notice before coming to work for the cooperative. He worked long hours, and the pay was low many years ago, however he continued from 1943 until his retirement in 1967. Following are some interesting accounts Andy recalls during his employment at Frontier Power. • One night Andy made five trips to Tuscarawas County on outages at the same account. They kept blowing fuses. He felt it was their problem, so after the last trip, he went to the fuse box and found a bolt had been used. He advised that when they corrected their problem that he would return and reconnect their service. In those days, they did not have a two-way radio system so before they left the Tuscarawas County area after an outage, they would stop at Pfeiffer’s store in Stone Creek to call the office to check if there were any more outages. • During storm trouble in the Millcreek area, flooding had begun in the area where repairs were needed to the
electric equipment. Andy tied a rope to the waist of Dean Veatch (another Frontier Power lineman) so he could get to the cut-out without washing away in the flood. • On one occasion, the manager came out to the job site. When he got out of his car, he failed to set his brake, and the car rolled into a tree. The manager called the office for other transportation. • Only two men in Grover Daniels, Andy Kreider, Don Gault our organization have accomplished the feat of being able to hang a transformer single-handedly. One of these was Andy and the other was Charles Kiser. The instance that Andy remembers happened when an outage call came in from the Gasser farm near Stone Creek. Andy had to check out this outage by himself. When he got there he found the transformer had burned up. He had a replacement transformer on his truck. The customer asked Andy what he was going to do, and Andy said that he was going to make an effort to hang the transformer by himself, which he did. • When there was line trouble during high water situations, someone needed to go make a repair in the flooded area. Sam Berkey (another Frontier Power lineman) used a boat and was rowing very hard to arrive at the proper place to make the repair only to be carried downstream by the swift current. After making several tries to keep the boat at the right spot, Berkey finally gave up and jumped out of the boat and made the repair. When the rest of the crew came along, they found Berkey on the bank beside a small fire he had built. He had his socks hanging above it because he was trying to get them dry. • On one occasion, Andy and Grover Daniels, another employee, were walking a private right-of-way in Tuscarawas County. Andy advised that he would meet Grover at a particular point. Andy waited and waited for Grover to walk that area, but Grover did not arrive at the appointed place. Finally, Andy decided he’d better Continued on page 20
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look for him. About that time, Grover was coming up the road. He said he lost the line and never did get back to the line. It was very foggy at the time. Andy never could understand how Grover found the road. • Andy remembers the look on faces when the electricity was turned on for the first time. He recounts how many of the more well-to-do farmers had the house wired and appliances in and were ready for electricity. • Andy related how two Amish kids had brought out a lightbulb to him when Frontier Power came to disconnect a service. The kids said they had burned it a couple of times after their parents were gone but now they had no use for it. Andy noted that these particular Amish at that time were allowed to use electricity if they had a mortgage on a property. One man had purchased three tracts of land in order to keep it mortgaged but on one occasion he had failed to have a mortgage so it became necessary for him to have his electric disconnected. It was very soon that an order came through for a reconnection at this location and the Amish man advised Andy that he had purchased another property so he had another mortgage and was now allowed to have electricity again.
• During the early days of the cooperative, the headquarters were on Main Street with the pole yard behind Andy’s Restaurant (now the Yucatan) between Walnut and Orange Streets. • He remembers services being connected in the order of their requests. • Overall, Andy recalled about 98% of the people appreciated what was being done and only a small 2% got upset over bringing electricity to the rural areas. Frontier Power is truly thankful for men like Andy, who brought electricity to our rural community in the early years. Despite the rough conditions and long hours, Andrew Kreider was an integral part of changing the landscape of our communities.
$25 bill credit approved for accounts with water heater switch A $25 credit has been approved by The Frontier Power Company Board of Trustees for more than 2,000 members who have a radio-controlled switch installed on their electric water heaters. The credit will be issued on December electric bills.
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Water heater switches are a very important part of our load management program, which is designed to limit our peak demand and maintain our electric rates. By calling The Frontier Power Company at 740-6226755 or 800-624-8050, you can arrange to have a radio-controlled switch installed on your 50-gallon or larger electric water heater for free. Please call for more details or if you have questions. at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U .S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS: Interested in a life-changing leadership experience in Washington, D.C.?
June 19–25, 2020
What is Youth Tour? The Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives Youth Tour is an annual leadership program sponsored by Frontier Power Company. It’s a weeklong, allexpenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., that gives exceptional high school students the opportunity to meet with their congressional leaders at the U.S. Capitol, make new friends from across the state and country, and see many of the famous Washington sights. Electric cooperatives from 43 states will send about 1,800 delegates this year. Will you be one of them?
For more information and to apply, visit www.frontier-power.com or call the co-op at 740-622-6755. Deadline to apply: Feb. 10, 2020.
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Visit www.frontier-power.com Call the co-op at 740-622-6755 Deadline to apply: Feb. 10, 2020
Co-op Connections Card Because you are a Frontier Power Company member, your Co-op Connections Card provides you with special discounts online and at participating local retailers. Be sure to visit this month’s highlighted business and check out offers on the internet by clicking the Co-op Connections Card on our website at www.frontierpower.com.
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Frontier Community Connection Fund board-approved distributions July and September 2019 Name Amount 4-H/FFA Coshocton County Sheep Committee
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Wishing you a joyous holiday season! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We will be closing at noon on Dec. 24 and will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. THE FRONTIER POWER COMPANY CONTACT 800-624-8050 | 740-622-6755 www.frontier-power.com OFFICE 770 S. Second St. P.O. Box 280 Coshocton, OH 43812 OFFICE HOURS Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Holiday Travel ’TIS THE SEASON FOR
Think mistletoe. Think holly. Think of Ohio as one big stocking, stuffed with cool Yule celebrations. We’ve selected eight close-to-home holiday destinations that evoke the story of the first Christmas, foster good cheer, and brighten spirits — all of them ideal spots for making merry with family and friends. BY DAMAINE VONADA
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
At the Manger University of Dayton, Dec. 2–Jan. 12 Artistry, imagination, and the reason for the Christmas season draw visitors to the University of Dayton’s Marian Library for At the Manger, an annual display of Nativity scenes from the library’s collection of 3,500 crèches representing more than 100 countries. The event shows how different people and cultures interpret the birth of Christ, and this year, the exhibit’s volunteers selected which Nativity scenes to display. Tour guide Ann Persensky picked “Black and Beautiful,” a contemporary crèche by a Dutch-born artist. “One of its Magi is a woman,” says Perensky, “and a curled-up sheep is cuddling beside Baby Jesus.”
PHOTOS COURTESY OF STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS
937-229-4214; www.udayton.edu/marianlibrary/art-exhibits/at-the-manger.php.
Deck the Hall 2019: A Classic Comic Hero Christmas Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Akron Select evenings, Nov. 29–Dec. 30 Held at the splendid estate created by Goodyear cofounder F.A. Seiberling and his wife, Gertrude, Deck the Hall offers an array of experiences — a million dazzling lights, wondrous holiday music, a gorgeous Christmas tree, hot cocoa, gingerbread, and boutique shopping in the carriage house — for the entire family. Since its
2019 theme is superheroes, the Manor House’s marvelous décor features Wonder Woman, Superman, Spiderman, Batman, and other comic book favorites. 330-836-5533; www.stanhywet.org/events/ deck-hall-2019-classic-comic-hero-christmas.
Dickens Victorian Village Cambridge, Nov. 1–Jan. 1
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With Cambridge’s Victorian-looking downtown as a backdrop, visitors stroll among more than 90 individual scenes with nearly 200 mannequins inspired by A Christmas Carol and Dickens-era England.
Delightfully lifelike figures such as Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, carolers, lamplighters, and Father Christmas populate Wheeling Avenue, and at the courthouse, nighttime light and music extravaganzas are a joy to behold. “People tell me they’ve never seen better light shows anywhere,” says group tour coordinator Bev Keller. Also available are Victorian teas, carriage rides, and performances of an original Sherlock Holmes play, “The Case of the Christmas Carbuncle.”
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740-421-4956; www.dickensvictorianvillage.com.
Hayes Home Holidays tours Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums, Fremont Tours, Dec. 20–22 Rare evening tours of the mansion where President Hayes and his wife, Lucy, lived after leaving the White House present a perfectly lovely opportunity to make holiday memories. “Seeing the home at night is a special experience,” says Kristina Smith, the museums’ communications 28 OHIO COOPERATIVE LIVING • DECEMBER 2019
manager. “Because almost all the home’s furnishings were their belongings, it feels like Rutherford and Lucy are still here to welcome you.” Other activities include the Hayes Train Special, a model railroad with traditional holiday scenery, and horse-drawn trolley or sleigh rides (depending on the weather) through the grounds surrounding the Hayes Home.
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Hocking Valley Scenic Railway holiday trains Nelsonville Depot; Select dates, Nov. 30–Dec. 31 Oh, what fun it is to ride on the HVSR’s trio of festive excursions. The Railway’s Santa Train features the Jolly Old Elf plus a grumpy Grinch, Continued on page 30
while the New Year’s Eve Train stops for midnight fireworks and offers both a familyfriendly pizza and soda car and an adultoriented wine and cheese car. New for 2019 is the Holiday Express to Robbins Crossing, a re-created log village where passengers can see how the pioneers celebrated Christmas. According to Isaac Miller, the conductor, it’s pulled by Ohio’s only operating standardgauge steam locomotive.
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855-323-3768; www.hvsry.org.
Holiday Lights on the Hill Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum Hamilton, Nov. 22–Jan. 5 Drive through tunnels of twinkling lights and alleys of gleaming candy canes at Pyramid Hill, one of the nation’s few outdoor sculpture museums and a Butler Rural Electric Cooperative consumer-member. Covering rolling terrain graced by woodlands and lakes, the self-guided tour showcases the park’s internationally acclaimed collection of monumental sculptures. Executive director Sean FitzGibbons says the event is quite popular because it accomplishes Pyramid Hill’s mission of bringing people to art in nature. 513-868-1234; www.pyramidhill.org/holiday-lights-on-the-hill.
Nutcracker Village and Advent Market Steubenville, Nov. 26–Jan. 4
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This truly hometown and homegrown event in Steubenville features the world’s largest collection of life-sized nutcrackers — more than 150 of them. They’re all made in Steubenville and depict characters and individuals ranging from Santa Claus, Jack Frost, and Charlie Brown to Mother Teresa, John Glenn, and Steubenville native Dean Martin. “People like coming during the day to see the wonderful details on the nutcrackers, but at night with the colorful lights and holiday music, they’re just magical,” says Judy Bratton of the Steubenville Visitor Center. Adding to the enchantment is a weekend Advent Market with European-style chalets where local vendors and artisans sell holiday foods, gifts, toys, and, of course, nutcrackers. 740-283-1787; www. steubenvillenutcrackervillage.com.
Yuletides of Yesteryear Sauder Village, Archbold Dec. 6–7 “Our traditional Holiday Lantern Tours offer guests an interactive look at the American Christmas traditions from 1850 through the 1920s,” says Kim Krieger of Sauder Village media relations. Sauder Village is Ohio’s largest living-history museum, and the evening tours include visits to historic houses, an original Mennonite church, a oneroom schoolhouse, and a vintage train depot where people of all ages get to enjoy old-fashioned fun such as singing carols, frosting cookies, and a reading of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
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Winter’s WALK Snowshoeing is fun, easy to learn — and good for you. BY CRAIG SPRINGER
f you think of snowshoes as those tennis-racketlooking things strapped to your feet, like in those 1960s adventure movies, you might want to give them a closer look — especially if you’re looking for a fun, healthy, and relatively inexpensive way to keep exercising outdoors during those snowy winter months. “If you can walk, you can snowshoe,” says Anthony Zembrodt, Midwest Regional Manager of L.L. Bean’s outdoors programs. Snowshoes have been around for a long time, born of necessity for traversing the white stuff. Indigenous people of the north have used them for centuries, and European settlers in North America quickly adopted the concept when they arrived and began exploring in the 1600s. Why use showshoes? When the snow gets deep, the walking gets tough. You have to pull your legs out of a hole with each and every step. It’s like slogging through a slug of mud, and it will tire you right quick. It doesn’t take much imagining for you to feel your hip flexors tiring and aching. Snowshoes, however, spread your weight over a larger area of snow, thus allowing you to travel near the surface, aloft on the snow. The less you sink, the easier the walking. Modern snowshoes have certainly evolved from those early versions. Though the concept of the snowshoe seems nearly as involved as that of the wheel, the types of modern snowshoes range in nature depending on how they’re to be used. They’re typically made of aluminum frames with a sheath or decking of strong plastic around the part that binds to your boot. According to Zembrodt, it’s essential that you pick a snowshoe according to your weight, not your height. “The bigger the snowshoe, the more weight it can support,” he says. “It’s also important to consider the types of terrain you will be trekking — some shoes offer better traction than others.” Bear in mind snowshoeing is not skiing. Shoeing is relatively inexpensive; you can buy a pair of recreational
snowshoes for an adult for less than $100, less than $60 for youngsters. If you venture into more specialized territory, say, long-distance trekking, the shoes become significantly more expensive. Snowshoeing is an opportune sport; you don’t have to go anywhere special to do it — you can snowshoe out your back door. Neither do you have to get on groomed, designated trails, as you do with most skiing. The equipment is low- to no-maintenance, and there’s little chance your shoes will break under normal wear. It’s easy to learn, too, and unlike skiing, there’s almost zero chance you’ll run into trees or careen off a cliff. Even if you do fall, you’re not going far. You can snowshoe as slow or as fast as you desire. If you are a walker or a hiker, snowshoeing is a great way to keep up your routine over the winter — and that speaks to perhaps one of the best reasons to snowshoe: for the exercise. Snowshoeing at a moderate pace burns hundreds of calories in an hour’s time, outpacing running, cycling, or walking in terms of caloric output. “Snowshoeing is a great aerobic activity,” Zembrodt says. “A lot of folks struggle to get outside in the winter months, even if they are frequent hikers during summer. It’s a great way to get outside and have fun in winter.” With shoeing, the learning curve is flat and the investment minimal. With half a foot of snow on the ground, the bike path, nature center, golf course, or walking trail becomes a whole new adventure and the cold, dark winter a little more pleasant. Let’s face it, though: Strapping on an extension to your foot to walk on snow is not normal. Of course, it will be a bit clumsy at first. Outdoors-oriented stores such as L.L. Bean, Cabela’s, Dick’s, and Field & Stream, among others, have the shoes you need, and many have clinics to get you breaking trail with that first big snowfall.
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DEC. 12–15, 19–22 – Winter Wonderland Light Display, Sandusky Co. Fgds., 901 Rawson Ave., Fremont. Drivethrough Thur./Sun. 6–8 p.m.; walk-through Fri./ Sat. 6–9 p.m. $1, under 12 free. Craft show, games, horse rides, train rides, music, popcorn, cookies, hot chocolate, and Santa! Donations of food items accepted for food pantry. 419-332-5604 or www.sanduskycountyfair.com. DEC. 14 – Train Town Show and Swap Meet, Allen Co. Fgds., 2750 Harding Hwy., Lima, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Operating model railroads; more than 200 tables with model railroad, railfan, and general railroad items for sale. All scales. Food service will be available. 419-228-7141. DEC. 20 – WinterFest and Santa’s House, Saint Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 120 W. Sandusky St., Findlay, 6–8 p.m. Free. Take a horse-drawn wagon ride around downtown, meet with Santa, and enjoy hot chocolate and sweet treats. www.visitfindlay.com. DEC. 20, 22 – Silver Screen Classics: It’s a Wonderful Life, Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior St., Toledo, Fri. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. $5. See Frank Capra’s classic Christmas tale come to life on the big screen. 419-2422787 or www.valentinetheatre.com. DEC. 21 – Toledo Jazz Orchestra Holiday Concert, Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior St., Toledo, 8 p.m. $28–$38 plus fees. 419-242-2787 or www. valentinetheatre.com.
DEC. 26–31 – Horse-Drawn Sleigh Rides at Spiegel Grove, 1337 Hayes Ave., Fremont, 1–4 p.m. $5.50, under 3 free. Ride through the grounds in a horse-drawn sleigh, as President Hayes did. Rides are by South Creek Clydesdales. Horse-drawn trolley ride may be used in addition to or in place of the sleigh depending on demand and staffing. 419-332-2081 or www.rbhayes.org. JAN. 4 – Model Train Clinic, Hayes Presidential Library and Museums, Spiegel Grove, 1337 Hayes Ave., Fremont, 1–4 p.m. $10, C. (6–12) $5, under 6 free; ticket includes access to museum. Veteran model train hobbyists assist you with advice related to model train maintenance and repair, as well as estimating the value of older model trains. 419-332-2081 or www.rbhayes.org. JAN. 4–5 – Tri-State Gun Show, Allen Co. Fgds., 2750 Harding Hwy., Lima (2 miles east of Lima on St. Rte. 309), Sat. 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Sun. 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. $6, free for members, under 18 free. Over 400 tables of modern and antique guns, edged weapons, and sportsmen equipment. 419-647-0067 or www.tristategunshow.org. JAN. 10 – Silver Screen Classics Double Feature: Dracula and Frankenstein, Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior St., Toledo, 7:30 p.m. $5. Two groundbreaking horror films from 1931, in all their black-and-white cinematic glory. 419-242-2787 or www.valentinetheatre.com.
DEC. 5–8, 12–23, 26–30 – Deck the Hall, Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, 714 N. Portage Path, Akron, 5–8 p.m. $7–$22, under 5 free. The decorating theme this year is “A Classic Comic Hero Christmas,” featuring the stories of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spiderman, and others. New this season: Step inside a giant interactive snow globe for your family photos! Santa lights the tree in the courtyard each day at 5:30 p.m. 330-315-3287 or www.stanhywet.org. DEC. 14–15 – Winter Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show, Federated Church–Family Life Center, 16349 Chillicothe Rd., Chagrin Falls, Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. THROUGH DEC. 31 – Holidays at the Mansion: “Old $3, under 12 free. Artists and crafters selling their original Fashioned Christmas,” The Victorian House Museum, 484 handmade items. Full concession stand on site. www. Wooster Rd., Millersburg, Sun.–Thur. 1–4 p.m., Fri./Sat. 1–8 avantgardeshows.com. p.m. $10; seniors and veterans/active military, $9; under 12 free. Tour the 28-room mansion, transformed into a holiday DEC. 15 – Flea Market of Collectables, Medina County Fgds. Community Center, 735 Lafayette Rd., Medina, 9 wonderland. Open house is Nov. 16, 4–8 p.m.; $5. “Santa a.m.–3 p.m. $2. Early bird special admission: 6–9 a.m., and Friend — Celebrate the Season!” is Dec. 7. 330-674$3. A treasure trove of vintage items and collectables. 0022 or www.victorianhousemuseum.org. 330-948-4300 or www.conraddowdell.com. THROUGH JAN. 4 – Steubenville Nutcracker Village DEC. 21 – Winter Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show, and Advent Market, Fort Steuben Park and 4th and Markets Sts., Steubenville. Free. Over 150 unique, life-size Emerald Event Center, 33040 Just Imagine Dr., Avon, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3, under 12 free. Artists and crafters selling nutcrackers in an outdoor display with lights and music. their original handmade items. Full concession stand on Market open Fri.–Sun., 3–9 p.m. 740-283-1787 or www. site. www.avantgardeshows.com. steubenvillenutcrackervillage.com. JAN. 4 – Antique and Collectible Toy Show, Lakeland THROUGH JAN. 4 – Christmas Wonderland and Gift Community College, AFC Auxiliary Gym, 7700 Clocktower Shop, Historic Fort Steuben, 120 S. 3rd St., Steubenville, Dr., Kirtland, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. $6, C. (6–12) $2, under 6 free. Mon.–Thur. 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Free. Christmas gifts, nutcrackers, Nutcracker New and antique toys and dolls to buy, sell, or trade. Diecast cars, trucks, and planes; pressed steel and tin Village memorabilia, and Christmas décor. 740-283-1787 toys and models; farm toys, mechanical toys, and more. or www.steubenvillenutcrackervillage.com. 216-470-5780 (ask for Tom), cleveshows@att.net, or www. neocollectibletoys.com.
