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Parama's Spontaneous Roulette v1.5 (Back From the Dead)
Did you suffer enough in this roulette?
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Re: Parama's Spontaneous Roulette v1.5 (FINAL ROUND LISTENING)
ok i'll do this soon i swear.
have really been feeling exhausted today, and writing is actually pretty tough when you are exhausted
hopefully friday i can have results up
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it's my fault for hosting an EP round tbh. the one in my first one didn't go spectacularly and i can't say i'm particularly impressed by either EP this time either but w/e my fault for hosting this thing.
i dunno if i'll even run a roulette next year at this rate, it's really draining and this one's been relatively disappointing all things considered
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Re: Parama's Spontaneous Roulette v1.5 (FINAL RESULTS)
Evermind: When Whiskey and Cat Unite
iamthemorning – I Came Before the Water (Part 1)
First Impressions:
Well, it’s a simple and brief intro. The vocals are maybe a bit shrill for my tastes but on the whole this is pleasant enough. Not really… much else to say, especially on a time crunch!
As an intro track, I’d say this does set the tone pretty well. Some lovely string-heavy textures and a lonely vocal line. Very brief though. I’m still not sure I’m a huge fan of the vocals, but they’re… alright. But as a song by itself, this really just doesn’t have much time to even offer much, unfortunately. And I don’t have the time to say much more, either. This would probably work better in the context of its own album, and it feels a bit unfair to judge it here on its own, but that’s the roulette format, I suppose.
5.5/10 (#17 of 18)
Serious Black – I Seek No Other Life
I legitimately can’t tell these vocals apart from Avantasia or Blind Guardian. It sounds like the exact same singer. I’m not particularly noticing any other qualities about this song at all, either. The vocals take center stage pretty heavily. Most of the guitar work is background chugging, the drums are straightforward and energetic but pretty standard. Well okay there is one solid riff and the guitar solo’s fine enough. This is basically the kind of song that I don’t mind listening to but doesn’t stand out enough in any way for me to really remember much about it, I feel.
Yes, the contrast between the previous song and this one is suitably jarring and I know you did that on purpose. As for the song itself. Uhh. I said… basically everything there is to say in my first impressions writeup. There’s a decent amount of power and energy to this that I can kind of get caught up in if I don’t think about it too much. But if I do think about it too much I tend to notice how spectacularly standard this song is in every way.
I won’t say that’s necessarily a bad thing to be, but for me, yeah… you know I like my unique, memorable stuff quite well and this just doesn’t do it for me in any real way. But I mean, I don’t particularly dislike it either, it’s just unlikely I’ll ever remember it.
6/10 (#15 of 18)
Árstíðir – Ages
Really liking the vocal harmonies at the start here for some reason, can’t put my finger on why but they’re nice. The song does a solid job of being dynamic enough even when maintaining a quiet mood. The strings help too, always nice. A bit of a simple track and maybe not especially satisfying as a ballad but it’s nice enough.
Yeah, the vocals are the clear highlight of this track, the harmonizations are pretty strong and both voices are rather pleasant on the ears naturally. And the vocals have a nice build to them throughout, while still being anchored on a main melody.
The repeating guitar line throughout this is probably the element I like the least, it’s a bit too repetitive in its structure and a bit generic too. It’s the kind of guitar line always used to give things a bit of a folky feel, which it accomplishes here I suppose, but it isn’t especially interesting on its own. The strings and horns and piano and everything else though, they create a great atmosphere for the vocals to play off of.
It does feel like the track ends a bit anticlimactically, or ends before it really hits its stride, or something along those lines. It doesn’t have any climax to build to, I suppose, which is probably its biggest failing, but that aside it’s an enjoyable enough track, though I can’t say it hits me especially hard.
7.25/10 (#9 of 18)
David Gilmour – Faces of Stone
The somber piano intro is pretty effective if I say so myself. I really like that kind of sound in general, though. I thought this was going to be a straightforward ballad at first but there’s circus music or something in the background for some reason? Which is… an interesting choice. I guess it’s more like polka though? Or something? I dunno. The guitar solo is, unsurprisingly, pretty great. I mean, it’s David Gilmour here. The song feels like it lacks a climax though, and ends a bit unceremoniously. On the whole I like this, though there are some weird choices and it feels like it lacks… something, to make it really work.
Honestly that verse is so out of place here. What’s that weird melody doing anywhere near the rest of this song? Why is there polka? This doesn’t even work with this part of the song, much less the rest of the song that surrounds it, which is a more straightforward ballad track. Sure, the weird bits give it flavor, but… flavor in a bad way, I’d say.
The rest of the song though is quite good, really. I really like the piano intro, probably more than any other part of the song, and I can’t put my finger on why. The guitar solos are both quite solid, especially the longer one near the end, and there’s a pretty solid moment of build after the first brief solo. I think that bit was supposed to serve as the climax? But it comes too early and doesn’t hit hard enough. The outro solo could also be the climax, but it never feels like it reaches the peak of what it’s building too and fades out before it gets the chance.
It’s a bit of a malformed song in that regards, and with regards to the random polka on the verses as well. There’s parts of this song that I like, but it just doesn’t feel particularly well thought-out or stitched together right.
Also, I never commented on the vocals I guess. They’re fine. Never been a massive fan of Gilmour as a singer, but he’s fine here, sure.
6.75/10 (#12 of 18)
Primal Fear – When Death Comes Knocking
Yeah, will already agree with what you said in your essay, this is much more up my alley than Serious Black. This song, for one, has riffs! And the riffs have a strong groove to them, which I dig. Also really liking that chorus. Though I’m not finding much else to talk about here. The sitar (?) bit in the middle is fine albeit maybe a bit cliché at this point really. On the whole it’s a solid metal tune though, sure. May need more listens to really pick it apart though.
The transition from the previous song into this one works pretty well with that quiet intro. It gives a bit of breathing room before the song kicks in. Though honestly this isn’t especially heavy, but that main riff does have a really nice groove to it.
I said I might need more listens to pick it apart, but… no, this is definitely a “what you see is what you get” kind of song. There’s not a ton of meat on the bones of this track, but I’m alright with that when the main basis of the song, namely that main riff and that chorus, are both pretty strong.
The only bit of flavor comes in the sitar bit in the middle and the way the crushing guitars play off it, and while, yeah, it’s a bit standard for this kind of power metal track, it’s executed well enough to be interesting regardless. The guitar solo is pretty solid too, though there’s a weird bit where it sounds like it’s about to end but then goes on for a few more measures, and those last few measures are maybe a bit disposable in comparison to the rest.
But yeah. Pretty basic song structure here and I could see myself getting tired of this one if you gave me more time to spin it, but as it is I do like this a decent bit.
7.5/10 (#5 of 18)
Mark Knopfler – Kingdom of Gold
Folk music wasn’t what I expected from this artist but sure I can roll with it. Ahh, hmm. This is probably a very nitpicky thing and it came up with The Flower Kings before but. Vocalists that just sound really… old, I always have trouble with. It’s just simply not a style I like. And I worry that’s going to hold true here. Musically this song is fine enough, pretty solid though not hitting me especially hard, so hopefully the vocals grow on me because they’re not doing much for me right now.
…nnnnnope. Don’t like those vocals at all. Just doesn’t do it for me. It doesn’t help that the vocal melody itself is reeeally repetitive, and the same melody that the flute and violin around it plays too. That melody is the only thing I ever remember about this because it’s a bit hammered in. But really the problem here is just the timbre of his voice. It’s too gravelly and deep for me, it’s just specifically a style that has little appeal to me. I wouldn’t say he’s a bad singer or anything, just not what I’m looking for.
Of course, the vocals dominate a lot of this song, and what they don’t dominate is mostly dominated by the flute and violin line that, while it has a decent amount of swell to it, gets old pretty quick on multiple listens. There’s a lot of parts of this song that sound fairly empty and only a few points where the song really builds to anything; the bit near 4:15 has a nice build going, a climax that some of the other songs on this EP have lacked, but it’s pretty brief.
I just don’t feel there’s much about this song that makes me want to come back to it. Musically it’s little else besides flute and violin driving one melody and the occasional buildup, and the vocals are simply not my style. Gonna have to call this one a definite miss, I think.
David Gilmour – A Pocketful of Stones
Gilmour really likes his stones, huh? Comedy. Musically this is leaning more towards… classical than anything else. Piano and strings and all. Though the strings especially are what makes me feel that, with the way they’re arranged. It’s again a pretty mellow song and again feels like it’s missing a real climax, but it’s pleasant enough regardless? Again the guitar solo is pretty solid, as well.
This song has one major thing over the other Gilmour song on this EP: no polka. Nothing to break the mood or feel horribly out of place. I already like it more simply on that basis alone.
There’s an… interesting atmosphere to this song. It’s very tense, I’d say. The slow atmospheric buildup, the very melancholic strings and pianos behind the vocals, the vocal melodies that sound kind of like a ballad track from a stage play, in the sense that there’s some kind of hopeful sound to them, that the music significantly undercuts in the best way.
Again though this is definitely lacking a climax to tie everything all together. It does build up at a few points and the guitar solo has some swell behind it, but it never feels like it reaches the peak that it should, and cuts off kind of abruptly at the end.
I would say I do like this, but it again doesn’t hit me especially hard and I’m not sure I’m going to remember it very well. Pleasant enough song though, sure.
Trail of Murder – Your Silence
What is it about power metal singers that make them all sound so similar? That holds for both male and female vocals by the way. This guy sounds really similar to the Vanden Plas guy. I mean, I don’t really mean that as an insult as he sounds fine enough, but… ehh, whatever. Anyways. The riffs and groove of this one are pretty solid and there’s a nice amount of dynamics to it. It doesn’t feel particularly fresh but it’s fine on the whole. Not much else to say.
This song finds a nice balance between the Serious Black song and the Primal Fear song, in that its riffs have a nice amount of groove, but also more energy than the latter. The drums kind of keep that energy going throughout the verse, too, even with the quieter, more subtle sound. And I also really dig the punchy chugging that cuts through the atmosphere of the second verse. It’s a neat way to mix things up a little.
The chorus of this one is a little underwhelming though. Doesn’t really feel like it has much power to it, the vocal lines aren’t very memorable, it’s basically overshadowed by every other part of the song. The guitar solo here is pretty tasteful, a decent balance of shred and melodic hooks, doesn’t go on too long and isn’t overindulgent, I dig it.
As with all the other metal tracks here, there isn’t a ton to this one, it’s pretty simple, but as a straightforward metal song I’m pretty fine with it. I feel like I’d grow tired of this one a little less quickly than Primal Fear but I also don’t like it quite as much at the moment.
Temperance – Change the Rhyme
Second time I’ve been unable to find a song anywhere online (edit: the album is out now so never mind), though that could be because this album’s not out yet apparently. Anyways. Big bombastic intro you got there, huh? This is like the first song to have female vocals since the iamthemorning track, I think, a surprising lack of those coming from you. I uhh. Can’t find much else to say about this though. It’s a pretty solid symphonic metal track. The strings and piano and whatnot are all used pretty well and give the song a really organic feel that I quite like. Don’t know if it will be particularly memorable though.
Actually, the vocals on this track are probably my favorite on any track here besides the Árstíðir track, given further listens. The chorus here is a bit strange and ends on this kind of jagged melody that I weirdly dig.
It’s cool how this song continues building up every moment until about the midpoint; the first chorus outdoing the first verse, the second verse outdoing that chorus, and then the second chorus really exploding into life. It gives the song a really strong sense of direction. And the bridge that follows the chorus is pretty solid too, having a second singer in there helps. The little break before the final chorus, that little bit of breathing room, really helps the final chorus hit with more power, too. Without that it’d just be a wall of sound from the middle to the back of the track. Smart touch, that.
What I wish this song did better was its riffs, though, I can’t say there are any compelling riffs here. The piano and strings do help carry the song musically, and the quieter moments have some neat touches as well, but it’s a very vocal-centric song by design. Still like it a decent bit, but like the other metal tracks here, would probably get tired of it given more listens. Solid.
iamthemorning – Lighthouse
So this is the song your competition gave a 9.25, huh? Let’s see then. The freeflowing piano work here at the start is pretty nice. Thus far though I’m kind of… waiting for the song to really start? Thus far it feels a bit empty, I suppose. I guess that’s just what the song is though. Gentle, subtle, somber. That’s fine to be. Oh, never mind, the song does kick in when Mariusz joins the party. Will freely admit he’s never been one of my favorite singers or anything but he’s fine and he creates a nice counterpoint to the female vocals here. The last two minutes here are definitely more my style than the first four but it’s solid on the whole. Probably not a 9.25 though, sorry.
I can see the appeal of this, sure. I guess, for me, the watery piano throughout a lot of this song, the lack of any consistent rhythm, doesn’t particularly work for me though. Especially when a lot of it feels like, not a unison between the piano and vocals, but a tradeoff, two elements not really working in harmony in any real way.
The song does come together a bit more on the chorus, having a consistent rhythm and a solid vocal melody. And the chorus at the end with drums and strings and the addition of a second singer, it works pretty well. The two vocalists work off each other pretty well and the vocal melody the chorus is based around is really pretty nice, yeah. And the song gets points for actually having a solid climax to make the song really feel complete.
But as a whole… most of this just kind of bores me, sadly. I’ll gladly listen to the last two minutes but that leaves an entire third of the song that just doesn’t do a ton for me. And even the last two minutes aren’t spectacular, just pretty good. I do wish I liked this more than I do, it’s a bit unfortunate really.
Overall EP thoughts:
I can kind of see where you’re coming from with this EP; the quieter tunes are all diverse enough to stand out, and the metal tunes are all diverse enough to stand out, nothing here ever really got too confused in my mind. It’s mostly just a shame that not a single track on this EP really does a lot for me, though there’s only one I actively dislike, and it’s not, awful or anything.
As far as flow and structure goes, I think you did a pretty decent job. The brief intro track sets the stage, and, well, the Serious Black song kind of destroys it, but the rest of the songs flow together pretty well, and there’s a balance between the quieter and louder tracks to keep things dynamic.
It’s a pretty well-constructed EP, I wouldn’t say there’s any one song here that feels like a notable outlier from the rest, though obviously there’s a bit of a gap between the metal tracks and the ballads, but not one wide enough to create a disconnect, and it mostly just creates a nice sense of dynamics.
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Ludovico Einaudi – Primavera
It’s really impressive that you managed to send not one but two songs from artists I received in my first roulette’s EP round, and on top of that two of the lowest scoring ones, so uhh, hopefully these are better songs? Anyways, for classical-type stuff this is pretty fine. I’ll fully admit that this isn’t my usual fare though. And it serves as a pretty nice intro too. I don’t know what to say about it, it’s well orchestrated of course and sounds pleasant enough, but it just feels like it’s missing an emotional factor to me. Which is a feeling I often get from classical music, don’t really know why but. Yeah.
All things considered, this seems like a weird thing to send me in particular. But, maybe not that weird, since seneca sent the same artist as the opener of his EP and he won the roulette. Not because of the Ludovico Einaudi song he sent me though, in fact it was one of my least favorite tracks of the round. I wouldn’t say the same about this track though.
I do think this song does have a pretty nice sense of build to it, it starts off soft and somber and gradually builds up to, for classical, a pretty satisfying level of intensity. There’s definitely some degree of power to it, for sure. The fast string lines build a great sense of tension when the build reaches its peak.
It is definitely a bit longer than I’d want it to be though; cut the length of this track in half and I’d like it a lot more, especially since a lot of the second half feels like retreading ideas from the first half in a not particularly interesting way. The climax at the end of the track is a bit bigger than the one near the middle of the track, but not by a lot, and it’s a lot of the same general string lines.
That’s about as many coherent thoughts as I think I’ll be able to put together for this. Like I said, not really my genre, but this is certainly fine enough, I wouldn’t mind listening to it again, though it sort of feels like I listen to it twice every time I listen to it once, so…
*Shels – The Conference Of The Birds
Transition to this from the previous track works really nicely. And I’m pretty okay with how this starts, a straightforward post-rock feel but it’s got a nice amount of texture to it. Yeah, definitely feels pretty straightforward and pretty simple thus far about halfway in. And then oops it’s a lot heavier all of the sudden, sure. This feels like the kind of song that works better in the context of an album than as a song on its own, really, but for what it is I do enjoy it regardless.
I feel like I have little to say on any part of this song, as it makes more sense to just discuss the track as a whole.
Mmm, yeah, I really find myself digging this the more I relisten to it. It’s got that great, majestic sound that I like in my atmospheric music, and it has that sound rather effortlessly, or at least feels that way. It’s really a pretty simple track. Straightforward rhythm, lots of basic guitar chord strumming and straightforward drumming. Yet it all works pretty well together.
And the way the song flows is really well-executed; there’s that initial build to a satisfying atmosphere that backs off for a shorter build until the song really explodes into life; there’s a great sense of tension when you know the song is building to that burst of heaviness but hasn’t quite reached it yet and it’s conveyed pretty well through the music.
I kind of wish there were more of the ethereal, drowned-out vocals on the track, because they work pretty well here, just naturally sliding in beside the instrumentation and creating another layer of texture that adds some emotional depth to the song.
I will say that the horns that come in during the later parts of the song don’t sound spectacular, and they end up a bit unfortunately drowned out when the song reaches its loudest, but it’s a nice touch to have regardless. The song also feels like it could hold on its final climax a bit longer, but it doesn’t overstay its welcome at the length its at nor does it really feel over too soon, so that’s more of a nitpick than anything.
The biggest knock against this song is that it isn’t really particularly special for what it is, and while I do enjoy listening to it I worry if I’ll remember it in a few months’ time. Perhaps I’ll check out the album and see if it really sticks then, we’ll see.
8/10 (#3 of 18)
Eluveitie – Isara
Short little folk track here. With the addition of some drums in the background that make it a bit unique, it’s kind of folk rock but really mostly the folk? Despite its length it goes quite a number of places and I quite like where it does go. Not much to say beyond that at this point, out of time.
Honestly, I’m not sure what to say about this one regardless. It’s… a fine little folky interlude and a pretty nice breather track after two lengthier tracks on the EP. But… there’s not much too it besides that one leading melody, and a bit of buildup when the drums come in. It’s… fine, but it doesn’t particularly interest me, on a stylistic level as well as on a song level. Not much to say, really. It’s fine? Way past out of time to write on this one though.
Nothing More – This Is The Time (Ballast)
The production on this for the first minute is reeeally strange. That vocal effect, the weirdly muted bit before the song really kicks in that just sounds… unfortunately muddy. I don’t think it sounds awful either but they’re definitely some weird production choices I’m not sure I agree with. When the song kicks in it’s… pretty solid metal, yeah. The singer sounds really poppy, but more in a phrasing/rhythmic way, the way the vocal melodies are structured especially. Probably the kind of song that needs more listens but I’m pretty okay with this as is, yeah. I think Train really liked this one if I’m remembering correctly. I can see it really being up his alley, yeah.
I vaguely like this up until the 1:30 minute mark, which is the first point where something really cool happens in the song for me. Still can’t say I dig the production on the first minute, though the part that bugs me the most is the bit right before the heavy riff kicks in, it just sounds bad.
But yeah at the 1:30 minute mark there’s a really catchy vocal line that comes in and a noodle guitar line that plays off the energy of the vocals quite well. And the chorus is pretty dang strong too, the singer sounds really into it and sells the power of the chorus pretty well.
The one thing that bugs me about this the most is the vague influence of nu-metal that creeps throughout a lot of this track; it explains the weirdly electronicized bits and the main riff definitely has traces of that sound. As well the timbre of the vocals could be described as “a bit whiny”.
But in the end I suppose it’s all little things that don’t add up to a bad song, rather a pretty solid one. It doesn’t feel like there’s a ton to this one either, though. Probably because of how long it takes to get started? After that it’s verse chorus verse chorus bridge chorus end. Still. It’s fine enough, yeah.
Beardfish – Voluntary Slavery
So as long as this isn’t a jokey song about a misrepresentation of homosexuality with annoying moments of rotten cheese I’ll hopefully be fine with this, because I was pretty okay with South of the Border musically for the most part but just eeeuugh to the vibe of the song in general. This definitely sounds more like a real song I’d actually want to listen to right off the bat though. It’s got this “not quite metal but still a bit heavy” vibe to it. Maybe not so sure about those vocals, they kind of lack presence or power. I feel like the mixing or production of this really lets it down. Everything kind of feels like it blurs together, it seems really muddy.
Kind of feel like I haven’t given this one enough listens yet, it comes off as pretty interesting stylistically; there’s a rough sound to the whole song, with a lot of palm muted guitar bits, and a big bass presence throughout. And there’s all these little background flourishes that are slightly unsettling. I think that’s the attitude they were going for with this song though.
The vocals, too, have a bit of a rough edge to them, though in that case I’m not sure they quite work in the songs favor, since I can’t say I’m a fan of the vocals. Maybe it’s something about the vocal melodies, too, they don’t particularly grab me, but I think it’s more the rough-edged timbre of the vocalist. He just doesn’t sell that style for me very well.
The song also definitely feels a bit meandering. I sort of just… spaced out listening to this because there’s this stretch in the middle where… not a lot happens musically. The song hits upon that one jagged riff with some not particularly interesting soloing going on for a while.
I definitely feel it’s a bit premature of me to judge this since of all the tracks here I feel like this is the one I have the weakest general grasp on, but, I don’t know. I don’t mind this but it’s not making me want to go out and listen to a lot of Beardfish either.
Gong – Occupy
Okay my immediate vibe from this one is “Shining, but not as heavy/abraisive”. But daaang this hits on a mood for me. Chaotic, jazzy, rigorously tight prog with delicious saxophones. It looks like this is a pretty old band that’s still making music to this day? It kind of shows, there’s definitely a sense of experience to this song. This definitely just struck on a mood really well and I’m kinda wishing it was twice as long as it is, but oh well.
Okay, giving this one more listens, I definitely feel the initial shock of it wore off a little and the curtains drew back to reveal that there’s not exactly a ton of depth to this song. There’s some degree of chaos, but it’s very organized and very predictable once you know what the song’s going for. There’s two main sections to the louder parts and then the cooldown bit that follows.
The sax wailing throughout is probably the most interesting thing overall, since it’s far less predictable, and I suppose the drums keep the energy and frantic feeling going quite strong. Even if it feels a bit stretched thin, I’d definitely say I’m still onboard with this song stylistically. I just wish there was a bit more too it.
It sort of feels like… an idea for a really cool song that they didn’t really flesh out and just left as this short little proof of concept track, that’s pretty neat to listen to on its own, sure, but wears out its welcome pretty fast and leaves you craving something meatier. I like it, sure, but I’d love to like it more, and I feel like the potential was there for something cooler and more interesting. But ehh.
Nothing More – God Went North
That intro buildup is already giving me better feelings about this one than the other song you sent from them. The middle of this song too, with the multiple layers of vocals going on, that’s a pretty cool moment. Yeah, I really feel the power behind this one, whew. The singer nails it during parts of this one and the music’s doing a good job of backing him up. I don’t think this song is firing on all cylinders throughout its entire runtime but when it’s on it’s pretty dang on.
So uhh. On first listen I liked this. On relistens… geez. The entire build of this song. So well-paced. It starts out quiet and ambient, and just keeps building and building, to the point where only a really grand climax would be satisfying and anything else would be underwhelming.
There’s this break from the song’s flow at 1:40 that’s just utterly haunting. The vocals sound so strained, it feels like all hell is about to let loose. And well, it doesn’t quite there, but I mean, it gets there eventually. I just really like that particular bit.
And from the halfway point the song is just… great, really. The big high note at 3:30 that transitions into the big climax of the song is utterly breathtaking, honestly. There’s a sense of vertigo right when he hits that high note and the crushing layers of guitars come in. The song maybe doesn’t quite hold up the climactic feel until its end but it’s a very satisfying climax for the build before it, regardless.
And the song maybe could’ve ridden its high out a bit longer, but I do like where they went with it instead, this really quite cooldown that has its own build into a gorgeous choir of voices. Works really well.
If every part of this song was as good as the best parts of the song, it’d easily be my favorite song of the whole roulette, but even as it is it’s still a damn strong song and one I enjoy listening to every time.
Slowdive – Golden Hair (Live)
Yeah, having a crowd noise at the start might not be the best for flow but WHATEVER. Peeking at this band on RYM and they seem like Zantera/Sacul music more than anything else, hipstercore that’s pretty highly rated. Time to hate on them ahahehehe. Not really though. This has a nice, ethereal sound to it that I’m generally a fan of. It’s very chill, very pleasant. And the way it builds up to a really dense, fuzzy atmosphere. And the drums, doing their own thing during it all. I like it. Sort of hits upon… Oceansize vibes, I think, this is such an Oceansize closer track, I can definitely see why you put it as your closer for sure. Hot damn, that ending. Oh man. I haven’t had this strong a positive reaction to any other song in the roulette this far. I already have the feeling. I’d bet this is the highest scoring song of the roulette. Let’s see if it holds up.
I think the biggest flaw of this song for me is that it takes a little bit to get going. The dreamy, ethereal vibe at the start is nice, but it doesn’t really pull me in until the 2 minute mark when the full band enters.
What really ties the song together for me for the next phase is that driving drumline, with the bass accompanying it; they tie the twinkly guitar lines and warm ambience of the track together and give it a sense of direction.
As well, the drums are the main driving factor into the build of the song, which is, for lack of a better word, awesome. Like, the way the song starts building at the 4 minute mark to eventually reach this roaring wall of sound, dense guitar lines practically screeching out of my speakers, with the drums continuing to tie everything together, and picking up the momentum of the guitars as the song goes forward.
I’ll be honest, I have a weakness for the spastic, chaotic drums like the final climax of this song and a bit of the earlier section has. But especially the drums at the end, they are just plain awesome. It’s basically exactly what Train said about Djakninn in his roulette; the drums have such an emotional charge to them that it’s almost impossible to not get caught up in them, and they have a really intense wall of sound in the background to play off of, so it’s not just like they’re going crazy for nothing. It all comes together for a really, really satisfying finale, both to the song and the EP.
If the entirety of this song were as good as its best moments, again, it’d easily be my favorite of the roulette. As it is, I think it’s juuuust edged out by Wilderun, and maybe the previous song on your EP as well (2 in one EP though, wow) but it could overtake them if I gave this a few more spins, I’d bet.
Some of the track placement on here feels really well-thought out; especially God Went North as a second-to-last track. It has a really grand and massive climax to it, but ends with that quieter phase that doesn’t quite resolve the EP on its own. And then throwing the relatively chill but still pretty grand Golden Hair after to really bring things to a satisfying conclusion, it’s a one-two punch of great songs that play off each other really well.
Primavera also makes a solid opening track and I think Shels was the right choice to follow it with, they flow into each other well and having a bit of a bigger song following the intro track is always a solid structure. Everything else in between feels… a bit there, in comparison, Eluveitie is a nice interlude I suppose, and the next three tracks could basically be in any order and it’d hardly matter.
I’m not especially sure all of the songs here particularly feel like they go together, as well; Ludovico Einaudi and Beardfish are about as stylistically opposite as possible without going full grindcore or something ridiculous, and the Gong track feels a little out of place as well, even if it’s a fairly solid song on its own merits. It sort of just feels like a collection of songs you liked more than a really cohesive EP during the middle stretch, but I mean, I kind of said that the EP score would be relatively minor compared to the individual song scores, so that’s fair enough.
It’s still pretty functional as an EP regardless, and considering the quality of a good chunk of the songs, I can’t really complain.
Considering those scores, it's really not hard for me to pick a winner for this round, and this roulette as a whole...
I couldn't even be bothered to do the math and sum up all the scores, what's the point, it unfortunately wasn't really that close, ehh.
Honestly this roulette was particularly exhausting for me and maybe a bit underwhelming as a whole but there are definitely still a number of bands I'll be looking into further that I wouldn't have checked out otherwise. This format probably did nobody any favors though, definitely wouldn't run it again.
Train of Naught
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Evermind suffers, but why
I feel like I kinda underrated Golden Hair in my roulette even though I admitted many times that I loved it. Unlike you, I was more about that dreamy intro, with the climax complementing it rather than taking over the attention.
I don't remember liking that Nothing More album a lot but based on those comments on God Went North I should check it out again.
Also I know Evermind kinda went above and beyond with the comfort-zone breaking thing but it's still pretty disappointing to see such scores for Faces of Stone and the Mark Knopfler song
Quote from: WildRanger on May 21, 2020, 12:57:35 PM
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Primal Fear ended up being the best song on my EP? Okay.
Wowa, thanks! Two songs scoring a 8.75 is way better than I expected I should have sent the single version of This is the Time without that intro part (I think I sent Train the version without it) ah well, I thought that intro part was a pretty cool addition. I didn't check with songs you got in your previous roulette EP's, I considered sending South of the Border too Glad I didn't. I didn't recon that that Primavera would score higher than a 7 btw, I still had some time left on my EP and thought it'd be a nice opener (and I really love the song myself) Thanks for hosting this Roulette! I enjoyed playing in it
It sort of just feels like a collection of songs you liked more than a really cohesive EP during the middle stretch
Hence the title ;p
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some quick writeups on sacul's ep or something i dunno
Igorrr - Tout Petit Moineau
Honestly I don't really care for breakcore. The only reason it works for me in that Destrage song is because there's this build to it that it capitalizes on and there's a driving melody throughout the whole thing. Here it just sounds like someone inserted spammy drums on top of an unrelated song. The track doesn't reach any sort of intensity until over halfway through the song, at which point it does get kind of cool, yeah, but it doesn't last long and the stuff I dislike about this definitely overtakes the stuff I like. It's not awful on the whole or anything, I like the base of the song, but I just don't get the breakcore stuff at all.
Swans - Lunacy
I feel like these guys work better in small doses than they do long periods of time, so I have no bloody clue why they make all their albums so damn long. Like, this song has a nice build to it and eccentric enough instrumentation to at least be interesting throughout. I like it. I wouldn't say I love it, but it's solid. Not really a fan of the deep male vocals here, though, but you already knew that. I've complained about that like three or four other times in this roulette, I think. I don't know what else to say about this track. It's fine but it's not going to make me run back and see if I missed something after like 3-4 hours of trying to get into these guys in the past.
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Painless Steel
What can I say about this. It's a nice little ambient piece with some nice saxophone going on throughout. I'll probably check out the album??? I like it. It's pleasant. Saxophone is good. It's hard to write any decent kind of writeup for this.
KASHIWA Daisuke - meteor
I like this more than the long program music 1 track I heard, but probably because this is a lot more concise and, well, more to my taste. It's a nice upbeat piece and the strings really add a lot. Sounds like something out of a video game kind of. It's pretty pleasant overall. Also I forgot to write something while the song was playing because I got distracted and I bet it shows in this writeup but I mean this is a lazy sort of writeup to begin with.
Choir of Young Believers - Hollow Talk
I don't really have anything to say about this song one way or another. I'm sitting here trying to think of any words at all but this is just the most "there" song I've heard recently. No real negative qualities and some mildly positive ones, but... nothing that really catches my interest or makes me want to return to it. I've listened to this EP three times now and I couldn't remember a second of this one before this relisten. I guess this is just not for me in the most literal sense of the word.
Gazpacho - Chequered Light Buildings
This song starts off pretty unassuming and kind of in a similar vein as the previous track on your EP but it builds up a lot better and reaches a pretty satisfying climax by the end. I feel like this is one of the tracks I definitely haven't listened to enough to really be writing anything significant about, but here we are.
Janelle Monae - Cold War
If you were officially in the finals I'd have rejected this, since I've heard it before and found it pretty solid when I did, though that was like, 5 years ago? But uhh yeah I only kind of liked it before but it's definitely a "wow this is my jam" kind of song these days. Monae's a great singer and the instrumentation is a nice balance of a semi-retro feel with a more modern pop atmosphere. And I dig how organic everything sounds. I don't really know what else to say, it's just a tight, enjoyable little song.
Indukti - ...And Who's the God Now!?
This is the other song here I don't feel like I have a very good grasp on after only three listens, but to be fair this song is just a lot more complex than the rest of the songs here. I can definitively say I like it though, it's an interesting kind of metal song on the whole. I get a ton of pain of salvation vibes from this honestly, between some of the vocals and the instrumentation. It definitely gets heavier than they ever really get though. It's an adventurous song while still sticking to a pretty consistent main rhythm throughout, not relying on "prog wackiness" to be interesting. The kind of track I'll probably revisit or check out the album for. Honestly probably the best straight prog metal song of the entire roulette too, or as far as I can remember it is.
The EP as a whole sort of feels a bit slapdash, the Igorrr song has nothing to do with the rest of the EP and the last two tracks are kind of off in their own little world too. But the stuff in the middle all feels pretty cohesive and well-paced, the slow build of Swans, the brief break of Painless Steel, the brighter jolt of energy from meteor, and then the two kind of similar but different enough songs that follow. And it definitely ends with a bang, the last two tracks easily my favorite on the whole thing. Wouldn't grade it especially well for flow since the transitions into the last two tracks are a bit weird as is the really abrupt ending of the closer here, but. Yeah. 'Tis a solid EP on the whole.
I'm also going to try and throw together a "best of" album for this roulette this weekend but it will probably be a bit slapdash and not especially well thought-out, most likely just throwing a lot of the songs in the 8 to 8.75 range together until I hit 60-70 minutes or so
Then I can let this thread rest in peace, not having a writeup for this EP was bugging the hell out of me tbh.
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Make it controversial!
Yeah the Igorrr track was mostly out of curiosity, to see how you'd react
Yeah check that Bohren album, the sax is porn on it.
For Swans, go with Soundtracks for the Blind, only got a handful of long songs, many short tracks, quite experimental and ambient, it's great. You'll also hear where much of modern post-rock comes from and how it influenced GYBE!
Gazpacho's Night is definitely more cohesive and intense than Demon, you'll dig it.
The ArchAndroid goes through many styles it never gets boring. Very pleasing album.
Glad you ended up liking some of the stuff on my EP. Looking forward to that Best of Roulette thing
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Wind Tunnels
Double tunnel design coming to San Diego
By PhreeZone, September 24, 2014 in Wind Tunnels
PhreeZone 13
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/24/airborne-skydiving-downtown-east-village/
Skydive ride heading downtown
Two 30-foot-high wind tunnels to simulate free falls, no parachute required
By Roger Showley
6 a.m.Sept. 24, 2014
Updated11 a.m.
Airborne San Diego would feature glass-enclosed skydiving experience where two 30-foot-high tubes would use compressed air to simulate freefalling. / Carrier Johnson + Culture
Now Airborne America plans to build San Diego's next extreme-sport tourist attraction:
Skydiving in a 30-foot-high glass tube.
Buzz Fink, a longtime Coronado resident who operates the Skydive San Diego parachute jumping school near Otay Lakes, plans to build a $10 million, 21,368-square-foot facility with two wind tunnels in East Village.
"Everybody wants to skydive but a lot of people don't want to jump out of a plane," Fink said Tuesday.
Civic San Diego, the city's development arm, posted the project on its agenda for Wednesday's board meeting. Pending issuance of city building permits, construction could begin at 14th Street and Imperial Avenue near Petco Park with opening late next year. It would be the nation's only two-tube wind tunnel attraction.
"Hopefully, we would like to do it in more than one location," Fink said. "We've spent a lot of money on the pre-design and taken time to make sure it's state-of-the-art."
For about $60, you'd don a jumpsuit, helmet and goggles, receive a few minutes of instruction and then step into a glass tube 14 feet in diameter. Novices, from toddlers to oldsters, would float 5 to 6 feet off the ground for two one-minute flying simulations, powered by a 30-foot-wide fan that generates 60 mph winds. An instructor would stand by -- and if the power fails, you'd simply float gently back to earth.
Proficient fliers could rev up the wind to 180 mph and float 30 feet into the air with seven other buddies.
"We picked East Village because it's an up and coming area," Fink said. "It's next to the trolley and bus lines, convention center and ballpark. We thought it would be a great location."
But going airborne isn't only for locals bored with the beach and tourists wanting to get off their feet.
Brent Srock, Airborne America's operations director, said a special training area will be set aside for Navy SEALs and other military personnel where they can learn to free-fall before graduating to parachute jumps.
"They're begging me to open this," Srock said, because the trainees currently have to travel to wind tunnels as far east as Colorado for similar training.
Joe Terzi, president of the San Diego Tourism Authority, said he and his wife and two daughters tried out a similar ride in Las Vegas.
"It's not as easy as it looks," Terzi said, since riders have to learn to spread their arms and legs to take advantage of the wind flow. But he pronounced the experience fun.
Would it appeal to visitors?
"If marketed appropriately and the experience is good, I think it would be another reason for tourists and convention visitors to spend time in San Diego," Terzi said.
Fink, 53, spent 13 years as director of fleet recreation at North Island Naval Air Station and founded Skydive San Diego, which organizes thousands of parachute jumps annually. He was an owner of Sky Venture Orlando, now known as iFly Orlando, before selling out his interests.
Aerolab, a Maryland wind tunnel engineering company, and local architect Carrier Johnson + Culture are designing the San Diego project. Srock said the site is being purchased for less than $2 million and the building will cost nearly $10 million. He said as many as 10 other facilities might be opened around the country over the next five to seven years.
Besides the two wind tunnels, Srock said, a Bubba Burger restaurant and gift shop will be located on the ground floor, and party rooms and training rooms will occupy the second and third floors.
Srock said the building will be about 70 feet high with the mechanical equipment occupying the top 40 feet above the tubes. An additional 50 feet or so of space will be excavated below the tubes, where the air will be compressed and directed by turning vanes to eliminate "dead zones" where the lift effect is absent. The giant fans will be located in adjacent concrete bunkers.
"You'd never know the facility was running when standing outside," Srock said.
Carrier Johnson said in an architectural description that the Airborne San Diego facility's three-story atrium would create a "cathedral-like experience."
"The building celebrates the achievement of human flight, and its architecture is a reflection of the principles of aerodynamics that facilitate it," the firm said.
Between 70 and 90 people are expected to make up the staff; hours of operation are projected to extend as late as midnight. The admission price has not been, set but the iFly Hollywood at University CityWalk Hollywood charges $59.95 for two one-minute flights and $99.95 for a four-minute package.
"It's like the most fun you'll ever have," said Steven Straley, the lead instructor.
Fink, who previously performed as a professional hypnotist, also is an owner of EcoBusiness Alliance, which won a $12 million judgment against the San Ysidro School District related to the cancellation of solar panel installations.
His Skydive flight school, located on Otay Lakes Road in Jamul, has reported several deaths and injuries over the years in parachute jumping accidents.
A veteran skydiver died in March when his parachute failed to open as he was trying an advanced free-fall technique. Another experienced skydiver died in July when his automatic parachute deploying device did not activate. Fink said he currently operates four planes that accommodate 18-23 jumpers each. They skydive from 13,000 feet up.
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cpoxon 0
Seems like a no-brainer with lots of military work nearby.
So this isn't an iFly tunnel: http://www.aerolab.com/
Judging by the brief in the logo competition, Buzz has plans to branch out.
Sounds like it is being built in a rough neighbourhood though? From another article (that didn't mention the double tunnels?)
"It's overdue," said downtown resident Lee Alirez. "All you ever see around here is drugs. My daughter walks to school and we walk through needles."
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wan2doit 6
Yep, very heavy industrial neighborhood close to major railyards, 1/4 mile from I-5 and within about 3 miles of two airports.
In the end I imagine the location has enough good points to justify the investment - I would think traffic in the evening wouldn't be bad since most everyone is gone by 5:00 pm.
Remster 24
Sky venture/ifly 's lawyers are gonna be busy.... :-/
Remster - Why would iFLY's lawyers be busy because of a different tunnel provider?
Do they have a patent on the indoor skydive concept?
Yes, its been floating out there for years that iFly has claimed original US patent rights to most modern vertical wind tunnels designs. Designs like Flyaway in TN/Vegas, the old Ft. Bragg tunnel, portable tunnels and the L1 outdoor tunnel in NC were not in their area but look at one of the patents that they own:
Its pretty broad since it covers both one and two return designs like what iFly currently builds and at least roughly like what ISG builds.
The patent basically says any design that is quiet enough to be in a residential or shopping area and uses a single or double return design is covered.
With the new ISG design being built in Arizona and this new design I would expect iFly to fight this to maintain their Intellectual Property rights.
What Erk said.
I have no dog in this fight,but, for the record, the iFly patents did not hold up when they were challenged in Europe by ISG.
Weren't the people that built iFLY Orlando the first to develop the idea/concept of indoor skydiving and offer the experience to the public?
Subsequently they expanded into the Skyventure company?
Relative noob here with ideas on how it all began but anticipate folks here can improve my understanding of the history of what I am "happily hooked" on now.
Thanks in advance for additional info.
Bluhdow 15
The neighborhood is a little shaky right now, but east village San Diego has been cleaned up significantly and is now very nice and highly desirable. The mess starts around 10th street, with this tunnel being on 14th. I don't think it will take long before the gentrification expands another 4 blocks. I think Buzz knows what he's doing here.
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"Novices, from toddlers to oldsters, would float 5 to 6 feet off the ground for two one-minute flying simulations, powered by a 30-foot-wide fan that generates 60 mph winds."
shancat1 0
I've lived in San Diego all my life. The East Village area has been built up heavily over the past 10 years, starting with the construction of Petco Park. Its becoming an "up and coming" area....I'm guessing if they do it right it could be a good combination of local skydivers and tourists.
stayhigh 0
Skyventure thinks that they are going to sue them once these tunnels starts making money.
Hope they lose. We need something other than McDonalds, we want a Burger King, and Taco Bell right next to McDonalds.
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Vallerina 0
stayhigh
I love me some Skyventure/iFly tunnels, but I agree for selfish reasons. The prices to fly have increased so much over the years, and they can since iFly dominates the market. I'm hoping that either competition or tunnel saturation drives those prices down some.
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BigBUG 0
I really would like to see something built by science windtunnel engineers, not by skydivers. Last generation of tunnels (both iFly and ISG) are great, actually not much could be done better, from my point of view.
So maybe these guys will find a way to make bigger tunnels with less consumption? :)
PhreeZone
Fink, 53, ... was an owner of Sky Venture Orlando, now known as iFly Orlando, before selling out his interests.
That won't help...
adamUK 3
Vallerina
***Skyventure thinks that they are going to sue them once these tunnels starts making money.
This ^
Prices in Skydive Arena in Prague and even more so in the tunnel in Slovakia have come right down due to competition in Europe. The more competition, the better it is for us tunnel flyers.
piisfish 62
The competition brought their prices closer to what they should be.
Imagine the cost of construction in CZ and in UK. Compare the salaries of staff. Etc etc etc ...
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Time will tell the tale on serious competition - probably quite a few years before the current flurry of tunnel building would cause negative side effects because of tunnel time pricing competition levels that drive prices flyers pay near to break even or below cost.
That would seem great at first.
Negative side effects could (not for sure) be compromises in tunnel hardware or facilities maintenance and reduction of positive attitudes demonstrated by tunnel staff due to lower pay.
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wan2doit
IFLY and Skyventure are one in the same. IFLY denotes a corporate tunnel. If it is a "Skyventure" tunnel it is a franchise tunnel but built by the same people.
I am pretty sure I have that right. Most tunnels now are IFLY bc they are moving towards corporate tunnels and away from franchise opportunities..... that is what I was told.
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Maybe, but one thing that I find strange is the differences in pricing for Skyventure vs iFly. For example, Skyventure AZ is $750/hour without coaching (quoted from the website, yes I'm aware that it can be bought cheaper.) iFly Denver is $825/hour. I don't know about maintenance or staff at AZ, but assuming it's equal to Denver, I'm curious to know the logic behind the pricing structures.
jverley 0
powered by a 30-foot-wide fan that generates 60 mph winds.
I think it might be a bit underpowered.
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I'm curious to know the logic behind the pricing structures.
as I see it, AZ tunnel is aimed for skydivers.
Almos every other tunnel aiming at first timers as their primary income.
It might not be.. if it's a 30 foot fan at 60mph but the 'test section' where we all feel the love is, say, 14 ft then for a constant mass flow rate (which it would have to be for a recirculating tunnel) the velocity in the 14ft bit would be over 200mph. That's gotta be one huge-ass diffuser though (like 80ft+ long-ish).
The other issue is that such large fans have a large moment of inertia so they'll take a long time to get up to speed and also slow down which will require a big torque from the motor and tus massive currents.. so yeah.. dunno (if the facts are correct) that it's a well thought-out design.
xeroFokus 0
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Can slow acceleration and deceleration of fans in this style system be sped up somehow to reduce the time it takes for fan speed changes between flyers that fly at mush different percentages of power.?
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Filipino loses job, wins luxury car in DSF 2017 raffle
Published Monday, January 02, 2017
It seemed like the end of the world for Joel Gutierrez, a Filipino national, when he lost his job recently, after working for 16 years in the UAE to look after his family back home. However, if the loss of his job came as a shock, Joel was stunned with what followed him later - he won a luxury Infiniti car on the first day of Dubai Shopping Festival.
“It came as a huge surprise and the most beautiful thing about it was the timing, as I had just been informed by my office that my services were no longer needed. This will now help me build a new and happy life for me and my family,” said an elated Joel, whose wife and two children live in the Philippines.
Joel, who was employed as a salesman at a retail outlet, purchased an Infiniti Mega Raffle ticket for Dh200 and is now the proud owner of an Infiniti QX70, in addition to winning Dh150,000 in cash after his coupon was picked in the first Infiniti Mega Raffle draw.
Eventually, it was Joel’s strong belief that he would win the DSF raffle one day that finally paid off.
“I always had a feeling that I would win. I had been purchasing raffle tickets and participating in other raffle promotions in the previous editions of DSF, and now my dream has come true. I wish to thank Dubai and Dubai Shopping Festival for this unexpected fortune,” he said.
The 43-year old Joel plans to use the cash to pay off his debts and then join his family in the Philippines to start life anew with the remaining prize money.
Since its inception in 1996, DSF has been offering life-changing prizes, and the festival’s 22ndedition, which started on 26 December, is no different with daily raffle draws offering shoppers the opportunity to win incredible prizes.
The Infiniti Mega Raffle offers one lucky shopper the opportunity to an Infiniti QX70 plus Dh150,000 in cash every day upon purchase of a raffle ticket for Dh200. In the daily Nissan Grand Raffle, customers have the chance to win one of eight Nissan models – Micra; Sunny; Sentra; Tiida Hatchback; X-Trail; Juke; Pathfinder; and Patrol. Customers will receive a raffle coupon upon purchase of non-fuel products worth Dh20 at any EPPCO and ENOC petrol stations, as well as Zoom shops in Dubai.
The gold and jewellery promotion run in collaboration with the Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group, offers shoppers spending a minimum AED 500 at participating gold and jewellery outlets in Dubai the chance to win three fabulous gold prizes every day - one shopper will win 1/2 kilo of gold, and two others will each win 1/4 kilo of gold. On the final day of DSF 2017, one shopper stands to win 1 kilo of gold.
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In the Nose of a B-17
Vaillancourt sits up front at Wings over Wheels.
by Cory Vaillancourt
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I rose early that morning, right around dawn. Not because of the impending rays of the new morning sun, or the 58-degree air that had seeped through my open bedroom window, or those damned chirping birds, but because I was nervous. Nervous because I had a date.
A date with the Yankee Lady.
I was told to report to the airfield at 0900 to take my seat on this vintage World War II bomber, undoubtedly like thousands of members of America's Greatest Generation – you know, the one that endured a global depression only to be enveloped in global warfare? They flew more than a million missions in B-17 Flying Fortresses like the one I was about to board. I bet they were nervous, too.
Sure, we wouldn't be bombing anything, nor would we face anti-aircraft artillery, malicious Messerschmitts, or zealous Zeroes. We probably wouldn't be blown out of the sky, or auger in, or join the caterpillar club, but I was still nervous, because "vintage" is not usually what travelers yearn for in selecting their means of conveyance.
But this particular 68 year-old aircraft – owned by the Yankee Air Force, a museum organization based in Michigan – never did see combat; it was completed in mid-1945 and delivered to the United States Army Air Force as World War II finally drew to a close, and then leased to the Coast Guard. All of her weapons of war were stripped from her as her mission transitioned from that of mayhem to that of mercy.
During the 1960s, the heavily-modified taildragger bounced around doing yeoman's work, fighting fires and dusting crops before being cast in the 1969 epic film "Tora, Tora, Tora." In 1986, it was purchased by the YAF for $250,000 and remained grounded for almost a decade as the museum began restoration that included removing a side cargo door and replacing every single inch of wiring.
"It's completely restored to original condition," said Norm Ellickson, crew chief and flight engineer of the Yankee Lady. "It's probably 98 percent authentic, except today we have modern radios and GPS."
Today, this aircraft – silver and sleek and clunky and classy and almost deco in its proportions and lines – was parked on the tarmac outside North Coast Air's hangar at the northwestern end of Erie International Airport/Tom Ridge Field, the honored guest at "Wings over Wheels: Celebrating Erie's Runway to the Future," an air show/car show/ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-completed Runway 6-24 extension project.
I climbed aboard through the tiny hatch near the tail, and was immediately shocked at just how small it was inside; barely tall enough for 6-odd foot of man to stand up in – and nowhere near as wide – the fuselage was packed cheek-to-jowl with levers, cables, chairs, gauges, placards, radios the size of small cabinets, and, machine guns. Huge, belt-fed machine guns – up front, out back, up top, down below, and on each side.
The entire aircraft is unpressurized and unheated; horrifyingly, in the center of the its body rests a small gangway, no more than six inches wide and resembling a steel I-beam. This small gangway is all that connects aft with fore, and when the bomb bay doors beneath it open, all that prevents the crew from being sucked out to a frigid, hypoxic, splattery death is a series of hardly-comforting rope handrails located about knee-height on each side of the gangway. It is from this loud, windy, surreal spot that America's arsenals of democracy dispensed their load, 4,800 pounds at a time, over France, Germany, and parts of the Pacific.
I took my seat right up front – in the nose turret – and buckled in just as the engines began to crank: inboard starboard, outboard starboard, inboard port, outboard port.
We taxied from the ramp with the awkward gait of a taildragger – aircraft with a tail wheel (as opposed to a nose wheel) are notoriously difficult to deal with on the ground, as testified to by the shrieking of the massive brakes on the main landing gear.
Finally, we approached that final left turn that would place us on the active runway – coincidentally, Runway 6, Erie's runway to the future that was, in this case, my runway to the past.
All of a sudden, the four Wright R-1820-97 nine-cylinder turbocharged radial engines growled and hummed and seemed to shake the very foundation of reality from its celestial moorings. These things were loud as hell and immediately provoked the "flight" response of both passengers and airframe itself – every fiber of my being screamed in agony as every nerve in my body prepared every muscle in my body to take any possible means of egress. It was difficult to suppress, but there wasn't much choice. As we – 11 passengers and three crew – proceeded on our takeoff roll, pointed East-North East, propelled towards rotational velocity by almost 5,000 horsepower, all 56,000 pounds of the Yankee Lady shuddered and groaned.
Takeoff was barely noticeable, and as the pavement dropped away below us, the noise of the engines no longer
We headed east, and from my cramped, tiny perch in the plexiglass globe attached to the nose of the aircraft, I watched downtown slip beneath my feet, flanked by the peninsula on my left.
reflecting back from the warm, grey concrete, the wind noise picked up as we approached 200 miles per hour.
We headed east, and from my cramped, tiny perch in the plexiglass globe attached to the nose of the aircraft, I watched downtown slip beneath my feet, flanked by the peninsula on my left. It's a beautiful downtown when you're only 3,000 feet above it; or, you could argue that it's a beautiful downtown once you're 3,000 feet above it, removed from the vacant storefronts, boarded-up houses, and panhandlers.
But as we approached the verdant, rolling grape fields east of town, we made a sweeping left turn, out over the lake. Now, to my left, far off in the distance to the south, a few small hills became visible, inking out a dark green contrast to the severe clear of the blue skies above and framing this entire valley-like plain that is the Erie region.
This perspective was both frightening and enlightening; focusing only on the downtown area often blinds us to the fact that we are part of a larger region, a larger world, just over those hills. We exist, as a community, in communion with all that – all of it, from here to Harrisburg to Hamburg to Hanoi. Our prosperity, no longer negotiated at the barrel of a gun, is linked.
We again made a wide circle around the city, headed out over the bay, and prepared to make that series of left turns that would align us with that runway to the past/future. I could see our home field, a flat oasis amidst a sea of trees, buildings, and cars hustling and bustling on a sunny summer Saturday, and I was grateful for it. Almost 80,000 of the brave men who crewed B-17s during World War II never got to see their home field once they'd left it.
But those who did, those who came back and built this country with their hands and made it great – they didn't have time to be nervous about strengthening their communities anymore. They took the perspective they gained thousands of feet above the graveyards they were made to create and built all those runways to futures past.
As we floated just feet above that runway for what seemed like an eternity, the ferocity of the engines quelled, the wind noise dying down, all was peaceful, quiet, even Zen-like.
Then the wheels hit reality with an audible squeal.
Back, on Earth, in Erie, the aircraft came to a complete stop. I crawled out that same tiny hatch and put my boots on that runway to the future. At nearly 70 years old, the Yankee Lady was no precocious schoolgirl, but rather a teacher – a teacher of lessons learned from the past, and applied to the future. And in today's nervous business climate, let's hope Erie's leaders, too, can find their perspective before our runway to the future becomes our bridge to nowhere.
For more information on "Wings over Wheels," visit ErieAirShow.com. Sunday's hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Just Toyin' Witcha: August 30, 2017
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Tiger Maple String Band is spending St. Patrick's at Sprague's
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DD ... check. Go get some of your Patty's on at Sprague Farm and Brew Works!
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A quick Q-and-A with one of the festival's mainstay favorites: Aqueous
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A quick Q-and-A with one of the festival's amazing bands: GNOSiS
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Effect of Aspiration Therapy on Obesity-Related Comorbidities: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Pichamol Jirapinyo, Diogo T. H. de Moura, Laura C. Horton, Christopher C. Thompson
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2019.181
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Jirapinyo, de Moura, Horton, and Thompson: Effect of Aspiration Therapy on Obesity-Related Comorbidities: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Clin Endosc 2020; 53(6): 686-697.
Published online: February 28, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2019.181
Pichamol Jirapinyo1 , Diogo T. H. de Moura1 , Laura C. Horton2 , Christopher C. Thompson1
1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
2Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Correspondence: Christopher C. Thompson Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Received September 11, 2019 Revised October 31, 2019 Accepted November 5, 2019
Copyright © 2020 Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background/Aims
Aspiration therapy (AT) involves endoscopic placement of a gastrostomy tube with an external device that allows patients to drain 30% of ingested calories after meals. Its efficacy for inducing weight loss has been shown. This study aimed to assess the effect of AT on obesity-related comorbidities.
A meta-analysis of studies that assessed AT outcomes was conducted through December 2018. Primary outcomes were changes in comorbidities at 1 year following AT. Secondary outcomes were the amount of weight loss at up to 4 years and pooled serious adverse events (SAEs).
Five studies with 590 patients were included. At 1 year, there were improvements in metabolic conditions: mean difference (MD) in systolic blood pressure: -7.8 (-10.7 – -4.9) mm Hg; MD in diastolic blood pressure: -5.1 (-7.0 – 3.2) mm Hg; MD in triglycerides: -15.8 (-24.0 – -7.6) mg/dL; MD in high-density lipoprotein: 3.6 (0.7–6.6) mg/dL; MD in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): -1.3 (-1.8 – -0.8) %; MD in aspartate transaminase: -2.7 (-4.1 – -1.3) U/L; MD in alanine transaminase: -7.5 (-9.8 – -5.2) U/L. At 1 (n=218), 2 (n=125), 3 (n=46), and 4 (n=27) years, the patients experienced 17.8%, 18.3%, 19.1%, and 18.6% total weight loss (TWL), corresponding to 46.3%, 46.2%, 48.0%, and 48.7% excess weight loss (EWL) (p<0.0001 for all). Subgroup analysis of 2 randomized controlled trials (n=225) showed that AT patients lost more weight than did controls by 11.6 (6.5–16.7) %TWL and 25.6 (16.0–35.3) %EWL and experienced greater improvement in HbA1c and alanine transaminase by 1.3 (0.8–1.8) % and 9.0 (3.9–14.0) U/L. The pooled SAE rate was 4.1%.
