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Public information Films
Victoria O'Keefe
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Here's one of the classic public information films (PIF). Children and Ponds from 1979. Blatant attempt to pull the heart strings with the girl with long flowing blonde hair. As for the bit where they switch her out for a very unconvincing dummy..
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Re: Public information Films
Reginald Molehusband - nuff said!
Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas - go figure!
Lonely Water
George 1978
Managed to get the Charley Says and Charley Live videos from a Peterborough based company 20 years ago which had a lot of the PIFs on them, although the ponds one seen above was not one of them. I read about them in the defunct Cult TV magazine, and in 1998-1999 when looking back on the 20th century was such a poignant thing, it was an ideal way to look back on these, and perhaps come to turns with what frightened us 25 years before. Jeremy Clarkson did an "ironic" programme about PIFs from around 2000 on BBC 1, and ITV did one which was shown on a Bank Holiday around five or six years ago. There was also the Ads Infinitum episode on PIFs that VLS did.
A lot of the 1970s one still turned up on Saturday mornings as late as 1988 - Central used to show one or two of them just after No 73 or Get Fresh - the "it may be only a bike to you, but any good driver knows that he needs plenty of room" director and cameraman one used to turn up a bit, and as the participants were wearing flared trousers, I would guess it was at least 10 years old back then. The "he's gone to Birmingham" driving in fog / walking down the hill blindfolded one was from that era as well and was seen in the 1980s, and unbelievably seen as late as 1997 when Central shown it on a Sunday evening in around what used to be the Bullseye slot, and BBC 1 had shown it before handing to News 24. Andrew Wiseman's website mentioned it.
I had never seen the "polish the floor and put a rug on it" one on TV myself in its original form - they probably stopped showing it before I could remember it, but it was featured on Charley Live - cue a Beckinsale / O'Sullivan 1970s long-haired actor slipping on the aforementioned rug to the voiceover saying "and to think he had only come from the hospital". It was seen on an episode of It's Only TV But I Like It which prompted Jonathan Ross to make jokes about bald headed people - and the late Bruce Forsyth.
I thought the ponds one was from the mid 1980s rather than 1979 - in fact, I thought that the child would have been the same age as myself at the time.
Telling it almost exactly like it was so many years later - and proud of doing so!
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I remember a bike one not featured on the Charley series where a boy gets his bike run over by a Mk1 Vauxhall Cavalier.
Another is a man who looks like a young Stephen Hawking who falls asleep at the wheel of his car & ends up with a horse's hoof coming through the windscreen, which wouldn't be out of place in a horror film.
The Trickster On The Roof
You could tell that a PIF was in an ad break - in the middle of up to date adverts, the screen goes to black and one sees filmy scratches before it starts - and I knew what that meant. I bet that in an 1970s ad break this would be incognito to a degree, and a PIF probably wouldn't have stood out in that sort of way. When I see a 1970s ad break on YouTube I always associated it as how PIFs were made at the time. I think that it was around 1984-1985ish that adverts started to be on VT a lot more.
It's interesting how we think of Public Information Films as being very dated 1970s (even from a 1980s perspective) films on TV that frightened the lives out of us - the Charley Live compilation was updated for DVD and had included more modern ones (the original video went up to 1983), and there were some comments about some of them looking out of place, such as a Millennium Bug one from 1999 - fair enough, it was a once in a lifetime thing it was promoting, but even nearly two decades later, it doesn't have the same nostalgic excitement than a 1970s PIF did in the 1990s, despite it being the same length of time, probably because: A) Things had changed a lot more originally, and: B) The first 20 years can be "out of bounds" in some people's memories. The Cycle Forever one (cue teenage boy on a treadmill-alike bicycle) was made in 1989 and shown throughout the 1990s but it stills feel modern and timeless unlike a lot of 1970s PIFs - I didn't know that it was made in the late 1980s to be honest.
Some are indeed of their time, such as the decimalisation one from 1971, the Census from the same year (unlike most PIFs it couldn't be repeated in 1981!), although the "voting in a general election" one could be reused in twice in 1974, 1979 and so on. No wonder the Health and Safety Executive was founded in 1974 when most of these were made!
There was an attempt to update some PIFs, with the Diamonds For Danger being redubbed with new narration & music, but the visuals still very 1970s.
I'll have to replace my Charlie videos with the DVD, especially as it's got more up to date films on. One I remember from the early 1990s was a boy skateboarding across a road without looking, ending with his skateboard flying through the air after an off-screen collision.
Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
It's like those Jo and Petunia ones which were ironically updated with one of them wearing a Burberry "chav of course" baseball cap which I used to see on Channel 5 while waiting for PCBH to come on when I recorded it in the early hours of Saturday or Sunday morning.
The skateboard one was shown at my Junior school when we had someone from Road Safety visit us to do a talk - we were in the hall, I think, and we saw it on a large screen. We saw our young protagonist playing on his skateboard - there was a Co-op milk float that was seen driving along (haven't seen them in years!) - we saw the youngster one moment, and then we just saw the skateboard flying through the air as you have just said. Not to be confused with the bicycle one where you just see the young lad turning right where a car was coming, and then no young lad, but his bike being crushed by a car - I think it was Bob Carolgees of all people who did the voiceover. Made a nice change to Gary Watson doing it anyway.
Some PIFS get misinterpreted. Children and Ponds, for example. The doll isn't meant to be the child, it's just her doll that washed up on the centre reservation when she fell in I think a PIF would put in more effort than an actual child's toy if it was meant to be a dead body.
To be honest, I actually thought that the doll was supposed to be the child, hence the shock of what we saw.
One PIF seen on Charley Live (and was also seen by Central on Saturday mornings in the same place) was the two and a half minute one about crossing the road safely - the "that's my sister, that's my mum" one from 1972 which sounds as if it has the "CCS - Tap Turns on the Water" music illustrating it. Sister was in a baby bouncer, while Mum was at the top of the stairs looking very 1960s indeed - cue our hero trying to slide up the stairs when she was trying to go down them. Also, our hero nearly being run over by his father's car. One of the most nostalgic PIFs around as we get to see a bit of what things were like back then.
I won't mention the "Clunk Click" ones for all of the obvious reasons, although the practice of wearing a seatbelt is a good one of course - hard to believe however that the law on wearing a seatbelt was made compulsory in 1983 and not closer to 1973 when the PIFs were made.
"polish the floor and put a rug on it" PIF was voiced by Patrick "Doctor Who" Troughton.
Originally posted by Victoria O'Keefe View Post
That's the thing about voiceovers - I used to think "who's voice is that?" when I hear adverts and PIFs, mostly at a time when Gary Watson did at least half of them.
There is one clip about railways on YT which is voiced by someone who sounds like a cross between Bruce Forsyth and Jon Pertwee, and that has had a few suggestions as to who it could be in the comments section.
Looking on YouTube and other forums, I have been recently reminded of the cross-ply and radial tyres one where a red Mini does more stunts than Mr Bean's car could ever do on a skidpan. Patrick Allen (pre-Barratt Holmes of course), does the voiceover reminding us that we might not live to regret if we mixed cross-ply and radial tyres or put cross-ply tyres on the rear and radials on the front. Cue Mini ending up on its roof with tyres still spinning around. One assumes that the driver was some sort of stuntman or Fight Arranger.
And up to the late 1980s, various ITV regions had shown that supermarket one where two Queen Mother-generation women were talking - Norman Evans-style: "to cut a long story short..." One had their purse perched on top of their bags (I thought it was inside their baskets), and someone had pinched the purse from the bag. Cue targeted woman going "oh, me purse", and searches her bag for it just in case it is still in there, even though it has gone. Cue leap year-baby Joss Ackland reminding us, to "look after your purse before someone else does". As someone who has had their wallet stolen in a burglary back in 2008, I thought that it was darn good advice.
And of course, the derelict burnt out house with echoes and screams throughout the house and going up the stairs - the days when it was advised that everyone had to unplug everything in the house in case fire started is more or less in the past now. At least we are in the days of smoke alarms and circuit breakers and the Health and Safety Executive which helps these days.
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Originally posted by George 1978 View Post
Loved Joe & Petunia
When Joe told Petunia about the "Dinji" lol
Do you really believe the other side without provocation would launch so many ICBM's, subs and ships knowing that we would have no option to launch as well? It would break our MAD Treaty (Mutually Assured Destruction) not to mention the end of the world as we know it.
Does anyone remember a PIF maybe from the late '70s, opening on a beach, where a voiceover says something like 'some time ago, a little girl ran down to the sea. Now she is dead.' I seem to remember a shot of the girl's arm lying on the sand, washed by the waves. Is this just me, or does this PIF exist?
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dasacco said: ↑
These were all UK mixes that George Martin worked with. No Capitol versions.
Thanks for clearing that up.
So Martin's mastering changes were (to the UK mixes) - I welcome any corrections:
A1 Twist And Shout (stereo moved slightly to center)
A2 I Saw Her Standing There (stereo moved slightly to center)
A3 You Can't Do That (no changes - original UK stereo)
A4 I Wanna Be Your Man (stereo moved slightly to center)
A5 I Call Your Name (1964 stereo mix - first appeared on the Australian Greatest Hits 1 (1968) and Past Masters Volume 1)
A6 Boys (stereo moved slightly to center and stereo channels reversed)
A7 Long Tall Sally (1964 stereo mix - first appeared on the Australian Greatest Hits 1 (1968) and Past Masters Volume 1)
B1 Rock 'n' Roll Music (1964 UK album stereo mix - stereo moved slightly to the centre)
B2 Slow Down (stereo mix - first appeared on Something New (1964) and later Past Masters Volume 1)
B3 Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey (1964 UK album stereo mix - stereo moved slightly to the centre)
B4 Money (That's What I Want) (1963 UK album stereo mix - stereo moved slightly to the centre)
B5 Bad Boy (stereo mix - first appeared on Beatles VI (1965) and Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966) - stereo moved slightly to the centre)
B6 Matchbox (stereo mix - first appeared on Something New (1964) and later Past Masters Volume 1)
B7 Roll Over Beethoven (stereo moved slightly to center)
C1 Dizzy Miss Lizzy (1965 UK album stereo mix - stereo moved slightly to the centre)
C2 Anytime At All (UK album stereo mix)
C3 Drive My Car (1965 UK album stereo mix - stereo moved slightly to the centre)
C4 Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (1964 UK album stereo mix - stereo moved slightly to the centre)
C5 The Night Before (1965 UK album stereo mix - stereo moved slightly to the centre)
C6 I'm Down (stereo mix - first appeared on Japanese Help! EP (1965) and later Past Masters Volume 1) * Also remixed for 1976 promotional single
C7 Revolution (stereo mix - first appeared on Hey Jude! (1970))
D1 Back In The U.S.S.R. (album stereo mix)
D2 Helter Skelter (album stereo mix)
D3 Taxman (album stereo mix)
D4 Got To Get You Into My Life (album stereo mix)
D5 Hey Bulldog (album stereo mix - bass filtered to centre)
D6 Birthday (album stereo mix)
D7 Get Back (album version) (album stereo mix)
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John C Bradley Jr said: ↑
I was 15 in the summer of 1976 when this came out, I think it was the summer between my 9th and 10th grade years of school. I'd been a huge Beatles fan for a couple of years at this point but I only had the "Blue" album (first record I ever bought) and a bunch of cassettes that a friend of mine had made for me, mostly the "American" versions of albums (I would not discover the joys of the import records until I got to college).
Anyway, I bought this record that summer when it came out. I think it was the first "new" Beatles product that I ever bought. I was so excited to have something "new" to buy - even though it wasn't new. I listened to it all the time that summer. "Got to Get You Into My Life" was all over the radio too. It was beyond exciting to get to hear a Beatles single on the radio and follow it up the charts.
I've been lugging my records around ever since - multiple moves, a divorce, etc. and while I have most of them I have managed to lose a few through the years including this one, unfortunately (I would get Love Songs for Christmas the year it came out and managed to lose that one as well).
I love these stories. Thanks for sharing.
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I probably already mentioned it earlier in the thread, but the single of Got to Get You Into My Life has added compression and reverb compared to the 1976 album mix. It's probably the mix that was played on the radio back then since I believe it was also like that on the promo 45.
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paulisdead said: ↑
My recollection is that they all had the channels reversed. I just spot checked "Get Back" and "Revolution" and confirmed those two were reversed. Later tonight I should have some time for some further comparisons.
dasacco, Sep 25, 2020
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Dr. Pepper said: ↑
Here is the album recreated on Spotify.
The Beatles - Rock 'n' Roll Music, a playlist by Ulysses' Classical on Spotify
That Spotify pic would make a much better cover for the album!
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FredV said: ↑
It was also the first time ‘I’m Down’ was issued on L.P.
Yes, a great song I had to search out on the okd 45 single....a fine Macca vocal...
Arnold Grove said: ↑
#7 on the Billboard singles charts in 1976::
Yes,...I have the pic cover single of this...
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DRM said: ↑
I have several variations of this via cassette. From the U.S. as well as the U.K. With both covers. The remixes and the ones not remixed. Same with Love Songs, except I don't think Love Sounds was remixed. I think I even have a Korean LS cassette version.
Interesting info..
MarcS said: ↑
And Paul was already on the radio a ton that year with Silly Love Songs and Let Em In.
Yes, he practically ruled am radio then...
jjh1959 said: ↑
Oh yeah ?
Yep..caught George here....being a Beatles fan himself, despite all of his seventies fussing in interviews about being a Beatle. George’s hair looked cool in this era I always thought.
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dewey02 said: ↑
That joke continues to be hilarious!
Why wasn't Lorne Michael's ridiculously low offer to the Beatles offensive to everyone because it might have meant Paul, John George AND Ringo weren't worth more than a few thousand dollars as a band?
It was a comedy show. What part of that don't people understand?and
Even Ringo himself made fun of his status in the Beatles when he appeared on SNL. (Paul's toothbrush sold for a fortune at auction, while Ringo himself only got a minimal bid from a family, and then he just sat around popping bubble wrap).
It seems in today's PC world, nobody can make a joke without everyone getting offended. I don't think many here on SHF would deny that Ringo was an important member of the Beatles. Sheesh!
I’m telling you, I remember those great old SNL seventies Beatles jokes and they were indeed hilarious and all the Beatles went along with it..at least George and ringo did and by the later story, John and Paul almost went along with the offer to perform in SNL...yes, it’s a pity that those old great days of great comedy are now gone due to possibly many reasons but sensitivity maybe being one of them. The Beatles were always the first to laugh at themselves.
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1976 Television advert
Very interesting tv ad...It’s very much in seventies ad styles then...
notesfrom said: ↑
His band, he went to art school (drop out), and was living in NY.
JL was over-qualified.
He started the band but afterwards they were a group, not John’s band per se but a band with no frontman, they all said in interviews, though in the early days John was definitely noted to be the leader by all in the group.... However as a member of the group, despite his going to art school, Lennon was definitely qualified to be consulted on the rock n roll album.
Yes, by the mid seventies, George was more willing period for the right price to reunite. All of his early seventies never being in a band with Paul talk went out the window by the time the Beatles started getting the huge offers to reunite.
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I asked for it for my 8th birthday in 1976 - great to read that a couple of others were exactly the same age in that year. I wondered why there was a 50's vibe to the inside cover (later on, when I learned more about American culture) but I really liked the cover artwork. This double album was the one where I realised what the 12-bar blues were (musically and lyrically, with repeated chords and repeated lyrics lines such as those in 'Matchbox'). People forget that some of us got into the band in the 1970's because we were born later. I didn't go out and buy all of their albums in a box set, which would have been logical. I got them into my life in a bigger way when I started to look for most of their original 60's vinyl (beaten up, but I didn't care) in thrift shops (record fairs were too expensive for me), then waited till the CD's became cheap in the 80's to do that.
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Posted these elsewhere. Here are Astrid Kirchherr photos:
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A fan club in the early seventies was selling some of the Astrid 8x10s photos from her negatives for $10 a piece and I bought and own a few. George encouraged her then to sell some of her prints to help her financially and she did. I would have bought more, but $10 per pic was a lot to me as a young teen in the early seventies.
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Hamburg photo:
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aussievinyl said: ↑
It has to be one of the all time worst album covers for any compilation by any artist; the one for Reel Music is up there as well. You may or may not know, John offered to design a cover for the R and R album but the geniuses at Capitol turned him down.
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VJ should have used this shot right here for Introducing The Beatles (if, in fact, it was at their disposal). That album cover features the all time worst photograph of them.
Another Hamburg photo:
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Mobilizing the Marginalized
Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements
Modern South Asia
Explores how the parties chosen by the caste once known as untouchables (Dalits) do in elections and explains the inconsistencies of their success and failures
Offers insight into the incomplete, but irreversible change in Indian society and politics that mobilized some of the most marginalized citizens in the world and counts as one of the most significant achievements of Indian democracy
Develops a new theory on the often orthogonal relationship between social and political mobilization
India's over 200 million Dalits, once called "untouchables," have been mobilized by social movements and political parties, but the outcomes of this mobilization are puzzling. Dalits' ethnic parties have performed poorly in elections in states where movements demanding social equality have been strong while they have succeeded in states where such movements have been entirely absent or weak. In Mobilizing the Marginalized, Amit Ahuja demonstrates that the collective action of marginalized groups—those that are historically stigmatized and disproportionately poor — is distinct. Drawing on extensive original research conducted across four of India's largest states, he shows, for the marginalized, social mobilization undermines the bloc voting their ethnic parties' rely on for electoral triumph and increases multi-ethnic political parties' competition for marginalized votes. He presents evidence showing that a marginalized group gains more from participating in a social movement and dividing support among parties than from voting as a bloc for an ethnic party.
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2 Mobilizing the Marginalized
3 Historical Dalit Social Mobilization
4 The Effects of Historical Dalit Social Mobilization
5 Dalit Party Performance and Bloc Voting
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7 How Mobilization Type Shapes Dalit Welfare
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Chevrolet Announces In-Car 4G WiFi Hotspot In Brazil
by Aaron Brzozowski
— Nov 6, 2018
At the São Paulo Motor Show in Brazil, Chevrolet announced that next year will see the start of availability for in-car 4G with WiFi hotspot in the Brazilian market, “radically transform[ing] the experience that users have with the automobile,” in the words of GM South America Marketing Director Hermann Mahnke.
Chevrolet’s in-car 4G WiFi hotspot for the Brazilian market will allow up to seven devices to be connected at once, all using the vehicle’s mobile data service to stream music and video, access emails, and do whatever else online, without using up the device’s own, limited store of data. It will have additional implications for owner convenience, too, such as automatically sending vehicle diagnostics data to the owner, a call center, or Brazil’s Chevrolet dealer network, and connecting work-related mobile devices at the job site.
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Capitol building protest death The U.S protest.Over the centuries since, events have made a mockery of the inscription on the rostrum of the House chamber: “Union, Justice, Tolerance, Liberty, Peace.” The building has been bombed several times building.In some images, officers could be seen deploying pepper spray protest.
Another voice says, “She’s gone, man,” followed by a voice shouting, “You can’t save her from here! We gotta get EMS here! Get back!” capitol.Even through the ugliest of hours, in the darkest of days, Salzman said America has proven time and time again that it will remain resilient capitol.It's exactly the kind of situation that we've been told by the medical doctors not to be in, you know, close proximity, especially with people who aren't wearing masks, Wild added capitol.
At approximately 9:30 p.m capitol.Talking about the tragic end to the day, another member of the group from York said, “It seemed like the event was getting out an important message up until the ignorance started,” adding, “as far as I observed, those people that broke in didn’t fit the pattern of the protesters of the day.” He also said, “There wasn’t much talking at all coming back building.They're what make us different, and they're all now in peril protest.
The news comes as pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol death.The step comes days after Capitol Police announced on Thursday that Sicknick had died due to injuries sustained while on-duty building.
4 dead, 52 arrested after violent mob storm Capitol, DC ...
He was 22 at the time of death building.Congress reconvened in the evening, senators decrying the protests that defaced the Capitol and vowing to finish confirming the Electoral College vote for Biden's election, even if it took all night building.The most famous episode occurred in 1954, when four Puerto Rican nationalists unfurled the island’s flag and, to shouts of “Freedom for Puerto Rico,” unleashed a barrage of about 30 shots from the visitor’s gallery of the House capitol.
Read Next: Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Says Trump Has Poisoned Americans' Minds, Needs to Go protest.ABC News' Luke Barr, Vera Drymon, Jenn Leong, Mike Levine, Alex Mallin and John Parkinson contributed to this report building.Neither can leave without killing the other death.
One of his dogs was a little blind, so he would always have to carry the dog through the walk, said neighbor Mario Pinguli capitol.Both Harknett and Salzman said the future of the GOP may well hinge on Republican politicians’ next moves death.Authorities first evacuated senators and then said press could follow, taking elevators down from the gallery to avoid protesters that had made it past security into the building death.
People were still permitted to move inside the building protest.And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents building.Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump death.
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Have you subscribed to theGrio’s “Dear Culture” podcast? Download our newest episodes now!TheGrio is now on Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Roku capitol.The shooting happened outside of the House of Representatives chamber capitol.Authorities have not released additional information on the woman who was shot by the Capitol Police officer capitol.Photos show damage to historic Capitol building CBS 17.
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Japanese and now New Yorkers embrace solo dining in privacy restaurants
Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty To Lying To Congress
Mexico to deport asylum seekers who tried to breach US border
Dershowitz: Trump was smart to answer Mueller in writing
An investigation into the brutal slaying of a former KGB agent outside his Gold Coast mansion
Record-breaking Thanksgiving travel in over a decade
USA Federal Judge orders the Trump administration to restore Jim Acosta's press credentials
Which of these newsreaders isn't real?
Tangier, Morocco - Review of Tangier and a boat trip from Spain
Frank Sinatra Classic Christmas Songs and Top 30 Other Christmas Songs
Classic Christmas songs by Frank Sinatra. Every song Sinatra sings is a classic.
Bulgaria is mysterious to most Americans, and has a vivid identity as a crossroads of the Balkans
Entire California town destroyed by Camp Fire
Fast-moving fires force mass evacuations in southern California
Sir David Attenborough on his new series, Dynasties
Thousand Oaks, CA - Bar shooting survivors recount horror
Will more men go MGTOW?
How to Grow Saffron and earn money doing it
By Bill Kirk
First we will start with a video and the basics of how to grow Saffron.