JAN. 4 – Snow Dogs Train Show, presented by Cuyahoga Valley S Gauge Association, UAW Hall, 5615 Chevrolet Blvd., Parma, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $6, under 12 free. Free parking. All-gauge show with over 150 tables of trains and toys, operating layouts, and good food at reasonable prices. 440-833-4366, jvendlinger@gmail. com, or www.cvsga.com. Mailing address: Ken Vendlinger, 28920 W. Willowick Dr., Willowick, OH 44095. JAN. 8–12 – Ohio RV Supershow, I-X Center, One I-X Center Dr., Cleveland, Wed.–Fri. 12–9 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.–10 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $14, under 13 free. $10 parking. Over 600 of the newest RVs including tent campers, travel trailers, fifth wheels, and motor homes. 330-678-4489 or www.ohiorvshow.com. JAN. 11 – Mohican Winter Fest, 131 W. Main St., Loudonville, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Free. Aaron Costic and his crew from Elegant Ice Creations will offer six ice carving demonstrations hourly beginning at 11 a.m. Sponsored sculptures will be placed along Main Street on Friday evening or Saturday morning, weather permitting. 419994-2519 or www.discovermohican.com. JAN. 11–12 – Medina Gun Show, Medina County Fgds. Community Center, 735 Lafayette Rd., Medina, Sat. 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $7. 450 tables of displays. 330-948-4400 or www.conraddowdell.com. JAN. 12 – Winter Hike, Mohican State Park, 3116 St. Rte. 3, Loudonville, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Free. Take a 5K or 10K hike along Clear Fork Gorge. Enjoy hot soup, cookies, and drinks by the fire after the hike. 419-994-5125 or www. discovermohican.com.
THROUGH DEC. 26 – Lake of Lights, Saulisbery Park, 13344 St. Rte. 67 W., Kenton, 6–9 p.m. $5 per car. Special events on Sat. and Sun. evenings. 419-675-2547 or www. facebook.com/LakeOfLights. THROUGH DEC. 31 – Lights Before Christmas, Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way, Toledo, Sun.–Thur. 3–8 p.m., Fri./Sat. 3–9 p.m. $16–$19, under 2 free. Over 1 million lights, the award-winning Big Tree, and more than 200 illuminated animal images. 419-385-5721 or www.toledozoo.org. THROUGH JAN. 5 – North Pole Express, 12505 Co. Rd. 99, Findlay, Fri. and Sat. 5:30–9:30 p.m., Sun. 5:30–8:30 p.m. Adults $4, children $3. Hop on board our quarterscale locomotive for a trip through a winter wonderland of sparkling lights and festive decorations. See operating model trains and hundreds of decorated trees, plus a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus (on select days). 419-423-2995 or www.nworrp.org.
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performance by Columbus Children’s Choir. Hours and schedule of events at www.stateauto.com/Christmas. DEC. 21–22 – Scott Antique Market, Ohio Expo Center, Bricker and Celeste Bldgs., 717 E. 17th Ave., Columbus, Sat. 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Free admission; $5 parking. America’s favorite treasure hunt! 800 exhibit booths. info@scottantiquemarket.com or www. scottantiquemarkets.com. JAN. 3 – First Friday Art Walk, downtown Zanesville, 5–8 p.m. Stroll the downtown streets while touring over 35 participating galleries, studios, and local businesses, many of which offer demonstrations, make-and-take THROUGH JAN. 1 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights, activities, and complimentary refreshments. Free shuttle Alum Creek State Park Campgrounds, 3311 S. Old State Rd., Delaware, Sun.–Thur. 5:30–9:30 p.m., Fri./Sat. 5:30– service available on the Fun Bus. Tour maps available at participating galleries and businesses. www.artcoz.org. 10:30 p.m. $20–$30 per car. Drive-through light show. 614-412-3499 or https://butchbandosfantasyoflights.com. JAN. 3–5 – Columbus Build, Remodel, and Landscape Expo, Ohio Expo Center, Kasich Hall, Columbus, Fri. THROUGH JAN. 1 – “A Storybook Christmas,” 12–7 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $6, Zanesville and Muskingum Co. locations. Over 100 under 18 free. From top-quality exhibits, to informative participating businesses. Drive or walk by to view the decorations or to visit. Nightly light and music show at the seminars, to insightful demonstrations and more, courthouse, Sun.–Thur. 6–9 p.m., Fri./Sat. 6–10 p.m. 740- you’ll discover thousands of smart, stylish, and costeffective ways to design or renovate your home. www. 455-8282, 800-743-2303, or www.visitzanesville.com. homeshowcenter.com. THROUGH JAN. 2 – State Auto’s Christmas Corner, 518 JAN. 5 – Columbus Paper, Postcard, and Book E. Broad St., Columbus. Free. Historic life-sized Nativity Show, Ohio Expo Center, Rhodes Center, 717 E. 17th St., display. Official lighting is Dec. 4 at 5:30 p.m., with
Columbus, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $6. Vintage paper collectibles including postcards, books, paper advertisements, stereo view cards, trade cards, old photographs, magazines, documents, non-sports cards, military paper items, paper sports collectibles, and protective storage options. 614-206-9103 or www.facebook.com/Columbus-PaperShow-134469001768. JAN. 10 – Improv in the May, Marion Palace Theatre May Pavilion, 276 W. Center St., Marion, 7:30 p.m. $6. An evening of improvisation comedy featuring audience interaction and suggestions for skits and games. 740-3832101 or www.marionpalace.org. JAN. 10–19 – Ohio RV and Boat Show, Ohio Expo Center, 717 E. 17th St., Columbus, Wed.–Fri. 12–8 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. $14, C. (6–13) $3, under 6 free. Hundreds of campers and boats from over 21 dealers, plus camping gear, equipment, and related products. www.ohiorvandboatshow.com. JAN. 11–12 – Columbus Weddings Show, Ohio Expo Center, Kasich Hall, 717 E. 17th St., Columbus, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sample wedding cakes and reception food, see the latest in wedding styles, and meet hundreds of wedding specialists. Daily runway shows. $12 at door; online discount and packages available. http:// cbusweddings,com.
Muskingum Valley bluff between 4 and 4:30 p.m. in near perfect alignment with Sacra Via. Maps and a brief commentary will be provided by Castle archaeologist Wes Clarke. 740-373-1480 or www.mariettacastle.org. DEC. 28 – Visit with the Pioneers, Campus Martius Museum, 601 Second St., Marietta. Visit the home of General Rufus Putnam to meet with some of Marietta’s citizens from the early 19th century. 740-373-3750 or www.campusmartiusmuseum.org. DEC. 31 – New Year’s Eve Dance, 26100 Legion Rd., Langsville, 8–12 p.m. $10 cover charge. The Cadillacs out of Racine, Ohio, will be performing live. 740-669-1020 or josephfreeman476@gmail.com. DEC. 31 – New Year’s Eve Gospel Sing, Harvest Christian Fellowship. Free. 740-704-1487. DEC. 31 – New Year’s Eve Train and Fireworks, Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, Nelsonville Depot, 33 W. Canal St., Nelsonville, 10:30 p.m.–12:30 a.m. $22–$35. 740-2491452 or www.hvsry.org/trainlist. JAN. 12 – Rhonda Vincent and The Rage, Stuart’s Opera House, 52 Public Square, Nelsonville, 3 p.m. $29–$39. A special matinee performance from “The New Queen of Bluegrass” and her award-winning band. 740-753-1924 or www.stuartsoperahouse.org.
performed each evening. 800-933-5480 or www. dickensvictorianvillage.com. THROUGH JAN. 5 – “Space: A Journey to Our Future,” Bossard Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis. Free. Interactive exhibition presented in cooperation with NASA and as seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. www.bossardlibrary.org. DEC. 15 – It’s a Wonderful Life: The Musical, Majestic Theatre, 45 E. Second St., Chillicothe, 3 p.m. Presented by the Chillicothe Civic Theatre. Based on the beloved 1946 film, the musical faithfully follows George Bailey’s life THROUGH DEC. 22 – Santa Train, Hocking Valley Scenic from his childhood dreams to his midlife disappointments and beyond, as we all take a journey to discover whether Railway, Nelsonville Depot, 33 W. Canal St., Nelsonville, every Sat. and Sun., 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and every Fri. at 6 his life has mattered at all. 740-772-2041 or www. majesticchillicothe.net. p.m. beginning on Nov. 30. $16–$21, under 3 free. www. hvsry.org/trainlist/#santa. DEC. 18 – Phil Dirt and the Dozers, Majestic Theatre, 45 E. Second St., Chillicothe, 8 p.m. $20–$22. Fans THROUGH JAN. 1 – Dickens Victorian Village, of all ages can enjoy this family-friendly stroll through downtown Cambridge. Stroll the streets to view scenes the band’s oldies-but-goodies along with some of depicting life in 1850s England, featuring life-sized, their favorite Christmas songs. 740-772-2041 or www. handmade mannequins wearing real vintage clothing. majesticchillicothe.net. 800-933-5480 or www.dickensvictorianvillage.com. DEC. 21 – Solstice Watch, Sacra Via Park (between Third THROUGH JAN. 1 – Guernsey County Courthouse and Second Sts.), Marietta, 4–5:30 p.m. If the weather Holiday Light Show, Cambridge, 5:30–9 p.m. cooperates, we will view the sun setting on the western nightly. Four different light and music shows
THROUGH JAN. 1 – Winter Festival of Lights, Oglebay Resort, Wheeling. Featuring 300 acres of twinkling lights over a 6-mile drive. 3D holographic eyewear transforms every point of light into a magical display. Per-car donation requested; valid for the entire festival season. 877-4361797 or https://oglebay.com/events/festival-of-lights. NOV. 22–DEC. 28 – Celebration of Lights, Morris Park, Fairmont, Fri.–Sun., 6–10 p.m. Suggested donation of $10 per car. See over 475 holiday light displays in this drive-through tour. 304-366-4550 or www. celebrationoflightswv.com.
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chocolate and cookies and entertainment by Santa’s elves. Reservations recommended. 513-933-8022 or www.lebanonrr.com/northpole. THROUGH DEC. 31 – Light Up Middletown, Smith Park, 500 Tytus Ave., Middletown, 6–10 p.m. daily. Admission by cash donation — you set the price! A drive-through fantasy light display, open in all weather. Visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus every Fri. and Sat., 7–9 p.m., through Dec. 21. www.lightupmiddletown.org. THROUGH JAN. 1 – Christmas at the EnterTRAINment Junction, 7379 Squire Court, West Chester. See the magic of Christmas at the home of the world’s largest indoor THROUGH DEC. 24 – Christmas in the Greenhouse, train display. Take the family on a “Journey to the North Milford Garden Center (in the Milford Shopping Center), Pole” where you’ll meet Santa and Mrs. Claus. 513-8981025 Lila Ave., Milford. Free. The greenhouse turns into a 8000 or www.entertrainmentjunction.com. Christmas store, with cut and live trees for sale, crafts and goods made by local vendors, a large train display layout, THROUGH JAN. 5 – Holiday Lights on the Hill, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, 1763 Hamilton-Cleves and trains for purchase. Wreath-making classes weekly, Rd., Hamilton. Mon.–Thur. 6–9 p.m., $20 per car; Fri.– and Santa visits on Saturdays! Check website or call for updated hours. 513-248-4531 or www.grantsgreenhouses. Sun. 6–10 p.m., $25 per car; museum members $15. A 2-mile drive-through light display. 513-868-1234 or http:// com. pyramidhill.org/holiday-lights. THROUGH DEC. 28 – North Pole Express, LM&M DEC. 13–14 – “Songs of the Season”: Oxford Musicians Railroad, 16 E. South St., Lebanon. $22–$35; children Holiday Concert, Oxford Community Arts Center, Oxford, under 2, $5. See website for days and times. Take a 7:30 p.m. $10. Each group does two or three numbers. ride on a vintage train to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus! Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass plays on Sat., Dec. Children will receive a small gift from Santa. Enjoy hot
14; exact time to be announced later. 513-524-8506, info@ oxarts.org, or www.oxarts.org. DEC. 15 – Winter Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show, Oasis Golf Club and Conference Ctr., 902 Loveland-Miamiville Rd., Loveland, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3, under 12 free. Artists and crafters selling their original handmade items. Full concession stand on site. www.avantgardeshows.com. DEC. 21 – Winter Solstice Sunset Observance, Serpent Mound, 3850 St. Rte. 73, Peebles, 4–5:30 p.m. 937-2050094 or www.serpentmound.org. JAN. 1 – World Race for Hope 5K, Hobart Arena, 255 Adams St., Troy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Free. Join runners and walkers on New Year’s Day to kick off National Slavery Prevention and Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Donations support the nonprofit Free To Run Foundation’s awareness/education programs and charity partners. Register by Dec. 31 at https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/ Troy/WorldRaceforHopeTroy. JAN. 4–5 – Wedding Expo and Show, Wright State University Nutter Center, McLin Gym, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. $5 in advance, $8 at door. Fashion shows at 1 and 3 p.m. Giveaways, door prizes, demonstrations, and seminars. www.weddingapolis.com.
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SILENT 1. A tranquil early winter night in our neighborhood. Lorie Wilber
Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative member
2. The Kirk triplets awaiting Santa’s arrival! My children Steel, Volt, and Sterling. Justin Kirk Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative member
3. Curiosity is the cat! Our cat, Chloe, was fascinated by the lights on our Christmas tree. Toni Kellar
Washington Electric Cooperative member
4. Chloe, our English springer spaniel, quietly waits for her Christmas treats from Santa. Ingrid Benn Weaver Consolidated Cooperative member
5. A winter walk at home. Richard Breitenbach 6
South Central Power Company member
6. Our 3-year-old granddaughter, Millie Nicholson, up bright and early checking out the Christmas tree. Perry and Dawn Hamman
Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative member
7. A view of our barn nestled among the trees during a silent winter night. Julie Wilhelm Tricounty Rural Electric Cooperative member
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Co-ops are not-for-profit, so when there’s money left after bills are paid, it’s returned to members as “capital credits,” or “patronage capital.” Ohio electric co-ops returned $34 MILLION to members in 2018. Nationally, electric co-ops returned $1.1 BILLION to members in 2017, and $16 BILLION since 1988.
Members paying their bills generates operating revenue for the co-op.
When all the bills are paid, the extra money at the end of each year, called “margins,” is allocated back to each member based on how much electricity they purchased that year.
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The co-op’s board approves a return of that money to members, often called “capital credits” or “patronage capital.”
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Animal rights advocacy organization seeks an excellent researcher with a strong academic background, solid detective skills, the ability to follow faint trails, and at least two years’ work experience and an advanced degree preferred. This position involves researching a wide variety of topics such as crocodile farming, cattle exports, and the training and housing of captive wildlife and domestic animals exploited in entertainment and for blood banks, applying critical thinking skills, preparing analyses for review, and submitting legal and government oversight agency complaints. Must support animal rights. Position Objective: To conduct research projects in order to help promote the goals of the organization Primary Responsibilities and Duties: • Thoroughly investigate complex areas of animal exploitation and abuse, as assigned • Ensure factual accuracy and sourcing for a variety of projects related to PETA's campaign work • Consult with the information...
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Advertising Coordinator
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Organization : Animal Place is a nonprofit sanctuary for farmed animals and an education/advocacy organization. It operates three shelters in northern California. Its headquarters is located on 600-acres in Grass Valley, (60 miles north of Sacramento). This position will be working out of the Grass Valley site. Position Objectives: To expand and maintain a thriving social media, expand our presence offline and online, and provide administrative assistance to the Programs Department Job Title: Social Media Coordinator Job Status: Full-Time, Grass Valley, CA Reports to: Program Director Responsibilities and Duties: Assist with the management of social media for the organization including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Blog, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok Expand online presence Write articles/blogs related to Animal Place’s mission Create content related to Animal Place and its mission for social media channels Assist...
Position Objective: To edit PETA's and its affiliates' publications, including printed materials, internet content, and video text To provide copy editing and proofreading expertise while exercising good judgment and flagging concerns about content and organization Primary Responsibilities and Duties: In consultation and verified compliance with the objectives, standards, and requirements communicated by PETA and its affiliates: o Edit PETA's and its affiliates' publications, websites, and public communications—including news releases, correspondence, blogs, statements, fundraising materials, website copy, ad campaigns, video text, and other documents o Edit internal written materials created by staff members of PETA and its affiliates, including policies and procedures o Edit foreign language text (highly desirable but not required) Perform any other editorial functions assigned by the supervisor Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or...
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In Bethlehem—the little town of Jesus’ birth—only 1 in 5 residents today are Christians (22%). A decade earlier, more than 4 in 5 were believers (84%).
The steep decline is reflected in other traditional Christian cities in the Holy Land. In Beit Jala, the Christian majority has fallen from 99 percent to 61 percent. In Beit Sahour, it has fallen from 81 percent to 65 percent.
When the Ottoman era ended in 1922, Christians were 11 percent of the population of Palestine—about 70,000 people. According to the 2017 census by the Palestinian Authority (PA), they now number 47,000—barely 1 percent.
There are competing explanations of what—or who—is to blame. Some identify the Israeli occupation. Others describe Muslim chauvinism.
The overwhelming answer, according to a new survey of local Christians by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), is economics.
Nearly 6 in 10 respondents identified this as the main reason they consider emigration (59%).
The poll, commissioned by the Philos Project, a US-based initiative promoting positive Christian engagement in the Middle East, surveyed 995 Christians in 98 Palestinian locations throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip in January and February.
Compared to the economy, other cited reasons paled in significance.
Security conditions were named by 7 percent. Another 7 percent cited better education. And another 7 percent blamed the political situation.
Only 4 percent blamed corruption, while 3 percent gave a religious explanation.
But this particular question measured the primary driver of desire to leave the Holy Land. What secondary factors might be involved? Philos “affirms the right of all Christians to…
This article was originally published at Christianity Today, on August 4, 2020. Please click here to read the full text, and here for the Arabic translation.
Tags Israel, Munir Kakish, Munther Isaac, Palestine, Philos Project, Salim Munayer
13 Christian Takes on Trump’s Peace Plan for Israel and Palestine
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This article was first published at Christianity Today, on January 28, 2020.
After three years of anticipation—and dread—President Trump announced the launch of his “Deal of the Century” to achieve peace between Israel and Palestine.
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, he outlined details for a proposal that would recognize a Palestinian state following extensive land swaps and security arrangements.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was not present, having broken off communication with the White House following several US decisions deemed biased toward Israel.
Abbas immediately rejected the plan, which Palestinians had long declared “dead on arrival.”
But Netanyahu’s acceptance was enthusiastic, declaring himself willing to begin negotiations with the Palestinians on such terms. A day earlier, Netanyahu’s challenger Benny Gantz also signaled his party’s agreement with Trump’s proposal.
With three Arab states lacking a peace treaty with Israel in attendance—Oman, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates—Trump hopes there will be a regional push to implement his plan.
And with $50 billion promised as investment for the nascent Palestinian state, the president believes all the necessary pieces are in place.
“All previous generations from Lyndon Johnson tried and bitterly failed,” Trump said. “But I was not elected to do small things, or shy away from big problems.”
It only required he approach peace in a “fundamentally different” manner…
Following a summary the article includes the perspective of
Joel Rosenberg, co-founder of the Alliance for the Peace of Jerusalem
Salim Munayer, head of the Jerusalem-based Musalaha reconciliation ministry
Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist and secretary of the Jordan Evangelical Council in Amman
Hanna Massad, a Palestinian pastor who led Gaza Baptist Church for 12 years and returns regularly
Gerald McDermott, Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School who recently wrote The New Christian Zionism: Fresh Perspectives on Israel and the Land
Yohanna Katanacho, a Palestinian pastor and academic dean at Nazareth Evangelical College
Lisa Loden, the Messianic Jewish co-chair of the Lausanne Initiative for Reconciliation in Israel–Palestine
Joel Chernoff, general secretary of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
Martin Accad, chief academic officer at Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut
John Hagee, the founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel
Todd Deatherage, cofounder and executive director of Telos Group, which seeks to build a “pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian, pro-peace movement”
Wissam al-Saliby, the Geneva-based advocacy officer for the World Evangelical Alliance
Ibrahim Nseir, Syrian pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Aleppo
Please click here to read the full article at Christianity Today.
Tags Benjamin Netanyahu, Deal of the Century, Donald Trump, Israel, Palestine
Palestinian Evangelicals Gain Official Recognition
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Bishop Efraim Tendero announces the legal recognition of a Palestinian Evangelical Alliance at the general assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance. (Image: Jeremy Weber)
This article was first published at Christianity Today on November 27.