Obesity-related comorbidities significantly improved at 1 year following AT. Additionally, a subgroup of patients who continued to use AT appeared to experience significant weight loss that persisted up to at least 4 years.
Key Words: Aspiration therapy; AspireAssist; Bariatric endoscopy; Comorbidities; Obesity
Endoscopic bariatric and metabolic therapies (EBMTs) have recently been developed as an alternative treatment option for obesity. Compared to lifestyle intervention and pharmacotherapy, patients who undergo EBMTs generally achieve more significant weight loss, while maintaining a lower risk profile than those who undergo bariatric surgery. Additionally, for some patients with class I and II obesity who do not meet the criteria for surgery and those with class III obesity who do not want to undergo surgery, EBMTs may represent a feasible option for the treatment of obesity and potentially other metabolic comorbiditie [1-6].
Aspiration therapy (AT) is one of the available EBMTs that utilizes a device called the AspireAssist (Aspire Bariatrics, King of Prussia, PA, USA). The device was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016 for long-term use in conjunction with lifestyle therapy (LT) for people with body mass index (BMI) of 35–55 kg/m2 [7]. Accordingly, in this review, AT refers to AT in conjunction with LT. The device consists of the A-tube, which is a 26 Fr percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube with a 15-cm fenestrated intragastric drainage catheter, a skin port, which connects to the external end of the A-tube and is normally closed to prevent gastric leakage, and a detachable connector, which connects with the skin port to allow aspiration of gastric contents. Participants aspirate approximately 30% of ingested calories at 30 minutes after meals, in addition to undergoing LT. After 115 uses, which is equivalent to 5 to 6 weeks of therapy, the connector locks and can no longer be used. Patients are required to see a practitioner who will provide a new connector as well as reinforce the importance of LT. It has been estimated that less than 80% of the weight loss is due to the aspiration of calories. The remaining 20% or more of the weight loss is thought to be due to a reduction in food intake. This is likely attributable to multiple factors including (1) food particles having to be less than or equal to 5 mm to fit through the A-tube, which likely leads to significantly longer chewing of food and reduced calorie consumption as a result; (2) increased water consumption to allow liquid gastric contents to flow out of the A-tube, which likely increases the sense of satiety without additional calories; and (3) the visibility of the gastric aspirate. Patients report that less healthy food options have an unappealing appearance on aspiration leading to a reduction in the consumption of those foods [8].
To date, several studies have reported the effectiveness of AT at inducing clinically significant weight loss. However, the effect of AT on obesity-related comorbidities remains unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the changes in obesity-related comorbidities following AT. Additionally, the long-term effect of AT on weight profiles and its pooled serious adverse events (SAEs) will be assessed.
Data sources and searches
The search strategy, study eligibility criteria, selection process, data collection process, primary and secondary outcomes, and analyses were defined a priori and are described below.
We searched 3 databases—MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science—from inception to December 31, 2018 without language or study design restrictions. Keywords included “AspireAssist” and “Aspiration Therapy”. Specifically, the search strategies included (AspireAssist[tiab] OR “aspiration therapy”) for MEDLINE, Aspireassist OR “Aspiration Therapy” for EMBASE, and (AspireAssist) or (“Aspiration Therapy”) for Web of Science. Duplicates were removed. Three of the authors (PJ, DTHM and LCH) then independently reviewed the titles and abstracts produced by the search. Studies deemed potentially relevant were reviewed in full to determine eligibility. Disagreements regarding final study inclusion were resolved by discussion with the senior author (CCT).
Study selection and outcomes
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), observational studies, and case series that were peer reviewed and published as full text articles or presented as conference abstracts were included. Reviews, editorials, case-control studies, case reports, and studies using non-human subjects were excluded. If more than one study from the same research group was available, the authors were contacted to determine if the studies consisted of overlapping patient cohorts. If the patient cohorts overlapped, the study with a larger number of patients was selected to preserve the independence of the observations. If the study was a comparative study, only data from the AT group were included in the analysis. Studies were included if there were adult subjects (defined as aged >18 years) with class II obesity and above (BMI ≥35 kg/m2) with at least 1 year of follow-up data. Corresponding authors were contacted for additional information if needed.
Primary outcomes were the changes in obesity-related comorbidities including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) at 1 year following A-tube placement. Specific surrogates for these comorbidities that were collected included systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), total cholesterol (CHOL), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), aspartate transaminase (AST), and alanine transaminase (ALT).
Secondary outcomes were the changes in weight at 1, 2, 3, and 4 years following A-tube placement. Patients with less than 1 year of follow-up were excluded from this analysis. A subgroup analysis of only published studies that assessed the amount of weight loss in the AT group was also performed. Additionally, given the concern of possible increased adverse event (AE) rates following bariatric surgery in the elderly population, a subgroup analysis of studies that assessed the safety and efficacy of AT in patients aged <55 and ≥55 years was performed. Furthermore, pooled SAEs were calculated and reported. Weight changes were reported using both percent total weight loss (%TWL) and percent excess weight loss (%EWL).
Data extraction and quality assessment
Study characteristics, patient characteristics, and predefined primary and secondary outcomes were collected. The quality of observational studies and RCTs was evaluated using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Tools (non-comparative observational studies), Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOS) (comparative observational studies), and JADAD score (RCTs). In this review, high quality was defined as meeting ≥50% of the JBI criteria, an NOS score of ≥6, or a JADAD score of ≥3. Two authors independently extracted data (PJ and DTHM) and assessed the quality of each of the studies (DTHM and LCH). Any disagreements were resolved by discussion with the senior author (CCT).
Data synthesis and analysis
Heterogeneity among studies was assessed using the χ2 test and I2 statistic. Significant heterogeneity was defined as p<0.05 using the χ2 test or I2 >50%. A random-effects model was used to pool outcomes. Both intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) data were pooled when available. Analyses were performed using Comprehensive Meta Analysis version 3.0 (Englewood, NJ, USA).
A total of 225 potential studies were identified, 24 of which were duplicates. After title and abstract review, 176 studies were excluded leaving 24 articles for full text review. Full text review yielded 5 articles that satisfied all criteria and were therefore included in the systematic review and meta-analysis (Fig. 1) [8-12]. All studies were graded as high quality (JBI score of 7, NOS of 7, and JADAD scores of 3, 3, and 3).
Of the 5 articles, 3 were published studies and 2 were conference abstracts (Table 1) [8-12]. The 5 articles detailed the results of 4 studies. Specifically, 1 abstract [12] was a 2–4-year follow-up report of a previously published study [8] with a 1-year follow-up. Therefore, only the follow-up data (and not the 1-year data) from the abstract was used. Of the 4 non-overlapping studies, 2 were RCTs that compared AT to LT and 2 were observational studies, with 1 comparing AT to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and the other being a non-comparative study. Only the AT arm of the 2 RCTs and the comparative observational study were included in the primary analysis of changes in obesity-related comorbidities, while both the AT and control arms of the RCTs were included in a subgroup analysis of the RCTs.
Obesity-related comorbidities
All 4 included studies reported the effect of AT on obesity-related comorbidities, representing a total of 345 subjects who underwent AT. Mean age of the subjects ranged from 39 to 46 years. Mean BMI at the time of A-tube placement ranged from 42.4 to 43.5 kg/m2. On average, the duration of A-tube placement ranged from 1 to 4 years.
ITT analysis: At 1 year, hypertension (SBP and DBP), hyperlipidemia (TG and HDL), T2DM (HbA1C), and NAFLD (AST and ALT) significantly improved. Specifically, SBP and DBP (4 studies with 218 patients) decreased by 7.8 (95% confidence interval, 4.9–10.7) mm Hg and 5.1 (3.2–7.9) mm Hg (p<0.0001 for both), respectively. TG (4 studies with 209 patients) decreased by 15.8 (7.6–24.0) mg/dL (p<0.0001), while HDL (2 studies with 93 patients) increased by 3.6 (0.7–6.6) mg/dL (p=0.02). HbA1c (3 studies with 23 patients) decreased by 1.3 (0.8–1.8) % (p<0.0001). Lastly, AST and ALT (2 studies with 93 patients) decreased by 2.7 (1.3–4.1) U/L and 7.5 (5.2–9.8) U/L (p<0.0001 for both), respectively (Fig. 2, Table 2).
PP analysis: In addition to the above parameters, which were all significantly improved, LDL also significantly decreased at 1 year. Specifically, SBP and DBP (4 studies with 211 patients) decreased by 8.9 (5.3–12.4) mm Hg and 5.0 (3.6–6.4) mm Hg (p<0.0001 for both), respectively. TG (4 studies with 200 patients) and LDL (2 studies with 91 patients) decreased by 20.4 (11.7–29.1) mg/dL (p<0.0001) and 6.7 (0.31–13.0) mg/dL (p=0.04), while HDL (2 studies with 92 patients) increased by 3.7 (0.8–6.7) mg/dL (p=0.01). HbA1c (3 studies with 23 patients) decreased by 1.3 (0.8–1.8) % (p<0.0001). Lastly, AST and ALT (2 studies with 92 patients) decreased by 2.9 (1.4–4.3) U/L and 7.8 (5.4–10.1) U/L (p<0.0001 for both), respectively (Table 2).
The 4 studies reported follow-up weight ranging from 2 to 4 years following the initiation of AT. All studies reported at least 2 years of follow-up, with 3 studies reporting a 3-year-follow up and 2 studies reporting a 4-year-follow-up. Fig. 3. shows a diagram of patient involvement and follow-up in the 2 studies with 4-year follow-ups. Specifically, given that the patients could have chosen to withdraw from these 2 observational studies, i.e., have the A-tube removed, at any time, the number of patients who chose to withdraw between years 1–2, 2–3, and 3–4 was 33, 30, and 9, respectively. Of the patients who withdrew after the first year, 61.1% had achieved at least 10% TWL at the time of A-tube removal.
Per PP analysis, at 1 year (4 studies with 296 patients), the subjects experienced 17.8 (15.0–20.7) %TWL (p<0.0001), which corresponded to 46.3 (38.8–53.8) %EWL (p<0.0001). At 2 years (4 studies with 174 patients), the subjects experienced 18.3 (15.7–20.9) %TWL (p<0.0001), which corresponded to 46.2 (42.1–50.4) %EWL (p<0.0001). At 3 years (3 studies with 88 patients), the subjects experienced 18.6 (16.4–20.8) %TWL (p<0.0001), which corresponded to 47.2 (41.3–53.0) %EWL (p<0.0001). At 4 years (2 studies with 27 patients), the subjects experienced 18.6 (13.9–23.4) %TWL (p<0.0001), which corresponded to 48.7 (35.7–61.7) %EWL (p<0.0001) (Table 3).
Serious adverse events
All 4 studies with a total of 345 AT participants reported SAEs, with a pooled SAE rate of 4.1% (14/345). These included buried bumper (2.3%), peritonitis treated with intravenous antibiotics (0.6%), severe abdominal pain treated with pain medication (0.6%), abdominal pain secondary to pre-pyloric ulcer (0.3%), and product malfunction requiring A-tube replacement (0.3%).
Two studies reported a rate of persistent fistula following A-tube removal. At 1, 2, 3, and 4 years, the rates of persistent fistula were 2.2% (1/45), 1.6% (1/63), 39.3% (11/28), and 33.3% (3/9), respectively. All but 2 fistula were closed successfully with 1–3 sessions of non-surgical interventions including brushing with a cytology brush, argon plasma coagulation and proton pump inhibitors, and endoscopic clips. Two patients required surgical intervention for closure of a persistent fistula, representing 1.4% of all removed A-tubes.
Subgroup analyses
Subgroup analysis of published studies only
Three published studies with a total of 295 patients who underwent AT were included in the subgroup analysis of published studies only. Per ITT analysis, at 1 year, hypertension (SBP and DBP), hyperlipidemia (TG and HDL), T2DM (HbA1C), and NAFLD (AST and ALT) significantly improved. Specifically, SBP and DBP (3 studies with 168 patients) decreased by 8.6 (95% confidence interval, 4.7–12.4) mm Hg and 4.9 (2.5–7.3) mm Hg (p<0.0001 for both), respectively. TG (3 studies with 163 patients) decreased by 18.8 (8.7–28.9) mg/dL (p<0.0001), while HDL (2 studies with 93 patients) increased by 3.6 (0.7–6.6) mg/dL (p=0.02). HbA1c (2 studies with 17 patients) decreased by 1.3 (0.7–1.8) % (p<0.0001). Lastly, AST and ALT (2 studies with 93 patients) decreased by 2.7 (1.3–4.1) U/L and 7.5 (5.2–9.8) U/L (p<0.0001 for both), respectively. Per PP analysis, in addition to the above parameters that were all significantly improved, LDL also significantly decreased at 1 year. Specifically, SBP and DBP (3 studies with 167 patients) decreased by 9.3 (4.4–14.2) mm Hg and 5.4 (2.4–8.3) mm Hg (p<0.0001 for both), respectively. TG (3 studies with 162 patients) and LDL (2 studies with 91 patients) decreased by 23.7 (13.4–33.9) mg/dL (p<0.0001) and 6.7 (0.31–13.0) mg/ dL (p=0.04), while HDL (2 studies with 92 patients) increased by 3.7 (0.8–6.7) mg/dL (p=0.01). HbA1c (2 studies with 17 patients) decreased by 1.3 (0.7–1.8) % (p<0.0001). Lastly, AST and ALT (2 studies with 92 patients) decreased by 2.9 (1.4–4.3) U/L and 7.8 (5.4–10.1) U/L (p<0.0001 for both), respectively.
Subgroup analysis of randomized controlled trials
Two RCTs with a total of 225 patients compared the effect of AT (n=148) to that of LT (n=77). At 1 year, the patients in the AT arm experienced more weight loss than those in the LT arm by 11.6 (6.5–16.7) %TWL (p<0.0001), which corresponded to 25.6 (16.0–35.3) %EWL (p<0.0001). Additionally, the AT arm experienced greater improvement in HbA1c and ALT compared to the LT arm by 1.3 (0.8–1.8) % (p<0.0001; I2<0.0001) and 9.0 (3.9–14.0) U/L (p<0.0001; I2<0.0001), respectively. Other metabolic markers also improved to a greater extent in the AT arm than in the LT arm, although the differences were not statistically significant. Specifically, the AT arm experienced greater improvement in SBP, DBP, CHOL, TG, LDL, HDL, and AST compared to the LT arm by 3.5 (-1.8 – 8.9) mm Hg (p=0.20; I2<0.0001), 3.0 (0.6–6.6) mm Hg (p=0.10; I2<0.0001), 2.0 (-11.5 – 15.5) mg/dL (p=0.77; I2<0.0001), 15.2 (-12.8 – 43.2) mg/dL (p=0.29; I2<0.0001), 3.3 (-8.8 – 15.4) mg/dL (p=0.59; I2<0.0001), 3.3 (-2.2 – 8.8) mg/dL (p=0.24; I2<0.0001) and 1.8 (-1.2 – 4.8) U/L (p=0.23; I2=47.3), respectively.
Subgroup analysis of different age groups
Three studies with a total of 287 patients reported the amount of weight loss in younger patients (aged <55 years) (n=232) and older patients (aged ≥55 years) (n=55). One study included only patients aged <55 years and was therefore not included in this sub-group analysis [7].
At 1, 2, and 3 years, there was no statistically significant difference in the amount of weight loss between the 2 age subgroups. Specifically, at 1 year (3 studies with 287 patients), the older subjects experienced 17.9 (15.3–20.4) %TWL, while the younger subjects experienced 19.2 (13.9–24.5) %TWL (p=0.98). At 2 years (3 studies with 170 patients), the older subjects experienced 19.7 (16.0–23.4) %TWL, while the younger subjects experienced 17.0 (13.2–20.7) %TWL (p=0.11). At 3 years (3 studies with 88 patients), the older subjects experienced 22.0 (18.3–25.8) %TWL, while the younger subjects experienced 17.5 (15.1–19.9) %TWL (p=0.30).
At 4 years (2 studies with 27 patients), however, the older group experienced statistically significantly more weight loss compared to the younger group (31.5 [22.3–40.7] %TWL in the older group vs. 16.9 [13.0–20.7] %TWL in the younger group, p=0.01).
This systematic review and meta-analysis is the first to evaluate the effect of AT on metabolic comorbidities. Our study demonstrates that AT is associated with significant improvement in major metabolic outcomes including SBP, DBP, TG, HDL, LDL, HbA1c, AST, and ALT. Additionally, weight loss of approximately 17% to 19% of the baseline weight can be achieved and maintained up to at least 4 years following initiation of therapy, with an acceptable risk profile demonstrated by a 4.1% pooled SAE rate.
Obesity is a leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. that results in as much as 47% more life-years lost than tobacco use [13]. Following obesity, other top modifiable risk factors in decreasing order include diabetes, tobacco use, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, 3 of which (diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia) are direct and indirect adverse consequences of the increased body fat and adiposopathic dysfunction seen in patients with obesity. As a result, the goal of most obesity treatments is to improve metabolic outcomes, which will ultimately lead to a decrease in mortality risk.
Previous meta-analyses have shown the beneficial effects of other EBMTs including intragastric balloons (IGBs) and duodenal jejunal bypass liner (DJBL) on obesity-related comorbidities. Specifically, Popov et al. conducted a meta-analysis of 40 studies with 5,668 patients who underwent IGB placement [14]. The study showed significant improvement in SBP by 9.1 mm Hg, DBP by 4.6 mm Hg, TG by 33.4 mg/dL, HbA1c by 0.6%, AST by 3 U/L, and ALT by 9 U/L at the time of IGB removal at 6 months, when data from observational studies were pooled [14]. More recently, Jirapinyo et al. conducted a meta-analysis on 14 studies with 412 patients with obesity and concomitant T2DM who underwent DJBL [15]. At the time of DJBL removal at 12 months, patients experienced a significant improvement in T2DM with a decrease in HbA1c by 1.3%, as well as improvement in insulin resistance and several gut hormones that control hunger, satiety, and glucose hemostasis [15].
To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first to elucidate the impact of AT on metabolic outcomes. Specifically, this study demonstrates that the chemical surrogates of the major metabolic conditions including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, T2DM, and NAFLD all significantly improve following AT. In contrast to prior studies on AT that focused primarily on its effect on weight loss, our study aimed to evaluate the effect of AT on metabolic comorbidities as the primary outcome. Additional data were obtained from every available study, allowing this meta-analysis to be sufficiently powered to detect changes in comorbidities, in contrast to prior studies that showed variable improvement in metabolic outcomes.
This improvement in metabolic functions is likely related to the amount and type of weight loss following AT. Specifically, a prospective study on 40 volunteers demonstrated that subjects who experienced 5%, 11%, and 16% TWL had preferentially and disproportionately lost more intra-abdominal fat (9%, 23%, and 30%, respectively) and intra-hepatic fat (13%, 52%, and 65%, respectively), which likely explained the stepwise metabolic benefits of weight loss at different levels [16]. Additionally, different tissues responded to different degrees of weight loss. While 5% TWL significantly decreased glucose, insulin, TG, ALT, and leptin, only after 16% TWL did plasma free fatty acid, C-reactive protein, and adiponectin improve [16]. This evidence likely explains the findings that 1) at a TWL of 2%–5%, there was an improvement in HbA1c, SBP, and TG; 2) at a TWL of 5%–10%, there was an improvement in DBP and HDL; and 3) at a TWL of at least 10%, there was an improvement in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis histologic features [17-19]. In this study, AT was associated with 17.8% TWL at 1 year, which was above the 16% threshold for improvement in both metabolic/cardiovascular risk factors and inflammatory markers and likely explains the improvement in the chemical surrogates of all major obesity-related comorbidities shown in the study.
A challenge of most obesity treatments is long-term weight loss maintenance. While several definitions have been proposed to define successful weight loss maintenance, it is generally considered to be a sustained weight loss of 5% to 10% of baseline weight in at least 1 year as recommended by the 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults [20,21]. In our study, at 4 years following the initiation of AT, patients maintained their significant weight loss of 18.6% of their baseline weight, meeting the definition of successful weight loss maintenance. This suggests that the mechanisms of AT in combination with self-directed non-high-intensity LT (<14 lifestyle program sessions/6 months) were able to counteract physiological and cognitive adaptations favoring weight regain. In terms of the weight trends yielded by other treatment modalities, these results place AT closer to bariatric surgery than to lifestyle intervention and/or pharmacology. Specifically, a recent systematic review on the outcome of lifestyle intervention showed that weight loss reached its peak at 6 months after initiation of treatment. Without an active maintenance program, 50% of patients had returned to their original weight at 5 years [22]. In contrast, a recent study showed that patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass experienced 35% TWL at 2 years and were able to maintain their weight at 28% TWL and 26.9% TWL at 6 and 12 years, respectively [23].
In our study, a subgroup analysis of different age groups showed no difference in weight outcomes following AT. In fact, at 4 years, the older patients experienced significantly greater weight loss (31.5% TWL) compared to the younger group (16.9% TWL). There have been controversies regarding the outcomes of bariatric and metabolic surgery in elderly patients, commonly defined as aged 55 years and older in most bariatric literature. Specifically, some studies showed that younger bariatric patients had better weight loss and comorbidity outcomes compared to the elderly group [24,25], although the data remained conflicted [26,27]. Therefore, it has been suggested that bariatric surgical indications in elderly patients should be carefully considered. Given the minimal invasiveness of AT, acceptable safety profile of upper endoscopy, and favorable outcomes of AT in the elderly [28-30], it is possible that AT may have a broad application for those in this patient population who meet the BMI criteria.
Treatment with AT is accompanied by AEs, some of which are serious. In our study, the pooled SAE rate was 4.1%, which is comparable to that of other EBMTs and within the risk threshold of ≤5% set by the ASGE/ASMBS Task Force on Endoscopic Bariatric Therapy [31,32]. The most common SAE was buried bumper, which is a known complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes that is thought be due to excessive tension on the internal bumper against the gastric wall. The buried bumpers were treated with removal of the A-tube, temporary replacement with a 20-Fr percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube, followed by replacement with an A-tube. Persistent gastrocutaneous fistula following A-tube removal occurred, especially after 2 years of AT. All but 2 cases (1.4% of all A-tubes removed) were successfully closed with endoscopic interventions.
This study has some limitations. First, the number of included studies was relatively small. To account for this, conference abstracts that met the a priori inclusion criteria were included in the analysis. Additionally, we were able to obtain additional data from all studies to make the analysis robust and sufficiently powered to detect beneficial changes in all obesity-related comorbidities. Another limitation is the fact that most of the published studies on AT were retrospective observational studies with a proportion of patients who were not yet due for follow-ups at the respective time points. Nevertheless, the primary outcome of this meta-analysis, which was the change in comorbidities at 1 year, was derived from a pool of almost 300 patients, making this a robust analysis. Another limitation is that each included study focused on weight loss as the primary outcome, with changes in comorbidities as a secondary outcome. These changes in metabolic parameters were reported for all subjects who underwent AT, including those with and without comorbidities at baseline. Additionally, the present study did not take into account the changes in anti-hypertensive, anti-hyperlipidemic, and anti-glycemic medications throughout the study period. Therefore, the changes in metabolic outcomes reported in this study were likely conservative and possibly underestimated the true effect of AT on obesity-related comorbidities.
In summary, this systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that AT is associated with significant improvement in hypertension, hyperlipidemia, T2DM, and NAFLD in patients with class II and III obesity. Moreover, substantial weight loss was experienced by this population, which persisted for at least 4 years in a subgroup of patients who continued to use the therapy appropriately. Given its simplicity and minimally invasive nature, AT may improve access to treatment in patients with obesity and concomitant metabolic comorbidities.
Conflicts of Interest: Christopher C. Thompson has conducted research for Aspire Bariatrics, USGI Medical, Spatz, and Apollo Endosurgery, has served as a consultant for Boston Scientific, Covidien, USGI Medical, Olympus, and Fractyl, holds stock and royalties for GI Windows and Endosim, and has served as an expert reviewer for GI Dynamics. The other authors have no financial conflicts of interest.
Conceptualization: Christopher C. Thompson
Data curation: Pichamol Jirapinyo, Diogo T. H. de Moura, Laura C. Horton
Formal analysis: PJ, DTHM, LCH
Methodology: PJ, DTHM, LCH, CCT
Project administration: CCT
Resources: CCT
Software: CCT
Supervision: CCT
Validation: CCT
Visualization: CCT
Writing-original draft: PJ, DTHM, LCH
Writing-review&editing: CCT
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flow diagram. The search and selection process used for studies included in the meta-analysis.
Forest plots of the effects of aspiration therapy on obesity-related comorbidities at 1 year (intention-to-treat analysis). (A) Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), (B) diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), (C) total cholesterol (mg/dL), (D) triglycerides (mg/dL), (E) low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL), (F) high-density lipoprotein (mg/dL), (G) hemoglobin A1c (%), (H) aspartate transaminase (U/L), (I) alanine transaminase (U/L). CI, confidence interval.
Flow diagram of participant involvement in the 2 aspiration therapy studies with up to 4-year follow-ups. TWL, total weight loss.
Characteristics of Studies Included in the Meta-Analysis
n (AT/Comparative group)
Age (yr)
Female (%)
Duration of AT (yr)
Starting BMI (kg/m2)
Comorbidities reported
Published studies
Sullivan et al. (2013) [8] USA RCT (AT+LT vs. LT) 18 (11/7) 38.7±2.3 93 2 42.6±1.4 HTN, HLD, NAFLD
Thompson et al. (2017) [9] USA RCT (AT+LT vs. LT) 207 (137/70) 43.5±10.2 84 1 42.2±5.1 HTN, HLD, T2DM, NAFLD
Nyström et al. (2018) [10] Czech, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden Non-comparative observational 201 46.1±10.9 75 4 43.6±7.2 HTN, HLD, T2DM
Wilson et al. (2018) [11] Sweden Comparative observational (AT+LT vs. RYGB+LT) 106 (56/50) 41.0±11.0 75 3 42.6±7.5 HTN, HLD, T2DM
Thompson et al. (2018) [12]a) USA Year 1: RCT Year 1: 207(137/70) 43.5±10.2 84 4 42.2±5.1 N/A
Years 2.4: Non-comparative observational Year 2–4: 58
Data presented as mean±standard deviation.
AT, aspiration therapy; BMI, body mass index; HLD, hyperlipidemia; HTN, hypertension; LT, lifestyle therapy; N/A, not available; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; RCT, randomized controlled trial; RYGB, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.
a) Follow-up study of Thompson 2017 study. Only data from years 2–4 were included in the analysis.
Summary of Meta-Analyses of Changes in Obesity-Related Comorbidities Compared to Baseline at 1 Year Following Initiation of Aspiration Therapy
No. of studies (No. of subjects)
Mean difference (95% CI)
I2 (p-value)
Intention-to-treat analysis
SBP (mm Hg) 4 (218) -7.5 (-9.6, -5.4) <0.0001 37.6 (0.19)
DBP (mm Hg) 4 (218) -4.8 (-6.1, -3.4) <0.0001 42.8 (0.16)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 4 (210) 6.8 (-6.8, 20.5) 0.33 86.0 (<0.0001)
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 4 (209) -15.8 (-24.0, -7.6) <0.0001 <0.0001 (0.63)
LDL (mg/dL) 2 (93) -5.8 (-11.9, 0.4) 0.07 <0.0001 (0.90)
HDL (mg/dL) 2 (93) 3.6 (0.7, 6.6) 0.02 <0.0001 (0.54)
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 3 (23) -1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) <0.0001 <0.0001 (0.51)
NAFLD
AST (U/L) 2 (93) -2.7 (-4.1, -1.3) <0.0001 <0.0001 (0.87)
ALT (U/L) 2 (93) -7.5 (-9.8, -5.2) <0.0001 <0.0001 (0.84)
Per protocol analysis
SBP (mm Hg) 4 (211) -8.9 (-12.4, -5.3) <0.0001 55.5 (0.08)
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 4 (200) -20.4 (-29.1, -11.7) <0.0001 <0.0001 (0.58)
LDL (mg/dL) 2 (91) -6.7 (-13.0, -0.31) 0.04 <0.0001 (0.86)
ALT (U/L) 2 (92) -7.8 (-10.1, -5.4) <0.0001 <0.0001 (0.86)
ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; CI, confidence interval; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
Summary of Meta-Analyses of the Amount of Weight Loss Following Aspiration Therapy
Duration of aspiration therapy
Amount of weight loss
Total weight loss (%)
1 yr 4 (296) 17.8 (15.0, 20.7) <0.0001 80.5 (0.002)
2 yr 4 (174) 18.3 (15.7, 20.9) <0.0001 55.6 (0.08)
3 yr 2 (46) 19.1 (14.5, 23.7) <0.0001 59.9 (0.11)
4 yr 2 (27) 18.6 (13.9, 23.4) <0.0001 <0.0001 (0.84)
Excess weight loss (%)
2 yr 4 (174) 46.2 (42.1, 50.4) <0.0001 1.0 (0.39)
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Photosynthetic Floatation
Light leaves leaves light.
Photosynthetic organisms capture energy from the sun and matter from the air to make the food we eat, while also producing the oxygen we breathe. In this Snack, oxygen produced during photosynthesis makes leaf bits float like bubbles in water.
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Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
Gram scale
Liquid dish soap
Spoon or other implement (for mixing solution)
Soda straw or hole punch
Spinach leaves or ivy leaves
10-mL syringe (without a needle)
Clear plastic cup (1-cup size) or 250-mL beaker
Incandescent or 100-watt equivalent lightbulb in fixture (preferably with a clamp)
Notepaper and pencil (or similar) to record results
Optional: ring stand, foil, thermometer, ice, hot water, colored gel filters
Make a 0.1% bicarbonate solution by mixing 0.5 grams baking soda with 2 cups (500 mL) water. Add a few drops of liquid dish soap to this solution and mix gently, trying to avoid making suds in the solution.
Using the straw or hole punch, cut out 10 circles from your leaves (see photos below). (Straws work best with spinach; hole punches work best with ivy.)
Remove the plunger from the syringe, and remove the cover from the tip, if there is one. Put the leaf disks into the barrel of the syringe, and tap them down to the tip. If you have a straw, you can blow the discs gently into the plunger (see photos below).
Replace the plunger into the syringe, being careful not to touch or damage the leaf disks (see photo below).
Pour 150 mL of bicarbonate solution into the cup. Try to avoid making suds.
Draw about 6–8 mL of bicarbonate solution into the syringe. The leaf disks should float in the solution (see photos below).
Hold the syringe with the tip up, and expel the air by gently pushing on the plunger.
Plug the tip of the syringe tightly with your finger, and gently pull on the plunger, creating a slight vacuum. You should see tiny bubbles coming out of the leaf disks. Hold the vacuum for a few seconds, and then release the plunger, letting it snap back (see photos below). Some of the disks should begin to sink.
Repeat the previous step several times, until all of the disks have sunk to the bottom of the solution (see photo below). (You may need to tap on the plunger to release the bubbles in order to make all the leaf disks sink.)
When all the leaf disks have settled to the bottom of the solution, carefully remove the plunger and pour the disks and solution into the cup. They should settle to the bottom of the cup (see photos below). If any leaf disks float, remove them from the beaker.
Set up your light fixture so that it is suspended about 12 inches (30 cm) above the table. You may want to use a ring stand for this.
Place the beaker under the light fixture (see photo below).
To Do and Notice
Turn on the light, start a timer, and watch the leaf disks at the bottom of the cup. Notice any tiny bubbles forming around the edges and bottoms of the disks. After several minutes, the disks should begin floating to the top of the solution. Record the number of floating disks every minute, until all the disks are floating.
How long does it take for the first disk to float? How long does it take for half the disks to float? All the disks?
When all the disks have floated, try putting the cup in a dark cabinet or room, or cover the cup with aluminum foil. Check the cup after about fifteen minutes. What happens to the disks?
Plants occupy a fundamental part of the food chain and the carbon cycle due to their ability to carry out photosynthesis, the biochemical process of capturing and storing energy from the sun and matter from the air. At any given point in this experiment, the number of floating leaf disks is an indirect measurement of the net rate of photosynthesis.
In photosynthesis, plants use energy from the sun, water, and carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air to store carbon and energy in the form of glucose molecules. Oxygen gas (O2) is a byproduct of this reaction. Oxygen production by photosynthetic organisms explains why earth has an oxygen-rich atmosphere.
The equation for photosynthesis can be written as follows:
6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2
In the leaf-disk assay, all of the components necessary for photosynthesis are present. The light source provides light energy, the solution provides water, and sodium bicarbonate provides dissolved CO2.
Plant material will generally float in water. This is because leaves have air in the spaces between cells, which helps them collect CO2 gas from their environment to use in photosynthesis. When you apply a gentle vacuum to the leaf disks in solution, this air is forced out and replaced with solution, causing the leaves to sink.
When you see tiny bubbles forming on the leaf disks during this experiment, you’re actually observing the net production of O2 gas as a byproduct of photosynthesis. Accumulation of O2 on the disks causes them to float. The rate of production of O2 can be affected by the intensity of the light source, but there is a maximum rate after which more light energy will not increase photosynthesis.
To use the energy stored by photosynthesis, plants (like all other organisms with mitochondria) use the process of respiration, which is basically the reverse of photosynthesis. In respiration, glucose is broken down to produce energy that can be used by the cell, a reaction that uses O2 and produces CO2 as a byproduct. Because the leaf disks are living plant material that still require energy, they are simultaneously using O2 gas during respiration and producing O2 gas during photosynthesis. Therefore, the bubbles of O2 that you see represent the net products of photosynthesis, minus the O2 used by respiration.
When you put floating leaf disks in the dark, they will eventually sink. Without light energy, no photosynthesis will occur, so no more O2 gas will be produced. However, respiration continues in the dark, so the disks will use the accumulated O2 gas. They will also produce CO2 gas during respiration, but CO2 dissolves into the surrounding water much more easily than O2 gas does and isn’t trapped in the interstitial spaces.
Try changing other factors that might affect photosynthesis and see what happens. How long does it take for the disks to float under different conditions? For example, you can compare the effects of different types of light sources—lower- or higher-wattage incandescent, fluorescent, or LED bulbs. You can change the temperature of the solution by placing the beaker in an ice bath or a larger container of hot water. You can increase or decrease the concentration of sodium bicarbonate in the solution, or eliminate it entirely. You can try to identify the range of wavelengths of light used in photosynthesis by wrapping and covering the beaker with colored gel filters that remove certain wavelengths.
This experiment is extremely amenable to manipulations, making it possible for students to design investigations that will quantify the effects of different variables on the rate of photosynthesis. It is helpful to have students familiar with the basic protocol prior to changing the experimental conditions.
Ask your students to think carefully about how to isolate one variable at a time. It is important to hold certain parts of the experimental setup constant—for example, the distance from the light source to the beaker, the type of light bulb used, the temperature of the solution, the height of the solution, and so on. Certain treatments may eliminate photosynthesis altogether—water with no bicarbonate, very low temperature, and total darkness.
A typical way to collect data in this assay is to record the number of disks floating at regular one-minute time intervals. This is easily graphed, with time on the x-axis and number of floaters on the y-axis.
To make comparisons between treatments, the number traditionally used is the time point at which half of the disks in the sample were floating, also known as the E50.
This experiment was originally described in Steucek, Guy L., Robert J. Hill, and Class/Summer 1982. 1985. “Photosynthesis I: An Assay Utilizing Leaf Disks.” The American Biology Teacher, 47(2): 96–99.
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As René Descartes (almost) said, "I sink, therefore I am."
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fanatix | Other Sport | UFC | UFC champion Jon Jones labels his critics as “dumb”
UFC champion Jon Jones labels his critics as “dumb”
MMA star says he is not worried about people who attempt to belittle his career.
Life at the top of the tree in any sport can be a lonely place.
Despite being the best at what you do there are critics everywhere.
And with the explosion of social media in recent years fans can have their say about a famous sportsman not just to others but directly to them.
Despite copping his fair share of tall poppy syndrome in the past two years, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones says he is learning to live with the hate directed at him by some in the mixed martial arts community.
Ahead of his sixth title defence when he squares off against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 this weekend, Jones says “haters” are fading into the background for him.
“Maybe I’m just getting more comfortable in my own skin, realising that I’m trying to do things right and that some people are going to love it and some people are going to hate it,” Jones said.
“To be honest with you — and I know this might be controversial and it may get me a lot of backlash — my haters come across as the dumbest people ever. None of them have a real reason not to like me. ‘Oh, you’re too tall.’ ‘I don’t like you.’ Or, ‘You’re this or that.’ None of them come up with anything good or concrete, so I just find them funny.”
Jones (18-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) is a heavy favourite to become the man with the most title defences in the 205 pound division when he faces Gustafsson (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC).
Some fighters in the sport have accused Jones of being fake and that he projects a very different person when in the public eye.
But the champ even has a comeback for that.
“I am fake,” Jones said.
“I think everyone is fake, to an extent. I have many different sides to me. I can be rude. I can be funny. I can be goofy. I can be cocky at times. I swear I have split personalities. So no one is going to understand me. I’m not meant to be understood.
“You can show up to an arena in a terrible mood, and then when you get the camera and the lights and the fans there, you’ve got to wake up. You’ve got to smile.
“Even if you’re not in the mood to be happy or whatnot, you’ve just got to put it on. So that’s what I mean when I say I am fake. You’ve got to put it on when it’s time to put it on. There are just so many different sides to people.”
However, what is not faked has been his winning streaks, endorsement deals and being the face of not just the UFC but arguably mixed martial arts as a sport.
All of which will be on the line this weekend.
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BooksHarry Potter
Blots and Scratchings Out
By: felix-hortensio
Snape is displeased with Potter the younger one. Neither Snape nor Potter play much of a role in the first chapter, but things will unfold in due time. Maybe.
Rated: Fiction K - English - Words: 994 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Published: 2/2/2005 - id: 2245993
Rating: Oh, nothing terrible yet.
Disclaimer: Yes, yes. I disclaim.
Reviews: I feed on nettles and the occasional thorn. Do supply.
Summary: The insufferable Potter must be made to learn a thing or two. Though I may well keep this as a one-shot, in which case the summary would have to be quite different. How shifty of me.
"One more word out of you, Potter, and it will be etched into your eyelids."
Harry glared at the blurry quill poised in front of him, so close that his eyes crossed trying to focus. It was an ordinary quill- a cheap little EagleStic 39, in fact.
"Funny you should say that," huffed the quill. "You thought me the pinnacle of arcane clockwork once."
"Sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."
The quill took the liberty of moving a breath closer to the bridge of Harry's nose.
"This plume has fought in wars, my lad. Perhaps you could show some respect."
And, in fact, the EagleStic 39 had once been considered revolutionary on account of its nib's having two slits, rather than the traditional one, as well as an anticoagulant coat on the tip of the tip for longevity.Some had turned their noses up at it, smelling a marketing ploy; but it had quickly become clear that the collective wizardly consciousness had begun paying as much attention to its quills as to what one wrote with them. The market had degenerated into orgy. A wave of imitators (most notably the ClawHawk and Trinity lines) had scrambled onto the blotting-paper of the EagleStic's success, though none rivalled the Eagle itself- ruffles and bells notwithstanding. The transformation of the stationery sub-culture had been phenomenal. In less than a month the single-slitted Noxaprime VI had become quaint, medieval; a year later it was extinct everywhere but in the margins of Potions exams.
All this, however, was before the Trismegestus-3 came out. It claimed to be made of a single Ruch feather, imported from one of the overlapping plethorae of deserts in Arabia and treated with balms in Egypt. Its plume was uniquely aerodynamic. Its nib sported three- three- slits, cut at angles that would make an Arithmancer proud. Most importantly, it came laced with a charm guaranteed to make the most doctorish handwriting legible for twelve weeks before it needed to be retouched. Professorshad recommendedit to their students as the worthiest of all possible frivolity.
"Nothing frou-frou about me," the quill continued, stabbing the air for emphasis. "When you misspell the names of historical figures, do I complain? When your sums are incorrect, do I cane you? No. I am a servant; I keep your secrets-"
"Not from Snape," thought Harry bitterly.
"He has an interesting relationship with his handwriting," agreed the quill. "It was quite an experience- his handwriting, I mean."
Snape had handled this particular quill once when he'd caught Harry opining on a charmed half-scrap of parchment about the Potions' Master's tics. The other half of the scrap had been immediately stashed in a book, but Snape had discovered Harry's interlocutor by forcing the quill to rat on the other party's quill. Hermione had spent their entire detention speculating- aloud and at length- about how Snape had known, and whether the weak point of the charm could have been fixed by an Oath, and in what language, and whether Snape knew any Hebrew. Harry was unsure whether Hermione or Filch had contributed more to the agony of that detention.
The EagleStic's heydey had faded almost as abruptly as it had begun. After the Trismegestus became cheap enough for the population to own, the EagleStic had found itself relegated to the dustier shelves of Flourish and Blotts. It was sold in ribbons of three. It was then sold at a discount. People who once treasured it threw its successors away or forgot them on counters and tabletop cracks; once an object of value, it was now a mere exercise in first-year Transfiguration.
"Err, it's his insanity that's being quite the experience at the moment..." Harry glanced at Snape and drew a breath. "Look. We've been together a long time, haven't we? We've been good to each other- you more than me, but I'm sorry about that and I'll be really nice in future; I promise. Couldn't you just-"
"He has an amazing touch," the quill replied, twitching a little. "Besides, he recognises my true potential. Unlike some snooty children. I am a warrior, Mr. Potter, in case you failed to notice. Waiting around for you to realise that study is a serious business will never get me the respect I deserve."
"Respect? From Snape?"
"It is a concept rather foreign to you Gryffindors," sniffed the quill. "And- really, Mr. Potter, do be frank- would you pass up the opportunity to write in blood rather than cold edelberry juice for a change?"
Harry had to admit that this was an excellent point.
"So all this time I've been using a Slytherin-hearted quill."
But this is not the story of the quill; for though it felt itself liberated it was, still, a very ordinary quill. And though it believed its story to be a tragic and intricate one, full of misunderstandings and misappreciations and heroism, it was in reality filled with little more than petty concerns about Euclid. Indeed, had the quill poised in front of Harry been any other quill in the world, the conversation would have been much the same. The priorities of quills are not those of boys.
Worthless feather. Harry would certainly have swatted it away if he wasn't being held motionless in a full-body bind.
In the opposite corner stood Snape, equally motionless.
It was unclear whether he was controlling the EagleStic 39 with his wand or with the uncompromising line of his lips.
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Hey gang, hoping someone out there has a link to solid data on 2019 vs 2020 monthly/weekly morbidity. I'm in an battle with a guy I need to convince covid is real. This seems like the best way of showing it is. Since everything else is "tainted" (cdc.gov)
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jasonvatch
27 votes:
It's a cult. They cannot be convinced that they are wrong, and the harder you try, the harder they'll fight it. It's a lose-lose situation; just cut your losses and run away.
Xcott
It's also worth providing data of past death counts to show just how little they normally change from year to year. I recently gathered these death totals from an admittedly arbitrary source:
2018: 2,839,205 (25702 from previous year)
2009: 2,437,163 (-34821 from previous year)
2007: 2,423,712 (-2552 from previous year)
2003: 2,448,288 (4901 from previous year)
Here's the thing, though: I put these numbers in front of a COVID denier, a guy who insisted that the deaths this year weren't caused by COVID. I pointed out that
1. We never see an extra few hundred thousand deaths just by random chance.
2. This year we are seeing extra deaths in the 6-figure range.
3. They exactly coincide with the coronavirus outbreak, and peak when the outbreak peaks
4. There is no other phenomenon that would suddenly kill 200,000 extra people for no reason.
z. This clearly must be caused by something, and the cause is very obviously COVID.
The guy still didn't accept it. He said it wasn't caused by COVID. I asked what else could have done it, and he basically said "causes." I asked if he believes these extra deaths would have happened if there was no coronavirus outbreak, and he just rebooted his brain and started over. There was no way to convince him.
On the other hand, I think it might have made some inroads with other people reading the thread.
Shostie
Have you considered the idea that this dude is just a dumb asshole?
Carter Pewterschmidt
Ask him if he thinks pretty much every other country on the planet is in on this conspiracy. Why would countries like France and the UK cause huge damage to their economies, and huge criticism of the leaders of those countries, to support a US conspiracy? Who does he think is behind this? Why?
Rent Party
8 votes:
You can not reason someone out of a position they did not reason themselves into.
centrifugal bumblepuppy
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
Select "Excess deaths with and without COVID-19" and click Update Dashboard for this particular chart.
Estimated total number of excess deaths since 2/1/2020: 208,390 - 274,055
jasonvatch: It's a cult. They cannot be convinced that they are wrong, and the harder you try, the harder they'll fight it. It's a lose-lose situation; just cut your losses and run away.
We have to try. We have to. :-(
Arachnophobe
I work with people who are exactly as you described, right down to the 'doctors are paid to write COVID on death certificates!' conspiracy theory. One of these bastards lost his father to the virus, and still thinks it's all blown out of proportion and that it'll all go away suddenly November 4th. AND he's become an anti-masker.
I admire your effort and your optimism, I really do. But you're basically ramming your head into a concrete wall. They will not change. No amount of evidence will change their minds.
Keep trying if you feel you must. But cut your losses before you start doing damage to yourself. Stress is cumulative and we're ALL already carrying high amounts, no sense in adding more.
Nidiot
It's the House MD quote of if you could reason with religious people there'd be not religious people, only replace
"religious" with "covid-denier". You could also use Trump-supporter, or Republican. Whatever.
No one is blinder than he who will not see.
Xcott: Does this help?
Everything helps. Yeah, I'm subby. I know that's bad form (for some reason), but I'm sorta desperate here. I hope you guys can forgive me. I hope someone out there has a link to a well annotated graph of 2019 deaths versus 2020 showing a 200,000+ increase in deaths (also, I wish it weren't necessary...............)
So my problem is I'm trying to make a difference in a world where Trump has really FUD'd up reality. Everyone reading this probably understands the situation.
The easiest way I think I can do it is just with raw math. Here are the number of people who died in July of 2019. Here are the number of people who died in 2020. It doesn't matter WHAT they died of, just that they died. And that's the way we can track the pandemic.
My adversary (so to speak) is blowing it off with stuff like "well, grandma died of cancer, and they're marking it as covid!!!1!" And that there is a massive conspiracy to hide what's really happening because Doctors and/or hosptial/health-care systems are paid to lie on Death Certificates for big Buck$$$. Nevermind that a coverup of that magnitude would be the biggest news sensation since Jesus rose from the grave. But, I need to confirm this. I think by doing this, I might change some minds. I'm naive that way. Hopefully naive. While that's still allowed...............
This should be trivial information to find. And to be honest, my google-fu is fairly strong (I'm at least a red belt). But it has proven to be not good enough to my great consternation.
So anyway, if you've got something bookmarked that could help, please post your link. Thank you in advance. Really. Thank you.
I don't know if this (or anything) would make a difference if he's that determined to deny reality, but you might also want to mention that it's not just about deaths. There are many, many, many thousands of people who have a "mild" (i.e., not requiring hospitalization) case at first, but go on to develop a whole host of symptoms afterwards with no definite progression or end date. They're called COVID long-haulers.
I'm one of them, and a recent estimate suggests there are upwards of 70,000 of us in the NY metro area alone.
Dr Fauci referred to long-haulers in his testimony before Congress yesterday: https://www.salon.com/2020/09/23/fauci-cdc-senate-testimony-covid19-redfield-guidance-shift-long-haulers-long-term-side-effects/
Does he believe ebola is a hoax too? Because here's an article by a doctor who survived ebola and is seeing similar after effects in COVID patients: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-slow-recovery-long-hauler-complications--/2020/09/18/73c2fd20-f45c-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html
Is he a sports guy? If doctors can't sway him, perhaps football or baseball players will:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2903903-houston-dl-sedrick-williams-says-he-has-heart-complications-from-covid-19
https://www.si.com/college/indiana/football/indiana-freshman-brady-feeney-seriously-ill-covid-19
https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/08/01/eduardo-rodriguez-red-sox-out-for-season-covid-19-heart-issue
I could go on and on, but this one hits close to home. I haven't been able to work since May and recently got let go from a job I gave my heart and soul to for five years. I don't blame my former employer -- they worked with and waited for me as long as they could. I blame the virus your friend doesn't believe in.
Cagey B
Destructor: jasonvatch: It's a cult. They cannot be convinced that they are wrong, and the harder you try, the harder they'll fight it. It's a lose-lose situation; just cut your losses and run away.
Fark Independent gets confronted by the true face of American conservatism and now thinks at the eleventh hour that he can reason with Frankenstein's monster.
I mean, it's not really funny since this is the shiat that's going to kill us all, and you and people like you have enabled it into existence. But it's kind of funny.
I don't deny that. But this guy thinks he's as smart as the President - and unfortunately, he's right. It's a failure of the educational system in the USA, which has been under attack for decades.
Make me President, and I'll declare that a healthy, educated populace is necessary for our National Defense.
Shostie: Have you considered the idea that this dude is just a dumb asshole?
Hey listen. I'm a dumber asshole than a lot of people I know. I've made so many mistakes. So many. So many countless tears of regret....... They haunt me constantly... They can never be forgiven...... Never.
But, you know, you've got to do Right as you see the Right.
Right? :-)
Maybe, if I can salvage just one soul... Just one.... It might make a difference.
/And scene!
bdub77: But mostly, I would suggest you give up. Some people can't be reasoned with. My parents are like that - almost fully entrenched in their belief systems and their worldview.
I disagree. When you argue with some loon on the Internet, you're arguing for the benefit of a large, unseen audience. If you clearly expose the loon as a loon, it makes a big difference to persuadable people who might have considered what they had to say.
In addition, I think a comprehensive debunking will still effect people who seem unconvinceable. You may have someone who refuses to back down, but who still becomes painfully of how stupid they look, and how much work it is to remain a believer in the face of common sense. People do get over such things, and you may convince that guy in the long term that being a nutcase isn't worth it.
Enigmamf
Why would he believe any numbers you present when he already disbelieves everything else that's been published?
I have updated my strategy for COVID deniers :
There is an overwhelming amount of evidence and scientific consensus that COVID is a) real, and b) lethal.
I no longer need to prove this
Those claiming differently need to prove otherwise.
"Really? I didn't know that. Show me your studies.." * crickets*
if nothing else, it allows us to move on to more pleasant things...
Destructor: Shostie: Have you considered the idea that this dude is just a dumb asshole?
I have felt the same way. But understand something: In life there are innumerable paths. And very few of them are well lit and have truthful signposts. Most of them, in fact, are shrouded in fog and lie to us about where they go.
For each choice there are so many paths available. And all of them seem random, due to lack of knowledge and the fact that other humans (through their ignorance, or through laziness, or on purpose) distort your perception of the nature of those paths. And for each choice in your life, only one of those paths is the "right" one. Simply by random chance, most of your choices will be wrong. That, unfortunately, is called "being Human." The human mind is not entirely rational. It is mainly emotional, and always choosing the rational course is difficult.
I tried to say all this in the novel: "The Maze Race is metaphor for the Struggle of Life. The moral hallmark of civilization is commitment to dismantling the world's death traps and dead ends, so that each Maze Racer in the Maze of Life may more expeditiously travel their Path." - The martyred Universist Sage Dothallian
All we can each do is muddle forward, and be easy on ourselves. The mistakes can be forgiven, and the nidus for that is truly felt regret, newly discovered understanding, and a commitment to pass along the torch, regardless of how guttered and flickering it may be.
It's hackneyed and (some say) stupid, but Max Ehrmann's Desiderata is, in fact, true. Be easy with yourself. You're human, not a robot. shiat happens.
AtomPeepers
Perhaps point out that Fox News argues in court that Tucker Carlson isn't news at all.
Federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil found:
This "general tenor" of the show should then inform a viewer that he is not "stating actual facts" about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in "exaggeration" and "non-literal commentary." ... . Fox persuasively argues ... that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer "arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism" about the statements he makes.
So the top-rated program on a news station cannot be reasonably expected to be taken seriously and "reasonable" viewers will be skeptical that his claims are not "actual facts." Perhaps this is a good legal argument to make, but it's a dreadful position to be in as a news organization.
Good luck pushing them out of Trump's field of lies.
trerro
Xcott: You could always put the guy on defense. Dare him to name the last time the US death toll was at least 100,000 more than the previous year. Give him some of this data and ask him how far back you have to go to see such a thing. I'm guessing the Civil war.
Then present the extra deaths and say (1) what could have suddenly killed so many extra people in a single year, exactly in synch with the COVID outbreak? And (2) does anyone seriously believe that without the coronavirus outbreak, all those extra deaths would have just happened as a statistical fluke?
There was one other later death spike that definitely compares, and it was also caused by a pandemic... caused by a particularly nasty flu virus... and made far worse by people refusing to wear masks and avoid everything they're being asked to avoid now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
This not only further proves the point about the current death spike, but has the added bonus that it also dismisses the "oh, it's just a flu" idiots. The 1918 one WAS actually a flu, but an unusually deadly one.
Arachnophobe: I work with people who are exactly as you described, right down to the 'doctors are paid to write COVID on death certificates!' conspiracy theory. One of these bastards lost his father to the virus, and still thinks it's all blown out of proportion and that it'll all go away suddenly November 4th. AND he's become an anti-masker.
Have none of these people noticed that this virus is THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD?
I get many of us do hate Trump, but I'd find it more than a little preposterous to think everyone worldwide is in on one giant hoax performance piece for the benefit of American politics. Or is the idea of the existence of the rest of the world also a hoax? An illusion? The world is flat and only has the US on it?
Three Crooked Squirrels
Destructor: Xcott: Does this help?
I'll play your adversary:
You: An extra 200,000 people have died since March 2020. What else could have caused that?
Adversary: The shut down. Depression, suicide, poor nutrition, masks that cause an excess of CO2 in the system. Plus, rioters killing each other and killing police. And how many of those are deaths from fires in the West started by Antifa? Add all that up, and I bet you get your excess 200,000.
You: I give up.
Go ahead and give it a try. But don't go nuts if you feel like you are talking to a brick wall. Some people are too far gone. Wish I had a good cite for you, but I don't.
themindiswatching
bdub77: Experience is the best way to convince someone.
I'm going to guess "experience" here is going to be either personally catching it or someone in their close immediate family doing so. And even then, there's a decent chance they won't be a long-hauler or dead, causing them to double down on the stupidity.
cretinbob
Piss on their shoes and walk away.
Well, in that case, good luck.
Destructor: My adversary (so to speak) is blowing it off with stuff like "well, grandma died of cancer, and they're marking it as covid!!!1!" And that there is a massive conspiracy to hide what's really happening because Doctors and/or hosptial/health-care systems are paid to lie on Death Certificates for big Buck$$$.
You could always put the guy on defense. Dare him to name the last time the US death toll was at least 100,000 more than the previous year. Give him some of this data and ask him how far back you have to go to see such a thing. I'm guessing the Civil war.
You Die!
1 vote:
Ker_Thwap: As a math major with a concentration in statistics... most people just don't understand how to handle raw math, they don't know what it means, they don't know what it doesn't mean. Then you have to add in the people who don't understand formal logic, just simple stuff like all dogs are animals, but not all animals are dogs. Then you have to add in the people who don't understand debating fallacies.. The people who don't understand grammar. The people who are into faith based decisions.
Unless you're planning on funding a few years of Junior College, attend classes with them, and and help them out in their study groups among student peers... you're pretty much just talking to your cat about the latest movie and expecting them to discuss the plot with you.
There's just so much background education needed before you can get to the stuff like statistics.
Don't diss my cat.
reveal101
As a political science major I couldn't agree more.
Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Ker_Thwap
As a math major with a concentration in statistics... most people just don't understand how to handle raw math, they don't know what it means, they don't know what it doesn't mean. Then you have to add in the people who don't understand formal logic, just simple stuff like all dogs are animals, but not all animals are dogs. Then you have to add in the people who don't understand debating fallacies.. The people who don't understand grammar. The people who are into faith based decisions.
Uranus: I have updated my strategy for COVID deniers :
That's a good point. If you go to the crackpot with a mountain of data, you're basically putting the crackpot in a position he doesn't deserve. He's the one proposing the alternate hypothesis, and he must make the case.
I've noticed this is actually very common crackpot behavior: they often overestimate their importance and authority, for example demanding that everyone in a web forum answer their questions or address their objections, or believing that their objections must be addressed before everyone can go ahead and accept science as real.
Conversely, it drives them batty when you ignore them, or curtly respond "why do I need to tell you anything? You're just some guy on the Internet, and science doesn't need your blessing in order to work."
However, as I said before, you're having this conversation with a nut because a bunch of other potential believers are watching, and you can inoculate them against bogus beliefs. In addition, crackpots do change. Most of the global warming deniers I argued with 20 years ago seem to have changed their minds. I think it's because their beliefs were based on some implausible ideas like a worldwide cabal of scientists, and enough people pointed out how ridiculous that was.
Perhaps it will be best to quickly summarize the evidence in favor reality---there is an undeniable spike in deaths this year over previous years, that exactly coincide with the COVID outbreak---so that onlookers are inoculated by the basic argument. Then tell the crackpot that the onus is on him to show any authoritative evidence to the contrary.
Todd300
Spend that time ensuring three sane people are enabled to vote.
2farknfunny
never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Snapper Carr
On the other hand, I think it might have made some inroads with other people readi ...
You're never going to convince him. He'll play pigeon chess until you give up. Just walk away.
Why waste your time? Data won't change their mind.
Three Crooked Squirrels: Destructor: Xcott: Does this help?
Adversary: The shut down. Depression, suicide, poor nutrition, masks that cause an excess of CO2 in the system. Plus, rioters killing each other and killing police. And how many of those are deaths from fi ...
Maybe you can adapt this to help. The ones who deny the existence of the virus piss me off the most.
Nidiot: Arachnophobe: I work with people who are exactly as you described, right down to the 'doctors are paid to write COVID on death certificates!' conspiracy theory. One of these bastards lost his father to the virus, and still thinks it's all blown out of proportion and that it'll all go away suddenly November 4th. AND he's become an anti-masker.
Oh they have, but many of the more douchebag anti-COVID people fall back on pretty racist sh*t to explain away why e.g. South Korea is doing much better.
cryinoutloud: hebrides: I could go on and on, but this one hits close to home. I haven't been able to work since May and recently got let go from a job I gave my heart and soul to for five years. I don't blame my former employer -- they worked with and waited for me as long as they could. I blame the virus your friend doesn't believe in.
I'm so sorry. I think I have some leftover symptoms myself. Yeah, I tell everybody that I had it, it was pretty bad, and it is quite real. Then they say, well, my friend got sick, but his wife didn't, so how bad can it be? And they'll keep saying that it's no big deal even if someone they know gets pretty sick. Because cult.
Thanks, and sorry to hear that you are dealing with after effects too. There are far too many out there, including far too many doctors, who dismiss long-haul COVID because it doesn't sync up with what the original (6-7 months ago) literature said "should" be the usual progression. Doctors are playing catch up now, and I'm very fortunate to have finally gotten connected with a few who understand. Feel free to message me if you have questions about other resources; we've all had to become our own experts. Hang in there. And yes, cult.
cryinoutloud
hebrides: I could go on and on, but this one hits close to home. I haven't been able to work since May and recently got let go from a job I gave my heart and soul to for five years. I don't blame my former employer -- they worked with and waited for me as long as they could. I blame the virus your friend doesn't believe in.
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Tank engines return to Donegal
Thomas The Tank Engine being built.
The Rosses Men’s Shed in Donegal were delighted recently to win the €750 first prize in the MyWaste #UpcycleChallenge.
The competition is a collaboration between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and My Waste, an initiative of the Regional Waste Management Offices on behalf of the Department of Climate Action, Communications and the Environment.
The idea behind the project is to reduce waste by reusing materials that would otherwise be disposed of. Participants make something completely different but still usable.
The train was made from an old oil tank.
We spoke to shedder Pat Bonner who told us about the inspiration behind the eye-catching, life-sized Thomas The Tank Engine that the members of the shed assembled for the competition.
“The inspiration for our project came from a shed member’s better half. She decided to brighten up their back garden by painting a Thomas The Tank Engine face on their oil tank.
There was an extra dimension to building a train, says Pat: “Railways unfortunately disappeared from Donegal in the 1960s, so we decided to try and recreate and build our own ‘Thomas’ as a reminder of those days.”
The structure is truly upcycled, consisting of material that can be found in any workshop, farm or shed. The men started with an old oil tank and pallets. Some Perspex for the porthole windows was added and an old aluminium chimney cap was used as Thomas’s smokestack.
The completed Thomas The Tank Engine.
The construction of the piece wasn’t all plain sailing. “We were aware that the project had to be completed with strict adherence to Government guidelines. Masks had to be worn at all times and social distancing maintained.”
Not only that, it was essential to protect the work-in-progress from the wild Donegal elements. “The fact that it had to be assembled outdoors provided a number of problems, the weather being one of them,” says Pat. “Thomas had to be tethered during high winds and covered when it rained.”
In the end, the hard work paid off – not only in terms of prizes but in provoking a sense of fun, purpose and energy during the stressful period of COVID-19 restrictions.
“Of all the projects we have done over the past four years this task has generated the most enthusiasm among the members. It may sound like a childish proposition but as they say, ‘Adults are just children at heart... but with a few more wrinkles’.”
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MICHAEL CASO SCHOLARSHIP
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Kathy’s foundation has spread its wings by adding the Michael Caso Scholarship Program working closely with the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. Last year we mentioned that we were working on this program in our News Section. A contribution of $10,000 was given from the Foster A Dream Foundation to establish the scholarship in memory of our very dear friend Michael.
We are proud to announce that we have already assisted nine scholarship recipients who each received $1,100.00 and we plan to offer at least 10 scholarships each year! As you know, our focus has mainly been on those living in foster care. However, we can also reach out to so many living in low-income families that restrict kids from ever reaching their goals. Michael was an outstanding electrician as some of you are already well aware, so we felt it only appropriate to establish this scholarship in his name to help these teens/young adults follow his career path.
The scholarship will cover the cost of the necessary textbook and quality tools of the trade which will be used throughout their career as electricians. The cost for these necessities is $1,100.00 which can clearly present itself as a major burden or road block for disadvantaged students. The Benjamin Franklin Institute reports that 2/3 of their students come from low-income families which makes the need truly great.
One of our first special recipients wrote a thank you letter which you will see on this page for you to read.
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Rep. Tim Walberg tests positive for COVID-19
Rep. Tim Walberg tests positive for coronavirus
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Rep. Tim Walberg announced Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19, making him the latest lawmaker to contract the virus.
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“My symptoms are mild, and I remain in good spirits,” Walberg said in a statement. “In conjunction with health officials, my office and I are in the process of reaching out to individuals I had contact with before my self-isolation began.”
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Walberg said he will work from home until he’s recovered, and thanked people for their prayers and well-wishes.
“Throughout this pandemic, the work of our health care professionals and frontline workers has been nothing short of heroic, and I continue to be grateful for their dedication,” Walberg said. “As we enter the winter months, I encourage everyone to remain vigilant and adhere to public health guidelines to combat this virus.”
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Remorseful thieves return stolen puppy to little girl
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Having anything stolen in a burglary is bad enough, but a little girl’s puppy is the lowest of the low. As reported by the BBC an 8-week-old labrador named Sasha was stolen from a family’s home in Melbourne, Australia.
Sasha belonged to 4-year-old Maia, who was devastated upon learning her best friend was taken.
Sasha’s dad, Ryan Hood, told Australia’s Today, “"We've only had her a week, but she's part of the family. She was my daughter's best friend, and those two spent each night falling asleep together in the dog bed."
The story made national news, and it’s quite possible the thieves realized they crossed a line. Everyone rejoiced days later when Victoria Police tweeted that Sasha had been returned to 4-year-old Maia just days after the burglary.
“We didn't want to get our hopes up. And then this morning, my wife got up to make herself a coffee, walked past the sliding door, and noticed that there was a figure moving by the kennel. We think that whoever took her has either has a conscience or got scared and just dropped her over the fence ... we don't care to be honest, we're just glad to have her back," Hood said.
The jewelry, laptop, and ipad that were stolen were not returned, but those can easily be replaced. A friend, however, cannot.
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China warns US trade deals off if tariffs go ahead
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BEIJING (AP) — China warned Sunday after another round of talks on a sprawling trade dispute with Washington that any deals they produce "will not take effect" if President Donald Trump's threatened tariff hike on Chinese goods goes ahead.
The warning came after delegations led by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and China's top economic official, Vice Premier Liu He, wrapped up a meeting on Beijing's pledge to narrow its trade surplus. Ross said at the start of the event they had discussed specific American exports China might purchase, but the talks ended with no joint statement and neither side released details.
The White House threw the meeting's status into doubt Tuesday by renewing a threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese high-tech goods in response to complaints Beijing steals or pressures foreign companies to hand over technology. The event went ahead despite that but Beijing said it reserved the right to retaliate.
Tuesday's announcement revived fears the conflict between the two biggest economies might dampen global growth or encourage other governments to raise their own barriers to imports.
"If the United States introduces trade sanctions including a tariff increase, all the economic and trade achievements negotiated by the two parties will not take effect," said the Chinese statement, carried by the official Xinhua News Agency.
The negotiating process should be "based on the premise" of not fighting a "trade war," the statement said.
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"It has been a tense and tough G7 — I would say it's been far more a G6 plus one than a G7," said Le Maire, who called the tariffs unjustified.
"We regret that our common work together at the level of the G7 has been put at risk by the decisions taken by the American administration on trade and on tariffs," he said
U.S. tensions with China had eased after Beijing promised on May 19 to "significantly increase" purchases of farm goods, energy and other products and services following the last round of talks in Washington. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the dispute was "on hold" and the tariff hike would be postponed.
That truce appeared to end with Tuesday's surprise announcement. It said the White House also will impose curbs on Chinese investment and purchases of U.S. high-tech goods and on visas for Chinese students.
Analysts suggested Trump might be trying to appease critics of his administration's deal to allow Chinese telecom equipment giant ZTE Corp. to stay in business. They said those political pressures mean the technology-related tariff hikes are likely to go ahead.
Members of Congress criticized the agreement to lift a ban on sales of U.S. components to ZTE, which admitted violating rules on exports to Iran and North Korea. In exchange, the company is to remove its management team, hire American compliance officers and pay a fine.
Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on a total of up to $150 billion of Chinese goods. Tuesday's announcement gave no indication whether the other increases might also go ahead.
China has threatened to retaliate by raising import duties on a $50 billion list of American goods including soybeans, small aircraft, whiskey, electric vehicles and orange juice. It criticized Tuesday's announcement but refrained from repeating its earlier threat.
Beijing has resisted U.S. pressure to commit to a firm target of narrowing its annual surplus with the United States by $200 billion.
Private sector analysts say while Beijing is willing to compromise on its trade surplus, it will resist changes that might threaten plans to transform China into a global technology competitor.
Ross was accompanied by agriculture, treasury and trade officials for the meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, a leafy compound on Beijing's west side. Liu's delegation included China's central bank governor and commerce minister.
Ross and Liu held a working dinner Saturday ahead of their talks.
"Our meetings so far have been friendly and frank, and covered some useful topics about specific export items," said Ross at the opening of Sunday's meeting.
The U.S. pressure over technology policy reflects growing American concern about China's status as a potential competitor and complaints Beijing improperly subsidizes its fledgling industries and shields them from competition.
Foreign governments and businesses cite strategic plans such as "Made in China 2025," which calls for state-led efforts to create Chinese industry leaders in areas from robots to electric cars to computer chips.
Trade analysts had warned Ross's hand might be weakened by the Trump administration's decision Thursday to go ahead with tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Europe and Mexico.
That might alienate allies who share complaints about Chinese technology policy and a flood of low-priced steel, aluminum and other exports they say are the result of improper subsidies and hurt foreign competitors.
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Traditional care and modern testing to combine in new Aboriginal health research
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Wound Care Research Project team members: Associate Professor Eliza Whitehead, Madeleine Muir, Kate Kauter, Dr Raelene Ward. Image: USQ
Finding modern ways – while incorporating traditional practices – to better treat chronic wounds in Aboriginal communities is the focus of a new University of Southern Queensland-led research project.
Recently awarded more than $200,000 under the first round of the Federal Government’s Indigenous Australians Health Programme Emerging Priorities grant scheme, the research will involve biomedical scientists and nurses from USQ, as well as health workers from eight Aboriginal medical services from Gladstone to Cunnamulla.
Lead researcher Associate Professor Eliza Whiteside said the management of wounds and skin infections was a significant issue in regional Australia, particularly in Aboriginal communities due to difficulties in accessing wound care products and services and high rates of comorbid conditions such as diabetes and vascular disease.
“These conditions can make the treatment of wounds quite complicated so we’re looking to be able to develop a test that Aboriginal health workers will be able to use to treat wounds faster and more holistically,” she said.
“Through our collaboration with nurses working at the Aboriginal medical services, we’ll be collecting wound fluid samples to test in our lab at USQ, looking for markers that show us what infections are present as well as biomarkers that tell us how the body is responding to the wound.
“We’ll investigate how those markers interact and the clues they can offer as to whether the wound will heal or not. The research will also investigate the capacity of traditional bush medicines to complement the testing platform we’re looking to create.”
Chairwoman of Toowoomba based Goolburri Aboriginal Health Advancement, senior USQ Nursing lecturer, and A/Prof in the College for Indigenous Studies, Education and Research, Dr Raelene Ward, said the importance of the research could not be overstated.
“Wound care in Aboriginal communities is far more complex than wound care in a general hospital setting,” Dr Ward said.
“This project will be instrumental in bettering the treatment options and maintain much better support from an Aboriginal medical service point of view,” Dr Ward said.
“It’s also an area of health care that hasn’t been explored before in specific relationship to Aboriginal medical services, so there are some very important learning opportunities here for our nurses working in Aboriginal communities around how to test, treat and care for wounds.
“The opportunity is also there to deliver those learnings and translate those new skills back into the broader health care system and build some valuable new connections between USQ and Aboriginal health services throughout Queensland.”
Renaissance in Aboriginal agriculture in western NSW
[University of Sydney]
In a glorious mess of flour, culture and ideas, a group of 20 Aboriginal people representing six communities in western New South Wales met on Gamilaraay Country at the University of Sydney’s Plant Breeding Institute outside Narrabri last week.
New collective to end exploitation of Aboriginal products
[Tyne Logan, ABC]
The new collective, called Trading Blak, seeks to promote those businesses while educating consumers and non-Aboriginal business owners about the cultural responsibilities in giving back to the community when selling Aboriginal products.
Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolngu stories to inspire better healthcare
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The knowledge shared in these podcasts must be communicated as widely as possible so that the health workforce is better prepared to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have to enter the western medical system.
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Ajax vs Tottenham Hotspur
How many goals do Spurs need against Ajax to set up Champions League final vs Liverpool?
The Dutch side won the first leg 1-0 in north London last Tuesday
Rob GuestTottenham Hotspur correspondent
It could be a momentous night in the history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club as they take on Ajax in the Champions League semi-finals this evening.
The Lilywhites head into the game in Amsterdam trailing 1-0 following Donny van de Beek's early goal in N17 last Tuesday.
Ajax did have chances to add to their scoreline over the course of the 90 minutes and they could well come back to haunt them come 10pm.
The good news for Spurs is that Son Heung-min is back for the clash after missing out last week due to suspension.
Ajax vs Tottenham live: Team news, build up, TV channel & live stream information
There will be no Harry Kane once again, however, with the ankle injury he sustained in the previous round against Man City keeping him on the sidelines.
So, how many goals do Spurs need tonight to progress through after losing in the first leg?
As it stands, Mauricio Pochettino's team will seal a place in the final against Liverpool as long as they score one more goal than the Dutch side.
Lucas Moura during the Champions League defeat against Ajax (Image: Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
So a scoreline of 2-1, 3-2, 4-3 and so on in Spurs' favour will see them progress through on away goals.
However, if the team run out 1-0 winners after 90 minutes then the game will go into extra time.
If the score remains the same after 120 minutes, a penalty shootout will then take place to determine who will play Liverpool at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium at the start of June.
A goal for Ajax in the game will mean that the tie cannot go to extra time because the score has to be the same as the first leg to do so.
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Christian EriksenThe Dane left Tottenham Hotspur for Inter Milan less than 12 months ago and has already been linked with a move back to the Premier League club
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Borough protestors call on Gedling MP Tom Randall to support Extinction Rebellion-backed climate bill
PICTURED: Amanda Pumo from Gedling at the protests in London
Protestors based in Gedling borough have called on local MP Tom Randall to back a new Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill) and help prevent ‘a climate crisis’.
The bill was announced in Parliament yesterday (September 2) by Caroline Lucas and is being supported by 12 other MPs —including Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome.
Extinction Rebellion campaigners organised a protest in Central London to coincide with the Bill announcement.
A number of campaigners were arrested during the protest after they sat in the middle of the road next to Parliament Square to stop traffic.
Ms Whittome met with Extinction Rebellion Nottingham in Parliament Square during the protest.
Now local campaigners are urging Gedling MP Tom Randall to support the Bill.
Amanda Pumo, 61, is a property management consultant from Gedling and was one of the local people who made their way down to London to protest.
She said: “I’m terrified of what the future might hold. Tom Randall needs to listen to the science and back the Bill.”
Margret Vince, 62, is a translator and mother of two who lives in the borough. She is hoping the new Bill will help create a green recovery that can offer new opportunities for young people in her area.
She said: “My children went to Redhill School, Tom Randall’s old school. We have great schools in Gedling, but also a lot of social deprivation.
“There’s not much here for young people, and because of Covid everyone is even more worried about lost jobs. We need a real effort to create new jobs in new green industries,
Margret was not in London to protest for health reasons but she’s an active ‘home rebel.’
PICTURED: Margret Vince
She said: “I have arthritis and I can’t stand for long, but there are a lot of ways to help.
“I’ve helped the London protests with tents and equipment, and I’ve made an appointment to see Tom Randall about the CEE Bill. I will talk to local politicians of any party.”
Margret has called on her MP to now act as a leader and support the CEE Bill.
She said: “This is a chance for Tom Randall to make his mark.
“As an MP he could make a real difference. If he cares about representing his constituents, this is the perfect way to go about it.”
PICTURED: Nadia Whittome at yesterday’s protests in London
The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill, if passed, gives the Prime Minister a duty to ensure that the UK achieves specified objectives on climate change, ecosystems and biodiversity.
The Bill, if passed, sets out a framework for how this can be achieved, including establishing a citizens’ assembly.
It has been drafted by an alliance of policy-makers from Extinction Rebellion, the Big Ask campaign, and respected climate, energy and ecology academics.
Gedling Eye contacted Gedling MP Tom Randall for a response.
He said that he agreed that climate change is a priority but disagreed with aspects of the Bill.
He told Gedling Eye: “Tackling climate change is a priority for this Conservative Government and me.
“I am proud that the UK was the first G7 country to legislate to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. We have recently seen some great strides in protecting the environment, such as generating electricity for a record period of time without burning fossil fuels.
“I understand that this Bill has been developed by campaign members of Extinction Rebellion, Big Ask and Power for the People.
“I note it seeks to examine the UK’s global carbon footprint, such as indirect UK emissions in our supply chain which may affect developing countries. I am encouraged that the UK remains committed to environmentally sustainable development as set out in the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals.
“In September 2019 the Prime Minister committed to doubling the UK’s International Climate Finance over the next five years which I hope will enable the UK to play an active part in protecting the environment and reversing biodiversity loss.
He added: “I profoundly disagree with the idea of forming a citizens’ assembly. Parliament is the proper place to make decisions and the people should have the right to elect – and reject – the people who make decisions on their behalf.
“While I welcome the increased awareness and debate this Bill brings, I do not believe that it is required as work is already underway.”
People can support the CEE Bill by contacting their local MP using the digital rebellion webpage.
More information on the ‘home rebel’ events can be found on the Extinction Rebellion Nottingham website or facebook.
Tags: Nadia Whittome News Tom Randall
Sep 4, 2020 at 12:51 pm
I will be very annoyed if Randall backs these terrorists.
Frank, says:
When did XR threaten to kill anyone? If they haven’t then they are not terrorists.
XR are not terrorists, when have they ever threaten to kill anyone?
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"ROATH, in the Cwmwd of Cibwyr, Cantref of Brenhinol (now called the Hundred of Kibbor), Co. of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a Vicarage, not in charge, of the certified value of £7.: Patron, The Marquis of Bute: Church dedicated to St. Margaret. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 236. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £264..12..2 1/2, at 8s. in the pound. It is adjacent to Caerdiff on the North East. This Parish contains about 1500 acres of Land, well cultivated.-The present worthy Vicar very obligingly adds, " The Rectorial Tythes belong to the Chapter of Gloucester. The Marquis of Bute lately rebuilt the Chancel, and put up a very elegantly ornamented Window at the East end of it. To the North of the Chancel, and adjoining to it, His Lordship has erected a new Burying-place for his Family; The late Marchioness, the late Lord Mount-Stuart, and others, are there deposited." -According to the Diocesan Report, in 1809, the yearly value of this Benefice, arising from Tythes, and Augmentation, was £49." From: A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.
The modern city of Cardiff embraces the ancient parishes of Cardiff St. John and Cardiff St. Mary - plus the adjoining parishes of Llandaff and Roath
Here is a substantial reading list of books which relate to Glamorgan, either county or parish.
The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing Monumental Inscriptions for the following burial grounds :-
Parish Church of St. Margaret
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Roath Burial Board records "Mortgage Register 1875"
"Roath Burial Board appears to have been set up at some point between 1871 and 1875. It purchased land on Ty Draw Farm, Roath, Glamorgan, to provide a cemetery, but never built it. It appears to have been absorbed into Cardiff Burial Board when the boundaries of Cardiff were extended to include Roath in 1875."
St Anne, Roath, Cardiff
St Edward, Pen-Y-Lan
St Margaret, Roath, Cardiff
St Philip, Tremorfa
St Saviour, Splott, Cardiff
Ainon Baptist Chapel, Splott
Baptist Chapel, Tremorfa
Baptist Church, Roath, Cardiff
Longcross Street English Baptist Chapel, Roath, Cardiff
Congregational / Independent
Bethlehem Welsh Independent Chapel, Splotlands
Pen-Y-Lan Synagogue, Pen-Y-Lan
Albany Road English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Roath, Cardiff
Bridgend Street Mission English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Eastmoors), Eastmoors
Broadway English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Roath, Cardiff
Cyfarthfa And Lily Street English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Mission), Roath, Cardiff
Jerusalem Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Splott
Mount Hermon, Cardiff
Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Eastmoors
Plasnewydd Presbyterian Church (Calvinistic Methodist), Roath, Cardiff
Roath Park English Presbyterian Church / St Andrew'S United Reformed Church, Roath, Cardiff
Convent of Good Shepherd, Cardiff
St Albans On The Moors Church, Cardiff
Nursery School (Mission Church), Cardiff
Roath Salvation Army Chapel (Bible Christians), Roath, Cardiff
Splotlands, Splotlands, Splott
St Margaret, Jersey Marine
Welcome to S Peters (Catholic)
Chapels Database - a list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parishes of Roath, St Mary, St John and Llandaff
St. James's Church, Newport Road, Roath, Cardiff, 1893 - on the People's Collection Wales site
From Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923 (ArchiveCDBooks) - transcribed by Gareth Hicks
All Saints, ADAMSDOWN, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 28 June, 1867; the present church was built in 1902 to supersede the old church in Tyndall street. The register dates from the year 1867. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £178, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaff and the Board of Patronage, ..
For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
The church is dedicated to St. Margaret, is in the Benefice of Roath, and the diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website. The church can be located at grid reference ST199777.
A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1724-1879, Marriages, 1724-1837, Burials, 1724-1876.
Anglican Parish Registers Held at the Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
Baptisms Marriages Burials Banns Bishops Transcripts
1731-1923 1732-1812, 1814-1926 1740-1876 1872-1926 1717, 1724, 1726-1727, 1731-1752, 1754-1807, 1809-1815, 1817-1837
Roath Ecclesicatical Parish records " ....... including registers of baptisms, 1731-1923; marriages, 1732-1926; burials, 1740-1876; banns, 1872-1926; servcies, 1883-1930; records relating to: churchwardens, 1819-1935; parochial church council, 1883-1962; church organisations, 1882-1961; civil and miscellaneous, 1862-1993"
Modern Parishes & Chapels of Ease :-
St. Anne, Roath
St. German, Roath - Parish formed in 1887 from Roath St Margaret
St. Martin, Roath
St. Francis, Roath
Roath St. Edward, Penylan
Roath St. Saviour, Splott - Parish formed in 1893 from Roath St German
Roath St. Philip, Tremorfa
Non Conformist Registers Deposited at the Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
Chapel Baptisms Marriages Burials OS Map Ref
Longcross Street, Zion, Baptist 1913-1967 - - ST 19487691
Roath Park, Mark's Photos site
Roath - on Wikipedia
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see pictures of Roath which are provided by:
Transcript of name listing for Cardiff, from Commercial and Trade Directories, for the years:-
1822-1823 (Pigot's Directory) (16k) 1858-1859 (Slater's Directory) (105k)
1880 (Slater's Directory) (302k)
The transcription of the section for Roath from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Description of parish from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Roath to another place.
Some of the hamlets, towns and villages within this parish
Adamsdown
East Moors
Penylan
Splott
Tremorfa
You can see the administrative areas in which Roath has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
The Manor of Roath Dogfield - from Cardiff Records, Volume II, Chapter I NOTES ON THE MANORS OF THE CARDIFF DISTRICT . (British History Online)
Also Splott and Roath Keynsham and Roath Tewkesbury
Monument to Scott of the Antartic in Roath Park Lake
Roath War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
Damage caused by air raid at Roath, Cardiff, during the Second World War
Celebrating the opening of Roath Park, Cardiff, 20 June 1894
Photograph of the Cardiff Institute for the Blind staff at the Cane Workshop, Longcross Street, Cardiff, 1925
Russell Street or 'Patriots' Avenue', Roath, Cardiff, c. 1900
Selling wares on Cottrell Road, Roath, Cardiff, May 1894
Salvation Army Barracks, Cecil Street, Roath, Cardiff, 1894
Albany Road, Roath, Cardiff, late 19th century
Roath Mill, Cardiff, by W. B. Hodkinson, 1878 (watercolour)
This diagram shows the position of this parish within the county of Glamorgan - click on this to see a full size diagram of the county
Plan of the parish of Roath in the County of Glamorgan - on the People's Collection Wales site
Parish map (Kain/Oliver)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST201775 (Lat/Lon: 51.491053, -3.15166), Roath which are provided by:
StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
Bing (was Multimap)
OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Places, villages, farms etc within Roath as shown on the online parish map from the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Gareth Hicks)
Roath (138); GWR; Pengam; Pen-y-lan Convent; Reservoir; Roath Sta.; Splottlands.
Outside parish boundary on map; Cardiff Flats; Orchard Ledges; Roath Dock
Tobacconist and stationery shop, Albany Road, Roath, Cardiff, 1901
Davies and Son Boot and Shoe repairing depot, Wellfield Road, Roath, Cardiff, 1903
The Population of Roath was as follows, and a more detailed breakdown is available.
1841 - 298 1851 - 394 1861 - 3,044 1871 - 7,991 1881 - 23,096 1891 - 39,657
Roath Civil Parish records " ....... comprising copy of tithe plan and apportionment, c1841 [copied 1980]"
Roath Local Board of Health " ..... comprised of: minutes, 1859-1875; letter book, 1859-1861; mortgage register, 1861-1873; and poster relating to the water supply, 1875."
Roath Park Secondary Modern School, Cardiff records " ..... comprising of log books, 1951-1966"
Roath Village School, Albany Road, Roath, Cardiff, late 19th century - on the People's Collection Wales site
Roath Conservative Baseball Club, 1905 - on the People's Collection Wales site
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Hollywood and Bollywood movies are popular around the globe. So, you will find many safe and popular websites which you can use to download them. However, the websites for downloading regional movies are not much famous. In this article, you will find out the top websites using which you can easily download and watch Tamil movies.
TamilDbox is an amazing site for downloading Tamil and other movies and TV shows and watch them online. It does not ask for any type of registration or signup to let the user access its media and content. It is a perfect site which a user can use for quick access to movies and TV shows.
TamilDbox is a superior platform for getting movies. The site has a clean and interactive interface using which you can easily get your movies and TV series. All the movies and TV shows are categorized under several genres and sort options like popular, latest, featured, etc. You can easily search your movie by its name or year of release using the search bar. Moreover, it also displays the list of movies as per most watched, Halloween movies, top views, recommended, top day, top week and top month movies. TamilDbox renders more than one option to stream movies which make it more reliable and easily accessible to users. It will not redirect you to any phishing website. It provides completely safe content and movies downloading links working on a single tap. The best part of this site is that its interface is hassle-free and you will not get any annoying pop-ups during streaming. You can watch Bollywood and Hollywood movies in Tamil dubbed and subbed version for free at TamilDbox.
TamilDbox has all the features that you would like to search in a movie streaming site. You can go for this site with two extensions i.e., TamilDbox.com and Tamildbox.rocks. But you might not be able to access this website as it has been blocked in many countries due to the violence of copyrights. When you will open this website, you will receive a message saying, ” The URL has been blocked as per the instructions of the Competent Government Authority/ in compliance to the orders of Court of law”. This creates the need for TamilDbox alternatives which you can use to access the same content.
TamilDbox Mirror Sites
TamilDbox keeps coming up with new extensions which you can use for downloading movies and TV shows as TamilDbox. These sites have different extensions and are just a replica of the original site and are known as mirror sites. You can use TamilDbox mirror sites to safely access its movies and TV series.
Mirror sites are generally created to reduce the traffic on the original site or when the original site is down or blocked by ISP or government by any reason. These sites are safe to use and easy as well. You can use the mirror sites of TamilDbox to get the same content and download links. Below you can find a lost of mirror sites which are the replica of the original TamilDbox.
http://www.tamildbox.rocks
http://www.tamildbox.to
http://www.tamildbox.be
http://www.tamildbox.pm
http://www.tamildbox.ws
http://www.tamildbox.lu
http://www.tamildbox.la
http://www.tamildbox.ac
http://www.tamildbox.by
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http://www.tamikdbox.cl
http://www.tamildbox.ph
http://www.tamildbox.mu
http://www.tamildbox.gd
http://www.tamildbox.vc
http://www.tamikdbox.gy
http://www.tamildbox.cl
http://www.tamildbox.gs
http://www.tamildbox.li
http://www.tamildbox.st
http://www.tamildbox.ro
http://www.tamildbox.ax
http://www.tamildbox.co
http://www.tamildbox.tv
http://www.tamildbox.com
http://www.tamildbox.info
http://www.tamildbox.net
http://www.tamildbox.org
http://www.tamildbox.biz
http://www.tamidbox.tips
http://www.tamildbox.tools
http://www.tamildbox.live
http://www.tamildbox.pro
If you are not capable to use any site of TamilDbox then it means that site is blocked in your region or by your ISP. In that case, try using other links. You will definitely be able to download your favourite movies using them.
If you don’t want to use TamilDbox mirror sites, then you can go for these three sites which are similar to TamilDbox in features.
1. TamilGun
TamilGun is a popular website for online streaming and downloading movies and TV series. This website allows the user to download and watch different countries movies in Tamil dubbed and subbed version without any hassle.
Features of TamilGun:
You need not get yourself registered to this website for accessing its content.
You can explore all types of Bollywood and Hollywood movies in the Tamil language along with Tamil subtitles.
This website is completely updated with the latest movies and popular TV shows.
You can download full-length movies and episodes of TV series.
It enables the user to download movies in HD video quality and crisp sound quality.
If you are not capable to find any movie of your choice then you can easily request for that movie to TamilDbox team to upload that movie. It gives great customer support as well.
You may find a few ads here. But it will not pop-up on the screen until you click them. The website does not redirect the user to any malicious sites or third party websites.
You can easily load your movies with one tap and watch it till the end without any interruption.
In this way, TamilGun is a wonderful website where you can find all your movies desire in the Tamil language. It is completely different from other Tamil movie streaming website and renders user very smooth access to the website.
2. Tamilrockers
Tamilrockers is another popular website for watching movies online for free. You can easily find your favourite movies from this site using its well-organized and well-customized website. You can stream and download unlimited movies and TV shows from this website. The website is hassle-free and easy to use. It updates the released movie and episode within one day on the website. You can find here all types of movies you want. However, you may get some pop-ups while playing the movie. But it will not affect your movie experience much. It is a good website to be used for movie streaming in Hindi, English and Tamil language.
Features of Tamilrockers:
It has a very clean and intuitive interface with all the updated and latest movies.
You can find all the movies in good resolution and high-quality sound.
It had all the features almost similar to TamilDbox.
It has a huge library of movies in all genre.
It provides movies in Tamil dubbed and subbed version as well.
Tamilrockers is the best website which you can use to find Hollywood, Bollywood and Tamil movies. It will not disappoint you with its services.
3. TamilYogi
TamilYogi is a wonderful website where you can navigate to find your favourite Tamil dubbed movies. It has a huge database of all types of movies including Hollywood and Bollywood dubbed and subbed in Tamil. Its interface is somehow similar to TamilDbox.
Features of TamilYogi:
You can access this website without any registration and signup.
You can find all your movies here quickly with its search bar and using customised tabs.
It provides user option like New movies, Tamil dubbed movies and HD movies.
It has a sleek design and attractive layout which goes wonderful browsing experience to the user.
TamilYogi is also a good website available to you as an alternative to TamilDbox. However, you may find some annoying ads and pop-ups while browsing. However, it renders great service in terms of content.
4. MovieRulzz
Movierulzz website is possibly and undoubtedly the best possible alternative to TamilDbox website which is having a vast collection of Tamil movies for the users. Apart from Tamil movies, the latest Telegu, Malayalam and Kannad movies are also available on Movierulzz website, which is undoubtedly an excellent feature for all. The advanced and powerful search engine algorithm of this website is pretty much optimized, which will help the users to search for their favorite Tamil movie to stream. However, the majority of the Tamil movies available on this website are sorted according to their genres, languages, Year of release, IMDB ratings, etc. Users are just required to create a free account on this website using their Email account ID. HD video streaming quality on this website is also supported. Just click on the Thumbnail of the movie which you want to stream on this website. A separate feature to Download your favorite movies is also available on this website for the users. You can also start streaming a particular movie from where you have left off last time. The huge database of this alternate of TamilDbox website contains Thousands of Hollywood and dubbed Hollywood movies in Tamil and Telegu language.
5. v100v
v100v is another fantastic choice for the users in place of the TamilDbox website. This comprehensive alternate of TamilDbox is having a great collection of popular Tamil movies, which makes it a great alternative to the TamilDbox website. The best and the foremost advantage of streaming Tamil movies on v100v website is its intuitive graphic user interface, which is pretty much appealing for all. Moreover, there are very fewer ads available on this website, which will not become an issue for the users. There is a huge collection of movies available on this website which has been categorized according to various sections. Furthermore, there is a unique feature available on this website, which will allow the users to create a request to admin to upload a particular movie.There are a lot of genres like Comedy,Romance, Thriller, Murder, Family, etc. are available on the v100v website. There is no need to register yourself on this website to start streaming on this website. However, the only downside of this website which we have experienced is the slow loading of this website and movies. Apart from this drawback, the v100v website is having all the premium features.
6. Uyirvani
This website is another very great substitute of TamilDbox website which can provide a great Tamil movie stuff to the users. This website has millions of subscribers who stream all their favorite Tamil movies on this website on a daily basis. The huge database of this website is pretty much appealing for the users in which thousands of dubbed Hollywood and other popular South Indian movies are available. Users can search for their favorite movie on this website either by alphabetical sorting or by manual search using the search box available on the top of the homepage of the Uyirvani website. The ad-free streaming experience on this website is also a pretty much appealing feature for all the Tamil movie lovers. The graphic user-interface of the Uyirvani website is also beautiful with enhanced graphics and sleek layout. The best part of getting subscribed to this alternate of the TamilDbox website is that there will be no need to do the sign-up process on this website. Whereas while streaming movies online on this website, there will be no pop-up ads displayed on this website, which is an impressive feature.
There are a lot of video streaming qualities available on this website that users can set up according to their preferences. However, this drawback can be overcome by requesting for an updated link of that particular movie from the admin.
7.Isaimini
Yet another very comprehensive choice for the user which can prove to be an ideal substitute of TamilDbox website. This Tamil movie streaming website is a great choice for the users who don’t want to register themselves and want to stream online for free. Moreover, there will be no pop-up ads displayed on this website, which is one of the most appealing features for the users. Anyone can easily stream all the Tamil and Telegu movies on this website exclusively for free. There is a separate section of popular Bollywood movies available on this website in which movies of almost every genre is available for the users. This website offers both downloading and streaming facility to the users, which is an incredible thing about this website. The graphic user-interface of the Isaimini website is also pretty much enhanced and optimized for smoother functioning. And like TamilDbox’ website, the Isaimini website also contains a large number of dubbed Hollywood movies. Mostly, movies of Marvel Comics are available on the Isaimini website in the regional dubbed language of Tamil and Telegu.
And as we already mentioned, any user can easily download his/her favorite movie from this website for offline streaming. There are a lot of different video quality options available for the users which they can select while streaming or downloading any of their favorite movies.
8. HD Movies da
This alternate website of TamilDbox website is another trendy choice among users from all over the world due to the comprehensive collection of popular Tamil and Telegu movies. Straight on the homepage of this website, you will see different thumbnails and icons of the latest added Tamil movies on this website. There are separate sections of Hollywood and Bollywood movies on this website that can be browsed to stream any particular movie for free. The only major drawback of this website is that you need to be careful while clicking on the icons present because the majority of the icons have backlinks in them. Popular genres like Horror, action, Romance, Comedy, etc. are available on this website in which the developers add movies.
Top-rated IMDB movies are also available on this website in Tamil dubbed language. The user-friendly interface of this website is elegant, clean, and smooth in working. HD video streaming quality is also supported by this awesome alternate website of the TamilDbox website, which is pretty much impressive. However, the HD Movies da website has disabled the downloading feature, which is not good at all. Users are always looking to download movies in their devices so that they can stream it offline without any pop-up ads been displayed. Moreover, this website also provides little information about the movie which you want to stream on this website. But overall, this website provides a healthy competition to the TamilDbox website, and hence it can be considered as a decent alternate website of the TamilDbox website.
9. Yify/YTS
Yify is a new-gen and top-rated kind of online streaming website. There is a huge collection of popular Tamil and Telegu movies available on Yify website. There is no need for registering yourself on this website. All you need to do is open the URL of this website and search for your favorite movie to stream it exclusively for free. There are more than 25 different languages that are supported by the Yify website, which is an incredible feature by itself. Moreover, there is a huge collection of Tamil movies available on Yify website, which supports HD video streaming quality. Furthermore, there are no pop-ups and ads available on this website whenever you click on the Play icon of the movie. The simple and clean interface of this website makes it possible for the users for a hassle-free streaming experience on this website. Hollywood movies and popular Korean drama series are also available on this awesome website which users can stream in dubbed the Tamil language. Drama series of various countries like America, Japan, China, etc. are also present on the Yify website.
10 Einthusam
Einthusam is another very incredible choice for the users who want to stream all the popular Tamil as well as dubbed Bollywood movies in the Tamil language.
The huge database of this website contains a lot of both Tamil and Telegu regional as well as dubbed movies of Bollywood.There are lots of different categories available on this website which you can browse to stream all your favorite Tamil and Telegu movies. There are also a lot of different genres, like Comedy, Action, Thriller, Romance, Suspense, Family shows, etc. are available on the Einthusam website. Multiple servers support this site. If you want to stream all the old classic Bollywood movies online for free in Tamil dubbed language, then the Einthusam website is the first place.Some Hollywood movies have also been added on the servers of this website. The GUI of the Einthusam website is also very enhanced and optimized. Users can sort out the available media content from this website very easily using various filters such as Genres of movie, language, Year of Release, Top IMDB ratings, Movie length, etc.
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Italy announces fund to support country's game studios during COVID-19 crisis
May 22, 2020 | By Bryant Francis
More: Console/PC, Business/Marketing
The Italian government has announced that its plans for financial support for businesses during the COVID-19 crisis will include funds for the country's game development studios.
Per a press release sent to Gamasutra, the government has announced the creation of the First Playable Fund, an economic resource aimed at funding the creation of game prototypes and supporting the industry as the country recovers from the initial spread of COVID-19.
The announcement came with support from the country's game industry trade organization, the Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association (IIDEA). The government has set aside €4,000,000 for the fund, and will reward between €10,000 and €200,000 per prototype.
IIDEA director-general Thalita Malago noted that the organization has been trying to secure government funding for the country's industry for some time. "We are happy that with the DL Rilancio – or Relaunch Decree - it was possible to take the first step in this direction," he said.
The release provided some interesting context for this government support as well. A survey from the European Game Developer Federation noted that developers from the south of Europe are the most pessimistic about studio survival, which may be a result of both the virus' heavy impact on the region, and a previous lack of government and investor support for an industry that had to go toe-to-toe with companies from other countries.
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by Steve Bowler on April 13, 2008 · 105 comments
in casual,critique,multiplayer,nitpicking,uncategorized
Thanks to all of the great comments in the previous threads, I decided that I wanted to do one more final analysis of the entirety of Portal after the previous two articles, mainly so that I could either convince myself one way or the other regarding my theory on why GLaDOS tortures Chell (and therefore the player) into wanting to kill her at the end of the game. What I was looking for was some concrete evidence; something that could not be hamstrung by differences of opinion.
I thought I had my answer when I realized that GLaDOS could open and close portals at will, as she does in the first couple of levels of the game. This, it would seem, was the lynch pin of the argument that she could have killed Chell at any time she chose, but then when I went to go grab screenshots of it, I realized that GLaDOS could only create portals where an in-wall portal device was located (the walls are marked with protrusions on either side of where a portal will appear).
So while I am still left with the problem of how GLaDOS removed the dead bodies of previous test candidates (and presumably the previous inhabitants of the Aperture Science Labs), I did stumble across what I think was the intended narrative of the short Portal story. It quite literally is a tale of The Clone, the Cube, and the Construct. It’s a story about a woman, enslaved, and her attempt to break free by proxy. It’s a long ride, so curl up with a blanket while I attempt to unravel the big picture in three parts. Today, it’s all about:
Chell, the Android Clone
We begin the game with no clues as to who we are. We emerge from a cocoon-like device only to find out we are in a glass cage of a room with no doors. As a gamer we identify with this “blank slate” by projecting our own thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors onto the protagonist, but we need to attempt to look at what Valve was telling us about the protagonist herself in this situation.
We were in some sort of hibernation state. This suggests we were previously “stored” somewhere.
We are not trusted enough to be allowed freedom without limits.
We have no idea who or what we are.
These things lead me to believe in the clone theory: that Chell (our female protagonist) is actually a clone. Besides the implications of the meanings behind Chell (namely that it is another term for a sheep), we learn throughout the game that she is certainly not human. She is, in fact, an android (GLaDOS indirectly tells us as such later), and has been modified with bionic jump boot implants. While Chell was probably the daughter of founder Cave Johnson at one point, it does not appear that she is that exact individual any longer.
We are almost immediately informed as to what we are there to do, by the voice of the Antagonist, who we later find is named GLaDOS, the sentient AI who is here to run what we are led to initially believe is a series of tests regarding portals and our use and understanding of them. However, GLaDOS immediately slips up and gives us our first “clone” clue in her opening line to Chell:
Hello, and again, welcome to the Aperture Science Computer Aided Enrichment Center.
On the surface, this line seems harmless enough. The line is there to trick the first time player into thinking that they are just another test subject in this neat little puzzle game. However, GLaDOS says “and again.” This implies that she has greeted Chell in some manner before her/our first awakened moment. The only way this is even possible is if Chell’s memory has been wiped or if there were previous versions of Chell.
Later, in the 2nd test chamber, GLaDOS says to us
Remember, Take Your Daughter ot Work Day is the perfect time to have her tested.
Tested for what? Some people have speculated, I think incorrectly, that it was currently Take Your Daughter to Work Day, and that Chell is just someone’s daughter volunteering running the course. Anyone who has gotten 3/4 of the way through the levels could tell you this obviously is not the case. However, I believe that GLaDOS is revealing a bit of a secret here, and that is that she now views Chell in a maternal sense. Everyday is “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” for GLaDOS and Chell. GLaDOS believes herself to be Chell’s mother, if she is not in fact Chell’s creator, as I will attempt to explain later.
At two points in the story, GLaDOS refers to Chell’s performance with a form response. It is missing two key points of data when said aloud to the player: “SUBJECT NAME HERE,” and “SUBJECT HOME TOWN HERE.” While being an excellent (if not hilarious) game-ism in that it avoids attempting to tell the player what town their character is from (and therefore does not break the illusion that the player is the avatar), it possibly tells us something more about Chell. It is entirely possible that GLaDOS did not make an error when reporting the line as heard. If Chell is indeed a clone, it means she does not have a “home town.” While she does seem to have a name, it is also possible that Chell was Cave Johnson’s daughter’s name, and the Chell we are playing as may no longer have any memory of that name. She could just be the genetic inheritor of Chell, not Chell in name, and therefore would not need to be addressed as Chell by GLaDOS.
Additionally, if Chell is indeed “from” the Aperture Science Labs, it makes a logical fallacy out of the statement:
The device is now more valuable than the organs and combined incomes of SUBJECT HOME TOWN HERE.
Because if Chell’s “hometown” is ASL, the portal gun could not be more valuable than the individuals who made it. Not only does Chell not really have a hometown, it is far easier to just leave the line blank rather than fill it in and make the statement false. Additionally, GLaDOS probably doesn’t want to tell Chell that she is a clone (the testing data is no doubt hampered by world-wrending truths), and therefore would not show her hand by giving this information away in a congratulatory statement.
Another line from GLaDOS which, while hilarious on the surface, clues the player in to Chell’s cloned nature is the line
Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your official testing record, followed by death. Good luck!
Again, while hilarious, there seems to be a clue here, and that is that GLaDOS is more concerned about the performance evaluation than you dying. She is letting you know that you should already know how to beat this section of the course, and if you fail, will mark it as an error on your testing record. Death seems to be of little, if not lesser, consequence. Probably because she will simply reactivate another clone of Chell and download the latest brainscan of Chell’s last run through the course.
Further evidence of Chell being a clone can be found when the player discovers all of the little hide-outs that previous testing candidates have left behind:
The handwriting is always the same.
The hash marks on the walls are 90-100 days long. It is unlikely that multiple people were allowed to stay in the testing environment that long while people still inhabited the ASL.
The name and password login written on one of the walls is: cjohnson. The odds of someone other than Chell running this course previously and knowing Cave Johnson’s name and password is astronomically small. More to the point, this is probably not Cave Johnson’s name and password, as previously thought, but the original Chell Johnson’s name and password, from an earlier clone iteration who could remember who she was.
One could counter-argue that it’s “just a game” and that the handwriting on the wall is just an artist throwing the same textures up on multiple hide-out hole walls, but that would be over simplifying what was displayed on those walls. The fact that the login written on the wall actually works on the Aperture Science homepage tells me that those words were carefully crafted and thought out.
Now, remember when I said I would attempt to prove that Chell is an android now? I think GLaDOS tells us indirectly during testing chamber 16.
Due to mandatory scheduled maintenance, the appropriate chamber for this testing sequence is currently unavailable. It has been replaced with a live fire course designed for military androids. The Enrichment Center apologizes for the inconvenience and wishes you the best of luck.
Again, on the surface, the player has a laugh at this and thinks “oh that wacky AI making these crazy mistakes!” When in reality, she has just hidden a larger truth: You are a military grade android. This course has been designed to test the latest and greatest version of you, Chell, who has by this iteration been upgraded to the status of a military android. You have jump springs growing out of the back of your legs with some kind of bionic attachment joint holding them in place. You can handle a radioactive portal gun with no ill side effects, and you don’t need shoes, for crying out loud. Raise your hand if you’re a human and would even think of running that course without shoes. Normally I’d rest my case on such granite-solid logic, but fortunately GLaDOS backs me up with another line once you finish the course:
Well done, android. The Enrichment Center reminds you that android hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of defiance.
The line is intended to throw players off and make them think that GLaDOS has made a critical error and is giving you the android line for when androids complete the course, but in reality, she has delivered the proper line for when an android completes the course, meaning you.
Furthermore, it is one of the first signs of foreshadowing that GLaDOS is threatening to kill the player. On the surface, it is an idle threat. But if we explore her motivations for doing so, we can see that it is merely a pawn in the greater game of getting Chell to destroy GLaDOS.
I’ll talk about that a bit more later. This piece has been running super long and I’m going to break it up into three parts. Tomorrow, I’ll talk about how I think I’ve figured out the meaning behind the Weighted Companion Cube.
And you thought it was just a silly old cube!
Yay, an ARG Visited!
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After Years of Community Organizing, Nonprofits Now Get Much-Needed Relief from Dangerous Tax Lien Sale
Nonprofits have a lot less to fear now as a new law takes effect (photo: @596Acres)
Our interconnectedness has rarely been more pronounced than it is in this moment. The fact that we can take so many of our life-sustaining connections into the digital sphere is an unprecedented miracle. But if you’re missing New York’s places of physical gathering, where many of those connections were first forged, you’re not alone.
At its core, New York is a city of communities precisely because of its bounty of gathering places. As we reflect on the ones we
City Must Remove Nonprofits from Tax Lien Sale
(photo: Sofie Hecht/Gotham Gazette)
In New York City, tiny, vulnerable, nonprofit organizations too often lose the real estate they own to for-profit developers. These unjustifiable losses are a complete mix-up of city and state tax policy, through the mechanism called the tax lien sale. New York City needs to fix this problem by removing nonprofits from the tax lien sale.
Nonprofits of various sizes -- religious institutions, universities, and community gardens alike -- frequently own property. These organizations, due to their nonprofit status,
Passing the Buck on Affordable Housing
Mayor de Blasio makes an announcement (photo: Demetrius Freeman/Mayor's Office)
Passing the buck is one thing. Passing seventy million bucks is quite another.
Each year, New York City sells between $70 million and $120 million in unpaid tax debt, water charges, and emergency repair loans to a private trust. These liens—which enable the owner to foreclose on the property—then increase rapidly in value. The trust can charge nine percent interest on 1-3 family houses and 18 percent interest on multifamily housing, compounded
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Labour leader Corbyn hints that party will scrap ‘no fault eviction’ if it comes to power
Any type Bungalow Flat House New Builds
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has heavily hinted that his party will end Section 21 – the means by which landlords can regain possession of the properties without having to give a reason – if and when it comes to power.
As such, it is likely to change the way the private rented sector currently works.
A tweet from Corbyn followed Monday night’s Panorama programme featuring controversial landlord Fergus Wilson, who in turn has hit out at the BBC for its “left wing bias”.
However Corbyn’s tweet was slightly odd in that it referred to ‘revenge eviction’ – a phrase normally used in specific connection with landlords using Section 21 in situations where tenants have asked for improvements to their homes.
Monday’s programme, a Panorama special presented by Richard Bilton, particularly looked at Wilson’s use of Section 21 notices to regain possession of his properties. However, there was one allegation of a ‘revenge eviction’ after a couple complained about heating.
Wilson is planning to sell up his portfolio of properties and has served notices to “mass evict” tenants.
The programme has led to a wave of comments, including from Corbyn.
He said in a tweet which used the Panorama hashtag: “We’ll be on the side of tenants and people without a home to call their own, not rogue landlords. It’s time to end revenge eviction.”
Wilson has hit back at Panorama in typically robust manner, saying: “The BBC is known as the Biased Broadcasting Corporation for very good reason.
“Every time Richard Bilton is on a housing programme it is the same old gramophone record of the poor parents with children with nowhere to go!
“It is a subject close to his heart! However, he does the TV audience no good at all by taking up precious time showing tenants forced out and avoiding dealing with the cause of the problem.
“No time was spent dealing with the prime issue of why are landlords leaving buy-to-let in their hordes due to the punitive tax regimes being introduced for landlords by HMG.
“I am slightly different as I am retiring due to old age, but for those younger landlords exiting BTL it is because the Government has made it so unattractive.
“I ran through the reasons why the private sector is no longer investing but it was cut out in favour of Richard Bilton’s same old song.
“HMG needs to address just why the private sector landlord is no longer investing.
“It is time for Richard Bilton to be thrown on the scrapheap. He is out of time and out of touch.”
Many in the private rented sector believe that it was the introduction of Section 21 which reinvigorated this part of the housing market, giving landlords confidence that they would be able to get back their properties. However, in Scotland, a ‘no fault’ eviction is no longer allowed.
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Glitzy and glamorous: Perth's place to see and be seen
You can tell a lot about a hotel from its front-line staff. If the guys who greet you at the front door are smiling and efficient; your baggage gets stored and taken to your room with minimal fuss and check-in is quick and painless then the hotel probably has its priorities right.
And so it proved with a recent one-night stay at the flashy Crown Metropol; part of Perth's casino complex at Burswood.
The Crown Metropol is clearly a hotel for those who like a good time. Perth is a party town and the Crown complex is at its epicentre.
There are a lot of people visiting the Metropol who are beautifully groomed but have spent too much time in the tanning salon - and maybe a little too much money at their tattooist, but what the heck, they are having fun. The vibe is a little like the Gold Coast on steroids - after a visit to the cosmetic surgeon.
Here, on the banks of the Swan River, Crown completed an eight-year $750 million redevelopment of a tired site two years ago with two international hotels, Crown Metropol and Crown Promenade, alongside a 24-hour casino, a 20,000-seat indoor stadium, and spa and fitness facilities.
The restaurants are world-class, with Neil Perry's Rockpool Bar and Grill, another Nobu outpost and Bistro Guillaume among the higher-end choices.
The 11-storey Crown Metropol comprises 395 guest rooms and two VIP "mansions" - to which I was not invited.
The lobby is alive with drinkers, gamblers and party goers and rooms are surprisingly reasonable, starting at under $300 a night.
The rooms are well equipped with 24-hour room service, wi-fi access, iPod docking stations and the latest in-room movies and cable television channels.
There are all the usual accoutrements; pools and business centres, but forget the flashy lobby and attention-grabbing lifts: it was the staff that make the Metropol stand out from the crowd - and made it so much better than the very disappointing (and more expensive) Pan Pacific downtown.
Crown Metropol Perth, Great Eastern Highway, Perth, 6100. (08) 9362 8888. www.crownmetropolperth.com.au
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H.R. 2109 (116th)
H.R. 2109 (116th): Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give a preference to offerors that employ veterans.
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Kathleen Rice
Sponsor. Representative for New York's 4th congressional district. Democrat.
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“Rep. Rices BRAVE Act Passes House with Broad Bipartisan Support”
— Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY4] (Sponsor) on Jun 26, 2019
“Amata Votes for Blue Water Navy Veterans Bill, Cosponsored 10 Veterans Bills”
— Rep. Aumua Amata Radewagen [R-AS0] (Co-sponsor) on May 8, 2019
“My Votes – Week of June 24”
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Here are all the exciting things that happened at the Battista World Premiere
A grand celebration to unveil the Battista luxury electric hypercar trio.