USA President Trump takes shots at Joe Biden during Nevada rally
Khashoggi's WaPo editor: 'Human life should not have a price tag on it'
USA President Trump vows 'severe punishment' for Saudi Arabia if missing journalist was murdered
Report: Saudi journalist recorded his own murder with Apple Watch
How Netflix changed entertainment -- and where it's headed | Reed Hastings
I have a special interest in Reed Hasting because I worked as a consultant for his first company Pure Software. I was fortunate to be in several meetings, dinners and lunches with Reed. This was many years ago, however I still remember how impressed I was after I got to know him. I spent several hours talking with Reed Hastings and at first I thought he must just be a software programming nerd.
I was wrong with my first thoughts, and I learned how super intelligent, talented in multiple business methods, and nice of a person he is. It just proves you can be a nice person and still become a billionaire. The other thing I remember and still think about is how strong, and tenacious of an entrepreneur Reed Hastings is. I remember him talking about how he was "home alone" developing his first software product Purify for two years. Reed faced years of rude rejection from venture capitalists telling him he should give up. I think with that much rejection 98% of people would give up. Then Pure Software became very successful, went public and Reed made a "big old bag of money" which he later used to help start NETFLIX. Towards the end of this video you hear Reed talk about how he loves to compete against Disney, HBO, etc. I still see his passion for business and his desire to compete and win, just like I remember from the old days when I used to have dinner with him.
The video below is very interesting and Reed Hastings receives a standing ovation at the end of the interview.
Comedy - SNL - Brett Kavanaugh Post-Game Cold Open skit
Kavanaugh confirmed to Supreme Court amid protests
SNL - 2019 Season with Matt Damon - Brett Kavanaugh hearing
This is one of the funniest SNL shows I have seen in many years.
I watched multiple skits and was laughing at all of them.
Australia's gig economy: is work on demand the new normal?
Google Adwords, PPC vs SEO - 2018 Report
Every year the same question comes up, what has a better Return on Investment, PPC (Google Adwords) or SEO?
I think in 2018 the Return on Investment (ROI) is better for SEO than it has have ever been before, however PPC is still valuable, especially if you have tested PPC for your keywords and have evidence of good success with PPC.
Please read the following articles:
I discuss SEO and PPC in this article.
GotoTom2.blogspot.com/2013/03/seo-process-overview_3237.html
This article below is a more scientific study of natural SEO vs. PPC.
Organic search results are 850% more likely to be clicked on than PPC advertisements.
Cambodia’s descent into dictatorship under the Hun Sen regime
Kavanaugh's college roommate: Brett Kavanaugh Lied under Oath
Two Tearful Women confront Senator Flake on an elevator, I think Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath, Yale classmates say Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath
I am not affiliated with any political party, I am not a Democrat and I am not a Republican. Sadly both Republicans and Democrats have political motivations that make both parties look very evil.
I am approaching this in a scientific manner, and I only seek the truth.
At first I had a very difficult time trying to decide who is telling the truth in this Judge Kavanaugh confirmation process. Both testimonies seemed credible and believable to me when I watched the hearing on Thursday.
So who is the liar?
It is Brett Kavanaugh, because more people that were his classmates are speaking up now about his heavy drinking in high school and at undergraduate school at Yale. Several women have said Brett Kavanaugh was a "sloppy drunk", and that he was a very heavy drinker and he became a "mean drunk".
The only way this makes sense to me is that Brett Kavanaugh became so drunk he does not remember what he did to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and to other women.
There is not enough proof to convict him of any sex related assault crime, however Brett Kavanaugh did lie under oath about his previous drinking problems. So then you have to ask yourself what else is he lying about and does he not remember because he was a sloppy wasted drunk that acted inappropriately with women? The Senators kept asking him if he ever "blacked out" from drinking too much. Brett Kavanaugh claims under oath that he never had a "black out" and forgot what he did the night before. According to his Yale classmates that is a blatant lie as is confirmed by the videos below. Judge Kavanaugh did have "black outs" and he became so severely inebriated that he does not remember what he did to other people. This in fact happened multiple times according to women who drank alcohol (beer) with him at parties at Yale university.
Brett Kavanaugh should not be confirmed to the USA Supreme Court. We should not have a Supreme Court justice that lies under oath, that by itself without any other evidence disqualifies Brett Kavanaugh to be on the USA Supreme Court. If he would have told the truth and admitted his youthful drinking problems, and if the FBI does not find any new evidence against him, he would/may have been okay. However now that he has lied under oath and in his FOX news TV interview, it is too late for him. I mean he cannot go back and undo the lies he told about his past drinking problems, because he lied under oath in his Senate confirmation hearing.
It is a very sad situation and demonstrates how a past drinking problem can harm your life. It is the same tragic situation when young people get drunk and drive a car, then have an accident and kill an innocent person(s).
Kavanaugh, accuser Christine Blasey Ford testify in Supreme Court confirmation hearing
Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison for assault
News - Trump at the UN, Kavanaugh speaks out, Cosby sentencing
Teen says teacher made her go on the run with him
Supreme Court nominee accuser's lawyers slam 'rush to a hearing'
How to write a chart-topping hit song
Should people take a baby aspirin everyday? Does daily aspirin therapy work? Does it depend on your age?
Paul McCartney Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions
Below, please see Paul McCartney play a live concert in NYC.
Residents trapped as Hurricane Florence roars ashore
Bob Woodward says he would release "Fear" interview tapes if needed
Donald Trump Jr. talks anonymous op-ed, Russia investigation and midterms
Judge orders couple behind $400,000 GoFundMe account to appear in court
Turbotax reviews - I had some problems and Turbotax fixed them, I am happy with Turbotax now
I had some problems with Turbotax which you can read below. After multiple attempts by me to seek support and help from Turbotax, finally a knowledgeable person from Turbotax phoned me and helped me fix the problem. He also apologized for the problems I had with Turbotax support and gave me a full refund because of all the time Turbotax wasted not helping me properly at first.
So now I am happy with Turbotax and will use it again next year.
Robin Williams was one of the most talented and very funny comedians that ever lived
Robin Williams was one of the most talented and very funny comedians that ever lived.
This is from his first appearance on the Tonight show with Johnny Carson in 1991, and it is still funny today.
USA President Trump blasts anonymous New York Times op-ed writer at rally
By Bob Woodward - New bombshell book expected from Watergate reporter
Comedy - Tom Cruise Forces James Corden to Skydive
This is funny and interesting. I would never go sky diving, it is a dangerous and crazy idea to me.
Archbishop: Pope turned blind eye to 'serial predator' for 5 years
John McCain, war hero, senator and former presidential candidate, dies at 81
John McCain was an American hero, and his life shows the world what it means to be a true hero. Many people do not know that US Senator McCain was an officer in the USA military when he was younger and was heinously tortured by the Viet Cong for 5.5 years. The Viet Cong were going to let John McCain go free, however he refused unless all of the other prisoners of war were also set free. This is what a "real hero" does and Mr. McCain continued to be an American hero his entire life. Anyone that had the honor to meet John McCain in person should have thanked him, including USA President Trump.
John McCain suffered serious injuries during his time as a captive of North Vietnam and can not raise his arms above his head.
It makes my eyes water when I think about all the torture and suffering he endured to protect my liberty and freedom as an USA citizen.
So when President Trump said John McCain was not a war hero, I was very upset and would have kicked Donald Trump in the nuts if I could so he would have the experience of suffering and torture.
Michael Cohen pleads guilty, says USA President Trump directed him in criminal campaign finance violations
News - Nashville manhunt, McGhan talks to Mueller team, Manafort jury deliberates
Bodycam video shows heroic police officers rescue woman from burning building
More than 1,000 children were victims of priest abuse, according to grand jury report
This is just from one state, so think about what the numbers would be in the entire USA.
cnn.com/2018/08/14/us/pennsylvania-catholic-church-grand-jury/index.html
Dogs are THRILLED to be Reunited With Sister Coming Home From College
This Homeless Man had ONE WISH.. And I Made it COME TRUE!!
gototom.blogspot.com/2016/04/project-adopt-homeless-person.html
Omarosa Manigault Newman releases White House secret recordings, and a recording of USA President Trump phoning her after she was fired.
I am confident we will be hearing much more about this story.
Omarosa claims she heard a recording in which USA President Trump used the word Nigger. This was when Mr. Trump had his TV show "the apprentice". She also has secret recordings from when she worked in the White House and when she was fired by John Kelly. It was legal for Omarosa to make these tape recordings as long as the meetings she recorded were not "classified".
Now there is speculation that the White House may classify as much information as possible regarding Omarosa, then in the future if she leaks more recordings or information, she would be in legal jeopardy.
China is erasing its border with Hong Kong, how does this work?
Walmart Turns To 6-Year-Old YouTube Millionaire
New evacuation orders in California as wildfires continue
Red tide algae bloom killing marine life off Florida coast
the European Union hits Google with a record fine of over $5 billion
gototom2.blogspot.com/2018/05/google-is-monopoly-and-ftc-should.html
Robin Williams (2014) - Revealing insights from the comedian's interviews
USA President Trump holds joint news conference with Italian PM Giuseppe Conte
Canada's perspective - Will trade disputes backfire on Donald Trump?
Russians hacked into control rooms of U.S. electric utilities
Kimmel Writer is a Hoarder - Comedy
This is funny and at the same time a bit strange and bizarre. Hoarders are almost always in denial. It could be worse he could be a drug addict or an alcoholic, so being a hoarder is not the worst problem a person can have. The funny part is his wife will not let him bring any of the junk in his office home.
Man escapes charges in deadly shooting over a parking space
The "stand your ground" laws need to be changed.
Twelve states have stand your ground laws now, and they are morally wrong.
The video below explains why police and prosecutors do not like "stand your ground" laws. This is another case in Florida. The guy that shot and killed the father of three children seems to think he is some sort of parking lot "dirty Harry".
USA President Trump tweets all-caps threat to Iran
Michael Cohen's secret recording of a conversation with Trump, Watch the interview of Karen McDougal, she knew President Trump was married
The media is now talking about the legal issues involved with this, e.g. the attorney client privilege. The only way this tape could have been released is if President Trump waived his attorney client privilege for this one tape. USA President Trump did waive his rights to attorney client privilege for just this one tape. There are several more recordings that Mr. Trump has not waived his attorney client privilege. I think more details will come out about this, as Mr. Trump's attorney claims this tape is exculpatory evidence.
So USA President Trump is caught in another lie, because he keeps denying these sexual affairs ever happened. Yet apparently this tape proves President Trump did nothing illegal. I suppose it is better to be a liar that cheats on your wife, then it is to do something illegal. Do you think Ronald Reagan would have cheated on his wife like this and then lie about it?
Will Evangelicals continue to support USA President Trump?
If they do, then they are horrible hypocrites.
Now many Trump supporters, even conservative Republicans are turning against USA President Trump because of this growing list of lies and the negative image it gives USA President Trump as an evil womanizer.
Karen McDougal exposes USA President Trump's lies in the interview below. She feels guilty about having an affair with a married man, and it makes me laugh about how super conservative VP Pence can keep supporting Mr. Trump and go alone with all of this. When you listen to Anderson Cooper interview Karen McDougal it is very clear she is telling the truth and that USA President Trump is a big liar. So how can we trust anything USA President Trump says or does?
Karen McDougal to Melania Trump: I’m sorry
Never a dull moment - At home in London with Rod Stewart
The Briefing Room: Michael Cohen's tapes, Trump to invite Putin to White House
Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke
Why graphene hasn’t taken over the world...yet
I have written a few articles about Graphene in the past, and I have been wondering why it is taking so long to see the benefits of Graphene in the technology marketplace.
Why don't we have paper thin flexible smart phones and laptop computers yet?
Russian President Putin is a very good liar, and continues to deny any Russian involvement in USA Election interference
I see why Russian President Putin was such an outstanding KGB agent. He is very clever and one of the best liars I have ever seen.
I wonder if he would pass a lie detector test? There is just too much evidence against Russia and no matter how much and strong the evidence is against Russia, Mr. Putin keeps denying any wrong doing and he just smiles and laughs about these questions.
75% of Americans know we cannot trust Russian President Putin, so he is not as smart and clever as he thinks he is.
The USA knows the truth and that is why we continue to keep economic sanctions against Russia.
So the big question is will Russia continue the interference in the 2018 USA elections?
I feel sorry for the Russian people if Mr. Putin does not stop playing his spy games. The USA congress will pass new and tougher laws against Russia and it will harm the innocent Russian people economically.
I hope the Russian people will learn and understand that the American citizens like them and want to help the people of Russia, it is just the Russian leader Mr. Putin that we cannot trust and we must stop him from trying to interfere with our democracy.
Russian President Putin and the long history of activities counter to mainstream American culture and laws
Russia has a long history of activities counter to mainstream American culture and laws. For example, many USA citizens do not consider Russia to be a "true" democracy and think that Mr. Putin is a dictator. Americans also do not trust Russian President Putin and for valid reasons, e.g. the poisoning of the ex-Russian spy in London in 2006, then the more recent attacks in London using a nerve agent. Both have been proven to be related and ordered by the Russian government. Who else would have access to Polonium-210 ?
You cannot buy Polonium, it only comes from secret military laboratories in Russia. Then there is Bill Browder, Mr. Putin's #1 enemy who is in hiding so he is not killed by Russians under the direction of Mr. Putin.
Yet with all these known negative facts about Mr. Putin, Russian President Putin believes that "there would be no winner" in a nuclear war between the USA and Russia. Also Mr. Putin believes many millions of people would die, and he does not want that to happen. For limiting nuclear weapons negations, and many other reasons USA Presidents have met previously with Russian President Putin and previous Russian Presidents. This is even true for Ronald Reagan, who helped have the Berlin Wall torn down by the Soviet Union.
The citizens of the USA should also understand that most Russian people are happy with Russian President Putin as their leader.
Now all Democrats and more Republicans are very unhappy with USA President Trump for the speech he made in Helsinki Finland today.
Below is a interview of Bill Browder, Mr. Putin's #1 enemy who is hiding so he is not killed by Mr. Putin.
Please see (below) a new interview of the former President of Georgia a country Mr. Putin invaded in 2008.
CEO gives his car to an employee who walked 20 miles to work
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Official Trailer
USA President Trump remarks on Putin summit during Congressional meeting
President Trump try's to clarify his comments in Helsinki Finland. In many peoples opinion it is not very believable. It was more than a mistake in just one sentence. What USA President Trump now claims is an obvious bullshit spin job. Mr. Trump has a huge ego and I believe this causes him problems. Many people would have more respect for President Trump if he admitted a bigger mistake and then corrected it. The way President Trump put an untruthful spin on this topic just makes many people even more frustrated with him.
I think President Trump has other big problems that he does not seem to understand. Mr. Trump is starting a trade war and USA farmers and people living in rural communities will be harmed and will drop support for President Trump. I bet President Trump will not be reelected in 2020, and the trade war he started will be a major reason why he is not reelected.
Some media articles claim Mr. Trump will win this trade war because China has more to lose, I think these people are incorrect and wrong. China will force President Trump to lose and then after the 2020 elections China will work with the new USA President and the trade war will stop and we will have policies similar to before Mr. Trump became the President of America.
Alma Deutscher is a musical prodigy similar to Mozart
60 minutes did a new story about Alma Deutscher today, it is not up on Youtube yet, however this young girl has had these extremely rare talents and gifts from God since she was 2 years old. Now she is 12 years old and doing what Mozart did when he was 12 years old. When you watch the videos below you will understand Alma is the one of the greatest musical prodigies of all time. Alma learned to read music (3 years old) before she learned to read text at age 4.5.
I am fascinated by her gifts and talents as science can not explain how she does this. Alma's brain is hardwired to do this, it just flows out of her like lava flowing out of a volcano, the same was true for Mozart.
Conan Helps His Assistant Buy a Car, Comedy
Drake's album Scorpion is a historic success and the music is excellent
Drake's music video "God's Plan" has 700,000,000 views on YouTube. When you watch the video (below) you realize how wonderful and nice Drake is to all people, especially his fans.
Most people are fans of Drake's music. It has been 50 years since any musician has been this popular with such huge sales and views on the Internet. You can also see from his video how much fun he had giving away a $1,000,000 in cash.
Creating new types of better tasting vegetable and protecting them from moths, without using chemicals
The technology behind creating new types of better tasting vegetables and the science of protecting them from being eaten by moths is very interesting. No chemicals are involved.
Why has the USA image fallen so low in European Countries?
I think it is very important to study history and try to learn from the past.
Why is the image of the USA and our President so low in European Countries?
newsweek.com/trump-even-more-unpopular-europe-he-us-survey-shows-790700
Why aren't 2 million people cheering for USA President Trump like they did for USA President Kennedy?
Please watch the video below (sound quality is not good) showing real footage of USA President Kennedy's visit to Germany in 1963.
Please see pro Trump and anti Trump videos below. Since you can not trust big media to objectively show you both sides of the argument.
To me CNN is fake news, yet I am not a Trump supporter. The new CNN slogan should be "the most distrusted name in news..."
I laugh when CNN refers to people like Dana Bash as a Journalist. Her interviews are very biased and not like what an objective journalist should be doing, it makes me wonder if she really works for Robert Mueller. Then CNN makes it even worse criticizing news sources like Fox news. CNN and Fox are both biased just on different sides. Then the stupid CNN staff, I do not refer to them as journalist, seems to not understand why USA President Trump refuses to take questions from them. How stupid can CNN be?
nytimes.com/2018/06/23/us/politics/republican-voters-trump.html
How accurate are USA President Trump's claims about a NATO payment imbalance?
First FDNY battalion chief to enter the north tower on 9/11 set to retire
What is Novichok? How does it work and who created it?
Divers complete Thai cave rescue, all 12 boys and coach out safely
Inside the Sinaloa Cartel's drug operations fueling US's heroin addiction: Nightline Part 1
USA President Trump announces Supreme Court pick
Amazon Wardrobe allows users to try it before they buy
The Answer to the recent Google cache problem, why is your website not showing up in the Google cache?
I first wrote this article a few weeks ago, however Google has still not fixed this problem I explain below.
Like many people I was very concerned that Google was not showing many websites in the Google cache, which is not a good thing. I wish Google would not be so secretive and would have just explained the simple answer to people and tell them not to worry.
So I had to go onto Google's Webmaster Central and deal with the incorrect and ignorant trolls on the Google Webmaster Central Forum. My strong advice is to stay away from this forum if possible, because most of the people on that forum or most forums are incorrect ignorant trolls, that need to get a live. Of course the worst trolls are in denial that they are trolls. Also the stupid trolls try to gang up against useful people like me, e.g. one troll will ask you a stupid question, then the second troll will criticize you for trying to explain the correct answer to the first trolls question. This forum has both male and female trolls, I thought most trolls are men.
There are a few very smart people on the forum, however 80% are terrible and know nothing useful.
The non technical answer is that this is a minor Google defect and that your website is really in the Google cache, you just cannot see it. If you delete the "www." from the Google cache results then you will see your site in the Google cache.
The smartest person on the forum new the correct answer, please see the screen shot below.
3 popular travel vloggers die in waterfall accident
ABC News Live: Michael Cohen speaks out, Supreme Court picks, daring prison escape
By 2045 White people will be a minority in America
New $24,000 Singapore Airlines First-Class Suite
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy retiring, USA President Trump will nominate his second Supreme Court Jusitce
Stephen Colbert stand up comedy - how he ruined an orgy
What Trump rally supporters say about family separation
Trudeau says Oct 17 marijuana legalization date will give provinces time for 'smooth transition'
Recordings of crying children, videos show inside immigration processing facility
I do not know the answer to the USA immigration problem, as it is a very difficult problem. I understand why people want to enter the USA, however we cannot have open borders.
Keeping crying children in cages and separated from their parents is the incorrect answer.
This is morally wrong.
It is child abuse by the USA government.
Warning: the recordings of crying children is very disturbing.
Is Russia's President Putin involved with cyber attacks - Former British intelligence chief warns the West of Putin’s aggression
I am not affiliated with any political party, so I am not a Democrat and I am not a Republican. I do not believe that USA President Trump is involved with any Russian collusion and he is not helping Russia or Russian President Putin.
I also believe Mr. Putin is the richest and most clever man in the world. Ever notice how nice Mr. Putin is to the leaders of Switzerland? Could it be that Mr. Putin has many billions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts?
Russian President Putin denies all these "evil spy" allegations, and denies all cyber spy allegations, however the British intelligence agencies have done a lot to investigate and bust Putin. The Russian spy killed in London died from a poison only Russian spy's would have access to and it is very difficult to believe Mr. Putin was not involved with this murder.
Paul Manafort's bond has been revoked, and Manafort will be detained in jail until his trial date
NFL Cheerleaders are filing a lawsuit to protect their rights, Gloria Allred is there attorney
There are interesting and mixed comments about this video. It seems to me these women have a strong legal case.
Many men do not like Gloria Allred, however she is an effective attorney for women's rights. Also I know Gloria Allred does not care who likes her or does not like her as a person. I do not think Gloria Allred would have accepted this legal case unless she thought she would win.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Ranking Fluctuations: What to Expect and How to React, Should you respond to a Google penalty?
This video below provides excellent information from Rand Fishkin who sees enormous amounts of SEO data and ranking results. I agree 100% with everything Rand says in his excellent video (below). I have been in the SEO business since the Internet first started and before Google even became a company, so I have seen many changes with Google over the last 18+ years.
If you see a more serious change in your rankings e.g. going from page 1 to page 5 in 1-day or your domain name is completely removed from Google than you have a serious Google penalty and should contact a SEO expert for help and advice.
Penalties from Google can be from an algorithmic automated software filter that may even check different data bases that Google maintains about links and content. E.g. a duplicate content penalty, or the Google penalty might be a manual penalty given by a real human being (aka the Google SPAM Police). A manual penalty which generally requires writing to Google to understand what the penalty is and how you can fix it. You can contact Google from your "Google Search Console" if Google gives your website a manual penalty via https://www.google.com/webmasters/
Important Note: Many webmasters do not trust Google or the Google search console and if Google does give your website a fair or unfair penalty (Google mistake), you may not be happy with Google communications and you should have concerns about Google treating you fairly. Therefore you may be better off just ignoring Google, which means you will need to build a new website. You can still use your website that Google penalized, however it will not rank well in Google or it may be deleted from Google completely. I have personally seen Google make a mistake, then deny they made a mistake and refuse to fix it.