After 12 years of waiting, evangelicals in Palestine now claim they have greater civil rights than their fellow believers in the Holy Land.
Earlier this month, the president of the Council of Local Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land—which represents congregations and ministries located in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip—triumphantly held aloft his evidence at the once-a-decade general assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA).
“Here is the presidential decree signed by … President Mahmoud Abbas,” Munir Kakish told the approximately 800 WEA delegates from 92 nations gathered in Bogor, Indonesia. “Our hearts are full of thankfulness to God for this new declaration.”
When the Palestinian Authority (PA) was created in 1994 following the Oslo Accords, pastors of local evangelical churches met to create a council in order to have a voice with the new government, Kakish told CT.
Ministering in the Holy Land since 1978, Kakish pastors two churches: an independent congregation in Ramallah, Palestine, and a Baptist congregation in Ramla, Israel. They are only 30 miles apart, but divided by the Israeli separation wall.
“I knocked on [the PA’s] doors many times,” he said. “But now the timing was right, and the personnel … were understanding.
“Most of all, it was our persistence to obtain our civil rights as Palestinian citizens.”
Over time, the council—which Kakish has led since 2007—gained credibility as…
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How Palestine Divides Messianic Jews
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This article was first published in the May print edition of Christianity Today.
Among Christians in America, Israel can be viewed as a fulfillment of prophecy, a democratic ally in a region of chaos, or an occupier oppressing stateless Palestinians. How to choose?
Given that 2 out of 3 US evangelicals have a positive perception of Israel, according to LifeWay Research, perhaps a better question is: How should evangelicals identify with the issues Israel faces?
Fortunately, there is a useful interpreter. “If the Christian community wants to understand Israel from a believing perspective,” said Jamie Cowen, an Israeli lawyer and a believer in Jesus, “going through Messianic Jews is best.”
However, the complexity of Israel divides even Messianic Jews in attitude toward Palestine, as illustrated by debate this year over an interview provocatively summarized as supporting ethnic cleansing.
“The only rights the Palestinians have are squatter’s rights,” Paul Liberman, executive director of the Alliance for Israel Advocacy (AIA), told The Intercept.
He described how the lobbying arm of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA) was pushing for a shift of US funding from UN–administered Palestinian aid ($364 million in 2017) to an Israeli-led effort offering money to relocate from the West Bank. The goal: eventual annexation of the territory in a one-state solution with fewer Palestinian citizens, maintaining Israel as a Jewish state.
First adopted by the MJAA in 2015, the idea reverberated within Messianic Jewish circles once TheIntercept highlighted efforts to harness evangelical influence in Congress and the White House.
“It is not a removal. It is an opportunity for a much better life,” said Joel Chernoff, CEO of the MJAA. “But the demographic issue is real.”
About 700,000 Jews and 1.5 million Arabs live in Judea and Samaria—the favored name in Israel for the West Bank. Chernoff desires more Jewish settlements there. And he believes many Palestinians already want to escape the territory’s corrupt Palestinian Authority. (A 2017 MJAA poll found half of residents were discussing a move abroad and were open to resettlement in exchange for about $5,000.)
The “ethnic cleansing” headline was a smear tactic by liberal and anti-Israel media, Chernoff said. The issue is not controversial among the MJAA’s 3,000 dues-paying members, 12,000 supporters, or 155 affiliated synagogues. But it is controversial to other Messianic Jews.
“There is not a consensus this is a good proposal,” said Monique Brumbach, executive director of the 75-member Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC). “The Scriptures promised the land to the Jewish people. But there will always be other people within it.”
Nearly all Messianic Jews believe modern-day Israel is the fulfillment of biblical promises…
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Pew: US Christians Like the Israeli and Palestinian People More Than Their Governments
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This article was originally published at Christianity Today, on April 24, 2019.
When it comes to the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict, do American evangelicals favor one side or the other?
Research Center finds one-third actually feel favorable toward both—when it comes to their peoples. And one-third feel unfavorable toward both governments.
Politico Magazine recently profiled Telos, an evangelical group dedicated to changing the narrative on Israel. “Christian faith communities persistently advocate for one-sided postures towards the conflict,” states the group, whose name means purpose in Greek, on its website. “Our telos is the freedom, security, and dignity of every human being in the Holy Land.”
But the profile prompted a strong critique from Mark Tooley of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD), who describes such “ambivalence” as actually harming both Israelis and Palestinians. Without solid evangelical support buttressing the US alliance with Israel, all sides will only entrench and deepen the conflict, he argues—making negotiation less likely.
“Impartiality and avoiding polemical stances are now de rigeur in much of nouveau Evangelicalism, so the Telos appeal has resonance,” he wrote on IRD’s blog. “Aren’t Christians supposed to be on everybody’s side?”
Pew’s new survey aimed to measure exactly that.
For decades, Pew has asked which side Americans sympathized with more: Israel or the Palestinians? But this year, researchers recognized a problem: this approach compared a country (Israel) with a people (Palestinians).
It was not apples-to-apples, nor did it allow for respondents to signal sympathy for both. So this year, they instead used separate questions asking about a favorable or unfavorable opinion toward the Israelis and the Palestinians as peoples, as well as toward their respective governments.
About 1 in 3 evangelical church attendees (34%) reported favorable opinions of both peoples.
However, the weight is still on the Israeli side…
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Will Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ on Israel-Palestine Please Evangelicals?
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This article was first published at Christianity Today, on April 12, 2019.
When it comes to Israel, nearly all evangelicals hold dear the biblical maxim: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
But what does it mean after a fiercely contested election?
President Donald Trump will soon propose his vision of practical exegesis.
Two years in the making, Trump’s “Deal of the Century” is slated to be released soon, now that Israel has reelected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His Likud party secured a virtual tie with challenger Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party, but Bibi’s right-wing coalition will push him over the top.
Neither leading candidate made the peace process with Palestinians a major plank of their campaign as the entire Israeli electorate has shifted to the right, emphasizing security over negotiation.
Other American presidents have tried and failed to advance official US policy of a two-state solution. But while Trump has brought a new energy—and unpredictability—to forge an elusive peace between Israelis and Palestinians, he may face two very skeptical partners.
Even so, Trump has shaken the system.
Last year in May, he moved the US embassy to Jerusalem.
In February, he stopped US funding to Palestinian aid programs.
Last month, he recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
And more than any president prior, he has courted evangelical opinion. LifeWay Research shows that 67 percent of American adults with evangelical beliefs have positive perceptions toward Israel, with 80 percent believing Abraham’s covenant is for all time.
But while analysts have panned Trump’s decisions as decidedly one-sided against the Palestinians, he has dangled his own deal-making reputation as—at times—a warning to the Israelis.
“Israel will have to pay a higher price,” he said after ordering the embassy’s relocation, for the Palestinians “will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.”
What does Trump expect? And will it cost him his carefully cultivated evangelical support?
Details of his plan have not been publicly released, but in February US officials Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt toured Arab capitals seeking support.
A month later Greenblatt, Trump’s chief legal officer and special representative for international negotiations, checked in with US evangelicals in a special meeting at the White House.
Axios reported that several “raised concerns.”
CT surveyed 11 evangelical leaders—7 from the US and 4 from the Middle East—to take their pulse on expectations and gauge their red lines.
“Don’t divide Jerusalem, It would disappoint me if that was President Trump’s decision,” said…
Related: The attempt to bring Judeo-Christian politics to Israel
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O Come, Ye Gazan Christians, to Bethlehem
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Palestinian Christian couple from the Gaza Strip leaves through the Israeli Erez crossing, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
This article was first published at Christianity Today, on December 20.
Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity has restored its sparkling mosaics and marble columns to their original glory for the first time in 600 years.
“It has become such a beautiful church,” Ziad al-Bandak, head of the local project committee of Christian leaders, told the AP. “Every Christian in the world would love to see it now.”
Palestinian Mayor Anton Salman expects 1.2 million tourists will make their way to Christ’s birthplace this year. Among them, following an Israeli reversal, will be those who most long to visit for Christmas—the Christians of the Gaza Strip.
“In Gaza, they talk about the West Bank as if it is heaven,” said Hanna Maher, Egyptian pastor of the Gaza Baptist Church. “People love to go for Christmas; there are so many churches.”
In Gaza, there are three. According to the 2017 census, 47,000 Christians live in the Palestinian territories (1% of the population), but only about 1,000 live in Gaza.
Last week the Christian advocacy group Middle East Concern (MEC) reported that nearly all who applied to enter Israel to visit the West Bank for Christmas failed to receive permits, except for those older than 55.
Applicants younger than 16 were also approved, consistent with restrictions instituted last Christmas and maintained through Easter. A previous policy limited travel to those between ages 16 and 35.
The MEC report was confirmed by Maher, who stated that initially just 200 travel permits had been granted, and Christians, sharing stories of the delayed permit applications, began to assume those outside the age limit would not be allowed to travel.
But their prayers were answered this week…
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Under the Law: Israeli Christians Worry About Secondary Status in Jewish Nation-State
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Judaism and Christianity symbols on the Jerusalem old city gate – MyHolyShop
This article was first published at Christianity Today, on July 31, 2018.
In a legislative act both obvious and inflammatory, this month Israel cemented its nature as a Jewish state.
By a narrow vote in the Knesset, Israel’s legislature, the law entitled “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People” was adopted to serve alongside over a dozen other “basic laws” that serve as Israel’s de facto constitution.
A key clause states that national self-determination is “unique” to Jews. Other provisions formally establish the nation’s flag, emblem, and anthem. Jerusalem is confirmed as the complete and united capital. The Sabbath and Jewish festivals are declared official days of rest.
But two other clauses have raised considerable concern. Jewish settlement is a “national value” to be promoted. And Arabic is downgraded from an official language to one with “special status.”
“This law outlines that Israel’s democratic values are secondary for non-Jews,” said Shadia Qubti, a Palestinian evangelical living in Nazareth. “It sends a clear message that my language is not welcome and consequently, neither is my cultural and ethnic identity.”
Her fears are echoed by an Israeli lawyer.
“While the idea of the law is straightforward—it’s hard to argue that Israel isn’t a Jewish state—the actual provisions are controversial, discriminatory, and possibly racist,” said Jaime Cowen, former president of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations…
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Christ at the Checkpoint in the Age of Trump
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Checkpoint between Israel and Palestine; credit: Andrew Larson
This article was first published May 25 at Christianity Today.
Fares Abraham grew up in the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, where tradition says the angels sang “Peace on Earth” to the startled shepherds. But his clearest memory is of his mother shot in the back by an Israeli soldier as she shuffled him and the neighborhood kids into her house during the first intifada.
Now in his mid-30s, the Liberty University graduate created Levant Ministries five years ago to mobilize Arab youth to fulfill the Great Commission.
And when he comes back home, he is at peace with his upbringing.
“When I was young, I asked myself if I should join the resistance or be a bystander,” he said to the 500 attendees—including 150 local Palestinian Christians—gathered in Bethlehem from 24 countries at the fourth biennial Christ at the Checkpoint (CATC) conference in 2016.
“But now I can go up to a checkpoint, look a soldier in the eye, and say, ‘I forgive you and love you in the name of Jesus.’”
Working also with global partners, Abraham believes the younger generations are pro-peace, becoming increasingly pro-justice the more their lives are transformed by the gospel.
It is a message communicated at CATC, though its anti-Christian Zionism is often criticized as anti-Israel…
Audience at CATC opening in 2016; credit: Andrew Larson
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In Shadow of Death, Palestinian Christians and Messianic Jews Relapse on Reconciling
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This article was first published at Christianity Today, on May 21.
Hanna Maher’s wife is nine months pregnant, due any day now, with only four hours of daily electricity. Her two older boys scurry about in the dark, kept ignorant by parents about the dead at the border.
But it is hard to be ignorant in Gaza.
A Norwegian charity estimates 56 percent of children in the Palestinian territory suffer from traumatic nightmares. Suicide, rarely seen culturally, is a growing concern. Maher, an Egyptian-born Baptist pastor, says some at the border see death as the best option.
Two million people are squeezed into a coastal strip roughly the size of Philadelphia. Exit is severely restricted on one side by Israel. The waiting list into Egypt is 40,000 names long.
Unemployment is over 40 percent. Clean drinking water is hard to come by. And on May 14, as tens of thousands massed near a chain link fence demonstrating for their “Right to Return,” Israeli snipers picked off dozens.
“Monday was a hard day. But at least it is quiet now,” Maher said. “It has been bad for years. But conditions now are the worst I have seen.”
Maher went to Gaza in 2011, and married his local Palestinian wife a year later. His congregation is the strip’s only evangelical church, with about 60 regular members. Overall, Gaza’s Christian population is about 1,000, mostly Greek Orthodox; in the last 10 years, it has declined by a third.
Maher provides food aid to about 120 families. His marriage preparation classes are a crash course in how to nurture a family amid poverty.
And he says local Christians are critical of just about everyone…
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Friends of Zion’s Christians?
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Christian pilgrims carry palm branches during the Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. UPI/Debbie Hill
This article was first published at Christianity Today, on December 15, 2017.
American evangelicals rediscovered their brethren in the Middle East in recent years. The promise of the Arab Spring, followed by the threat of ISIS. Beheadings and other martyrdoms, followed by forgiveness.
Many decided we must become better friends, and work harder for the persecuted church’s flourishing in the land of its birth.
However, President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is putting that new friendship to the test, as Middle East Christian leaders have almost unanimously rallied against the decision.
Trump’s decision would “increase hatred, conflict, violence and suffering,” said the patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem in a statement in advance of his anticipated announcement.
The Coptic Orthodox Church warned of “dangerous consequences.” The head of Egypt’s Protestant community said it was “against justice” and “not helpful.”
But the strongest testimony may have come from Jordan, where the national evangelical council pleaded against “uncalculated risks” that “may well expose Christians in this region to uncontrollable dangers.
Despite these dire cries, many conservative US evangelicals rejoiced in Trump’s announcement…
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The Piece of Jerusalem: Middle East Christians Explain Trump’s Embassy Gambit
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This article was first published at Christianity Today, on December 5.
The United States embassy currently located in Tel Aviv may be moved to Jerusalem. (Image: Jack Guez / AFP / Getty Images, via the LA Times.)
President Donald Trump is expected tomorrow to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Doing so would fulfill a campaign promise. It would upend decades of American foreign policy.
And it would simultaneously encourage and unnerve the Christians of the Middle East.
“I am obviously pleased, as an Israeli,” said David Friedman, a professor at the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute and former dean of King of Kings College in Jerusalem.
“Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, de facto, concretely. Our government sits there. So why should President Trump continue ignoring reality?”
But 65 miles north in Arab-majority Nazareth, another Christian educator has a dramatically different response.
“It is a bad idea,” said Botrus Mansour, a Baptist elder and co-chair of the Lausanne Initiative for Reconciliation between Israel and Palestine. “It will increase resentment and possibly spark unnecessary violence, making peace harder to obtain.
“America will lose any remaining legitimacy it had as a fair broker.”
Israel occupied Arab East Jerusalem in 1967, and passed a law in 1980 declaring the city its eternal, united, and undivided capital. The United Nations declared the act null and void, by a unanimous resolution in which the United States abstained.
Palestine also desires Jerusalem as the capital of a future state. So American policy has been…
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Friday Prayers for Egypt: Palestine, Parliament
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To make peace, to make law – men must meet together.
Egypt has played a primary role in fostering unity between Fatah and Hamas. There can be little progress in just peace with Israel when Palestinians are feuding.
And now Egypt’s parliament opens a new session. The first word: Do not defame the body. There can be little progress in stabilizing society in a house divided.
God, keep the unity of spirit through the bond of peace.
There is much bad blood in Palestine, with different visions and different pressures. It will not be easy to make amends, let alone to engage Israel.
And there is much bad blood in parliament, with accusations of subservience and sabotage. It will not be easy to check and balance, let alone to achieve consensus.
God, when men meet together not all is peace. Perhaps it must be so to get there. Give space for all grievance. Give patience with all charity.
Set the Holy Land straight, God. Make Egypt merciful.
May their peoples achieve peace, domestic and foreign, inside and out.
May they argue as necessary but meet together, and love.
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Friday Prayers for Egypt: Corruption, Resolution
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As Egypt made one statement, it deferred on another. May wisdom couple with pragmatism, but only where is right.
An official at one of the nation’s highest courts was exposed for taking bribes. As his case was paraded in the media, the extent of corruption is not yet clear.
But the president took occasion to renew the call to clean the system, asking that all be held accountable.
May it be so, God. Establish the systems necessary to create the fear of stepping out of line. And in conjunction, develop the integrity necessary that it might not be considered.
In process, move anti-corruption efforts from the spectacular to the mundane. Equip a cadre to ferret out irregularity. Expand their influence to change a culture.
And protect them, God. From without, from any enemies created. From within, from the enemy of the soul. How easily they themselves could be corrupted. How easily their work might manipulate in turn.
So as Egypt reaches out to assist those troubled by the economy, may it reach the needy at every level.
Support has been extended not only to the poor, but to struggling tourism facilities in need of renovation and to import-dependent businesses in fear of bankruptcy.
Meanwhile internationally, it is Egypt who stands in need of support. Keep her honorable in the pursuit thereof.
After raising a resolution at the UN against Israeli settlements, Egypt withdrew it in deference to Trump. She later voted in favor of a multi-national resolution she did not join in sponsoring.
Some say she buckled in support of the more needy Palestinians. Others say she brokered favor with the strong while not abandoning a principle.
God, decipher motivation and judge accordingly. But help Egypt to be true, and support her if she is.
For Egypt has also taken complicating positions toward Syria and Yemen. She dances with Saudi as the disputed Red Sea islands remain in court. She must resolve tourism issues with Russia and Britain. America gives millions in military aid; Israel is essential in border control.
God, give Egypt resolution. Free her from corruption.
Help her to wade through troubled waters with her head held high, with the confidence that comes only from uprightness.
Wisdom, God. Pragmatism, too. Peace, justice, prosperity. May they come in their fullness, and soon.
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Friday Prayers for Egypt: Assassination, Funeral
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Egypt witnessed a frightful return, disturbing a relative quiet. The pattern subsided but not that long ago was a viable threat. May it not be a portent of things to come.
A car bomb detonated in an upper class neighborhood, injuring one bystander but missing the deputy prosecutor-general. Fifteen months ago, his positional superior was assassinated by similar means.
God, thank you for the escape. But the signs that such men continue to nurse their grudges through violence is a disturbing development. After a year of many targeted killings, Egypt outside of Sinai has successfully enforced an extended period of calm.
May the culprits be caught, God. May those behind them be exposed and disabled. May any legitimate grievances find peaceful solution, and may justice be extended to all.
For grievances are also finding expression in the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres. Egypt’s foreign minister will attend as a representative of the state. But others are critical of paying homage to a man they deemed oppressive of Palestinians.
God, give both peace and justice to the peoples of this world. In Egypt in particular, help leaders and citizens alike to find the proper balance. It is right to honor the dead. It is right to review a legacy.
May truth prevail among hearts unhardened to humbly receive and boldly respond. May they rightly impact others too possessed by the pain of past grudges, justly held or otherwise.
May the victims of all conflicts rest in peace. May the living rest the same. Heal Egypt and the region, and save her from further harm.
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Pilgrims’ Process: Why Christians Closest to the Holy Land Visit the Least
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This article was first published at Christianity Today in the June print edition.
Walking down the Via Dolorosa, Nabil placed his hand on the wall where Jesus reportedly stumbled on his way to being crucified.
I am a lucky man, thought the 58-year-old. I can feel the Holy Spirit in my body.
This wasn’t how the Coptic Orthodox pilgrim had expected to feel in Jerusalem’s Old City. “Most Egyptian Christians want to visit as part of their faith,” he said, noting that he saw many elderly women dressed in black, weeping at each station of the cross. “Not me. I’m retired, I have nothing else to do, and I like to travel.”
Touring the Holy Land has been a transformational experience for Christians worldwide. In 2014, more than half of the 3.3 million tourists who visited Israel were Christians, according to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Of these, one out of four was Protestant.
But among these tourism figures, the Arab Christian community is nearly a no-show. In 2014, Jordan sent only 17,400 tourists (which were not differentiated by religion). Egypt, only 5,200—all Copts. Lebanon forbids travel to Israel entirely.
