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Was Qui Gon guiding Anakin?
In Star Wars : The Attack of The Clones, with interpreting this scene, can we say that Qui Gon was guiding Anakin all the time?
Note: The scene is when Anakin kills the Tusken Raiders.
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Maybe you'd like to spoiler tag the note. – thegreatjedi May 22 '16 at 7:36
@thegreatjedi - The film is 14 years old and has been seen by over three billion people. I think the spoiler ship has not only sailed, but safely docked on the other shore and the crew's gone off to get hammered in a local bar. – Valorum May 22 '16 at 7:40
Isn't the stand of this site's policy that important plot points should be protected no matter how old or popular the show is, unless it is something as ubiquitously known in popular culture as Vader's quote? My suggestion here is on a best practice basis. – thegreatjedi May 22 '16 at 7:55
@thegreatjedi - Our spoiler policy is both inconsistent and incoherent but the one thing we seem to agree on is that relatively minor plot points in films that are decades old are generally protected by tags and that spoiler blocks are largely unnecessary. If you're scared of learning how Vader turned evil, you shouldn't be looking at questions about Anakin under the "Attack of the Clones" tag. – Valorum May 22 '16 at 8:37
It was Yoda hearing Qui-Gon Jinn's reaction to what Anakin had just done.
Qui-Gon Jinn just learned how to retain consciousness after death, although he was not able to physically manifest himself.
Though his training had been incomplete, Jinn utilized what he learned from the Force Priestesses to become one with the Force and retain his identity after his death. He had not fully learned the mystery, however, so he could not physically manifest himself, only speak as a disembodied voice.
Then is further explained that the first time he was able to show his presence in some form was when Anakin slaughtered all the Tusken.
The first known time that Jinn communicated through the Force was shortly before the outbreak of the Clone Wars. Skywalker had returned to Tatooine to find his mother, about whom he had been having recurring nightmares, and discovered she had been kidnapped by Tusken Raiders. He found her in a Tusken camp, but she died only moments later. In his anger, Skywalker slaughtered all the Tuskens in the camp. Jinn, sensing the great pain and distress, called out to Skywalker through the Force, which Yoda could hear—but not comprehend—through his own meditations
Then it is shown that Yoda was just learning to communicate with Qui-Gon , which happened to be when Yoda hears his reaction to the slaughter.
Yoda was only just beginning to learn how to communicate with him. As he meditated, he was hearing Qui-Gon's reaction to seeing Anakin killing the Sand People on the other side.
So no, Qui-Gon Jinn was not guiding Anakin.
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On Operation Polo, 17th Sep 1948
By Ruralmedia News Room September 17, 2019 No Comments
The Asaf Jah Dynasty ruled for 7 generations over Deccan from a period of about 224 years. This was a period of peace and tranquility with secularism as its essential form of governance and Ganga JamnaTahzeeb. The wounds of 17th September military attack are still deep and fresh. It is not a liberation day but the day of genocide, the implications of which can be felt even today. On 17 Sep 1948 when Indian Army invaded Hyderabad State the same day Nizam VII surrendered his army. The aftermath of the Police Action (Military Invasion) known as “Operation Polo” by the Indian Army on Hyderabad State in September 1948 the Government of India sent a fact finding Committee called “The Pandit Sunder Lal Committee” consisting of PanditSunderlal, Qazi Abdul Ghaffar, MaulanaAdullaMisri which were on a goodwill mission to Hyderabad in November and December 1948. After completing their mission they gave a detailed report to the Central Government. The common man was massacred by the Indian Army in the Hyderabad State which Sunder Lal Committee speaks. The name ‘Operation Polo’ which is also known in the history as Police Action was a Military invasion.
We regret that 71 years have passed the Pandit Sunder Lal report is not tabled in the Parliament yet and we request it to be declassified and brought to public domain.
Referring to 17th September as the Liberation day is not only incorrect but also palimsesting the history. Liberation means liberating from foreign yoke or from foreign rulers. The Nizam was not a foreigner. Hence the question of liberation did not arise. It is equally incorrect to say that the monarchial rule of Nizam came to an end and ushered in democracy. There was no participation of the people and much less of politicians. On 17th September at 5 pm H.E.H.Sir Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Nizam VII first time visited Radio Deccan and addressed the people that he had ordered the surrender of Hyderabad army and invited Indian army to inter Hyderabad city. However, the physical surrender of Hyderabad army took place at 4 pm on 18 September. Curfew was clamped in Hyderabad city on 17 September therefore there is no question of people’s participation much less inviting invading Indian army. It is not out of place to mention that the Centre Government chided, Agent General of India in Hyderabad for his over action and asked him neither to organize any rally nor to receive Indian army at the outskirts of Hyderabad. It was only military show and civilians should not be involve.
Speaking to the nation over the All India Radio same evening, the then Prime Minister declared that the future of Hyderabad State would be declared by the people themselves, though he was convinced that future of Hyderabad lay in the closest association with India. If Hyderabad state was acceded to the Indian Union on 17th September 1948 what made Prime Minister to speak the way he did.
In a bid to assuage the feeling of unity of nations the Government of India requested the Nizam to broadcast on radio to the Islamic world about the Hyderabad States relations to the world. It was done on 23rd September 1948 ”I have no fear from the Indian Union. I know, and have always believed that the Indian Union is a secular state”.
The Hyderabad became the 562nd princely state to accede to India only on 26th January 1950. The administration was in the name of H.E.H.Nizam. In Dec 1949 Nizam issued a sanat stating that future Constitution of India will be the Constitution of Hyderabad.
The territory of the Government of H.E.H. the Nizam was never the territory of India before 26.1.1950.
On 26 Jan 1950 Nizam injected the Indian Constitution Technical for Hyderabad and with India. He was made Rajpramukh the Present Governor with full powers and he took salary of Rs 1 per month and also did not use any Government Machinery.
24 Feb 1967: The funeralH.E.H.Nawab Sir Mir Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad this was on record the largest non-religious non-political but spontaneous gathering of over one million people from all religionsfrom Deccan regionto witness the last journey of Nizam VII on the 24th of February, 1967. The turnout of a sea of humanity on the last journey and the funeral of the seventh Nizam is unprecedented in modern history of India or anywhere else in the world. Undoubtedly the greatest Hyderabadi ever born
After 19 years of accession of the Hyderabad State on 24 Feb 1967 when Nizam VII died the Andhra Pradesh Government issued an Extraordinary Gazette and some of the extract of which are
1. “His Exalted Highness the Nizam also deeply solicitous of the welfare of the depressed classes. His Exalted Highness kept up the tradition of the house of Asaf Jah to observe absolute impartiality in matters pertaining to the religions of different communities in the Dominions.
2. His Exalted Highness the Nizam was appointed Rajpramukh. He continued to fill this high office Reorganization of States in November 1956.
3. His Exalted Highness gave substantial contributions to variety of institutions to all creeds and communities
4. The country has lost a premier prince and oldest of the former Rulers of the Princely States.
5. State Government Offices in the State will as a mark of respect, remain closed on 25th February 1967, the day on which the funeral takes place and the Flags will be flown at half-mast on all State Government buildings throughout the State. State mourning will be observed will no public entertainment by/on behalf of Government that day”.
Still after 52 year of his death people not only in Hyderabad but all over the World isremember him for the good things he has done in all fields of life to all human beings irrespective of any caste and religion and an example of which is the largest funeral he received. The whole region mourned his death.
1. Why does the State need liberation from such a benevolent ruler who has never committed any criminal atrocities against his people.
2. Why no criminal case was filed against him.
3. Whywas he appointment as Rajpramukh (Governor) of the State by Central Government?
4. Why State Government issued a special Gazette on his death and flew the National Flag at half-mast.
Who are these politicians who seek to malign my grandfather’s name and belittle his immense contributions. They are maligning the name of the man who served this country and his kingdom for 37 years Irrespective of caste and religion, he has done innumerable service for which he is remembered by his people.
These fabricator rulers of our country will not have an answer to these questions. The ones who themselves use caste and religion to divide people will never understand what kind of a heart it requires to be secular and rise above religion and caste for the supreme cause of humanity.
It is disheartening that the management of our country is in the hands of such leaders who try to change facts and history according to their wishes.
In Jan 1950 the Agreement between His Excellency The Governor General of India and His Exalted Highness The Nizam of India of Hyderabad regarding moveable and immoveable Properties of Nizam is still pending and has not been fulfilled as per the said Agreement.
The H.E.H. late Nawab Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Nizam VII 37 years rule
The Government should recognize his umpteen contributions as his far sighted vision and judicious judgments transformed Hyderabad into a modern State. He worked tirelessly and always thought of providing the best modern facilities. He contributed tremendously to the development of Hyderabad even after its accession by India. He was a highly benevolent ruler.
The common man of Hyderabad in his day to day life still uses a lot of amenities and utilities of the Nizam’s reign even 71 years after handing over the state.
His rule lasted for 37 yrs. (1911 to 1948) and is considered as the best for all his subjects, irrespective of their caste, creed and religion. We remember him for his numerous contributions to mankind
H.E.H.Sir Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur Nizam VII was given the title of Sultan-ul-Uloom (King of Knowledge). Being the most unbiased ruler he encouraged all languages, patronized scholars and learned men of all faiths and schools of thought. There was hardly any scholar in India who was not benefited by the generosity of Nizam VII. To name a few our own Dr Baba SahabAmbedkar father of Indian Constitution was also given Scholarship by H.E.H Nizam VII and awarded Doctorate by the Osmania University. Nizam was so impressed by Dr. Ambedkar that he offered him the post of Chief Justice of the Hyderabad State.
His respect for all religions is reflected in the Architecture of Osmania University Arts College Building that depicts both Hindu and Muslim culture.
Why did he donate huge amounts to Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University and many more institutions throughout the country?
Some of his contributions to the Nation after surrendering in 1948.
In 1951 Nizam’s Charitable Trust was created with the corpus of Rs 5 Crores which is still existing and helping the poor of all caste through charities.
In 1951 the best example was he started the construction of Nizam Orthopedic Hospital and gave it to the Government on 99 years lease on monthly rent of Rs 1.
In 1965 when Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri visited Hyderabad and requested the Nizam to contribute generously to the National Defense Fund, set up in the wake of the Indo-Chinese skirmish. Without a second thought, H.E.H. Sir Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur announced that he would contribute 5000 Kg of gold to augment the war fund. In terms of today’s gold price in the international market, this donation translates to a whopping about Rs 1,600 Crores. This shows he had lot of love and respect not only for his State but also for the Country.
His contributions are innumerable if he had thought of his own profit, the Nizam had many opportunities to find highly productive fields for investment elsewhere. However, he did everything possible for the people of his erstwhile State.
The Hindu Templesgrants and gifts
The tradition of the earlier Nizams of making grants and gifts to the Temples during the nineteenth century was continued by the Nizam VII. Persian documents at the Telangana State Archives reveal numerous grants made regularly on permanent basis to scores of temples.
The Nizam VII’s secular polices and religious tolerance towards the people is evident from grants in cash or land, he made regularly monthly or annually to the scores of Temples, within the state and to some outside the State, to meet the daily expenses of the Temple, subsistence allowance for the various persons serving in the temples, including PujariPandit etc. As listed below.
a. Sita Ram Bagh Temple in Hyderabad was granted Rs.50,000/ annually. And the PanditRambilas, the priest of Sita Ram Bagh Temple was paid monthly. But when he died, the grant was continued to his son jai Bhagwean Das and sanctioned to him Rs.20/ per month for.
b. KishanBagh Temple in Hyderabad was granted Rs. 15,000.
c. Jham Sing Temple Hyderabad was granted Rs. 10,000.
d. Yadgiri Temple in Bhogir was granted highest amount Rs 82,825.
e. Nagnath Temple in Jalna was granted Rs. 628.
f. SreeAinalwada was granted Rs.50,000.
g. SreeRamnavami Temple at Bhadrachalam was granted Rs. 29,000.
h.SreeBalaji Temple at Tirupati was granted Rs.8,000.
i. Kasinath Temple at Vololini was granted Rs. 3,129.
j. SreeBalaSahib Temple at Ambar was granted Rs. 2,305.
k.MathKhemdas was granted Rs. 10,000.
l.Math BhagwanGunj was granted Rs.4,000.
m. Math Balakdas was granted Rs. 60,000.
n.Sikhar Temple at Adilabad was granted Rs. 60,000.
o. SreeAknath Temple at Patan was granted Rs.24,000.
p.The twin Temples at Anantgiri and Balaji in the Nanded District was given cash grant of Rs.1,390.
q. Badrachallam Temple Rs.1.900.
r. Cash grant of RS. 20,495 was made for the repairs of the AnantgiriBalaji Temple.
Several Hindu Priest, living or deceased were paid pension for subsistence, either monthly or annually.
In 1948 the land property of the value of Rs.5,45,334 was under the possession of the Hindu Temples in the form of Jagirs or Inams or free gifts. Cash payments of Rs. 69,955 was granted to the Temples by the Hyderabad Government.
My quote:
From 1911 to 1948, the 37 years of rule of my grandfather H.E.H Late Nawab Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur Nizam VII was a golden era of development and prosperity.
Liberation means “the action of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression” I would like to ask the so called celebrators of liberation, if his reign was a time of such tyranny then why , even after the accession of Hyderabad to India, was he made the Rajpramukh? If these were such despotic times, why wasn’t there any death penalty awarded in his rule? Why did a huge sea of over 1 million people attend his funeral and the government declared a state holiday? The man that lived for his masses, treated each subject without the prejudice of caste and creed and even donated 5000kg gold for the country when it was on the verge of a war a donation unmatched in the history of the country, today his memory and his legacy is being tainted by hateful political agendas that distort the truth for their own convenience. To know the truth of the events of 17th September, the Pandit Sundarlal Committee Report should be declassified made known to the public. – Najaf Ali Khan
( Mir Najaf Ali Khan is a grandson of the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. He manages several trusts of the last Nizam, including the Nizam’s Trust. ) Photo Credits / Najaf Ali Khan .
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Just when fans thought Ateez‘s Treasure series had come to a close, the rookie group came storming into 2020 with the victorious anthem “Answer.”
The title track off Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer, “Answer” was secretly teased in “Beginning of the End,” the outro track from their last album. The final moment of the album is a haunting version of San‘s future opening line, “Let’s cheers, like a thunder, I’ll fill you up, Till you overflow.”
These lyrics open “Answer” while the MV shows San dancing alone on a banquet table, slowly watching invisible sand slip through his fingers. Though the romantic piano notes and echoing vocals hint at a melancholic past, the chanting vocals quickly change the atmosphere to one of triumph and camaraderie as the members all begin to dance together.
Through its lyrics and symbolism, “Answer” depicts the eight members’ journey over the past year, reconciling the youthful exuberance of songs like “Wave,” with the gritty determination of “Say My Name” and the darkness and self-doubt of “Hala Hala.”
Since “Pirate King,” Ateez’s lyrics and MV concepts have played with the imagery of sun, sand, and surf, as well as deserts and beaches. This vocabulary is also employed in “Answer,” with Mingi floating on a boat alone, Yeosang wandering through the desert, and Wooyoung swirling in the sands at the bottom of an hourglass.
The lyrics of “Answer” include references to Ateez’s previous title tracks, such as Mingi pointedly ending his rap with “Say my name.” But perhaps the most obvious and poetic moment is Yeosang’s line in the second verse, referencing the setting of their “Pirate King” MV and the group’s humble beginnings: “The desert with nothing, we started there.”
To signify the time before they were united as a group, the members are separated in the MV, isolated from each other by swaths of fabric, halls of mirrors, sands of time, and an amphitheater that looks like the face of a clock. Despite their internal demons, the pressure of time, and their struggles to define their artistry, the members are able to come together and overcome.
The choreography is themed around breaking out, which involves the members wiping off their faces and powerfully shaking off, kicking, and even Matrix-style dodging hardships. The cheeky hip thrust in the chorus might seem out of place, but it works as a playful, swaggering celebratory moment that contrasts the seriousness of the song.
The group’s growth is also displayed through a butterfly, a symbol of metamorphosis. After a blue butterfly lands on Wooyoung’s finger, he finds himself surrounded by seven butterflies, one for each other member in the group. After spending the Treasure series evolving and honing their sound, the group is ready to break free.
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In the final chorus, instead of Ateez singing “Call us right now,” they ask, “Can you see us? The burning eyes and our loud shoutings reaching across the world.” They do not need to be called, they are announcing that they have arrived.
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Black transwomen stood front and center at the historic first Oakland Transmarch on Sept. 8, 2019. – Photo: Sumiko Saulson
by Sumiko Saulson
The epidemic of trans murder and transmisogynoir is not new. Globally, Black and Brown transwomen are most at risk and, in the USA, Black transwomen have been so predominately those murdered annually that in 2015 #translivesmatter was taken up as the cause of #blacklivesmatter and LGBTQ organizations took up #blacklivesmatter in solidarity.
The Gay Pride Movement started with a riot in San Francisco’s Tenderloin called the Compton Cafeteria Riots. The San Francisco riot occurred in 1966, before Stonewall. The Compton Cafeteria District is being fast established as the oldest trans district. But due to anti-Blackness and transphobia, both the Stonewall Riots and the Compton Cafeteria Riots are being falsely attributed to white queer people, and Black transwomen like Marsha P. Johnson have been erased from the narrative.
Tired of watching Black transfolks being ignored in San Francisco, Socorrito Moreland and other organizers of the Oakland Transmarch put Black transwomen front and center, asking other Black transfolk to come and support them. The Black transmen surrounded the ladies, protective in formation, and all Black folks including non-binary people were asked to join as a part of the protest action.
“In San Francisco, we would ask Black transpeople to come to the front to join us to show strength in numbers and solidarity, but they were afraid to leave their white and non-Black POC partners to do it,” said Socorrito Moreland, one of the organizers
Many of the Black trans, queer and leather district community voices in San Francisco have been silenced by homelessness or moved to the East Bay. San Francisco has experienced a mass reduction of its Black population. Currently, only 5.3 percent of the population is Black, and many predict the 2020 census will cut that figure in half.
In this first Oakland Transmarch, Black transwomen were honored and protected. – Photo: Sumiko Saulson
Black San Franciscans are 7.75 times as likely to be arrested as white people. African Americans now represent 37 percent of the homeless population in San Francisco; 47 percent of trangender and nonbinary Black people have been homeless.
Taking place the day before Oakland Pride, Oakland’s First Annual Transmarch highlighted the plight of Black transwomen in the United States and internationally as marchers chanted “Black TransLives Matter,” “Who’s Being Killed? Black TransWomen” and “Say Her Name” during the two mile march from Oscar Grant Plaza to the Pergola at Lake Merritt. Hundreds of Oakland transpeople and allies gathered at Oscar Grant Plaza at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Sept. 7, carrying signs and banners and waving blue, pink and white transgender flags.
Black transwomen were invited to the front of the procession, followed by a group of people carrying placards with the photos and names of the 18 Black transwomen who have died so far in 2019. Flux, a group of Black transgender people, rallied around to support and guard the women in the processional as they marched.
“Oakland is home to hundreds of transgender people specifically of color; however, the city is overshadowed by San Francisco and its popularity around LGBT community-based events. This year Oakland will host its own trans march to create visibility and bring the community together in an attempt to have our own transgender movement and celebration,” announced the organizers of the Oakland Transmarch.
Black transwomen are one of the most at-risk groups in the United States. Twenty-six trans people have been killed so far in 2019, the vast majority of whom were Black transwomen. Dana Martin, Jazzaline Ware, Ashanti Carmon, Claire Legato, Muhlaysia Booker, Michelle “Tamika” Washington, Paris Cameron, Chynal Lindsey, Chanel Scurlock, Zoe Spears, Brooklyn Lindsey, Denali Berries Stuckey, Kiki Fantroy, Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe, Tracy Single, Bailey Reeves, Layleen Polanco and Bee Love Slater are the names of the Black transwomen who died this year and were chanted during the #BlackTransLivesMatter action during the parade.
A special call out was given to the plight of Black transwomen in US prisons and to Layleen Polanco, who died suspiciously in police custody. She was found unresponsive in her cell at the Riker’s Island jail complex in April.
The political tone of the march honored the Stonewall riots and the local Compton Cafeteria Riots which took place in the Tenderloin. Black transwomen started Gay Pride and it is fitting to place trans lives and experiences front and center at Pride.
Upon arrival at Lake Merritt, marchers were greeted by a series of a dozen or so booths, run by local nonprofits. They offered medical, legal and self-care services, including food and water for the marchers, tea and a place to write a love letter to oneself which would be sent at a later date along with a photo of the participant at this historic march. Transgender Gender-variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP was one of the groups at the event.
“It’s an honor to be at this historic event, Oakland’s first trans march. It means a lot to us as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of Transgender Gender-variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP). We celebrate Black trans leadership and excellence. Celebrate Black transwomen while they are still alive. Do more than celebrate,” said TGIJP representatives at the parade
A mini-rally for Black Trans Lives followed Pride in the Park Ball, taking place after the parade at the Pergola, a scenic Roman column arch on the shore of Lake Merritt. Event organizer Kin Folkz joined the panel of judges for the Pride in the Park Ball, an event that showcased Houses, such as seen in the television show Pose. Two visiting Houses from Los Angeles were on hand to show locals how it’s done.
The parade did great job of both keeping Black transwomen front and center, and raising the profile of transmen. Because movie and television portrayals omit transmen, there is still a general lack of awareness of transmen and transmasculine non-binary people. This can lead to a lack of funding for medical care for transmen, and sexism from both sides when transmasculine individuals are forced to utilize medical services that are designed for cisgender women. While transmen of make up a small fraction of the trans deaths annually, all Black trans people face discrimination.
“Black transgender people had an extremely high unemployment rate at 26 percent, two times the rate of the overall transgender sample and four times the rate of the general population,” reports the National LGBTQ Taskforce.
According to the taskforce, the one area in which Black transpeople had an advantage was a higher level of family support than the general transgender community. Overall, it is very important for the Black community and Black families to make every effort to make our communities safe for Black transwomen and all Black trans people.
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[This interview was kindly given very early in the morning at the ESSWE conference in Amsterdam in July of 2019. The background noise you hear is the staff of the Universiteit van Amsterdam setting up the breakfast coffee]
We discuss the Hermetic path in antiquity with Christian Hervik Bull, author of a recent, important take on this old question (Bull 2018). Bull’s reading takes into account the entire Corpus Hermeticum, the Stobæan Hermetica, and the crucial Ogdoad Reveals the Ennead from Nag-Hammadi.
J.-P. Mahé argues (1978, 1982) that the optimist-monistic/pessimist-dualistic divide perceived in the texts could have been bridged by an initiatory path starting with the world-affirming, easygoing Hermetica, leading to the more ascetic, dualistic escape-oriented texts later on: a methodology of seducing the aspirant followed by a rigorous ascesis once the aspirant has been ‘hooked’. Bull reverses the order: the aspirant was put through some kind of initiatory rigours, separating himself from the world (see Tat in C.H. XIII); once he has done this, he is able to undergo the rite of rebirth.
The Poimandres is read as a foundational myth laying out the self-knowledge which will enable the aspirant to progress along the path of Hermes; this is followed in the curriculum by treatises teaching one to despise the body (e.g. C.H. IV); after this knowledge of the self is mastered, the aspirant moves on to knowledge of the kosmos, learning about physics, cosmology, and so on, as well as of the essentially illusory nature of life ‘down here’, which is of course contrasted with the Good and the True, to be found in the higher reaches of reality (e.g. C.H. II, X [‘Key’]; S.H. VI); finally, once these preparatory lessons are mastered, and possibly years of ascetic practices undergone, the candidate presents himself for the rebirth, as depicted in C.H. XIII.
Bull interprets the rebirth, reading C.H. XIII in parallel with the Poimandres and other texts, as a process of self-identification with the Demiurge. But this is not the end of the Hermetic path! There remains the hymn which Tat reminds Hermes he had promised he would hear when he arrived at the Ogdoad. For the final stage, of ascent, you need the Nag-Hammadi texts, and in particular The Ogdoad Reveals the Ennead. Once the Hermetist has ascended, he must re-descend to the body, to carry out the ‘caretaker’ role assigned to humans in texts like the Asclepius.
Having laid out the cursus of the Hermetist as he reconstructs it, Bull then answers a number of questions about the milieu in which the Hermetica were written – a milieu of Egyptian priests reinventing themselves in tough times and reaching out to a Græcophone audience – which have convinced quite a few scholars since the publication of his book.
Interview Bio:
Christian Hervik Bull is Associate Professor at the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, and a researcher and writer working on the history of ideas in late antiquity. He has published a number of articles exploring the Hermetica, esoteric Coptic texts, early Christianity, and related matters, and his 2018 book The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: the Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom argues for a practice-based, culturally-contextualised understanding of the Hermetica as expressions of a new Egyptian religious milieu arising from the encounter of the Egyptian temple priesthood with the realities of later Roman Egypt. His scholarship attempts to address ritual practice and other dangerous and tricky subjects, and he has translated the Corpus Hermeticum into Norwegian , which is a fairly rare accomplishment.
Works Cited in this Episode:
Hans D. Betz. The “Mithras Liturgy”: Text, Translation, and Commentary. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2003.
D. W. Bousset. Review of R. Reitzenstein, Poimandres. Gottingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 167:692–712, 1905.
Christian H. Bull. The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: the Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom. Brill, Leiden, 2018.
Colin Campbell. The Cult, the Cultic Milieu and Secularisation. A Sociological Yearbook of Religion in Britain, 5:119–136, 1972.
F. Cumont. L’Égypte des astrologues. Bruxelles, Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1937.
J. Dillon. The Middle Platonists: A Study of Platonism 80 BC to AD 220. Duckworth, London, 1977.
A.-J. Festugière. La révélation d’Hermes Trismegiste. J. Gabalda, Paris, 1944-1954. 4 vols.
Garth Fowden. The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986.
Anna van den Kerchove. La voie d’Hermès: Pratiques rituelles et traités hermétiques. Brill, Leiden, 2012.
J.-P. Mahé. Hermès en Haute-Égypte: les textes hermétiques de Nag Hammadi et leurs parallèles grecs et latins. Number 3 in Bibliotèque Copte de Nag Hammadi, Textes. Les Presses de l’Université Laval, Québec, 1978.
Idem. Hermès en Haute-Égypte: le fragment du discours parfait at les définitions Hermétiques arméniennes (NH VI, 8.8a). Number 7 in Bibliotèque Copte de Nag Hammadi, Textes. Les Presses de l’Université Laval, Québec, 1982.
Pingree problematises Cumont’s claims in the text cited above: The Indian Iconography of the Decans and Horâs, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 26 (1963): 223– 54 at 227 n. 31.
Richard Reitzenstein. Poimandres: Studien zur griechisch-ägyptischen und fruhchristlichen Literatur. Teubner, Leipzig, 1904.
Thaddeus Zielinski. Hermes und die Hermetik. Archiv für Religionswissenschaft, 8-9: 322–72; 25–60, 1905-1906.
Christian H. Bull. Ancient Hermetism and Esotericism. Aries, 15(1):109–35, 2015.
Idem. Visionary Experience and Ritual Realism in the Ascent of the Discourse of the Eighth and the Ninth (NHC VI,6). Gnosis, 2:169–93, 2017a.
Idem. Monkey Business: Magical Vowels and Cosmic Levels in the Discourse on the Eighth and the Ninth (NHC VI, 6). Studi e materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 83(1):75–94, 2017b.
Idem. The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: the Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom. Brill, Leiden, 2018a.
Idem. Hermes between Pagans and Christians in Fourth Century Egypt: The Nag Hammadi Hermetica in Context. In Hugo Lundhaug and Lance Jenott, editors, The Nag Hammadi Codices and Late Antique Egypt, pages 207–60. Mohn Siebeck, Tübingen, 2018b.
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James Lomas
Thanks for this tip on musical pythagoreanism in the hermetica (minute 32). I’ve found it very difficult to find elements like harmony in the text.
The audio quality was odd but this episode is really worth listening to, right to the thrilling end. He starts with compelling reasons why Hermetics had associations (for instance, hymns). Then, Christian managed to tie together Hermeticism and Pythagoreanism, Mithraism, the Egyptian temple culture and, towards the end, a clear and complete depiction of the Hermetic Apocalypse.
This is my favorite episode so far, and one that has (finally) pushed me over the edge into membership. Bull provides a really compelling case for contextualizing the Hermetica and approaching something of a Unified Hermeticism. It definitely compels me to dig into his research more. Well done.
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Military Vets Reporting for Entrepreneurial Duties
Published: May 25, 2011 Last Updated: Feb 7, 2019 by Rieva Lesonsky In Startup 4
With Memorial Day on the horizon, now seems an appropriate time to report on a new study out from the SBA’s Office of Advocacy that examined entrepreneurship among military veterans. Factors Affecting Entrepreneurship among Veterans found that veterans are at least 45 percent more likely, and as much as 88 percent more likely, to be self-employed than civilians who have never served in the military.
“Entrepreneurship is a choice made by many of our men and women in uniform when they move into civilian life,” says Chief Counsel for Advocacy Winslow Sargeant in announcing the study. “Knowing more about the factors behind veterans’ self-employment offers opportunities to lay the groundwork for successful ventures.”
Veterans with four or fewer years of service were most likely to be self-employed, while career military (five or more years of service) were about 33 percent less likely to be self-employed than those who left after one enlistment. “This result suggests that higher rates of self-employment among veterans may be due to individual characteristics, rather than training, education or other qualities imparted by military service,” the report states.
An exception was found among career military retirees with 20 years or more of service. For this group, the longer they served in the military, the more likely they were to be self-employed. The study authors theorize this might be because they have larger pensions, improving their ability to pursue entrepreneurship. Among military retirees, officers are 55.6 percent more likely than enlisted personnel to be self-employed—probably due to differences in in education level.
Are you a military veteran who owns a business, or is thinking of starting one? There are more sources of support than ever before. Whether you need help starting or growing your company, here are some sites to get you started:
The IFA’s VetFran program makes buying a franchise easier to do by offering incentives and discounts for qualified military veterans from participating franchisors.
The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities program provides training to post-9/11 disabled veterans via on online self-study course and a nine-day residency at a participating university.
The SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development helps “veterans, service-disabled veterans, reserve component members, and their dependents or survivors” take full advantage of all the SBA’s programs.
The SBA’s Patriot Express loan program provides streamlined and expedited loan procedures for active duty military personnel and veterans.
The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ VetBiz.gov portal has links, resources and information on starting a business, doing business with the government, getting certified as a veteran-owned business and more.
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Naomi Tapia
This is really interesting. I’ve heard a lot about how veterans struggle to get jobs after leaving the service. I wonder if this is, in part, a reason that the vets with fewer years of service are more likely than those with more years of service to start a business? Is it easier for vets with more years in the military to find a job? Great article!
For retired veterans with a pension, that steady income source would take some of the edge off being self-employed. And it doesn’t surprise me that officers are more likely to be entrepreneurs since qualities like decision-making and risk-assessment serve an officer and an entrepreneur equally well.
Joel Libava
Thanks, Rieva,
You and I talk about the topic of Vets going into business for themselves a lot.
The only caveat for Vets that I’m adding to your post is this one;
Please make sure you stash enough money away to live on during that tough 1st year as a small business owner. Profits can be scarce early on!
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Archiving the University Web
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Thanks to combined support from the University of Scranton’s Academic Affairs and Planning and Information Resources divisions, the Weinberg Memorial Library has partnered with Archive-It (a subscription service from nonprofit Internet Archive) to capture and preserve University-related websites for the enduring future.
Part of the Weinberg Memorial Library’s mission is to “preserve and promote the history of the University,” and our University Archives has long collected and preserved photographs, documents, and other records from the past.
Increasingly, though, our students, faculty, and staff communicate using dynamic digital media instead of paper or film. For example, the University’s undergraduate catalog is no longer a print publication but a database, and instead of finding printed newsletters in our mailboxes, we get our weekly University news digitally via Royal News. And unfortunately, this kind of web content is surprisingly vulnerable to digital degradation and loss over the long term.
We could preserve a paper version of that dynamic information (say, by printing out Royal News each week) or take a PDF or image screenshot of it, but in doing so we’d lose its interactivity and searchability. Ideally, in the future we’ll want to be able to access archived web content the same way we access it now — that is, by browsing and searching.
That’s where web archiving comes in. Archive-It’s web archiving service allows us to crawl and capture web pages in ways that preserve their dynamic and functional aspects – including active links and embedded media like images, videos, animations, and PDF documents.
We’re certainly not the first ones to recognize the importance of web archiving in higher education. 97 other colleges & universities have already signed on with Archive-It, including fellow Jesuit universities Georgetown, Creighton, and Marquette, and fellow Pennsylvania schools Penn State, Drexel, and Bucknell. Several universities have created web archives that document important topics or events, like the American University in Cairo’s January 25th Revolution project or the University of Virginia’s collection of web and social media content relating to the resignation and reinstatement of President Teresa Sullivan.
Here at the Weinberg we plan to focus our early web archiving efforts on our own University web content (like our main website and our athletics site) and the University-related social media sites (like our YouTube channel and many Facebook pages) where our community shares its stories. Over time, as we develop expertise (and hopefully secure recurring funding!), we’ll work with faculty to identify and explore the possibility of collecting external websites relevant to current and future scholarship at the University of Scranton.
Our first step, though, is to seek input from our campus community regarding what is most important to preserve for the future. We invite members of the University community to send us questions, concerns, or suggestions. Take a peek at our first experimental crawls, and let us know if you’d like to be involved in web archiving at the University of Scranton!
Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has some snapshots of the University website dating back to 1998. With Archive-It, we can periodically and systematically capture and preserve the entire University website – and any other related web content our community needs.
Go Green with GoodGuide
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The Weinberg Memorial Library has been working hard lately to make sure that our building is as sustainable as possible. We set up a green team, we’ve upgraded our lights with more energy-efficient bulbs, and we’re really pushing recycling.
But the Library faculty and staff have also been chatting lately about the best ways that we can go green in our personal lives. Many of us have started carrying reusable water bottles and coffee mugs instead of using disposable cups. Some of us have switched to buying recycled paper towels and napkins for our homes. The more you think about going green, though, the more confusing it can get. A lot of products these days advertise themselves as green, but which ones are really best for the environment?
Enter GoodGuide, a website created by a University of California-Berkeley professor of environmental policy that rates commonly used products on how environmentally friendly and healthy they are. GoodGuide uses a pretty intense methodology to examine each product, from its contents to the impact of its manufacturing processes. But they also translate that information into scores that are easy for consumers to understand, and their website makes it easy to compare product types across brands. (For example, I compared brands of contact solution – only to find out that the product I’ve been using for years got one of the worst rankings!)
GoodGuide's picks for the best and worst toothpastes
GoodGuide is a “B Corporation,” which means that it’s a for-profit company that has made a public commitment to environmentalism and social justice. The company makes money by selling its analysis results back to manufacturers or retailers who want to use it for market research or to improve their products (see this recent Newsweek article on GoodGuide’s business strategy). So their business depends on the accuracy of their information, which makes me feel a little more comfortable trusting their website. I also like that if you want more information about a product, you can drill down to see how GoodGuide assigned its score and get details on how the ingredients and life cycle assessment were judged. And of course I’m excited to try GoodGuide’s free iPhone app – you can scan barcodes of products to get environmental ratings on the go, while you’re shopping.
So take a second to search for some of your favorite brands – you might find that a greener option is just another step down the grocery aisle!
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Exciting news for our Library website users (which, considering our online catalog and databases, must be all of you):
The Library’s entire website has undergone a redesign, with an official launch date of Monday, August 23rd.
It has been a busy summer here in the Library, spent revising and redesigning how we offer our services via the Library website. We believe the new website meets all of our goals for functionality and service. All of the functionality you are used to is still available and clearly named, it just may be in a new location. The new website should also be easier to navigate, so we expect this transition to be a helpful one for the entire University community.
In the meantime, it is possible that when you visit our website this weekend, you will begin to see our new web pages as we roll them out.
A sneak peak of what to expect when you visit our Library home page on the first day of Fall classes. Click to enlarge.
For those of you more accustomed to accessing our resources via the Library tab in My.Scranton.edu, the layout of that page remains the same.
If you have any questions, or wish to provide feedback or suggestions about the new Library website (And please do–we welcome it!), please email us at askalibrarian@scranton.edu or leave us a comment here.
Thank you for your cooperation and support during this important transition!
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A study of chemical and cellular changes induced by Trichinella infections
Nan-chi Albert Chang, Iowa State University
Theses & dissertations (Interdisciplinary)
Immunobiology
The progressive host responses to the invading larvae of Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella pseudospiralis were monitored in the peritoneal cavity and skeletal muscles of mice;Activated peritoneal macrophages, obtained 15 days after oral infection of mice with T. spiralis, were found to secrete a transiently appearing protein (TAP). This protein has been purified by the use of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and isoelectrofocusing techniques. Chemical analysis revealed that TAP is acidic due to the high content of glutamic and aspartic acids. With 50% of its total amino acids being non-polar, this 50,000 dalton molecule tends to crystallize at its isoelectric point (5.7) and in deionized water. High-titer (1.5 x 10('-5)) specific antibodies (IgG) to TAP were used to demonstrate that peritoneal macrophages are solely responsible for TAP production;The biological function of TAP is not known. It is not a plasma protein, a constituent substance in the cytoplasm of resident white blood cells, a membrane-bound molecule, an elastase or a plasminogen activator. However, TAP may have an immuno-regulatory function;T. spiralis and T. pseudospiralis infections of murine skeletal muscles were investigated using synchronous infections for histological studies and asynchronous infections for ultrastructural studies. The penetration of muscle cells by either species induces marked morphological changes in the host cells including: (1) an increase in the amount of endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, mitochondria and Golgi apparatus; (2) an increase in the size of muscle cell nuclei with enlarged nucleoli; and (3) degeneration and loss of myofilaments;In comparision with T. spiralis infected muscle cells, cells infected with T. pseudospiralis show a slower rate of myofilament degeneration and lighter basophilic staining and remain elongated and non-encapsulated;Tissue autoradiography plus various superimposed and concomitant infections with both species indicate that T. spiralis-infected muscle cells are intrinsically responsible for capsule formation. Encapsulation is independent of host fibroblasts and the presence of T. pseudospiralis. The lower content of guanosine and cytidine-rich RNA in the cytoplasm of T. pseudospiralis infected muscle cells suggests that collagen mRNA may not be present for the encapsulation processes.
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Chang, Nan-chi Albert, "A study of chemical and cellular changes induced by Trichinella infections " (1981). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 6874.
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Organopalladium approaches to prostaglandins
Nam Ho Lee, Iowa State University
Richard C. Larock
Organopalladium chemistry has found considerable synthetic utility in organic chemistry. Advances in this chemistry led us to develop several efficient new synthetic routes to prostaglandins, hormones which have a host of regulatory functions in the human body. In this dissertation, several prostaglandins were synthesized utilizing organopalladium chemistry in the key step. In addition, a new synthetic approach to allylic aryl ethers was developed during our studies on prostaglandin synthesis;The first chapter of this thesis discusses the formal synthesis of prostaglandin F[subscript]2[alpha] and the total synthesis of 12-epi-PGF[subscript]2[alpha]. An extremely efficient three-component coupling was accomplished with optically active cis-4-t-butyldimethylsilyloxy-2-cyclopenten-1-ol, ethyl vinyl ether and 1-octen-3-one in the presence of Pd(OAc)[subscript]2;The second chapter discusses an efficient synthesis of the PGI[subscript]2 analogue (+)-5,6,7-trinor-4,8-m-phenylene PGI[subscript]2, which is known to have potent inhibitory activity for platelet aggregation. The strategy involves the intramolecular addition of an aryl radical to an olefin bond, followed by trapping of the resulting radical with a tri-n-butylstannyl allylic alcohol in a one-step procedure. The epimer, 12-epi-5,6,7-trinor-4,8-inter-m-phenylene PGI[subscript]2, was also synthesized by a sequence involving a one-step Pd(0)-mediated cyclization and subsequent enone coupling;The third chapter discusses the synthesis of a novel PGI[subscript]2 analogue, 12-epi-carbacyclin. A silyl enol ether prepared through organopalladium chemistry was treated with 1-octen-3-one in the presence of Pd(OAc)[subscript]2 to give an important intermediate in a single step;The last chapter discusses an efficient two-step synthesis of allylic aryl ethers from the corresponding allylic alcohols utilizing a [pi]-allylpalladium intermediate generated from allylic aryl carbonates. Allylic aryl carbonates were prepared either by using phenyl chloroformate or by using triphosgene and functionalized phenols.
Nam Ho Lee
Lee, Nam Ho, "Organopalladium approaches to prostaglandins " (1991). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 9547.
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Research Under Pressure: Impact of Covid-19 Through A Librarian’s Eyes
Posted: 17-07-2020 Topics: Copyright Open Access
Covid-19 has left research libraries scrambling to support a swift and unprecedented switch to digital teaching. The transition to fully online learning has exacerbated existing problems, namely a lack of appropriate copyright legislation (as LIBER flagged in April), and sky-high prices for digital textbooks.
To highlight the problems faced by librarians, LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group interviewed Johanna Anderson, an academic librarian for natural and social sciences in the United Kingdom.
What issues have you faced in recent months?
In terms of ebook provision, I’ve been frustrated for a long time with ebook business models. You have to search across so many different systems and licenses. Costs are prohibitive.
University management, and some academics, think everything is available online but it’s not. Far from it.
Our collection matches up with the bigger picture across the sector, which means that only about 10% of books are available online (see SCONUL study) and a big proportion of those only have single-user licences.
That’s okay if they’re a reasonable price (on par with the cost of a hardcopy book) but if they cost several hundred pounds each, we can’t do that. We can’t buy them even if they’re available.
So even before Covid-19, you were struggling to get the material requested by library users?
Already, before the corona virus kicked off, we were spending hours searching for the best ebooks we could find. Students generally prefer physical books but if we had ebooks available and if it meant getting an ebook right away or waiting for the paper copy to be returned, the ebooks were heavily used.
At the end of last year, I was researching which books to buy for the next term. Then, after Christmas, Taylor & Francis and Routledge upped their ebook prices to levels of £480 and upwards for a single-user licence. It was at least a three or four-fold increase.
Some ebook publishers started introducing expiry dates as well, so you can use the ebook for a certain amount of time and then you have to buy a new licence, which is ludicrous. No library buys a hard-copy book and lets the publishers walk in and take it away after a period of time but that’s happening with ebooks.
And then corona virus took hold. What happened next?
When the lockdown happened, I thought the publishers would have to do something because this situation simply wasn’t acceptable. Taylor & Francis and Routledge came out with a big press release about upgrading single-user licenses to unlimited user licenses for the duration of the lockdown.
The fanfare that’s come out from publishers like Taylor & Francis sounds good on paper. They’re giving us access to unlimited licences. But what it never says in those press releases is that the costs are so high, we still can’t buy the material. I don’t have hundreds of pounds to spend on an ebook which is only available to all of my students for a couple of months, and after that we’re back to a single-user ebook. But at the moment, I also don’t have the alternative of getting the hard copy and scanning chapters because the library is closed.
What has that meant in practical terms?
I’m spending hours and hours and hours trying to find resources for students doing assignments. There’s an example of a text book that we need for a take-home exam. The students need access to chapters of books that we have in the library but we can’t scan them because the campus is closed. The ebook is 750 pounds for a single-user licence and I have 60 students trying to access the book to do a time-based assignment at home. My blood boils! So I’m scrambling around trying to find alternatives.
One academic has this book at home and he’s photographing the pages and sending them to me so that we can make it electronically available. When we get to the library, we’ll scan the book so we can comply with the legal regulations. It’s absurd. The content is there in electronic format! For a course starting in September, five of the texts are Routledge texts on the reading lists. I’ve had to say to the academics that we can’t supply those titles so they need to make new reading lists.
How will this affect you in the medium to long term, given that online learning is becoming the new norm?
At our university, we’re taking a blended approach. Much of our teaching will take place online where possible for the foreseeable future. Nobody really knows what will happen, and the corona virus could peak again over the winter, so I’m just trying to plan ahead and buy electronic resources where possible.
With ebooks, I’m trying to get the academics to edit their reading lists. Just this week I’ve asked a couple academics to take books off their reading lists, even though they’re key texts. What can you do? I have been trying to stress to academics how difficult the ebook market is for a long time but this situation has really laid it bare and they are starting to really get it. They are getting very frustrated as well and are becoming more and more willing to boycott certain publishers where necessary and to think very carefully where they themselves will publish in the future. They put all of that hard work into writing a book only for it to be unavailable to their own institutions to purchase, what is the point if people, including their own students, can’t read it?
Have the publishers offered any solutions?
I raised these complaints months ago with publishers and industry bodies and even this extraordinary situation has not made publishers change their business model. If a global pandemic doesn’t make them change their practice, what will? Regulation. I think regulation is the only thing that will impact on them. We, as librarians, don’t have that agency on our own.
A lot of epublishers have tried to monopolize the market by telling our academics that they’ll provide packages for their modules for a certain cost, which seems quite simple and appealing but then you get reading lists populated by the same publishers.
My ethics align with much of the IFLA Code of Ethics, specifically passages which note that librarians and other information workers:
aim to provide fair, swift, economical and effective access to information for users;
negotiate the most favourable terms for access to works on behalf of their users and seek to ensure that access is not unnecessarily prevented or hindered by the mode of administration of intellectual property laws and that licenses do not override exceptions for libraries contained in national legislation;
Operate with the main interest of providing the best possible access for library users to information and ideas in any media or format.
You need a wide variety of content so students can learn to synthesis information and form their own opinions. They need to look at many resources, not stuff which has been handed to them on a plate by a publisher because that takes independence and critical thought out of education. That’s not a solution for us. It’s similar when publishers say to the library, “you can get our content for less if you subscribe to our ebook platform”. But there are multiple ebook providers and I already have to search five different vendor platforms to look at licenses for ebooks. I don’t want to search even more platforms. We don’t do that for hardcopy textbooks. We just buy the hardcopy that we need.
Also, we don’t want to subscribe to the entire Taylor & Francis ebook title list because we want to be able to pick the key texts that our students need and then have enough finance left to get supplementary reading. Publishers are trying to replicate journal package provision wherein you pay a lot of money for a few key journal titles you want while the rest of the package is useless dross. This is absolutely not how we should manage book stock.
The situation is ludicrous. It makes no sense. We can’t afford it.
If you had a magic wand, what would your ideal solution be?
I’d like to see a complete overhaul of textbook business models, and I think that’s only going to happen if there is a competition commission investigation or input from the government and a body overseeing ebook publishing charges.
I think that academic publishing needs to be broken up. There are a couple key players which are too big so I’d like them to be disbanded in some way. Open Access should be truly Open Access, rather than charging authors an awful lot of money to publish their content.
I’m an idealist and as a librarian I think information should be available to everybody. It’s appalling that a lot of research isn’t available to the general public. If I could wave my wand, I’d make any research funded by public money freely available to the public and students.
IFLA’s Code of Conduct makes it clear that access to information is a fundamental human right and states:
The emphasis on information rights in turn obliges librarians and other information workers to develop a principled critique of relevant law and to be prepared to advise and, if appropriate, advocate the improvement of both the substance and administration of laws.
I feel we are failing in this regard.
What’s your next step in the fight for change?
I’ll keep shouting about this on Twitter. Industry advocates aren’t dealing with it quickly enough and I have no other clout otherwise. I have people telling me how brave I am for saying this stuff but it shouldn’t be that way.
Publishers have a lot of money and have been shown to be litigious in order to protect their profit margins. I know my twitter feed is monitored and I know academic librarians who are vocal have also experienced their twitter feeds being monitored, and that publishers and vendors have phoned their bosses. Openly challenging the status quo can be very intimidating. But if we cannot argue for change now. then when?
In the contracts that universities sign, it’s also often written that you shouldn’t talk about prices because it’s business-sensitive information. Universities often don’t have the resources to pay legal minds to analyse all of their contracts and libraries don’t have the clout to negotiate. We have a little negotiating room but not much. But I’ve gotten to the point where I think, well, what else can I do beyond being vocal about it, I feel it is my professional duty to do so, for my students and for the broader public good The gross commodification of information has got to the point where it is making it impossible for us to do our jobs
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Hashtags Boost Movies Engagement on Twitter and Instagram #TheInterview
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According to Reuters, “The Interview,” a Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, drawing many sell-out audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom of expression. After much controversy surrounding the release of the film, the movie is now available on YouTube and Google Play for all viewers of the United States. Here are some initial Tweets, for audiences tuning in.
The buzz on Twitter has exceeded the buzz on Instagram and the number of impressions have exceeded 6 Million in less than a day for a movie specific hashtag #Theinterview. For the same time period a generic hashtag #TBT (ThrowBack thursday) generated 5 Million Impressions. A Post on Facebook has generated 472 likes and Twitter has generated 12,390 RT’s.
According to a blog post on the official Google blog “So starting at 10 a.m. PST in the U.S., you can rent or buy “The Interview” on Google Play and YouTube Movies. It will also be available to Xbox Video customers and via http://www.seetheinterview.com. Update 3:44p.m. PST: “The Interview” is now also available in Canada.” The post has generated over 3000 Tweets and 700 posts.
#ThrowbackThursday – It's too small to be a space station. #StarWars #tbt #vintage
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In a similar hype building, Star Wars prior to the release of movie, one year in advance, has engaged audiences with Instagram account, which last week posted a late 1970s TV spot offering an action-figure collector’s case with all of the movie’s early characters and quickly received 21,500 likes and nearly 500 comments with a generic Hashtag #TBT.
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The genocidal Kalergi plan to destroy the indigenous nations and peoples of Europe
(A note to readers: Because some are unable to rationally consider and discuss subject matters such as the objective study of history, immigration etc, without resorting to hysteria and name calling, the following foreword has been added: This article does not promote persecution or hate towards any ethnicity, peoples or race. The article is not anti any people including Semitic, Israeli or Jewish people, nor anyone else. This opinion article explores the history of a plan called the Kalergi plan – a forerunner to a current, equally insidious plan which is supported by the UN and EU called Replacement Migration. Further, the article explores the people and internationalist financiers behind these plans and also the role these financiers played in establishing the modern state of Israel and Zionism as we know it. Finally the article tries to make sense and find the truth as to how all these different aspects as well as occultism, religious extremism, secret societies, globalist finance, globalist mass migration and displacement programmes, appear to be working hand in hand in an attempted push for a despotic one world government/new world order.)
The hot potato of immigration – a perfectly reasonable debate for citizens of any country to have but one that many from all political persuasions are often unable to have without resorting to hysteria and polarisation.
Natural and sustainable immigration happens organically. Economic immigrants, whether legal or not, can’t be blamed or demonised for looking for a better quality of life. And genuine asylum seekers who escape war zones and civil wars created by any aggressor including western/Nato countries should expect our sympathy and help and be given refuge in the nearest safe country or countries as set out in international law.
But it isn’t that simple. Sadly there are political leaders and planners who seek to create and use mass immigration and the forced movement of people for their own nefarious purposes. Not many people have heard of the The Kalergi Pan European plan for Europe. In the 1920s, Free Mason Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi wrote a book titled “Praktischer Idealismus,” (Practical Idealism) which set out his views on how he believed the abolition of the right of self-determination and the elimination of European nations should be accomplished with the formation of an European Union.
After publishing the book, Kalergi received help from Baron Louis de Rothschild who put him in touch with one of his friends, banker Max Warburg. Warburg then supported Kalergi with considerable funds to help form his European movement. The main problem lays with the fact that what Kalergi called for was not only the destruction of European nation states but also the deliberate ethnocide of the indigenous, mostly Caucasian race of the European continent. This he proposed should be done through enforced mass migration to create an undifferentiated homogeneous mass of serfs to be dominated by a wealthy self electing elite.
Kalergi in his own words:
“The (European) man of the future will be of mixed race. Today’s races and classes will disappear owing to the disappearing of space (nations), time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future, similar in its outward appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals”
This, Kalergi stated, should be a plan run for and by the racial and spiritual supremacy of ‘blood aristocracy and Jewry’. These are all his crude racialist words, not mine – people should be free to mix and settle with a partner from whatever race or ethnicity they choose. But what Kalergi and the Pan European plan specifically calls out for is the deliberate use of enforced and disproportionate mass immigration, especially from non-European countries, in order to bring in a Pan European single state dictatorship and destroy the indigenous pink/white nationalities, and therefore resistance, of Europe.
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In order to get a better picture of where this kind of twisted thinking, as seen by Kalergi, comes from, those interested might want to look in more detail at Kabbalaism and at Babylonian mystery religion. These occult paganistic, Luciferian, anti Christian/anti God doctrines can be seen manifested in the highest degrees of Free Masonry and other secret societies, in the Kabbalah Zohar literature, in the subversive Sabbatean/Frankist movements, and in the general globalist drive for an imperialist anti nation state new world order.
Babylonian occultism has also creeped in to all the organised religions at the higher levels including Roman Catholicism, Talmudic Judaism, Islam, Protestant Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and the New Age Movement. It is also to be found as a guiding principle in the upper echelons of the unelected United Nations.
Alongside globalist corporations and philanthropists, these followers of occult Kabbalaism and luciferian teachings seem to be especially preoccupied with deliberately destroying the indigenous nations and Caucasian race of Europe through mass enforced and unfettered multiculturalism. They also seem preoccupied in destroying the traditional Christian heritage and moral values that have largely helped to build and maintain a flourishing and diverse, culturally rich European civilisation.
The illegal attacks led by a small crazed Anglo-American-Israeli elite seen in recent years on majority Muslim countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya has also conveniently led to the radicalisation of many of the men and women of those countries. A large proportion of whom are now intent on revenge through the bloody destruction of the west by war or invasion. It could be easily surmised that this has played beautifully in to the hands of those extreme European, globalist and Zionist elements who themselves want to see Europe destroyed as the Kalergi plan lays out. In other words, the radical Muslims have been played as much as we Europeans have. Divide and conquer, play both sides and all that. Perhaps it would be an idea for all divided enemies to start talking to each other and to look at who all the vested interests pulling all these strings might be and ask why are they doing it?
Zionism as established by the Rothschilds banking family
It could be said that Zionism is essentially Rothschild Zionism. The Rothschild family is a globalist banking family who are believed to have been and are currently in charge of most of the wealth and central banks of the world, and a great deal of its media. They are also alleged to be bankers to the equally rich and powerful Roman Catholic Church and its Jesuit order in the Vatican – another institution heavily infiltrated by occult Kabbalism and one also very seeminly keen on a globalist new world order of one government, one cashless currency and one religion.
Banking groups such as the Rothschilds are alleged to have been funding both sides of wars and other major world events and revolutions since at least the bloody French revolution, profiting from such events whatever the results. It was to Lord Rothschild that Arthur James Balfour promised the whole of Palestine in his infamous Balfour declaration letter of November 2nd 1917, not to any nation or peoples. This deal, it is alleged, was agreed by the British state in return for the Rothschild Zionists managing to bring the Americans in to World War One. The Zionists had to resort to making this desperate deal after Germany, although they were winning the war, offered armistice to Britain in 1916 with no requirement of reparations.
Historians claim that the Zionists involved were very anxious to make sure that there was no such early peace as they were expecting to make far more money from the war and were not yet ready for it to end – an incomprehensible and criminal mindset that led to the further deaths of millions of young men and women from all over Britain, Europe and beyond. This crisis also presented a great opportunity for the Zionist movement to demand Israel as their own after many years of planning on the international stage, especially through the World Zionist Organization formed by Theodor Herzl in 1897.
And when it comes to religion, the majority of the people of modern day Israel who are moderately religious or followers of old testament (Torah) Judaism, Arab Christians, Atheists, Agnostics, and moderate Muslims, are also as much victims of such dangerous elite supremacist doctrine as we in Europe seem to be. In fact it could be argued that, possibly more than anyone else, it’s Israelis and people of Jewish descent and religious conviction that are being used as chess pawns in this globalist agenda more than anyone – driven and used by people who have no interest in national sovereignty or cultural identities, and in fact wish to destroy those very values on their path to attempting global domination whilst using Israel and all other countries as pawns.
And many if not most orthodox followers of Talmudic Judasim don’t even realise that what they’re following or affiliating themselves with is extreme or pernicious in any way, with increasing numbers now becoming aware of the extremities of Talmudic/Rabbinical teachings. This is also true of elements of other religions as well of course. Many authors such as William Stuart describe the overlap and interlock between elements of the various religions and occultism in general, often hidden or laying within symbolism.
It is also well documented and highlighted by renowned historians such as Anthony C Sutton and others that it was the internationalist banking fraternity based out of Wall street and the City of London who, directly and indirectly, funded the murderous and genocidal Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917 as well as the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Germany regime in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Together with the first world war, these led to the deaths of hundreds of millions people.
It is alleged that The Rothschilds today own at least 80% of modern day Israel – the land that was ‘given’ to them as if by magic. The six sided hexagram star seen on the flag of Israel is not the star of David as we have been led to believe – it is an occult satanic symbol going back to Babylonian times and adopted by the House of Rothschild in recent centuries.
In his book ‘Two Rothschilds and the Land of Israel’ renowned historian Simon Schama also details the power and influence the Rothschilds wielded in establishing the modern state of Israel.
What seems to be plans for a greater Israel expansion in the middle east are seemingly at odds with the globalist plans for a new world order/one world government. But we know from the Hegelian dialectic that this may simply be two familliar opposing sides rubbing together in order to bring in another synthesis. Many suggest that this synthesis may be a third temple on Temple Mount in Jerusalem as the capital of the new world order under the deeply disturbing Noahide laws.
The rotting corporate owned mainstream media won’t investigate any such claims with an unbiased evidence based approach of course. Slurs of ‘anti Semitism’ are thrown at anyone trying to rationally and fairly criticise and debate issues to do with Zionist/supremacist related extremism. The ‘Friends of Israel’ lobbying groups in Europe and AIPAC and the Anti Defamation League in the USA and elsewhere are well versed in conducting trial by media witch hunts against anyone not reading from the script, shutting down free speech and essential public scrutiny and attempting to emotionally blackmail everyone in the process. Which is why most people have stopped listening to the mainstream media and its increasingly desperate attempts at criminal mass propaganda, deflection, spin and lies.
And as suggested by some modern genetic research and officially stated by the Israeli government (reported here in the Times Of Israel), a great deal of modern Israelis or those today calling themselves Jewish aren’t even Semitic anyhow – Semitic being a term for people who spoke or speak Semitic languages such as Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Assyrian, Maltese and various other sub groups of Afroasiaitic languages. Many modern Israelis or Jewish people are believed to be of Khazarian Turkic ancestry who converted from paganism to Talmudic Judaism in and around the 8th or ninth century AD, and mostly self identify as Ashkenazi Jews – Yiddish or English often being their chosen language rather than Hebrew for example. Not that it should particularly matter. But this is one example of how trigger words and terms are misused and manipulated by the mainstream media in order to push their own agenda and narrative, and at the same time shut down any criticism and healthy open debate.
It’s also very important to note that the cabal working behind the internationalist bankers have been at it for a very long time indeed. Numerous historians and writers state that this evil conspiracy goes back to the dawn of mankind. In his excellent book ‘Pawns in the Game‘, author William Carr describes how a small group of ‘false priests and money lenders’ have been at it since before Biblical times trying to create a new world order and to gain full control over its inhabitants. He describes them interchangeably as Illuminati, Pharisees and of the Synagogue of Satan.
Carr also adds that blaming the Jewish and/or Semitic people as a whole, as some do, is silly as “the small group of extremist false priests” he mentions cared little for any one nation, people or race and, contrarily, “intended to use the hate engendered amongst the Jewish people as the result of persecution, to serve their vile purposes, and further their secret totalitarian ambitions.” – something World Zionist Organisation figurehead Theodor Herzl, in his own way, also propogated in his extremist ramblings to bizarrelly encourage ‘anti semitism’ in the 19th century and which others continue to do in the same vein in the present time.
Not to say that there aren’t a number of people who identify as Jewish or Israeli involved in this vile global conspiracy – of course there are, as there are people from many other backgrounds. But what we are dealing with is a minority of fanatical extremist elites that, based on their supremacist and occult beliefs, can simply be described as bad, dangerous and even satanic regardless of where they may or not be from. What unites all of them is that, at their highest levels, they are following occult Kabbalistic luciferian doctrine. In other words, this is a good old fashioned battle between good and evil.
And, as mentioned, what this affiliated globalist cabal ultimately seek is a one world state and full globalist control, with one government, one currency, one army and one world religion, and with a luciferian god masquerading as the true God.
Going back to the subject at hand, this mass enforced immigration plan is incitement to genocide as defined by the United Nations even though the UN themselves as well as the EU have been proponents of exactly this kind of mass movement of people in to Europe under the ominous title of ‘Replacement Migration’. Such an idea goes against all notions of equality and the celebration of diversity. Such a plan is a deliberate attack on the very notion of diversity – a “Mein Kampf” in reverse.
And as heard from Frans Timmerman, Vice-President of the European Commission and other high ranking crazed globalists, mass migration and displacement of people is being planned for all the world’s continents if they get their way, not just Europe. Ethnocidal based European union linked with other Orwellian world regions would likely be the first steps in creating an eventual world government, potentially under the UN or a similar unelected global body.
But surely Kalergi was just a lone racist quack with twisted genocidal fantasies? It appears not. Another reason why this is a serious concern stems from the fact that every year, in his honour, the European Union bestows the Coudenove-Kalergi prize to “Europeans who have excelled in promoting European integration.” This is done officially under the name of The Charlemagne Prize. Recent winners of the award have been such moral luminaries as Angela Merkel, Herman Van Rompuy, Tony Blair and Henry Kissinger.
The Charlemagne Prize 2015 being awarded to President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz
It might be an idea for our rarely heard of MEP’s to start asking EU Parliament supporters of the Charlemagne Prize why it is that they give such a prestigious prize every year in honour of such a racist supremacist genocidal maniac as Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi.
This is probably an unknown aspect of the history of the European Union to many. But there can be little doubt that this man, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, is seen as the spiritual founder of the European Union and that he is still being celebrated and revered today by the leadership of the European Union.
Whether Kalergi’s vision is being followed word for word or not perhaps is not the main issue. Mass and disproportionate movement of people in to Europe is happening whether we believe it or not. And most are economic migrants not refugees. Once those genuinely fleeing wars arrive at the nearest safe country and are given sanctuary as they should, they can claim refugee status. This is why aid from Britain and Europe is much better spent on helping those in need in these safe haven countries nearest to conflict zones such as Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. But if those claiming to be refugees then insist on moving on to other countries that they have their eye on then they become self chosen economic migrants.
It’s reported that more than a million recorded people reached Europe through irregular means in 2015 alone. According to Frans Timmerman again, Vice-President of the European Commission, it’s estimated that around 60% of those coming in to Europe from the Middle East and Africa are economic migrants using asylum-seeker status as a cover. Even this 60% figure seems to be a conservative estimate from looking at other various reports.
It’s long puzzled many how so many poverty stricken refugees escaping from war-torn countries can afford to pay the 10,000 or so Euros needed to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. Austrian intelligence officials have revealed that US government agencies are paying for the transport of a great deal of these migrants in to Europe. On August 5th, 2015 Austrian magazine Infodirekt reported:
“It has come to our knowledge that US organisations are paying for the boats taking thousands of refugees to Europe. US organisations have created a co-financing scheme which provides for a considerable portion of the transportation costs. Not every refugee from North Africa has 11,000 Euro cash. Nobody is asking, where is the money coming from?”
French government officials and Turkish authorities are also reported to have been caught red handed selling life boats and equipment to refugees in Turkey. Billionaire George Soros, alleged funder of numerous revolutionary ‘springs’ and movements including the divisive race baiters Black Lives Matter in the USA, who also has a global network of non-governmental organisation (NGO) fronts operating under his Open Society Foundations, recently insisted that the European Union should spend a further 10 billion Euros to facilitate the movement of more than a million mainly ‘Muslim refugees’ into Europe every year from now on.
Brussels seems to be complying with the instructions of this self-appointed global Tsar. According to renowned Irish journalist Gearóid Ó Colmáin, the company that would mostly benefit from this increased EU spending is Equistone Partners Europe, an affiliate of the Rothschild-owned Barclays Bank.
Reports also allege that Soros and his cohorts’ geopolitical meddling have helped to create the sudden mass movements of people in general, allowing for the resulting integration of ISIS/ISIL members in to the mass of economic migrants and asylum seekers arriving in Europe. The end outcome being the potential chaos and clash of civilisations and religions that we have already seen glimpses of.
It’s a claim substantiated by numerous other sources reporting that thousands of covert trained fighters have been successfully smuggled in to Europe posing as migrants – the full amount being impossible to determine at this stage.
Former EU Commission President Herman Van Rompuy
None of this should really be that much of a surprise considering that it’s by now being widely reported that it was the USA, Israel and their allies who created Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in the first place. And it shouldn’t either be much of a surprise because, as mentioned, ‘Replacement Migration’ to deliberately bring in at least 56 million people from mostly Africa to Europe by 2050 is a very real and unhinged policy that has already been planned by both the UN and EU since at least the year 2000 – a policy carried out under the auspices of various inter connected globalist agencies and plans such as the International Organisation for Migration, Global Migration Group, The Africa-EU Partnership, World Bank and the cult of international sustainable development also known as Agenda 21/2030 Agenda.
UN Special Representative Peter Sutherland explains the criminal UN plan for Europe
And, as mentioned, the mainstream media who can only shout ‘conspiracy theorist’ at those who present documented evidence on such matters have become defunct bodies that the majority of people don’t listen to or trust anymore. It is a conspiracy though, that much is true. A horrific conspiracy against all of humanity, civilisation and all monotheistic religions. Our politicians and public figures have a moral duty to expose all of these issues and the EU deceit for what it is. In this they have failed us.
Immigration occurs in to all countries and every country on earth has an indisputable right to control immigration numbers in to their countries based on their own capabilities and needs. This is common sense. This debate really should be about numbers, not race, ethnicity or nationality. But immigration only works if the immigration numbers are sustainable, occur organically and are in keeping with the needs and capabilities of the host nation. That and ensuring that there is enough time and resources for new citizens to assimilate and become productive members of their new societies. That is when true multiculturalism can work.
When the numbers are disproportionate, unnaturally forced or out of control, there will inevitably be tensions and effects on jobs and wages, on public services and on society at large. Nobody wins. Racial incitement to hatred and extremism from across the whole political spectrum should be tackled whenever it occurs. But the racism of those political leaders that deliberately inflict disproportionate mass migration on any country without the agreement of that country and its people should be tackled equally.
Former president of the European Parliament Martin Schulz
As importantly, all matters to do with diversity in the form of race, culture, religion and nationality should be discussed, debated and understood rather than brushed under the carpet and treated as if they don’t exist.
But in Britain, Europe and the west generally, extreme politically correct indoctrination by the media and the education system has been so effective that many people self identifying as progressive liberals refuse to recognise the issues that mass unfettered and open border immigration can cause to any country if not tackled with a rational and balanced approach.
Freedom of thought and freedom of speech are also under threat from general bigotry, especially liberal bigotry. And it seems that it’s only the western, traditionally Christian European countries that have no right whatsoever to speak out or to control immigration numbers in to and within their borders. And any in Europe that do raise rational objections are demonised and hounded down as racists, bigots and parochial isolationists. It is sadly largely true that ‘anti racist’ has started to become code for ‘anti white’ in Europe, in north America and elsewhere as well. The narrative being pushed is that it is only these mostly white European countries that can be racist, no one else. They have no right to a voice. They have to be silenced and demonised at any opportunity for speaking out against their own potential destruction.
The weapons of so called ‘white guilt’, ‘white privilege’ and ‘spoilt capitalist westerner’ tags have been selected from the divide and rule globalist tool box and are being used to silence any rational concerns that are expressed from within these European nations – the vast majority of which have no issues with sustainable immigration numbers and are welcoming, respectful and tolerant towards all races, religions, nationalities and ethnicities.
As previously alluded to, the narrative created and pushed in the mainstream media obsesses on, forces and fetishises the whole issue to be about race and skin colour, polarising and framing all arguments based on this predisposition.
And the snobbery, contempt, and derisiveness shown by the liberal elite towards British and European citizens of all races and creed who have a rational and legitimate concern about unlimited immigration, also shows how disconnected the political system is from the public and Realpolitik in general. The inverted racism and polarised views of this liberal elite are perfectly demonstrated by the fact that they seem to believe that it’s only the pink/white citizens of Britain and Europe who have concerns about unlimited immigration in to their countries.
And there is another deeply flawed double standard in the argument for enforced unlimited immigration and multiculturalism. A great deal of the world’s non-European populations are mono cultural/mono racial. Why aren’t self proclaimed progressives insisting that these countries should be forced to accept open door immigration, to become more multicultural and more ethnically diverse? Why aren’t they demanding that China, Japan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and African countries become unquestioning multi cultural and multi racial societies? Why is it that, at the present time, it’s only the indigenous European nations that should unequivocally accept enforced unlimited immigration and multiculturalism?
Many will protest to rightly defend Tibet and Palestine from displacement and colonisation because the liberal progressive media has told them that this is acceptable to do. But the same people won’t defend the same rights held by European nations. Here the inconsistency and hypocrisy of enforced immigration and multiculturalism is exposed.
But it’s exactly this kind of flawed logic that the western so called liberal progressive elite seem to revel in – the promotion of sovereignty in the west as being an inherently racist concept. This is nonsense. Racism is defined as persecution or demeaning of other races based on the idea of racial superiority. The obvious irony is that deliberate unfettered and enforced immigration in to any country in order to colonise, destabilise and destroy it is one of the most extreme racist doctrines that can be carried out and, as mentioned, is recognised as genocide by the UN.
The cruel trick played on the well meaning dupes in the west who support unlimited mass migration and open borders, is that they themselves are the unwitting victims of the worst kind of horrible and vexatious racist doctrine against them. In a glorious mess of ignorance and zombie like virtue signalling they will even gladly assist and protest on behalf of those elements that want to see them destroyed. That is how effective the cognitive dissonance and propaganda has become and it’s one example of how ultra progressiveness has become ultra regressive.
The immigration debate has been thoroughly polarised by the decaying faux liberal progressive mainstream media. The choice we’re told is to either be on the left and for unbridled open door immigration, or on the right and an ‘anti migrant’, xenophobic, white privileged swivel eyed isolationist supremacist evil patriarchal racist. The mainstream media is no friend of rational unpolarised debate dealing with facts, logic, reason and truth.
But if the left / right terminology has to be used for the sake of explaining then so be it. To paraphrase a commentator on the Craig Murray blog; whilst economic issues have definitely lurched sharply rightwards in recent years, social issues have moved sharply to the left. This is why there has been such an increase in identity politics – political correctness, third wave feminism etc, to the exclusion of what might be termed ‘old left’ concerns. And whilst these politically correct issues, also often referred to as cultural Marxism/critical theory, become ever more ubiquitous, issues of rising inequalities, globalisation and neo liberal economic thinking have been largely ignored.
And in this polarised supercharged politically correct climate, a person has to be either for open door immigration or totally anti any immigration whatsoever. There is no room for any middle ground based on rational controlled immigration according to skill, need and capacity – i.e a normal way for countries to operate. Those expressing these rational views are shouted down by those brainwashed and lost to politically correct and identity politics indoctrination.
Children are also being indoctrinated to become unthinking dutiful EU and global citizens parroting the same well oiled clichés under the globalist deception of sustainable development as seen and heard in the recent EU debate. They almost might as well be taught to chant “Tyranny is peace, patriotism is slavery” and be done with it.
The indoctrination of political correctness has been so pervasive that it has brainwashed many into dismissing their own countries as parochial annoyances that should be destroyed in favour of a globalist borderless new world order of regions – a horrible hybrid of Orwellianism and a Brave New World.
But how can an indoctrinated global citizen or ‘internationalist’ truly love the world and all its diversity of people if he or she can’t even acknowledge or respect the right of their own country to exist? It tends to be true that it’s people who have love or respect for their own country that are the people who make the best global citizens in its truest sense. Because these individuals can understand and respect true diversity, and know that the differences and idiosyncrasies of the differing nations on earth should be celebrated not treated with scorn and dismissal in favour of enforced globalist uniformity.
As German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder – an inspiration to the renowned Austrian and honory Welshman writer Leoplold Kohr of ‘small is beautiful’ fame, wrote:
“The deluged heart of the idle cosmopolite is a hut for no-one.”
But perhaps this is the really important crux of the matter: Sovereignty. Sovereignty, accountability and democracy. Speaking as a Welsh Briton who believes in the fundamental right of countries to be fully fledged sovereign states in the world, it should be obvious by now that the failed EU project is about eroding and destroying the sovereignty of nations rather than protecting them.
Cardiff’s (Capital of Wales) distinguished Civic Centre
I’m proud of my country of Wales. I’m proud to be from a spirited country that isn’t afraid to fight for its right to exist in a world of diverse, beautifully different nations on earth.
My patriotism is not based on hate of any other country or people, narrow mindedness or isolationism. It’s based on love of my own country and on the rational concept of the fundamental right of nations to sovereignty on planet earth – a thought crime for the current self appointed liberal elite.
Those that genuinely love Europe and cherish its remarkable cultural richness and diversity know that those are the very qualities that the elites of the crumbling EU superstate want to weaken and eventually destroy if they get their way. And mass unfettered migration is only one way that they will attempt to do it. The people of Europe are realising that they have been cheated by the elites of their countries and have to start holding them to account and shining a light on all their lies.
(This is an adapted version of a previous article titled ‘Vote no to EU enslavement’: https://sovereignwales.com/2016/06/20/vote-no-to-eu-enslavement/ )
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Vote no to EU enslavement
The Charlemagne Kalergi Prize 2015 being awarded to President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz
It all started off so well. The blue flags, chrome buildings and sense of European brotherhood seemed so positive, inclusive and non threatening, celebrating the diversity of nations on the European continent. The EU was clean, sleek and fit for purpose. It was both metropolitan and rural at the same time. It celebrated diversity of nationality and patriotism in an intelligent open minded way that people liked.
This was a 21st century European collaborative project that could do no wrong – shiny and efficient. Big but wholesome. Croissant and chrome. It was a flotilla of nations on a brave new continent – all politically equal and diverse. It was the political equivalent of a Swiss airliner, a TGV train or an Amsterdam tram. All modern, efficient and new. Going places.
European flags in front of the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European commission in Brussels.
But now we can see it for what it really is – a giant festooning nest of rotten eggs kept warm by the bloated bottoms of desperate corporate bureaucrats. Nobody knows their names or why they really do what they do. We just know that what they are doing is wrong. And they know that we know. And we know that they know that we know. But they just keep doing it anyway, hoping that all the fuss will go away.
But that can’t happen. All that evil needs to flourish is for good men and women to do nothing. Or for good well meaning men and women to be duped and misled.
But why is the EU so bad?
The points I make here are from the point of view of Welsh patriot who believes in real sovereignity for my country as a fully fleded nation state in the world. They hopefully relate equally to anyone from any of the other nations of Britain, Europe or the rest of the world.
The EU is not a democratic collection of nations. The EU Commission is undemocratic and unelected – there’s no other way of saying it. Members of the Commission are appointed by member states, not voted in any public democratic process. And only the Commission can propose and allow new legislation. Members of the EU Parliament can only fiddle about and suggest pitiful ammendments to legislation handed to them or agreed by the Commission. They can try and block a legislation if they choose to but the EU Parliament mostly seems happy to rubber stamp one mindnumbingly pointless legislation after another.
Members of the EU Parliament aren’t able to ever form a government either. They are there to make up the numbers, to give the illusion of choice and democracy. This isn’t democracy. This is a corporatocracy and a totalitarian super state governed by a clique of unelected commissioners.
As the great work done by the Corporate European Observatory shows, the EU commission is lobbied by over 15,000 corporate lobbyists including the omnipresent co founders of the EU project, the European Round Table – a group of highly powerful heads of corporations who, as former Commissioner Leon Britton opendly admitted, are able to overwhelmingly influence new EU Commission legislation.
EU interest groups, from agricultural to pharmaceutical groups have been shown to be made up of a disproportiante number of corporate interest lobbyists influencing new legislation, with meetings often held in private, out of the view of public gaze and crucial scrutiny.
‘The Brussels Business – who runs the EU?’ – a film about EU corporate power
The EU also does its best to hamper the right of governments to nationalise any of its countries industries and services such as the railways, the NHS and the steel industry. Common sense protectionism and mixed economies are frowned upon. A drive for an enforced full privatisation programme means that the large transnational corporations are thus able to buy up and control countries and their governments to further their financial and political monopolies.