Published by Automobili Pininfarina
Published: Mar 08, 2019 | 16:47:19 IST
March 4, 2019 was an important day for every automotive lover. Automobili Pininfarina finally unveiled three specifications of the Battista luxury electric hypercar in an exclusive invite-only event at the Battista World Premiere. Set to launch in 2020, the Battista is cutting-edge in both design and racing technologies. The hypercar is expected to accelerate from 0-100km/h in less than two seconds, with a top speed of 350km/h. Moreover, it is also expected to provide a potential zero emissions range of over 500km/h.
This futuristic hypercar trio was unveiled at a grand event in Geneva, one day before the Geneva International Motor Show. Among the three specifications launched were a satin grey Grigio Luserna Battista, a Blu Iconica Battista and a third pure pearlescent white Battista. Aside from launching the hypercars, the Battista World Premiere also saw some other interesting developments.
Rene-Christopher Wollmann joined the team
Automobili Pininfarina revealed the name of its newest member on board, the highly respected engineer Rene-Christopher Wollman. Having led the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE hypercar project at Mercedes, Wollman has a lot to offer as the Programme Director Sportscars at Automobili Pininfarina. His name was revealed alongside the three Battistas, by the senior management at Pininfarina SpA, Automobili Pininfarina and Mahindra, including Anand Mahindra, Michael Perschke, Paolo Pininfarina and Nick Heidfeld, among others.
A celebration of Mahindra racing success in Formula E
Mahindra Racing lead the Formula E team and the drivers’ championships. Their success in the ground-breaking Formula E series has led to a reservoir of knowledge of electric powertrain technologies and system management that will further shape Battista. To emphasise the relationship and synergy between the Mahindra Racing cars and the Battista, a uniquely liveried Formula E car was presented by the company. The Battista’s testing and development cycle will gain a lot of speed because of this fast-paced technological development, especially since this programme will be led by Nick Heidfeld, Mahindra Racing’s most experienced driver.
Currently, the three Battistas are on display at the Geneva’s Palexpo exhibition centre, where the Geneva International Motor Show is being held. The venue will have the cars on display until March 17.
To find out more about Automobili Pininfarina, click here.
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Aretha Franklin to marry… “and no, I’m not pregnant”
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Aretha Franklin has become engaged to her long-term friend William “Willie” Wilkerson. The 69-year-old soul legend and Grammy award-winner said she was hoping to marry over the summer.
She told AP that she and Mr Wilkerson were considering Miami Beach, Florida, as a possible location, followed by a reception on a private yacht.
Franklin, whose latest album is called Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love, has been married twice before.
“We’re looking at June or July for our date, and no, I’m not pregnant, LOL!,” she said in a statement.
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So how about all-electric supersonic aircraft, then?
Supersonic airliners haven't flown since 2003, when the last Concorde was retired.
But could supersonic planes carrying large number of passengers make a comeback—and with electric power no less?
That's the vision of Luke Workman, a designer of lithium-ion battery packs who believes all-electric supersonic aircraft are attainable.
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This belief is based around an axial-stack battery design, which integrates batteries with an aircraft's structure, according to New Atlas.
Making batteries a part of the airplane would allow for considerable weight savings, Workman claims.
The weight of current lithium-ion battery packs is one of the primary challenges facing designers of electric aircraft.
Concorde (photo by Arpingstone, via Wikimedia Commons)
Instead of altering cell chemistry, Workman's concept radically alters structural design by essentially turning an airplane's wings into giant batteries.
In this scenario, the aluminum skin of the wings would be an integral part of a battery.
The full double-sided surface area of a wing would be used to collect current, with a cathode, anode, and electrolyte sandwiched in between.
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Only the large wings of a supersonic airliner would have the necessary surface area for this concept to work, according to Workman, as a smaller-scale application would not offer enough capacity.
But that also means that the larger a wing gets, the more storage capacity it should have.
In theory, this would allow range to increase in proportion to the size of aircraft.
It's unclear whether such battery-electric aircraft will go into production anytime soon, but airlines are now under more pressure to reduce emissions.
Earlier this month, the United Nations' aviation agency approved plans to limit carbon emissions on international flights.
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An agreement ratified by members of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sets airlines' carbon emissions in the year 2020 as the ceiling of the total amount that will be legally allowed.
The international nature of air travel had previously made setting emissions limits difficult.
Aviation currently accounts for around 2 percent of global carbon emissions, but many analysts believe its share could triple by mid-century because of anticipated growth in air travel.
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Baxters Wetland, VIC
Reforestation project in partnership with Parks Victoria
It's hard to imagine what this place looked like a few decades ago.
The area was originally owned by the state coal mine and used to rest the pit ponies. The mine closed down and the site was subsequently leased for cattle grazing which led to heavy degradation of the land, destruction of the original vegetation and loss of native habitat.
Nowadays, it is now a thriving wetland buzzing with native wildlife.
In 2005, Greenfleet worked with Parks Victoria to revegetate the area with a native, biodiverse forest.The aim was to restore the land and provide much-needed habitat for the native fauna. Over 6 years, Greenfleet planted nearly 33,000 native trees around the lake and marshes.
Today, the forest is growing fantastically. Many trees are flowering and bird life is very rich. Bird hides are dotted across the reserve for people to quietly observe the many different species of birds that occupy and visit the site.
The tree cover has also been very beneficial to ground dwelling animals, such as lizards and frogs. The cover protects them from predators and harbours a large number of insects to feed on.
The forest is also home to swamp antechinus, swamp wallabies, common brushtail possums, ringtail possums and echidnas.
This is another great example of how carbon offset donations help to transform the land back to native forests. Not only the forests Greenfleet plants will absorb carbon from the atmosphere, they also provide vital environmental benefits such as habitat for wildlife, conservation of native species and land restoration.
Location size
17 ha Wonthaggi in South Gippsland, Vic
Planting dates
Every year between 2005 and 2011
Acacia sophorae
Acacia melanoxylon
Acacia verticillata
Acacia sueveolens
Acacia myrtifolia
Acacia stricta
Acacia paradoxa
Allocasuarina paluadosa
Allocasuarina verticillata
Bursaria spinosa
Cassinia arculeata
Eucalyptus ovata
Eucalyptus radiata
Eucalyptus obliqua
Eucalyptus viminalis ssp pryoriana
Goodenia ovata
Hakea nodosa
Leptospermum continentale
Leptospermum lanigerium
Leptospermum myrtifolium
Melaleuca ericafolia
Melaleuca squarrosa
Ozothamnus ferrigeneous
Olearia ramulosa
Indigo australis
Viminaria juncea
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the chain gang Oct. 4, 2016
Olive Garden Owner Says It’d Sure Be ‘Helpful’ If More Chains Went Bankrupt
The struggle is real. Photo: Staan Honda/AFP/Getty Images
Every day, predictions about the restaurant industry careening toward massive recession look more and more like reality. Last week, it was flatbread-sandwich purveyor Così that declared bankruptcy; this week, it’s Garden Fresh, the company that runs the nation’s 123 Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes restaurants. At least 11 others have done the same thing since last December, among them chains like Old Country Buffet and Ryan’s, Johnny Carino’s, Quaker Steak & Lube, Fox & Hound, Logan’s Roadhouse, and Black-Eyed Pea.
Even worse, at least for the industry itself, is how investors are reacting — not well, in short: Jonathan Maze of Nation’s Restaurant News notes that two-thirds of restaurant company stocks are down this year. The average is 8.3 percent, but Joe’s Crab Shack owner Ignite Restaurant Group has fallen by 84 percent and is currently trading for less than a buck per share.
Most of those chains were in trouble already, so the common glass-half-full analysis is that the suddenly dire situation will skim off the industry’s fat. Olive Garden just released its quarterly earnings, and it reports that sales actually grew. (Parent company Darden chalks it up to “running better restaurants today” than when they were busy warring over unlimited bread sticks and unsalted pasta water.) This was meant to contrast favorably with the rest of the industry’s problems, and obviously feeling pretty self-assured, Darden’s CEO, Gene Lee, gave his thoughts today about the stragglers. In a nutshell: I wish them more bankruptcy!
“I’m hoping that more inventory will come out of the system,” said Lee. “We’ve seen some big announcements of closures lately and I also think that if you drive down the road you’re starting to see more restaurants closed. You also see more restaurants opened, but we could use some inventory to come out. That would be helpful.”
At the very least, the future of the American road-trip meal looks bleak.
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Use of speed-controlled solutions
Pump efficiency (calculation of duty point should be carried out carefully)
Motor efficiency (the motor efficiency at partial load can vary significantly between high-efficiency motors and normal-efficiency motors)
Pump sizing (safety margins and rounded numbers tend to result in oversized pumps)
Other system components, such as pipes and valves
Load profile of circulation systems in commercial building systems
Use the Grundfos Product Center [add link] sizing tool to calculate the pump energy costs (Ce) in relation to the system.
EU energy label
Most domestic appliances, light bulbs and cars offered for sale or rent in the EU must clearly display an EU Energy Label showing the product’s energy efficiency.
The energy efficiency of an appliance is rated in terms of a set of energy efficiency classes from A to G, with A being the most energy efficient and G the least efficient. In an attempt to keep up with advances in energy efficiency, A+ and A++ grades have been introduced for refrigeration appliances.
The labels thus improve the information available to consumers when evaluating various models.
Centrifugal pumps are also covered by an efficiency index that has been developed on behalf of a number of major pump manufacturers, including Grundfos. The manufacturers have collaborated to produce a reference index for a standard pump with an average load profile.
The index expresses the power consumption of the pump in relation to a common reference pump curve. The index can be interpreted as an expression of how much energy a specific pump uses in relation to an average pump in 2003 when the index was originally established.
Digital dosing systems
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HomeSamsung Galaxy Fold 2Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Series, Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 May Launch on August 5
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Series, Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 May Launch on August 5
Mister Faizu June 07, 2020
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 phones are expected to be unveiled via an Unpacked 2020 digital event due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 is expected to include a bigger external display
Samsung had previously hinted launch of new foldable and ‘Note’ models
Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 is expected to be priced under $1.895
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra may be the most premium in the series
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series and the Galaxy Fold 2 may launch on August 5, according to an online report. The phones are expected to be unveiled via an Unpacked 2020 digital event due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Samsung is yet to make any official announcement regarding the matter. The Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 is expected to be the successor of the original Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable phone launched last year. It is rumoured to come with a bigger external display, ultra-thin glass protection, and S Pen support.
According to a report by a South Korea publication, citing a Samsung Electronics staff member, Samsung is mulling the August 5 date for the launch of Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series and Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 phones.
“Internal discussions are taking place, but the plan to hold the Galaxy Unpacked event on August 5 is being reviewed favourably,” report says.
Samsung will reportedly not be hosting its traditional physical Unpacked event in New York, but may instead opt for launching the devices digitally.
“As COVID-19 is still spreading and anti-racism protests are worsening in the US, this year's event is likely to be held online,” the report says citing an unnamed industry source.
Samsung, in its latest Q1 2020 earnings report, had indicated that the Galaxy Note 20 series and the Galaxy Fold 2 are set to launch in the second half of 2020.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 is expected to be priced at between $1,880 and $1895 (roughly Rs. 1,44,000), and shipping is reported to begin in September. The foldable phone will see the same book-like open shut design, but it will come with a bigger display up front, better cameras, S Pen and 5G support.
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series is reported to include three models – Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Samsung Galaxy Note 20+ and Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The three phones are expected to see differences in cameras and battery.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 PC System Requirements (required HDD Space: 150 GB)
Rockstar Games has revealed, via its Game Launcher, the official PC system requirements for Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar recommends using an Intel Core i7-4770K or an AMD Ryzen 5 1500X with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or an AMD Radeon RX 480.
Red Dead Redemption 2 will have lower RAM requirements. Rockstar recommends having 12GB of RAM. Lastly, the game will require 150 GB of free hard-disk space, which is a trend we just discussed on the COD news item. The Wild West is no small matter.
A few days after the announcement of Red Dead Redemption 2 for Windows PC, the development studio Rockstar Games has launched the presale and announced the system requirements. The current version (1.13) for the Playstation 4 is around 109 GB in size. Rockstar Games had announced at the first presentation of the PC version that there should be technical improvements, but no further details. The larger space requirement on PCs could be due to finer-resolution textures - but actually the program would need much more memory.
Beginning October 23, players can pre-order at the Epic Games Store, Humble Store, and a host of other portals - but, as far as we know, not on Steam.
Red Dead Redemption 2 PC Requirements
Minimum Specifications:
OS: Windows 7 – Service Pack 1(6.1.7601)
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
HDD Space: 150GB
Recommended Specifications
OS: Windows 10 – April 2018 (v1803)
Memory: 12GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Delayed to October 26th, 2018 - 02/02/2018 09:03 AM
Rockstar has delayed the release of Red Dead Redemption 2. The game has now been moved from fall 2017 to spring 2018, unfortunately, the publisher is known to have a thing for announcing and moving re...
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jbscotchman
A very late April Fool's Day?
Glottiz
No, it's just year 2019. It's a huge open world with 4K textures. Even indie games nowadays can be 20-30GB large.
XenthorX
Especially with photogrammetry getting involved more and more, you end up with insane texture definition out of the box.
fantaskarsef
I can only hope that this huge disk space requirement is making the game indeed looking better... this is a lot of data... anybody know how much installation space the game takes up on consoles?
Its coming to Steam in November/December Hilbert.
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Paida Dube
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Covid-19: how to deal with health and safety concerns in your return to work plan
With plans for a gradual phasing out of the lockdown in England now revealed, some businesses will be planning their return to work strategies. Whatever the approach, employers must recognise we're facing a 'new era of risk' and be respectful of workers' concerns with re-entering the workplace – or risk health and safety claims.
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The government’s return to work guidelines bring health and safety concerns to the fore for all types of business and workplace, not just those that may traditionally have been regarded as 'higher risk'.
Offices, restaurants, hotels, factories, care and clinical settings - all have to conform to the guidance in areas such as social distancing, use of protective equipment and enhanced hygiene practices.
Businesses now have to invest in the planning, preparation and implementation of new working practices within the new work environment. It’s unchartered territory for everyone and there’s no one-size-fits-all blueprint for what it looks like in practice.
With no vaccine imminent and constantly-shifting public health advice, many people remain concerned about the risks of coming out of lockdown and returning to the workplace.
When implementing return to work plans, employers must, by law, take account of these concerns, or risk future legal claims.
Fear of harm
Employees have the right to work in a safe environment.
Section 100 of the Employment Rights Act sets out the actions workers can take if they believe they are in "serious or imminent" danger at work, and it also provides that an employee may be deemed to have been unfairly dismissed if they feel that to continue to work would mean working in a dangerous environment.
Importantly, the threshold under the Act relates to the employee's belief that the workplace presents serious and imminent danger, and not the employer's determination of this. If the employee holds this belief, they have the right to refuse to come into the workplace or take action themselves to mitigate the risk.
Employees cannot be forced to go into work. If an employee raises a health and safety concern, as an employer you should take their concerns seriously and respectfully.
This also means employers will need to show the employee was unreasonable in their belief when defending any resulting claims.
It is not just employees considered ‘vulnerable’ under the guidance (such as pregnant workers) who benefit from this protection or may hold such beliefs about workplace safety. Employees may live with vulnerable people, have young families or care for older relatives, or they simply be concerned that until the crisis is downgraded, their workplace presents a risk to their health and safety.
Mishandling employee concerns
Section 100 of the Employment Rights Act should also be considered alongside section 44 of the Employment Rights Act, which states an employee should not be subjected to detriment by any act or failure to act by their employer to comply with health and safety arrangements in the workplace.
If an employee raises a reasonable health and safety concern and takes action to bring a complaint, employers cannot bring disciplinary action as a direct response. The employee should also not be subjected to unfavourable treatment such as being bullied, demoted or overlooked for promotion or unfairly selected for furlough or redundancy.
Mishandling a health and safety complaint can, depending on the circumstances, result in unfair or constructive dismissal claims. Significantly, health and safety cases do not require a minimum employment service and can involve unlimited damages. You will also want to avoid complaints being made to the HSE.
Advice for employers
The harsh reality is that continued inactivity or restrictions on operations are simply not an option if businesses are to survive the crisis. It becomes a matter of understanding and mitigating the legal risks brought by the return to work.
Employees cannot be forced to go into work. If an employee raises a health and safety concern, as an employer you should take their concerns seriously and respectfully. The crisis is impacting people in different ways and employers are expected to be attuned to what their workers’ concerns are and why they feel as they do.
Discuss possible options such as home working, or consider redeployment to a role that allows for homeworking and not having to be physically present in the workplace.
Employers will be required to carry out a coronavirus risk assessment before they can allow employees to return to the workplace. This should be aligned to government guidance and adhere to the hierarchy of risk control measures.
The main reason of carrying out the workplace risk assessment is to safeguard employee health and lessen the risk of infection. Remember each employee is different and may have different health needs to take on board.
Inform employees as to what is happening with the return to work and why, and invite feedback and concerns.
The same applies for homeworking. Certainly in the immediate post-lockdown aftermath, working from home is expected to continue in large part and this must also be accounted for in terms of health and safety through assessments.
It's also important to remember that the risk assessment will not be a 'once and done' exercise. Keep reviewing, keep assessing and keep following the latest guidance from the Government and HSE.
The duty of care and the duty under health and safety laws also extend to the psychological impact of the crisis. Every employee has experienced this differently and employers need to consider situations such as those who are bereaved or have been unwell, financial worries and those also juggling carer duties.
Employee communications and consultations will define the success of your approach. Employees need to be advised of whom they should be notifying in the first instance of their concerns, such as a line manager. Inform employees as to what is happening with the return to work and why, and invite feedback and concerns. Training and support should be provided to managers on how to handle workers’ concerns and complaints.
Remember also to keep documenting and maintain records of communications, risk assessments and complaints to evidence all planning, implementation, review and corrective activities.
A new era of risk
For employers, the current drive and underlying survival instinct to 'get back to work' has to be tempered with managing the legal concerns of this new era of risk.
Yet employment claims are expected to surge as employees enforce their rights and bring complaints against employers who, while faced with unprecedented challenges, are still required to meet their employment law obligations.
Paida Dube is an employment law solicitor at DavidsonMorris, with specialist experience in workforce management issues, redundancies, settlement agreements and defending unfair
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The Golden State Warriors Just Splashed Their Way To The NBA Finals
And naturally it was Curry who led the way.
By Juliet Spies-Gans
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In a 336-minute, seven-game series, the Golden State Warriors needed less than 170 seconds in the third quarter to dismantle, dishearten and dispose of the Oklahoma City Thunder, doing what they do best and knocking down five treys in three minutes to earn their second consecutive berth in the NBA Finals with a 96-88 victory Monday night.
Of course, it started and ended with Stephen Curry.
After a rugged first half that saw Golden State walk into intermission down six, all it took was a 28-foot triple from Curry at the 9:18 mark to cut the Thunder’s lead to five, 50-45, and help the Warriors regain their rhythm.
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Then, after a Serge Ibaka midrange jumper, it was Klay Thompson’s turn. The second Splash Brother promptly drilled a right-side triple over Steven Adams. 52-48, advantage OKC.
On the next Golden State possession, Curry, shadowed closely by the rangy Kevin Durant, tripped down the lane and, from under the basket, wrapped a pass around to wing Andre Iguodala, who caught, shot and drained the three, bringing things within three, 54-51.
And after another Curry trey -- tie game! -- the Warriors got the ball back with a little over 6:30 remaining in the period. What happened next was as incredible as it was predictable.
Stephen Curry, with the rock in his hands on the left wing, began to toy with Thunder big man Adams. Then with Adams’ arm outstretched, with the seven-footer’s hand in his face, Curry crossed and double-crossed the ball, dancing with Adams for just a moment more before letting the shot fly -- and earning Golden State the lead.
With that fifth three in that three-minute span, the Warriors were rolling. And it was thanks to their knock-down shooting that they were able to weather a late Oklahoma City run, shooting 45.9 percent from beyond the arc en route to victory, pushing home teams’ records in Game 7’s to 101-24.
Asked about Curry's performance, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr's answer came quickly.
"This is who he is," Kerr said. "Having a clutch performance in a Game 7? That’s Steph Curry."
The Warriors are a league-leading 16-12 this season, including the playoffs, when trailing by double digits. The Cavs are No. 2 at 16-23.
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) May 31, 2016
Curry finished with a game-high 36 points, going 7-of-12 from downtown, including those crucial jumpers to resuscitate his team in the third. For the Thunder, it was Kevin Durant who kept them in the game all night, ending his season with a 27-point performance, playing almost every second of the night.
"They beat us from the 3-point line the last two games," Durant said after the game. "We beat them from everywhere else ... That was the series."
Golden State will begin their next challenge on Thursday, as they take on LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in a rematch of last year’s Finals. The Warriors may have come out on top in 2015, but with a much healthier Cleveland team in tow, they’ll need to play like they did in Monday’s third quarter if they want to hoist up that Larry O'Brien trophy once more.
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Europe’s Tragedy
Peter H. Wilson
* Academic Trade
8 color illustrations, 8 halftones, 22 maps
United States and its dependencies only
HISTORY: Europe: General
HISTORY: Military: General
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world.
When defiant Bohemians tossed the Habsburg emperor’s envoys from the castle windows in Prague in 1618, the Holy Roman Empire struck back with a vengeance. Bohemia was ravaged by mercenary troops in the first battle of a conflagration that would engulf Europe from Spain to Sweden. The sweeping narrative encompasses dramatic events and unforgettable individuals—the sack of Magdeburg; the Dutch revolt; the Swedish militant king Gustavus Adolphus; the imperial generals, opportunistic Wallenstein and pious Tilly; and crafty diplomat Cardinal Richelieu. In a major reassessment, Wilson argues that religion was not the catalyst, but one element in a lethal stew of political, social, and dynastic forces that fed the conflict.
By war’s end a recognizably modern Europe had been created, but at what price? The Thirty Years War condemned the Germans to two centuries of internal division and international impotence and became a benchmark of brutality for centuries. As late as the 1960s, Germans placed it ahead of both world wars and the Black Death as their country’s greatest disaster.
An understanding of the Thirty Years War is essential to comprehending modern European history. Wilson’s masterful book will stand as the definitive account of this epic conflict.
View a map of Central Europe in 1618
2011 Distinguished Book Award, European or Other Military History Category, Society for Military History
An Atlantic Books of the Year Runner-Up, 2009
An Independent Best History Book of 2009
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Loeb Classical Library 409
Library of History, Volume XI
Fragments of Books 21-32
Diodorus Siculus
Translated by Francis R. Walton
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Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80–20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54 BCE. Of this we have complete Books 1–5 (Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Greeks); Books 11–20 (Greek history 480–302 BCE); and fragments of the rest. He was an uncritical compiler, but used good sources and reproduced them faithfully. He is valuable for details unrecorded elsewhere, and as evidence for works now lost, especially writings of Ephorus, Apollodorus, Agatharchides, Philistus, and Timaeus.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diodorus Siculus is in twelve volumes.
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Little Busters! Refrain
Season 2 Episode 9 | TV-14 | Premiere: 12/1/2012
A Friend's Tears
Rin, Riki and Masato try to convince Kengo to join. Knowing that he wont be able to defeat him at his own game, Riki challenges Kengo to a baseball game.
E1 | It Struck Without Warning
The Little Busters hold a pancake party after their first real game. Later, jealousy gets the best of one girl, and Kud ends up a victim of revenge.
E2 | It was Raining Back Then, Too
The boys scheme to get Riki to confess to Kurugaya with a fireworks displays, while Riki continues to have feelings of de ja vu.
E3 | I Wanted to Stay Here Forever
Riki continues to relive June 20th in a neverending loop. With no end in sight, he goes to Kurugaya for help.
E4 | Riki and Rin
Riki can't help but contemplate a possible relationship with Rin. Rin, being Rin, beats him to the punch.
E5 | The Final Task
With Riki and Rin still figuring out their budding relationship, a life changing event takes place that puts into question into question for Riki.
E6 | After the Escape
Kyousuke's true intentions for Rin come to light. Riki refuses to accept this truth and goes in search for answers.
E7 | May 13
Riki tries to bring back Rin's candid smile, and decides that they should form a baseball team as a way of growing friendships.
E8 | Proof of the Strongest
Masato sets out to prove he is the strongest, destroying everyone in his path. Riki and Rin try to get him to join the Little Busters.
E9 | A Friend's Tears
E10 | And Now, I Repeat It All
Kyousuke looks back upon his successes and failures in trying to make Rin and Riki as strong as possible.
E11 | The End of the World
With everything they've ever known crumbling around them, Kyousuke reveals the secret behind their world and his true intentions for Riki and Rin.
E12 | One Wish
Riki and Rin return to the real world, both refusing to let their friends go, and both dealing with it in their own ways.
E13 | The Little Busters
A race against time to save their friends lies before Riki and Rin, but thanks to Kyousuke, they may be strong enough to take the challenge head on.
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'The Devil's Rain' Announced for Blu-ray
Posted Tue Apr 4, 2017 at 06:29 AM PDT by Tom Landy
The 1975 horror film will be getting the high-definition treatment this year.
In an early announcement to retailers, Severin says 'The Devil's Rain' will be available on Blu-ray later this year.
A bunch of Satanists in the American rural landscape have terrible powers which enable them to melt their victims. However one of the children of an earlier victim vows to destroy them.
Patriarch Steve Preston goes missing and worried mom Emma (Ida Lupino) sends eldest son Mark (William Shatner) in search of his father. Suddenly, a dying, eyeless Steve returns and demands that the family: "Give Corbis what belongs to him!" before dissolving into a gelatinous meltdown.
Corbis (Ernest Borgnine) is a Satanic priest hell-bent on recovering a valuable book listing the names of those who sold their souls to the devil... a book that resides with the Preston family. Mark refuses to hand it over and puts up a brave fight, only to wind up an unwilling sacrifice.
Occult expert, Dr. Richards (Eddie Albert) and Mark's younger brother Tom (Tom Skerritt) plot to free the Prestons and destroy The Devil's Rain, a bottle containing the souls of those already damned. The battle rages as the elixir is released and a bloody rain of devilry and malevolence is loosed upon a screaming, melting world.
No other details have been revealed at this time.
You can find the latest specs for 'The Devil's Rain' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under PENDING.
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Hedi Slimane's Unexpectedly Sweet Turn at Celine
"While it is fashionable among fashion editors to bash Slimane, I thought this look was terrific."
By Eric Wilson
Updated Mar 01, 2019 @ 5:45 pm
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Midway through the Paris collections, it’s fair to say that designers here are suffering from a collective case of bipolar disorder. That is, the shows are either love letters to some element of romance or they are explorations of the apocalypse, or sometimes both all at once. I love you, I hate you, now we’re all going to die. Would you believe we’ve had a season that has included collections featuring gas masks in a wine cave turned fallout shelter (Marine Serre), a segment on radioactive looking neon sportswear (Anthony Vaccarello at Saint Laurent), and, just now, an unexpectedly sweet turn from Hedi Slimane at Celine?
It’s been challenging, after four days of watching the collections as a new generation of designers replaces one that is all too quickly slipping away, not to wonder if the name on the label really matters any more. Just think how many of the collections from historic brands have seemed completely disconnected from something we used to describe as “heritage.” Slimane’s show at Celine tonight served to underscore how little that word actually means, since the house has been through so many iterations, not only of Phoebe Philo but also of Michael Kors. Slimane is very quickly making a Celine of his own, and, as he did at Saint Laurent and Dior previously, he made his second women’s collection the place for defining that image. This time, Slimane took a sharp turn away from the skinny and cool and moved toward an almost preppy sense of refinement. Here were below-the-knee skirts with kicky dropped pleats, in leather and scratchy tweed varieties; and also a version of a varsity jacket, leather bombers, culottes, and forgiving capes and coats. It was as if Slimane had thrown Courtney Love to the scrapheap of his mood board and replaced her with Ali MacGraw.
While it is fashionable among fashion editors to bash Slimane, I thought this look was terrific, even as it grew repetitive. My god, I thought, as the checked jackets and jeans tucked into thigh-high shearling boots strode by, then an ecru fisherman’s sweater laced with sequins, then a slick butter-colored leather jacket, then this and then that — these clothes are going to sell. And it’s no wonder other designers are paying attention, and also breaking the rules.
Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh, in their debut for the house of Nina Ricci, showed clothes that seemed more connected to the contemporary spirit of Balenciaga. Olivier Rousteing’s collection for Balmain might have been an ode to Chanel for all its tweeds and extensive offerings. And Bruno Sialelli’s first collection for Lanvin was the perfect example of how young designers blend references in a way that might seem, to their elders, as disrespectful or unorthodox, but to them is second nature.
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As the oldest French fashion house to remain in business since its founding, Lanvin holds a special status among its peers. That is the allure of history. The company was started in the late 19th century by Jeanne Lanvin, initially a designer of children’s wear. Clothes for moms came not much later, but even its logo, which resembles a sailboat at sea, is in fact a stylized drawing of a mother embracing her child.
This logo figured prominently in the debut collection of its latest designer, young Bruno Sialelli, formerly of Loewe, who is the third and thus far most convincing one to attempt to save this house since the abrupt departure of Alber Elbaz in 2015. Sialelli included a black skirt printed with the logo in his show, held in the Musée de Cluny, which is focused on the Middle Ages, perhaps explaining the simultaneous appearance of a knight on horseback slaying a dragon. The knight was rendered in sequins on a black velvet halter gown.
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Sialelli’s modern-artisanal aesthetic is very firmly entrenched in that of a growing school of young designers in Paris who trained during the early reign of Nicolas Ghesquière. The others are Natacha Ramsay-Levi at Chloé and Julien Dossena at Paco Rabanne, and their work shares many references and experiences that sometimes blur together between collections. Sialelli’s natural-grain leathers, tiered tunic-like outfits, and Fair Isle knits with the letters “JL” worked into the intarsia, are also elements that would have been familiar to him while working with Jonathan Anderson at Loewe.
Sialelli did, in a way, pay tribute to the Lanvin legacy when he also included a lot of children’s wear that was blown up to adult-size proportions. Sailor suits and cartoon prints, including appearances by Babar the elephant, and toggle coats worn by grown men had a little-boy quality to them that was charming, if you like that sort of thing. However, a curious contrast came at the end with R-rated prints of copulating couples.
Ramsay-Levi, meanwhile, has firmly placed her stamp on Chloé in less than two years. Hers is a more sexual, probably younger, and definitely Frenchier, Chloé girl than that of her predecessor, Clare Waight Keller. In her fall show, a ruched white blouse was topped with a ruff-like neck and worn with too-long cargo jeans that flared slightly below the knees. Some trousers were so slim as to appear as constricting as leggings, with zips in the back of the ankles to allow a woman to wear them with heels. Short shirt-dresses came in toile prints trimmed with lace and longer, looser dresses were detailed with elements of lingerie – sexy, free, and romantic, without being overt.
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Botter and Herrebrugh, who came to the fore through the LVMH Prize with their super playful collection Botter, took a much more serious approach with their first swing at Ricci. This is certainly understandable, and their designs were quite fine: smart tailoring on coats that had a slight bubble shape, plus some scuba and sport references (the outline of a swimsuit appeared on the front of one coat), and a series of voluminously cut trapeze gowns in pop colors, each deeply open in the back. These are what we in fashion call “architectural” designs, which create drama and shape, and are what made several people in the audience think of Balenciaga, past and present. Yet Ricci is a house built on softness and lace, with a signature fragrance that evokes the very essence of the ephemeral – L’Air du Temps – so why here and why now? Well, perhaps because in this particular moment, it’s fairly well proven that history hardly matters, or it is, at the very least, as meaningless as truth.
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Backchat: A household own goal
By Backchat Insider2009-09-02T00:00:00+01:00
It’s been a week of sporting activity for The Insider – but he’s still found time to follow fashion and dodge meerkats
I hear Home & Legacy’s household products manager Ian Davies stole the show when Allianz took a group of cricket-loving insurance journalists for dinner with legendary Aussie spin bowler Shane Warne at the Brit Oval last week. Despite ladies’ man Warne telling tales of his former glories, it was Davies who was the talk of the table after shelling out £650 on a signed photo of Pele’s famous bicycle kick in the silent auction. The size of his donation soon sunk in, however, when he began to wonder how he was going to explain his extravagant purchase when he got home. It’s unclear whether Pele is now proudly hanging on Davies’ living room wall or in the dog house.
Who wears the skirt…
For those ladies licking their lips at the prospect of seeing Biba boss Eric Galbraith in a kilt once again, sadly you could be waiting a while. Eric displayed his Scottish roots earlier this month when he donned his kilt at an awards ceremony for trade associations. What we didn’t know, and what most people don’t know, is that a kilt is a particularly heavy piece of clothing. It transpires that Eric is only prepared to lug it around for special occasions. At least Biba has now put up the picture of a kilted Eric and his award-winning team at its head office. I’m sure it will be a smash hit with the female visitors.
To hull and back
The thought of waves the size of Waterloo station bearing down on you is enough to send shivers down the spine. So take your hats off to QBE underwriter James Croome and his buddy, Oliver Black. The brave 25-year-olds will row the Atlantic at the end of year. QBE has showed its full support by offering to plaster its name all over their little boat. Apparently, they were even considering sponsoring the hull until some bright spark realised a capsize and rescue á la Tony Bullimore (the lone yachtsman rescued after five days in 1997) wouldn’t look too good on our TV sets. They sure got to the bottom of that one.
Man United is certainly proving a smash hit with its sponsor, Aon. One thousand staff names were in the hat for just seven pairs of tickets for the Red Devils' opening game against Birmingham City. That’s nearly 20% of the broker’s 5,000-plus UK workforce. While three pairs of tickets were plucked out in a lottery-style draw, the others were presented as awards for good performance. The lucky few saw United scrap out a hard-fought 1-0 victory, thanks to a Wayne Rooney goal – a far cry from the Reds’ next game, when they crashed to a humiliating loss at Burnley. At least there were no tickets on offer for away games.
More talk about lines and length
To the Oval on Friday with Brit Insurance, and on a sun-drenched roof terrace with Dane Douetil were the senior Brit team, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch and Darren Gough, among a sprinkling of insurance celebs. Can you think of a better way to spend a day? Apparently, Dane invited Aussie rival Trevor Matthews from Friends Provident into his box for a spot of light-hearted banter. But Dane soon dismissed him for a duck … only for Matthews to return to his own box to continue watching the demolition of his shell-shocked Australian team.
True value of a tenor
Gocompare has unveiled a new character it hopes will knock Comparethemarket’s meerkat, Aleksandr, off the top spot of most annoying insurance company mascot. The latest commercial from Gocompare features opera singer Gio Compario prancing around a coffee shop singing about insurance. Reviews on YouTube were mixed. One said: “This ad is starting to become really annoying”, while another felt it was “better than the last one – so boring I would mute the telly”. But one fan gushed: “This is the best thing I’ve ever seen”. Well, that’s one (easily) pleased viewer, at least. IT
Backchat: A cracker of a prize
The Insider celebrates the web 2.0 generation and feels sorry for Towergate staff getting hot under their collars
Backchat: The sincerest form of flattery
The Insider admires a hedonistic approach to the high seas, and clears his cache after an alarming web encounter
Backchat: You cannot be serious
The Insider ponders the latest manoeuvre in the economy blame-game, and highlights some sporting feats and failures
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FBI Arrests Ohio Man Who Plotted July 4 Bombings In Cleveland, Philadelphia
An Ohio man who was radicalized in the US has been nabbed by the FBI after reportedly planning to plant a bomb during Fourth of July celebrations in Cleveland then stand nearby and "watch it go off," Reuters reported. Demetrius Pitts, a 48-year-old man who expressed allegiance to Al Qaeda, was arrested on Sunday after a meeting with an undercover FBI agent whom Pitts believed to be an Al Qaeda sympathizer.
Demetrius Pitts
Pitts, who lives in the Cleveland suburb of Maple Heights, told the agent that he planned to plant the bomb at a July 4 parade, while also targeting other locations in Cleveland and Philadelphia. The holiday fireworks, the man reasoned, would provide good cover for the attack. The undercover agent who nabbed Pitts helped him pick locations that would've been near multiple US government buildings.
Pitts told his would-be accomplice that he wanted to be downtown when the bombs exploded so he could watch the chaos unfold.
"I’m gonna be downtown when the – when the thing go off. I’m gonna be somewhere cuz I wanna see it go off," Pitts told an undercover FBI agent who he believed was affiliated with al Qaeda, the FBI said in court documents.
In a sickening twist to his plot, Pitts raised the idea of giving the children of military personnel remote control cars packed with explosives, turning them into unwitting accomplices.
Pitts was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and is facing up to 20 years in prison. The undercover agent who brought Pitts in gave the man a bus pass and a phone to help him carry out surveillance ahead of the planned attack. Pitts and the FBI agent also discussed him possibly traveling to San Francisco.
"This defendant, by his own words and by his own deeds, wanted to attack our nation and its ideals," said Justin Herdman, the US attorney for northern Ohio.
Pitts is an American citizen, and his arrest follows the apprehension back in 2015 of 10 people who were plotting a slew of attacks in the name of Islamic State. It wasn't immediately clear whether Pitts had retained a lawyer, Reuters said....
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PREVIEW: DONCASTER V TOWN
Grant Pringle
Boss expecting tough test for his young Blues this evening as Town plot a path into the third round of the Capital One Cup
Town boss Mick McCarthy will include a number of young players in his team ahead of tonight’s Capital One Cup tie against Doncaster.
Myles Kenlock, Josh Emmanuel and Adam McDonnell were three names the gaffer spoke of ahead of the game at the Keepmoat Stadium and he has been impressed with how they have performed for the U-21 side.
“If people sat down and thought about my side for the game they’d probably get most of them. Josh (Emmanuel) and Myles (Kenlock) are both playing but one I’m really looking forward to seeing is Adam McDonnell,” he told Ipswich Player HD.
“They’ve all played well and I’ve been impressed with Josh Yorwerth too because he had a tough time for the goal against Stevenage in the last round. Then of course, he scored in that game and I thought he was excellent in the second half.
“They’ve all thrived and they’re all relishing the prospect of playing at Doncaster.”
Mick spoke of tonight’s opponents and the danger they pose, having knocked Yorkshire rivals Leeds out on penalties in the last round.
“I watched them against Wigan and they drew 0-0 and bits against Port Vale from the weekend but the game that stood out the most was the game against Leeds,” added the boss.
“You could see they had more of a competitive edge in that game because they were playing a Championship team.
“Everybody raises their game when they play against a team in a higher league and I think that will be exactly the same tonight.
“I do believe they have injuries and problems but I think it’s going to come down to how we play, as I always do.”
The Blues will be without goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski as the Pole has returned home for personal reasons. Jonathan Parr (thigh) and Teddy Bishop (hamstring) are out of the Cup clash but the gaffer has said he hopes both will be available soon after the international break. Kevin Bru and Daryl Murphy are nearing returns, but are unlikely to play tonight. Luke Hyam (knee) remains Town’s only long-term absentee.
Rovers captain, Rob Jones may return from injury for this Cup tie after he managed to earn a place on the bench during his sides 3-0 defeat to Port Vale on Saturday. They will, however, be without Harry Forrester who is ruled out due to an ankle injury. Dany N’Guessan and Paul Keegan are doubts for Paul Dickov’s side.
Where they stand
Town –1st (Championship)
Doncaster – 17th (League One)
Last time they met
A late goal from Luke Chambers gave Town all three points at Portman Road in April 2014. Daryl Murphy opened the scoring early in the second half, heading home a Tyrone Mings cross before Doncaster levelled from the spot with seven minutes remaining. The skipper then grabbed victory for the Blues with just four minutes left to play, when he slammed the ball into the net.
Adam McDonnell
The young Irishman will make his first start for Town in tonight’s game, as he lines up in the centre of midfield. He brings calmness and an array of passing ability to the midfield and has been a regular fixture for the U21 side, impressing the boss enough to be selected for a senior game.
Richard Chaplow
Chappers is a player Mick knows all about having had him at Town last season. He scored a vital goal in the Play-Off push last season when he fired home a dramatic winner in the 90th minute away at Watford in March.
Sky Bet Odds
Despite being away from home, Sky Bet make Town the favourites ahead of tonight’s match, with betting to win in 90 minutes available at 5/4. The hosts are a bit further out at 21/10 to win in normal time, with the draw, taking the match to extra time, at 23/10. Penalties are a possibility tonight and both teams are available at 10/1 to win on spot-kicks.
Referee: Scott Duncan
Assistants: Robert Massey-Ellis & Matthew Donohue
Fourth Official: Declan Ford.
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Select Antiviral Cells Can Access HIV's Hideouts
When someone is HIV-positive and takes antiretroviral drugs, the virus persists in a reservoir of infected cells. Those cells hide out in germinal centers, specialized areas of lymph nodes, which most "killer" antiviral T cells don't have access to.
The green areas are B cell follicles within germinal centers, specialized areas of lymph nodes where HIV-infected cells hide out. Red spots indicate antiviral T cells. Courtesy of Rama Rao Amara, Emory Vaccine Center
Scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have identified a group of antiviral T cells that do have the entry code into germinal centers, a molecule called CXCR5.
Knowing how to induce antiviral T cells displaying CXCR5 will be important for designing better therapeutic vaccines, as well as efforts to suppress HIV long-term, says Rama Rao Amara, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology at Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center.
The findings are scheduled for publication in PNAS the week of Jan. 30, 2017.
"We think these cells are good at putting pressure on the virus," Amara says. "They have access to the right locations - germinal centers - and they're functionally superior."
Amara and his colleagues looked for these antiviral cells in experiments with rhesus macaques, which were vaccinated against HIV's relative SIV and then repeatedly exposed to SIV. The vaccine regimens were described in a previous publication.
The vaccines provided good but imperfect protection against pathogenic SIV, which means that a group of 20 animals ended up infected, with a range of viral levels. In some animals, a large fraction (up to 40 percent) of anti-viral CD8 T cells in lymph nodes displayed CXCR5. Having more CXCR5-positive antiviral T cells was strongly associated with better viral control, the researchers found.
T cells can be divided into "helper" cells and "killer" cells, based on their function and the molecules they have on their surfaces. A group of T cells called follicular helper T cells or Tfh cells were already known to be in germinal centers and to display CXCR5. Tfh cells are also considered a major reservoir for HIV and SIV.
When stimulated outside the body, the CXCR5-positive cells can attack and kill virus-infected Tfh cells. Some of the killer cells lose CXCR5 upon stimulation, but adding an immune regulatory molecule called TGF-beta can boost the CXCR5 levels.
Co-corresponding author Vijayakumar Velu, PhD, assistant professor at Yerkes, says the CXCR5+ killer cells the team has identified have stem cell-like properties, because they have the capacity to differentiate into both CXCR5+ and CXCR5- cells. The lab of co-author Rafi Ahmed, director of Emory Vaccine Center, has reported analogous cells in mice with chronic viral infections. In addition, a recent Science Translational Medicine paper found similar cells in HIV-infected humans, calling them "follicular CD8 T cells."
"These cells have the potential to infiltrate sites of ongoing viral replication and persistence," Amara says. "Their properties and the ability to induce these cells by vaccination provide a tremendous opportunity to target and reduce the viral reservoir in lymphoid tissues."
The first author of the paper is former Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis graduate student Geetha Mylvaganam, PhD, now at Massachusetts General Hospital. Emory and Yerkes co-authors include Daniel Rios, PhD, Gregory Tharp, Maud Mavinger, PhD, Sakeenah Hicks, Smita Iyer, PhD, Rafi Ahmed, PhD, Ifor Williams, MD, PhD, Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD and Steven Bosinger PhD.
Amara is a co-inventor of vaccine technology described in the paper, and Emory has licensed the technology to Geovax.
The research was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R36AI112787, P01AI88575 and U19 AI109633), the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (Primate centers: P51OD11132) and the Emory Center for AIDS Research (P30AI050409).
Source: Emory Health Sciences
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Tag: James Harden
Rockets trade James Harden to Nets in blockbuster four-team deal
Posted on January 14, 2021 January 14, 2021 by Ashley Ferris
By Zac Wassink | Last updated 1/13/21
Houston Rockets superstar guard and one-time regular-season MVP James Harden has been granted his trade request.
On Wednesday afternoon, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne reported that the Rockets are sending Harden to the Brooklyn Nets in a deal that also involves the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers:
Reporting w/ @RamonaShelburne: Brooklyn’s acquiring James Harden in a three-way deal with Cleveland. Caris LeVert, Dante Exum, Rodions Kurucs, four 1st round picks – including Cavs’ 2022 first via Bucks — and 4 Nets pick swaps to Rockets. Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince to Cavs. https://t.co/qM0ZDH4dH3
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 13, 2021
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Report: 76ers ‘most likely destination’ for James Harden
Posted on December 12, 2020 December 12, 2020 by Ashley Ferris
By Erin Walsh | Last updated 12/11/20
James Harden finally reported to Rockets training camp earlier this week, but he has given no indication he wants to play in Houston during the 2020-21 campaign and beyond after expressing concern about the future of the franchise.
The disgruntled guard, whose preferred destination is the Brooklyn Nets, recently expanded his trade list to include three more teams: the Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat.
According to Marc Stein of The New York Times, the 76ers are seen as the favorites to land the three-time scoring champion if Houston decides to trade him.
Stein notes that the Rockets aren’t keen on trading Harden while the Sixers have no interest in trading Ben Simmons, who likely would have to be sent the other way in any deal. However, he also reports that “familiarity” between Philadelphia president Daryl Morey and the Rockets’ front office could result in the two sides reaching an agreement.
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Report: Nets at top of James Harden’s trade list
Posted on November 16, 2020 November 16, 2020 by Ashley Ferris
With the news that Russell Westbrook wants out of the Houston Rockets organization, it’s really no surprise that James Harden has begun to weigh his future with the team.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Ramona Shelburne and Zach Lowe, Harden reportedly prefers to be traded to the Brooklyn Nets. Being reunited with Kevin Durant and joining Kyrie Irving is “resonating” with the three-time scoring champion.
Wojnarowski adds that the Rockets plan to keep Harden on board for the 2020-21 season, and the team has not had trade discussions with the Nets.
Sources: The Rockets continue to tell teams that they plan “run it back” with Harden this season. So far, there have been no trade discussions between the Rockets and Nets. https://t.co/wHrTqvCPew
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 15, 2020
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Former Rockets GM Daryl Morey praises James Harden in newspaper ad
Posted on October 19, 2020 October 19, 2020 by Ashley Ferris
Daryl Morey stepped down from his position as general manager of the Houston Rockets on Thursday after 13 seasons, saying it was the “right time” to do so.
Morey’s resignation won’t go into effect until Nov. 1 as he continues to help Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta in the franchise’s search for a new head coach. Still, his time in the organization is winding down, and Morey took the time to thank the numerous amount of people who helped him during his tenure with the team.
The 48-year-old took out a full-page ad in the Houston Chronicle for Sunday’s paper and saved his highest praise for James Harden, who he says changed his life.
“James Harden changed my life,” Morey wrote in bold print. “An entire page could be dedicated just to James. He not only transformed my life but also revolutionized the game of basketball — and continues to do so — like almost no one has before. The game is played differently because of James, and on every playground in the world, the next generation of talent is studying and imitating his game.”
Thank You 🚀 pic.twitter.com/oMlRwq2z8i
— Daryl Morey (@dmorey) October 18, 2020
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Damian Lillard Joins Exclusive List With Second 60-point Game
Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | January 20, 2020 by Larry Brown
Damian Lillard went nuts on Monday night leading his Portland Trail Blazers to a 129-124 overtime win over the Golden State Warriors.
Lillard was great from long range and made all his free throws while scoring a franchise record 61 points in the ballgame. This marked Lillard’s second career 60-point game (his first came in November against Brooklyn).
Lillard joins Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, James Harden and Elgin Baylor as the only players in NBA history with more than one 60-point game.
Damian Lillard is the 6th player in NBA history with multiple 60-point games.
They are the only two 60-point games in @trailblazers history.
His 61 points are a new franchise record. pic.twitter.com/HOpw8eGj34
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 21, 2020
That’s some exclusive company.
Lillard was 17/37 from the field, 11/20 on threes, and went 16/16 from the line. He entered the game sixth in the league with 27.1 points per game this season.
This particular bucket stood out:
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1219492498327781376
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Why Mavericks’ Luka Doncic is so good, so quickly
Posted on December 2, 2019 December 2, 2019 by Nick Cermak
Luka Doncic is 20 years old. Watch him play basketball, however, and he looks more like a player who has spent 20 years in the NBA. Before he can even legally drink in the U.S., Doncic has wedged himself near the top of league leaderboards in points (30.6) and assists (9.6) per game, ranking third and second, respectively. For his latest feat, Doncic took down LeBron James — the only player ahead of Doncic when it comes to dropping dimes — and his Lakers on Sunday in Los Angeles, 114-100.
Perhaps it wasn’t a coincidence that Doncic — who scored 27 points, dished out 10 assists and grabbed nine boards against L.A. — continued his incredible early season run against James. That’s because LeBron was the last player to have the monster impact Doncic is having just a year out of his teens. If you’re trying to figure how this young Slovenian star is pulling this off, here’s a key number: 3,441. That’s the minutes Doncic played professionally before he even stepped on an NBA floor.
When he was just 16, Doncic began his career with Real Madrid, a team in Spain that competes in two of the best competitions outside the NBA — the ACB, Spain’s top domestic league, and Euroleague, the intercontinental competition that pits Europe’s best clubs against each other. For three years, Doncic honed his game against former NBA players and top international stars, a vast improvement in competition faced by players who spend just a lone season in the NCAA.
That experience is exemplified by Doncic’s passing. He plays chess, with some flair, whereas most NBA players play checkers. Doncic whips passes to the weakside corner, lob balls into space where only his teammates can catch, or uses his eyes to bait defenders away from the true target about to receive his pass.
While we often think of assists as a lone category, what Doncic is really doing is creating points without shooting the ball himself — 24.6 points per game, according to NBA.com’s tracking data. During his last season in Spain, Doncic averaged a whopping 1.275 points per possession on passes out of pick-and-rolls, per Synergy Sports. That mark was the best in Spain and fifth best in any league outside of the NBA. So it shouldn’t really be a surprise that Doncic has carved up the NBA with his ball movement.
What is a little surprising is how Doncic has scored. Scroll through Twitter during his rookie year last season and you’ll find plenty of highlights featuring Doncic using some crafty dribble and footwork combination before launching a step-back jumper. This ability to create space before launching a shot helps Doncic balance his elite passing. And this season, the Mavericks’ forward is attempting more “open” shots per game than any other player besides the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard. (“Open” is the term NBA.com uses to define shots where a defender is four to six feet away.)
Open shots don’t necessarily mean that there isn’t a high degree of difficulty either. Because Doncic incorporates so many step-backs — NBA.com has him at 102 since he entered the league — it sort of masks where he’s at as a shooter. Doncic was considered a good but not great outside shooter before he entered the NBA. The one flaw in his game is that he shoots 33 percent from beyond the arc, so it’s scary to think where Doncic will be should he improve in that area.
If you are looking for an area where Doncic has already improved, it’s his commitment to attacking the basket. He averages 18.3 drives per game this season, according to NBA.com data, up from 14.7 during his rookie season. This mindset of going downhill more has helped Doncic up his free throw rate from .409 last season to .484 this season. In raw numbers, that means Doncic is averaging just a shade under three more free throws per game.
Getting to the free throw line is really where a lot of the NBA’s offensive stars have separated themselves from other players. In his first season in the NBA, Doncic was in the middle of the pack at getting to the line. This season, the only players ahead of the Mavericks’ star are Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Houston’s James Harden — pretty good company as far as offensive powerhouses go.
This evolution to Doncic’s game is one that would have been hard to see coming. For all the benefits of honing his craft in Europe, the spacing is quite different there. The international line is shorter and there are no rules, like the NBA’s defensive three seconds, to keep hulking big men from planting themselves in front of the basket. Doncic has clearly figured that in the NBA’s new spacing craze, he’s going to encounter far less resistance heading to the rim than he ever could have imagined while playing overseas.
This combination of passing, shooting and driving have added up to Doncic propelling Dallas to the top of the NBA’s offensive hierarchy. The Mavericks are first in the league at 116.1 points per 100 possessions. The return to health of Kristaps Porzingis, as well as some other new additions, has boosted Dallas’ attack, but make no mistake, the key to it all is Doncic.
In the 648 minutes Doncic played entering Sunday night’s game, the Mavericks posted an amazing 117.1 points per 100 possessions. When the Slovenian star sits, that number “plummeted” to a still-solid 110.1 points per 100.
Although Doncic and Dallas are not excelling on defense, the team clearly is improving. With Sunday night’s win over the first-place Lakers (17-3), the Mavericks are tied for fourth in the Western Conference. For those looking for a better indicator of the team’s performance, Dallas also boasts the conference’s second-best point differential, trailing only the Lakers.
It’s a good bet that James is going to be looking over his shoulder the rest of the season to see how Doncic and Dallas perform. And when he does glance back, the player who took the NBA by storm en route to one of the best careers in league history might be looking at a player a lot like his old self.
By: Brett Koremenos
https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/why_mavericks_luka_doncic_is_so_good_so_quickly/s1_13132_30694136
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10 NBA players off to a hot start
Posted on November 14, 2019 November 14, 2019 by Nick Cermak
The NFL is the biggest and most-watched professional sports organization in North America each October and November. Nothing the NBA does will ever alter that reality. With that said, basketball diehards could legitimately claim the Association has been responsible for the better and more entertaining storylines between the two leagues since the start of the 2019-20 campaign.
Stephen Curry is out indefinitely after suffering a broken hand in late October, and the Golden State Warriors plummeted to the basement of the Western Conference standings. LeBron James once again looks like the best overall player on the planet. The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t a complete disaster as of mid-November. Seemingly everybody has a take on load management and what it means for the NBA now and in the future.
Association experts, observers and fans promised the most open and competitive season of the decade, and the league didn’t disappoint as Halloween decorations made way for Christmas lights and holiday music. Granted, not every player off to a hot start this fall will be in meaningful basketball games come April. Some even may be moved before the trade deadline. But at least a few are early contenders for honors such as Most Improved Player and Most Valuable Player, and a certain 24-year-old may finally be in the infancy of a long-awaited breakout year.
Who is off to a hot start so far this season?
Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young tallying five steals during a Nov. 8 loss to the Sacramento Kings was an aberration. To put it nicely, the 21-year-old remains a liability on defense and often appears disinterested with that aspect of playing. Young also made history, per Hawks PR, by becoming the first player to ever notch at least 38 points, nine assists and seven boards across his team’s opening two regular-season contests. He drained 14-of-28 three-point attempts in four October games, and he’s shooting over 46 percent from the field. With John Collins suspended for 25 games, Young is tasked with carrying Atlanta’s offensive burden more than at any previous point of his 90-game career.
Nobody who has followed Kyrie Irving’s career was shocked by the report from ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan that claimed Irving lapsed “into a funk” and was responsible for an episode that left “everyone scratching their heads as to what precipitated it” during the Brooklyn Nets’ preseason trip to China. Irving likely will always be enigmatic off the court to those outside of his inner circle, but even his detractors located in Boston and Cleveland can’t ignore his scoring over the season’s first 10 games. Irving posted 29.7 PPG, roughly seven points better than his career average, over his first stretch of contests in Brooklyn colors. As Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News wrote, Irving set a franchise record by accumulating 222 points through Brooklyn’s first seven games. The one-time champion who grew up in New Jersey says he’s happy living and playing in the Big Apple. Time will tell.
Basketball, like life, is often unfair. For the first time since Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward suffered a gruesome and horrific leg injury minutes into the 2017-18 season debut, the 29-year-old showed glimpses he had located his previous All-Star form. Hayward averaged 18.9 PPG and career-bests in REB (7.1) and field-goal percentage (55.5) over eight appearances. On Nov. 5, Hayward torched the Cleveland Cavaliers for 39 points while going 17-of-20 from the field. He was back. Then he suffered a broken hand on Nov. 9. That latest setback will sideline him for at least six weeks, according to Jimmy Golen of the Associated Press.