So Close Yet So Far
There are many reasons Arab Christians don’t tour Israel. The ancient sites are right in their backyard, so familiarity breeds complacency. And economic and political conditions hamper travel.
“I grew up minutes from Mary’s Well in Nazareth, and walked to school daily past the Church of the Annunciation,” said Shadia Qubti, a Palestinian evangelical. “It’s where I met friends for coffee.”
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To be a Muslim’s Eyes
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From al-Monitor, a unique account of a Palestinian Christian in Gaza who daily accompanies his blind Muslim friend to the mosque:
“Growing up, Hatem would always perform prayers at the mosque, but after the incident five years ago, he was no longer able to do so because there was no one available to guide him there. I saw how he would shed tears whenever the call to prayer would come from the mosque. That is why I decided to take him to the mosque to pray as he did in the past.
“The first day I helped him get to the mosque, four years ago, he was so happy. So I told him I would be taking him every day to perform all the prayers. He was thrilled to hear my decision. It was as if he had found something he had lost for a long time.”
Hatem has been friends with Abu Elias for over fifteen years, who also helps him go to market and reads him the daily news. Both explain the service in reference to friendship and national solidarity over and above any particular religious devotion.
But allow also their example to be an inspiration to Americans. No matter how different the context, kindness trumps ideology.
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Jewish Settler: I am a Passionate Defender of Palestinian Rights
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‘Zionism is a big tent’: Settler Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger
Palestinian Christian jaws dropped in shock.
Gathered to promote their narrative to international evangelicals largely supportive of Israel, a bespectacled, long-bearded, Yarmulke-wearing Jewish settler appeared on screen.
He spoke, and their surprise deepened.
‘I am a passionate defender of Palestinian rights,’ Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger told the audience. ‘Zionism is a big tent, and there are many I disagree with.’
A New York City native, Schlesinger immigrated to Israel in 1977. He lives in the settlement of Gush Etzion, between Bethlehem and Hebron.
Many Palestinians consider Jewish settlers to be the source of all evil, he admitted. Not until two years ago had he spoken to a Palestinian as an equal.
Serving in the army, he had arrested them. For general housework, he had employed them. But after a US-based pastor encouraged him to listen to them, he had worked to be reconciled ever since.
Many attended the Bethlehem conference last week from UK. Photo: CATC
In this capacity Schlesinger was invited to the fourth biennial Christ at the Checkpoint (CATC) conference, held 7-10 March in Bethlehem. Operating at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict, these conferences provoke much controversy.
This year, they chose to provoke themselves.
Fifty UK citizens joined roughly five hundred people from 24 countries to attend the conference, including 150 Palestinian Christians from Israel and the West Bank.
Interviewed on screen, Schlesinger also expressed great appreciation for those the conference aimed to challenge: Christian Zionists who prioritize Jewish Israel.
‘The Christian nation is turning over a new leaf, it is a miracle,’ he said. ‘Christian Zionism defends Israel against its many enemies, so we need all the friends we can get.’
Afterwards he mingled in the crowd. Some even approached to shake his hand.
‘It was hard for many here to see Rabbi Hanan in our audience, let alone on the screen,’ said Sami Awad, executive director of the Holy Land Trust, and a conference organiser.
‘But some came to me and said, you are challenging us in our faith.’
Like many Palestinians, Awad, who has conducted nonviolent trainings for Hamas, had found it difficult to befriend those with whom he had deep political disagreements.
Additional screened interviews with his friends in Hamas also challenged the conference towards a similar transformation.
Awad told Lapido that Jews have a basic need to live and worship in the land of their ancestors.
The fear that kept Jews, Muslim, and Christians apart, he said, came less from ‘the other’ than from those one considers on one’s own side.
‘Make uncomfortable’: Awad. Photo: University of Bristol
‘People are not afraid of Rabbi Hanan, they know he will not come here and hurt us,’ he said. ‘But we are afraid of being labeled a traitor by our own community.’
Awad and Schlesinger jointly host a study to discuss their holy texts. Muslims, Christians, and Jews all suffer generational trauma, Awad says. So the Holy Land Trust sponsors ‘healing hatred’ groups to help them overcome it together.
Likewise, Schlesinger has co-founded ‘Roots’, a Palestinian-Israeli initiative for understanding, non-violence, and transformation.
Of three thousand local Israelis and Palestinians attending his training, around two-thirds have been Jews. Of these up to forty percent have been settlers, and up to 15 percent have been soldiers sent by the army.
Ninety-nine percent of all participants, he said, are meeting ‘the other’ for the first time.
‘Something is wrong,’ Rabbi Schlesinger told Lapido Media. ‘We are living out our truth in a way that causes injustice to other people.
‘I don’t know if the land is occupied, but the people are occupied.’
This theme was echoed by another prominent Jewish critic of Israeli policy invited to CATC, Arik Ascherman, president and senior rabbi of Rabbis for Human Rights. His remarks were introduced by a video from October 2015 showing him resisting a knife-wielding Jewish settler.
‘The creation of the state of Israel—and we know it is a catastrophe for Palestinians—was the beginning of our redemption, and we want it to be a blessing shared by all,’ he said.
‘But it may be that in God’s eyes, the very things we do to hold on to the entire land make us unworthy to keep all of it.’
CATC has been subject to much criticism, some of it theological, some of it political.
‘Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians enjoy religious liberty,’ Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, told Lapido. Last year they raised over £872 million to support Israel.
‘Even as I decry the anti-Israel rhetoric that has taken place [at CATC], I give thanks for the many, many Christians who truly know Israel and continue to support the land and her people in prayer.’
But for Awad, though resistance to the occupation is crucial, so is the befriending of an enemy.
‘I cannot be a voice to the other side in nearly the same way one of their own can,’ he said.
‘We are communal beings who only trust our own kind, so we need to make our own communities uncomfortable.’
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First Peace Studies Programme in the Arab World Gets Off to Tentative Start
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A man whose young brother has just been slain by an Israeli soldier is restrained by friends. Photo: ‘William’, Peace Parcels
The Israeli government appears to be shunning a Palestinian peace studies course – even as a third intifada escalates.
The Arab world’s first Master’s degree in Peace Studies – developed by a Bethlehem college – is getting the brush-off from a government whose commitment to peace is already being questioned from within the Jewish world.*
Bethlehem Bible College (BBC) aims to train Muslim, Christian, and Jewish peacemakers to build bridges instead of walls.
But 24-year-old ‘William’, a Canadian, and one of five international students in the inaugural class, cannot obtain a student visa.
Instead he must come and go every three months as a tourist. Afraid of deportation, he shields his identity online and makes no mention of his studies to the authorities.
‘My fear is maybe they would become aware of what I’m doing and reject any subsequent tourist visas,’ William, using a pseudonym, told Lapido.
‘It has been a step of faith, but I figured I would just take the risk and do it.’
BBC was established in 1979 to offer theological education to Palestinian Christian leaders. William is motivated to help Christians in the West shift away from theological positions that are biased towards Israel.
Accredited by the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education, BBC has a long history of opposition to the Israeli occupation. It was founded by Bishara Awad, brother of Mubarak Awad, who in 1983 created the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Centre for the Study of Nonviolence.
Often called the Gandhi of Palestine, Awad was deported by Israel in 1988. He returned to teach the first MA module, but like William and the team of international professors, he also had to come as a tourist.
According to the 2012 European Commission report, Higher Education in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, international students are able to enrol in Palestinian universities.
In practice, however, it is ‘very rare’ due to the difficulty of obtaining Israeli permission to enter the country.
William was advised by the BBC not even to try. But this has not stopped him from full immersion in Palestinian society, gaining a first-hand education that peace studies students in other universities can only read about.
On 5 October he witnessed an angry crowd of hundreds passing by campus. They chanted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and threw stones at security after 13-year-old Abdel Rahman Abdullah was shot in the chest by Israeli security.
He describes witnessing the agony of Abdullah’s brother [pictured above in blue hat]. ‘It was heart wrenching,’ he says.
‘He was weeping and flailing, his anguish was so horrible to see. I’m tearing up just thinking about it right now.’
Hashlamoun: ‘I choose nonviolence’. Photo: Watan Centre
For Nayef Hashlamoun, a veteran Muslim activist from Hebron and one of two Muslim students in the programme, witnessing such anguish has become commonplace.
‘My life is for my homeland, but I cannot kill,’ he said. ‘I choose the way of nonviolence, I choose instead to carry a camera.’
Hashlamoun worked for twenty years with Reuters as a photojournalist, and founded the Watan conflict resolution centre in 1985.
He has pursued peace studies at American University and the School for International Training in Vermont, but events in Palestine always brought him back.
Over time he became friends with the Awads, who invited him to BBC. Mubarak Awad went on to found Nonviolence International, which has translated much of the literature on peace studies into Arabic.
‘They are Christians and I am Muslim, but I will be proud to have a degree from BBC as our relations are as brothers,’ he said. ‘And now I can pursue my education at home.’
The three-semester MA is taught in English and requires 39 credit hours, including a practicum or thesis.
It features distinguished professors from around the world including Nancy Erbe, Fulbright Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution, Mohamed Abu Nimer, Director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute at American University, and Edward Kaufman, formerly of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University.
Jews are welcome at the centre, but none has so far enrolled. Two of the twelve students identify as nonreligious, and four local Palestinians are auditing.
Kuttab: ‘Violence has not promoted our rights’. Photo: World Can’t Wait
Jonathan Kuttab, chairman of the BBC board and a human rights lawyer in Israel and Palestine, hopes officials from Fatah and Hamas will also join.
‘Nonviolence is far more effective than violence, which certainly has not helped us in working for our rights,’ he told Lapido. ‘For me, this is an easy sell.’
In the current context Kuttab is critical of Benjamin Netanyahu for provoking violence from Palestinians. But he also criticises Mahmoud Abbas for policing his own people on Israel’s behalf at the expense of nonviolent resistance.
‘There is a lot of acceptance of nonviolence in the Palestinian community,’ he said, ‘but the Palestinian Authority has been so weak in pursuing our rights that it has given peace a bad name.’
Education is limited in its direct impact, said Kuttab. But he is hopeful that beyond increased international attention in peace studies circles, the programme will deepen local commitment to nonviolence through strong engagement with the academic literature.
‘We have to revive what real peace and real nonviolence mean,’ he said.
‘Bethlehem is the birthplace of the Prince of Peace, where else should we have this programme?’
No spokesman was available from the Israeli government as this story went to press.
*War Against the People: Israel, The Palestinians and Global Pacification by Jeff Halper, published by Pluto Press. 2015.
This article was first published at Lapido Media.
Tags Bethelehem Bible College, Intifada, Israel, Jonathan Kuttab, Mubarak Awad, Nayef Hashlamoun, Palestine, Peace Studies
An Israeli Solution to the US Racial Crisis?
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With America gripped by conflicting rhetoric over the nature of race relations and police performance, has anyone yet suggested this solution: Just get the African-Americans to go back to Africa?
If so, surely it would be from the political fringe. If anyone knows of a more mainstream source among right-of-center bulwarks like Fox News or Rush Limbaugh-type radio programs, please comment below.
But essentially, this is a talking point on racial issues in Israel. And it is not a marginal viewpoint, but from the center of current government.
A little over a week ago, according to Reuters:
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman proposed on Friday that Arab citizens of Israel be offered financial incentives to leave the country and relocate to a future Palestinian state.
“Those (Israeli Arabs) who decide that their identity is Palestinian will be able to forfeit their Israeli citizenship and move and become citizens of the future Palestinian state,” he wrote in the manifesto, entitled Swimming Against the Stream, published on his Facebook page and his party’s website.
“Israel should even encourage them to do so with a system of economic incentives,” he said.
Lieberman’s party, Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel, Our Home), captured 11 of 120 parliament seats in the most recent elections, as part of the winning coalition with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud.
Encouraging Arabs to leave is not official government policy, but apparently leading Israeli politicians believe it is good rhetoric to rally their base, at the least.
America did have a moment in history when such views were put forward. Certainly the context in Israel today is different than America, both then and now.
But America, despite its faults and residual, often unconscious biases, has forged a society establishing full racial equality in law and in the mindset of most its citizens. The protests today are demanding improvement of an already present good.
The sometime (perhaps often?) poor administration of this good speaks to the widespread triumph of the ideal. Comparing it to other contexts reminds about how fleeting an ideal can be, and how easily it can be threatened.
Israel seeks to navigate two principles not easily combined given its demographic makeup. It wishes to be both a Jewish and a democratic state. As I wrote in an earlier post summarizing the critique of Stephen Sizer, especially as concerns the Occupied Territories, one of these principles seemingly must slide.
Perhaps not. But fortunately America can sidestep the question. It is not a nation for whites, blacks, Jews, Arabs, or anyone in particular. It is a nation for citizens.
Cultural questions still seek definition by many, or perhaps, there should be no definition, for many others. This debate is warranted, within the scope of the Bill of Rights.
But Lieberman’s debate is not. Certainly not in America; morally not, I and many Jews would argue, in Israel.
Or should those who disagree be sent to exile instead?
Tags Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Palestine, Racism, Stephen Sizer, Yisrael Beiteinu
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‘Lemonade’ Is Beyoncé’s Testimony of Being Black, Beautiful & Burdened
by Janet Mock
I am too sensitive for this sh*t. My sensitivity caused me to be reluctant about transcribing the feelings Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade imprinted on me and my body Saturday night. I also needed time to sit with and experience these feelings, rather than react.
As a longtime fan, a pop culture journalist, a feminist, a wife, and a black woman, I felt Beyoncé on levels I hadn’t yet felt her before. Lemonade flooded my body and being with images and sounds, but more important, she and her collaborative creation forced me to confront feelings I have kept at the margins for my very survival. To face them and recognize them was to betray the shiny hard veneer I was taught to carry in front of me in order to navigate systems intent on my destruction.
The chills I felt watching the HBO premiere showed up on my bare skin and remained on me — and in me — for days. Those remains showed up in the way I walked around my home, in the way I reached for my husband in bed, in the way I wept, in the way I dreamt.
I often dream about what “happily ever after” looks like for the black girl and woman. We have rarely been offered fairy tales that center us, or stories that center our quests for love and self and happiness and wholeness.
When I catch myself in these daydreams, I think about the tale that has consistently reflected a black woman’s “happily ever after” — for me as a black woman reading in search of self. It’s a tale that has impacted me so deeply that I quoted words from this text in my vows at my own wedding (“You look like the love thoughts of women…”). I think about the protagonist at the center of that black woman’s tale, the one that helped me see myself when I was a young girl: Janie Crawford in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God.”
Janie’s ending is her beginning, and her beginning is in her telling. At the start of Hurston’s masterpiece, Janie steps her bare feet back in Eatonville, the all-black town she spent most of her womanhood as the mayor’s wife. She returns in soiled overalls, her plentiful hair held by a long, loose braid that swings across her back, hitting her round grapefruit-like behind. Despite the dishevelment, the 40-something woman who never had children looks like her own daughter. This Janie is not the Janie who looked at bees under a pear tree as a girl pondering love, romance and marriage. This Janie is not the Janie who became a woman tied up among the counters of her husband’s general store. This Janie is not the Janie who flees the trappings of respectability to build a life with a young, penniless dark-skinned boy many thought unworthy of her older, light-skinned rich self.
This Janie is a woman who has lived and loved, who has been struck and betrayed, and who has survived to tell it. It is in the telling where the fairy tale begins. Living and loving, hurting and surviving is not enough. Being able to give testimony to the burden, to “spin gold out of this hard life” and “conjure beauty from the things left behind,” is the fairy tale for the black woman. We improvise a way with our own lives. We refuse the sentencing of silence by giving testimony. This testimony provides blueprints that free us and the sisters and daughters who come after us.
Lemonade is the recipe we pass down to our black girls bearing witness to testimony. It is a cold, stinging truth; sweet and tart.
I see Janie throughout Beyoncé’s Lemonade. I see her on the ledge crying and leaping. I see her gloriously seeking and knowing on the porch. I see her in the water fighting for her life after the hurricane hit her and her beloved in the muck. I see the ghosts of black women scorned.
In Lemonade, one black woman processes her pain and betrayal in the way she knows best — visually and sonically. Testimony is the connective tissue that allows us to be seen and heard in a world that is intent on choking us with silence. Speaking our truth of how we know the world and have processed the burdens of our existence allows black women to go forth with reality openly — with our bats ready to swing.
It is the knowledge of the black woman’s burden that Janie’s Nanny passes to her granddaughter early on in “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Nanny “slapped [Janie’s] face violently” as “their eyes met in struggle.” She tells her young granddaughter the often unspoken secret that only black women who have lived know:
“Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe it’s some place way off in de ocean where de black man is in power, but we don’t know nothin’ but what we see. So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don’t tote it. He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see.“
There is power in becoming conscious of the injustices one faces in the world, yet there is death in the knowing. It is the killing of another carefree black girl. Watching Serena Williams and Zendaya, Amandla Stenberg and Quvenzhané Wallis, I cannot help but think of how all these black women learned early on, brutally as public black girls, that they could easily be ridiculed and prematurely stripped of such carefreeness and protectiveness often afforded to white children. (Zendaya and her dreadlocks; Amandla and her portrayal of Rue; Quvenzhané and the appalling Onion tweet; Serena at the Indian Wells tournament).
It is no coincidence that Beyoncé gathered some of the world’s most targeted girls, who have “spun gold” — their own black girl magic in the face of public ridicule, brutality and humiliation — together to share space in this visual album.
They are aware. We are aware. This collective knowing of unflinching truth allows us to carry on with eyes flung wide open to both beauty and brutality.
Beyoncé uses lines from a 1962 speech Malcolm X that echo the truths Nanny delivered to Janie: “The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.”
The truth of black women’s burden does not exist in a vacuum in Lemonade. Instead, Beyoncé presents this burden and pain in various forms, where they interlock with community, family, love, beauty, and society. There is the black woman who is betrayed, whose agony pushes her off a ledge. There is the black girl wishing she looked like her mother. There is the black woman measuring herself against “Becky with the good hair.” There is the black girl who is warned by her magician father to shoot the man that comes after her heart if he is anything like him. There is also the black woman who mourns the loss of black boys and men they have birthed and/or loved. Beyoncé centers the vulnerability of black women without ignoring the brutality that faces black boys, teens and men at the hands of white male-dominated systems.
Like Nanny in “Their Eyes,” the matriarchs of Beyoncé’s family also wield truths in Lemonade, including the visual album’s title which is taken from Hattie White, the 90-year-old grandmother of her husband Jay-Z (who is silent on his wife’s album yet whose presence lingers leaving us pondering on infidelity and betrayal). At White’s birthday party, she gives a speech in which she states, “I was given lemons and I made lemonade” — an idiom which promotes optimism in spite of adversity. Beyoncé also shares a truth she cites as her grandmother’s, written by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire:
“My grandma said nothing real can be threatened. True love brought salvation back into me. With every tear came redemption. My torturer became my remedy..So we’re gonna heal. We’re gonna start again…You’re the magician. Pull me back together again the way you cut me in half. Make the woman in doubt disappear…The audience applauds but we can’t hear them.”
Like Janie in “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” Beyoncé in Lemonade is not concerned with whether we approve or whether we will run and tell our nosey neighbors about what we witnessed. The intimate act of telling, of revealing one’s self, one’s pain, one’s burden, and one’s lessons — the “spun gold” from the journey — is enough. The telling is the act. With Lemonade, Beyoncé has given us a blueprint to better live, struggle, and dream.
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Jarrod Birmingham to headline POC Crawfish Festival!
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Rev. Dr. Esther Acolatse
Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Intercultural Studies, Director of Graduate Degree Studies
esther.acolatse@utoronto.ca
Esther E. Acolatse joined the Knox Faculty in 2017.
As Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Intercultural Studies at Knox College, Esther teaches at the intersection of psychology and Christian thought in aid of human flourishing, with interests in the gendered body, cultural anthropological dimensions of medicine, health, and healing, and their implications for suffering, death, dying, and care at the end of life.
Her ongoing research explores methodological issues in the practice of theology of the Christian life, and the relevance of these themes in the global expression of Christianity, particularly African and Western dimensions in dialogue. Her current research focuses on issues around care and counseling with migrant families and implications for intra/interfaith dialogue and spiritual care for re-missioning the global church.