Thinking Google would never admit to or fix their defects and mistakes, then surprisingly sometimes (30% chance) Google will finally fix their mistakes, without admitting any wrong doing. This is why I generally advise business owners and webmasters to not trust Google and just ignore Google completely if possible when they unfairly penalize your website. However if your website did in fact violate Google guidelines, then you should fix the violation and submit to Google for reconsideration, then usually Google gives you a difficult time, and delays their responses. Finally after too long waiting Google will take the valid penalty off of your website.
Google may also send a message regarding your website. There are no "happy" messages that come from Google. Just a message about why Google penalized your website.
Please click here to see the video.
Google is a Monopoly and the FTC should investigate and regulate Google, Google Penalties, Smartphone Brain Hacking,
I hope 60 minutes will release the complete video about Google being a monopoly. I watched it on TV and it was very interesting even though they gave a lot of air time to the lame CEO of crappy and defective Yelp. Since Yelp has never been able to tell a fake review from a real review their content is pure spam and should be taken out of Google completely.
Frankly I would be happy if Google forced Yelp to go out of business, which is very likely.
However there are many thousands of websites being treated unfairly by Google and I do want the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to put new regulations on Google like the European Union has. Google continues to unfairly censor small website owners and the only way to stop Google's evil censorship is via the FTC.
I will give you two (really 1.5) specific examples of Google's unfair censorship, 7meg.net and Quit4Good.com. There are many more sites that Google has abused and unfairly censored. Google complains about communist China's unfair censorship, yet Google is worse than what communist China does regarding censorship. Google is the largest censor of content in the world and this is a huge problem because Google is a monopoly and Google controls access to the Internet. Just do a Google search for "7meg.net" to see exactly what I mean. Why is 7meg.net missing from Google for over 2 years?
This penalty is 100% for sure an unfair manual penalty from Google, however the unfair penalty against Quit4Good.com is hopefully part of a huge Google mistake with automated algorithms, at first I thought this was Google unfairly attacking me with a manual penalty as they have done in the past. However then I noticed the very large number of sites this impacts. It seems strange no other SEO blogs are talking about this, however some of the highest traffic SEO Blogs are Google ass kissers or more focused on articles that do not matter so much, like content editing, meta tags, etc. To me this is an important SEO story, and I only saw a few people on Google Webmaster Forums talking about it. I think this is a terrible automated defective Google algorithm causing all these sites to be taken out of the Google cache. I would start to be worried if your website does not show up in the Google search results, now they show in the search results. The not being in the cache is the Google defect, that hopefully Google will fix quickly.
The content of 7meg.net is fine and Google should have never manually unfairly penalized this site and thousands of other websites have also been abused by Google for no valid reason.
This is exactly why the FTC needs to investigate and regulate Google.
Sadly I could give many more examples of Google defects and mistakes, yet Google is in denial of their mistakes and rarely fixes their defects. Just look at these sites that should be penalized by Google:
socialmediabadgeverification.com/services/buy-positive-google-reviews/
smmboostservice.com/product/buy-google-reviews/
I will make a joke about the above.
How long do you think it would take Google to penalize me if I created a web page that said I will sell you Google Reviews?
Answer: 9 minutes
The Google SPAM department is becoming worse and making many more mistakes penalizing innocent websites and there is no way to protest to Google and ask them to fix their defects and mistakes.
So if Google unfairly censors and penalizes your website, I think it is best to give up and delete the site and build a new site and hope Google does not unfairly penalize (censor) your new website. This is a very sad situation as I believe many Google employees want to "do the right thing" and that is why they built the Search Console, unfortunately the evil Googler's have ruined this and that is why most webmasters are afraid to use Google's webmaster tools and the Google "search console". Google does not seem to understand this and Google does not understand why people are afraid to use the Google tools. Webmasters are correct to never trust Google to treat them fairly.
Google has also dramatically lowered the amount of money that they pay webmasters to run Google Ads on their websites. I know publishers that used to earn $200,000 per year from Google and over the last 5-10 years that amount has dropped to $10,000 per year for the same amount and quality of web traffic. Google can do this because they have publishers agree to accept a secret Google formula for payments. Which is ridiculous, so do not waste your time trying to run Google ads on your websites.
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I am thinking about starting a new Blog to Expose Google's Evil Deeds, unfair business practices and website owner abuse, please email your Google abuse stories to me
Update: 6-14-18
I was incorrect and a few of my examples are really not penalized by Google, please read the following article for the explanation:
gototom2.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-answer-the-recent-google-cache.html
However my website 7meg.net, has been unfairly manually penalized by Google for over 2 years, and I know of many more people with similar stories of being treated unfairly by Google. So this is still a problem that I hope the Federal Trade Commission will investigate. I could list more sites, however I decided it is best to focus all the attention on 7meg.net as the "poster site" for Google abuse.
I am sick and tried of Google unfairly censoring, bullying, using unfair business practices, and unfairly penalizing websites that follow all Google guidelines, please email Tom Forrest with you horror stories of Google abuse and I may publish them for you on this or a new website or blog I am creating.
Why does Google have guidelines if the Google employees refuse to follow them?
I have already received positive responses from webmasters and business owners about this article and it has only been up for a few minutes. I sincerely appreciate your support, and let's work together to stop Google's unfair business practices. Please forward a link to this article to as many people as possible.
I think the founders of Google would be outraged, angry, extremely disappointed and sad if they investigate this, as Google is being very EVIL by treating webmasters that follow all Google guidelines so unfairly. I emailed some details of these Google unfair business practices (unfair penalties) to Larry Page and asked for his help. I think he is a good person and would put a quick stop to this Google abuse if he learns about it. I gave Larry Page a few detailed examples of sites that follow all Google guidelines and have been fine with Google for 15 years. I am sad as I see many recent mistakes Google has made by unfairly penalizing innocent websites, and by not penalizing the websites that deserve to be penalized. In fairness to Google I do see some websites that have recently been penalized by Google that deserve to be penalized, however most of the worst evil spam sites and low quality link builders have gone untouched by Google, even after they have been reported to Google. I also see the results of the worst low quality link builders from India having tremendously good ranking results for their clients in the Google search results. Unfortunately this will lead to big increases in the amount of new low quality link building from India that these people do and none of their link building is merit based. In my experience the largest amount and worst quality paid link building is done in India and I do not understand why Google does not focus on their biggest problem. This will harm the Google search results going forward.
I am sensitive about this topic as I have seen these sort of Google defects and unfair penalties for many years and this is why I do not trust Google. I just want Google to treat all people fairly and Google thinks they do, which is not correct. I document many Google unfair penalties and censorship mistakes on this blog.
It is weird because even though I criticize Google, I need to admit I have made a huge amount of money by investing in Google many years ago when Google first became a public company, and I must thank Google and the founders of Google for my good financial results with Google stock. This has always given me cognitive dissonance because on one hand I am unhappy with Google and at the same time I love Google for making me a lot of money.
If Google has used unfair business practices against you or unfairly penalized your website then you should file a complaint against Google with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Please report unfair business practices of Google to the FTC by using the link below.
ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/submit-consumer-complaint-ftc
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Anthony Bourdain dead at 61, he committed suicide by hanging himself in a Kaysersberg France hotel room
Every year 800,000 people commit suicide.
People who are depressed feel hopeless which leads to suicide. Please seek help as depression and hopelessness can be treated by medical professionals, there is hope.
"For reasons we don't fully understand, some people reach such depths of despair and pain that they begin to believe that they would be better off dead," said Dr. John Campo, the chair of psychiatry and behavioral health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Anthony Bourdain was in the Le Chambard hotel in Kaysersberg France. He was working on his CNN TV show when his close friend and chef Eric Ripert found Mr. Bourdain dead in his hotel room. Anthony hung himself, and left no note or letter explaining why he killed himself.
As a fan of Mr. Bourdain's TV show, I had no idea he was depressed and I would have never suspected he might decide to take his own life. It just proves no matter how successful and fun a persons life my appear to be, we do not know about their inner mental illness demons that may be impacting a persons thoughts.
There was one small warning sign that Mr. Bourdain suffered from depression. While he was in Argentina he saw a therapist and made the following comments:
He went on to visit a therapist and talk about his relationship with food and how it sometimes sends him into a depression. “I will find myself in an airport, for instance, and I'll order an airport hamburger. It's an insignificant thing, it's a small thing, it's a hamburger, but it's not a good one,” he explained to the therapist. “Suddenly I look at the hamburger and I find myself in a spiral of depression that can last for days."
I feel very sorry for his 11 year old daughter as she may have mental issues for the rest of her life due to this tragedy.
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This is one of Conan's funniest videos. Conan makes IT guru Chris Hayes' dreams come true with a visit to the Taco Bell test kitchens.
Conan is extremely popular online, however his TV ratings are not so good (poor). So in 2019 Conan's TV show will be cut from 60 minutes to 30 minutes and Conan will travel and make even more online videos of his adventures. This is what the general public desires and it means we will see many more funny Conan videos online in 2019.
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RadTech elects new president and board members
January 11, 2021 | Staff Writer
RadTech (Chevy Chase, Maryland), a leading U.S. non-profit organization for ultraviolet and electron-beam technologies (UV+EB), has elected Dr. Susan Bailey from Michelman as its President. In addition, Michael Gould from Rahn USA, was nominated as President Elect to assume office in 2023. More new members were also elected to serve a two-year term. They include: Neil Cramer of Sartomer; Jonathan Graunke of INX International; Jennifer Heathcote of GEW; Helen Rallis of Sun Chemical; Jake Staples of Wausau Coated Products, and Dan Theiss of Procter & Gamble.
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NASA Extended The Deadline For Its Opportunity Mars Rover Until January 2019
By Vadim Ioan Caraiman , in Sci/Tech on October 31, 2018 . Tagged width: Mars , NASA , Opportunity Mars Rover
NASA has set January 2019 as the deadline for rescuing the Opportunity Mars rover. The engineers of the US space agency have been trying to contact the robot since late summer, when a massive dust storm shut down Opportunity, but without success. However, NASA is still optimistic about reviving the Opportunity rover.
The Opportunity Mars rover got trapped by a massive dust storm on the Red Planet during the first weeks of June. As it is relying on solar power to recharge its battery, the Opportunity Mars probe decided to automatically go into the energy-saving mode to conserve its remaining charge until the storm would have passed. Once the storm was over, however, NASA found that a large amount of Martian dust had accumulated on the Opportunity’s solar panels, preventing the rover from recovering. Back then, the US space agency established a 45-day deadline that ended last week.
But NASA has confirmed that it will not give up on Opportunity Mars rover in the upcoming months and will continue to try recovering the module until January 2019. “NASA will continue with its current strategy to try to make contact with the Opportunity rover,” the US space agency said in a statement.
NASA set the deadline for its Opportunity Mars rover for January 2019
This week, the US space agency made another sad announcement, the deadline the Kepler Space Telescope which has presented some very concerning malfunctions, before running out of fuel. On the other hand, the Opportunity Mars rover arrived the neighboring planet with the intention of working for 90 days but ended up staying 15 years during which it studied the surface of the Red Planet revealing some very significant data.
On July 4th, 2017, NASA celebrated 20 years of exploration on Mars, as in 1997, the Pathfinder mission landed, leading to the first rover to set foot on Mars, Sojourner. Some of the robots that have worked there have already died, but exploration continues and other missions will continue to take off, as planned, for 2020. Hopefully, by then, Opportunity Mars rover will be active again to welcome its more modern “cousins.”
Vadim is a passionate writer on various topics but especially on stuff related to health, technology, and science. Therefore, for Great Lakes Ledger, Vadim will cover health and Sci&Tech news.
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Gov. Ikpeazu signs violence against persons prohibition law
Dr. Ikpeazu, Abia State Governor
From PETER OKORE, Umuahia
Abia state has joined the league of states of the federation that have signed “The Violence Against Persons Prohibition (Vapp)” Into Law, as a safeguard against various forms of violence against humanity.
Other states that have signed the VAPP act into Law since after the Bill successfully went through the legislative processes in the national assembly and assented into Law in 2015 are Anambra State in 2018; Bauchi in 2020; Enugu 2019; Kaduna 2018; Lagos 2007 and Oyo in 2016. Following these, other State Assemblies that have passed this Bill (awaiting assent) include Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Ogun , Osun and Plateau states respectively.
Acknowledging the importance of this new law, experts described the introduction of this law as a more robust legal framework for implementing justice for gender- based issues and rape.
According to a cross-section of lawyers and Human Rights Advocates interviewed since after the passage; numerous cases of abuse are tied- up in the courts because extant laws have proved inadequate.
In a summary of their submissions: “Before now no law specifically protects or prescribes punishment for the rape of a young boy or a man. In pre-existing laws on rape, only vaginal penetration using male genitalia is classified as ‘rape. In the legal definition of rape, “Only women can be ‘raped’.
But by the provision of this new VAPP law, “Males can also be raped”. The law stipulates that any non-consensual, unlawful anal or oral sex can be rape; and not sexual assault, as current legal definitions infer. The law also provides that the violence of rape can be inflicted with instruments, other than the genitalia; as against what is obtainable in extant laws”.
On the whole, the VAPP law covers psychological, socio-economic and physical violence. It makes provisions for violence perpetrated by spouses, deprivations by spouses, battery, harmful widowhood practices, female genital mutilation, indecent exposure, incest, abandonment of children, as well as harmful substance attacks; for example, cases where someone pours acid on a fellow human being.
It even further protects citizens from violence perpetrated by recognized state institutions or agencies”.
“Furthermore, the new law makes it possible for relevant state ministries such as the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social development to discharge important parts of their mandate such as the protection of vulnerable women and children”.
The signing of the Violence against Persons Prohibition act into LAW was performed in a micro- ceremony witnessed by a few top government functionaries.
It would be recalled that the assent to this Bill comes after months of painstaking work by the Abia State House of Assembly and amidst pioneering advocacy by the wife of the Governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu.
Speaking after the brief ceremony, Chief Press Secretary to the Wife of the Governor, Chika Ojiegbe described the assent to the new Law as an Independence Day Anniversary gift for Abians by the Governor.
In the words of Ojietgbe, the gesture has once more proved Governor Ikpeazu’s commitment to protecting the rights of the citizens. “I think it is a milestone for Abia State and a feather in the hat of the First Lady, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu”.
Businesshallmark understands that for over two years the wife of the governor had been the arrowhead for the move to get the VAPP Bill passed and signed in Abia. She and other stakeholders had engaged the Abia state House of Assembly on the matter many times.
According to sources, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu has gone down in history as the first governor’s wife in Abia state to visit the state house of assembly and addressed the House in plenary session, in respect of this Bill, which has now become Law. Consequently, the House passed the Bill and Ikpeazu eventually gave his assent to law on October1, 2020.
However, there have been expressions of joy and relief in Abia by many stakeholders since the governor assented to this law. Former Chairman of the International Federation of Women Lawyers in Abia State, Mrs. Chidinma Alozie said in an interview:
“We owe a lot to the determination of the Wife of the Governor to get this Bill passed and signed into law. We salute, in a very special way, Mr. Governor for timeliness in signing the law as it provides a more robust legal framework for implementing justice for gender based issues and rape. We have many clear cases of abuses and violence that do not see the light of day in courts because some extant laws have proven inadequate for diligent prosecution”.
To add to this feat, a few days ago Governor Ikpeazu commissioned an Ultra-Modern Half-Way Home in Umuahia, built with support from Total Upstream, which cumulatively makes Abia very ready to effectively take on the increasing social challenges of gender based violence and displacement caused by it as well as by human trafficking.
Meanwhile the World President of Medical Women International Association(MWIA), Dr. Eleanor Nwadinaobi, has on behalf of the organisation, thanked the State Governor for putting smiles on the faces of Abians by signing into law the Abia State Violence Against Persons Prohibition Bill.
In a message she sent to the Governor, Dr. Nwadinaobi stated that the global organization is aware that this Executive endorsement of the law, which is a culmination of months of collaborative efforts, championed by the wife of the governor, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu’s pioneering efforts in pushing the bill through the State House of Assembly and working with other stakeholders to get it passed.
The statement reads in part: “With Your Excellency graciously giving your imprimatur to the bill and making it a full-fledged Law, Abia State has joined other states in the Federation to commit to the protection of persons and ensuring that perpetrators are brought to book”.
“We therefore remain grateful to you and your wife Nkechi Ikpeazu. We urge you to kindly put in- place a strong Task team to ensure realistic implementation of the Abia VAPP act.”
In her reaction to this new law, the Abia state commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Ukachi Amala declared: ”Whether old or new, rape or sexual and gender-based violence are evil against humanity, which Abians and Nigerians, in general, must come together to end”.
To drum-home compliance to the New Law, what it portends and responsibilities of communities in Abia state, a team from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Developments, an NGO, Vicar Hope Foundation, in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA and other stakeholders, have embarked upon advocacy tour of Local Government areas of the state holding Town Hall meetings with target audiences like, Elders in council; Community gate- keepers, youths and women Council at their respective locations in various local Government Areas of the state.
According to the Commissioner for Women Affairs, the year 2020 will not be forgotten in a hurry, because of the Corona virus disease pandemic, its transmission and the exposure of the lapses in the communities, the realities of not being able to protect the vulnerable, women and children from sexual and gender-based violence, which increased during the lock down.
She decried the uncanny acts against the women-folk which became rampant during the lockdown. She enjoined parents, leadership of town unions, the religious among others to jointly and effectively play their roles in order to end the bad behaviour.
Amala who assured of the Ministry’s commitment to contending the gender-based violence advised victims to speak-out through the Ministry of Women Affairs or relevant bodies while seeking medical assistance.
In her lecture, titled: “Rape And Defilement”, which she delivered during the interface session, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Lady Onyinye Nwachukwu made it clear that rape cases abound as a result of high level of moral decadence in the Society.
She lamented that men who are supposed to offer protection to women and children, have wantonly become perpetrators, to the extent that most of them delight in abusing even minors. She implored parents, particularly women, to rise and say total “No to rape and defilement”.
Nwachukwu who further decried the rate youths abuse drugs and which also affects their psyche, pointed out that her ministry, in collaboration with Vicar Hope Foundation, has been sensitizing the public on the issue.
Othetopics like gender based violence; genotype and gender equality were treated by other resource persons, including the President, National Council of Women Society, NCWS.
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Raf Simmons Leaves Dior
by Mimi Lombardo
The designer, Raf Simmons is exiting Dior after a three and a half year stint with the LVMH owned brand. Prior to his hire, John Galliano was at the reigns of the French house from ’95 to 2011. This news has no doubt rocked the fashion world—his modern take on the brand has been heralded by press and buyers alike and there was no indication of him being ousted by management. The change seems to be based on Simmons desire to pursue other interests. Mr. Simmons statement is below:
“It is after careful and long consideration that I have decided to leave my position as creative director of Christian Dior’s women’s collection,” said Simons in a statement. “It is a decision based entirely and equally on my desire to focus on other interests in my life, including my own brand, and the passions that drive me outside my work. Christian Dior is an extraordinary company, and it has been an immense privilege to write a few pages of this magnificent book. I want to thank Mr. Bernard Arnault for the trust he has put in me, giving me the incredible opportunity to work at this beautiful house surrounded by the most amazing team one could ever dream of. I have also had the chance over the last few years to benefit from the leadership of Sidney Toledano. His thoughtful, heartfelt and inspired management will also remain as one of the most important experiences of my professional career.”
The industry is buzzing with predictions about who will replace Simmons but based on some recent luxury house appointments, it may not be a well-known name.Gucci’s appointment of Alessandro Michelle, who was part of the design team of the exiting designer, exemplifies a new era in appointments. Luxury houses are powerful in themselves and don’t need bolstering from famous names in the industry. However, names like Riccardo Tisci ( from Givenchy) and Phoebe Philo ( from Celine) have been bandied about as possible contenders for the creative director of Dior. The outcome will be revealed in the coming months.
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Designer Diamonds in the Design District
by Hadley Henriette
Cartier Design Distirct
When it comes to the Miami Design District, fashion, furniture and watches tend to come to mind, but what about jewelry? Design District excels at that too, replete with the fine jewelry wonders both large and small. From gumball-sized diamond engagement rings to ornate high-jewelry broaches to stacking gold bangles, not only does it have the best of everything, it’s the hautest buying experience imaginable. Brand-new two- and three-story maisons designed with plush carpets, natural stones and shimmering chandeliers make high-net-worth buyers feel right at home.
When it comes to diamonds, perhaps the best place to start is Harry Winston. The storied jeweler is named in the famous Marilyn Monroe song “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” She would have swooned at the elegant, two-story salon that opened its doors in 2015. Naturally it has some of the juiciest pieces around. These include 10-carat sparklers that would make her say “I do,” a full range of iced-out timepieces and a diamond and sapphire platinum “Secret Message” bracelet. If you look closely enough, you can read “Harry Winston” hidden in among the sparkling stones.
Although it’s in the heart of Miami, the 7,500-square-foot Cartier store is reminiscent of a Parisian “hotel particulier.” The store was designed by architect Bruno Moinard and is filled with bronze cases, blush carpet and a sparkling, two-story chandelier—so it’s almost as stunning as the jewelry it houses. The store is a dream for die-hard Cartier collectors as it has the entire collection in addition to a lot of fun, historic pieces. Cartier CEO Mercedes Abramo correctly predicted upon its opening that the store would “become a destination for serious Cartier fans,” and it has.
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Tiffany & Co.’s Design District home is a two-story boutique that makes buyers feel a little like they might be on Fifth Avenue, the brand’s New York City flagship. Here among an Art Deco mural and museum-quality contemporary art pieces by Michele Oka Doner, David Altmejd and Richard Louderback, you’ll find plenty of diamonds, gold as well as their famous silver gifts, glassware and china. They even have handbags now, all of which come in that coveted light blue box.
But it’s precious stones we’re talking about, and one beautiful and timely piece they have in the Design District store is the Schlumberger Elephant Brooch from the 2016 Masterpieces collection. The 18-karat gold elephant has gemstone eyes and dazzling diamond pavé ears, making it rather unlike any other. The piece is part of a partnership with Tiffany & Co., the Elephant Crisis Fund and the Clinton Global Initiative. This piece launched the hashtag #KnotOnMyPlanet to help raise awareness and encourage people to donate to the Elephant Crisis Fund so it makes a big statement.
Bulgari earrings
The quintessential Italian jewelry brand Bulgari has an imposing store at the entrance of the Palm Court. Bulgari was the famously favorite of Liz Taylor back when it was a small but tres chic shop in Rome. Now, the line has majestic boutiques all over the world sharing Bulgari’s core values: authenticity, heritage, perfection and glamour.