If the currently proposed TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) between the EU and the USA is passed the situation will get even worse. The deal will literally give a platform to corporate fascism and allow corporations to dictate and bully governments according to their wants and needs. Governments will even be open to being prosecuted by these transnational corporations in secret courts if the profits of these corporations are affected by decisions taken at national level. The European Court is already superior to the misleadingly named Supreme Court of the UK.
This needs repeating. The TTIP deal will allow corporations to sue governments for loss of profits. Corporations will be above and superior to national governments, the very definition of corporate fascism.
The economic matters have been argued back and forth endlessly. It’s apparent that Britain is a net contributor to the EU whilst Wales receives a bit more from the EU in subsidies than what it gives in proportion to its contribution as part of the UK as a whole. But the sum is negligable and can be addressed with some simple tweaks and a stronger Welsh economy in general. Fixing this isn’t rocket science. A publicly owned Welsh bank and/or a Welsh currency being a few obvious solutions. A Welsh stock exchange to ensure Welsh money remains within the Welsh economy rather than being extracted from the country is another.
Recently it has also come to light how the EU has been planning for a long time to force EU member states to merge their militaries in order to create an EU army. If the UK stays in the EU, it will be obliged to agree to this and if the UK refuses to cooperate, Mr Juncker and the EU Commission will be very very angry. Those member states thinking of remaining in the EU would do well to remember the often abbreviated Benjamin Franklin quote of “Those who give up liberty for safety, deserve neither”.
On top of this, a vote for remain is a vote for the European Central Bank, NATO, and the IMF. Ask Greece, Cyprus, Ireland and the former Yugoslavia how that’s gone for them. It should also be obvious by now that it is the privately owned central banks and their subsidiaries who are pulling the strings along with their corporate chums.
The Rothchilds are one obvious example of such bankers – the bank tillers that have allegedly been diplomatically funding both sides in wars, revolutions and other calamities since the French revolution and the Napoleanic wars. They and their affiliates also conveniently own and control most of the globalist mainstream press and media, and therefore control the narrative of news, of popular opinions and of propaganda. Politicans are apparently in awe of them.
Evelyn de Rothschild – Globalist financier and financial adviser to her majesty.
Next we come to the hot potato of immigration – a perfectly reasonable point of debate for citizens of any country to have but one that many from all political persuasions are often unable to have without resorting to hysteria and polarisation.
Natural and sustainable immigration happens organically. Ecomomic immigrants, whether legal or not, can’t be blamed or demonised for looking for a better quality of life. And genuine asylum seekers who escape war zones and civil wars created by any aggressor including western/Nato countries can expect our sympathy and help and should be given refuge in the nearest safe country or countries as set out in international law.
But it isn’t that simple. Sadly there are political leaders and planners who seek to create and use mass immigration and the forced movement of people for their own nefarious purposes. Not many people have heard of the The Kalergi Pan European plan for Europe. In the 1920s Free Mason Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi wrote a book titled “Praktischer Idealismus,” (Practical idealism) which set out his views on how he believed the abolition of the right of self-determination and the elimination of European nations should be accomplished with the formation of an European Union.
After publishing the book, Kalergi received help from Baron Louis de Rothschild who put him in touch with one of his friends, banker Max Warburg. Warburg then supported Kalergi with considerable funds to help form his European movement. The main problem lays with the fact that what Kalergi called for was not only the destruction of European nation states but also the deliberate ethnocide of the mostly caucasian race of the European continent. This he proposed should be done through enforced mass migration to create an undifferentiated homogeneous mass of serfs to be dominated by a wealthy self electing elite.
These are his crude racialist words, not mine. People should be free to mix and settle with a partner from whatever race or ethnicity they choose. But what Kalergi and the Pan European plan specifically calls out for is the deliberate use of disproportianate mass immigration, especially from non European countries, in order to destroy the indigenous pink/white nationalities, and therefore resistance, of Europe.
This is incitement to genocide as defined by the United Nations. It goes against all notions of equality and the celebration of diversity. Such a plan is a deliberate attack on the very notion of diversity – a “Mein Kampf” in reverse. Ethnocidal based European unification and the union of other Orwellian world regions would likely be the first steps in creating an eventual world government, potentially under the UN or a similar unelected global body.
Evelyn de Rothschild with Prince Charles. Who’s supposed to be the monarch again?
It might be an idea to start asking the board, patrons and EU Parliament supporters of the Charlemagne Prize why it is that they give such a prestigious prize every year in honour of such a racist supremacist genocidal maniac as Richard von Coudenhove Kalergi.
The purpose of mentioning this is to inform the reader about what is probably an unknown aspect of the history of the European Union to many. There can be little doubt that this man is seen as the spiritual founder of the European Union and that he is still being celebrated and revered today by the leadership of the European Union. Whether Kalergi’s vision is being followed word for word or not perhaps is not the main issue. Mass and disproportionate movement of people of people in to Europe is happening whether we believe it or not.
It’s reported that more than a million recorded people reached Europe through irregular means in 2015 alone. According to Frans Timmerman, Vice-President of the European Commission, it’s estimated that around 60% of those coming in to Europe from the Middle East and Africa are economic migrants using asylum-seeker status as a cover. Even this 60% figure seems to be a conservative estimate from looking at other various reports.
It’s long puzzled many how so many poverty stricken refugees escaping from war torn countries can afford to pay the 10,000 or so Euros needed to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. Austrian intelligence officials have revealed that US government agencies are paying for the transport of a great deal of these migrants in to Europe. On August 5th, 2015 Austrian magazine Infodirekt reported:
French government officials and Turkish authorities are also reported to have been caught red handed selling life boats and equipment to refugees in Turkey. Billionaire George Soros, alleged funder of numerous revolutionary ‘springs’ and movements including the divisive race baiters Black Lives Matter in the USA, who also has a global network of non-governmental organisation (NGO) fronts, recently insisted that the European Union should spend a further 10 billion Euros to facilitate the movement of more than a million mainly Muslim refugees into Europe every year from now on.
George Soros, alleged funder of many ‘springs’ and movements
Brussels seems to be complying with the instructions of this self appointed unelected global Tsar. Soros is also alleged to be a front man for the Rothschilds. According to renowned journalist Gearóid Ó Colmáin ,the company that would mostly benefit from this increased EU spending is Equistone Partners Europe, an affiliate of the Rothschild-owned Barclays Bank.
It’s a claim substantiated by numerous other sources reporting that thousands of covert trained fighters have been successfully smuggled in to Europe posing as migrants – the full amount being impossible to determine.
None of this should really be that much of a surprise considering that it’s by now being widely reported that it was the USA, Israel and its allies who created Al-Qaeda in the first place.
The mainstream media who can only shout ‘conspiracy theorist’ at those who present documented evidence have become defunct bodies that the majority of people don’t listen to or trust anymore. It is a conspiracy though, that much is true. A horrific conspiracy against all of humanity, civilisation and all monotheistic religions. Our politicians and public figures have a moral duty to expose all of these issues and the EU deceit for what they are. In this they have failed us.
NATO expansion
Immigration occurs in to all countries and every country on earth has an undisputable right to control immigration numbers in to their countries based on their own capabilities and needs. This debate really should be about numbers, not race, ethnicity or nationality. But immigration only works if the immigration numbers are sustainable, occur organically and are in keeping with the needs and capabilities of the host nation. That and ensuring that there is enough time and resources for new citizens to assimilate and become productive members of their new societies. That is when true multiculturism can work.
Freedom of thought and freedom of speech are also under threat from general bigotry, including liberal bigotry. And it seems that it’s only the western, traditionally Christian European countries that have no right whatsoever to speak out or to control immigration numbers in to and within their borders. And any in Europe that do raise rational objections are demonised and hounded down as racists, bigots and parochial isolationists.
In our currently toxic mainstream media, the narrative being pushed is that it is only these mostly white European countries that can be racists, no one else. They have no right to a voice. They have to be silenced and demonised at any opportunity for speaking out against their own potential destruction.
The narrative created and pushed in the mainstream media obsesses on and forces and fetishises the whole issue to be about race and skin colour, polarising and framing all arguments based on this predisposition.
And the snobbery, contempt, and derisiveness shown by the liberal elite towards British and European citizens of all races and creed who have a rational and legitimate concern about unlimited immigration, also shows how disconnected the political system is from the public and Realpolitik in general. The inverted racism and polarised views of this liberal elite are perfectly demonstrated by the fact that they seem to believe that it’s only the pink/white citizens of Britain and Europe who have concerns about unlimted immigration in to their countries.
This kind of attitude is exactly what the EU political elite want to see – the promotion of sovereignity as being an inherently racist concept. This is nonsense. Racism is defined as persecution or demeaning of other races based on the idea of racial superiority. The obvious irony is that deliberate unfettered and enforced immigration in to any country in order to colonise, destablise and destroy it is one of the most extreme racist doctrines that can be carried out and is recognised as genocide by the UN.
The cruel trick played on the well meaning dupes in the west who support unlimited mass migration and open borders, is that they themselves may well be the victims of the worst kind of horrible and vexatious racist doctrine against them. They will even gladly assist and protest on behalf of those elements that want to see them destroyed. That is how effective the cognitive dissonance and propaganda has become and it’s one example of how ultra progressiveness has become ultra regressive.
And there is another deeply flawed double standard in the argument for enforced unlimited immigration and multiculturism. A great deal of the world’s non European populations are monocultural/mono racial. Why aren’t self proclaimed progressives insisting that these countries should be forced to accept open door immigration, to become more multicultural and more ethnically diverse? Why is it that, at the present time, it’s only the indigenous European nations that should unequivocally accept enforced unlimited immigration and multiculturism? Many will protest to rightly defend Tibet and Palestine from displacement and colonisation. But the same people won’t defend the same rights held by European nations. Here the inconsistency and hipocrisy of enforced immigration and multiculturism is exposed.
The In/Out EU debate has been polarised by the media and also often by the campaigning groups on ‘the left’ and ‘the right’. The choice we’re told is to either be on the left and for remaining in the EU on one hand, or on the right and a xenophobic, white privileged swivel eyed isolationist evil patriach racist on the other. This is polarised GCSE level naivety. The tired left right paradigm has become pointless and irrelevant. What people of all persuasions should be able to identify is that the EU is neither one of these things – it’s the very worst of both. It’s a corporatocracy which wants to implement the worse aspects of the far left and the far right – a layer of corporatocratic, plutocratic elite control at the top and a Neo Soviet EUSSR feudal system for us plebs underneath them.
The Remain in Europe campaigners have been very naive to believe that the EU is a ‘progressive’ liberal and positive force for good. When Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are funding the Remain camp you can be pretty sure that they aren’t planning the EU to be a picnic in the park surrounded by fluffy bunnies and cherub faced choral singers.
But if the left / right terminology has to be used for the sake of explaining then so be it. To paraphrase a commentator on the Craig Murray blog; whilst economic issues have definately lurched sharply rightwards in recent years, social issues have moved sharply to the left. This is why there has been such an increase in identity politics – political correctness, third wave feminism etc, to the exclusion of what might be termed ‘old left’ concerns. And whilst these politically correct issues, also often referred to as cultural Marxism, become ever more ubiquitous, issues of rising inequalities, globalisation and neo liberal economic thinking have been largely ignored.
Lexit – the movie
There can be little doubt that immigration has become a political tool. Children are in danger of being indoctrinated to become unthinking dutiful EU and global citizens parroting the same well oiled cliches as seen and heard in the EU debate. They almost might as well be taught to chant “Tyranny is peace, patriotism is slavery” and be done with it.
But how can an indoctrinated global citizen or ‘internationalist’ truly love the world and all its diversity of people if he or she can’t even acknowledge or respect the right of their own country to exist? It tends to be true that it’s people who have love or respect for their own country that are the people who make the best global citizens in its truest sense. Because these individuals can understand and respect true diversity, and know that the differences and idiosyncracies of the differing nations on earth should be celebrated, not treated with scorn and dismissal in favour of enforced globalist uniformity.
But perhaps this is the really important crux of the matter: Sovereignty. Sovereignty, accountability and democracy. Speaking as a Welsh Briton who believes in the fundamental right of countries to be fully fledged sovereign states in the world, it should be obvious by now that the EU is about eroding and destroying the sovereignity of nations rather than protecting them. ‘Pooling sovereignity’ is just another one of those idiotic, cosy oxymoronic terms like sustainable development. Sovereignity is either sovereignity or it isnt.
I believe in my country of Wales. I’m proud of this nation’s remarkable Brythonic heritage as being the original sovereign indigenous nation of the whole of Britain. Proud of the fact that the Welsh language is the original British language and the second most spoken language spoken in Britain today – a language that belongs to all of Britain and its people and whomever else wants to learn it.
I’m proud of my country of Wales as well as being proud of this island of Britain which is shared with its other nations. And I’m proud to be from a tolerant and spirited country that isn’t afraid to fight for its right to exist in a world of diverse, outward looking nations.
The Welsh Britons are the people that have given Common Law to Britain and the world – a pioneering law system that King of the Britons Dyfnwal Moelmud wrote in around 400-500 BC and which is commonly known as Cyfreithiau Moelmud/Molmutine Laws. These were later adopted and incorporated by Alfred the Great of England and Hywel Dda, and later exported around the world, notably to the United States of America.
The Welsh Britons were a highly advanced, civilised and literate nation over a thousand years before the Romans arrived as documented in the Tysilio Chronicle and other historical documents. It was here that the first Christian Church in the world was established by the Welsh Britons in in the first century AD and Christianity taken to Rome from Britain rather than the other way round.These are not things being taught on our EU dictated education curriculums and these are certainly not things being celebrated by the EU.
Cardiff’s distinguished Civic Centre
The Britons were trading with the rest of Europe and the middle east a thousand years before Caesar was putting on his metal vest and getting ready to pillage. And they were trading with each other three thousand years before EU Commission President Jean-Claude Junker slithered on his grey suit to address a clique of unelected commissioners in Brussels.
The Britons have been part of a real and proper alliance of European nations throughout history – an alliance of nations trading for their mutual interest, not a corporate super state intent on destroying the sovereignty of nation states under the pretence of European brotherhood.
Out of the EU, a new European free trade alliance could be set up by all the European nations who’ve had enough of the current EU corporatocracy. A simple alliance for trade and friendship only – not an alliance for a mutual national harakiri and the mutual destruction of sovereignty.
My patriotism is not based on hate of any other country or people, narrow mindedness or isolationism. It’s based on love of my own country and on the rational concept of the fundamental right of nations to sovereignty on planet earth – almost a modern crime in the face of the current self appointed liberal elite. The indoctrination of political correctness has been so pervasive that it has brainwashed many into dismissing their own countries as parochial annoyances that should be destroyed in favour of a globalist borderless new world order of regions – a horrible hybrid of Orwellianism and a Brave New World.
A lot of the argument made in Wales and elsewhere is that if we leave the EU then we will be stuck with the nasty Tories in London. This may well be the case but leaving the EU at least removes one extra layer of extra bureaucracy and control. And at least, unlike the EU, there is still some semblance of democracy in Westminster and we can vote them out if we want.
Perhaps people aren’t particularly compelled to trust the Remain in the EU campaigners or the official Westminster/City of London Leave the EU campaigners but, for now at least, there seems to be a common bond for those that want to leave when it comes to defending the basic principle of the right of nations to sovereignty for those nations that want it. What I personally would like to see is Welsh sovereignty from both the EU and UK state. Wales is more likely to claim our own Welsh sovereignty from Westminster than from Brussels if only for the fact that the logistics and bureaucracy involved are reduced.
It can be a puzzling experience to see and hear Welsh compatriots talk about their wishes to see an independent Wales but yet are happy being controlled and being dependent on an unelected undemocratic body in Brussels. This is swapping one form of dependancy from Westminster for an even worse one in Belgium. It makes little sense to me.
Those that genuinely love Europe and cherish its remarkable cultural richness and diversity know that those are the very qualities that the EU superstate wants to weaken and eventually destroy if it gets its way. That and the sovereignty of member states. This is a Trojan horse just like the one that was fatally welcomed in to Troy millennia ago. We are still the Trojans, figuratively and literally speaking – Brutus of Troy being the first known King of the Britons who built Troia newydd / New Troy, now called London, a thousand years before the Romans arrived on the shores of this island.
The barbarians are at the door once more. The EU Trojan Horse expects you to love your enslavement. I suggest that you reject it and fight for sovereignty, for liberty and for hope.
‘Replacement Migration’ – The deranged globalist plan by the UN and EU to bring in 56 million people from outside of Europe in to Europe by 2050 10 June 2019
What is Political Correctness/Cultural Marxism and why is it here? 21 March 2018
The genocidal Kalergi plan to destroy the indigenous nations and peoples of Europe 20 September 2016
Vote no to EU enslavement 20 June 2016
Scrutiny is not working in Wales 11 April 2016
Exactly who and what is the Crown? 10 April 2016
Are the Welsh the lost ten tribes of Israel? 5 February 2016
Deiseb/petition: An official Welsh Assembly oath or affirmation to the people of Wales 27 January 2016
Forget Newsnight Cymru – Time to start owning and being the national Welsh press and media 23 November 2015
Micro chipping away at our freedoms 9 November 2015
The internet – the modern Tower of Babel? 13 October 2015
Deiseb/Petition: “Prohibit Online Use and Electronic Voting by Assembly Members in the Senedd Chamber” 19 July 2015
MMR Vaccine: Swansea measles outbreak figures given out by Public health Wales and the media were exaggerated 2 May 2015
Geoengineering – time to stop the sniggering 23 April 2015
Ukraine – why we should all give a damn 24 February 2015
Welsh Government demonstrates how not to engage people in politics 22 July 2014
Deiseb gwahardd GM / Petition to ban GM in Wales 15 April 2014
All Assembly members declare: “Wales will go it alone” 1 April 2014
Deiseb/Petition: “A full and independent investigation in to the health risks of wireless and mobile phone technologies in Wales including all schools” 4 February 2014
Deiseb/Petition: “Stop the unethical and draconian proposed compulsory microchipping of dogs” 4 February 2014
Deiseb/Petition: “An official Welsh Government policy that prohibits non transparent training organisations from working within public bodies” 4 February 2014
House of Commons petitions for Signage on the Senedd, a unified Welsh power grid and a second jury style scrutinising chamber 20 July 2013
Public Banking for Wales: Escaping the Extractive Model 19 June 2013
Deiseb Na i Wylfa b – No to a Nuclear Wylfa b petition 31 May 2013
6000MW o Lagwns i Gymru yn lle’r barrage 16 April 2013
The USA and Switzerland – Constitutional Republic templates for Wales originally drafted and inspired by Welshmen 1 March 2013
Senedd Cymru / Parliament of Wales – The need for a large sign and Welsh flag 17 February 2013
Deiseb Banc Cenedlaethol i Gymru / Petition for a National bank of Wales and complementary Welsh currency. 10 February 2013
Deiseb benthyciad i brynnwyr tai tro cyntaf Cymru / Petition for a Welsh Government deposit loan scheme for first time Welsh home buyers 16 January 2013
Deiseb tai fforddiadwy i bobol Cymru – Petition for a National affordable and priority housing Act of Wales 7 January 2013
Deiseb taflen sefyll fel cynrychiolwyr etholedig / Petition for a leaflet explaining how to stand as an elective representative 22 November 2012
Deiseb byrddau hysbysebu / Notice board petition 14 November 2012
Deiseb Cymraeg clir / Plain English petition 14 November 2012
Deiseb maes awyr Caerdydd / Cardiff airport petition 14 November 2012
Why don’t the Welsh Lib Dems join forces with Plaid Cymru? 28 October 2012
Llythyr i ‘Dyfodol i’r iaith’ 14 October 2012
Pwer y pw – Poo power and the waste industry in a Sovereign Wales 16 July 2012
Welsh army regiments should stay in Wales 16 June 2012
Former Dwr Cymru boss calls for Wales’ water to be sold like oil 9 April 2012
Wales can show Scotland the way in true sovereignty 9 April 2012
Diminishing scraps from Westminster 7 March 2012
Croeso i Cymru Sofren 1 March 2012
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Steven’s Hope Programs To Continue With A Lot of Good.
Steven’s Hope To Close Permanently
December 03, 2020 — 2:00pm Important Announcement On 2020 Donation Receipts and Future of SHFC Programs
Co-Founder, Tony Cappelli, just posted a video detailing 202 year-end receipts and the future of the programs and projects of Steven’s Hope. If you have donated, volunteered or been assisted by Steven’s Hope, please watch this four minute video.
July 20, 2020 — 10:00am Annual Golf Tourney Cancelled
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Steven’s Hope has announced that it will cease operations on June 30,2020 and therefore, the 2020 Drives To Save Lives Golf Classic & Banquet has been cancelled.
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Record Number of Businesses Commit To St. Patrick’s Day Event
UPLAND, CA. 3/14/12 – Steven’s Hope for Children has confirmed that a record number of sponsors have signed on to support the 10th Annual Tip the Fire Fighter Fundraiser scheduled for Saturday, March 17. All the fire fighters have been busy
promoting the event since mid January and the St. Patrick’s Day event is shaping up to be the biggest one of the last decade.
Over two dozen companies have committed to sponsoring the event that will benefit Steven’s Hope for Children. Finn Industries, a St. Patrick’s Day Sponsorship veteran leads the group of businesses with two sponsorships. Harbor Distributing has also doubled their sponsorship.
“A lot of our support comes from businesses that come back year after year, so
it’s like a family reunion” said Fire Fighter Victor Lopez. Lopez is the heir apparent to take over this fundraiser from Capt. Perez. “This is a fun event. It’s a great time for owners and managers to bond with their employees and show their appreciation. We appreciate them doing that here and helping Steven’s Hope.”
For over a decade, the Ontario Fire Fighter Local 1430 has hosted dozens of
fundraisers for numerous causes. Collectively, the fire fighters do this out of passion and a commitment to children in the community that has never waned. That strong tradition of giving back continues with the latest fundraising event on St. Patrick’s Day known as the Tip The Fire Fighter Fundraiser.
Perez and his team never have a lack of energy for putting on events and their
efforts are now focused on the March 17 event to support Steven’s Hope for
Children, an Upland based charity supporting seriously I’ll or injured children.
“It’s all about the kids,” says Capt. Perez. “We love the kids and the future they have. That’s why we do events like the Tip The Fire Fighter fundraiser; to give them a hope for their own future.”
“Steven’s Hope does amazing work for kids going through transplant surgery or dealing with illness like cancer.” Perez said this is the eighth year they have worked to support the nonprofit. “They provide housing, clothing, food, transportation and lots of love to so many families throughout the Inland Empire. We are all fighting for the same result- healthy kids.”
El Torito Restaurant will be the location of the event that will feature live
music, a karaoke contest, lots of green stuff, green beer, lots of prizes, and
of course, corned beef and cabbage. The restaurant will be open at 9AM to serve
a special brunch buffet that will continue until 3PM when the nighttime buffet
will begin.
The traditional Mexican restaurant has been specially decorated for the occasion. With a large turnout expected, reservations for seating are strongly recommended.
“This is the best place to be on March 17th,” according to Steven’s Hope for
Children co-founder and President, Tony Cappelli. “Where else should a person go on an Irish holiday other than a Mexican restaurant for a corned beef taco?”
Aside from a seemingly endless supply of Irish and Mexican fare, the Fire Fighters
will be greeting customers throughout the day and will be available for photographs.
This year, more businesses have signed up for the event than ever before. The sponsorships range is a “Bagpipe” sponsorship for $400, a “Shamrock” for $600, a “Leprechaun” for $800 and a “Pot O’Gold” for $1000. Each sponsor level
gets more and more stuff to celebrate the day.
The “Pot of Gold” sponsor of $1,000 includes CNC Motors, Draper Mortuary, Finn Industries, Harbor Distributing, Juanita’s #3, KIK Corporation, NAFTA, Ontario Airport Hilton, Ontario Local 1430, Ontario Police Officers Association, Source Interlink, Summit Machine.
Leprechaun Sponsors of $800 are Main Street Fibers, Trek Bikes and West Coast Ultrasound Institute.
$600 “Shamrock” sponsors are the Baird Family RV, Hino Motors, Mark
Christopher Auto Center, Ontario Airport, Ontario Double Tree Hotel, Quality Coach Works, Technicolor Entertainment and Vistar-Performance Food Group.
“Bagpipe” sponsors include Dietz Towing, ICL Performance Products, Lines &
Stooksbury, Majestic Trophy, McKesson, Mike Poe, Ontario Airport Police
Association, Professional Electric and Toyota.
About Steven’s Hope for Children
Steven’s Hope for Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Upland, CA. It was started by Tony and Sandy Cappelli after their son, Steven, died from heart complications only 32 hours after birth. Through their loss, Tony and Sandy felt compelled to help families with seriously ill or injured children. Each year they help hundreds of families through their programs by providing temporary housing, food, emotional support, clothing and other necessities to needy families.
For more information about Steven’s Hope for Children, call 866-3-STEVEN or visit the website at www.stevenshope.org.
Steven’s Hope for Children is located at 1014 W. Foothill Blvd., Suite B,Upland,CA
Press Release Contacts:
Tony Cappelli, Executive Director Steven’s Hope for Children,(909) 373-0678
Capt. Martin Perez, Ontario Fire Department, (760) 285-5441
Steven's Hope for Children, Inc.
1014 W. Foothill Blvd. Suite #B, Upland, CA 91786
866-3-STEVEN
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Abroad Turkish gov’t accused of recruiting, retraining ISIL militants to attack Afrin
Turkish gov’t accused of recruiting, retraining ISIL militants to attack Afrin
The Turkish government has been recruiting and retraining jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in its ongoing offensive in Afrin province of northern Syria, according to a former-ISIL militant.
During a phone interview with The Independent, a former ISIL militant named Faraj from northeast Syria, who reportedly closely monitors the movement of extremist jihadists, claimed Turkish government was “training ISIL members and sending them to Afrin.”
“Most of those who are fighting in Afrin against the People’s Protection Units (YPG) are ISIL, though Turkey has trained them to change their assault tactics,” the former ISIL member stated.
Faraj, 32, said he does not support the Kurdish forces but is also skeptical about Turkey’s manipulation of ISIL militants, adding Ankara is using the Free Syrian Army (FSA) as a decoy to cover their alignment with the extremist group. “Turkey treats ISIL like toilet tissues,” he told The Independent. “After use, they will be thrown away.”
According to Faraj, Turkish commanders have retrained the extremists to abandon their traditional tactics of suicide bombings and car bombings “because this would make the ISIL-Turkish cooperation too blatant.” “We leave the suicide attacks for the YPG and PKK so that the world will be convinced that they are terrorists,” the 32-year-old quoted a Turkish officer.
Meanwhile, it was reported on Thursday that no Turkish military helicopters or warplanes have entered Syrian airspace since Feb. 4, the day after a Russian plane was shot down in the area of Idlib.
Cumhuriyet daily cited a report saying that Russia was introducing a new air defence system and saying that the Turkish air force was expecting to be allowed back into Syria to support the ongoing Turkish military campaign in the Afrin region after the installation was completed.
Syrian opposition fighters are thought to have downed the Russian Su-25 fighter jet using a shoulder-mounted ground-to-air missile system, the newspaper said, and Russia had closed Syrian airspace while installing a counter-system.
Turkish government spokesman Bekir Bozdağ said on Monday night that Afrin’s airspace was open, but security sources told Cumhuriyet that Turkish warplanes and helicopters had only been patrolling the Turkish side of the Syrian border and not crossing since then.
The Turkish military has not mentioned any air operations in its daily reports since the morning of Monday Feb. 5, Cumhuriyet daily reported.
On Jan. 20, Turkish warplanes began striking Afrin as dozens of civilians, including children and women, were reported to have been killed by air raids and shelling.
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has labeled the campaign “Operation Olive Branch,” and says the offensive is meant to clear Syria’s Kurdish-held northwest district of YPG militants who Turkey claims are an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Ankara argues the US-backed Kurdish forces are a “terrorist organization” and has been incensed by Washington’s support for the YPG.
Erdoğan’s far-right ally renews call to shut down pro-Kurdish HDP: report
Court accepts indictment against jailed Kurdish leaders over Kobani protests: report
Torturers threatened me with sexually assaulting my daughter, former teacher says
Yet another Kurdish mayor removed from office, 17 pro-Kurdish lawmakers arrested
Pro-Kurdish co-mayor detained after colleague announces resignation: report
Pro-Kurdish mayor, 2 politicians in police custody hospitalized for food poisoning: report
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Hate Speech Turkish police beat Reyhanlı attack victims, saying ‘Sorry, we thought you were...
Turkish police beat Reyhanlı attack victims, saying ‘Sorry, we thought you were Demirtaş supporters’
Ankara police beat family members of victims of a 2013 terrorist attack in Reyhanlı after a hearing on Friday and then apologized to them, saying, “Sorry, we thought you were supporters of jailed [pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)] Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş.”
After a hearing at Ankara’s 9th High Criminal Court on Friday, police interfered with a group of people who had attended the hearing, part of an investigation into the terror attack in the Reyhanlı district of southern Hatay province in 2013 in which 53 people died and more than 140 were injured by a car bomb.
Some of the family members of the Reyhanlı victims were beaten and wounded by police while they were giving a press conference in front of the Ankara Courthouse.
After realizing the group comprised family members of the Reyhanlı victims, the police apologized and offered to call ambulances, saying, “Sorry, we thought were HDP members.”
The mother of a victim said that “the police came as we were applauding. They attacked us. Is this [the honor we should receive for] being the family members of martyrs? We gave over 50 martyrs to this land; all were between 19 and 21 years of age.”
Another mother added: “Is this justice? Hiding villains inside, defending terror supporters and removing martyr families [from the courthouse] and telling them to get into a police bus! Is this justice?”
Thirty-three suspects are on trial as a result of an investigation into the Reyhanlı attack. (turkishminute.com) July 9, 2017
3,362 people killed, 3,534 mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2020: report
Freedom of the press sustained further blows in Turkey in 2020, report reveals
TV stations critical of Turkish gov’t get bulk of broadcasting watchdog’s fines
Nearly 2 mln inmates file complaints citing rights violations in Turkey’s prisons since 2010: report
Turkish TV station closes down due to gov’t pressure 26 days after launch
HDP deputy to Turkish government: How can ISIS bring Yazidi slaves to Ankara?
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Ranked one of the world's top authorities on leadership and organizational culture by Global Guru
Founder of the training company The Culture Works
Engage, enable, and energize your employees
A global thought leader on corporate culture, employee relations and human resources management, Adrian Gostick has published several successful books on employee engagement. These include The Best Team Wins, All In and The Carrot Principle, a regular New York Times bestseller, as well as 24-Carrot Manager which Larry King on CNN described as “a must read for modern-day managers.”
Adrian’s latest research on over 850,000 employee engagement surveys reveals the science of leadership success, which he distills into an engaging guide in his latest book The Best Team Wins. Adrian’s book, The Orange Revolution, reached the top spot on the Wall Street Journal’s bestseller list. His books have sold over a million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty languages. His expertise on leadership has been sought by NBC’s Today Show, CNN, NPR and many other media outlets. His work has been featured in The Economist, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Fortune and the Wall Street Journal.
#1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author and the world’s preeminent authority on employee engagement and high-performance cultures
How do today’s best leaders accelerate business results? By engaging their employees to execute on strategy, vision, and values. In his challenging, information-packed talks, #1 bestselling leadership author Adrian Gostick provides real solutions on managing change, driving innovation, and leading high-performance teams.
Gostick is a global workplace expert and thought leader in the fields of corporate culture, leadership, and engagement. He is founder of the training and consulting company The Culture Works and author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle and The Best Team Wins. His books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold 1.5 million copies around the world.
As a leadership expert, he has been called “fascinating,” by Fortune magazine and “creative and refreshing” by the New York Times. Gostick has appeared on NBC’s Today Show and CNN, and is often quoted in The Economist, Newsweek, and Wall Street Journal. If you Google the 30 Top Leadership Gurus, he is on the list along side Jack Welch and Jim Collins. His consulting clients include Danaher, Bank of America, Rolls Royce, JELD-WEN and California Pizza Kitchen.
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"Employee engagement was the Holy Grail, but what we found is that this is not the case any more, particularly in the current economy," explains Adrian Gostick as he analyzes the challenges of changing workplaces. "What we found in the highest performing environments is that employees were not only engaged (which is important) but they were also enabled and energized."
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Adrian Gostick explains how to introduce the Orange Revolution into your company; through exhaustive analysis of the key traits of the world’s most successful management teams, he explains how you can boost productivity, engagement, loyalty and innovation by taking a number of simple steps.
Drawing on the study of over 200,000 people undertaken for the New York Times bestseller The Carrot Principle, Adrian demonstrates how great managers use constructive praise and meaningful rewards to create powerful motivation for their employees.
The Best TEAM Wins: The 5 Disciplines of Today’s Most Effective Team Leaders
The Dilemma. The vast majority of employees’ days are now spent working collaboratively, but still 96 percent of executives cite poor teamwork as the main source of workplace failures in their organizations. It might be the most-pressing question organizations must address: How can managers lead their teams to improved performance given the volatility and challenges we face today.
The Research. Based on an 850,000-person study of the most profitable, innovative work teams, New York Times bestselling author Adrian Gostick introduces his audiences to the new science of teamwork—helping leaders deal with the increased speed of change in business, global and remote employees, the rise of the Millennials, the need to work more cross-functionally across departments, and more.
The Result. Gostick’s research has discovered a set of leadership disciplines that make the biggest difference in building today’s best teams. He helps leaders:
Manage to the One—Identify the drivers of each team member for maximum engagement
Speed Productivity—Help new people and teams work faster & smarter
Challenge Everything—Inspire greater innovation through healthy debate
Focus on Customers—Build bridges across functions, cultures, and distance
The Audience. Designed for senior leaders and managers (although often tailored to include all employees), Adrian Gostick has presented The Best Team Wins to corporate audiences and association conferences worldwide.
“Extremely engaging and motivating talk! Most importantly, you tailored the content perfectly to ensure it was relevant to our fast-paced and forever-changing needs.”
-Sally Williams Keenan, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
All In - How Great Leaders Develop a Culture of Belief and Deliver Big Results
The Dilemma: While most leaders understand their most reliable competitive advantage comes from their people, few know how to get their teams “all in”—convincing employees to buy into the strategy they’ve put forward. If a culture is clear, positive, and strong, then people will believe what they do matters and that they can make a difference. If a culture is dysfunctional—chaotic, combative or indifferent—employees will spend more time thinking about why the people sitting next to them should be fired than getting fired up themselves.
The Research: Teaming up with research giant Towers Watson, #1 bestselling author Adrian Gostick presents the findings of an unprecedented 300,000-person study conducted in the worst of the recession for his book All In. Based on this breakthrough research and his extensive consulting experience with a who’s-who of successful organizations, he presents a simple roadmap that all managers can follow to create a high-achieving culture in their own teams where employees are engaged, enabled and energized.
The Result: Gostick offers specific how-tos for each step, and tells fascinating stories of leaders in action that vividly depict just how these powerful methods can be implemented. Audiences will learn:
The 3 research-based characteristics of the world’s most profitable, productive organizational and team cultures
The 7 steps today’s most successful leaders use to generate buy-in
How managers at any level can build a productive workgroup culture of their own where employees commit to the culture and give an extra push of effort
The Audience: Designed for senior leaders and managers (although sometimes tailored to include all employees), Adrian Gostick has presented “All In” to corporate audiences and association conferences worldwide. The session is typically customized to an organization’s specific culture challenges.
“The ‘All In’ principles aligned to every aspect of our key messaging and reinforced the effectiveness of our approach. We can’t wait to continue this momentum and enthusiasm.”
– Lynn Leblanc, Head of Strategic Planning, Aetna
Carrots 2.0
: How today’s managers use recognition to engage their people, retain talent, and accelerate performance
The Dilemma: Most managers want to create cultures where their teams achieve above-and-beyond results, but for a culture to really take off teammates must encourage each other on a daily basis. The answer is in rooting for each other: having each other’s backs, appreciating strengths, and recognizing strategic behaviors.
The Research: Based his #1 bestselling book The Carrot Principle, which unveiled a 10-year, 200,000- person survey, Gostick has become the preeminent authority on employee recognition. Now, he introduces us to Carrots 2.0—showing incontrovertible evidence that today’s employees respond best when they are recognized for things they are good at and for those actions where they had to stretch.
The Result: Gostick introduces audiences to new generational and industry-specific data from his 2016 proprietary survey of 14,000 working adults—helping managers link recognition to what is most meaningful to their employees. He introduces practical concepts that help managers encourage excellence, including ideas such as appreciation vs. recognition, effort vs. achievement, and praise vs. rewards. Adrian shows how great managers lead with carrots, not sticks and in doing so achieve higher:
The Audience: Designed for managers, Adrian Gostick has presented “Carrots 2.0” to corporate audiences and associations worldwide. The session is typically customized to an organization’s specific recognition needs and can also include the organization’s available R&R tools.
“The concepts of "All In," "The Carrot Principle," and "What Motivates Me" can be combined to create a tool-box that all organizations can leverage to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Glen Stambone, Northern Regional Medical Command, US Army
Managing Millennials
What Motivates Me: How to lead and retain generations in the workplace.
The Dilemma: By 2024, 75 percent of the workforce will be Millennials and Gen Z. The best leaders are retaining more of their key, young talent by creating meaningful career discussions from day one, and are helping younger workers understand their impact on the greater purpose of the organization.
The Research: Based on Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton’s bestselling book What Motivates Me with the findings of an 850,000-person research study, and introducing their Primary Research Study of thousands of millennials, the authors identify practical methods to inspire today’s young workers to increase levels of commitment, enhance feelings of inclusion, and speed the process of onboarding.
The Result: In addition to learning how to help team members of all generations work together more effectively, leaders in this session will discover ways to reduce employee attrition by helping each employee understand their core motivators and sculpt the nature of their positions to better match those drivers. The truth is very few leaders know what is really motivating to their people or, even if they do, don’t know how to apply that information to day-to-day work.
The Audience: Designed for senior leaders, managers, and employee groups, the authors have presented “What Motivates Me” to corporate audiences and associations worldwide. Some groups have participants complete the online Motivators Assessment before the session.
Orange Revolution Keynote
High-energy Teamwork Keynote
The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal bestselling authors Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick have once again transformed the corporate playing field with The Orange Revolution, recognized worldwide as the premiere book on how breakthrough teams and teamwork revolutionize a company, a community, and the world. The Orange Revolution Keynote highlights the key traits found inside the world’s most stellar teams.
Drawing on startling research and case studies from leading teams at Zappos, Pepsi Bottling Company, The Blue Angels, Texas Roadhouse, Apple, and numerous others, the Orange Revolution Keynote shows how true teamwork produces results that change the world and can immediately increase:
Bottom-line Results
This must-see presentation introduces the simple steps to inspiring an Orange Revolution in your organization—through easy, prescriptive, outcome-based applications that can be implemented today.
The Carrot Principle Keynote
High-Energy Recognition Keynote</=br>
A New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Carrot Principle has become the preeminent source on employee engagement and recognition. Based on Gostick and Elton's runaway bestseller, The Carrot Principle keynote reveals the ground-breaking results of one of the most in-depth management studies ever undertaken, showing definitively that the central characteristic of the most successful managers is that they provide their employees with frequent and effective recognition.
This breakthrough study of 200,000 people over ten years found dramatically greater business results when managers offered constructive praise and meaningful rewards in ways that powerfully motivated employees to excel.
Drawing on case studies from leading companies including Disney, KPMG and the Pepsi Bottling Company, our presenters show how the transformative power of purpose-based recognition produces astonishing increases in operating results and how great managers lead with carrots, not sticks in order to achieve higher:
This exceptional presentation introduces the simple steps to becoming a Carrot Principle manager and to building a recognition culture in your organization; it offers a wealth of specific examples, drawn from real-life cases, of ways to do recognition right. Following these simple steps will make you a high-performance leader and take your team to a new level of achievement.
Adrian Gostick on Speaking
Every leader, manager and employee is responsible for creating a culture where people thrive, and want to give their full ingenuity and energy to the enterprise.
SPEAKING.COM: What do you want people to learn / take away from your presentations?
GOSTICK: My top priority is to help managers know that employee engagement is everyone’s responsibility. Engagement isn’t owned solely by the CEO or Human Resource department. Every leader, manager and employee is responsible for creating a culture where people thrive, and want to give their full ingenuity and energy to the enterprise. My goal at the end of any talk is to have given enough “how-to” examples from real case studies that managers leave thinking “I can do that.”
SPEAKING.COM: What kind of special prep work do you do prior to an event? How do you prepare for your speaking engagements?
GOSTICK: I’ve had some speakers tell me they don’t do a lot of pre-work, they customize “during” a presentation. Sorry, but that’s pretty lazy. As a researcher, my goal is to come in and sound like I understand the audience’s troubles, challenges and people issues, while also bringing in data, case studies and ideas that are fresh. I’ll have a few calls with a group beforehand to prepare, by learning their language and business issues. I also pour through through their employee engagement data and anything else they send my way. We do pre-event surveys to uncover specific challenges the organizations are facing so I can speak directly about them in the speech.
SPEAKING.COM: Have you had any particularly memorable speaking engagements / unusual situations arise while on the road?
GOSTICK: Years ago, at one of my first speaking engagements, the CEO got up and absolutely berated his people for half an hour. Saying things like they were worthless, slothful, and incompetent. Then, without any fanfare, he said, “Now, here’s your motivational speaker.” Um. Okay. Hi everyone. Thankfully, today I work with a lot of senior-level audiences in some amazing companies, but there’s always something interesting that happens.
For instance, I did an engagement just a few weeks ago for a Fortune 10 company, where the organizer was very stressed, so we went through every bit of my presentation many times. I was happy to do it to help her feel comfortable. She explained, “These guys are all PhDs, scientists, engineers, Harvard and Wharton MBAs. They are geniuses.” By the time the presentation rolled around I was getting a little nervous. But you know what, the session started and within five minutes these folks were hooting with laughter and participating. Some were even shouting to have their voices heard on employee engagement. We are all just people.
SPEAKING.COM: What types of audiences would most benefit from your message?
GOSTICK: Most of the audiences I speak with are manager-level or senior leaders. I also address conference audiences. About 20 percent of the time I’ll address an employee group, but my message is more suited to people who lead people.
SPEAKING.COM: Which of your keynote speaking topics are your favorites and why?
GOSTICK: My favorite subject is “All In.” It’s a message about how to get employees fully engaged, full of how-tos and laughter and takeaways. Sometimes I’m given a little more time and add a few exercises. It’s always interesting to hear from the group members, and I always learn a lot. The message is inspiring and practical at the same time, and I always customize it to the audience I’m speaking to.
I’ve flown 2 million miles around the globe and have spoken to audiences from China to Nigeria, from Kuwait to Kalamazoo. In what other job can you take an hour or two and make a difference in 200 people’s lives?
SPEAKING.COM: What inspired you to start doing speaking engagements?
GOSTICK: Chester Elton and I wrote our first leadership book more than 15 years ago, and after that the phone just started to ring. It’s a natural extension of our work as writers and researchers, and we love to make audiences laugh and change their behavior. I’ve flown 2 million miles around the globe and have spoken to audiences from China to Nigeria, from Kuwait to Kalamazoo. In what other job can you take an hour or two and make a difference in 200 people’s lives? My favorite emails are a few weeks or even months after a presentation, when a leader emails and says things are better because they have tried my ideas out.
SPEAKING.COM: How much do case studies, personal stories and/or humor factor into your keynote speech content?
GOSTICK: As to humor, if they aren’t laughing they aren’t listening. I had a woman say to me recently that she couldn’t leave to go the bathroom because she was terrified of missing something. Score! I do tell a couple of quick personal stories, but mostly I’m bringing a lot of real case studies from leaders in real companies that faced similar challenges to theirs. They are usually more powerful and relatable for the senior-level audiences I’m speaking to.
SPEAKING.COM: What are some of the successes you’ve helped clients make?
GOSTICK: What is most rewarding is when I get to work with a client and then they have me come back and speak to a few more of their groups. That’s when we go deep and really start helping them with their employee engagement solutions, when we start to feel we are making a real difference. We’ve had a chance to work with American Express for years now, Bank of America, Danaher, GE, and so many others.
SPEAKING.com Exclusive Interview with Adrian Gostick
Boosting Employee Productivity and Engagement with Adrian Gostick
In this interview Adrian Gostick discusses:
How employees must be enabled and energized.
The Orange Revolution.
The types of recognition that employees value.
Read the Full Interview
""Energized employees know someone cares about their well-being, receive regular recognition for their great work, and have a strong sense of purpose at work.""
- Adrian Gostick
What People are Saying about Seeing Adrian Speak
“Adrian’s messages were right on and resonated beautifully with all. His wonderful delivery of insightful leadership lessons with great humor captured the minds and hearts of all. As one participant said, ‘Adrian spoke for an hour and if he went for two hours, we’d still be with him’.”
Tom Joyce, CEO, Danaher
“What can I say, Adrian was awesome! He delivered a fantastic message that left our people inspired at our annual GM Conference. We will see him again soon.”
GJ Hart, CEO, California Pizza Kitchen
“The feedback was outstanding! Adrian made a significant and impactful contribution to our meeting and our journey as a company. Everyone is talking about “being in the wheelbarrow” and being “all-in.” We now have some highly motivated senior leaders.”
Mark Beck, CEO, JELD-WEN
Sally Williams Keenan, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
“Adrian Gostick is the undisputed thought leader in employee motivation.”
John Mullen, Global CEO DHL
“The best speaker on the two-day agenda. Adrian Gostick’s presentation was so personalized for us. Our CEO was just blown away.”
CACI Senior Leadership
“The amount of feedback/buzz for Adrian Gostick’s presentation is rare at Boeing. For the key leaders it was a home run.”
“Great workshop! There are a lot of tools and useful suggestions in the materials. You’re funny and can really hold and audience. We were richly rewarded!”
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Books by Adrian Gostick:
A massive shift is taking place in the business world. In today’s average company, up to eighty percent of employees’ days are now spent working in teams. And yet the teams most people find themselves in are nowhere near as effective as they could be. They’re often divided by tensions, if not outright dissension, and dysfunctional teams drain employees’ energy, enthusiasm, and creativity. Now Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton share the proven ways managers can build cohesive, productive teams, despite the distractions and challenges every business is facing.
In The Best Team Wins, Gostick and Elton studied more than 850,000 employee engagement surveys to develop their “Five Disciplines of Team Leaders,” explaining how to recognize and motivate different generations to enhance individual engagement; ways to promote healthy discord and spark innovation; and techniques to unify customer focus and build bridges across functions, cultures, and distance. They’ve shared these disciplines with their corporate clients and have now distilled their breakthrough findings into a succinct, engaging guide for business leaders everywhere. Gostick and Elton offer practical ways to address the real challenges today’s managers are facing, such as the rise of the Millennials, the increasing speed of change, the growing number of global and virtual teams, and the friction created by working cross-functionally.
This is a must-read for anyone looking to maximize performance at work, from two of the most successful corporate consultants of their generation, whom The New York Times called “creative and refreshing.”
All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results
Whether you manage the smallest of teams or a multi-continent organization, you are the owner of a work culture—congratulations—and few things will have a bigger impact on your performance than getting your people to buy into your ideas and your cause and to believe what they do matters.
Bestselling authors of The Carrot Principle and The Orange Revolution, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton return to answer the most overlooked leadership questions of our day: Why are some managers able to get their employees to commit wholeheartedly to their culture and give that extra push that leads to outstanding results? And how can managers at any level build and sustain a profitable, vibrant work-group culture of their own?
These leading workplace experts teamed up with research giant Towers Watson to analyze an unprecedented 300,000-person study, and they made a groundbreaking finding: managers of the highest-performing work groups create a “culture of belief.” In these distinctive workplaces, people believe in their leaders and in the company’s vision, values, and goals. Employees are not only engaged but also enabled and energized (termed the three Es), which leads to astonishing results—average annual revenues three times higher than for organizations lacking such a positive culture. And this was true during a period that included this most recent recession.
Based on their extensive consulting experience and in-depth interviews with leaders and employees at exceptional companies such as American Express, Cigna, Avis Budget, Pepsi Bottling, and Hard Rock, the authors present a simple seven-step road map for creating a culture of belief: define a burning platform; create a customer focus; develop agility; share everything; partner with your talent; root for each other; and establish clear accountability. Delving into specific how-tos for each step, they share eye-opening stories of exceptional leaders in action, vividly depicting just how these powerful methods can be implemented by any manager.
All In draws on cutting-edge psychology and all of the creative genius that have made Gostick and Elton a must-read for leaders worldwide. This vital resource will empower managers everywhere to inspire a new level of commitment and performance.
The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization
From The New York Times bestselling authors and renowned leadership consultants Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton comes a groundbreaking guide to building high-performance teams. What is the true driver of a thriving organization’s exceptional success? Is it a genius leader? An iron-clad business plan?
Gostick and Elton shatter these preconceptions of corporate achievement. Their research shows that breakthrough success is guided by a particular breed of high-performing team that generates its own momentum—an engaged group of colleagues in the trenches, working passionately together to pursue a shared vision. Their research also shows that only 20 percent of teams are working anywhere near this optimal capacity. How can your team become one of them?
Based on a groundbreaking 350,000-person study by the Best Companies Group, as well as extraordinary research into exceptional teams at leading companies, including Zappos.com, Pepsi Beverages Company, and Madison Square Garden, the authors have determined a key set of characteristics displayed by members of breakthrough teams, and have identified a set of rules great teams live by, which generate a culture of positive teamwork and lead to extraordinary results.
Using a wealth of specific stories from the breakthrough teams they studied, they reveal in detail how these teams operate and how managers can transform their own teams into such high performers by fostering:
Stronger clarity of goals
Greater trust among team members
More open and honest dialogue
Stronger accountability for all team members
Purpose-based recognition of team members’ contributions
The remarkable stories they tell about these teams in action provide a simple and powerful step-by-step guide to taking your team to the breakthrough level, igniting the passion and vision to bring about an Orange Revolution.
The Invisible Employee: Using Carrots to See the Hidden Potential in Everyone
There is a crisis in business today: the invisible employee. Feeling threatened, ignored, and unappreciated, invisible employees fight back the only way they know how—by staying hidden in the corporate shadows, doing just enough to get by, grumbling about this and that, and passing these techniques along to new workers. After all, why bother shining when no one notices your achievements? Why bother trying when you could be let go in the next batch of layoffs?
A business fable packed with hard-won wisdom, The Invisible Employee follows a group of people who live and work together on a mysterious island. In this second edition—updated with new case studies and current survey results—managers learn how to combat one of the most common negative attitudes in business: that smart employees keep their heads down and never do more than is asked.
Bestselling authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton show how effective leaders change this mind-set by engaging their people in their cause—setting clear goals, encouraging productive behavior, and celebrating every success along the way. The end result is an organization of productive employees who feel noticed, valued, and appreciated. In other words, they feel visible.
In today’s competitive environment, all of us are looking for the next big product, the next big capability or solution. But great managers are finding that recognizing people leads to a more engaged workforce and a more successful business. The Invisible Employee shows you how to bring out the hidden potential in your team and your business.
The Carrot Principle
Got carrotphobia? Do you think that recognizing your employees will distract you and your team from more serious business, create jealousy, or make you look soft?
The Carrot Principle reveals the groundbreaking results of one of the most in-depth management studies ever undertaken, showing definitively that the central characteristic of the most successful managers is that they provide their employees with frequent and effective recognition. With independent research from The Jackson Organization and analysis by bestselling leadership experts Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, this breakthrough study of 200,000 people over ten years found dramatically greater business results when managers offered constructive praise and meaningful rewards in ways that powerfully motivated employees to excel.
Drawing on case studies from leading companies including Disney, DHL, KPMG and Pepsi Bottling Group, bestselling authors Gostick and Elton show how the transformative power of purpose-based recognition produces astonishing increases in operating results—whether measured by return on equity, return on assets, or operating margin. And they show how great managers lead with carrots, not sticks, and in doing so achieve higher:
The Carrot Principle illustrates that the relationship between recognition and improved business results is highly predictable-it’s proven to work. But it’s not the employee recognition some of us have been using for years. It is recognition done right, recognition combined with four other core traits of effective leadership.
Gostick and Elton explain the remarkably simple but powerful methods great managers use to provide their employees with effective recognition, which all managers can easily learn and begin practicing for immediate results. Great recognition doesn’t take time—it can be done in a matter of moments—and it doesn’t take budget-busting amounts of money.
This exceptional book, sure to become a modern-day classic, presents the simple steps to becoming a Carrot Principle manager and to building a recognition culture in your organization, offering a wealth of specific examples, culled from real-life cases, of the ways to do recognition right. Following these simple steps will make you a high performance leader and take your team to a new level of achievement.
Chris Baréz-Brown
Willie Jolley
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LeBron James' triple-double can't get him out of reverse against methodical Spurs in Finals opener
MIAMI – The Miami Heat own a tricked out golf cart/mini four wheeler. It's got a traditional body, but oversized, heavy tread tires and a custom paint job – "White Hot." It's a sweet ride. They use it to transport important people around the back hallways of American Airlines Arena.
Early Friday morning, long after the San Antonio Spurs had pulled a fourth-quarter surprise with trademark efficiency, poise and teamwork, long after they'd taken Game 1 of the NBA Finals, 92-88, LeBron James was the important person in need of a ride off to the players' entrance on the other side of the arena.
He climbed on the back of the cart with a Nike executive, but the thing was positioned all wrong in a hallway jammed with stadium workers punching their time cards and heading home. There was no easy route forward to turn around, forcing the driver to put it in reverse to back his way through the crowd.
It wasn't a grand exit for the King, the ensuing beeping noise providing a comic soundtrack.
Here it is, 2013, six years after San Antonio swept a young LeBron and his Cleveland Cavaliers, and James is still looking backward. He said the other day he's "20, 40, 50 times better than I was in the '07 Finals." He said that he was using that painfully lopsided Finals loss as both motivation and a measuring stick for his new level of greatness. In the end Thursday, none of it was enough.
[Related: LeBron, Heat lose home-court advantage in Finals opener]
James may, indeed, be 50 times better. San Antonio may be just as great though.
"The Spurs are the Spurs, man," James said.
LeBron is now 0-5 against San Antonio in the Finals, a convenient if easily dismissed statistic. The first four were against an undermanned Cavaliers team that James willed to the Finals a year or two before they were ready. These are the defending champion Heat.
Nothing is the same. Except maybe it is.
Across the seasons it's not just Tim Duncan and Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich and Manu Ginobli and those simple, low frills black and silver uniforms that are staring back at him. It's a game plan to take away his ability to drive the basketball. It's a team that is not in awe of his immense talent or a late-game deficit or a dwindling shot clock on the critical basket of the game. It's a group of players that can casually walk into the Finals and commit just four turnovers, while forcing the Heat into five in the fourth quarter alone.
They are four-time champions that know exactly what they want to do and how to do it.
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"They're not going to beat themselves," Heat forward Shane Battier said. "We have to beat them."
LeBron put up a triple-double Thursday: 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists. In any other context that would be magnificent. Yet it was the Spurs who were patting themselves on the back for their defensive play.
He shot 7 of 16 from the floor, neither enough makes nor attempts. The Spurs worked relentlessly to make him take jumpers (just 1 of 5 from 3-point range) or pass the ball to teammates who aren't nearly as capable. Kawhi Leonard is the kind of athlete who can battle James on the perimeter – "[Kawhi] made him work," Popovich said – and the help defense was constant.
"They did a good job of putting two guys on the ball," James said. "When I got the ball, they kind of shrunk the floor and set a guy at the elbow and dared me to pass the ball."
"It's going to take the whole team," Parker said. "Obviously Kawhi is going to try to do his best. You're not going to stop him. He's the best player in the NBA, he's going to do his thing. You just try to contain him and try to make him take outside shots."
Popovich isn't going to let James beat the Spurs at the rim without earning it. He'd prefer the game be decided by Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh or whomever else is hanging around. Anyone but No. 6 going toward the hoop with a head of steam.
[Related: Dick Vitale sends awkward tweet to Tony Parker's ex-wife]
It wasn't very different from what they did in 2007.
"I know my guys will be there to knock down those shots the next game," James said.
Maybe they will, maybe they won't. That's a deal San Antonio will take.
James didn't look panicked or stressed. His teammates didn't hold up their end of the bargain Thursday and still, this was a game the Heat could have easily won. And while Miami has kicked away home games across these playoffs and managed to return with vengeance, this isn't a patchwork Chicago team or a still-climbing Indiana club.
The Spurs are methodical, smart and well aware how important Sunday's Game 2 is, especially under the Finals format where the next three are in Texas.
And still, 0-5 is 0-5.
For all LeBron's growth over these six years, from 22-year-old phenom to four-time MVP and generational talent, the Spurs are back standing in his way. They're older. They're, perhaps, a bit slower. Duncan and Ginobli, in particular, aren't what they were. And yet they walked out into a rainy Miami night with another victory, with another example of how five can still beat one.
"We're here to win," Duncan said. "Old veterans, whatever you want to call us. We're in the mix now."
The golf cart kept beeping as it backed away down the hallway, the King's carriage. LeBron James must have thought he'd left San Antonio back in the past, yet here he was, after Game 1, after another loss, riding in reverse, looking backward, straight at the same old challenge in the Finals, straight at those same old Spurs, man.
Related coverage on Yahoo! Sports:
• Tony Parker, Spurs win Game 1 thriller over Heat
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Men’s Basketball: Mahoney’s explosion not enough as Terriers lose in OT
by Ethan Fuller
By: Ethan Fuller
BINGHAMPTON, NY — Max Mahoney could not be stopped on Saturday. The senior captain scored a career-high 38 points while grabbing 13 rebounds and thoroughly controlled the paint for Boston University men’s basketball.
But the effort was fruitless. Binghamton University (5-5), led by electric point guard Sam Sessoms, fought past the Terriers (3-7) in overtime, winning the matchup 84-79. The loss is the fifth in a row for BU, and after opening their extended road trip with an upset against South Carolina, the team has not pulled together a victory since.
Mahoney nearly ended the drought with his performance. The forward shot an impressive 65 percent from the floor, slicing up the Bearcats with disciplined footwork. When Binghamton bigs Pierre Sarr and Yarden Willis fouled out late in the fourth quarter, Mahoney feasted inside on the smaller defenders.
Mahoney’s scoring also vaulted him up the school’s all-time leaders, and he currently sits 19th on the list with 1,165 career points.
Sessoms, meanwhile, trailblazed on his own. The sophomore point guard set a Binghamton single-game record with a whopping 40 points in the contest, including critical buckets in clutch time.
The 2018-19 America East rookie of the year, Sessoms blew by Terrier defenders to get to the rim and also canned some deep contested triples. His ability as a microwave scorer overcame the generally tough coverage from Jonas Harper. Sessoms drilled some jaw-dropping shots while Harper still got a hand in his face.
Three-point shooting became night and day for the two teams. BU completely lost its perimeter stroke after halftime, going 0-16 from downtown through the second half and overtime and finishing with a paltry 13.8 percent clip. The Bearcats, meanwhile, made twelves threes and shot a strong 42.9 percent from beyond the arc.
The ice-cold shooting ultimately doomed four of the five starting Terriers. Alex Vilarino, Harper, Javante McCoy and Walter Whyte combined to make 10 of their 40 shots and 3 of their 22 attempts from deep. When the starters took the floor, Mahoney became the only threatening scorer by the end of the contest.
The Terriers did dominate the offensive glass, which nearly negated the lack of long bombs. BU grabbed 23 offensive boards to Binghamton’s 10 and the two-man combination of Mahoney and forward Suk Mathon wreaked havoc inside.
Mathon put up a spectacular game in his own right. The junior managed a career-high 15 points and 12 rebounds off the bench and played major minutes down the stretch as BU looked to capitalize on their late size advantage. Mathon also dished out three assists; the Bearcats gave him plenty of room at the high post and Mathon often made them pay.
Binghamton received important contributions from freshman guard Brenton Mills, who converted three of six long range attempts as part of his ten points. Senior guard Richard Caldwell also provided a crucial spark late in the game, scoring 11 points and leading the team with 13 rebounds.
After spending nearly a month on the road, BU receives a full week off before hosting Dartmouth College next Saturday at 1:00 pm. The Terriers will look to snap their five-game skid against a 5-4 Dartmouth team currently riding a three-game losing streak of their own.
Featured image courtesy of Patrick Donnelly.
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Why Do Black Piano Keys Have Two Names?
What is the black key on a piano called?
Why is there no black key between E and F?
How do you know when to play the black keys on a piano?
Why do pianos have 88 keys?
What are white piano keys called?
How did the Black Keys get their name?
What are black piano keys made of?
What do you call a piano piece?
How many different names can a black piano key have?
What are two names for the black key in between D and E?
Why are there missing black keys on a piano?
What is the ratio of black keys to white keys for the entire 88 keys of the piano?
How do you identify a key?
Why are piano keys called keys?
What is the difference between black and white piano keys?
Are Black Keys minor?
How many keys a piano has?
What is a natural in piano?
Who is in the black keys?
The black keys on the piano are known as the flat and sharp keys.
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In technical terms this means they make a note half a step (or a semitone) lower and higher respectively in pitch from their corresponding white key..
The half step is the smallest interval admitted by equal temperament, so a black key between E and F and between B and C is not needed — in fact, would be a nuisance — because there is no tone to sound.
When a note is raised by a half step by adding a sharp or flat accidental, the key that often corresponds to the accidental is a black key—which is a half step away from its neighboring white key.
Pianos have 88 keys because composers wanted to expand the range of their music. Adding more piano keys removed the limits on what kind of music could be performed on the instrument. 88 keys have been the standard since Steinway built theirs in the 1880s.
natural notesThe white keys are known as natural notes and the black keys are known as the sharps and flats.
According to an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air, the group’s name “the Black Keys” came from an acquaintance diagnosed with schizophrenia, Alfred McMoore. He would leave incoherent messages on their answering machines referring to their fathers as “black keys” such as “D flat” when he was upset with them.
Most pianos have 52 white keys and 36 black keys for a total of 88 keys. In acoustic pianos, the keys themselves are made of wood—often spruce or basswood. It is only the thin top of the white keys that is made of ivory or plastic. (The black keys are made of ebony or another hardwood that’s been stained black.)
sonata. noun. a piece of classical music for one instrument, usually the piano, or for one instrument and a piano.
two namesIn this video lesson I show the names of the black keys on a piano – the sharps and the flats (F sharp, G sharp, A sharp, C sharp, D sharp; B flat, A flat, G flat, E flat, and D flat). Each black key actually has two names.
Let’s look at the black key on the right. Notice that it is surrounded by D and E. Because it is to the right of D, it is called D Sharp, (written D#). It is also known as E flat (written Eb) because it is to the left of E.
Edit: in short, because E to F and B to C are semitones/half steps, there is no space to put a black key. This would make it a whole step between the notes which is not possible. The black keys are for sharps/flats.
On a piano, the ratio of black keys to white keys is 9 to 13.
Most lock manufacturers use a distinctive bow design to identify their keys. First try to locate one that matches yours. Also look to see if your keys has a name or any numbers or letters on them. Letter/Number combinations such as SC1, KW1, Y1 etc.
French clé was also used for the parts of a piano that you touch to produce a sound. In analogy used for similar parts of a typewriter. Here “key” is a kind of metaphor for a part that works like a key to a door (for opening and closing) and produces an effect as making a sound or typing a letter.
The white keys represent the musical tones A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The black keys differ from the white keys in that they represent half-step intervals — known as sharps and flats — between various notes. A group of seven white keys and five black keys together make up the 12 notes we call an octave.
The C scale would be the same thing but start at C (CDEFGABC). What would make this scale major or minor is the distance between each note; this is where the black keys on the piano come in to play. In general, they represent the tones between the notes with letter names (i.e. sharps and flats.)
88 keysIt has since been imitated by other makers. Almost every modern piano has 52 white keys and 36 black keys for a total of 88 keys (seven octaves plus a minor third, from A0 to C8). Many older pianos only have 85 keys (seven octaves from A0 to A7).
A note is natural when it is neither flat (♭) nor sharp (♯) (nor double-flat nor double-sharp. ). Natural notes are the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G represented by the white keys on the keyboard of a piano or organ.
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Standard Posted on January 11, 2012 by eliefares Tagged Blown AwayCarrie UnderwoodLyricsmusicPlay OnWine After Whiskey Comments44 Comments on Wine After Whiskey (Lyrics) – Carrie Underwood
Wine After Whiskey (Lyrics) – Carrie Underwood
These are the lyrics of Wine After Whiskey, off Carrie Underwood’s album “Blown Away.” You can check out ALL the lyrics of the album here.
Once upon a time our world was on fire and I loved to watch it burn
Wild and reckless, never any limits, guess I had a lot to learn
Cause fire turns to ember, embers to ashes that blow away too soon
Now everything’s after you is like having wine after whiskey
It went from do anything for you babe to you don’t even miss me
Once you’ve tasted a love that strong you can’t go back
And you can’t settle on anything less
And that’s what gets me. It’s like having wine after whiskey
Looking back I guess it was really for the best, still you’re something that I crave
Even though I know it was right to let you go. You’re a habit hard to break
I got used to being high and nothing that I try seems good enough right now
It’s also watered down like having wine after whiskey
Once you’ve tasted a love that strong
You can’t go back and you can’t settle on anything less
[Outro:]
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Claire2004 says:
Elie, in your opinion, which song is superior, Wine After Whiskey, or Oklahoma Wind? Thanks!
They’re very different to compare, honestly.
Wine After Whiskey can serve as a prequel to Remind Me, thematically. Oklahoma Wind cannot.
As far as quality goes, both songs are great: great lyrics and great melody.
However, when it comes to which song fits more on an album, I think both of them being excluded from Play On is obvious. This coming album, though, is a different story so I think one will be included. My bet is Wine After Whiskey due to the reasons I have mentioned before.
The lyric is more likely “…and you can’t settle on anything less…”, instead of ‘along’
Sounds like a really good tune. Carrie could do wonders with this.
Yeah I noticed. Will fix it.
I have heard both the clip from Wine after Whiskey and Oklahoma Wind.
There is no comparison – Wine after Whiskey blows away Oklahoma Wind. WAW has a more country flavor and the lyrics are absolutely fantastic.
Oklahoma Wind did not make the last album because of illegal leaks which would have ruined any suspense by putting it on the album. Since then you have some nut job fans on the Carriefans site that do nothing but complain (Tee) about this song not being released. This leads all of her whining followers to constantly moan and complain and it just never ends.
These are the same people on the Carriefans that always put down Taylor Swift on that site. They don’t realize that Carrie and Taylor are friends and have attended events in the past together. It is ashame as it is against everything that Carrie stands for being such a sweet divine Christian woman!
I should remove the preview then, I guess.
Also, I like Taylor. Not as much as Carrie but I think she’s great.
Franny says:
Trish- you have no right to attack Carrie’s fans. If you don’t like us or Carrie, simply avoid her message boards. It is that simple.
It is quite hypocritical of you to lash out at Carrie’s fans for not liking Taylor Swift, when Taylor’s little fans rip on Carrie on every message board there is, all day long. They are much more nasty then Carrie fans, and they have all day to do nothing but thumb down every carrie article or song on CMT, GAC, Youtube, etc, under different fake accounts. So the next time you trash Carrie fans for picking on taylor, you might want to look in the mirror. Taylor’s fans can be wicked cruel to Carrie.
RE: complaining, if you don’t like reading people giving honest opinions, then just ignore them or don’t go to the carrie sites. It is normal for fans to be impatient when waiting a year and not getting much news until lately. Things will be back on track once the album comes out. People were just getting restless. It is normal, and they do not deserve to be attacked.
AS for Carrie’s fans being “nut jobs”– if you hate us so much- don’t go on our message boards. The only nasty people attacking others are people like you– who think you are better then everyone. To me, attacking people you do not know on the internet and calling them nut jobs is really sad– especially when people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Thank you, and have a nice day. — teesharky
PS: Elie- sorry for this unrelated comment on your amazing board, but I could not let this person trash me and other Carrie fans without defending us. Thanks.
Trish, I do agree with your comments on the Carriefans site. It is probably the most negative fan site I have ever come across. Understand though that this site is in NO way associated with Carrie Underwood, her management, or anyone affiliated with Carrie Underwood.
As far as the leaks Carrie has and does release leaks providing it isn’t a leaked version of the song with her own voice. This makes sense as why would she put it on the album if her version has already been made public.
This is the reason why Oklahoma Wind will never be officially released as state by Carrie herself.
Finally, I also agree with you that Wine after Whiskey is a far superior song to Oklahoma Wind anyway so I thinmk there is a very good chance it will make the album especially since the leaked clip is not her voice or production.
The leaked clip will cease to exist soon so I think it’ll be fine.
I love almost everyone on CF actually. We may be dysfunctional as a “family” but I think most people mean well. I just think that some people on CF get really angry if you voice an opinion that is not all roses and peaches. Not everything in Carrie’s career is going to go smoothly or perfect, and that is ok. I for one am her fan forever– good bad or ugly.
We are just spoiled as a fanbase as for years, everything went perfectly, with no drama or problems. Now things are getting harder with the changes at the label, etc, and the awards, etc, have been few and far between. But I am sure things will turn around. 2011 was just a trying year in Carrie land.
If Carriefans is the most negative fan site you’ve ever come across, you don’t go on very many fan sites. I’m a member of five fan sites, and Carriefans is by far the most “positive” one.
Ty says:
I would not judge the Carrie fans site by the few Taylor haters that have been mentioned. The majority of the fans never mention Taylor. Unfortunately there are a few that always put her down which makes it seem like many on the site are doing.
Wine after Whiskey sounds like a potential great song. If you put Carrie’s vocals and Mark Bright;s production on this it could be a classic!
Agreed. I don’t see Taylor hate on Carrie sites except from certain very active people. I don’t care about it since everyone is entitled to their opinion but it does give the sites a bad rep.
Wine After Whiskey is a great song. I hope it’s included on Carrie’s 4th album.
My biggest problem with the Carriefans site is the overall extreme negativity believe it or not against Carrie herself. They complain about Carrie’s choice of singles, her secrecy about the new album, the delay in her new album being released, her record label, producer Mark Bright, etc, etc. It makes it impossible for true Carrie fans to participate. They have lost several long time Carrie supporters such as a guy named Chuckerwood that left the site due to the constant negativity. He was a legendary Carrie supporter. It just goes on and on. The moderators don’t seem to care as they would rather lose hardcore fans like Chuckerwood than to actually moderate their site.
I would suggest joining the Carrie official fan club where you can be around true Carrie supporters that only wish her the best.
My personal belief is that the site has a few trolls from other artists that pose as Carrie fans but actually try to disrupt the site by constant complaints against Carrie. They also try to stir up trouble by mentioning how much they supposedly hate Taylor Swift (wink wink) in just about every one of their posts regardless about whether the subject as anything to do with Taylor Swift. The fans on this site know exactly who I am mentioning!
I haven’t been to the “Carrie” part of Carrie fans for a long time now. Mostly because of the lack of almost everything Carrie-related. I mostly stick to the movies section.
I am not the biggest fan of Carrie’s label (mostly because I feel they under appreciate her). But I know what you mean. I tend to stay away from such discussions.
It’s sad though to see the likes of Big Machine get their artists places while Arista doesn’t do the same for Carrie.
Regarding Taylor, well I like her. I’ve given her songs good reviews, I have her albums. She’s one of my favorites. She may not be the best singer but she’s a great songwriter and “Safe and Sound” came only to prove so.
I feel that Carrie’s label used to have so much power at award shows, but they could not even get Brad Paisley a Grammy nom this year for his album, which was good. Maybe the SONY umbrella is in more $ trouble then we knew, and that is causing them to lose their clout at award shows and on the radio, etc. It seems harder and harder for SONY artists to get multi-week number ones on country radio lately– while Big Machine keeps roaring along.
Hopefully that will change with Carrie’s new album era!
I do think there are some trolls on CF pretending to be Carrie fans, but I think they are just there to spy and cause trouble./But If you are referring to me (teesharky), you could not be more wrong. I have been a diehard Carrie fan from day 1…and it is offensive that anyone would even question that.
Chuckerwood was one of my favorite people on CF, and he and I used to pm each other all the time. He was great. I am so sad that he left, and I don’t understand why. I recall he was attacked by some zealot Taylor fans once but I didn’t think that would send him away. 😦
But I agree with you that there are a few negative, judgmental people on CF lately, who attack you and nitpick everything you say. It is very frustrating to have a conversation when a few people constantly bicker, judge, and act all self-righteous if you so much as sneeze the wrong way.
It is ok to not agree with everything that Carrie does or says every minute of every day…It does not make you less of a fan if you voice a counter opinion or complain that the album process took too long.
We are not robots. We have feelings and opinions. That does not make people less loyal of fans. To blindly accept everything is just not in human nature.
The non stop complaining is still going on today on that site with this song.
I don’t know why people on the site don’t get why Carrie doesn’t want to release a leaked song. Again I’ll try to make it clear for everyone.
First, Carrie will release a leaked song, as she has done in the past, if the version leaked isn’t her vocals and the final production of the song. Why would she want to put this on her album if her biggest fans already have the song. This wouldn’t make sense marketing or sales wise. That is why Oklahoma Wind will not be on her newest album. I am personally glad anyway as I find it to be a boring, mediocre song.
Second, There is no problem releasing Wine after Whiskey as the leaked clip is not Carrie’s vocals or a final production. Therefore, there will be no lack of demand for this as we will be hearing the Carrie’s version when the label decides to release it.
I was sort of worried about having shared 40 seconds of the demo, actually.
Chris † (@DreamKrazy) says:
Hopefully this will not get pulled like OW did on the leak.
I don’t think so. Only a small part of the song, by someone other than Carrie, was leaked.
With the PO era, Someday When I Stop Loving You was leaked in full as sung by Hillary Lindsey. It made the album.
PS Franny is my sister’s account. Sorry for the confusion in names. lol I got her hooked on Ellis’ blogs. lol
-teesharky
I used to be a member on the Carriefans site and was a big fan of the person Chuckerwood. It is pitiful that he was basically forced off the site because he fought so hard against the negative trolls that do persist on the site. I had no idea at the time why the moderators wouldn’t defend him instead of publicly lambasting him for his strong defense of his pro-Carrie views. As many remember the back and forth byplay between him and Cary, the master chart guru, were legendary.
My biggest complaint like many others is the non stop abuse of other artists such as Taylor Swift. I am not a fan of hers but it makes us real Carrie fans look so small when certain posters are allowed to bring her name up constantly in negative and disparaging terms. This then leads to others piling on and takes the conversation away from the artist we all supposedly cared about which is Carrie.
Why is there so much focus on Taylor Swift on a Carrie Underwood fan site? I would think most real Carrie fans don’t go here everyday to hear Taylor bashing. Yoiu are there to share Carrie info and get the real inside info. It has ruined the daily discussion and totally needs to stop. I know Taylor fans that have signed up for this site as trolls just to be negative on Carrie. This is what we all now get!
Bottom line is members need to stand up every time the bashing starts and politely tell those that do it all the time (yes, you Tee) to just stop and be a bigger person!
Elie, I came back today to listen to the clip again and so disappointed that it hs been removed. I checked the Carriefans site and they are saying you were ordered to take it down? If so, who told you to do this?
At first glance the lyrics seems a bit clunky, but I do like the chorus.. just not sure how it will come together.. BUT since 95% of Carrie’s songs are incredible (she really has one of the most consistent, solid, quality song catalogs in the business) I am sure she will deliver a knockout as usual. Carrie has said this is her “masterpiece” or she will “blow our minds” so I truly hope the ACM & CMA finally recognize again her talent, song craft, and quality music with a Best Album award… not too bash, but I still think its an embarrassment to the music industry that Fearless won all those Best Album awards, come on, that cd has 2-3 good songs, the rest filler.. how could everone being duped again into awarding an album that could have been makde by Selena or Avril? This is not negative, this is a respectiveful opinion (and I have all Taylor’s cds anyway) but this will never be right in my mind after Carnival Ride was upset by George Straight a few years ago.. how could a 3xPlatinum seller with 5 #1’s ad all those incredible songs and vocals NOT win either CMA or ACM Album of the Year, yet has been Straight does? It was either sexism or that same politics that have plagued CU for some time… us fans want the politics and games to stop and again award peerless talent that is our Carrie. Even Miranda has said she its not right for her to keep winning some of her vocal awards when everyone (including her) knows Carrie deserves them.. sorry to rant, we fans are always so protective and passionate about our girl… here’s a dropping an amazing 4th album and kick off a juggernaut 2012!!!