Forthcoming Projects:
Re-Missioning in an Age of Migrant Angst looks at how caring for migrant families and focusing on their flourishing in exile reorients the Western Church to a proper missional theology and growth beyond survival.
Holistic Theology for Modern Black/African Churches is an edited volume with a colloquium of 18 theologians from the African continent and diaspora, exploring questions of Christianity and Africanness/Blackness in a world where Black bodies are still contested human space, with irenic spirit and studious scholarship.
Acolatse, E. E. Powers, Principalities, and the Spirit: Biblical Realism in Africa and the West (Grand Rapids: MI, Wm. B. Eerdmans) 2018.
Acolatse, E. E. For Freedom or Bondage?: A critique of African Pastoral Practices (Grand Rapids: MI, Wm. B. Eerdmans) 2014.
Acolatse, E. E. “Evangelical Christianity and Politics in Africa: A New Map for an Old Terrain” in Jacob Olupona (ed) Evangelical Christianity and the Transformation of Africa (Forthcoming)
“African Catholicism & the Ecumenical Movement in Africa: Challenges and Possibilities” in William Cavanaugh & Stan Chu Ilo (eds) Handbook of World Catholicism (Forthcoming, Notre Dame University Press Forth, 2020)
Acolatse, E.E. “Pentecostalism and Secularization in the Philosophy of Wariboko: The Logic of the Spirit in the Formation of African Civil Society” in Toyin Falola (ed) The Philosophy of Nimi Wariboko: Social Ethics, Economy, and Religion (University of North Carolina Academic Press,2020), pp. 223-240.
Acolatse, E.E. “Reframing our Experiences in light of the Cross: How African Christianity sees the Decline” in Paul Peterson (ed.) The Decline of Established Christianity in the West (Brill Publishers (Brill-Rodopi, Leiden/ Boston, 2017) pp. 203-212.
Acolatse, E.E. “Pastoral Authority and Responsibility: An African Traditional Leadership Model for Church Governance and Functioning” in Lartey, E. Y. & Tapiwa Mucherera (eds) African Practical Theology, Vol. 1. Pastoral Care, Health Healing and Wholeness in African Contexts (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2017) pp. 15-29.
Acolatse, E.E. “Hospitality Praxis: African Diasporan Communities, Religion, and the Black Church” in Contours of Black Practical Theology, Dale Andrews & Robert Smith (eds.) (Baylor University Press, 2015) p. 151-162.
Acolatse, E.E. “All in the Family: Recasting Religious Pluralism through African Contextuality” in ed. Ed Foley Religion, Diversity and Conflict (IPT-Berlin, Munich: Lit Verlag, 2011), p. 261-271.
Acolatse, E.E. “Pastoral Care and Counseling in Independent Evangelical Charismatic Churches in Ghana: A Barthian Theological Perspective” in Maynard, J. Hummel, L. Moschella, M. (eds.,) Pastoral Bearings: Lived Religions and Pastoral Theology (Rowman and Littlefield) 2010.
Acolatse, E.E. “Embracing and Resisting Death: A Theology of Justice and Hope for Care at the End of Life” in Swinton, J. and Payne, R. (eds.,) Living Well, Dying Faithfully: Christian Practices for Care at the End of Life (W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.) 2009.
Acolatse, E.E. “Unraveling the Relational Myth in the Turn toward Autonomy: Pastoral Care and Counseling with African Women” in Stevenson Moessner, J. and Snorton, (eds.,) Women out of Order: Risking Change and Creating Care in a Multicultural World (Mn: Fortress Press), 2009, p. 218-229.
Acolatse, E.E. “Rethinking Sin and Grace: An African Evangelical Feminist Response to Niebuhr” in Njoroje J. Nyambura and Dube, Musa (eds.) Talitha Cum: Theologies of African Women, (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Cluster Publications) 2001.
Selected Papers and Articles
Acolatse, E.E. “In Search of postcolonial African masculinity and spirituality: A Psychohistory of President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana” Trinity Journal of Church and Theology, 18 no 4 Sep 2015, p 27-52.
Acolatse, E.E. “God Where Are You?: Theological Reflections on HIV/AIDs in Africa” in Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology Vol. 26, 2014. p. 62-81.
Acolatse, E.E. “Culture of War, Violence and Sexual Assault in the Military: An Ethic of Compromise?” in Journal of Pastoral Theology vol. 24, 2. 2014.
Acolatse, E.E. “What is Theological about Practical Theology: Towards a Hermeneutic of Primal Speech” in Practical Theology vol. 7 Number 3/ September 2014.
Acolatse, E.E. “Hope and God as Good-enough Mother: The Development of Hope in Job” in Journal of Pastoral Theology vol. 24, 1. 2014.
Acolatse, E.E. “The Production of Knowledge on and About Africa: A Review Essay” in International Bulletin of Missionary Research vol. 37, No. 4 (October 2013).
Acolatse, E.E. “Christian Divorce counseling in West Africa: Seeking wholeness through Reformed theology and Jungian Dreamwork” in Journal of Pastoral Theology vol. 21, 1. 2011.
Acolatse, E.E. “Pastoral Counseling Third World Perspectives” in Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, Leeming, David A.; Madden, Kathryn; Marlan, Stanton (Eds.) Springer References Online. July 2010.
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“Dr. Steel Hammer” is back?: Wladimir Klitschko was intrigued by a return to the ring
magictr | June 30, 2020 | Sport | No Comments
The former world champion on Boxing in superheavy weight Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko shared with the fans their training. Boxer was intrigued by the next photo.
This time, Wladimir Klitschko published a photo from the training process in his Instagram.
The Ukrainian is in great shape. However, Vladimir has not commented on the photo, just added a few hashtags.
The return of Wladimir Klitschko in the ring
Wladimir Klitschko has finished career of the boxer in August 2017. Last fight Ukrainian held on 29 April 2017, in which Klitschko by TKO lost to Anthony Joshua.
After that, the media appeared rumors allegedly Klitschko plans to return to the ring.
Klitschko did not give a direct answer to the question of the resumption of a career. Vladimir said that he was ready to return to the ring for the record.
Ukrainian allegedly wants to beat the record of George foreman, who became the oldest world champion in 55 years.
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James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
Get a fatter sound from JTV-69S
By Moosie, September 19, 2019 in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
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Moosie 0
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I LOVE the JTV-69S but find even with the humbucker models, the sound is much thinner than an actual humbucker (I have other hum guitars). I bought the JTV-69S because it promised best of both worlds. What does one do to make the models "fatter", or are there preferred models I can download within the Line6 single-coil community that model the humbucker models?
Thanks and rock on!
amsdenj 586
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Try using Workbench HD to change the body model to Masonic Plank.
Interesting, I'll try that. haven't used W HD yet to upload tones. Advice? :-)
cruisinon2 2,532
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30 minutes ago, Moosie said:
Experiment. Mix and match body styles, pickups, boost the output, etc. One size definitely does not fit all...
Is there a video or can someone explain how to upload/store the sounds on the guitar? Can you modify sounds that are already stored in the instrument?
silverhead 8,807
LocationOntario, Canada
Yesssss, thank you!
Lots of players try various techniques to get fatter, warmer sounds out of single coil pickups. Typical Fender guitars with single coil pickups are pretty scooped, as are the Fender amps they are typically plugged into. This makes the guitar sound deep, bright and rich by itself (to sell well), but often doesn't cut through the mix. You need mid frequencies for that.
A common, and simple solution to mids with Fender guitars and amps is to use a Tube Screamer in front of the amp with the Drive turned all the way down, Tone in the middle, and Level set for how hard you want to push the amp. Tube Screamers, and overdrive pedals with similar designs provide a mid boost around 800 Hz that fills in that Fender scoop to make the guitar sound fatter and cut through a dense mix better.
Try using a pedal to solve your thin tones. That might work on Variax double coil models too.
On 9/30/2019 at 6:52 PM, amsdenj said:
That all makes sense, and I use the HXFX to fatten up my tones, but I suppose my question is this: if I'm using the models on the Variax (and also via Workbench HD) and not the magnetic pickups, why don't the humbucker settings sound fatter like an actual humbucker? Is it because the guitar has single coil magnetic pickups?
4 hours ago, Moosie said:
if I'm using the models on the Variax (and also via Workbench HD) and not the magnetic pickups, why don't the humbucker settings sound fatter like an actual humbucker?
The answer is simple: Because you're not hearing a humbucker, but rather a simulation thereof.... and simulations are, well they're simulations.
Ever try O'Douls? It awful...because it's masquerading as beer. ;)
Ok, perhaps that's an overly harsh analogy, but there's a kernel of truth to it. Modeling isn't perfect. You're listening to the digital approximation of a humbucker. A bunch of processed 1's and 0's, piggybacked on the raw sound of a piezo pickup. There are no actual humbuckers (or any type of mag pickup for that matter) anywhere in this equation. Some are satisfied with the results, some not so much. It ain't for everybody... and that's ok, too.
Overall, I think the models are pretty good... but the current tech does have limitations, and there's still a ways to go before it catches up with what they've accomplished with amp modeling, imho. Context also matters considerably...In a live mix, the models are more than adequate. But if you're gonna sit and play solo, A/B-ing the models against your favorite Strat /Tele/LP/ etc, you can't expect them to be perfect reproductions of their real-world counterparts. Reasonable approximations in my opinion...but the real thing is the real thing.
Is it because the guitar has single coil magnetic pickups?
One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. The mags and models operate independently. When one is on, the others are off. With the models engaged, the mag pickup signal is nowhere in sight and neither contributes to, nor detracts from your tone. It wouldn't matter if you ripped the mag pickups out of the guitar...the models are what they are. The only exception to this is if you had created a custom model in Workbench that blends the mag pickups with the modeled sounds... but you actually have to do that deliberately, then upload it to the guitar... it doesn't just happen.
And, O'Douls... YUCK.
And something to add; will the new version of Workbench (when it arrives) model PRS guitars/pickups?
Workbench is just an interface... there's nothing in it. The brains are in the guitar, and there hasn't been a JTV firmware update worth talking about in years. At this point, the JTV's are ~10 years old... ancient by tech standards, so don't hold your breath for any more updates. Eventually the next generation of Variax, whatever it turns out to be, will appear. When is anybody's guess, but it's pretty safe to say they're not developing the current products anymore.
Understood, thank you!!
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LAB Newsletter September 2017: Brazil, Voices of Latin America, Mining
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
Apologies for the long hiatus since our last newsletter. We’ll try to make them more regular in future.
We’ve published a spate of articles on Brazil in recent months. In case you missed them, there were 15 articles in the extraordinary series by LAB Editor Sue Branford and Mauricio Torres, written for Mongabay and LAB under the title Tapajos Under Attack. These were based mainly on the trip made in November 2016 by Sue, Mauricio and photographer Thais Borges to the Teles Pires and Tapajos rivers in Mato Grosso and Pará, where industrial-scale soya farming is clearing forest and constructing vast transport corridors by road, rail and river. You can read the most recent article here, and see the others by going to the News page of our website and selecting The Amazon under News Categories, Topics. Each article includes a link to the Portuguese version of the text.
By the way, LAB’s new website makes it very easy for you to find articles by country and topic. Go to the News page and explore, using the News Categories (you can expand any category by clicking the + sign next to it), and also by clicking in the ‘breadcrumbs’ (the blue line across the top of the article under the menu bar which shows the hierarchy of categories for a particular article, e.g. Home > Topics > The Amazon > Tapajos Under Attack 15…) you can easily filter and find what you are looking for.
Meanwhile, Jan Rocha has continued her lively, entertaining, yet razor-sharp blog posts on the country’s ever-more chaotic political situation. Read the latest, ‘King Canute and his gang’ here, and to see the full post series, click here.
The quilombolas, inhabitants of communities founded by ex-slaves, have long campaigned alongside indigenous groups for recognition of their title to land. In a 4-part series commissioned by Christian Aid, João Peres and Moriti Neto show how these efforts are being undermined in Oriximiná, Pará, by the giant bauxite mining company Mineração Rio do Norte, the neutering of government agencies supposed to defend the rights of the communities and the tactics of the company to co-opt local officials and community members (Read more).
Despite the grim political outlook in Brazilia, resistance and community organisation are buoyant. MST leader Gilmar Mauro analyses left strategies, including land occupations and trade union strikes, and calls for new thinking on the left (Read more). In Marabá, NGO Rios de Encontro organised Forum Bem Viver, which brought together an improbable coalition of indigenous leaders, military police, a federal judge, television actors, musicians, journalists, scientists and activists from eight countries and 14 Brazilian states, to urge alternative, sustainable models of development (Read more).
Voices of Latin America
In April and May, LAB’s crowd-funding for our Voices of Latin America project raised a total of £13,300, thanks in part to a generous match-funding donation. This enabled us to make a small payment to some of the volunteers who had collected interviews for us. It will also enable us to pay Tom Gatehouse to work for at least 4 months, from October, to work on the translation, editing and further research for the book.
We have at least 70 interviews with social movement activists in a dozen countries across the region. We hope to publish the book in the second half of 2018. If you would like to know more, could help out with translation or contribute additional interviews, write to us at voices@lab.org.uk.
After Voices of Latin America, LAB’s next major book will be Overburden: Community Resistance to Mining in Latin America. We hope to partner in this project with London Mining Network, War on Want, Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina (OCMAL) and Minewatch Canada.
Recent articles about mining include the Oriximiná series, mentioned above (Quilombolas vs the mines. Read more).
From Colombia comes a warning that the peace process has opened up areas of the country to the intrusion of companies keen to mine or exploit the land for monocrop agriculture (Read more). Meanwhile, in Nicaragua, mining company Condor Gold has dropped charges against seven community members from Santa Cruz de la India (Read more), one of several victories partly attributed to ACAFREMIN, a new regional alliance of organizations and communities affected by mining (Read more).
Latin American Culture in London
This autumn sees a spate of events and festivals in London, featuring Latin American film, theatre and art. We advertise some of these on LAB’s Facebook page, but there are many more. We can also recommend the excellent website LatinoLife, which carries details of all these events and many more, including dance and language classes, shops and restaurants that sell Latin American fare.
Chilean Play: B
At the Royal Court theatre, from 28 September to 21 October, you can see the new play B by acclaimed Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón (writer of award-winning film Neruda), who makes his Royal Court debut with B, a new play exploring what revolutionary violence means to two different generations.
SPECIAL OFFER to LAB readers: Get top price tickets for £15 using promo code BTHEPLAY15 at the box office or online. Limited offer, book by 2 Oct. Valid for all performances except Mondays, on seats in price bands A&B (usually £28/£22). For more details and to book, click here.
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A search for identity in the Peruvian Amazon
The short film El Silencio del Rio, ‘The Silence of the River’, by Peruvian director Francesca Canepa, won the Grand Jury Award at the Oscar-qualifying Calgary International Film Festival and is currently longlisted in the Best Short Film category for the 2021 Academy Awards. Mathilde Aupetit considers the film’s blurring of dream and reality in order to present an Amazonian perspective, and its representation of the narrative power of nature.
No carnival in Recife
While in the English-speaking world the annual pre-lenten extravaganza is usually called 'Carnival', with an 'i', in Brazil is it 'Carnaval'. Covid must be bad...
Tottenham Hotspur owner takes over ancestral land in Argentina
British businessman and football club owner, Joe Lewis, has created resistance from the indigenous community by purchasing and developing their ancestral lands in Rio Negro, Argentina. Lewis blocks access to the land, where he has hosted Israeli soldiers and former right-wing President Mauricio Macri.
The Heart of Our Earth project primed to go
he crowdfunding campaign for The Heart of Our Earth, our project dedicated to community resistance to mining in Latin America, came to an end on 23 December. The Crowdfunding campaign raised just under £9,000, while two separate large donations to the project added a futher £7,250 yielding a magnificent total of approximately £16,250.
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The Cloud upon the Sanctuary
Hermetic Library fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Cloud upon the Sanctuary by Karl von Eckartshausen, introduction by Arthur Edward Waite, preface by J W Brodie-Innes, translated and annotated by Isabelle De Steiger, foreword by Edward Dunning.
When Aleister Crowley had just been first turned on to magic by reading Arthur Edward Waite’s Book of Black Magic and Pacts, he wrote to the author to find out what he should study to become an occultist. Waite directed him to Eckartshausen’s Cloud Upon the Sanctuary. A freely-edited version of Letter II from this book later became Crowley’s Liber XXXIII: “An Account of A∴A∴” in which Jesus Christ was replaced with V.V.V.V.V., and God with L.V.X.
The rest of Eckartshausen’s book deserves to be read in the same spirit, substituting a more wholesome Thelemic morality and metaphysic for the crypto-gnostic Roman Catholicism of the author. It does afford a surprisingly useful apprehension of the Eternal and Invisible Order that hath no name among men. [via]
This entry was posted in A∴A∴, Hermetic Library Reading Room, T Polyphilus: Vigorous Food & Divine Madness, The Libri of Aleister Crowley and tagged A∴A∴, aleister crowley, Arthur Edward Waite, books, Isabelle De Steiger, J W Brodie-Innes, Karl von Eckartshausen, Liber XXXIII, lvx, Reading Room, reviews, T Polyphilus, VVVVV on July 4, 2014 by John Griogair Bell.
Living Thelema
Living Thelema by David Shoemaker is unexpectedly available already in softcover ahead of the planned Aug 25th, 2013 release date.
Living Thelema: A Practical Guide to Attainment in Aleister Crowley’s System of Magick by Dr David Shoemaker, of the Living Thelema podcast, the International College of Thelema, and a Hermetic Library anthology artist, is due for release in September as hardcover or special edition with leather binding by Ars Obscura, and in August in a variety of formats, is available for pre-order.
“The system of spiritual attainment developed by Aleister Crowley is notoriously challenging in its scope. Adapted from the popular podcast segment of the same name, Living Thelema brings a welcome approachability to Crowley’s material, without diminishing the depth of the system. The author focuses on the practical and experiential aspects of the path of Thelema, allowing the reader to grasp the true transformative power of the system.
Beginners and advanced practitioners alike will find much useful advice here, as Shoemaker brings his characteristic down-to-earth style to bear on topics such as ritual and meditation practices, sex magick, astral projection, psychotherapy for magicians, the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, and that pinnacle of attainment known as the crossing of the Abyss.
The author’s background as a practicing psychotherapist allows an entirely unique fusion of esoteric wisdom and cognitive science. Living Thelema is an invaluable handbook for any modern magician.”
Part One: Tools for the Journey
An Introduction to the Qabalah
The Holy Guardian Angel
The True Will
Getting Started with a Basic Magical Regimen
The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram
The Lesser & Greater Rituals of the Hexagram
Liber Resh vel Helios
Methods of Ritual Construction
Asana & Pranayama
Meditation & Visualization Practices
Astral Projection & Control of the Body of Light
Devotional Practices
Liber Samekh & the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel
Sexual Magick & Sexual Mysticism
Part Two: Perspectives on the Path of Attainment
The Methods & Tools of A∴A∴
Tarot & the Path of Initiation
Initiation & Tetragrammaton
The Role of the Ego in the Great Work
The Formulas of LVX and NOX
The Right Use of Magical Power
21st Century Alchemy
The Practical Use of Alchemical Symbolism
Part Three: Life Outside the Temple
Patterns & Cycles in Magical Practice
Dreamwork
Qabalistic Coping Techniques
The Anima & Animus
Cognitive Therapy for Magicians”
LVX = NOX
You may be interested in LVX = NOX an art portfolio with photography by Carlos Melgoza and an accompanying text by Frater Solus Altariora Laboro, which is available from Ouroboros Press.
Ritual Gesture as expressed by Anima Nocturna
The Occult Photography of Carlos Melgoza
We are pleased to be offering these integral images of ritual gesture in a Limited Edition Portfolio and accompanying rite, The Revelation of the Midnight Sun.” [via]
“These photographs are offered in a limited edition portfolio of Type C prints and limited to 26 numbered sets and include a copy of the rite, The Revelations of the Midnight Sun, penned by Frater Solus Altariora Laboro as an outgrowth of his work with the signs in ritual praxis.