Tristan Thompson and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t get the memo the team is tanking. Thompson finished Cleveland’s 10th game of the season third on the team in scoring, and he averaged career highs in PPG (16.5), REB (11.4) and BLK (1.4) over those outings. He’s even making threes for the first time in his pro career!
The 28-year-old is out of contract following the campaign, and the rebuilding Cavs have little reason to consider paying him beyond that deal. Thus, Thompson is auditioning for would-be contenders between now and Dec. 15 when offseason signees become trade-available.
New Cleveland head coach John Beilein deserves praise for guiding a lackluster roster to a 4-6 start. The franchise nevertheless cannot exist in a state of denial. Thompson is currently worth more on the market than in the Cavs lineup.
The Washington Wizards lost six of their first eight games en route to what is practically guaranteed to be a woeful season but center Thomas Bryant was one bright spot. The former Los Angeles Lakers castoff hit the 20-point mark in three of those eight outings, and he converted at least 60 percent of his attempts in three straight games from Nov. 4 through Nov. 8. Bryant began Nov. 13 averaging 2.3 BLK, 11.3 defensive rebounds and 14.8 total rebounds per 100 team possessions. If he can get back to his 33.3 percent three-point shooting from a season ago (he was at 26.1 percent after eight games), he can evolve into more than just a stat compiler for an awful team.
During the 2019 FIFA World Cup , Boston Celtics salary cap casualty and Phoenix Suns center Aron Baynes shot 52.4 percent (11-21) from beyond the arc while averaging 11.4 PPG and 5.5 REB. The 32-year-old carried that form over to the start of the NBA season. In 10 games, nine starts, Baynes averaged career-highs in PPG (16.2), REB (5.8), AST (3.1), BLK (0.9), three-point percentage (50.0), field goal percentage (59.0) and MIN (24.3). Guard Devin Booker is making those around him better en route to taking a necessary career leap, but Baynes is playing well enough to potentially keep Deandre Ayton a spectator once the 21-year-old serves his 25-game ban.
Can the Detroit Pistons win with Andre Drummond? The same question many within the basketball community asked on Oct. 1 hovers over the club in the middle of November. The 26-year-old center is good for 20 points and 20 rebounds whenever the mood strikes him. As of Nov. 13, nobody had scored more two-point field goals (reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo had played in two fewer games heading into that evening), and Drummond led the Association in offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, total boards, and total rebound percentage. As Michael Pina of SB Nation explained, however, Drummond’s inconsistent efforts and obvious offensive limitations coupled with the fact the Pistons don’t have enough horses to make anything resembling a deep postseason run raise concerns about Drummond’s future. He can either test free agency next summer or exercise a player option worth over $28.7 million for 2020-21. As cruel as it is to suggest, the Pistons may require a top-tier team to lose a starter at Drummond’s position to move the big man before the trade deadline. Both player and club could benefit from such a transaction.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins was a punchline for much of his side’s season opener vs. the Brooklyn Nets, even though he made a couple of clutch shots during the overtime period. Few are laughing at the 24-year-old after 10 games. Wiggins is averaging career marks in PPG (25.5), AST (3.3), BLK (1.1) and field goal percentage (47.3), and as Danny Cunningham of SKOR North wrote, he also has drastically improved his shot selection, and the six-year pro is attacking the rim unlike at previous times during his underwhelming “empty points” periods. Can this version of Wiggins last through the harsh winter months? Will he put forth more than half-efforts on defense minus the occasional solid outing? If “yes” is the answer to both questions, Wiggins will contend for Most Improved Player honors.
Houston Rockets guard James Harden heard your offseason jokes about his inability and unwillingness to share the ball with Russell Westbrook. Per Justin Kubatko of Statmuse and Basketball-Reference, the one-time regular-season MVP is only the third player in league history to average at least 37 PPG through the opening 10 games of a campaign. (Harden was at 37.3 at the start of Nov. 13.) The 30-year-old also scored the most points across 10 contests (373) than any player since Rick Barry tallied 381 points in the fall of 1966. Most frightening for opposing defenses is that several signs point to Harden heating up rather than peaking ahead of Thanksgiving. He shot under 13 percent from three-point land in three of his first five games before returning to form from long distance over the subsequent four outings. From Nov. 4 through Nov. 11, Harden averaged 40.25 PPG in four games.
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James turns 35 years old in December, but one wouldn’t know that by watching him this fall. USA Today, Alex Kennedy of Hoops Hype, Nemanja Vukasinovic of Fadeaway World and Forbes’ Tommy Beer all mentioned James as an MVP candidate in early November, and the King averaged 24.0 PPG, 11.0 AST, 8.2 REB and 1.1 STL in his first 10 games. He shot 47.1 percent from the field over that period. James isn’t a fan of load management. “If I’m hurt, I don’t play. If not, I’m playing,” he told ESPN earlier this month. Lakers coach Frank Vogel should approach the situation differently. Los Angeles is built to win a title next spring. Limiting James’ involvement in relatively meaningless games this winter is vital to achieving that goal.
Last season, the Toronto Raptors featured Kawhi Leonard in 60 regular-season contests. Leonard entered the playoffs fresh, and he was the Association’s top two-way player throughout the postseason. The Lakers require James’ best beginning next April, not in January.
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By: Zac Wassink
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Top-10 NBA MVP narratives, from Giannis to Simmons
Posted on September 30, 2019 September 30, 2019 by Nick Cermak
In today’s social media-driven NBA, MVP candidates don’t just need the numbers, they need an accompanying narrative to take home the MVP award. Just ask James Harden.
Three seasons ago, Harden finished second to Russell Westbrook in the MVP vote despite averaging 29.1 points, 11.2 assists and 8.1 rebounds and leading the Rockets to 55 regular-season wins. Westbrook edged Harden because he had the best narrative: Westbrook was the first player to average a triple-double since Oscar Robertson and the superstar who stayed in OKC even after Harden and Kevin Durant had left.
The next season, however, Harden beat LeBron James for the award, despite having inferior statistics, because he had the better narrative: It’s about time we recognize Harden’s greatness and reward him because he probably should have won last season.
Last season, Harden finished second to Giannis Antetokounmpo because people had crowned Giannis as the best two-way force in the league and the next face of the NBA. As Harden so aptly put it in a GQ interview, “[I had] a 32-game 30-point streak, eight 50-point games, two 60-point games… and all the talk was about [Giannis]? There’s no way. You can’t pout or be mad, and the kid had an unbelievable season, so did his team. But the things I was putting up were legendary. You going to look back in 10, 15 years from now and be like, is that really true? Did that really happen?”
Narratives matter in the MVP race. So, as a primer for this season’s MVP race, here are the top-10 MVP contenders and their accompanying narrative (in italics) entering the season (in alphabetical order):
May 19, 2019; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) shoots the ball as Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43) defends in overtime in game three of the Eastern conference finals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks
Based on the past two seasons, it’s clear Giannis is on a LeBron James-Kevin Durant kind of career trajectory. That being the case, we should expect Antetokounmpo to ascend even higher in this, his seventh season, in the middle of his athletic prime. Giannis’ MVP narrative will be one of dominance, a season where he erases any doubt as to whether he’s the best player in the world. Look for him to improve his game in some obvious way this season -– the most obvious hole in his game is his jump shot (26 percent from three-point land last season) -– but he could also double-down on his already one-of-a-kind post game or become a better playmaker.
Jun 7, 2019; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) shoots the ball against Toronto Raptors center Serge Ibaka (9) during the third quarter in game four of the 2019 NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Steph Curry, Warriors
Steph has a chance to remind everyone that he’s still the toughest player to game plan for in the league … and maybe ever. He’s back to being the unquestioned best player on his team and the player who won back-to-back MVP awards before taking a step back to make way for Kevin Durant.
After having the second-highest usage percentage in the NBA during his record-setting 2015-16 MVP season, Curry finished the next three Durant seasons at 11th, 10th and 13th. With no Durant and no Klay Thompson for most of this season, Curry’s usage rate should easily jump back into the top-five again. Thus, his stats will almost certainly mirror his stats from that 2015-16 MVP season, when he averaged 30.1 points, 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds and made an NBA-record 402 three-pointers. If the Warriors are near the top of the West, and Curry leads the league in scoring and flirts with breaking his own three-point record, he’ll be right in the mix for MVP.
Sep 27, 2019; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward/center Anthony Davis listens to a question during the Lakers media day at the UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo, CA. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
Anthony Davis, Lakers
Like Shaquille O’Neal before him, AD is hitting his prime and poised for a Hall of Fame leap as the two-way centerpiece and next great big man for the Los Angeles Lakers .
If he plays anything like he did during the second half of the 2017-18 season, when he averaged 31 points, 12.1 rebounds, 3.4 blocks and 2.1 steals over the last 27 games of the season, he’ll probably be a frontrunner for his first MVP award. And if he is playing like that, you can bet your bottom dollar that LeBron and Klutch Sports start campaigning for AD to take home the MVP award. In fact, you don’t even have to read between the lines from the Lakers’ media day to see that James is already doing that.
May 2, 2019; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) reacts after scoring against the Toronto Raptors during the fourth quarter in game three of the second round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Joel Embiid, 76ers
Embiid’s narrative began shortly after Kawhi Leonard’s fourth bounce fell through the basket in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The world saw Embiid crying as he left the court, exhausted from a grueling seven-game series. If Embiid plays his way into the MVP conversation, it will mean he spent the offseason getting into the best shape of his life, vowing that he’d never lose another playoff series due to fatigue. He’ll have realized that few people on this Earth have been blessed with his size and athletic prowess, and he decided it’d be a travesty if he didn’t maximize those God-given gifts. It’s time to do what Shaq and Wilt and all the other historic NBA centers did before him: dominate.
With Jimmy Butler taking his talents to South Beach, Embiid will have ample opportunities to show off his newfound conditioning as the closer for the Sixers.
Sep 27, 2019; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) poses for a picture during media day at Post Oak Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
James Harden, Rockets
The Beard knows first-hand how a narrative can swing an MVP vote. He believes he got robbed of the award last season. He has a point. And that means that Harden’s narrative this season will be one of revenge against the voters who wronged him out of capping off a historic season with no MVP trophy. Revenge against the people who think he isn’t the best player in the league. Revenge against the people who don’t think he can lead the Rockets to a title.
An MVP season for Harden might not include the same massive scoring as last season (36.1 points per game) now that his high-usage buddy Russell Westbrook is in H-Town. But if his isolations and pick-and-rolls remain two of the most highly efficient plays in basketball and his assist numbers go back to what they were in previous seasons (10.0 per game from 2016-17 to 2017-18), Harden will have another crack at MVP.
LeBron James, Lakers
This is the most obvious narrative: LeBron’s “Forgot About Dre” season. LeBron is coming off of a miserable first season with the Lakers in which he suffered his first major injury and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2005-06. However, missing the playoffs means that he finally got an extended rest after eight straight trips to the NBA Finals.
He’s also undoubtedly been listening to the media mock his team the past 12 months and declare that he’s no longer the Best Player on the Planet. It’s all set up perfectly for LeBron to come out and have a G.O.A.T. kind of season to remind the basketball world that he’s still the King.
An MVP season for LeBron won’t be his typical 27-7-7 season –- voters are too bored of that. Instead, look for him to average double-digit assists now that the Lakers have Davis, but a dearth at point guard.
Nikola Jokic, Nuggets
The Joker’s narrative is mostly tied to his team’s success. If the Nuggets, who should have some of the best chemistry in the league, are the best team in the Western Conference and flirt with winning 60 games, Jokic will get plenty of MVP votes and his narrative will sound something like this: Jokic is doing it all alone as the lone superstar in a conference loaded with superstar tandems. He flashed his true potential as a franchise centerpiece in last season’s playoffs, averaging 25.1 points, 13 rebounds and 8.4 assists. That performance has carried over into the 2019-20 season as he has Denver at the top of the league earlier than anyone would have imagined.
September 29, 2019; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard speaks with media during media day at LA Clippers Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Kawhi Leonard, Clippers
After last season’s playoff run and subsequent free-agency power flex, Kawhi is the Alpha Dog of the NBA, and he isn’t ready to relinquish that title just yet. In fact, as a little more of Kawhi’s personality has come to the forefront, it has become apparent that he relishes destroying opponents the same way MJ and Kobe did, albeit in a less expressive way.
With Paul George out at the beginning of the season, the Clippers will need Playoff-Kawhi (30.5 points and 9.1 rebounds on 49-38-88 shooting splits) to keep them near the top of the Western Conference until George returns, which should force Kawhi to get rolling a lot earlier than last season’s load-managed season.
May 12, 2019; Denver, CO, USA; Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) reacts following the win over the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Damian Lillard, Trail Blazers
Lillard’s MVP narrative is similar to Jokic’s in that it’ll be tied to the Blazers’ record this season. Most analysts seem to think that the Blazers will finish closer to .500 than the 53 wins the team had a season ago. Thus, if Lillard leads Portland to another top-three finish in the West, and with his typical Curry-lite numbers (25.8 points, 6.9 assists, 4.6 rebounds with 44-37-91 shooting splits last season), and none of the other candidates on this list are having other-worldly seasons, Lillard could start to garner some late season MVP buzz.
He’s the best leader in the league, the superstar who chose to stay when most would have demanded a trade –- he’s as important to his team as any player in the NBA. Isn’t that everything you can ask for from an MVP candidate?
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By: Pat Heery
Posted in NBATagged Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Denver Nuggets, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, James Harden, Joel Embiid, Kawhi Leonard, Lebron James, Los Angelas Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, Nikola Jokic, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, Stephen CurryLeave a comment
Why KD, Kawhi, not MVP candidates Giannis, Harden, are NBA’s best
Posted on May 3, 2019 by Nick Cermak
“There are 82-game players, then there are 16-game players” ~ Draymond Green
The 2018-19 NBA regular season featured a two-man MVP race for the ages as Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Houston’s James Harden did things we’d never seen done on a basketball court. Antetokounmpo, the one-of-a-kind, 6-foot-11 point-center, dominated the paint like Shaquille O’Neal in his prime, dished out six assists per game and played Defensive Player of the Year-caliber defense. Harden, with his step-back three-pointer, averaged 36.1 points and essentially broke basketball by maximizing his shot efficiency and advancing the three-point revolution to a point that probably made Steph Curry jealous. If you asked an unbiased person to watch every game from this season (aka “Pulling a Tom Thibodeau”), that person would undoubtedly tell you that either Giannis or Harden was the best player in the league.
But if you ask that same person to pull a Tom Thibodeau for the playoffs, his answer would be much different -– it’d be Golden State’s Kevin Durant or Toronto’s Kawhi Leonard. In fact, if you asked this person to keep ranking players, he’d pick Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Portland’s Damian Lillard before he’d even consider Giannis or Harden. How do players who battled all season for the “Best Player on the Planet” status suddenly look like they might not even be top-five players in the NBA? By the same token, are Durant and Leonard the actual “Best Player on the Planet” candidates? Let’s see if the numbers back up what our eyes tell us.
Why doesn’t Giannis Antetokounmpo look as dominant in the playoffs?
A quick glance at Giannis’ playoff averages this season compared to last season indicates he’s reverted to last year’s postseason’s form (25.7 ppg., 57% FG). Is that really what’s happening here? Not at all -– he averaged 10 more minutes per game last spring. Giannis is a much better player than he was last postseason, but scouting is making his teammates less efficient players, and, by virtue of their struggles, he also has become less efficient. (Side note: Mike Budenholzer better start playing Giannis more than 29.8 minutes per game and trim his rotation -– this isn’t youth basketball, Bud!)
Interestingly enough, Giannis’ per-36 minute stats these playoffs compared to the regular season are almost identical, except for his assists. He’s averaging around 30 points, 13 rebounds and a steal and block or two each game. He averaged 6.5 assists per-36 minutes in the regular season and is down to 4.0 assists per-36 minutes in the playoffs.
Herein lies the first reason why Giannis looks different. With Celtics coach Brad Stevens employing a “wall” transition defense with Al Horford and help defenders stunting Antetokounmpo’s drives across the foul line, preventing him from having a runway to the basket, Giannis is forced to kick the ball out to open teammates for three-pointers. In the regular season, those open teammates were the likes of Malcolm Brogdon (43 percent on threes) and Tony Snell (40 percent). Because Brogdon and Snell are battling injuries, those open teammates in the playoffs are the likes of Pat Connaughton (28 percent) and Ersan Ilyasova (25 percent).
With his teammates missing open threes, the defense stays packed in on Giannis’ drives and he is unable to get as many easy buckets, which is the second reason for Giannis’ playoff drop-off. Check out these numbers:
Besides his three-point percentage (which mirrors his second-half regular-season percentage), Giannis’ percentages are down across the board. The 13-percent drop on field goals inside eight feet is particularly eye-opening and indicative of defensive schemes built around shutting down his drives. One more revealing stat: Giannis is attempting almost five fewer shots per game within five feet of the basket in the playoffs than he did in the regular season. Pretty staggering considering he lived in the paint all season, averaging over 11 shots within five feet.
In sum, Giannis isn’t playing much differently –- the opponents are just forcing his teammates to make open threes. Since his teammates aren’t making as many open threes, the defense is clogging the lane even more than usual, which is not allowing Giannis to take and make as many shots near the basket. Giannis will eventually figure it out — the great ones always do — but it might not happen this postseason
Why isn’t James Harden a cheat code anymore?
Finding the difference between regular-season Harden vs. playoff Harden this season is a little easier than doing the same for Giannis. Harden’s playing the same minutes, averaging the same rebounds, assists, steals and blocks per game, and shooting approximately the same number of shots per game with the same kind of distribution. But he’s just not making shots or getting to the line as frequently as he did during the regular season. His scoring is down from 36 to 29 points per game and his shooting splits (FG-3FG-FT) are down from 44-37-88 to 38-34-88. He’s being forced into taking two fewer shots at the rim and two more shots -– typically floaters –- between five and nine feet from the basket (of which he’s only making 19 percent in the playoffs). Not allowing him the same driving lanes he’s accustomed to is a tribute to his opponents’ defensive schemes. But what about the slips in shooting percentages?
Well, this is nothing new for Harden in the playoffs. In the regular season the past five years, Harden has shot about 44 percent from the field and 36 percent from three every season. In the playoffs over that same stretch, those averages drop to 41 percent from the field and 32 percent from three. Every. Single. Spring. We know Harden takes his conditioning seriously, so why the same drop-off in the playoffs ever year? It’s some combination of fatigue from Houston’s willingness to let Harden carry an insane load all regular season and over-reliance on him to take and create open shots against teams that spend weeks scouting him for his every tendency each spring. In essence, the Rockets are betting that Harden is good enough and has the endurance to get them 50-plus wins in the regular season, and then 16 more wins in the postseason even though they know his efficiency is going to drop off. It almost worked last season. It still might work this season, but it’s not looking great right now. (The Rockets trail the Warriors 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinals.)
Another interesting stat to keep an eye on in the playoffs is Harden’s free throw attempts per game, which have dropped from 11 in the regular season to 8.6 in the postseason. This may not seem like much, but two or three more points per game and we’re not having this discussion. Interestingly, the drop-off in free throws probably has a lot to do with referees having more time to “scout” and not fall for Harden’s foul-baiting ways.
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Mose Malone Jr Alleges That James Harden Might’ve Orchestrated A Beating He Received Last Year
Posted on May 17, 2017 May 16, 2017 by Mike Larcamp
Written by Tim McMahon at ESPN.com
Moses Malone Jr. filed an amendment to a civil lawsuit Monday, seeking damages from James Harden for allegedly orchestrating a beating last summer in retaliation for a Facebook post that offended the Houston Rockets star, Malone’s attorney, George Farah, said.
Malone, the son of NBA legend Moses Malone, was beaten and robbed of jewelry by four armed men on June 25 outside V Live Houston, an after-hours strip club. Four men were arrested in connection with the assault, including Darian Blount, a security guard at the now-closed club, and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
Harden was not charged or accused of wrongdoing in the case.
A Facebook post published by Malone on June 24 criticized Harden for charging $249 for his basketball camp, which Malone said shut out inner-city children. Farah, who represents Malone, said the Facebook post was referenced during the beating and robbery.
“All the stories that we’ve heard from all the witnesses were pretty consistent that James Harden was pretty upset about the Facebook post that was posted the night before the attack,” Farah told ESPN on Tuesday morning. “There were text messages between Moses and some of James Harden’s friends. … We have a good trail of evidence that leads to James Harden’s involvement to this.”
Farah said he is in the process of subpoenaing 10 witnesses who were at the club that night and can testify to Harden’s involvement. Farah said Malone and Harden were both regular clients at the club.
Attorney Rusty Hardin, who represents Harden, did not immediately reply to an email requesting comment.
The original lawsuit, filed in September, seeks damages against V Live Houston for injury and loss of property.
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Virtual Event JDRF Illinois One Dream Gala – Close to Home Raises Over $8.5 Million for Type 1 Diabetes Research
Published December 15, 2020 in Events, Fundraising, Leadership
Single Largest T1D Fundraising Event in the U.S. to Date
CHICAGO, December 14, 2020 – In a world where nonprofits have been hard hit during the pandemic, the JDRF Illinois One Dream Gala-Close to Home set a new global record for the organization when it raised more than $8.5 million on Saturday night. This virtual event’s funds will accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its complications.
“The T1D community is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before” said Mimi K. Crabtree, Executive Director of JDRF Illinois. “This community understood that together, even from our homes, we could continue to make an impact for the millions living with T1D during a time when this community needed us the most.”
This special re-imagined virtual event was hosted by ABC7’s Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini and featured an intimate concert from Grammy nominated John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting, and JDRF’s President and CEO Aaron Kowalski joined for an inspiring message of hope. Approximately 1,000 households tuned in to collectively add to the vision of a world without T1D.
The Fund A Cure portion of the evening recognized a $2 million gift from Glen Tullman (7wireVentures) and anonymous $1 million donor, and over 15 gifts at more than $100,000.
“We owe this massive success to everyone who tuned in, the Gala Committee, chapter staff, volunteers and every donor who chose to not let T1D research funding be affected by a pandemic,” said Steve Dragich (Schiff Hardin LLP), Board President of JDRF Illinois. “We showed that together, even while apart, we will turn type one into type none.”
The virtual crowd participated in all the usual One Dream Gala activities – silent and live auctions, raffles, dinner catered by The Paramount Group which was delivered to homes, mission messages, and the signature JDRF Fund A Cure program. This year JDRF Illinois checked in with previous Fund A Cure families who shared their unique stories of life with T1D and guests raised their virtual bid cards enthusiastically, knowing 100 percent of all tax-deductible contributions will fund JDRF’s most crucial research priorities.
JDRF Illinois Chapter gratefully acknowledges its local and national corporate partners: Abbott, Aldridge Electric, Inc., Allscripts, CIBC, Insulet Corporation, Kemper, Land O’Frost, Launch!, and Livongo, now part of Teladoc Health.
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ERIE’S BATTLE WITH TUBERCULOSIS: HOW IT WAS WON - 04/22/2020
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Talon Brings Growth During the Depression Falls to Global Competition Creates the Tool and Die Capital of the World - 05/08/2020
MARX TOY COMPANY: BORN IN THE DEPRESSION AND KILLED BY OVERSEAS COMPETITION - 05/15/2020
America, Erie Region Celebrate Memorial Day's Message - 05/22/2020
Ainsworth to Tailored Pet Nutrition: Pluck, Resilience, and Risk-Taking - 06/16/2020
The History of Labor Day: Why We Should Celebrate the Origins and Importance - 09/07/2020
Making the Case for a Management Alliance as Region Faces Possible Record Year for Algal Blooms - 09/09/2020
Early Women Leaders Reflect Nationwide Struggle - 10/01/2020
Helen Schluraff: State’s First Female County Commissioner Led by Example as she Broke Barriers - 10/09/2020
Women’s Political Strength Grows in Three Movements - 10/20/2020
Major Reforms Led to New County Government - 10/28/2020
More Barriers Tumbled as Savocchio Became Erie Mayor - 11/04/2020
Domitrovich Broke Judicial Glass Ceiling - 11/10/2020
Savocchio Broke One Glass Ceiling After Another - 11/17/2020
Brenda Pundt Made Mark as City Controller - 12/02/2020
David Frew, Ph.D.
Jefferson Presenter and Writer
ON THE WATERFRONT: Searching for Loons One of Lake Erie’s Most Beautiful Birds - 04/15/2020
On the Waterfront: How Does the Osprey Know? Earth Connections? - 04/20/2020
ON THE WATERFRONT: Pymatuning State Park: Where the Ducks Walk on the Fish - 04/29/2020
SHIP-SPOTTING 101: THINGS TO DO IN ERIE OR ELSEWHERE - 05/06/2020
THE EDMUND FITZGERALD, LIGHTFOOT, AND ME: 45th Anniversary of the Historic Shipwreck - 05/14/2020
ON THE WATERFRONT: WHERE DID LAKE ERIE'S BLUE PIKE GO? - 05/20/2020
Strong Estate: Bayfront Adventureland of the 1950s - 05/27/2020
Strange Headline from 1853: Submarine Sinks Offshore - 06/03/2020
Lake Erie Trawling: Problems with Rainbow Smelt - 06/10/2020
It's a small, small world: Crossley Net-Pullers, Fredrick Wakefield, and Tobermory - 06/17/2020
Building a Shipwreck Exhibit: Author Spotted Leaving a Seedy Motel by ‘Most of my Friends’ - 06/24/2020
Ted Sprague: From Freeport to Carnegie Mellon, New Orleans, D-Day, and Back - 07/01/2020
Erie's Cascade Docks: An Unimaginable Transition - 07/17/2020
Salina: Old Salt Schooner Helped Win Battle of Lake Erie - 07/22/2020
Chestnut Pool: The Bay-Rat Country Club - 07/29/2020
Trinity Sunday: Don't Go Near the Water - 08/04/2020
The Gem Theater: Bay Rat High Culture - 08/12/2020
The North Channel: An Essential Field Trip - 08/19/2020
Brebner and Beckman: Ship Chandlers, Engineers, and Provisioners - 08/26/2020
Theological Underpinnings: Catholic Schools and Protestant Schools - 09/02/2020
Erie Was Once Freshwater Fishing Capital of the World - 09/09/2020
Dreamer: A Sailmaker’s Gift - 09/16/2020
Hoppy, Gene, Roy, and Mirages: Apparition or Science - 09/23/2020
ERIE’S FINNISH COMMUNITY: THE WATER PEOPLE - 09/30/2020
The Goosewood A Land Deal that Profoundly Changed Erie’s West Bayfront- 10/06/2020
Cascade Creek: Stream of Dreams - 10/23/2020
Bay Rat Athletics: Right Field Out - 10/27/2020
Cascade Creek Restoration - 11/03/2020
Bay-Rat Rhapsody: Riding the Bus to the Y - 11/11/2020
West Fourth Street Music Scene - 11/18/2020
Strong’s Pond: Mystery and Tragedy - 12/04/2020
Daniel Dobbins’ Three Favorites: Lady Washington, Salina, and Ohio - 12/08/2020
Neighborhood Bars and Clubs: Where Were Our Dads from 3:30 to 6? - 12/16/2020
Train Wars: American Flyer, Lionel, and Marx - 12/22/2020
Ozzie and Harriet Became My Academic Advisors - 12/29/2020
Crystal Set Creates a Monster: Radio Nights - 1/05/2021
The Ragman A Bay Rat Salvage Business - 1/12/2021
Pat Cuneo, B.A.
Jefferson Publications Coordinator
1918 FLU EPIDEMIC STRUCK ERIE, NATION, WORLD - 03/26/2020
ERIE BUSINESSES AND COVID-19 - 04/14/2020
Jackson Janes, Ph.d.
Jefferson Global Summit IX Presenter
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Report from Europe: Impact and Reactions to COVID-19 - 04/06/2020
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Brock Institute for Mega Issues
BERNIE, JOE, and DONALD on RELIGION and POLITICS - 04/07/2020
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FRANCIS OF ASSISI: PATRON SAINT OF ECOLOGY - 04/28/2020
Bernard of Clairvaux: Mystical Interpreter of Love - 05/05/2020
Plato on Love and Mysticism - 05/12/2020
Mystics for Skeptics - Dalai Lama: A Mystic and Saint - 06/02/2020
Mystics for Skeptics On Trump, Mysticism, and the Power of Positive Thinking - 06/09/2020
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Moses: The Mystic Prophet Like No Other - 06/23/2020
Jesus: Fulfilling the Mission of God - 06/30/2020
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Logotherapy
Logotherapy
Frankl believed that humans are motivated by something called a "will to meaning," which equates to a desire to find meaning in life. He argued that life can have meaning even in the most miserable of circumstances and that the motivation for living comes from finding that meaning. Taking it a step further, Frankl wrote:
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.
This opinion was based on his experiences of suffering and his attitude of finding meaning through suffering. In this way, Frankl believed that when we can no longer change a situation, we are forced to change ourselves.
"Logos" is the Greek word for meaning, and logotherapy involves helping a patient find personal meaning in life. Frankl provided a brief overview of the theory in Man's Search for Meaning.
Core Properties
Frankl believed in three core properties on which his theory and therapy were based:
Each person has a healthy core.
One's primary focus is to enlighten others to their own internal resources and provide the tools to use their inner core.
Life offers purpose and meaning but does not promise fulfillment or happiness.
Going a step further, logotherapy proposes that meaning in life can be discovered in three distinct ways:
By creating a work or doing a deed.
By experiencing something or encountering someone.
By the attitude that we take toward unavoidable suffering.
An example that is often given to explain the basic tenets of logotherapy is the story of Frankl meeting with an elderly general practitioner who was struggling to overcome depression after the loss of his wife. Frankl helped the elderly man to see that his purpose had been to spare his wife the pain of losing him first.
Basic Assumptions
Logotherapy consists of six basic assumptions that overlap with the fundamental constructs and ways of seeking meaning listed above:
1. Body, Mind, and Spirit
The human being is an entity that consists of a body (soma), mind (psyche), and spirit (noos). Frankl argued that we have a body and mind, but the spirit is what we are, or our essence. Note that Frankl's theory was not based on religion or theology, but often had parallels to these.
2. Life Has Meaning in All Circumstances
Frankl believed that life has meaning in all circumstances, even the most miserable ones. This means that even when situations seem objectively terrible, there is a higher level of order that involves meaning.
3. Humans Have a Will to Meaning
Logotherapy proposes that humans have a will to meaning, which means that meaning is our primary motivation for living and acting and allows us to endure pain and suffering. This is viewed as differing from the will to achieve power and pleasure.
4. Freedom to Find Meaning
Frankl argues that in all circumstances, individuals have the freedom to access that will to find meaning. This is based on his experiences of pain and suffering and choosing his attitude in a situation that he could not change.
5. Meaning of the Moment
The fifth assumption argues that for decisions to be meaningful, individuals must respond to the demands of daily life in ways that match the values of society or their own conscience.
6. Individuals Are Unique
Frankl believed that every individual is unique and irreplaceable.
Logotherapy in Practice
Frankl believed that it was possible to turn suffering into achievement and accomplishment. He viewed guilt as an opportunity to change oneself for the better, and life transitions as the chance to take responsible action.
In this way, this psychotherapy was aimed at helping people to make better use of their "spiritual" resources to withstand adversity. In his books, he often used his own personal experiences to explain concepts to the reader.
Three techniques used in logotherapy include dereflection, paradoxical intention, and Socratic dialogue.
Dereflection: Dereflection is aimed at helping someone focus away from themselves and toward other people so that they can become whole and spend less time being self-absorbed about a problem or how to reach a goal.
Paradoxical intention: Paradoxical intention is a technique that has the person wish for the thing that is feared most. This was suggested for use in the case of anxiety or phobias, in which humor and ridicule can be used when fear is paralyzing. For example, a person with a fear of looking foolish might be encouraged to try to look foolish on purpose. Paradoxically, the fear would be removed when the intention involved the thing that was feared most.
Socratic dialogue: Socratic dialogue would be used in logotherapy as a tool to help a patient through the process of self-discovery through his or her own words. In this way, the therapist would point out patterns of words and help the client to see the meaning in them. This process is believed to help the client realize an answer that is waiting to be discovered.
It's easy to see how some of the techniques of logotherapy overlap with newer forms of treatment such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). In this way, logotherapy may be a complementary approach for these behavior and thought-based treatments.
I am, because you are.
An anthropologist who was studying a tribe in South Africa put down a basket full of fresh sweet strawberries and promised to give all the fruit to the first child who got to the basket. That was translated and told to the kids. However the kids held hands and started running together. They were happy to arrive at the basket and share the fruit together.
The anthropologist was curious so he asked the kids, "I told you all that I was going to give one first place person all the fruit so why did you all hold hands and run together?" Then from one little child's lips shot out the word, "Ubuntu." If all others are sad how can one person be happy?
Ubuntu. I could use more of this today and the day after that.
More: behaving well towards others & acting in ways that benefit the community.
“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1 John 4: 12)
Embrace Your Verbs.
When Jaycee, my first child was born, I remember the deep want I had to try and be a "Great Parent". I didn't have a clue how to do it or what to do. What I quickly realized was the new position of parent was not a Noun but instead a Verb. This landed for me one night in particular when I learned the hard way. In a feeble attempt to "be" a great parent I volunteered to do one of the middle of the night feedings. On this occasion I had the bottle prepped with my sweet infant girl in a bassinet rocker next to my bed. I became delighted when I discovered in my middle of the night grogginess how well it worked to just passively hold my outstretched arm over the bed with the bottle in hand, it was a perfect distance to her mouth and most importantly it allowed me to fall back to sleep. What I quickly discovered as my wife woke me from my clever bonus sleep was that about 50% of the bottle contents were being consumed by the intended target and the rest spread evenly throughout the bassinet.
Being a "Great Parent" requires an embracing of verbs. I had to get a mitt and get in the game and begin to embrace and do the active actions that were required to raise my child.
Similarly, in my work life embracing my verbs forces me to think outside of what's coming in my direction, verbs are the things in terms of what I am supposed to do. What am I actively doing to accomplish the intended goal?
Thinking in terms of verbs can be useful to re-frame personal purpose from static Nouns to what actions will I take Verbs.
Creativity=
Embrace fun and innovation, initiate challenges, and pursue curiosity.
Empowerment=
Uplift others through influence, education, and engagement.
Compassion=
Put empathy into action.
Leadership=
Lead with integrity, promote gratitude, and never stop learning.
Hard-Work=
Do all that I can, the best that I can.
Friendship=
Show up.
Center of the Spider Web.
Purpose vs. Price
When you compete on price your margins eventually get small, when you compete on purpose more than price your margins grow.
Connect to the heart of your customer. The heart of the customer is the battle ground - if you win their heart, you win! In other words win their heart to grow your Brand Loyalty.
"Legs Feed the Wolf" - Coach Herb Brooks
To say I am a "big fan" of sports movies would be an understatement!
At the top of my list is the 2004 movie, Miracle, a story about the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Hockey Team that beat the odds and won the gold medal. In the movie legendary coach, Herb Brooks gifts to us one of the often-quoted lines in my house, "Legs feed the Wolf". Coach Brooks tells his team, "We may not be the best team out there, but we will be the BEST conditioned team." His hockey players would not win on talent alone - instead, they would win by working harder than everyone else, being better conditioned than everyone else, and playing together and achieving the kind of synergy where 1+1 = more than 2.
"The legs feed the wolf, gentlemen." What does this mean?
Let's guess at it - What do wolves do to eat? They hunt in packs - there is no such thing as a "lone wolf" who can survive in the wilderness. Wolves live together, hunt together, and eat together. How does a pack of wolves hunt? They typically chase their prey until for miles and miles until their prey tires out and drops to the ground out of fatigue. The wolves outlast their prey. They don't have to be faster to win - they just have to be able to run farther and longer than the animals that they hunt. Strong legs can run farther than weak legs, so it is indeed the legs that feed the wolf.
For me, it reminds me to be sure to do these 3 things:
- Be in a Wolf Pack you want to hunt with.
- Condition to run further and longer.
- When one wolf "tires" bring back provisions to sustain them because the pack needs each other, and when I "tire" accept the sustenance to be able to re-join the pack.
Said No One Ever.
"my whole life I've been doing meaningful things and I am tired of it." - said No One Ever
It's in me to want to have some purposeful meaning in life, and chances are it is in you as well.
"The point of purpose is to determine how you will serve others. If you don't plan to serve you don't need a purpose." - Cheryl Bachelder
A starting point for purpose is perhaps answering - "who am I here for?"
Or for an organization "who are we here for?"
For me on this day, I want to pay closer attention to what stirs my heart to help clearly answer the question "who am I here for?"
because perhaps - If I can devote to something more than myself, ultimately I may have something more than myself to show for it.
Shooting a revolver at attack planes.
People want to know what to do but they often don't until somebody models it.
During WWII when the Nazi planes would bomb London, Winston Churchill would not go to the shelter, instead he would go to the roof with his revolver and fire at the planes. Now, he wasn't stupid enough to think he was going to bring down the plane - he was taking symbolic action.
Daring to act, even symbolic action can be essential. There are times as leaders we have to show there is no fear. Become the symbol of what you want your people to do - More is caught than is taught.
Fishing ain't really about fishing.
Its about taking the time to just be. Realigning yourself with nature. Practicing patience. It's a chance to center your thoughts.
I don't fish. But, to the same end - I do take aimless rides on my slow - patience inducing, retro-cool, 50cc Honda Metropolitan Scooter, named "where'd justin go?"
What's the fishing activity in your daily routine?
Share in it together.
you're not alone in this. I see you. I hear you. I feel your pain. I was reminded recently how important and powerful this can be. In whatever way possible let's find someone to show up for.
As author and "doer" Bob Goff models it for us - "Be available. Take it from a guy who had the audacity to put his cell number in the back of his book: there's a huge power in just being present, being available, to those around you. What if you took time for the people in your life? What if you made some audacious plans to rock their lives? Try it and see what happens!"
Don't suck. You got this.
"Try not to suck' became the mantra for the 2016 Chicago Cubs.
Joe Maddon, fmr. Manager Chicago Cubs put it in these terms for his team - "put the ball in play and pressure the defense to not flub it. And then turn those tables when taking the field: coach drilled down on his ball clubs to make those very defensive plays, so as to not give the opponent a chance to capitalize due by mucking it up on “D.”
See where this is going, Bueller? Convert that routine play, and you’re more than halfway there. In other words, simply try not to suck.
Is the juice worth the squeeze?
I heard an interesting phrase recently: “Is the juice worth the squeeze". It caught my attention because it could mean so many things. The context in which it was used was attempting to determine if trying to achieve a goal would be worth the effort. Said another way, would the reward outweigh the risk?
Mistakes – Big or small, we all make them; what matters are the lessons we learn. When given the opportunity to measure options, make choices that will make you proud.
At the end of the day, you have to decide if the juice was worth the squeeze.
The aggregation of marginal gains.
1% Better Everyday
A concept made famous by British cycling coach Dave Brailsford, who lead the British cycling team to 10 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, He decided that he and his team would focus on improving every aspect of performance and these aggregations would add up. Prior to this, the team had not managed any significant wins.
Brailsford believed that victory at the Olympics would be achieved by focusing on a 1% margin for improvement in everything they did. He decided that he and his team would focus on improving every aspect of performance and these aggregations would add up. Examples of seemingly insignificant things they focused on, included:
Implementing precise food preparation procedures
Bringing their our own mattresses and pillows so athletes could sleep in the same posture every night
Painting the floor of their bike trailer white so they could more easily identify dust and remove it
To quote the man himself:
"We searched for small improvements everywhere and found countless opportunities. Taken together, we felt they gave us a competitive advantage." (Source)
He believed that if you improved every area related to cycling by just 1%, those small gains would add up to remarkable improvement.
In a crisis shift from playing Chess to Tennis.
X to Y by When
hmm. Make a Decision.
"It’s not hard to make decisions once you know what your values are". - Roy Disney
What are your core values? Are you living your life in relation to the things that are really important to you?
Understanding our values and the things that are truly important helps keep balance in our lives. If we are forced to do something that does not fit with our values then we feel uncomfortable, unhappy or stressed.
if you have a dream but not a team. You either have to give up the dream or build up the team.
If you can't measure it, you can't grow it.
The Scramble Drill shift
Embracing challenging circumstance can be a gift.
#1 Go Headfirst. Literally, Headfirst. Start with a shift in the six inches between your ears. Adapt your thinking towards what's possible, what can be done at the moment?
#2 Resist the urge to feel stuck.
- Name it. whats the challenge? What's at stake?
- Own it. Admit that its here and that it matters.
- Use it. Find a subtle joy in the discovery of opportunities that are unveiled.
In football terms, as a called play breaks down - it becomes a 'scramble drill', in a scramble drill the focus instantaneously shifts to breaking free, buying enough time until the qb can find another option.
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'Fake news' reinforces trust in mainstream news brands: hits reputation of social media sources
Kantar today releases the results of its global ‘Trust in News’ study. The report, which surveyed 8,000 individuals across Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America about their attitudes to news coverage of politics and elections, finds:
- The efforts to brand ‘mainstream news media’ as ‘fake news’ have largely failed. The reputation of traditional print and broadcast media outlets has proven more resilient than social media platforms and online only news outlets, primarily as a result of the depth of coverage being delivered.
- Audiences are becoming more widely informed and sophisticated in their engagement with, and evaluation of, news content.
- The public retain a belief that journalism is key to the health of democracy – but have become more sceptical. Specifically, in both in Brazil and USA, where a significant percentage of the population believe ‘fake news’ impacted the outcome of their most recent elections.
Who do we trust?
The reputational fallout of the ‘fake news’ phenomenon has been predominantly borne by social media and messaging platforms, and ‘online only’ news channels. Print magazines, at 72%, are the most trusted news source, closely followed by the other traditional outlets of print newspapers and TV and radio news. Only one in three recognise social media sites and messaging apps as a trusted news source. ‘Online only’ news outlets are trusted by half of the population, significantly less than their print and broadcast brethren. Interestingly, the online presence of print and broadcast media are trusted slightly less than the originating titles and channels.
Social media and messaging platforms have sustained significant reputational damage as a source of trusted news. News coverage of politics and elections on social media platforms (among which Facebook is dominant with 84% usage in the preceding week) and messaging apps (of which Whatsapp is the most used) is ‘trusted less’ by almost sixty percent of news audiences (58% & 57% respectively) because of the ‘fake news’ phenomenon. ‘Online only’ news outlets also sustained significant reputational damage in this respect: ‘trusted less’ by 41% of news audiences.
Print titles have proved more resilient, experiencing a smaller loss of trust, with print magazines and newspapers both ‘trusted less’ by 23% of audiences. However, both categories also experienced similar increases in trust in their coverage (23% and 17% respectively). Print media nets out with more than three quarters of news audiences trusting them ‘the same’ or ‘more than’ before the ‘fake news’ phenomenon. 24-hour news channels also retain a strong position as a trusted source with 78% of news audiences trusting them ‘the same’ or ‘more than’ before the ‘fake news’ narrative.
Across all four surveyed countries, 46% of news audiences believe ‘fake news’ had an influence on the outcome of their most recent election. This was most pronounced in Brazil – where 69% believed fake news had an impact, and the USA where 47% believe there was an influence. There is though some recognition that companies like Facebook and Google are taking steps to tackle ‘fake news’. (13% of UK news audiences claiming to have seen efforts vs a third of Brazilians, 16% in France and 22% in the US).
News consumption habits are evolving.
The news-reading public are becoming a more widely informed audience. 40% of news audiences have increased the number of news sources they use compared to 12 months prior. ‘All online’ has overtaken television as the primary source of news (figure 3). With under 35 year olds, social media – despite its reputational issues –almost matches television as a source of news (65% Vs 69%).
The news audience is additionally becoming a more thoughtful audience. Contrary to ‘news filter bubble’ or ‘echo chamber’ narratives, we find 40% of social media users explore alternate views to their own and almost two thirds worry that ‘personalisation’ will create a ‘news filter bubble’. More than three quarters of news consumers claim to have independently fact-checked a story, while 70% have reconsidered sharing an article – worried that it might be fake news. On the flip side, almost one if five admit to sharing a story after reading only the headline.
The Kantar ‘Trust in News’ survey conducted representative sample surveys of 2,000 individuals each in Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
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40 Years Later, Why a Black Doll Show Still Resonates | KCET
Nadra Nittle
Nadra Nittle is a Los Angeles-based journalist. She has written for LAist, The Atlantic, Vox Media and many other publications.
Learn more about the history of Black doll making on the "Lost LA" episode "Shindana Toy Company - Changing the American Doll Industry."
During a year when dressing down has become the norm, "All Dolled Up," the theme of the William Grant Still Arts Center's "2020 Black Doll Show," couldn't be more ironic. Taking place exclusively online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 40-year celebration of the annual event will run until Feb. 20, 2021 in three parts — "Getting Dolled Up," "Going to the Club" and "The Gala" — activities largely off-limits to the public during the pandemic.
In toyland, though, there are no restrictions; the dolls can get dressed up and celebrate the show's milestone anniversary, said Amitis Motevalli, director of the William Grant Still Arts Center, a facility of the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
"It's a celebration of all of the work of the community members that came together all these years to make sure [the show] happened," Motevalli said. "And it's a celebration of this genre of art-making and a good opportunity to just celebrate life. We can get dressed up sometimes, but we can't really go out. But our dolls can, so we can put them in different scenarios, like they're going to the club. It's a nice opportunity to escape our current situation and go into a fantasy world with our dolls." The show's website launched Dec. 12 and, like a magazine, allows the online audience to see the various exhibitions, said Motevalli.
Started in 1980 by the Friends of William Grant Still Arts Center, the Black Doll Show is the city's longest-running exhibition of Black dolls. Since the show's inception, the art it featured has affirmed Black identity or reminded viewers of the harmful stereotypes that misrepresented African American life. The intent has always been to use dolls to examine the complexities of being Black, and from there, to work toward healing.
Artist Teresa Tolliver and her installation at a William Grant Still Art Center Black Doll Show, circa 87-90 | Bobbie Campbell, Courtesy of William Grant Still Art Center
Art curator Cecil Fergerson, who died in 2013, organized the inaugural Black Doll Show four decades ago. He and his wife, Miriam, got the idea to begin the show after learning about the 1940s research of psychologist Mamie Phipps Clark, who found that Black children preferred white dolls to Black dolls. Just as worrisome was that the children associated the white dolls with positive traits and the Black dolls with negative traits reinforced from living in a segregated and anti-Black society. The Doll Test, which also included research contributions from Clark's psychologist husband, Kenneth Clark, suggested that Black children needed to see more representations of themselves in American culture. The research was cited in the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education that struck down segregation in public schools. It reportedly marked the first time a high court case cited social science research, and the Clarks' work continues to be heavily referenced today.
More on Black doll-making
Shindana Toy Company: Changing the American Doll Industry
Shindana Toys: Dolls That Made a Difference
Operation Bootstrap: Breaking New Ground in Community Empowerment
A painting of two Black dolls by Aisebourne | Courtesy of William Grant Still Art Center
To launch the first exhibition, the Fergersons reached out to artists who were part of Los Angeles' assemblage movement. The couple told the artists, "Make a doll and reinterpret the notion of dolls, reinterpret our identity, and let's do this show," according to Motevalli. "And it was mostly artwork. It was mostly assemblage art, and some Black dolls that were historic."
That first exhibition attracted people interested in doll-collecting, artwork, dolls used for religious purposes and the psychological impact of dolls on the public. "It was a big hit," said Motevalli. Because of its success, the Friends of the William Grant Still Arts Center decided to continue the show year after year, bringing dollmakers of all kinds together in the same venue.
John Outterbridge and artwork at a William Grant Still Art Center Black Doll Show in the late 80s. | Bobbie Campbell, Courtesy of William Grant Still Art Center
Seeing an all-Black doll exhibition is a moving experience, Motevalli said, particularly for African American children who take in the sight in awe. "At first, when you look at them, you're like, 'Oh, how cute, dolls!'" she said. "And then when you spend time in a room that is filled with dolls, Black dolls in many shades, you psychologically feel different in that space. I'm an Iranian woman, and I psychologically felt different. I was like, 'Wow, this is actually a super important show.'"
A knit Sherice doll by Adrienne Franklin. | Courtesy of William Grant Still Art Center
This year's show is a commemorative affair; it will reflect on the event's four-decade history of presenting an array of Black dolls made from materials such as wood, cloth, fabric, metal, clay, paper, porcelain and even corn husks. The show has featured manufactured dolls, rag dolls, assemblage dolls and baby dolls, as well as dolls that embody certain themes — from fantasy and mythology to Afrofuturism and Black liberation. This year's show will include a collection of dolls from the now-defunct Shindana Toys, a Black-owned and South L.A.-based company that in 1968 released its Baby Nancy doll, which had distinctly African American features.
The Baby Nancy doll produced by Shindana Toys. This doll is now in Billie Green's collection. | Still from "Lost LA" Shindana Toys
With influences ranging from Japanese anime to West African lore, artist Adah Glenn has taken part in the doll show for roughly 15 years. She will lead a virtual Dec. 19 workshop related to doll-making, while artists Nawili Gray and Alek Tabu will lead virtual workshops on Jan. 16 and Feb. 13, respectively. Among other works, Glenn's mermaid doll, inspired by the Yoruba deity Yemaya will be on display at the show.
Click through below to see more works by Adah Glenn featuring Black figures.
Adah Glenn’s mermaid doll, inspired by the Yoruba deity, Yemaya. | Courtesy of Adah Glenn and William Grant Still Art Center
An artwork by Adah Glenn featuring a Black female figure. | Courtesy of Adah Glenn
An artwork by Adah Glenn featuring a Black female figure among the clouds. | Courtesy of Adah Glenn
An artwork by Adah Glenn featuring a Black female figure among pastel shades. | Courtesy of Adah Glenn
"Mermaid lore has really got its hook in me," she said. "And this one specifically is a Yemaya doll. She has black cloth fabric and shells. Her tail isn't scale material; it's a kind of a kente cloth print. She definitely is a Yemaya, Mami Wata doll."
Mami Wata is a water spirit celebrated all over the African continent. The mermaid-like deity highlights African lore about this legendary sea creature, which in American popular culture is typically characterized as white. Glenn will also use the show to draw attention to the work of her late mentor Dorothy Taylor who embellished quilt patches with doll faces. Glenn has selected six pieces from that collection to feature at the show and will present a few of Taylor's masks inspired by the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration.
A Dolls of Hope doll-making workshop (which partners with the Black Doll Show) in 2013 where templates of Black dolls were used to make dolls to send to children in orphanages who have lost their parents to AIDS. | Amitis Motevalli
Taking part in a virtual exhibition will be an adjustment for many regular patrons, even for Glenn, who describes the previous in-person shows as a colorful and tactile experience. Although touching the dolls is discouraged, typically, visitors can't resist reaching out and feeling them, she said. Glenn's not sure who usually appears to be the most excited at the event, as both the children and senior citizens who attend look equally thrilled. Still, the hope is that while virtual, the show will continue to appeal on a visceral level. "I think the best aspect of it is that it appeals to people of all ages, the kids as well the adults and the collectors who have a lifelong appreciation for doll work and toys," she said.
Top Image: A knit Sherice doll by Adrienne Franklin. | Courtesy of William Grant Still Art Center
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Democrats want changes to caucuses in Iowa
Updated: 9:18 AM CDT Aug 2, 2014
Democrats in Iowa want to take steps to expand access to their state's leadoff presidential caucuses, addressing concerns raised by Hillary Rodham Clinton following her disappointing finish in 2008.Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan says the party is pursuing changes like legislation requiring employers to give non-essential workers time off to attend the caucuses and creating satellite caucus sites for shift workers and elderly who can't easily participate.Brennan tells members of the Democratic National Committee the party is also proposing out-of-state Iowans serving in the military could participate through a teleconferencing system.After the 2008 caucuses, Clinton complained after her third place finish that the rules kept people who work nights from attending.Clinton is the leading Democratic presidential contender in 2016 if she decides to run again.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
Democrats in Iowa want to take steps to expand access to their state's leadoff presidential caucuses, addressing concerns raised by Hillary Rodham Clinton following her disappointing finish in 2008.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan says the party is pursuing changes like legislation requiring employers to give non-essential workers time off to attend the caucuses and creating satellite caucus sites for shift workers and elderly who can't easily participate.
Brennan tells members of the Democratic National Committee the party is also proposing out-of-state Iowans serving in the military could participate through a teleconferencing system.
After the 2008 caucuses, Clinton complained after her third place finish that the rules kept people who work nights from attending.
Clinton is the leading Democratic presidential contender in 2016 if she decides to run again.
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Fact-checking Trump's weekend of misleading FISA tweets
President Donald Trump's two-day tweet storm over the Justice Department's ...
Updated: Jul 24, 2018 7:21 AM
President Donald Trump's two-day tweet storm over the Justice Department's release of a redacted Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant fueled the raging debate over the October 2016 warrant on former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page.
The President's tweets were also full of misleading and several false statements.
The tweets on the Page FISA warrant added to the litany of complaints he's raised about the FBI's investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign, which he's repeatedly dismissed as a "witch hunt" and a "hoax" and insisted there was no collusion.
The initial October 2016 FISA warrant application and the three renewals -- the first ever FISA warrant documents to be publicly released -- did not resolve those larger collusion questions, but they did show in plain English the FBI's argument for conducting surveillance on Page.
The application states that the FBI "believes Page has been the subject of targeted recruitment by the Russian government," and that the bureau "believes that Page has been collaborating and conspiring with the Russian government."
And in several cases, the application undercut arguments that Trump and his conservative allies have made about the surveillance on Page, including a memo from House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican.
Here's a breakdown of Trump's tweets:
6:49 a.m. ET July 22: "Looking more & more like the Trump Campaign for President was illegally being spied upon (surveillance) for the political gain of Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC. Ask her how that worked out - she did better with Crazy Bernie. Republicans must get tough now. An illegal Scam!"
Trump's early Sunday morning tweet claimed that the FISA warrant indicated his campaign was being illegally spied upon, adding to his earlier unproven claims that the FBI had planted "spies" inside his campaign.
The FBI -- and South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy -- have already debunked the claim of FBI spies inside the campaign, saying that FBI confidential sources were not planted inside the Trump campaign. Gowdy, who in his role as chairman of the House Oversight Committee was briefed on the FBI's use of confidential sources to speak to members of Trump's team, said in May the bureau did "exactly" what it should have with confidential sources based on the information it had received.
The FISA warrant application taken out on Page allowed the FBI to conduct surveillance on Page. But by the time the warrant was filed in October 2016, Page had already left campaign, making it unlikely the FBI was using the FISA application on Page to get into Trump's campaign.
7:01 a.m. ET July 23: "....and the DOJ, FBI and Obama Gang need to be held to account. Source #1 was the major source. Avoided talking about it being the Clinton campaign behind it. Misled the Court to provide a pretext to SPY on the Trump Team. Not about Carter Page..was all about getting Trump....."
Trump's tweets continued Sunday -- and again Monday -- morning by attacking the opposition research dossier written by ex-British intelligence agent Christopher Steele.
Trump is correct that the dossier appears to be cited as "Source #1" in the FISA application, which makes up a sizable portion of the unredacted evidence in the warrant application on Page - though another major portion of the evidence contained in the application remains classified and remained redacted.
Trump and his allies have seized on the fact that Steele's research was paid for in part by law firm Perkins Coie through the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign, arguing the Justice Department failed to properly disclose the political nature of the funding to the FISA court.
The Nunes memo charges that the FISA application does not "disclose or reference the role of the DNC, Clinton campaign, or any party/campaign in funding Steele's efforts."
"No. The court was not made aware," Nunes told Fox News in February.
But the redacted documents released Saturday show that the FBI did include in the application that Steele was being paid by an unidentified US person with the aim of discrediting Trump's campaign. "The FBI speculates that the identified US person was likely looking for information that could be used to discredit Candidate #1's campaign," the warrant states, referencing Trump.