Rob, you are attacking Taylor Swift whether you refer it a respectful opinion or not. We don’t need to make this always a comparison between Carrie and Taylor. Carrie is the best but we don’t need to always refer to other artists. You not only ripped Taylor’s album but then go on to criticize her vocals. This is not necessary and it makes us real Carrie fans seem petty and jealous.
Also, you spend a lot of time talking about certain awards Carrie didn’t win. Why don’t you focus on all the numerous vocalist, album, and song awards she has won over the last six years. It is probably more than any other female country artist. Carrie is one of the most decorated female artists in the history of country music and she is only 28 years old. There really is no need to focus on the negative when there has been SO much positive in Carrie’s career!
Gotta agree with Trish on this one Rob. It seems a little more than strange that you claim to have bought all of Taylor’s albums even though you criticize her vocals and then say her albums have only 2-3 good songs and the rest according to you are filler. Why would you buy all these albums when they only have 2-3 good songs and a whole lot of filler – sounds a bit fishy to me.
Lastly, I disagree that the lyrics to Wine after Whiskey seem ‘clunky’. I find the lyrics to be borderline masterful as many others have already agreed.
This is in response to earlier comments by Franny (aka Teesharky) as you let us know. It is one thing to voice opinions as you call them and not be robots. It is another thing to be the most negative so called fan site I have ever seen. Check out other fan sites such as Miranda Lambert’s or Taylor Swift’s and you will find almost no negativity. The Carriefans site is constantly filled with non stop complaints. I checked the site even today to see if anything had changed since I left and it was the same as always. Here is just a sample of what I found just today (one day) to make my point:
– Carrie’s label is not doing a good job and is getting destroyed by Taylor’s label BMI.
– Carrie should have gotten a spot on the Grammys and her marketing department needs to get going.
– Why doesn’t Carrie put leaked demos on her album?
– Don’t understand why Oklahoma Wind hasn’t been released.
– Why are we not getting any info on the release date of the album?
– There might be an announcement today that Carrie is pregnant.
– Sony artists aren’t winning awards any more.
This is why people like Chuckerwood, one of Carrie’s greatest fans have left this site.
The final sad thing is the constant pitting of Carrie vs Taylor on the site as has been mentioned in so many of the above comments. The worst part is Carrie and Taylor have always had a lot of respect for each other and been friends over the years. It is hurtful to Carrie to have this site starting all this crap. Again as has been mentioned Carrie herself, her management, and family have nothing to do with anything that is put out on Carriefans.
Glen, just to let you know Chuckerwood is using a new name on CF so he is still a member there. His new user name is 12russ79 so your comments regarding him leaving the site are not factual. If you ever stop by be sure to say hi to him!
It is great that you acknowleged that Chuckerwood is still on the site…however he didn’t want his new name out there….we are great friends. We have PM’d many many times and he told me via PM that he was Chuckerwood and had his name changed to 12Russ79 and that he didn’t WANT ANYONE EXCEPT HIS TRUSTED FRIENDS TO KNOW HIS NEW USERNAME. So Raven, you just blew it…am sure he will change his name again since you put it out there for all to know…mark my words…it will happen and you won’t know his new username when he finds out you told everyone on this site and word spreads quickly!!!!! I don’t know you’re name on CF, but he will be extremely unhappy that you told his new username.
Have a blessed day!!!!!!!!!!
I just wanted to defend Tee against some of the above posts. Tee is definitely not a troll as some the the others that have infected the carriefans site. Tee is one of Carrie’s biggest fans. I am on the site every day so see just about all of her posts and can understand why some might be against Tee if they visit the site once in a while.
Tee is a glass half empty type of person and while she does make a lot of negative comments about Carrie, Sony, and fellow artists like Taylor Swift she does not do this in my opinion to be vindictive.
In saying all this there is no question that Tee rubs a lot of people the wrong way with all the negativity and doubt BUT she is definitely a Carrie fan that I believe in the end only wants the best for Carrie Underwood.
This Tee person is freaking nuts! I JUST WENT ON THE SITE TO CHECK OUT WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT AND YOU GUYS ARE SO RIGHT! I think every post this tee person makes has some reference to Taylor Swift – ridiculous, lol. She is now complaining that6 Carrie needs to hurry up her album because Taylor is getting all the attention. This person either just hates Taylor like psycho style otr is actually a troll for Taylor and just trying to spread a lot of hate. My guess is she is nothing but a troll!
Raven, I’m glad to see Chuckerwood come back under a different name. I do know he left the site under bad terms for quite a while.
Why is he using a different name after all those years?
I didnn’t know Chuckerwood was back wither Raven and I am on the site often. Actually Tee is like the biggest thing on the site and if you read earlier comments she assumed Chuckerwood was long gone.
Why is the fact that Chuckerwood is back such a big secret?
It’s not a secret that Chuckerwood has a new username, I’m surprised that anyone would think that. lol Several posters have different usernames then the ones they original signed up with.
CF fans support Carrie in every possible way. They buy her music, attend her concerts, vote like their life depends upon it, many belong to her Official Fan Club and above all defend Carrie at all times. I never understood what the issue is… I do read so many negative comments in regards to that site.
It was the original fan site that supported Carrie from the very beginning days of AI. The OFC was started after Carrie’s career took off. Never have understood why the 2 groups do not get along, I have been a part of both groups from the beginning and vey much enjoy CF and OFC.
Both sites have love and admiration for Carrie and are equal in my eyes.
One last thought I would like to share is that I think the moderators do an outstanding job. They are fair and permit members to share their opinions.
Good moderators are essential for good forums; great moderators are essential for great forums… and the absence of moderators typically leads to ghost towns inhabited only by spam bots. The last I looked Carrie Fans is alive and well!!!
Let’s ALL continue to enjoy Carrie and the exciting events that 2012 has in store for us!
I appreciate your comments Raven but unfortunately it is a lot of propoganda.
First, Chuckerwood was a long time member of Carriefans and was well known as being one of Carrie’s most ardent supporters. Chuckerwood became very frustrated by all of the negativity on the Carriefans site and would very strongly defend Carrie and her label. The moderators on the Carriefans site came down very hard on Chuckerwood and basically tried to muzzle him.
I am not sure if this new person is the actual Chuckerwood but if he is then the moderators have him on a very tight leash as he is a completely different person from before. I am surprised that you are surprised that people don’t know Chuckerwood is back under a different name. I didn’t know and Teesharky, one of the most important and regular posters on the Carriefans site herself made comments about missing Chuckerwood. Obviously she also had no idea!
Lastly, the big reason that there is so much negativity against the Carriefans site is the constant complaining about Carrie, her label, her producer, etc.. Anyone can check even the most recent postings and will see this very clearly. Also, the site is non stop in negative comments against Carrie’s friend, Taylor Swift. It has gotten so ugly that it has caused great divisions on the site as anyone who tries to defend Taylor is shunned. Again it is the very poor moderators on this site that allow this to happen. It is certainly against everything Carrie stands for to allow such abuse against another artists such as Taylor Swift.
Chuckerwood says:
**** CHUCKERDAMUS SAYS******
While the wheel of the world
Is spinning around
People that are legends in their own minds
Post like illiterate clowns
But one fact that they will never see
Is that CHUCKERWOOD is on the Golfcourse
But he will always support CARRIE…. LOL
********The End************
PS- be nice Tricon…. Tee is a legend….Ellie….Ann has Emphezema and is very ill…. Keep that in mind… I can’t get on Cfans from France for some reason but I’ll be back soon..
Take care everyone…..
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Apple is an enormous and enviable company whose success leaves an impressive trail of imagination (Linzmayer 1999). Nonetheless, no precaution is sufficient in saving a company from shifting that shake is the core; this independent strategic review bases its arguments on observations and reality that, just like unforeseen and underlying events tear apart a fair weather’s calm, so is this mammoth company likely to face chain of events, some historical, others occasional and sudden. Apple’s fortunes seem to be changing since the phenomena 2011 peak, then its divine leader whose clients were more of disciples dies depriving the company off his genius, coupled with underlying historical events on public relations, security, product costs, and court cases among others (Kendrick 2011). Steve Job’s genius may have been useful in circumventing all these issues since given his qualities and Apple’s ‘I’ products, CSR, ethical and vulnerabilities took a back seat. But will Tim Cook survive the onslaught, the only forgotten but unsolved issues in the Smartphone and tablet industry. Apple may possess cutting edge technology, but will it not topple over due to the SUT throat competition. This strategic audit will focus on the factors shaping competition in the industry, the internal strategic options facing Apple, the PR issues that Tim Cook has to contend with and summery of recommendations to the CEO (Groeger 2012).
In analyzing the landscape of any industry, market size and growth rate are top key issues to consider first. For instance, the Smartphone industry stood at 4.35 million units in 2010 up from 36.5 in 2009. The unit cost was $13 on average with 2010 market value of $7.06 billion. In this industry, success factors depend largely on innovation, reliability such as battery life, expendability in software updates, usability through easy and smart interfaces and financial ability for promotional and acquisition purposes. The driving forces of outstanding players in this industry are increasing internet coverage, connectivity, reducing phone and tablet prices, global competition and higher cellular coverage (Groeger 2012). According to the research by consulting and accounting company KPMG, smartphones and tablet market has witnessed a mammoth growth outing the preference of PCs. Apple’s iPad features prominently in this arena as a dominant player. In the December quarter, iPad sales in units went up by 75% reaching a 7.3 million figure (Lai 2010). Apple Inc. then launched iPad2 that so its sales go up to 9.3 million units. These staggering statistics are not an end in them; they provide illumination to factors shaping the Smartphone and Tablet market (Lai 2010).
This is a strategic issue shaping the Smartphone and tablet market’s landscape. Apple Inc. is a key player in this market with a reputation of the best company in the world when it comes to branding. The convergence of interest, prevalence of economic turbulence and quick-pace innovations, demand branding astuteness by any company in this industry. Apple’s innovative changes in 2011 stood at 84% with Brand Value of 285m USD. The closest rivals in this arena are Google 111,285m USD brand value, then IBM at 100,849m USD. However, the two rivals clearly trail behind Apple in a new innovation from their 2010 mark. Aligning the brand to the consumer’s expectations seems to be the struggle of every player in this industry. Apple leads its peers in some innovation frontiers as mentioned but what will make the difference is the brand that connects most emotionally (Fisher 2008).
Apple started its branding campaign through the Apple Stores this has given its uniqueness and communicated its culture in a beneficial manner. The stores are scoring highly due to their unique display and allowance of testing the products. From the stores, Apple introduced the iPod, then Iphone and later the iPad. The producer of these products, Steve Job’s worry was whether the products would bond with the users. It is, therefore, clear that this is a crucial concept in the mind of Apple’s readership. Google, on the other hand, is taking the branding war serious too, through its Android OS, Google is concentrating on rebranding itself as a whole and within the Smartphone’s market. Android Market is an online application store that allows users of Android running or compliant device to download applications. The Android introduction is by all means getting hype to almost reach the ‘I’ hype of Apple.
However, it appears that Apple still leads the pack in branding; the suggestion of a word ´tablet´ will get a response of iPhone from Apple consumers. This is the sought of brand likely to shape competition beyond 2012. Will Google build such a strong brand with its Android based devices as Apple is doing? Will Apple sustain its position as a branding pace setter? Strategic designing, build on the understanding that consumers are emotional must be the deciding factor. Competitors in this market must also recognize that branding is beyond an image or logo; it is that which produces a feeling in the consumer. Outstanding designs bond, e.g. a BMW is identifiable even without a logo, while soft drinks are almost synonymous to Coca-Cola. This branding war will shape the competition arena and occupy a centre stage as companies approach the level of almost identical products with minor differentiation. For instance, maybe the easiest way for Apple to remain on the lead is the brand loyalty given Google’s intention to introduce a Smartphone running on Intel Android OS; the Smartphone is almost similar to iPhone 4s, therefore, the competitive edge is the brand, not the product per se (Backer 2012).
Intensity of Existing Firm Rivalry: Competition is a norm in this industry since there are five key competitors who are equally strong in financial and strategic capabilities. These organizations are highly profitable and capable of employing vast resources for promotional or acquisitions in a strategic manner that might reverse market share. Google competes vehemently since its acquisition of Android Inc. in 2005, the subsequent ownership of and control over Android OS has given it a weapon for competition. Since then it has gone ballistic with the use of its advantages to topple Apple. The recent announcement of collaboration with Intel for an Android Intel running device illuminates the role that increasing intensity of competition will play as companies warm up for more face off event (Mele & Guillén Parra 2006).
Threat of Substitutes: The treat of substitution in the Smartphone market seems weak; however, tablets are likely to shape future strategies, and competition frontiers. Smartphones witness a fair distribution of competition with devices running on the Google Android version commanding an enormous share in the 2010 year of release. Apple dominance is clearly unpronounced in this realm; however, there is still a fair share of substitution since consumers accept other devices as acceptable alternatives. What is likely to shape competition and strategies is differentiation that akin to Apple’s ability to create a lock in effect. Companies will strive to create products whose appeal strongly fights substitution effect. Tablets, on the other hand, remain the most substitutable; one companies move could be catastrophic to another. Amazon’s Kindle Fire seized the US market by 54% after introduction, Samsung Galaxy tabs, and Motorola Xoom, Toshiba AT100 and ASUS Transformer are also claiming their share (Manjoo 2012).
Bargaining power of suppliers determines the strategies that Tablet and Smartphone companies adopt. There are few manufacturers of Smartphone processors such as Marvell and Qualcomm. Companies as such need to make strategic alliances and partnerships with such companies to gain a competitive edge and market persuasiveness. Suppliers bargaining powers emanate from the criticality of their supplies and their small number which leads to dominance. Aspects, such as Smartphone processor’s leader Qualcomm’s miss of the tablet wave and Intel’s miss will shape strategies in the aim of recapturing shares in Windows 8 and LTE tablets. The partnerships between Smartphone and the shaping of tablet companies competitions will depend on competition between Qualcomm, Texas instruments, Samsung, Marvell and NVIDIA. Customers bargaining power will affect the shaping of competition and strategies by companies. The Smartphone and tablet consumer is gaining influence by the day. Apple’s iPhone 3 announcement was at a lower price than the preceding generation of iPhones, competitors Noble’s Book and Amazon’s Kindle Fire are selling at a loss. Apple’s tablets are continuously going down in price; its competitors are unable to sustain the prices, empowering the customer.
The most salient issue relating to the performance and existence of Apple has been the leadership role of the company’s founder CEO the late Steve Jobs. When Apple invited professional blogger John Gruber of DrexelUniversity, he had a task of interrogating all the vulnerabilities of Apple. Key in his 2010 presentation on Apple’s vulnerability was its leadership under Steve Jobs. Gruber’s fear was that Apple would not advance in the absence of Jobs. His prowess meant strength and weakness to the company too. First forward and Apple announce Jobs’ death in 2012, and the reality of replacing Jobs is catching up with every one left at Apple. Without faulting current CEO Tim Cook’s competencies and ability, he and his team must realize that Steve spent his lifetime building something unique. It is not iPhone, iPad, Mac or iPod, it is the company Apple Inc., the demise of Jobs also led to uncertainty aspect at Apple regarding the integrity of the new office. The company has to deal with internal matters arising from the legal suits; bonding with the customer is the only option out of the internal-cum-external issue (Fisher 2008).
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History of Bukhara
The town was founded in the middle of I Millennium BC researchers Proved the age of Bukhara is more than 2500 years.
According to the local mythical tradition, reflected in the" History of Bukhara " Narshakhi, the Foundation of the oldest part of the city — the fortress of Ark-belongs to ancient times and is attributed to the heroes of the epic Siyavush or Afrasiab. However, the large fortified villages of Vardanzi, Ramtin, Varakhsha and the commercial city of paykend were considered older than Bukhara.
The city was formed along one of the major tributaries of the zarafshana river, which splits into several channels here, on a low swampy plain, over which the massive artificial hill of the city citadel — Ark still rises.
The city has not changed its location for more than 2000 years, which , on the one hand, led to the accumulation of powerful cultural layers of various historical eras, and on the other, led to the destruction of many monuments and traces of previous time[8].
Today, the ancient part of Bukhara remains a "living" city that has preserved the original structure (ark fortress, Shahristan, shakhrud canal). However, the conditions for life and construction were extremely limited: a flat swampy plain, unstable water regime and scarce resources.
The cultural layer on the territory of the city is more than 20 meters. At this depth, archaeologists found the remains of residential and public buildings, dishes and coins, tools and jewelry that date back to the V century BC.unlike in Samarkand, the ground water close to the surface did not allow archaeologists to reach the lowest layer. The most ancient artifacts testifying to the time of the Foundation of Bukhara are hidden by powerful groundwater, so the true age of the city requires further study.
Already in the IV century BC, the territory of the future Arch of Bukhara is surrounded by a rather powerful fortress wall with a wide moat, and at its foot there is also a fortified settlement of dispersed planning. According to one hypothesis, on the site of Bukhara was located the fortress of Baga — an impregnable place on the border between the Sughd land and the Scythians — Massagets — mentioned by Arrian in connection with the campaign of Alexander the great[8].
In ancient times, Bukhara was one of the main cities of Sogd. In the VI century BC, the newly rebuilt city was captured by the Persian Achaemenid dynasty, and in 329 BC — by Alexander the great, during which the urban planning structure was developed. The population of these lands did not accept the conquerors and resisted them. The rule of the Greeks in Sogdiana lasted until the second century BC.
In the subsequent era, the settlement steadily grew, becoming a fairly large city and becoming the commercial, craft and administrative center of the entire Bukhara oasis.
From the end of the I century BC to the half of the IV century, Bukhara was part of the Kushan state.
The flourishing of the city began when Bukhara was elected the capital of the Samanid state under Ismail Samani (892-907). The appearance of the city itself has changed dramatically. The population has increased significantly.
Bukhara in the X century was already a developed city, surrounded on all sides by craft and commercial rabads. The wall that surrounded and protected it was maintained, and the gate was preserved.
It is known that the Samanids decorated their capital with monumental and spectacular buildings of palaces, government offices, mosques and madrassas. They also created Registan square, the administrative center of the city, between the Western high facade of the Arch and the rabad wall.a Palace with a portal was built here, which al — istahri recognized as the most magnificent in the countries of Islam. And also, there were sofas — the main departmental institutions.
Not far from Registan were located palaces — houses of the Royal family (in the area of Jui-Mulian), distinguished by great luxury. In addition, the entire territory of the city was protected by a fortress wall, which had 11 gates. The state was interested in the development of urban life and industrial forces of the city and sought to create conditions for this, first of all by ensuring the safety of its residents.
In our days, except for the happily surviving Samanid dynastic mausoleum in the city, there is not a single building of this time left on the surface of the earth.
According to As-Saalibi, Bukhara under the Samanids was "the abode of glory, the Kaaba of dominion, the gathering place of outstanding people of the era." According to the geographer istakhri, it was the most populous city in Transoxiana and Khorasan. The development of crafts and trade in Bukhara made it an important economic center.
Narshakhi describes the development of commodity production of fabrics characterized by high quality. According to him, "no city in Khorasan could weave such good fabrics." Bukhara fabrics zandanachi served as an export item: "merchants came to Bukhara and.. from here, they exported materials to sham, Egypt, and the cities of Roum." The art of Bukhara masters was the subject of imitation. Bukharans went to Khorasan, unsuccessfully trying to establish there the production of equally high-quality fabrics, which were willingly used by the upper layers of society: "there was no king, Emir, Rais, or official who did not wear clothes made of this fabric." Narshahi also reports on a large weaving establishment that was located near the Cathedral mosque, between Ark and Shahristan. It produced particularly valuable fabrics, which were used to pay tribute to the Arab Caliph from all over Bukhara. According to Narshahi, a special official came every year to collect these fabrics from the Caliphate's capital, Baghdad
In the X century, Bukhara became the center of high culture. Many scientists, world-famous writers and artists worked here. Such as the historian Narshahi, the poets Rudaki and Dakiki, the medic, mathematician and encyclopedist Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the historians Balazuri, Tabari, Miskaveyh and others. These scientists have made a great contribution to the development of world science and culture.
In Bukhara, there was a madrasa where medicine was taught. It was a kind of medical school, where young people were taught medical theory and practice with the obligatory passing of final exams and taking the doctor's oath. There were also such madrassas in Samarkand and Merv. On the site of the dome of Toki Telpakfurushon was a book market, for which the dome itself was called Toki Kitabfurushon. Various books and manuscripts were sold here. The city had a huge library at that time. In his autobiography, Ibn Sina left us a description of it. The library had catalogues, special repositories for books, and so on.
The fall of the Samanids deprived Bukhara of its status as a capital city.
Bukhara survived the Eras of the Karakhanids, Karakitai and khorezmshakhs, and the Mongol invasion. During the reign of Timur (1370-1405) and the Timurids, Bukhara remained one of the most important centers of craft and trade, the "Dome of Islam", pilgrimage, and the birthplace of influential representatives of the Sufi clergy.
During the reign of the Sheibanids, Bukhara first remained in the status of the center of one of the Shires, and then — the capital of the entire state. During the Sheibanid era, dozens of new madrassas, mosques, caravanserais, and trade domes were built in Bukhara.
Bukhara is considered one of the Holy cities of Sufism. Many great Sufi saints stayed in the city. One of the most revered — Bahauddin Naqshband mausoleum, which is considered to be the Central Asian Mecca. Believers from different Muslim countries come here to ask for the fulfillment of desires and the aversion of sins. The most famous part of the cemetery of Bahauddin is called the "dakhma of the rulers". In 1993, the historical center of the city of Bukhara was included in the list of UNESCO world heritage cities. INESCO declared Bukhara the" capital of Islamic culture " in 2020.
What to see in Bukhara?
In Bukhara, there are many attractions that every tourist should see, and it is better to start with the Old city. It is not too large, so you do not need transport — you can walk around the historical center, the more amazing discoveries will be waiting for the traveler at every step. One of the most popular and frequently visited sights of Bukhara is the Kalyan minaret, which was built by order of Sheikh Arslan Khan in the first half of the XII century. According to legend, Arslan Khan killed an Imam who appeared to him in a dream and asked him to bury his head where no man could set foot. The Khan listened to this dream and ordered to build a tower over the Imam's tomb, the height of which reaches 47 meters. The tower was finished with blue ceramic tiles, which is considered the first use of this type of decoration in construction. Later it was used throughout Central Asia.
Kalyan minaret is also called the Tower of Death, since until the beginning of the XX century in Bukhara, criminals were executed by dropping from the top of this minaret.
On the Registan square of Bukhara stands the Ark citadel, which is the summer residence of the emirs of Bukhara. The citadel has always been a functioning fortress that reliably protected the emirs of Bukhara and their entourage from any attacks. There is everything you need for the life and functioning of the state apparatus — temples and palaces, warehouses, stables, workshops, a well with water and even a prison. Now there is a Museum on the territory of the complex.
The center of the historical part of Bukhara is Labi-Hauz, which received its name from the Persian language, which translates as"ensemble by the pool". The complex fully justifies this name — between three buildings of the XVI century lies a large pool. Structures include the Nadir-Devanbegi mosque and two madrassas-Kukeldash and Nadir-Devanbegi, in addition, the Toki-Zargaron Bazaar is located nearby.
Also interesting monuments of ancient architecture in Bukhara are a variety of madrassas and numerous mosques-Magoki-Attori, Khoja-Kalyan; mausoleums such as Buyan-Kuli-Khan, Chashma-Ayuob or the magnificent Saifiddin-boharzi.
There are historical monuments and attractions in the vicinity of the city. For example, the almost destroyed caravanserai in the settlement of kermin called Rabati-Malik, the tomb of the XVI century, where the sheikhs of Bukhara were buried, the settlement of Varakhsha, the Holy mosque of Namozgoh, which is located outside the city and was previously a shelter for pilgrims and monks.
6 km from the city is the Garden of Stars and the moon, where you can see the Emir's Palace-the complex is open from Wednesday to Monday. To the East is the mausoleum of Bahautdin Naqshband, where you can find the tomb of the ruler who became the founder of the most famous and powerful Sufi order in Central Asia.
When all the sights are seen, you can go to the bath complexes of Bukhara, which are no less a tribute to the ancient culture and history of the city. Visit one of the most famous hammams in Bukhara — Borzi-KORD, which is open to tourists from 14-00 to 00-00. The visit includes not only relaxation in the steam room, but also massage. For women, there is a separate Kunjak bath located next to the Kalon minaret.
What to buy in Bukhara?
Bukhara is one of the most important points on the Silk Road. This is the era that the huge domes of the city's old covered markets remind us of. These domes were built at intersections of the busiest streets to redirect pedestrian traffic, to maximize the release of the main highway, where all trade was previously carried out. The domes were called "taki", and under them were shops and craft workshops. Today in Bukhara there are only 4 so and It is under these domes that traders sell masterpieces of Oriental crafts.
Weather in Bukhara
The climate of Bukhara is sharply continental. Dry hot summers and cold wet winters. To visit Bukhara, we recommend planning your trip from mid-March to mid-may and from mid-September to early December.
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hangmanAn executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who carries out a sentence of capital punishment on a legally condemned person..
noun, plural heads·men. a public executioner who beheads condemned persons.
It’s part of a culture of secrecy that helps maintain the executioners’ anonymity, but not every executioner wants to remain anonymous. Over the years, those brave enough to pull back the curtain have spoken about a job that few people want and even fewer escape without some form of trauma.
The nominal weight fo melee weapons excluding, two hand swords or great swords is about 3 lbs or less. That includes axes, flails, maxes and swords. A great sword is about 6 lbs and an executioner sword is nearly 10.
After Kakashi defeated Zabuza once again, He took the sword and used it to fight against the other members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
Executioner is a Weapon in Code Vein. Executioner is categorized as a One-Handed Sword weapon. Weapons can be found from Enemies and/or Bosses, acquired as a reward from completing quests, provided by NPCs, and are sold by Merchants.
I believe this is done if someone is executed by electric chair as well. The hood hides the facial expressions from those who are witnessing the execution—a person’s face can contort, discolor, bleed, swell, grimace, salivate, vomit, and show other unpleasant responses no matter how quickly death comes.
Actual salaries varied from $26,040 to $67,250 a year, depending on location and officer experience. Correctional officers selected to be executioners also work regular hours guarding prisoners and making sure rules are followed and inmates don’t incite violence towards one another.
In some cases, butchers were roped in to become executioners, or convicts were offered the job as an alternative to their own deaths. But typically, executioners came into the jobs through family ties; most in the profession were men whose fathers had been executioners before them, Harrington explained.
The first volt of electricity ends and your heart either stops or keeps going (this is why the physician on duty checks for a pulse). If there is still a pulse, they throw it back on, and your vital organs will be destroyed by that jolt of electricity. No pain.
It’s a noteworthy weapon for the fact there’s not much representation of strike damage in the medium category. You tend to either get light clubs, or really big clubs. But this is a greatsword. Pretty much this, its good but not great.
Over the weekend, the daily newspaper Mathrubhumi released a report detailing Kerala’s need for an executioner, and the lump sum it now plans on paying its hangman — — 200,000 rupees per execution, the equivalent of $3,330, an increase from 500 rupees, or just $8.33.
As for the fringe benefits of executing people, there aren’t many. Givens told the Guardian that Virginia executioners got “$39,000 to $50,000” with benefits. Thompson confirmed this, saying, “All staff receive their regular pay, unless scheduling or training requires them to be paid overtime.”
A brain of an inmate being executed is not able to control his muscles. So then inmates can urinate and so on. That’s the reason why they wear a diaper during execution like a prevention.
noun. an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant. a person who executes an act, will, judgment, etc.
An executioner’s sword is a sword designed specifically for decapitation of condemned criminals (as opposed to combat). These swords were intended for two-handed use, but were lacking a point, so that their overall blade length was typically that of a single-handed sword (ca.
An executioner is said to have worn this mask before delivering the final blow, with either an axe or sword. It cuts a gruesome figure and is deliberately macabre and menacing to further terrify the prisoner. Executioners often wore masks to hide their identity and avoid any retribution.
Simply put, your body twitches and gyrates uncontrollably which means involuntary defecation and urination is common. It is normal for prisoners to be offered diapers to spare them the indignity of fouling themselves in their final moments.
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WW2 Soviet Prototypes
ISU High Power Gun Projects
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USSR (1944-1945)
Heavy Tank Destroyers – 5 prototypes
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In mid-1944, the Red Army recognized that it might need tanks that could consistently and reliably destroy the Wehrmacht’s most well-armored tanks. The Red Army fielded few tanks that could destroy the King Tiger, Elefant, and Jagdtiger reliably from medium-long ranges. Although it is true that the ISU-122, ISU-122s, ISU-152, and IS-2 were capable of destroying German heavy tanks, their combat results were not consistent enough. As a result, starting in June of 1944, five “BM” (“High Power” – Russian: “высокой мощности”) guns were developed for the ISU chassis. The resulting vehicles were: Object 243 (ISU-122-1 with the 122mm BL-9 gun), Object 246 (ISU-152-1 with the 152mm BL-8 gun), Object 247 (ISU-152-2 with the 152mm BL-10 gun), Object 250 (ISU-130 with the 130mm S-26 gun), and Object 251 (ISU-122-3 with the 122mm S-26-1 gun). More gun projects were being developed at this time, but no others appeared to be mounted onto a chassis. The guns proved capable, on paper, of destroying tanks such as the Jagdtiger, but testing showed that they were simply not practical. Moreover, these projects took well over a year to refine, and seeing as though the war ended before they were complete, they were all dropped.
A table with comparative statistics is provided at the bottom of the article.
Context: Soviet guns against German armor
Mythbusting: The SU-152 and ISU-152 were “Beast Killers”
Soviet wartime propaganda suggested that the SU-152 and ISU-152 (SU being based on the KV chassis, ISU being based on the IS chassis) were “Beast-Killers” because they could destroy Panthers, Tigers, and Elefants. The ISU-152’s 152mm ML-20S howitzer was, indeed, capable of destroying heavy German armor, but this required a direct hit with a High Explosive (HE) shell. Such a direct hit could do one of three things to disable the tank: destroy the vehicle’s drive systems, kill its crew, or blow the turret / casemate / hull open (or even clean off, in the case of turrets). Armor Piercing (AP) and Concrete Piercing shells were developed, but these were expensive and complicated to make, hardly more effective than HE rounds, and thus were scarcely supplied – even at Kursk! However, the ISU-152 was not a dedicated tank destroyer – it was an assault gun designed for bunker busting and indirect fire. Needless to say, using an assault gun as a tank destroyer was risky business.
Firstly, the gun would need to be fired at short ranges against enemy tanks. This is because the ML-20S was a fairly low velocity howitzer, which would simply not be accurate enough to engage tanks from distances. Consider also that the vehicle had a maximum of 90 mm of armor, which meant that it whilst it was adequately protected from some German guns at long ranges, it simply was not thick enough to protect the vehicle in the short ranges it would need to operate in as a tank destroyer. For example, the 7.5 cm KwK 40 L/48, as mounted on StuGs, Panzer IVs, and Jagdpanzers, could penetrate 97 mm of armor at 500 m, and 87 mm of armor at 1000 m, at 30 degrees (the ISU-152 casemate was barely sloped at all). Also consider that the vehicle was simply not mobile enough to be engaging more nimble German tanks, and could probably be outmaneuvered anyway.
Yet another major issue of using the ISU-152 as a tank destroyer was that it could only manage 1-3 rounds per minute (depending if it had one or two loaders, and how experienced they were). This meant that in any type of ‘duel’, the ISU-152 would not only need to fire first, but also guarantee a hit, or practically any opposing German tank could get numerous shots off against it – as mentioned early, likely knock-out blows. Having said this, it did not seem to be a consideration taken into account when making the “BM” projects, as the guns all had equally as poor rates of fire.
In conclusion, the ISU-152 did not live up to its legendary name. Other Soviet field guns and tank destroyers had somewhat better results compared to the ISU-152, although the results were still not quite satisfactory.
Mythbusting: The 122 mm A-19S and D-25T / S were sufficient
It is a commonly held belief that the 122 mm D-25T / S and A-19S were sufficient at destroying the heaviest German armor. This belief is somewhat problematic, given the weight of the evidence.
According to a Wa Preuf 1 (a Wehrmacht weapons research facility) report from October 5th, 1944, the 122mm A-19 (the A-19S being used on the ISU-122, the latest Soviet SPG at that time) could not penetrate the upper glacis of a Panther. However, it could penetrate the lower glacis from a distance of up to 100 m, the mantlet from 500 m, and the side of the turret from 1500m. This was still somewhat wanting, as the Red Army would prefer to engage such tanks from longer ranges, to prevent heavy losses of their own tanks.
The improved 122mm D-25T (which was used on the IS-2, the D-25S was essentially the same, and was used on the ISU-122S) seems to have fared much better against German armor. Testing of the gun on the IS-2 platform in Kubinka in 1944 suggests that a King Tiger’s turret (likely the side) could be penetrated from up to 1000-1500m. The welds of front hull seams could also be penetrated from 500-600m. Whilst these penetration statistics might make the D-25T sound more promising, they must be taken with some caveats.
Firstly, to score such hits would require a very skilled and very experienced gunner – especially to score a hit on the turret from a range of up to 1500m. Secondly, similar to the ML-20S, the D-25T could only manage up to 3 rounds per minute. Thirdly, the validity of these statistics has been called into question, because they come from Soviet sources. In the past, these statistics were often exaggerated for propaganda purposes. Finally, the very fact that the ISU “BM” projects were put into production suggests that the Soviets knew that the D-25T would not give consistently reliable results in AT duties.
Whilst, indeed, the D-25T was, in theory, capable of destroying the heaviest German armor, it was perhaps not as reliable as it needed to be in the field. Of course, it is true that penetrations were not required to disable the tank or kill the crew (both in the case of the ML-20S and D-25T), but one could not simply rely on non-penetrating hits to, in some manner, disable the tank.
As a result of these relatively unsatisfactory Soviet AT capabilities against the Wehrmacht’s heaviest tanks, in June 1944, Zavod Nr. 100 began developing new, high velocity 122 mm, 130 mm, and 152 mm guns to be mounted on the ISU (and perhaps IS and KV) chassis.
Object 243 (ISU-122-1)
Object 243 (ISU-122-1) with the 122 mm BL-9. This vehicle is distinguishable as its gun has no muzzle brake, and looks like an elongated A-19S. However, the gun replicator has been angled (see the rectangular plate on the mantlet below the gun), unlike a regular ISU-122.
The Object 243 featured the 122 mm BL-9 gun – one of the infamous BL guns made at OKB-172. The vehicle can be distinguished by its gun and mantlet. The gun essentially looked like a longer version of the A-19S. The mantlet also had some tweaking to fit the longer and heavier gun – most notably, the tip of the gun replicator has been angled to one side (just below the gun).
It could penetrate 204 mm of armor at 1000 m, with 2 rounds per minute.
The gun’s muzzle velocity was 950 m/s with an 11.9kg AP shell.
It had a range of 10,700 m, compared to the 6000 m range of the 152 mm ML-20S of the ISU-152 and SU-152.
It could carry 20 AP rounds, the same as the ISU-152.
Like the other “BM” guns, the BL-9 was likely too powerful for its mountings, which caused mechanical issues.
Object 246 (ISU-152-1) with the 152 mm BL-8. This vehicle is distinguishable by its slightly longer gun than the Object 247 (15 cm, or 5.9 inches), but the same muzzle brake, and its unchanged gun replicator.
The Object 246 featured the 152 mm BL-8 gun. This vehicle can be distinguished by its distinctive muzzle brake, and unaltered gun replicator.
It could reportedly penetrate 203 mm of armor at 90 degrees from up to 2000 m away (dubious) 1, with 3 rounds per minute.
The gun had a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s with a 43.56 kg HE shell.
It had a maximum range of 18,500 m.
It could carry 21 rounds.
Whilst these results sound excellent, trials in December 1944 showed that the crew found operating the gun difficult, the muzzle brake and breech block were unreliable, and the barrel strength and angle of horizontal guidance were unsatisfactory. Consider also that the very long gun would limit the maneuverability of the vehicle, much like the D-25S on the ISU-122S limited its maneuverability. As a result, the 152mm BL-10 was developed…
Object 247 (ISU-152-2) with the 152 mm BL-10. This vehicle is distinguishable by the length of its barrel (it was slightly shorter compared to the BL-8), its muzzle brake, and its altered gun replicator.
The Object 247 fitted the 152 mm BL-10 gun, an improvement of the BL-8. This vehicle can be distinguished by its muzzle brake and slightly altered gun mantlet, whereby the rectangular tip of the gun replicating system had been angled, unlike the original ISU mantlet.
It could penetrate 205 mm of armor from 1000 m.
It could carry 20 HE shells.
Testing revealed that barrel integrity and angle of horizontal guidance were poor.
It was eventually deemed that there was no need for this work to continue, mostly because the war was over, and there was no need to combat heavily armored German vehicles.
Consider also, that whilst the barrel length was a little shorter than the BL-8, it, too, would still suffer from maneuverability issues as a result.
Object 250 (ISU-130)
Object 250 (ISU-130) with the 130 mm S-26. This vehicle is distinguishable by its unique muzzle brake.
The Object 250 (ISU-130) was built in autumn, 1944 and featured a 130 mm (5.12 in) S-26 gun. This gun is sometimes referred to as a naval gun, but this is not entirely accurate – the S-26 derived from a naval gun and featured a rectangular muzzle brake and horizontal wedges.
It had a muzzle velocity of 702 m/s, firing a 33.4kg HE shell, with 1.5-2.5 rounds per minute.
It had a range of 15,000 m.
It could carry 25 shells, which were smaller than 152mm shells, meaning that it provided similar ballistic results to the 152mm BM guns, but could carry more shells.
In October 1944, the ISU-130 underwent factory trials, and the following month, trials were held at the Polygon.
A major concern came from the caliber – 130mm. The issue was that the army would have to make special arrangements for the 130mm naval shells to be supplied to the army, and thus it was decided that a gun using current army-issue 122mm or 152mm would be preferable.
Testing of the ISU-130 ended in 1945, and the gun was sent to the TaSKB for completion, but the war was over, and the project was disbanded.
The ISU-130 is currently preserved at the Kubinka Tank Museum.
The ISU-130 preserved at Kubinka.
Object 251 (ISU-122-3) with the 122 mm S-26-1. This vehicle is distinguishable by its round gun mantlet and its unique cylindrical muzzle brake.
The Object 251 was derived from the ISU-130. It featured essentially a 122 mm version of the 130 mm S-26, which was designated the S-26-1. It had a round muzzle brake, different components, but the mantlet was the same shape.
It had very similar ballistics to the BL-9, but had a muzzle velocity of 1000 m/s, firing a 25kg shell.
It could fire a disappointing 1.5-1.8 rounds per minute.
It underwent field tests in November 1944, but according to sources, something (probably the mantlet and / or gun mechanism), was simply not strong enough to withstand firing the gun.
The gun project was totally completed in June 1945, but was abandoned due to the war’s end.
(Note that the ISU-122-2 was the ISU-122S with the 122 mm D-25S, hence the skip from ISU-122-1 to ISU-122-3).
The “ISU High Powered Gun Projects” were, in many respects, a failure. True, the guns were incredibly potent, particularly in the case of the S-26-1, which could penetrate 204 mm from 1000 m. They also had a very long range, only limited by the elevation of the ISU mantlet. However, they were simply not practical and mechanically reliable enough for their intended purpose, which was to knock out the thickest armored Wehrmacht tanks consistently, and from long ranges.
Even if the vehicles were put into serial production, how often these tanks would face off with the most heavily armored vehicles of the Wehrmacht is questionable. With Jagdtigers, King Tigers, and Ferdinands being so rare, the war was more likely to have ended before the ISU High Powered Projects saw combat with the vehicles they were designed to destroy. What had ultimately put the nail in the coffin for these guns was that the war had ended, and they were no longer necessary.
Sidenote: Designations and identification through photos
In the writing of this article, it has been exceptionally difficult to pin down which photos correspond to which project. Indeed, some sources only mention four (in some cases, only three) High Powered Gun Project vehicles. It has been the author’s conclusion that there were five such High Powered Gun Projects mounted onto ISU chassis, as outlined in Solyankin’s book “Советские тяжелые самоходные артиллерийские установки 1941-45″. Most online sources, particularly non-Russian language sources, are incredibly inaccurate. Gun statistics were mostly provided by a Soviet data set as provided by Tankarchives.blogspot. However, these statistics sometimes differ with Solyankin.
1 – Note 1 – Most data has been obtained from this Soviet data set. However, certain statistics have not been given and have been obtained from alternative (potentially dubious) sources. Where necessary, statistics provided by Solyankin have been used, but these are questionable.
2 – Note 2 – Experienced crews were able to load much faster. Consider that the BM guns were likely tested by experts in test ground conditions, thus likely making their rounds per minute data higher than would be in the field, by more typical tank crews.
3 – Note 3 – Obtaining the ISU-122S’ ammo capacity has been difficult. It is reported that with a crew of four, instead of five (IE, one loader instead of two), then ammo capacity was increased, but the only given figure is 30, presumably with two loaders.
“Germany’s Panther Tank: The Quest for Combat Supremacy”, by Thomas Jentz
“Sturmgeschutz & Its Variants”, by Walter J. Spielberger
“Советские тяжелые самоходные артиллерийские установки 1941-45”, by A.G. Solyankin
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forum.axishistory.com
tankarchives.blogspot
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alternatewars.com
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BL-9
BL-10
S-26-1
ML-20S
D-25S
12.8cm PaK 44 L/55
Chassis Object 243 Object 246 Object 247 Object 250 Object 251 ISU-152, SU-152 ISU-122S Jagdtiger
Caliber 122 mm 152 mm 152 mm 130 mm 122 mm 152 mm 122 mm 128 mm
[email protected] deg 204 mm from 1000 m
157 mm from 1500 m
155 mm from 2000 m 203 mm1
from 2000 m (Dubious) 205 mm from 1000 m
160 mm from 2000 m 196 mm from 1000 m
156 mm from 2000 m 125 mm from 500 m 147 mm from 500 m
and 129 mm from 2000 m 200 mm from 1000 m
30 degree angle
PzGr.43 shell
Rounds per Minute 2 3 1 No data 1 1.5-2.25 1.5-1.8 1-3 2
(crew dependent) 1-3 2,3
(crew dependent) 2
Muzzle velocity 950m/s1(AP)
700 m/s (HE) 850 m/s (presumably HE) 1 826 m/s (AP)
851 m/s (HE) 898 m/s (AP)
702 m/s (HE) 1000 m/s (AP and HE) 600 m/s (HE) 800 m/s (HE) 950 m/s (AP)
Range 10,700 m 18,500 m 1 17,000 m 15,000 m 1 15,000 m 1 6000 m 5000 m 24,410 m
Shell Weight and Type 11.9kg AP 43.56kg HE 43.56kg HE 33.4kg HE 25kg HE 43.56kg HE 25kg HE 28kg HE
28.3kg AP
Ammo Capacity 20 21 1 20 25 24 20
(ISU-152) 30 1, 3 38-40
Overall length, chassis included 11.15 m (36.58 ft) 11.82 m (38.78 ft) 11.67 m (38.29 ft) 11.42 m (37.47 ft) 11.26 m (36.94 ft) 9.18 m (30.12 ft) 9.85 m (32.32 ft) 10.65 m (34.94 ft)
Illustration of the Object 247/ISU-152-2 armed with the 152mm BL-10 gun by Tank Encyclopedia’s own David Bocquelet
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12 replies on “ISU High Power Gun Projects”
John Tumickisays:
May I ask where the Jagdtiger fits into this data? I don’t see any information on this in the article, and it is in the table.
Willkerrssays:
Hello, John,
I included it for reference and context, so that readers might have something to compare these guns to. I was strongly considering including other guns, but there was little space, so I figured it might be best to take one of the most powerful German guns.
Oh, ok. That makes sense now.
commander6591says:
Oh god why don’t we have illustration for this god-like post
Amazing Acesays:
Thanks! Currently our illustrator is on break, when he returns illustrations will be back to normal.
David Bocqueletsays:
I’m Back. As you’ll can see on the post update
Welcome back, Dave.
SovietTenkDestroyersays:
Nice to see you again
Kacpersays:
does ISU-122 with A-19 wz gun had muzzle brake ?
Green skysays:
The USSR would use several SU/ISU152 when tank hunting and have them fire on the same target. That is how you get a first strike kill.
Secondly all internal soviet specs and reports are very good there is no propaganda int hem. Seems like who ever wrote that has fully bought into post ww2 cold war rewrites
However when it comes to Germany THEY did indeed often lie to themselves in internal reports so often that the German High Command had it written that all claims of kills should be decreased by 50% out of hand.
“I must say, that the increase in dead and wounded was greatly inconvenient for German officials, filtering information from the front, and attempting to present it in the best possible light. As one of them admitted to me later, they worked on the principle of “Let us lose the war in reality, but we must win it on paper.”” – Hendrick C. Verton, In the Fire of the Eastern Front, The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer, 1941-1945
Max Wheatleysays:
we need a post on the KV tests and prototypes please like KV-5 KV-4 KV-3 KV-14 BLAH BLAH
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Safermom keeps new moms safe
Yemi Johnson June 11, 2015 0 0
Our moms have always kept us safe through will, grit and love. Safermom proposes to keep new moms safe and from heartaches through sms technology.
Safermom is a web service using sms technology to send timely automatic reminders for pregnant and nursing mothers, offering content such as pregnancy follow up, child health care tips, nutrition guides, sexual and reproductive rights, family planning tips, clinic reminders as well as immunization reminders on your phone.
Unlike other services which ask for a fee to receive medical information for content you can find on credible medical websites, Safermom sends relevant and much more targeted content to the receiver especially as the receiver has to sign up to use the platform. The messages her customized to address the medical condition of the pregnant or nursing mothers by care providers, hospitals, clinics, health insurance companies, Diagnostic centers, NGOs and other health entrepreneurs.
It appears that Safermom’s primary role is to link mothers with organizations that address their particular needs. They provide improved communication channels for these organizations to sign up and easily communicate with the audience they serve based on monthly subscription fees.
According to their pitch, Safermom’s goal is to help mothers through pregnancy and baby’s early years through timely, dedicated and targeted vital information which are currently available in Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa.
“We hope to translate it to more Nigerian languages as we expand in the future since our services can be deployed in any languages of the world and to any mobile phones/lines at any location in the world even mothers without access to internet. Our Voice call platform which is at beta version solves the challenge of effective communicating with those who are illiterate, especially women in the least developed countries who have access to mobile phone – half of whom are illiterate”.
Lanre, Safermom’s team lead made us aware that Nigeria presently contributes to about 13% of worldwide maternal and child deaths due to preventable diseases; mostly as a result of negligence, illiteracy and failure of mothers to attend clinics for ante natal care. Most mothers also fail to present their babies for immunization schedules which have also contributed immensely to about 260,000 babies under the age of 5 years lost yearly. This and a few bitter experiences led his team to develop Safermom.
Safermom is presently signing up and working with Hospitals, diagnostic centers, NGOs, Care providers, Government agencies, health insurance companies e.t.c to easily use their platform to reach out to their audience. They claim to have 2,500 subscribed mothers on their platform and aspire to work with several organizations to sign up 30,000 pregnant mothers with children under the age of five years before the end of the year.
I visited their website and it’s opened to not just mothers, but everyone (concerned spouses, friends and relatives) that would like to receive automated medical reminders on the health of the beloved nursing mother. The service appears to be free, however organizations that seek to leverage their medical campaigns on their networks of subscribers, will pay a fee as earlier stated.
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U.S. State Department to Require All Visa Applicants to Provide Their Social Media Usernames
George Kamau
The U.S State Department has already started to put into action last years proposal of requiring visa applicants to submit their social media profiles alongside previous email addresses and phone numbers in the now updated application process under Trump’s administration who had called for extreme vetting of imigrants during his campaign and now that he’sin office.
This new requirement could affect up to 15 million would-be travelers to the U.S. “National security is our top priority when adjudicating visa applications, and every prospective traveler and immigrant to the United States undergoes extensive security screening. We are constantly working to find mechanisms to improve our screening processes to protect U.S. citizens while supporting legitimate travel to the United States,” reads the statement from the department to the Associated Press.
This requirement was only reserved to persons of interest for extra scrutiny especially if the travelers(65,000 applicants per-year) were from countries or regions with a high degree of terrorist activities.
This new additional vetting is going to affect a lot of people and the US State Department had estimated 710,000 immigrant visa applications and 14 million non-immigrant visa applicants.
The new forms require social media usernames, phone numbers, and emails the applicant shave used for over the past five years alongside their international travel and deportation status. Applicants will also be required to state whether any of their family members have been involved in terrorist activities.
Those found to lie about their social media use could face serious immigration consequences.
Putting up these new obstacles is going to affect the choices for highly-skilled workers who will now have to opt to countries with fewer restrictions like neighboring Canda, New Zealand, Norway, Australia, Germany, and Switzerland. The U.S is already ranked lower in talent attractiveness.
The new requirements won’t be applied to certain diplomatic and official visa applicants.
Civil rights groups have already joined in condemning this new notice. the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) said that there was no evidence that such social media monitoring was effective or fair and that it would cause people to self-censor themselves online.
ACLU continues arguing that the questions would create “an environment ripe for profiling and discrimination.”
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Steelers Place Ben Roethlisberger, Three Others On COVID List
By Bill Galluccio Nov 10, 2020
The undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers have placed Ben Roethlisberger, offensive lineman Jerald Hawkins, running back Jaylen Samuels, and linebacker Vince Williams on the restricted/COVID list. The move comes one day after tight end Vance McDonald was added to the list following a positive test. He must remain isolated for at least ten days under the NFL's coronavirus protocols.
All four players were considered to be high-risk close contacts and must isolate for five days. They will not be allowed into the Steelers' facility but will be able to remotely participate in meetings as the team prepares to host the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday.
All four players could be cleared to play on Sunday if they do not test positive during the next five days.
The Steelers have been in the intensive COVID-19 protocol since last week after Baltimore Ravens defensive back Marlon Humphrey tested positive following their game on November 1.
Under the intensive protocols, all players, coaches, general managers, assistant coaches, and other football operations employees must be tested for COVID-19 every day and receive a negative result before they can enter the team's facility. In addition, players and coaches must wear masks at all times, even during outdoor practices.
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John Ambrosino*, Aimee Doherty*, and Erica Spyres* in Into the Woods. Photo: Mark S. Howard
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Tiffany Chen, Aimee Doherty*, and McCaela Donovan in One Man, Two Guvnors. Photo: Mark S. Howard
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Christopher Chew* and Amelia Broome* in Sweeney Todd. Photo: Mark S. Howard
Phil Tayler*, Christopher Chew*, Shannon Lee Jones* in Working. Photo: Mark S. Howard
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Leigh Barrett* in The Mikado. Photo: Mark S. Howard
Leigh Barrett* in City of Angels. Photo: Mark S. Howard
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Sam Simahk* and Maurice Emmanuel Parent* in Into the Woods. Photo: Mark S. Howard
Sam Simahk returns to the Lyric Stage, having performed in Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Previous credits include: Big Fish (Speakeasy Stage), Miss Saigon (Starlight Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse), the King and I (Ocean State Theatre), Grease (Seacoast Repertory Theatre), and Carousel, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre). Born and raised in Ashburnham MA, Sam is a proud graduate of Emerson College and member of AEA.
Cast of Sweeney Todd. Photo: Mark S. howard
Davron Monroe
Cast of City of Angels. Photo: Mark S. Howard
Davron Monroe*, Harry McEnenerny and Chuong Plham in One Man, Two Guvnors. Photo: Mark S. Howard
Davron S. Monroe is returning to the Lyric Stage after having appeared in My Fair Lady, City of Angels, Sweeney Todd, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Mikado, Avenue Q, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. Musical theatre credits include: Godspell (Moonbox Productions), Hairspray (Reagle Music Theatre), Dreamgirls, Jesus Christ Superstar, Children of Eden, Songs for a New World(premiere, Key West Symphony, Broadway Across America), Smokey Joe’s Café, Cinderella, Streakin’!, a ’70s musical revue, Sweet Charity, Brigadoon, and Show Boat. Cabaret: The All Night Strut. Opera: fully staged or concert/scene productions of Carmen, Treemonisha, Porgy and Bess, La finta giardiniera, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, La fille du régiment, L’élisir d’amore, Così fan tutte, Die Fledermaus, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Gondoliers, Aida, and Die Zauberflöte. Mr. Monroe premiered the role of Thomas Edison in Juventas’s New Music Group production of Light and Power. He has also appeared with many orchestral and vocal organizations, such as Boston Landmarks Orchestra (Lost in the Stars — a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech, and The Chariot Jubilee), the First Church UU, Belmont, the Brevard Music Center (finalist, Orlando Opera’s Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actor Awards), Disney Entertainment’s Voices of Liberty, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Key West Symphony (young artist), Houston Ebony Opera Guild, the New England Spiritual Ensemble, New England Voices, the Longy School Orchestra, and many other organizations throughout the greater Boston area. Davron is the first recipient of the Bob Jolly Award for up-and-coming local actors.
Mala Bhattacharya
Mala Bhattacharya, Kenneth Harmon and Ellen Peterson in Man of LaMancha. Photo: Spiro Veloudos
Mala Bhattacharya was last seen at the Lyric Stage in Man of La Mancha and previously in Miss Witherspoon. Other area credits include The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin(SpeakEasy Stage), and The King and I, Into the Woods (Fiddlehead Theatre). New York City credits include The Ghost Dancers (Stone Soup Theatre), Shakuntala (The Authentic Theatre), Forbidden Office(Turnstyle Theatre). In Atlanta, Mala appeared in Guys and Dollsand Sondheim on Sondheim(Act3 Productions). Mala is an active voiceover artist, most recently lending her voice to projects for Jimmy Choo, Turner Broadcasting, PBS, and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She has been a resident artist with Berkshire Opera and the Pine Mountain Music Festival. She holds an M.M. from the Longy School of Music.
Maritza Bostic
Maritza Bostic and Maurice Emmanuel Parent* in Into the Woods. Photo: Mark S. Howard
Maritza Bostic is returning to the Lyric Stage after being seen in Into the Woods. Her recent credits include Shaping the World (Bad Habit Productions), Creative License the Musical (NYC Fringe 2015), Alice the Musical and Hairspray (Wheelock Family Theatre), A Little Princess (Fiddlehead Theatre), and School House Rock Live! (Boston Children’s Theatre). A Reading, MA native, she participated in the Lyric First Stage summer program prior to attending college for two years. Maritza is a proud member of Salem State’s graduating class of 2014 with a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts Performance. She is also an enthusiastic two-year touring cast member of Speak About It, Inc.
Patrick Varner
Patrick Varner and Samantha Richert* in City of Angels. Photo: Mark S. Howard
Patrick Varner returns to the Lyric Stage after appearing in City of Angels, and understudying the one-man-show Buyer & Cellar. Recent credits: Human Comedy (Boston University), Assassins (New Rep), Translations (Bad Habit Productions),Brundibar, But the Giraffe! (Underground Railway), Born for This: The Bebe Winans Story (ArtsEmerson Workshop). Other credits: Shining City, Buried Child, Camille (Boston University), Hamlet, Richard II (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts). Patrick received his B.F.A. in Acting from Boston University in 2013, and has also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and CAP 21 in New York.
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THE ADVOCATE 63 VOL. 79 PART 1 JANUARY 2021 para. 118). In 2012, the BCLI published the study paper Human Rights and Family Responsibilities: Family Status Discrimination under Human Rights Law in British Columbia and Canada. The paper reviews research and jurisprudence on the family status ground, summarizes the state of the law and concludes with a call for further public consultation and policy development to help clarify the scope of family status discrimination and to support inclusive workplace design in Canada. Fraser concerned three retired members of the RCMP who had participated in a job-sharing program following the birth of their children. Job-sharing time was not eligible for pension buyback, unlike other gaps in service, such as unpaid leave and time on suspension, and the claimants argued that the policy breached their s. 15 Charter rights based on the enumerated ground of sex and the analogous ground of parental/family status. The decision contains a rich discussion of adverse impact or systemic discrimination, clarifying both the legal test and the evidence required to establish discrimination.1 Looking back, both Karen and I are keenly aware that BCLI’s work was only marginally affected by COVID-19, even as we all had to alter how we live and work. The BCLI/CCEL team is to be commended for its dedication in leading our projects with thoroughness, diligence and care through the early days of the pandemic. We are grateful to Kathleen Cunningham and to the BCLI board for their commitment to BCLI through the early months of COVID-19 and in easing the transition. We also wish to thank our project partners, the Alzheimer Society of B.C. and Inclusion BC, for their continued support and collaborative spirit. In addition, we are grateful to our funders—the Ministry of Attorney General, the Law Foundation of British Columbia, the Law Foundation of Ontario, the Department of Justice Canada’s Victim Fund, the Notary Foundation of British Columbia and the Vancouver Foundation—for seeing the value in our work and championing it. As we enter 2021, we look forward to developing new projects, expanding our partnerships and digging into new areas that will contribute to equitable and innovative approaches to modernizing laws for the benefit of people throughout British Columbia. For more information about our work, visit <www.bcli.org>. While you’re there, make sure to sign up for our newsletters for regular updates. You can also find us on social media: @BCLawInstitute (Facebook and Twitter), @CCElderLaw (Twitter) and @CanCentreforElderLaw (Facebook). ENDNOTE 1. The BCLI study paper on family status discrimination was funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia. In 2017, the Canadian Human Rights Commission provided funding to update the research. Both papers can be found on BCLI’s website: <www. bcli.org/project/bc-family-status-legal-researchproject>. /bc-family-status-legal-research-project /bc-family-status-legal-research-project /www.bcli.org /bc-family-status-legal-research-project
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Home / News / Democratic presidential candidates blast U.S. plan to deport families
Immigrants who have been caught crossing the border illegally are housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas, in this file photo taken July 15, 2014. The Obama administration on Thursday came under fire from Democratic presidential candidates and human rights groups for plans to intensify deportations of Central American migrants by rounding up undocumented families. REUTERS/ Rick Loomis/Pool/Files
Democratic presidential candidates blast U.S. plan to deport families
The Levant Dec 25, 2015 News, United States Leave a comment
THE LEVANT NEWS – WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: BY MARK HOSENBALL AND JONATHAN ALLEN FOR REUTERS –The Obama administration on Thursday came under fire from Democratic presidential candidates and human rights groups for plans to intensify deportations of Central American migrants by rounding up undocumented families.
Amid a surge in the arrival of unaccompanied children and families from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, U.S. government sources confirmed preparations to detain and deport, starting next month, families that already have been ordered to leave.
The Washington Post first reported on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security was considering launching the crackdown in January.
Government sources, who asked not to be identified, said on Thursday the campaign by DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) marks an expansion from mostly targeting individuals to pursuing families with undocumented members.
A spokesman for Hillary Clinton, who is leading among Democratic candidates seeking the presidency in next November’s elections, said she “has real concerns about these reports,” adding it is “critical that everyone has a full and fair hearing and that our country provides refuge to those that need it.”
An ICE spokesperson, asked why the agency was targeting families, said it focuses on people who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security, “whether alone or with family members.”
Senator Bernie Sanders, chief rival to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a statement, “Our nation has always been a beacon of hope, a refuge for the oppressed … we need to take steps to protect children and families seeking refuge here, not cast them out.”
Another of Clinton’s Democratic opponents, ex-Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, tweeted: “Holiday plans for raids to round up/deport Central American refugees fleeing death are wrong. We are a better nation than this.”
Many seek asylum in the United States by claiming their governments are unable to protect them from drug-related or domestic violence.
Support for the deportations came from Republican Senator Ron Johnson, who chairs the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. “The primary solution to reducing this ongoing crisis is to eliminate the incentive that results from allowing 95.6 percent of these illegal immigrants to stay – by humanely and expeditiously returning them to their home countries.”
DHS has put a priority on targeting for deportation previously convicted criminals who are undocumented. But it also wants to remove recently arrived Central Americans.
Hispanic-Americans are a growing force in U.S. politics and Democrats hope a strong turnout in November could help them, especially with Republicans campaigning on a vow to seal U.S. borders from illegal immigrants.
Donald Trump, who leads the Republican presidential field, caused an uproar last June, accusing Mexico of sending rapists and other criminals into the United States and saying undocumented immigrants carried “tremendous infectious disease.”
Frank Sharry, executive director of the pro-immigration group America’s Voice, said the upcoming raids would “be a political nightmare for the Democrats.”
Michelle Brané, director of the Women’s Refugee Commission’s migrant rights program, said she had not received briefings from the administration. But she worried that some families facing deportation may not have had proper legal representation, especially if their cases sped through the courts.
“It’s a pretty traumatic way to break in the new year,” she said.
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Christmas, a time to campaign to free political prisoners in Nicaragua
Postcard made by Europe-based campaign to release political prisoners in Nicaragua. Art by French urban artist Oré, used with permission. The winter holidays are, for many, a season of rest—a time to celebrate with friends, family, and loved ones. But since mass protests swept Nicaragua in 2018, hundreds of Nicaraguan political prisoners have spent the holidays in prison. As of December 2020, there were 109 political prisoners according to Havana Times, 108 according to the Europe-based organization Nicaragua Libre Sin Presxs Politicxs, and 118 according to La Prensa, a major independent news ...
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Solidarity among Hondurans in wake of Hurricane Eta
Screenshot of the YouTube video of Noticias Telemundo of Honduran images, November 5, 2020When Hurricane Eta ravaged Central America, it hit an already severely battered region. What had sprung as a Category 4 hurricane soon turned into a tropical storm and as of November 9, 235 people have been reported dead due to floods, mudslides, and crumbling houses. The numbers, however, are being updated every day.In Honduras, 1.6 million people have been affected and thousands are in need of shelters. On the ground, people are feeling a “combination of anguish, indignation, and solidarity”, according ...
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Arterialised earlobe blood gas analysis: an underused technique.
A D Pitkin,
C M Roberts,
Department of Thoracic Medicine, London Chest Hospital.
BACKGROUND--Techniques for sampling arterialised capillary blood from the finger pulp and the earlobe were first described over two decades ago but, although close agreement between arterial values and earlobe samples has been demonstrated in normal subjects, this technique is not in common usage. METHODS--Forty patients with chronic lung disease and a wide range of arterial blood gas values were studied. Simultaneous earlobe and arterial samples were drawn with the patient at rest and analysed in the same blood gas analyser. The respiratory function laboratory staff in 50 UK hospitals with a respiratory department were telephoned and asked whether the technique was used in their hospital and the reasons, if known, for not adopting it. RESULTS--Earlobe and arterial blood gas tensions agreed closely over a wide range of values of arterial pH, PCO2 (mean difference 0.21, 95% confidence intervals -0.24 to +0.67 kPa) and PO2 (mean difference -0.17, 95% confidence intervals -1.09 to +0.75 kPa), especially at arterial PO2 values lower than 8 kPa. Of 50 UK centres surveyed 18% used the arterialised earlobe technique and 4% had plans to introduce it. Reasons for not using it were lack of knowledge in 64%, no blood gas analyser in 6%, the technique was considered inaccurate in 4%, and insufficient staff in 4%. CONCLUSIONS--Although earlobe blood gas analysis is sufficiently accurate to be reliably substituted for arterial sampling in routine clinical practice, most centres in the UK do not use the technique. The main reasons for this appear to be lack of knowledge of its existence and uncertainty over its accuracy.
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Published on March 25th, 2020 | by Ken Klein
Ken Klein OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs
At the FDR Memorial — which features Roosevelt’s hydropower innovation, the Tennessee Valley Authority — the underground water pumps are broken.
Sign explains empty fountain at FDR Memorial. Photo: Ken Kein
If you look down, a sorry sign says FDR Memorial pumps and electrical systems were burned out by flooding.
America can plan/tame a riven basin spanning seven states but can’t pump water at the FDR Memorial? A metaphor for the economic woe and paralysis wrought by coronavirus?
The headlines are sobering:
“Health systems are strained”
“Jobless claims are up”
“Limits on mobility flatten the (coronavirus) curve… and the economy”
But step back, for the broader view of the memorial… and of history.
Eleanor Roosevelt said FDR’s illness “gave him strength and courage he had not had before.”
Roosevelt and the country overcame the Great Depression and global tyranny.
MLK Memorial. Photo: Ken Klein
Near the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC, is the more recent memorial for Martin Luther King, Jr.
President Roosevelt and Dr. King uttered plenty of quotable profundities etched in stone here. I looked (up) — captivated — by King’s premise that the ultimate measure of people (he said “a man”) should not be taken when times are good (“moments of comfort and convenience.”) The ultimate measure, he said, comes in times of challenge and controversy.
FDR could have excelled at billboard copywriting; he didn’t need many words. “The only thing we have to fear,” Roosevelt said at his first inaugural in 1933, “is fear itself.”
As I thought about history, I was pinged by Whole Foods with a coronavirus update. Whole Foods is paying part-time and full-time workers more per hour, as well as double overtime through May 3.
Walmart said March 19 it would hire 150,000 nationwide and give cash bonuses to full-time and part-time workers whom it employed as of March 1.
Amazon and Dollar Tree also are expanding their workforce.
Yes, more disruption is ahead, with more restrictions on mobility and more confirmed virus cases. We are not out of this jam yet, not close.
But look up, Ken, as planes take off from Reagan National Airport.
And, for a clearer perspective on the present, look up from the memorials to FDR and Dr. King and our past.
The pumps are broken today, the sign says. But we know how to fix things and we know how to prevail over adversity. When we look up, the signs will be saying: “Hiring,” “Welcome Back,” and “We Made It!”
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Mary Lou Retton Eliminated from Dancing with the Stars After Revealing She Is Divorced
Mary Lou Retton may not have won the Mirror Ball Trophy, but she’s leaving Dancing with the Stars having achieved a personal victory.
“This has been the time of my life,” Retton, 50, said on Monday after being eliminated.
During the reality dancing competition series’ sixth week of competition, Retton performed her final dance, a tango, with pro partner Sasha Farber. With just minutes left of the live Halloween episode, it was announced by co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews that Retton was in jeopardy alongside fellow competitor Alexis Ren — but it was the retired Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast who was sent home.
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Although her time on the show came to an end, Retton is thankful for how the series pushed her in more ways than one.
“I hadn’t challenged myself in decades,” Retton admitted to Bergeron, “and I challenged myself and I’m off to a fresh start.”
On Monday’s episode, audiences learned that Retton went through one of the hardest moments of her life this year: a divorce after nearly three decades of marriage.
“I went through a divorce. People don’t know that. It’s the first time I’ve actually said it publicly,” she told Farber during rehearsal.
“After 27 years,” she continued about her now ex-husband, Shannon Kelley.
Mary Lou Retton and Shannon Kelley
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Retton, who wed Kelley in 1990, said they finalized their divorce in February, “so it’s very new.”
She admitted that the separation “was hard.”
“I felt very alone,” she told Farber.
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Although their marriage came to an end, the athlete and her ex — they share daughters Shayla, 23, McKenna, 21, Skyla, 18, and Emma, 16 — are on good terms.
“It’s something that had really needed to happen for a long time,” she said. “We still love one another, but we weren’t great together anymore.”
In the months since Retton joined DWTS, she’s learned a great deal about ballroom dancing techniques — and about herself.
“When I walked in here, I knew I was starting over, and I was scared,” she told Farber. “But now, I know I’m starting over, but I’m excited.”
Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
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INDORE: A day after TOI reported the blatant breach of norms by an educational institute in the city, it has come to know that those offering fake degrees work in collusion. Dubious education institutes work as partner agencies or franchisee of universities across the country.
This correspondent has come across many students who shared their grievances and feared uncertainty after having enrolled themselves to such institutes. It came to the fore that those already employed, but in need of a degree, fell easy prey to such institutions.
“I had enrolled myself at Apple Institute of Professional Studies for BTech course. After first semester, I was asked to take transfer to Saraswati Institute of Professional Studies (SIPS). Despite completing two semesters, I did not get a hard copy of mark sheet.
Now the institute is asking me to deposit next semester’s fee to get the original mark sheet,” said Hemant Kumar, one of the students who is also a professional.
SIPS is a franchisee of a KSOU (Karnataka State Open University).
Students also received anonymous phone calls luring them into getting distance education degrees.
Raghvendra Pathak, a student of Apple Institute of Professional Studies, said, “It was my biggest mistake that I got influenced by repeated calls. I am a professional and wanted to study further while doing job so enrolled myself to MSc.”
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Is a Vibrant, Devastating Work of Art
The hardships, repressed frustration, and vulnerabilities that come with suffocating under systemic oppression are ever-present in the work of the late, great playwright August Wilson. He intimately understood the experience of Black Americans; the tone and cadence, the mannerisms and use of AAVE (African-American vernacular) in his plays specify that his theatrical experiences are meant for Black audiences. In Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the third of Wilson’s works to be adapted for the screen, rhythm and blues are the vehicle through which our characters deal with daily exposure to white supremacy.
The film opens with a mesmerizing montage of performances by the “Mother of Blues” Ma Rainey (Viola Davis). She is in command of the stage and beloved for it, but tension rages between the singer and one of her band members, Levee (Chadwick Boseman, in his final performance). The trumpeter craves everything Ma has: the art, the spotlight, the applause. The two compete as their bandmates look on, and the forthcoming trouble is palpable.
The following day, the band is scheduled to record a collection of songs in a Chicago studio run by the economical and unhelpful Sturdyvant (Jonny Coyne). An afternoon of stories, arguments, jokes, and philosophy unfolds amongst the band members before any music is even recorded. Though this is Ma Rainey and Levee’s story, each character in the ensemble is critical to getting that story told. Colman Domingo as trombonist Cutler adds this film to a string of exceptional supporting roles, once again elevating what’s on the page to new heights. Glynn Turman as Toledo, a pianist who ponders race in America and Black masculinity, plays the beats of misapplied and misunderstood knowledge with grace, dispelling and dismissing tension with his natural rhythm. Michael Potts does equally wonderful work with minimal dialogue as bassist Slow Drag; his exasperated expressions are a striking storytelling device.
As Levee, Boseman is multi-layered and electric. So many of his past performances require a sense of regal stillness; here, he stretches muscles in ways we’ve never seen. It’s a joy to watch him play reckless, a character who doesn’t have to contain himself. Levee has a rude yet likeable charm rooted in unresolved childhood trauma, and as the film revolves around his volatile ambition, Boseman rises to the challenge of the spotlight—a performance so full of life and conviction, it’s a devastating reminder we won’t see more of his multifaceted talent. It had not even begun to reach its full potential.
Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
When Ma Rainey arrives with her girlfriend Dussie Mae (Taylour Paige) and nephew Sylvester (Dusan Brown), her ego enters a boxing match with Levee’s. Ma is demanding and delays the recording until her needs are met, just as Levee expresses a dangerous interest in Dussie Mae. All this pales in comparison to the enormous task of recording “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” a mission that plays more of an antagonizing role than any one character could. In pursuit of a perfect record, the song brings out the worst competitive and divisive urges amongst this group of people.
Ma is uncompromising and abrasive, and Davis is powerful in the role, her presence large and boisterous but still controlled—the character takes over as she voices her struggles. Ma is an absolute diva, and Davis is clearly enjoying the material: Her performance is precise and assured, and her moments of comedic levity land every time. Though Ma’s behavior may read as unlikable, she explains her reasoning in a conversation with Cutler: “They don’t care nothing about me. All they want is my voice. Well, I done learned that. And they gon’ treat me the way I want to be treated, no matter how much it hurt ‘em. They back there calling me all kinds of names. Calling me everything but a child of God. But they can’t do nothing else ‘cause they ain’t got what they wanted yet. As soon as they get my voice down on one of them recording machines, then it’s just like I’m a whore. They roll over and put their pants on. They ain’t got no use for me then.”
Ma understands her social standing as a Black woman in the 1920s: She is wanted solely for the entertainment and monetary gain of the white patriarchy. To maintain any semblance of dignity and to simply survive, a harsh demeanor is essential to getting what she deserves. Levee also believes these sentiments are the key to success, but takes a different approach: By playing within the white system while claiming to understand its pitfalls, he thinks he’ll get what he wants. But Levee will learn that for Black people, this worldview does not work in your favor.
Glynn Turman as Toledo, Chadwick Boseman as Levee, Michael Potts as Slow Drag, and Colman Domingo as Cutler in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Theater adaptations too often feel stilted in transferring the magic of a stage play—few locations, a limiting structure—to film. For the most part, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom makes the crossover. It knows exactly where to open up, and the story feels richer as a result. But at other moments, the film slows down—to match the speed of a character pausing to give background, for example—and the leap doesn’t always land gracefully. However, director George C. Wolfe, a New York theater artist, never gets in the way of Wilson’s words, and makes up for pacing issues with beautifully crafted blocking, staging, and camera movement that creates an intimate, in-the-same-room experience. Each actor balances the grand scale of dialogue written for theater with the intimacy required for cinema, and their larger-than-life performances transcend the screen. Everything, from the almost musical fluidity of the actors’ interactions with the camera to the sumptuous costumes and production design, makes for an invigorating experience.
The film ends on a strong, shocking, and sharply bleak note that crystallizes its philosophy: To move through a world that values what you can do for it and not vice versa weighs heavy on the psyche. Being Black in America is walking a tightrope which, if not tread carefully, will leave you feeling undervalued, stranded, and unforgiven. Hopefully, the film reminds viewers of the beauty and misfortune from which the blues come, and the timeless work of August Wilson that extends beyond Fences. Packed with soulfully poignant performances, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a solid, vibrant, and extravagant work of art.
Michael-Michelle Pratt
Michael-Michelle Pratt is a college student and freelance writer who specializes in cultural criticism centered around Blackness, Black womanhood, film, and television.
This article was originally published by Elle.com. Read the original article here.
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Gulabjaam (Marathi Movie) Review
February 18, 2018 by Keyur Seta 2 Comments
Sachin Kundalkar is known for narrating modern stories rooted in traditionalism. He has, especially, maintained this balance in his last three efforts, Happy Journey (2014), Rajwade And Sons (2015) and Vazandar (2016).
He has done the same with Gulabjaam. But this time, he has also bettered his own recipe (which was already pretty good) several notches higher resulting in one of the most delicious dishes one would taste in a long time.
Gulabjaam is about Aditya Naik’s (Siddharth Chandekar) struggle to learn Marathi cuisine in order to open a restaurant in London, where he is settled. He quits his high paying job and secretly visits Pune for his mission. After tasting food from a lunch box, especially gulabjaam, he deeply gets reminded of the food cooked by his mother.
After learning that the lunch box was prepared by Radha Agarkar (Sonali Kulkarni), he instantly decides to learn cooking from her. However, he realizes that the lady is not only a recluse but also rude who doesn’t like anybody’s presence around her. Will Aditya succeed in his mission? Why is Radha the way she is?
It is rare to see food or cooking being a catalyst to connect two characters in an Indian film. But it is one of the most unusual and complex relationship to deal with for the writer and director. This is not just because Radha and Aditya are from different age groups and worlds. Their personal journey and diverse natures makes it all the more unlikely for them to form a bond.
To achieve this convincingly and that too with constant humour is the biggest masterstroke here. Plus, throughout the film their relationship remains undefined, which makes it more charming. We don’t often get to see strong and deep relationships that are kept unnamed.
Like Kundalkar’s previous works, Gulabjaam is more like a smooth journey rather than merely a story. You don’t realize when a quirky encounter of two diverse human beings transforms into a tale of deep personal sufferings inspite of the funny and light-hearted mood. The climax might not be ideal for some. But it is certainly garnished with the hope of inner wounds getting healed someday.
The only flaw is the incident of Radha realizing that Aditya has stealthily sneaked into her house and stolen food. One would expect her to scream but she doesn’t. However, the effect of the consequence of this scene makes you ignore it.
Kundalkar has also continued his legacy of getting the technical aspects right. There are numerous moments where one can notice cinematographer Milind Jog’s craft. The background score is unconventional and effective. It follows the important rule of not making the audience realize about its arrival and departure in a scene. The editing also deserves similar praise.
The nature of Radha’s character demanded her home to appear as if it is stuck in a period long gone by. This is achieved perfectly by the art director Poorva Pandit Bhujbal. It would be unfair not to mention food stylists Sayali Rajadhyaksha and Shweta Bapat for their work plays a big role in adding visual quality to the subject.
Sonali Kulkarni and Siddharth Chandekar’s characters are deep and vulnerable, which makes them realistic. But they appear deeply relatable only because of their respective performances. Kulkarni’s act can only be called masterful. She gets the diverse facets like agony and homour with utmost perfection.
With her constant presence, Chandekar might not appear as impressive. But he certainly gets his act of a boyish man constantly trying to move out of his trapped world quite right. Madhura Deshpande, the actors playing Popat and the old lady also impress in the opportunity they get.