Yellow cushion cut engagement ring from Jason of Beverly Hills
You probably won’t find monarchs at Jason of Beverly Hills, but they do service many a pop princess (and prince!) with their over-the-top custom pieces. Designed by Jason Arasheben, you’ll find iced-out watches and pendants ranging from cute (cupcakes, panda bears and ruby-bottomed Louboutins) to naughty (AK-47s, razor blades with sparkling residue and handcuffs).
Other spots are better suited to gold statement pieces like Italian jeweler Vhernier. Inside their blushing shop, you’ll find only rose gold pieces that have smooth, sweeping lines in bold proportions. For daintier pieces, staking bangles, rings and drippy earrings, check out Roberto Coin.
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Carolyn Dillon recognized for efforts combating Little Fire Ants on Hawaii Island
Posted on March 13, 2017. Tags: holualoa, kona, lfa
Front row (left to right): Sandy Webb, Oahu MVP 2017, Serina Marchi of Kauai Seascapes Nursery, Business Leader 2017, Carolyn Dillon, Hawaii County MVP 2017, Rosalyn Concepion for the Pacific American Foundation, Community Hero 2017, Kawika Winter, Kauai MVP 2017, Solomon Champion, Greatest Hit 2017, Dave DeLeon for Haiku Hill Community, Maui MVP 2017 Back row (left to right):, Senator Mike Gabbard, Leo Asuncion, DBEDT, Kenneth Grace, UH CTAHR, David Rodriguez, HIDOT, Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle, Governor David Ige, Little Fire Ant, Senator J Kalani English, Suzanne Case, DLNR, Representative James Tokioka, Representative Richard Creagan, Keith Kawaoka, DOH
Community members & businesses honored as part of Invasive Species Awareness Week
(HONOLULU) – Governor David Ige proclaimed the 5th annual Hawaii Invasive Species Awareness Week (HISAW) at a ceremony Friday that included agency leaders, legislators, industry champions, and citizens who help project Hawaii from the impacts of invasive species. The Governor presented the proclamation to members of the Hawaii Invasive Species Council (HISC), the interagency board responsible for policy direction and cross-sector coordination on invasive species issues. Addressing invasive species is a critical component of this administration’s vision for Hawaii’s future, as described in the recent Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan and the Sustainable Hawaii Initiative.
In partnership with the HISC, legislators presented a series of awards to community members and businesses who have made substantial contributions to invasive species prevention and control. Representatives Richard Creagan, Nicole Lowen, James Tokioka, Dee Morikawa, and Nadine Nakamura joined Senators Mike Gabbard and J. Kalani English in highlighting the importance of this issue for Hawaii. The Governor, legislators, and HISC members were joined by two giant invasive species: costumed versions of a Little Fire Ant and Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle, provided by the Oahu Invasive Species Committee.
The awardees for Greatest Hit of 2017, Community Hero, and Business Leader were selected from community nominations, and County MVP awards were selected by the University of Hawaii’s Invasive Species Committees. An award for the Hottest Pest Hotline Report was nominated by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture.
“While there is much work to do, this event is an opportunity for us to celebrate successes,” said DLNR chair Suzanne Case. “The awardees today exemplify how much Hawaii’s communities care about protecting Hawaii’s natural resources, agriculture, and way of life from invasive species.”
HISAW is organized in coordination with the U.S. National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) and regional Pacific Invasive Species Awareness efforts. The event promotes information sharing and public engagement in what the Hawaii State Legislature has declared “the single greatest threat to Hawaii’s economy and natural environment and to the health and lifestyle of Hawaii’s people.” In addition to the proclamation from Governor Ige and awards ceremony, HISAW 2017 included a student video contest, community presentations, and numerous volunteer opportunities throughout the state. Full information is available at dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/hisaw/.
2017 HISAW Awards
The Hawaii Invasive Species Council recognizes The Pacific American Foundation for their efforts to reduce invasive species impacts to the Waikalua Loko I’a. During 2016, the Pacific American Foundation (PAF) diligently worked to reduce the negative impacts of invasive species to the Waikalua fishpond. By positively engaging with the local community, the PAF has shown an outstanding commitment to the continued to protection and preservation this historic community resource.
The Hawaii Invasive Species Council recognizes Serina Marchi, of Seascapes Nursery for her efforts to minimize the introduction and spread of invasive species. Serina is the Owner of Kauai Seascapes Nursery on the North Shore of Kauai. Seascapes Nursery is a family owned business operating on Kauai for over 30 years and is one of the largest nurseries on the island. Serina has shown a very strong interest in helping to minimize the spread and introduction of invasive species by supporting Kauai Invasive Species Committee’s (KISC) Pono Endorsement Program. In April 2016, Seascapes Nursery became one of the first nurseries to become endorsed. When choosing the best management practices for her business to follow, Serina has gone above and beyond the minimum requirements to become Pono Endorsed. She not only chose to immediately discontinue the sale of the Pono Endorsement Program “Black List” plants, but also the “Phase Out” list plants”. Her actions during 2016, and continued dedication to reducing the introduction and spread of invasive species will help to minimize future impacts of invasive species on Kauai.
GREATEST HIT
The Hawaii Invasive Species Council recognizes Solomon Champion for his efforts in stopping the spread of Miconia calvescens on Oahu. During a routine aerial survey, Solomon spotted an immature Miconia tree beneath the canopy on the leeward side of the Ko’olau Range within the Waiawa watershed. This particular individual has been identified as the farthest documented tree within an intact native forest, as well as an extension into a new watershed. By spotting this individual tree, Solomon has helped to protect the Waiawa watershed and prevent the spread of a highly invasive species.
HOTTEST PEST REPORT
The Hawaii Invasive Species Council recognizes Shawn Baliaris for his efforts relating to reporting and stopping the spread of Mongoose on Kauai. As a proactive community member, Shawn promptly reported sighting a Mongoose on Kauai to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA). His diligent action allowed for rapid response from the appropriate agencies, and clearly highlights the usefulness of the 643PEST reporting system, and how the community can personally take actions to protect Hawaii from invasive species.
HAWAII COUNTY MVP
The Hawai’i Invasive Species Council recognizes Carolyn Dillon for her outstanding community efforts and her work controlling Little Fire Ants on Hawaii Island. Throughout 2016 Carolyn has diligently worked to organize her community in a coordinated effort to combat Little Fire Ants (LFA) in her community in Holualoa, West Hawaii Island. Beginning in Late 2015, she became aware of the size of the infestation in her neighborhood and took it upon her to engage community members to treat this pest. More recently, Carolyn has formed a LFA coalition on the Big Island consisting of members of the County Council and State Legislature, Big Island Invasive Species Committee, Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Department of Health, the Governor’s Liaison, and the Kohala Center, with the express purpose of furthering LFA education and training, as well as mapping the West Hawaii Infestations. The coalition intends to train business owners on LFA best management practices in order to provide treatment services to homeowners. As a community organizer, Carolyn moved extremely swiftly to increase awareness and has brought many organizations to the table to work together. Her actions and continued dedication showcases the need for community involvement in the fight against invasive species.
MAUI COUNTY MVP
The Hawaii Invasive Species Council recognizes the Community of Haiku Hill for their efforts to control Coqui frogs on the Island of Maui. Haiku Hill is a small a suburb of 39 properties along the border of Maliko Gulch, the site of a major infestation of coqui frogs on Maui. Over the last decade, the Haiku Hill community has transformed from a group of concerned homeowners reporting frogs to partners in coqui control. In 2016 the community truly took matters into their own hands, building tanks, purchasing sprayers, cutting back vegetation, and advocating to funders to address coqui on Maui. Residents sprayed over 1600 gallons of citric acid on their own properties, facilitated a neighborhood citric and sprayer distribution center, and spent countless hours keeping the coqui from spreading from their neighborhood. Their effort not only reduce the frog density in their community, but also helps to stop the spread of coqui to new areas.
OAHU MVP
The Hawaii Invasive Species Council recognizes Sandy Webb for her efforts to incorporate invasive species investigations into the Youth Envisioning Sustainable Futures Program. Sandy has encouraged her students to delve deeper into citizen science by incorporating invasive species investigations into the Youth Envisioning Sustainable Futures program (YES! Futures). www.yes-futures.org/about/. This interdisciplinary program she helped found with other Mililani teachers allows students to utilize the skills they develop in many of their classes to address problems in their community and build relevance into their educational experience. For the past two years, Sandy has lead the Little Fire Ant (LFA) Hoike Activity independently in her classes; resulting in the submittal of 269 samples from the Mililani area in the past two years, with 134 samples submitted in 2016 alone. By incorporating invasive species into her teaching, Sandy has encouraged her students to students learn about relevant issues relating to invasive species impacts, and become part of the solution.
KAUAI COUNTY MVP
The Hawaii Invasive Species Council recognizes Kawika Winter for his efforts to protect priority watershed areas and control the spread of invasive species on the island of Kauai. As part of his role as the Director of Limahuli Botanical Garden and Preserve, Kawika has played a crucial role in the protection and preservation over 1000 acres of priority watershed area on the north shore of Kauai. In addition, Kawika aims to create a model of a functioning, 21st-century ahupua`a. This model focuses on a mountain-to-sea resource management strategy and includes both modern and traditional techniques. By incorporating landscape scale invasive species control efforts, native plant restoration, sustainable fisheries practices, and community engagement into his management practices, Kawika has demonstrated a lasting dedication to protecting and restoring key resources on the Island of Kauai.
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Bernie Ahern receives Irish Exporters Association Certificate in International Trade
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Simon McKeever, CEO Irish Exporters Association, Bernie Aherne, Ingredient Solutions Ltd, Niall Burgen, Secretary General Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Irish Exporters Association (IEA), the voice of Irish exporters, on Thursday evening welcomed the graduation of 42 businesspeople in its Certificate in International Trade. They included our very own Bernie Ahern. Bernie Ahern has been a valuable and loyal member of the Ingredient Solutions team for 14 years. The 2019 IEA graduates were joined by the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Niall Burgess who spoke about the importance of customs expertise in Ireland at present.
The IEA qualification, which is the first of its kind in Ireland, brings together the practical and operational aspects of international trading. The professional qualification is of particular importance given the UK’s departure from the EU and the new trading arrangements that will be negotiated in the weeks and months ahead.
Simon McKeever, CEO, Irish Exporters Association commented:
“With negotiations on a future trade deal between the EU and UK due to commence, the relevance of the IEA’s Certificate in International Trade is particularly valuable to any business exporting to or importing from the UK and any country outside of the EU Single Market. Given that the current trading arrangements enjoyed by the EU-27 and the UK will not be the same from 1 January 2021, businesses need to be prepared.
The Withdrawal agreement came into force on 1 February, prompting the next phase in the Brexit process – forging a new trading arrangement. While Irish businesses heaved a sigh of relief when an agreement was reached, there is still an enormous amount of work to be done and we cannot afford to become complacent. At a minimum we expect a massive increase in the amount of paperwork which will need to be filed. Practical skills and an understanding of the international trading environment will support businesses operating in turbulent trading times.
I would like to thank our President David Carthy, former IEA President Marie Armstrong, Martin McVicar of Combilift, John Mee, Supply Chain Excellence and Business Analytics Manager Glanbia and the members of the Steering committee (Glanbia, Intel, Combilift, DB Schenker, Alba Consulting) for your support in bringing this certificate to fruition.
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“Knowledge of international trade requirements is vital for companies as they work to diversify their markets. I am delighted to have had this opportunity to present the first certificates awarded by the Irish Exporters Association aimed at supporting and promoting practical on the job training in this important skillset. “
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How to Write a Letter of Consent
Written by Heather Woodlief
Consent letters are applicable in a variety of situations. Among those situations are giving permission to a babysitter to authorize needed medical attention, giving permission for your child to travel overseas with another relative or divorced parent, allowing another person or company to use your business trademark or allowing a minor to do a task the law doesn’t entitle them to, like getting married. Laws vary by state on whether or not a notary needs to sign such a letter.
Address the letter "To Whom it May Concern" or, if known, the specific recipient of the letter.
Explain the task, trip or right for which you are granting permission, including expected dates if it involves travel. Include any information that the recipient might need to know. For example, in the case of giving permission for a babysitter to authorize medical treatment, include the child's insurance information and primary doctor.
Write a specific consent statement including the full names of both parties involved such as: "I, (insert full name) give my consent to (full name) to (activity)."
Sign and date the letter in front of a witness who is not the person you’re granting permission. Ask the witness to sign and date the letter.
Notarize the letter in cases of international travel or in states that require it of consent letters 2. Ask your bank if it has a notary, as many banks offer this service to their customers.
Specifically list the expected dates of travel for cases of minors traveling abroad. Include the contact information of the parent staying in the country.
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Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan Horse or it is on the cusp of a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
WASHINGTON — Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan Horse or it is on the cusp of a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
What’s alarming is not just Iran’s increasing store of uranium or the growing sophistication of its rocketry. It’s also the increasingly menacing annihilationist threats emanating from Iran’s leaders. Israel’s existence is “an insult to all humanity,” says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Anyone who loves freedom and justice must strive for the annihilation of the Zionist regime.” Explains the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel is “a true cancer tumor on this region that should be cut off.”
Everyone wants to avoid military action, surely the Israelis above all. They can expect a massive counterattack from Iran, 50,000 rockets launched from Lebanon, Islamic Jihad firing from Gaza and worldwide terror against Jewish and Israeli targets, as happened last month in Bulgaria.
Yet Israel will not sit idly by in the face of the most virulent genocidal threats since Nazi Germany. The result then was 6 million murdered Jews. There are 6 million living in Israel today.
Time is short. Last-ditch negotiations in Istanbul, Baghdad and Moscow have failed abjectly. The Iranians are contemptuously playing with the process. The strategy is delay until they get the bomb.
What to do? The sagest advice comes from Anthony Cordesman, military analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, hardheaded realist and a believer that “multilateralism and soft power must still be the rule and not the exception.”
He may have found his exception. “There are times when the best way to prevent war is to clearly communicate that it is possible,” he argues. Today, the threat of a U.S. attack is not taken seriously. Not by the region. Not by Iran. Not by the Israelis, who therefore increasingly feel forced to act before Israel’s more limited munitions — far less powerful and effective than those in the U.S. arsenal — can no longer penetrate Iran’s ever-hardening facilities.
Cordesman therefore proposes threefold action.
1. “Clear U.S. redlines.”
It’s time to end the ambiguity about American intentions. Establish real limits on negotiations — to convince Iran that the only alternative to a deal is pre-emptive strikes, and to convince Israel to stay its hand.
2. “Make it clear to Iran that it has no successful options.”
Either their program must be abandoned in a negotiated deal (see No. 1 above) on generous terms from the West (see No. 3 below) or their facilities will be physically destroyed. Ostentatiously let Iran know about the range and power of our capacities — how deep and extensive a campaign we could conduct, extending beyond just nuclear facilities to military-industrial targets, refineries, power grids and other concentrations of regime power.
3. Give Iran a face-saving way out.
Offer Iran the most generous possible terms — economic, diplomatic and political. End of sanctions, assistance in economic and energy development, trade incentives and a regional security architecture. Even Russian nuclear fuel.
Tellingly, however, Cordesman does not join those who suggest yielding on nuclear enrichment. That’s important because a prominently leaked proposed “compromise” would guarantee Iran???s right to enrich, though not to high levels.
In my view, this would be disastrous. Iran would retain the means to potentially produce fissile material, either clandestinely or in a defiant breakout at a time of its choosing.
Would Iran believe a Cordesman-like ultimatum? Given the record of the Obama administration, maybe not. Some (though not Cordesman) have therefore suggested the further step of requesting congressional authorization for the use of force if Iran does not negotiate denuclearization.
First, that’s the right way to do it. No serious military action should be taken without congressional approval (contra Libya). Second, Iran might actually respond to a threat backed by a strong bipartisan majority of the American people — thus avoiding both war and the other nightmare scenario, a nuclear Iran.
If we simply continue to drift through kabuki negotiations, however, one thing is certain. Either America, Europe, the Gulf Arabs and the Israelis will forever be condemned to live under the threat of nuclear blackmail (even nuclear war) from a regime the State Department identifies as the world’s greatest exporter of terror. Or an imperiled Israel, with its more limited capabilities, will strike Iran — with correspondingly greater probability of failure and of triggering a regional war.
All options are bad. Doing nothing is worse. “The status quo may not prevent some form of war,” concludes Cordesman, “and may even be making it more likely.”
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Ella and Abe can’t keep their stories straight
Ella’s latest interview, produced by “Sean” of the oddly secretive Russia-philic “gold and silver trading” site SGT, may be the hottest thing on the American #Piece-o-hate lovers’ horizon, but that’s probably because it’s fresh new fodder to them. To us, it’s old hat…in this case a grease-stained, smelly old flat cap that’s been chewed by the family dog.
We’re all too familiar with the lurid details of the Hampstead SRA hoax, so it didn’t take much effort to pinpoint the inconsistencies between Hoaxtead version 1.0, released circa February 2 2015, and Hoaxtead version 3.5, released two days ago.
For example, only a minute and a half into the video, Ella states that Hoaxtead involved “an array of counterintelligence operatives connected to child trafficking, snuff movies, organ trafficking, ritual sexual abuse, torture, and money laundering“. Later in the video, she states that there were “38,000 shell companies [at a building] on Finchley Road in Hampstead….Some parents in the cult are involved in this money-laundering operation”.
Well, hold the bloody phone just a minute here: since when were snuff movies, organ trafficking, and money laundering part of the Hoaxtead narrative? Clearly, Abe and Ella have been doing some work on the hoax since we last checked in with them. We recognise the money-laundering allegation as one of Charlotte Ward’s lies from her old Hamster Research blog, but the rest seem to have been invented from whole cloth.
Then at 25:45 in the video, Ella claims that “the children were being made to touch animals”: where did this come from? Again, bestiality certainly wasn’t part of the original story. It appears to have been added in to create that extra frisson of disgust in a new audience.
But we thought the cult members were ‘elites’?
Contrary to Abe and Ella’s original claim that the cult was run by incredibly wealthy and powerful “elites” in a posh London enclave, Ella now describes RD in very different terms.
At 35:24 she says, “He’s coming from a family of miners, so total poverty—I’ve been to their house…they don’t have much money at all….” How does this square with the allegation that RD’s entire family, going back generations, has been involved in cult ritual abuse? Surely there must be a fundamental disconnect between “they’re all doing it because they’re rich and powerful and can get away with it” and “he comes from a poor working-class family”?
‘Why didn’t they arrest me?’
We confess that we laughed out loud at the end of the video, when Ella pouted, “If I’ve committed offences, why didn’t they arrest me?”
All together now: “Because you jumped out the window and ran away when the police came!”
‘She stared into my eyes…’
One of the most glaring inconsistencies, though, comes close to the end of the new video, at 53:35, when Ella describes how the alleged “special children” want out of the “cult”:
A told me that her friend she came to our house, they wanted to tell. But she was scared—they were threatened that their entire family would be killed. Their mum would be killed, their grandparents would be killed even if they said anything. So the girl got scared and never said anything. And I knew, I felt it, I mean the girl was like looking into my eyes like she wanted to say something. And obviously they knew I’m not part of it….”
Such a touching story—a little girl, terrified and pleading with her eyes to the one woman she knows isn’t part of the cult, who might be able to help her.
But compare and contrast to the following:
Some of you who’ve followed this hoax from the outset might recall a post on Charlotte Ward’s Hamster Research blog titled “Message from Abraham”, published 1st June 2015. While the blog is long gone now, we were able to find the post in its entirety on the David Icke Forum’s never-ending Hampstead hoax thread:
And then, just in case we were wondering who “M” might be: So amazingly, Abe and Ella both had exactly the same experience of a young child looking imploringly into their eyes, silently begging for their help in freeing them from the murderous cult? Funny how this story, once belonging to Abe, has now been given to Ella, the new spokesperson for the couple.
And quite fascinating that their story, far from remaining static, seems to be developing new twists, turns, and angles, the longer they are able to sit and mull about it in their Spanish hideaway. We can think of only one way to stop them at this point: this pair really wants arresting.
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great work EC
Thanks, Barchon. 🙂
Hey, EC – haven’t you heard? Reboots are all the rage! 😀
Fresh plot. New backstory. New characters…And if they can get Abe to fuck off, we’ll even get an all-female cast à la Ghostbusters and Ocean’s 8!
LOL! Pity their new audience never saw the original, though. 🙂
Snuff movies are trending, it seems. Abrella have timed their marketing strategy well.
(Thanks to Barchon for this screenshot.)
Not only did Abe and Ella “jump out the window and run away when the police came” but as I recall, they’d also spent some time beforehand refusing to let them into the house to question/arrest them. How do we know this? Because Abe & Ella uploaded the recording themselves! Same mistake that they made with the ‘coaching’ videos. Word to the wise, Abrella – if you’re going to tell lies on the internet, it’s probably best not to upload videos that disprove what you’re saying. Sit back and leave that to us, haha.
There’s something very creepy about the image of a little child “looking deeply” into Abe’s eyes.
And are they sure the kids’ eyes were green or will they change to brown for the reboot? 😀
I do seem to remember very early on, it being mentioned about the children touching the dog in one of their interviews but I don’t think they ever mentioned it again.
The two of them are so easy to see through! Ella’s new video was obviously revamped to appeal to the pizzagaters who swarm around it like flies to the shit that it is. Abe and Ella knew exactly what they were doing and saw it as a chance to make money.
They didn’t bank on us getting their fundraising page shut down though..:D
Any description or involvement with children that comes from Abe is always disturbing.
He is a predator of the vunerable whatever their age.
Kudos on your thorough research, EC. You must have spent ages trawling for such obscure, long lost evidence. There are certain troofhoaxers who could learn a thing or two from you.
Well, let’s face it – all of them!
Speaking of sick lying fucks…
Thanks to BM for drawing my attention to this perverse video. I’ve made my feelings known to Titarse Frost, who uploaded it:
Anyone any suggestions on how I can segue seemlessly from the current topic to my latest Angie meme without looking contrived, random or irrelevant?
OK, let’s try this…
Ah, Abe & Ella – the couple from Hell.
Speaking of weird fruitloop pairings….
I love you comic strips.
Guy on the left is Woody Brown, Benidorm tribute act to Chubbs.
introducing Corey Steele the kids.