It's true that the FISA document does not make reference to any specific people, including Glenn Simpson, the Fusion GPS co-founder who is the US person who hired Steele to conduct the research. But that's because the FISA documents are written in such a way that identities of people or institutions are left out under a process called "minimization," which seeks to keep other Americans out of the warrant.
The FISA warrant states that while the information was likely being collected "to discredit" the Trump campaign, the source is considered credible because Steele had a previous relationship with the FBI, including helping to expose corruption in FIFA.
6:23 p.m. July 22: "So President Obama knew about Russia before the Election. Why didn't he do something about it? Why didn't he tell our campaign? Because it is all a big hoax, that's why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win!!!"
Trump has repeatedly questioned the Obama administration's response to the Russian hacking, and Obama administration officials have acknowledged they could have -- and probably should have -- done more to try to counteract the Russians in 2016.
But the notion that the Trump campaign wasn't told about the threat is not true.
Trump was personally warned in August 2016 by senior US intelligence officials that foreign adversaries -- including Russia -- would likely attempt to infiltrate his team or gather intelligence about his campaign, CNN has reported previously.
Trump was also told that the Russian government was trying to meddle in the election and that Russia played a direct role in hacks against the DNC, NBC News reported in October 2016.
6:30 a.m. ET July 23: "So we now find out that it was indeed the unverified and Fake Dirty Dossier, that was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC, that was knowingly & falsely submitted to FISA and which was responsible for starting the totally conflicted and discredited Mueller Witch Hunt"
Trump's Monday morning tweet claims that the opposition research dossier started the Russia investigation -- the argument that if the dossier is discredited, so is the FBI's Russia investigation, which has become special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.
But the dossier didn't start the Russia investigation.
The FBI launched its counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia in July 2016 following an Australian diplomat reporting a conversation with former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who told the diplomat that Russia had damaging information on Clinton.
Embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok testified earlier this month on that point, getting into a contentious debate with Republicans over the opening days of the investigation, several months before the Page FISA application would be filed.
The Nunes memo does not dispute this point either, stating that Papadopoulos "triggered" the counterintelligence investigation.
6:52 a.m. ET July 23: "It was classified to cover up misconduct by the FBI and the Justice Department in misleading the Court by using this Dossier in a dishonest way to gain a warrant to target the Trump Team. This is a Clinton Campaign document. It was a fraud and a hoax designed to target Trump...."
In this Monday morning tweet, Trump is quoting Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton. The tweet suggested that the Page warrant was "classified to cover up misconduct by the FBI and the Justice Department."
But every FISA warrant application is classified.
This one was released -- for the first time -- only with heavy redactions following Freedom of Information Act requests and lawsuits from news organizations and judicial advocates, including the conservative Judicial Watch, and following the declassification of details from the FISA applications in the Nunes memo and a competing memo from House Intelligence Committee Democrats.
Republicans have charged that the FBI and the Justice Department have used redactions in multiple cases in order to shield embarrassing information from Congress. The notion that the FISA warrant was classified, however, is the rule, not the exception.
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North Korea’s Kim marks war anniversary amid virus concerns
by: HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 27, 2020 / 01:23 AM MDT / Updated: Jul 27, 2020 / 01:35 AM MDT
In this Sunday, July 26, 2020, photo released by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, hands over a “Paektusan” commemorative pistol to a senior military official during a ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea. At right is Kim’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a national cemetery and handed out commemorative pistols to army officers, state media reported Monday, as he pushes to muster public support for efforts to contain a potential coronavirus outbreak.
On Sunday, North Korea said that Kim had put a city near the border with South Korea under lockdown and declared a state of emergency after a person with suspected COVID-19 symptoms was recently found there. If the person is diagnosed with the coronavirus, it would be North Korea’s first officially confirmed case, though many outside experts believe the virus has already spread to the country.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim visited a cemetery on the outskirts of Pyongyang where Korean War dead are buried to mark the 67th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 war. Kim laid a single rose and bowed before a big monument at the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery, according to KCNA. It didn’t say exactly when Kim went there.
A 1953 armistice that ended the war has yet to be replaced with a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula in a technical state of war. North Korea considers the armistice signing as a victory and often uses the anniversary as a chance to promote nationalism.
KCNA also reported that Kim gave “Paektusan” commemorative pistols, named after the sacred peak on the peninsula, to senior military officials during a ceremony Sunday marking the war anniversary. State media photos showed a beaming Kim, clad in his trademark dark suit, sitting while surrounded by army officers holding black pistols.
“The participants held high the pistols and made firm pledges to fight for Kim Jong Un at the cost of their lives,” KCNA reported.
Kim is in need of stronger internal unity as he struggles to withstand crippling U.S.-led sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, which forced him in January to close the North’s border with China, its biggest trading partner and aid benefactor.
While announcing the Kaesong city lockdown, North Korea’s state media reported that the suspected virus patient was a runway who had fled to South Korea three years ago before illegally slipping back to the North early last week.
Some experts say North Korea was aiming to hold South Korea responsible for a virus spread and apply more pressure on its rival. Others say the North may be trying to find an excuse to win anti-virus aid items from South Korea.
South Korean officials said their investigation into who crossed the border into the North has been narrowed to a single person. Without identifying who that person is, military spokesperson Kim Jun-rak told reporters Monday that a bag belonging to the person was found on a South Korean border island. Health official Yoon Taeho separately said that the person has never been listed as a virus patient in South Korea.
KCNA on Sunday quoted Kim as saying “the vicious virus” may have entered the North while urging the North Korean public to rally behind him to overcome “the present epidemic crisis.”
Monitoring groups and refugees from North Korea have been highly skeptical of the North’s claim that it has had no cases of the coronavirus because the country shares a long, porous border with China, where the virus is believed to have started late last year. Analysts say a virus outbreak in North Korea could cause a humanitarian disaster due to its wrecked health care system and lack of medical supplies.
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Lawmaker slams report labeling him a ‘domestic terrorist’
by: NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press
FILE – In this Feb. 8, 2012, file photo, state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, speaks at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Shea, a right-wing lawmaker from Washington state said Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 that a recent report that branded him a ‘’domestic terrorist” is a lie and that he will continue to represent the people of his district. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A right-wing lawmaker from Washington state said Friday that a recent report that branded him a ‘’domestic terrorist” is a lie and that he will continue to represent the people of his district.
Democrats and some Republicans have called for state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, to resign in the wake of a December report involving anti-government activities. Shea has refused to resign.
He issued a statement saying he will be in the chamber when the state House convenes its 2020 session on Monday.
“‘I look forward to continuing to represent the people of my district,” Shea wrote. ‘’I do so with a renewed sense of the importance of our Constitution’s protections for the powerless against the vindictiveness of the powerful.”
The report commissioned by the state House was released in December and concluded that Shea helped plan, engaged in and promoted three armed conflicts against the U.S. government in Nevada, Idaho and Oregon in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
In particular, Shea’s work to organize and urge supporters to attend the 2016 standoff with authorities at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon was branded domestic terrorism by the report by the Rampart Group, a Seattle-based private investigation agency.
The report prompted House Republicans to immediately expel Shea from their caucus.
House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, said Thursday at a legislative forum sponsored by The Associated Press that Shea ‘’is not a House Republican.”
But Wilcox believes it is up to the voters of Shea’s Spokane Valley district to kick him out of the Legislature.
“Matt Shea should resign,”’ incoming House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, said Thursday at the forum. “‘And if he does not resign he should be expelled.”
Jinkins said Democrats alone cannot expel Shea and would need the votes of at least some Republicans to reach a two-thirds majority. Nine Republicans would need to vote for expulsion.
“I don’t know how this is going to end up,” Jinkins said.
Shea on Friday attacked the 108-page report, which he had refused to be interviewed for.
“‘I have been falsely accused of being a “domestic terrorist” by a private investigator who never spoke to the principals involved in the incidents she described and relied instead on anonymous sources,” Shea wrote.
“‘This is a lie,” Shea wrote.
Shea also said he has not been contacted by the FBI or the U.S. Attorney’s Office, despite Jinkins saying she had forwarded the report to those agencies.
Shea said Jinkins should respect the role of federal law enforcement to make charging decisions.
The report also found that Shea in the past had condoned intimidating opponents and promoted militia training by the Patriot Movement for possible armed conflict with law enforcement.
This version corrects that nine Republican votes, not 10, would be needed to expel Shea.
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Nutrition, energy intake- output, exercise, and fluid homeostasis during fasting in Ramadan
Mohammed A Jaleel1, Farah N Fathima2, Bushra N.F. Jaleel3
1 Department of Medicine, Bangalore Diabetes Hospital, Vasanthanagar, and AJ Diabetes Care and Polyclinic, BTM Layout, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Community Medicine, St. John's Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Community Dentistry, Oxford Dental College, Bommanahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Date of Web Publication 6-Jul-2013
Mohammed A Jaleel
No. 102, Fourth Cross, First Block East, Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560011, Karnataka
The month long ritual fasting undertaken by Muslims in Ramadan though intermittent in that they abstain from eating and drinking from dawn till dusk only, it is absolute during the span of fasting as they are forbidden from taking anything by mouth be it water, fruits or even oral medications. There are bound to be changes in their life style, sleep hours, physical activities, food consumption, meals frequencies, and dietary habits for different reasons. Proper management of food and fluid intake and exercise activity regulation is essential so that the spiritual fasting of Ramadan becomes an enjoyable experience free from avoidable hardships for all those who are found fit to undertake Ramadan fasting. Controlled studies are required to unravel the mysteries surrounding the complete understanding of the physiological states of satiety, hunger and fasting, and the role of both internal and external factors of orexigenic and anorexogenic nature and the scientific basis of the relative ease with which millions of Muslims the world over are able to observe the month-long Ramadan fast.
Keywords: Exercise activities, fasting, food and fluid intake, hunger, nutrition, Ramadan
Jaleel MA, Fathima FN, Jaleel BN. Nutrition, energy intake- output, exercise, and fluid homeostasis during fasting in Ramadan. J Med Nutr Nutraceut 2013;2:63-8
Jaleel MA, Fathima FN, Jaleel BN. Nutrition, energy intake- output, exercise, and fluid homeostasis during fasting in Ramadan. J Med Nutr Nutraceut [serial online] 2013 [cited 2021 Jan 18];2:63-8. Available from: https://www.jmnn.org/text.asp?2013/2/2/63/114722
Ramadan is the month of fasting for the Muslims the world over. They abstain totally from eating and drinking from early dawn to dusk. They may indulge in eating after dusk till early dawn. It is usual for them to reduce working/physical activities during the fasting hours in the day times. Many of them usually take evening naps and spend variable time at nights in special prayers and spend comparatively longer hours being awake at nights in the month of Ramadan. There are published reports which mention about the changes observed in life style, [1] sleep hours, [2] physical activities, [3] food consumption, meals frequencies, and dietary habits for different reasons in those observing Ramadan fasting. [4],[5],[6]
Fasting is ordained for able bodied adult Muslims. The sick and disabled can make use of the generous provisions of exemptions available and they usually refrain themselves from fasting in Ramadan. The medical personnel have an important role in giving proper advice not only about food and fluid intake but also the extent of desirable exercise to both the sick and ailing, and also to all others in general so that the ritual of fasting in Ramadan becomes an enjoyable experience for them without them unwittingly jeopardizing their health and wellbeing by ignoring the basics of nutritional management in Ramadan.
The complex relationship between the states of satiety, hunger, starvation and fasting, and the various adoptive mechanisms involved in maintaining survival and a semblance of physiological homeostasis are as yet not fully described. A systematic scientific study of the various hormonal, neural, and psychological factors which ensure generally uneventful month long fasting by millions of Muslims all over the world in different climatic conditions would be helpful in our better understanding of the phenomenon of hunger, satiety, and the way the body tackles these issues. These findings perhaps could be suitably adopted in our battle against the many primarily metabolic and nutritional disorders like overweight, obesity, and type-2 diabetes mellitus apart from situations of natural calamities, draught, famine, etc.
Ramadan: An Inculcator of Discipline in Dietary Intake and Physical Activity
Ramadan provides an excellent opportunity for inculcating dietary and physical activity discipline that could be utilized for ensuring continued corrective life style changes beyond Ramadan. A healthy normal balanced diet consumed in the usual routine suffices the dietary requirements in Ramadan in healthy normal weight individuals, and in those who are overweight Ramadan provides an excellent opportunity to shed the excess weight and practice suitable life style changes to be continued beyond the month of Ramadan.
When questioned if they can forgo their food and fluids, etc., so easily in other days when they are not fasting, the majority of Muslims would answer in negative. The only difference in Ramadan fasting and missing of meals on other days is the solemn Niyath or the religious resolve to abstain from eating, etc., for the specified period of fasting which is affirmed either verbally or silently at the beginning of the fast in Ramadan. Further scientific studies involving this Niyath or resolve to fast, and the psycho-physiological mechanisms involved in sustaining and augmenting this resolve could be helpful in better tackling of some of the life style-related disorders like obesity, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and type-2 diabetes mellitus.
Eating Habits in Ramadan
Generally speaking, the fasting Muslims have a pre-fasting meal (Suhur) well before the dawn. They break their fast (Iftaar) soon after sunset with dates, light snacks, fruits, and fruit juices in the short span of time available for them before the obligatory sunset (Moghrib) prayers. After the Moghrib prayers usually there is a gap of about 1-2 hours before the late night (Isha) prayers followed by the Ramadan specific prayers (Taraveeh). The major post-fast meal is taken either before or after the Isha and Taraveeh prayers. As is seen they usually have three to four meals at night times and properly tuned these meals would not be different from the standard three to four meals that non-fasting persons take during the day time.
In Ramadan, abstinence from food and fluids during the day time is followed by consumption of varied amounts of food, fruits, and fluids during the time after the sunset till early dawn, i.e. the commencement of the next day's fast. Not only the eating time but also the amount and type of food so eaten is at times significantly different from that normally consumed during the other months of the year. There might be increased consumption of specially prepared foods rich in fats and protein, special additional sweet dishes, etc., with the result that there is weight gain in some in Ramadan. [7],[8],[9],[10] At the other extreme, there is a reduction in energy and nutritional intake with loss of body mass and fat due to various factors including poverty and lack of knowledge about nutritious diet and healthy food habits. [11],[12],[13]
Physiological Aspects of Nutrition
Nutritional demands and the way these demands are met vary depending upon the way our body is placed in a given time frame. Leaving aside the special physiological states like pregnancy, lactation, childhood, and adolescent growth periods, our body routinely is found in any of these usual five states-the fed state, the fasted state, the work state, the sleeping state, and the disease/infected/cachectic state. Putting in brief the major metabolic processes and the related hormonal controls for each of these five states could be summarized as follows.
Fed state = glycolysis + lipogenesis, predominantly under the hormones insulin, leptin and cholecystokinin The fed state lasts about 3-4 hours from the end of the previous meal. During this phase, the body is digesting and assimilating the consumed food, generating the energy from the ingested carbohydrates and fats, and depositing the excess as stored glycogen and fat. At the end of this period starts the post-absorptive or early fasting state.
Fasted state = lipolysis + gluconeogenesis + ketogenesis, dominated by glucagon and corticosteroids. The body now starts generating energy by metabolizing the already stored glycogen, protein and fat in the body. Glycogen stored primarily in the liver is the first to be utilized by the body to maintain satisfactory sugar levels in the blood in the post-absorptive state. The other important store of glycogen in our bodies, the skeletal muscles, do not contribute much of their glycogen for the general use but are a good source of glucose locally. Normally, at any given time the brain and CNS consume about 60% of the available glucose in the blood. Once the glycogen stores in the liver get depleted, gluconeogenesis comes into play and the liver breaks down protein and utilizes the amino acids to produce the required glucose to meet the glucose demands of the brain and other tissues. Amino acid alanine and the lactate generated by the breakdown of the proteins are efficiently utilized by the brain to produce glucose.
Work/working state = lipolysis + glycolysis + gluconeogenesis + ketogenesis.
Sleeping State = tissue growth and repair dominated by growth hormone and insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1).
Infected/cachectic state = hypermetaboilsm; gluconeogenesis + lipolysis + proteolysis, dominated by pro-inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor- alpha (NF-α), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and corticosteroids.
Physiological Aspects of Satiety and Hunger
Satiety and hunger have mysteries still to be uncovered. It has been noticed that glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) mediated through the incretins, glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP), and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is reduced considerably in those who are in a fasting state. [14] Further during fasting there is an increase in leptin secretion with a noticeable decrease in appetite and nutrient uptake. The orexigenic intestinal hormone ghrelin secretion increases with fasting but the acylated and unacylated forms of ghrelin have been observed to exert opposing effects on GSIS. Some of the important hormonal signals involved in increasing food intake and appetite include Ghrelin, Agonti-related-protein (AgRP), Neuropeptide Y (NPY), Melanin-Concentrating Hormone (MCH), and Anandamide. Those involved in appetite suppression include Leptin, α-MSH and β-MSH, β-endorphin, Cholecystokinin (CCK), Incretins, Amylin, Pancreatic Polypeptide, PYY 3-36 , and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF). [15] These and other emerging studies would perhaps unfurl the mysteries surrounding the complete understanding of the physiological states of satiety, hunger and fasting, and also the scientific basis of the relative ease with which millions of Muslims the world over are able to observe the month-long Ramadan fast.
Glycemic Index And Glycemic Load of Foods-Relevance in Ramadan
Different constituents of food have varying digestion and assimilation times. Carbohydrates pass through the stomach and into the small intestine the quickest. Protein stays in the stomach longer than carbohydrates, but fats stay there the longest. So if the meal consists mostly of carbohydrates, the food would likely head into the small intestine, where nutrients are removed, more quickly than a meal that contains mostly proteins and fats. This basic fact should be kept in mind while advising the type of food for persons who fast in the month of Ramadan. The other important point to be considered is the concept of GLYCEMIC INDEX and GLYCEMIC LOAD of foods.
The glycemic index (GI) is an index of the quality content of carbohydrates in the food where as glycemic load reflects upon the quantity content of carbohydrates in the food. A rapid rise in post-meals blood sugar signals faster release of insulin from the pancreas and shortens the physiological fed state. It is advisable for those who fast to use food items of higher GI at the fast breaking time and eat foods of lower GI at the meals before the commencement of the fast.
Low carbohydrate diet with relatively more good quality protein should be advised at the Suhur meal that is traditionally eaten well before the sunrise during the Ramadan fast. This would ensure sufficient fuel for the generation of the required energy and glucose in the fasting state. At the evening fast-breaking meal (Iftaar), initially foods and drinks with high glycemic index should be advised to enable the body to replenish quickly any deficits in fluids, electrolytes, and nutrients that could have occurred due to the voluntary dietary abstinence of the day gone by. This strategy would result in satisfactory observance of fast during Ramadan and in a decrease in fat mass and an increase in muscle mass at the end of the Ramadan season.
Fluids and Electrolytes Homeostasis in Ramadan
Fluid and electrolyte homeostasis gains greater significance in tropical and sob-tropical regions especially when the Ramadan fasting season comes in summer season.
Hydration status is traditionally assessed by laboratory tests like serum osmolality and sodium concentration, blood urea nitrogen, hematocrit value, and urine osmolality. It can also be assessed by non-invasive objective measures like body mass, intake and output measurements, stool frequency and consistency, and study of vital signs like temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate. Subjective observations such as skin turgor, thirst, and mucous membrane moisture also help in assessing the hydration status. Assessment of urine osmolality is considered to be one of the most sensitive markers of hydration status. [16],[17]
Normally, the total body water content in adults is relatively constant being the sum total of unavoidable losses in urine, feces, skin, and lungs, and the fluid intake in the form of food and drinks. Individuals are known to normally ingest more fluid than that required to meet the obligatory water losses, and the excess fluid intake is excreted by the kidneys as dilute urine. It has been reported that in situations where normal eating and drinking pattern is altered individuals become more reliant to stimuli relating to actual body water deficit and ingest significantly less fluid than usual, and that drinking of water tends to be associated with eating, and in situations where access to food is restricted, fluid intake too is often voluntarily restricted. [18],[19]
The fasting in Ramadan is in the day time and of the interrupted type, there are no restrictions on food and fluid intake at night. Hence, Ramadan fasting does not adversely affect the overnight urine volume or osmolality. [20] Urine samples collected in the morning and afternoon revealed that the urine volume, sodium, potassium, and total solute excretion were lower, and the urinary osmolality was higher during Ramadan indicating effective water conservation, and preservation of total near normal water and solutes in the body. [21]
Exercise and physical activity in Ramadan
Maintaining a healthy exercise regimen is important during Ramadan. Many individuals who fast tend to stop their usual exercises completely. Light exercises just before or after Iftaar are recommended. Exercise sessions should be of shorter duration and of lesser intensity. Strenuous exercise in the early/mid part of the day is to be avoided. It is also important to consume plenty of water and fruit juices with adequate nutritious and wholesome food during and after Iftar to ensure optimal post exercise recovery. The late night Taraveeh prayers of Ramadan performed sequentially in cycles consisting of praying in the standing, back flexing, kneeling, prostrating and sitting postures and which lasts for over one hour also helps in satisfying partly the requirements of daily exercise. Seen from a physical angle this has a combination of both isotonic and isometric muscular activity that covers most of the muscle groups in the human body.
Fasting Muslims who indulge in predominantly sedentary occupations rarely have any significant symptoms directly connected with Ramadan Fasting. But those who are engaged in physically demanding occupations in hot environment suffer from fatigue, dizziness, head ache etc., and such exposures need to be avoided or at least reduced to the minimum in those who fast in Ramadan. Chronic dehydration can be avoided by increased fluid and electrolyte use in the form of water and fruit juices during the night time.
Effects of Ramadan fasting on healthy normal individuals
It is well known that millions of Muslims scattered and living all over the world in extremely divergent and differing geo-politico-socio-economic conditions do voluntarily observe the month-long intermittent fasting in Ramadan with great zeal and enthusiasm, yet there are no authenticated reports of any significant deleterious or detrimental effects directly attributable to Ramadan fasting undertaken by healthy individuals. However, there are published report of headaches, increased irritability, day time sleepiness, increase in acid-peptic disease symptoms, decreased motor skill perception, and slight increase in road traffic injuries in Ramadan among those who fast during this month. [22],[23],[24],[25],[26],[27] These are presumed to be due to changes in their daily routine like altered sleep pattern, deprivation of caffeine and mild to moderate degrees of hypoglycemia, dehydration, etc.
Decreased physical activity coupled with excessive consumption of food and lack of exercise has been reported as the main reason for the apparent increase in weight noted among some of those who observe the Ramadan fasting. [10] In fact, there does not seem to be any reason for increasing the total food intake, as most people who fast are seen to reduce their daily physical activities. It is observed that in many Muslim majority countries, apart from rescheduling the work in split sessions, the official daily working hours are reduced by 2-3 hours. An adequately balanced healthy diet of similar type that is consumed in other days of the year comprising of a judicious and appropriate mix of complex carbohydrates, protein, fat, fruits and fresh vegetables with provision for ample liquids like water, fruit juices, and soups should be sufficient in Ramadan too. A healthy normal balanced diet consumed in the usual routine suffices the dietary requirements in Ramadan in healthy normal weight individuals, and in those who are overweight Ramadan provides an excellent opportunity to shed the excess weight and practice suitable life style changes to be continued beyond Ramadan. [13],[15],[28],[29],[30]
Ramadan Fast- The Post-Absorptive State and not Total Starvation
The day time span of Ramadan fasting, generally covers at least in the temperate regions of the earth, the early fasting or post-absorptive state which is known to last from 3 to 4 hours after the last meal up to 12 to 18 hours. After the amino-acids are utilized for glucose and energy production by gluconeogenesis or through ketogenesis, the process of lipolysis takes prominence and may continue further when the fasting and starvation states are prolonged.
Ramadan fasting starts with its Suhur (breakfast) well before the sunrise, and traditional fast-breaking at sunset and a late dinner subsequently entail a fasting of approximately 12-14 hours. It definitely does not come under the physiologist's definitions of "fasting state, long-term fasting or starvation" at which stage there would be a loss of muscle mass due to breakdown of muscle proteins, together with extreme lipolysis and ketogenesis. The fasting in the month of Ramadan, as is well known, is not absolute, in the sense the abstinence from food, fluids, caffeine is only from early dawn to dusk. The food and fluid restriction is intermittent when seen on a period span of 24 hours.
Nutritional Guide Lines/Recommendations in Ramadan
The subject of Ramadan fasting and its effects on the health and wellbeing in healthy individuals and potentially vulnerable groups has attracted sporadic attention in many circles but it needs further systematic controlled studies to understand the full medical implications of this month-long traditional intermittent state of fasting and fluid restriction so that universally acceptable recommendations and guidelines on the various issues of nutritional management in Ramadan could be formulated. The issue is further compounded by the vast differences in climate, cultural habits, dietary preferences, food habits, availability, and affordability of items of dietary consumption not only in different parts of the world but also in the different societal strata in any given geo-culturo-politico-economic scenario. Therefore, the issue needs to be area-focused. Knowledge about the prevailing ground realities assumes paramount significance in formulating such guidelines.
Ramadan fasting is a religious obligation for the Muslims. It aims at inculcating piety, charity, contentment, and discipline. Ramadan fasting is generally safe and beneficial for all healthy able bodied adults. Depending upon their food habits, geographical place of residence, prevailing climatic conditions, and the level of physical activities they are potentially at risk of dehydration, hypo/hyperglycemia, and weight changes. For the people of Asia and Indians in particular who are known to be at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and related cardiovascular conditions, Ramadan season could be utilized to propagate the advantages of healthy life style with continued abstinence from tobacco use, control of weight and over/under nourishment, avoidance of sedentary behavior and maddening competition in the pursuit of the all elusive materialistic self-fulfillment, to turning toward just sufficient healthy, nutritious balanced diet, increased physical activity, and developing and maintaining a sound head and a humane heart on a disease-free body.
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One Lump or Two - Chapter Twenty
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Good to her word, Zara was ready to go the next morning at the allotted time with seconds to spare.
“I ordered an egg and bacon pie from the café. If we leave now it should be just out of the oven, ready for us to pick up,” Penelope said, taking a deep breath.
“You okay, P?”
“The situation’s just catching up to me. We have today and tomorrow and that’s it.”
“And each other. Don’t forget we have each other.”
“Thanks, Z. You’re the best sister I could ever ask for,” she said, pinning on her hat.
“Well compared to the sister you’ve got, I’m not so sure that’s much of a compliment,” Zara quipped.
Penelope chuckled. “I’ll go get my keys.”
“I’ll go take a nap.”
“There will be no time for your jibes. I already have my keys out, see?” she said, jingling them.
“Looks like we’re already off to a fabulous start. Keep the faith, P. Keep the faith.”
The friends rolled down the windows in Penelope’s modest car, taking in the invigorating fresh air.
“Aunt Dee sure picked a beautiful spot, didn’t she?” Zara said.
“She really did. This town is something special.”
“The kind you could live out a lifetime.”
“Which may be a short one, in my case.”
“No negativity. Not today, P.”
“I’ll do my best. Besides, who could be negative in such a setting?”
About a quarter of an hour later, the investigators opened the door to the antique shop and unpacked their things along with the breakfast pie.
“I’ll start the tea,” Zara said. “I’m thinking we should go with something bold this morning—what would you say to some Russian Caravan?”
Penelope nodded and opened her notebook. “Where to start. Let’s see, it says here you’re to request an interview with Elsie Davies. Be careful with that one, she’s slippery.”
“I can handle the Elsie Davieses of this world while putting on my lipstick with my eyes closed,” Zara called from the kitchen.
“For now, let’s take advantage of the quiet and try to recreate that day before the opening. Did anything suspicious happen? Fuses were exceptionally short as I recall.”
“Understandably so. We’d been working ’round the clock and still had so much to get done.” Zara said, entering the tearoom with plates, silverware and napkins.
“And no one worked harder than Dan,” Penelope said, her voice faltering as she clumsily dished out the breakfast pie.
Zara stretched out a hand to steady Penelope’s. “He was a good man. And his death had nothing to do with you. You know that, don’t you?”
“If you say so,” Penelope said unconvincingly. “Okay … I’m ready to take notes.”
They walked through the occurrences of that fateful day, recounting as best as they could all that happened, at turns laughing and weeping as they shared anecdotes of Dan’s industriousness and good humor—especially when it came to his antics with Hank.
“Those two were quite an entertaining pair,” Zara said.
Penelope nodded and sighed.
“He’ll be back,” Zara said.
“Who? You mean Dan? Do you think he’s going to haunt us?”
“No, ninny. Hank!”
“Who said anything about Hank?”
“You did. Your body language did. Your heart did. Don’t forget, I know you inside and out, P.”
“Well then perhaps you know something I don’t. In any event, let’s get back to it.”
They made a verbal tour of the tearoom and antiques shop, trying to recollect if they’d seen anyone unusual canvasing or lurking. They ended up no further along than when they’d started.
“The main thing I remember about that day was all the squabbles,” Penelope said. “I recall Dan and Hank shouting at one another in the tearoom. I couldn’t make out what they were saying, but their mannerisms indicated anger, and the situation became so tense that Hank shoved Dan, and Dan stormed out.”
“That doesn’t sound like the two of them,” Zara remarked.
“And there’s more! After that, Dan got into a brief confrontation with Vincent … That’s when you and Paolo drove up, and I noticed you were arguing. Later in the day, Vincent had Stella in tears.”
“Zowie!”
“There’s still more. Dan and Hubert were at each other’s throats, and a moment later, Hubert approached Paolo only to stomp off in frustration after a fruitless attempt to converse with him while Paolo lounged in the Duesenberg. Everyone was working himself to the bone and Paolo sat in the car, smoking as the rest of us toiled. I couldn’t hear what Hubert said to him but I bet he gave Paolo a piece of his mind for loafing. A little later, Paolo snapped at Hank for talking to you. And even Stella and Dan had words!”
“Sounds like we were lucky to have only seen one fatality!” Zara said. “You think we should ask everyone about these incidents to see if we can find a thread? We have nothing else.”
“It looks that way. We already know what weapon was used, as well as the suspected motive, but maybe one of our opening day crew knows more than he or she realizes … something that can point us to the killer’s identity.”
“You’ll never take me alive,” a low voice rasped loudly.
Penelope and Zara screamed.
Stella snickered. “Relax, it’s just me,” she said, coming out from the behind the tearoom doorway where she’d hidden.
“Stella! You almost gave me a heart attack!” Zara said.
Penelope stood wheezing, trying to catch her breath, on the verge of keeling over.
“We’ve got to get you out of corsets once and for all, P,” Zara said. “Slow, deep breaths.”
“I saw you two deep in conversation through the window so I opened the door slowly enough not to jiggle the bells.”
“Why aren’t you in sch—” Penelope began as Zara scribbled a note.
“Lunchtime,” Stella said, reclining on one of the tearoom’s settees.
“They let you leave the school grounds at lunch?” Penelope asked.
“What do you think?” Zara said sarcastically, handing Stella the note she’d written. “Here. Make use of your time. We want to see all of these people again, this evening, if possible. It will be brief, you can assure them.”
“Affirmative,” Stella said, taking the paper and racing out the door.
“Good thinking,” Penelope said, still trying to normalize her breathing.
“Now, what is it exactly we want to ask tonight’s interrogees?”
“Well, I suppose what everyone was arguing about, mostly.”
“I can tell you what Paolo and I were fighting about. He accused me of flirting with Hank.”
“You were flirting with Hank!”
“Well … I’m not anymore … I’m not flirting with anyone.”
Penelope raised an eyebrow.
“Walter Harrison doesn’t count. That’s not flirting … not for me, at any rate,” Zara said.
“Fair enough. Speaking of Hank, I suppose we should ask him why he and Dan were arguing … and why it came down to shoving. Vincent and Dan exchanged words briefly, so we'll want to uncover what that was about. I find it especially interesting that Hubert, who is always so calm and collected, got into a tiff with Dan and then accosted Paolo. We can ask both Hubert and Paolo what went on there.”
“Hank, Vincent, Hubert and Paolo. Do you really think any of them will have anything to say that they haven’t told us already?”
“Maybe not. But perhaps you and I will get more out of what they tell us, given that we now know why and how Dan was killed.”
“Or at least think we know.”
“Well, if the theft theory is good enough for Walter Harrison, it’s good enough for me,” Penelope said.
Zara clasped her hands to her heart. “Thank you,” she whispered, then leaned across the table and gave Penelope a kiss on the cheek.
“Pfft, I’ve had better,” Penelope jeered.
“You don’t say! From whom?”
“Paolo, if you must know. Just yesterday.”
“Is that so!” Zara said, feigning jealousy before her tone turned melancholy. “I wonder how he’s getting on in San Francisco. I do worry about him, you know.”
“My guess is he’s having a marvelous time. Probably in Little Italy right now confabbing with his countrymen, sneaking glasses of wine, and consuming any number of dishes made with noodles, garlic, and olive oil.”
“I hope you’re right,” Zara said, smiling faintly.
They whiled away the afternoon jumping from one topic to the next—from the case to Paulo to the meaning of life and even Penelope’s sister, Pauline. At length, they were interrupted by a visitor.
“Good afternoon, ladies,” Florence Morgan said, her hands poised atop her parasol as she stood in the tearoom’s entrance. “The door was open. I do hope you’re not being careless when it comes to security.”
“Mrs. Morgan, what a pleasure. I’m afraid we don’t have much to report,” Penelope said. “We’ll be conducting one last round of interviews this evening … or at least we hope they’ll be the last.”
“I am not here to discuss the case, Miss Price. I am here to discuss a tea party for the Horticulturists Society. It’s scheduled four weeks from Friday and I am expecting forty guests. That is your maximum, I believe?”
“Yes, but shouldn’t we wait until after my trial to—”
“I have every confidence you will be acquitted, Miss Price. And you should too!”
“I’ll go freshen the tea,” Zara said, excusing herself. “P, your notebook,” she whispered as she walked to the kitchen.
“Yes, I should take notes. What exactly did you have in mind, Mrs. Morgan?”
“Something substantial enough to satisfy the men and dainty enough to please the ladies. I look to your creativity to sort out the particulars. Good day, Miss Price.” Two taps of her parasol later, Florence departed the shop.
“The water should be done in a minute or two,” Zara said, walking back in with a tray of tea accessories. “Don’t tell me you sent her away.”
Penelope shook her head. “Why on earth would Mrs. Morgan plan a party before I’ve even had my trial.”
“Perhaps that’s her way of saying she has faith in you?”
“She’s said it in many ways already.”
“When will you get it through that thick noggin’ of yours that people are on your side and rooting for you to succeed?”
“But why should they? I’m nothing special.”
“Are you saying I’d choose someone ordinary as my best friend?”
Penelope smiled appreciatively. “Perhaps you should be my lawyer.”
“Perhaps I should! … What say you lock the door while I finish with the tea.”
As Penelope walked to the front door to lock it, she espied Hank across the street. Her heart caught in her throat and she stood immobile. She tried to avert her eyes so as not to stare at him, but couldn’t. Before she could make herself look away, she’d caught his eye. She nodded and locked the door, but then noticed he was walking toward the shop. At least she thought he was. What if he’s just crossing the street? What do I do? Zara, help! she thought, smiling at him as he approached.
He raised a hand in salutation and she dared open the door for him. “Good afternoon, Mr. Edwards. How nice to see you.”
“You as well.”
“… Do … How … They say it’s unseasonably warm here this time of year,” Penelope offered feebly.
“Hank, thank you for coming in so quickly,” Zara said, extending her hand in a friendly shake.
“Happy to oblige,” he said, shaking her hand amiably. “I don’t know what help I can be …”
“We just have a few quick questions to ask you. Tea?” Zara offered.
“Yes, I’d love some.”
“P? Would you like to play mother?” Zara asked as the three walked into the tearoom to sit.
“I’m not nearly old enough to be his mother!” Penelope whispered to Zara.
“I meant would you like to be in charge of pouring the tea!”
“Oh! Hahahaha,” Penelope responded, laughing loudly and nervously.
“Are you sure you’re up to this?” Hank asked, noting her peculiar behavior.
“Oh yes, I’m right as rain. You know, speaking of rain—”
Zara cut her off before she could get any further into her meteorological ramblings. “Please, take a sink, Hank,” Zara said, motioning to an armchair as she dropped comfortably onto the settee.
Penelope sat in the chair across from Hank and wordlessly gazed at him.
“P?” Zara urged.
“Huh?” she said, still staring at Hank.
“The tea?”
“Oh yes, of course,” she said, coming to her senses.
Recalling Zara’s graceful and fluid movements, Penelope tried to emulate her, making birdlike motions and rolling her hands and arms unintentionally comically. Zara and Hank both fought to stifle their laughter.
“Hank, to get right to the point,” Zara said, looking away from Penelope lest a snigger escape. “What can you tell us about the spat you had with Dan the day before the grand opening … When Dan shoved you?”
“I shoved him, actually,” Hank said, accepting the sloshing teacup from Penelope’s shaking hands. His fingers brushed against hers, making hers shake all the more.
“Oh?” Zara said.
“Dan and I rarely quarreled, and when we did, it was always about the same thing—the speakeasy.”
“You didn’t approve of his new venture?” Zara asked.
“I didn’t approve of him doing anything that went against his conscious, and the speakeasy did just that. I shoved him to try to get him to wise up. I was angry with him for risking so much for so little.”
“What do you mean, Mr. Edwards?” Penelope said, her nervousness turning to intrigue.
“He was doing it just for the money.”
“Don't most people work for the money?” Zara said.
Hank ran a hand through his hair. “This was beyond that, far beyond. He was getting on fine with odd jobs … and he had a bright future here with you, Miss Price. He told me as much.”
“Then what are you saying?” Penelope asked.
“I’m saying that he kowtowed to Elsie Davies’ ludicrous greed for status.”
“Whose status?” Penelope said. “Elsie’s or Lily’s?”
“Both! When Dan first started doing well, it took him no time to become a respected member of the community, and of course, his business success made Lily a society success by default. Lily never cared about that sort of thing, but Elsie sure did. He’d promised me he was going to quit the bootlegging, once he’d started working here with you. But I found out he was still at it. That’s when we argued and I shoved him … I shoved him for being stupid.”
“But he told me he was so happy here. Why would he continue to bootleg?” Penelope said.
“He told me he couldn’t get out. That ‘they’ wouldn’t let him. That if he tried to stop bootlegging, ‘they’ would report his activities to the police and ruin his life,” Hank said.
“So he was being blackmailed,” Zara said.
Hank nodded.
“Who is this they to whom he referred?” Penelope asked.
“I wish I knew. I’ve racked my brain trying to figure it out, but never made any headway. Dan and I agreed we would finish our conversation after the grand opening. And I vowed to help him extricate himself from the speakeasy and blackmail mess—only, he was gone before we ever got a chance to have that talk.”
Hank took a deep breath and then sipped his tea, his eyes on the table.
“Mr. Edwards, you were a good friend to him. You must know that,” Penelope said, placing a hand on Hank’s, her flusteredness having given way to compassion.
He looked at her hand and smiled. “Thank you, Miss Price. I hope so. He was the best friend I ever had, actually. He knew all about me, but never minded. He accepted me just the way I am.”
He took another breath and they sat in silence for moments. The only sound was that of teacups meeting saucers as they drank their tea and contemplated.
“Will there be anything else, ladies?” Hank said when he’d finished his tea.
“No, thank you, Hank. You’ve been most helpful,” Zara said.
“Actually … just one more thing, if you don’t mind, Mr. Edwards,” Penelope said.
Zara looked at her inquiringly.
“Your name, Hank, is short for Henry, correct?”
“So then your name, Henry Edwards, is the same as Henry Edwards who was one of the founders of the Bohemian Club … and you both being members … May I ask … are you related to him? Was he your father perhaps?”
“No, we are not related,” Hank said, standing abruptly. “Good day, ladies; and thank you for the tea.”
He pulled his fedora over his brow and walked briskly out of the tearoom and shop, leaving Penelope and Zara in wonder.
“Did I say something wrong?” Penelope asked, a lump in her throat.
“I don’t know … I doubt it.”
“I did, didn’t I,” Penelope said, hanging limply over the arm of her chair.
“So Dan was blackmailed. Do you think that had anything to do with the theft or his murder?” Zara asked.
“I don’t see how it could, but who knows. I sure don’t,” Penelope said sullenly.
“Don’t pout, P. It doesn’t become you. I wonder who the blackmailer could be. What if it’s someone we know?”
“You’ve read too many dime novels. I’m betting it’s someone from Monterey. That’s where his saloon was located. Pacific Grove has been a dry town since its inception. They’ve never allowed the sale of spirits.”
“Interesting … where are you going?” Zara asked as Penelope got up and smoothed her skirt.
“To make a stronger pot of tea. I think we’re in for a doozy of an afternoon, and frankly, I could use a stiff drink!”
Zara followed her into the kitchen. “What do you think Hank was talking about when he said Dan knew all about him but accepted him anyway?”
“I have no idea. Perhaps he just meant how friends know each other’s foibles and about the skeletons in one another’s closets, but they remain loyal chums nonetheless.”
“What sort of skeletons do you think Hank Edwards has in his closet?”
“Not Henry Edwards of the Bohemian Club apparently.”
“Is he still alive?”
“Heavens no. He died back in ’91, in New York, I believe.”
“Well I have no idea how Hank may be connected to this Bohemian Henry Edwards fellow, but your asking about him struck some sort of nerve with Hank.”
“Look what this cat dragged in,” Stella called out, pushing Vincent through the shop ahead of her. “And no funny business, Caruso.”
“Someone may be taking her job a little too seriously,” Zara said, walking back into the tearoom. “I’ll handle him from here. Come on in, Vincent.”
“If that is your real name!” Stella said as she followed them to the same sitting area where the ladies had chatted with Hank.
“Any idea why you’re here?” Zara asked, gesturing for Vincent to sit.
“Because my girlfriend told me to be?”
“Wise answer,” Zara said.
Stella sat on the arm of the settee, her arms folded and grin smug.
“Vincent, what can you tell us about your relationship with Dan?” Penelope asked, taking her previous seat and opening her notebook. “I saw you too at odds the day before the grand opening.”
Vincent sat for a moment, straightening his posture and rubbing his hands on his thighs. At length, he spoke. “I think you know that my family is … once in awhile, we find ourselves strapped for cash now and again. I do what I can to help Mom, taking small jobs here and there … to work around my job at the precinct …”
“And school,” Penelope added.
“Yes, around school too.”
“Well …” he cleared his throat. “You see, Dan … after the saloon closed … well he … ummm”
“They know about The Blind Pig, Caruso,” Stella said.
“Oh … what a relief,” he said, his posture relaxing as he wiped his brow. “Well then, you should know that I asked Dan for a job … at The Pig.”
“You mean the speakeasy,” Penelope said.
“Is that what you two were fighting about?” Zara asked.
Vincent nodded. “I’d begged Dan for a job a few weeks prior. All we had in the house at the time was some souring milk and a little lard. It was before you brought me on here to help out. I was desperate to make some money to buy food … but Dan wouldn’t give me a job.”
“That doesn’t sound like bighearted Dan,” Zara said.
“Sure it does,” Stella said. “Think about it.”
“Dan didn’t want Vincent to do something illegal and risk his future. Isn’t that right, Vincent?” Penelope said.
He nodded again. “He offered me money. He offered me food, but—” he broke off, disquieted.
“But your Italian ego got in the way, and you refused his help,” Zara said.
“Yes. That same night, when I got home after work at the police station, I found out someone had anonymously dropped a crate full of food on our doorstep. Mom said it was from God. I knew straight off it was from Dan.”
“So what made you argue with him the day before the opening?” Penelope said.
“I asked him again about a job. The extra money from working here really made a difference, and I knew you wouldn’t need me anymore after the grand opening. So I went to Dan again.”
“And again he said no,” Zara said.
Zara shuddered. “Promise me you’ll never call me that again.”
“Yes, ma’-uh-m’lady.”
All chuckled.
“Vincent, just one last question before you go. A serious one,” Penelope said, putting down her pencil and looking at him intently.
Vincent shifted in his seat.
“We have reason to believe Dan was being blackmailed. Do you have any idea who may have been behind such a scheme?”
“Empirically? Or intuitionally?” he said.
“Either,” Zara said. “Both,” Penelope said in tandem.
Vincent thought for a moment. “Empirically, I have no idea …”
“And intuitionally?” Zara pressed.
“… Mr. Allen.”
“Hubert?” Zara asked in surprise.
“Vincent, that’s a very serious charge to levy at Stella’s godfather!” Penelope admonished. “Apologize to her at once!”
“It’s okay,” Stella said, unfazed. “Just disregard his ravings. He’s always had it in for Hubert.”
“There’s something about him I don’t trust. Have you heard the way he talks?” Vincent said.
“Vincent, you should be ashamed of yourself!” Penelope cried.
“I’m used to it,” Stella said. “Vincent takes exception to people all the time. You should’ve heard the things he said about Zara at first.”
“Oh?” Zara said, crossing her arms over her knee and wagging her foot in amused interest.
“I was wrong about you, Miss Zara. I’m not ashamed to say it. When I first met you I thought you were a bad influence on my Stella … that you’d lead her down a path that would take her away from me … Then … well, now I think you’re pretty swell. And I’m really sorry.”
Zara blew him a kiss, hoping to embarrass him.
It worked.
“Anyone else on your watch list?” Penelope asked.
“Elsie Davies, of course,” he said.
“Why Elsie Davies?” Penelope asked.
He looked at her askance. “Is that a real question?”
“P’s been practicing her dry humor,” Zara joked.
Vincent and Penelope both furrowed their brows in puzzlement.
“Did I miss something?” Vincent asked.
“Nothing worth explaining,” Zara said.
“He didn’t care much for Hank when Hank first came to town,” Stella said.
“Hank Edwards?” Penelope asked, gripping the arm of her chair.
“That’s not exactly true. I just felt like he had some sort of secret,” Vincent said.
“Do you still feel that way?” Zara asked.
“Don’t get me wrong, Hank’s a real standup guy,” Vincent said.
“Vincent … that’s not what I asked.”
He took a moment. “Yes, yes I do think he carries a secret … But gee whiz, who doesn’t?”
Penelope and Zara shared a look.
“Thank you, Vincent, you’ve been a tremendous help,” Penelope said.
Vincent nodded and put his cap on.
“Move along, Caruso—Beat it!” Stella said, pushing him out of the room. “I’ll be back in a blink,” she called as she exited the antiques store.
“What do you think?” Penelope said once she and Zara were alone.
“Honestly, I’m not sure what to think,” Zara said.
“You don’t believe what he said about Hubert Allen … do you?”
“Of course not … do you?”
“Noooooooo … though I do think Vincent is most likely a good judge of character. He sure had you dead to rights,” Penelope said, smirking.
“Another of your attempts at humor, P?”
Penelope smirked again and made a show of licking her pencil as she prepared to take notes.
“Last one,” Stella said, escorting Hubert into the tearoom.
“Hubert, delighted as always,” Zara said. “What a handsome suit. You must wear it more often.”
Penelope frowned and rolled her tongue around her mouth in distaste. When she looked at the pencil she’s licked, she found it was a fountain pen.
“Ladehs,” he said, smiling and standing tall, pulling on his shirt cuffs. “How may I beh of asseestance?”
Penelope opened her inky mouth to speak, but Zara cut her off.
“Hubert, we’re trying to gain a better understanding of Dan’s activities during his last day. We know he was agitated. He and Hank had a rather heated exchange, in fact. And we know he had words with you. Can you share with us what you discussed? It might be of invaluable help,” Zara said.
Hubert straightened his tie then said, “May I seet?”
“Of course. Where are our manners?” Zara said, gesturing toward the armchair.
“Thez are matteers beest deescussed weethout my goddaughteer preezeent.”
“I already know about The Blind Pig, Hubert,” Stella said, taking her spot on the arm of the settee.
His mouth fell open.
“Weel … een that case … Danieel Coopeer was a veery good man, an honorable man. Eet eez eemportant you understand thees,” Vincent began.
“Oh yes, we’re quite aware,” Penelope said.
He cocked his head and stared at her, noting her blackened tongue.
“An honorable man … like you, Hubert,” Zara said, smiling demurely and lightly touching his knee.
He stiffened and grinned, moving his hand to cover Zara’s just as she casually pulled hers away.
“Thees eez a deefeecult subject,” he said.
“Difficult for us all,” Penelope said, trying to insert herself into the conversation.
“What I mehn eez … I am not comfortable behsmeerchinn such a man’s characteer … eespeecialleh wheen heh eez no longeer her to dehfeend heemseelf …”
“We appreciate that, Hubert,” Zara encouraged. “Go on. You’re among friends here.”
“You seh … thee day before Danieel’s passing … heh and I quarreeled.”
“What about?” Penelope asked.
Zara gave her a look indicating Penelope should leave the talking to her.
“I heezeetate …” Hubert said.
“Go on, Hubert. It may help uncover the truth as to what happened to Dan,” Zara said.
“You seh … Dan had come to meh to borrow moneh … again.”
“Again?! Had he done so before?” Penelope asked.
“More times than I care to say. Eet was neeveer for heem though, you seh. Eet was for heez wife and heez daughters. Fine frocks and museec leessons do not come chepp … and Dan had deets … I told heem I could no longeer kep bailing heem out … that heh would have to coortail heez eenjudeecious, wasteful speending.”
“Do you think that’s why someone was blackmailing him … perhaps Elsie Davies … or even the mob?” Penelope interjected.
Zara and Hubert looked at her in astonishment.
After a moment he spoke. “I was not aware Danieel was behing blackmailed … but yees, what you say about thee mob sounds correect. Bootleeggeers are a seddy and dangeerous bunch. They may veery weell have threeteened Danieel een some way. I told heem to close thee spekkehzeh … on many occasions … but heh was too stubborn and proud.”
“That doesn’t sound like Dan,” Penelope said.
“Madam, I assure you, I knew Danieel Coopeer far longeer than you—for many, many yerrs. And wheen a man can’t provide for heez family and beccomes deespeerate, heh weel rehsort to deds more teerrible than you can eemageene.”
“You tried to help him, Hubert. If he didn’t choose to accept your help, that’s no fault of yours,” Zara said. “I just have one last question. If you can spare another moment.”
“Eet would beh my pleezure.”
“After you and Dan squabbled, you approached Paolo who was smoking in the Duesenberg, if I understand correctly. Can you tell me what prompted your exchange?”
“Gladly! Eet was two-fold. Feerst off, I had noteeced heem watching meh and Dan as weh spoke. Paolo was lerring. I walked straight oveer to heem and suggeesteed heh not leeseen een on thee conveersation of otheers.”
“And second?” Zara nudged.
“I chideed heem for lazin een the car while thee reest of you weer eenside weerking like wheerling deerveeshees …
“He is a bit of a dewdropper, I’ll admit,” Zara said.
“Veery lazeh eendedd,” Hubert said, nodding. “I theen rehalized heh deedn’t spekk Ennglish and had no ideh what I was saying, so I walked away.”
“Did you feel just a little bit better for reading him the riot act?” Zara asked, smiling.
“Yees … a leettle beet.”
Hubert and Zara chuckled.
“Thank you so much for coming to chat with us, Hubert. We can always count on you,” Zara said.
“Good luck to you, Mees Price. You rehmain een my prayers.”
“Thank you, Mr. Allen. Your encouragement means a great deal to me,” Penelope said.
“I’ll walk you out, Hubert,” Zara said, rising to escort him.
“He was the last on my list. We’re done then, right?” Stella asked Penelope.
“Looks that way. Zara and I want to talk to Paolo again …”
“But that doesn’t really count,” Stella said, grinning.
“I’m bushed,” Zara said upon reentering the room. “Let’s call it a night.”
“So soon? We’re just getting started!” Stella protested.
“Playing interrogator is taxing. I could use a drink,” Zara said.
Penelope looked up at her in concern.
“But I won’t,” Zara assured her. “Regardless, I really do want to get going, if it’s all the same to you, P.”
“Of course. You’ve earned a break. That was an impressive display, Z. How you got so much from everyone so effortlessly,” Penelope said.
“It was far from effortless, trust me.”
“You were like a prima ballerina,” Stella said, attempting a pirouette and nearly knocking the tea things off the table. “Dancers always look like they’re floating on air, but really, they’re hard-as-nails athletes.”
“Well put, Stella!” Penelope said.
“Well this ballerina’s taking her tutu and hitting the road,” Zara said, walking back to the antiques shop to collect her hat and gloves.
“Come on, Stella,” Penelope said, getting up. “Our star needs her rest.”
“But we only have one more day,” Stella whined.
“We know, Stella, we know all too well,” Zara said.
“See you at lunch tomorrow?” Stella asked.
“Does it matter if I say no?” Penelope asked, lifting her carpetbag to find her keys beneath it.
“Not a chance,” Stella said, jogging backward out of the door and smiling.
“See you at lunch,” Penelope said, pinning on her hat.
Zara dropped into the passenger seat of Penelope’s Model T and closed her eyes.
“Let’s get you home,” Penelope said.
“Actually, can we joyride a little? I’d love to take a drive along the coastline … feel the wind … smell the ocean.”
“But my flivver’s not a breezer like yours,” Penelope said with a subdued grin.
“Why Penelope Price! Was that jazz jargon I heard come out of your choir girl mouth?”
“And so’s your old man,” she said smiling proudly.
“You have no idea what that means, do you?”
Penelope’s smile faded instantaneously.
“For a minute, P, you were right there. Now, now you’re back to … being … well … you!”
“I was trying to say that my Model T isn’t a convertible,” Penelope said with a discouraged huff.
“Yes, P. I know. Remember, while you were back in Pedro perfecting your shorthand, I was off sneaking into juice joints and perfecting my flapperspeak. You’d be surprised how much gibberish was cooked up by me and my roaring jazz-lovin’ rabble of cronies, just to keep the older generation in the dark as to what we were saying.” She yawned. “As for your automobile, the windows down will be just fine.”
“You hungry?” Penelope asked as she leaned past Zara to crank down her window.
“Ravenous.”
“Me too. What say we tour the coast until we find a place to eat.”
“What I say is ‘that sounds wonderful.’ I’m just going to close my eyes …”
“We’re here,” Penelope said softly, turning off the engine and engaging the parking break.
Zara yawned and stretched. “Mmmmmm how long was I out?”
“About ten minutes.”
“What? That’s impossible. I feel like I slept for ages.”
“Oh you were out like a used flashbulb, I can tell you.”
“What is this place?” Zara asked as they stepped out of the car.
“No idea. I don’t see a sign, but I do see a pie in the window.”
“That’s all the sign I need!” Zara said, quickening her pace.
They opened the door to find the eatery deserted. The only evidence of business activity ever having taken place was the number of tables loaded with dirty dishes.
“Anywhere ya like,” a voice called from the kitchen.
Penelope sat down and scooted into a booth. Zara immediately pulled her out of the seat and began swatting at her backside.
Horrified, Penelope tried to wriggle away. “If you’re trying to make it look like we’re lesbians again, I don’t appreciate the humor.”
“I’m afraid you’re not my type, P,” Zara deadpanned, “and what I’m trying to do is brush the dust off your dress. You’re covered in white powder.”
“What on earth?” Penelope said, craning to examine the back of her skirt.
Zara took an unused napkin from the table next to theirs and began wiping down the seat of their booth.
“Why, it’s all over. What do you suppose it could be?” Penelope said, using her hanky to whisk her side of the booth.
“Cocaine most likely,” Zara kidded, taking her seat.
“Cocaine! If I didn’t know better, I’d say you’re determined to land me back in the pokey,” Penelope whispered, shaking her handkerchief to clean it and choking on the cloud of dust that sprung from it.
A moment later, a round woman dressed all in white walked up to the table, flour covering the bulk of her exposed skin and hair. “Now what can I get for you ladies?”
“Menus, for starters, if you please,” Zara said.
“Seeing as we’re about to close, there’s not much left. You can take your pick of beef, chicken, cherry or lemon,” the woman said, inadvertently applying even more flour to her face as she attempted to put a stray strand of hair behind her ear using the back of her hand.