Deriving from the western esoteric tradition, LVX & NOX Signs fall into a fascinating repertoire of ritual gestures and postures, mudras and asanas which can also be found in Tantra, internal martial arts such as Tai Chi, and dance such as Butoh. In this specific case the subjects are actual butoh dancers from the Seattle troupe Danse Perdue, given the physical quality of their work they were chosen due to their ability to embody the respective nature of the signs. In Tai Chi they first teach the form or frame, so that one knows how to stand so the energy is flowing. The sign itself is what defines the power. The signs are potent enough to also experience the power of the sign in a meditative space. Sacred postures are thought of as structural conduits of subtle energy. The different ritual postures which one shapes one’s body into conduct specific kinds of energy. The way forces are shaped defines how they act in manifestation. This relates to the magical gestures, the asanas, and especially the god-forms embodied in such ritual postures as the LVX NOX signs. As written in the accompanying text by Frater S.A.L., the combination of the light [LVX] and night [NOX] is what brings on the blacklight experience, an aspect of which entails a realization that that which is perceived to be separate is understood to be united. Thus the nine god-forms represent angles on an ouroboros-like wheel of universal force. In one form of the meditation these signs represent the totality of the universe as expressed in light and shadow. The totality felt through the flesh.” [via]
Lux, originally uploaded by hermeticlibrary.
This is a picture sent to me by T. Thorn Coyle of a framed soap ad with Jayne Mansfield saying “I LOVE LUX”. There’s so many things to love about this image, I’m not even sure where to start.
The Hermetic Library visual pool is a visual scavenger hunt for images of a living Western Esoteric Tradition.
Images of your ritual or ritual space, images of sigils or tools, showing off your own library or special volume from the restricted stacks, sacred spaces and places, esoteric artefacts and installations, inspired paintings and people – these and much more are part of the culture and practice of magick.
This entry was posted in Hermetic Library visual and tagged culture, Jayne Mansfield, love, lux, lvx, T Thorn Coyle on July 6, 2011 by John Griogair Bell.
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REVIEW: Ben Flocks’ ‘Mask of the Muse’ Reviewed by Textura
September 12, 2019Press Reel, Reviews
By: Ron Schepper, Textura
After attending a 2018 Macbeth performance whose mise-en-scène included a smoky bar and recordings of crooners singing old standards, New York saxophonist Ben Flocks was inspired to handpick a dozen classics and recast them in similarly fresh and evocative manner. Issued on his own West Cliff Records label, Mask of the Muse sounds both classic and contemporary, a suite of American songs from another time fashioned for today. Romance and mystery ooze from the melody-rich selections, with Flocks’ husky tenor and soprano deepening the night-time feel every step of the way.
Joined by guitarist Ari Chersky (also the album producer), keyboardist Frank LoCrasto (piano, organ, Rhodes, mellotron, etc.), upright bassist Martin Nevin, and drummer Evan Hughes, Flocks augmented tunes by Johnny Mercer (“Dream”), Robert Maxwell (“Ebb Tide”), and others with two of his own and a pair by Chersky. Some songs carry with them associations—Billie Holiday with “Dream of Life,” for example—but they largely fall by the wayside as the recording plays, so reimagined are they by Flocks and company. With the leader’s luxuriant, soulful horn and his bandmates’ luscious backdrops enveloping the listener, it’s easy to forget other artists made the songs famous. A retro-futuristic spirit permeates the set, the material both conveying a bold cinematic quality and an intimacy characteristic of a small nightclub.
Chersky’s sultry “Muse’s Mask” sets the romantic scene with a slow tempo and Flocks’ warm tenor singing the melody, the others supporting him with a blues-drenched backing. He divests Mercer’s “Dream” of its Roy Orbison connection with a straight-up reading whose languour’s deepened by steel guitar-like shadings and brushed drumming. Here and elsewhere, the leader introduces the tune with a largely unembellished voicing of the melody before serving up an extended solo that while liberated from the melody still stays within its orbit. His command of phrasing, tempo, and dynamics makes listening to his playing one of the album’s primary pleasures. And though there’s much of it to sample when Flocks solos on every track, he, like his bandmates, doesn’t overplay. The others solo so rarely, in fact, their turns stand out even more noticeably when they happen, the one by Chersky in the bluesy “Smoke Rings” a memorable example.
As central as Flocks’ horn is to the album, the playing of the others is as critical to its effect. Hear, for instance, during “Ebb Tide” how much Chersky’s chords and LoCrasto’s keyboard textures add to the music’s splendour. His organ also warms the fire of “Dream of Life,” the quintet treating the tune to a swinging midtempo reading that suits Flocks perfectly. A striking effect also distinguishes the arrangement of Maxwell’s “Shangri-La,” with the inclusion of mellotron (connected, apparently, to the Space Echo, an audio analog delay effects unit produced by Roland) intensifying the dream-like quality of the music.
Some swinging tunes do appear (e.g., “Street of Dreams”), but Mask of the Muse is less a conventional jazz album than a collection of instrumental mood music one could imagine the quintet presenting at a ballroom—even if Flocks’ playing, his soloing in particular, brands him a jazz player. Even further, a number of tunes are slow-jam blues ballads and the leader’s “Siren’s Spell” (a rare soprano outing) is more brisk bossa nova than anything else. How apt that this enticing set turns out to have been recorded at Dreamland Studios, located in Hurley, New York, at the edge of the Catskill Mountains.
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The average Cashier - Grocery Store salary in the United States is $24,920 as of May 28, 2020, but the range typically falls between $22,371 and $27,654. Most start-ups would opt for a mini grocery store. That’s because the start-up expense would depend on many factors including: The size of your grocery store. But some people have noticed that Instacart charges customers more for items than the store does. The way we all buy and consume food has changed dramatically since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. No matter how many items you’re purchasing, the grocery cart, as you probably already know, allows you to carry and transport these items easily throughout the store. Get ready for higher prices at the grocery store. Starting a small – scale but standard grocery store business in the United States of America will cost about seventy-five thousand dollars to two hundred and fifty dollars ($25,000 to $50,000). Our guide on starting a grocery store covers all the essential information to help you decide if this business is a good match for you. A free inside look at United Supermarkets hourly pay trends based on 192 hourly pay wages for 89 jobs at United Supermarkets. As stated my grocery store is ending hazard pay of $2 an hour tomorrow and I’m really not experienced in organizing or how to advocate for us to keep our $14.25 wage. Aldi: £9.10 (£10.55 in London) Second is Aldi, which bumped up its staff’s pay to £9.10 an hour from the 1 February 2019. Filter by location to see Grocery Clerk salaries in your area. The average hourly pay for a Stock Clerk, Grocery Store is $11.05. 2. Hourly Pay posted anonymously by United Supermarkets employees. “It’s an awful decision: Go to work and put your life at risk, or lose your job, lose your income, and lose your insurance,” a 67-year-old grocery store worker told Vox’s Luke Winkie. I decided to investigate and here's what I learned: Instacart doesn't always charge more than the store price. As stated my grocery store is ending hazard pay of $2 an hour tomorrow and I’m really not experienced in organizing or how to advocate for us to keep our $14.25 wage. The average Grocery Outlet salary ranges from approximately $17,324 per year for Customer Service Associate / Cashier to $171,692 per year for Store … A grocery cart, often referred to as a shopping basket or trolley car in the U.K., is a common staple found in grocery stores across the world, can provide a customer with convenience while shopping. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $11 to $13 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $12. Salary estimates are based on 2,851 salaries submitted anonymously to Glassdoor by Grocery Clerk employees. Get Paid to Deliver Groceries: Earn $25/hour Grocery Shopping by Saeed Darabi - Last Updated October 16, 2018 (This post may contain affiliate links.) April 16, 2020 update: California governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order recognizing the fundamental importance of farmworkers and employees at grocery stores, fast food chains, and delivery services. Any advice would be much …
The price begins from around $200,000 and may reach over a million dollars or more. If you’re like most people, you probably visit the store to grocery shop at least once or twice per week. However, it’s hard to give an exact figure. So I've wondered why does Instacart charge more than the store. We calculated how much you’d spend with each of the grocery delivery services per month for groceries that would cost $200 per week in-store at an “average” grocery store. The average hourly rate for Cashier - Grocery Store ranges from $11 to $13 with the average hourly pay of $12. Aldi’s new rate is 10p higher than the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended ‘real living wage’ of £9.00 per hour outside the capital while matching the £10.55 suggested for London. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education , certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession.
These are the key expenses you are expected to make when starting a medium scale but standard grocery store business in the United Kingdom; In the United Kingdom, Online applications are usually registered within 24 hours and cost £12 (paid by debit or credit card or PayPal). How much does a Grocery Clerk make?
Then we added in each delivery service’s extra fees, assuming our hypothetical shopper would place orders once a week. Visit PayScale to research stock clerk, grocery store hourly pay by city, experience, skill, employer and more. Instacart is a delivery service that makes shopping much easier for people. Average Grocery Outlet hourly pay ranges from approximately $7.85 per hour for Team Member to $18.25 per hour for Retail Merchandiser. How Much Does It Cost to Start a Grocery Store in the UK? The national average salary for a Grocery Clerk is $22,646 in United States. What is the average cost to open a grocery store? The order increases “sanitary measures” and provides two additional weeks of paid sick leave for workers who fall ill with COVID-19. It's COVID-19's fault. Our store is unionized. Learn about the day-to-day activities of a grocery store owner, the typical target market, growth potential, startup costs, legal considerations, and more!
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Oni Chefs Matt Spinner and Dave Kocab to Open Take-Out/Delivery-Only Italian Comfort Food Spot Conforti
by Douglas Trattner
Chef Dave Kocab reports that since switching formats from Ushabu to the more casual Oni, the small Tremont restaurant is doing surprisingly well thanks to a combination of carry-out and limited dine-in business.
“It’s that fine line between keeping your business open, but being socially responsible to the community and the neighborhood,” he says. “If we saw some kind of stimulus in the works, we wouldn’t have dine-in. But it’s a necessity right now and we have to do as much as we can to be safe and conscious about it while we’re doing it.”
The business that he runs with chef-owner Matt Spinner hopefully will get another reliable revenue stream starting in January, when the team opens Conforti. Located in the adjacent space (2173 Professor Ave.), the Italian concept will be pick-up and delivery only. The small property is currently home to Freddie’s, but for the next six months at least will be the HQ for Conforti.
“Italian is something that’s always come natural to me,” adds Kocab, who previously has worked at Black Pig and Trentina. “Conforti means comfort. What we’re really trying to go for with this food is comfort. Everybody’s all stressed out; I feel like it’s a good time for something like this.”
The menu stars polenta and risotto, which will arrive sauced and garnished. Those items will be joined by grilled and roasted meats, which are designed to be eaten on or with the starches. Those proteins likely will include steak, roasted chicken and meatballs. In an intentional move to not step on any neighborhood toes, the only pasta dish will be lasagna.
“The style will be that of a communal Italian family dinner,” notes Kocab.
Look for Conforti to begin cooking in early January.
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Film Response #2 – Citizen Kane
For our second response paper, we were asked to view Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941) and analyze a scene and/or cinematic technique. Here’s what I submitted. I do really like the film, but there are some glaring plot holes that disturb me to my non-critical core.
Within its non-linearal structure, one significant two-minute flashback in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941) that takes place during the interview of Mr. Leland (Joseph Cotton) at the hospital includes six brief scenes demonstrating the breakfast time exchanges between Kane (Orson Welles) and his first wife Emily Norton (Ruth Warrick), and these scenes feature clear and subtle clues to the sour trajectory of Kane’s first marriage. As the camera dissolves from Leland in the foreground to the early days of Kane’s marriage to Emily in what critic James Naremore identifies as the “celebrated breakfast table montage,” Leland states in a matter-of-fact fashion that, after the first few months, their marriage was “like any other marriage.” Through these six brief scenes, we learn that Leland’s observation of their relationship implies that most marriages begin with passion and dwindle into silent despair and contempt.
Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941)
The first scene within this two-minute flashback opens with Emily sitting daintily at the breakfast table and pours herself tea. Her bright formal gown, we realize, has been worn since the previous evening, and Kane enters jovially with a cloth napkin and food for each of them. His tuxedo and demeanor are clearly aligned with his adoration of his young wife. Throughout this exchange, Kane appears to be so enamored by her beauty that he rather rudely interrupts her speech as he repeats a compliment. The shots cut back and forth on each character during this first scene, but the indication is clear that they maintain intense eye contact. Kane’s boyish body language exhibits his helplessness against her pronounced beauty. The sexually suggestive conclusion of this first sequence implies Kane’s willingness to sacrifice time from work in order to stay with his wife. Yet, this brief moment of mental and physical attraction is never superseded in the following five scenes within this flashback, during which the contents of the breakfast table and each character’s body language serve as two key unstated changes that support Leland’s claim of the marriage’s typical downward spiral of passion.
During the subsequent five scenes, all of the food and drink are already on the table, which suggests that Kane’s cordiality has floundered. There is no physical contact, and each character experiences an increase in stress, though Kane attempts to insert self-serving wit to wash away the building discontent. Flowers appear between them in the foreground during the opening three portions, but they are absent remaining scenes, serving as a clear metaphor for their relationship. Though we are naturally drawn to each character’s face during each interaction, the removal of the flowers creates a void between them and seems to broaden and lengthen the physical space between husband and wife. This subtle space-generator signals the growing distance among two former lovers.
Consistently, each scene opens with a medium shot of Emily always facing Kane directly; however, Kane’s position across the table moves slightly to his right over the next two medium shots on him. This “turning away” indicates a departure from the giddiness we see in the opening scene. In the fourth scene, Kane is formally dressed for his day and faces her squarely, but this repositioning is overshadowed by his business-like demeanor. Emily questions Mr. Bernstein’s presence in the nursery, but Kane coldly rejects this concern. In the penultimate exchange, each character’s facial expression has drastically shifted to concern and defense. Emily’s hopefulness to discuss matters of concern has been replaced with a clear indication of her growing frustration. Kane’s squinted eyes demonstrate his equal amount of angst. The final wordless exchange, though, serves as a powerful microcosm of their marriage’s demise. Emily’s intentional choice of her husband’s rival newspaper implies her eventual departure, and Kane’s sneer over his copy of the Inquirer echoes his selfishness.
Naremore identifies Citizen Kane as “a series of reminiscences by witnesses to Kane’s life,” and suggests that viewers are being presented the truth through these interviews. Though Mr. Thompson’s interview with Mr. Leland creates an opportunity for this flashback, the scenes potentially misrepresent the “truth” they attempt to exhibit because they are, notably, conjecture from someone who was not in the room during these alleged exchanges. If we assume these six brief moments were constructed in Leland’s mind through a variety of Kane’s comments, we must then understand that these scenes are subjective and not objective. Thus, the subtle strategy of this flashback further emphasizes Kane’s tireless protection of his ego and appearance to the world. Naremore also centers on the ironies of the five distinguishable extended flashbacks. The six short scenes in the singular montage between Kane and Emily include examples of irony as well. Kane and Emily appear in either contrasting colors or clothing choices. Furthermore, viewers experience dramatic irony in this flashback since neither Kane nor Emily know that their marriage will dissolve before its tragic and sudden end in her death.
Tags American cinema, American film, Citizen Kane, classic films, film criticism, film response, Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick
Bicycle Thieves (1948) – Response Paper 1
*I am beginning a new graduate course today at Ball State – ENG 654 – Film Studies. We were tasked to view the film Bicycle Thieves and write a brief 500-700 word response prior to our first class session tonight.
The film is available for rent or purchase through streaming services, but there is also a site/app called Kanopy where it can be viewed for free by subscribers. My response begins under the photo below.
L: Enzo Staiola (“Bruno”); R: Lamberto Maggiorani (“Antonio”) in Bicycle Thieves (1948) directed by Vittorio De Sica.
The 1948 Italian film Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) from director Vittorio de Sica features the quest of Antonio Ricci, a newly employed layman, who searches for his stolen bicycle. Antonio’s dependence on the bicycle is not only established quickly, but the bicycle also proves to represent various tangible and intangible elements of humanity. The bulk of the narrative exhibits Antonio modeling strong, respectable citizenship while in the company of his young son Bruno, yet Antonio reaches a moral threshold that clearly demonstrates a central struggle through an example of the circumstances that would lead anyone to contradict one’s own ethical code.
The choice of the bicycle for this purpose is apt due to its multifaceted symbolic power. The universality and familiarity with bicycles contributes to the power of the film’s general thesis which exhibits the challenges one man faces with his own moral code while under extreme duress. Bicycles are often associated with youth as the first mode of transportation that truly separates the owner/rider from his or her home and outside the realm of visible adult supervision, which conjures the notion of one gaining independence. The independence Antonio desires is not one of isolation from others but rather one that would remove him out from under the weight and struggle of poverty. As Antonio’s story develops, the bicycle further serves as a symbolic generational bond between Antonio and his son, and the clarity of the father-son relationship blurs at the same pace as the whereabouts of the stolen bicycle.
The opening sequence of the film cleverly establishes the immediate, yet undefined, significance that owning a bicycle has for Antonio, and this leads to the first of many conflicts the protagonist faces. Viewers are immediately immersed in the struggle all of the unemployed workers experience, and their frustration with the lack of opportunity quickly becomes a microcosm for the oppressed individuals. Because Antonio has pawned his bicycle, his wife Maria decides that selling their bedsheets, objects she clearly treasures, is worth the sacrifice so Antonio can not only reach the desired position but eventually earn enough to take them out of their dire financial state. Thus, the specific bicycle he re-claims serves as a physical representation of his past debt and current cash crisis.
What is so striking about this scene is how quickly Maria’s sharp and selfless idea to pawn the sheets comes to her when compared to the visibly painful and helplessness Antonio displayed after accepting the job bid. In this scene, De Sica could be promoting the maternal instinct to think of the entire family’s needs before her own, but this altruistic action is never later discussed among the couple. However, upon buying back his bicycle, viewers watch through Antonio’s vantagepoint as the sheets they’d just sold are stored into an immense and seemingly endless collection. It is clear De Sica felt an obligation to contrast these two through tangible goods for this scene to garner as much as time as it does.
Once the bicycle is stolen, the narrative’s tone returns to the struggle the unemployment line conjured in the opening scene. Antonio helplessly chases after the thief, earns little or no respect from law enforcement, and becomes visibly fraught with the notion of returning home to his wife and newborn to explain the loss. Interestingly, De Sica opts to allow the viewer to watch the seedy heist the three-man team of thieves initiate come to fruition, which makes the audience experience the struggle and helplessness right alongside Antonio. Because the lone thief who rode off initially was shown briefly and only in profile, the audience cannot be any more sure than Antonio himself when he believes he’s found him the following afternoon. De Sica thus forces Antonio and the viewer to consider one’s willingness to reach closure, even if it means putting others into a poorer condition.
Tags Bicycle Thieves, film criticism, film response, film review, Italian film, Vittorio De Sica
Lively…on Beyonce (?)
Much of the conversation in class after we finished viewing Lemonade this week centered on the expansive funding required to produce a professionally scripted and directed visual album that features elaborate costuming, choreography, and set designing. There is something to be said about the size of the platform Beyonce has by leading the production of this film, but that creates a slippery slope. These discussions can, for example, suggest that various hypothetical redistributions of the presumably hefty final costs of a project of this size might have directly benefited intended viewers and very people it features. That said, the film has spawned a large academic response in just three years, so it stands to reason that scholarship on it will only grow at a higher frequency in the coming years. Thus, our attention should be redirected toward the functionality and general value of the film.
Ashleigh Shackleford’s article discusses representation, and the tone of her essay mixes compliments with condemnation. The notion of representation is an intriguing one because, on the surface, it seems to be the most respectful way to display oneself artistically as conscientious of minorities and marginalized groups. However, meeting our collective idea of how we are differentiated (e.g. age, gender, sexuality, ableness, skin tone) would lean toward inclusion more than it would representation. Shackleford sees the film as a missed opportunity for Beyonce et al. to destroy stereotypes from within the Black community because the film does not include any “fat” Black women, especially since “fat” professional dancers exist, but none were brought into the fold of this film’s creation. If this criticism of the film were included as a paired text with Lemonade for undergraduates or high school students, the instructor has an obligation to chart the distinct differences between these two terms.