Review by: Keyur Seta
Director: Sachin Kundalkar
Writers: Sachin Kundalkar and Tejas Modak
Producers: Zee Studios and Golden Gate Motion Pictures
Cast: Sonali Kulkarni, Siddharth Chandekar
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‘Normal People’ Star Paul Mescal Discusses the Importance of the Intimacy Coordinator
Normal People — Episode 8 – Episode 108 — (Photo by Enda Bowe/Hulu)
The Me Too movement has also led to the rise of Intimacy Coordinators on set, and it begs the question — how did actors go so long without them? An actor/friend once told me that sex scenes are often so uncomfortable because they are so poorly choreographed, and because many directors are also uncomfortable with the scenes, the actors are left to their own devices, which can lead to problems.
After binging Normal People on Hulu, I was extremely curious about the sex scenes, especially since they were so raw and believable. In the interview below, series star Paul Mescal details the importance of the Intimacy Coordinator. And kudos to the interviewer for asking well thought out questions.
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Hulu’s ‘Normal People’ — The Best New Show to Watch
I’m only four episodes into Hulu’s Normal People, and I can already say it’s one of the rawest, most realistic portrayals of young, complicated love that I’ve seen in nearly a decade. Based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel, the series follows Irish lovers Connell Waldron (Paul Mescal) and Marianne Sheridan (Daisy Edgar-Jones) as they navigate their on/off romance, which is complicated by different upbringings, the opinions of others, personal insecurities, and all the mistakes we make before we know better.
The Guardian reviewed this gem of a series with a heavy, unforgiving hand, calling it “little more than a gutless soap opera for millennials.” And the takedown didn’t stop there. They also said it is “a tedious reworking of a romance plot as old as time. I’d rather read an honest bodice-ripper.” I don’t think I’ve ever been more pleased to read a review. Why? Because it’s so incredibly wrong it just proves that jaded hearts and elite television palettes simply won’t understand it’s beauty — and that’s okay. Yes there’s a class struggle “as old as time.” But the story is more about young love and when acted out by two people with Sheridan and Mescal’s prowess and earnest chemistry, it will inevitably feel fresh.
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Birds of Prey, The Superhero Movie Womxn Need Right Now
The month of February is best known for movies that probably are a hit or miss depending on how good they delivered during the end of the winter season.
This year started out with some rather unsuccessful hits last month, yet Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn) shines above the rest of them.
It might prove to be Harley Quinn’s redemption from her recent portrayal in the disaster that was Suicide Squad. The film, directed by Cathy Yen, centers around Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), who after splitting up with the Joker, must bring a priceless diamond to Black Mask (Ewan McGregor) from a thieving little girl, Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco). Her attempt to bring the diamond back involves a lethal assassin, a singer/driver, and a detective as they clash in their attempts to collect the fortune.
Though everyone in this film had stellar character performances, Margot Robbie really goes above and beyond in her performance as Harley. Harley Quinn’s character is a crazed antagonist-turned-funny but deadly protagonist, and never misses a beat as she pulls off a combination of comedy, action, and storytelling throughout the film. Ewan McGregor, in his role of the villain Black Mask, is perfectly cast as one of the most twisted yet mesmerizing DC creeps since Joker, and his fellow DCEU newbies Mary Elizabeth Winstead (as Harley’s crossbow-bearing friend Huntress) and Jurnee Smollett-Bell (as super-screamer Black Canary) complement Robbie well to round out a good cast.
Even though that Harley Quinn’s character was limited in Suicide Squad, this film took almost four years to perfect the character of Harley Quinn, from the way her dialogue turns from first to a third-person perspective to her interactions with every other character on screen.
In fact, I think Birds of Prey is the exact kind of film that womxn need right now. Yen’s dedication to her craft is basically a way of making female-led superhero movies not be the stereotyped sexy ones. She manages to make her characters look powerful or good-looking without oversexualizing their wardrobe, and she manages to make female characters complicated and empathetic, and lets them have standout qualities besides just looking good. She does all of this without sacrificing any of the fun, action, or story that the movie would possess, and ties in some important messages about being yourself throughout it, in the vein of the DC Extended Universe’s previous film Shazam.
The most satisfying part of Birds of Prey, however, is its action choreography. Harley Quinn’s graceful movements and solid weapon usage were on par with other action films from this past decade, if not better. Each action scene was uniquely paced, and each led to mixed feelings of both amusement and excitement. Each scene that featured a face-to-face confrontation revealed a perfectly-timed and well-executed action scene, still filled with great dialogue and great cinematography.
Overall, Cathy Yen did a very good job at directing a DC film, especially since DC Comics haven’t really had the best adaptation track records. Combining multiple genres, something slightly characteristic of Yen, pulled off surprisingly well, and gave us a great balance of comedy, action, and drama. The actors delivered superior performances, and, all in all, this film that blows David Ayer’s Suicide Squad out of the picture.
If Birds of Prey, coupled with DC’s last two films are any indicator, I’m excited to see what they put out next.
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Interview: Avatâra Ayuso, dancer in Bayadere – The Ninth Life.
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Avatâra Ayuso plays Nikiya, one version of the bayadere in Shobana Jeyasingh’s Bayadere – The Ninth Life 2017 edit. We caught up with her ahead of the show’s world premiere at The Lowry (Thu 28 & Fri 29 October) to find out what it’s like to be a professional dancer and how she prepares for a performance.
Avatâra Ayuso – photo credit Ian Whalen
Have you seen the original ballet La Bayadere by Marius Petipa? If so, what did you think? And if not, did you have any opinion about it?
I had seen it many times before Shobana approached it. I even performed a version of it when I was much younger in Spain. At that time, my view about it was very naïve but when I shifted my career towards contemporary dance I realised that despite enjoying the dance technique (ballet), I did not agree with the way many things were represented. It is a love and hate relationship!
What is it like to work with internationally acclaimed choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh?
I got into Shobana Jeyasingh’s company in 2007. From the very first moment, I felt privileged to have entered the world of such a fascinating artist. 10 years later the feeling is still the same every time I enter the dance studio. I’ve had the exceptional opportunity to experience from within the change in her creative thinking over the years and her exploration of the body in motion. There’s no doubt that Shobana keeps on challenging her creative team and her audience in every new production. Her thinking and research never stop because Shobana moves with the times, she lives in the future.
What is your favourite part of this new production Bayadere – The Ninth Life?
I really like act I: Shobana has condensed very well the main aspects of the original ballet, picking up on the aspects that are more controversial in a very elegant way. Act III is also very exciting to do as a dancer.
The new 2017 edit of Bayadere – The Ninth life will have its World Premiere at The Lowry. How important is it that Dance is seen outside of London?
It is essential that dance reaches absolutely every single corner of the country if we want an audience that is motivated, excited and inspired. I’m sure this new version will bring all those things to the audience.
And lastly, before the curtain rises how do you prepare for a performance?
I always go to warm up on stage, right before the show. I like experiencing the theatre completely empty, visualising what the performance would be. It is a very peaceful moment that prepares me for the big moment.
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No laxity of officials will be tolerated: Advisor Ganai
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Reviews restoration of affected essential services
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan has been asked to monitor the restoration of essential services, especially power supply, affected by the unprecedented snowfall in the valley and initiate disciplinary action against the Government officials showing laxity in performing their duties during the prevailing situation.
These directions were issued by the Advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai while chairing a high-level meeting, here, today, convened to review the status of restoration work undertaken by various departments in the valley.
The Advisor said that addressing public grievances is high on the agenda of the Government and directed the officers to speed up the restoration work of power supply, clearance of roads, dewatering of inundated areas besides ensuring availability of medicos, paramedics and medicines in Government run hospitals. He asked all the officers to mobilise available resources and ensure that affected services are restored in a time-bound manner.
Advisor asked the Divisional Commissioner to keep a close eye on the situation and take necessary measures for mitigating the problems of the people.
The Divisional Commissioner said that he has asked all the Deputy Commissioners of the Valley to intimate him on hourly basis about the progress of restoration work started in their respective districts by PDD and R&B departments besides the Border Roads Organisation. “I am in touch with all the DCs and getting brief from them about restoration operation on hourly basis and will review the power restoration process at another meeting at 4 PM today” said the Divisional Commissioner assuring the Advisor that no stone will be left unturned in addressing the grievances of the people.
Regarding road clearance, the meeting was informed that all the roads, especially district roads, are open for traffic barring the roads connecting Gurez, Machil, Tanghdar, Keran and Leh, which have witnessed heavy snowfall. Over 100 snow clearance machines have been put in service by the mechanical wing of R&B department and special care is being taken on keeping open Srinagar-Gulmarg road on which sophisticated machines have been deployed for this purpose there, the meeting was told.
The officers of BRO informed that their people are trying hard to open all the roads falling within their jurisdiction and assured that Srinagar-Leh road will be reopened within two days provided there is no fresh snowfall in the area. They said that all out efforts are being made to keep open Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the life line of the Valley.
While briefing the Advisor about the restoration of power supply in the Valley, the officers of Power Development Department (PDD) said that all men and machinery have been mobilised for removing the fallen tress hampering the power supply in certain areas. They said major transmission line are working as normal and assured that by evening most of the lines will be cleared for power supply in the Valley. He said restoration of power supply to all the hospitals have been completed.
Regarding working of hospitals, the officers of health department informed that all the hospitals are working normally. In the backdrop of unprecedented snowfall, the orders have been issued to start heating system in the hospitals from today itself, which otherwise was commencing from Nov 15 every year. Doctors and para-medical staff are on duty as per schedule.
Besides Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed, senior officers from PDD, R&B, Mechanical Department, SMC, Food and Civil Supplies, Health, Police, BRO were present in the meeting.
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GOP seethes at Eric Swalwell’s role in impeachment hearing after compromising security for spy tryst
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Republicans have reacted with outrage after Nancy Pelosi appointed Congressman Eric Swalwell as one of nine impeachment managers – despite his having an alleged affair with a Chinese spy.
Swalwell further angered Donald Trump’s allies by comparing the president to Osama Bin Laden.
The Californian congressman was asked on Wednesday about the difference between Trump whipping the Capitol rioters into a frenzy, and those who actually stormed the Capitol themselves.
‘Osama Bin Laden did not enter U.S. soil on September 11, but it was widely acknowledged that he was responsible for inspiring the attack on our country,’ Swalwell told PBS.
Eric Swalwell, a California congressman, on Wednesday appeared on PBS News
Swalwell told host Judy Woodruff that both Trump and Bin Laden inspired acts of violence
‘And the president, with his words, using the word ‘fight’ – that is hate speech that inspired and radicalized people to storm the Capitol.’
When asked directly whether he was comparing Trump to Bin Laden, Swalwell replied: ‘I’m comparing the words of a individual who would incite and radicalize somebody, as Osama Bin Laden did, to what President Trump did.
‘You don’t actually have to commit the violence yourself, but if you call others to violence, that itself is a crime.’
Swalwell, 40, was named among the nine impeachment managers on Tuesday.
He and his colleagues are in charge of making the case that the president should be impeached for a second time.
On Wednesday the House voted to impeach him. The motion will now pass to the Senate, which will not consider the matter until after Trump leaves the White House on January 20.
Swalwell on December 8 was reported by Axios to have been involved in a lengthy relationship with a woman later discovered to be a Chinese spy.
Swalwell was involved with Chinese spy Fang Fang until 2015, when the FBI told him about her
The operative had sexual relations with a series of American politicians
Swalwell has refused to say whether he was physically intimate with Christine Fang, also known as Fang Fang, during their friendship, asserting the matter is classified.
A number of top House Republicans signed a letter demanding that Pelosi remove Swalwell from the Intelligence Committee.
Pelosi and Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy were both briefed on the matter in 2015.
Swalwell was tipped off in 2015 that she was a Chinese agent.
She fled the country as the FBI investigated her and her infiltration efforts, which also saw her become friendly with other California politicians and have sex with two mayors from the Midwest, in encounters caught by FBI surveillance.
On Wedesday night, Tucker Carlson used his Fox News show to express astonishment at Swalwell’s appointment.
‘He doesn’t sleep on national security threats, he sleeps with them,’ Carlson said. ‘It’s for the greater good. Today Eric Swalwell, his wild intelligence oats once more.’
Carlson’s guest, conservative author Mark Steyn, described him as being ‘compromised’ and ‘playing for the other team’.
‘Eric Swalwell, the Chinese Politburo’s man on the impeachment management team,’ Steyn said.
Darrell Issa, a Republican congressman for California, spoke out against Swalwell’s appointment, as did Marjorie Taylor Green, the QAnon-promoting Republican congresswoman for Georgia.
‘After China’s #COVID19 virus has killed over 381,000 Americans, @SpeakerPelosi names @ericswalwell 1 of 9 impeachment managers,’ she tweeted.
‘Rep Swalwell had a sexual relationship with a CHINESE SPY!
‘Dems might as well go public on how they are selling out to China!
‘What a betrayal!’
Elise Stefanik, congresswoman for New York, said Swalwell was ‘compromised by the Chinese Communist Party’.
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Compromising video: what future for MP Denis Tardif?
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The news continues to react. Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata MP Denis Tardif will now sit as an independent in the National Assembly, after a video has been broadcast showing him that he does not respect sanitary measures in a bar.
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It is time for questions in Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata. Many citizens still cannot digest to see their tipsy deputy in a bar, as he hugs colleagues without his mask and without distancing.
“He will pay later, I think, in the next election. He’s not having much of a chance to run for the CAQ, “said a man questioned by TVA Nouvelles. While some throw stones at the MP, others feel the gesture is forgivable.
Several elected officials were also in shock when they saw the images, in particular the mayor of Trois-Pistoles, Jean-Pierre Rioux. “I have no judgment other than a disappointment, a very big mistake of course, politically it is going to pay the price,” he said.
Denis Tardif will now sit as an independent, which is not necessarily bad news for the region, according to political analyst Éric Ouellet. “It will no longer be subject to party discipline and therefore at that time the deputies in question can further analyze the files, take a position on the files of their county”, opined the professor of political science at the Cégep de La. Pocatière.
This is the second exclusion this week in Bas-Saint-Laurent after that of Harold LeBel, who was ousted from the Parti Quebecois caucus on Tuesday. According to Éric Ouellet, the possibility is real that Denis Tardif and Harold LeBel will team up on a few occasions to advance regional issues.
The mayor of Trois-Pistoles, Jean-Pierre Rioux, shares his concern on this subject, he who works regularly with Denis Tardif, in particular with the aim of obtaining a subsidy from Quebec for the future Trois-Pistoles convention center.
“Will the fact that he becomes independent keep the doors open to him as he had in the political machine that is in place with regard to deputy ministers and ministers, or if that could create a problem?” », Asked Mayor Rioux.
Denis Tardif now finds himself facing three options. He could resign, complete his term as an independent, or the CAQ could reinstate him in caucus, but if he does, François Legault risks waiting for the end of the pandemic.
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A compromising video for the Giants?
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The New York Giants are having another miserable season, but that may not stop their players from celebrating, risking their health.
Several local media reported on a Friday night supper, attended by quarterback Daniel Jones, running back Saquon Barkley and other club athletes. According to NJ.com, the group had a meal inside a private dining room before heading to a bar in town where videos were allegedly filmed. In fact, they show Jones and Barkley without a mask on their faces, which would be a violation of NFL rules on social distancing.
However, the footage posted on Instagram by one individual – DJ Lugghead – was eventually removed from social media after it went viral. The man in question defended himself by saying on a daily basis New York Post that the photos shown were from last year. In contrast, ESPN reported that the group of players did go to a bar, the Common Ground, where a video showing Jones sharing a drink with a woman was made.
In addition, another sequence features Barkley strolling down the street on his bicycle; the running back is sidelined with a knee injury.
Penalties to be expected, if …
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Giants said they had read this information. “We are reviewing the nature and context of the video,” they said.
Earlier this season, the NFL fined 10 Las Vegas Raiders flags for breaches of COVID-19 protection protocol rules. If the officials of the relevant team or league can determine that the videos are from Friday and not from 2019, penalties could be imposed on the offenders.
The Giants have lost six of their seven games this year and will return to action on 1er November by hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Borat defends Rudy Giuliani’s ‘innocent sexy time’ following ‘compromising’ clip
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s journalist Borat has spoken up to defend Rudy Giuliani after a controversial video showing President Trump’s personal lawyer part in his latest movie was released this week.
Former New York City major,76, spoke out furiously to defend himself when footage emerged of him in a hotel suite with Borat’s ’15-year-old daughter’ Tutar, played by actress Maria Bakalova.
After the scene sparked much furore, Borat – a self-confessed Trump supporter – spoke out to defend Rudy over what he called an ‘innocent sexy time encounter’ just 45 minutes before the final presidential debate.
Speaking to fans on Twitter, Borat began: “Jagshemash. I’m here to defend America’s mayor Rudolf Giuliani.
“What was an innocent sexy time encounter between a consenting man and my 15-year-old daughter has been turned into something disgusting by fake news media.
“I warn you, anyone else try this and Rudolf will not hesitate to reach out into his legal briefs and whip out his penis.”
The scene in question showed Giuliani being interviewed by Borat’s fictional daughter Tutar, posing as a reporter, before she invites him to a hotel room.
Maria Bakalova is seen taking off the microphone of Rudy Giuliani in the new Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
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Trump’s attorney then reclines on the bed and seemingly putting his hands down his pants – before the pair are interrupted by Cohen as Borat dressed in a pink bikini.
“She’s 15. She’s too old for you,’ Cohen yells.
Giuliani hit back at the prank earlier this week and defended his part by pointing out he was fully clothed at all times and claiming ‘nothing inappropriate’ happened.
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“I lean back and I tuck my shirt in and at that point they have this picture that they take, which looks doctored by in any event,” he told WABC radio Wednesday.
“I’m tucking my shirt in, I assure you that’s all I was doing.”
He went on: “The idiot Borat is going after me with a totally sensationalised false account of a ridiculous movie, I guess, he has done.”
The sequel to Cohen’s hit 2006 movie Borat is released on Amazon Prime today.
The eagerly anticipated Borat sequel is released today
(Image: @BoratSagdiyev/Twitter)
Rudy Giuliani denied that anything inappropriate happened
In a tweet on Wednesday Giuliani accused Cohen of timing his hit to make an ‘an effort to blunt my relentless exposure of the criminality and depravity of Joe Biden and his entire family.’
The Trump camp have accused Biden and his son Hunter of wrong-doing when he was vice president – allegations that Biden denies.
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Rudy Giuliani tricked into compromising scene in new Borat film
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Rudy Giuliani was tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen into going to hotel room with ‘Borat’s daughter’ and is shown lying back with his hand down his pants before actor bursts in on them
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani appears in the forthcoming ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
The Guardian reported Wednesday that Giuliani is interviewd by ‘Borat’s daughter’ Tutar, who poses as a conservative news reporter
After she removes his mic, he is seen reclining on a bed and putting his hand down his pants, only to be interrupted by Cohen’s Borat character
‘She’s 15. She’s too old for you,’ the actor screams, waving the former New York City mayor off his ‘daughter,’ played by actress Maria Bakalova
The incident occurred in July and Giuliani had talked about it with The New York Post, telling Page Six that he had called the cops on the strange man
By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Hands down, Rudy Giuliani might star in one of the most awkward scenes in Sacha Baron Cohen’s new ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ which will be released on Amazon Prime Friday.
The Guardian reported that Giuliani is interviewed by Borat’s ‘daughter’ Tutar, posing as a conservative reporter, who then brings him to a hotel room, where he reclines on a bed and seemingly puts his hand down his pants, only to be interrupted by Cohen’s Borat character.
‘She’s 15. She’s too old for you,’ Cohen screams and waves Giuliani off his ‘daughter,’ played by actress Maria Bakalova.
Sacha Baron Cohen pranked President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in the new ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ which will be released on Amazon Prime on Friday
The forthcoming ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ features a prank on President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who is interviewed by Borat’s ‘daughter’ in a New York City hotel suite
Rudy Giuliani leans back after actress Maria Bakalova takes his mic off and seemingly puts his hands down his pants
Maria Bakalova is seen taking off the microphone of Rudy Giuliani in the new ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ which will be released on Amazon Prime Friday
Rudy Giuliani said that Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat burst in on them next and created such a commotion that he called the cops
Giuliani described the situation in July, but neglected to mention he may have been caught in a compromising position.
‘This guys comes running in, wearing a crazy, what I would say a pink transgender outfit,’ President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer told Page Six at The New York Post. ‘It was a pink bikini, with lace, underneath a translucent mesh top, it looked absurd. He had a beard, bare legs, and wasn’t waht I would call distractingly attractive.’
Giuliani didn’t recognize the man as Cohen right away.
He also called the cops.
‘This person comes in yelling and screaming, and I thought this must be a scam or a shake-down, so I reported it to the police. He then ran away,’ the ex- New York City mayor said.
The incident occurred at the Mark Hotel in New York City.
‘I only later realized it must have been Sacha Baron Cohen. I thought about all the people he previously fooled and I felt good about myself because he didn’t get me,’ Giuliani said in July.
The film arrives just as Giuliani finds himself in the middle of the Hunter Biden laptop saga.
Giuliani said he got contents from the ‘laptop from hell,’ as Trump has been calling it, from a computer repair shop owner who gave it to his lawyer.
It contains personal photos of Hunter Biden, as well as emails that purport to show business connections between Hunter Biden’s foreign clients and his father, Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump has used the discovery of the laptop to call the former vice president a ‘criminal,’ which he’s said gleefully during everyone one of his recent rallies.
He’ll likely attack Biden that way Thursday night during their final meeting on the debate stage.
The president demanded that Attorney General Bill Barr appoint a special counsel to look into the matter.
‘We’ve got to get the attorney general to act. He’s got to act. And he’s got to act fast. He’s got to appoint somebody,’ Trump said on ‘Fox & Friends’ Tuesday.
‘This is major corruption and this has to be known about before the election,’ Trump said.
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Rudy Giuliani amid controversy for compromising scene in film Borat 2 | The NY Journal
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He Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani He is once again the protagonist of a controversy after falling into a trap by the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the movie Borat 2.
Today, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer comes out in a scene as if preparing to have intimate relationships with a minor.
The sequence shows the 76-year-old Republican lying down in a hotel room while accompanied by a reporter (the daughter of the character Borat) from a conservative TV show in a hotel room. Giuliani, whose shirt is outside, lies down and touches his pants at the height of his genitals. That’s when Borat appears and says “She is 15 years old, she is too old for you”.
Giuliani had already referred to the scene last July in an interview with the New York Post.
“This guy runs in, wearing a crazy pink suit that I would call transgender,” Giuliani told the Post. “It was a pink bikini, with lace, under a translucent mesh topIt seemed absurd. He had a beard, bare legs and was not what I would call attractive. “
The conservative politician acknowledged that he later realized that It was about Baron Cohen.
“I thought of all the people he made fun of and it felt good that he couldn’t handle me,” said Giuliani, who called the NYPD that day to deal with the incident.
Related: Alicia Machado After Donald Trump Taunt: “I Had Two Suicide Attempts”
The scene in the room is after the interview, when the reporter invites him to have a drink. The Republican looks flirtatious and does not comply with protocols to prevent coronavirus before bed.
The film will be available on October 23 on Amazon Prime.
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(ARISING FROM HCMA 1689 OF 2013)
(ARISING FROM EXECUTION MISCELLENOUS APPLICATION 366 OF 2013)
(ALL ARISING OUT OF CIVIL SUIT 37 OF 2013)
MAKUBUYA ENOCK WILLIAM T/A POLLA PLAST …………………APPLICANT
BALAIMU MUWANGA KIBIRIGE T/A KOWLOON GARMENT INDUSTRY
MOSES KIRUNDA T/A SPEAR LINKS AUCTIONEERS …… RESPONDENTS
By this application made under S.98 CPA, S.33 Judicature Act and 0.43 r 5 and 0.51 rr 1 and 2 C.P.R, the Applicant sought orders of this court staying execution of the decree in C.S. 37/13 and Miscellaneous Application 1689/2013 pending the final determination of Civil Appeal 01/2015.
Costs of the application were also applied for.
The application is supported by the affidavit of the Applicant. There are also affidavits in rejoinder to the Respondent’s affirmation in reply and affidavit in reply respectively.
The application was called for hearing on 28.04.16, however, Counsel for the Applicant who had fixed the matter for hearing together with the Applicant were not in court.
Court allowed Counsel for the Respondent to proceed since there was no reason advanced by Counsel for the Applicant for his absence.
Going through the application, Counsel for the Respondent contested the prayer for stay of execution in C.S. 37/13 on the ground that it was Res Judicata – she referred to First Respondent’s affirmation in reply paragraphs 9, 16, and 22.
She stated that the paragraphs refer to Annexture F of the First Respondent’s affirmation in an application for stay of execution interalia, in C.S. 37/13, between the Applicant and the First Respondent.
It was pointed out that the application was dismissed with costs on 13.05.13 by Justice Kabiito – Annexture “G” First Respondent’s affirmation in reply.
Counsel argued that since the Applicant applied for stay of execution of the decree in C.S. 37/13, and the application was dismissed, the matter is Res Judicata and should be dismissed.
Regarding Application 1689/13, Counsel stated that she was not contesting the stay, but it ought to be conditional in that the Applicant should furnish security for costs. The Bill of Costs was taxed and allowed at Shs. 5,966,000/-.
In addition to security for costs, it was prayed that the Applicant furnishes security for due performance of the decree within two weeks – Annexture I2 upon failure of which the order for stay of execution was lapse.
Later on Counsel for the Applicant appeared and Counsel for the Respondent returned to court.
Counsel for the Applicant argued that the affidavit in rejoinder of the Applicant paragraph 4 thereof shows that the decree in C.S. 37/13 was fully executed over and above what was due to the First Respondent as the decretal sum in C.S. 37/13.
The factory that was attached was valued at about Shs. two billion and yet the decretal sum was Ug. Shs. 112,000,000/-. The Applicant lodged application 1689/13 challenging the excessive attachment and the matter was heard and dismissed. The Applicant then lodged CA. 01/15 pending in the Court of Appeal.
It was contended that the appeal has high chances of success and yet the Applicant was served with notice to show cause on 04.03.15 and hence this application – paragraph 11.
The issue whether the First Respondent is still indebted to the Applicant in any decretal amount is still pending determination before the Court of Appeal.
The Applicant furnished security for costs in Court of Appeal and it was covering Miscellenous Application 1689/13 as well as Miscellenous Application 124/13 – Annexture K – ruling in respect of security for costs.
The Applicant furnished security for costs Shs. 40,000,000/- Annexture B the letter forwarding security for costs was served on the Advocates for the First Respondent and was received.
It was asserted that the application arising from C.S. 37/13 is not Res Judicata and a distinction should be made between H.C Miscellenous Application 124/13 which was an application for leave to defend the suit and the application No. 1689 challenging excessive attachment.
The issue of Res Judicata was rejected when application 1689 came before Justice Owiny Dollo.
Further that, the matter before court is different from the matter disposed of by Justice Kabiito- Annexture D pages 2 and 3. The matter is not res judicata and the application should be allowed as prayed for.
In rejoinder, Counsel of the Respondent insisted that the decree in C.S. 37/13 was executed. The execution proceedings were commenced by the Second Respondent against the Applicant in Miscellenous Application 3661/13. Partial execution was conducted and a return made to court indicating there was a balance of Shs. 37,000,000/-.
Both the interim application for stay No. 125/13 and the main application 124/13 were dismissed with costs.
Costs for both applications were never paid. And when application was made to execute for the balance, the current application was made.
The Applicant also filed another application 1689/13, seeking to reverse the execution. The application was also dismissed with costs, which have not yet been paid.
The Applicant appealed against all order in the Court of Appeal. He was required to furnish security for all matters so far dismissed, within thirty days. That is by December 2014. To date, he has never furnished security. The certificate of title presented to the Court of Appeal was rejected as amounting to professional misconduct.
It was the submission of Counsel for the Respondent that, the Applicant is using court as an instrument to oppress the First Respondent, abusing court process and hereby accumulating costs he cannot pay, and also putting the First Respondent to further expense in defending the application. - She referred court to Annexture 11 and I to affidavit in reply and Annexture “E” return of execution.
Counsel reiterated her earlier submissions and prayers insisting that since Miscellenous Application 124/14 was dismissed and is being brought before court again, the matter is res judicata.
After hearing the submissions of both Counsel and going through the Affidavits for and against the application, court formulates the following issues for determination:-
Whether the application for stay of execution in C.S 37/13 is Res Judicata.
It is not in dispute that there was an earlier application for stay of execution and to set aside decree Miscellenous Application 124/13. The application was dismissed on 13.11.13 by Justice Kabiito.
However, this fresh application arises out of a notice to show cause, that was issued by the First Respondent to the Applicant to show cause why execution should not issue to enforce payment of the balance on the decretal sum of about Shs. 37,000,000/-.
Instead of appearing to show cause, the Applicant filed this application, contending that he has appealed.
Indeed there is an appeal filed by the Applicant before Court of Appeal and the proceedings indicate that it is at scheduling stage. This court therefore finds that if this application to stay further execution is dismissed, the appeal will be rendered nugatory. More so as it raises issues of over attachment.
The issue whether the Applicant is still indebted to the First respondent is pending determination before the Court of Appeal. The Applicant therefore, ought to be given a chance to prosecute the Appeal – S. 33 Judicature Act.
As to whether the Applicant should furnish security for costs and for due performance.
Counsel for the Applicant contends that Applicant already furnished security. On the other hand, Counsel for the First Respondent contends that the Applicant failed to furnish the security required in Miscellenous Application 1689/13 as directed by the Court of Appeal and the certificate of title offered was rejected as amounting to professional misconduct.
This court is hesitant to go into the issues in matters that are before Court of Appeal. Suffice it to state that the security ordered in Miscellenous Application 342/14 – was either cash; the Applicant was required to tender in court or to deposit an equivalent security acceptable to the Registrar.
If it is true as Counsel for the First respondent states that no security was ever deposited, then she can raise the issue as an Objection when the Appeal is called for hearing.
Since Counsel has no objection to the stay of execution in Miscellenous Application 1689/2013 and the Applicant in his affidavit indicated that he was ready to furnish security, the application will be allowed on condition that Applicant deposits half of the money due from the taxed Bill of Costs as security for costs within two weeks from the date of this ruling.
Courts have established that “the requirement and insistence on a practice that mandates security for the entire decretal amount is likely to stifle appeals”. – Refer to Tropical Commodities Suppliers vs. International Credit Bank.
Costs of the application are granted to the Respondent.
Mulondo v Kirenga (MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 741 OF 2015) [2017] UGCOMMC 16 (21 February 2017);
Nakibuuka v Nalule (MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 1738 OF 2016) [2017] UGHCEBD 20 (8 June 2017);
Ndawula v Hiraa Traders (U) Ltd (MISCELLEANOUS APPLICATION NO. 762 OF 2016) [2016] UGHCEBD 16 (19 May 2016);
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Papa Smurf on a state visit to the Duchy of the Arctic Circle.
Mark Elliot (most commonly known as Papa Smurf), (June 3, 1915 - October 11, 2005) was the charismatic leader of the fanatical Smurfism sect of the Smurflamic religion. His official title as leader of the Smurfists is Smurliph, or successor to the Prophet Grandpa Smurf. By his converts, he is known as "Blue All-Father", and by friends and admirers he is called "Red Hat". Owing to the manner in which he assumed leadership of Smurf Village, he is referred to in awe as "He Who Brains Brainy." As spiritual leader of the largest single Smurflamist sect, and as head of state of a United Nations recognized nation-state, Smurf Village, he enjoys diplomatic immunity and a corresponding Quasi-legal status even in nations in which he is considered a criminal. He is a close friend and ally of Klaus Santaschen, and has allied his nation closely with the Duchy Of The Arctic Circle. Under his leadership, Smurf Village is strongly suspected of providing clandestine support to the forces of Mother Nature in the so-called War on Terra, and Smurfist soldiers have been captured by US forces, having presumably fought alongside Terran forces.
1 Smurfography
2 Smurfism
3 Smurf Village
4 Intersmurftional Policy
5 Ants
5.1 Smurfing out with the United States
Smurfography[edit]
Mark Elliot was born to a nomadic trading community of Smurfs traveling primarily throughout eastern Russia. Little is known about his early life except that he was called "Pytor" as a child, and that he learned his father's trade in the business of Smurfberry cultivation (for making traditional Smurf Beer, and various folk medicines), and may have married briefly in late adolescence. Upon coming of age (Smurfs mature fully at age 10), he was given the Adult Smurf Name Mark Elliot, chosen because of his intention to leave his family home and see the world. During his early adulthood, he travelled widely across Siberia, Finland and Russia, bearing personal witness to the brutal oppression of his kinsmen in all nations where they lived.
In 1927, Mark Elliot led 25 fellow smurfs in an unsuccessful guerrilla attack on the fortress of Vladimir Rasputin Gargamel, a crazed former Russian nobleman closely allied with the Coolidge administration against the Soviets, during the Russian Civil War. Gargamel was rumored to be a practitioner of certain black arts, and he was known to be holding at least 17 smurfs captive, for use in unspeakable sex games. Gargamel, with the help of his trained tiger Azreal, rebuffed the rag tag force, killing nearly all of them. Elliot barely escaped with his life, fleeing to Nepal with Soviet secret police at his back.
Smurfism[edit]
At his lowest moment, desperate to find meaning in his unsuccessful life, Mark Elliot was introduced by family friends to the religious Mystic Grandpa Smurf, a proponent of a highly controversial offshoot Smurflam, which he called "Smurfism". Smurfists taught that there were 4 essential tenets to what they called "true Smurflam":
Smurfs are a "Chosen People", destined to thrive, to multiply, and to sing and dance all over the world.
Martial prowess was the god given gift of the Smurfs, and the means by which Smurfs would ensure their survival. In the pursuit of martial greatness, utmost compassion was required towards all smurfs, and their friends. Conversely, Brutal, merciless destruction was justified and even required against all enemies of the Smurfs.
The only means of truly understanding the almighty was frequent spiritual separation, in the form of elaborate religious rituals involving the ingestion of a deeply intoxicating extract of Smurfberry called "Smurphine".
Grandpa was a true prophet of the lord, and that what comes out of his mouth was as good as hearing it directly from God himself.
Elliot was convinced and immediately converted to Smurfism. For the next 2 years, he studied closely with Grandpa, proving to be an adept student. In early 1930, Grandpa Smurf, already ancient by Smurf standards, announced his intention to leave the company of Smurfs in order to pursue complete spiritual attainment. He named Mark Elliot his successor, or Smurliph, and dubbed him "Papa", signaling that he wander no longer, and that he would be continuing Grandpa's work.
Smurf Village[edit]
Papa led his followers out of Nepal and into an inaccessible region of the Himalayas, where he founded Smurf Village, an autonomous region dubbed the "homeland" of the Smurfs. With Papa as Smurliph, Smurfists found a visionary orator and public speaker on behalf of the young religion. Despite controversy, they gained numerous followers and soon Smurf village was the largest ethnic Smurf enclave on earth. Following tenet #2 to the letter, they successfully resisted a Russian attempt to absorb Smurf Village into the Soviet Union, and in 1934 the new nation was grudgingly recognized by western powers. Papa Smurf embraced war, discord and strife as diplomatic cannon, and vowed that his Smurfs would never assimilate. Instead, they allied themselves with anyone similarly opposed to the perceived hypocrisy of the so-called community.
Technically, Smurf Village operates under The Law Of Return, the principle that any Smurf can immigrate to Smurf Village for any reason, and that all Smurfs are considered citizens of Smurf Village. In practice however, Smurf Village is a strictly Smurfist community and all other interpretations of Smurflam are discouraged. This has caused tension within the Smurf community, a fact that governments opposed to Smurf Village have exploited to great effect. Though Smurfists remain the most numerous of any single Smurflamic sect, they are a distinct minority when compared to all other combined denominations who do not share their stringent views, or their opposition to anything but a "Dominant" peace.
In 1936, Papa Smurf accepted a delegation from the Duchy of the Arctic Circle. Santa Claus had taken an interest in the young country, seeing in Papa a kindred spirit, as well as a potential ally in the ongoing Keebler Rebellion. To show the personal importance of his diplomatic outreach, Santa sent the Lord of Hosts himself, Krampus, to personally oversee things. The result was a treaty declaring that Smurfs were exempt in perpetuity from Santa's wrath, and that Smurfs from that point forward would be under the Duchy's protection. This event is considered among the greatest of Papa Smurf's many achievements.
Intersmurftional Policy[edit]
Today, it is widely known that Papa Smurf is essentially the public, legitimate face of Santa Claus' many terrible goals. He has taken full advantage of the isolated location of Smurf Village, and of his diplomatic immunity, to lobby tirelessly on behalf of Smurf rights, and on behalf of Santa's quest for world conquest. Smurfist soldiers have for decades involved themselves in conflicts on the side of those opposed to the UN, NATO, and the United States, yet no proof exists that these actions have been personally directed by Papa, and until quite recently Papa Smurf was treated with deference due a spiritual-political figure of his stature.
However, Papa's place in the world changed dramatically with the onset of the United States War on Terra. On May 5, 2004, hundreds of Smurfists were captured in Oklahoma, fighting alongside Terraist Storm Troops of the F-3 Tornadic services division. These captured Smurfs were immediately sent to Guantanamo Bay and interrogated. Up to now, Papa Smurf declined to publicly comment on such captures, having allowed several captured Smurfs in Kosovo to be tried in The Hague. News that Bush Administration interrogation methods were yielding particularly juicy fruit humiliated Papa Smurf, and for the first time he lashed out in a angry series of Television addresses that fed speculation that Smurf Village was on the side of Mother Nature.
Live news coverage during Papa Smurf's UN outburst.
Ants[edit]
In 1998, disturbing footage of Papa Smurf sleeping on a park bench, covered in ants emerged. Sources close to Papa said the picture was taken at a Halloween party, but Pappa emerged at an Andy Dick party later in the year, fully engulfed in ants. No one is positive what the ants may do for him, but it is possible that this is some sort of addiction - like being German.
Smurfing out with the United States[edit]
When diplomatic pressure, followed by a surprise Christmas in July address by Santa Claus failed to change the minds of US Officials, Papa Smurf changed tactics. On March 3, 2005 he personally visited United Nations Headquarters in New York City in order to protest US detainee policy in the War on Terra. During proceedings, Papa Smurf caused a major diplomatic crisis when he took off his red boot and banged it on a table yelling "You unsmurfy smurfers will smurf Smurfy Smurf Justice, Smurfers!", which was transalted to mean "Avalanches Will Bury You!" This unsubtle reference to a frequent tactic employed by Terra against civilian populations caused a near riot in the UN meeting hall, and Papa Smurf had to be escorted out of the room by bodyguard in order to avoid personal harm. He was swiftly shuttled to his private plane and sent back to Smurf Village, and on March 15 the United States recalled Ambassador Johann from Smurf Village.
This CIA Aerial photo was cited as proof of Smurf Terra-ist related programs activities.
Since that time, no official change has occurred in US policy. However, in July, 2005 the President sent Seceretary of State Condoleeza Rice to the UN to make a strong case for placing targeted economic sanctions against Smurf Village, with the threat of military attack to back them up. The reasoning behind this was based on three strong accusations made against Smurf Village:
Smurf Village's relationship with Santa is not merely cultural, but is based around military cooperation and mutual economic benefit.
Smurf Village, despite claims to the contrary is actually the center of the global illegal Smurfberry narcotics trade. Billions are paid to the Smurfists through a network of launderers from Smurphine, Smurphium, and the popular street drug "Smurfberry Crunch".
Papa Smurf's outburst at the UN was proof that Papa Smurf was personally allied with Mother Nature, against the US in the War on Terra. They possess dangerous Terra-ist chemicals, including vast Oil reserves.
AP photos of the Aftermath of Oct 11, 2005 US Airstrikes against Smurf Village, a few days later Papa Smurf's body was found.
Her appearance was surrounded by controversy, particularly resulting from the CIA intelligence photos she cited as proof of her contentions. Her claim that the Smurfs possess Terra-ist resources such as vast oil reserves has since been hotly denied by UN inspectors, who point out that there has never been any proven reserves anywhere near the Himalayas. As a result of this lack of oil, observers believed that an invasion is unlikely. Unfortunately, the United Staes Surprised everyone when, on Oct 11, 2005 massive bombing raids against Smurf Village were conducted by the US Air Force. These raids were conducted without UN Approval, however the US insisted that they were merely designed to Neutralize Smurf weapons resources. Only a few photos have emerged, all of them indiciating massive amounts of infrastructure destruction and death in Smruf Village.
In The Days following the attacks, Papa Smurf's position in the world has been dangerously undercut, and it remains to be seen just how Smurf Village will adapt to their newfound official paraiah status. So far, Smurfists continue to follow Papa Smurf without question, and his ally Santa has consistently vowed to defend Smurf Village from any attempted invasion. The United States, for their part has consistently ruled out outright invasion.
Preceded by:
Papa Smurf I Papa of the Smurfs
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SONAS will unite Nigeria – Okpogete
Southern and Northern Amalgamated Support for President Goodluck Jonathan (SONAS For PJ), a political association formed to re-amalgamate the country to better the lot of Nigerians, has organized a political summit tagged “Political Awareness and Sensitization In Line with The Transformation Agenda of President Jonathan”. The summit discussed the achievements of President Jonathan since he was elected as the President of the country in 2011, by various stakeholders.
The global coordinator of SONAS, Comrade Emmanuel Okpongete (Engr.), in his opening remarks at event gave an insight into the activities of the organization that led to the summit. He read out the Mission of the organization thus; “SONAS FOR PJ is a political support group which uses tools to bring together individuals, and organizations who believe in true sovereignty of one Nigeria devoid of hate or discrimination, to promote public, civic and cultural particularly relating to sensitizing and educating the general public on issues concerning the laudable achievements of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan through his Transformational Leadership Module, believing that it is only through robust democratic principles of tolerance and laying of foundations for building lasting institutions that Nigeria can really move forward. One hundred Years ago, Nigeria was amalgamated for peace and unity. Today we have re-amalgamated Nigeria and Nigerians for President Goodluck Jonathan”.
Before reading out the objectives of the organization, Comrade Okpongete stated the need to support President Jonathan as he believed the country will witness accelerated growth in the next tenure of Mr. President. The objectives of SONAS For PJ are; “Use our number and voice to assist in educating the electorate on the importance or their vote and what true democratic principles in governance really entails, mobilize votes for the eventual re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan as President of Nigeria come 2015, help position the image of their president and our country’s global perception positively, serve as driving force through which government policies can be taken to grassroots via enlightenment campaign”.
Secretary to the Support Group listed three panacea to peace thus; 1) Understanding of how God created us; 2) Promoting religious harmony and 3) That all Nigerians must not be in one religion.
The Special Assistance to the President on Ethics and Values, Dr.Sarah Jubril, whose office oversees the activities of the organization, spoke on the benefits of ethical practice in nation building. She urged every Nigerian to be representative of the country. She opined that anybody who dreams of a better Nigeria must first transform himself and make himself teachable, transformable and reformable.
There was membership drive at the venue as attendees were told to join the group because of numerous benefits they stand to gain when the president comes back in office next year.
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Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy accurately quantifies various degrees of liver steatosis in murine models of fatty liver disease
Andrie C. Westerkamp1,2,
Vishnu V. Pully3,
Golnar Karimian1,2,
Fernanda Bomfati1,2,
Zwanida J. Veldhuis2,
Janneke Wiersema-Buist2,
Benno H. W. Hendriks3,
Ton Lisman1,2 &
Robert J. Porte1
Journal of Translational Medicine volume 13, Article number: 309 (2015) Cite this article
A real-time objective evaluation for the extent of liver steatosis during liver transplantation is currently not available. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) rapidly and accurately assesses the extent of steatosis in human livers with mild steatosis. However, it is yet unknown whether DRS accurately quantifies moderate/severe steatosis and is able to distinguish between micro- and macrovesicular steatosis.
C57BL/6JolaHsd mice were fed wit a choline-deficient l-amino acid-defined diet (CD-AA) or a choline-sufficient l-amino acid-defined control diet (CS-AA) for 3, 8, and 20 weeks. In addition B6.V-Lepob/OlaHsd (ob/ob) mice and their lean controls were studied. A total of 104 DRS measurements were performed in liver tissue ex vivo. The degree of steatosis was quantified from the DRS data and compared with histopathological analysis.
When assessed by histology, livers of mice fed with a CD-AA and CS-AA diet displayed macrovesicular steatosis (range 0–74 %), ob/ob mice revealed only microvesicular steatosis (range 75–80 %), and their lean controls showed no steatosis. The quantification of steatosis by DRS correlated well with pathology (correlation of 0.76 in CD-AA/CS-AA fed mice and a correlation of 0.75 in ob/ob mice). DRS spectra did not distinguish between micro- and macrovesicular steatosis. In samples from CD-AA/CS-AA fed mice, the DRS was able to distinguish between mild and moderate/severe steatosis with a sensitivity and specificity of 86 and 81 %, respectively.
DRS can quantify steatosis with good agreement to histopathological analysis. DRS may be useful for real-time objective evaluation of liver steatosis during liver transplantation, especially to differentiate between mild and moderate/severe steatosis.
A widely adopted strategy to increase the number of liver donors is the use of extended criteria donor (ECD) livers [1]. One of the most prevalent conditions to classify a graft as ECD liver is hepatic steatosis. According to histopathological evaluation, steatosis can be categorized in a qualitative and quantitative manner. Qualitatively, steatosis is subdivided into two different histological patterns: micro- and macrovesicular steatosis. Quantitatively, steatosis is classified according to the percentage of hepatocytes affected by fat vacuoles: mild (less than 30 %), moderate (between 30 and 60 %), or severe (above 60 %) [2–4]. How steatosis affects graft survival depends on the type and degree. Donor livers with microvesicular steatosis (in all degrees) and with mild macrovesicular steatosis are suitable for transplantation. On the other hand, livers with moderate and severe macrovesicular steatosis are in most cases considered as a contraindication for transplantation due to their relation with poor postoperative outcome [2–4].
Given the rising incidence of obesity, the general expectation is that more steatotic livers will become available for liver transplantation. However, evaluation of the degree and type of steatosis is still a challenge for the surgical team during organ procurement procedures. Currently, assessment of hepatic steatosis requires a liver biopsy. However, processing and examination of the biopsy is a logistic challenge during off-hours, when most organ procurement procedures take place. Moreover, tools for a quick and accurate assessment of the type and degree of steatosis are not yet available [4].
Recently, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) has demonstrated its possibilities to measure lipid concentration in tissue minimal invasively, accurately and in real-time [5–9]. In a recent study performed by our group, DRS was able to quantify only mild degrees of steatosis [10]. However, from a clinical perspective, it is also necessary to determine if the DRS is able to discriminate between mild and moderate/severe macrovesicular steatosis. In addition, the ability of the DRS to discriminate between micro- and macrovesicular steatosis is yet unknown.
The aim of the current study is therefore to investigate if DRS could quantify moderate and severe steatosis and if DRS could differentiate between micro- and macrovesicular steatosis. Because (discarded) human donor livers with mild and moderate steatosis are not available in large quantities, we used two well-established mouse models (choline-deficient diet and leptin deficiency; ob/ob) of hepatic steatosis.
C57BL/6JolaHsd mice (5–6 weeks old) and B6.V-Lepob/OlaHsd (ob/ob) mice (9–10 weeks old) were purchased from Harlan Laboratories (Boxmeer, the Netherlands). Animals were caged in animal rooms with an alternating 12-h light/dark period and had free access to food and water for the duration of the experiment. All procedures were approved by and performed in compliance with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Groningen (IACUC-RuG).
To induce different stages of hepatic steatosis, the C57BL/6JolaHsd mice received a choline-deficient l-amino acid-defined (CD-AA) chow diet (no. 518753, Dyets Inc., PA, USA) for 3, 8, and 20 weeks. The control mice were fed with a choline-sufficient l-amino acid defined (CS-AA) chow diet (no. 518754, Dyets Inc., PA, USA) for the same time periods. The ob/ob mice and their lean controls received a standard chow diet (reference no. 2181 AB Diets, Woerden, the Netherlands) for 4 weeks (Fig. 1). Each group comprised of 5–7 mice, for a total of 52 mice.
Overview of the experimental groups and type and grade of hepatic fat content. To induce hepatic steatosis, mice received the choline-deficient l-amino acid-defined (CD-AA) diet for 3, 8, and 20 weeks. The control mice were fed with choline-sufficient l-amino acid defined (CS-AA) chow diet for the same time periods. The ob/ob (leptin deficient) mice and their lean controls received the standard chow diet for 4 weeks. After the specific weeks of diet, DRS measurements were performed in liver tissue ex vivo
After 3, 4, 8 or 20 weeks of feeding, mice were anesthetized using a mixture of isoflurane/O2, subjected to a hepatectomy, and sacrificed. After the hepatectomy, the liver was stored on a petri dish for immediate measurement with the DRS (Fig. 2). Per mouse liver, two liver lobes (left median and right upper) were used for ex vivo measurements with the optical needle of the DRS system. The optical needle was inserted once in each liver lobe. Per lobe, five consecutive DRS measurements were performed, which were averaged. Thereafter, a biopsy was taken from the specific measurement location for further histopathological analysis.
Overview of the DRS system and optical measurement. Panel a set-up of the DRS system with the optical needle. The diameter of the needle is 0.91 mm (20 Gauge) with a fiber distance of 0.8 mm. Panel b ex vivo measurement in mouse liver tissue with DRS needle
Optical spectroscopy instrumentation and analysis
Recently, the instrumentation and calibration procedure of the DRS system was described by Nachabé et al. [6]. In brief, the DRS system consists of a console comprising a broadband light source and one spectrometer (Fig. 2). The spectrometer resolve light in the near infrared wavelength range from 1000 up to 1600 nm. Within the optical needle one fiber was connected to the light source and one fiber was connected to the spectrometer to capture the diffusely scattered light from the tissue. The diameter of the needle is 20 Gauge (0.91 mm) with a fiber distance of 0.8 mm. The average tissue volume that is illuminated with the needle is roughly 1 mm3. The acquisition time of each spectrum was on average 0.2 s.
Analysis of the spectral data has been described previously [10]. In brief, each cellular component such as lipid, hemoglobin or collagen (component of fibrosis) has its own intrinsic optical characteristic (spectrum), which consists of a combination of absorption and scattering coefficients in a specific wavelength range. From our earlier experiments, the spectra of lipid, hemoglobin and collagen are identified. Fat and collagen are the dominant chromophores in the wavelength range between 1100 and 1600 nm, while (oxygenated and deoxygenated) hemoglobin have the dominant chromophores in the wavelength range of 500–900 nm [11]. Moreover, the absorption coefficients of lipid compared to collagen are different [11]. Dependent of the spectra and combination of absorption and scattering coefficients, the DRS is able to estimate the hepatic lipid (fat) content. In addition, scattering in the wavelength range 1000–1600 nm is dominated by Mie scattering. The reduced scattering coefficient μs′(λ) is modeled by μs′(λ) = α λ−b where λ is the wavelength and b the Mie-slope [11]. Furthermore, it is known that contact pressure of the needle affects the absorption, scattering and intensity of the spectra [12–15], we performed measurements very thoroughly in order to apply similar contact pressure on each liver specimen. Spectral characteristics analysis (fitting of the data) was performed with a Matlab software package (MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA, USA).
Histological analysis
Biopsy specimens from the optical measurement locations were first fixed in formalin, then paraffin embedded and subjected to standard hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. For assessment of macrovesicular steatosis, the sections were digitally scanned using a digital whole slide scanner (Aperio ScanScope GS, Aperio Technologies, Vista, CA, USA) at a magnification of 40 (100,000 pixels/inch). Per section, eight digital images were saved as TIFF files. Next, a computer-based image-processing algorithm was developed in ImageJ (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA) for morphometric calculations of the macrovesicular lipid droplet area, as described previously [7]. The lipid droplets were identified by their shape and diameter. Non-hepatocyte areas such as sinusoids, vessels and artifacts (tissue cracks) were excluded. Macrovesicular steatosis was enumerated for each picture as the percentage of surface consisting of lipid droplets per total surface area. The morphometric calculations with ImageJ were not applicable for microvesicular steatosis and hepatocellular ballooning. Assessment of microvesicular steatosis and hepatocellular ballooning was therefore performed visually with light microscopy. Microvesicular steatosis was defined as innumerable tiny lipid vesicles that were diffusely distributed and causes a foamy appearance of the cytoplasm. In hepatocellular ballooning, no cytoplasmic fat vacuoles are present; hepatocytes are swollen due to lipid accumulation in nonvesiculated areas [16]. Scoring of microvesicular steatosis and ballooning was performed in a blind fashion by two independent observers (ACW and FB) according to the established scoring method of Kleiner et al. [17]. The lipid fraction scored by pathological evaluation was considered to be a two dimensional analysis of the same three dimensional volume of liver tissue analyzed with DRS. To adjust the pathological scored lipid fraction to a volume lipid fraction, the pathological lipid fractions were recalculated using the principle postulated by Weibel et al. [18]. Moreover, it should be noticed that between histological scoring and DRS analysis an intrinsic difference of 5 % is obtained due to that lean mice livers without steatosis also contain some intracellular lipids [19]. In order to score DRS analysis as positive, the determined fat fraction should be above the threshold value of 5 %.
Spearman’s rank correlation test was used to examine the correlation between the DRS ex vivo measurements and the histological quantification of steatosis. Linear regression (r2) was used to assess correlations between DRS measurements and histological quantification of steatosis. The statistical differences between the scattering parameters were determined using a non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis test [20]. P levels smaller than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism version 5.00 for Windows (GraphPad Software Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA).
Histological assessment
Histological evaluation of the liver biopsies of mice in the CD-AA diet group showed macrovesicular steatosis in the range from 17 to 73 %. The degree of macrovesicular steatosis increased with the duration of the diet. In addition, ballooned hepatocytes were observed in the CD-AA diet group with an increased number together with an increasing duration of the diet. Mice fed with CS-AA diet for 3 weeks displayed no steatosis in their biopsies. However, 8 and 20 weeks of CS-AA diet also resulted in the development of macrovesicular steatosis and/or hepatocellular ballooning but these degrees were lower than the CD-AA diet group. The ob/ob mice developed exclusively microvesicular steatosis, which was severe (range 75–80 %) in all animals. Evaluation of the liver biopsies of their lean controls showed no evidence of hepatic fat infiltration (Fig. 1).
Figure 3 shows examples of the different types of hepatic fat infiltration. The large fat droplets of macrovesicular steatosis were predominately present in clusters around the central vein. In particular, macrovesicular steatosis was not evenly distributed throughout the liver. The patterns of microvesicular steatosis as well as hepatocellular ballooning were more heterogeneous distributed in the liver parenchyma. In addition, Fig. 4 illustrates an example of liver biopsy with macrovesicular steatosis, ballooning, inflammation, and periportal/perivenular fibrosis, which were mainly observed in the late stages of the CS-AA and CD-AA diet.
Overview of normal hepatic mouse tissue and different types of hepatic fat filtration. Panels a, b normal hepatic mouse tissue, panel b is a magnification of panel a. Panel c, d macrovesicular steatosis, panel d is a magnification of panel c. Panels e, f microvesicular steatosis, panel f is a magnification of panel e. Panels g, h hepatocellular ballooning, panel h is a magnification of panel g. Black arrows point to the central vein. All sections are H&E stained. Scale bars in the panels a, c, e, and f indicate 500 μm. Scale bars in the panels b, d, f, and h indicate 50 μm
Masson trichrome staining of mouse liver in the CD-AA diet group. Clusters of inflammatory cells are visualized in the dashed white circle. White arrows show fibrosis (periportal and perivenular). Scale bar indicates 100 μm
Evaluation of steatosis with DRS
In total, 104 DRS measurements were performed in 104 hepatic tissue specimens from 52 livers. Examples of optical spectra of macrovesicular, microvesicular steatosis, and hepatocellular ballooning are presented in Fig. 5a. Lipid cells in fatty liver tissue have an absorption peak around 1200 nm [11]. In all the three fat spectra, an inverse peak was observed in the vicinity of 1200 nm. However, discrimination between the three different spectra was not possible due to similar absorption and scattering characteristics of these types of fat around 1200 nm (see also Fig. 6, where boxplots of scattering parameters are presented). Therefore, the DRS system was not able to differentiate between types of fat; only the total hepatic fat fraction could be measured. Figure 5b shows examples of hepatic fat fraction of increasing severity and the corresponding light spectra of the tissue generated with the DRS. Depending on the percentage of hepatic fat fraction; a deeper inverse peak in the vicinity of 1200 nm is related to a higher degree of hepatic fat infiltration. Additionally, in Fig. 6 boxplots are displayed showing the reduced scattering coefficient at 1600 nm and the corresponding Mie-slope “b”. Due to the substantial spread of scattering parameters, both scattering parameters were not significantly different between macrovesicular, microvesicular, and hepatocellular ballooning, indicating that it was not possible to differentiate between the three types of hepatic fat based on this limited data set.
Examples of spectra measured with the DRS in different types of hepatic fat infiltration and various degrees of steatosis. Panel a the dashed lines correspond to the wavelength section (around 1200 nm) for which the spectra are altered by the presence of lipid. Panel b examples of spectra of normal hepatic mouse tissue and fatty mice livers with an increasing severity of macrovesicular steatosis. A more prominent inverse peak in the light spectrum in the vicinity of 1200 nm is related to a higher fat concentration in the measured tissue. A.u. indicates arbitrary units
Boxplots of the reduced scattering coefficient at 1600 nm and the corresponding Mie-slope “b” for micro- and macrovesicular steatosis, and hepatocellular ballooning. Panel a boxplots of the reduced scattering coefficient at 1600 nm. Panel b boxplots representing the Mie-slope “b”. For both scattering parameters, no significant differences were found between micro- and macrovesicular steatosis, and hepatocellular ballooning
Figures 7 and 8 shows the correlation coefficients between the pathological evaluation of macrovesicular and microvesicular steatosis and DRS analysis. Because the mouse models differ in patterns of steatosis (macrovesicular versus microvesicular), we were able to calculate the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between the two different patterns of steatosis and the total fat fraction analyzed by the DRS. For macrovesicular steatosis the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was 0.761 and for microvesicular steatosis 0.747. In addition, the overall sensitivity of DRS to identify macrovesicular and microvesicular steatosis was 100 % (Tables 1, 2). Moreover, the positive predictive value was 80 % for macrovesicular steatosis and 72 % for microvesicular steatosis. Therefore, a high level of agreement was observed between pathological evaluation and DRS analysis in assessment of the hepatic fat content. On the other hand, the specificity of DRS to exclude macro- and microvesicular steatosis was 48 % for macrovesicular and 29 % for microvesicular steatosis, respectively (Tables 1, 2). However, it should be noticed that in the majority of false positive cases (95 %), hepatocellular ballooning was observed in histological analysis. Therefore, the DRS was still measuring fat, despite no macrovesicular or microvesicular steatosis was observed in these cases.
Comparison of pathological evaluation of macrovesicular steatosis and DRS analysis. Comparison between pathological assessment and DRS analyses provides a Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient of 0.761. The solid line represents the linear regression line (r2) between pathological evaluation and DRS analysis. The dashed lines illustrate the quadrants for the sensitivity and specificity calculations above 30 % of macrovesicular steatosis between pathological evaluation and DRS analysis
Comparison of pathological analyses of microvesicular steatosis and DRS analysis. Comparison between pathological assessment and DRS analyses provides a Spearman’s rank correlation of 0.747. The solid line represents the linear regression line (r2) between pathological evaluation and DRS analysis
Table 1 Accuracy calculations of DRS analysis with respect to macrovesicular steatosis in the CD-AA and CS-AA diet groups
Table 2 Accuracy calculations of DRS analysis with respect to microvesicular steatosis in the ob/ob and control mice
As separate analysis, we assessed in the CS-AA and CD-AA diet group whether the DRS is able to differentiate between mild macrovesicular steatosis and either moderate/severe macrovesicular steatosis (Fig. 7; Table 3). Therefore, we changed the cut-off values for sensitivity and specificity calculations to 30 % of macrovesicular steatosis measured by pathological analysis and to 30 % of hepatic fat fraction assessed by the DRS. Interestingly, above 30 % of macrovesicular steatosis, the DRS predicts hepatic fat fraction with a sensitivity of 86 % and specificity of 81 %.
Table 3 Accuracy calculations of DRS analysis in the CD-AA and CS-AA diet groups when cut-off values are changed to 30 % of macrovesicular steatosis measured by pathological evaluation and 30 % of hepatic fat fraction assessed by the DRS
This study demonstrates that DRS quantifies steatosis with high accuracy in two mouse models of hepatic steatosis. Using the DRS for assessment of the total hepatic fat content showed a good correlation with histological evaluation of the total hepatic fat content. In addition, the DRS is able to discriminate between mild and moderate/severe macrovesicular steatosis with a high sensitivity (86 %) and specificity (81 %). Although DRS can qualify steatosis in liver tissue, the DRS was not able to discriminate between micro- and macrovesicular steatosis.
During the clinical donation procedure, it is necessary to distinguish between mild (0–30 %) and moderate/severe macrovesicular (>30 %) graft steatosis. As already described, transplantation of moderate/severe macrovesicular steatotic donor livers is related to poor postoperative outcome, while transplantation with mild macrovesicular steatotic livers is not associated with inferior outcome [2–4]. Our study showed that DRS is able to differentiate between isolated mild macrovesicular steatosis and moderate and/or severe macrovesicular steatosis with high sensitivity and specificity. So far, there are no tools for accurate steatosis measurements available that can be performed in real-time [4]. In comparison to the currently best measuring methods for steatosis; computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) [21–24], DRS analysis is easier and less time-consuming, which is beneficial in the short time period of donation. Moreover, it is known that surgeon’s accuracy in predicting steatosis is low, especially when macrovesicular steatosis is above 30 % [25, 26]. As consequence, DRS has the potential to assist the surgical team with estimating the hepatic fat content during the transplantation procedure. Therefore, further research should be focused on development of the DRS system in a hand-held optical instrument.
In the current study, DRS analysis was not able to differentiate between micro- and macrovesicular steatosis and hepatocellular ballooning. Although we hypothesized that the DRS could discriminate between the three types of hepatic fat, we did not find significantly differences in the scattering parameters between the three groups. Therefore, the inability to distinguish between hepatic fat content may have consequences when the DRS is applied in clinical situations. First, micro- and macrovesicular steatosis are occasionally simultaneously present in donor livers [26, 27]. However, in most cases where micro- and macrovesicular steatosis are simultaneously present, the amount of microvesicular steatosis is quite minimal compared to the amount of macrovesicular steatosis [26, 27]. We expect therefore that the overestimation of the degree of hepatic fat infiltration will be negligible when livers with micro- and macrovesicular steatosis are measured with the DRS. Secondly, it could also happen that only microvesicular steatosis is present in donor livers. Hence, there is a risk for a false positive result when a liver with only microvesicular steatosis is measured with the DRS. However, the presence of only microvesicular steatosis is uncommon in potential donor livers [26, 27]. Solely microvesicular steatosis is frequently observed in subtypes of acute liver failure such as the syndrome of Reye and acute fatty liver of pregnancy, due to toxin- or drug-induced impairment of the mitochondrial β-oxidation [28]. Consequently, it is unlikely livers with only microvesicular steatosis would be considered for transplantation and consequently would be measured with the DRS.
Another aspect of hepatic fat infiltration is hepatocellular ballooning. In our experiment some mice livers displayed severe degrees of hepatocellular ballooning. Hepatocellular ballooning is an important histological feature of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) [16]. Patients with NASH show in most cases elevated serum levels of transaminases and/or alkaline phosphatase [29]. These elevated levels of transaminases and/or alkaline phosphatase will be noted when the potential donor is screened at the intensive care. Moreover, NASH is related to the development of fibrosis. Fibrotic livers are mostly enlarged and stiff. These characteristics will be observed during assessment of the liver during the donation procedure. Therefore, it is likely that livers of most of these donors with NASH are declined early in the donation procedure. As a result, the risk that livers with severe hepatocellular ballooning are measured with the DRS will be minimal.
A limitation of the current study is that we have used mouse livers instead of human donor livers. However, with respect to C57BL6 mice on a choline-deficient diet, it has been shown that these mice are representative for human features of fatty liver disease, in particular for macro- and microvesicular steatosis [30]. Another limitation regarding the DRS is its invasiveness. However, in our earlier clinical study where we performed in 17 patients’ 49 in vivo DRS measurements, no bleeding complications were observed [10]. In addition, the diameter of the optical DRS needle is smaller (0.8 mm) compared to a general biopsy needle used for liver biopsies during surgery (1.6 mm). Therefore, we expect that the bleeding risk in liver tissue after DRS measurements will be negligible.
In conclusion, the current study demonstrates that DRS can quantify steatosis with good agreement compared to histopathological analysis. In particular, its feature to differentiate accurately and real-time between isolated mild and moderate/severe macrovesicular steatosis may have clinical relevance. Consequently, further research should be focused on the development of the DRS in a hand-held device. The DRS system in a hand-held device can assists the surgical team in more accurate assessment of the hepatic fat content during organ procurement procedures.
CD-AA:
choline-deficient l-amino acid-defined diet
CS-AA:
choline-sufficient l-amino acid-defined diet
DRS:
diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
ECD:
extended criteria donor
H&E:
hematoxylin and eosin
MRI:
MRS:
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1: designed research/study, 2: performed research/study, 3: collected data, 4: analyzed data, 5: wrote the paper, 6: reviewed the paper. ACW: 1–5. VVP: 1, 4, 5. GK: 3, 6. FB: 3, 4, 6. ZJV: 3, 6. JW-B: 3, 6. BHWH: 1, 4, 5. TL: 1, 4, 5. RJP: 1, 4, 5. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
A. C. W.: M.D., Ph.D. student, and resident of anesthesiology, V. V. P.: Ph.D. and researcher of Philips Research, G. K.: M.D., Ph.D., and resident of gastroenterology and hepatology. F. B.: M.D. and Ph.D. student, Z. J. V.: biotechnician, J. W-B.: research technician, B. H. W. H.: Ph.D. and senior researcher of Philips Research, T. L.: Ph.D., biochemist, and professor of experimental surgery, R. J. P.: M.D., Ph.D., HPB surgeon, and professor of liver surgery and transplantation.
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Competing interests This study was supported by Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. None of the authors who are affiliated with clinical institutions (A. C. W., G. K., F. B., Z. J. V., J. W.-B., T. L., and R. J. P.) have financial interests in the subject matter, materials, or equipment or with any competing materials. These authors received no payment of any kind for their participation in this research project, nor did their institutions receive payment for anything beyond the direct costs of performing this research project at the University Medical Center of Groningen. Their interests are purely at a scientific level. All of the authors who are affiliated with Philips Research (V. P., B. H.) have interests in the subject matter, materials, and equipment, in the sense that they are employees of Philips. The prototype system described in this article is currently only a research prototype and is not for commercial use. It is the intention of Philips to develop the prototype system into a commercial system that would be sold by Philips.
Funding sources No grants or financial support were received or used for this study.
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Home Food Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore Review
Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore Review
Mary O'Brien
The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore is a glamorous place to stay .
For those who like luxury, glamour and a real sense of place, Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore ticks all the boxes. The hotel is a six-storey modern affair, built on stilts over Marina Bay. It links to the historic Clifford Pier, now a pretty restaurant, where early settlers arrived by boat.
Right on Marina Bay, the hotel is a short walk to Singapore’s famous Merlion, the financial and arts district and Raffles Place MRT station.
It offers impressive views of the city skyline and is close to many interesting places to visit in Singapore.
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Alfresco Area I in the Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore
Another view of the alfresco area at the Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore
The entrance through stylish Clifford Pier impresses with its scale and design.
I’m ushered through the opulent lobby to the grand reception with its over-the-top chandelier.
Staff are welcoming, efficient and quick to offer suggestions.
The premier bay view room has certainly got a “wow” factor.
I’m on level one with a floor-to-ceiling window and a mesmerising, full-on view of the bay and Singapore’s striking skyline.
The outdoor deck is a real treat: there are two lounge beds set right down by Marina Bay’s lapping waters.
This is a good spot to watch the nightly Marina Bay Sands light show directly opposite.
The 58-square-metre room is spacious with a practical work desk plus a sitting area with armchairs and a small table.
The bed has a soft-as-a-feather mattress and, as expected, a pillow menu if you’re fussy about your sleep.
The glass-walled lavish bathroom (phew, there are shutters) invites lazy sessions with full-size bathtub (love the TV over the bath), walk-in shower and separate toilet.
The Bottega Veneta toiletries are a nice touch.
Nespresso machine and quality teas are on hand. Wifi is free.
Clifford Pier and the public spaces were designed by talented Hong Kong architect Andre Fu.
The transformation of the old pier into an upscale lobby and restaurant with its signature floral scent is nothing short of glamorous.
Rooms are decked out in a mix of Asian and European luxury with a contemporary finish.
The Fullerton Bay Hotel High Tea may be popular but so is the dim sum lunch.
There are four restaurants at Fullerton Bay Hotel:
the grand Clifford Pier is popular for afternoon tea (don’t miss the lobster roll if you’re ordering a la carte)
the Landing Point is good for light meals or drinks and has a nice outdoor deck
the Brasserie offers breakfast (the gluten-free section is impressive) and French food later in the day
the Lantern Bar on the rooftop is a must for a sunset cocktail and is popular with locals.
The best time to enjoy a cocktail is between 8 pm and 9 pm when you can watch the Marina Bay Sands light show.
Though the rooftop is low rise, it’s set right on the water with clear views across the bay.
The mojitos and merlion cocktails are recommended and you can book seats (advisable at the weekends).
For those who like traditional afternoon tea (as opposed to the heritage afternoon tea at Clifford Pier), the Landing Point is the place to go.
Nearby, a short stroll from the hotel, One Fullerton has a range of cafes and restaurants to choose from.
A casual Singapore style snack – a lobster roll
For something casual, try Starbucks, PS Café or Crab Deli & Bar.
Other restaurants include Palm Beach Seafood, Little Sheep Hot Pot and Jing Seafood.
On the other side of the hotel, the Customs House (also owned by the Fullerton) has several eateries with great views.
Fullerton Bay Hotel High Tea: the Heritage Afternoon Tea is an impressive affair.
Afternoon tea at Clifford Pier is very popular with Singaporeans so make sure to book ahead for weekends.
The Fullerton Bay Hotel heritage high tea, which draws inspiration from Singapore’s many culinary influences, is particularly special as it offers a taste of the city’s past.
You indulge in a selection of seven savoury and seven sweet items, including sandwiches, pastries, cakes and scones – all with a local twist.
The restaurant has an interesting history as it occupies the former pier, which was built in 1933, as a landing point for immigrants.
A red lamp used to hang on the pier, giving it the Chinese name of Red Lamp Pier.
It served as a ferry terminal until 2006 when it closed and was transformed into a grand restaurant for the Fullerton Bay Hotel, which was built beside it.
The Clifford Pier high tea combines the best of western and local treats.
You can opt for the traditional kopi (coffee with condensed milk), teh tarik (tea with evaporated milk) or chilled rose syrup milk if you want a change from the usual teas and coffees on offer.
Mouthwatering Wagyu Beef Rendang at Fullerton Bay Hotel.
Soup Kambing is another delicious local treat at Fullerton Bay Hotel.
The chilli crab bao and the kurobota port kong bank bau are local favourites and the cruffin with masala potato and nonya chicken curry spice things up a little.
On the sweet side, many classics have been given a twist here so you can graze on scones with mango jam, swiss roll with pandan filling, mini lopi and almond butter buns or traditional Indonesian honeycomb bika ambon.
The Bandung macaron is a pretty pink petit four that’s inspired by the favourite childhood rose syrup drink.
If you’re opting for traditional teas, the hotel has its own Fullerton express tea blend (with wildflowers, jasmine and green tea), silver moon or sencha meicha among the list.
The South African rooibos red tea is another option. Of course, for a really indulgent treat, you can pay extra for red, white or sparkling wine.
The Clifford Pier setting is also the work of designer Andre Fu who has created an imposing space using the full height of the historic pier and transforming it with lots of marble, chandeliers and plants.
Not surprisingly, this is also popular for weddings.
Fullerton Bay Hotel High Tea: Monday-Friday 3.30pm-5.30pm, S$48; weekends 3pm-5pm S$55.
There isn’t a spa onsite but the one at the nearby historic Fullerton Hotel is definitely worth visiting.
The experienced masseurs here aren’t your average therapists.
An hour on the bed will cure any jetlag or aches you may have.
If you’re feeling lazy and don’t want to follow the underground passage across, the hotel car will deposit you at the spa.
Onsite the large 25-metre rooftop pool is hard to resist and the gym is kitted out with the latest equipment.
The heritage tours are a must – there are free sessions for both guests and the public.
Bill Jee is an excellent guide on the nearby historic Fullerton Hotel (it occupies the old GPO) and the Fullerton Bay’s maritime tour, which talks about the significance of Clifford Pier in Singapore’s history.
The Fullerton Bay is a luxury hotel that delivers on its promises.
It’s a great spot to enjoy Singapore’s iconic views, it’s well located, spacious and suited to those who like glamorous digs.
It has a nice connection with Singapore’s history and the free heritage tours are worth doing.
Fullerton Bay Hotel is at 80 Collyer Quay, Singapore, +65 6333 8388, fullertonhotels.com
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We are almost 6 months into the coronavirus pandemic. While social distancing at home, you may have already binge watched everything on your streaming service of choice – and there is not an influx of new content coming in due to many television shows and movies halting production or post posting premiere dates.
But, if you’re a fan of melodramatic reality TV dating shows, you’re in luck.
The popular reality dating series Love Island USA is slated to premiere tonight, and it will be set in a location that will be all-too familiar to Vegas News readers.
The new cast of ~young sexy singles~ searching for love and hoping to win the cash prize will be sequestered in a ritzy villa at the top of the Vegas strip’s temporarily closed boutique hotel & casino The Cromwell.
The villa is set at Drai’s night/day club multi-level rooftop. It has been completely transformed for the reality show, the space will feature all of the classic Love Island amenities: a communal bedroom, outdoor gym, hideaways, a fire pit, jacuzzi, pool, and sundeck.
In true Vegas fashion, the location will also feature brand new amenities such as an outdoor shower that looks over Caesars Palace, a private cabana with its own pool, a secret jacuzzi, a “gossip bar”, dressing rooms, and over 27,000 feet of fairy lights.
“We’re thrilled that ITV2 can bring the latest US version of Love Island to viewers this year. Las Vegas may seem like an odd destination for the show but the producers have beaten Covid with a show that adheres to all production protocols and that could well be sensational,” said Paul Mortimer, ITV’s Head of Digital Channels and Acquisitions.
“Certainly the ‘villa’ is impressive and the cast is diverse and amazing. We believe Love Island fans will embrace this Sin City twist, my bet is the series will be another big hit.”
Similar to the bubbles created by NHL, NBA, and MLB, strict quarantine measures have been set in place. The cast of ‘islanders’ were required to quarantine prior to production, and were tested for COVID-19 before entering the villa. Daily screenings for symptoms and regular testing will take place throughout the season.
With these rules set in place, production hopes the cast will feel comfortable being in close quarters and partake in the usual shenanigans that make for reality TV gold, such sharing beds, or letting loose in the hot tub.
The crew and staff are required to wear PPE and will work in their own designated areas to ensure social distancing, and areas will be cleaned and disinfected throughout filming. COVID-19 compliance officers will be on-site to ensure safety protocols are followed.
“The health and safety of everyone involved in Love Island is the highest priority. We’ve done everything we can to make sure the Islanders are safe and have the best summer of their lives and viewers can have a great summer living through them,” executive producers Jessica Castro and Ben Thursby-Palmer told TV Guide.
Love Island USA is a reality dating show spinoff based on the popular British series of the same name. The first season of the American instalment premiered in July 2019. Due to its popularity, it was renewed for a second season shortly after.
The series follows a group of single Islanders gathered together in a tropical villa who must find a partner to pair off with to stay on the island, at the end, one couple wins a large cash prize.
Season two was originally slated to be set overseas in the tropical island of Fiji, filming was postponed due to coronavirus. But producers would not let a silly little thing such as a global pandemic get in the way of bringing the people they wanted.
The two-hour premiere will be available on CBS and CBS All Access. Season 2 is slated to air seven nights a week.
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Paris Roubaix Poster
The Paris Roubaix race first ran in 1896 and has been torturing cyclists ever since. It is known as “The Hell of the North” because of the difficult road and weather conditions that rage throughout the area. With cobblestone roads and wind-swept fields, this “Queen” of the Classics is an annual favorite among cycling fans everywhere, and a right of passage for any likely classics champion.