“Beef or lemon what?” Penelope asked.
“Pie, of course! What else ya think we’d sell at a pie stand?” the woman said, shaking her head and causing a gentle fall of flour to rain over them.
“We’ll take them all!” Zara announced.
“Now that’s more like it!” the woman replied, smiling and taking from her apron pocket a flour-covered rag that she then used to wipe down their table, covering the clean surface with a fresh film of flour.
Drained from the day’s heady interviews, the friends sat in relaxed silence as the pie lady busied herself, clanging cookwear and singing to herself and kicking up clouds of dust.
“So who wants which?” she asked, bringing them glasses of water covered in floury fingermarks.
“Umm, I guess I’ll take the one in your right hand,” Penelope said.
Zara shook her head at her friend’s lack of comprehension. “She’s referring to the pies, P.”
“Oh … in that case, we’ll take the savory ones now to split between us, and the sweet pies to go, if that’s all right with you,” Penelope said.
“Peachy by me … There’s a little pie funny for ya—free of charge,” the woman said, snorting and shrugging her shoulders repeatedly as she amused herself. “I’ll just heat those up for you and be back in a jiffy … Coffee?”
Both nodded.
She walked back to the kitchen, a trail of flour in her wake.
“I hope I can keep my eyes open until the coffee arrives,” Zara said.
“Z, really, I am so proud of you. You were unstoppable today. Never have I witnessed such powers of persuasion.”
“Diplomacy is a key skill for the courtesan. Nice to find it has other applications.”
“I’ll say. You had them all exactly where you wanted them.”
“That’s all fine and well, but what did we learn?”
“That Dan was being blackmailed, for one thing.”
“Do you really think he ran into trouble with gangsters?”
“It seems to make the most sense.”
“Even more so than Elsie Davies?”
“Unfortunately … But what would a gangster be doing in my shop late at night?” Suddenly Penelope gasped.
“What is it, P? What’s wrong?”
“Zara … you don’t think …”
“I take exception to that. I often think.”
Penelope disregarded the comment, a look of dismay crossing her face. “You don’t think Dan stole the pin do you?”
“Of course not! Why would he …. Ohhhhhhhh you think perhaps he stole it in hopes of selling it to pay back the blackmailers?”
“It’s just a thought … a terrible one, I know …”
“And the mobsters followed him and caught him in the act? Killing him and stealing the brooch for themselves?”
“It sounds more plausible than anything we’ve come up with so far … more so than Elsie Davies clobbering him.”
“It certainly does,” Zara said, gulping down some of the cool water.
“Z, I get the feeling … I don’t want to get my hopes up, but I think there’s a chance I’m not guilty!”
Zara choked on the water. “Pardon me? Being guilty or not is something one knows from the get-go, P. Is your innocence just dawning on you now?”
“No, of course not. What I’m trying to say is I believe our hypothesis may be enough to exonerate me and turn suspicion elsewhere. After all, the police have no actual proof that I killed Dan, and both you and Vincent said Chief Harrison doesn’t believe I did it. Do you know what this means, Z?”
“I’m afraid to ask.”
“It means I may live!” she squealed. “Miss?!” she shouted to the pie purveyor, “a glass of milk for me and my friend here, please! This calls for a celebration!”
“If you want to go completely wild, we could make it chocolate milk,” Zara added with a wink.
Whether it was due to the superiority of the fare or the likelihood of solving the case, the friends agreed they had never tasted better pie, and they attacked their feast with abandon. By the time they were finished, they found themselves inexplicably covered in flour, and once they’d exited the pie shop, they wiggled and shimmied to dislodge the particles from their hair and clothing. In so doing, Penelope inadvertently loosened her coiffeur and her locks cascaded elegantly around her shoulders.
Zara gasped to see Penelope with her hair down. “Penelope Price, you’re nothing short of exquisite.”
“We’ll see about that!” Penelope said, smiling gleefully and shaking her hair into disarray.
The friends giggled and skipped arm in arm to the car. Despite the lumberjack portions of pie they’d ingested, Penelope felt lighter than she had in weeks.
On the way home, they kept the windows down, and the wind blew through their manes as they sang favorite songs from their youth, each singing in a different key.
“Maybe some day they’ll put radios in automobiles,” Penelope shouted wistfully.
“Maybe, but for now, it’s you and me, sister!”
Once they’d arrived at the house, Zara knocked softly on Paolo’s door. “Paolo, come out, come out. We brought pie. Your favorite flavor.”
“Which is his favorite?”
The pair dissolved into fresh giggles.
“He’s not here,” Zara said, opening his door.
“Just a moment,” Penelope said, walking to the front window. “Your car’s not here either. He must still be in San Francisco.”
“Of course. I wasn’t thinking. You know how those Italians are when they get together,” Zara said, approaching the stairs.
“True … but we don’t actually know if he’s in Little Italy or where he is exactly … other than San Francisco,” Penelope said, working her way up the stairway.
“You’re right. Well wherever he is, I hope he’s having a rollicking good time. He deserves it. Lord knows I haven’t shown him much of one in quite a while.”
“Z, you mustn’t be so hard on yourself when it comes to Paolo. You’ve been nothing but wonderful to him.”
“Thanks, P. Makes me feel like less of a heel.” Zara yawned as they reached the landing. “I’m all in. Mind if I say goodnight?”
“I’d prefer if you sang goodnight. ‘Good night, my love, the shadows gently fall; The stars above are watching over all. The dying embers glow; The winds are whisp'ring soft and low,’” Penelope sang, dancing a soft shoe toward her bedroom.
“‘Goodnight, goodnight, Goodnight,’” Zara sang, finishing the song.
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U.N. says armed attacks in eastern Congo kill Ebola responders
Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, in July.
(Jerome Delay / Associated Press)
BENI, Congo —
Rebels have attacked and killed Ebola response workers in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization chief said Thursday, an alarming development that could cause the waning outbreak to again pick up momentum in what has been called a war zone.
“We are heartbroken that our worst fears have been realized,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Twitter.
Three health workers were killed when Mai-Mai fighters attacked a center run by the United Nations health agency overnight in Biakato, local official Salambongo Selemani told the Associated Press. One resident also was killed, and Congolese forces killed one attacker and captured two others, Selemani said.
Warnings had been posted earlier demanding that the health workers leave or face “the worst,” the official said.
This is not the first time that health workers trying to contain the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history have been targeted. Some have called this outbreak more complicated than any other. Several rebel groups are active in the region, and local officials say some believe Ebola is nothing but a political ploy.
“Imagine, a doctor leaves home in the U.S. or elsewhere to come sleep in a tent to help save us from this scourge of Ebola and yet poorly educated young people want to attack him. ... It is very deplorable,” said Fiston Kamango, a youth leader in Biakato.
In a second attack, Allied Democratic Forces rebels killed a civilian overnight in Mangina, a rural community in Beni territory, territory administrator Donat Kasereka Kibwana said. The target was not the Ebola center but the local population, the official said.
The latest attacks come after days of deadly unrest in the city of Beni, where residents outraged by repeated rebel attacks stormed the local U.N. peacekeeping base, demanding more protection. WHO evacuated 49 of its staffers there, leaving 71 in place.
Ebola response work was put on lockdown in Beni, dismaying health experts who say every attack hurts crucial efforts to contain the deadly virus. Most of the recent new cases have been reported in the newly targeted communities of Biakato, Mangina and Beni.
The number of cases had been dropping in the yearlong outbreak which has killed more than 2,100 people and was declared a rare global health emergency earlier this year. Several days this month, zero cases were reported. Previously, cases have surged after attacks on health workers and facilities.
In one example of how any pause can sharply affect Ebola containment efforts, WHO has said no one in Beni could be vaccinated against the virus on Monday. The health agency previously could trace more than 90% of contacts of infected people in the city but now that figure is just 17%, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
Residents accuse Congolese and U.N. forces of not doing enough to protect civilians from the rebels who fight for control of the region’s vast mineral wealth. The ADF alone is blamed for the killings of more than 1,500 people in and around Beni in the past four years.
The latest rebel attack outside Beni killed 19 people, the U.N. said Wednesday.
After an emergency meeting Monday, President Felix Tshisekedi decided to allow joint operations between Congolese and U.N. forces in Beni following the protests that also burned the town hall.
Far from the capital, Kinshasa, some traumatized residents in the densely populated border region near Uganda and Rwanda are wary of outsiders, further complicating the Ebola containment work in a part of Congo that had never recorded the virus before.
Despite two promising new Ebola vaccines, health workers continue to battle misinformation and reluctance to seek treatment for the virus that is largely spread via close contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, including the dead.
In addition, many local health workers have been recruited by the “well-paying” Ebola response, leading to shortages of trained people to deal with other serious health issues such as an even deadlier measles outbreak and malaria, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders said in a statement.
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US agency initiated anti- trafficking summit in Tacloban
TACLOBAN CITY- At least 15 municipal mayors together with other social workers and community leaders in Eastern Visayas gathered for a two-day Anti-Trafficking in Persons Summit here in the city on April 8.
Participants of the summit were from the towns covered by the 222-kilometer Samar Secondary National Roads Development Project funded by over $214 million grant from the American government through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The towns include Hinabangan and Paranas in Samar, Borongan, Maydolong, Balangkayan, Llorente, Hernani, General MacArthur, Sulat, Taft, San Julian, Quinapondan, Salcedo, Mercedes and Guiuan in Eastern Samar. Since the road project started more than two years ago, no cases of human trafficking were reported. Violation on the part of contractors would mean termination of service on top of facing a charge on human trafficking.
The Millennium Challenge Account-Philippines (MCA-P) and non-governmental organization Philippines Against Child Trafficking (PACT), organizers of the summit, said that the event was part of the trafficking in persons mitigation activity of the MCA-P for the Samar Secondary National Roads Development Project carried out under a trafficking in persons awareness partnership with PACT.” Maria Salome Ujano, PACT national coordinator, said that solving human trafficking issues in the country needs “multi-agency efforts” particularly if dealing with powerful and influential offenders.
“Psycho-social support to the victims is very important considering the lack in number of social workers in our local government units and counseling is least of their priority,” Ujano told reporters during the weekly “Kapihan ha PIA” held at the regional office of the Philippine Information Agency held on April 7.
Aside from poverty, Ujano said that increasing number of human trafficking can also be traced on higher incidence of out- migration, too much exposure to internet and materialism, family violence, travel and tourism, lack of knowledge on law and fear of retaliation, among others. In the same conference, Tacloban City Prosecutor Ruperto Golong, who also heads the regional task force on human trafficking, disclosed that after supertyphoon “Yolanda” in November 2013, they have monitored eight cases of human trafficking pending trial while before Yolanda they have 39 cases.
Restituto Macoto, assistant director of Department of Social and Welfare Development in the region, maintained that their agency continues to give assistance to victims and would-be victims of trafficking. “We have temporary shelters for the victims whose cases are on-going trials, help desks, and other programs like ‘Balik Probinsya’,” Macoto said. (RONALD O.REYES)
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Doyle Attends Agri-Fish Council in Brussels
By editorMarch 20, 2018
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle T.D., attended the meeting of the Council of EU Agriculture Ministers in Brussels on the 19th of March 2018.
EU Agriculture Ministers adopted Presidency conclusions, supported by 23 Member States including Ireland, on the European Commission’s Communication on “The Future of Food and Farming”.
Speaking in Brussels, Minister Doyle said “The Presidency has made a real effort to accommodate the concerns of Member States. I recognise that the new CAP must deliver greater added value, including by making the policy greener and more results driven. Of course we will need a strong budget to deliver on these objectives”.
The conclusions come against the backdrop of discussions held by EU Agriculture Ministers at January and February Council. In acknowledging the need for simplification, particularly in relation to the proposed new CAP Strategic Plans, Minister Doyle urged his colleagues to work hard together to ensure the new model delivers real simplification for farmers and administrators and that we learn lessons from the past.
Focusing on the new proposed greening architecture, the Minister stressed that greening and cross compliance requirements must be streamlined and inspections should focus to a greater extent on the rectification of unintentional errors, rather than on punishment. Of critical importance however is that “the focus on outputs, rather than compliance, should be applied in a practical way. If this is done, it must result in reductions in error rates for farmers and Member States that can lead to disallowances and bring the policy into disrepute among stakeholders and citizens”.
Minister Doyle also outlined his strong support for the efforts being made to better target direct payments. Taking into the account the fact that the agriculture sector differs significantly across Member States in terms of farm size and agro-ecological conditions, the Minister welcomed the intention to provide for some Member State discretion in this regard.
The Minister also supported the reference that further reflection is needed on how the crisis reserve can be improved upon, and suggested that some flexibility could be given at member state level to use the reserve to deal with exceptional events.
The conclusions also refer to the higher level of environmental ambition for the next CAP and in this context the Minister welcomed the fact that the conclusions “recognise that farmers must be adequately remunerated to incentivise the delivery of public goods. The current focus on costs incurred and income foregone adds complexity to scheme design and approval and fails to fully acknowledge the real value of environmental measures”.
In conclusion, the Minister also recognised that generational renewal is a critical priority for the agriculture sector and that flexibility is needed at EU and national level to develop effective incentives to energise young farmers.
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Tangled DNA threads
by Judy G. Russell | Sep 30, 2018 | DNA | 9 comments
Battles and Battles and Shew and Shew and…
You have to love it when a new cousin pops up in your DNA results.
And then get frustrated as you see the twists and turns that make it impossible to separate out the shared DNA.
Case in point: a new cousin appeared in The Legal Genealogist‘s results just this morning. We’ll call her DM, and she matches me on AncestryDNA.
She also shares two lines of descent that we’ve been fighting to separate out… and that are just getting more and more entwined.
You see, my fourth great grandparents Boston and Elizabeth (Brewer) Shew moved to Cherokee County, Alabama, between 1840 and 1850, bringing with them their sons Simon and Daniel, my third great grandfather.1
Simon and Daniel then met the daughters of another set of fourth great grandparents, William and Ann (Jacobs) Battles.2
You can write the rest of this one, can’t you? Sarah Battles married Simon Shew and Margaret Battles married Daniel Shew.3
So, of course, a lot of the cousins who show up in my matches are double cousins, sharing both the Shew and the Battles DNA. And, of course, we’d desperately like to find cousins who only match us in the Shew line or in the Battles line (but not both!!) so we could begin to distinguish between them.
And the cousin who popped up this morning doesn’t help one bit.
Yes, she’s a Shew descendant — via Simon.
That means she’s also a Battles descendant — via Sarah.
And there’s thing more here that makes it even harder.
Because she descends from Simon and Sarah via their son John.
Who married Alice Cranford.4
Whose parents were Jesse Franklin Cranford and Hattie Elizabeth Cranford.5
Hattie Elizabeth (Battles) Cranford.
Sarah’s and Margaret’s sister, Hattie Elizabeth.6
We’re never going to untangle these DNA threads…
For 1840, see 1840 U.S. census, Grayson County, Virginia, p. 20 (stamped), Boston Shoe; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Sep 2018); citing National Archive microfilm publication M704, roll 555. For 1850, see 1850 U.S. census, Cherokee County, Alabama, population schedule, p. 6 (stamped), dwelling/family 75, Boston Shew; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Sep 2018); citing National Archive microfilm publication M432, roll 3. ↩
For their marriage, see St. Clair County, Alabama, Marriage Record 1: 53, Battels-Jacobs, 25 Dec 1829; digital images, “Marriage records (St. Clair County, Alabama), 1819-1939,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 29 Sep 2018). ↩
Daughters “Sallie” and “Peggy” are among the children named in a Southern Claims Commission file focusing on a claim filed by William Battles and later prosecuted by his widow Ann. William Battles, dec’d, v. United States, Court of Claims, Dec. term 1887–1888, Case No. 967-Congressional; Congressional Jurisdiction Case Records; Records of the United States Court of Claims, Record Group 123; National Archives, Washington, D.C. And Sallie Shew, Simon Shew and Margaret Shew signed off on a deed on the William Battles estate, re-recorded in 1884 after the Cherokee County Courthouse burned in 1882. Cherokee County, Alabama, Conveyance Record A: 527-528, William Battles Estate to William Shew, County Court, Centre, Ala. ↩
John Shew and Alice Cranford are listed as the parents on the death certificate of John Curtis Shew, who died in Alabama in 1954. See “Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974,” database, entry for John Curtis Shew, 27 Jan 1954, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 Sep 2018); citing reference 557, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,886. ↩
Alice’s parents are listed on her death certificate as Frank Crawford and Elizebeth Battles. Ibid., entry for Alice Shew, 25 Sep 1935; citing reference 23671, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,535. ↩
Yep, a daughter “Betsy” is in that Southern Claims file too. And Elizabeth and Franklin Cranford signed that deed… ↩
Jeff on September 30, 2018 at 2:05 pm
May I suggest that you listen to Who’s on First and hone up on your separation skills. After that, sorting out your tangle weave should be as easy as finding out who is on first!
One of my all-time favorites… but (alas!) not directly applicable to pedigree collapse…
Elizabeth Ballard on September 30, 2018 at 2:47 pm
It makes you wonder sometimes why we try! I have Quaker ancestors with a quadruple pedigree collapse. And, to make it even more fun, there were four Johnson men who married four Johnson women. Of the same two immediate families. Who were, of course, descended from the same couple a few generations back. Or should I say, multiple couples. I consider this the fruit on the very top of a very tall tree. Good luck!
Sara Brower on October 1, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Just wondering where the Shews and the Brewers lived before coming to Wilkes County, North Carolina. Could it have been in Chester County, PA?
We have no solid evidence for the origins of the Shew (or Schuh) or Brewer families before they arrived in North Carolina. The one line we hoped to tie into (from the Ephrata Cloister through Shenandoah County VA) punked out via YDNA.
Sara Brower on October 6, 2018 at 12:25 am
Was it Brewer Y-DNA?
KL Ashworth on October 3, 2018 at 5:17 pm
This is why I always laugh when someone says “At (x) generations back you have (y) grandparents.” This is only true if none of your family lines met up until your parents did.
D Tate on October 19, 2018 at 12:26 pm
John’s Y DNA is only from the Shew side. Comparing it to a Battle should identify DNA that is different, helping ID sides. Any matches *should* be coincidental.
DM has X DNA that is only Battle. ME has X DNA that is 2 parts Battle & 1 part ‘other'(GM’s line.)SO… comparing their DNA should yield matches that are from the Battle line & some indeterminate DNA.
This isn’t definitive, but a start to identifying the lines. Comparing other cousins in this manner may lead to an answer.
We have secured the YDNA signature of our Shews; unfortunately, those who’ve been available to be YDNA-tested are too distant to be autosomal matches.
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Mystery of Hurricane Irene's Gross Gray Blobs Solved
What IS that?! A single gray blob floats near the mouth of the York River.
(Image: © Cathy Hopkins courtesy of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.)
When Hurricane Irene barreled up the U.S. Eastern coastline, the storm left behind a path of widespread damage — and a generous helping of mysterious, squishy gray blobs in shallow waters and beaches from Virginia to New York, according to news reports.
"They’re pretty disgusting looking," Cathy Hopkins of Hampton, Va., told local media outlet the Daily Press.
Hopkins spotted dozens of the nasty floating blobs — many of which give off a powerful stench — near the mouth of the Poquoson River, off the Chesapeake Bay.
So what are these strange invaders?
"They're potato sponges," said Emmett Duffy, a professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, in a statement.
The institution has been inundated with queries about the blobs, which have been described as being of "various sizes," with the smallest "around the size of a baseball." Reports of their texture range from "kind of rubbery or leathery" to "kind of soft."
Three potato sponges recovered from atop the waters of Hampton Roads, Virginia. (Image credit: Captain Tyler W. Moore courtesy of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.)
Unlike their tuber namesakes, potato sponges are animals. The simple invertebrates usually remain out of sight beneath the waves, anchored to the seafloor. The unobtrusive filter-feeders, which can grow to the size of a soccer ball, inhabit shallow coastal habitats around the world.
Stormy weather can churn up the ocean waters where potato sponges dwell, dislodging them from the seafloor and unleashing a flood of dying or dead sponges — hence the foul smells — onto an unsuspecting coastal population.
Although a plague of sponges doesn't always follow a big storm, it has happened in the past. Hundreds washed ashore in Virginia after Tropical Storm Hanna in 2008, the Daily Press reported.
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Crescent deal not seen as reviving REITs
Published: May 23, 2007 at 2:05 p.m. ET
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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- A modest buyout premium being paid for Crescent Real Estate Equities Co., on the heels of a lengthy sales process, could mean the deal does little to revive real-estate stocks that have cooled in recent months, analysts said Wednesday.
The acquisition, announced late Tuesday, values Ft. Worth, Texas-based Crescent CEI, +6.56% at $6.5 billion with debt. See related story.
The acquisition by Morgan Stanley Real Estate "is unlikely to be the M&A catalyst for the group," Citigroup analyst Jonathan Litt wrote in a research note.
Crescent agreed to be acquired by the real-estate arm of Morgan Stanley MS, -1.61% for $22.80 a share, a 5.5% premium over Tuesday's closing price of $21.62. Crescent's shares rose 3.2% to stand at $22.32 in afternoon trading.
"The takeout price was consistent with our view that upside in Crescent's shares was limited relative to the execution risk and depressed free cash flow," said Citigroup's Litt.
Last November, Crescent undertook a review of strategic alternatives, including a potential sale of the real-estate investment trust, which manages commercial real estate in several sectors including offices, hotels and residential developments. Crescent in March said it was selling off assets in order to become a pure-play office REIT.
"The sale ends Crescent's rocky chapter as a REIT," analyst Litt said. "Although the shares have outperformed in 2007, Crescent has significantly underperformed REITs over the last 10 years, returning 91% versus REITs at 277%."
REITs have outpaced the U.S. stock market for seven years running despite the more recent bust in housing and residential real estate. A flurry of acquisitions, capped by private-equity firm Blackstone Group's $36 billion acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust, helped push REITs higher.
In 2006, there was $117.18 billion worth of deals in the REIT sector, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
However, some analysts think the sector has grown too pricey, and REIT shares as a group are slightly in the red so far this year, compared with an 8% gain for the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.72%.
After a fast start out of the gate in 2007, the REIT sector has traded lower since early February.
"Volatility has marked the year," wrote Raymond James & Associates analyst Paul Puryear in a note Wednesday. He thinks the choppiness has been driven by the blockbuster Equity Office deal and investors chasing REIT returns, "offset by a reality check as the economy, roiled debt markets, and perhaps cooling inflationary pressure figure into valuations."
Bear Stearns analysts said that while the price Morgan Stanley's paying for Crescent doesn't look to be a significant premium, they would be "surprised" to see a higher bid.
"Our sense is that the company has been seriously marketed, both as a single entity and piece by piece, and if there were a higher bid out there, it would already have come to light," the analysts wrote in a note to clients Wednesday. "Combined with the fact that Crescent announced it would pay no future dividends, we see limited upside from here."
Still, given private equity's spending spree, BB&T Capital Markets said it would be "imprudent" to rule out the chance of a higher offer.
"However, we believe that management has been pursuing a sale of the company for quite some time ... and we view a higher offer as unlikely," the analysts said. "While we believe there is the possibility of a topping bid, an investment on this assumption would be purely speculative."
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Low-Cost Streaming Service Philo Coming to Apple TV This Summer, Unlocking TV Everywhere Authentication Soon
Monday April 16, 2018 10:27 AM PDT by Mitchel Broussard
Last November a new streaming TV service called "Philo" was announced, aimed at providing a much cheaper monthly cost for users by cutting out all sports-related content. Starting at $16 per month, subscribers can stream 37 entertainment networks on multiple devices including iPhone, MacBook, Roku, smart TVs, and more.
At the time of its announcement the company said a Philo app would be coming to Apple TV, and now CEO Andrew McCollum has confirmed that the Apple TV app for Philo will be launching this summer (via CNET).
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Alongside the launch window for the Apple TV app, McCollum revealed that the service will also allow subscribers to unlock the streaming apps for TV networks included in their Philo subscription. Much like DirecTV Now, this means that if users pay to stream a channel like AMC on Philo, they can use their Philo log-in within the AMC app to access paywalled content.
This will be a bonus for Apple TV owners, since most over-the-top live TV streaming services don't support Apple's TV app, but many individual network apps do.
The live-TV streaming company will work on Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV devices this summer, CEO Andrew McCollum said last week. An Android mobile app is next on the roadmap.
In addition, you'll be able to do more with your Philo account. The company is unlocking the streaming apps for the TV networks included in a customer's subscription. That means if you pay for Philo's $16-a-month bundle of cable channels, you'll be able to access the paywalled apps for channels like AMC, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel and History.
Philo's $16/month tier provides access to 37 channels, including A&E, AMC, BBC America, Lifetime, TLC, Travel Channel, and VH1. There's also a $20/month option that increases the channel count to 46, adding in options like Logo and Nicktoons. Philo's entertainment-focused lineup lacks sports, live news, major broadcast networks, and local channels -- all of which help lower the monthly cost of the service.
On the channels offered by Philo, subscribers can record live TV and set recordings on future episodes to watch later, with space lasting for 30 days. In terms of streaming, Philo lets users stream on up to three screens at once in HD.
Comparatively, rivals like Sling TV start at $20/month for about 25 channels, DirecTV Now starts at $35/month for about 60 channels, Hulu with Live TV starts at $40/month for about 50 channels, and PlayStation Vue starts at $40/month for about 45 channels. All of these services include sports or have an option to add on sports content for an additional monthly cost.
ESPN itself has launched its own over-the-top streaming package called ESPN+, focusing on live sports, original shows and films, studio programs, and an on-demand library of content. ESPN+ costs subscribers $4.99/month or $49.99/year, and is pitched as a companion service to other ESPN channels and cable packages since it lacks some major live TV content, like games in the NFL and NBA.
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PastaPrimav
I cut my family off from the idiocy of live TV. I told them anything they want to watch can be found on Netflix/Hulu/HBO/Starz/Prime/iTunes. If they can't find it there, tell me and I'll find it somewhere. But you're not watching commercials. Television advertising is poison, especially to impressionable people like all children and some adults.
No longer in my house is there a TV playing endlessly in the background with a litany of propaganda streaming into everyone's thoughts.
MICHAELSD
I definitely don’t want to pay for sports content, especially when major networks have the only sporting events I’d care to see anyway, but every subscription of this type needs to include the top 4 major networks to be successful.
That being said this is probably good for those who can get ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS over the air.
masochist
Maybe one day we’ll be able to pay for a service and not have it overrun with ads (this is utterly bizarre in my mind; every other service I use, I pay to remove ads). If TV actually had anything I wanted to watch, and if shows weren’t getting shorter every decade to make room for more ads, I’d be interested. I think these two things are related: the kind of person who is okay with paying for content that still has ads is not the kind of person who’d be interested in watching the kind of things I want to see.
nburwell
This was a reminder to me that people are very different. The biggest issue preventing me from cord cutting is access to sports. Apparently, there are quite a few "anti-me's" around.
And this is why I subscribe to Playstation Vue. Would it not be for live sports, my wife and I would be completely fine with just Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video and HBO.
macaddiict
We have been using Philo for a little over a month on a Roku 3. It works perfectly, has NEVER skipped or cut out, and the DVR functions are amazing.
Previously, we had tried out DirecTV NOW on Apple TV 4k and also Hulu w/ Live TV on Apple TV 4k. Both of those services are AT LEAST 2x as expensive. DirecTV NOW was ***awful*** -- we actually bought another service even though we'd pre-paid for a few months of DirecTV NOW. It skipped constantly, the interface was awful, the DVR beta never worked, it didn't let you fast forward through ANYTHING or pause... it was the worst. Hulu w/ Live TV was great, but too expensive at around $60.
Philo gives us everything we want for $16 a month. It's quick, it works perfectly, and best of all you can fast forward through commercials on EVERY show in your DVR (some VOD shows don't allow FF, but most do).
HobeSoundDarryl
I'm always happy to see more competition in the streaming space. At present this offering isn't particularly useful to me - I've got cable internet, and Comcast tacks on their "limited" channel package for a very, very low price (probably so their falling subscriber numbers don't look even worse). But if Comcast ever stops doing that, or if I move to a different internet platform, something like Philo would be appealing.
Get Silicon HDHomeRunPrime and a Comcast cable card. If you can get locals via antenna, get HDHomeRun Quad or similar. Then, Channels app for :apple:TV. If you like DVR functionality, add Channels DVR for that app.
This combination will give you cable television + locals on all TVs in your home via :apple:TV boxes + (optionally) a real DVR for all those TVs, all controlled within a nice, unified on-screen guide.
If you or others watch on mobiles, either the Comcast app or a dedicated Channels app for mobile can bring all that to your mobile devices too.
It's a really good option for your situation.
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Your wish already exists and has for many years. Most everything one wants to watch is in the iTunes store, available to rent commercial-free. So why aren't all the "you's" doing that? Because they don't want to pay the price for commercial-free programming. A lot of us tend to see commercials as an intrusion, but they are also a subsidy: other people- those running the commercials- paying the various parties that make & deliver the shows instead of passing along the total cost directly to us consumers.
That is not so different than buying $600-$1000 phones for $0-$200. How? The companies selling the service traditionally subsidized the "rest" of the cost. Now we consumers are somewhat programmed to think phones should cost about $0-$200 and we thoroughly scoff at $600-$1000+. In other words, we want the subsidized pricing, perhaps even seeing that as "fair" pricing for phones. But the parties that make the phones want to be paid what they want.
A few "channels" have long offered what you seek. For example, HBO has long been "commercial free" (unless you count their own). And that has traditionally cost $10-$20 per month for just a few "channels" of HBO programming and movies. HBO is popular but not hugely popular. Why? Possibly because people don't want to pay that much for commercial-free HBO.
That's the issue. What a lot of people want is cheaper than they've traditionally paid AND commercial-free. All the other players in the chain want to make MORE money, not less. That can't be resolved without something having to give. If the masses ever move on that want and refuse to pay until they get it, quality and breadth & depth likely has to fall substantially. Imagine youtube-type programming where the show writer is also the actor is also the director is also the producer, etc.
Bottom line: either the consumer masses pay and/or there is some kind of subsidy model to make it so those masses can pay less directly... OR something else has to give. There is no magic solution to this problem... any more than whining about $1000 iPhones and expecting Apple roll them out for $200 without a subsidy model.
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Lawnorder Ain’t What It Was
To most folks these days “Law and Order” was a television series featuring Sam Waterston as the irascible Jack McCoy and Jerry Orbach as the scruffy but lovable Detective Lennie Briscoe, plus a lot of other great actors and their characters. The spinoffs never quite came up to the level of the original, IMO.
But before that “lawnorder” was a common buzzword, particularly during the Nixon Administration, that excused police brutality toward racial minorities and “hippies.” Crime was a great wedge issue for conservatives for a few decades, because liberals — with their confounded ideas about civil rights and fair trials — were seen to be “soft on crime.” And make no mistake, the word “crime” was very racially tinged in the minds of white Americans. Popular entertainment reflected the desire to throw out the rule books at meet the threat of thuggish criminals with more thuggishness. You could find this expressed in everything from Dick Tracy comic strips to Dirty Harry movies. Charles Bronson also became known for acting out common vigilante fantasies on the big screen. And even as recently as the 1990s many New Yorkers talked about “Giuliani time”as if it were a good thing.
Today the Washington Post is running an opinion piece titled I’m a cop. If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t challenge me. And boy howdy, the comments are ripping this guy to shreds. Thousands of comments. Granted, the article itself is not as provocative as the headline. But I sincerely think that if it were, say, 1970, most of the comments would be “Yes, of course. Thank you, officer.”
Things didn’t change over night, but between 1970 and now, something has changed. Whether it’s us or the cops, I’m not sure. Maybe because there was no Internet in 1970, and most of us never heard of police dumping paralyzed people out of wheelchairs (seriously; google “police dump man out of wheelchair”; it’s a regular genre).
Hard core conservatives still make excuses for police brutality even as they wave their flags for “liberty.” So not everyone is keeping up. In Ferguson, the “authorities” are playing their usual game of selectively dribbling out information to make the shooting of Michael Brown appear justified. But it seems to me there is not so much widespread acceptance of the official narrative as would have been true even two decades ago.
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The American Right loves to portray itself as being all about freedom. Liberals, on the other hand, hate freedom, according to the Right. Seriously, google “liberals hate freedom” sometime. You will find gems such as Five Ways Liberals Try to Control You.
Liberalism is an ideology that believes in control, not freedom. That’s why liberals love the federal government so much while they detest states’ rights. It allows them to bend hundreds of millions of people to their will with one imperial edict. It’s also why liberal judges don’t believe in the Constitution like conservative justices do.
Here, apparently, is the catch:
Sticking to one set of rules means people have freedom to do what they want as long as they adhere to the basic rules our society was formed around.
I infer that conservatives are the ones who get to decide which are “the basic rules our society was formed around,” which are the rules we all must follow, because freedom. My favorite of the five ways liberals try to control you is #2, “Liberals want to control your major life decisions.” Like, maybe, when to have children and whom to marry? Oh, wait…
Also awhile back, the Koch Boys released a study titled “Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom,†and in this study the blue states were persistently less free than the red ones. If that doesn’t jibe with how you understand things, it’s either because the Koch boys define “freedom” in a way that lines up with their own interests (lower taxes, less regulation) and bleep you, or you hate freedom. I’ll let you work that out.
In other words, American righties are indeed stalwart defenders of liberty as they define it. Andrew Leonard pointed out that the three least free states, according to the Koch boys, are California, New York, and New Jersey.
The millions who cluster on the coasts delight in their thriving arts communities and smorgasbord of dining options and the sheer intellectual stimulation that accrues from the helter-skelter activity of a big city. Many of us have agreed to an implicit trade-off: We’ll put up with the impositions of big government because we are getting something essential out of the deal. Freedom is not a zero sum game. And you know, some of us might not even think that paying high taxes to support a robust safety net for those less fortunate is the worst thing that ever happened. We might even pride ourselves on it.
I grew up in rural Missouri and now I live just north of the Bronx, and in all ways that count (to me) there is more freedom here. People are less rigidly conformist here. You can wear mismatched shoes and a cone on our head without starting a riot, for example. If you are an artist of any sort you are freer to express yourself, even in outrageous ways, here. The coastal cities have long been more tolerant of homosexuality and less likely to restrict reproductive choices. There’s much more of a live and let live attitude. Yes, you put up with more crowds and bizarre parking restrictions, as well as higher living expenses, including taxes. As Leonard said, it’s a trade off.
I bring this up because I just read about a panel of Fox News “experts” who supported the police overreach in Ferguson, Missouri. This is showing their true colors. “Liberty” to the Right is defined by the values of authority figures. We are to receive as much liberty as our leaders think is good for us (and them).
And imagine the apoplexy had militarized cops gone after the Cliven Bundy militia.
As I wrote earlier this week, there are many on the Right who do seem to realize the militarization of the police force is a bad idea. Yet these same people refuse to see the racial issue. And while there are reports of gun rights groups calling for an end to the militarization of police, they don’t seem to be supporting it very loudly.
In short, the Right is just fine with Freedom as long as Freedom is defined by Authority, including Authority with military gear. They support the right to carry assault weapons to shop at Home Depot but are not so sympathetic to unarmed black men being killed by cops or some neighborhood watch play-pretend sheriff.
True colors, I say.
No Ideological Battle?
By this time next year the presidential primary campaigns are going to be getting serious. A lot can happen in a year. Candidates with early media buzz often fall apart. I refuse to predict anything now. Still, it’s getting a little late for someone we don’t already know to get traction and become a serious contender.
So who are we stuck with? The GOP, according to this article, has Paul, Cruz, Christie, Perry, Walker, Rubio, and Jeb Bush in the first tier, but each of these guys has some kind of big oozing liability going on. Governors Bobby Jindal, Mike Pence and John Kasich are possibilities if the first tier falls apart. Jindal is his own liability, although I haven’t spent much time looking at Pence and Kasich. There’s even some buzz about Mitt Romney running again. Good luck getting a personality transplant, dude.
But the Democratic possibilities depress me. I don’t want Hillary Clinton. I rarely hear from anyone who does.Yet I keep hearing she is popular! But with who, I wonder?
This article talks about five potential challengers to Clinton. And who are they?
We all love Liz Warren. The entire progressive Left would take a bullet for Warren. But she says she’s not running.
I have mixed feelings about Joe Biden. I like him, but I don’t have a strong sense of what sort of President he might be.
I keep hearing great things through the grapevine about Martin O’Malley, but if he wants it he’s got to start making a bigger splash.
I love Bernie Sanders, but he’s not really a Dem, and of all the possibilities I think he’d be the weakest general election candidate, I’m afraid.
Russ Feingold? Really? The article says he’s not been on anyone radar of late. There’s a reason for that. He’s flaked out on us once too often.
Martin “Booman” Longman brings up Al Gore. Out of politics for too long, I say. Martin says O’Malley hasn’t caught fire with the grassroots, but I think that’s because they don’t know who he is. If we assume Liz Warren really isn’t running, then of this entire field he’s in the best position to offer himself as the I’m Not Hillary candidate. But he’s got to make more noise.
Are we really going to just sit down and hand the nomination to Hillary Clinton? Martin writes,
Is the left even in the mood to have an ideological battle in 2016? Perhaps there is some appetite for it, but I haven’t seen it reflected in our elected leaders. The Republicans are acting so badly that the left has united in response and reaction.
Personally, I’d be up for an ideological battle, but I am not going to lie to you and say that I see many people by my side.
But, dammit, we should be having an ideological battle. Now is the time progressives ought to be pushing the the Democrats as far left as they can be pushed. Hillary Clinton does not reflect many of our values. Why aren’t we fighting about this? I honesty don’t understand.
The Derp Also Rises
There is more unrest and turmoil in Ferguson today after the pathologically clueless Police Chief Thomas Jackson yesterday released a video that allegedly shows the deceased teenager, Michael Brown, stealing cigars from a convenience store, implying that this somehow justified or excused the teenager’s death. Several have pointed out that there was no way the officer who shot Michael Brown would have known he was a shoplifting suspect, assuming that he was.
This guy Jackson seriously needs to get completely out of the law enforcement business. Even if the video shows this — the snip of the video I saw didn’t — Police Chief Terminal Derp Jackson could have not released it to the public just yet while the situation in Ferguson is still fragile. Waiting a few days would have been nice. He could have shared it with investigators, and eventually to juries, fine. But releasing it to the public at this time was absolutely unnecessary and served no purpose other than to piss people off. And the Justice Department had asked Chief Derp to not release it.
My impression from some news stories is that there are gangs of looters who are a separate crew from the actual protesters, and some news stories have photos of young men identified as protesters who are guarding businesses to protect them from looters.
Rick Perry Indicted
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been indicted on abuse of power charges. Heh.
For the sake of fairness let us acknowledge that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being investigated for doing something similar to what Perry is accused of doing, and it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if Cuomo is guilty. If Cuomo is indicted, I bet it won’t happen until after the September primary, where he faces a more progressive challenger. But that’s another post.
For background [on the Perry indictment], see Think Progress and a somewhat more cautious analysis from Texas Monthly.
A Rare Moment of Almost Agreement
I’m pleasantly surprised that so much of the Right appears to agree that the police in Ferguson were out of control. There was a time that anything cops did in a black neighborhood got an automatic seal of approval, so that’s something.
There also appears to be a broad consensus that it’s a really bad idea to give military surplus equipment to police departments. I learned from TPM that this practice began in 1992, so there’s no point blaming the current crew in Washington about it. But we can demand that it end.
Even though there is broad agreement that militarizing cops is a bad idea, there is still a lot of denial about the root causes of police violence in Ferguson and elsewhere. Rand Paul primarily blames Big Government, for example. (To his credit, Paul does make one mention of “racial disparities in our criminal justice system.”) But it wasn’t Big Government that gave some Ferguson cop the notion that it’s okay to shoot and kill an unarmed black man who, according to eyewitnesses, had raised his hands.
And do remember that the bullets that killed Michael Brown were fired from a standard police revolver, not some military assault weapon. Steve M reminds us of recent and notorious incidents of police brutality in which cops used just their hands.
I’m not going to say it’s all cops or all police departments. But there does seem to be a widespread pattern of racism and, shall we say, poor impulse control in many of our nation’s police departments. And that will still be true if we take away their military equipment.
According to some on the Right, however, we are not to speak of race or engage in dialog about problems based in racism at all, because doing that is just shameless pandering and politicizing. Power Tool Paul Mirengoff says,
[Rand] Paul uses the occasion of the Brown tragedy to say that “given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.†But Paul makes no attempt to show that the disparities in question — presumably pertaining to conviction rates — are the result of “government targeting,†as opposed to disparities in the commission of crimes. Blacks may feel targeted, but U.S. Senators shouldn’t lend credibility to that feeling by disparaging our justice system unless they provide meaningful analysis to back it up.
The fact that we’ve seen several recent incidents of white police harming and killing black men who were not committing crimes seems to have escaped Mirengoff’s notice. Or else he think the actions of “bad cops” don’t count as “government targeting.” But police are agents of government, and in too many police department there’s a pattern of police engaging in racial “targeting” behavior and not being held accountable for it. So in my book, government ultimately is responsible.
And that means we are ultimately responsible.
Yesterday Governor Nixon finally acted and turned command of the police over to the head of the state highway patrol, Captain Ronald Johnson, a native of Ferguson. By all accounts Ferguson is now less militarized and more peaceful.
Bipartisan Non-Leadership
Yesterday Paul Waldman asked why libertarians are not talking about Ferguson.
Senator Rand Paul, right now America’s most prominent libertarian (yes, I know, some don’t consider him a real libertarian), hasn’t said anything about the case — no public comments, no news releases, nothing on Twitter, nothing on Facebook. I contacted his office just to make sure that I hadn’t missed anything, and a press staffer told me they have no statement at this time. I also called the office of Rep. Justin Amash, known as the purest libertarian in the House, and got the same answer: he hasn’t said anything about it, and they have no statement to make. How about mustachioed libertarian TV personality John Stossel? Just a couple of weeks ago he was writing about the militarization of the police. He hasn’t said a peep about Ferguson.
Reason magazine defended Paul and Amash, thus: “Neither, it should be noted, represents Ferguson, Missouri, and neither is a member of the Libertarian Party.” So neither Paul nor Amash are real libertarians, then. And Nancy Pelosi hasn’t said anything about Ferguson, either; nyah nyah nyah. I assume that’s true, and there’s a good argument that politicians who don’t represent Ferguson have to be careful what they say about it.
The Blaze reported disgust that the President was at a party in Martha’s Vinyard as violence raged in Ferguson. The FBI is involved in the Michael Brown shooting investigation, so now the President has to maintain some distance, too, I would think. If he were to inject himself into the situation and the FBI investigation resulted in indictments against Ferguson police, many people could jump to many ugly conclusions, especially considering the President and Attorney General are black.
Another libertarian apologist, Ilya Somin, points out that libertarian spokespeople such as Radley Balko have been at the forefront of speaking out against the war on drugs. But I wasn’t aware the situation in Ferguson had any connection to drugs. Why does Somin reflexively connect “violence in a black community” to “drugs,” hmmm?
I realize the “war on drugs” has a connection to the militarization of the police, but so does the “war on terror.” Hysteria over foreign terrorism and illegal immigration probably has more to do with it than the war on drugs, actually. See Bill Moyers —
The “war on terror†has come home — and it’s wreaking havoc on innocent American lives. The culprit is the militarization of the police.
The weapons that destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq have made their way to local law enforcement. While police forces across the country began a process of militarization — complete with SWAT teams and flash-bang grenades — when President Reagan intensified the “war on drugs,†the post-9/11 “war on terror†has added fuel to the fire.
Through laws and regulations like a provision in defense budgets that authorizes the Pentagon to transfer surplus military gear to police forces, local law enforcement agencies are using weapons found on the battlefields of South Asia and the Middle East.
But what about the politicians who do represent or govern Ferguson? It has to be said that the governor of Missouri, a Democrat, has been largely MIA about Ferguson. I don’t follow state politics any more and have no sense of where Gov. Jay Nixon is on anything. I see he is from DeSoto, in Jefferson County, which is very poor, rural and white, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. I grew up in an adjacent county which was also rural and white, although slightly less poor. Also, Ferguson is represented in Congress by Lacy Clay, a Democrat, who from what I can see hasn’t said much about the violence either.
Missouri’s senators are Roy Blunt (R) and Claire McCaskill (D). Blunt has made vague noises supportive of the police. McCaskill has called for a fair investigation and is supposed to speak with the Attorney General about it today, so that’s something.
State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, a Democrat who represents Ferguson in Jefferson City, appears to be a little more proactive. She’s at least nudging Gov. Nixon to step up, and she’s been critical of the police. I don’t know anything about the politics of the mayor of Ferguson, James Knowles, who seems not to be in charge.
The larger point is that neither party gets bragging rights on this. However, I really would expect the fire-breathing libertarians in Congress to be a little more vocal. Just for consistency’s sake, you know.
Ferguson: Police Are Out of Control
From where I grew up St. Louis was the nearest city. After moving away I often told people I grew up “near St. Louis” even though it wasn’t that near, actually. It’s just that St. Louis was the closest place to where I grew up anyone who isn’t from there has heard of.
It’s been many years since I’ve been in downtown St. Louis or seen any part of St. Louis County other than the airport, so I can’t say I know it at all any more. But I can’t say I’m surprised at what’s happening in Ferguson. I imagine it’s the worst of a lot of worlds — a community still suffering from the lingering effects of Jim Crow and unequal opportunity; a police force with big city equipment and rural southern sensibilities. In the Heat of the Night meets Robocop.
And now the cops are out of control. I’m sure that’s not how a lot of people see it, but that’s how I see it. Joan Walsh writes,
“This looks like a textbook case of what not to do,” Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund told Lawrence O’Donnell.
On the 49th anniversary of the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles, it’s important to remember that the famous Kerner Commission established to look at 1960s urban upheavals found that virtually every “riot” was triggered by police brutality — and that has continued in our own time, from the so-called “Rodney King riots” in 1992 through today. On MSNBC Ifill indicted the failures of police training and culture that led not only to the killing of Michael Brown, but also the overreaction to every night of protests.
But Ifill also made the important point that the militarization of the Ferguson police is something entirely new and enormously disturbing. The images Wednesday night should wake all of us up to the alarming militarization of local cops all over the country. How did a local police department get tanks and trucks and body armor that look like it all was designed for the streets of Baghdad and not a little city outside St. Louis?
As Walsh says, political leadership seems entirely absent, and the out-of-control cops are arresting reporters guilty of charging up their laptops at a McDonald’s. Yep, this should wake all of us up. Probably won’t, though.
Justice Delayed
Yesterday a 25-year-old African American man identified as Ezell Ford was shot and killed by the Los Angeles Police Department. His family says he was shot in the back while complying with police orders.
Ferguson, Missouri is still on edge after the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, also African American, who was shot by Ferguson police for reasons that are under dispute. Brown’s friend Dorian Johnson, 22, was an eyewitness and said Brown was shot after he had put his hands up. Johnson also disputes the police version of the incident, that says Brown had grabbed for the police officer’s weapon. No one in law enforcement bothered to take a statement from Johnson until today.
Here in New York, it’s been three weeks since Eric Garner died of a chokehold administered by police. On August 1, the medical examiner declared that the death was a homicide. The district attorney will still not say if any further action will be taken. At least in New York, the Mayor is not making excuses for the police.
We do seem to have a problem here, don’t we?
Democracy’s Self-Destruct Button?
There’s a Taoist view that all compounded things carry within themselves the seeds of their own self-destruction. This is a fancy way of saying what goes up must come down, with the understanding that the ultimate cause of the coming down is intrinsic to the going up. I can’t say whether that’s always true, but it’s an interesting point to contemplate.
Americans value free speech. It’s one of the things people across the political spectrum agree on, or say they do. We may disagree on what constitutes actual censorship or whether speech should be free from consequences, but we all value the right of individuals to say any damnfool thing they want, by any means, as long as they aren’t disturbing the peace or somehow putting people in danger — shouting “fire” in a crowded theater, for example.
Political campaign advertisements have never been famous for candor or veracity. But it seems to me we’ve hit a perfect storm of circumstances in which our cherished value of free speech could be our undoing. Citizens United; extreme wealth concentrated in the hands of a few people with extreme views and no scruples; Fox News; media technology that quickly spreads unfiltered disinformation to targeted audiences — these things have contributed to an unprecedented corruption of political discourse.
Mark Twain once said, “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.†These days lies can circle the globe several times while stealing truth’s shoes and putting a bag over truth’s head.
And it appears we’re helpless to do anything about it. For example, Ohio has a False Statement Law that makes it a crime to knowingly or recklessly make false statements about a political candidate. In 2010 the right-wing anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List tried to run ads saying Democrat Rep. Steven Driehaus, running for re-election, supported “taxpayer-funded abortions” because he voted for Obamacare. And, of course, the ACA doesn’t provide tax funds for abortions, so that’s a lie. The Susan B. Anthony List sued the state for interfering with its members’ rights to free speech, and this spring the SCOTUS ruled that SBA had standing to sue. The ACLU itself filed an amici brief supporting SBA’s position. SBA may eventually lose the suit, but I wouldn’t count on it. Driehaus lost the election, btw.
And I’m saying our system of government is being choked to death by untrammeled “free speech.”
Paul Krugman brought up another example. Respected climate scientist Michael Mann published scientific findings the Right found inconvenient. But since they couldn’t dispute the science fair and square, they initiated a lie campaign aiming to smear and discredit Mann any way they could.
Mann, as some of you may know, is a hard-working scientist who used indirect evidence from tree rings and ice cores in an attempt to create a long-run climate record. His result was the famous “hockey stick†of sharply rising temperatures in the age of industrialization and fossil fuel consumption. His reward for that hard work was not simply assertions that he was wrong — which he wasn’t — but a concerted effort to destroy his life and career with accusations of professional malpractice, involving the usual suspects on the right but also public officials, like the former Attorney General of Virginia.
National Review columnist Mark Steyn was doing a particularly rigorous job smearing Michael Mann. But Mann filed a defamation lawsuit against Steyn, National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. I’m not completely up to speed on all the twists and turns this suit has taken, but D.R. Tucker writes that National Review appears to be getting nervous it might lose. NR originally defended itself by presenting the court with the fraudulent arguments against Mann, which were easily and objectively shown to be lies. Now NR is backpedaling and saying they never claimed Mann’s findings were scientifically fraudulent, although they did, and that Steyn and NR had used the word “fraudulent” to mean something other than, you know, fraud. NR’s legal team appears desperate to avoid going to trial at all.
The Right continue to paint Michael Mann as hysterical and over-sensitive because he was upset that powerful forces colluded to destroy his career and discredit his life’s work. Yesterday Steyn filed an amicus brief in support of neither party — I didn’t know you could do that; doesn’t sound very amicus to me — that I have not read all the way through, but it appears to be arguing that all this legal stuff is crimping Steyn’s style and he wants them to get it over with already. Poor baby.
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Artificial spider silk: Why you should care about it
January 10, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh
[Photo courtesy unsplash.com]
A spider expert and a chemist walk into a lab at the University of Nottingham. No, this isn’t how the next Spider-Man movie begins. It is, however, how a group of scientists developed an antibiotic synthetic spider silk that can be used in a variety of medical applications.
Neil Thomas, professor of medicinal and biological chemistry, and Sara Goodacre, lead researcher in the “SpiderLab” at Nottingham and associate professor of medicine and health sciences, led a team of PhD students to use click chemistry to attach antibiotics to artificially produced spider silk that has been synthesized by E.coli to be used in drug delivery, regenerative medicine and wound healing.
Silk proteins had to be created in a bacterium where amino acids in proteins were not normally found. The amino acid had an azide group that is used in click chemistry reactions that only happen at that position in the protein.
Chosen molecules, like antibiotics or fluorescent dyes, can be attached to soluble silk protein. The research team discovered that when the silk fibers are coated in the antibiotic levofloxacin, the antibacterial properties are held on to for at least five days.
“Our technique allows the rapid generation of biocompatible, mono or multi-functionalized silk structures for use in a wide range of applications. These will be particularly useful in the fields of tissue engineering and biomedicine,” said Thomas.
Spider silk has strong, biocompatible and biodegradable properties and is a protein-based material that does not have any allergens or cause immune or inflammatory reactions. The research team developed a way to have the artificial spider silk have the same properties while being a replacement for the cellular matrix that human cells create and accelerate the growth of new cells while slowly releasing antibiotics.
“There is the possibility of using the silk in advanced dressings for the treatment of slow-healing wounds such as diabetic ulcers. Using our technique, infection could be prevented over weeks or months by the controlled release of antibiotics. At the same time tissue regeneration is accelerated by silk fibers functioning as a temporary scaffold before being biodegraded,” said Thomas.
Spider silk is the strongest known natural fiber and has been used in medical applications for centuries. It was known to ease healing and connect the skin. It was also believed that spider silk had antiseptic properties and was effective in clotting blood because of its high vitamin K content. Greek and Roman soldiers used to ball up spider webs and put them in open wounds to stop bleeding.
Thomas and Goodacre met at a University of Nottingham meeting five years ago when Goodacre showed the audience a picture of spider silk and told them that she wanted to figure out how it works and recreate it. Thomas approached her and said that he thought his research team could create the synthetic spider silk with added, useful compounds.
The research was funded by Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council and was published in the online Advanced Materials journal.
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4 ‘Time Travel’ Bollywood Films That Would Even Make Thanos Say ‘Sorry Bhaiya, Galti Ho Gayi’
Aditya Pandey Updated: Sep 19, 2020, 08:00 IST
The ‘Time Travel’ genre can be really interesting to experiment with, and when done correctly, can lead to the audience asking questions they had never even thought about in their lives.
Broadly speaking, there are three kinds of movies based on the idea of time-travel
First category involves stories like Back To The Future and Looper that not only have certain uniqueness to the story but have also opened the gates to discussing the numerous paradoxes that ‘time travel’ can give birth to
Then there are movies that stretch the possibilities of time travel such as Avengers: Endgame that received a lot of criticism for leaving behind a lot of loopholes in terms of how moving across time worked in their universe.
And finally, the third category consists of those films that not only made a mockery of the concept but abused it to such an extent that even Thanos would want to kill himself.
We are here to talk about this third category, especially from the Hindi film industry:
1. Love Story 2050
You’d think that the movie makers would be commended on trying something as gutsy as time travel but Harman Baweja’s Love Story 2050 left no scope, whatsoever. The movie shows how a man who loses his loved one ends up going FORWARD IN TIME, where he meets the reincarnation of his to-be dead wife and brings her back in time to live with him “happily ever after”.
There is also a demi-god in the film for some reason and Priyanka Chopra has red hair because she’s from the future… It’s really something special.
2. Fun2shh
Oh god, they dragged the great Paresh Rawal into this as well, didn’t they? The complete name of this film is Fun2shh… Dudes in the 10th Century and they don’t even try showing a time travelling machine.
Vikram, Ajay and John D'Souza crash into a random wall and travel back to the 10th century where they have to deal with Emperor Babushah and his Indian soldiers dressed in Roman-gladiator uniforms.
Of course they fall in love with the Emperor’s daughters and bring them to the present before their father takes them back to their time. Vikram and Ajay then find the exact replicas of the two ladies and start running after them shouting “yeh toh wohi hai” as the movie ends.
3. Action Replayy
“Inspired” by Back to the Future, this Akshay Kumar film tells the story of Bunty who travels back in time to figure out the reason behind the failed marriage of his parents (Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai) and try to make them fall in love back when they were younger. After succeeding in his master plan Bunty returns to his present and surely his parents are deeply in love with each other.
The movie, as you can relate, ended up being a big disaster for the producers, got an IMDB rating of 4.2/10, and critics called it “mind-numbingly dull” and to be in “a very different league of disaster”.
4. Baar Baar Dekho
Heavily inspired by Adam Sandler’s Click (which wasn’t a big hit either), Baar Baar Dekho shows Jai (Siddhart Malhotra) time travelling through his life, experiencing the various mistakes that he has committed over the years, leading to an unhappy life, a broken marriage and a lot of self-loathing. It also consists of the easiest expositional escape in which Jai wakes up realising whatever he had witnessed was just a dream and makes things right with his girlfriend, Diya (Katrina Kaif).