One of the arcs presented throughout the visual narrative is that of a jaded lover who vocalizes her inquiries as to the whereabouts of someone with whom she is intimate, and we eventually see that she has correctly guessed at/uncovered his disloyalty. A particularly curious portion of the narrative that stands out early in the film is the baseball-bat wielding version of Beyonce whose anger is represented through various acts of glass-smashing, denting, and crushing while maintaining a presumably satisfied smirk. While these criminal acts may not just be a thinly veiled revenge trope, the sinister exuberance she appears to be experiencing while creating so much havoc is simultaneously progressive and regressive. Fearlessly acting out an immediate impulse to destroy can inspire (especially impressionable) viewers to react just as violently through similar vivid, lasting “statements” when they are victimized. However, it is equally regressive not to promote a less violent response. The Louisville Slugger-swinging character clearly represents a fed-up woman whose struggle while being on the receiving end of a (now former) lover’s emotional abuse are behind her. This angry, reactionary, and physically agile persona exemplifies the liberating ramifications of shedding the anvils of a toxic relationship by violently (and/or maniacally?) destroying objects of literal or sentimental value, but the character here is less directly reminding viewers that it is only the relationship–not the individual–that has died. Perhaps a second missed opportunity lay in the absent scenes of this liberated, untethered woman celebrating a personal or professional success instead of the imagery of instant gratification, which, at its core, perpetuates the adrenaline-enhanced–but relatively brief–antidote that a smashing ceremony does for one’s soul.
Tags Ball State University, Beyonce, criticism, discussion topics, feminism, film criticism, graduate school, Lemonade, literary analysis, Literary Criticism, violence and relationships
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The Plant Fever That Swept Through Victorian England
Orchidelirium and pteridomania, orchid fever and fern mania respectively, were 19th century concepts for an obsession with plants. The intense and growing fascination with cultivating indoor plants in Victorian England and the glory of these splendid plants was even said to have made ladies swoon! Then again, it seems like just about anything made women swoon back then.
The concept of houseplants was a burgeoning subject and the obsession with everything exotic was growing rapidly during the era of colonial rule. Plants like tobacco, tomatoes, coffee and tulips had previously been acquired by Europeans through colonization and had become highly prized additions to domestic products and plants. Tt was an extension of this practice that led to the collection of all manner of plants from afar, many with either great culinary or physical beauty.
The craze for exotic plants became profitable in the 18th century, with the royalty and aristocracy of England seeking the latest and greatest from her colonies, which importers charged a rarified price for.
Orchids were seen as precious prizes to be wrenched from the hands of Mother Nature herself, and without cloning and industrial propagation, they were a rarity fit for royalty, which made them all the more desirable for the middle and upper classes.
Ferns, too delicate to grow in dry or polluted areas, were grown in something like terrariums which were then called Wardian cases, a forerunner to our modern and chic geometric plant containers. Likewise orchids rose in popularity, a status of wealth and a symbol of exotic plant beauty. Anyone who’s ever grown an orchid can tell you they are finicky, a further sign of wealth and skill if you could get one to flourish in the 19th century.
Beyond just being a passion for the wealthy, indoor and small scale ornamental gardening grew with the newly minted middle class, who were flocking to cities in the wake of the industrial revolution. The small spaces of the city and the separation from agrarian life meant that plants were being seen as a precious commodity, to be tenderly cared for.
Soon greenhouses, designer pots, and exclusive plant varietals were sweeping the ranks of the rich in England and the fads were often acquired by those across Europe and the Americas as well. Grand Victorian rooms were remiss without some fern, dracaena, palm, or other exotic and showy plant to liven up the space.
The advent of central heating and the increased output of the materials needed to build greenhouses meant that tropical plants were within reach for the middle classes and Victorian decor demanded at least a little bit of the flair and science that owning tropical plants dictated.
Today we are experiencing a revival of these 19th century trends with the popularity of fiddle leaf fig trees, ferns, palms, and orchids featured in interior design magazines on the regular and terrariums selling in a big way. Though the trend for air plants and tiny succulents puts the emphasis on small, compact, and modern decor, it’s interesting that the Victorian obsession for cultivating lush indoor greenery is still growing strong!
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Park Kwangsu at the KCC #2: The Uprising
by Events Editor posted 15 Mar 2012 16 Dec 2017 updated 16 Dec 2017
in Events | Film & TV. 2 minute read
The attractions of today’s second screening of Park Kwang-su month include Lee Jeong-jae in period costume and a brief glimpse of Shim Eun-ha dressed as one of Jeju Island’s famous diving women. But in general people find this particular movie as dull as ditchwater.
The Uprising (1999)
Director: Park Kwangsu
Date: 15 March 2012, 7pm
Theatre: Multi-purpose Hall, KCCUK
In the late 1800’s, during the Joseon Dynasty, the newer Christian religious movement was gradually gaining strength and numbers, quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with and increasingly taking power from traditional Confucians. The declaration by the Joseon government, in 1901, of heavier taxation than had ever been seen in Korea (which was strongly supported by French Catholic priests in the country) caused the heated feelings of the Confucians to explode, resulting in a rebel Confucian army being formed which subsequently laid siege to the Christian stronghold in Jeju and resulted in the massacre of hundreds of Christians in little more than a matter of days. The Uprising details the events leading up to the assault, focusing on the story of Yi Jae-su, the young man destined to become the leader of the rebel army…
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In case you miss it, here’s the glimpse of Shim in her haenyo outfit:
Shim Eun-ha in Uprising
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Plant Utilities Engineer 1
Stony Brook, New York
Plant Utilities Engineer 1 - 2003453
Required Qualifications: As per Civil Service Standards. Must have taken and passed the required Plant Utilities Engineer 1, State Civil Service Decentralized Exam and be reachable on the appropriate current Civil Service list (See "Special Notes"). Must have, keep and maintain the appropriate valid NYS Driver's License; have a motor vehicle record which is free from major violations or a pattern of repeat violations. (***Out-of-State Applicants, see "Special Notes") . Ability to climb, stoop and do moderately heavy lifting/moving (up to 50 lbs). Candidate must be able to perform the physical tasks of the position such as bending, lifting, stretching and climbing. Must have the ability to work in confined spaces and from a ladder, scaffolding or man lift over ten feet in height. To qualify for this position, the selected individual must successfully pass a pulmonary function test to certify them to wear protective equipment; for example respirators. The tests shall be provided by the employing department.
Preferred Qualifications: An Associate's Degree in Plant Utilities Technology or the equivalent.
Brief Description of Duties: A Plant Utilities Engineer 1, is responsible for operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, testing and calibrating mechanical and electrical equipment provide heat, hot water, ventilation, air-conditioning and electrical distribution in the most efficient and safe manner possible. Incumbents also make recommendations on major overhauls and replacement of equipment and initiate activity relating to energy conservation project.
Operate steam and hot water boilers including lighting off, firing, cleaning and shutting down system.
Operation of chillers and related equipment.
Read and interpret technical manuals, specifications, design, drawings and wiring diagrams. Working knowledge of OSHA, PESH, EPA, DEC Health, New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Codes and Labor rules and regulations as they relate to the requirements of the occupation, including oil, spills, air quality, stack emissions and water contamination.
Operate multi-fuel systems which could include oil, gas, and diesel. Duties include lighting off, warming up, checking for leaks, checking temperature and pressure and securing.
Clean, inspect, maintain and repair boilers including but not limited to flushing, tubing and chemical cleaning of water side and fire side of boiler equipment, repairing brick work and other related maintenance and repair duties.
Performs all chiller maintenance, such as cleaning condenser tubes, cleaning of evaporator, maintenance and repair of steam turbines, pumps, air compressors, steam systems, cooling towers, motors, motor starters and variable frequency drives.
Handles various types of hazardous materials such as; refrigerants, Freon, gas, fuel oil, solvents, antifreeze, biocides, bitrates, amines, cyclohexylamine, marpholine, diethylamino ethanol, acids, caustic soda, regulated waste and refuse.
Responds to incidents having potential environmental impact and/or safety concerns, such as chemical spills, oil spills, and blowouts and may be called upon to implement evacuation plans in emergency situations. Maintain "right to know" incidents.
Work in confined space situations using personal protective equipment and supervise others working in confined space using personal protective equipment.
Work at high elevations up to forty feet off the floor or ground level. Ladders are used for Emergency Exits that are 4 to 5 stories off the ground.
Tolerate high noise levels. The noise level in the Power Plant can be in excess of 90 decibels. Hearing protections is required to be worn at all times when working in the Power Plant.
Electrical hazards - Incumbent repairs and maintains high and low voltage distribution equipment such as motor controls and emergency power distribution systems.
Will be required to keep written records of maintenance performed, fuel consumption and meter readings; prepares various reports such as equipment malfunctions.
Provides training and assistance to subordinates.
Other duties as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.
Special Notes: This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week, shift and pass days varied. Night and weekend work required. FLSA Nonexempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Mandatory rehire roster candidates have preference.
The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.
Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.
Essential Position: This has been designated as an essential position based on the duties of the job and the functions performed. Positions that are designated as such are required to report to work/remain at work even if classes are cancelled, and the campus is working on limited operations in an emergency.
To be considered for a Plant Utilities Engineer 1 position, candidate must have a reachable score on the Plant Utilities Engineer 1 decentralized exam list.
Along with submitting this electronic application, please complete and submit an Application for NYS Examinations and Supplemental Questionnaire by following this link https://www.cs.ny.gov/extdocs/pdf/20-450&20-451.pdf . Fully completed applications MUST be submitted to West Campus Human Resources Department by email to karen.diebel@stonybrook.edu or by fax at 631-632-4984 along with copies of all supporting documents (certifications/degrees/licenses). You may also mail your application to Human Resource Services, 390 Administration Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794-0751.
There will be no written test as the score is rated on education and experience. The supplemental questionnaire IS YOUR TEST. Please refer to the Civil Service Examination Announcement for additional information prior to submitting your application and supporting documentation.
https://www.cs.ny.gov/examannouncements/announcements/pdf/20-450.pdf
***Out-of-State Applicants: Please note as a condition of employment and in order for this position to be tendered, the successful incumbent will be required to provide evidence of a valid license and driving abstract from the state issuing the license within five business days of a conditional offer and must obtain a NYS driver's license within 30 days of acceptance of offer.
Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university, The Office of Equity and Access (OEA) at (631) 632-6280 or visit OEA .
In accordance with the Title II Crime Awareness and Security Act a copy of our crime statistics can be viewed here .
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Official Job Title: Plant Utilities Engineer 1
Job Field: Plant Utilities Engineer
Primary Location: US-NY-Stony Brook
Department/Hiring Area: West Campus Power Plant-Stony Brook University
Schedule : Full-time Shift : Variable Shift Hours : TBD
Posting Start Date: Jan 12, 2021
Posting End Date: Jan 27, 2021, 4:59:00 AM
Salary: As per civil service guidelines
Salary Grade: SG14
Appointment Type: Permanent
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Ransomware Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Kevin Fream June 14, 2016 Leave a Comment
Ransomware Epidemic
Ransomware is a type of malware that is covertly installed on a computer without knowledge or intention of the user. Ransomware restricts access to the infected computer system by encrypting data and demands that the user pay a ransom to the malware cyber criminals to unencrypt the data.
The FBI recently reported incidents of ransomware on the rise, particularly against organizations because the payoffs are higher. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a recent alert on emerging ransomware variants. Last year, Matrixforce posted CrptoLocker Prevention: Top 12 Defenses Against Business Loss. However, still today no single anti-malware or firewall can prevent ransomware infection. These cyber attacks are so sophisticated that computer users may become infected from legitimate websites, without clicking on links on a page or in an e-mail. Further, new strains are corrupting server and workstation operating systems, requiring full re-installation of systems AND restoration of data to replace encrypted files.
There is no one method or tool that will completely protect you or your organization from a ransomware attack.
– James Trainor, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director
The FBI Infragard reports that nearly 10% of Oklahoma businesses are infected by ransomware each month, with cybercrime only continuing to escalate. In response, Matrixforce has issued an emergency warning to existing customers and developed a new Overwatch® service to mitigate ransomware:
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Ransomware Attacks
This spring, NBC news reported that ransomware attacks cost businesses over $200 million in just the first three months of 2016. As ransomware attacks escalate, ransom prices vary depending on the ransomware variant and the price or exchange rates of digital currencies. Thanks to the perceived anonymity offered by cryptocurrencies, ransomware operators commonly specify ransom payments in bitcoins. Recent ransomware variants have also listed alternative payment options such as iTunes and Amazon gift cards. It definitely should be noted, however, that paying for the ransom does not guarantee that users will get the decryption key or unlock tool required to regain access to the infected system or hostage files.
Hospitals, financial institutions, and small business are particularly easy prey and big pay days for cyber criminals. Because of compliance regulations, each of these groups must also pay government penalties and disclose security violations to protect the privacy of customers. Unfortunately, the notoriety only gives more incentive for cyber criminals.
Mac ‘Ransomware’ Attack Exposes Vulnerability of Apple Users – For the first time, security experts say, a dangerous form of software called “ransomware” has successfully targeted a Mac operating system, piercing an image of safety that Apple customers had long enjoyed.
Hospital Declares ‘Internal State of Emergency’ After Ransomware Infection – A Kentucky hospital says it is operating in an “internal state of emergency” after a ransomware attack rattled around inside its networks, encrypting files on computer systems and holding the data on them hostage unless and until the hospital pays up.
Big Paydays Force Hospitals to Prepare for Ransomware Attacks – One of the most extreme cases took place in February, when Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center handed over $17,000 to hackers who took over its systems.
Congress warned about cybersecurity after attempted ransomware attack on House – Congressional gridlock can usually be blamed on stubborn representatives and senators. But a new string of ransomware attacks on the House of Representatives could stall legislation more effectively than party infighting or a filibuster.
‘Ransomware’ crime wave growing – It began with an early morning phone call and instant fear for the technology director of Horry County, South Carolina’s school district.
Maryland hospital: Ransomware success wasn’t IT department’s fault – MedStar, the health network of 10 Maryland hospitals struck by a ransomware attack last week possibly due to failed system patches.
Ransomware alert issued by US and Canada following recent attacks – The plague doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. Why should it? It’s proving a lucrative swindle for cyber thieves.
‘Ransomware’ Attacks to Grow in 2016 – The number of cyberattacks where malware holds user data “hostage” is expected to grow in 2016 as hackers target more companies and advanced software is able to compromise more types of data, according to a report from Intel Corp.’s McAfee Labs.
Ransomware attacks quadrupled in Q1 2016 – Ransomware has taken off in 2016, with attacks in the first quarter coming at quadruple the rate seen last year, according to figures from a leading security vendor.
Ransomware: Lucrative, fast growing, hard to stop – The hackers behind recent high-profile ransomware attacks on U.S. hospitals are using business methods that might be familiar to some Silicon Valley start-ups.
Ransomware Prevention
Naïve or arrogant computer users foolishly believe that they are protected from ransomware with anti-virus or firewalls, or know enough to avoid infection that could really never happen to them anyhow. However, the only way to prevent full compromise from ransomware is a combination of new cyber security, on-going breach policy/procedure education, and stringent device controls.
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Small and medium-sized businesses are especially easy targets for cyber attacks and largely unaware of compliance penalties. Business owners and management teams should literally take a lesson from the approach and title of the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. Because of Internet publicity, organizations can no longer ignore cyber attacks and compliance risk.
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December 25, 2020 December 25, 2020 Maximum Z community, creativeness, creativity, determination, encouragement, family, networking, perseverance, persistence, pie, relationships, screenplay, screenwriting, script, social media, writing, writing process community, determination, encouragement, family, persistence, pie, relationships, screenplays, screenwriting, script, support, writing
Holiday shorty today, because who wants to spend part of their Christmas reading a lengthy post on a screenwriting blog?
Seeing as how this is the season of giving, here are some hopes I give to you:
That you and yours are all holding up in these very trying times.
That you appreciate all the supportive people in your life, and let them know that.
That even with our lives a bit discombobulated you still found the time to write (and/or film) something this year. Maybe even a few somethings.
That despite sheltering-in-place and social distancing that you were able to keep and maintain your connections within the writing community.
That you strove/strived to establish new connections. It’s easier than you think!
That you’re just as enthusiastic for other writers’ successes as they are for yours.
That even though you might feel frustrated or disheartened when things don’t work out for you, that you find the strength to keep going.
That you know every other writer has gone through the exact same things, and are more than willing to offer up words of encouragement.
That you keep pushing yourself to improve your writing, and enjoy yourself in the process.
That you continue to be the amazingly talented and productive creative person you already are.
And with the sentimental portion of the program out of the way, it’s time for pie.
Enjoy, and happy holidays.
A holiday Q & A with Heather Hughes & Kate Wharton
December 18, 2020 December 18, 2020 Maximum Z Austin Screenwriting Competition, beats, books, Christmas, contests, family, Hallmark, Nicholl Fellowship, opportunity, originality, PAGE International, pie, pitching, plot, screenplay, screenwriting, script, story, storytelling, structure, subplot, television beats, characters, Christmas, contests, Hallmark, predictability, screenplays, screenwriting, script, story, structure, television, writing
Heather Hughes and Kate Wharton have been writing together for over 12 years and worked with Disney, Hallmark, and Lifetime, as well as a plethora of indie filmmakers.
They are both graduates of the TheFilmSchool in Seattle and studied with the late, great Blake Snyder.
They are represented by The Nethercott Agency in Los Angeles.
What was the last thing you read or watched you thought was incredibly well-
written?
Heather: I thought The Queen’s Gambit was extremely well-written. The characters were very real and they avoided all tropes. I really enjoyed the mother and that character defied all my expectations. We also just rewatched Breaking Bad, which is about as far away from Hallmark movies as you can get, but genius
Follow-up: a Christmas movie, TV or feature, you think is well-written.
Heather: We detail the seven sub-genres of Hallmark movies in our book and we’re huge fans of the “fake boyfriend” sub-genre, which we call “The Christmas Fake Out” or “Rent-a-Boyfriend” and thought The Mistletoe Promise (2016) was quite well done.
We also like Mary Christmas, which has one of the most satisfying and unexpected endings of any Hallmark movie ever. It’s not The Usual Suspects, but for these movies it was a shocker!
Kate: Hallmark’s The Angel Tree is very nicely done. The plot setup involves good Hallmark-appropriate conflict and there are a couple nice plot twists. I think it’s the best of this year’s 40 new Hallmark movies.
How did you get your starts in the industry, and how did you get into writing Christmas TV movies?
A producer requested our screenplay, which had done well in a contest. He routinely asks the directors of the contest to send him the winning scripts. When we started writing together, we were advised that some screenwriting contests were a way to get noticed. That proved to be true for us. We consider Austin, the Nicholl Fellowship, PAGE, Big Break and Kairos to be some of the best contests.
You refer to these films as Cozy Christmas Romances, or CCRs. Is romance a necessary component of the story template?
Romance is a requirement for this genre. When we first started writing these movies we assumed that any wholesome content would appeal to these networks. We spent a lot of time pitching heartwarming stories that routinely got turned down. It wasn’t until we’d been at it awhile that we realized that these scripts had to be about—to steal from the late great Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat—two people who are better together than apart AND they needed to celebrate Christmas not just take place at Christmas. Or, as one producer told us, “It needs to be about Christmas, not just set at Christmas.”
There is an abundance of CCRs on several channels and streaming services, with new ones coming out each year. To what do you attribute the popularity of the CCR?
There are several reasons they are so popular. These movies are predictable, safe, and uncontroversial. It’s a great escape! We like to call them the mac-and-cheese of movies. They’re familiar, warm and comforting. You won’t have nightmares after watching them and you can watch them with your 92-year-old grandma and your six-year-old niece.
No one will be offended by them and they won’t trigger anyone. When we were researching the book, we actually found that a lot of military vets enjoy watching them because they can relax knowing that they won’t encounter any disturbing content.
What was your inspiration behind your book IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE HALLMARK! WRITING A MADE-FOR-TV CHRISTMAS MOVIE?
We learned these rules in dribs and drabs while we were working with and pitching to companies that make films for Hallmark. It would have been helpful to us if someone had written down these guidelines. For instance: we wrote a whole spec script featuring a couple in their 50s thinking it would be perfect for them. After we submitted it, we learned the protagonists needed to be 28 – yes, they actually said 28. We wish the production company had told us that at the start!
How much research went into putting the book together? How many Christmas TV movies did you end up watching?