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Tour de France Saint Michel Cycling Art Print
This year the 2016 Tour de France will start in the shadow of Mont Saint Michel as it travels around the country for the month of July. This dramatic backdrop has been host to other Tour race days and no doubt will offer us breathtaking vistas of the peloton racing away from this historic location.
My vintage flavored drawing of this poster uses the Red, White and Blue of the French flag along with the “Maillot Jaune” – Yellow Jersey. Complete with goggles, a spare tire and of course a handlebar mustache our cyclist represents the romantic era of the Tour de France classic days of cycling.
This cycling art print comes in three sizes on high quality watercolor paper and will be rolled and shipped to you ready for framing.
Tour de France Triomphe
Yorkshire to Paris
In 2014 the Tour de France began in the UK with its Grand Départ from Yorkshire, on to London across the Channel and French mainland, and ended in Paris.
On the final day of the Tour, riders raced on the Champs-Élysées and around the magnificent Arc de Triomphe before the final winners were crowned.
This original cycling poster shows the overall winner in the yellow jersey, the King of the Mountains in polka dots, the best sprinter in green, and the best young rider of the Tour in white.
Rio 2016 Olympics USA Cycling Art Print
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games are here and the USA is making their sprint for Gold in cycling.
My newest art print pays homage to the famous statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by Polish-French sculptor Paul Landowski. The road cycling and time-trial hopes this year fall on the shoulders of Taylor Phinney and Brent Bookwalter, both experienced cyclist in pressure situations, both with great potential for gold.
This cycling art print is available in three sizes on high quality watercolor paper and will be rolled and shipped to you ready for framing.
New York City Bicycle Poster
The city that never sleeps is where we find our lone urban cyclist as he makes his way through the shadows of this imaginary NYC landscape. Lights sweep the skies as car head lights sweep the canyons to reveal our bike rider on his fixed gear machine.
With it’s focus on the night skyline in the Big Apple this image could grace the walls of any fan of cycling, or New York City.
Helmets Save Lives Poster
I’ve created this image “Helmets Save Lives” as a Public Service reminder to–Wear Your Helmet! Share this with anyone you care about.
You can purchase this print for yourself or if you’d like please select the image below and share it on Facebook with your friends as a little reminder to be safe out there.
If you’d like me to add your company logo or print large quantities for your Bicycle Safety Program please contact me and I’ll be happy to help out.
Tour of California Cycling Art Print
Golden Gate Peloton
The Amgen Tour of California may not always go over the Golden Gate Bridge but what better way to get in the mood for the biggest pro cycling event in the US. A little whimsy never hurt anyone.
Tour de France 2017 | Cycling Art Print
The 2017 Tour de France kicks off with a grand depart from Dusseldorf, Germany and I will be there to watch!
In fact I’ll be at every stage of the Tour de France this year drawing pictures and gathering material for year and years worth of Cycling Art.
This year’s TdF Cycling Art Print (inspired by Chris Froome) will always have a special place in my home because this is the year — I’m going to Paris!
Rough Road 100 | Cycling Art Print
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With nine (9) grueling crushed gravel sectors over 100 KM of racing, the Rough Road 100 in Morris, IL USA is one of the fastest growing gravel rides in the country. And while climbing challenging cols may not be in the cards for the day, you can be sure the cold, midwest winds howling in from the west will make even the toughest riders wonder why they signed up for this torture.
Join me and the Veloist CC in April for a great early season ride. Go to ROUGHROAD 100 for more information and to register. See you there.
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Here is the entire Kyrie Irving NBA trade drama in a nutshell
Kyrie Irving reportedly requested the Cleveland Cavaliers front office for a trade (via YouTube/NBA)
Well, it is because two alpha males in Cleveland Cavaliers cannot move forward together anymore.
by Alvin Albaciete (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
Kyrie Irving requesting a trade is perhaps one of the biggest shockers in the NBA offseason right now. As expected, many were devastated – and in utter disbelief, as a franchise player of six years wants to have his name removed from the Cleveland Cavaliers. This is not only heartbreaking to LeBron James, but also to the fans who thought of the point guard as a hero.
According to SB Nation, Kyrie Irving requested that the team’s front office trade him this coming summer. In fact, this request was already made last week and it was only recently that the news broke out. To the wondering fans out there, here is everything about this shocking turn of events.
Why is the NBA superstar requesting a trade?
Reports suggest that the main reason why Irving wants out is simply because of a personal desire. He does not want to play alongside James, who is arguably among the top-tier players in the league. Irving’s decision stems from his desire to be on a team in which he is the focal point, the main guy, so to speak. He is reportedly tired of being James’ sidekick, something that he is actually known for ever since the four-time MVP returned to Cleveland.
Whichever team Kyrie Irving will go to, he will definitely win the ire of many Cavaliers fans. Perhaps suffer the same “burning” fate of James back when he left Cleveland for Miami? It seems a bit of a stretch, but still likely. This also puts the entire team in jeopardy, as a player of superstar caliber is exiting.
They were even having a hard time competing against the Golden State Warriors, and for sure, with Irving out, they are likely to face the same fate. Heck, they might even be struggling in the entire Eastern division. But as they say, the “ball is round.”
Why the decision?
As mentioned above, Kyrie Irving wants out because he is sick of acting as LeBron’s Robin.
But truth is, it is more about having the desire to be in the spotlight – alone. Sure, James and Irving had a great duo, let alone the plays they make alongside Kevin Love. But of course, Irving is also dreaming of a chance to prove himself. He wants to let the world know that he can be successful without James’ help.
Moreover, Kyrie Irving came into the league as an undisputed No.
1 overall pick, which is the same level with James. History, on the other hand, states that the ones who are willing to take the sidekick role are the minorities. Both Irving and James are simply alpha males, and there are two in a group, it is hard to make them work with each other on a long-term basis.
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What do you want for Christmas? James Corden met the biggest star of all when he sleighed his performance at 102.7 KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2017. The talk show host, who was spotted palling around backstage with all evening's guests, sat on Santa's lap. Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for iHeartMedia
Chrissy Metz was also on hand at the Jingle Ball concert, taking to the stage to introduce one of the evening's acts. The This is Us star got in the holiday spirit, wearing a deep green velvet Kiyonna dress. She accessorized with some stunning David Yurman jewelry. Photo: Getty Images
Thalia had an enchanting evening at the ballet. The singer and fashion designer previewed her Thalia Sodi for Macy's Holiday '17 collection prior to attending the NYC Ballet's Nutcracker. Photo: Brandon Tobin
While Thalia was watching the ballet, Michelle Williams also made her way to Lincoln Center for a special evening honoring Louis Vuitton and her good friend Nicolas Ghesquiere with Harper's BAZAAR. Photo: Getty Images
Kate Bosworth stepped out in an oversized corduroy suit for the LAND of distraction launch party at Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood. Photo: Getty Images
Celebrity sandwich! Christian Siriano posed with a group of incredible women while celebrating the launch of his new book Dresses to Dream About on November 30 at Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood. Seen here, the famed designer was supported by stars like: Alicia Silverstone, Sarah Hyland, Isabelle Fuhrman, Selma Blair, Sarah Rafferty, Connie Britton, Kathy Bates, Kate Mara, and Niecy Nash. Other celebrities that stepped out included: Kristin Chenoweth, Samira Wiley, Angela Bassett, Willow Shields, Helen Hunt and Michelle Trachtenberg. Photo: Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Christian Siriano
Welcome to Draper James Atlanta! Reese Witherspoon celebrated the opening of her fourth brick-and-mortar Draper James store location on November 30. The actress repped her Southern-inspired fashion and lifestyle brand, glowing in her Limited Edition Store Opening Dress, which retailed on DraperJames.com for $325. Reese's friends, actress Amy Smart, SPANX founder Sara Blakely and author Emily Giffin all stopped by to show their support, while also wearing looks by Draper James. Photo: Ben Rose Photography
Chrissy Teigen took to the friendly skies for her 32nd birthday. The supermodel threw a Pan Am Experience-inspired bash where she played flight attendant and host. In a custom Sergio Hudson two-piece outfit, the pregnant birthday girl told the crowd, “I feel like such an a—hole because I made you guys do this!” Photo: Instagram/@johnlegend
John had some fun with his outfit for his wife's birthday. He opted for a beige suit with bellbottoms. He documented most of the night on Instagram and one moment included the birthday girl giving the safety instructions while smoking a fake cigarette. Photo: Instagram/@johnlegend
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were among the guests who checked into Chrissy's birthday at an airline terminal. For the occasion, the KKW Beauty founder wore her hair in a '60s-inspired look and outfit. Photo: Instagram/@kimkardashian
Chrissy Teigen showed off her new bangs and growing baby bump next to her dapper husband at the Smithsonian Magazine's 2017 American Ingenuity Awards in Washington, D.C. John Legend opted for a classic tuxedo for the evening in the nation's capital. Photo: Getty Images
Nicky Hilton, who is nearing the end of her pregnancy, wore a satin black dress that hugged her baby bump perfectly. The blonde beauty paired the dress with a tweed jacket for a dinner and exhibition preview of A Life of Luxury presented by Sotheby’s and Oscar de la Renta in NYC. Photo: BFA
The stars are not blind! Gwen Stefani had fun with her cape during Westfield London’s Christmas lighting on November 30. The You Make It Feel Like Christmas singer has been promoting her holiday album from coast to coast and now abroad. Photo: Getty Images
Family date night! Britney Spears brought her boys Sean Federline and Jayden James Federline along for a night out with her boyfriend Sam Asghari. The foursome attended an L.A. Lakers home game against the Golden State Warriors at Staples Center on November 29. While the Lakers may have lost it looks like Brit and Sam were certainly having a winning night! Photo: Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images
Chris Evans served as the moderator for his Avengers co-stars Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner as they discussed their latest project Wind River in Atlanta. Photo: Getty Images
After their New Orleans nuptials on November 16, Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian escaped to paradise for a week-getaway with their daughter. The newlyweds traveled to the Bahamas where they stayed in this villa on Kamalame Cay courtesy of booking.com. The house, which rents for $35,000 per week, features four bedrooms and can only be accessed by boat or air. Photo: booking.com
Reese Witherspoon lived out a scene from Breakfast at Tiffany's at the new Blue Box Cafe at the Fifth Avenue flagship store in NYC. During the breakfast, the actress shared some of her favorite pieces from the Tiffany & Co. collection as well as from the Tiffany HardWear and Tiffany T lines. Photo: Getty Images
Fresh off the runway in Shanghai, Adriana Lima, Romee Strijd, Josephine Skriver and Jasmine Tookes made their way to New York City to show off the VS x BALMAIN looks from the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Josephine told HELLO! at the Fifth Avenue store that she loved the punk looks. "I am kind of punk and rock ‘n roll in my everyday life so I was like this collection is made for me." Photo: courtesy of Victoria’s Secret
Rebel Wilson and her Pitch Perfect 3 co-stars had the honor of presenting Harry Styles with his ARIA award in Sydney. The Australian-native shared this photo on Twitter as well as another with the British singer and wrote: “One Harry got engaged today and now here’s hoping for two?? ❤️.” Photo: Twitter/@rebelwilson
Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Grace Moretz were quite the matching duo at the FN Achievement Awards in NYC. The actress was overheard saying how it was nice the event was in Manhattan as it gave her an excuse to visit her boyfriend. Photo: Footwear News/Lexie Moreland
Jake Gyllenhaal looked on adoringly as UNICEF USA president Caryl Stern gave honoree Lucy Meyer her award at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball in NYC. The Life actor shared about the Special Olympics spokesperson: “Becoming a hero is an exercise in facing all of your fears and personal vulnerability head on, it’s about choosing to overcome devastating loss and tragedy day by day. Heroism and triumph lies in the fact that against these odds, hope prevails. It’s that unlikely, insistent hope, in a world of violence and despair, that sets heroes apart and inspires us all.” Photo: Getty Images
Hailey Baldwin couldn't resist giving Tabitha Simmons baby bump a kiss after she accepted her award at the Annual Footwear News Achievement Awards at the IAC with Ruffino Wines in NYC. During her speech, the 21-year-old said: “I’m very inspired by the youth, constantly, and if I’ve inspired even just one person then I feel like I’m doing something right.” Photo: Footwear News
It might be chillier temps in NYC, but the men of 98 Degrees warmed the hearts of volunteers they surprised for the holidays. Drew and Nick Lachey, Justin Jeffre and Jeff Timmons visited Red Cross volunteers with Masterpass by Mastercard. Photo: Getty Images
Liam Payne and Niall Horan were on the same stage but separately during the kick off of iHeartRadio's first Jingle Ball in Dallas, Texas. The former One Direction bandmates both performed their hits in addition to The Chainsmokers, Camila Cabello and Kesha. Photo: Getty Images
Ben Platt stopped by Ellen and opened up about Beyonce visiting him when he starred in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. “I had some warning which was good because I don’t think I would’ve been able to handle myself if not," the Tony award winner said. "Beyoncé is sort of like my #1 of all people, I can’t really be around her without really just going crazy." Photo: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
Gwyneth Paltrow hosted the opening of goop GIFT, the company's NYC pop-up shop for all things holiday. Jill Kargman stopped by the party sponsored by Grey Goose to toast her friend. Photo: BFA
Nicole Kidman caught up with Ethan Hawke as he walked by her table filled with Red Lindt LINDOR gift boxes at the Gotham Awards in NYC on November 27. Photo: Getty Images
Ava Phillippe took to Instagram to show off her Giambatista Valli gown she wore over the weekend in Paris for le Bal des Débutantes. Like a scene out of one of her mother’s movies, Ava expertly waltzed around the crowd of well-known faces with Maharaja of Jaipur Padmanabh Singh. The 19-year-old Indian royal is a member of the country’s national polo team, which is how he has become an acquaintance of Prince William. Photo: Instagram/@avaphillippe
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Mike Scruggs January 31, 2014
Islam’s Holy War Against Christianity – Turkey, 1894-1923
Part 1 of a Series
In nations governed by Islamic Law (Sharia), non-Muslims have the status of dhimmis (“protected people”). They are protected from slaughter or expulsion so long as they remain subservient and pay a special poll tax, called the Jizya, to their Muslim masters. Under the rules of dhimmitude the “protected people” must show deference at all times to Muslims and wear special clothing to distinguish themselves from Muslims. They are allowed only limited religious freedoms and have no political or civil rights outside the Sharia, which regulates their mandated status of degradation and humiliation. Usually, besides the Jizya, they must also pay a large part of their income to the Muslim community. Their continued status as dhimmis is strictly at the pleasure of the dominant Muslim population. They are subject to have their properties confiscated or their lives forfeited at any time. Muhammad instituted this practice as a source of Muslim income, which resulted in the umma (Muslim people) becoming somewhat dependent on the dhimmi class for various technical skills.
The Armenians are an ethnic group whose original homeland was the highlands surrounding Mount Ararat (Genesis 8:4). They have been an identifiable people for at least 4,000 years. The modern Republic of Armenia, formerly part of the Soviet Union, borders Turkey on the west, the Republic of Georgia on the north, Azerbaijan on the east, and Iran on the south. The Kingdom of Armenia, established about 500 BC, also now referred to as Greater Armenia, encompassed large parts of Eastern Turkey. Armenia was the first nation to declare itself a Christian nation about 301 AD. Most Armenians belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church, but about ten percent belong to the Armenian Catholic Church and about two percent to the Armenian Evangelical Church. There were once large Armenian populations in Istanbul, Izmir (formerly known as Smyrna, Revelation 2:8), and other metropolitan areas. Only a remnant now remain in Turkey.
Near the beginning of the twentieth century, the 4.5 million Armenian and Greek Christians in Ottoman Turkey were of the subjugated dhimmi class. In Christian Europe and especially Britain, however, such Muslim practices were being viewed with alarm. Consequently, the Armenians began to appeal to Britain and other European powers to put pressure on Turkey to relax the Sharia rules pertaining to non-Muslims. There had been some relaxation late in the nineteenth century, but the Turks began to resent the Armenian overtures to European powers and became uncertain of their loyalty to Turkey. They considered these Armenian pleas for help to have violated their constraints as protected people under Sharia.
In 1894, fearing increasing unrest, the Ottoman government persuaded Muslim religious leaders to undertake a major crack-down on any dissent by Armenian dhimmis regarding their subjugated status. In an 1896 dispatch, Henry Barnham, a British Consulate official, gave his personal description of events:
“The butchers and tanners, with sleeves tucked up to the shoulders, armed with clubs and cleavers, cut down the Christians with cries of ‘Allahu akbar!’ (Allah is great!) (and) broke down the doors of their houses with pickaxes and levers, or scaled the walls with ladders. Then when mid-day came they knelt down and said their prayers, and then jumped up and resumed the dreadful work, carrying it on far into the night. Whenever they were unable to beat down the doors they fired the houses with petroleum…”
One survivor recounted the destruction of two churches in the town of Severek in December of 1896:
“The mob had plundered the Gregorian (Armenian) church, desecrated it, murdered all who had sought shelter there, and as a sacrifice beheaded the sexton on the stone threshold. Now it (the mob) filled our yard. The blows of an axe crashed in the church doors.”
This survivor described the scene as this mob rushed into the second church and ripped apart Bibles and hymnbooks, blasphemed the cross as a sign of victory, and chanted their prayer (“There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is His prophet.”) He then related:
“The leader of the mob cried: ‘Believe in Muhammad and deny your religion.’ No one answered…The leader gave the order to massacre. The first attack was on our pastor. The blow of an axe decapitated him. His blood spurting in all directions, spattered the walls and ceiling”
The British Consul intercepted a letter from a Turkish soldier giving this account to his family:
“My brother, if you want news from here we have killed 1,200 Armenians, all of them food for the dogs…Mother I am safe and sound. Father, 20 days ago we made war on the Armenian unbelievers. Through Allah’s grace no harm befell us…May Allah bless you.”
Another intercepted letter, evidently from an Armenian survivor, described the slaughter of refugees at a church in ancient Edessa. After breaking down the door, Turkish troops mockingly called for Christ to prove himself a greater prophet than Muhammad. Then according to the survivor:
“They began killing everyone on the floor of the church by hand or with pistols. From the altar they gunned down women and children in the gallery. Finally the Turks gathered bedding and straw, on which they poured some thirty cans of kerosene and set the church ablaze.”
This 1894-1896 Jihad against Christians in Eastern Turkey claimed 250,000 lives. Many Armenian women were forced into harems, and many women and children were sold as slaves. Rape, considered one of the rights of “booty” in Muslim Jihad, was routine. Some under duress converted to Islam, but others escaped to the West and reported the massacre. This enormous suffering inflicted upon Armenian Christians in Turkey was only a shadow of what was to come. In 1915, the Turkish government would order a far more organized genocide of Armenian and Greek Christians.
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Youth arrested after weapons threat against Comox Valley school
Published Thursday, November 26, 2020 8:42AM PST Last Updated Friday, November 27, 2020 4:19PM PST
An RCMP vehicle outside Lake Trail Community Middle School on Thursday, Nov. 26. (CTV News)
COURTENAY -- A youth has been arrested after a weapons threat forced a school in Courtenay to close Thursday.
Lake Trail Community Middle School was closed to all students and staff while police investigated the threat.
"We had a targeted and very direct and specific threat towards this school and this school only and so we made, out an abundance of caution, (a decision) to cease operations," said Mary Lee, manager of communications for the school district, on Thursday.
The Comox Valley RCMP said Friday police are considering charges against a youth for uttering threats.
“Reports of this nature are always treated as serious and authentic until we conduct a thorough investigation to confirm the credibility of the report,” said Const. Monika Terragni in a statement Friday.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Comox Valley RCMP at 250-338-1321.
In total, 350 students, 25 remote learners and 55 staff were affected by the closure.
"If there's ever a threat to the safety of our staff and our students, we always exercise caution and the best decision today was to cease operations," said Lee Thursday.
The school is located at 805 Willemar Ave. in Courtenay.
Police outside Lake Trail school in Courtenay on Thursday. (CTV News)
The school is located at 805 Willemar Ave. in Courtenay. (Google Maps)
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Giant Underwater Cave Was Hiding Oldest Human Skeleton in the Americas
In a pitch black, 140-foot-deep underwater cave, three divers make a stunning 13,000-year-old discovery: the oldest complete human skeleton ever… more
In a pitch black, 140-foot-deep underwater cave, three divers make a stunning 13,000-year-old discovery: the oldest complete human skeleton ever found in the Americas. In this video, see the ancient remains, venture through the remarkable deep-water chamber, and see how a skeleton belonging to a teenage girl from the last ice age lead scientists to a major revelation about the earliest Americans.
The monumental finding has roots in 2007, when cartographer and National Geographic grantee Alberto Nava and his two friends, Alejandro Alvarez and Franco Attolini, were mapping 100,000 feet of underwater cave passages in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Expecting to see mostly tunnels, the team was shocked when they popped into an unknown 200-foot-wide abyss, littered with the bones of extinct creatures like saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths, and gomphotheres (elephantlike animals related to mastodons). "This was the discovery of a lifetime. It was mesmerizing," Nava recalls. "We really didn't know what to do. We were sitting there laughing. Our regulators were coming out of our mouths from laughing so much." The overjoyed team would name the giant void Hoyo Negro, which translates to Black Hole.
While Hoyo Negro was an amazing finding on its own, it's home to an even more exceptional discovery, many millennia in the making. While exploring the cave, Alvarez found a skull, "and all of a sudden," as Nava recounts, "we discover the most complete, and the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas."
Led by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History and supported by the National Geographic Society, Nava and an international group of scientists have spent years working to protect, recover, and study the skeleton. "We have an intact cranium. We have all her teeth. We have most of her vertebra, most of her ribs, all her limbs. We have the pelvis, and we have the pubic bone. It's just amazing," Nava says in wonderment.
"I feel proud of the discovery and we're all happy that we did it, but at the same time it's become this responsibility of seeing the site protected, seeing the research and the science done so that we can actually unravel all the secrets of Hoyo Negro," Nava says. "We're the first ones to interact with whatever is left of this human that lived during the last ice age."
That human was a teenage girl who lived about 13,000 years ago, before the cave was underwater. The Hoyo Negro team has affectionately dubbed her "Naia," after the water nymphs in ancient Greek mythology. "One of the researchers said, 'Okay, we got to give it a name,'" Nava remembers. "Because it becomes a different relationship. Now you're not talking about an 'it,' you're not talking about bone, you're talking about a person." And Nava thinks about the human element of the discovery frequently.
"For me, when we go in these caves, we think that we're doing this great exploration, but in reality the original explorers of these tunnels were Naia and her people. We're just following them 13,000 years later. I just imagine the conditions they were living in at that time. This is a deserted area and they're going in there and having to find water and food and shelter and fight animals," Nava says, wondering just how Naia found her final resting place in Hoyo Negro. "Hoyo Negro and Naia have become an integral part of my life, part of my story."
Turns out, Naia is part of a lot of Americans' stories, or at least their histories. Scientists were able to extract ancient, intact DNA from one of Naia's teeth, determining her DNA matches that of modern Native Americans. This suggests that the earliest Americans migrated from Siberia via a now nonexistent land bridge, and any physical differences among populations are due to natural changes that occurred after humans arrived in the Americas, and not from having migrated from multiple locations in Europe and Asia, as some anthropologists previously thought.
"The discoveries that we're making inside the cave in the Yucatán Peninsula give us a view of how life used to be and it gives you a sense of how small our existence is compared to what the planet has gone through, to what humans have gone through," says Nava. "For me, Hoyo Negro and Naia are the stars of this project, and we all work to bring their stories light so we understand a little bit better about where do we come from."
Alberto Nava is a grantee of National Geographic's Expeditions Council. To learn more about the science and exploration supported by the nonprofit National Geographic Society, visit natgeo.org/grants and be sure to check out more explorers in action in our digital series, Expedition Raw.
VIDEO PRODUCER/EDITOR: Nora Rappaport
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>> ALBERTO NAVA: I mean, you’re always looking for something new to discover, but we
didn’t know what we were going to find when we started on that day.
Most of our dives are pretty routine, you know, you just keep finding more tunnels and more tunnels.
But every so often you get lucky and you run into these discoveries that have been trapped there for thousands of years.
We just pop up into this huge void.
It’s like if you entered the Grand Canyon from the side at night.
Everywhere you point your light, there were animal remains, there were
human remains. It was just a pretty good day.
Eventually my friend points his light toward this cranium, and all of a sudden we discover the most complete and the oldest human remains found in the Americas.
Imagine the pressure if somebody says, “Okay, you go pick up the cranium of the oldest human remains in America.” Your hands start shaking. You know, what happens if you drop it?
You know, you’re underwater and you’re looking at this cranium and you see these dark eye sockets. I have this feeling these eyes have not seen anything since thousands of years ago.
You’re kind of traveling back in time. In the case of Naia, we have most of her skeleton. The more amazing thing is that you still have intact DNA that researchers can extract from. So that helps you figure out the migration history from humans into the Americas.
When we go into this cave, we think that we’re doing this great exploration, but in reality, the original explorers of this cave were Naia and her people.
When I have a bad day, either in the jungle or at home, I compare it with what they struggle. . . to go and find water, and food, and shelter, every day. And they have to fight animals. You know, they have the saber-toothed cat.
So for me it’s easy – if I have a problem, I just think about them and I’m like, oh, my problem, it’s not very big. [laughs]
Hoyo Negro and Naia are the stars of this project, and we all work to bring their stories light so we understand a little bit better about where do we come from.
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Vietnamese Makeup Artist Bi To On Modern Looks and Gender
Bi To is a Vietnamese makeup artist. His noteworthy presence on social media is one of an LGBT artist who is unapologetically himself, inspiring confidence and changing others’ perceptions of the LGBT community in Vietnam. We sat down with the artist to learn more about his journey.
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Bi To is a Vietnamese makeup artist who also works part-time as a catwalk coach and a clothing stylist. He’s worked with models featured in Vietnamese fashion magazines like VStyle, Phunu, Mot, and RSVP.
His work for high-profile celebrities like Miss Ao Dai 2013, Miss Universe Vietnam 2015, and Vietnamese fashion model Hoang Thuy has earned him sponsorships and annual contracts from brands like MAC Cosmetics. This year, he will take part in The Face Vietnam, a modeling-themed reality television series and one of several editions in the international franchise.
Bi To’s presence on social media is that of an LGBTQ artist who is unapologetically himself, inspiring confidence and changing others’ perceptions of the LGBTQ community in Vietnam. We sat down with Bi To to ask about makeup artistry, gender identity, and the perception of the LGBTQ community in Vietnam.
There’s no such thing as an “eastern” or “western” style. It’s about how you combine the colors, and how you use the colors to convey a client’s personality,” Bi To explains.
How did you end up becoming a Vietnamese makeup artist?
I started out studying fashion design. But I wasn’t able to complete my courses because it cost too much. Then in 2009, I participated in a casting day hosted by Yeah1. That’s where I met my mentor, Mr. Viet Hung—a fashion designer and makeup artist who has worked for top celebrities like Mai Phuong Thuy.
As an alternative to fashion, he suggested that I study makeup instead. As a token of sincerity, he even bought me my own starter kit of makeup products. After that, I kept shadowing Mr. Viet Hung and it provided me with opportunities to meet celebrities and improve my makeup skills.
What’s a typical makeup look that you often do for clients?
In Vietnam, people prefer the Latino and Thai beauty makeup trends, where the main colors used are brown, nude, and orange. I modify these trends a bit because I find that many people in Vietnam like makeup styles that help them appear more youthful and somewhat doll-like.
To cater to that preference, I’ll typically start with just a thin layer of foundation, and then add a light sweep of powder. I’ll shape the eyebrows into a straight line using a light shade of brown eyebrow powder.
For the eyes, I’ll brush light orange eyeshadow onto the eyelid and onto the outer edge of the lower lid. To help open and lengthen the eyes, I’ll add a little bit of glitter onto the inner corners; use eyeliner to draw a thin line over the eyelashes, ending in a small wing that flicks upward toward the outer edge of the eyebrow; and add on some natural-looking fake eyelashes.
For the cheeks, I’ll use light peachy-orangey tones that compliment the orange eyeshadow. Then I’ll use a slightly darker-tinted red-orange color on the lips.
“I’ll brush light orange eyeshadow onto the eyelid and onto the outer edge of the lower lid.” — Bi To
How would you label your style?
Many of my customers say that my makeup style is more Western. I like smokey eyes, but many Vietnamese feel that it makes them look too mature.
Personally, I think that there’s no such thing as an “eastern” or “western” style. It’s just all about how you combine the colors, and how you use the colors to convey a client’s personality. I love it when the eyes and the lips match. By that I mean you can do dark, heavy eye makeup with a light lip color; lighter eye makeup with a bold lip; or, for people with strong personalities, you can emphasize both the eyes and the lips to make them look more fierce.
Of course, it also depends on the event and what kind of makeup is needed for it. Makeup for a creative fashion magazine photoshoot is a lot different from the makeup style needed for a wedding.
Bi To disregards the difference between Western and Eastern styles, “It’s just all about how you combine the colors, and how you use the colors to convey a client’s personality.”
Who are some of your favorite people to work with?
I really enjoy working with professional models, like Hoang Yen or Thanh Hang, because they are friendly and let me do my job. The fact that they trust what I’m doing and are comfortable putting their beauty in my hands means a lot. Working with them fuels my wish to stay in this line of work. Relationships like this make me a better makeup artist.
What advice would you give to an aspiring Vietnamese makeup artist?
Young artists should know that it’s a very competitive industry and there are a lot of emerging Vietnamese makeup artists. The key to success is learning. If you stand still you’ll get left behind.
“I think society today has a more respectful view towards makeup artistry as a career.” — Bi To
In your opinion, what is Vietnamese society’s perception toward makeup artistry as a career path?
I think society in Vietnam today has a more respectful view towards makeup artistry as a career. Vietnamese makeup artists are constantly learning about developments in global beauty trends, helping the Vietnamese beauty industry match other countries’ worldwide. Right now, for example, there’s a specific type of “glam” look and a specific type of “natural” look that’s really popular.
The glam look uses contour, especially around the cheekbones, to make the face look more sculpted. There’s also highlight, often on the high points of the cheekbones, on the brow bone, bridge of the nose, cupid’s bow, and center of the forehead. Highlight helps to sculpt the face, but it also gives the skin a dewy glow. You can do halo smokey eyes, or just accentuate the eyes with dramatic winged eyeliner. This look uses super long lashes which really help to open up the eyes. And lastly, matte lipstick that’s either nude or bold red completes the look.
With the natural look, the eyebrows look a lot less airbrushed. Little to no contour is used. You can use a peachy shade for the eyeshadow just to add a little more depth to the eyes, and add on either natural-looking fake eyelashes or just mascara. For the lips, it’s a nude shade with a finish that’s either glossy or more satiny.
Like I mentioned earlier though, I take trends and change them to better fit client preferences. My clients often share their makeup photos on social media, which I feel is the best way to raise awareness about some of the more global beauty trends.
“I take trends and change them to better fit client preferences.” — Bi To
How do you believe your gender identity impacts your work as a Vietnamese makeup artist?
The dynamic between male artists and female subjects can take a more cautious path. They can’t get too close. Since I identify as the third gender, I’m able to bend the roles a little more. Brides, for example, can feel more comfortable around me as I style their clothes, and do their hair and makeup.
How do you think public perceptions of the LGBT community in Vietnam have changed over the past decade?
Ten years ago, the LGBTQ community in Vietnam was put under a microscope. Public expressions of affection, like holding hands or hugging, were heavily judged. There were a lot of misconceptions in the past. The general public wasn’t very well-informed. They didn’t know the difference between gay and transgender for example, and media portrayals of LGBTQ characters were one-dimensional.
Now, thanks to better LGBTQ representation in movies and social media, people are less judgmental, and they’ve definitely become more open and accepting toward the LGBTQ community. It’s a lot better now than in the past. LGBTQ people here feel confident, and they feel like they don’t have to hide anymore.
Bi To on the secret to a great catwalk: “There’s no secret. You just have to be flexible.”
What are your personal thoughts on Vietnam’s LGBTQ community?
Overall, I think that the community is very supportive. For example, many people now tell each other where to get PrEP to prevent HIV. Last September, we had our 6th annual VietPride march on the Nguyen Hue walking street. Ted Osius, the American ambassador, even gave a speech during the march’s opening ceremony. These actions and events help unite the community.
Besides that, we are all still advocating for equal rights. Take a look at marriage. Although same-sex couples can get married, the marriage itself is not officially recognized by the law.
Lastly, what’s the secret to a great catwalk?
There’s no secret. You just have to be flexible. Dancers can be really great at catwalking because they are flexible, but sometimes they overdo it and end up looking too dramatic. You have to find a balance. It’s different when a Miss Universe hits the runway—and even more different when a model catwalks. The former must be elegant and gentle, while the latter is sexy and strong.
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Barr contract “more albatross than boost”
Free AgencyOpinion
Rick Spielman Building a Homegrown Contender
Austin Belisle Mar 20, 2016
Image courtesy of Vikings.com
The Denver Broncos tore through the 2014 free agency class like a man who’d just won the Mega Millions jackpot. Anxious for a championship and fearful of Peyton Manning‘s sudden demise, general manager John Elway lured as many big names to Denver as possible, evoking a “win now” mentality in the Broncos locker room.
Certainly not the first team or the last to “hire” mercenaries, the Broncos spent exorbitant amounts of money in 2014 to make their roster the deepest, most talented in the league. That offseason, Emmanuel Sanders, Aqib Talib, DeMarcus Ware, and T.J. Ward arrived in Denver, bringing the skills and pedigree the Broncos lacked to take that final step to the Super Bowl.
Elway’s spending frenzy finally paid off, as Peyton Manning and the über-talented Broncos won Super Bowl 50 together this year, earning the greatest “return on investment” that the NFL has to offer. But 2015 is over, and the 2016 season looms in the near future. That championship team is missing key pieces, as the rest of the league has done to the Broncos what they did to them in 2014. Gone are names like Peyton Manning and Owen Daniels. In their place? Career-disappointment Mark Sanchez and yet-to-be-named NFL draft picks.
“Winning” free agency is a double-edged sword, one that worked well for the Broncos, but suddenly spells uncertainty in Denver. Every team attacks the open market differently, which brings us to the Minnesota Vikings, who continue to take a prudent, if sometimes cautious approach in the process.
No, there are no Super Bowl banners in Minnesota, and other outside signings — Greg Jennings, Mike Wallace — failed to make an impact in recent years, but Rick Spielman is quietly building the Vikings into a homegrown contender. Free agents are staying in town, under-the-radar names are finally choosing Minnesota as a new home, and other recent acquisitions — Linval Joseph, Captain Munnerlyn — are contributing in tangible ways every Sunday.
These Vikings may not have names that “jump” off the screen or stand out in the newspaper, but they’re winning games as a cohesive, well-coached, and tight-knit roster. Consistent coaching, a thoughtful spending strategy, and youth means Minnesota may soon end up on the same national stage as the Broncos — the Super Bowl.
Dragged down and defeated in front of a nationwide audience, the Vikings were a surprising 0-1 to begin the 2015 regular season. An embarrassing 20-3 defeat at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers turned optimism into pessimism for Vikings fans, who questioned the direction of the team.
“Why isn’t Adrian Peterson running the football more? Is this defense overrated?”
At that point of the season, sure, the questions were warranted. Mike Zimmer’s defensive unit couldn’t stop the run, second-year quarterback Teddy Bridgewater couldn’t complete a pass, and Peterson couldn’t run from the shotgun to save his life. The Vikings didn’t look like the Vikings fans remembered, the Vikings who surprised many by going 7-9 in 2014 without Peterson rumbling out of the backfield.
Zimmer righted the ship quickly, though, getting his players to buy into the season-long process that is reaching the playoffs and beyond. The rest of the way, the Vikings went 11-4, wining their first NFC North title since 2009 and coming inches within moving into the second round of the NFC playoffs.
So, what went right? Obviously, Peterson dominated on the ground, winning his third rushing title and serving as the engine in Minnesota’s run-first offense. The defense found it’s form, dominating behind impressive, 16-game efforts from Griffen, Joseph, Anthony Barr, and Harrison Smith. The tried-and-true names contributed as expected, but it was the newcomers, the rookies, and the unknowns who really helped put the Vikings over the top.
Keeping their own
The Vikings are one of the best teams in the NFL when it comes to retaining “homegrown” talent, or players that were drafted by Minnesota. Before the start of the 2015 regular season, 31 original draftees were on roster, which was the third-highest total in the league at the time. Another statistic, taken from Part 1 of the Vikings Territory Offseason Plan, further illustrates the local makeup of the Vikings roster:
[quote_box_center]After the 2015 regular season — and before free agency — about 60 percent of the roster (including the ten players on injured reserve) was drafted by the Vikings. Only 27 percent was added through free agency, with the remaining 13 percent coming from a combination of trades and undrafted free agents, who, to an extent, could be considered “drafted” players themselves.[/quote_box_center]
Fast-forward to March 9th, or the opening of the 2016 league year. The Vikings started with 17 unrestricted/restricted free agents, and through nearly two weeks, have retained 12 of those players. From names like Terence Newman to Rhett Ellison, Minnesota’s made it a priority to keep the lesser-known, uniquely-valued players in town.
Marcus Sherels left to visit the New York Jets, but found his way back to the Vikings, where he’s quietly become one of the NFL’s most consistent, reliable punt returners. And then there’s Mike Harris, arguably the Vikings’ best offensive lineman in 2015; the team originally low-balled his offer, only to lure him back to Minnesota with the promise of a playoff berth and a starting spot for the second-straight year. There’s clearly value to the Vikings in players like Sherels, Newman, and Harris, who act as the glue on a team filled with rising stars.
Some may contest that the Vikings put too much value in certain players, and that’s fair. The first to come to mind is Andrew Sendejo, an average player (at best) who returned to the team on a four-year, $16 million contract. He’s not the answer at strong safety, but clearly, Spielman likes Sendejo for his versatility and contributions on special teams. And Kenrick Ellis, who’s he? Why sign an unknown veteran when there’s plenty of defensive tackles to be had in this year’s NFL Draft? Easy — he performed well enough as a backup in 2015 to earn another shot next season. Sendejo, Ellis, and a handful of other players return to promote consistency and create competition this offseason; competition that ensures the best of the best make it to the top of the depth chart next September.
No matter what the fans, or the fan bloggers like myself think — good or bad — Minnesota’s front office has a plan, and they’re sticking to it. Rhett Ellison, for example, may start the season on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, but he’s too talented a player to lose in free agency. Matt Asiata, for all his straightforward running and lack of “flash,” rounds out a three-headed backfield of Peterson, Jerick McKinnon, and himself.
Their value is much less elsewhere, and Minnesota is one of a few teams in the league offering a chance to play in a new stadium, compete for a division title, and make playoff runs for many years to come. That’s why playing for the Vikings is such an attractive thought, not only for returning players, but for those on the open market.
New home, familiar faces
More so than in recent memory, the Vikings made a splash — not a ripple — during free agency. The signings of Alex Boone, Emmanuel Lamur, and Michael Griffin fill needs on a team with very few holes. Boone will step in immediately at left guard, Lamur may replace the yet-to-be-signed Chad Greenway, and Griffin, at the very least, will push Sendejo for the starting strong safety spot. But more than filling needs, they’re players who add another element of consistency to the Vikings.
As Ben Goessling wrote after the Vikings inked Brian Leonhart to a one-year deal, the Vikings have signed six free agents from another team this offseason, and five of those have played for a current member of the Vikings’ coaching staff. The list, in full:
Tony Sparano, Offensive Line Coach: Alex Boone, Brian Leonhardt
Jerry Gray, Defensive Backs Coach: Michael Griffin
Mike Zimmer, Head Coach: Emmanuel Lamur, Andre Smith
Zimmer is the biggest draw for many free agents, who respect his player-first approach to coaching and trust the job he’s done in Minnesota after just two seasons at the helm. Smith visited the Vikings early last week, only to leave without a deal. But in the process, he praised Zimmer and the front office for their hospitality and eventually made the decision to hop back on a plane to Minnesota and sign a one-year contract.
The Vikings aren’t the Broncos. They’re not targeting top free agents and quickly weaponizing their roster for a Super Bowl run. There’s a deliberate pattern with the signings, from the connection to coaches on the team to the emphasis on bringing back select free agents. Add in young studs like Stefon Diggs, Anthony Barr, Xavier Rhodes, Sharrif Floyd, and of course, Teddy Bridgewater, and you’re looking at a team with the right blend of veteran leadership and youth to compete for a long, long time.
We’ll be talking about free agency next year at this time, when the decisions become more difficult and the contracts become larger. But for now, Rick Spielman’s crafting a roster from the ground up. He’s molding his team for the future, and he’s doing so in an affordable, sensible way. There may come a time when he needs to pull the trigger on a premier free agent, but for now, he’s guiding the Viking ship straight for the playoffs.
adrian peterson Anthony Barr chad greenway Eric Kendricks everson griffen harrison smith jerick mckinnon linval joseph Mike Zimmer Rick Spielman Stefon Diggs teddy bridgewater xavier rhodes
Austin Belisle
Austin Belisle is the West Coast's biggest Vikings fan, a football diehard cheering on the purple and yellow from sunny California. After graduating from San Jose State University in 2014, he began working full-time in corporate marketing and blogging on various sports websites. Austin's passion for the Vikings led him to Vikings Territory, where he hopes to share his lifelong enthusiasm for the team with readers on a daily basis. You can follow him on Twitter @austincbelisle
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holdsteady76
We better get serious about drafting OL. Need young cheap talent if we are going to afford the coming of age of our existing roster. Can’t afford the most expensive OL in NFL in years to come.
I like the team retaining their own, while making additions that make sense. I prefer the era before free agency where you could build strong teams within, but in this era you have brief windows with strong teams before needing to make personnel changes due to the salary cap (the Steelers teams in the 70’s would have been very difficult to have been built and retained in this era).
The Vikings seem to be in a window now where the majority of their top players, primarily on defense and at QB, are in their rookie contracts. To maintain a strong team moving forward, the OL will need to be worked out, hopefully getting stronger and a bit cheaper (get some solid players in the next 1-2 years in their rookie contract), and look to draft a RB in the 2017 draft to eventually take over for Adrian. These moves will lower cost in one area while hopefully retaining a core group of players once their rookie contracts are up.
alaskasotan14
Great article man! But, Barr, Smith, and Joseph all did not play 16 games. Am I missing something?
Not trying to be knit-picky, just saying….
Reply to alaskasotan14
You are right! They did not; I was trying to convey that their contributions came over the course of the season, but I worded it wrong. Thanks for catching that
zvikes
“He’s molding his team for the future, and he’s doing so in an affordable, sensible way. ”
How can it be considered molding the team for the future when it’s almost all 1 year deals? It’s a weird way to build a team. Of their top 8 offensive linemen, Kalil, Boone, Sullivan, Berger, Fusco, Harris, Loadholt, and Smith, how many, individually, would it be surprisingly if next year at this time they’re not on the team? Because I count 7, 5 who’s deals are up, and 2 who are coming back from year long injuries. Not saying all 7 will be gone, that would be surprising, but any of those 7 could be gone without me raising an eyebrow. That’s building for the future?
Seems to me you should either go after solid young players and sign them to a longer term deals, or if you think you’re close, go for the very good, but older, players at their position and sign them to short contract, with a splurge here or there with a big contract. With the exception of Boone, Rick seemed to go after mediocre guys and give them short contracts. Seems like an odd strategy for a team that is close. That’s more what I would expect of a team rebuilding, get by for now while trying to pile up draft pick who will eventually take over those jobs.
cka2nd
Reply to zvikes
Behind the offensive linemen you named the Vikes have a raft of youngsters: Clemmings, Shepherd, Sirles, Bykowski, Easton and Kerin. The first two got valuable experience during the 2015 season, Speilman traded for Sirles and re-signed Bykowski, and the last two impressed during the 2015 pre-season. The veterans ensure competition for starting positions and at least some degree of continuity and familiarity while allowing the coaches to determine if the “kids” or any new draftees or CFA’s have a future with the team.
I am by no means a Spielman apologist, but would you have had him blow up the offensive line? Sullivan, Fusco and Loadholt were all “solid young players [signed to] longer term deals” working on or finishing those deals, Kalil is in the last year of his rookie contract, and Berger is a veteran back-up in the last year of a two-year contract who started, and played well, all of last year. Like the first three, Boone is a solid young player signed to a long-term deal. Injuries and Kalil being a bust aside, the OL doesn’t look all that different from the DL; in age and contract terms, Loadholt is comparable to Robison, Fusco to Griffen, Kalil to Floyd, Boone to Joseph and Berger to Johnson, The only guys on actual one-year contracts are Smith, insurance in case Loadholt’s body gives out, and Harris, who I think should have been signed to a long-term deal but responded to Speilman’s low-ball offer and signing of Boone by shopping himself around and getting more money and the chance to get a long-term deal after next season.
The coaches clearly aren’t sold on Clemmings as the RT of the future, but Speilman has done a pretty good job of giving Zimmer, Turner and Sparano an OL that they can work with in 2016 with potential replacement parts for the future.
Reply to cka2nd
Eh, if any of those youngsters were someone we could count on, they would’ve played last year. I’m not giving up on any of them, including Clemmings, but pretending because we have some young backups we have a long term plan seems overly optimistic to me. How many teams have young backups on the o-line that they’ve given some indication they like? 32?
I would’ve signed Harris to a longer deal, tried to extend Berger, cut Kalil, and if I had doubts that Loadholt could return (which they evidently do) would’ve given his money and Smith’s to sign a better RT rather than hope that having two questionable RTs turns in having a good RT. I’ve seen teams try that strategy, usually it ends up with them having a mediocre player starting. And maybe they tried to do some of these things. But we’ve got no choice to judge them by what they did do, not what maybe they tried.
Maybe there were no good choices with the oline given the injuries and situation we’re in. But it’s hard for me to accept the spin that this offseason FA signings showed long term thinking that Rick should be praised for, and that goes belong the issues at o-line. The team overall seems to be stalling, just trying to patch and make it through next year. That seems like an odd choice to me, what with them having a defense that’s ready to win a championship this year, and the team still getting the benefit of not having much money tied into the QB. I’m not trying to be all Debbie-downer, I think the team should be good again next year and with a great draft could win a SB. But I’m not as high on this FA class as some seem to be, and I don’t understand the praise Spielman is getting for it. I say that despite normally being a pretty big Spielman fan.
“Eh, if any of those youngsters were someone we could count on, they would’ve played last year.” Clemmings, Shepherd and Kerin were all rookies. The former started 16 games, the second came in on short yardage plays and the third is a center/guard; he wasn’t going to displace one of our two best starters – Berger and Harris – or a former starter, even if he was coming back from injury and playing out of position. Sirles, Easton and Bykowski were second-year players but Bykowski was lost for the season and the other two were new to the team and, interestingly, acquired by trade.
Regarding the offensive line’s future, Boone and Fusco should both be in the prime of their careers. Easton and, to a lesser degree, Kerin have been discussed as Sullivan’s eventual successor at center, as he was to Matt Birk. You and I agree that Harris should have been signed for more than one year, but with him, Clemmings and Shepherd on the roster, I can understand not investing in another young option at right tackle. The real question for the long term is at left tackle. Do they think that Kalil’s career can be resurrected? Is there a potential replacement currently on the roster? If not, do they spend a high draft pick on one? Personally, I’m all for trading for Joe Thomas and drafting a LT project, but I could live with drafting someone who could potentially replace Kalil in 2017.
Boone and Sendejo (head-scratchingly) were the only long-term contract signings, but the free agent class was exceedingly thin at wide receiver and the best young safety, George Iloka, was an unlikely get. The other signings allow us to get through next year in good if not massively improved shape and give young guys like Trey Waynes, Audie Cole, Anthony Harris and Antone Exum a chance to prove themselves. Another young nose tackle and cornerback would be among my targets in the draft and I’d spend the second round pick to sign restricted free agent wide receiver Kamar Aiken away from Baltimore, but Slick Rick isn’t exactly beating my door down for advise.
luvvikings
Personally I would like to see them offer their first round pick to the Brown’s for Joe Thomas. Just read an article that he would like to be traded and he would certainly be more valuable than a WR from this year’s weak receiver draft class. With him on the left with Boone, Sully or Berger in the middle, Harris at RG and Andre Smith at RT, would be a heck of a line. Very good depth with Fusco, Loadholt, Clemmings , Bykowski, Easton… Berger if Sully can fully recover. I don’t know if they can cut Kalil now without taking a big cap hit though. But still would rather a quality LT than the big question mark they have there now. Anyone else think it strange that they brought in so many lineman with right side experience and not one to compete with Kalil?
sandbun
Reply to luvvikings
I would also love to see it, although to answer your question all of Kalil’s 11 mil is guaranteed so if they traded for Thomas they would have to convince the Browns to take Kalil as part of the deal (or convince someone else to trade for him). But yeah, I find it very strange that with all the o-line signings none are to compete with Kalil. Unless Arif is right that maybe Smith was actually brought in as a potential LT.
Reply to sandbun
Thanks sandbun! So if they were to cut him before the start of the season he would still get his 11 mil and it would also count against the cap?
Well, no question then. We know that Kalil will be given one last chance. Perhaps they have a plan with the players they have now if Kalil does not improve upon last year. There is no way that any team will trade for him with that much money due. It doesn’t seem to me that there will be a LT available at 23 that will be ready to start at the beginning of the next season. The draft likely won’t be a solution for LT. I would like to see them take Conklin, but every mock I have seen has him the 3rd taken and also gone by 15. No need to think about Whitehair now, they are now covered at guard.
I’m waiting to see what happens in the draft.Boone played LT last year,so maybe if there is a guard on the board in the early rounds Rick could take him.Then if Kalil is struggling,Boone could slide over to LT and the rookie or Berger could play LG.
All just speculation at the moment.
Reply to aussie61
Good point Aussie, but I am thinking that they are not too worried about either guard position now, but that certainly does not mean that they won’t take one. I have noticed that Whitehair has fallen on many boards after the combine, but not all of them. Unless Fusco has completely tanked and does not flash again on the right. Harris, Boone, Fusco. I know that Berger has been a depth guy prior to last year, but he did play very well at center, perhaps he has improved to starting quality (?). Nonetheless, they might be fairly strong and deep at both guard positions. I did not know that Boone had also played LT last year. I would think that he will be motivated just due to being away from the train wreck that is now the 49ers.
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William Little, ‘Keep Death off the Road’ poster issued by the Ministry of Transport, Great Britain, 1946.
Eric Arthur Blair (1903–1950), who used the pen name George Orwell, is one of the greatest English prose stylists and social justice critics of the 20th century. He is also an unsung hero of traffic safety advocacy.
After being declared unfit for passionately-desired military service during the Second World War, Orwell ultimately obtained war work with the BBC in 1941, supervising cultural broadcasts to India to counter Nazi propaganda.
Realizing that this well-meaning campaign was having little effect, he resigned in November 1943 to take up work as literary editor with the left-wing weekly Tribune. For the next three and a half years he would write a series of free-ranging columns under the title As I Please.
The 8 November 1946 column included reflections on a new propaganda effort—Britain’s Keep Death off the Roads campaign—that was, like the India broadcasts, of very questionable value. Orwell’s trenchant critique, which remains as relevant as the day he wrote it, is hereby quoted in full.
One interesting example of our unwillingness to face facts and our consequent readiness to make gestures which are known in advance to be useless, is the present campaign to Keep Death off the Roads.
The newspapers have just announced that road deaths for September dropped by nearly eighty as compared with the previous September. This is very well so far as it goes, but the improvement will probably not be kept up—at any rate, it will not be progressive—and meanwhile everyone knows that you can’t solve the problem while our traffic system remains what it is. Accidents happen because on narrow, inadequate roads, full of blind corners and surrounded by dwelling houses, vehicles and pedestrians are moving in all directions at all speeds from three miles an hour to sixty or seventy. If you really want to keep death off the roads, you would have to replan the whole road system in such a way as to make collisions impossible. Think out what this means (it would involve, for example, pulling down and rebuilding the whole of London), and you can see that it is quite beyond the power of any nation at this moment. Short of that you can only take palliative measures, which ultimately boil down to making people more careful.
But the only palliative measure that would make a real difference is a drastic reduction in speed. Cut down the speed limit to twelve miles an hour in all built-up areas, and you would cut out the vast majority of accidents. But this, everyone will assure you, is ‘impossible’. Why is it impossible? Well, it would be unbearably irksome. It would mean that every road journey took twice or three times as long as it takes at present. Besides, you could never get people to observe such a speed limit. What driver is going to crawl along at twelve miles an hour when he knows that his engine would do fifty? It is not even easy to keep a modern car down to twelve miles an hour and remain in high gear—and so on and so forth, all adding up to the statement that slow travel is of its nature intolerable.
In other words we value speed more highly than we value human life. Then why not say so, instead of every few years having one of these hypocritical campaigns (at present it is ‘Keep Death off the Roads’—a few years back it was ‘Learn the Kerb Step’), in the full knowledge that while our roads remain as they are, and present speeds are kept up, the slaughter must continue?
As noted in a recent study† by Keith Laybourn and David Taylor, the Keep Death off the Roads campaign would continue in full force for another 25 years, and would be superseded by similar defensive driving, walking and cycling campaigns that continue to the present day.
How many thousands of lives might have been saved if the state had taken full responsibility for traffic safety, investing in failsafe road systems and slower speeds, rather than in propaganda campaigns that slough the onus onto motorists and vulnerable road users?
It is time we all took Orwell’s advice to heart.
† Keith Laybourn and David Taylor, The Battle for the Roads of Britain: Police, Motorists and the Law, c.1890s to 1970s (Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) pp. 168-170.
Lovely sentiment but it won't save lives sez #GeorgeOrwell >> https://t.co/ViIqiUzpZc #roadsafety #trafficsafety #education #agitprop #PSA pic.twitter.com/fb0xkfCWPF
— #VisionZero Canada (@VisionZeroCA) January 6, 2017
#VisionZero is Orwellian, in a good way …
📖>> https://t.co/ViIqiUzpZc #safesystems #roadsafety pic.twitter.com/4986qBu9YI
— #VisionZero Canada (@VisionZeroCA) April 19, 2018
Old school #safesystems advocacy.https://t.co/BbeekegGO2 pic.twitter.com/cFXp3Mc9Ky
— Love 30 Canada (@Love30ca) April 19, 2018
In the year Orwell wrote that, Britain's MoT published a guide promoting the construction of segregated cycleways: https://t.co/vdSJ0v6KFr pic.twitter.com/iPVAiyYN8q
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That’s (Digital) Entertainment
May 9, 2007 By Jennifer Cuellar
I went to last week’s Connections Digital Home show expecting that the “connection” would be the Internet-connection. However, there wasn’t much connection on view except for the surveillance connection, which, quite frankly, turns me off.
I don’t want to know every time a squirrel runs through the yard or, worse, my son brings home six friends to skateboard down the front steps. Knowing compels acting. I prefer to be in denial. Squirrels leave and kids grow up. But hypertension is forever.
But necessity being the mother of invention, I needed to find some excuse for hanging around eating free food and drinking free liquor. And although it was not Tomorrowland, there were some interesting developments to note for the future and, for early adopters, some new gizmos they can start playing with today.
NETGEAR is getting out in front on digital entertainment. Last week, in addition to its line of home networking products, the company was showcasing the two-month-old NETGEAR EVA700 Digital Entertainer, which brings digital media content to your TV set. In addition, the $350 device also brings RSS news feeds, weather, and YouTube directly to the TV set and NETGEAR plans to offer other online content as well.
“People have a ton of content on PCs,” explains David Henry, NETGEAR Director of Product Marketing for Consumer Products. “All this content is best where people enjoy everything else — in the living room. People don’t want to listen to music or look at pictures in front of a computer. It’s very much a shared experience.”
NETGEAR is banking on its established track record as the inventor of home networking, Henry explains. “For distributing media around the home, we have the experience.” And he’s not at all unhappy about Apple’s recent entry into this space with Apple TV.
“I love it,” Henry says. “This is a category that’s been stumbling over itself four years. There’s a cemetery of tombstones of these products. Every time there’s an Apple TV commercial, one more person understands streaming media around the home.
“And every [communication] that brings a customer to Apple brings one or two to me,” he continues. “They’re going to get their share of customers, but I’m going to get mine.”
Digital Entertainer is designed above all for the non-technical user. “It has to feel like a console experience,” Henry explains. “As soon as it feels like dealing with a computer, you’re out of business.”
The box plugs into your TV set like a DVD player or cable box. It connects to your home network through a wired or wireless connection to a router. The Digital Entertainer discovers media content on PCs and media storage units connected to the network, creates a library, and presents them through a menu on the TV screen. Once the library is created, you just “point and click” to see what you want.
Two other trends to note are a new remote controls for the smarter screen navigation and powerline networking.
Silicon Valley startups Thompson Gyration and ThinkOptics aim to take the lead here with motion sensing “point and click” screen navigation — similar to the Nintendo Wii.
ThinkOptics’ WaveIt remote not only operates intuitively — where you aim it, that’s where it points — it also can learn the code for most existing remote controls so you can replace your arsenal of remotes.
Also expect to see better menus and navigation on video discs thanks to tools like Metabeam’s user interface toolkit.
“When you buy a new movie or device you shouldn’t need to learn to use it,” explains Metabeam CEO Chris Brown. “It should learn how to serve you.” In addition to a more intuitive interaction, Metabeam’s applications also offer features like persistent preferences for videos and user-defined search capabilities.
Connecting all the whizbang devices you’re going to have in your home network is the focus of HomePlug PowerLine Alliance.
Running Ethernet cable is one alternative, but most of us don’t want to wire the entire house. Wireless is a more attractive and easier-to-install alternative. But it presents other challenges: assuring acceptable performance for video and keeping the network secure.
HomePlug PowerLine Alliance is pushing a third alternative: using the electrical wiring that already exists in your home, powerline networking. By definition it’s secure and it’s where you’re going to need the connection. And it instantly gives you whole-house distribution for entertainment and Internet access. Components are hitting the market for this technology and expect to see entire “plug and play” systems in the future.
What’s the downside? For starters, no power strips and a 1,000 foot functional limit for wires. See more on this from c|net.
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Border officer denies in court that RCMP asked for Huawei exec's phone codes
Posted Nov 20, 2020 4:41 pm MST
Last Updated Nov 20, 2020 at 4:44 pm MST
Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Meng Wanzhou arrives at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. Wanzhou is heading to the British Columbia Supreme Court in a evidentiary hearing on her extradition case on abuse of process argument. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
VANCOUVER — The border officer who led Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s immigration exam before her arrest at Vancouver’s airport says he doesn’t believe RCMP asked him to collect the passcodes to her phones.
Sowmith Katragadda told an evidence-gathering hearing in Meng’s B.C. Supreme Court extradition case he couldn’t recall where the idea came from.
Meng’s lawyers are collecting information they hope will bolster their allegation that Canadian officials gathered evidence improperly during her arrest in 2018 at the request of American officials under the guise of a routine immigration exam.
Meng is wanted in the United States on fraud charges based on allegations related to U.S. sanctions against Iran that both she and Huawei deny.
Katragadda has told the court that he asked another officer to collect the passcodes from Meng but didn’t know if the request to collect the codes was his idea or one of his supervisors.
One of Meng’s lawyers, Mona Duckett, suggested to Katragadda that RCMP officers, who were waiting in his supervisors’ office to arrest Meng, asked him to do so.
Katragadda was in the same office when he asked his colleague by radio to collect the codes, court has heard.
“It was in fact the RCMP in the superintendents’ office who asked you to get the passcodes, isn’t it?” Duckett asked Katragadda during cross-examination.
“I do not believe so,” Katragadda said.
The passcodes were passed to RCMP along with Meng’s electronic devices by mistake, court has heard.
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iOS 9 Beta 1 for iPhone, iPad is Available to Download – How to
By Rafia Shaikh
Jun 9, 2015 02:28 EDT
If you've been following the coverage of Apple's WWDC, you'll surely have caught the announcement of iOS 9, the company's next major software update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. It includes a number of new features, such as split-screen multitasking, as well as plenty of optimizations that should improve performance. The beta, like clockwork, usually hits the scene just after the official unveiling, and predictably, iOS 9 beta 1 is now up for download.
There are one or two terms and conditions attached to the beta, though. The most important factor to consider is that this beta is for developers only. So if you wish to install it on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, you will need to be a paying member of the Apple Developers Program. Not a big deal if you're not, though, because from next month, Apple will be adding a Public Beta download for non-developers looking to join in.
The other point to be mindful of is that iOS 9 beta 1 doesn't support every single iOS device. Luckily, there are no casualties from iOS 8, though, so if your iPhone, iPad or 5th-gen iPod touch can run the current software, it will also be ready for iOS 9.
To clear up any ambiguity, here's a list of devices ready for iOS 9 beta 1:
Apart from disclosing that the Public Beta would be ready for July, Apple hasn't divulged any specifics on when it will be available. However, we'd expect it to be fairly similar to the developer beta line, since this is how Apple currently deals with general user betas with iOS 8.
Here is how to install iOS 9 on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch:
Open iTunes and connect your iOS device to your Mac.
Launch iTunes > select your device from the top right corner.
Navigate to the Summary tab > hold down on Option key and click Update iPhone… (iPad or iPod touch) button.
Select the .ipsw file from the folder and click on Open button.
Click OK if prompted.
Swipe the slider when you get Slide to upgrade.
Your iOS device will reboot again.
As usual, you’ll be greeted with the ‘Hello’ screen.
So, that's it. If you're a dev, pick up iOS 9 beta 1 right now, and leave us a comment below with your first impressions. If you're not a developer, you'll have to wait until next month, but in the meantime, have a look through all of iOS 9's major changes here.
Also, devs looking to test out the new OS X 10.11 El Capitan beta can find more information on the matter right here.
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Nigeria: Data Backup And Security Guidelines As Impact Mitigation Strategies In Light Of The Covid-19 Pandemic
by Florence Bola-Balogun
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the world in an unprecedented manner and, in just a few months, it has had such a profound impact on the world of work. The need to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus forced governments of affected countries to issue lockdown orders and restrict movements. As a result, physical office premises were shut down and many employees engaged by organisations were forced to work from home with little or no security policy in place or a viable data backup and recovery plan. In addition, some organisations resorted to employees using their personal computers and other devices to carry out official assignments. The resulting effect is possible exposure to cyber-risks from the use of insecure Internet protocol (IP) addresses and the possibility of data not being backed up appropriately.1
In this article, we examine data backup and other data security guidelines that may be useful in assisting Nigerian organisations during the pandemic.
Data backup and recovery refers to the process of backing up data and setting up systems that allow data recovery in order to forestall loss of data. Data backup and recovery is very important in running a business for many reasons. Computers may crash, human errors may occur, documents may get corrupted and several other issues might occur which the organisation may be ill prepared for.2
Backing up data requires copying and archiving computer data so that it is accessible in case of data deletion, corruption or a human-caused event such as a malicious attack (virus or malware).3 Some popular data backup tools include Microsoft Outlook's OneDrive, SharePoint, Oracle Database Backup Service and Google Drive. It is, however, advisable that for every backup that is carried out, adequate security must be in place.
RECENT INCIDENTS OF CYBERATTACKS
In 2018, it was reported that 60% of Nigerian firms suffered cyber-attacks, and that the country spent $270 million on cyber security.4 There is also evidence to show heightened cyber attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, the Central Bank of Nigeria in a recent press release5 alerted the general public of cyber-criminals taking advantage of the pandemic to defraud citizens, steal sensitive information or gain unauthorized access to computers or mobile devices using various techniques. However, the increasing trend is not peculiar to Nigeria. Other parts of the world have witnessed a rise in cyber-attacks. For instance, just recently, EasyJet6 reported a phishing attack to the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Officer.7 Similarly, it has been reported that a New York law firm used by A-list stars has been hacked by cybercriminals who claimed to have accessed clients' data including contracts and personal emails.8
It is pertinent to note that when employees are targeted by cyber criminals, employers of the organisation are often vicariously liable for the actions and inactions of employees whether done intentionally or negligently.
NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY'S POSITION
National Information Technology Development Agency ("NITDA"), the agency in charge of data protection regulation in Nigeria, issued the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation ("NDPR") which prescribes that9 anyone involved in processing or controlling data shall develop security measures to protect data. Such security measures include protecting the systems from hackers, setting up firewalls, storing data securely with access to authorised individuals, employing data encryption technologies, developing organisational policy for handling personal data (and other sensitive or confidential data), protection of emailing systems and continuous capacity building for staff. Furthermore, while celebrating the World Backup Day on 31st March 2020, NITDA advised Nigerians on Data Backup as impact mitigation strategy in light of COVID-19. The following are the basic guidelines that NITDA has recommended:
Ensure that you backup your data frequently and at relevant intervals;
Consider using remote storage for your backups;
Ensure that the files containing your data backups are encrypted and protected; and
Use multiple methods and multiple media for your data backups.10
The above guideline is mostly premised on the principles of the NDPR, which include storage, security and accuracy.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DATA SECURITY
Organisations have a duty of care to protect clients' information and/or documents. Within the organisation, the data controller has the responsibility for providing data security11. Consequently, in order for organizations to adequately protect themselves, it might be advisable that they encrypt their data and/or set up passwords on emails or documents sent. Overall, organisations should be conscious of cyber security issues and probably develop a security policy.
Data Controllers should always remember that actions and inactions of their employees rise and fall on them. Hence, organisational and technical controls should be put in place to protect information of the clients in its possession from the risks of unauthorised disclosure, hacking, corruption, etc. while trying to store data, backup and or recover information.
1 Dan Dahlberg, 'Identifying Unique Risks of Work from Home Remote Office Networks' (2020) Bitsight < https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bitsight.com/blog/identifying-unique-risks-of-work-from-home-remote-office-networks%3fhs_amp=true/ > accessed on 21 May 2020
2 IT, 'Importance of data backup' (2019) Brickhost https://www.brickhost.com/importance-of-data-backup-and-recovery > accessed on 16 June, 2020
3 'Backup and Recovery' (2017) Techopedia < https://www.techopedia.com/definition/24058/backup-and-recovery#:~:text=Backup%20and%20recovery%20refers%20to,of%20data%20deletion%20or%20corruption.> accessed via 16 June, 2020
4 Jumoke Akiyode-Lawanson 'SMEs hardest hit by cyber attacks, as 60% of Nigerian business suffers attack (2019) Businessday < https://businessday.ng/technology/article/smes-hardest-hit-by-cybercrime-as-60-of-nigerian-businesses-suffer-attacks/> accessed on June 11 2020
5 Isaac Okorafor ' Alert, Beware of Covid-19 cyber-attacks fraud' (2020) CBN < https://www.cbn.gov.ng/Out/2020/CCD/CBN%20Press%20release%20-%20COVID-19%20-%20Cyber%20Security.pdf> accessed on June 11 2020
6 'EasyJet Airline Company Limited - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on easyJet Airline Company Limited'
Reference for Business < https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/7/easyJet-Airline-Company-Limited.htm>l accessed on 21 May, 2020
7 Jane Wakefield'EasyJet admits data of nine million hacked' (2020) BBC< https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-52722626> accessed on 20 May, 2020
8 Joe Tidy 'Hackers hit A-list law firm of Lady Gaga, Drake and Madonna' (2020) BBC
< https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.comnews/amp/technology-52632729> accessed on 20 May, 2020
9 Article 2.6 of the NDPR
10 Ugo Onwuaso 'COVID-19: NITDA advises Nigeria on data backup as impact mitigation strategy' (2020) Nigeria Communications Week https://nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/covid-19-nitda-advises-nigerians-on-data-backup-as-impact-mitigation-strategy/ accessed on 16 June, 2020
11 Article 2.1(d) of the NDPR
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Four-Minute Trailer For The Walking Dead Season 3 Hits
By Simon Brookfield @theplothole 9 years ago
Courtesy of San Diego’s Comic Con, an utterly thrilling, four-minute trailer has been unleashed for the return of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Featuring appearances by both new key players – The Governor and Michonne – we also get a reveal that has been three seasons in the making.
Those familiar with the conclusion of last season will remember that samurai sword-wielding, fan favourite Michonne (Danai Gurira) was revealed and she gets a full opportunity to showcase her walker-dispensing potency in this first trailer. Clearly she has made quick friends with our shell-shocked gang and is looking destined to have a solid stint on the series.
Also stunningly realized (in all its zombie-overrun glory) is The West Central Prison (which is also a comic book fan-favourite) and overall a prominent fixture of The Walking Dead series since it was revealed in Issue 13. Its importance comes due to its ties to the appearance of The Governor (David Morrissey), the main antagonist of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln).
Morrissey gets even more of a showcase in this first look and is as coolly ominous as we could have hoped. The Governor is the leader of a group of survivors called the Woodbury and in the comics at least, leads an eventual assault of the prison.
After the rolling green fields of season two, the grungy prison setting is a jarring change of scenery, with the whole production having descending further into horror movie territory than ever before. The moodiness may have increased but its clear from this gory trailer that the zombie-slaughtering is just consistent as ever.
And that reveal I mentioned? Well just wait into the last scene of the trailer for a very welcome surprise.
The Walking Dead returns to AMC this October.
Source: ComingSoon
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VUW Wellington Scottish Interest Group
A friendly group for all interested in all facets of Scottish life – history, culture, etc.
28th September meeting confirmed back at the University
Thursday 24 September 2020 wellyscots Uncategorized
The VUW Law School in the Government Building has reopened for events so we can hold our meeting there – “Mrs. Barbour’s Army” – on the evening of Monday 28th September at 7:30pm (as originally advertised in the brochure).
The story is quite appropriate with our General Election a current topic of conversation, as it deals with the people managing bureaucracy!
August meeting cancelled
Tuesday 25 August 2020 wellyscots Uncategorized
We have received notification from Victoria University that, due to the extended COVID-19 Level 2 restrictions, its facilities are being closed to external visitors.
As a result, the meeting this coming Friday 28th August 2020 on the Declaration of Arbroath is postponed until 2021.
Several events in Scotland planned for 2020 to celebrate 700 years since the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath have also been postponed until 2021, including a major exhibition, so we shall aim to tie in with that.
Hopefully the arrangements for our September 28th meeting on Mrs. Barbour’s Army will go smoothly!
28th June meeting confirmed back at the University
Tuesday 16 June 2020 wellyscots Uncategorized
The VUW Law School in the Government Building has reopened so we can hold our meeting there – “Scottish Favourites” – on the afternoon of Sunday 28th June at 3pm (as originally advertised in the brochure).
Contributions from members are welcome; please give details to Edith 388-8069 or Linda 567-0557 ASAP (two to ten minutes talk).
(The possible alternative venue – Pipe Band Hall – has been cancelled.)
May meeting cancelled, June meeting tentative
Thursday 21 May 2020 wellyscots Uncategorized
Due to COVID-19 restrictions on public access to University buildings, the meeting on Thursday 28 May 2020 on the Murchison timescale is cancelled.
We are hopeful that further changes to restrictions will allow us to proceed with our next meeting on Sunday 28 June 2020, either at our usual University venue or at another venue.
“Let your heart be strong.” – Sir Harry Lauder
April meeting cancelled
Tuesday 21 April 2020 wellyscots Uncategorized
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the meeting on Tuesday 28 April 2020 on Glamis Castle is cancelled.
We are hopeful that our next meeting on Thursday 28 May 2020 on Murchison’s timescale will be able to proceed.
Programme change in May & July 2020
Sunday 8 March 2020 Sunday 8 March 2020 wellyscots Uncategorized
PLEASE NOTE: Since publishing the 2020 programme two meetings have been swapped.
The new dates are:
Thursday 28 May – is now “A slice of time with Murchison: the Scottish origins of the geological timescale” by Hamish Campbell
Tuesday 28 July – is now “Old Homelands – New Homelands: Scozia e Italia”
Please see the revised programme for 2020.
Saturday 15 February 2020 Tuesday 25 August 2020 wellyscots Programme
Meetings are on the 28th day of the month (Feb-Oct), held at the Victoria University of Wellington Law School*, Old Government Buildings, Lambton Quay (between Bunny and Whitmore Streets); entrance door from Bunny Street.
NB: The May and July events have swapped – see below.
Vehicle access to Bunny Street is allowed on VUW business; to park in the grounds enter by Lambton Quay gate.
Weekdays: 7.15 for 7.30pm start
Weekends: 2:45 for 3.00pm start [* Unless stated otherwise].
Visitors are welcome (no charge for regular meetings), Scottish blood not necessary! Other events may also be held.
James Cook born 1728, son of a Lowland Scots labourer and a Yorkshire village woman
“An infant strong, tough, large-boned with a clutch on survival,”* he went on to a remarkable career. The epic story of Wellingtonian John Cawte Beaglehole’s ascendance as the greatest Cook scholar of the twentieth century in the context of the Cook collections at the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, will be discussed by Dr. Oliver Stead, Curator of Drawings, Paintings and Prints.
[*from J.C. Beaglehole The Life of Captain James Cook, London: Hakluyt Society 1974]
Saturday 28 March 2020 at 3.00pm*
Film: The Belles of St. Trinian’s with brilliant Scottish actor–Alister Sim
He heads a great cast of well-known faces–Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Irene Handl, Sid James – for this hilarious tale by Ronald Searle (makes a brief appearance!)
Glamis Castle: mystery, murder and a monster !
Glamis Castle (near Forfar, north of Perth) was the childhood home of the late Queen Mother. NZ Writer Julia Millen will talk about her Scottish family connection with Glamis.
Saturday 16 February 2019 Monday 21 October 2019 wellyscots Programme
Meetings are on the 28th day of the month, held at the Victoria University of Wellington Law School*, Old Government Buildings, Lambton Quay (between Bunny and Whitmore Streets); entrance door from Bunny Street.
300 years of Scottish education
Convenor of the NZ Society of Genealogists Greater Wellington Scottish Interest Group, Max Kerr will talk on 300 years of Scottish education, from the mid-sixteenth century to the Education Act of 1872, setting out how the system developed and what makes it distinctive.
Charles Cameron, architect extraordinaire to Catherine the Great of Russia
Catherine II (1762-96) kept an eye on the courts of Europe to recruit people for hers! She found Charles Cameron (1745?-1812); he served her as interior decorator of palaces, architect for many buildings and other projects. Pauline Quinn has investigated, and will tell us about this Scotsman’s unusual life (aged 30 to death at 67) Unknown in his homeland; lauded, with a great reputation as an architect, in Russia!
Sunday 28 April 2019 at 3.00pm*
Bigger than the Bayeux? Today’s tapestries tell Scotland’s (and other) stories
Recent years have seen several grand scale embroidery projects illustrating history – and it all started in Scotland (inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry)! The Prestonpans Tapestry tells of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s exploits from France to Prestonpans; the Mt. Felix Tapestry – WWI with NZ connections. Kathleen Major has been exploring the stories behind these colourful embroideries and two others. Andrew Crummy is their Scottish designer.
Scots Scientists and Climate Change: A Crucial Contribution
Saturday 27 October 2018 Sunday 28 October 2018 wellyscots Articles
By Prof. James Renwick, VUW School of Geography and Environment and Earth Sciences [May 2018]
The roster of Scottish scientists, researchers and explorers who have contributed to climate research is far too long to cover in a single essay or presentation. Here, I touch on the lives and works of five eminent Scots who made crucial contributions to climate science over the past few centuries.
Joseph Black (Wikimedia)
The story starts with Joseph Black (1728-1799), the discoverer of carbon dioxide. Black was a prominent member of the “Enlightenment” in Britain, contemporary of James Watt, Erasmus Darwin, and Josiah Wedgewood. He was there at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, helping Watt improve the efficiency of his steam engines, and along the way helping to found the science of thermodynamics. He established the concept of “latent heat”, the energy it takes to change ice to water and water to vapour. The absorption and release of latent heat turns out to be a very important way for the atmosphere to move heat around and regulate the climate of planet earth. For climate change research though, carbon dioxide is even more important. It is very good at absorbing the heat the earth radiates towards space, and it stays in the air for centuries, making it the most important “greenhouse gas” in the long run. Most of the carbon dioxide Watt’s coal-burning machines released in the 1750s is still in the atmosphere, warming us. Carbon dioxide in the air has increased nearly 50% since Black’s time, the highest level it has been for millions of years. Continue reading →
The Ryder Cup
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By Bernard Quinn [from his talk in February 2014]
The Ryder Cup is a men’s golf competition between two teams of professionals, originally from Europe and the United States, but expanded in 1979 to include players from Europe. Contested every two years, it commenced in 1927. It is named after English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy.