Thanks, WN–in fact this one wasn’t hard, as I vividly recalled my disgust at Abe’s description of the event (first time round, that is). My filing system is a bit eccentric in that it’s ranked by Revulsion Levels.
Yes, I thought the same.
Yes, this lot are so keen to document every moment of their misbegotten lives, it makes it easy for us to find the great gaping holes in their lies.
Yep, I remember the dog, plus one of the children or both was/were alleged to have touched a younger child.
I just laughed and scared my cats.
I’ve met two-year-olds with more rational self-control than Corey.
Honestly until this SGT Report and pizzagate nutter came on the scene I have never heard such utter lunacy, their ideas are beyond stupid.
https://postimg.org/gallery/jpberw3g/
Ye i remember hearing the kids saying they had stopped touching each other and ella saying about the dog ? While they were all in morroco abe said their was a little one the kids molested but my questions what happend about that were never answered , ie did the child receive hospital treatment and now that the kids are molesting others what steps are taken to keep them and others safe – and the poor dog
Asks 5 times, then says he won’t ask twice. How does that work?
Thanks, Barchon:
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/main-players/trolls/#comment-62142
Angela Power Disney; Ella Draper; Abraham Christie… top 3 targets that I think the legal authorities has to make a bigger effort to arrest before someone gets hurt.
Honestly you can’t make this stuff
Angela on her latest video says she was “intellectually trained” ( STOP that giggling up at the back Spiny Norman. I’ve got my eye on you) and learned karate where she used “kanakas” (presumably nunchucks).
Ref : Sugar slaves | Queensland Historical Atlas Development › Exploitation
These peoples were collectively referred to as Kanakas, but prefer to be called South Sea Islanders as the word ‘kanaka’ is considered derogatory by Islander communities in the Pacific and Australia.
She says this to a black man she is interviewing. University education shining through again.
Haha Angela must mean those “toys” we had in the early 70’s I think called nackers/knackers of something like that.
What a load of hog wash as usual.
I wonder what belt she claims to have been because she said it wasn’t a black belt.
Lol you just couldn’t make her tales up, honestly, pure fantasy.
The only equipment she uses is t-squares, garden rake, bamboo sticks and the bottle of gin in her hand.
My tolerance with the internet companies such as Patreon has run out.
https://satanicviews.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/on-liberty-and-responsibility/
Yes agreed SV.
Angela is too prolific at getting people to do her dirty work, encouraging and manipulating them.
It might not be long before one of her stooges takes things into their own hands and becomes physically violent.
I mean Heifer seems to be getting a bit wound up, with her threats of knowing where Sheva sleeps.
No you don’t Heifer plus her intending to pay a visit to Erith and also Jockney.
Not good Heifer, all 3 are threats and intimidating.
Even Angela recognises that.
Do we have any news about Neelu’s home repossession?
Also thanks to Angela Power Disney, the Heifer has approached Barnet Social Services for information about the RD children putting their wellbeing at risk.
Well it certainly wasnt a chasity belt given her tales of dalliances with anyone in whose who in the past century and a half.Might have been a fan belt mind.
I’ve missed that.
They are not her children, it’s none of her damn business where they are!
Why on earth did this busy body think she would be given that sort of information??
Talk about arse licking Angela.
Angela must love it having a new donkey to do all the dirty work for her.
What a fool Heifer is.
I’m suspecting though that when Angela turns on Heifer and/or when Heifer gets fed up of us not being able to hear what she has to say, Power Disney will get Heifer’s wrath.
Heifer tell Angela to shut the f up because I actually want to hear what you have to say, you’re a damn sight more interesting than that old has been Power Disney.
After all, if Heifer does indeed have a son and it looks increasingly like he doesn’t want to have anything to do with her, as he’s 25 years and not 18, then she must be a bit peeved that someone like Angela, a self confessed drinker, pot head and someone with all these Mental Health diagnosis’ managed to keep all of her 3 children, despite Angela’s own family knowing Angela was not good enough to bring up the daughter let alone the 2 boys.
Neelu Berry is the type of individual who will fight to the bitter end, i.e. will have to be carried out screaming from her house. There is unlikely to be any immediate results today as the baliffs will have to be used to remove Neelu Berry requiring several more days delay i.e. nothing major will happen until next week.
The following link provides information on the eviction process:
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/eviction/court_action_for_eviction/court_orders
I am unsure what results the Heifer got from their enquiries, but evidently an idiot in Barnet Social Services gave out some information they should not have, and Angela Power Disney is making claims (true or false – unknown) on the internet based upon this.
I appreciate they need to build a solid case for Crown prosecution to give the nod to proceed in securing conviction etc but all three in anyones book surely have passed every test for slapping the cuffs on.
Also appreciate shortage of manpower particularly in light of yesterdays appalling events.The thing is investment now in bringing these prime movers to book will save a fortune long term yet alone potentially save an incident and future inquiries etc etc. Be some serious squirming before a parliamentary committee by those attempting to justify such inactivity if some unhinged lunatic inspired by Angie et als hate speech chose to go on a cause celeb rampage.
It only takes one after all.
All parts crossed things are plodding along behind the scenes and an operation will soon be swooping to lance this horrendous boil.
“grease-stained, smelly old flat cap that’s been chewed by the family dog.”
That’s getting a bit personal and close to home if you don’t mind. 🙂
A nice little collection of..collective madness,
Good grief.If someone in Barnet SSD did gave away any confidential information they will definately get hauled over the carpet or much worse.Major carpet fire if any such is subsequently emblazoned across internet.
Might well be hyped up attention seeking bollox of course.
There is enough resources, enough evidence to pull Angela Power Disney, Ella Draper and Abraham Christie into custody inside 48 hours; what the legal authorities lack is willpower, and thus this farce of a hoax spins and spins further out of control causing misery, fear and further illegality wasting more and more public money dealing with it. There is no excuses, it is pure incompetance, complacency, laziness and stupidity on the part of the legal authorities, drinking too much tea dunked with chocolate digestives, and avoiding the key actions that can put an end to three of the largest promoters of this hoax. If there is any legal person reading this, get off your arses and start doing something about this.
We’ve made some inquiries about this, and it seems that Heifer is lying about having received any information from Barnet Social Services.
Great to hear.
What the whistleblower nun said, with a side order of extra insults.
Thanks SV.
I think Angela should support Neelu on the next Bailiff’s visit and the police who will probably be called can arrest her at the same time.
This was the occasion ella was shouting “No speeky English” through the door wasn’t it?
I imagine the effect of looking deeply into Abe’s eyes is something like this:
‘She can’t keep her story straight because it didn’t happen.’
This is why she’s never shown any emotion when talking about the children. In Abe and Ella’s earlier interviews they talked more about hemp than they did about the kids and Ella could be heard giggling and chatting like nothing happened and that’s because…er….she knows nothing happened.
Abe: ‘Naively or otherwise I decided to trust and go to the authorities.’ Let’s remember that this is from a man with more than 30 previous convictions who has spent time in prison. I don’t think he has a naive bone in his body. Incidentally it’s a matter of debate whether he went to the ‘authorities’ because what he actually did was tell his brother-in-law who is a ‘Special’ (volunteer) policeman and was off duty at the time. It was the brother-in-law who reported this to the Police.
p.s. I know I’m preaching to the converted here but I’m repeating the above information in case someone uninformed happens to stop in and have a look. If you are the ‘uninformed’ please click on ‘Hampstead Hoax FAQ’ above. This is an incredibly useful part of this blog.
I personally must have missed the mention of a “dog”, something like this would not happen unless a child had been encouraged to do that. As I recall an incident happened at the school involving a pupil encouraging other children to show or/and touch private parts, but something that is not necessarily sinister. The sinister part is how much involvement Abraham Christie has played in encouraging or even participating in any sexual situations with those children. I am going from the small facts I am aware of and intuition, but I think there is a lot the police have not said involving Abraham Christie, I am thinking whilst he is running around free, many other children may be at risk from him.
A certain Mr Hopkins does a great impression of Abe and is available for weddings,funerals and bar mitzvahs (allegedly).
you don’t think she will move in with Belinda?
She had David Shayler as a house guest. That must have been pretty weird.
Fixed mate, fixed.
I had my doubts as Heather is not too bright in the detective dept, and Angela is a liar and a fantasist. The source was probably a friend of a friend she used to know who had a cleaning job for round the corner from barnet council who once overheard a woman talking about children whilst queing for a tuna mayonnaise panini on her lunch break.
Or she just made it all up cos she wants Angie to like her and loves the attention of doing a show, as she can get pissed up, talk bollocks, and sit in the dark whilst listening to the sound of someone else’s voice other than her own for an hour to stem the lonliness.
It’s beyond a joke. There have been cases where people were arrested or sued over a single tweet or social media message, justnone single one if it applies to a public figure.
But its okay for mindless hate filled witch hunters to send daily threats to the father and others.
The Pizzagate, JA and Podesta, if it was one or two people they would have nipped it in the bud but tens of thousands all saying the same and it will just snowball if they try and deal with them all, like that yank flouride blank eyed ghoul at the pizzagate rally crying about censorship on twatter and reddit, OMG, like the evidence is so ummm, overwhelming, like, on social media, voat, just so much evidenzzzzzzzz.
All the fruitcakes should move into Bellenders home including that crazy stalker lady who was posting belindas address and saying belinda was keeping the tunnels for herself when the meteors hit.
They can all sit around and have a mad hatters tea party, dave sharter can come round dressed as Alice and they can all go down the rabbit hole/bellenders tunnels.
FS, I think that was Ella’s Mother who shouted that. Her Mother and Father were in the house at the time too.
Re: Patreon
One of my team have given Patreon a couple of days to remove the Ella Draper campaign, and then we will take action against them on a political, media and internet level. I don’t know what the hell is going on in their heads, they either refuse or are incapable of enforcing their own terms and conditions. If anyone has not done so, or if they can do so again, a straightforward referral can be made here:
http://bit.ly/2bRmQJX
Barchon Mad, I am seriously pissed off that the legal authorities can pursue me for a legal complaint of harrassment by RQ, but apparently do nothing against people like Angela Power Disney, Ella Draper and Abraham Christie who are saying and doing as they please without any apparant legal counter-action. My frustration is being taken out on the social media companies such as Patreon.
Fanny, I think you mean Clackers. You don’t want to be banging your knackers together, although that hazard increases with age and baggy underwear.
Is that Cory a reincarnation of Kane S?
FA, go to 2:17 of this video. This is the false information which Angie gave out regarding the children.
You’re right that the family dog was mentioned at the beginning, but to my knowledge there was never any suggestion that the so-called cult had mandated anything to do with animals. This was added in after the fact, along with a number of other embellishments, such as the story that the children had assaulted a young child.
If the conspirasheep wish to truly “believe the children”, they might want to consider that nowhere in any of their recitals on video to Abe and Ella, nor in the illegally released police videos, did the children mention that bestiality was part of the alleged cult, nor that they had attacked any child not previously named. So Ella’s addition of bestiality to the catalogue of alleged “cult activities” is clearly an after-the-fact creation of her and Abe’s imaginations.
Memories of 2015..
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The pizzagaters who are jumping aboard the hoax really need to listen to the Jean Clement Recording. Abe is shown up for the piece of shit he really is on it. Constantly coaching the children with ridiculous claims.
The reason for starting the hoax and the timing of it is also evident when Abe says to Jean Clement (regarding Ricky Dearman) “He’s taking their Mother to court as he wants to see his children, we can’t let that happen and he must be arrested.” Abe and Ella wanted to cut Ricky off from his access rights.
Nobody ever looks at what went on just before the hoax started, the answers are all there. Their disagreements with Social Services, with other parents, with the School staff, etc.
It’s also worth mentioning to them that Indiegogo has made the correct decision and include a link to the Indiegogo Generosity page. That could make them see that other online fundraising platforms are banning Abe and Ella from fleecing the gullible.
She’ll do a Tom Crawford, hero of the Freeman movement and probably perch on the roof Lucy Jordon style until she is inevitably carted off.
I find no joy in anyone being evicted but Neelu should have paid more attention to things that really matter, like trying to pay her mortgage instead of hanging around churches and demanding judges be lynched for treason.
It will be interesting to see which of the fruitloops turn out to support her – if they can possibly put their indifference’s aside. After all they love a bit of a hullabaloo but then they usually slope off to the pub or McDonalds once the party is over.
Nothing odd about an utter creep careering down the highway and recording into his phone a false tale about – a dreadful incident in London where a man drove a car at high speed at pedestrians. God help us.
And once again, the concept of a CSA and murder “snuff” film industry is just a fantasy.
Not only has a genuine “commercial” child snuff film NEVER surfaced, from the 1950’s to 2010, the whole idea is inherently nonsensical. The idea is supposed to be, such a film would have a high value because it would be very rare, with restricted distribution. But there would be nothing to stop a buyer from making 500 copies themselves, and re-selling them on the cheap or even giving them away – destroying the rarity value overnight.
But there’s even better evidence that this “snuff” idea is bullshit. My little network of historic CSA video victims includes some persons who were allegedly “child snuff” victims. I can personally assure you, those persons are still very much alive today.
Thanks Jake Blake.
I haven’t managed to catch up with that video yet!
They are coming in so fast and furious, I haven’t got enough hours in the day.
This claim is as true as Angela’s claims about Ella masturbating the small boy.
Poor old Dave, believing it all.
Why does she make this rubbish up?
I expect it’s for the “attention” and to feel important.
As for Dave, I think he is Schizophrenic.
One of my son’s has a friend that comes out with similar tales.
The nearest thing to real snuff movies seems to be the Peter Scully case. That was in the Philipines; and it was uncovered, and he was prosecuted. It is hard to imagine such things occurring in central Washington or London without anyone noticing.
Whoopsie daisy!
Must be clackers then, never mind I was near (ish).
Great post as always EC. I can just picture Abe & Ella sat watching pizzagate videos on Youtube all day and looking out for new subjects to add to their original lies. They’ve got to keep attracting new conspirasheep all the time otherwise their story will be left behind while yet another conspiracy suddenly takes all the headlines and the conspirasheep with it.
Will Belinda really be able to put up with Neelu and her Mum 24/7?
I suppose that is the obvious solution in the short term, but what will happen with Belinda at 8am tomorrow?
I shall think about her as I’m driving at that time…
And then tune in for the Updates later.
Yeah and she’s still got his cat!
Yes, the Peter Scully case was sickening.
Barchon I think they actually already do that.
Funny how none of their believers ever mention Ella & Abe running away from the cops. Innocent people have no reason to run from the law whereas guilty people certainly do.
The conspirasheep really despise that fact that Hoaxtead Research exists. I’ve seen a few comments on Youtube now saying how people’s computers would play up after visiting this blog. Obviously a ploy to try and scare folk away from visiting this blog and reading actual facts with evidence to back them up as opposed to the lies and fantasies they prefer to believe in.
We’ll have ring side seats as we watch the inevitable videos.
But I suppose it would probably be more interesting to actually be there.
Will Neelu’s love interest, Mr. Andy Peacher come down all the way from Scotland?
I very much doubt it.
I predict Kevin Wearechange Weaver, Barry backpack, maybe Lee Cant after all Neelu did go in search of him to the Police Station and promptly got herself arrested, Yet again, grrr…
They might as well reserve a cell for her.
Tracey Morris is going to court tomorrow to represent someone against Social Services.
I think I read it on Gayle Fawkes fb page.
Yes Spiny, i think they could all learn a lot from EC and others. But that would be boring to them as they prefer to believe wild stories told to them by fruitloops on Youtube.
The rat/mouse on the right in that picture reminds me of Tracey Morris.
Ah the Fat Slags from Viz comic, there’s a blast from the past indeed. The pair of them along with other characters such as Sid the sexist and Postman Plod gave me so many laughs in the past.
He’s certainly no Carol Vorderman when it comes to mathematics.
What an Ass Hat that “Titus” character is! “Pizzagate March” WTH? ffs! Stupid as dirt. I hope they all get arrested…Ella and Abe have hit a new low. I agree with S.V.. If they can take the time to question him due to R bloody Q’s crappola and paranoia, they can arrest them lickity damn quick, it is complete BS. Are they waiting for a crazier Edgar Welch? I was reading about this “Shayler” person. Very strange guy and story. He probably met agony Abe at the “eco-squat” commune of weirdos or one of three prisons? Bizarre as hell. Was his “info” on Col. Ghadaffi true in re: 1996 Newspaper reports in UK?? What is his ex-partners deal? Anybody have a good link or source on these two? Sincere condolences for yesterday’s Tragedy. RIP
The additions must be the result of more “brainstorming”. I used to hold some sympathy for Ella, taking her as someone caught up in Abraham’s web of destruction. However, she sat back and watched Abraham beat RD’s children and is now making these scam videos for a quick buck, exploiting her own children. She knows exactly what she is doing.
Haha! Their computers play up after visiting a WordPress.com site? Do they realise that the “.com” version of WordPress doesn’t allow any sort of code changes or plug-ins that one would have to use to do anything nefarious? So even if we wanted to, which we don’t, it couldn’t happen.
Eddy! 🙂
Thanks, AP. I was particularly amused by their “big (green) eyes” story, which is apparently interchangeable between Abe and Ella.
Yes, this has been my understanding too. The concept of “snuff movies” originated in the 1970s or 1980s, and was HUGE for a while, until people began to realise that no one had ever seen a real one.
Yes they aren’t the type of people to let facts such as that stop their stupid lies.
Yes, sadly the truth is much less melodramatic than the lies they’re being fed.
Yes, when it boils down to it, she’s quite willing to sell her children to make a bit of money. That says it all to me.
Patreon has until Tuesday to remove that content, then I and others will initate the process to get politicians to roll out legislation to regulate social media. A member of parliament is now aware, and on standby.
How did she meet her husband Mr. Draper?
Was she a mail order bride?
Thank you, EC 🙂
Looks like TC has actually googled hoaxsted, finally. ffs MKD? lol
I can imagine in order to make any semblance of what the hell this catalogue of abusers,grifters and plain mentally bonkers individuals are up to,some creative process of collating, prioritizing and generally sifting serious criminality from gibbering verbal masturbation is inevitable.The saying “necessity is the mother of invention” has no doubt held some sway in regards keeping tabs on events.
Mr Einstein somehow created order from chaos and back again amidst papers sliding about all over the shop but no doubt he had contrived some system that at least worked for him in attempting to fathom the workings of everything.Not convinced he could have come up with a general theory of fruitloops though.
Sterling stuff and clearly the revulsion method is prooving just the ticket.
Great to see the new batch of interns settling into their positions btw. 😉
Abe’s website is disgusting. Someone named DOCTOR_MOEBIUS has left this comment on it, this month:
“I would hunt down this ‘father’ and blow his genitals off. If anyone out there feels compelled to do so, I’m sure it’s a worthy cause.”
MKD’s on form today! 😀
“Bellenders tunnels-The movie” would almost certainly attract a “restricted18” by the British Board of Film Classification.
Because I do not live in the Hampstead area covered by the MP Tulip Siddiq, please can anyone who lives in that area contact her when they feel ready. This MP is Labour and a Muslim. The issue is regulation of internet social media companies to force them to remove abusive, hateful, illegal and harrassing content in a reasonable time of notification, preferably by an independent body. Highlight the problems encountered trying to get social media such as Facebook, Google and Patreon to remove content, and the distress, fear and other negative impacts this has had on its victims.
Although arrests and convictions help, it is by forcing social media companies to remove content that will bring to an end this hoax and protect the children at the heart of this hoax from the psychological harm it will do when they start to read and see it when they are older.
For an MP to act, you must live in the area they serve. You must include personal contact details such as your address and contact number. If the MP is different in your area, then please consider contacting them.
The details for Tulip Siddiq is:
By phone – Call on 0208 127 5525 (This line is open 10am – 4pm, Tuesday – Friday)
By email – My address is tulip@tulipsiddiq.com
By mail – Write to Tulip Siddiq MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
At a Constituency Surgery – If you would like an appointment at a constituency surgery then please call on 0208 127 5525 or email tulip@tulipsiddiq.com
Enraged here about too about Patreons stance.Will contact again venting disgust at flaunting their own T&C + inactivity.They could at least have suspended account pending enquiries.
The lack of regulation enables the more disreputable and unprincipled platforms to effectively flick a V at complaints possibly because they dont like reducing their user figures or of course they are simply inept and simply cant be arsed with such triffling matters that doesnt bring in $$$.
Great you have initiated upping the ante to political arena SV.This whole area is going to become massive over the next few years and politicians worth their salt will get stuck into these shysters.
The political and media climate is perfect to refer the Hampstead hoax as a whole to the politicians as a good reason to regulate against the social media giants.
The fact this is going on, and internet companies do nothing about this is why I am now on the warpath.
I understand, SV, it’s getting out of control. That person is talking about shooting an innocent man in the genitals. I honestly fear for RD’s life sometimes.
It was Eddy who gave the game away.
Where’s Lord Ashtar, that’s what I want to know.
Bob needs to get back to his seat and stop licking the office carpet, he’s on his last warning.
..and there’s always one, isn’t there? Jasmine on the right, waving to the camera, I see you! Get back to work!
People tend to forget that once the Police get a warrant almost anyone can be traced.
David Shurter, seems afraid of Hoaxtead. I am impressed with El Coyote that he has such power to shake the Dark Jesus, Messiah, Dark Lord or whatever dark master demon this Shurter has become to his very abyssmal core, backed by the most powerful magicks of Satanism, and who has defeated all the fallen ones, and created a new hell for all those who oppose his will. Do dark ones like Shurter bleed and die?
I think probably Shurter lacks the master ring that is supposed to control the other rings, and a certain creature living in Kent might have it.
Also, I speak on occasion with Dr Michael Aquino over at 600Club, Shurter should come over and talk there sometime.
Shurter reminds me of this guy in his video:
I absolutely love that movie. Nicholson and Duvall were excellent in it.
By the way, SV. Your comment under the video will be seen by him as a threat.
Just became aware of its meaning, whoops.
EC… please edit removing Red Rum part… I woud not have posted that had I known its meaning.
No trigger warning needed but McKenzie’s Devils should have included a Sensitivity Warning. Can you die from blushing?
No matter how long ago..
“Cheryl Grimmer: Man arrested over girl’s 1970 disappearance”
Hi Jake!
I was gloating about McKenzie’s Arrest on tOm Cahill’s yt channel and apparently spurred on a flurry of activity. Sorry Hoaxsted! ffs! omg ….sigh
Such a shame her parents never lived to hear the news. The killer would have been 16 at the time too.