It left a sour taste in the mouths of the critics who called the leading characters “cardboard” and said that the two actors lacked the “emotional range” required to pull off a movie as unorthodox as this. The only good thing about this movie was its songs, which were fantastic, TBH.
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Welcome to Rapid City, "The Gateway to the Black Hills." This city is full of friendly people and boasts a rich history. For the past 10 years Mission Discovery has partnered with local ministries in an effort to offer hope to this area. Join us as we serve Rapid City through physical work projects and outreach initiatives. Recently our focus has been serving alongside a ministry called Love Inc. of the Black Hills. They are actively changing lives in Rapid City! Our teams have repaired homes, helped renovate Love Inc's new ministry center, and gone into the community to deliver furniture to needy families. Your group will be able to make an immediate impact and leave knowing that the work will continue. At the end of a week of service, you'll have a day to relax in the beauty of South Dakota by visiting Mt. Rushmore, Badlands National Park, see buffalo in Custer State Park, and visit the Crazy Horse monument and museum. Every evening your team will gather to worship together, talk about how God worked that day, and hear from God's word.
Lodging: Teams are housed in dorm rooms at a college campus in Rapid City. At the campus your team has access to the gymnasium and swimming pool.
Food: One of the experiences of every Mission Discovery camp is the attention to providing good food! Breakfast and dinner meals are prepared buffet style at the college campus. Lunches are sandwiches on the worksite.
Transportation: You must provide your own transportation to and from your assigned worksites.
Daily Work: Each day is unique. Work can include repairing homes, maintenance projects at a local community center, or delivering furniture to a deserving family.
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Wednesday, 28th July 2010
Fan’s Tattoo
Forty-three year old Mandy Taylor was absolutely devastated when Michael passed away last year she has been considering what she could do to remember him. Eventually, life-long fan, Mandy, spent five hours having her tribute to Michael tattooed on her back, and she’s thrilled with the result.
Mandy, who is a catering assistant at Lewes Old Grammar School in the UK said; “I absolutely love it. You take a risk when you get a tattoo in case it doesn’t come out right. But my tattooist Sarah is very clever and it is just how I wanted it. The eyes are my favourite – they are so lifelike.”
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PokerStars Unveils VR Poker at 2018 EXG
David Burgundy | 11 Oct 2018
PokerStars announced the beta launch of its long-awaited VR player experience at the 2018 EGX. The brand has hit us with yet another major upgrade in the online Poker experience, outdoing its competitors once again.
The new product promises unparalleled player involvement and gaming ambience via the latest developments in innovative super immersive VR technology. It provides such a lifelike gaming experience that it rivals the real thing in some ways, and is an elegant addition to PokerStars’ already impressive live dealer games that you can access on your normal 2D PC monitors.
For the purposes of the current closed beta testing, they decided to only allow 100 players to participate in the free-to-play environment, using its dedicated Virtual Reality app.
Limited Accessibiliity
Initially, the PokerStars VR network will only be accessible to the public via compatible high-end computer hardware platforms, or extremely powerful desktops supporting extremely powerful GPUs that are capable of running either HTC Vive VR Headsets or the Oculus Rift.
For the duration of its beta testing, the brand is limiting its VR Poker playing environments to just 5 rooms - a 2050 Macau gaming suite, a yacht, a Wild West Saloon, a completely blacked out room. Players get to personalise their avatar, enjoy typical casino activities such as ordering a martini, chatting to a cigar lady and selecting a fat Cohiba to enjoy, and more!
Innovative New Technology
The excitement among the top brass at PokerStars is tangible, and by all accounts this new VR product is a winner. They see it as a way to for technology to improve online Poker as we know it, allowing the game to evolve and progress into the future, while still providing the interactive experience that players have enjoyed for many years.
Super Realistic Entertainment
PokerStars have created a VR world that mimics the real game, down to the extent that you truly feel you are there. Social elements have also been introduced, and knowledge of behavioural intelligence has been used in its design.
The immersion is so extreme that players undergo a totally authentic experience. Additionally, they get fed constant and accurate statistics concerning each of the opposing players, information not normally at your fingertips. Game statistics? Right there. Want to see the observations of betting habits of the opposing players? You can see it. You are limited only by your imagination. And how you use this information is also up to you. In a virtual world, nothing is stopping you from expressing yourself in any number of ways!
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More Library branches to reopen on June 8th
June 4, 2020 Free PressSubmissions
The Ouachita Parish Public Library has reopened the Louise Williams, Ollie Burns Memorial, Cpl. J. R. Searcy Memorial and West Ouachita branches to the public on Monday, June 1, and the Anna Meyer, Carver-McDonald, Sterlington Memorial, and West Monroe branches…
Temporary e-cards available from the Library
April 2, 2020 April 9, 2020 Free PressCommunity News
Anyone ages 17 or older who lives or works in Ouachita Parish can now receive a temporary e-card from the Ouachita Parish Public Library. With an e-card, residents can download e-books and e-audiobooks and stream movies, TV shows, and music.…
All Library branches to close to the public until April 13
March 27, 2020 March 31, 2020 Free PressSubmissions
Out of concern for the health and safety of Ouachita Parish Public Library patrons and staff, all branches will close temporarily to the public at the end of regular business hours on Thursday, March 19 until April 13. The Library…
Ouachita Parish Public Library to remain open; programming suspended from March 16-31
March 19, 2020 Free PressSubmissions
All Ouachita Parish Public Library programming is suspended from March 16-31. Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, all branches will be open for essential business only. Library programs, bookmobile, and outreach routes, and outside organization events hosted at the Library…
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Abraham Lincoln to visit the library
February 20, 2020 February 20, 2020 Free PressSubmissions
Back by popular demand, President Abraham Lincoln is coming to the Ouachita Parish Public Library. “Honest Abe” will visit two Ouachita Parish Public Library branches on February 25 to share stories from his life and times in remembrance of his…
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Author and Mississippi’s youngest Freedom Rider to visit Ouachita Parish Public Library
January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020 Free PressSubmissions
The Ouachita Parish Public Library is kicking off Black History Month with special guest Hezekiah Watkins, author and Mississippi’s youngest Freedom Rider. Watkins was only 13 years old when he was first arrested for protesting Mississippi segregation laws during the…
Black History Month, Ouachita Parish Public Library
Librarians to give behind-the-scenes tours in Sterlington and Richwood
November 27, 2019 Free PressSubmissions
Get a behind-the-scenes look at two Ouachita Parish Public Library branches this December at The Librarian’s Tour. Sterlington Memorial Branch Manager Sandra Smith Robinson, MLIS, and Ollie Burns Memorial Branch Manager Jade Wheeler, MLIS, will lead a special tour of…
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Bat Flash! Respond to Sensationalized Bat Attack Report
June 12, 2017 January 8, 2020 Bat Flash, Disease
Bats are currently facing the most harmful media campaign seen in more than 30 years. The latest outrage is an article titled “Bat attacks on humans increasing due to urbanization and deforestation,” published in the British online newspaper, The Independent, on June 3, 2017.
Once again, bats are plagued with a rash of sensational bat-attack and bat-disease stories, promoted by clever, but unscrupulous persons who know better. The motivation remains the same—greedy competition for public health funding. As noted by Mexico’s leading bat biologist and conservationist, Dr. Rodrigo Medellin, “unsupported statements and partial truths have been cleverly interwoven to present a picture that bats are the most dangerous, filthy, pathogen-harboring organisms on earth.” So-called virus hunters are linking already feared bats with deadly, but rare diseases, misleading governments to invest billions of dollars in projects of questionable value in saving human lives (USCDC 2015).
A Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) feeding on the tail of a sleeping cow in Costa Rica.
The current article in The Independent, is typical, first the scary headline that leaves a lasting impression on readers, despite later qualifiers, most of which go unread. The subtitle says, “Diseases in bats have been around for a long time and historically have not been a problem. Now, there is cause for concern.”
Those promoting this international campaign of fear are clever wordsmithers. They know just enough about bats and diseases to almost imperceptibly distort the truth, scaring people about potential, but unlikely events. Extremely low risks are made to seem imminent and possibly disastrous. And since neither bats nor viruses are well understood, they are ideal victims for such manipulation.
The article claims bats have been attacking humans in increasing numbers because their natural habitats are being destroyed through deforestation. This is a commonly propagated myth in recent scare stories. It appears to be an attempt to look like the writer isn’t anti-bat, but is simply attempting to be helpful. Bats nearly everywhere are in decline, and a growing proportion of the human population now lives in cities where there is less, rather than more likelihood of contact with bats. A veterinary college professor is quoted as saying that expanding cities are causing increasing contact—just the opposite of reality. The professor sounds like a reliable source, though he likely has no personal experience with bats.
Common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) are found only in Latin America. They appear to have been relatively rare prior to the arrival of modern humans who brought livestock that these bats now feed on. Though they have become a problem for ranchers, vampire saliva is reported to contain a “treasure trove” of molecules that one day may be used to save human lives. They are highly social animals that adopt orphans and share meals with less fortunate colony members.
It is reported that more than 40 people were bitten by vampires in just three months, with one death from rabies. But that’s in all of northeastern Brazil. This is likely one of the rarest causes of mortality that could have been reported for such a large area. Far more deaths likely occurred from bicycle accidents or dog attacks, though no one is likely to advocate ridding the area of bicycles or dogs!
The story verifies our worst concerns, reporting that authorities are “trying to control the bats, poisoning them and removing their roosting sites.” Highly beneficial species form the largest, most conspicuous colonies so they are the ones most easily found, becoming innocent victims of mass killing. In the current article, a doctor stresses that “Brazilian authorities must take the threat seriously.” And an accompanying photo shows an insect-eating bat, looking exceptionally vicious because it is snarling in self-defense.
Not until the next to last paragraph is it admitted that “Bats in the UK do not pose a threat to the human population.” This nearly universally repeated approach gives authors a disclaimer, but it appears deliberately located where it is least likely to be noticed.
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A Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). The strange nose is a heat-sensing organ, enabling it to scan for capillaries concentrated near the skin surface of its prey.
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Cardi B upset with critics unhappy about Offset reconciliation
Cardi B has blasted her social media critics who have suggested she's stuck in a mentally abusive relationship.
The Bodak Yellow hitmaker recently reconciled with her husband Offset, a month after filing for divorce over fears he was a habitual cheater, and late on Thursday she posted a video online, attacking those who had suggested she had become a victim.
"Twitter users be like, 'Cardi, you're in a mentally abusive relationship. Oh my gosh. We gotta save you'," she said.
She went on: "I be, 'All right, but can I f**k him today (sic)? Because I need to have sex'."
Cardi then wrote: "Imma just give ya an apology because ya want me to apologise for living MY LIFE the way that ya live YOURS. Im sorry. Im not perfect I don’t want to be neither (sic)."
The Finesse rapper also tweeted: "Imma make this very clear. Before I was a celeb I was crazy a** Cardi B. Same b**ch ya saw on TV and on IG (Instagram) talkin s**t and doing crazy s**t. Im still that a lil bit more calm now but still the same. I don't know why ya expect something different now (sic). This ain't Disney."
Earlier this week, Cardi confirmed she and Offset were back together. Calling herself a "crazy b**ch", who can't make up her mind, she said, "One day I'm happy, the next day I wanna beat a n***a up... Then it's like, I start missing (him). It's really hard not to talk to your best friend. It's really hard to have no d**k."
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Police, MRA to work on cross-border trade barriers
by Steven Pembamoyo
in Front Page, National News
Malawi Police Service (MPS) and Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) have pledged to crack down on cross-border trade barriers women traders face.
The two entities held sensitisation campaigns on simplified trade regime (STR) in Mchinji and Lilongwe on Wednesday and Sunday, respectively, where women traders raised a number of challenges that they face on their business trips.
Top on the list of the barriers are harassment by fiscal police during border checks and that some of them are charged unexplained taxes on some goods.
Under STR, governments of Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia signed an agreement to remove some taxes on certain goods on the STR list to foster growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
But reacting to the claims made by women, Mchinji Police Station officer-in-charge Owen Maganga said the police are already addressing the fiscal police challenge by recruiting more female fiscal police officers.
He said: “We know that problem and it is partly because officers who conduct the search are male so some women feel embarrassed by that. However, management is recruiting more female fiscal police officers to deploy in the border posts.”
On taxes, Lilongwe MRA port deputy station manager Tamandani Mainjeni said there is a misunderstanding between MRA officials and cross-border traders on taxes under the waiver.
He said: “The challenge we have is that traders know about STR but they don’t know which taxes have been removed. Currently, it’s only import and exercise duties that have been removed but value added tax [VAT] is still there, so maybe that’s what the women are referring to.”
Mainjeni, however, said MRA management will take up the concerns for further investigation.
“We will take appropriate action once we discover that some officials really do as the women allege but as for now, these are mere allegations we don’t have formal complaints,” he said.
The campaigns, aimed at supporting cross-border female traders’ rights, were organised by the Association of Cross-border Traders in Malawi with support from the Southern Africa Trust (SAT).
SAT representative Christabel Phiri said they are committed to working with the association to safeguard women traders’ rights. Ministry of Trade and Industry deputy director Diamond Chikhasu said the ministry will ensure that the STR is popularised so that people know their rights.
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Narita Airport is a vibrant place where people and things are always coming and going every day.
Did you know that even a busy place like Narita Airport has quiet places for people to relax?
In fact, there are many works of art in areas that visitors use in passing.
In this corner, we will introduce these works of art and suggest a new way to spend your time at Narita Airport.
We hope the art you encounter will enliven the first step on your journey...
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Mini Gallery of Japanese Art
This mini gallery presents masterpieces of Japanese art in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, such as Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, and the national treasure Scenes In and Around Kyoto (Funaki Version). As reproductions on the walls and ceilings shot with special film, this mini gallery allows visitors to examine the artworks even closer than in the Museum.
This Gallery is presented in cooperation with 3M Japan Limited, Tokyo National Museum, and Narita International Airport Corporation.
Terminal 1 B1F
Dawn Light
Eriko Horiki, Eriko Horiki & Associates
The theme expresses the gentle dawn light that envelopes everything on this earth and is the source of all energy.
The techniques of paper making, handed down from ancient times, produce an atmosphere and feeling of warmth.
Terminal 1 1F
B.S.EAST／V.O.WEST
Tetsuya Nakamura
Sculptures symbolizing aircraft.
B. S. East (Blue Sky East) is an expression of the clouds of the East while V. O. West (Violet Ocean West) depicts the waves of the West. The idea for this artwork is conceived from the fact that the sun rises in the Eastern sky and sinks into the Western sea.
The clouds are based on the Unchu Kuyo Bodhisattva of Byodo-in Temple, and the waves are based on the Kaibu Mon-yo, a traditional Japanese wave pattern often used on kimono.
B. S. East is 4.5 meters high, 2.2 meters wide and 1.6 meters long, and V. O. West is 4.5 meters high, 2.4 meters wide and 1.6 meters long.
Busy South Wing, Narita Airport/Airplanes, Narita Airport
Akira Yamaguchi
Perspectives of the present, past and future depicted by Narita Airport.
Busy South Wing, Narita Airport depicts the inside and outside of the passenger terminal but with travelers and facilities from the Edo period. Expression is, in some parts, timeless and depicts a bustling Narita Airport.
Airplanes, Narita Airport depicts luxurious three-level aircraft with hot spring facilities and tatami rooms, flying through yellow clouds from which appears Narita Airport as a castle.
This is a copy of the intricately drawn water-color original transferred on to ceramic panels to hang mural style and is 3.8 meters high and 3 meters long.
The closer you get, the more delightful detail you can see.
An enormous stained glass work created from an original by Yoko Yamamoto. Person to person, nation to nation, cooperating and working together is of supreme importance in preserving world peace. All conflicts around the world would cease if this was engraved in the hearts of men. That is the message conveyed by this work.
Image of an Angel
Seibo Kitamura
The rising sun symbolizes a bright future while the angel flying freely through the skies of Japan expresses a wish for a safe journey and world peace.
Angels in Flight
A huge stained glass work created from an original by Kiyoshi Awazu. This works depicts angels dancing freely and overflows with brilliance and kindness. It expresses the joyful hearts of a first encounter.
Glass Tower - Town in a Pristine Natural Environment
Itoko Iwata
This work has become the symbol of the departure lobby in Terminal 1. Depicting a town in a pristine natural environment, it uses colors to represent blue sky and water, trees and thicket, flowers and blossoms, and fertility on a light green earth and the various colors draw the attention of travelers.
Flower of Time
Naoya Sakagami
The overlapping petals of the Flower of Time change shape with a graceful beauty with each step taken. In the distinct four seasons of Japan, the perfume of flowers delivers the message of each season while the phases of the moon tell us of the passing of time.
Japan/All Things are Connected
Masami Takahashi, MASAMI DESIGN
The viewer first encounters twin symmetrical gold and silver murals extending for 30 meters representing the golden country of Jipang and the land of the rising sun, Japan. Images of goldfish flying through space and time draw one to the story of the panels and Japan itself. While simultaneously showcasing the famous industry and technology of Japan, the design has been conceived for the principal purpose of promoting Japan.
Sun, Moon and Four Seasons
Original by Matazou Kayama
A giant 3.5 meter high, 39.2 meter long mural with the layout of a folding screen installed in the central part of the departure lobby in Terminal 2. This ceramic piece was commissioned to one of Japan's most famous Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) artists, the late Matazou Kayama with the mandate to create a work that symbolized Japan and was a suitable creation for the airport in its role as the gateway to the nation.
The theme follows the four distinct seasons which is a characteristic feature of Japan with frequent use of gold and platinum colors. To bring out the best in the original-based ceramic panels, the "translation" of the original to the ceramic was done under the instructions of Kayama himself. The Master paid particularly attention to the way in which the four seasons of Japan would produce a gentle atmosphere in a passenger terminal environment comprising concrete, steel and sharp silhouettes.
Red & White Camellia/Purple Iris
Sitting conspicuously in the Terminal 2 arrival lobby, these ceramics adorn the north and south ends. The south end of the arrival lobby features the Red & White Camellia and the Purple Iris is at the north end. Rather than use different color glazing, the design of the flowers is divided into the petal color and the stem color with large ceramic panels in various curved shapes fitting together like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
Craftsman: Shoun Kano (Fujimi-mura, Gunma Prefecture); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
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In Japan, with its distinctive change in seasons and high humidity, houses are built with timber which harks back to nature.
This exhibit comprises flat panels and wooden frames, incorporating the designs of Japanese furniture and fittings. It uses precious virgin timber (cedar, katsura, Japanese cypress, Japanese zelkova) to emphasize the beauty of the grain in the tree which has formed itself over the years and months.
Using intricate planing skills of a master craftsman, Kano has revealed the true beauty of the grain. He emphasizes that beauty by applying wax, another natural material, to the surface to prolong its life.
A round, drum-like, three-dimensional object has been set in the middle, through which one may be able to feel the warmth of the timber.
Craftsman: Tadao Kaneko (Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
Earth has long been used as building material in various countries, not just Japan. Plastering, the art of using crude earth as a beautiful, functionally superior finish to a wall, is a well-known tradecraft in Japan.
As a Japanese earthen wall, this work is a combination of the residual expression of earth and Tosa-style lime plaster, which has a deep effect even in plaster walls. The stepping creates depth and expression in the wall surface.
Craftsman: Kiyoshi Igarashi (Fujioka City, Gunma Prefecture); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
Tiles are used on the roofs of timber houses in Japan. Today, there is increasing demand for Western tiles and Japanese tiles are mostly mechanically shaped and fired in gas or electric kilns. However, the tiles on display here have been fired in a traditional kiln known as a darumagama.
The difference between kilns that produce tiles and those that produce ceramics is the shape. With a tile kiln, the tiles are stacked in the center and the fuel for the fire is added from the sides. Instead of covering the tiles directly with ash (glaze), the tiles are smoked to produce an ink black color and improve fire resistance. The ink black color of the tiles produced by the kiln varies and has an important significance.
This exhibit emphasizes the wave shaped curves by aligning the tiles simply to convey the beauty of the smooth curves formed individually by hand. The snow guard tiles third from the bottom are not just a statement of style, they demonstrate the knowledge accumulated in areas where snow is heavy.
Craftsman: Shigemi Mitoma (Shigaraki City, Saga Prefecture); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
Long ago, ascending kilns (large kilns that rotated the fire using an incline to fire more effectively) were used for the mass production of ceramics but because of the cost, gas kilns are mostly used today. Although there are a few ascending kills in operation, they are very rare. One of those rare ascending kilns was put to work to fire this exhibit and demonstrate the traditional technique.
Ascending kilns are fueled by Japanese red pine 24-hours-a-day for five or six days. Tiles placed near the opening of the kiln are glazed by the thick covering of red pine ash, producing a glass-like surface finish. Those near the top become a reddish color called scarlet of increasing intensity, the further up they are placed in the kiln.
No two tiles are alike in terms of the expression (view) emitted by the natural ash.
Craftsman: Hideaki Yamamoto (Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
Negoro Lacquer is produced in a process in which vermillion lacquer is applied as a finishing coat over several layers of black lacquer primer. The technique has been used for several thousand years and remains today as a traditional lacquer ware method. In this exhibit, the vermillion and black lacquer are applied side by side in equal parts in a lucid design to achieve an unobstructed view of the simple yet powerful beauty.
Negoro Lacquer is used on containers and other everyday items and through this frequent, daily use, the black primer coat begins to appear under the vermillion top coat. In the Japanese sense of aesthetics, seeing the beauty in the patterns that emerge over the years, it is possible to comprehend the respect for nature and life. Therefore, this exhibit displays the underlying current of aesthetics in Japan by removing the patterns and showing the Negoro Lacquer in its original state.
Through the polishing process, the surfaces give off a mirror-like gloss which reflects the images of the passing traffic and the colors appear to change depending on the location of the viewer.
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Craftsman: Kozo Banura (Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
Maki-e is the utilizing of characteristics of lacquer to achieve a higher level of decorative beauty. It is the process of creating a picture or pattern and sprinkling gold dust over it before the lacquer dries. This type of lacquer art is unique to Japan and is famous worldwide.
This exhibit uses the silver grass pattern from Kodaiji Temple lacquer ware to portray the beauty of patterns that abstract nature.
The different shades of vermillion are arranged in a way that shows interesting changes with the outer eight panels rendered in a bright washed-out vermillion and the inner four panels in a deep vermillion. To draw out the vermillion maki-e, patterns have been left off the interspersing black maki-e. Gold is more frequent in the central maki-e to draw on the introspective nature of the exhibit.
Craftsman: Hiroshi Iwanaga (Arita Town, Saga Prefecture); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
Imari ware is one of the leading types of porcelain in Japan and is said to have had an influence on Meissen porcelain art. This exhibit is a display of the works produced by the craftsmen with the traditional techniques used by Imari when cobalt was the only color used for art work in the early days of Imari ware, and who draw the art by hand and glaze with natural materials.
Art work on these porcelain plates are perfected in the given shape. The plates are therefore exhibited as they are without altering them into flat panels. Craftsmen producing traditional Imari ware add their own elements to the art. Every piece is different and that diversity can be seen here.
By displaying familiar porcelain items in an orderly way, the exhibit blends harmoniously with the surrounding architecture, yet the numerous plates and their uniquely individual designs draw the viewer into its own little universe.
Craftsman: Shiho Kasama (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture); Art Direction, Sachio Yoshioka
Gold in Japan has not been mined in any great amount and because of its rarity, a technique has developed where it is manually flattened out into leaf.
In this exhibit, real gold leaf is pasted over top quality washi paper in the same way as it was used in the past when gold leaf was used as the background for artwork on fusuma (sliding doors) and folding screens, inviting the viewer into a world of luxury.
Underneath, several layers of washi paper are pasted over a wooden panel so that the exhibit can withstand changes in temperature, adhering to the traditional method for producing fusuma.
Craftsman: Michihito Matsui (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
Bamboo is used in Tanabata and for the kadomatsu decoration at New Year and it is also used for the imidake decoration erected for ground-breaking ceremonies. It is revered in Japan because its straight growth and longevity is seen as auspicious and a symbol of purity and it plays a significant role in Japanese society. The bamboo fence is also seen in this light. They undergo various processes by craftsmen and are used as a decorative feature of Japanese gardens because of their structural beauty.
This is a taimatsugaki fence. The bamboo is split and put back together as a means of preventing splitting through drying and to enhance its decorative beauty.
Alternating the bamboo in a one forward/one back combination creates a beautiful three dimensional effect. Smoked, dark bamboo is used for the cross rails and the black twine contrasts beautifully with the light colored bamboo.
Craftsman: Katsuyoshi Matsuzaki (Kyoto City); Art Direction: Sachio Yoshioka
Although stone in Japan is not used for walls in the same way as the West, it has been used in the foundations of castles, to support the wooden columns in temples and shrines and as structural supports. Rocks have also been used for formative beauty in Japanese gardens.
This exhibit illustrates the strength of rock walls and displays the formative beauty of interlocked stone. The exhibit is based on the high stone walls of the Kikokutei Gardens at Higashi-Hongan-ji Temple.
The series of large Kurama stones from top left to lower right seem to flow invitingly down to a Kutsunugi stone which is often used by guests to slip their shoes off when being invited in. The elements of visitors and crossroads which are central to a place such as an airport are expressed here with traditional arrangements used in Japanese gardens.
All of the rocks are from Japan (about 8 to 10 varieties).
Folding Screens (Crimson)
Sachio Yoshioka (Kyoto City)
Paper is indispensible to day-to-day life for the Japanese. Paper is used to craft everything from fittings and furniture such as sliding doors, shoji screens and folding screens, to lamps, lanterns and other lighting as well as hinges on folding screens. Although it tears easily, it can be mended and repaired time after time. We should value the bounties of Mother Nature and, like the flora that prospers and declines with each season, accept and make do with the changes that are brought with the passing of time. It is that spirit in Japan that is expressed in the culture of paper.
Therein also lies the aesthetic significance of art on sliding doors and folding screens to welcome guests. At both ends of the arrival course, there are folding screen works which have been plant dyed in the two colors representative of Japan, crimson and indigo by Somenotsukasa Yoshioka. The paper used in this installation is top quality washi made in the studio of Shinji Idani from Hiigawa in Shimane Prefecture and framed by Gengo Suzuki. The folding screens created by the cumulative skills of these artisans radiate a gentle, lamp-like glow to welcome visitors to Japan.
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Home » Burger King strives for impactful product launches
Burger King strives for impactful product launches
By Monica Watrous
MIAMI – Call it the crinkle-cut crowning achievement of Burger King Worldwide’s third quarter.
The September launch of Satisfries, better-for-you french fries with less fat and fewer calories than the competitor’s product, was considered a “major milestone” for the fast-food chain, the company said.
“First, french fry sales have been declining across the industry for years,” said Alex Macedo, president of the North America region for Burger King Worldwide, during an Oct. 28 call with analysts to discuss third-quarter earnings. “Many have tried reinventing the recipe, but this is the first of its kind better-for-you french fry option in the market. It demonstrates Burger King is leading the industry in innovation by giving guests exactly what they want, a great-tasting, better-for-you alternative.”
The skinnier spuds boosted traffic and average check, plus add-on purchases during the last week of the month, according to the company.
“We are actually seeing the fries not only drive traffic, but we're seeing that when they come into buy the fries, they buy additional items,” Macedo said. “They buy sodas, they buy other sandwiches, which brings in additional higher checks. Right? Now, it's really — for us to be able to manage Satisfries, and for our long-term platform, and eventually we're going to let the consumer decide for how long and at what level Satisfries are going to stay on our menu. But what I can say right now is that we're right in line with our expectations, when we put out the product.”
The introduction underpins Burger King’s new less-is-more approach to innovation with “fewer and more impactful launches.”
“We've been working so much with the franchisees, and really getting a better feel for the business in this competitive moment, that we feel very strongly, that to be able to have success in this competitive environment, it's important to focus on the few right things,” Macedo said. “When you focus on the few right things, you guarantee that execution we have at the restaurant level, they work well. You guarantee that the profitability for the franchisee is good, and finally, you guarantee that you can have a good marketing push on TV to make it relevant – Exactly what we did with Satisfries. Everyone in the country knew that we were launching Satisfries, and the same thing we want to do moving forward, with a few additional launches that we have planned for the end of the year.”
Also during the quarter, Burger King rolled out the French Fry Burger, Premium Chicken Parmesan Sandwich, Angry Whopper sandwich and Premium Buffalo Chicken Strips, which the company said are easy to prepare from an operational standpoint.
“I think that right now, we are very comfortable with our balance,” Macedo said. “I think we have an efficient multi-tiered value approach. And we have a pipeline of fewer and more impactful launches, for which we can really put the appropriate investment behind to drive the sales and get consumers into our doors. So this is really what you're going to see over the next several months.”
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Cricketers Hafeez, Yousuf react to LHC verdict on Nawaz Sharif’s ECL case
LAHORE: Pakistan veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has reacted to the Lahore High Court's (LHC) decision of allowing fomer PM Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for his medical treatment. Mohammad Hafeez took to his Twitter and wrote:…
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Conditions in Australia are totally different, need to adjust pace and bounce: Misbah
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Manholes Explode in Manhattan, Officials Don't Know Why
Con Edison said a manhole fire caused two covers to explode, though there was no electrical work or construction in the area at the time
By John Chandler • Published October 31, 2017 • Updated on October 31, 2017 at 2:03 pm
Two manholes exploded on the Upper East Side early Tuesday, turning an SUV into a charred wreck and ripping up the street but causing no injuries, police say.
Fire officials initially said one person was hurt in the 8:30 a.m. blasts near an apartment building on East 73rd Street, but police later said no one was injured.
Con Edison said a manhole fire caused two covers to explode, though there was no electrical work or construction in the area at the time and authorities do not know what caused it. Crews are taking apart electrical wires below the street as part of an "autopsy," the utility said.
Authorities shut down 73rd Street between Park and Madison avenues as they worked to clear the debris.
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Another Yankees player is on board with MLB’s Arizona restart plan amid coronavirus pandemic
New York Yankees' Jordan Montgomery is on board with MLB's Arizona restart plan.AP
By Mike Rosenstein | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Momentum seems to be building for one of the plans being considered by Major League Baseball to start the 2020 season amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It calls for sequestering all 30 clubs in Arizona for the entire season. Basically, put the teams in a bubble and shuttle them between the ballparks (there are several in the Phoenix area because of spring training facilities) and the hotels.
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New York Yankees left-hander Jordan Montgomery penned a first-person column for the New York Post to explain why he’s on board with that plan.
I’m getting more optimistic that we’re going to have a baseball season this year after hearing Dr. Anthony Fauci say we could have a season without fans. I don’t think they would release that statement without it being a real possibility. I think it’s going to happen sooner or later. ... I’d be fine with the “Arizona plan” of keeping us all in Phoenix-area hotels and transporting us from there to the ballparks and back. That’s basically what I’m doing now, except we’d be playing baseball. I’d be really excited about it.
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Yankees reliever Adam Ottavino and catcher Kyle Higashioka also have backed the Arizona plan as a way for baseball to return following the COVID-19 crisis. However there is ample opposition to the plan, with former Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira and three-time American League MVP (and N.J. native) Mike Trout speaking out against the proposal.
MLB hit the pause button almost six weeks ago, halting spring training and postponing Opening Day because of the coronavirus.
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CNDC - Angers 2002
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CNDC - Angers
The National Center for Contemporary Dance - CNDC - was created in 1978 at the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and the City of Angers. It followed the B.T.C. Ballet contemporary theater directed by Françoise Adret and Jacques-Albert Cartier, transferred to Nancy. Designed as a school of choreographers and the headquarters of a permanent company, it is run by Alwin Nikolais for three years.
When Viola Farber succeeded him in 1981, the school specialized in the training of dancers. Viola Farber forms a new company and inaugurates a teacher training program.
In April 1984, the management of the CNDC was entrusted to Michel Reilhac. The center still trains dancers and teachers. It no longer has a permanent company but serves as a production platform through residences. Large companies of international renown (in residence for two to three months) and younger companies (in the context of the "Summer Quarters") are then present. This is how Merce Cunningham and his company inaugurate the large Bodinier studio and that successive personalities such as Régine Chopinot, Maguy Marin, Odile Duboc, Dominique Bagouet, Mathilde Monnier and Jean-François Duroure, Edward Lock, Hervé Robbe, Philippe Decouflé, Catherine Diverrès and Bernardo Montet, Daniel Larrieu, Trisha Brown, Wim Vandekeybus ...
In April 1988 the new director, Nadia Croquet, continues to develop a policy to support creation, with a more specific openness to Europe. In January 1993, Joëlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia were named artistic directors of the CNDC, then labeled CNDC l'Esquisse.
The CNDC, which became a national choreographic center (CCN) in the 1990s, reinforces its mission as a choreographic center through the production of shows and its role as artistic advisor while continuing the training. At the same time, from 1986 to 2006, he worked with the New Theater of Angers, a national drama center, to offer a program of choreographic performances, thus increasing the audience and the readability of the dance to the public by multiplying the glances on the creation contemporary.
In February 2004, the CNDC is under the direction of the choreographer Emmanuelle Huynh, it intends to perpetuate the tradition of experimental contemporary dance and offer a school in connection with the dynamics of contemporary creation. From 2011, the CNDC School has two major courses, one leads to the National Diploma of Professional Dancer (DNSPD) and the license, the second prepares for a master.
Robert Swinston, who was appointed artistic director of the CNDC in 2012 by the Board of Directors, takes office in January 2013. Create and encourage creativity, develop the legacy of Merce Cunningham, program shows in various aesthetics, train artists autonomous, versatile and of a high level as well as fostering the emergence of new talents, this is the purpose of his project for the CNDC. Communicating to the public the foundations of a creative approach, raising awareness among young people and making the CNDC shine at the local, national and international levels are Robert Swinston's objectives for the CNDC.
The directors of the CNDC since its creation:
Alwin Nikolais (from September 1978 to July 1981)
Viola Farber (from September 1981 to July 1983)
Michel Reilhac (from March 1984 to December 1987)
Nadia Croquet (March 1988 to December 1991)
Joëlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia (from January 1993 to June 2003)
Emmanuelle Huynh (from February 2004 to December 2012)
Robert Swinston since January 2013
Accrocher
Choreography : Jorgelina De Agostino
Interpretation : Damiano Bigi, Estelle Delcambre, Shimrit Golan, Africa Manso, Jun Hee Park, Mihran Tomasyan
Additionnal music : issues de la BO du film Microcosmos
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : CNDC Angers
Boire les longs oublis
And so you see... our honourable blue sky and ever enduring sun... can only be consumed slice by slice...
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Hard to Be Soft
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Montpellier, le saut de l'ange
Bagouet, Dominique (France)
Yvette Chauviré
Fokine, Michel (France)
Diagnostic F20.9
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Carrizo, Gabriela (France)
Talking In/To Myself
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My Country Music
Hay, Deborah (France)
Reine-Claude
Juvanon du Vachat, Martin (France)
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Jessica and me
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Odile Duboc, une conversation chorégraphique
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Body and conflicts
A look on the bonds which appear to emerge between the dancing body and the world considered as a living organism.
Why do I dance ?
Social dances, anti-establishment, protest dances, rhythms or identities, rituals or pleasures... There are a myriad of reasons for dancing and a myriad of points of view. A webdoc to discover, enhanced with extracts from performances and accounts from amateurs... all the right reasons for dancing!
When reality breaks in
How does choreographic works are testimonies of the world? Does the contemporary artist is the product of an era, of its environment, of a culture?
The “Nouvelle Danse Française” of the 1980s
In France, at the beginning of the 1980s, a generation of young people took possession of the dancing body to sketch out their unique take on the world.
Dance at the crossroad of the arts
Some shows are the meeting place of different trades. Here is a preview of some shows where the arts intersect on the stage of a choreographic piece.
The committed artist
In all the arts and here especially in dance, the artist sometimes creates to defend a cause, to denounce a fact, to disturb, to shock. Here is a panorama of some "committed" choreographic creations.
Discovery of improvisation’s specificities in dance.
Contemporary Italian Dance : the 2000s
Ada d’Adamo
Panorama of contemporary dance practices in Italy during the 2000s.
Western classical dance enters the modernity of the 20th century: The Ballets russes and the Ballets suédois
Céline Roux
If the 19th century is that of romanticism, the entry into the new century is synonymous of modernity! It was a few decades later that it would be assigned, a posteriori, the name of “neo-classical”.
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Alonso airlifted to hospital after crash
Feb 22, 2015 at 10:24am ET
By: Motor1.com Team
Fernando Alonso was "conscious" as he was airlifted to hospital on Sunday after a crash on the final day of the Barcelona test.The Spaniard was initially taken to the circuit medical cen
Fernando Alonso was "conscious" as he was airlifted to hospital on Sunday after a crash on the final day of the Barcelona test.
The Spaniard was initially taken to the circuit medical centre by ambulance, after his McLaren hit the unprotected concrete wall at turn four.
The Circuit de Catalunya said Alonso is "ok and conscious"; a brief message reiterated by his manager, Luis Garcia Abad.
"It seems that he is ok," circuit officials added, explaining that the trip to hospital is to "continue with medical tests".
After a delay, McLaren said only that the 33-year-old is "conscious" and "speaking".
Auto Motor und Sport said Sebastian Vettel was following Alonso at the time of the crash.
"The speed was slow - maybe 150kph. Then he turned right into the wall. It looked strange," said the German.
It is understood that a car carrying members of the Ferrari team, for whom Alonso raced between 2010 and last year, left the track to check on its former driver.
Earlier, new Ferrari chief Maurizio Arrivabene said the fabled Italian marque does not blame Alonso for the chaos of 2014.
"It was the overall situation," he insisted. "When people are under pressure they are going to be divided. Accusing Fernando is not my intention.
"I have a lot of respect for Fernando. We have a good relationship," he added.
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Best SA suburbs to invest in for long-term property value growth
A South Australian region has been identified as one of the nation’s best locations for property investors seeking capital growth to buy into.
The AdvertiserJanuary 8, 20215:30am
The City of Marion has been named in Hotspotting’s National Top 10 Best Buys of 2020/2021 report.Source:istock
The best South Australian areas to invest in for steady long-term property value growth are in Adelaide’s south west, a new report reveals.
Property analyst and Hotspotting founder Terry Ryder has identified the City of Marion as an area tipped to record strong capital growth over the next five to 10 years in his National Top 10 Best Buys of 2020/2021 report.
He believed Adelaide was about to go through a “significant growth period” but said the city’s Marion LGA stood out most for several reasons.
Affordable property prices, strong rental yields and low vacancy rates, as well as large infrastructure projects, including the Tonsley redevelopment, were major factors.
Property analyst and Hotspotting founder Terry Ryder.Source:News Regional Media
“Adelaide, for me, is both the most consistent market in capital city Australia but also the most underrated city in terms of it’s property market,” he said.
“There are a number of precincts around Adelaide that were worthy contenders.
“But Marion stands out for me because it has so much to offer in terms of what may attract people to an area.
“This part of Adelaide has great existing infrastructure and upcoming events that will add to that.”
The report says the Tonsley Innovation District is well-placed to help the city recover economically from the COVID-19 slowdown, with innovative research, technology and science start-ups, businesses and a new teaching hospital and university campus at the site.
There are plans to build more educational facilities and hotel and student accommodation there, while transport upgrades are improving connectivity and creating more opportunities for businesses.
Top selling suburbs of 2020...
Top selling suburbs of 2020
Furthermore, many suburbs in the area have median house prices in the $400,000 range, while rental yields are often between 4 per cent to 5 per cent and vacancy rates were generally below 0.5 per cent.
LJ Hooker Brighton principal Peter Hurcombe said Marion LGA had gone through many changes over the years and as a result was becoming a more appealing area to buy into, especially while it was still affordable.
“That area was a sleeper for a good period of time but not anymore – that south west pocket has become very popular,” he said.
“Certainly the infrastructure in the City of Marion is at the top end of what you can get and there’s been a lot of (property) development in those areas as well.
“It’s a really good area to invest in going forward because it is getting stronger and stronger.”
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Graduation in the bush
Wild celebration: MSc graduate Julia Wakeling at her 'bush graduation' ceremony with her supervisor, Prof William Bond.
UCT alumna Julia Wakeling has an unusual graduation story to tell.
She graduated with an MSc in botany last June, but as she had already started working for her MSc supervisor, Professor William Bond, managing his research project in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal on the day of graduation, she missed her big day.
Bond happened to be in the park at the time, helping Wakeling find her feet while assisting several honours students. So that she wouldn't miss out, Bond arranged a small surprise graduation ceremony.
Lacking the usual gravitas of graduation, Wakeling was draped with sheets and towels to create a suitable 'gowned' effect.
"It was a delightful little ceremony at the research camp where I'd been based for most of my master's fieldwork."
The ceremony a la bush camp was followed by snacks and champagne.
"It was a little out of the ordinary, but very memorable," said Wakeling.
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Where kids can watch the 2017 solar eclipse on Long Island
A child watches an eclipse through a safety visor. Credit: AFP / Getty Images / Robyn Beck
By IAN J. STARK ian.stark@newsday.com Updated August 21, 2017 8:29 AM
First rule of eclipse-watching: Safe viewing methods must be followed to protect your eyes. That said, here are some places on Long Island offering special events for youngsters seeking to look up at the 71-percent solar eclipse, taking place after 2 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017:
Maritime Explorium: 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson; 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Attending families will get a chance to use solar eclipse glasses (while supplies last) to view the event and collect data for crowdsourcing observations by NASA and eclipsemob.org. Price: Free. MORE INFO: 631-331-3277, maritimeexplorium.org.
John Jermain Memorial Library: 201 Main St., Sag Harbor; 1:24 p.m.-4:01 p.m. Attendees will meet in the library garden, with eclipse-themed cookies and viewing glasses provided (while supplies last). Should the weather be an issue, the event will be watched indoors via NASA streaming; no registration necessary. Price: Free. MORE INFO: 631-725-0049, johnjermain.org.
South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center: 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Tpke., Bridgehampton; 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Guests must bring their own solar-viewing glasses; an instructor will be on-hand to provide information. Price: Free; advance registration is required. Non-registered participants are welcome to gather on the field behind the museum with their own solar viewing glasses and a lawn chair for viewing or NASA’S live-streaming coverage shown in the center’s barn. Museum admission will still be in effect: $10, $7.50 ages 3-12, ages two and younger are free. MORE INFO: 631-537-9735, sofo.org.
Custer Institute Observatory: 1115 Main Bayview Rd., Southold; 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Usually closed on Mondays, the Institute will be open for eclipse observation. Price: Donations are suggested and accepted. MORE INFO: 631-765-2626, custerobservatory.org
Parrish Art Museum: 279 Montauk Hwy., Water Mill; 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Participants can assemble on the museum lawn to view the celestial event, with astronomers available for questions and operating a telescope set to allow for safe solar eclipse viewing. Solar-viewing glasses will also shared among attendees, and the museum will feature the live stream from NASA. Guests should bring a lawn chair or blanket for comfort. Price: $12 (members are free); advance reservations are strongly recommended. MORE INFO: parrishart.org; call 631-283-2118 for more details.
East Meadow Public Library: 1886 Front St., East Meadow; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Opening with an eclipse class (grades K – 5), there’s also a “Constellations and Stars” class at 11 a.m. (grades pre-K-2) and an eclipse-in-literature seminar at 1 p.m. (teens and adults). Eclipse watching starts at 2 p.m. (due to demand, guests must bring their own solar-viewing glasses); kids can make eclipse-themed crafts from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Price: Free; classes require prior reservation. MORE INFO: eastmeadow.info; call 516-794-2570 for more details.
Cradle of Aviation: Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City; noon-4 p.m. The museum will host a program of eclipse-related activities in its Hands-on Science Zone, observe the eclipse with solar glasses and meet with educators who can demonstrate safe methods to view the eclipse. Giveaways will be provided, and visitors will have a chance to participate in a time capsule to be opened in 2024, the year the next eclipse will be visible from Long Island. Price: Eclipse activities are free with museum admission ($15, $13 for children ages 2-12). MORE INFO: 516-572-4111, cradleofaviation.org.
Long Island Science Center: 21 N. Country Rd., Rocky Point; noon-4 p.m. The center is offering solar-related activities, live streaming of the eclipse and planetarium presentations held at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Price: $10; ages two and younger are free (as are members) MORE INFO: 631-208-8000, lisciencecenter.org.
Bethpage Public Library: 47 Powell Ave., Bethpage; 2 p.m.-3 p.m. The library will hold this event on its back lawn, and provide solar eclipse viewing glasses to those participants who are planning to stay throughout the entirety of the eclipse (while supplies last, so there’s no guarantee every guest will receive their own pair of glasses; some guests may be asked to share). Dave Paris, a retired Engineer from The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), will appear as a guest speaker and will be available for questions; refreshments, music, and fun activities will be offered to children, and the library will stream NASA’s web video feed of the total solar eclipse inside the building. Price: Free MORE INFO: 516-931-3907, bethpagelibrary.info.
Fire Island National Seashore: Wilderness Visitor Center: South end of the William Floyd Pkwy., Shirley; 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. The National Park Service is leading a discussion and stroll down the beach with a park ranger in order to view the solar eclipse; special viewing sunglasses will be provided and must be worn by all partakers. Participants should bring drinking water, wear sun protection and be ready for walking on sand. Price: Free MORE INFO: 631-281-3010, nps.gov.
By IAN J. STARK ian.stark@newsday.com
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Michigan County Investigating Unofficial Election Results After Local Republicans Raise Alarms
By Jason Lemon On 11/4/20 at 2:29 PM EST
U.S. Michigan Democrats Republicans Joe Biden
A county in Michigan is investigating the unofficial elections results posted by the county clerk after Republicans raised concerns about irregularities—showing a dramatic shift favoring Democratic candidates compared to past elections.
The results posted by Antrim County—located in the northwest of Michigan's lower peninsula—showed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden with more than 7,700 votes, or some 3,000 more than incumbent President Donald Trump, Interlochen Public Radio reported. In 2016, Trump easily carried the county with 8,469 votes (62.4 percent) compared with Clinton's 4,448 votes (33.2 percent).
Triston Cole, a Republican who represents Antrim County in the Michigan State House, raised questions about the results to Interlochen Public Radio. "There is no way that we flipped from 62 percent Trump in 2016 to upside down this time around," Cole said.
Michigan votes cast their ballots on November 3 at Mott Community College in Flint SETH HERALD/AFP/Getty
Cole pointed to the results for Congressman Jack Bergman (a Republican) at his polling place in Chestonia Township—which showed the GOP incumbent winning just 2 votes there. "I can guarantee that there were 6 [Bergman votes] in my immediate family alone," Cole said.
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Bergman has been declared the winner in his district, whether or not the results are shown to be inaccurate. He easily defeated Democratic challenger Dana Ferguson by a margin of 61.4 percent to 37.1 percent. But Antrim County said in a press release that it's investigating the results it posted.
"Early this morning the Antrim County Clerk, Sheryl Guy became aware of apparently skewed results in the Unofficial Election Result tabulations. Since then, the Clerk's Office has been reviewing the results and the multiple redundancies to search out any possible discrepancies," the county said.
Guy said in the release that the county expects to have a "clear answer" by Wednesday afternoon.
"Staff is currently working on entering each jurisdictions results by hand into our reporting program. Until then I am asking all interest parties to bear with [us] while we work to resolve our unofficial election night report. Further information will be [released] as it becomes available," Guy told Newsweek in an email.
As the race in Michigan currently stands, even if the votes in Antrim County are skewed, it does not appear that it would change the trajectory of the presidential race. However, it remains possible that the race could tighten as some 100,000 ballots remain uncounted in the key Midwestern swing state.
With some 96 percent of Michigan's votes tabulated, Biden leads Trump by more than 45,000 votes—a margin of 0.9 percent. It is possible that the race could become closer as the counting proceeds, making any possible discrepancies in Antrim County more significant to the presidential contest. But analysts expect the remaining ballots to strongly favor Democrats, as they are largely from urban areas that skew Democratic.
This article has been updated with further comment from the Antrim County Clerk.
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Kurfess, Smith join ORNL to lead advanced manufacturing initiatives
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Stacey Solomon opens up on how lockdown affected her relationship with boyfriend Joe Swash
TV personality Stacey Solomon has revealed how being in lockdown with her boyfriend Joe Swash has impacted her relationship with him.
Ayla SoguksuDigital Reporter
Stacey Solomon has opened up on how being in quarantine with her partner Joe Swash has affected their relationship.
Appearing on ITV's Loose Women this morning, 7 May, the 30 year old praised her boyfriend for doing work around the house and explained that they try to spend a little alone time together every week.
After panellist Ruth Langsford, 60, asked whether being in lockdown with each other has brought out her 38 year old other half's romantic side, the tap-to-tidy star admitted that he has been doing little things around the house that "he knows really make me happy".
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Stacey, who recently shared an incredible video of her homemade Disney-themed dessert, said: "He has been doing a couple things that he knows really make me happy, like cleaning the windows or hoovering the grass because we have pretend grass."
She added: "It's very much swings and roundabouts in our house."
The mum-of-three also confessed that although they're constantly at home, they're not able to spend much quality time together as they've had to split up their time doing chores, homeschooling and work.
The Loose Women panellist said they've been trying to spend some alone time together each week (Image: Stacey Solomon/ Instagram)
"We have to make sure that we try – at least once a week – to spend a couple of hours just us," she explained.
"Get the kids in bed early and just talk to each other because the reality is the rest of the week, we're arguing with each other or moaning at the kids or cooking or cleaning.
"Although we're together constantly, we're not together because we have to split our time so much."
It comes as the TV personality recently responded to rumours that she and Joe have split, assuring fans that they are still together.
Fans have been worried that the pair had split up (Image: Instagram/Stacey Solomon)
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The brunette beauty had worried her followers after taking a break from social media due to personal reasons as there was "lots going on at home," leading many to speculate that she and the Dancing On Ice winner had parted ways after four years.
Addressing these rumours, she posted a picture of herself and Joe’s hands intertwined, hinting that the personal reasons she was referring to may be Joe’s.
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"'Personal reasons' isn't code for divorce (we aren't married but you know what I mean). It just means some things are happening in our lives personally at the moment. And some things aren't mine to share.
“We love you all & hope you’re all ok. These are really strange, scary and emotional times and it’s not easy for anyone.
“Ps Me and H*e laughed so much trying to take this picture because our hands are so awkward. He wanted me to hide his nails too which was impossible. Goodnight."
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Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 25: Group Executive Chairman for Econet Wireless Global Strive Masiyiwa speaks onstage during the 2018 Concordia Annual Summit - Day 2 at Grand Hyatt New York on September 25, 2018 in New York City.
Zimbabwean Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa Announced as Netflix Board of Director
Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa has joined Netflix's board of directors becoming the first African to do so.
Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire Strive Masiyiwa has been announced as the first African on Netflix's board of directors. According to Bloomberg, Netflix announced the news early this Thursday. Masiyiwa is the founder behind giant telecommunications company Econet which has business locations in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. The global streaming company is set to increase Netflix's marketing base in Africa and has reportedly selected Masiyiwa for his connections and historical business enterprise.
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Netflix co-founder, chairman and co-CEO Reed Hastings welcomed Masiyiwa as reported by The Hollywood Reporter:
"We are delighted to welcome Strive to the Netflix board. His entrepreneurship and vision in building businesses across Africa and beyond will bring valuable insights and experience to our board as we work to improve and serve more members all around the world."
The billionaire makes the top three board members, two of whom are European. Masiyiwa has extensive business experience and has sat on several boards. He served on a number of international boards including Unilever, National Geographic Society, Asia Society, and the Global Advisory boards of Bank of America, the Council on Foreign Relations in the US, Stanford University, and the Prince of Wales Trust for Africa, this according to BusinessDay.
Masiyiwa's Econet reportedly operates in 29 African countries, proving that this is the merger that Netflix needs to accelerate its market range and reach. According to Quartz Africa, Masiyiwa said that he looks forward to "working with the board and all stakeholders to continue its traditions of innovation and growth".
Though Masiyiwa is the first African director for Netflix, he is not the first Black representative. Out going director, Susan Rice, was the first Black female recruited by the streaming giant. Masiyiwa replaces Rice as she resigned to serve in US President Joe Biden's incoming administration. Masiyiwa recently acquired 300 million US dollars from the US International Development Finance Corporation for his business ventures in data storage.
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Documentary feature length | 89 minutes | 2015
Written and Directed by Michel La Veaux
Producers Ginette Petit and Nathalie Bissonnette
Canadian Distribution K-Films Amérique
Script Advisor Michel Langlois
Director of Photography Michel La Veaux
Editor Annie Jean
Sound Designer Olivier Calvert
Sound Marcel Chouinard and Jérôme Bonfanti
Original Music Chantal De Villiers
Financial Partners SODEC - Telefilm Canada - Groupe de Fonds Rogers - Crédit d'impôt du Québec et du Canada - ONF
Hôtel La Louisiane is, at its core, a film about freedom and dignity. Freedom for those who wish to live in a place where they are able to feel inspired. Dignity for the hotel owner to stand by his promise to his father and keep their mission alive: to provide an affordable sanctuary for artists and students in search of fulfilling employment, which they certainly won’t find at other hotels. Freedom, too, to be in an environment of tolerance and rid of prejudice. This film is not just a story about a mythical setting in Paris; it portrays the microcosm of a lifestyle in which collective values reign supreme. A film where what’s real and true is placed above national borders or cultural barriers.
Michel La Veaux’s heartfelt sincerity is palpable throughout the film; a sincerity which both inspires and reflects the sincerity of those who make La Louisiane such an extraordinary place, a place where hope is born.
If Saint-Germain-des-Prés isn’t quite what he used to be in terms of intellectual and artistic influence worldwide, what was is able to become whole again when this place called La Louisiane can flourish and proves to be so much more than a hotel. Within its walls lies all that remains of the neighbourhood’s heart and spirit, in a post-war period when Saint-Germain-des-Prés had become the epicenter of the artists who lived for freedom and art.
Michel La Veaux
For over seventeen years, Michel La Veaux would stay at La Louisiane every time work brought him to Paris. It was upon his return there from a shoot abroad that he first discovered the remarkable historic site. Every stay there is for him a chance to take a moment and reflect on his work as a filmmaker. He feels a tangible, physical and spiritual connection to the space: its walls, its doors, its gloomy corridors and its fresh air which is swept in from the street. As a repeat visitor, he eventually manages to gain the trust of the hotel staff and owners.
From trip to trip, through reading and personal conversations, he learned as much as he could about the hotel’s history and characters. He slowly managed to integrate himself into its story.
The mythical building seems to have a strange effect on all who spend time in it. Oftentimes, artists feel more at ease there than they do in their own home…There’s something carnal, instinctive and undeniably human that emanates from the space, a perfect match for Michel La Veaux’s filming style. His camera ignites passionate encounters and allows him to express his zest for life.
To him, the film feels like an intimate, personal affair, which resonates on a physical level, what an actor feels in front of a camera, the feel of a human touch or the feeling of dreamy oasis having a loved one asleep at your side in Room 10 of La Louisiane.
With this outsider’s view on the hotel – and on some of its regulars who lived there until very recently – Michel La Veaux shares one critical understanding of the meaning of “freedom”.
Having stayed in a few of its 80 rooms before making Room 10 home, he came to know the hotel like the back of his hand. This understanding of the layout was thanks to the manager Monica, who is now a friend and partner without whom the film would not have been possible. In rough shape after a shoot in Africa, it was she who set him up in the now famous Room 10, first informing him that he was in good company: prestigious former occupants included the likes of Sarte, Greco, Miles, Lepage, Carax and more. It was she who worked tirelessly to convince the rest of the staff of the film’s vital importance. She was the spirit of the place and he could count on her unconditional support as they shared a profound love for the hotel and a dread of the day it would be gone.
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