Gleneagles hotel and grounds (Wikimedia)
Gleneagles in 1921 was the first time that an American golf side had ever been assembled, the first time the nations had come together for a match, and it took place right here in Perthshire. Called The International Challenge, effectively it was the forerunner for the Ryder Cup. Some scribes reckoned that America would win; they had young and hungry players who would sweep Britain’s old guard away, They had to eat humble pie as some of those 51 year olds (Harry Vardon and James Braid) six times and five times British Open Champions respectively, gave their young visitors a golf lesson over the next two days. All agreed these matches should be repeated sometime; there was great potential in the idea of a Transatlantic joust.
The second unofficial match between the United States and Great Britain was in 1926 at Wentworth. Among those in the gallery was Samuel Ryder, an English seed merchant and entrepreneur from St Albans in Hertfordshire who made his money selling penny seed packets. He had taken up golf relatively late in life to improve his health and employed Abe Mitchell, one of the golfing greats of his era, as his personal tutor. Ryder was enthralled by the match at Wentworth. “We must do this again” he said in the bar afterwards and The Ryder Cup was born. He donated a small but striking gold cup that today epitomises all that is good in sporting competition. It cost £250 and the small golfing figure atop the cup, as requested by the donor, stands as a lasting memorial to Abe Mitchell.
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The Great Gun Debate
A Walla Walla resident trap shoots against a rainbow backdrop. Photo by Tywen Kelly.
Olivia Gilbert, Feature Editor
Gun control has been one of the most contentious issues in the 2016 election cycle. Increased awareness of police violence against communities of color, near daily mass shootings, and the alarming figure of 33,000 annual firearm deaths in the U.S. have infused the question of gun policy with renewed urgency and heightened political and social implications. As with many other issues, Clinton’s and Trump’s stances on gun control reflect starkly different choices for America. Clinton’s moderately progressive stance calls for comprehensive background checks and closing the internet sales and gun show loopholes. Trump supports the national right to carry and opposes expanding background checks and regulation of the type of firearms people may own.
Contrary to the sharp division of national rhetoric, many gun control measures garner a broad level of support. According to a Pew Research Center study published in August 2015, 85% of Americans favor expanded background checks, which includes 88% of Democrats and 79% of Republicans. Furthermore, 79% support laws to prevent mentally ill people from purchasing guns and 70% favor the creation of a federal database to track all gun sales.
In an effort to understand why this widespread support has not translated into legislative action, I spoke with a handful of people in the Walla Walla and Whitman communities whose unique experiences with the issue of guns and gun control may shed light on this complicated issue.
Trap shooting practice during sunset at Walla Walla Shooting Sports. Photo by Tywen Kelly.
Guns: a way of life
For senior Isabel Mills, who grew up in Alaska and leads Whitman’s trap-shooting club, guns are an important part of life. Her family uses guns for trap and skeet shooting and hunting, and many of Mills’ extended family members get much of their food from what they hunt.
“It really has just been a way of life for me for a long time, to be around guns and to use them for practical purposes,” Mills said.
Mills’ family impressed upon her from an early age the importance of gun safety, a lesson she made sure to pass on to the members of the trap-shooting club.
“I was raised to be really respectful toward guns,” Mills said. “As a leader of the trap shooting team, I try to show people how important it is to always be thinking about [gun safety].”
For Mills, the Walla Walla shooting range, where the trap-shooting club practices, is a home away from home.
“Going to the range, it’s a really comforting place for me to be because I’ve grown up around guns and around the atmosphere,” Mills said.
Mills explains that while many members of Walla Walla Shooting Sports (formerly the Walla Walla Gun Club) hold views that don’t line up with her progressive political views, she appreciates hearing another side of the conversation.
“I love being out there just for a change of perspective and to see how a lot of people in the Walla Walla community feel about political issues and guns,” Mills said.
Whitman alum Bob Bloch ‘69, who serves as secretary-treasurer of Walla Walla Shooting Sports and works with young people like Mills to improve their trap and skeet shooting, emphasizes the sports’ ability to teach important life lessons.
Bob Bloch. Photo by Tywen Kelly.
“Our bent out here is not really shooting,” Bloch said. “Our bent is really to teach people how to get along with other people, how to be team members, how to show up on time, how to be responsible, that kind of stuff.”
Bloch feels that gun control legislation simply does not reach those who use guns to commit violent acts.
“When you talk about legislating firearm crime away, what you’re talking about is trying to legislate against 99.9 percent of the guns that will never get used in violence and then trying to legislate the one, one hundredth of a percent that is,” Bloch said. “And that never works, because you can’t get that fine.”
Mills, on the other hand, supports Clinton’s stance of regulating who is able to get guns through background checks and closing the gun show loophole.
“I’ve always thought more of guns as an object for sport but I can totally shift my mindset to the mass shootings…and be really sad about that and [understand that] we need to control who is able to get guns,” Mills said.
Despite her deep-seated affinity for guns and gun culture, Mills recognizes that reducing gun violence calls for openness to solutions.
“If it came down to it, to stop the violence, I would give up all my guns,” Mills said. “But it would be giving up something that I’ve lived with for a long time, and very few Alaskans would say that…but obviously something needs to change.”
Here we go again: the cyclical discourse of gun control
Anya Tudisco ‘16 studied the phenomenon of mass shootings and their portrayal in the media for her sociology thesis. While Tudisco was originally drawn to studying the causes of gun violence, her focus shifted to the responses it drew. She noticed that each time a mass shooting occurred, it was followed by a flurry of media and political discourse questioning what should be done to prevent more shootings. Within weeks, the discourse faded until another major shooting occurred. Meanwhile, no legislative changes were made.
“It’s just a perpetuation of the same cycle,” Tudisco said.
Tudisco attributes the political paralysis surrounding gun violence in part to the fragmented discourse that surrounds it. While a majority of Americans may agree with certain gun control measures, the consensus on the causes and solutions to address those causes vary widely.
Tudisco explains that in general, people who identify as more liberal tend to see the solution to gun violence as the responsibility of government and society. Thus they tend to align more with explanations that address the social and political factors influencing a mass shooting. People who identify as conservative, on the other hand, tend to see the events as more isolated and without much connection to one another.
“The distinction between seeing it as the responsibility of the individual or of an individual family versus the responsibility of society as a whole is a really big stumbling block to successful political action on gun control and gun violence,” Tudisco said. “Because if you think that the government has no responsibility for why these events happen, then you’re not going to push for any change in that realm.”
According to Assistant Professor of Sociology, Santana-Acuña, the source of political inaction surrounding gun control lies even deeper than ideological belief.
Alvaro Santana-Acuña. Photo by Tywen Kelly.
“It’s not something that can be easily resolved as a political debate. It goes beyond that,” Santana-Acuña said. “It’s more than political; it’s cultural.”
Opponents of gun reform frequently call on the Second Amendment to justify unrestricted use of firearms, but Santana-Acuña explains that these pro-gun people are motivated less by a desire to use firearms and more as a reaction to what they see as a threat to the American collective identity. Like National Parks, the Second Amendment has come to be seen by many Americans as one of those quintessential items that makes America, America.
“For many people the Second Amendment…is not really about actually using [guns], but is primarily about a way of defining what America is,” Santana-Acuña said. “So for many people, especially those in favor of the amendment, they feel that having that right is what really makes Americans who they are.”
The problem with this view is it decontextualizes the amendment, adopted in 1791, from its very specific historical context of the French revolution and the fear of invasion of the fledgling America from England. Recognition that the amendment was developed in response to a very specific historical period leaves it open to its evolution so that it better fits the political and social circumstances of the present.
“The Second Amendment gives you the right to keep and bear arms, but it doesn’t say anything about the way you should use these guns,” Santana-Acuña said.
Figuring out the way we as a country should use guns is one of the central problems we face not just in this election cycle, but in this decade.
“I wouldn’t say there’s a lot of evidence that we will ever get there, but…I have to believe that as [gun violence] continues to happen, people will one day see that doing nothing is not an option,” Tudisco said.
Photo by Tywen Kelly.
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Isabel Mills
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15 Responses to “The Great Gun Debate”
David on November 4th, 2016 8:42 am
It’s rather simple, the anti gun advocates have nothing but lies and rhetoric to offer.
The anti gun advocates can’t prove that lawful gun owners are the problem.
The anti gun advocates can’t prove that laws that only persecute the law abiding reduce violence by the criminals.
The anti gun advocates can’t prove background checks save lives.
The anti gun advocates can’t prove $330 million a year for background checks to prevent 1-2 total injuries is justifiable logical or sane.
They have nothing to offer but empty emotional rhetoric lies and blatant bs, engendering frivilous fantasies to make them feel better.
Anti gun advocates have not one single proper piece of govt citation data or law backing their claims, yet they are the reasonable ones,
Sane people accept that it is reasonable and common sense to expect that people who want frivilous things, should be willing to pay for them, yet anti gun advocates don’t pay for one fkkng thing when it comes to gun control.
That’s rather childish and immature of them, but then all the anti gun advocates claims are childish and immature at best
Rich on November 4th, 2016 9:00 am
where are other comments?
moderation = censorship
jim smith on November 4th, 2016 9:01 am
Re: ” alarming figure of 33,000 annual firearm deaths in the U.S.”
According to the CDC, in 2013 there were 33636 deaths from firearms and most were suicides while 11208 were homicides. If someone wants to kill themselves it’s a matter of individual choice where the person can pick the time, place and method and an argument can also be made that an individual’s life belongs to them exclusively and not you, the State or anyone else. Note also that the number of suicides committed with firearms (21175) is almost equal to the number committed by other means (19774) so as long as there are other options, it’s not clear that restricting firearms would have any effect on the number of suicides.
Homicides are a different story. 11208 people murdered by firearms in the US works out to about 31 people per day. These are the “word doctored” figures the news media and anti-gun folks like to publicize because people relate to the magnitude of those numbers and it sounds like a lot of people until you realize this is out of a population of 319 million Americans. In that context, it works out to about 1 person out of every 28,000 people being murdered by a firearm. Dwell on the magnitude of your individual significance next time you are in a stadium with 28,000 people. To me, 1 in 28,000 is an acceptable cost to help ensure the security of a free state and the right to own a firearm that has harmed no one. It is also estimated there are 109 million gun owners in the US which means on any given day 108,999,969 gun owners didn’t kill anyone yet because the news media magnifies these relatively isolated and infrequent events to the level of an epidemic, the anti-gun folks answer is to take the guns away from people who harmed no one. The number of firearm homicides will never be zero. So given the fact that deranged individuals and murderers are an intrinsic part of the human race and we currently live in a free society, what number of illegal firearm homicides would ever be acceptable to you to the point you would say “we don’t need any more restrictions on the private ownership of firearms”?
The TRUTH about the “supremacy clause” – our Constitution does not delegate to the national government authority to restrict our arms, ammunition, regulate firearms dealers, do background checks, etc. The national government may not lawfully circumvent this restriction by means of a treaty wherein the signatory governments agree to disarm their Citizens or Subjects.
https://publiushuldah.wordpress.com/?s=The+TRUTH+about+the+%22supremacy+clause
Re: ” 85% of Americans favor expanded background checks”
These polls where large numbers of people support background checks ask questions like “Do you favor or oppose a federal law requiring background checks on all potential gunbuyers “? That is not the same question that is relevant with regard to the laws that are actually proposed like the federal gun legislation that failed to pass the US Senate in 2013. The relevant poll question in that case would have been “do you support or oppose US Senate Bill 649 or any of its amendments”? Read the bill (SB-649) and the amendments. The title of the bill is word doctored to be innocuous but the devil is in the details and what was being proposed as part of the background check process was a litany of vague, abstruse and onerous restrictions on friends and family members that could trip them up and subject them to intimidation and entrapment by overzealous and unscrupulous authorities who are aligned with an anti-gun agenda. In addition, the hastily written Toomey amendment was worded in such a way that existing gun laws that currently protect gun owners (like a prohibiting a registry) could be circumvented by the President simply having the BATF report to DHS instead of the Attorney General.
The reality is “universal background checks” is progressive speak for wanting to pass laws to monitor and control loans, transfers or physical access of firearms, ammunition, or “high capacity” magazines to distant relatives, friends, domestic partners, significant others, roommates, employees, or other acquaintances you have known for years. You can see this philosophy reflected in the details of the laws passed in CA, CO and WA and proposed in NV, ME and OR.
If the totality of what is really desired is universal background checks, the answer is simple and easy – give anyone free, anonymous, public access to the federal NICS background check database of persons prohibited from owning firearms and then tell private sellers if you sell or give a firearm to someone and don’t retain a piece of paper that documents you did a favorable NICS check on the buyer, you could be held liable if they commit a gun-related crime. There is no reason to get the government involved any further in the process unless you have other goals in mind like a federal registry of all firearms.
Mental health is the avenue to gun control..
American Psychiatric Asso: Half of Americans are mentally ill..
After crafting by politicians and Media all will be crazy except for them..
300 million prescriptions for psychiatric drugs were written in 2009 alone..
Your children on medication for ADHD?
Single woman with children diagnosed with depression?
be careful what you ask for
There are over 370 “mental disorders” listed in the latest version of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.) The list includes “Tobacco Addiction Disorder” among other equally mundane and ridiculous so-called “mental illnesses.”
If the DSM is the standard by which politicians wishes to remove our rights to own guns, then I’d guess 90% of the American people could probably be classified with a mental disorder of one kind or another.
BEWARE, BEWARE
Re: ” closing the gun show loophole”
There are no real “loopholes”. This is progressive speak for wanting to pass laws to monitor and control loans, transfers or physical access of firearms, ammunition, or “high capacity” magazines to distant relatives, friends, domestic partners, significant others, roommates, employees, houseguests or other acquaintances you have known for years. You can see this philosophy reflected in the laws passed in CA, CO and WA and proposed in NV, ME and OR. Since many of these affected people are single and in a rising demographic of voters, opponents of this law should publicize the fact to these people that if they have or want to have firearms, they could be inadvertently breaking the law with their living arrangements and be subject to intimidation and entrapment by overzealous and unscrupulous authorities who are aligned with an anti-gun agenda. The only “loophole” that needs closing is the reluctance to enforce existing laws. You could start by quit allowing people who use a gun illegally to plea bargain away the illegal firearms offense. The feds are one of the worst offenders. Straw purchases and lying on the 4473 form you have to fill out for a background check to purchase a firearm is a felony punishable by 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine – yet in 2010 76142 people failed the background check, 4732 were deemed worthy of prosecution and only 62 were prosecuted. Another thing you could do since most of the gun homicides are caused by gangs or repeat offenders is to advocate for a law that would impose a mandatory death sentence on any recidivist with a violent criminal history that uses a firearm to commit a crime regardless of childhood upbringing, economic impoverishment, mental health, age, IQ or ethnicity.
Also, if you are really worried about gun shows you should change the rule implemented by Bill Clinton’s administration that prohibits anyone wanting to sell guns at gun shows from getting a Federal Firearms License (FFL) without having a storefront. (Google ATF form 5310 FFL application and look at question 18a)
Re: ” background checks”
Currently, there are only 2 ways to legally sell a gun in the US to a private citizen. One is a private sale between individuals (typically like between family and friends) or by a gun dealer licensed with a Federal Firearms License (FFL) from the federal BATF. Only individuals with an FFL can run a background check through the government NICS database of prohibited persons. Private citizens cannot. Note that a person can purchase a firearm online, but the physical transfer of the firearm still must go through an FFL at the seller or an FFL local to the buyer. So anyone wanting to improve the process should encourage the federal government to do 2 things:
1) Allow any small gun dealer to get an FFL without having a storefront. Currently, thanks to the Clinton administration’s effort to reduce the supply of guns, you can’t get an FFL if you want to sell guns only at gun shows (Google BATFE form 5310 FFL application and look at question 18a). As a result someone that wants to sell guns but can’t afford the inventory costs, zoning challenges and overhead of a storefront has to sell illegally or discretely at the edge of the law as a “private individual” and hence can’t run a background check. Rather than throwing these “kitchen table” sellers out of the system like Clinton did hoping they would go away, they should allow them to get an FFL and subject them to BATF rules, audits and oversight like they were before the Clinton administration let political anti-gun ideology get in the way.
2) Give anyone free, public, anonymous online access to the NICS database. I don’t understand why a federal database of people prohibited from owning firearms can’t be available in the public domain like federal databases for s_x offenders. Unlike the s_x offender database, the NICS system is really a go/no go process and no useful information has to be displayed to facilitate phishing expeditions for identity theft other than what was already known by the user making the query. It’s certainly no more revealing than the FAA’s pilot and mechanic license query system, which provides more detailed information on presumably law-abiding citizens. Once this system is implemented, you then tell private sellers if you sell or give a firearm to someone and don’t retain documented proof that says you did a favorable NICS check on the buyer, you could be held liable if they commit a gun-related crime. This would effectively close the so-called private sale loophole and still preserve the anonymity of the parties involved the same way the current background check system does now. If a private sale firearm shows up at a crime scene, the BATF follows their current procedure of using the serial number of the firearm to contact the manufacturer and ultimately the last FFL that sold the firearm to a private citizen to obtain that citizen’s name and address from the ATF form 4473 the FFL is required to keep on file. That citizen is then contacted and produces the piece of paper from the NICS background check that identifies the second private citizen who is then contacted, and so forth.
The real benefit of this proposal is how it can help identify the illusive killer with questionable behavior patterns or mental health issues that is causing so many problems. As it stands now there is no easy, fast, non-bureaucratic method for someone to determine if a suspicious person (client, neighbor, employee, student, etc) is a potential threat to society. If someone thinks an individual could be a threat, a query to a public NICS database would at least tell him or her in a few seconds if the individual could obtain a firearm. Then, armed with that information the appropriate authorities could be notified and they could decide if it was erroneous information or whether to investigate further. As it stands now, if you tell authorities you know a suspicious person they will probably ignore you, but if you tell them you know such a person and by the way according to the NICS database he can buy a firearm, they will probably be more inclined to investigate rather than risk embarrassment later if the worst happens. The same would be true if you see a suspicious acquaintance with a firearm when the NICS query says he’s prohibited from having one. It would also help provide piece of mind and a method for victims of violent crimes to ensure their assailants either on parole or still at large have not been excluded from the database because of some bureaucratic foul-up.
Other specific public safety issues where it would be useful are:
>Allow potential victims to vet known stalkers or acquaintances under a restraining order
>Allow gun clubs to vet potential members
>Allow shooting ranges to vet suspicious customers
>Help prevent straw purchases by allowing FFL’s to vet all individuals involved with the purchase of a firearm as a gift
>Allow mental health workers to vet troubled individuals like the Aurora Colorado theater killer
>Allow resource officers and school officials to vet suspicious students like the Arapahoe High School killer in Colorado
>Allow the family of the mentally troubled Lafayette, LA killer to verify he couldn’t purchase a firearm
>Allow police officers to vet anyone they contact – (note the routine background checks performed by police often do not include information about firearms because they don’t directly access the NICS database)
Re: “The Second Amendment gives you the right to keep and bear arms, but it doesn’t say anything about the way you should use these guns”
Not true. The purpose of the Second Amendment is clearly stated in the preamble to the Bill of Rights – specifically “The convention of a number of states having at the time of their adopting of the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse, of its powers that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added”. Note that when the Second Amendment was written, every weapon was a weapon of war, there were no restrictions on the private ownership of weapons and the militia was equally matched with the regulars. After all, if they weren’t equally matched, it would be pretty hard to deter or prevent a “misconstruction or abuse, of the government’s powers” – so in reality, the citizen militia of today should have the same firearms as the current US military. Unfortunately we are no longer equally matched because we have let our gun rights be eroded by buying into this notion if we just compromise to accommodate the people who – for whatever reason – don’t like guns they will quit trying to take away our gun rights. History has shown that no matter how much we compromise, it’s never enough so we need to stop compromising.
Re: ” Within weeks, the discourse faded until another major shooting occurred. Meanwhile, no legislative changes were made.”
The sad fact is you can’t stop every lone wolf who is a first time offender so the reality is you need to get used to it. Even if all the guns could be banned, there are plenty of other methods available to kill a lot of people thanks to the internet – i.e things like pipe bombs (San Bernardino), pressure cooker bombs (Boston), propane tank bombs (Columbine), truck bombs (Oklahoma City), gasoline cans and a match (Happy Land fire on 3/25/90), heavy truck crashing in to a crowd of people (Nice, France), home made flame throwers made from plumbing parts and gasoline (nowhere – yet) and any pressure vessel filled with shrapnel and gun powder manufactured the same way it has been since the 6th century that will momentarily confine an explosive pressure wave. And when any of those things are used and there are no civilian firearms to deter the government from limiting our Bill of Rights, it’s likely no one will know about them because at that point in order to silence any criticism for actions they can’t control and to maintain civilian support and power, the government has no reason to allow them to be reported. In other words, banning things like “assault weapons” and standard capacity magazines just starts us down the road of incessant, progressive bans on other firearms with the end result being that only criminals and the government will have guns. The bottom line is people willing to break the laws will always have guns if they want them. If worst comes to worst they will be smuggled into the US from Mexico inside a bale of marijuana and sold on the black market.
Jeffrey Dege on November 4th, 2016 10:31 am
“85% of Americans favor expanded background checks”
A majority support extending background checks to private sales, but the bios that have been proposed don’t do that. Instead, they outlaw private sales – and most other private transfers – entirely.
This is why there is so much support in the polls and so much opposition to the bills. They’re authors are performing a bait and switch.
The Very Deplorable VonZorch on November 4th, 2016 4:22 pm
Santana-Acuña has apparently not read the Founders on this subject. They were much less concerned with invasion than overreach by our own government.
nicephotog on November 7th, 2016 8:51 pm
Why listen to the country that developed the worlds first anti-airliner missiles for their Olympics along with one of its colonies that boasts the worlds first semi-automatic/automatic knife and standard machete execution as domestic violence as an example of gun control!?
Britain and Australia are in actuality not democracies, they are monarchic fascist as a definition of their actual “effect” at governance.
It makes me wonder if Hillary or any candidate whom ever mentioned these countries is fir to be president in the White-house.
Much of the problem of guns as a standard use in the second amendment by ordinary US citizens to defend their property, family and life has been overshadowed by the idea that life is a grant to serious criminals when caught in the act by salesmen whom ply small caliber pistols that do nothing much upon an offender in a serious situation leaving the victim defenseless.
“Knockdown power of the weapon’s caliber, bullet weight / grain and propellant charge” and firing control ability inside a house is the key to successfully removing a criminal that would have cost 50,000 to 100,000 dollars to track forensically after getting away (often to things such as their 40th burglary) with four or five small caliber bullets embedded in them, Although there are worse scenarios, such as firing ten small caliber into them and they can continue to maintain a physical attack and disarm the home owner or rightful dweller.
Therefore, small caliber and or low powered firearms do not protect you and your family or property, just as not knowing the weapon you use, properly for its operation and safety also just as not properly locating and identifying the target.
The reason for .223(5.56mm NATO) in the military is because its smaller and cheaper and is the last available size can be made modified to perform at military grade high powered, as too military 9mm pistols with long barrel(at least 5 to 6 inches of rifling) to help use a higher power powder and accelerate for longer to put more inertia punch into the bullet weight loading of its strike.
Firearms for home defense need to be at least 9mm NATO military caliber (10mm , 38 special 45 ACP ) and 5 to six inch longer barrel type semi auto, as use of rifles such as .303 .308 and .404 7.92mm(8mm NATO) or 30/06 when the target is clearly identified and shielded ( 30/30 caliber at least or more powerful).
The stupidest action of law enforcement is to attempt to remove the balance of citizen to personal power against criminals because without firearms the community becomes extremely self centered(apathetic and no power to help) but the main problem is it ceases to inform against criminals because of the ineffectiveness of reporting incidents to authorities because of time and lack of direct evidence to work with for an immediate solution that also will take up large quantities of time for no retrievable(of retribution and reimburse) result(the damage is done and not only permanent but will not be solved in an efficient time frame such as days or weeks – usually in decades!)..
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This Week in Reality TV: Presidential Debate!
Illustration by Eric Rannestad
James Leroux, staff writer
This past Monday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, the first of the 2016 Presidential Debates was broadcasted to 84 million people, setting a new record for viewership in presidential debate history. It was clear to anybody watching (excluding, of course, stupid people) that the debate was a wonderful representation of the American political climate today.
There was the intelligent and capable but definitely evil and untrustworthy woman struggling to be heard. There was the loud and ignorant man who refused to stop interrupting her to say alternatively false and/or utterly meaningless things. And then, of course, there was the person of color who had absolutely no real ability to influence the discussion at any point, yet somehow still ended up being the one who got screwed over in the end.
It was also clear to anyone watching the debate which of the candidates, when all was said and done, came out the victor. Obviously, Hillary won the debate. She was calm and collected, made her statements clearly and didn’t let Trump’s antics get to her.
However, in a blow to Hillary supporters everywhere, Donald Trump also won the debate, because everything Hillary said was a lie.
Of course, you can’t really say that either candidate “won” the debate and there’s a huge amount of disagreement out there about who really came out on top. In fact, the only thing that everybody can seem to agree on is that Lester Holt is a spineless piece of shit.
I personally enjoyed the debate in the company of a room full of extremely liberal young women, who, in between their fevered crunching of Harvest Snaps™ dried snap peas and frantic guzzling of grapefruit La Croix, spent the debate putting their hands to their foreheads and saying things like, “Oh my god, can he like, fucking just stop already?” every time Donald Trump said anything.
I, meanwhile, eating chips and drinking the beer I had brought, that I and no one else was drinking, only spoke at the very rare times during which Trump was actually saying something that made a small amount of sense. At these times, I would speak up and say something to the effect of, “Well you know he’s actually kind of right about that,” which would elicit from my company a little bit of hesitant agreement and a lot of awkward silence.
Despite all of this I actually found the debate extremely entertaining. There were so many good burns, so many laughably inane statements and so much repetition that the only rational explanation left for the state of this election is that God is trying to make the most viral supercut video of all time. (Even though it will never beat the one of Donald Trump saying “China”).
But out of all the things which happened in the debate, the most remarkable thing about it was actually what didn’t happen: any reasonable or productive discussion whatsoever. In fact, I think the only thing that has less actual content than the debate itself is this article I wrote about it. And just like this article, no matter which side you’re on, it’s hard to look back on the debate with anything but disappointment.
Biden is better than Trump
Our president is still a rapist
Trump’s charity scandal
Not all votes are equal
Trump’s abandonment of the Kurds
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AFA Air Wisconsin Flight Attendants Picket at Dulles, Ask NMB to Impose Deadline on Talks
Home » News » Latest News » AFA Air Wisconsin Flight Attendants Picket at Dulles, Ask NMB to Impose Deadline on Talks
May 10, 2019 — AFA Air Wisconsin flight attendants have petitioned the National Mediation Board for a proffer of arbitration/release from mediation, which could start the clock for a potential flight attendant strike 30 days later.
“Enough! Flight Attendants are living in poverty while airlines are making billions off their backs,” said AFA International President Sara Nelson. “The aviation scam of the century is undervaluing Flight Attendants and other workers at regionals who provide the backbone service of mainline networks. The Air Wisconsin story is among the worst example of this with first year flight attendants making as little as $15,000 a year and others who have gone without a raise for 12 years are no longer able to keep up. Flight attendants have voted 99 percent to strike, if necessary, and today we are formally requesting a release from mediation to move these negotiations to conclusion. This is our number one contract fight." Read more >
AFA Air Wisconsin Flight Attendants picketed at Dulles on Thursday, joined by AFA Flight Attendants from across the system, and members of UNITE HERE!, SEIU 32BJ, United Mine Workers of America, Virginia AFL-CIO, Teamsters, IBEW, and United Auto Workers and more. Media coverage in The Washington Post, Politico, and The Appleton Post-Crescent.
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Celebrities donate amazing items you can shop to support War Child UK
The charity has created an emergency coronavirus Crowdfunder, thanks to the help of celebrities, artists and designer brands.
War Child UK has worked tirelessly since 1993 to support and protect children in war-torn countries. The work is continuous and now they’re facing another threat, coronavirus. To try and help some of the poorest areas in the world; families who have been affected by the pandemic, children who are in need and poverty-stricken areas are the focus of the latest appeal. The charity has launched an emergency Crowdfunder to raise money for the cause.
The effort to raise money at this time hasn’t gone unnoticed, with celebrities, artists and brands coming together to offer items to help raise money, fast. So far, the likes of celebrities including Carey Mulligan, Vanessa Kirby and Fearne Cotton are amongst some of the famous faces who have given items for the ‘buy now’ page.
Along with items donated, designers have also supported by creating unique items for sale including graphic artist and designer Anthony Burrill and specialist illustrator Fee Greening who has made a limited edition print.
SHOP NOW: Fee Greening limited edition print, £100, warchildcrowdfunder.co.uk
T-shirts have also been popular to raise money with couture fashion house Ralph & Russo’s ‘Love knows no borders’ design being a hit.
SHOP NOW: Ralph and Russo ‘Love knows no borders’ T-shirt, £27.50, warchildcrowdfunder.co.uk
Another fashion designer to join the crowdfunder operation is Bella Freud. Creating a unique slogan ‘Peace and Love’ T-shirt, Kate Moss has even worn it.
SHOP NOW: Bella Freud ‘Peace and love’ T-shirt, £25, warchildcrowdfunder.co.uk
Other ways to help the cause are with the auction and prize draw features. These have been so popular as a way to donate, with items such as Craig David’s headphones, Damien Hirst paintings and a signed copy of Dolly Alderton’s new book already selling out. There are still loads of chances to get amazing experiences such as your own box at Arsenal FC and handwritten lyric books from singer James Bay. Or, you can simply donate. All the options to help are over at warchildcrowdfunder.co.uk
The amazing charity has already reached nearly £263,000 of their £300,000 total aim, but with the Crowdfunder coming to an end on 1st September, War Child UK needs the extra help.
Find out more about how you can help, here.
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Earth Hour 2015: Lights Out
April 9, 2015 April 9, 2015 by Marika Stone, posted in arts activism, environment, activism, localizing, Transition Movement, sea level rise
Where were you when the lights went out? If you are of a certain age and lived in the Northeast United States, you’ll remember at least one major blackout, with those of 1965 and 1977 perhaps the most indelible because normal life was disrupted for so many people across a vast region.
I was caught in a blackout in New York City in the early 80’s while on a research assignment in Brooklyn for Technology Magazine – the irony sank in sometime later. Fortunately for my co-worker and me, we were above ground when the power went out, not trapped in a subway car or skyscraper office. We, along with hundreds of others hit the streets, giddy with relief. It was late afternoon when we crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, into Lower Manhattan and the Village. There, a party was in progress as restaurants who had lost their refrigeration, were turning out meals on make-shift charcoal grills and offering them, along with slightly warm beer, to whomever cared to take them up on their offer. Although that particular blackout would prove to be relatively local and short-lived, there was no way to know at the time. “It’s tempting to ask why if you fed your neighbors during the time of the earthquake and fire, you didn’t do so before or after,” writes Rebecca Solnit of the San Francisco earthquake in A Paradise Built in Hell: the Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster.
Eventually, I got my foot-weary self to the Port Authority Bus Terminal that evening to wait with other New Jersey commuters for the power and interrupted bus service to resume. Here, too, there was unusual cooperation and camaraderie. We riders of the DeCamp 66 and 33 who barely exchanged a word before, were talking, exchanging stories and phone numbers, discovering we were neighbors after all.
Earth Hour, 8:30-9:30 pm local time, when the Strip in Las Vegas, Times Square and the Eifel Tower intentionally go dark to raise awareness about climate change, was launched in Australia in 2007 by the World Wide Fund for Nature and has become a global movement. Getting millions of people to power down for one hour a year doesn’t seem like much to ask, even of the electronic device-addicted populace of our century. In our home, we mark the occasion with an hour of candlelight, a glass of wine, a ukulele, some songs, enjoying the respite from the mixed blessing of an always-on, always-connected life that we have embraced so wholeheartedly. Viewed in long-range or aerial images, Earth Hour is spectacular, and more than a little unnerving. I would like to think that this scale of community arts activism will help us wrap our heads around what is impossible to contemplate, even for climate advocates: a world without power; life as we’ve come to know it, unplugged.
Artists of all kinds have often taken the lead in making the invisible (under-appreciated or ignored) visible, because they can. Some are using their gifts to wake people up to the really wicked, society-transforming problem of climate change and a rising sea, e.g. The HighWaterLine project. The brainchild of artist, Eve Mosher, the HWL helps communities visualize the impact of climate change in our own neighborhoods and streets. Mosher began her work in 2007 in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, mapping areas predicted to be impacted by flooding during storm surges. After deep research into climate science and Google maps of flood zones, she spent six months using chalk and a sports field marker to draw the 10-ft. above sea level line in the streets and on the buildings. Yes, that was five years before Sandy. Click here for more on the HWL.
As residents of one of the states most vulnerable to sea level rise, Floridians are fortunate that Eve Mosher will be making a return engagement, this time in Palm Beach County later this month, chalking sea level rise for the HighWaterLine Delray Beach event. This day-long performance is part of the 2nd Annual Florida Earth Festival, a series of workshops and demonstrations that runs April 18 through 25, including a weekend of intensives at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton, 2501 St. Andrews Blvd. Volunteers are needed for all kinds of tasks during the festival, and if you are able, I urge you to find what speaks to you and sign up. For this yoga instructor and lover of dance, it is the prospect of being in the grand finale of the HWL mapping: a ‘movement choir’ of dancers holding blue glow lights and moving to Neil Young’s new anthem: Who Is Going to Stand Up for the Earth.
I’ve also signed up for the Beautiful Trouble workshop in the hopes that it will help me hone my new-found voice as a spoken word artist (thanks Vagina Monologues!) into a poetry flash mob or open mic performance on environmental themes. In any case, it sounds like way more fun than climate advocacy usually is, Greenpeace Gorilla suits and the Raging Grannies notwithstanding. These trainings are intended to serve as “A Toolbox for Revolution.” Bring it on.
Earth Hour visuals
Earth Hour, March 19, 2016
Biggest Blackouts in History
HighWaterLine Action Guide
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Like Water For Avocados
March 23, 2015 by Marika Stone, posted in activism, arts activism, environment, activism, sea level rise, Simple life
After an announcement about a possible shortage of Hass Avocados caused near panic (and perhaps some welcome publicity), Mexican food chain, Chipolte, tried to soothe its fans with an announcement that there is no “guacapocalypse” in the offing. Really? Avocados are a thirsty crop, second only to another California favorite, the endangered almond. According to Mother Jones, it takes 74.1 gallons of water to grow one pound of avocados as opposed to strawberries (9.8 gallons) or lettuce (5.4 gallons). For the time being, the California Hass is big business for the state: “… about 80 percent of all avocados eaten worldwide and … more than $1 billion a year in revenues in the United States alone.” (California Avocado Commission).
Headlines like this one from Newsweek 3/13/15: NASA: California Has One Year of Water Left, should be setting off alarm bells in the Congressional denialist camp on the basis of the economic impact alone, with the nation’s food security right up there next to it. So it’s particularly bad news for all of us who love avocados — heck, like to eat regularly! — that Senator Ted Cruz now heads the Senate Science Committee, and that he has told NASA to stick to space and drop its climate investigations. We need to pay close attention to what happens next. After all, budget cuts that could threaten programs like NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Soil Moisture Mapper (SMAP) — a satellite that can improve weather forecasts, monitor droughts and predict floods — will hurt us all, now and in the immediate future. Maybe we should take a page from Senator Snowball’s playbook and start jamming the inboxes of legislators of his ilk with our favorite guacamole recipes. This sounds like a job for Beautiful Trouble, fearless artist/activists. Hi-jinks and hackery that exercise our creativity and even soothe our souls.
It’s great to learn that Al Gore is newly optimistic that we can bring ourselves back from the brink, but yesterday on World Water Day, I couldn’t help thinking about what ordinary Californians are doing about a drought so severe, it has its own website? Not nearly enough, according to figures from January this year which showed that conservation of water dropped from 22% to 9%, possibly spurred by an end of the year rainy period. We are so addicted to short-term — or maybe it’s magical — thinking! No wonder we are so easily distracted by shiny new things, blockbuster movies, and gossip about people we’ll never meet or particularly want to.
So I decided to ask a friend who lives in Huntington Beach about the water crisis, and she assured me that although some of her neighbors still have lawns (and presumably, have not as yet been prohibited from watering them), she has embraced a more desert scape, that is, rocks and succulents. OK, it’s something, and granted, this is a minuscule sample. But isn’t this typical of a common mismatch between the complexity of the issues we face — economic, health, safety, civil society — and the response of too many people like my well-meaning friend, as well as those in positions of power? California officials, writes Jay Famiglietti, a senior water scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, are “staying in emergency mode and praying for rain.”
Although drought isn’t an issue for Florida at the moment, we have our own water challenges: a rising sea (flooding, coastal erosion, threat to infrastructure and property) and the migration of salt into the agricultural water supply. So much for the idea that California’s agricultural losses might be somewhat mitigated by Florida’s food growing power. For more on this including the Sea Level Rise Symposium 2014, see my blog posts from last July, Water: Next Capitalist Tool? and November, Raising Fields. Not enough water or the wrong kind — none of this is good news for living things. But compared to what many see as the threat of water wars in the not too distant future, these issues are a drop in the bucket.
What can we do? First, recognize that climate change is with us here and now and that we humans have no history or experience with the kinds of change it will likely produce in our lives. On a beautiful, cool morning in South Florida as I write this from my patio, it’s possible to imagine that we have a decade or two before we are forced to adjust, to take action, or possibly, flee for higher ground. Even if that were true, it’s cold comfort for our children and grandchildren. Second, cut your consumption: repair, reuse, repurpose, skip the upgrade, minimize air travel, and make do while these are choices we can still make freely. Third: ask yourself to imagine a world without your favorite food (yes, avocados), a beloved bird, flower, tree, pollinators in general, a particular beach, a cherished vacation spot, a life experience you now take for granted (hiking a pristine trail, growing vegetables, access to a wide variety of fresh food, taking a hot shower, feeling safe on my streets and in my home, are all on my list). What would you do to preserve these ordinary treasures, for yourself and those you love? Do it.
See also: The Dark Mountain Project and Movement Generation
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Raising Fields: What History Can Teach Us
November 17, 2014 by Marika Stone, posted in adaptive design, environment, activism, localizing, Transition Movement, sea level rise
When you come in for a landing at Palm Beach International, you pass over a network of blue waterways, canals, inlets, and bays that link pastel buildings and homes to the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal. In fact, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway that touches my life and yours if you live and work here, is a much larger network that runs North-South, from Norfolk, Virginia to the Florida Keys, some 1,090 miles of navigable interstate. This Blue Highway is what makes our part of the state so attractive to boat-loving vacationers and retirees alike. It is also what puts South Florida’s future as a tourist mecca, retiree haven, and agricultural giant (second to California) at great risk from sea level rise (SLR). The experts in local government and higher education know this:
The risks from sea level rise are imminent and serious. This is not a distant problem, but one that is affecting us now and will certainly affect our children. Sea level rise will impact millions of Americans and threaten billions of dollars of building and infrastructure. — Sea Level Rise Summit 2013
And so do the insurers and activist organizations, and all have our work cut out for us, given the denial in Tallahassee and among billionaire developers. The latter are (for now), as one Facebook comment had it, so 20th Century.
Attorney Mitchell Chester isn’t waiting for anyone’s blessing to bring the message of SLR to whomever will hear it and act upon it. The fastest way to get up to speed on sea level rise is to visit his site SLRSouthFlorida for the latest news on the subject. It’s not good news for us coastal dwellers, but it may also represent an opportunity to save the Florida that people have loved almost to death, and to prosper in an entirely different way (and I don’t mean Waterworld).
I first heard Mitchell Chester speak at a breakout session at the Second Annual Sea Level Rise Symposium in July, sponsored by The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation for the Everglades, the Oxbridge Academy and the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County. The session addressed the need for our legal and financial systems to “engage the shared emergency of sea level rise.” Meaning, of course, that they are not doing so in any significant way. Currently, for example, you will not find any warning about the threat of a rising sea to your property in your real estate disclosure documents. Mortgage documents also reflect the same myopia.
Last week, I heard Mr. Chester making an electrifying presentation to the Climate Action Coalition meeting about his idea to save the billion dollar South Florida agriculture, “some of the best growing fields in the U.S.” He was here, he said, “to bring reality to the recommendations” of adaptation and mitigation contained in the South Florida Regional Climate Action Plan. Without action, our ability to grow 250 food crops (and feed the country) could end “as soon as the second term of the incoming American president.” Whoa! That’s within 10 years.
In a nutshell: “For [Florida’s] agriculture, it’s either up or out.” As he pointed out, the strategy of containing the sea by building up the land is nothing new. The Dutch have been doing it for centuries, and are still the masters of their dike-and-windmill system in modern times. The Maya and Aztec also created farm lands on human-made mounds and managed excess water with canals, according to Raising Fields, the website created by Mitchell Chester to educate and make a case for adaptation of this kind.
While the ocean will advance and someday cover Southeast Florida, the use of mound farming and elevated agricultural strategies will serve to extend the life of valuable rural properties and precious growing fields.
For us South Florida residents, it could be an idea whose time has come. And, as if to anticipate the drum beat about jobs gained or lost that plays through every political discussion, this proposal has an answer. To build a new agriculture for a wetter, water-logged South Florida — and continue to feed all those urbanites who rely on farmers they’ll never meet — it will be everybody in, everybody working together: engineers, economists, architects, agronomists, water experts, farmers, environmentalists, mapping experts, permitting agencies, planners at many levels. And that’s before the first shovelful of soil.
Links to help you dig in 🙂
SLRSouthFlorida
Raising Fields Blog — you can back up into the main site
South Florida Regional Climate Action Plan
EPA Climate Change Adaption SE
That Sinking Feeling – NBC Report
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October 27, 2014 by Marika Stone, posted in environment, activism, localizing, Transition Movement, sea level rise
I love Miami. I love the amiable mix of cultures, the scene at Hoy Como Ayer in Little Havana, the outdoor murals of Wynwood, the new South Pointe Park, the art deco homes, the new Perez Museum, built inexplicably enough on Biscayne Bay, next to new science museum under construction. Miami is a mere 77 miles from my hometown and along the same coast, so what happens in Miami isn’t going to stay in Miami. My county may be a foot or so higher in sea level, but we share the same porous limestone, the same array of barrier islands with their luxury high rises, and the same professional climate change deniers.
The sense of carpe diem might have had as much to do with our choice of Miami as a destination to celebrate our 30th anniversary this past summer as the city’s many undeniable attractions. So, we treated ourselves to three nights at the Marriot on Biscayne Bay where the management – alerted to the occasion by a child – gave us an upgrade that included a sweeping view of the Bay, Causeway and cruise ships. To my surprise, this Marriot (as in West Palm Beach) is growing food on site for its restaurants. Lettuces, tomatoes and herbs are the edible landscaping by the pool area.
That ‘farm to table’ glimmer aside, I am worried about Miami. It is clearly failing the test in how coastal cities will need to adapt to a rising sea. The $500 million earmarked for a new pumping system for Miami Beach is already acknowledged as a mere stopgap. I am concerned about friends there who recently spent weeks and a small fortune to install stronger new windows in their ground floor condo. I fear for the stalwart efforts to forestall what appears inevitable, even if we were able to cease using fossil fuels immediately. One of these is a permaculture food forest, right in the heart of the city, designed by Deva Marcus Thompson, founder of Permaculture Miami, whose intensive at The Mounts Botanical Garden I attended this weekend. Eve Mosher’s High Waterline project to show just how high the water will rise, is another. Also, Colony1, a sustainability research center that combines art and science. Closer to home, and heart, Transition Palm Beaches.
It is uplifting to see smart, persistent media coverage on the climate crisis, e.g. a feisty overview of what keeps The Sunshine State from becoming a solar energy giant in a blog post from Fred Grimm in The Miami Herald last Friday: Florida Utilities Stay Shady… While Florida denies, he writes, neighboring Georgia is preparing to add 900 megawatts of solar by 2016, thanks to an unlikely alliance between environmentalists and the Tea Party, aka, The Green Tea Party (the latter on free-market principles). When you realize that some $12 million has been allocated by our largest utilities to fund, “on average, one lobbyist for every two [Florida] state legislators each legislative sessions between 2007 and 2013,” you know what we are up against. The choice at the polls has never been clearer. Or the need to rid politics of money.
On the local level, my Unitarian Universalist congregation has become a partner in the Climate Action Coalition of South Florida, joining the UU Fellowship of Boca Raton, The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation, Oxbridge Academy, the local chapter of Organizing for Action, and League of Women Voters, among others. Our goal is to educate our municipalities on the risks we face as small cities and citizens, and get them to sign the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Action Plan. We hope to bring Eve Mosher’s High WaterLine to our area. There is mounting evidence that local politics may yet do, piecemeal, for Florida what the big boys can’t, see: Pragmatism on Climate Change Trumps Politics …
Pitch in, please, every way you can. It sure beats relocation to … Anchorage.
High Water Line: http://grist.org/cities/street-artists-trace-against-time-and-sea-level-rise/
http://highwaterline.org/building-a-resilient-miami/
High Tide on Main Street, John Englander
Safer Cities
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Let’s Talk Dirty
August 11, 2014 August 12, 2014 by Marika Stone, posted in adaptive design, environment, activism, localizing, Transition Movement, sea level rise
I’ve wanted to write that headline ever since Dr. Mehmet Oz did his poop show on Oprah, giving us more on that subject than we ever wanted to know. But this is about sewers, another subject we just as soon not think about. It’s just flush and forget, until something goes wrong. And then, we call the plumber. The end? Not exactly.
I first got curious about sewers when we had a block-long pavement collapse in front of our building in New York City in the late 1980’s. It was caused (we were told) by the breakdown of an old water main, and it took over a week to replace the section of pipe and repair the road. In the meantime, we residents of adjacent buildings and passersby got a good look at the size of pipes that move water – and sewage, too – through underground tunnels in a city of that size. I could have stood up in the pipe, assuming I wanted to, and stretch my arms straight overhead. Back then, I wasn’t all that worried about crumbling urban infrastructure, let alone what could happen in the kind of flooding Sandy brought to lower Manhattan and Hoboken (another place I’ve lived) across the Hudson River.
Then my husband came across an oddball story from Dubai about waste management that curled our hair. Terry Gross zoomed in on it, too, in an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air with Kate Asher on her book (The Heights) about skyscrapers, including Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, still the world’s tallest building. Of course, if you’re a fan of hers, you’ll know that Terry Gross cuts right to the question that everyone wanted to ask : “When you’re on the 100th floor of a building and you flush the toilet, what exactly happens after that?” (Quick answer: about the same as what happens in a two-story townhouse, with more pipes.)
Burj Khalifa has broken all kinds of construction records, but what the official page fails to mention is that its plumbing is not connected to the Dubai sewer system. In a building designed to hold 35,000 people, this means that about 15 tons of human waste must be hauled away each day, by truck to a sewage treatment facility. Sometimes so many trucks line up this process can take 24 hours to complete, whereupon it begins again. Seems a bit cart before horse s—t, to me, design-wise. (Google Poop Trucks of Dubai if your curiosity out-weighs the eeww factor.)
Feels like the subject keeps chasing me. Found this in my inbox today: We have a “scary sewage problem,” wrote Gar Alperovitz in Alternet, due to aging, overwhelmed treatment centers and the kind of infrastructure problems I got to witness first hand over 20 years ago, in all our older cities. If the more visible roads and bridges are allowed to fall apart, chances are what is out of sight is getting even less respect and maintenance. Mix flooding from heavy rain to the runoff from agriculture, and you’ve got a sanitation and water security problem, Houston, and Toledo, too, where toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie recently poisoned the drinking water.
In his groundbreaking book, What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution, historian/political economist/activist, Gar Alperovitz offers plenty of great ideas for addressing the huge problems with our economic system that too many people rant endlessly about on Facebook and other social media. Hint: he’s big on cooperatives. So I wasn’t at all surprised that, although he is straight talking about the challenges, he also sees plenty of opportunities, as in JOB opportunities, in fixing the monster urban sewage problem. Chief among these is prevention of storm-water runoff in the first place. He points to smart design approaches like urban forestry, green roofs, and artificial wetlands, among others. It reminds me of the ‘soft’ design approaches to an inrushing ocean – high dunes planted with dune grass vs. seawalls – that spared some Jersey Shore communities during Sandy. It also made me think of On the Water: Palisades Bay, the architectural design project that captivated me during a visit to the Museum of Modern Art in 2010 (see link below). These are the kinds of things we need to lobby for in our cities, whatever their size, as adaptive strategies to climate change that also positively impact the economy, immediately and later on. Check out Alperovitz’s work at Democracy Collaborative about building a more sustainable, equitable economy, and what we as thoughtful citizen can and must do. Sign up for his newsletter.
Click for pdf intro: On the Water: Palisades Bay (Soft infrastructure aims to synthesize solutions for storm defense and environmental enrichment along the coast.)
Photo: Van Gogh’s Toilet by Clare Wentzel
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Water: Next Capitalist Tool?
July 28, 2014 by Marika Stone, posted in environment, activism, localizing, Transition Movement, sea level rise
This photo of a Burmese girl at the head of a long line on her daily water-collecting chore went viral last year; the girl became a new poster child for injustice, incompetence and greed in Burma. Involuntary child labor is rare in our part of the world, and a chore like this the stuff of weather-related emergencies, unless you happen to live in Detroit. Retrieving the photo was no more difficult than turning on a tap to fill my kettle or wash my hands. In a well-functioning society, we take water — and electricity, and until recently, the Internet — for granted, squandering them as if there was no tomorrow.
If you’ve been following social media, you may have noticed that water is on the brink of becoming a marketable commodity, like fossil fuels. Maybe you thought that just because water makes up between 50-75% of our bodies, it is a human right. Corporations like Nestlé beg to differ. Nestlé has been bottling water from aquifers in Palm Springs, California, and selling it to drought-stricken Los Angeles. Maybe we should have seen it coming when we gave in to the whole bottled water craze like our European neighbors, without cause. New York tap water is wonderful. But there’s no stuffing that genie back into the bottle, recyclable or otherwise. I’m not generally an alarmist, but this latest corporate move does seem like a strike against basic human rights on a whole new order of magnitude. Water: Next Capitalist Tool.
As a coastal Florida resident, I think a lot about water, maybe more than most of my neighbors. We prefer our water where it ‘belongs’: at the beach where we can use it for recreation, and flowing from our taps for all the things we must do with water … and then some. But too much water or the wrong kind can change that in a flash, as neighborhoods in Miami, Delray Beach and Loxahatchee know too well every time there is heavy rain, high tides and/or a full moon.
Last week, at the Second Annual Sea Level Rise Symposium, I got a refresher course in just how important water is to my adopted state, delivered by a group of smart, dedicated people — scientists, elected officials, activists and philanthropists. Attendance this year was roughly double, filling up the auditorium of Oxbridge Academy. In sum, according to keynote speaker, Kristin Jacobs, Broward County Commissioner and Co-Chair of the President’s Subgroup of the Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience and others, unless we can respond appropriately and very soon, climate change will deliver two distinct threats to a state that is essentially entirely coastal: 1. the risk to real estate and tourism in the billions due to storm damage and flooding, and 2. saltwater contamination of drinking water wells, due to sea level rise and a compromised water table. The maps made by Jayantha Obeysekera, aka “Obey”, chief modeler, South Florida Water Management District were, in a word, scary. There are, he said, no wells that will not be affected. Who should care? All of us. And yet, according to Keren Bolter, FAU Geosciences PhD candidate, there is a chasm in public awareness between those who get it and those who haven’t … yet. Even EPA operatives are behind the curve on climate science, noted Bryan Myers, Energy and Climate Change Coordinator, EPA Region 4. Don’t look for much help from our current state administration. Commented Bobby Powell Jr., Florida State Representative, District 88, salt water would have to flow from our taps before there would be any action. Just remember that come election time. So, where to turn?
Go local (where have I heard that before?). Said West Palm Beach Major, Jeri Muoio, in any emergency, the buck stops at the mayor’s office. In Miami, considered the most vulnerable city in the world for storm surge and sea level rise, 87% of residents approved higher taxes to address impacts, and agreed to an 84% increase in their storm sewer fees. We, the people.
Jan Booher, South Florida Climate Action Partners, and Barbara Eriv, League of Women Voters of PBC (one of the Symposium sponsors), running a breakout session on Community Outreach, would agree. The two are members of the Climate Change Working Group which is designed to enable climate activist groups to share information, plans and results. They intend to use citizen muscle — that would be us — to get more municipalities to sign on to the Mayors’ Climate Action Pledge. As of this writing, only two out of 38 municipalities in Palm Beach County have done so: Boynton Beach and Delray Beach.
According to attorneys Mitchell Chester, SLRAmerica.org and Richard Grosso, Nova Southeastern University, Director of Environmental and Land Use Law Clinic, (Breakout: Legal Wars and Economics) the existing environmental laws are ‘more than sufficient to protect health, business, property.’ However, our justice and financial systems have yet to understand that climate change and sea level rise (SLR) represent a “global phenomenon that are a major challenge to our way of governance,” or to prepare for it. We need a financial system for SLR because it is a monetary problem for individuals, and ‘there is money to be made’ in addressing it. “If you deny climate science,” said Grosso, “you can still value the health of your children, the economic value of our coastlines, the need for clean air and water.” How to communicate better with skeptics? We could all use some help with that. Until someone designs such a course, consider these.
HuffPo on Nestlé
The Everglades supply 66% of all the water used in South Florida. Check out Love The Everglades. Support this and other eco-organizations with your time and money
Read John Englander’s High Tide on Main Street
Write/call your state representatives, and VOTE.
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12/17/16 update to Moldova: Transnistria (PM).
12/16/16 updates to Moldova: Transnistria (Pres.), China prov.: Yunnan (Gov.)
12/15/16 update to U.S. state: North Dakota (Gov.)
12/14/16 updates to Uzbekistan (PM), Order of Malta (Grand Chancellor), Indonesia
prov.: Sulawesi Barat (Gov.)
12/13/16 updates to Lithuania (PM), Malaysia (King), U.S. city: Sacramento (Mayor).
12/12/16 updates to Italy (PM), New Zealand (PM), China prov.: Jilin (Gov.)
12/10/16 update to Order of Malta (Grand Chancellor).
12/09/16 update to South Korea (acting Pres.)
12/06/16 updates to France (PM), U.S. city: Baltimore (Mayor).
12/05/16 updates to Bermuda (Gov.), India state: Tamil Nadu (PM), U.S. city: Tulsa
(Mayor).
12/03/16 update to Canada prov.: Yukon (PM).
12/01/16 updates to Thailand (King), Mexico states: Aguascalientes, Oaxaca, Veracruz
(Gov.), Nicaragua reg.: Costa Caribe Sur (Cordr.)
11/30/16 update to St. Helena: Tristan da Cunha (Admin.)
11/28/16 updates to Montenegro (PM), Yemen (Huthi PM), Georgia: Adjaria (Pres.)
11/23/16 update to Estonia (PM).
11/22/16 update to Czech reg.: Karlovarský (Gov.)
11/21/16 update to Czech reg.: Plzeňský (Gov.)
11/20/16 update to Uzbekistan rep.: Karakalpakstan (PM)
11/18/16 updates to updates to Guinea-Bissau (PM), Czech reg.: Středočeský (Gov.),
Russia rep.: Ingushetia (PM).
11/17/16 updates to Bosnia-Hercegovina (Pres.), OIC (Secy.-gen.)
11/16/16 updates to Bosnia-Hercegovina: Brčko (Mayor), Czech reg.: Jihomoravský (Gov.)
11/14/16 updates to Czech reg.: Královéhradecký (Gov.), Uzbekistan rep.: Karakalpakstan
(PM).
11/12/16 updates to Nigeria state: Edo (Gov.), Wallis and Futuna: Tu'a (Alo) (PM).
11/11/16 update to Pakistan prov.: Sindh (Gov.)
11/10/16 updates to Czech reg.: Moravskoslezský (Gov.), INTERPOL (Pres.)
11/09/16 update to Ukraine prov.: Odesa (Gov.)
11/08/16 updates to Czech reg.: Olomoucký (Gov.), United States election results -
in the Presidential election Donald J. Trump (Rep.) wins election with
46.1% of vote (winning about 62.9 million votes) in 30 states with 306
electoral votes (including 1 from Maine), defeating former Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton (f)(Dem.) who wins 48.2% of vote (with about 65.8
million votes), but only 20 states and District of Columbia with 232 electoral
votes, Gary Johnson (Libt.) wins 3.3%, Jill E. Stein (f)(Grn.) 1%, Evan
McMullin (Independent) 0.4%, Darrell Castle (Const.) 0.14%, Gloria LaRiva (f)
(Socialism and Liberation) 0.05%, and Rocky De La Fuente (Reform/American
Delta) 0.02%;
U.S. Congress: elections to all 435 seats in the House of Representatives,
and to 34 of 100 seats in the Senate. Republicans retain their majorities in
the House and in the Senate. In the House of Representatives Republicans will
have at least 239 seats and Democrats at least 194 seats (previous balance was
247 Rep. vs. 188 Dem.); while the Senate will be composed of at least 51
Republicans and at least 48 Democrats (including 2 independents who caucus
with them)(the previous balance was 54 Rep. vs. 46 Dem.); In 10 Dec 2016
runoffs in Louisiana, the Republicans win another seat in the Senate (for a
total of 52) and 2 in the House of Representatives (for a total of 241);
Party abbreviations: Dem = Democrat, Rep. = Republican, Grn. = Green Party,
Const. = Constitution, Ind. = Independent, Libt. = Libertarian;
Governor elections:
- Delaware: former Lt. Gov. John Carney (Dem.) defeats Colin Bonini (Rep.),
Andrew Groff (Grn.) and Sean Goward (Libt.), 58.3%-39.2%-1.4%-1.1%;
- Indiana: Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb (Rep.) defeats John R. Gregg (Dem.), Rex
Bell (Libt.), 51.4%-45.4%-3.2%;
- Missouri: Eric Greitens (Rep.) defeats Attny. Gen. Chris Koster (Dem.),
Cisse Spragins (f) (Libt.), Les Turilli Jr. (Ind.), Don Fitz (Grn.),
51.3%-45.4%-1.5%-1.1%-0.7%;
- Montana: incumbent Gov. Steve Bullock (Dem.) is re-elected over Greg
Gianforte (Rep.), and Ted Dunlap (Libt.), 50.2%-46.4%-3.4%;
- New Hampshire: Chris Sununu (Rep.) defeats Colin Van Ostern (Dem.),
Max Abramson (Libt.), 49%-46.7%-4.3%;
- North Carolina: Attny. Gen. Roy A. Cooper (Dem.) defeats incumbent Gov. Pat
McCrory (Rep.), and Leon Cecil (Libt.) win 49%-48.9%-2.2%;
- North Dakota: Doug Burgum (Rep.) defeats Marvin Nelson (Dem./NPL),
Marty Riske (Libt.), 76.7%-19.4%-3.9%;
- Oregon: incumbent Gov. Kate Brown (f) (Dem.) is elected over Bud Pierce
(Rep.), Cliff Thomason (Independent Party of Oregon), James Foster (Libt.),
and Aaron Auer (Const.), 50.5%-43.8%-2.4%-2.2%-1%;
- Utah: incumbent Gov. Gary Herbert (Rep.) is re-elected over Mike Weinholtz
(Dem.), Brian Kamerath (Libt.), and Dell Schanze (Ind. American), 66.6%-
28.7%-2.9%-1.5%;
- Vermont: Lt. Gov. Phil Scott (Rep.) is elected over Sue Minter (f) (Dem.),
and Bill Lee (Liberty Union), 52.9%-44.2%-2.8%;
- Washington: incumbent Gov. Jay R. Inslee (Dem.) is re-elected over Bill
Bryant (Rep.), 54.9%-45.5%;
- West Virginia: Jim Justice (Dem.) defeats Bill Cole (Rep.), Charlotte Jean
Pritt (f)(Mountain Pty.), David Moran (Libt.), and Phil Hudok (Const.),
- American Samoa: incumbent Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga (Dem.) is re-elected
over Faoa Aitofele Sunia (Dem.), and Tuika Tuika (Ind.), 60.2%-35.8%-4%;
- Puerto Rico: Ricardo Rosselló Nevares (New Progressive [PNP]) defeats David
Bernier (Popular Democratic [PDP]), Alexandra Lúgaro (f)(Ind.), Manuel Cidre
(Ind.), María de Lourdes Santiago (f)(Puerto Rican Independence [PIP]), and
Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl (Working People's), 41.8%-38.9%-11.1%-5.7%-2.1%-0.34%;
Mayor elections:
- Baltimore, MD: Catherine Pugh (f)(Dem.) defeats write-in votes for Mayor
Sheila Dixon (f)(Dem.), and Alan Walden (Rep.), Joshua Harris (Grn.),
57.6%-22.1%-9.9%-9.8%;
- Fresno, CA (runoff): Lee Brand (Rep.) defeats Henry Perea (Dem.), 51.3%-48.7%;
- Hagåtña, GU: Mayor John Aguon Cruz (Rep.) is re-elected unopposed;
- Honolulu, HI (runoff): incumbent Mayor Kirk Caldwell (Dem.) is re-elected
over Charles Djou (Rep.), 52.2%-47.8%;
- Key West, FL (runoff): incumbent Mayor Greg Cates (Rep.) is re-elected
defeating write-in candidate Sloan Bashinsky (Ind.), 88.6%-11.4%;
- Miami-Dade County, FL (runoff): incumbent Mayor Carlos Gimenez (Rep.) is
re-elected defeating Raquel Regalado (f)(Rep.), 55.8%-44.2%;
- Richmond, VA: Levar Stoney (Dem.) defeats Jack Berry (Dem.), Joe Morrissey
(Ind.), Michelle Mosby (f)(Dem.), Jon Baliles (Dem.), Lawrence Williams
(Ind.), Bruce Tyler (Ind.), and Bobby Junes (Ind.), 35.5%-33.8%-21.1%-
5.6%-2.2%-0.5%-0.5%-0.4%;
- San Juan, PR: incumbent Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto (f)(PDP) is re-elected
over Leo Díaz Urbina (PNP), Adrian González Costa (PIP), and Antonio Carmona
Báez (Working People's), 52.5%-43.8%-2.8%-0.88%;
- Washington, DC: referendum supporting U.S. statehood passes, 85.8%-14.2%.
11/07/16 update to Greece reg.: Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (Gov.)
11/02/16 update to Czech Rep. reg.: Zlínský (Gov.)
11/01/16 updates to Sweden county: Uppsala (Gov.) OIC (Secy.-gen.)
10/31/16 updates to Lebanon (Pres.), China admin.: Beijing (Mayor).
10/29/16 update to China prov.: Hubei (Gov.)
10/28/16 updates to Parlacen (Pres.), Indonesia prov.: Bangka-Belitung, Banten,
Gorontalo, Jakarta, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Gov.), Ukraine prov.: Kyyiv
(Gov.), Congo (DRC) prov.: Tshuapa (Gov.)
10/25/16 updates to Japan pref.: Niigata (Gov.), Russia rep.: Sakha (PM).
10/23/16 updates to Ethiopia reg.: Oromiya (Pres.), Somalia admin.: HirShabelle (Pres.)
10/19/16 update to Croatia (PM).
10/17/16 updates to Turks and Caicos (Gov.), Somalia state: HirShabelle (Pres.)
10/16/16 updates to Seychelles (Pres.), Venezuela state: Cojedes (Gov.)
10/14/16 update to Catholic Church: Jesuits (Supr. Gen.)
10/13/16 update to Thailand (King Bhumibol Adulyadej dies).
10/12/16 update to Mexico state: Veracruz (Gov.)
10/11/16 update to U.S. govt.: Border Patrol (Chief).
10/10/16 updates to Cyprus: UNFICYP (Cdr.), Estonia (Pres.), Turks and Caicos (Gov.)
10/07/16 update to Kazakhstan prov.: Zapadno-Kazakhstan (Gov.)
10/06/16 updates to Russia admin.: Kaliningrad (Gov.), Ukraine prov.: Mykolayiv (Gov.),
Armenia prov.: Syunik (Gov.), Peru reg.: Áncash (Pres.), Venezuela state:
Cojedes (Gov.)
10/05/16 updates to Sark (Pres. Chief Pleas), Russia rep.: Sakha (PM).
10/04/16 updates for Isle of Man (PM), Mexico state: Chihuahua (Gov.), India state:
Dadra and Nagar-Haveli (Admin.)
10/03/16 update to Falkland Islands (Chf. Exec.)
10/01/16 updates to San Marino (Capt.-Reg.), Mexico state: Tamaulipas (Gov.), IsDB
(Pres.), Norway county: Finnmark (Gov.), Sweden counties: Jönköping,
Kronoberg, and Skåne (Gov.)
09/29/16 update to Gabon (PM).
09/28/16 updates to New Zealand (Gov.-gen.), St. Helena: Tristan da Cunha (Admin.),
Russia rep.: Adygeya (PM).
09/25/16 update to Mexico state: Quintana Roo (Gov.)
09/22/16 update to Russia rep.: Karachayevo-Cherkessia (PM).
09/20/16 update to French Holy Land Domain (Cons.-gen.)
09/18/16 update to Non-Aligned Movement (Chair.)
09/15/16 update to Mexico state: Durango (Gov.)
09/14/16 updates to China prov.: Hubei (Gov.), Tianjin (Mayor), U.S. govt.:
Library of Congress (Libr.)
09/13/16 updates to Armenia (PM), China city: Tianjin (Secy.), India state:
Arunachal-Pradesh (Gov.), Papua New Guinea prov.: Hela (Gov.),
Netherlands prov.: Friesland (Gov.), UN (Asmb Prs.)
09/12/16 update to Mexico state: Zacatecas (Gov.)
09/09/16 update to Ukraine prov.: Kyyiv (Gov.)
09/08/16 updates to Kazakhstan (PM), Uzbekistan (Pres.), India state: Madhya Pradesh
(Gov.)
09/07/16 update to Poland prov.: Zachodniopomorskie (Gov.)
09/06/16 update to India terr.: Lakshadweep (Admin.)
09/05/16 updates to China prov.: Hunan (Gov.), Mexico state: Hidalgo (Gov.)
09/03/16 update to São Tomé and Príncipe (Pres.)
09/02/16 updates to Uzbekistan (Pres.), India state: Tamil Nadu (Gov.)
09/01/16 updates to China prov.: Anhui (Gov.), Kosovo (EUSR, KFOR Cmdr.), CBSS
(Dir.-gen.), Sweden county: Uppsala (Gov.)
08/31/16 updates to Brazil (Pres.), New Zealand (Gov.-Gen.), Australia
state: Northern Terr. (PM), Ukraine prov.: Zhytomyr (Gov.)
08/30/16 update to U.S. mayor elections: Miami-Dade County: Mayor Carlos Gimenez (Rep.),
Raquel Regalado (f)(Rep.), Frederick Byrant (Ind.), Alfred Santamaria (Ind.),
B.J. Chiszar (Dem.), Farid Khavari (Ind.), Miguel Eizmendiz (Ind.) each win
47.6%-32%-8.9%-8.7%-1%-1.2%-0.60% (a runoff between Gimenez and Regalado will
be held on 8 Nov 2016); Key West, FL: Mayor Craig Cates (Rep.) defeats Randy
Becker (Ind.) and Ed Karsch (Ind.), 62.5%-30.4%-7% (a runoff between Cates
and write in candidate Sloan Bashinsky [Ind.] will be held on 8 Nov 2016).
08/29/16 updates to Ukraine prov.: Kharkiv (Gov.), China prov.: Anhui, Nei Mongol
Xinjiang (Party Secy.) and Shanxi (Gov.)
08/28/16 updates to China prov.: Hunan, Yunnan, Xizang (Party Secy.)
08/27/16 update to Tunisia (PM).
08/24/16 update to Solomon Islands prov.: Central (PM).
08/22/16 updates to India states: Assam, Punjab (Gov.), Andaman & Nicobar Is (Lt. Gov.),
Solomon Islands prov.: Honiara (Mayor).
08/21/16 update to India state: Manipur (Gov.)
08/19/16 update to OSCE (National Minorities High Com.)
08/17/16 update to Russia: Chechnya (Emir).
08/15/16 update to Yemen (Huthi Pres.)
08/13/16 update to U.S. mayor election: Honolulu, HI: Mayor Kirk Caldwell (Dem.) wins
44.6% of the vote, Charles Djou (Rep.) 43.7%, and former Mayor Peter B.
Carlisle (Ind.) 9.4% (a runoff will be held on 8 Nov 2016).
08/10/16 update to Solomon Islands prov.: Western (PM).
08/07/16 update to India state: Gujarat (PM).
08/05/16 updates to Georgia: Abkhazia (PM), Papua New Guinea prov.: Hela (Gov.)
08/04/16 updates to Nepal (PM), U.S. govt.: NGB (Chief).
08/02/16 updates to Bermuda (Gov.), Japan pref.: Tokyo (Gov.)
08/01/16 updates to Iceland (Pres.), ACS (Secy.-gen.), OPEC (Sec.-gen.), Sweden
county: Skåne (Gov.)
07/31/16 update to Pakistan: Azad Kashmir (PM).
07/29/16 update to Pakistan prov.: Sindh (PM).
07/28/16 updates to Peru (Pres., PM), Russia admin: Krymskiy, Severo-Kavkazskiy,
Severo-Zapadny, Sibirskiy, Yuzhny (Plenp.), Kaliningrad, Kirov, Sevastopol,
Yaroslavl (Gov.), Japan pref.: Kagoshima (Gov.), U.S.: DNC (Chair.)
07/26/16 update to Georgia: Abkhazia (PM).
07/24/17 update to Lebanon: UNIFIL (Cmdr.)
07/23/16 update to Parlandio (Pres.)
07/17/16 update to India state: Arunachal Pradesh (PM).
07/16/16 updates to India state: Arunachal Pradesh (PM), Sudan: Darfur TRDA (dissolved)
and COI (Secy.-gen.), WCO (Council Pres.)
07/15/16 update to Georgia: Adjaria (PM).
07/14/16 update to United Kingdom: Northern Ireland (Secy. of State).
07/13/16 update to United Kingdom (PM).
07/12/16 update to Western Sahara (Pres.)
07/10/16 update to Bosnia-Hercegovnia canton: Una-Sana (PM).
07/08/16 updates to Austria (Pres.), China prov.: Jiangxi (Gov.). U.S. govt.: Treasury
Dept. (Treasurer).
07/07/16 updates to Mongolia (PM), Sweden county: Kalmar (Gov.)
07/06/16 update to Australia: Norfolk Island (Mayor).
07/05/16 update to OSCE (Parl. Pres.)
04/04/16 update to China prov.: Zhejiang (Gov.)
07/03/16 updates to Syria (PM), Sark (Seigneur), China prov.: Ningxia Hui (Gov.)
07/01/16 updates to U.S. city: Norfolk, VA (Mayor), Palau state: Kayangel (Gov.);
Swiss cantons: Basel-Land, Luzern, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Schwyz;
Arab League (Secy.-gen.), U.S. govt.: Air Force (CoS).
06/30/16 updates to The Philippines (Pres.), China prov.: Jiangsu, Shanxi (Party Secy.)
06/29/16 updates to Ukraine prov.: Mykolayiv (Gov.), China prov.: Qinghai (Party Secy.)
06/28/16 updates to China prov.: Jiangxi (Party Secy.), U.S. mayor election: Tulsa, OK:
G.T. Bynum (Rep.) defeats Mayor Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr. (Rep.), Tom McCay
(Ind.), Lawrence Kirkpatrick (Ind.) and Paul Tay (Ind.), 56.2%-38.4%-1.9%-
1.8%-1.7%.
06/27/19 update to UNEP (Exec. Dir.)
06/25/16 update to U.S. govt.: Solicitor General.
06/23/16 updates to Equatorial Guinea (PM), United Kingdom: referendum votes 51.8% to
leave the European Union vs. 48.1% to remain.
06/21/16 updates to Japan pref.: Tokyo (Gov.), Kazakhstan admin.: Astana (Akim).
06/20/16 updates to New Caledonia (High Com.), Serbia: Vojvodina (PM).
06/15/16 updates to Andorra (French Rep.), Ethiopia reg.: Benishangul-Gumuz (Admin.),
Italy reg.: Trentino-Alto Adige (Pres.)
06/14/16 update to Greece: Mount Athos (Chair.)
06/07/16 updates to Saint Lucia (PM), Wallis and Futuna: Alo (King), U.S. mayor
elections: Fresno, CA: Henry Perea (Dem.), Lee Brand (Rep.), H. Spees (Rep.),
Doug Vagim (Rep.), and Richard Renteria (Ind.) win 44.8%-30.9%-18.3%-3.5%-2.5%
(runoff to be held 8 Nov 2016); Sacramento, CA: Darrell Steinberg (Dem.)
defeats Angelique Ashby (f)(Dem.), Tony Lopez (Rep.), Marlene Andrade (f)
(Ind.), Michael Edwards (Ind.), and Russell Rawlings (Democratic Socialist),
57.7%-27.5%-8.9%-1.9%-1.7%-1.3%; San Diego, CA: Mayor Kevin Faulconer (Rep.)
is re-elected defeating Lori Saldaña (f)(Dem.), and Ed Harris (Dem.), 57.3%-
23.4%-19.4%.
06/06/16 update to India state: Puducherry (PM).
06/04/16 update to ECOWAS (Chair.)
06/01/16 updates to Jordan (PM), Belgium reg.: Brussels (Gov.), Swiss cantons: Bern,
Neuchâtel, St. Gallen, Thurgau, and Uri.
05/30/16 update to French Polynesia (High Com.)
05/29/16 update to India state: Puducherry (Lt. Gov.)
05/27/16 updates to Guinea-Bissau (PM), Isle of Man (Lt. Gov.)
05/26/16 update to Comoros (Pres.)
05/25/16 updates to India state: Kerala (PM), Indonesia prov.: Kalimantan Tengah,
Riau, Sumatera Utara (Gov.)
05/24/16 updates to Turkey (PM), India state: Assam (PM), South Africa prov.:
KwaZulu-Natal (PM).
05/23/16 updates to Mayotte (Pref.), Comoros states: Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mohéli
05/20/16 update to Republic of China (Pres., PM) and prov.: Taiwan, Fukien (Gov.)
05/19/16 update to U.S. govt.: Army Corps of Engineers (Chf. Engr.)
05/18/16 update to U.S. govt.: U.S. Army (Secy.)
05/16/16 update to Syria (rebel PM).
05/17/16 updates to Austria (PM), U.S. mayor election: Portland, OR: Ted Wheeler (Dem.)
is elected mayor defeating Jules K. Bailey (Dem.), Sarah Iannarone (f)(Ind.),
Bruce Broussard (Libt.), Sean Davis (Ind.), David Schor (Ind.), and Jessie
Sponberg (Ind.), 54.7%-16.5%-11.8%-3.8%-2.67%-2.6%-1.7%.
05/14/16 update to Wallis and Futuna: Alo (King).
05/12/16 updates to Guinea-Bissau (PM), Brazil (acting Pres.), Pious Establishments of
France in Rome (Amb.)
05/11/16 update to India state: Uttarakhand (PM).
05/10/16 update to Canada prov.: Northwest Territories (Com.)
05/09/16 update to Austria (PM).
05/06/16 update to Canada, Newfoundland: Nunatsiavut (Pres.)
05/04/16 updates to Guernsey (PM), NATO (SACEUR).
05/05/16 update to AMU (Secy.-gen.)
05/03/16 updates to Canada prov.: Manitoba (PM), U.S. mayor election: Norfolk, VA:
Kenny C. Alexander (Dem.) elected mayor defeating Andrew A. Protogyrou (Dem.)
and Robert J. McCabe (Dem.), 51.7%-25.3%-22.9%
05/01/16 updates to Swiss cantons: Glarus, Valais, Zürich.
04/30/16 update to Congo (Kinshasa) prov.: Haut-Lomami (Gov.)
04/29/16 updates to Palau state: Sonsorol (Gov.), Ukraine prov.: Luhan'sk (Gov.)
04/28/16 updates to Ukraine prov.: Rivne, Khmel'nyts'kyy, Kherson (Gov.), Papua New
Guinea prov.: Hela (Gov.)
04/26/16 update to Congo (Kinshasa) prov.: Équateur (Gov.)
04/25/16 updates to St. Helena (Gov.), EAC (Secy.-gen.)
04/23/16 update to Congo (Brazzaville)(PM).
04/22/16 updates to Cabo Verde (PM), Laos (Pres., PM).
04/21/16 update to Russian rep.: Karelia (PM).