LOL! How wrong can t0m Cahill be?? 😀
I was glad to see that Generosity finally took down their page (although it took long enough, my first reply from them was 1/3/17), whereas I never even got a reply at all from Patreon and they still have their page up despite many complaints being received (as was logged here)
(plus the nightmare involved in actually reporting pages to these companies- what a kludge their reporting systems are)
Hi Steved, like you I have had to navigate a reporting system designed to put people off from complaining about content. These internet companies hale largely from Silicon Valley in USA with the same attitude of money over any other concerns. They don’t care about the innocent people of Hampstead, or the children, if it brings in money, thats all that matters to them.
Yes do it.
As one who has been trying to remove hateful and shocking lies for over 5 years now, about a woman who passed away in the meantime (aged 85) it can be a very debilitating and frustrating experience.
I’ve had some successes and failures: the failures are that even though the posts etc breach the rules of an internet entity’s own rules, we all know from Youtube experience they take an aeon for them to act if at all.
And then of course the stuff pops up again posted by someone else.
The US election has now shown. whatever the truth may be, that Fake News (and that is what Hampstead is) can be a very dangerous thing.
I’ve joined a group who have set themselves up as internet ‘vigilantes’ – not to attack anyone, but to use any legal means to get hateful, spiteful lies removed. We have 3 lawyers aiding but as anyone knows, a legal process can take years as well.
I believe the EU Parliament will be one of the main aids in this campaign as they generally seek to look after the welfare of their own citizens. Several countries are enacting legislation such as the ‘Right to Be Forgotten”. France has demanded this apply worldwide now for any French citizen. They have fought a fierce battle with a cashed-up Google on this but succeeded but it really takes the power of government to win.
And what a slap in the face it is from these internet giants that are all tax avoiding entities leaching off other taxpayers and then using their might to prevent citizens having rights to privacy without being harassed.
However the world is waking up to the dangers of internet defamation and while MPs can often be the last to act, once a politician comes aboard a cause they can wield considerable power.
I mean really- he looks unwashed, unshaven, unkempt and his teeth are stained and you can almost smell his hideous bad breath..but he puts on a clean shirt and bow-tie to make a video? It looks like a fake shirt & tie as well, like something with no back that you just wrap around your front.
GOS Fashion Tip of The Day.
LOL – “You can suck all the dick you want and still be a virgin”.
GoS, that is another thing, my business has to pay so much tax, yet these internet giants escape. It is totally wrong that kids and innocent people of a London community suffer because of what is essentially greed by foreign internet companies. Bottom line, all these companies are interested in is money, they have no interest in freedom of speech etc, they are just as quick to shut someone down that they disagree with.
ISIL make snuff movies which the media are only too happy to promote (although they refuse to in France) but the Hoaxers of course think they are ‘false flags’ and MI6 / CIA productions.
LOL! Apparently he doesn’t like it that Scarlet Scoop has pointed out his virulent anti-Semitism from time to time. So his way of disproving that…is to accuse us of being “Jewish cointelpro”? How does that work?
Noam Chomsky describes the problems well:
LOL! Love it. 🙂
How does that work? EC, it doesn’t! LOL
Tom and Cody are both obsessed with “cointelpro.”
Just like the hoaxers see paedophiles around every corner, they see cointelpro everywhere. 😀
Snazzy tie. 🙂
They are based in Silicon Valley when it suits – repeating that tired old mantra of Free Speech when confronted with internet libels.
They are based in The Caymans when it comes to (not) paying tax despite just having an unmanned office and their funds in a US or UK bank.
They have become all-powerful and basically bullies because they can get away with as politicians have been too slow to realise what is happening.
There should be a Fiddler on the Roof HH Meme Spiny!! LOL Abe and Ella Escaping…
Well, if I can get some sort of badge and a pay cheque out of it, I’m in. Not sure how I’ll sort the Jewish part though. Are there any Jewish coyotes? If so, how do they keep their yarmulkes on? Tis a puzzlement.
Fake News Alert !. Cats do NOT work and never have.
Very true, G0S. Those filmed murders aren’t intended to provide sexual titillation, but as far as I’m aware they’re the only real “snuff” movies out there. And the conspirasheep don’t believe they’re real. Go figure.
It was indeed. And he played a pivotal role in the “Hoaxtenders” cartoon series. 🙂
Too right, MC.
I wouldn’t wait : any politician needing a platform should jump on this ASAP and get in early.
Fugitives from the law Draper & Christie are breaching Patreon’s own rules (so much for their claim to be aiding those in the arts) but Patreon is also breaking the law and need to come to the attention of the FBI.
I would NOT give entities like Patreon the slightest wriggle room.
Amusingly they go on at length about how the poster indemnifies Patreon for any breaches of copyright etc but this is a ruse.
Patreon is liable for such breaches themselves for civil breaches of copyright and criminal law. You cannot be indemnified for such things. And considering they do minimal checks on authenticity (as exampled by hosting Draper’s criminal fundraising) it is a matter of time before events and the law catches up with them.
# This reminds me very much of a long conversation I had with a lawyer nearly 5 years ago about Uber. He was acting for a Black Cab driver in an unrelated dispute as conversation got around to how governments were falling over Uber’s seductive campaigns. He said they were breaching laws in dozens of ways which. despite the fact people may like the service, it was just a matter of time before it all came down in a heap. That included matters like whether they were employers, complicated liability insurance, VAT etc etc and likened the whole idea to a very sophisticated Pyramid Scheme. Now the whole edifice is beginning to crumble as directors bail out having made $Millions in the meantime.
A prime example of how the law and governments can become bamboozled by how the internet is being used.
@GoS
I get the impression that Patreon is as arrogant as Uber.
One of my associates jumped the gun and contacted Tulip Siddiq MP, but do not live in Hampstead. Since there has been one contact to this MP already, it is ideal to contact them now.
You are probably right. Why Wait?
Stop the Rot and End the Hate
Against the Innocent Victims
of the Hampstead Hoax and Pizzagate
Conspirifruit Episode 2 – Legend of the Fail – https://youtu.be/LauMBymTTVk
Conspirifruit Episode 3 – Really Disgraceful – https://youtu.be/M-EOu3WMoKc
Loving the Conspirifruit series BM.Keep them coming 🙂
tubbyrounds says:
If someone like the deliciously mental Sandie Bergen-Whatever-Whatever came round to ‘blow my genitals off’, she would be more than welcome… Anytime…
The added benefit of course, being it would stop her whiny, insane utterances.
All after the obligatory ‘implant check’, of course 😉
Chuffing Pizzagate.
Mad https://youtu.be/qSP7wZ2l95s
Sensible https://youtu.be/2OrX0U4qwTM
Cheers mate, I can only do them when the house is free of infidels as they would think I really am Barchon Mad.
They are beyond hope. Thank you for the links mate.
These people truly are Sheeple who cannot think for themselves including that Loon Wolfe.
MKD’s on a roll tonight 😀
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When Heifer eventually turns on Angela, I confidently expect Angela to shout about how she’d always had her doubts about her. She really does excel in the arts of back-pedalling and back-stabbing.
Would it be an underground movie, Mik?
Hostel: real
Westminster attack: fake
Ah, the mind of a troofer.
So nice to see an American with stained teeth, Sam, after all they’ve said about ours 😀
Mik, you never need to apologise for upsetting Tom Cahill. I can almost hear the Jewish community applauding you.
I completely dispute Tom’s wesearch.
LOL! 😂
“Vanilla Scoop”
I love it! 😀
Your wish is my command…
No two ways about it, BM – you’re a fucking genius!
21:09 – “We know basically most of science is just made up.”
Wow. Just…wow 😮
So he’s not just into Hegel for Dummies, he’s an anti-science proponent too? This just gets better and better.
“All day long I’d diddle diddle dum, if I were a wealthy man”…takes on a whole new sinister tone, doesn’t it?
Hehe. Thanks, EC. Plus it all scans too 🙂
Moaning bastard says:
Mr Draper would be well advised to read the T&C as he could well be in line for a full refund under goods and services act.I am sure trading standards would be very interested if UK residents are being flogged dangerous,inflammable materials under false pretences.
I am not sure if there is an ombudsman for the mail order bride/grey import industry but if not the Ombudman for Ombudsmen should bloody well pull his finger out and make one sharpish.ITS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
What on Earth is the world coming to???
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What Causes Increased Evaporation?
How do you demonstrate evaporation?
Does evaporation cause global warming?
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What is evaporation example?
How do humans affect evaporation?
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Does water evaporate at 100 humidity?
What factors affect evaporation and condensation?
What is effect of evaporation?
How does evaporation become condensation?
What is evaporation process?
What is the purpose of evaporation?
How does temperature affect evaporation?
What causes more evaporation?
What happens when evaporation increases?
Where does water go after evaporation?
How can you use evaporation in a sentence?
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What increases the evaporation rate of water?
Does more evaporation mean more rain?
Start with evaporation.
Place a full cup of water in front of a sunny window.
Use a marker to make a line at the beginning water level.
Each hour mark the water level and begin to look for changes.
As the sun heats the water, it should begin to evaporate..
Increasing water vapor leads to warmer temperatures, which causes more water vapor to be absorbed into the air. Warming and water absorption increase in a spiraling cycle.
The researchers even thought it was possible that evaporation could have a warming effect on global climate, because water vapor acts as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. … Increased evaporation tends to cause clouds to form low in the atmosphere, which act to reflect the sun’s warming rays back out into space.
Evaporation is defined as the process in which the state of water from liquid to gaseous or to vapour state takes place. … The melting of an ice cube is an example of evaporation. Evaporation of acetone which is used for removing nail paint is another everyday example of evaporation.
Agricultural production of food causes water to evaporate into vapour. Large-scale irrigation of fields, for example, increases the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere. Conversely, cutting down trees — or ‘deforestation’ — reduces the amount of water vapour released into the atmosphere.
Put simply, water evaporates from the land and sea, which eventually returns to Earth as rain and snow. Climate change intensifies this cycle because as air temperatures increase, more water evaporates into the air.
Relative humidity is related to the partial pressure of water vapor in the air. At 100% humidity, the partial pressure is equal to the vapor pressure, and no more water can enter the vapor phase. If the partial pressure is less than the vapor pressure, then evaporation will take place, as humidity is less than 100%.
The water cycle relies on the processes of evaporation and condensation.Evaporation. … Adding energy (heating) increases the rate of evaporation. … Condensation. … Removing energy (cooling) increases the rate of condensation. … Evaporation and Condensation Happen at the Same Time. … Other factors affect evaporation and condensation.More items…
When evaporation occurs, the energy removed from the vaporized liquid will reduce the temperature of the liquid, resulting in evaporative cooling. … Evaporation of water occurs when the surface of the liquid is exposed, allowing molecules to escape and form water vapor; this vapor can then rise up and form clouds.
In evaporation, matter changes from a liquid to a gas. In condensation, matter changes from a gas to a liquid. All matter is made of tiny moving particles called molecules. Evaporation and condensation happen when these molecules gain or lose energy.
Evaporation is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor. Evaporation is the primary pathway that water moves from the liquid state back into the water cycle as atmospheric water vapor.
Evaporation is a unit operation that separates a liquid from solids by means of heat transfer via vaporization or boiling. The purpose of evaporation is to concentrate a solution of a nonvolatile solute (i.e., solids) and a solvent (i.e., liquid), which is typically water.
Water evaporates faster if the temperature is higher, the air is dry, and if there’s wind. … Evaporation rates are higher at higher temperatures because as temperature increases, the amount of energy necessary for evaporation decreases.
In the water cycle, evaporation occurs when sunlight warms the surface of the water. The heat from the sun makes the water molecules move faster and faster, until they move so fast they escape as a gas. Once evaporated, a molecule of water vapor spends about ten days in the air.
The increase in water temperature causes the evaporation rate to increase and, for a time, net evaporation occurs. But, with increased evaporation, more water molecules exist in the air above the water, which in turn increases the condensation rate.
Some of it evaporates, returning to the atmosphere; some seeps into the ground as soil moisture or groundwater; and some runs off into rivers and streams. Almost all of the water eventually flows into the oceans or other bodies of water, where the cycle continues.
There was evaporation of water from the leaf. The annual evaporation from water surfaces is from 60 to 150 in. The test tube is tightly corked to prevent evaporation, and allowed to stand for some hours.
Evaporation, the process by which an element or compound transitions from its liquid state to its gaseous state below the temperature at which it boils; in particular, the process by which liquid water enters the atmosphere as water vapour.
Safety Data Sheets: An evaporation rate is the rate at which a material will vaporize (evaporate, change from liquid to vapor) compared to the rate of vaporization of a specific known material. This quantity is a ratio, therefore it is unitless.
Increased aeration rate increases the evaporation rate, which in turn, lowers water temperature. A nutrient-enriched pond evaporates more than does an unfertilized pond.
With more evaporation, there is more water in the air so storms can produce more rainfall.
Quick Answer: Where Does Water Go After Evaporation?
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Terror Films Provides Official Poster, Trailer and one Clip for Haunted House Thriller “INTERIOR”
Posted on August 21, 2017 by grossmoviereviews
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 15, 2017) – Genre distributor Terror Films will be releasing the festival standout INTERIOR this Tuesday, August 15th. It was written and directed by Zachary Beckler. The film has won “Best Director” and “Best Sound Design” at the NYC Horror Film Festival (2015), “Best Horror Feature” at Shriekfest (2015), “Best Domestic Film” at the Starlite Film Festival (US, 2015), “Best Thriller Feature” at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival (2014), “Best Florida Feature” at the Freak Show Horror Film Festival (2014), along with the “Audience Award” at the Knoxville Horror Film Fest (2015).
The story follows Sam (Christopher Carullo). Sam is a down and out filmmaker, who is hired by his ex-girlfriend, Allison (Piper Rae Patterson), to record unexplained phenomenon. The strange occurrences have been happening in the new house where she, her husband and young daughter have recently moved to. Over the course of the night, Sam comes face to face with an ultimate form of evil.
In their ongoing effort to bring the best and the most diverse indie horror content to the masses, Terror Films will release this film across multiple digital platforms including: iTunes, Amazon Instant/Prime, Vudu, Google Play/You Tube, X-Box Live and many others. The release begins with North America and will be followed by a worldwide digital release on iFlix.
Terror Films has provided the official poster, plus a link to the official trailer and one clip from the film, titled “Dreaming of Allison.”
INTERIOR Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuPRHGd8Li8
INTERIOR Clip “Dreaming of Allison:” https://youtu.be/JCGAIZgv1jo
For more information on Terror Films, visit: www.terrorfilms.net
And here: www.facebook.com/TerrorFilmsLLC/
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CCB-GTT Weekly Meetings, October 18 to October 24, 2020 via Zoom
You are invited to the CCB’s GTT Zoom meetings where we focus in on the technology needs and concerns of Canadians who are blind or low vision. The calls will take place over the accessible Zoom Conference system, which will allow participants to dial in using their landline phones, smart phones, or computers. You will find the Zoom link and phone numbers below the meeting listings. Please pay special attention to the “(note)” notation after some of the meeting listings. Different zoom platforms are used for different meetings and some require preregistration.
CCB-GTT OPEN CHAT
Monday, October 19, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific:
host, Kim Kilpatrick,
Topic, Open discussion,
CCB-GTT RURAL AND NORTH CALL
Tuesday October 20, 2020, 7:00 PM Eastern/4:00 PM Pacific:
Host/co-host, Dorothy Mc Naughton and Brian Bibeault
We encourage everyone from across Canada to take part. The topic is Apps – those that are most accessible and useful for people with vision loss, as well as other apps we enjoy using. Our speaker is Elmer Thiesen. There will be lots of time for questions and for everyone to share their favourite apps.
CCB-GTT PRESENTATION
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific:
Topic, All about Aira
Presenter Janine Stanley from AIRA, Host Kim Kilpatrick
CCB-GTT ALL ABOUT ANDROID
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 7:00 PM Eastern/4:00 PM Pacific:
Tracy and Matthew have put this group together to share their experiences navigating Android devices. We welcome the input from users of all experience levels so we can learn together. For the next three sessions we are going to discuss how to get started with your Android device. Please identify yourself when registering with your proper name and zoom screen name.
(NOTE) Registration required, Email: aaug.canada@gmail.com
CCB-GTT YOUTH ZOOM CALL
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 8:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Pacific:
Host, Nolan Jenikov
For individuals between the ages of 16 and 25ish.
(NOTE) The meeting credentials are different for this meeting, preregistration required. For more info contact Nolan at nolan.gtt@ccbnational.net.
Friday, October 23, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
host, David Greene,
Security procedure remains in effect.
When you enter the waiting room before a meeting, please ensure that you give us a recognizable name. If you are calling for the first time or from a land line, please e-mail the CCB’s Receptionist, (Shelley Morris) ahead of time to let us know your name and number so we will let you in. Shelley’s email is ccb@ccbnational.net.
If you need help doing these things or learning to use zoom, please contact us and we can help you.
You can participate by phone or internet from wherever you are:
CCB is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
https://zoom.us/j/9839595688?pwd=N01yeERXQk4rWnhvNCtHTzZwdXcwQT09
Meeting ID: 983 959 5688
Alberta One tap mobile for Smart Phones:
+15873281099,9839595688#
BC One tap mobile for Smart Phones:
Manitoba One tap mobile for Smart Phones:
Montreal One tap mobile for Smart Phones:
Toronto One tap mobile for Smart Phones:
Direct Dial:
Alberta: +1 587 328 1099
BC: +1 778 907 2071
Manitoba: +1 204 515 1268
Montreal: +1 438 809 7799
Toronto: +1 647 374 4685
Kim Kilpatrick, CCB GTT Coordinator
GTTProgram@Gmail.com
1-877-304-0968 Ext 513
David Greene, CCB GTT Accessibility Trainer
accessibilitytraining7@gmail.com
Corry Stuive, CCB National Program Coordinator
corry.gtt@ccbnational.net
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CCB-GTT Weekly Meetings, August 30 to September 5, 2020 via Zoom
You are invited to the CCB’s GTT Zoom meetings where we focus in on the technology needs and concerns of Canadians who are blind or low vision. The calls will take place over the accessible Zoom Conference system, which will allow participants to dial in using their landline phones, smart phones or computers. You will find the Zoom link and phone numbers below the meeting listings. Please pay special attention to the “(note)” notation after some of the meeting listings. Different zoom platforms are used for different meetings and some require preregistration.
PLEASE NOTE…..Enhanced security procedure in effect.
When you enter the waiting room before a meeting, please ensure that you give us a recognizable first and last name. If you are calling for the first time or from a land line, please e-mail the CCB’s Receptionist, (Shelley Morris) ahead of time to let us know your name and number so we will let you in. Shelley’s email is ccb@ccbnational.net.
Monday, August 31, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
Host Kim Kilpatrick
Come join us with all of your low and high tech questions and tips
Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific:
Presenter, Kim Kilpatrick
Topic, using Voice Dream Reader. This topic was suggested after the August 26 presentation on the Dolphin Easy Reader app.
(NOTE) NO MEETING SCHEDULED DURING THIS WEEK! The youth program is hoping to expand at a new time. To find out more or give suggestions email Nolan Jenikov at nolan.gtt@ccbnational.net
CCB-GTT BEGINNERS CALL
(NOTE) If you are a beginning learner of IOS, Android, PC, Mac, or other new devices: Have you enjoyed the monthly Beginner’s calls? Would you like them to continue? What topics would you like to see discussed? We will be having a discussion meeting on this topic. If interested, e-mail Kim Kilpatrick at gtt@ccbnational.net
Friday, September 4, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
host, David Green,
Open discussion, Tech and/or other, Come join the community!
David Green, CCB GTT Accessibility Trainer
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CCB-GTT Weekly Meetings, August 23 to August 29, 2020 via Zoom
Host, Corry Stuive
Open discussion plus: Aira, social media and who knows what else…..
Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific:
Topic, Setting up and using the Dolphin Easy Reader app with CELA library and Bookshare.
GTT Weekly Youth Gathering Use this link to attend, provided you’re between the ages of 16 and 25ish.
(NOTE) The meeting credentials are different for this meeting, preregistration required. For more info contact David Green at accessibilitytraining7@gmail.com.
Friday, August 28, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
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Host, Kim Kilpatrick
Open discussion plus: What tech do you use for work?
Tuesday August 18, 2020, 7:00 PM Eastern/4:00 PM Pacific:
The topic will be learning how to use One Drive and Dropbox to store and share files. Your presenter will be Brian Bibeault. There will be lots of time for questions!
Presenter, Gerry Chevalier
Topic, Using CELA library, part 2 of 2. This week focusing in on Newspapers and Magazines. Q&A to follow
Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 7:00 PM Eastern/4:00 PM Pacific:
Tracy and Matthew have put this group together to share their experiences navigating Android devices. We welcome the input from users of all experience levels so we can learn together. Please identify yourself when registering with your proper name and zoom screen name.
CCB-GTT TORONTO CALL
Thursday, August 20, 2020, 6:00 PM Eastern/3:00 PM Pacific:
This month, GTT creator, Kim Kilpatrick, David Green, CCB’s national GTT tech advisor, and CCB Member Debbie Eva Williams will be presenting the Apple Watch, a wearable world on your wrist! You can use it for time, apple pay, transit app, messages, calendar, texting, and more!
(NOTE) The meeting credentials are different for this meeting, To get the call in information please e-mail Gtt.toronto@gmail.com
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CCB-GTT Weekly Meetings, August 2 to August 8, 2020 via Zoom Conference
This week……..
CCB GTT Open Chats,
CCB GTT Presentation
CCB GTT Youth Zoom Conference Call
You’re invited to the CCB’s GTT Zoom Conference call meetings for the week of August 2nd to August 8th, where we will focus on the needs and concerns of Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. The calls will take place over the accessible Zoom Conference system, which will allow participants to dial in using their landline phones, smart phones or computers. See below for the Zoom link and phone numbers.
PLEASE NOTE…..Enhanced security procedure.
Special note about zoom bombing from Kim,
When you enter the waiting room before a meeting, please ensure that you give us a recognizable first and last name.
If you are calling for the first time or from a land line, please e-mail the CCB Receptionist, (Shelley Morris) ahead of time to let us know your name and number so we will let you in. Shelley’s email is ccb@ccbnational.net.