If you ask our husbands they would say thousands, but it was really more like several dozen. We also did extensive research with a ton of screenwriters, agents and producers. Some were eager to share, but wanted anonymity, especially when talking about money. After doing more and more interviews we began to see specific rules emerging. There are always exceptions to these rules, and we aren’t out to stifle creativity. But when we compiled our findings, we began to see them as a roadmap for writers who would like to write in this genre.
In the book, you list the 7 main types of CCRs. Obviously, that’s not all they’re limited to, but a majority tend to fall into one of those categories. If a writer comes up with something totally different from any of these but could still be considered a CCR, does that hurt their chances of getting it noticed?
We came up with the seven after watching many movies and reading all of the loglines. We’re sure there are more subgenres or ways to put these movies into buckets. We’d love to hear from your readers who identify others!
If a writer comes up with a new and original subgenre it could be great! But the companies seem to be buying similar content. If the idea strays too far from the conventions of the world (a Christmas town full of zombies, for example), it might hurt your chances of selling to Hallmark. Other networks might love it, though!
Hallmark has honed its brand to the point where they know the 85 million viewers who tune in during November and December and what those viewers expect.
A few chapters involve the CCR beat sheet, along with filling in the blanks about the story. Some might say that there’s a certain predictability to these stories, so what advice would you give to writers striving to come up with something original?
We’ve noticed that many writers struggle with plot. They start writing with a lot of momentum, and then get stuck around page 50 because they don’t know what’s going to happen. The beat sheet is a fill-in-the-blank exercise to teach the writer a structure that is common to all these movies. If you’re great at plot without a beat sheet, then you probably won’t need this roadmap.
These movies are intentionally predictable, but within that framework there is a lot of room for originality. If you want to write CCR movies, your original ideas will probably center on an unusual hero, and a unique romantic combination. For example: you could find a new reason the female character needs to leave the big city, an unusual job for the male character, or a unique Christmas activity to include in your montage.
You also go into “what to do after the script’s done”, i.e. queries, meetings, etc., and reference several non-professional writers who sold their scripts. While not every script is guaranteed to sell, is this something you would recommend for aspiring writers?
When you write a script, the goal is to get someone to buy it and make it into a movie—unless you want to film it yourself, which is a great option for aspiring filmmakers. After writing your script, the second hardest thing to do is to get people to read it. Our process of research and queries is a good system for getting people to read your script, regardless of your genre.
We think this is a good place for new writers who like these movies to break in simply because of the sheer number of CCRs made each year. This year Hallmark made 40 new movies, Lifetime made 30 and UPtv made 5. There is never a guarantee that a script will be optioned, but there are many companies looking for content.
The two of you are about more than just writing Christmas TV movies. How can people find out more, as well as order the book?
We love teaching and writing together. Readers can contact us through our website writingtherom.com or on our Facebook page We Heart Rom Coms. You can buy our book on Amazon, and we’d love to hear any thoughts your readers might have about it. Feel free to reach out!
Readers of this blog are more than familiar with my love/appreciation of pie. What’s your favorite kind?
We both adore pecan pie with a ton of lightly sweetened whipped cream! No wonder we’re such great writing partners!
If your pie preferences run a bit more savory, we also recommend Costco chicken pot pies. They’re amazing—flaky crust, delicious chunks of chicken, and a light creamy sauce. Find them in the back, by the rotisserie chickens—It’s a cost effective, delicious meal.
The appeal of appealing to a younger demographic
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Multiple generations, engaged and enraptured. Fine by me.
During a recent phone conversation with another writer, I’d mentioned having wrapped up work on the pulp sci-fi spec.
“What’s it about?” they asked. I proceeded to give them my 10-second elevator pitch, plus the “THIS meets THAT” combo.
“Huh,” was the response. “It sounds cool, but it also sounds like it would be a kids’ movie.”
I suppose that’s one way to look at it. My preference is “a rollercoaster ride of a story, fun for anybody from 8 to 88”. That’s always been my approach when I set out to spin a ripping yarn.
Was I supposed to view their comment as some kind of insult? As if there’s something negative or shameful about writing material that appeals to kids? Because that hasn’t worked at all for Disney or Pixar.
PIxar especially has a reputation for producing films that appeal to all ages. There’s been a lot written about the immense amount of time they spend on making sure the story is rock-solid. One of the most-read articles for screenwriting is based on part of their process, and those don’t just apply to animation; they’re for ALL screenwriting.
Let me also throw a couple of “kids movies” out there. You might have heard of them.
Star Wars. Harry Potter.
One’s been around for 40 years, with no sign of letting up, while the other just celebrated 20 years of entertaining readers and moviegoers.
On the surface, both are solid, simplistic stories about the fight of good versus evil. But is that all they are? Heavens no! There’s universal appeal, engaging characters who grow and change, themes being explored, conflict like you wouldn’t believe – all told through a filter of imagination. Don’t let the presence of lightsabers, magic wands, or animated, talking animals distract you from what’s really going on.
And let’s be honest. Both of those series have done more than okay at the box office.
Not too shabby for “kids movies”.
Now, I’m not saying any of my scripts are in the same arena as those, but a good story is a good story, no matter who its target audience is. And if it appeals to a younger generation as well as my own, what’s wrong with that?
And you know what else works with kids movies? Kids grow up, and eventually have kids of their own. What do they watch? The movies the parents enjoyed as kids.
Who wouldn’t want to write something that leaves a lasting impression on a young mind, and then see them pass their love of that story to later generations?
For me, that’s what it all comes down to – writing a script that tells a fun and exciting story that anybody could enjoy. And if that includes kids, that’s fine by me.
O, the joy of a southernly jaunt
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Fortunately, I didn’t have to resort to this
The suitcase is put away. The dirty clothes laundered. The thank-you notes sent.
All the result following your humble blogger’s recent trip to the land of potential future employment, aka Los Angeles, which continues to yield results and, hopefully, keep on doing so.
“Los Angeles? How in the world did that come that about?” you may ask, and probably just did.
I was invited. At the behest of a new media company (as in “new media” i.e. online content, not “a media company that is new”) called AfterBuzz TV that produces a myriad of programs about an even wider variety of topics – all entertainment-based.
This one in particular is called The Unproduced Table Read. As the title implies, after finding a heretofore unproduced script they deem appropriate, they assemble members of their core group of actors and do a table read of the script – first as livestream video, then viewable on Youtube. Following the read, there’s a brief q&a with the writer. Sometimes the writer’s there in person, or if they can’t make it in, done via Skype.
Seeing as how the City of Angels is an hour-long plane ride away, I opted to attend.
They’d found my fantasy-swashbuckler in the archives of the Black List website and thought it fit the bill. The producer contacted me earlier this year, and after some informative back-and-forth emails, it was all set.
Seizing the opportunity of being in town, I also went about setting up meetings of both personal and professional natures. Although the scheduling didn’t work out with a couple of potential representatives, I was able to have some very productive conversations with some exceptionally talented professional contacts.
Networking, people. Establish and maintain those contacts! SO worth it.
But getting back to the table read. It was great. And fun. The actors did a fantastic job, and as a bonus – they really, really liked the script on several levels. I’m quite thrilled with how it turned out.
Was it worth doing? I’d say so, and not just because it got an enthusiastic reception from the people involved. It’s probably a little early to see if it’ll contribute to the career-building aspect, but it definitely makes for a strong marketing tool.
If you ever get the chance for a table read to be done for one of your scripts, take it. You can even put it together yourself. It’s a great way to evaluate the material, plus the actors might provide some unexpected insight. All you need is a workable space and the ability and willingness to feed your performers.
While talking afterwards with the show’s producer and some of the actors, somebody asked what other scripts I had. I mentioned the western. “We haven’t done one of those,” was the reply. Thus raises the possibility of a return trip. Time will tell.
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Can multiple people operate one account?
I am wondering if it's fine for multiple people to use one account.
For example, you have 20 friends from your school who are good with 20 different programming languages. You created one account and gave them your Stack Overflow login information and they all login and answer questions based on their own programming language tag every day. Within few months, the account rep becomes extremely bigger than Jon Skeet's rep and with more than 20 gold tag badges.
Does this break any Stack Overflow rule?
If not, is this fair to other Stack Overflow users?
I do not do this. I am just curious.
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Not to nitpick your question, but catching up to Jon Skeet is nigh on impossible unless you consistently get repcap and more then 10-15 accepts and/or large bounties daily for years. – mag Sep 22 '17 at 11:48
Sounds like a good way for 20 people to get question-banned at once:) – Martin James Sep 22 '17 at 11:50
@Magisch The John Skeet part was just a joke. I don't think that can ever happen even in 20 years let alone in "months". – Programmer Sep 22 '17 at 11:56
related question on overmeta: meta.stackexchange.com/q/82509 . – Gimby Sep 22 '17 at 12:00
@Programmer Since Jon gets 200 rep every day regardless of accepts, excluding bounties, you would need to get almost 180 accepts every single day to catch him in less than a year. So, it's doable I guess... Ahem... – DavidG Sep 22 '17 at 13:27
@DavidG In that case it it but still extremely complicated. – Programmer Sep 22 '17 at 14:09
Try asking John to send 20 of his clones for your help. Its technically the same person you know. So its possible but its again up to him if he is willing to pass himself or not... – 0014 Sep 23 '17 at 18:30
Excellent question! I'd never thought of that. It's the reverse we focus on. – user3956566 Sep 24 '17 at 3:36
Semi-related: gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354/… – Tas Sep 25 '17 at 4:44
No, multiple people cannot legally operate a single account.
The Stack Exchange Network Terms of Service prohibit this. Accounts can only be operated by individuals, and they are solely responsible for all content submitted under that name.
1. Access to the Services
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Stack Exchange may offer to provide the Services, as described more fully on the Network, and which are selected by Subscriber, solely for Subscriber’s own use, and not for the use or benefit of any third party. Services shall include, but not be limited to, any services Stack Exchange performs for Subscriber, as well as the offering of any Content (as defined below) on the Network. Stack Exchange may change, suspend or discontinue the Services at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or Content. Stack Exchange may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict Subscriber’s access to parts or all of the Services without notice or liability. Stack Exchange reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify these Terms of Service at any time by posting revised Terms of Service on the Network and by providing notice via e-mail, where possible, or on the Network. Subscriber shall be responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar with any such modifications. Use of the Services by Subscriber following such modification constitutes Subscriber's acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement as modified.
Subscriber certifies to Stack Exchange that Subscriber is an individual (i.e., not a corporate entity) at least 13 years of age. No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information to or on Stack Exchange (including, for example, a name, address, telephone number or email address). Subscriber also certifies that they are legally permitted to use the Services and access the Network, and takes full responsibility for the selection and use of the Services and access of the Network. This Agreement is void where prohibited by law, and the right to access the Network is revoked in such jurisdictions. Stack Exchange makes no claim that the Network may be lawfully viewed or that Content may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If You access the Network from outside the United States, You do so at Your own risk and You are responsible for compliance with the laws of Your jurisdiction.
(Emphasis added.)
Further:
7. Registration and security
As a condition to using Services, Subscriber may be required to register with Stack Exchange and select a password and profile name. Subscriber shall provide Stack Exchange with accurate, complete, and updated registration information, including Subscriber’s e-mail address. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of this Agreement, which may result in immediate termination of Subscriber's account. Subscriber may not (a) select or use as a profile name a name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; or (b) use as a profile name a name subject to any rights of a person other than Subscriber without appropriate authorization. Stack Exchange reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel a profile name in its discretion. Subscriber shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Subscriber's password. Subscriber is solely responsible for any use of or action taken under Subscriber’s password and accepts full responsibility for all activity conducted through Subscriber’s account and agrees to and hereby releases the Network and Stack Exchange from any and all liability concerning such activity. Subscriber agrees to notify Stack Exchange immediately of any actual or suspected loss, theft, or unauthorized use of Subscriber’s account or password. The Network will take reasonable security precautions when using the internet, telephone or other means to transport data or other communications, but expressly disclaims any and all liability for the accessing of any such data communications by unauthorized persons or entities.
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That's exactly a main reason why account sharing is prohibited in, for instance, online games. Otherwise the laziest excuse called "I haven't done that, he did" could've been valid :-) :-) – Skipper Sep 23 '17 at 18:14
@Skipper It doesn't really matter in that case, the account gets banned either way, with or without the excuse – Passer By Sep 23 '17 at 18:16
I find it disturbing this information isn't all that obvious. Sure its in the terms of service, but realistically, that is one of the largest wall of text on the site. The presence of such a question is proof not that many people read through that. – Passer By Sep 23 '17 at 18:18
I asked about this once and was told that this is okay, but I don't believe it should be, and this confirms it. I believe that this information is not taken as seriously as it should be. I have my suspicions of some high ranked users having shared accounts, but this is something that cannot be proven, which is the biggest problem associated with this. – cs95 Sep 23 '17 at 18:26
@PasserBy You act like most people read the terms of service of websites or software. Most don't and that shouldn't be "disturbing". It's just that there so many terms of services for anything you use these days to the extent that you would grow white hair by the time you're done reading all of them. I read the rules on this site and sometimes Google some of them I can't find specific one. I don't think this question is bad like you made it seem. – Programmer Sep 24 '17 at 2:50
@cᴏʟᴅsᴘᴇᴇᴅ It can actually be detected by checking if someone is typing an answer from multiple devices at the-same time,if there is different IP Address for different answers posted recently and within few minutes apart, posted long answer in a very short amount of time from 2 different IP Addresses. A combination of behaviors can be used to detect this. I am sure the team can put something more sophisticated to detect this if not already. – Programmer Sep 24 '17 at 3:21
@Programmer Um.. you misunderstood. I meant the information isn't displayed prominently enough such that not all users know this before registering. ToS are the worst written "manuals" out there (because they are'nt), look at Google Play Store for a far better way of displaying info – Passer By Sep 24 '17 at 5:28
@PasserBy I think I did. I apologize for that. – Programmer Sep 24 '17 at 5:30
@Andrew I phrased it as I did quite intentionally. This isn't really something in the TOS that we enforce unless you are causing a serious disruption on other grounds, so it really is mostly a legal issue. Which also answers the objections here of why it isn't made more visible. It doesn't need to be. – Cody Gray♦ Sep 24 '17 at 10:33
It isn't against the law to use an account with more than one person, so I don't think it is accurate to mention that it is "illegal". Also, your citation only addresses the owner of the account, the "subscriber", and not the actual use of the account - it just states that the subscriber is liable for any and all actions. While I am not advocating using an account with more than one person, nothing here really prevents that, except perhaps for the part stating SE will shut down an account for their any reason they want (multiple users being the reason). – Travis J Oct 12 '17 at 18:22
@Travis In the United States, breaking the Terms of Service for a website is against the law, a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (a federal law). Now, granted, it is just a misdemeanor offense unless you've abused the service to commit some other type of felony, but it's still illegal. Aside from that, "illegal" just means "not sanctioned by official rules". Microprocessors and compilers say that instructions are "illegal"; it doesn't mean using them will get you arrested by the state. Clearly, then, doing things that are a violation of the ToS counts as "illegal". – Cody Gray♦ Oct 13 '17 at 8:49
@CodyGray - That would require a rather egregious break of the ToS which at that point would really have nothing to do with the terms so much as the consequential actions. Illegal generally refers to something breaking criminal law, and while you may argue that it is possible in some scenarios to cross that boundary while violating ToS, having other people use the account would most certainly not qualify. – Travis J Oct 13 '17 at 18:22
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Who Are The Bumiputras Of The Eastern Shore? The “Been Heres” and “Come Heres”
by Metty Pellicer
Having just returned from visiting Malaysia, Indonesia, and Borneo, where the inhabitants are classified according to nativity, culture, language and religion, I immediately saw a parallel, in the way I was asked by new friends who were attending the Palace Theater’s engaging production of Arsenic and Old Lace, “Where are you from? Why did you choose to come here?”
In the course of this getting-to-know-you conversation, I learned about the Been Heres and the Come Heres , an intriguing classification that calls for understanding.
And so just like any curious arm-chair scholar, I went to Google for further information. I found very little on the subject involving Cape Charles. An article in the Cape Charles Wave by George Southern titled Shore Thing, described the distrust and arms length treatment of outsiders by those whose families had been in the Shore since Jamestown. An article by Mary Strock, referred mostly to the unbridled welcoming of corporate big money development Come Heres by County leaders vs. the non-recognition of the contributions of individual Come Heres, who buy property, pay taxes, support local business, and inject vitality to town life by introducing a new life style. But the illuminating information came from the heated discussion of the article in the comments section, by readers who touched on similar themes as the Bumiputras.
A Bumiputra, (son of the earth) in Malaysia, Indonesia and Borneo, are inhabitants who are born in these countries, whose parents were Indigenous, or who were Malays. To be a Malay, a legal definition, one must have ancestors who are ethnic Malays, descendants of Astronesians who predominantly inhabited these countries in ancient times, who traces genetic origins with Taiwan indigenous people and Negritos, who must speak the Malay language, adopt the Malay culture, and must be Muslim. The Bumiputras enjoy a privileged legal treatment under the Constitution. Everyone else, such as the Chinese, and Asian Indians, who had ancestors in the country brought in by the colonial rulers to labor in the tin mines and rubber plantations, are not accorded this legal privilege and must fight politically to be classified Bumiputra. The Been Heres are the Bumiputras of the US, based on nativity, race, language, culture, and religion. The Indigenous American Indians, are not Bumiputras, in the way they would be in Southeast Asia, and the Blacks and Chinese, whose ancestors were brought in by the Been Heres to work the plantations, and lay down the country’s infrastructure, also have to fight politically to gain legal privilege. And although legally equal they continue to be discriminated by the Been Heres in overt and subtle ways.
The erudite analysis I found, in the literature of city and town planners on gentrification, and in the research papers on identities and ideologies along the rural and urban interface. Distilling these sources became an exciting journey for me in understanding not only the Been Heres and Come Heres of Northampton County but also the current political and racial climate of the United States and the phenomenon of President Donald Trump.
Chuck Brodsky, an American singer-songwriter, captured the difference and conflict in a most relatable way in his song The Come Heres and the Been Heres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_XpA8z1XPk
Well, the Come Heres and the Been Heres
They don’t get along
I’ve been here fifteen minutes
I knew something was wrong
The waitress was not friendly
Neither was the cook
To ask how far it was
To the town of Stonybrook
The Come Heres live in cabins, the Been Heres live in Shacks
They say hello in passing
And talk behind each other’s backs
White collars vs red necks
Horses vs mules
City kids they come here and make the teachers look like fools
Come Heres come with Laptops, Nintendo, VCR’s
Some have their telephones, beside their foreign cars
They wanna make no smoking zones in all the public spaces
They want to pass ordinances outlawing turkey races
Well, the ancestors of Been Heres
They came here early on
When there were just the Indians, and once they’re gone
They claim themselves the New World
There’s lots to go around
Claimed bunch of properties
And built this little town
Now the Come Heres nearly have the votes to make their own mayor
In the last election they won half the council chairs
They took over the school board
They outlawed morning prayers, teach evolution, sex education, there
Been Heres do their drinking in their own saloons
In the Come Heres’ Microbrewery there’s a separate dining room
Been Heres shop Kmart and at Walmart, where they mix
They think of one another as Cavaliers? and Hicks
The Come Heres have the pussy cats and their little white French poodles
Been Heres have their hound dogs with names like Yankee Doodle
Comes Heres like to watch the ducks and some like to feed them
Been Heres like to shoot them and take them home and eat them
The Come Heres keep on coming
New ones everyday
They come for second chances
The new world as they say
They buy and sell these properties
For unheard of amounts
Come Heres keep on coming they’ll map this little town
The Come Heres and the Been Heres
To towns that overlap
You would not even see it
By just looking at the map
And alls there
At Christmas time when the tree is just the tree
And you could not tell whose kids were whose
Sitting there on Santa’s knee
There’s talk about a fence
The whole town is divided half for and half against
The song is clever and entertaining, but it emphasizes the stereotype of the group, which maintains prejudice. But the Been Heres and the Come Heres I’ve met, are nothing but the friendliest, welcoming, and helpful people you could know, who are involved in their communities and are active in preserving this piece of paradise for the future generations to enjoy.
Doing away with prejudice by getting to know each other as individuals and fellow human beings is our hope for getting along in harmony. In Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, the city is divided, the North has a Bumiputra Mayor, and the South, a Chinese. In building the Border Wall, we go in the same way of division, a giant step backwards.
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