04/18/16 updates to Congo (Kinshasa) prov.: Sud-Ubangi, Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé (Gov.),
Indonesia prov.: Kepulauan Riau (Gov.), Netherlands prov.: Groningen (Gov.)
04/16/16 updates to Cyprus: Northern Cyprus (PM), Wallis and Futuna: Wallis (King, PM).
04/14/16 update to Ukraine (PM).
04/13/16 updates to Kyrgyzstan (PM), Madagascar (PM).
04/12/16 update to Congo (Kinshasa) prov.: Haut-Katanga (Gov.)
04/08/16 updates to Indonesia prov.: Kepulauan Riau (Gov.), ECOWAS (Pres.)
04/07/16 updates to Iceland (PM), Kosovo (Pres.), Vietnam (PM).
04/06/16 updates to Benin (Pres., PM), Myanmar (State Couns.), Swiss canton: Ticino.
04/05/16 update to U.S. mayor election: Milwaukee, WI: Mayor Tom Barrett (Dem.) defeats
Robert G. Donovan (Rep.), 70%-29.7%.
04/04/16 updates to Yemen (PM), India state: Jammu & Kashmir (CM).
04/02/16 updates to Central African Republic (PM), Vietnam (Pres.)
04/01/16 updates to San Marino (Capt.-Reg.), Commonwealth (Secy.-gen.), China prov.:
Gansu, Shaanxi (Gov.); Sint Eustatius (Lt. gov.).
03/31/16 update to Br. Indian Ocean Terr. (Admin.)
03/30/16 updates to Central African Republic (Pres.), Myanmar (Pres.), Myanmar states:
Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, regions: Ayeyarwady,
Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, Yangon (CM) and Naypyidaw
(Mayor), China reg.: Nei Mongol (Gov.)
03/29/16 update to Solomon Islands prov.: Guadalcanal (PM).
03/28/16 updates to Haiti (PM), U.S. city: Juneau (Mayor).
03/27/16 updates to India state: Uttarakhand (PM), China prov.: Shaanxi (Party Secy.)
03/26/16 updates to China prov.: Henan (Gov.), Kazakhstan admin.: Atyrau, Pavlodar,
Zapadno-Kazakhstan (Gov.)
03/19/16 update to United Kingdom: Wales (Sec. of State).
03/17/16 updates to Bosnia-Hercegovina (Pres.), Sri Lanka prov.: Central (Gov.)
03/15/16 update to U.S. mayor election: Juneau, AK: Ken Koelsch (Ind.) defeats Karen
Crane (f)(Ind.), 57.8%-41.5%.
03/14/16 updates to Guernsey (Lt.Gov.), Sri Lanka prov.: Central (Gov.), India state:
03/11/16 update to Kiribati (Pres.)
03/10/16 updates to Tokelau (Head of State), Russia rep.: Komi (PM).
03/09/16 updates to Portugal (Pres.), Armenia prov.: Aragatsotn, Shirak (Gov.)
03/05/16 updates to Syria (SNC Pres.), Wallis & Futuna: Sigave (King).
03/04/16 updates to Pakistan prov.: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Gov.), Islamabad (Mayor).
03/03/16 update to Jamaica (PM).
03/02/16 updates to Afghanistan (NATO Cmdr.), Russia prov.: Tver (Gov.)
03/01/16 update to Russia rep.: North Ossetia-Alania (PM).
02/25/16 update to Haiti (PM).
02/22/16 update to U.S. govt. FDA (Com.)
02/19/16 updates to Russia rep.: North Ossetia (Pres.), Indian state: Arunachal Pradesh
(CM).
02/17/16 update to Russia reg.: Zabaikalskiy (Gov.)
02/16/16 update to Sri Lanka prov.: Northern (Gov.)
02/15/16 updates to Chad (PM), Br. Antarctic Terr. (Admin.)
02/14/16 update to Haiti (Pres.)
02/12/16 updates to Parlatino (Pres.), Indonesia prov.: Bengkulu, Jambi, Kalimantan
Selatan, Kalimantan Utara, Kepulauan Riau, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera
Barat (Gov.)
02/11/16 updates to Latvia (PM), Vanuatu (PM), Mexico state: Colima (Gov.)
02/04/16 update to Malaysia state: Kedah (CM).
02/03/16 update to Ukraine prov.: Kiev (Gov.)
02/02/16 update to Russia prov.: Tula (Gov.)
02/01/16 updates to Monaco (Min. of State), Taiwan (ROC)(PM).
01/30/16 update to AU (Chair.)
01/28/16 update to Marshall Islands (Pres.)
01/27/16 update to Nigeria state: Kogi (Gov.)
01/26/16 update to India state: Arunachal Pradesh (CM).
01/25/16 update to CE (Pres. Parl.)
01/22/16 updates to Croatia (PM), Laos (Gen. Secy.), China prov: Sichuan (Gov.), Croatia
county: Virovitičko-Podravska (Pref.)
01/21/16 update to Belgium prov.: Luxembourg (Gov.)
01/20/16 update to Moldova (PM).
01/18/16 updates to Macedonia (PM), Taiwan city: Sinbei (Mayor).
01/19/16 update to Gibraltar (Gov.)
01/16/16 update to AIIB (Pres.)
01/14/16 update to Guatemala (Pres.)
01/13/16 update to Burkina Faso (PM).
01/12/16 updates to Spain region: Catalonia (Pres.), Solomon Islands prov.: Makira
and Ulawa (PM), SCO (Secy.-gen.)
01/11/16 updates to Marshall Islands (Pres.), United Kingdom: Northern Ireland (FM),
French Guiana (Pref.), U.S. state: Louisiana (Gov.), U.S. city: Charleston,
SC (Mayor), U.S. govt.: Army (Secy.), Venezuela state: Distrito Capital
(Chief Govt.), Andean Community (Secy.-gen.)
01/10/16 update to U.S. govt: Bureau of Prisons (Supt.)
01/08/16 update to Palau state: Melekeok (Gov.)
01/07/16 updates to India state: Jammu-Kashmir (CM), Papua New Guinea prov.: Hela (Gov.)
and Venezuela states: Anzoátegui, Portuguesa (Gov.)
01/06/16 updates to Venezuela (Vice Pres.), Palau state: Ngaremlengui (Gov.)
01/05/16 update to U.S. city: Savannah (Mayor).
01/04/16 updates to U.S. cities: Philadelphia, Salt Lake City (Mayors), France
regions: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Languedoc-
Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, and Normandie (Pres.)
01/02/16 update to U.S. city: Houston (Mayor).
01/01/16 updates to Switzerland (Pres.), U.S. govt.: Dept. of Education (Secy.); Swiss
cantons: Aargau, Fribourg, Graubünden, Jura, Schaffhausen & Solothurn; and
France regions: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine, Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-
Charentes, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Languedoc-
Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, Normandie (Pres.);
Norway counties: Aust-Agder, Østfold, Vest-Agder (Gov.); U.S. cities: Akron,
Columbus, Hartford, Indianapolis, and Memphis (Mayors); IMO (Secy.-gen.),
Norden (Pres.), OSCE (Chair.), UNHCR (High Com.), WMO (Secy.-Gen.), Mercosur
(Parl. Pres.), U.S. govt.: Indian Affairs (Asst. Secy.), G-8 (Chair.)
Additions to WorldStatesmen.org in 2016
09/07/16 added South Vietnam 1967-75 constitution.
06/14/16 added Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
New Polities and International Organizations in 2016
10/05/16 update to Somalia: HirShabelle administration.
07/28/16 update to Russia: federal district Krymskiy (abolished).
07/16/16 update to The Sudan: Darfur TRDA (abolished).
03/31/16 update Nicaragua Autonomous Regions are renamed.
01/30/16 update to Mexico: Distrito Federal becomes Ciudad de México.
01/16/16 update Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) opens.
New Anthems, Flags, Constitutions and Currencies in 2016
11/01/16 update to Norden (flag).
10/05/16 update to Somalia: HirShabelle (flag).
09/30/16 updates to France regions: Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
and Occitanie (names).
07/12/16 update to U.S.: Washington, DC (draft statehood constitution).
07/01/16 update to Czech Republic (English short-form polity name).
04/29/16 update to Ukraine: Lugansk Republic (anthem).
03/06/16 update to Algeria (new constitution).
International Organization Membership Updates in 2016
12/31/16 Denmark and Greece withdraw from UNIDO.
12/28/16 Philippines the 50th member of AIIB.
12/05/16 Tonga the 166th member of IOM.
11/30/16 Uzbekistan the 49th member of AIIB.
11/30/16 Indonesia suspends membership in OPEC.
11/29/16 Belarus the 172nd member of IMO.
11/27/16 New Caledonia an associate member of OIF.
11/16/16 Honduras the 103rd member of IMSO.
10/27/16 Cook Islands the 189th member of WIPO.
10/24/16 Swaziland the 171st member of IPU.
10/13/16 Maldives withdraws from the Commonwealth.
09/21/16 Myanmar and Swaziland the 165th & 166th members of CTBTO.
09/19/16 IOM becomes part of the UN system.
09/10/16 French Polynesia, New Caledonia full members of PIF.
09/05/16 South Sudan the 6th member of EAC.
08/19/16 Australia withdraws from UNWTO.
07/29/16 Afghanistan the 164th member of WTO.
07/14/16 Liberia the 163rd member of WTO.
07/01/16 Latvia the 35th member of OECD.
07/01/16 Gabon rejoins OPEC.
06/30/16 China, Solomon Islands & Tuvalu members of IOM.
06/16/16 Azerbaijan the 168th member of ISA.
06/13/16 The Bahamas the 121st member of PCA.
06/04/16 Saint Martin an associate member of ACS.
05/15/16 Guyana the 57th member of IDB.
04/29/16 South Arabia admitted to the UNPO.
04/12/16 Nauru the 189th member of IBRD and IMF.
04/17/16 Djibouti the 120th member of PCA.
04/09/16 Martinique the 3rd associate member of OECS.
03/20/16 Comoros, Egypt and Guyana rejoin the IPU.
03/08/16 Fiji the 102nd member of IMSO.
03/03/16 El Salvador the 124th member of ICCt.
02/24/16 Tonga the 187th member of ILO.
02/16/16 Turkmenistan the 168th member of IAEA.
02/09/16 Kiribati the 170th member of UNIDO.
01/16/16 the AIIB opens.
01/15/16 China the 67th member of EBRD.
01/05/16 Kosovo the 119th member of PCA.
01/01/16 Indonesia rejoins OPEC.
2016 International & U.S. Elections
4 Jan 2016 Marshall Islands
president (indirect)
7 Jan 2016 Kiribati
(2nd round)
10 Jan 2016 Catalonia (Spain)
(by parliament)
(Taiwan)
president (runoff)
(delayed)
advisory referendum
on independence (cancelled)
(postponed)
interim president
referendum on new
presidential term
21-22 Feb 2016
parliament, senate
Feb - 19 Mar 2016
3-24 Mar 2016
referendum on flag
(Saint Helena)
island council
Juneau, AK (US)
captains-regent
(date moved up)
Isle of Man (UK)
constitutional referendum
Tibetan Exile Govt.
Zanzibar (Tanzania)
president (rerun),
parliament (rerun)
Milwaukee, WI (US)
parliament,
11-13 Apr 2016
Darfur (Sudan)
referendum on
president (runoff),
Vojvodina (Serbia)
senate (indirect)
27 Apr 2016 Guernsey (UK)
29 Apr 2016 Iran
parliament (runoff)
3 May 2016 Norfolk, VA (US) mayor
Guernsey (UK)
chief minister
Northern Ireland(UK)
5 May 2016 Scotland (UK)
5 May 2016 Wales (UK)
9 May 2016 The Philippines
president, parliament, senate
9 May 2016 Muslim Mindanao
(Philippines)
11 May 2016 Comoros
(partial re-run)
17 May 2016 Portland, OR (US)
Somaliland (Somalia)
Macedonia FYR
Sacramento, CA (US)
San Diego, CA (US)
Central State
(Somalia)
EU membership
parliament (2nd try)
Tulsa, OK (US) mayor
2 Jul 2016 Australia
6 Jul 2016 Norfolk Island
(by region council)
9 Jul 2016 Nauru parliament
9 Jul 2016 Western Sahara
10 Jul 2016 Abkhazia (Georgia)
referendum on early
president election
13 Jul 2016 Nauru
17 Jul 2016 São Tomé and Príncipe president
18 Jul 2016 African Union
commission chair
(internal)(1st try)
7 Aug 2016 São Tomé and Príncipe president (runoff)
7 Aug 2016 Thailand
new constitution referendum
president, parliament,
Honolulu, HI (US)
president (1st try)
president (2nd try)
Key West, FL (US)
Miami-Dade, FL (US) mayor
South Ossetia (Georgia)
constitutional referendum (postponed)
Ascension Island (Saint Helena)(UK)
(indirect)
8-10 Sep 2016
Chechnya (Russia)
San Marino captains-regent
president (3rd try)
24 Sep-10 Oct 2016
(indirect)(delayed)
(Bosnia-Hercegovina)
referendum on 9 Jan
as Republika Srpska
Sint Maarten (Neth.)
Curaçao (Neth.)
2 Oct 2016 Austria
(re-run)(delayed)
2 Oct 2016 Brčko District
(Bosnia-Hercegovina) city assembly
2 Oct 2016 Cape Verde
2 Oct 2016 Colombia
referendum on peace
process with FARC
2 Oct 2016 Hungary
EU migrant plan
3 Oct 2016 Estonia
president (4th try)
5 Oct 2016 Curaçao (Neth.)
5 Oct 2016 Sark (Guernsey)(UK)
president of
chief pleas
(by chief pleas)
6 Oct 2016 United Nations
(internal)
7-8 Oct 2016 Czech Republic
9 Oct 2016 Haiti
president (re-run)
10 Oct 2016 Somalia
14 Oct 2016 Malaysia
(by rulers council)
16 Oct 2016 Azores (Portugal) parliament
16 Oct 2016 Montenegro
18 Oct 2016 Hiiraan-Shabelle
Admin. (Somalia)
23 Oct 2016 Lithuania
23 Oct-10 Nov 2016 Somalia
29 Oct 2016 Iceland
30 Oct 2016 Côte d'Ivoire
30 Oct 2016 Moldova
31 Oct 2016 Lebanon
president (45th try)
Alderney (Guernsey)
president, senate,
political reforms
president, parliament
(re-scheduled)
American Samoa (US)
Hagåtña, Guam (US)
Northern Mariana
Islands (US)
Puerto Rico (US)
San Juan, PR (US)
house of rep.
Baltimore, MD (US)
Fresno, CA (US)
mayor (runoff)
Miami-Dade, FL (US)
Richmond, VA (US)
Washington, DC (US)
statehood referendum
Pitcairn Is. (UK)
(Guernsey, UK)
president of states
(candidate acclaimed)
Brčko District
(Bosnia-Hercegovina) mayor
(by city assembly)
Gagauzia (Moldova)
local assembly
(re-run)
constitution changes
Turks & Caicos (UK) parliament
Transnistria (Moldova)
Sark (Guernsey)(UK)
(candidates
acclaimed unopposed)
Turks & Caicos (UK)
Sources: Herrera Electoral Calendar, IFES Election Guide, Ballotpedia and IPU .
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Amazon’s cloud gaming service Luna now supports a limited number of Android phones
Yesterday, Luna announced via its Twitter page that several Android phones now have support to play games using the service. The list includes a selection of flagship phones from Google, OnePlus, and Samsung. Check below for the full list.
Google Pixel 4 XL (Pixel 4 isn’t mentioned for some reason)
OnePlus 7/7 Pro/7 Pro 5G
OnePlus 7T/7T Pro/7T Pro 5G
OnePlus 8/8 Pro
Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+
Samsung Galaxy Note 10/10+
Samsung Galaxy S20 5G/S20+ 5G/S20 Ultra 5G
To access Luna, you’ll need one of the supported phones running Android 9 or above, an active subscription to the service, and the Chrome browser. This is similar to how it works on iOS as well. Which begs the question, why is Luna limited to a specific set of flagship phones if all it requires is the Chrome browser?
Most likely, Amazon is starting with a handful of phones that are popular and have been thoroughly tested on the service. We are sure to see the list of devices grow next year, the same way Google started with a limited number of Android phones and added additional ones at a later date. In fact, now you can enable support for most phones by turning on the experimental feature in the Stadia app.
Hey @TheCodeB00K, as Raghu from Team Luna explains below, you won’t have to wait very long for Android support (or, like, at all). Play Luna with early access now: https://t.co/IU81kXZouU pic.twitter.com/aVDCbQcP64
— Amazon Luna (@amazonluna) December 15, 2020
Amazon announced its foray into cloud gaming on September 24, 2020, of this year. At this time, Luna is only available via an invitation after signing up for the early access program. Once you sign up, you’ll get a free 7-day trial, and at the end of it, you’ll be charged $5.99 per month. For that price, you get access to a selection of games on the Luna platform, and you can also subscribe to additional channels such as Ubisoft+ for $14.99/month to play games in its library.
Alongside the launch of Luna, Amazon also released its very own controller made for the service. Similar to Google’s Stadia controller, the Luna controller connects directly to Amazon’s servers for low latency gameplay. However, it also works via Bluetooth and USB allowing you to use it outside of the Luna service. Something the Stadia controller doesn’t allow for.
The Luna controller retails for $70 but can be picked up for $50 during the early-access program if you’ve received an invite. If you’re not sure about the service, then you can still play using a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One controller by connecting it to your PC or mobile device.
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Funding Graduate Studies
Learn About UAlbany
Apply to a Degree or Certificate Program
Apply to a Non-degree Program
Information for International Applicants
Cost & Aid for Graduate Students
Earning a college degree from the University at Albany is a smart investment in your future. That's because the value of your degree is determined not just by the education and career preparation you receive, but also by how much it costs to receive it.
As a public research university, UAlbany costs considerably less than most private institutions offering the same rigorous academic experience.
Visit the Tuition & Fees for Graduate Students page for detailed financial information.
If your program is exclusively online, please visit the Tuition & Fees for Online Students page.
If you are an international student, please visit the Tuition & Fees for International Students page.
Financial aid — including federal loans, work-study, state aid and other types of assistance — is available to graduate students. We encourage students to file the FAFSA each year.
Please review these instructions for applying for financial aid as a graduate student.
For information on financial aid for veterans and military-connected students, including the GI Bill and Military Tuition Assistance, please visit the Office of Veteran and Military Student Services website.
Visit the Student Financial Services website for more information from the Offices of Financial Aid and Student Accounts.
Tuition Scholarships, Assistantships & Fellowships
Most tuition scholarships, assistantships and fellowships are offered and administered by academic departments. Please contact your program for information on eligibility and availability.
Prospective graduate students can apply for an assistantship or fellowship when they apply for admission.
Graduate students who are continuing their studies should apply for funding directly with their department.
Please also review these guidelines for all state-funded scholarship, assistantship and fellowship programs:
2019-2020 Scholarships, Assistantships & Fellowships Guidelines for Students
Academically competitive, merit-based awards are available in several of UAlbany’s graduate programs. They are available to both doctoral and master's students and generally support full-time graduate students.
Tuition scholarships are awarded by academic departments and only apply toward the tuition charges on your bill. Please ask your academic department about the availability of tuition scholarships.
Download the Tuition Scholarship Award Form here.
Graduate and Teaching Assistantships
Graduate Assistantships provide practical teaching, research or administrative experience, often related to your academic program, as well as a stipend to compensate you for your work.
Please contact your academic department, as well as your school or college, to inquire about available graduate and teaching assistantships.
Some University offices, such as administrative services and Residential Life, also offer assistantships. Please log into Handshake to view any available opportunities.
You may also wish to review our Graduate and Teaching Assistant Vacancies page.
Students selected for assistantships should review the Graduate and Teaching Assistant Benefit Information.
Fellowships provide a stipend without service requirements, allowing graduate students to be exclusively engaged in their academic work.
Please inquire with your academic department as to the availability of fellowships within your discipline.
Funding Programs that Support our Diversity
Funding programs that support our diversity not only broaden access to graduate education but also ensure our society is enriched by scholars and leaders with diverse backgrounds.
Graduate Opportunity Program
The Graduate Opportunity Program (GOP) provides partial tuition assistance to New York State Opportunity Program — Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) or Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) program — graduates who are admitted to certain graduate degree programs.
GOP provides a partial tuition scholarship. Awardees are responsible for any additional tuition costs not covered by the scholarship and all fees associated with enrollment.
Applicants must be a New York State resident, have graduated from an EOP, HEOP or SEEK program, and apply and be admitted as a full-time student to a UAlbany graduate degree or certificate program that requires at least 30 credits.
Full-time students working more than 20 hours per week are not eligible to participate in the GOP program.
Prospective students must submit a completed GOP Certification of Participation Form with their admissions application. Please note, the form is a fillable PDF and for full accessibility (electronic signature) you must open it using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
Funding is limited and cannot be guaranteed to all who apply. The priority deadline is February 15 and applications are reviewed as they are received.
Please email [email protected] with any questions.
Consistent with University guidelines, graduate students in the GOP program are held to the following funding limits:
Master’s students may be considered for a GOP award for up to four semesters
Doctoral students may be considered for a GOP award for up to eight semesters
Funding is not provided for second master’s degree, non-degree study or a graduate certificate program of less than 30 credit hours.
Carson Carr Graduate Diversity Fellowship Program
The Carson Carr Graduate Diversity Fellowship Program is a competitive, merit-based program for full-time graduate students (9 graduate credits) who will contribute to the diversity of the student body in the graduate or professional program in which they will be enrolled.
This award is named for Dr. Carson Carr, former director of UAlbany’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), in recognition of his stellar achievements in support of the recruitment, retention and graduation of underrepresented students.
Carr Fellows receive a tuition scholarship, an academic-year stipend, and a Teaching or Research Assistantship. All awards are subject to University-wide policies concerning the limitation on state-allocated funding.
Applicants must have earned by the time of enrollment, a baccalaureate degree granted by an accredited U.S. college or university, or an international university of recognized standing.
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or have obtained permanent resident status by the time of enrollment.
Students must contribute to the diversity of the graduate program to which they have been admitted. Economic or other disadvantage may be a basis for assessing a student’s contribution to enhancing diversity. Membership in a racial/ethnic group that has historically been underrepresented in the graduate or professional program in which admission is sought may serve as a plus factor in making awards.
Selection of the Carson Carr Graduate Diversity Fellows will be prioritized as follows:
New graduate students who are being recruited but who have not yet accepted admission to a State University graduate program. This first priority aims to recruit students who will contribute to the diversity of the student body and who otherwise would not come to State University, especially New York State residents.
Graduate Opportunity Waiver Program students who can be awarded a stipend to supplement their waiver to tuition.
Currently enrolled doctoral candidates who have completed all degree requirements but the dissertation (“ABD”).
Graduate Assistants and Teaching Assistants who can receive a supplement to their current stipends to enhance their retention in graduate studies.
Applicants must submit an essay (maximum 500 words) stating how they will:
contribute to the diversity of their academic program’s student body
commit, or are committed, to increasing opportunities for underrepresented populations, and
fully participate in all aspects of the fellowship program, including acting as a mentor and teacher for a wide variety of students.
Prospective students should submit their essay with their admissions application.
Current students should email their essay, with an Albany ID number, to [email protected].
The deadline is January 15 for summer and fall consideration, and October 15 for spring consideration.
The Graduate School will honor requests for an application fee waiver from applicants affiliated with:
Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP)
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
GEM Fellowship Program (GEM)
Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK)
To request a waiver, submit a completed Graduate Fee Waiver Request Form and a certifying letter from your program director, attesting to your participation, with your admissions application. Please note, the form is a fillable PDF and for full accessibility (electronic signature) you must open it using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
International and SOPHAS applicants are not eligible.
If your fee waiver request is approved, one application fee waiver will be placed on your account in the University at Albany application portal.
Other UAlbany Funding Programs
Some University offices and centers also offer funding opportunities. Our students should consider these options:
UAlbany Alumni Association Scholarships: For more than 30 years, the University at Albany Alumni Association has provided scholarships to graduate students to help continue UAlbany’s tradition of excellence and opportunity.
Presidential Doctoral Fellowship for Research Training in Health Disparities: Fellows can pursue any UAlbany doctoral program and receive transdisciplinary training in health disparities. Fellows receive funding to cover their full tuition and fees, compensation and other financial benefits, as well as training and mentorship.
Additionally, the following programs are administered by the Graduate School:
Dean’s Merit Award
The Dean’s Merit Award is a partial scholarship offered to incoming master's students, based on their academic achievements.
To remain eligible for this award, a student must be enrolled full-time (9 graduate credits) and have a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Students who are in a combined undergraduate-graduate degree program, participate in the Graduate Opportunity Program or receive tuition support through an assistantship or fellowship are not eligible to receive the Dean’s Merit Award.
Academic departments select recipients based on their admissions application. Recipients are notified at the time of admission. There is no separate application required to be considered for the Dean’s Merit Award.
If you have questions regarding the Dean’s Merit Award, please contact Tara Curley, the Graduate School’s Director of Finance and Administration, at [email protected].
Ambassador Programs
Graduate Ambassador Program
The Graduate Ambassador Program connects prospective graduate students with current graduate students who can answer questions about life at UAlbany.
You can apply to become a paid Graduate Ambassador after completing your first semester in your program.
Please contact Soha Acosta, Associate Director of Recruitment & International Admissions, at [email protected] for more information.
Graduate Scholar Ambassador Award
This award provides funding to graduate students who want to travel to their alma mater to present about their academic program, research and life at UAlbany.
The award offers our top students the opportunity to share their work in scholarly settings and promote graduate education.
This award will not be offered during the 2020-21 academic year. Please check back for updates, which will be posted here as they become available.
Dissertation Research Fellowship Awards
The Dissertation Research Fellowship Awards program helps offset research expenses related to dissertation projects, including:
costs associated with information access (but not basic computer hardware or software)
renumeration of human subjects
costs associated with buying supplies or renting equipment (students must obtain their project supervisor’s written consent to purchase chemicals)
other research-related expenses (excluding costs associated with producing a manuscript or travel to scholarly meetings to present research)
A limited number of doctoral candidates are selected to receive this award each year. The one-time award generally doesn’t exceed $1,000 per student.
Note: Due to safety precautions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are temporarily unable to provide funds to support travel activities.
Applicants must be doctoral students in good academic standing who have completed all required course work and exams, and who have been formally admitted or advanced to doctoral candidacy.
Applicants may seek funding from other programs — including other major University initiatives, such as the Benevolent Association Research & Creative Activity Grants and Graduate Student Association Research & Professional Development Grants — but may not accept duplicate funding for the same expenses from multiple sources during the same academic year.
Applicants must prepare an application packet with the following materials, organized in the following order:
A completed application cover sheet, which includes an itemized budget with justification and a project description
When justifying your budget, please describe how the potential award will facilitate the research project and why any budgeted materials cannot be supplied by the University.
Your project description should be written so that readers outside the discipline can understand the proposed research project. You should also clearly indicate how this research project related to the completion of your degree.
A statement of support from your research advisor
The letter should indicate the status of your project and its potential impact. If your advisor is currently supported by external funding (such as state, federal or private grants and/or contracts), your advisor must explain to what extent their student is supported by these funds and why these funds are not available to support the research being described in your application.
A curriculum vita
This one-page listing should include your degrees, honors, publications, papers presented at professional meetings, etc.
Approval to conduct research with human or animal subjects, if applicable
If your research project collects or will collect information on or about living human beings or animals, you must complete and submit a human subject or animal welfare approval form to the Office of Regulatory & Research Compliance before submitting your fellowship award application.
The Institutional Review Board reviews and approves requests involving human subjects.
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee reviews and approves requests involving animal welfare.
Final approval must be obtained before the start of the research project and before funds are released.
Applications can be emailed to [email protected] or dropped off at the Graduate School’s offices in UAB 121.
Applications are accepted and considered on a rolling basis, with no deadline. Funding decisions are announced monthly, so applicants should expect to hear back the month after the apply.
If award funds are exhausted, remaining applications will be considered in the following award year.
Faculty and staff from disciplines across campus, or Graduate School administrative staff, review applications. Evaluative criteria include but are not limited to:
quality and feasibility of the proposed research project and its design
clarity of the proposal to reviewers from other disciplines
clarity, rationality and appropriateness of the budget
evidence of matching funds from other sources
All recipients must submit a one-page final report to the Graduate School Dean’s office at the conclusion of their award period.
This report should describe the research facilitated by the funding and provide an update on the research project’s status.
Current students can view on-campus job postings and apply online in the Campus Life section of MyUAlbany. Follow the link under Campus Employment to “Student Assistant Jobs.” These opportunities are available to all registered UAlbany students and do not require a federal work-study.
Students should also review:
University Auxiliary Services’ employment opportunities page (for dining and bookstore job openings)
The Research Foundation's employment opportunities page
SUNY System Administration’s employment opportunities page
If you’re looking for an internship or job search assistance, please visit the Career Services website.
The Division of Research supports the University at Albany’s research activities. Please visit the UAlbany Student Fellowship & Funding Navigator to search for funding opportunities.
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type: books PRISON
ABBOTT, Jack Henry.
In The Belly Of The Beast; Letters from Prison.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1981). vg. More
ABBOTT, L.A.
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons: or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. A True Story, written by Himself.
New York: Privately Printed, 1870. 3 illustrations. 205pp. 12mo, burgundy cloth (worn), gilt spine. New York: Published for the author, 1870. First Edition. Good. More
(AMERICAN PRISON).
The American Prison: From the Beginning... A Pictorial History.
numerous illus. oblong 4to, cloth; (first few pages wrinkled). N.p.: American Correctional Assoc., (1983). More
ANTRIM, Earl
Civil War Prisons and Their Covers
New York: Collectors Club, 1961. Illus. 8vo, cloth lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped. (New York): Collectors Club, (1961). More
ATKINS, Burton M. and Glick, Henry R., eds.
Prisons, Protest, and Politics.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1972). More
BACON, Edwin
The Gulag at War; Stalin's Forces Labour System in the Light of the Archives
New York: New York University Press, 1994. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: New York University Press, (1994). More
BHUSHAN, Vidya.
Prison Administration in India; (With special reference to Uttar Pradesh).
1970. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Delhi: S. Chand, 1970.vg. More
BIRKENHEAD, Earl of, intro.
The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh; A Penal Exile in Australia, 1825-1844.
Some facsimiles. 8vo, cloth (chipped at foot). London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). A very good(-) copy. More
BLAESER, Joel
Letters from Marion
Milwaukee: Big House Publishing, 2015. Facsimiles. 4to, red boards, d.w. (Milwaukee): Big House Publishing, (2015). As New A deadhead's journey form peace to a super max prison. More
BLANC, Olivier
Last Letters; Prisons and Prisoners of the French Revolution, 1793-1794
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1987. Frontis. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1987). More
BOURKE, Sean.
The Springing of George Blake.
illus. 8vo, cloth, torn d.w. N.Y., (1970). More
BRANCH-JOHNSON, W.
The English Prison Hulks.
London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. Frontispiece and black & white plates, 205pp., 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; (lightly chipped). London: Christopher Johnson, (1957). First Edition. Very good. More
CAREW, Tim
Hostages to Fortune
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1971. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. lightly soiled and with several small tears. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1971). History of the fall of Hong Kong in World War II and the Japanese captivity of the British soldiers captured in Hong Kong. More
CARLSON, Lewis H.
We Were Each Other's Prisoners; An Oral History of World War II American and German Prisoners of War.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): Basic Books, (1997). Fine. More
CAVE, Dorothy
Beyond Courage; One Regiment Against Japan, 1941-1945
Las Cruces: Yucca Tree Press, 1992. Illus. 431pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. (Las Cruces): Yucca Tree Press, (1992). History of New Mexico National Guardsmen who served in the Philippines and became prisoners of war there in 1941. More
CHANCELLOR, Henry
Colditz; The Untold Story of World War II's Great Escapes
New York: William Morrow, 2001. Illus. 446pp. 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. (New York): William Morrow, (2001). More
CHRISTIANSON, Scott.
Condemned; Inside the Sing Sing Death House.
New York: New York University Press, 2000. Illus. 4to, pr. wrs. New York: New York University Press, (2000). Near Fine. More
COHEN, Israel
The Ruhleben Prison Camp: A Record of Nineteen Months' Internment
London: Methuen, 1917. Illus. 8vo, original blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, ex-lib, corners bumped, scattered light foxing to margins, including margins of some illustrations. London: Methuen, (1917). Author was an British journalist living in Berlin. He was arrested on suspicion of espionage and kept in the Ruhleben Prison Camp. More
COHEN, Roger
Soldiers and Slaves; American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble
New York: Knopf, 2005. Illus. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 2005. Near Fine History the American POWs held at the Berga concentration camp. More
COHEN, Stephen F.
The Victims Return; Survivors of the Gulag After Stalin
Exeter: Publishing Works, 2010. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Exeter, NH: Publishing Works, 2010. Fine Presentation copy. More
COPPOLINO, Carl A.
The Crime That Never Was.
Tampa: Justice Press, 1980. 8vo, red cloth, lightly soiled d.w. (Tampa): Justice Press, (1980). More
DANILOFF, Nicholas.
Two Lives, One Russia.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. vg. More
DEW, Gwen
Prisoner of the Japs
New York: Knopf, 1943. Folding map of Hong Kong. 8vo, blue cloth, bottom of spine and edges of corners worn. New York: Knopf, 1943. Author was an American journalist who was living in Hong Kong when it was captured by the Japanese in 1941 and was a prisoner there. More
DOYLE, Robert C.
A Prisoner's Duty; Great Escapes in U. S. Military History
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997. Illus. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion, cloth lightly soiled. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1997). More
DRESSLER, David, ed.
Readings In Criminology And Penology.
698pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Columbia UP, (1966). More
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Home News Blue Moon Publishing are Proud to Announce the Release of “An Alternative...
Blue Moon Publishing are Proud to Announce the Release of “An Alternative Guide to Liverpool” by Bel Shaw
The book is a 64 page book containing over 100 Beautiful photographs that highlight the alternative beauty, character and heritage of Liverpool, it’s buildings, statues and people.
The book puts the flesh back on the bones of those once illustrious figures of the city to present them in a more human light, recognise their achievements and their contribution to the growth and pride in the city that all Liverpudlians feel today, warts and all!
As a child growing up in Garston, Bel’s love of the city was passed on to her by her father, whose stories about the Liverpool and characters that he knew through his life would captivate her. Many visits with him to Liverpool Museum and Walker Art Gallery, ferry rides across to Birkenhead and back, passing on his knowledge and pride in the city has spurred Bel on to write this book.
The author is Liverpool born and brought up in Garston, Bel attended Liverpool College of Art where she gained a degree in Fashion and Textiles. She made a successful career as a fashion designer in London and currently commutes between Liverpool and London.
It has always been her ambition to write a book about Liverpool, its buildings and the lives of the people behind those buildings and statues before their meaning and relevance is lost forever.
If you would like more information or to arrange an interview with the author please contact us on 07855563695. Email:belmshaw@gmail.com
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Baz March 18, 2013 At 20:14
A great book,lots of interesting facts and anecdotes, and along with the photos and maps I found it really useful during my recent to Liverpool.
Nice to see it’s written by a scouser!
Peter Fletcher March 19, 2013 At 14:52
What a fab little book – well written and lovely pictures. We have since visited the city and can’t wait to go back again. We now know more about Liverpool as a result of Bel Shaws wonderful descriptions than we would ever have identified on our own. An ideal book for the tourist.
Beverly March 19, 2013 At 22:09
Superb,informative, handy-sized book! Can’t wait to try it out on my first visit to Liverpool.
Cathy Galagher March 22, 2013 At 14:39
Fabulous book really shows Liverpool in a wonderful light and highlights areas we walk past everyday and fail to notice
Vic McDonald March 22, 2013 At 14:44
Nice to see a guide book that recognises there’s more to Liverpool than the Beatles and the football teams. It’s informative, fantastic photos and full of quirky facts. Thoroughly recommend it.
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Applied Electronics Upgrades First Alliance Church with State-of-the-Art Live Production Facility to Better Connect, Grow and Serve Its Community
First Alliance Church is a community of several thousand people who gather from all walks of life and ages to connect, grow, serve and share in worship. Located in southeast Calgary, Alberta, First Alliance Church is 122,000 sq. ft. and one of the largest houses of worship in Canada. It strives to build a meaningful community through small group connections, and it creates opportunities of worship and experiences through music, drama, visual and technical arts.
The 80-year old church has expanded a number times in recent decades to accommodate its flourishing population, with an average weekend attendance of 3,700 attendees. Its sanctuary seats 2,260 people and is fully equipped with state-of-the-art audio visual systems. It children’s and youth wing is about 36,000 sq. ft. and includes a children’s indoor play gym. Its abundant classroom and large group spaces, along with its multiple café areas are designed for young families and children to collect and connect.
Incorporating technology into the production of the services is one way to ensure that the church continues to build a meaningful community across physical boundaries. The church’s worship services, which include lively music, creative storytelling elements and messages of hope, are streamed live and saved in their series archive where online visitors to their website can find videos on-demand and resources from previous weekend services on topics of interest to them.
Applied Electronics completed the upgrade of First Alliance’s live production workflow in spring 2018.
Capturing live footage of the services are four new Hitachi studio cameras, two Ross PivotCam PTZ cameras, and a Sony full HD PTZ camera with a Sony PTZ camera remote controller, for the church’s live event production and content creation.
Two compact Christie 1DLP laser phosphor HD projectors display the camera footage on two 171 x 298 inch Stewart Filmscreen SnoMatte 100 large scale front projection screens – one located on each side of the stage.
Located in the main sanctuary, the open production studio is equipped with a Ross Ultrix software defined routing platform – a compact and powerful combination of routing, multi-viewers, audio processing, and control, without requiring special hardware as advanced features can be added at any time via simple software licensing. A Ross Carbonite Black mid-sized production switcher is used to deliver unprecedented performance in a remarkably cost-effective package.
Production crew communications is achieved with a Clear-Com RM704 4-channel intercom/headset base station, a Clear-Com MS704 4-channel intercom station with built-in 2amp power supply, a Clear-Com BS410 base station that supports two rugged, light-weight, ergonomically designed Clear-Com BP410 beltpacks.
In the control room, an AJA Ki Pro Rack file based 1RU recorder and player is used to perform broadcast quality up, down, cross-conversion during recording or playback. Complementing the file based workflow, Ki Pro Rack offers high quality, ready-to-edit file capture, designed to get material from source to editorial as quickly as possible, especially for house of worship applications.
To live stream its worship services, an AJA HELO H.264 streaming and recording stand-alone appliance with both SDI and HDMI I/O the ability to simultaneously stream out to their content delivery network (CDN), while encoding and recording H.264 files to AJA KiStor storage modules simultaneously.
Two NEC 70-inch LED commercial grade display monitors with anti-glare screens that allow maximum visibility for easy group monitoring in the control room. A Tektronix WVR5200 multi-format, multi-standard compact rasterizer waveform monitor offers uncompromising quality, HD/SD support, versatility, and the capability to handle 3G-SDI.
The system also includes two Ross openGear frame, two Ross analog utility distribution amplifiers, a Ross dual high performance equalizing distribution amplifier, a Ross master reference and 1RU 3G / HD / SD SDI test signal generator, an AJA FS2 dual channel universal frame synchronizer and format converter, and an ArKaos professional stage server with smooth visuals for First Alliance Church’s productions.
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WING, BERGIN LEAD SIOUX FALLS TO WIN
Sioux Falls 7, Fargo-Moorhead 3 – Box
The Sioux Falls Canaries scored three in the top of the ninth inning to break open a close game and breathe easy in the 7-3 win over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. With the Canaries clinging to a 4-3 advantage, they added two insurance runs off a 1B David Bergin double. Then an error plated Bergin to make the score 7-3. Other Canaries offensive highlights occurred in the seventh, when 2B Michael Wing’s double scored two, and then Bergin scored Wing with an RBI triple. Wing had a great stat line: 2-for-2, two runs, three RBIs, and three walks.
DH Joe Staley led the RedHawks at the plate. He hit a solo home run and an RBI double. LF Chad Mozingo also added an RBI double. Fargo-Moorhead starting pitcher Brandon Mann allowed three runs, but he did strike out nine.
Wichita 6, Gary SouthShore 1 – Box
For two-thirds of the game, the Wichita Wingnuts bats were quiet. They couldn’t scratch across any runs despite the occasional hit. But in the final three innings, the Wingnuts would score six to beat the Gary SouthShore RailCats 6-1. In the seventh, 2B Luis Hernandez put Wichita ahead with a two-RBI double. In the eighth, two singles and a wild pitch scored three more, and a 3B TJ Mittelstaedt solo blast in the ninth put the cherry on top. Gary SouthShore’s lone run came from a 2B Zac Mitchell RBI double.
The trio of Wingnuts pitchers really performed well to allow just one run. Starter Charlie Lowell got the win after a quality start of seven innings and just one earned run. Lowell added seven K’s. Daniel Bennett and Brad Mincey came in relief and each pitched a scoreless inning.
Sioux City 10, Lincoln 5 – Box
A five-run first inning for the Sioux City Explorers set the tone for a lot of runs as they defeated the Lincoln Saltdogs 10-5. DH Brock Kjeldgaard put Sioux City on the board with a two-RBI single in the first. Then RBI singles from 2B Ryan Court and 3B Tommy Mendonca stretched the lead to 5-0. Court finished the game 2-for-5 with three runs and two RBIs. Lincoln would attempt a small comeback in the eighth but could only score three runs. The Saltdogs got RBI hits from 1B Jeremy Hamilton, RF Brian Joynt and C Ryan Wiggins in the inning.
Jeff Marquez had a stellar outing for Sioux City. In his quality start, he recorded the win after six innings with zero earned runs and five strikeouts.
Laredo 3, Trois-Rivieres 1 – Box
The Laredo Lemurs took Wednesday’s interleague match with the Trois-Rivieres 3-1 with strong pitching and the bat of CF Dvontrey Richardson. Richardson hit a solo homer in the fifth inning and then brought in the third run in the eighth off a single. RF Kevin Taylor hit a solo homer of his own to score Laredo’s second run. The lone run for Trois-Rivieres came in the second inning when a 1B Jonathan Jones RBI single plated 3B Daniel Mateo.
Lemurs starting pitcher Scott Garner went 6.2 innings and allowed just the one run. Joan Montero and John Brebbia each came in the game for an inning of scoreless relief.
Amarillo at Grand Prairie – Postponed
The game between the Thunderheads and AirHogs was postponed due to rain. The two clubs will play a doubleheader on June 29 beginning at 5:05 p.m. from QuikTrip Park.
Kansas City at Joplin – Postponed
The doubleheader between the T-Bones and Blasters was postponed due to rain. The two clubs will play a doubleheader on Thursday beginning at 5:00 p.m. from Joe Becker Stadium.
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Sega Plans Eighth “Project Sakura Wars” Streaming Event For 10/11/2019
Posted by Samantha Ferreira | Oct 3, 2019 | News Reporting, Sakura Wars |
Tags: project sakura wars, sakura wars, sega, streaming
Earlier today, Sega announced that they will host a live streaming event for Project Sakura Wars (Shin Sakura Taisen). The event, which will kick off on October 11 at 20:00 JST (10/11/2019 at 7:00AM EDT, 4:00AM PDT), is slated to run for ninety minutes.
The show will be the eigth in a series of planned official broadcasts, which are dubbed “Sakura Wars: Imperial Theater Ministry of Propaganda Reports” (literally “Sakura Wars: Imperial Theater Propaganda Department Reports”). Series composer Kohei Tanaka will serve as a guest host, and will talk about the music and songs that will appear in the upcoming game.
Other confirmed hosts include Yohei Azakami, who plays lead character Seijuro Kamiyama in the game, Project Sakura Wars producer Tetsu Katano, and assistant MC Mami Yamashita.
Project Sakura Wars will hit Japanese retailers on December 12. A standard and Limited Edition are both planned for the project. The Limited Edition will include a soundtrack CD set and an artbook. The CDs will feature more than sixty songs from the franchise’s history, while the artbook will contain seventy-two pages of art from the series.
Early adopters will also receive a PS4 theme, though details on this have yet to be announced.
The project will be released worldwide in Spring 2020.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
Claris: Saori Hayami
Hatsuho Shinonome: Maaya Uchida
Seijūrō Kamiyama : Yōhei Azakami
Sakura Amamiya: Ayane Sakura
Azami Mochizuki: Hibiku Yamamura
Anastasia Palma: Ayaka Fukuhara
Sumire Kanzaki: Michie Tomizawa
Reiji Shiba: Tomikazu Sugita
Kaoru Rindou: Yui Ishikawa
Komachi Ooba: Ryoko Shiraishi
Yang Shaolong: Yuuichirou Umehara
Yui Huang: Sumire Uesaka
Arthur: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Lancelot: Manami Numakura
“Yasha”: Chisa Yokoyama
Eris: Nana Mizuki
Margaret: Rie Kugimiya
Bleach creator Tite Kubo is providing the original character designs, while Jiro Ishii (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Under the Dog) is in charge of the story structure. Series composer Kohei Tanaka (Sakura Wars franchise, One Piece, Mobile Fighter G Gundam) is scoring the game’s soundtrack. Other staff members include:
Script: Takaaki Suzuki (Girls und Panzer, Strike Witches)
Setting and Scenario Summary: Takanobu Terada
Development Director: Tetsuya Ootsubo
Producer: Tetsu Kitano
Character Visual Setting: Masashi Kudou
Main Mechanical Designer: Mika Akitaka
Executive Producer: Haruki Satomi
Original Concept: Ohji Hiroi
Project Sakura Wars will be set twelve years after the events of Sakura Wars 5: So Long, My Love. In this new entry, the Combat Revues, which previously protected nations from evil while working incognito, are well known to all.
Indeed, the Great Combat Reveue World War is more of a global sporting event, in which the Combat Revues from across the globe gather in Japan’s Imperial Capital to compete in a tournament. These disparate groups then compete to determine which country’s kouma-crushing corps reigns supreme. By the time Project Sakura Wars begins, two such events have already taken place, and the nations are gathering in the Imperial capital for the third. What should be a peaceful event, though, suddenly takes a turn for the serious.
Sega’s email communication describes the story as:
The stage is set in a romanticized version of 1940s Imperial Tokyo. 10 years ago, a cataclysm resulted in the devastating loss of the Imperial Combat Revue of Tokyo, the capital’s global defense force operating out of the Imperial Theater. The theater has since fallen on hard times and risks closure. As captain of the new Tokyo revue, it’s up to you to mend the hearts of your troops and restore the Imperial Theater back to its former glory!
Project Sakura Wars will receive an anime series, which will air in 2020. Manabu Ono (Sword Art Online: Alicization, Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere) will direct the project at Sanzigen and co-write the scripts with Tatsuhiko Urahata (Hi-Score Girl, GATE). Sakura Wars composer will score the soundtrack. Ohji Hiroi and Sega are credited with the original concept.
According to their Tokyo Game Show stream, the project will be a side story that supplements the events of the game.
Project Sakura Wars was first revealed on April 14, 2018 at Sega Fes, and was originally tentatively slated to launch prior to March 31, 2019. On April 19, 2019, Sega Holdings President and CEO Haruki Satomi confirmed that the project will be “more than a game.”
A western release was not confirmed until March 29, though Japanese Asian releases were confirmed to be in the works.
Sakura Wars is an original project by Sega CS2 R&D (later Overworks) and Red Entertainment. Ohji Hiroi (Moeyo Ken, Far East of Eden), Satoru Akahori (Saber Marionette J, Martian Successor Nadesico), and Kosuke Fujishima (Ah! My Goddess, You’re Under Arrest!) are listed as the original creators of the franchise.
The first title appeared on the Sega Saturn in 1996. The initial entry, while released only in Japan at the time, was estimated to have a 200,000 lifetime sales goal. The title sold 205,270 units in its opening week, which was roughly 57% of the launch shipment. At the time, the title was seen as having the largest debut for a Sega title to date. It would go on to move 359,485 copies throughout the Saturn’s lifespan.
Since then, the title has gone on to spawn:
Five main-line titles
Fifteen spin-off games
An anime TV series by Madhouse
Five anime OVA series
Seven manga and light novel adaptations
Sixteen high-profile live stage shows
The final main-line title in the series, Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love was released in North America by NIS America. The title is available on Sony’s PlayStation 2, as well as Nintendo Wii console.
Source: Twitter (SEGA_OFFICIAL)
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Dunster Castle Ghost Tours
we have been delighted to have worked with the National Trust and providing the actors for the annual Ghost tours of the Castle. This year we are taking a break although the tours will continue in a different format . Tickets will be available via the National Trust at Dunster Castle at the end of September and not through us. Please note they sell out very quickly!
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Taxation Ruling
Income tax: employee building workers - allowances, reimbursements, long service payments, redundancy trust payments and work-related deductions
may be releasedFOI number: I 1016523
Long service payments
Redundancy trust payments
Award transport (fares) allowances
This Ruling, to the extent that it is capable of being a 'public ruling' in terms of Part IVAAA of the Taxation Administration Act 1953, is a public ruling for the purposes of that Part. Taxation Ruling TR 92/1 explains when a Ruling is a public ruling and how it is binding on the Commissioner.
[Note: This is a consolidated version of this document. Refer to the Tax Office Legal Database (http://law.ato.gov.au) to check its currency and to view the details of all changes.]
1. This Ruling applies to building workers. A 'building worker' is a person who is employed either on-site or off-site in the capacity of a foreman, supervisor, leading hand, tradesperson, apprentice, general construction worker, labourer, plant operator or similar occupation within the building and construction industry.
2. For the purposes of this Ruling, the activities of the building and construction industry include the following:
the construction of buildings (including site preparation and the on-site assembly and erection of pre-fabricated buildings), roads, railroads, bridges, aerodromes, irrigation projects, harbour or river works, water, gas, sewerage or stormwater drains or mains, electricity or other transmission lines or towers, pipelines or oil refineries, or other specified civil engineering projects;
the repair of buildings or other structures;
the alteration or renovation of buildings, preparation of mine sites, demolition or excavation;
the installation of heating or air conditioning equipment, alarm systems, blinds and awnings, petrol bowsers, electrical wiring, lifts, escalators, factory assembled boilers and 'built-in' furniture, and the on-site assembly and installation of boilers; and
special building or construction services such as steel erection, carpentry, bricklaying, concreting, plumbing, painting, plastering, floor and wall tiling, roof tiling, glazing, landscaping and the installation or laying of floor coverings such as carpet or linoleum.
the assessability of allowances, reimbursements, long service payments and redundancy trust payments received by building workers; and
deductions for work-related expenses generally claimed by building workers.
4. The Ruling discusses the assessability of allowances, reimbursements, long service payments and redundancy trust payments received under sections 25, 26AD, 27A, 27C, 27F and paragraphs 26(e) and 26(eaa) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (the Act).
5. The Ruling also discusses whether deductions are allowable or are specifically excluded (or limited), under subsections 51(1), 51(4) or 51(6), or sections 51AB, 51AF, 51AGA, 51AH, 51AL, 53, 54, 55, 61 or 82A of the Act.
7. The tax treatment of long service payments and redundancy trust payments is examined at paragraphs 23 to 25 in the Ruling section..
8. The common work-related expenses incurred by building workers and the extent to which they are allowable deductions are discussed, in alphabetical order, at paragraph 28 in the Ruling section. The substantiation provisions are not discussed in depth in this Ruling.
10. Each year the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) carries out audits of taxpayers' returns. This Ruling will be used by the ATO when it undertakes audits of the returns of employee building workers. Where there is a tax shortfall, any penalties will be imposed in terms of Taxation Ruling TR 94/3 on the basis that the views of the ATO on the correct operation of the law have been expressed in a public ruling.
11. This ruling applies to years commencing both before and after its date of issue. The only exception is our views on the tax treatment of deductions for expenses claimed in relation to award transport payments, which apply only to 1996-97 and later income years. The Ruling does not apply to taxpayers to the extent that it conflicts with the terms of a settlement of a dispute agreed to before the date of issue of the Ruling (see paragraphs 21 and 22 of Taxation Ruling TR 92/20).
12. If a taxpayer has a more favourable private ruling (whether legally or administratively binding), this Ruling applies to that taxpayer to the extent of the inconsistency only from and including the 1995-1996 year of income.
13. The receipt of an allowance does not automatically entitle a building worker to a deduction. The term 'allowance' does not include a reimbursement (see paragraphs 19 to 22), but for the purposes of this Ruling, includes what is known in the industry as 'special rates'.
fully assessable to the employee with no deduction allowable even though an allowance is received (paragraph 16);
fully assessable to the employee with a deduction allowable for expenses incurred subject to special substantiation rules (paragraph 17);
not assessable to the employee because the employer may be subject to Fringe Benefits Tax. A deduction is not allowable to the employee for expenses incurred against such an allowance (paragraph 18).
Allowances - possible deduction
15. The following allowances commonly received by building workers are paid to recognise that expenses may be incurred by building workers in doing their jobs. These allowances are fully assessable and deductions may be allowable depending on individual circumstances.
Possible allowable deduction (see Explanations section)
Excess fares/fares/daily fares (award transport payment) Transport expenses
Motor vehicle expenses
Grindstone Repairs to tools
Second hand timber Depreciation of tools
Tools Replacement of tools
Allowances - no deduction allowable
16. The following allowances commonly received by building workers are paid for carrying out work that may be considered unpleasant, special or dangerous, in recognition of holding special skills, or to compensate for industry peculiarities. The allowances are fully assessable and no deduction is allowable.
Acid work
Bitumen work
Cleaning down brickwork
Cold work
Computing quantities
Cutting tiles
Dry polishing of tiles
Dual lift
Explosive powered tools
Follow the job
Fumes
Furnace work
Greaser carrying oils
Heavy blocks
Height work
Lifting other than standard bricks
Multi storey
Paint spray application
Plaster or composition spray
Pneumatic tool operation
Site allowances for special projects
Slushing
Suspended perimeter work platform
Swing scaffold
Weekend return home
Wet work
Reasonable allowance amounts
17. The Commissioner of Taxation publishes a Taxation Ruling annually that indicates amounts considered reasonable in relation to the following expenses:
Allowances received in relation to these expenses are fully assessable. If an allowance is received and the amount of the claim for expenses incurred is no more than the reasonable amount, substantiation is not required. If the deduction claimed is more than the reasonable amount, the whole claim must be substantiated, not just the excess over the reasonable amount.
Allowances - not assessable and no deduction allowable
18. A deduction is not allowable to a building worker in respect of expenses incurred in relation to the following allowances:
Living away from home;
Camping;
Caravan;
Distant work.
NOTE: These allowances are paid to a building worker who:
is required to live away from home for extended periods,
receives the allowance as compensation for the cost of having to live away from home, and
does not receive the allowance as a form of travel allowance.
These allowances are not assessable to the building worker as the employer is usually subject to Fringe Benefits Tax in respect of the allowances. If the allowance is paid wholly or in part for travel expenses, it is assessable to the building worker and a deduction may be allowable (see Taxation Determination TD 93/230 and Travel expenses ).
19. If a building worker receives a payment from his or her employer for actual expenses incurred, the payment is a reimbursement and the employer may be subject to Fringe Benefits Tax. Generally, if a building worker receives a reimbursement, the amount is not required to be included in his or her assessable income and a deduction is not allowable (see Taxation Ruling TR 92/15).
20. However, if motor vehicle expenses are reimbursed by the employer on a cents per kilometre basis, the amount is included as assessable income of the building worker under paragraph 26(eaa) of the Act. A deduction may be allowable in relation to motor vehicle expenses incurred (see Transport expenses , paragraph 129).
21. If the reimbursement by the employer is for the cost of a depreciable item (e.g., tools and equipment), a deduction is allowable to the building worker for depreciation (see Taxation Determination TD 93/145 and Depreciation of equipment , paragraphs 81 to 88 ).
22. If a payment is received from an employer for an estimated expense, the amount received by the building worker is considered to be an allowance (not a reimbursement) and is fully assessable to the building worker (see Allowances, paragraphs 13 to 18).
23. Building workers may be entitled under various State Acts to long service payments. The payments are assessable as follows:
payments made while continuing to work or seeking employment in the industry constitute income in the normal sense and are fully assessable under subsection 25(1) of the Act; and
payments made when terminating employment and leaving the building and construction industry fall for consideration under section 26AD of the Act, that deals with the tax treatment of long service leave payments. On leaving the industry, the payment may be apportioned into various components and a reduced rate of tax may apply.
24. A redundancy payment made by a redundancy trust is to provide a cash payment to a building worker whose job is being made redundant, who retires, becomes unemployed or withdraws from the industry.
25. Payments made from a redundancy trust on termination of employment are eligible termination payments. Generally, these payments from a redundancy trust are not considered to be a bona fide redundancy payment in terms of section 27F of the Act and would not qualify for concessional treatment in terms of subsection 27C(2) of the Act (see Taxation Determination TD 93/17). However, where a redundancy trust agreement has been examined by the ATO and the ATO has confirmed that under certain circumstances bona fide redundancy payments may be made, those approved payments will qualify for concessional treatment.
28. The common work-related expenses incurred by building workers and the extent to which they are allowable deductions are discussed below, in alphabetical order.
Bank fees: A deduction is allowable, as a work-related expense, for Financial Institutions Duty that relates to the direct depositing of salary and wages into the building worker's bank account(s). A deduction is not allowable for any other bank fees as a work-related expense (Taxation Ruling IT 2084).
Child care: A deduction is not allowable for child care expenses (paragraphs 51 to 53).
Clothing, uniforms and footwear: A deduction is allowable for the cost of buying, hiring or replacing clothing, uniforms or footwear ('clothing') if these items are:
non-compulsory and entered on the Register of Approved Occupational Clothing or approved in writing by the ATO before 1 July 1995. These transitional arrangements cease to have effect from 1 July 1995. A deduction will not be allowable for expenditure incurred after 30 June 1995 for clothing approved under the transitional arrangements; or
conventional, but satisfy the deductibility tests as explained in Taxation Ruling TR 94/22.
Expenditure on clothing, uniforms and footwear must satisfy the deductibility tests in subsection 51(1) of the Act and must not be private or domestic in nature (paragraphs 54 to 78).
Depreciation of tools and equipment: A deduction is allowable for depreciation on the cost of tools and equipment to the extent of the work-related use of the tools and equipment. An item of equipment or a tool bought on or after 1 July 1991 can be depreciated at a rate of 100% if its cost is $300 or less or its effective life is less than three years (paragraphs 81 to 88).
Driver's licence: A deduction is not allowable for the cost of acquiring or renewing a driver's licence. A deduction is allowable only for the cost of a premium, if any, that is paid in addition to the cost of a standard licence required for work purposes (paragraphs 89 to 92).
Fares: See Transport expenses .
Fines: A deduction is not allowable for fines imposed under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory, a foreign country, or by a court (paragraph 93).
First aid courses: A deduction is allowable if it is necessary for a building worker, as a designated first aid person, to undertake first aid training to assist in emergency work situations. If the cost of the course is met by the employer, or is reimbursed to the building worker, no deduction is allowable.
Glasses/contact lenses: A deduction is not allowable for the cost of buying prescription glasses or contact lenses. The cost of safety glasses is an allowable deduction (see Protective equipment, paragraph 107).
Insurance of tools and equipment: A deduction is allowable for the cost of insurance of tools and equipment to the extent of their work-related use.
Laundry and maintenance of clothing, uniforms and footwear: A deduction is allowable for the cost of laundry and maintenance of supplied or purchased clothing, uniforms or footwear if these items are of a kind described under Clothing, uniforms and footwear (see also paragraphs 79 and 80).
Licences and certificates: A deduction is allowable for the cost of renewing licences and certificates held by a building worker in respect of his or her employment. A deduction is not allowable for the cost of obtaining the initial licence or certificate.
Meals: A deduction is not allowable for the cost of meals eaten during a normal working day (paragraphs 94 to 99). If an award overtime meal allowance has been paid, a deduction may be allowable (see paragraphs 101 to 104). A deduction may be allowable if meal costs are incurred by a building worker who travels for work-related purposes.(see Travel expenses , paragraphs 182 to 186).
Motor vehicle expenses: See Transport expenses .
Newspapers: A deduction is not allowable for the cost of newspapers (paragraph 100).
Overtime meal expenses: A deduction is allowable for the cost of meals bought while working overtime if an award overtime meal allowance is received. Special substantiation rules apply (paragraphs 101 to 104).
Parking fees: A deduction is allowable for parking fees paid by a building worker while travelling in the course of employment, e.g., between work sites (paragraphs 105 and 106).
Protective equipment: A deduction is allowable for the cost of safety equipment such as harnesses, goggles, breathing masks, helmets, etc. (paragraph 107). A deduction is not allowable for the cost of sunglasses, sunhats, sunscreens and wet weather gear that are worn or used to provide protection from the natural environment (paragraphs 60 to 63).
Radios, cassette players, walkmans, etc: A deduction is not allowable for the cost of these items.
Repairs to tools and equipment: A deduction is allowable under section 53 of the Act for repairs to tools and equipment, to the extent that the tools and equipment are used in income-producing activities (paragraph 108).
Self education expenses: A deduction is allowable for the cost of self education if there is a direct connection between the self education and the current income-earning activities of the building worker. Self education costs can include fees, travel, books and equipment (paragraphs 109 to 113). If self education expenses are allowable but also fall within the definition of 'expenses of self education' in section 82A of the Act, the first $250 is not an allowable deduction (paragraphs 114 to 116).
Stationery: A deduction is allowable for the cost of log books, diaries, etc., used for income-producing purposes.
Technical or professional publications: A deduction is allowable for the cost of buying or subscribing to journals, periodicals and magazines that have a content specifically related to the building worker's current income-earning activities and are not general in nature (paragraphs 117 to 121).
Telephone, mobile phone, pager, beeper and other telecommunications equipment expenses: A deduction is not allowable if these items are supplied by the employer. If they are not supplied, a deduction is allowable for the rental cost or for depreciation on the purchase price, to the extent of the work-related use of the item.
Installation or connection costs: A deduction is not allowable for the cost of installing or connecting a telephone, mobile phone, pager, beeper or other telecommunications equipment (paragraphs 124 and 125).
Rental costs: A deduction is allowable for a proportion of telephone rental costs if the building worker can demonstrate that he or she is 'on call', or required to telephone their employer on a regular basis (paragraphs 126 and 127).
Tolls: A deduction is allowable for bridge and road tolls paid by a building worker when travelling in the course of employment, e.g., between work sites (paragraphs 105 and 106).
Tools: A deduction is allowable for depreciation on the cost of tools. Tools bought on or after 1 July 1991 canbe depreciated at a rate of 100% if the cost of a particular item is $300 or less, or its effective life is less than three years (paragraph 84). A deduction is allowable for the cost of repairs to tools to the extent of their work-related use (paragraph 108).
Transport expenses: Transport expenses include public transport fares and the running costs associated with using motor vehicles, motor cycles, bicycles, etc., for work-related travel. They do not include accommodation, meals, and incidental expenses (see Travel expenses ). The treatment of transport expenses incurred by a building worker when travelling is considered below:
Travel between home and work: A deduction is not allowable for the cost of travel between home and the normal work place as it is generally considered to be a private expense. This principle is not altered by the performance of incidental tasks en route. The principle is also not altered if the building worker is required to have a car available at work, uses a car because using public transport is impracticable, or is required to travel to work outside normal hours (paragraphs 130 to 135).
Travel between home and work - transporting bulky equipment: A deduction is allowable if the transport expenses can be attributed to the transportation of bulky equipment rather than to private travel between home and work. A deduction is not allowable if the equipment is transported to and from work by the building worker as a matter of convenience. A deduction is not allowable if a secure area for the storage of equipment is provided at the workplace (paragraphs 136 to 141).
Travel between home and work where home is a base of operations and work is commenced at home: A deduction is allowable for transport expenses if they can be attributed to travelling on work, as distinct from travelling to work, i.e., where the building worker's home is used as a base of operations and his or her work has commenced before leaving home (paragraphs 142 to 149).
Travel between home and shifting places of work: A deduction is allowable for the transport expenses incurred in travelling between home and shifting places of work, where the building worker is required by the nature of the job itself to do the job in more than one place. The mere fact that a building worker may choose to do part of the job in a place separate from that where the job is located, is not enough (paragraphs 150 to 164).
Travel between two separate work places if there are two separate employers involved : A deduction is allowable for the cost of travelling directly between two places of employment (paragraphs 165 and 166).
Travel from the normal work place to an alternate work place while still on duty and back to the normal work place or directly home: A deduction is allowable for the cost of travel from the normal work place to other work places. A deduction is also allowable for the cost of travel from the alternate work place back to the normal work place or directly home. This travel is undertaken in the course of gaining assessable income and is an allowable deduction (paragraphs 167 and 169).
Travel from home to an alternate work place for work-related purposes and then to the normal work place or directly home: A deduction is allowable for the cost of travel from home to an alternate work place and then on to the normal work place or directly home (paragraphs 170 to 172).
Travel between two places of employment or between a place of employment and a place of business: A deduction is allowable for the cost of travel directly between two places of employment or a place of employment and a place of business, provided that the travel is undertaken for the purpose of carrying out income-earning activities (paragraphs 173 to 179).
Travel in connection with self education: See Self education (paragraphs 111 and 112).
Travel expenses: A deduction is allowable for the cost of travel (accommodation, fares, meals and incidentals) incurred by a building worker when travelling in the course of employment, e.g., travel interstate to supervise at another work site (paragraphs 182 and 183). Special substantiation rules apply (paragraphs 184 to 186).
Union/professional association fees and levies: A deduction is allowable for annual fees paid to unions or professional associations, although a deduction is not allowable for joining fees. A deduction is not generally allowable for levies (paragraphs 187 to 190
Wet weather gear: A deduction is not allowable if this clothing is worn to provide conventional protection from the natural environment. A deduction is allowable if the nature of the work creates conditions that make it necessary for the building worker to provide protection to his or her person or clothing (paragraphs 60 to 63).
30. The expense must actually be incurred by the building worker to be considered for deductibility. A deduction is not allowable for expenses not incurred by a building worker, e.g., if items are provided free of charge. Under section 51AH of the Act, a deduction is not generally allowable if expenses are reimbursed (see paragraphs 20 and 21 for exceptions to this rule).
it must have the essential character of an outgoing incurred in gaining assessable income or, in other words, of an income-producing expense (Lunney v. FC of T; Hayley v. FC of T (1958) 100 CLR 478; (1958) ALR 22511 ATD 404 (Lunney's case));
there must be a nexus between the outgoing and the assessable income so that the outgoing is incidental and relevant to the gaining of assessable income (Ronpibon Tin NL v. FC of T (1949) 78 CLR 47; 8 ATD 431); and
it is necessary to determine the connection between the particular outgoing and the operations or activities by which the taxpayer most directly gains or produces his or her assessable income (Charles Moore & Co (WA) Pty Ltd v. FC of T (1956) 95 CLR 344; 11 ATD 147; 6 AITR 379; FC of T v. Cooper (1991) 29 FCR 177; 91 ATC 4396; (1991) 21 ATR 1616 (Cooper's case); Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v. FC of T (1993) 43 FCR 223; 93 ATC 4508; (1993) 26 ATR 76; FC of T v. Hatchett (1971) 125 CLR 494; 71 ATC 4184; 2 ATR 557 (Hatchett's case)).
33. A deduction will be denied under the exception provisions of subsection 51(1) of the Act if the expense is incurred for an item that is:
private or domestic in nature (e.g., sunscreen or driver's licence);
capital, or capital in nature (e.g., purchase of a compressor); or
incurred in earning tax exempt income (e.g., expenses related to income from membership of the Army Reserve).
34. Private or domestic expenditure is considered to include costs of living such as food, drink and shelter. In Case T47 18 TBRD (NS) 242; 14 CTBR (NS) Case 56, J F McCaffrey (Member) stated (TBRD at 243; CTBR at 307):
35. The fact that an expense is voluntarily incurred by a building worker does not preclude it from being an allowable deduction (Taxation Ruling IT 2198).
36. Example: Des, a painter, is supplied with protective overalls by his employer and also voluntarily buys another pair. The cost of the protective overalls and the laundry costs of both pairs are allowable deductions.
37. The fact that an expense is incurred by a building worker at the direction of his or her employer does not mean that a deduction is automatically allowable e.g. must have a car available at work.
38. In Cooper's case a professional footballer was denied the cost of purchasing food and drink. His coach had instructed him to consume additional food, so he would not lose weight during the football season. The character of the expense was private.
In Cooper's case, Hill J said (FCR at 200; ATC at 4414; ATR at 1636):
39. The income tax law requires substantiation of certain work-related expenses. If the total of these expenses is $300 or less, the building worker can claim the amount without getting written evidence (except for certain car, travel allowance and meal allowance expenses), although a record must be kept of how the claim was calculated.
41. Award transport (fares) allowances are allowances paid to employees under an award that recognises that employees may incur transport costs for travel undertaken in the course of performing the duties of employment. Award transport (fares) allowances do not cover the cost of meals, accommodation and incidentals incurred when travelling (see Travel expenses , paragraphs 182 to 186).
42. The receipt of an allowance, whether paid under an award or not, does not mean that the building worker is automatically entitled to claim a deduction. Regardless of the level of the claim, the tests of deductibility in subsection 51(1) of the Act must be met.
43. A deduction is allowable only to the extent to which the expenses are incurred by the building worker in earning assessable income. Taxation law does not authorise a deduction for amounts that have not been incurred, or for expenditure that is not incurred in earning assessable income.
44. In addition to the tests in subsection 51(1) of the Act, the rules of substantiation must be met for claims made in relation to award transport (fares) allowances.
45. Building workers who claim deductions in excess of the amount of the award transport allowance payable as at 29 October 1986, must substantiate the whole of the claim, not just the excess. Deductions claimed that do not exceed the award rate as at 29 October 1986 are excluded from the substantiation requirements.
46. The following diagram illustrates the tests of deductibility and the substantiation rules as they apply to claims for transport expenses. For further explanation, see Transport expenses at paragraphs 129 to 179.
47. Example: Chandra, a house painter, uses his car to carry his bulky tools and equipment to and from work. His employer pays him an award transport (fares) allowance of $10.80 per day. The award rate as at 29 October 1986 was $7.60 per day. A deduction is allowable for Chandra's transport costs, but if he claims a deduction of more than $7.60 per day, he must substantiate the whole of his claim, not just the excess over $7.60 per day.
48. Example: Arthur, an electrician is paid an award transport (fares) allowance, but his employer also provides him with free transport to and from work each day. As Arthur has not incurred any transport costs, he is not entitled to a deduction against the allowance.
49. Example : George, a concrete formworker, is employed to set up and strip the formwork for concrete slabs for new houses. It is usual for George to work at more than one site each day. He has no regular work pattern and the nature of his job requires him to do the job in more than one place. He does not receive any allowances from his employer. George would be allowed a deduction for his transport costs as he has shifting places of work. He must substantiate the whole of his claim.
50. Example: Michael is a carpenter employed permanently at a factory that manufactures kitchens. He does not transport bulky tools or equipment to work. Even though Michael is not required to leave the factory at any time in the course of his work, his employer pays him a fares allowance. Michael is not entitled to a deduction for the cost of travel to and from work, as it is a private expense.
Car expenses: See Transport expenses .
51. A deduction is not allowable for child care expenses, even if it is a prerequisite for a building worker to obtain and pay for child care so that he or she can go to work and earn income. A deduction is also not allowable for child care expenses incurred by a building worker to undertake studies relevant to his or her employment.
52. The High Court held in Lodge v. FC of T (1972) 128 CLR 171; 72 ATC 4174; 3 ATR 254, that child care expenditure was neither relevant nor incidental to gaining or producing assessable ncome and was therefore not an allowable deduction. The expenditure was also of a private or domestic nature (see also Jayatilake v. FC of T (1991) 101 ALR 11; 91 ATC 4516; (1991) 22 ATR 125).
54. A deduction is allowable for the cost of buying, hiring or replacing clothing, uniforms and footwear ('clothing') if:
the clothing is a non-compulsory uniform or wardrobe that has been either:
entered on the Register of Approved Occupational Clothing; or
approved in writing by the ATO under the transitional arrangements contained in Taxation Laws Amendment Act No. 82 of 1994. These transitional arrangements cease to have effect from 1 July 1995. A deduction will not be allowable for expenditure incurred after 30 June 1995 for clothing approved under the transitional arrangement; or
the expenditure is not of a private nature
(see Taxation Ruling TR 94/22 covering the decision in FC of T v. Edwards (1994) 49 FCR 318; 94 ATC 4255; (1994) 28 ATR 87 (Edwards' case)).
55. Expenditure on clothing, uniforms and footwear must satisfy the deductibility tests in subsection 51(1) of the Act and must not be capital, private or domestic in nature.
56. Building workers may be provided with protective clothing by their employer (e.g., overalls for the protection of their conventional clothing). Building workers may also buy additional items of protective clothing and the cost of this clothing is an allowable deduction under subsection 51(1) of the Act.
57. It is considered that heavy duty conventional clothing such as jeans, drill shirts and trousers is not protective. We consider that the cost of these items is a private expense and is not an allowable deduction (Taxation Determination TD 92/157).
58. A deduction is allowable for expenditure on footwear specifically designed to provide protection to the wearer at work, e.g., steel-capped boots for a bricklayer, rubber boots for a concreter, special non-slip shoes for a roof tiler.
60. A deduction is not allowable for the cost of items that provide protection from the natural environment (e.g., sunglasses, sunhats, sunscreen, wet weather gear and thermal underwear). The cost of these items is considered to be a private expense. This view is supported in Case Q11 83 ATC 41; 26 CTBR (NS) Case 75, and in Case N84 81 ATC 451; 25 CTBR (NS) Case 43. See also Taxation Ruling IT 2477 and Taxation Determination TD 93/244.
61. An exception to this general rule can arise if the nature of the work (rather than the natural environment) creates conditions that make it necessary for the building worker to provide protection to his or her person or clothing (e.g., wet weather gear worn when using chemicals or high pressure water hoses).
62. Example: Eric uses a high pressure hose to clean brickwork and wears heavy duty wet weather gear to protect himself and his clothing. Eric would be able to claim a deduction for the cost of buying and maintaining his protective wet weather gear.
63. In Case Q11 the taxpayer was a self-employed lawn mowing contractor. Amongst other things, he claimed the cost of transistor batteries and sunscreen lotions. Dr G W Beck (Member) said (ATC at 43; CTBR at 525):
'...a man catering for his desire to listen to music and protecting himself from skin damage is acting in a private capacity and the expenditure is thus of a private nature and excluded by sec 51...'
65. It is not considered that building workers would wear clothing that is occupation specific.
67. Paragraph 10 of IT 2641, lists the factors to be considered in determining whether clothing constitutes a 'corporate' wardrobe or uniform.
68. In Case R55 84 ATC 411; 27 CTBR (NS) Case 109, it was concluded that (ATC at 416; CTBR at 874):
'...conventional clothing of a particular colour or style does not necessarily, because of those factors alone, assume the character of a uniform. Likewise, ordinary clothing is not converted into a uniform by the simple process of asserting that it fills that role or by the wearing of a name plate, etc. attached to clothing.'
69. In Case U95 87 ATC 575, a shop assistant employed by a retail merchant was required to dress according to the standard detailed in the staff handbook. The prescribed dress standards were as follows (ATC at 577):
'SELLING STAFF: FEMALE STAFF - To wear a plain black tailored dress, suit or skirt, plain black or white blouse, either long or short sleeved. No cap sleeved, or sleeveless dresses or blouses are to be worn.'
70. The deduction for clothing was denied because there was (ATC at 580):
'...nothing distinctive or unique about the combination of clothing that would identify the wearer as a [name of employer] shop assistant or even a shop assistant from another department store. The colour combination of the clothing would be included in the range of acceptable street dress unassociated with business or employment, as well as a combination of colours sometimes worn by female drink or food waiting staff'.
71. A deduction is not allowable for the purchase and maintenance costs of non-compulsory uniform or wardrobe clothing unless the conditions outlined in section 51AL of the Act are met. Section 51AL of the Act provides that expenditure on a non-compulsory uniform or wardrobe will be allowable under subsection 51(1) of the Act only if the design of the clothing has been entered on the Register of Approved Occupational Clothing, or if the design of the clothing is approved in writing by the ATO under the Transitional arrangements. These transitional arrangements cease to have effect from 1 July 1995. A deduction will not be allowable for expenditure incurred after 30 June 1995 for clothing approved under the transitional arrangements. These transitional arrangements cease to have effect from 1 July 1995. A deduction will not be allowable for expenditure incurred after 30 June 1995 in relation to clothing approved under the transitional arrangements.