Phone 1-877-304-0968 or
email gtt@ccbnational.net
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!
Week of August 2 to August 8, 2020:
Please Note, There will NO open Chat on holiday Monday, August 3rd, 2020. Wishing you all a happy and safe long weekend!
Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
host, David Green
Theme: What to keep in mind when buying a new computer.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific:
Host, Nolin Jenikov
*Theme: GTT Weekly Youth Gathering Use this link to attend, provided you’re between the ages of 16 and 25ish.
(NOTE) This meeting’s credentials are different for this meeting than the regular CCB-GTT Zoom Log-in. For more info contact David Green at accessibilitytraining7@gmail.com.
Friday, August 7, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
Theme: CCB Open Chat, use this link to attend.
Kim Kilpatrick, CCB GTT East Coordinator
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CCB-GTT Weekly Meetings, July 26 to August 1, 2020 via Zoom Conference
Weekly CCB GTT Open Chats,
CCB GTT Beginner’s call
CCB GTT Youth Zoom Call
You’re invited to the CCB’s GTT Zoom Conference call meetings for the week of July 26 to August 1, where we will focus on the needs and concerns of Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. The calls will take place over the accessible Zoom Conference system, which will allow participants to dial in using their landline phones, smart phones or computers. See below for the Zoom link and phone numbers.
PLEASE NOTE……Enhanced security procedure necessitated via security issues! Please review, note and implement were required. Thanks!
When you enter the waiting room for the meeting, please ensure that you give us a recognizable first and last name.
If you are calling in from a land line, please e-mail the CCB receptionist (Shelley Morris) ahead of time to let us know your name and number so we will let you in. shelley’s email address is ccb@ccbnational.net.
Week of July 26 to August 1, 2020:
CCB GTT Open Chat, Monday, July 27, 2020,
1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time: host Kim Kilpatrick
Topic: What tech helps you most since the onset of COVID 19.
CCB GTT Open Chat, use this link to attend.
CCB GTT Beginners Call, Tuesday, July 28, 2020,
Topic, learning to use the IOS app Seeing AI.
CCB GTT beginners call, use this link to attend.
CCB GTT Open Chat, Wednesday, July 29, 2020,
1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time: host Kim Kilpatrick, ,
Topic, open discussion
CCB GTT Youth Zoom Call, Wednesday, July 29, 2020,
2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific: Host , Nolan Jenakov,
CCB GTT Open Chat, Friday, July 31, 2020,
1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time: host David Green,
CCB Open Chat, use this link to attend.
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CCB-GTT Weekly Meetings, July 19 to July 25, 2020 via Zoom Conference
(Including a special guest and topic Wednesday)
CCB GTT Rural and Northern Ontario Call
You’re invited to the CCB GTT’s Zoom Conference call meetings for the week of July 19 to July 25, where we will focus on the needs and concerns of Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. The calls will take place over the accessible Zoom Conference system, which will allow participants to dial in using their landline phones, smart phones or computers. See below for the Zoom link and phone numbers.
NEW, PLEASE NOTE…..
Enhanced security procedure. Please review, note and implement were required.
Recently a few of our meetings have been derailed by Zoom Bomber(s). These are folks that come into meetings with no intent to participate. There sole intention is to disrupt the session. There arrival includes vulgar language and/or disturbing video content. Once in the zoom room it is impossible for a host to get rid of them, so…..
If you are calling in from a land line, please e-mail the meeting host ahead of time to let us know your name and number so we will let you in.
Week of July 19 to July 25, 2020:
Monday, July 20, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
host Nolan Jenakov, email him at nolan.gtt@ccbnational.net
Theme: CCB GTT Open Chat, use this link to attend.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 7:00 PM Eastern/4:00 PM Pacific time:
host Brian Bibeault, email him at gtt.northbay@gmail.com
Theme: a discussion about podcasts, podcatchers, what are they? How do you use them? CCB GTT Open Chat, use this link to atttend
Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
host Kim Kilpatrick, , email her at GTTProgram@Gmail.com
Theme: Our special guest Wayne Antle will describe and lead a discussion about IPhone reading apps. Followed by open chat starting around 2pm Eastern IPhone reading apps , use this link to attend.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific:
Friday, July 24, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time:
host David Green, email him at accessibilitytraining7@gmail.com
Brian Bibeault, Volunteer, North Call Coordinator:
gtt.northbay@gmail.com
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CCB GTT Youth Zoom Conference Call,
(NEW) CCB GTT Android Users Group
CCB GTT Toronto Group.
Monday, July 13, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time: Brian Bibeault and Corry Stuive will host.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time: Gerry Chevalier:
Theme: Windows from the Keyboard Tips, end of series Q&A session , use this link to attend.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific Time: Kim Kilpatrick and Guest host:
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific: Rebecca Jackson, Nolin Jenakov and David Green
(NEW) Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 7:00 PM Eastern/4:00 Pm Pacific: CCB GTT Android Users Group
Have you ever found yourself asking which type of phone should I get for my needs? An IPHONE or an Android? The truth is both have their advantages and disadvantages, but Apple gets most of the press. That is why your hosts for the call, Tracy and Matthew, have put this group together. We want to share some of the perks of using an Android device. More importantly we want your input as blind or partially sighted users and are here to discuss any questions you may have. This is not an android Only group, we welcome the input of Apple users and users of all experience levels. In our first meeting we will be discussing the purpose and goals of this group and will mention some of the excellent accessibility features available on Android devices. After that, the floor is yours!!! We want to hear what works for you and what issues you may have. The group can help you with your issues. We look forward to your participation!!! CCB GTT Android User Group use this link to attend.
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 6:00 PM Eastern, 3:00 PM Pacific: CCB GTT Toronto Group
Topic, Are you in the market for a new phone? Bewildered by the choices? The options? The features? Apple or Android? This month our own Jason Fayre will be helping us talk about what matters when choosing a phone.
(NOTE) The meeting credentials are different for this meeting than the regular CCB-GTT Zoom Log-in.
Meeting Id 93700586904, Password 005761
Friday, July 17, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time: David Green and Guest host.
Kim Kilpatrick, GTT East Coordinator
Brian Bibeault, Volunteer Coordinator:
Corry Stuive, National Program Coordinator
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An exciting new CCB-GTT group… All About Android
Hi everyone. Have you ever found yourself asking which type of phone should I get for my needs? An IPHONE or an Android? The truth is both have their advantages and disadvantages, but Apple gets most of the press. That is why your hosts for the call, Tracy and Matthew, have put this group together. We want to share some of the perks of using an Android device. More importantly we want your input as blind or partially sighted users and are here to discuss any questions you may have. This is not an android Only group, we welcome the input of Apple users and users of all experience levels. In our first meeting we will be discussing the purpose and goals of this group and will mention some of the excellent accessibility features available on Android devices. After that, the floor is yours!!! We want to hear what works for you and what issues you may have. The group can help you with your issues. We look forward to your participation!!!
(The Get Together with Technology program (GTT) as an initiative of the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB))
Date: Wednesday 15 July, 2020
Time: 7:00pm (eastern), 4:00pm (pacific)
Location: Zoom meeting, to join:
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CCB GTT weekly meetings July 5 to July 11 2020 via zoom conference
and CCB GTT National monthly Call
You’re invited to the CCB GTT’s Zoom Conference call meetings for the week of July 5 to July 11, where we will focus on the needs and concerns of Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. The calls will take place over the accessible Zoom Conference system, which will allow participants to dial in using their landline phones, smart phones or computers. See below for the Zoom link and phone numbers.
Week of July 5 to July 11, 2020:
Monday, July 6, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time: Brian Bibeault and Corry Stuive will host.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific Time: Gerry Chevalier:
Theme: Windows from the Keyboard Tips, Microsoft Outlook, use this link to attend.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific Time: Kim Kilpatrick and Guest host:
Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific: Rebecca Jackson, Nolin Jenakov and David Green
*Theme: GTT Weekly Youth Gathering Use this link to attend, provided you’re between the ages of 16 and 25ish. The meeting credentials are different for this meeting than the regular CCB/GTT Zoom Log-in. For more info contact David Green at accessibilitytraining7@gmail.com.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 7:00 PM Eastern/4:00 Pm Pacific: CCB GTT National Conferance Call
We will be joined by Charles Mossop who has been volunteering with the World Blind Union for 11 years and is currently president of the North American and Caribbean region. Charles will join us to tell us about the WBU, what it does, what it is, and what is going on currently. CCB GTT National call use this link to attend.
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COVID-19: Canadian Council of the Blind Public Posts Regarding COVID-19
The CCB has made available to its members and the general public some important facts and resources that can be accessed from the following link:
Thx, Albert
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CCB Monthly National Newsletter, VISIONS – December 2019
The Canadian Council of the Blind’s National Visions Newsletter for December 2019 is now ready for consumption.
For more information or to get on the CCB Visions Newsletter email distribution list please contact Becky Goodwin as per below:
CCB National Office
100-20 James Street Ottawa ON K2P 0T6
Email: Info@CCBNational.net URL: www.CCBNational.net
Albert Ruel Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), CCB National, Newsletter, Visions Newsletter December 16, 2019 1 Minute
CCB extends our deepest condolences to the family of Chris Stark, 1947-2019
On behalf of Louise Gillis, CCB National President:
To the Stark Family,
On behalf of myself as National President and the Board of Directors of the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) I extend our deepest condolences to Marie, Jeffery and Chantal – their spouses and as well to the grandchildren. We all have been shocked by Chris’s sudden passing. Chris has made major contributions to blind and partially sighted Canadians for which we are truly grateful and will not be forgotten.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you go through this very difficult time.
Louise Gillis
The Canadian Council of the Blind
Chris Stark (1947-2019)
Christopher (Chris, Bobo) James Stark, born November 4, 1947, passed away peacefully on June 3rd, 2019, surrounded by his ever-loving family. He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years Marie, children Jeffrey and Chantal, grandchildren Rowan, Abigale and Nathan, daughter-in-law Jenn and son-in-law John, and faithful guide dog Banksy.
Chris’s tireless passion for advocating for and improving the lives, experiences and independence of persons with disabilities was the cornerstone of his personal life and career, focusing mainly in travel and transportation, telecommunications, banking services and guide dog access. One of his proudest achievements was the implementation of accessible automated banking machines with audio features which can be used independently by customers with disabilities including persons who are blind. He earned several awards including a letter of commendation from Queen Elizabeth II, the Governor General 125th Anniversary of the Confederation Commemorative Medal, and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal. He authored several articles and books including a book about his experiences as a child at the Halifax School for the Blind (HSB), and another about the history of HSB. More information about his life and achievements is available at: His Website – http://bobo.blackspheretech.com/
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to The Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.
His life will be celebrated on June 16th, 2019 from 2-4pm at the Tweedsmuir on the Park Clubhouse at 21 Kinmount Pvt in Kanata.
Please leave comments and notes at:
http://bit.ly/cjsobituary
Albert Ruel Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), CCB National June 6, 2019 1 Minute
CCB National Newsletter: Visions, April 2019
Canadian Council of the Blind
“A lack of sight is
not a lack of vision”
President’s Message++
1 Louise Gillis – National President
As we March into spring, weather is improving and everyone is becoming more active. We continue to be active at the National level on working toward great access medications and health care by proving input to companies and Government at all levels. As new medications become available or are in the very preliminary stages, we along with other organizations, are providing information regarding accessibility concerns that many of us have to try to avoid as many issues as possible by the time they reach end users.
Several groups have been busy preparing submissions to Canada Transport Agency and the CRTC regarding their proposed regulations prior to these regulations moving to Government for final approval. The regulations along with the Accessible Canada Act are not perfect but at this stage it is very important to have them passed in legislation before the summer recess. Once in place they will provide greater accessibility to all federally run jurisdictions. They will come up for review in five years which gives more time for organizations to provide recommendations for change where needed. The submissions take a great deal of time and work, by all the committees, for which I thank everyone involved for their hard work and dedication.
Also, I wish to thank the over 450 people who responded to the technology survey which was completed and now is being compiled. This has given a lot of valuable information, which will be submitted to government, and will be very useful toward the hiring of persons with sight loss by government in their budget promise of 5000 persons with disabilities over the next five years.
CCB’s other committees such as By Laws, Membership and Advocacy continue to meet on a regular basis on their differing agendas. Other groups that have met over the month of March are World Blind Union (WBU),, Consumer Access Group (CAG), Barrier Free Canada (BFC), and Braille Literacy Canada (BLC) for which we have representation.
Check the website for these groups for their latest updates. { WBU – CAG – www.cag-tccdv.ca/ all position papers are on the site. WBU http://www.worldblindunion.org. The World Blind Union (WBU) is the global organization representing the estimated 253 million people worldwide who are blind or partially sighted. Members are organizations of and for the blind in 190 countries, as well as international organizations working in the field of vision impairment. BFC – http://barrierfreecanada.org/. Barrier-Free Canada/Canada Sans Barriers (BFC/CSB) advocates for the Canadian Parliament to enact a strong and effective Canadians with Disabilities Act (CDA) to achieve a barrier-free Canada for all persons with disabilities. BLC – www.brailleliteracycanada.ca/ BLC is a not-for-profit corporation committed to braille promotion and the right of braille users to equal access to printed information.}
Check out GTT & CCB Health and Fitness for the latest news items through Facebook, blog and twitter. There are lots of helpful hints, tips and ideas there for many of our individual needs. Now that curling is over watch for news on the Atlantic Sports & Recreation Weekend coming up in May.
It is important for members to keep active in whatever way they can at local, divisional and national levels. That can be by going to socials, sports & recreational activities, advocacy, membership development, mentoring, or taking a leadership role. Everyone counts no matter the level of ability. Enjoy Visions and send in any interesting items you may taking place in your community.
Louise Gillis, National President
Thank You Volunteers++
In Celebration of National Volunteer Week
Canada is a nation where volunteering is a mainstay. According to Volunteer Canada’s website, 12.7 million volunteers currently give of their time, energy, skills and experience.
National Volunteer Week takes place from April 7-13 this year. There is no better time to thank the many volunteers that contribute to CCB’s success. We have recently marked out 75th Anniversary; we know that volunteer power played an important role in helping our organization to reach that milestone.
Volunteers fulfill a wide variety of positions nation-wide within the 80+ chapters throughout Canada. Leadership roles, such as President, Treasurer and secretary are occupied by volunteers.
Each chapter allows for a certain percentage of volunteers with vision to help with some administrative tasks. At the national level, volunteers serve on CCB’s Board of Directors. Chapter volunteers also staff display booths, assist with special events and provide help and support during programs and activities.
Peers volunteer to teach peers through the Get Together with Technology (GTT) program. Volunteer guides guide and assist those involved in sports programs. Sighted volunteers provide some help with Book Clubs.
Volunteers also serve on various committees both within CCB as well as in the community at large. Their tireless efforts are helping to break down barriers and create a more inclusive Canada. Advocacy, pharmacare, transportation and telecommunications groups have become more aware of the requirements of those living with vision loss thanks largely to the input from those who give of their time and experience.
Volunteers also contribute to our monthly Visions newsletter.
It is said that one of the prime reasons that people choose to volunteer is having been deeply and personally affected by a cause or situation. In many instances, those who have directly or indirectly experience vision loss have chosen to take what they have learned and experienced to bring about positive changes for themselves and others. With the trend toward short-term, episodic volunteering, it is worth noting that many of CCB’s volunteers have been involved with CCB for many years.
Those in the blind/low vision community and beyond would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the volunteers involved with the Canadian Council of the Blind. During National Volunteer Week and throughout the year, please take the time to thank the volunteers for their continued enthusiastic support for CCB.
Peterborough Woman Wins Medal for Making Angels for Service Personnel++
In mid-January of this year, Suzanne Thomas, formerly a CCB member in Toronto, now living in Peterborough, was struck speechless when she received a medal from Chief of Defense General Jonathan Vance for the angels she provides for service personnel around the world.
2 Suzanne Thomas working at her craft table
A highlight of Suzanne’s involvement with CCB in Toronto was when she took on Howard Moscoe, who was not only a city councilor at the time, but also chair of the board of the Toronto Transit Commission. In that position, Moscoe encountered a good deal of opposition from blind or partially sighted patrons who were bounced off the Wheeltrans program because they didn’t use wheelchairs. CNIB didn’t take up the cause, but CCB Toronto, led by Suzanne, gave voice to the issues, and was successful in getting many of the patrons back on the program. Now, the Thomases daughter, Debora is a vice-president of CCB Peterborough chapter.
“I was blown away,” Suzanne said in a recent interview about the medal for CCB Peterborough chapter’s weekly radio show, Insight Peterborough. “General Vance says that they love these angels that come in the Christmas boxes that go all over the world. They’ve got them hanging on their shaving mirrors, on their key rings, on the ceiling of their little huts, on their night tables, and on their filing cabinets.”
Suzanne has received many E-mails from the people who have received her angels.
“Some of them are very sad, some of them are funny,” she recalled. “There was a young fellow, and he was 20 years old. He said: ‘I hope you’re not offended, but I have a bomb-sniffing dog. She goes first, so I put my angel on her harness so that if she dies, I want to have the angel go with her.’”
In the past “ten years plus,” Suzanne has made 40,000 angels.
“The only thing that slowed me down was that I got sick, and had to spend a lot of time in bed,” Suzanne recalled. “I’m kind of panicking, because I want all my kids to get an angel. You see, when you’re 74, you can call all these people your kids. I have to have the boxes ready by September 1 so that they can go down to Nova Scotia. They may put them on a frigate,” Suzanne continued, and then I’ve got angels in the helicopters, the American helicopters, and the big airplane that sends supplies over to the countries that they’re going to, and it’s army, navy, air force, and military police. They all get these angels, and so do the heads of staff.
3 A close up of Suzanne’s beads.
Suzanne explained that the angels are made with seven safety pins, each containing five beads, a bit of wire, and a bow which serves as the wings. The halo is made of much smaller beads.
Suzanne said that she has no idea when her medal actually arrived at her house.
“It was in the mail during the strike, and then the mailbox froze, so I don’t know how long it was in there before we got it, but it was a lovely surprise.”
By Devon Wilkins.
The Canadian Blind Chess Association and the 2019 Quebec City tournament++
Are you an avid chess player living in Canada?
Or maybe you are an aspiring one who is looking for ways to play chess and have some fun while at the same time make new chess friends?
Then the Canadian Blind Chess Association may be what you are looking for.
Why not become a member and join our group!
Come on in and let’s play chess together!
We want to invite you to register for the Quebec chess tournament to be held in April.
It’s opened to everyone!
For more info on the annual Quebec chess tournament please go to this link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zcji13ezaskeepa/AACsNyfRJWHOtIxw25Vz5xIia?dl=0
Gor more information about the Quebec City tournament and to look for the Canadian Blind Chess Association on Facebook, contact Rebecca at
amrywoddyddiauheulog@gmail.com
or at cqpa@bellnet.ca
Get Together with Technology (GTT) at CSUN, March 13 to 15, 2019++
Thanks to Markido Inc. of Ottawa
(https://markido.com/try?utm_source=markido.com&utm_content=try-topnav ), four CCB staff and volunteers had the great good fortune to attend the 34th CSUN Conference in Anaheim California.
Visit the GTT network for reports from Kim Kilpatrick, Rebecca Jackson, Maryse Glaude- Beaulieu and Albert Ruel.
Sam Burns, CEO of Markido Inc. promoted their PowerPoint Plug-in, “Engage” during CSUN and you can get a peak at its great support for accessible presentations by activating the below links.
4 People entering the conference (photo from http://www.csun.edu)
You can download your own free version and see how it will help you get access to all the information in the PowerPoint presentations you receive, and to create your own accessible presentations for circulation.
One of the exciting products produced by Markido is Engage.
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Engage is a PowerPoint add-in that lets people of any skill-level create visually impressive presentations. Engage comes with thousands of design assets that are easy to incorporate into any presentation using drag and drop functionality. Users can also create and edit infographics and data maps right in PowerPoint.
Make your presentations more accessible for people with disabilities.
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Run our accessibility tests to get an overview of how accessible your presentation is.
-We provide quick and convenient shortcuts to fix the issues that are found.
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Over 100,000 amazing presentations have been created with Engage.
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Donna’s Low Tech Tips, Pen Friend++
Meet the Pen Friend. If you have not already been introduced to this nifty little gadget then here is your opportunity. Meet this very affordable and very useful little gadget. It was developed by the RNIB of Britain.
Yes, it is shaped like a large pen and has a very nice speaker that enables you to hear what you are doing. The Pen Friend enables you to label things using specially adapted tiny labels. The instructions can be accessed on the card that it comes with; a really nifty way to produce instructions. This is how it works.
– When you turn on your Pen Friend you hear some very delightful sounds and then you know that Pen Friend is ready to go to work.
– Place Pen Friend on one of those special labels that comes with your Pen Friend then press the record button.
– Give a short audio description of what you want the label to describe.
– Press a button to end the recording.
– Now you are ready to complete the task by taking your label and placing it on wherever you want it to be. Can, tin, box, file folder, whatever.
– You can go back to what you have just labeled and using your Pen Friend you can tell what you have just done.
– Turn on Pen Friend and voila! With the press of a button Pen Friend will tell you what your label says; what you have just recorded in your own voice.
This is indeed a neat little gadget and is extremely affordable. You can find this gadget at such places as http://www.maxiaids.com and http://www.independentlivingaids.com So go out there and make friends with the Pen Friend. To contact me, send me an email at info@sterlingcreations.ca
Lynda Todd with art displayed, “Rites of Passage” series, at Cavan Art Gallery, Cavan, Ontario++
Visually impaired artist paints her mark in galleries!
Lynda Todd was born into a family of artists, so she naturally had an affinity for creative expression. However, she never took herself seriously as an artist. Why not? Lynda was born legally blind and much of her remaining vision is colour blind.
5 Lynda Todd with “Rites of Passage” series at Cavan Art Gallery
In spite of this challenge, Valerie Kent, Director of Cavan Art Gallery, encouraged Lynda to take lessons and she started acrylic abstract painting. Her desire to explore and express creativity have resulted in unique colour choices melded with interesting use of texture. This particular medium has evoked an intense desire to communicate and express herself to the visual world.
Valerie was able to ascertain early on Lynda, “was painting from the heart.”
“I am blown away with the interest and enthusiasm that my work has garnered. Commissions and sales starting occurring immediately. Then I received multiple gallery acceptances. I would never have thought I would find my happy place in a paint studio!” stated Lynda
She describes her visual disability as an “inconvenience”. Lynda is active in her community striving to bring awareness to those living with inconveniences and provide education and understanding to create a more inclusive and kind community.