72. If building workers are provided with uniforms by their employers, that bear the employer's logo, and it is not compulsory to wear the uniform, no deduction is allowable for maintenance costs unless the uniform satisfies the requirements of section 51AL of the Act.
73. The views of the ATO on the treatment of costs of buying and maintaining conventional clothing are set out in Taxation Ruling TR 94/22. That Ruling sets out our views on the implications of the decision of the Full Federal Court of Australia in Edwards' case. Ms Edwards was the personal secretary to the wife of a former Queensland Governor. She was able to establish that her additional clothing expenses were allowable in her particular circumstances. In most cases, expenses for conventional clothing will not meet the deductibility tests of subsection 51(1) of the Act as they are of a private nature (see also paragraphs 26 and 27).
75. In Case 48/94 94 ATC 422; AAT Case 9679 (1994) 29 ATR 1077, a self-employed professional presenter and speaker was denied a deduction for the cost of conventional clothing. The taxpayer gave evidence that she maintained a separate wardrobe to meet her work requirements, and that she used this wardrobe exclusively in relation to her work. Sometimes, a client would request that she dress in a specific manner when performing a presentation. Her image was of vital importance in both securing and performing her duties, and her clothes were an aspect of her image. The taxpayer submitted to the Tribunal that her matter could be paralleled to the facts in the Edwards' case.
76. Senior Member Barbour distinguished this case from Edwards' case on the basis of the emphasis placed by the Tribunal and Court on Ms Edwards' additional changes of clothes throughout a work day - a fact not present in this one - and found the essential character of the expense to be private saying (ATC at 427; ATR at 1083):
'For it was essential that the applicant wear something to her income producing activities...the applicant's clothing needed to be suitable for the purpose of wearing to that presentation, but this does not change its character to a business expense, and I would find that the nature of the expense is essentially private.'
77. In Case U80 87 ATC 470 a shop assistant was denied a deduction for the cost of black clothes. Senior Member McMahon stated (ATC at 472):
78. In Case K2 78 ATC 13; Case 21 22 CTBR (NS) 178, an employee solicitor was required as part of his duties to appear in various courts. It was not his practice to wear a suit. On one occasion a barrister called him as a witness and, although he was neatly dressed, the judge admonished him for not wearing a suit. From that date he wore a suit when involved in litigation work. On the days that he wore a suit, he wore it to and from the office and while at the office. It was held that the expenditure in respect of the suit was not incurred in gaining or producing assessable income and that it was of a private nature.
79. A deduction is allowable for the cost of cleaning and maintaining clothing that falls into one or more of the categories of deductible clothing listed in paragraph 54. This applies whether the clothing is purchased by the building worker or supplied by the employer.
Depreciation of tools and equipment
81. A deduction is not allowable under subsection 51(1) of the Act for the cost of tools and equipment as it is considered to be a capital expense.
82. A deduction is allowable under subsection 54(1) of the Act for depreciation on tools and equipment owned and used by a building worker for income-producing purposes. In addition, a deduction is allowable for depreciation on tools and equipment that are not actually used during the year for income-producing purposes but are installed ready for use for that purpose and held in reserve.
83. There are two methods for calculating depreciation. These are the prime cost method and the diminishing value method. Depreciation using the prime cost method is calculated as a percentage of the cost of the equipment. Depreciation using the diminishing value method is calculated initially as a percentage of the equipment's cost and thereafter as a percentage of the written down value.
84. Any item of equipment bought on or after 1 July 1991 can be depreciated at a rate of 100% if its cost is not more than $300, or if its effective life is less than three years (section 55 of the Act). This means an immediate deduction is available for the cost of each item in the year in which it is purchased. However, the item may be depreciated at a rate less than 100% if the taxpayer so elects (subsection 55(8) of the Act). The current depreciation rates are set out in Taxation Ruling IT 2685.
85. If equipment is used partly in the course of employment and partly for other purposes, then the depreciation expense should be apportioned based on an estimate of the percentage of work-related use (section 61 of the Act).
86. Example: Alison is a carpenter who owns an electric drill. She uses this drill at work during the week and at home on weekends for her home renovations. She is entitled to a deduction for a proportion of the depreciation based on the work use of the drill. A reasonable apportionment might be 5/7 business use.
87. If the equipment used is bought part way through the year, the deduction for depreciation is apportioned on a pro-rata basis.
90. In Case R49 84 ATC 387; 27 CTBR (NS) Case 104, it was held that even though travel was an essential element of the work to be performed by the taxpayer, a driver's licence was still an expense that was private in nature and the cost was not an allowable deduction under subsection 51(1) of the Act.
91. This principle is not altered if the holding of a driver's licence is a condition of employment (Taxation Determination TD 93/108).
92. Some building workers may need an endorsed licence to perform their duties. In some States, these types of endorsements do not add to the cost of the licence. However, a deduction is allowable only for the cost of a premium, if any, that is paid for an endorsed licence, in addition to the cost of a standard licence, if the endorsed licence is required for work-related purposes.
Fares: See Transport expenses.
93. A deduction is not allowable for fines imposed under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory, a foreign country, or by a court (subsection 51(4) of the Act).
94. A deduction is not allowable for the cost of meals consumed by building workers in the normal course of a working day. It is our view that the cost of meals will not have sufficient connection with the income-earning activity and, in any case, the cost is a private expense and fails to meet the tests of deductibility described in paragraphs 31 to 38.
95. The Full Federal Court considered the deductibility of food costs in Cooper's case. In that case, a professional footballer had been instructed to consume large quantities of food during the off-season to ensure his weight was maintained. By majority, the Full Federal Court found that the cost of additional food to add to the weight of the taxpayer was not allowable. Hill J said (FCR at 199-200; ATC at 4414; ATR at 1636):
Hill J went on to say (FCR at 201; ATC at 4415; ATR at 1638):
96. We do not accept that the cost of meals can be apportioned between what the cost of a home-made meal would be and the cost of a meal purchased during an ordinary working day.
97. A deduction is generally not allowable for the cost of food or meals consumed while on duty. These costs fail to meet the tests of deductibility described in paragraphs 31 to 38, and are considered to be private in nature.
98. In Case Y8 91 ATC 166; AAT Case 6587 (1991) 22 ATR 3037, a police officer claimed a deduction for the cost of meals while performing special duties away from his normal place of residence. It was held that the cost of these meals was private in nature and no deduction was allowable under subsection 51(1) of the Act.
99. A deduction is allowable for the cost of meals bought while working overtime, if an award overtime meal allowance has been paid (paragraphs 101 to 104).
100. A deduction is not allowable under subsection 51(1) of the Act for the cost of newspapers and magazines, as it is a private expense. Even though a building worker may be able to use part of the information in the course of his or her work, the benefit gained is usually remote and the proportion of the expense that relates directly to work is incidental to the private expenditure. This view is supported in Case P30 82 ATC 139; 25 CTBR (NS) Case 94 and Case P114 82 ATC 586; 26 CTBR (NS) Case 47.
Overtime meal expenses
101. A deduction is allowable for the cost of meals bought while working overtime if an award overtime meal allowance is received and the expenditure meets the deductibility tests in paragraphs 31 to 38.
103. The general rule is that no deduction is allowed for work-related expenses unless written evidence, such as a receipt, is obtained. However, special substantiation rules apply to overtime meal expenses if a building worker receives an overtime meal allowance paid under an industrial award. A deduction is allowable without substantiation for expenses incurred, provided the claim does not exceed the amount considered reasonable by the Commissioner of Taxation. Reasonable allowance amounts are published annually by the Commissioner in a Taxation Ruling.
104. If the deduction claimed is more than the reasonable amount the whole claim must be substantiated, not just the excess over the reasonable amount.
105. A deduction is allowable for parking fees (but not fines) and tolls if the expenses are incurred while travelling:
This decision is supported by Case Y43 91 ATC 412; AAT Case 7273 (1991) 22 ATR 3402.
Note: A deduction is denied to a building worker for certain car parking expenses where the conditions outlined in section 51AGA of the Act are met.
106. A deduction is not allowable for parking fees and tolls incurred when building workers are travelling between their home and their normal place of employment (see Case C47 71 ATC 219; 17 CTBR (NS) Case 44). The cost of that travel is a private expense and the parking fees and tolls therefore have that same private character. A deduction is allowable for parking fees and tolls if the travel is not private i.e., travel between home and work - transporting bulky equipment; travel between home and work where home is a base of operations and work is commenced at home; travel between home and shifting places of work (paragraphs 136 to 164).
107. A deduction is allowable for the cost of protective equipment used at work. Protective equipment includes safety helmets, ear muffs, face masks, harnesses, goggles, safety glasses, breathing masks, etc. A deduction is not allowable for the cost of prescription glasses or contact lenses, as the expense relates to a personal medical condition and is private in nature.
Repairs to tools and equipment
108. A deduction is allowable under section 53 of the Act for repairs to tools and equipment, to the extent that the tools and equipment are used in income-producing activities.
109. A comprehensive explanation of the treatment of self education expenses is contained in Taxation Ruling TR 92/8. Key points include:
A deduction is allowable for self education expenses if the education is directly relevant to the taxpayer's current income-earning activities. This particularly applies if a building worker's income-earning activities are based on skill/knowledge and the education enables him or her to maintain or improve that skill/knowledge e.g. an apprenticeship course.
A deduction is allowable if the education is likely to lead to an increase in the building worker's income from his or her current income-earning activities.
A deduction is not allowable if the education is designed to enable a building worker to get employment, to obtain new employment or to open up a new income-earning activity (FC of T v. Maddalena 71 ATC 4161; 2 ATR 541).
Self education expenses include fees, travel expenses (e.g., attending a conference interstate), transport costs, books and equipment.
110. Example: Jane is an employee electrician who would like to go into business for herself. She is doing a part-time course in Business Administration. Jane is not allowed any deduction for the costs of this course as the course is not related to her current income-earning activities.
112. Example: Francesco is an apprentice plumber who travels a long distance to a technical college to undertake his apprenticeship course for two consecutive days each fortnight. He is allowed a deduction for the cost of travel to and from his place of education, overnight accommodation, meals and incidentals.
113. The following expenses related to self education are not allowable deductions under subsection 51(1) of the Act:
a Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) payment (subsection 51(6) of the Act); and.
114. If self education expenses are allowable under subsection 51(1) of the Act but also fall within the definition of 'expenses of self-education' in section 82A of the Act, only the excess of the expenses over $250 is an allowable deduction, i.e., the first $250 is not an allowable deduction.
115. 'Expenses of self education' are defined in section 82A of the Act as all expenses (other than HECS payments, Open Learning charges and debt repayments under the Tertiary Student Financial Supplement Scheme) necessarily incurred by a taxpayer in connection with a prescribed course of education. A 'prescribed course of education' is defined in section 82A of the Act as a course provided by a school, college, university or other place of education and undertaken by the taxpayer to gain qualifications for use in the carrying on of a profession, business or trade, or in the course of any employment.
116. Example: Francesco, an apprentice plumber, incurs self education expenses totalling $1650 in connection with his apprenticeship course at a technical college. Francesco is allowed a deduction for $1400, being the excess of his expenses over $250.
117. A deduction is allowable under subsection 51(1) of the Act for the cost of buying or subscribing to journals, periodicals and magazines that have a content specifically related to a building worker's work and are not general in nature.
118. In Case P124 82 ATC 629; 26 CTBR (NS) Case 55, an air traffic controller was not allowed a deduction for the purchase of aviation magazines. Dr G W Beck (Member) said (ATC at 633-634; CTBR at 422):
'There might be some tenuous connection between the cost of aviation magazines and the maintenance of knowledge necessary for holding a flying licence...but it seems to me that the possible connection is altogether too remote'.
119. This can be contrasted with Case R70 84 ATC 493; 27 CTBR (NS) Case 124, where an accountant employed with the Public Service was allowed a deduction for the cost of publications produced by a business and law publisher. The connection between the expense and the accountant's occupation was established, as the publications contained current technical information that related to her day-to-day work. She was, however, not allowed a deduction for the cost of daily newspapers and periodicals.
120. Example: Warren, a building supervisor, subscribes to the Building Construction, Materials & Equipment magazine. The cost is an allowable deduction as there is sufficient nexus between the expense and Warren's job.
121. Example: Warren also subscribes to The Australian Woodworker. The cost would not be an allowable deduction as there is insufficient nexus between the expense and Warren's job.
Telephone, mobile phone, pager, beeper and other telecommunications equipment expenses
122. A deduction is allowable for the cost of telephone calls made by a building worker in the course of carrying out his or her duties.
124. A deduction is not allowable for the cost of installing or connecting a telephone, mobile phone, pager, beeper or other telecommunications equipment, as it is considered to be a capital expense (see Taxation Ruling IT 85) and/or a private expense.
125. In Case M53 80 ATC 357; 24 CTBR (NS) Case 29, Dr P Gerber (Member) stated (ATC at 359; CTBR at 236):
'...on payment of the connection fee, this taxpayer brought into existence an advantage for the enduring benefit of his newly established medical practice. ...It follows that it is "like" an expenditure of a capital nature.'
127. If the telephone is not used 100% for work-related purposes, then only a proportionate deduction will be allowable. The proportion can be calculated using the following formula:
128. A deduction is not allowable for the cost of obtaining a silent number listing as it is a private expense (Taxation Determination TD 93/115).
Transport expenses
129. Transport expenses include public transport fares and the running costs associated with using motor vehicles, motor cycles and bicycles etc for income-producing travel. They do not include accommodation, meals, and incidental expenses (see Travel expenses paragraphs 182 to 186). The treatment of transport costs incurred by a building worker when travelling is considered below.
130. A deduction is not allowable for the cost of travel by a building worker between home and his or her normal work place as it is generally considered to be a private expense. The cost of travelling between home and work is generally incurred to put the building worker in a position to perform duties of employment, rather than in the performance of those duties.
This principle is not altered by the performance of incidental tasks en route (paragraph 34 of Taxation Ruling MT 2027). The principle is also not altered if the building worker is required to have a car available at work, uses a car because using public transport is impracticable, or is required to travel to work outside normal hours.
131. The High Court considered travel expenses incurred between home and work in Lunney's case. Williams, Kitto and Taylor JJ stated that(CLR at 498-499; ATD at 412-413):
'The question whether the fares which were paid by the appellants are deductible under section 51 should not and, indeed, cannot be solved simply by a process of reasoning which asserts that because expenditure on fares from a taxpayer's residence to his place of employment or place of business is necessary if assessable income is to be derived, such expenditure must be regarded as "incidental and relevant" to the derivation of income...But to say that expenditure on fares is a prerequisite to the earning of a taxpayer's income is not to say that such expenditure is incurred in or in the course of gaining or producing his income'.
133. Example: A building supervisor is phoned at his home outside normal working hours as the building site has been vandalised. He travels between his home and the building site in response to this emergency. The cost of travel to and from the building site is not an allowable deduction.
134. A building worker may be regularly employed off-site on some days and on-site on other days. In both cases, the normal work place is where the building worker performs normal duties.
135. Example: Jack and Bill are carpenters who are employed to construct roof trusses in their employer's factory and also to install the trusses in houses at a housing estate. The travel between home and the factory or between home and the housing estate is travel to and from their normal work place. It is private and no deduction is allowable (but see paragraphs 136 to 141). The cost of travel between the factory and the housing estate is an allowable deduction.
Travel between home and work - transporting bulky equipment
136. A deduction is allowable if the transport costs can be attributed to the transportation of bulky equipment rather than to private travel between home and work (see FC of T v. Vogt 75 ATC 4073; 5 ATR 274 (Vogt's case)). In order to establish that the deduction is allowable, the building worker must be able to first demonstrate that the equipment is bulky. If this is satisfied, it must then be established that the workplace is not secure enough to store the equipment while the building worker is absent. If the equipment is transported to and from work by the building worker as a matter of convenience or personal choice, it is considered that the transport costs are private and no deduction is allowable (see Case 43/94 94 ATC; AAT Case 9654 (1994) 29 ATR 1031 and Case 59/94 94 ATC 501; AAT Case 9808 (1994) 29 ATR 1232).
137. In Case 43/94, 94 ATC; AAT Case 9 (1994) the taxpayer was a flight sergeant with the Royal Australian Air Force. He was supplied with a locker in which to store various items of uniform clothing and flying equipment. By personal choice, he kept only a full dress uniform in the locker, preferring to keep the equipment in the boot of his car in which he travelled to and from work. The equipment was carried in a duffle bag which, when packed, weighed 20kg. He usually took home a navigational bag containing charts, work manuals and study materials and on occasions, he carried another bag which weighed 10kg when packed.
138. The Tribunal found that (ATC at 390; ATR at 1034-1035):
'....all of the items....when removed from the bag, were capable of satisfactory storage in the locker;
the decision to keep the equipment in the boot of the car was driven by personal choice....;
the duffle bag with its contents was not of a size or weight to impede facile transportation.'
The Tribunal decided that the cost of the taxpayer's travel to and from work was not incurred in earning his assessable income.
139. Example: Charlie, a bricklayer, uses his car to travel to the work site each day in order to transport his trowels, levels, lines, hammer, mortar boards and other equipment. There is no secure place on site for storage of these items. Because of the bulk of this equipment, Charlie would be entitled to claim a deduction for his car expenses.
140. Example: Geoffrey, a builder's labourer, carries only his steel-capped boots to work in his car. Geoffrey's car expenses are private as his travel from home to work is not attributable to carrying bulky equipment.
141. Example: Fred, a bricklayer, usually leaves his bulky tools and equipment in a secure area at the work site. His employer requires him to go to a different site the next day, so he takes the tools and equipment home . The cost of Fred's travel home and to the work site the next day is an allowable deduction as it can be attributed to the transport of bulky equipment.
Travel between home and work where home is a base of operations and work is commenced at home
142. It would be unusual for an employee building worker to commence work before leaving home. In circumstances where a building worker's home is a base of operations and work is commenced at home, a deduction is allowable for the cost of travelling between home and work. The building worker would be considered to be travelling on his or her work as distinct from travelling to work.
143. There have been a number of cases considered by Courts and Tribunals where deductions for transport expenses were allowed on the basis that the taxpayer's home was a base of operations. The characteristics recognised in these cases as contributing to the conclusion that the taxpayers were travelling on work, were:
the taxpayer undertakes tasks at home that cannot be done at the work site (Vogt's case);
the performance of the duties of the job commences before leaving home. The obligation is more than just being on stand-by duty at home (Owen v. Pook (1970) A.C. 244 (Owen & Pook's case); FC of T v. Collings 76 ATC 4254; (1976) 6 ATR 476 (Collings' case));
the taxpayer does not choose to do part of the work in two separate places. The two places of work are a necessary obligation arising from the nature of the special duties of the job (Collings' case; FC of T v. Ballesty 77 ATC 4181; 7 ATR 411);
the home takes on the characteristics of being a base of operations on occasions, since work has to be commenced there (Collings' case);
the taxpayer commences the task at home and the responsibility for completing it is not discharged until the taxpayer attends at the work site (Owen & Pook's case; Collings' case).
144. Example: Samantha is a building supervisor at a Cairns resort development. The site operates 16 hours a day, 7 days a week. Samantha's usual pattern of work is to attend at the site from 7am to 4pm from Monday to Friday. She is required to be on call outside these hours. Usually, when a problem arises, she is able to handle it over the telephone from home. If she gives instructions over the telephone, and then has to travel to the site to deal with the problem, a deduction is allowable for her transport costs. Samantha's home is a base of operations and, on these occasions , she commences work at home and is travelling on her work, not to her work.
145. The reasons for this view are:
the journey begins as a result of the performance of the duties of the employment at Samantha's home, namely attending to problems over the telephone.
the journey from home to the site is undertaken, not to commence duty, but to complete an aspect of employment already underway before the journey commences.
Note: It is unlikely that the cost of travelling from the work site to home would be an allowable deduction as Samantha would not be travelling on work after leaving the work site.
146. In Collings' case, the taxpayer was a specially trained computer consultant who was on call 24 hours a day. She was frequently called upon out of ordinary hours to rectify problems. This often necessitated travel because the problem was incapable of being rectified on the terminal at her home. Rath J said (ATC at 4268 ; ATR at 491-492):
'Her double work-location is not only not merely colourable, but the two places of work are a necessary obligation arising from the nature of her special duties...When called at her home, the taxpayer immediately had the responsibility of correcting the malfunction...In my opinion in this case the taxpayer's expenses in respect of her travelling between her home and work... were in the special circumstances of this case...allowable deductions...'
147. Example: Jim is a plant operator who obtains work with various employers through an agency. The terms of the agency agreement require him to be on 24 hour stand-by. When a job becomes available the agency contacts him and he has the option of taking the job or declining it. If Jim accepts the job he will be required to travel either direct to the work site or to the employer's depot, from where he will be directed to the work site. A deduction is not allowable in respect of Jim's travel from home to the depot or direct to the work site. A deduction is allowable for the transport costs incurred in travelling from the depot to the work site.
148. The following reasons support the view that Jim's travel between home and work is private:
the requirement to be on stand-by and the mere receipt of the telephone call from the agency are not sufficient to treat Jim's home as a place of work;
whether or not Jim is under an obligation to accept the offer of work, his duties do not commence upon receipt of the telephone call but rather when he reaches the depot or work site.
149. In Case R61 84 ATC 454; 27 CTBR (NS) Case 118, the taxpayer was a part-time teacher employed at three colleges. There were no facilities available to accommodate part-time staff for the storage of materials, preparation of tutorials or marking of student assignments. The taxpayer contended that her home was a base of operations. Mr P M Roach (Member) said (ATC at 454; CTBR at 947):
'...the taxpayer is in a situation of having several distinct employments in relation to each of which she chose to store materials and carry out preparatory and other incidental work at her home rather than her place of employment.'
The transport costs incurred by the taxpayer in travelling between her home and work were not allowed as 'the taxpayer was not travelling on her work', per Mr T J McCarthy (Member) (ATC at 451; CTBR at 945). None of the characteristics detailed in paragraph 141 were present in this case.
Travel between home and shifting places of work
150. A deduction is allowable for the cost of travel between home and work if a building worker has shifting places of work. Shifting places of work can be shown to exist if a building worker regularly works at more than one work site on any given day. Occasionally staying at a particular work site for several days or even a few weeks, will not mean that a building worker ceases to have a pattern of shifting work places, providing the usual pattern of work involves regularly working at more than one work site on any given day.
151. Another term for 'shifting places of work' is itinerancy. There have been a number of Court and Tribunal cases in which itinerancy has been considered, and where commercial travellers have been cited as a good example of employees whose work is inherently itinerant. Although this occupation usually involves the constant movement from one work place to another, this does not mean that all commercial travellers are always entitled to a deduction for the cost of travelling between home and work. For example, a commercial traveller who is required to call at his employer's office at the beginning and at the end of each day, would not be entitled to a deduction for his travel costs between home and the office (unless he was transporting bulky equipment).
152. Similarly, many building workers may be engaged in itinerant work from time to time. However, this does not mean that the costs of travelling between home and work will always be an allowable deduction for building workers. It is the circumstances of each particular taxpayer that determine whether he or she is entitled to a deduction.
153. Some of the cases that refer to shifting places of work (or itinerancy) are Horton v. Young (1972) Ch. 157; 47 TC 60 (Horton v. Young); Taylor v. Provan (1975) AC 194 (Taylor v. Provan); FC of T v. Weiner 78 ATC 4006; 8 ATR 335 (Weiner's case); Case R8 84 ATC 157; 27 CTBR(NS) Case 59 (Case R8); Case T106 86 ATC 1192; AAT Case 17 (1986) 18 ATR 3093 (Case T106); Case U29 87 ATC 229; AAT Case 32 18 ATR 3181 (Case U29); Case U97 87 ATC 584; AAT Case Case 68 18 ATR 3491 (Case U97); FC of T v. Genys 87 ATC 4875; (1987) 19 ATR 356 (Genys' case).
154. The characteristics supporting the allowance of a deduction for the cost of travelling between home and work that emerged from these cases were:
there was more than one work place attended each day (Weiner's case and Case T106);
travel was a fundamental part of the employees' work (Taylor v. Provan);
there was no 'fixed place (or places) of work' (Horton v. Young TC at 68);
there was no 'home station' (Case U97);
there was a 'web of workplaces' (Case U 97);
there was the continual movement by the worker from one work place to another (Horton v. Young TC at 68 and Weiner's case);
any break in the pattern of continual movement of the worker from one workplace to another was 'on a purely temporary basis' (Horton v. Young TC at 68)
155. The characteristics present in these cases but which were not found to support the allowance of a deduction for travel between home and work on the basis of itinerancy were:
being on stand-by or short notice contact for work (Genys' case);
having a settled pattern of employment (Case U97);
being a casual employee who works for different employers regularly (Genys' case);
the incurring of 'additional expenditure' to travel to work (Case U 29);
the taxpayer had a principal place of duty as a matter of routine, even though that may have changed at intervals of several months (Case U 29);
the obtaining of work from an agency on a regular basis so that one regularly has different employers on different days (Genys' case).
156. In Case U 97, the taxpayer was a relief fireman who was nominally attached to a fire station in a Sydney suburb but was commonly sent to other fire stations in the Sydney fire district ('outer stations'). Some of the relevant facts established about his employment were:
he was employed by the same employer in the same class of employment every day;
he travelled to one outer station regularly for a number of days then to another outer station for another period and so on;
on occasions, he was telephoned at home with instructions to proceed to a particular outer station the next day. By and large however, he was aware of his commitments well in advance - he would certainly know the day before.
157. In Case U97, B J McMahon (Senior Member), in commenting on Case T106, said (ATC at 588; ATR at 3495):
' several observations were made [in that case] to illustrate the web of workplaces that one would expect to find, particularly in a casual rather than a semi-permanent pattern, in order to categorise employment as itinerant.'
Senior Member McMahon went on to say:
'In my view, the circumstances of the present applicant are such that his settled pattern of employment cannot be regarded as itinerant, even though he is not required to serve at the same station for every day...There is not the web of workplaces ...There is not the constant unsettled dispatch from one workplace to another, the element of uncertainty...'
158. Example: Dan, a builder's labourer, is regularly dispatched by his employer to a different site each day. When he finishes work each day, his employer tells him where he will be required to work the next day. He regularly has to travel to more than one site each day, although on occasions he may stay at a site for a few days. A deduction is allowable for Dan's transport costs as he has shifting places of work. It is not considered that his home is a base of operations.
Dan regularly works at more than one work site each day;
There is continual movement from one work place to another;
He does not have a fixed place of work;
Dan does not work to any regular pattern.
160. Example: Sally, a plumber's offsider working on the Gold Coast, is dispatched to work on various sites in the area giving assistance to plumbers. Sally usually knows several days in advance the sites that she will be required to attend, although she does get an occasional emergency telephone call dispatching her to a different site on the following day. The length of time Sally stays at a site varies, but once she arrives at a site, Sally invariably remains there for more than one day. A deduction is not allowable for Sally's transport expenses.
The settled pattern of employment does not lead to a conclusion that there are shifting places of work, even though Sally may not be required to work at the same work site every day;
There is not a continual movement between work sites;
There is not a 'web of workplaces';
There is a minimal degree of uncertainty about the location of Sally's work place.
162. Example: Colin, a bricklayer's labourer, travels by train each day to work at the site of a new shopping centre in Suburb X, 40km from his home. He works at this site for 2 months. He then works on a site in his home suburb for 4 weeks before returning to work at the Suburb X site for an indefinite period. A deduction is not allowable for Colin's transport expenses between home and either work site, for reasons similar to those given above for Sally.
163. Example: Jock is a carpenter and joiner who, for the last 9 months, has had three regular employers, Tom, Dick and Fred. His regular weekly work pattern involves working at the joinery shop of each builder, as follows:
Monday: Home to Tom's joinery in suburb A to Home
Tuesday: Home to Tom's joinery in suburb A to Home
Wednesday: Home to Fred's joinery in suburb C to Home
Thursday: Home to Dick's joinery in suburb B to Home
Friday: Home to Dick's joinery in suburb B to Home
Jock usually uses his car to travel to and from work, but has occasionally used public transport as he only has to carry a small toolbox containing handtools. Jock is not entitled to a deduction for his travel costs.
Jock is in the situation of having several distinct employments;
in respect of each employment, the job itself does not require Jock to incur transport expenses in the performance of his duties;
each employer has a distinct base of operations where Jock is able to perform his duties;
Jock does not have shifting places of work;
Jock's home is not considered to be a base of operations even though he stores his tools there overnight;
(vi)
Jock's tools are not bulky.
166. Example: David, a building supervisor, travels from his work site directly to a technical college to give night lectures. The cost of this travel is an allowable deduction.
167. A deduction is allowable for the cost of travel from a building worker's normal work place to other work places. The cost of travel from the alternate work place back to the normal work place or directly home is also an allowable deduction. This travel is undertaken in the performance of a building worker's duties. It is incurred in the course of gaining assessable income and is allowable as a deduction.
168. Example: David, a building supervisor, travels from his normal work site to his employer's head office to attend a meeting. After the meeting he travels directly home. The cost of each journey is an allowable deduction to David.
169. Example: Mick, a builder's labourer, arrives at the work site and is directed by his employer to go to a work site in another suburb for the day to cover for a labourer who is sick. The cost of Mick's travel between his normal work site and the alternate site and then home, is an allowable deduction.
170. A deduction is allowable for the cost of travel from home to an alternate work place. The cost of travel from the alternate work place to the normal place of employment or directly home is also an allowable deduction (see paragraphs 32 to 35 of Taxation Ruling MT 2027).
171. Example: Mick, the labourer in paragraph 169, is directed to continue going to the alternate work site for a further three days. The cost of Mick's travel between home and the alternate work site is an allowable deduction.
NOTE: If this arrangement continued, there would come a time when the alternate work place would become Mick's normal work place and his travel costs would cease to be an allowable deduction. There is no established test for determining when such an arrangement would cease to be purely temporary. Each case would need to be looked at on its own facts.
172. Example: Janet, an apprentice electrician, is required to travel from home to assist with some emergency repairs at her employer's head office. She then travels to her normal work place. The cost of travelling from home to the head office and then on to the normal work place is an allowable deduction. However, the cost of travelling home from the normal work place is not an allowable deduction.
173. A deduction is allowable for the cost of travelling directly between two places of employment or between a place of employment and a place of business. This is provided that the travel is undertaken for the purpose of engaging in income-earning activities.
174. Example: Graeme, a house painter, works on at least two houses each day. The cost of travel from one house to another is an allowable deduction as the cost is incurred in travelling between two places of employment (see Taxation Ruling IT 2199).
175. If the building worker lives at one of the places of employment or business a deduction may not be allowable as the travel is between home and work. It is necessary to establish whether the income-earning activity carried on at the person's home qualifies the home as a place of employment or business. The fact that a room in the building worker's home is used in association with employment or business conducted elsewhere will not be sufficient to establish entitlement to a deduction for travel between two places of work (IT 2199).
176. A deduction is not allowable for the cost of travel between a person's home at which a part-time income-earning activity is carried on, and a place of full-time employment, unless there is some aspect of the travel that is directly related to the part-time activity.
177. In Case N44 81 ATC 216; 24 CTBR (NS) Case 114, a qualified accountant, employed by a firm of accountants, conducted a limited private practice from his home. He set up a separate room in his home as an office. The taxpayer claimed a deduction for car expenses incurred in travelling between his residence/office and his place of employment. The fact that the taxpayer's home was, incidentally, used in the production of income was insufficient to make the travel between his home and his place of employment an outgoing incurred in the production of assessable income. The travel retained its essential character of travel between home and work and therefore, it was not an allowable deduction.
178. Example: Virginia, an apprentice painter, teaches guitar at her home on Monday evenings. The cost of travelling from the work site to home is not an allowable deduction. It is a private expense rather than an expense incurred in deriving assessable income.
Automobile Association/Club membership fees
180. A deduction is allowable for the annual fee for road service if either the log book method or one-third of actual expenses method of claiming work-related car expenses is used. Membership of an Automobile Association/Club usually entitles members to additional benefits such as a magazine and legal advice. These benefits are considered to be incidental to the main purpose of membership, which is the provision of roadside or breakdown service. The entitlement to a deduction for the annual subscription fee is not affected by this arrangement. A deduction is not allowable for a joining fee or for any additional fees paid to gain entitlement to benefits other than road service.
182. A deduction is allowable for the costs incurred by a building worker in undertaking work-related travel. An example is where a building worker attends a seminar interstate. Travel expenses include the costs of accommodation, fares, meals and incidentals.
183. Receipt of an allowance does not automatically entitle a building worker to a deduction for travel expenses. A work-related travel expense must be incurred and only the amount actually spent can be claimed as a deduction.
184. The general rule is that no deduction is allowed for work-related expenses unless written evidence, such as a receipt, is obtained. However, special substantiation rules apply to travel expenses if a building worker receives a travel allowance.
185. If a travel allowance is received and the amount of the claim for expenses incurred is no more than the reasonable amount, substantiation is not required. The Commissioner of Taxation publishes a Taxation Ruling annually that sets out the amount of reasonable expenses covered by a travel allowance.
186. If the deduction claimed is more than the reasonable amount, the whole claim must be substantiated, not just the excess over the reasonable amount.
Union or professional association fees and levies
187. A deduction is allowable for the cost of annual union or professional association fees. A deduction is not allowable for fees paid to join a union or professional association as it is a capital expense. Taxation Rulings IT 299, IT 327, IT 2062 and IT 2416 provide further information on the deductibility of union and professional association fees.
188. Taxation Ruling IT 2062 sets out our views on the deductibility of levies paid to unions and associations. It says:
'...where levies are paid by employees to a trade union or professional association it is necessary to have regard to the purposes for which the payments are made in order to determine whether they satisfy the terms of subsection 51(1). It is not decisive that the levies may be compulsory. What is important is the connection between the payment of the levy and the activities by which the assessable income of the employee is produced.
Levies made specifically to assist families of employees suffering financial difficulties as a result of employees being on strike or having been laid off by their employers are not considered to be allowable deductions under subsection 51(1) - they are not sufficiently connected with the activities by which the assessable income is produced to meet the requirements of the subsection.' (Taxation Ruling IT 2062 paragraphs 2 and 3).
189. A deduction is allowable for a levy paid to enable a trade union or professional association to provide finance to acquire or construct new premises, to refurbish existing premises or to acquire plant and equipment to conduct their activities (Taxation Ruling IT 2416).
190. A deduction is allowable for a levy if it is paid into a separate fund and it can be clearly shown that the monies in that fund are solely for protecting the interests of members and their jobs, and for the obtaining of legal advice or the institution of legal action, etc. on their behalf (Taxation Ruling IT 299). A deduction is not allowable for payments to staff associations or clubs (subsection 51AB(4) of the Act).
Telephone installation or connection costs
191. The view was expressed that deductions for telephone installation or connection costs should be allowable based on the Commissioner's stated policy in Taxation Ruling IT 2197. The view of the Commissioner is that IT 2197 only applies when the telephone installation costs or connection fees have a revenue nature. Where these expenses are incurred by an employee, they are not on revenue account but are of a capital or private nature.
Protective clothing and equipment
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193. The view was also expressed that heavy duty clothing such as drill shirts, trousers and shirts are protective clothing and their cost should be an allowable deduction. The Commissioner's view is at paragraph 57.
194. The view was expressed that the Building and Construction Industry is inherently itinerant and that building workers should be entitled to claim a deduction for the cost of travelling between home and work each day. Paragraphs 136 to 172 set out the circumstances in which the Commissioner considers a deduction is allowable for the costs incurred by a building worker in travelling between home and work.
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"ODD" VIETNAMESE ANIMATION COMES TO YOUTUBE
VinTaTa Animation Studio just released its first animated series, Monta in the Odd Galaxy
By Jeffrey Scott | Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 3:45pm
In Business, Cartoons, Digital Media, Flash, Production, Television, Transmedia, Writing | ANIMATIONWorld, Blog Post | Blogs: FADE IN: on Screenwriting, by Jeffrey Scott
VinTaTa Animation Studio has just released its first animated series, Monta in the Odd Galaxy, on its VinTaTa YouTube Channel.
VinTaTa was established in 2016, with a mission to “bring laughter to children”. The studio now has over 100 employees in two modern offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, equipped with the latest hardware and software used throughout the animation world.
But VinTaTa didn’t come up with its new series the old way. They tried something different—and risky. They held a nationwide competition throughout Vietnam to seek ideas for a series based on the character Monta, a Delacour’s langur who is the mascot of VinTaTa’s parent company, Vingroup. In May, it was announced that a four-member creative collective known as The Whale Hunters beat 800 competitors to win the top prize of VND 1 billion ($42,500 USD) with their Monta in the Odd Galaxy concept.
Though The Whale Hunters’ series concept had whacky creative brilliance at its core, it was too culturally specific and complex to translate to the global market. Fortunately, VinTaTa Studio’s young executive director, Nguyen Phi Phi Anh, was savvy enough to understand that if the series was to work for both the Vietnamese and global markets, he needed someone with global producing, developing and writing experience.
So, Phi Anh asked me to redevelop, simplify and globalize The Whale Hunters’ concept and write the scripts for Monta in the Odd Galaxy. But that wasn’t as easy as it sounded.
Phi Anh gave me a mandate to create a uniquely structured series. Each 20-minute episode was to be made up of four 5-minute segments. So far, so good. But the segments had to be self-contained stories that could play alone and still be understood. Writing five-minute episodes isn’t particularly difficult if you’re doing Warner Bros. style visual slapstick comedy, thin on plot and heavy on gags. But it’s not so easy when you have to have a clear beginning, middle and end that not only resolves in five minutes but hooks up with the other three installments to make a coherent whole—and convey a positive theme as well!
Fortunately, with the help of Phi Anh’s skilled creative team we managed to pull it off. Here is a synopsis of the series as ultimately developed:
It all began in the heavenly Cosmic Kitchen where Monta was assistant to the Supreme Chef, helping him whip up planets and stars in his awesome celestial oven. But when Monta tried to make his own planet before he was ready he caused the oven to explode with a “Big Bang” that flung hundreds of odd planets across the galaxy.
Filled with wrath, the Supreme Chef banished Monta to Earth where he found himself making cheeseburgers in a fast food restaurant. But the Supreme Chef had a forgiving heart, so he created an artificially intelligent banana named Banana and sent her to help Monta redeem himself.
There was just one catch: Monta first had to clean up his cosmic mess by resolving the problems on all of the odd planets he had created—Planet Noodle, Planet Garbage, Planet Cell Phone, Planet Teeth and a gazillion other odd planets.
With renewed determination, Monta gathered his fast-food friends—Maika the waitress, Sharkira the busboy and Wood the dishwasher—got into Starship Banana and blasted off for untold adventure and comedy with…Monta in the Odd Galaxy!
And here is my favorite episode so far…
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Quotes › Authors › G › George Bernard Shaw › Time
George Bernard Shaw Quotes About Time
Quotes about: Time
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
Inspirational, Success, Time
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
Funny, Happy Birthday, Family
The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.
Funny, Senior, Time
Attributed in "Teaching as a Subversive Activity" by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner, 1971.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
Funny, Change, Time
George Bernard Shaw (2010). “Back to Methuselah”, p.470, The Floating Press
The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!
Life, Time, Pain
You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?
Love, Inspirational, Life
Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
Time, Men, Age
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
Funny, Birthday, Time
Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903)
Better never than late.
Sarcastic, Time, Sarcasm
Time enough to think of the future when you haven't any future to think of.
Time, Thinking, Enough
It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.
Time, Age, Generations
Fanny's First Play (1914) "Induction"
We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come.
Time, Long, Moments
Statement made in a 1946 debate to repeal the Conservatives' "Trade Disputes Act" of 1927 in "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations", Third Edition, 1980.
Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.
Time, May, Youth
George Bernard Shaw (2016). “The Critical Shaw: On Literature”, p.25, RosettaBooks
Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.
Forgiveness, Time, Forgiving
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Stray Sayings"
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Brossoit joins team; Pickard called up
December 17, 2013 /in Features, News & Releases /by condors
CONDORSTOWN, Calif. – The Bakersfield Condors, ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers, announced today that G Laurent Brossoit has been assigned to the team by the Oilers from Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League (AHL). In addition, G Chet Pickard has been called up to the Barons. Brossoit is expected to join the team in Boise for three games this week against the Idaho Steelheads.
BROSSOIT “bro-SWAH”
20 years old, 6’3″, 202 lbs., Surrey, British Columbia
Drafted in the 6th round (#164) by Calgary in 2011
Acquired by Edmonton via trade on November 8, 2013 along with F Roman Horak for D Ladislav Smid and G Olivier Roy
Earlier this year, he shut out the Condors on back-to-back nights as a member of the Alaska Aces, making 16 saves in each contest
Was named ECHL Goaltender of the Week on November 7, 2013
Played in nine AHL games this season with Abbotsford and Oklahoma City with an overall record of 2-5-0
Tremendous junior career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the Edmonton Oil Kings with a regular season record of 88-34-13 a 2.71 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage
Won a WHL title with the Oil Kings in 2011-12 and was named playoff MVP after going 16-4-0 with a 2.04 GAA and a .933 save percentage during the playoffs
Pickard heads to Oklahoma City after playing in 10 games with the Condors. His record stands at 3-5-0 with a 2.91 GAA and a .881 save percentage.
KIDS GET IN FREE!!!
The Condors head out onto the road for three more games in Idaho starting Wednesday. They return to home ice the day after Christmas with Kids In Free Night, sponsored by 29 Eyewitness News and La Caliente 96.9. Kids 14 and under can get a free lower level ticket with the purchase of at least one adult ticket. Kids must be present at time of purchase
On Sunday, Dec. 29 we welcome Thor to Condorstown, to meet fans and pose for pictures in the Condors Photo Booth. Thor appears courtesy of 106.1 KRAB Radio. Fans are invited after the game to stick around and skate with the Condors as well.
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ON THE ROAD SERIES: A young Spanish painter takes over the Lower East Side
Article by Dina Münzfeld in New York // Apr. 14, 2012
The recently opened gallery of art collector, poet and oncologist Marc Straus emerges unobtrusively from its frantic environs. Located in the up and coming Lower East Side on Eldrige and Grand St, the four story gallery building does not only look distinct. Its environs is packed with storefronts that are transformed halfheartedly to artsy bars in order to benefit from a soaring circulation of hip and affluent art lovers. Combating gallery inflation, Marc Straus has transformed a historic building into a brick and mortar, upscale gallery with ample exhibition space for its roster of 14 international artists. He currently hosts Antonio Santin‘s (born 1978 in Madrid) first solo exhibition in the United States.
A circular canvas titled Fiebre Amarilla (2012) at the far end of the room arrests the visitor’s gaze upon entering the exhibition space on street level. 8 ft. in diameter, the image of a round carpet is flanked by smaller, rectangular paintings with a strikingly different subject matter, as one assumes at first glance. The gallery orchestrated Santin’s 11 most recent paintings in two groups that vaguely trace the painter’s development over the past year. Living and working in Berlin, Santin has painted still life sets from photographs of women in their personal surroundings. Their distorted bodies are meticulously arranged between personal objects and stare lifelessly into the room of the beholder. Due to their apathetic look, many voices described their facial expression as projections of ennui, triggering the viewer to reflect on his own dissatisfactions with life and even as a “well-practiced mask of non-verbal, emotional warfare”.
Literally and mentally ascending, intricate pattern of female dresses seem to have incited Santin’s most recent endeavor to paint elaborate rugs by means of enlarging a photograph on a projector. Inside Marc Straus’ neutral white cube on the second floor, immersing in monastic vibes that offer a calm space to look at art, one is confronted with four monumental pieces. We see detailed depictions of luxurious carpets, spanning over bulky, unidentifiable organic masses. Suffocated clumps appear to move below monolithic canvases that cause claustrophobia.
Where his women appear mysteriously evocative, the carpet paintings speak to the viewer in many different ways. Trained as a sculptor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Athens Fine Art School, Santin introduces the third dimension through heavy folds and well executed shading. Achieving the effect of rendering threedimensionality by color only, one is inclined to bring in Spanish Masters or even Caravaggio as influences. Though, it is the fascinating subject matter, or should it be called “object on subject”, that keeps the viewer in the present.
Santin builds up tubes of paint to model the carpet’s lavish ornament, juggling with depth perception. Seen from a distance, his painting appears photo- if not hyperrealistic. But, observing closely in the gallery, sculpted arteries of pigment cover the carpet’s flat fabric ground comparable to a net.
In the work Sofia (2012), Santin triggers another reaction between reality and art. Paint drips from the edges of the canvas, assuring the present dimension of observing a painted canvas in a gallery. Gradually, a life size female body lying under what seems like a coat of snakeskin and lace emerges from the flat canvas. The figure appears to be in a state of transformation as if a butterfly metamorphoses from a cocoon. Santin hits at a vacuum between the past and the present moment not only by symbolizing multiple rebirths as alluding to a snake’s skin implies, but also by his singular style. Danae (2012) shows a red carpet with bulky black structures floating on a background as even and white as the gallery walls. His formal vocabulary roots back to the Spanish Tenebrism, as stated in the Press Release. But, the thick capillaries of paint are dispersed without brushstrokes. Santin oscillates between a classical formal vocabulary and an idiosyncratic use of paint to combine the apparent and the metaphysical, the articulated and the metaphorical. His artwork is an unparalleled and thoughtful enrichment of the contemporary art scene that will outlive the artistic volatility of the neighborhood.
MARC STRAUS
Solo Exhibition – ANTONIO SANTIN
Exhibition: April 1 – May 6, 2012
299 Grand Street
See more of Antonio Santin’s work:
www.antoniosantin.com
Dina Münzfeld, b. 1989, studied Art History and Business Administration at Humboldt University of Berlin and New York University. She is a curator at Jeffrey Leder Gallery and lives in both cities.
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Jayson Tatum Is So Bored He's Burying People On Twitter
Greenie4/08/2020 12:20 AM
One of the good parts of this shitty situation we all find ourselves in is it's given players more time to be on social media. IG Lives telling hilarious stories, players dropping in with fans and making their life, hopefully it's something that continues for years to come every offseason. It's also given them more time to tweet and it appears Jayson Tatum has all the time in the world. If there's one thing I know about Jayson Tatum as a complete stranger that just watches him on TV and writes about him on the internet, he is very proud of being from St. Louis. You better thank the heavens they don't have an NBA team or else he'd be there in a minute. So my guess is he takes his high school basketball career seriously.
I won't pretend to know the backstory here. No idea if Tatum knows this person of it it's just a random hater on the internet. But what I do know is that talking shit to Jayson Tatum about the sport of basketball, a person who did this as a teenager
and is currently backing it up with this
probably isn't the best idea. We really don't see Tatum be so loud like this but hey quarantine brain will get the best of anyone. This poor bastard, every time he replied he probably thought he got the best of Tatum only to be on the wrong end of a kill shot after kill shot. There's really no coming back from the favorite player line. That's a wrap for this little back and forth. There's certainly no shame in Tatum being your favorite player, I for one enjoy the experience.
Would I prefer Tatum be playing right now? Of course. But at this point I'll take any form of entertainment and watching him bury this dude on Twitter is the best we have right now so who am I to complain.
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“The most exciting prodigy since LeBron.”
Six words in the May 2009 Sports Illustrated magazine placed a heavy burden on a 16-year-old from Nevada. Scouts, journalists, and baseball fans compared him to Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, and Justin Upton. Harper was so hyped that he skipped the last two years of high school to expedite his path to MLB. At 17 years old, he enrolled at the College of Southern Nevada, where he hit 31 home runs and 98 RBI with a .443/.526/.987 slash line in just 66 games. To put his college stats in perspective, Southern Nevada allowed 28 home runs all season.
Harper’s legend grew as the 2010 amateur draft neared. In the 2010 NJCAA district final, he went 6-for-7 and hit for the cycle. The next day, he hit 8-for-11 with four home runs, two doubles, and a triple in a doubleheader. Despite his on-field performance, a two-game suspension ended his career after he argued a strike three call by drawing a line in the dirt with his bat. Skeptical fans called him immature. A disgrace to baseball. Traditionalists didn’t like his eye black, hair style, and showy bat flips.
The suspension didn’t hurt Harper in the eyes of MLB executives as the Nationals drafted Harper in the 2010 draft at number one overall. They moved him from catcher to outfield to speed up his development and make room for the highly touted Wilson Ramos. The move allowed Harper to follow in the footsteps of his baseball hero, Mickey Mantle. In his youth baseball career, Harper wore number seven to honor Mantle, but the number was not available with the Nationals. Harper chose 34 because three plus four equals seven.
To no one’s surprise, Harper hit .389 in Spring Training with three doubles and five RBI. However, he had a slow start in the minor leagues at Hagerstown in Class-A. Harper saw an optometrist who said he had some of the worst eyes that he had ever seen. Once Harper started wearing contact lenses, he smashed seven home runs with ten doubles and a .480 average in 20 games.
Harper slugged his way through the minor leagues and earned a spot in the big leagues in 2012 at 19 years old. In his rookie season, Harper hit 22 home runs with 59 RBI and collected the Rookie of the Year award. He posted similar numbers in 2013, but slumped last year while suffering a thumb injury. To make matters worse for Bryce, controversy with Nationals’ manager Matt Williams fueled his critics. In mid-April of 2014, Williams benched Harper for “lack of hustle” when he jogged to first base before making a turn for the dugout on a routine ground ball. The play was odd because Harper usually plays the game with intensity.
As Harper battled injuries and matured in the big leagues, phenoms like Mike Trout, Jose Fernandez, and Kris Bryant burst onto the scene, prompting baseball fans to doubt Harper’s future stardom. Fans expected Harper to be a 20-year-old superstar and were impatient with his development. To this day, many seem to forget that Harper is still the fourth youngest player in the Major Leagues. Despite his ‘slow’ start, his stats were comparable to a young Barry Bonds through 386 games according to Ace of MLB Stats on Twitter and Baseball Reference.
First 386 career games played #Nationals Bryce Harper 63 HR & 181 BB – .271/.356/.472 #Pirates Barry Bonds 63 HR & 175 BB – .260/.342/.478
— Ace of MLB Stats (@AceballStats) May 6, 2015
In the past few weeks, fans have finally gotten what they have waited for since Harper’s appearance on the Sports Illustrated cover six years ago. From May 6 to May 9, he hit six home runs with 12 RBI in 12 at-bats. He leads the National League in home runs at 11 and is third in RBI with 28. Through 32 games, he is hitting .300/.435/.655 and leads the majors in walks at 27.
How has Harper made the transition from disappointing phenom to blooming superstar? It is easiest to look at his patience at the plate. According to Fan Graphs, he is swinging at 30.1% of pitches outside the strike zone so far this season, good for four points less than his previous career low. His swinging strike percentage has dipped to 9.5% from 13.7% in 2014, proving that Harper is swinging at better pitches and putting more hard hit balls in play. Not surprisingly, the first time that Miguel Cabrera‘s swinging strike percentage dropped below 10%, he hit 33 home runs with 116 RBI and a .323 in his breakout 2005 season.
Greater selectivity at the plate has given Harper a much more balanced swing, allowing him to pull more balls in the gap at Nationals Park. Check out his progress in his batted ball stats according to Fan Graphs.
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In 2015, Harper is clearly lifting more balls in the air, with his ground ball percentage dropping 12 percent from last year. His pull percentage has risen to 47.9%, allowing him to drive more balls into the seats and improve his fly ball percentage to 43.1%, which is in the ballpark of other premier power hitters. The increased fly ball percentage will dramatically increase his home run and power numbers, but may cause his average to drop if he can’t keep his line drive percentage near 25%. The league batting average on fly balls and line drives in 2014 was .207 and .685, respectively.
Because Harper is pulling more pitches and hitting more line drives, his hard hit ball percentage has increased over nine percent from 2014. Much of the percentage increase has come from his medium hit balls. Harper isn’t just making contact with more pitches, he’s driving pitches with more pop than ever before.
As he continues to improve, we will see more swings like this beauty. The legend of Bryce Harper is alive and well. Expect big things from him the rest of the year and beyond.
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Battle Ground, Indiana
+17.1% since 2010
United States / Indiana / Lafayette-West Lafayette Metro Area / Tippecanoe County / Battle Ground / Zip Codes
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College town / Mid-sized city complex - Northwest Indiana along I-65 between Indianapolis and Chicago. September, June and May are the most pleasant months in Battle Ground, while January and December are the least comfortable months.
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What Bert Has To Say About Lafayette-West Lafayette Metro Area
Lafayette is a fairly typical prosperous Midwestern agricultural and manufacturing center on the southeast bank of the Wabash River, across from the vibrant and dynamic college town of West Lafayette. West Lafayette is home to the 40,000-student engineering and agriculture rooted Purdue University. The combination of cities provides a diverse economy and a lot of interest compared to most metro areas in the region.
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Lafayette is home to the likes of Caterpillar, agricultural processor Tate & Lyle (formerly A. E. Staley), Alcoa and a large Subaru plant, which just recently became an assembly plant for Toyota. The university brings a strong complement of research and technology firms, and employment and incomes especially on the west side of the river are strong and living standards are high. The university brings plenty to do for students, families and some retirees alike. The sports teams of the Purdue “Boilermakers,” a mascot celebrating the area’s role as a center of industrial and agricultural technology, are a local obsession.
Downtown Lafayette, tucked neatly into the Wabash valley, has some charm and a slightly European look from a distance, with mostly unattractive commercial sprawl spreading mostly north and east. West Lafayette, atop a bluff to the west of the river, is more modern and has a typical college town look. Town highlights include a low cost of living and especially housing for a major university town, good air quality, and high educational attainment. Downsides are a somewhat cyclical economy and some sprawl issues, and the northern Indiana climate can be harsh in winter.
Both cities lie along the shallow wooded valley of the Wabash River. To the north is a flat agricultural plain; to the south is a mix of level and gently rolling terrain. Most of the outlying area is agricultural. The climate is continental with four distinct seasons, including warm humid summers and variably cold winters. Wide temperature fluctuations and rainy periods are frequent. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year, with occasionally heavy, spring and summer thunderstorms. Winters can bring windy, snowy periods partly arising from Lake Michigan to the north. First freeze is mid-October, last is late April.
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County: Tippecanoe County
Metro Area: Lafayette-West Lafayette Metro Area
Time zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The unemployment rate in Battle Ground is 3.4% (U.S. avg. is 3.7%). Recent job growth is Positive. Battle Ground jobs have increased by 3.6%. More Economy
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Tippecanoe county voted Republican in four of the last five Presidential elections, voting Democratic in 2008. More Voting Stats
Battle Ground's population is 1,717 people. Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 17.1%. Learn More...
The median home cost in Battle Ground is Real Estate: $170,200. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 7.7%.
Battle Ground public schools spend $9,187 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $12,383. There are about 19.9 students per teacher in Battle Ground. More Education
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Washington township (Porter Cnty), Indiana
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Best Places to Live in Washington township (Porter Cnty), Indiana
National center - Northeastern Illinois along Lake Michigan. June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Washington township (Porter County), while January and December are the least comfortable months.
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What Bert Has To Say About Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area
A world-class commercial, industrial and cultural city, Chicago functions as is a major national center and as the major regional center for America’s heartland. It originally emerged as a transport center for cargo headed west and agricultural products headed east by land and water. Although transportation technology has changed, the role has not. The city is the most important passenger and freight transport hub in the country with the largest number of air departures and the most rail traffic in the nation. The commercial and manufacturing economy stands out both for its size and diversity. Over 30 Fortune 500 companies in an assortment of industries have headquarters here. Factories and warehouses extend for miles from the downtown area. Chicago is also a major center for small manufacturing and business. There is probably no more diverse an economy in the country.
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The city grew up in America’s Gilded Age and the prosperity spilled over into some of the finest neighborhoods and architectural statements in the country. Oak Park, where architect Frank Lloyd Wright started his original studio, is a museum of residential architecture. It is an attractive, typically-Midwestern commuter enclave of square city blocks, stately homes with shaded streets, and a shopping area next to the rail station, which still functions as an important commuter terminal. This story is repeated frequently; Riverside to the south is similar but with flowing curved streets and a park like setting designed by Frederick Law Olmstead of Central Park fame.
The city has an extraordinary sense of history and historic preservation. Many architectural styles, both commercial and residential, were invented and first used in Chicago, and the city goes out of its way to preserve them. The old 1880’s elevated rail line continues to operate around the “Loop,” the city’s main business district. The former Navy Pier on Lake Michigan has been restored into a popular entertainment complex. The waterfront Soldier Field was recently remodeled at great expense rather than replaced by a larger stadium with modern amenities. In short: The city is a living museum and monument to American urban history.
Chicago is also a city of neighborhoods. North side, west side, south side—each provides a set of neighborhoods to suit any taste and (mostly) any budget. Areas of older homes and “two-flats” have been restored into viable neighborhoods on major arteries in the inner suburbs. Along the lake and to the north are wealthier areas and the community of Evanston, home of Northwestern University. Areas become more typically middle class (but still with variety) to the northwest, west, and southwest.
Like many large cities, Chicago has its sprawl and growth issues, and suburbs have overtaken many older farm communities and towns like Elgin and Aurora, and there is little in the way of geography to restrain the push. Naperville, due west and strategically located among the area’s beltways, has become something of an exurb, with a strong commercial base attracting commuters from other neighborhoods in all directions. Joliet is an older industrial and transportation hub on the southwest side.
The rest of the area map is a patchwork quilt of suburbs, one after the other, defined by rectangular grid arteries sliced through by radii mainly along rail commuter routes emanating from the city. The more popular suburbs typically lie towards the northwest. Some have pushed far out into old farmland, like Cary, Algonquin, Geneva and the more upscale Lake Zurich, while other quality neighborhoods lie closer in, like Elk Grove Village and Schaumberg. Good neighborhoods also lie to the south and southwest side, although contrasts are stronger between the livable and more run down areas; Hinsdale and Orland Park are more upscale picks on the southwest side.
In Chicago, location relative to major transportation routes is most important. Many endure hour-long commutes into the city and around its crowded beltways. The city has an excellent urban and suburban transportation network with an assortment of rail and bus services; nonetheless, traffic along arteries and beltways can be intense. A less typical urban problem is that Chicago’s downtown and nearby neighborhoods have become so livable—and so many businesses have located on the urban fringe—that rush hour traffic affects people commuting out of the city.
Chicago offers numerous amenities. Museums, notably The Art Institute of Chicago, and the performing arts are top quality. Sports are legendary—whether the teams win or lose—and Wrigley Field is another of those American urban icons. Few cities have more or better restaurants. Plus, the area has some of the best higher education in the country, and quality education is available at all levels in most neighborhoods.
Climate and the “C” factors typical of large city living—cost of living, crowdedness, crime, and commute—are the main negatives. Chicago’s climate can be pleasant but downright miserable at times. The lakeside location, facing into the teeth of the storm track, and continental climate from the northwest produce cold, snow, wind, storms, humid heat, and weather changes invigorating for some but intolerable for others.
Cost of living varies by neighborhood and lifestyle, but is accelerating after years as a relative bargain for a big city. The violent crime is still a problem in some neighborhoods. There are still some grubby, rundown areas that would make some people think twice. These facts hurt the statistical appraisal of Chicago. But we think the area offers a rich and complete assortment of lifestyles, amenities and opportunities for most people willing to make a few tradeoffs; most shouldn’t be discouraged by the low ranking.
Chicago is located on a level coastal plain generally less than 100 feet above the lake. Most land is open and almost completely flat with occasional areas of deciduous woods. The climate is continental with frequently changing weather and is invigorating to say the least. Although lake winds can be strong and channeled by downtown office buildings, the nickname “Windy City” is a bit of a misnomer as average wind through the year is not exceptional. That said, winter wind-chill factors can reach extreme proportions.
Summers can be warm and breezy to hot and humid. Lake breezes may moderate downtown temperatures 10 degrees to 15 degrees but will only occasionally extend several miles inland. Summer precipitation comes mainly from thunderstorms and can be heavy. Winter precipitation may arrive as frontal systems from the west or heavy squalls off the lake. Fall and spring are changeable, and along with winter, can have long periods of precipitation. Half the summers have temperatures over 96 degrees, half the winters have temperatures as low as –15 degrees. First freeze is mid-October, last is late April.
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County: Porter County
Metro Area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area
City: Washington township (Porter Cnty)
Time zone: Central Standard Time (CST)
The unemployment rate in Washington township (Porter Cnty) is 3.9% (U.S. avg. is 3.7%). Recent job growth is Positive. Washington township (Porter Cnty) jobs have increased by 1.2%. More Economy
Compared to the rest of the country, Washington township (Porter Cnty)'s cost of living is 0.3% lower than the U.S. average. More Cost of Living or Compare Washington township (Porter Cnty)'s Cost of Living
Porter county voted Republican in three of the last five Presidential elections, voting Democratic in 2008 and 2012. More Voting Stats
Washington township (Porter Cnty)'s population is 4,902 people. Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 7.3%. Learn More...
The median home cost in Washington township (Porter Cnty) is Real Estate: $220,800. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 5.7%.
Washington township (Porter Cnty) public schools spend $9,578 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $12,383. There are about 16.8 students per teacher in Washington township (Porter Cnty). More Education
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The median home price in Washington township (Porter Cnty) is $220,800.
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20 YEARS OF LAO PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
Illus. with photos & a map. No place: Neo Lao Haksat Publications, 1966. Small 4to. Wraps. 32 p. + photos. [64080]
25 YEARS OF HEALTH WORK
(Hanoi): Vietnamese Studies, 1970. 12mo. Wraps. 146 p. Vietnamese Studies No. 25. Contains "Mass Prophylaxis on a National Scale" by Dr. Nguyen Van Tin, "Mother and Child Welfare" by Mme Dinh Thi Can, "The Fight against Malaria" by Dr. Do Duong Thai, "The Fight against Leprosy in the DRVN" by..... [49427]
(Hanoi): Vietnamese Studies, 1970. 12mo. Wraps. 146 p. Vietnamese Studies No. 25. Contains "Mass Prophylaxis on a National Scale" by Dr. Nguyen Van Tin, "Mother and Child Welfarr" by Mme Dinh Thi Can, "The Fight against Malaria" by Dr. Do Duong Thai, "The Fight against Leprosy in the DRVN" by..... [49428]
Vol. 1, No. 1 (October, 1980) - Vol. 1, No. 2 (November, 1980). Tabloid newspaper of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (AI), a splinter from Vietnam Veterans Against the War / Winter Soldier Organization (VVAW/WSO) which was aligned with the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). [64222]
AGREEMENT ON RESTORING PEACE AND ACHIEVING NATIONAL CONCORD IN LAOS
New York: U.S. Committee to Aid the National Liberation Front of South Viet Nam, ca. 1973. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled sheets. 6 p. [65827]
AGRICULTURAL STUDIES (VOL. 2): RICE
Hanoi: Vietnamese Studies, 1967. 12mo. Wraps. 175 p. Vietnamese Studies No. 13. [49430]
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT SYSTEMATICALLY ATTACK DAMS AND DIKES IN THE D.R.V.N.
Illus. with photos. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1968. 12mo. Wraps. 31 p. + folding map. [16760]
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT SYSTEMATICALLY ATTACK HOSPITALS AND SANITARY CENTRES OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Illus. with photos. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1966. 12mo. Wraps. 24 p. [16761]
AMERICAN USE OF WAR GASES AND WORLD PUBLIC OPINION
AMERICANS FOR REAPPRAISAL OF FAR EASTERN POLICY JOURNAL OF REPRINTED ARTICLES ON THE FAR EAST
No. 1 (Spring, 1966). Mimeographed newsletter issued at New Haven, Connecticut. [64189]
AMERICANS FOR REAPPRAISAL OF FAR EASTERN POLICY NEWSLETTER
1st issue (January, 1966). Mimeographed newsletter issued at the University of Wisconsin. [64188]
ANTHOLOGIE DE LA POÉSIE VIETNAMIENNE
Paris: Les Éditeurs Français Réunis, (1969). 12mo. Wraps. 254 p. [49439]
ASEAN-INDOCHINA: FROM CONFRONTATION TO PEACEFUL COOPERATION
Trans. by Tamara Matz. Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1989. 12mo. Wraps. 31 p. [49827]
BAD PAPER NEWS
Number 1 (January, [1974]). Newsletter issued in San Francisco by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War / Winter Soldier Organization Committee for a Single Type Discharge. [88459]
BÀI HÁT GIAI PHÓNG QUÂN
Biên tâp: Tô Hai. Duyêt Lân Cuoi: Nguyên Dình Tình. Hà Nôi: My Thuât Ban, 1967. Small 4to. Wraps. 36 p. Volume with music and lyrics to Vietnamese songs issued during the Vietnam War. [49448]
BASES FOR A SETTLEMENT OF THE VIET NAM PROBLEM
Hanoi: Viet Nam Courier, 1971. 12mo. Wraps. 47 p. [16793]
BOMB HANOI
No place: No publisher stated, ca. mid-1960s. Pinback button. 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Printed in black on a green background. [85529]
BOMBERS, GUNSHIPS, ELECTRONIC BATTLEFIELDS OUT! OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
No place: No publisher stated, ca. 1972. 11 x 17 in. Poster. Printed in orange & green. [85428]
THE BOWDITCH REVIEW
2 (Fall, 1967). Little magazine issued in Berkeley. This is a Special Vietnam War issue containing "The Geneva Agreements and Vietnam's Unheld Elections of 1956" by Moffett Hall, "The Containment Policy: Its Cold War Origins and Its Application in Vietnam" by Lyle Downing, "Address before the International War Crimes Tirbunal"..... [60850]
1 (Summer - Fall, 1967) & 2 (Fall, 1967). Little magazine issued in Berkeley. The first isue contains several articles about the Resistance. The second issue is a Special Vietnam War issue containing "The Geneva Agreements and Vietnam's Unheld Elections of 1956" by Moffett Hall, "The Containment Policy: Its Cold..... [60851]
BREAKING OUR CHAINS: DOCUMENTS ON THE VIETNAMESE REVOLUTION OF AUGUST 1945
Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1960. 12mo. Wraps. 99 p. [59894]
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
No place: No publisher stated, ca. late-1960s. Pinback button. 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Printed in black & blue on a white background. [85637]
CAMPAIGN TO END THE WAR IN VIETNAM: NONVIOLENT ACTION AGAINST THE WAR
No. 1 (January 12, 1965). Mimeographed anti-war bulletin edited in New York by Albert Uhrie, Gregory Beardell & Ileana Beardell. [90574]
THE CATHOLICS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
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Blytheweigh supports Bridge Farm Group’s Communications as it is acquired by Artemis Growth Partners
Blytheweigh (“Bw”), was pleased to support, its new client, Bridge Farm Group, on the communications and messaging around the successful acquisition by Artemis Growth Partners, an ESG-focused impact investment fund.
Bridge Farm is the UK’s leading producer of ornamental plants, flowers, and herbs, which also holds a licence for cannabis cultivation. While Bridge Farm’s core focus will remain on its ornamental horticulture and produce business, where it expects to continue building on its market-leading position, this transaction brings the Group back to independent ownership and provides stability as it expands into plant-based wellness.
The acquisition ranks as the largest sponsor-driven European M&A transaction in history for cannabis and cannabis-related companies and represents the largest M&A deal of 2020 in Europe for the horticulture and farming industry.
Camilla Horsfall or Megan Ray on 020 7138 3204
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Name: Jagdish Shettigar
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Doctorate in Economics from IIT-Delhi with professional experience spreading over four and a half decades in varied fields such as teaching, research, industry and governmental policy making process. Capability to apply theoretical concepts to resolve problems at ground level. Skill in striking a fine balance between logic behind theory and limitations in terms of necessity of effective communication with the targeted sections. Regular updating of developments at domestic and global business environment and analytical ability to understand impact of the same on different stakeholders.
Strength in terms of governmental economic policies, policy initiatives by different regulators such as monetary authority, market regulators, competition commission etc. Keen observer of developments in sensitive segment of the economy and its impact on organized sector as well as overall economy and also relationship between external factors on Indian economy especially in terms of fluctuations in capital markets, flow of foreign investment and rates of exchange and in turn trade balance.
Ph.D in Economics from I.I.T-Delhi [1988].
M.A. in Economics from University of Bangalore [1973].
B.A.[Hons] in Economics from University of Bangalore [1971].
Area of Interest and Research
Governmental economic policies.
Monetary policy measures.
Domestic and Global business Environment.
State of the economy and challenges.
Regulatory issues related to energy, oil, banking and capital markets.
Teaching Courses and New Courses Developed
Managerial Economics.
Macroeconomics.
Global Business Environment.
State of Indian Economy and Business.
Doing Business in India.
Professor in Economics, Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida, India: Since September 2007.
Senior Advisor, Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi: 2005 to August 2007.
Visiting Professor in Economics, Asia Pacific Institute of Management Technology, New Delhi: 1996 to 2005.
Freelance Consultancy in Economics: 1991 to 1996.
Director, Economic Research Foundation, FICCI, New Delhi: 1989 to 1991.
Senior Economist, ASSOCHAM, New Delhi: 1980 to 1989.
Senior Research Officer, Commerce Research Bureau, Mumbai: 1979 to 1980.
Lecturer in Economics, K.J. Somaiah College of Commerce & Arts, Mumbai: 1978 to 1979.
Lecturer in Economics, Canara College, Mangalore: 1973 to 1978.
Research Papers and Working Papers
Impact of Monetary Policy on Industrial Production [Along with Dr. Amarendra Pandey].
Study of Factors Impacting Rates of Exchange [Along with Dr. Pooja Mosra].
Macroeconomic Variables Affecting External Commercial Borrowings [Along with Dr. Pooja Misra].
“Economic Reforms: A Medium Term Perspectives” –submitted to the Prime Minister in January 2001. [Along with Dr. I.G.Patel, Dr. M. Narasimham, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. Kirit Parikh, Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Dr. Bimal Jalan, Dr. Amaresh Bagchi and Dr. Ashok Gulati ]
Impact of global pandemic on Indian Economy.
Books, Chapters and Technical Reports
Macroeconomic Variables Affecting External Commercial Borrowings: An Investigation [Along with Dr. Pooja Misra]
Editorial Positions and Reviews
Editor-in-chief, Business Perspectives, Birla Institute of Management Technology [Since 2010]
Conference, Seminar Paper and Presentations
Asian Productivity Council: Seminar on Technology Management held at Taipei in November 1989.
Visited China in November 1997 on invitation by the Communist Party of China to study their economy.
US-India- Israel Tri-lateral Relationship: Presented a paper on economic security at the seminar held in Israel in February, 2003.
Presented a paper on Indo-Taiwanese Economic Cooperation at a seminar held in Taipei in November 2004.
Magazine and Newspaper Articles
Have been regularly contributing articles on economic issues in all leading national dailies and weeklies since the last three decades. [Ref. Google].
Interviews and Media Impact
Have been regularly getting interviewed by national media.
A couple of times international media such as Independent, Washington Post, Chinese daily also interviewed.
Have been appearing in TV debates since 1992 in almost all English, Hindi and Kannada channels.
Occasionally, also appeared on BBC, China TV.
Ref. Google and You tube provide list of all media coverage].
MDP Sessions, Workshops and Technical Lectures
Organized Marketing & Sales training for around 1500 distributers of GCMMF, Gujarat at more than 40 depots in different parts of the country during 2007-08
Actively engaged in social activities such as RSS, ABVP and Swadeshi Jagran Manch since school days.
Associated with Bharatiya Janata Party at a apex decision making committee from 1991 to 2012.
Actively involved in underground movement against national emergency from June 1975 to May 1997- with responsibility of mobilizing students and teachers in Karnataka.
Doctoral Dissertations and Awards
One doctoral thesis on “Working of Monetary Policy: A Case Study of RBI” has been awarded degree in 2017.
Currently, there are three research scholars.
IRONING STATIONS
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Home » Blog » DWI » Ex Houston Texans Player Mario Williams Donates 5 More Cars to HPD
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Mario Williams was the Texans’ first draft pick in the 2006 NFL draft. If you follow the draft you’ll remember that the Texans surprised the draft predictions by picking him over Reggie Bush, who speculators predicted would be their first pick. Mario Williams played for the Texans until 2011 when he became a free agent and began playing defensive end for the Buffalo Bills, where he still remains an integral part of their team. However, Williams has not forgotten about Houston. The Houston Police Department announced yesterday that Mario Williams donated 5 stealth police cruisers to help them catch aggressive and dangerous drivers.
The slick black Dodge Chargers have low profile decals so that would be offenders do not notice them until it’s too late. Stealth blue lights hidden inside the front grill and red lights hidden both inside the cabin and rear view mirrors give them a futuristic look worthy of a Hollywood action movie.
The 5 cars donated will no doubt be used to find drivers who are speeding, driving under the influence, and driving erratically or dangerously in general.
Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland gave Williams an HPD badge on Tuesday March 12, 2013 making him an honorary member of the squad. Mario jokingly said during the ceremony, “I guess one of these requires a ten car minimum”.
Williams also donated 5 Chevrolet Camaros that were stocked to the gills with special gadgets to the Houston Police Department in 2011.
Williams donated his Ford F250 pickup truck to two US Marine Purple Heart recipients in 2012. Sergeants Justin and Cherie Hunter were chose from a long list of possible recipients by Williams, who found their story moving.
Houston is thankful for his generous donations that will help the police department keep our community safe. Mario Williams is a class act, and an honorable member of our society. He has the unique distinction of being a role model for our children not just for his athletic abilities and super star status, but also for his civic contributions that improve the safety of our community.
Check out this video to see the entire ceremony. Mario comes in at the three minute mark.
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Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Yellow giant hyssop
Wednesday, Aug 8 2018
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Some flowers are much more difficult to photograph than others. For years, I’ve wanted to feature yellow giant hyssop (Agastache nepetoides) in this series, but I have struggled to capture clear images of the tiny yellow flowers.
Ecological consultant Leland Searles came to the rescue. Not only is he one of Iowa’s best resources on native plants, he is also a gifted photographer. Leland has previously shared his pictures of Golden Alexanders, various sedges, northern prickly-ash, and the rare leatherleaf with Bleeding Heartland readers. This week he provided some gorgeous shots of yellow giant hyssop, including an incredible picture of a ruby-throated hummingbird sampling these flowers.
Yellow giant hyssop is native to most states in the eastern half of the United States. Leland noted that it is an “open woodland, savannah, or woods edge species.” I’ve seen some growing near trails and also deeper in the woods, in partial shade. I don’t recall finding it in plantings, but the related purple giant hyssop is now blooming in flowerbeds outside the Des Moines Public Library branch on Franklin and near the Meredith trail between Gray’s Lake and downtown Des Moines. Anise hyssop is shorter than either of its relatives and is most easily identified by the scent of a crushed leaf.
Leland took this picture of “the earliest leaves to emerge, with the thick square stalk from the prior year” in a private yard in Des Moines in March 2015.
Leland found these yellow giant hyssop stems in May 2011.
The Illinois Wildflowers website writes of this species,
The pale yellow flowers are not very showy because they seem small in comparison to the rest of the plant and only a few flowers are in bloom at the same time. Thus, the attractiveness of Yellow Giant Hyssop consists primarily of its foliage.
I took these pictures last August, along the Windsor Heights bike trail in Polk County. Notice how few flowers are blooming.
This is my best effort at a close view of yellow giant hyssop flowers, from the woods on Mike Delaney’s Dallas County farm in August 2016.
The flower parts are much more clear in Leland’s photo, taken at Brown’s Woods in West Des Moines in August 2015.
Leland managed to photograph this young male ruby-throated hummingbird in August 2011.
After yellow giant hyssop goes to seed, the plant will remain visible for months. Leland commented on his photograph from December 2013, “while the dry plant is somewhat fragile, it can persist for several weeks into winter. Distinguishing it from the similar Purple Giant Hyssop (A. scrophulariaefolia) in winter depends mainly on noting its location during bloom.”
Another set of cheering photos, thank you
This flower can be one of the rewards of savanna and woodland restoration, which is often hard work. But as the worst alien invaders are removed (lookin’ at YOU, garlic mustard and bush honeysuckle), native flowers can appear that weren’t suspected before. Giant yellow hyssop can be one of them.
I know that from a gorgeous-flower-gardening point of view, giant yellow hyssop is not spectacular. But some kinds of bees and butterflies (and hummingbirds) love it dearly, and that makes some of us humans really like it too. Also, deer don’t like it. And in areas with serious deer overpopulation, that helps pollinators that need the help.
By PrairieFan @ Wed 8 Aug 11:52 PM
excellent point
about the deer. Soon I will cover white vervain, another plant with non-showy flowers that deer don’t typically eat.
By desmoinesdem @ Thu 9 Aug 9:20 AM
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