She believes anyone facing a challenge can achieve whatever they want to. Sometimes modifications may need to be made to make that happen. Everything is possible. Including a blind woman creating visual, expressive and beautiful art.
6 Lynda’s art in the Cavan Gallery
Moving from a small town Lynda had no idea how much her life would expand with so many more opportunities living in the city of Peterborough, Ontario. She has embraced her “inconvenience” and speaks about it openly providing education and awareness through motivational speaking.
One opportunity keeps leading to another. So many doors have opened now that she has the independence to get around herself and embrace city life.
Lynda is a wife, mother, artist, motivational speaker and adrenaline junkie who enjoys axe throwing, tandem bike riding, and pistol shooting.
Her art has been accepted in three galleries plus a solo show:
Paul’s Art & Frame Gallery, Peterborough
Solo feature artist for the month of June.
Gala opening will be June 1st.
Spirit of the Hills Art Association Show and Sale, Warkworth April – September
Miskwaa Gallery, July – August
Cavan Art Gallery- ongoing
Check out her website at www.lyndatodd.com
Get Free On-Demand Verbal Descriptions of Museums ++
Starting this spring, Smithsonian visitors who are blind or have low vision can access a groundbreaking technology that uses their smartphone cameras or special glasses to get free on-demand verbal descriptions of everything from individual objects to entire exhibitions from sighted agents. The Aira technology is available at all Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., and the National Zoo. The new service is provided by Access Smithsonian, which oversees accessibility and inclusion activities for Smithsonian visitors.
“For far too long, museum visitors with vision loss have depended on accompanying friends and family to help them navigate around museums,” said Beth Ziebarth, director of Access Smithsonian. “Now, with the touch of a button, visitors have instant access that not only helps them engage with the museum but also increases their mobility and independence. In the words of one recent user, ‘This revolutionizes the way people with vision loss experience museums.’”
Visitors can access Aira in two ways: by downloading the app to their iPhone or Android smartphone or by using their personal Aira smart glasses—at no cost to the user. In both cases, through artificial intelligence and augmented reality, visitors will be connected to highly trained sighted live agents who can see from their remote location what is in front of or near the user. The agent then helps the visitor navigate the museum.
For instance, in the National Museum of American History, live agents can guide visitors to specific objects, such as the Ruby Slippers; specific exhibitions, such as “The First Ladies” and the Star-Spangled Banner Gallery; as well as restrooms, cafés and museum stores. Ongoing services and materials for visitors who are blind or have low vision will continue to be available, including Braille and large-print brochures and docent-led verbal-description tours. In addition, talking tactile floor plans will soon be installed in the National Museum of American History.
About Access Smithsonian
Established in 1991, Access Smithsonian believes the Smithsonian’s exhibitions, programming and content should be inclusive, integrated, independent and dignified. The office is charged with ensuring that all visitors, including people with disabilities, are able to benefit from and have access to what the Smithsonian offers in its buildings, collections and programs. Through collaborations with Smithsonian museums, Access Smithsonian improves access to existing resources and helps design new programs, exhibits and buildings that are accessible to all. Signature programs include Morning at the Museum, designed for youth with sensory-processing disorders and other brain-based disabilities; See Me, for people with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers; and Project SEARCH, a 10-month internship-to-job training program for young adults with intellectual disabilities. For information, visit http://www.si.edu/visit/VisitorsWithDisabilities.
About Aira
AI stands for Artificial Intelligence; RA stands for Remote Assistance. When you put them together, you get Aira. Aira is a service that connects people who are blind or have low vision to highly trained, remotely located agents.
At the touch of a button, Aira delivers instant access to information, enhancing everyday efficiency, engagement and independence.
Breaking barriers: accessibility at home a costly process++
It’s just a few centimeters high, but the sill of the sliding glass door that leads to the back deck of her Barrhaven home is a mountain to Jennifer Glanz.
“It’s little, but I can’t get over it,” said Glanz, who has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. Glanz and her husband, Eli, have already installed a $4,000 electric lift in their garage so that Jennifer can get out of the house, and recently completed a renovation to make their bathroom barrier free.
They moved with their daughter Emelia, to a bungalow a few years ago when Jennifer’s deteriorating condition made it impossible for her to manage the stairs in their former two-storey home. The small ramp over the door sill is the next item on their reno list for summer — “if we ever get a summer,” Jennifer jokes.
“It’s the next project. And a ramp down to the grass. Emilia will be playing on the grass this summer and it would be nice to be there with her.”
Whether it’s a senior who wants to age in place in her own home, a person battling a debilitating illness, or someone injured in a sudden, catastrophic tragedy like the Westboro OC Transpo bus crash, those facing disability find that barriers abound in the home. In fact, 22 per cent of Canadians live with some sort of physical disability, according to Statistics Canada.
“The older you get, the more likely you are to have a disability,” says Patrick Curran, national executive director of Independent Living Canada, a national non-profit agency that advocates for those living with disabilities and promotes independent living.
“And if you live long enough, you will have a disability.”
Many of the modifications needed to make a home accessible are obvious: a wheelchair ramp to the front door, for example. Others aren’t so apparent.
“One item that’s really big, especially for someone with head injuries, is lighting,” said Sean MacGinnis, co-founder BuildAble, an Ottawa company that specializes in building and renovating homes for accessibility. “You want lighting that won’t put a strain on your eyes. Or if it’s for someone who has a visual impairment, better lighting will eliminate shadows and help them see any changes in elevation in their home.”
MacGinnis founded BuildAble five years ago with partner Kyla Cullain, a registered nurse. The company works closely with their clients’ medical teams -their family doctor or occupational therapist, for example — to develop an appropriate construction plan, he said.
“We started the company out focusing on people who are aging in place, but we’ve found the majority of our clients are people who have had a medical crisis, MS or a stroke or something like that … and we do have a lot of people who’ve been in vehicle accidents too. They’re in mid-life and they want to stay in their homes or they have family that they don’t want to move.”
For Eli and Jennifer Glanz, that meant redoing their bathroom to make it accessible. BuildAble installed a barrier free bathroom that Jennifer can roll up to and swing herself into a spare wheelchair that stays in the shower. The tile floor slopes gently to a drain and a waterproof barrier under the entire bathroom floor means spills or floods cause no damage.
The old sink and vanity was replaced with a “floating sink” that lets Jennifer wheel up to it like a desk. Three heavy-duty handrails give support and stability at the toilet.
“For the longest time we had a standard tub and shower that you see in most showers. Jennifer can’t transfer herself into a standard tub, even if there’s a shower seat. It would be me physically lifting her up and into the tub. That was hard for both of us,” Eli said.
“She keeps reminding me, I only have one back.”
“It brought more independence to me,” Jennifer said. “Before, I would have to have him home and helping me have a shower. Now I don’t. He doesn’t know how many times I shower.”
It cost $15,000 to renovate the bathroom, about 80 per cent of which was paid for with grants from March of Dimes. The family had to cover the cost of the garage lift on their own.
Another clever addition are offset hinges that allow doors to swing completely out of the way, adding a crucial extra five centimeters width to the doorway for Jennifer’s chair to pass.
The simplest and most common modification to a home is to add grab bars and handrails, MacGinnis said, including railings on both sides of a staircase. In the kitchen, countertops and cabinets can be made to lower to wheelchair level, while full-extension drawers are easier to access without awkward reaching.
One of BuildAble’s biggest jobs was to add a full elevator to a home for a man with Parkinson’s Disease, he said.
The cost can vary widely. The cost of home modifications are often included in the insurance payout for accident victims or — as in the case of an Ottawa Public servant who is suing the city for $6.3 million for injuries in the Westboro bus crash — part of the lawsuit claim. Others are helped with the cost through grants from the March of Dimes and other charities or through tax breaks.
“There’s a lot of low-cost things we can do that have a high impact,” MacGinnis said. A grab bar might cost $100. A second staircase railing $1,000. A wooden ramp to the door can range from $500 to $5,000, while a more aesthetically pleasing ramp of interlocking brick could cost $15,000 to $20,000.
A barrier-free bathroom costs between $12,000 and $15,000 while a full reno to make a kitchen full accessible can run up to $30,000, he said.
In Ontario, someone who has suffered catastrophic injuries in a car crash is eligible for $1 million in under the province’s the province’s Statutory Accident Benefit Schedule. But for non-catastrophic injuries, that benefit is capped at $65,000 and will only last five years, said lawyer Najma Rashid, a partner in Howard Yegendorf & Associates.
“Just because someone’s injuries aren’t catastrophic, doesn’t mean they’re not serious,” Rashid said. “Many people with serious injuries might be stuck with that $65,000 and it’s only available for five years so they have to make a judgment call as to whether they’re going to use part of the money for changes to their home or for ongoing treatment needs.”
Additional costs could become part of a lawsuit claim, she said. Lawyers would work with their client’s medical team or hire an occupational therapist or consultant to determine what renovations are needed and their cost.
“And if they do claim it in a lawsuit, they have to wait for that lawsuit to be over. Or self-fund it and look for a reimbursement, but most people don’t have the money to pay for it themselves.”
Those looking for more information on improving accessibility will be able to find it Independent Living Canada’s AccessABLE Technology Expo on May 30 at the Ottawa Conference and Events Centre on Coventry Road. The one-day expo will bring together 20 exhibitors with a broad range of products for disabilities such as visual or hearing loss, cognitive impairment and mental issues. Admission is free, Curran said.
“We’re doing this to build awareness for Independent Living Canada,” Curran said. “But we also want to give to hope to people who have disabilities — to show them that there are people out there doing research and introducing new products that will be of interest to them.”
For more information, visit www.ilcanada.ca
By Blair Crawford
www.ccbnational.net
ccb@ccbnational.net
Albert Ruel Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), CCB National, Newsletter April 9, 2019 19 Minutes
CCB National Newsletter, Visions, December 2018
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“A lack of sight is not a lack of vision”
As many of us have experienced winter rather early this year it seems today happens to be a bright, sunny and slightly warmer day more typical of the season. I hope that this continues for everyone so that we can enjoy a bit of family time as we prepare for the holiday season.
We continue to be very busy in many areas with a variety of CCB programs. GTT has been posting a lot of great information to assist in mobility, new apps and some simple ideas to make life easier for those living with vision loss. Thank you to all the leaders working with GTT to continue to make it a successful program.
This has been a busy month with the Accessible Canada Act which has now moved through the third reading unanimously and on to the Senate for consideration and hopefully approval. We have sent in a written submission to the Standing Committee as did many other organizations of persons with disabilities. The Act, as it stands now does not give time lines and some other concerns expressed by varying organizations, for a fully accessible Canada by a specific date but what it has is standards for regulations for federally run agencies which will have to comply with the Act. You can check out on the “HUMA” website many of the submissions and the progress of Bill C-81.
http://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/HUMA/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=10268658
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) is busy making changes to regulations for air, rail and ferry services under federal jurisdiction. For those who have computer access you can go on their website to follow what is transpiring. This is also taking place with CRTC as well for communications. The changes are being made to comply with the anticipated Accessible Canada Act. CCB has been involved in providing input and submissions to both agencies. Thank you to Kim Kilpatrick and Shelly Morris on their work with CRTC. Several CCB members have been working with rail, air and ferry services and thank you all for your input.
We have recently completed a submission to Canadian Agency on Drugs and Technology (CADTH) for a new treatment (eye drops) for Glaucoma. It is the first of its kind also there has not been any new drops in many years. What is CADTH? CADTH is an independent, not-for-profit organization responsible for providing Canada’s health care decision-makers with objective evidence to help make informed decisions about the optimal use of drugs and medical devices in our health care system. Created in 1989 by Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments, CADTH was born from the idea that Canada needs a coordinated approach to assessing health technologies. The result was an organization that harnesses Canadian expertise from every region and produces evidence-informed solutions that benefit patients in jurisdictions across the country.
CCB continues to work with Best Medicines Coalition, FFB, CNIB, and others to ensure that Canadians get the best care possible not only eye care but other disease processes that many of our members may be dealing with in their lives health promotion and illness prevention.
The Mobile Eye Clinic continues to check children in the Ottawa region schools. Results still show that approximately twenty five percent of children attending have previous undetected eye concerns needing further follow-up.
All our committees have been very active over the fall. It takes a lot of time and important work to complete items as we make our way through to ensure everything meets requirements that are set for compliance. Thank you for the work of the committee members for their great work and time commitment.
It is now time to enjoy holiday festivities with families and friends. As our country is made up of a vast number of nationalities I would like to wish everyone a time of enjoyment, relaxation, spending time with fellow workers or neighbours as we will soon will be moving into a new year with lots of hope for continued strength and growth.
Best wishes for the holidays and Happy New Year to all.
‘EXPERIENCE’ EXPO 2019++:
Ad for Experience Expo 2019 Saturday February 2 10am to 4pm, at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON. For more information please visit http://www.ccbtorontovisionaries.ca
An Experience Expo Special Event
Your special invitation to attend a forum on assistive technology.
Check your calendar and RSVP now!
Saturday, February 2 at 4:00 pm. Miles Nadel Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave, Toronto ON.
Your chance to participate in a panel discussion dedicatedt o brindging technology for Canadians who are blind or partially sighted and designed to achieve
inclusive, progressive accessibility. Followed by a question and answer session.
Panel will include Louise Gillis, National President, CCB, Chelsea Mohler, M. SC. Community Engagement Specialist at Balance for Blind Adults and a assistive
technology educator and Alvert Ruel, CCB’s GTT Program Coordinator, Western Canada.
Space is limited to the first 75 reservations. Please direct your RSVP to CCB toronto Visionaries Voice Mail Line: 1-416-760-2163 or by email: info@ccbtorontovisionaries.ca
Thank-you!++
CCB would like to acknowledge and thank Ken Christie, from the Windsor Low Vision Chapter in Ontario for his many years of support and activity within
the Council. Ken joined CCB in 2005, after having volunteered with CNIB for over 25 years. He was already quite active in the blind bowling community,
and decided to bring his enthusiasm for bowling and community engagement to CCB. Ken pulled together the communities of Sarnia, Chatham and Windsor to
bowl, and each May, he would organize a tournament followed by a banquet. He worked closely with the local Lions Club, who ended up cosponsoring the bowling
tournament. Ken and the Windsor chapter could also always count on lots of support from his wife, Catherine, who volunteered to drive members to meetings
and help organize fundraising activities. Ken will be turning 89 years old in January, and he has decided it’s time to take a step back from his active
role in the chapter and reflect on the wonderful times he spent with the chapter members in CCB.
Jim Tokos adds:
Ken was a mentor to me, as when I first joined the Ontario Board, Ken, along with Don Grant, Theresa Dupuis, Doug Ayers, to name a few, always encouraged
me to move forward, and how can you not be motivated to succeed when you are surrounded by such wonderful and devoted persons.”
I have also been fortunate enough to know Ken quite well over the past and upon request from Ken have spoken to the Windsor Low Vision Chapter on many
occasions. Ken will certainly be missed as he touched a lot of hearts, and Ken and Kay, what more can the Council say but Thank You for your outstanding
service to the CCB.
CCB Toronto Ski Hawks Ski Club Chapter at the Toronto Ski and Snowboard show.++:
In late October the Ski Hawks had an exhibit at the Ski and Snowboard show. This was the first time in many years that we have been at the show.
Over the course of the 4 day show the booth was staffed, in rotating shifts, by 9 of our blind skiers and several volunteer ski guides. Many of the visitors
to our booth were truly amazed that blind people actually ski downhill.
Of particular interest was our short video that describes how we ski with a guide. At the very least it definitely raised awareness that people with low
vision or no vision can be skiers.
One of our goals at the show was to recruit volunteers to be trained as guides and this was indeed a success! The other was to get some form of sponsorship
from the ski industry, we are currently pursuing some leads from the show.
The highlight of the show for our blind skiers was when they had a visit with Kelsey Serwa winner of the gold medal in ladies ski cross at the 2018 winter
Olympics in Pyeongchang. Not only did they have the opportunity to ask her questions but also got to hold her gold medal and discovered that the edge was
inscribed in Braille.
Submitted by Chris Wyvill
The Situation of Blind and Partially Sighted Persons in Accessing their Human Rights – from the World Blind Union
Persistent cultural, social, legal, physical and institutional barriers pose restrictions to the full inclusion of visually impaired persons in society
in all areas of private and public life, including education; employment; health care; cultural, recreational, sporting and leisure activities; and political
participation. They face huge barriers to personal mobility owing to lack of accessibility. Poor access to justice limits their access to communications
and compounds their isolation and exclusion. Unemployment of persons with visual disabilities is a significant challenge and they remain the poorest of
the poor, unable to compete with the labour market. Therefore, disaggregation of data by disability, sex and age is fundamental for understanding the
situation of blind and partially sighted persons and informing policies to ensure their effective inclusion and the full realization of their human rights.
While significant progress has been made towards the inclusion of bind and partially sighted persons in the international human rights and development
frameworks, concerted advocacy efforts are still needed to ensure that these commitments are translated into an enabling environment that mobilizes stakeholders,
enhances participation of organizations of persons with disabilities and strengthen political will and the capacity of governments to implement to 2030
Agenda in line with all the UN International human rights instruments, together with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
This requires constant attention to ensure that human rights mechanisms uphold the highest CRPD standards and facilitating interconnections and consistency
of these mechanisms with normative development frameworks.
We further celebrate the adoption and ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty that calls upon researchers, publishers, and the academia in line with the intellectual
property rights to ensure that persons with visual disabilities receive and access information in accessible formats of braille, large print, audio and
electronic formats. We celebrate this achievement, but we call upon states to ratify this instrument and domesticate it into their legal framework to
ensure that the obligations spelt under the treaty are met. However, this is still a big challenge by many states, as this goal has not been adequately
implemented. This poses a barrier to our participation as blind and partially sighted persons on an equal basis with others.
We advocate for the availability of resources to accommodate the different needs for blind and partially sighted persons. We appeal to governments and
international agencies to provide consistent statistical data for persons with visual disabilities to provide evidence during planning, budgeting, programming,
policy development and implementation.
We further request governments and development partners to promote the full and effective participation of persons with visual disabilities by ensuring
that their organizations and their representatives are permanently consulted on contentious issues and rights affecting them during development processes.
Canada accedes to the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
December 3, 2018 Ottawa, Ontario
The Government of Canada is working to create a truly accessible Canada. Today, as part of these efforts, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of
Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, along with the ministers of Justice, Foreign Affairs and Canadian Heritage, announced that, with the
support of all provinces and territories, Canada has acceded to the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Accession to the Optional Protocol means that Canadians will have additional recourse to make a complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, if they believe their rights under the Convention have been violated.
Along with the proposed Accessible Canada Act, which was recently adopted by the House of Commons and is now before the Senate, today’s announcement shows
that the Government of Canada is taking another step towards creating a barrier-free Canada.
Recently released data from Statistics Canada reinforce the importance of a more inclusive and accessible Canada. The 2017 Canadian Survey on Disabilities
shows that the prevalence of disabilities among Canadians is greater than many realize, with 22% of Canadians identifying as having a disability. The new
data will be used by the federal government to help build a more inclusive society that benefits all people in Canada – especially persons with disabilities
– through the realization of a Canada without barriers.
list of 4 items
The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Convention) is an international human rights instrument that requires
State Parties to the Convention to promote, protect and ensure the rights of persons with disabilities. Canada ratified the Convention in 2010.
The Optional Protocol establishes two procedures. The first is a complaint procedure that allows individuals and groups to take complaints to the UN
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of an alleged violation of their rights under the Convention. The second is an inquiry
procedure that allows the Committee to inquire into allegations of grave or systematic violations of the Convention by a State Party.
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a body of independent experts that monitors the implementation of the Convention by States
Parties.
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4The members of the UN CRPD Committee
As of November 2018, there are 177 States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with 93 States Parties to the Optional
Protocol to the Convention.
Under Bill C-81, approximately $290 million over six years would serve to further the objectives of the proposed legislation.
One in five people—22 percent of the Canadian population aged 15 years and over, or about 6.2 million individuals—had one or more disabilities, according
to the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disabilities.
The survey also reports that people with severe disabilities aged 25 to 64 years are more likely to be living in poverty than their counterparts without
disabilities (17 percent) or with milder disabilities (23 percent).
Donna’s Low Tech Tips++
Meet the Talking First Aid Kit
Carl Augusto of the American Foundation for the Blind Blog posted the following about this great product.
I think it’s always important to keep safety in mind, so I thought I’d let you know about a new product from Intelligent First Aid, the First Aid “talking”
Kit. The Kit includes nine injury-specific packs to help treat common injuries, including Bleeding, Head & Spine Injury, and Shock. The packs are individually
labeled and color-coded, which I love because it would help someone with low vision easily distinguish the packs. The best part, though, is that with the
press of a button, the audio component attached to each card provides step-by-step instructions to manage the wound. Situations often become chaotic when
a loved one, an acquaintance, or even you, experiences a minor injury.
With this tool, people with low vision can remain calm and have an idea of how to handle things without worrying about reading any print.
Check out the Intelligent First Aid website to purchase the product or get more information:
http://www.intelligentfirstaid.com/index.php
The site even allows you to listen to a sample of the audio component of the kit.
To contact Donna, send her an email at
info@sterlingcreations.ca
Disability Advocates Criticize Lack of Teeth in New Manitoba Accessibility Regulations++
A new law is now in force for Manitoba businesses, but don’t expect a bylaw officer to show up at your door any time soon.
As of Nov 1, businesses and organizations in Manitoba should be following the letter of the law when it comes to providing accessibility for Manitobans
with disabilities.
The Customer Service Standard Regulation is the first of five areas to come into force under the Accessibility for Manitobans Act, which passed in December
2013, but at this point, officials are more interested in educating the public than imposing penalties on businesses.
“We would take concerns and educate and support those organizations into complying with legislation. Turning to the stiffer penalties would be more of
a last resort for us,” said Jay Rodgers, deputy minister for the Department of Families.
‘Never a ramp’
That means that it could be a while before Megan Clarke can roll into one of her favourite restaurants in Winnipeg’s Exchange District.
When the restaurant first showed up a few years ago, she was excited about trying it out, only to find that a small lip in the sidewalk created a barrier
for her wheelchair. Clarke waited outside while her friend went into the restaurant to order and bring the matter to the owner’s attention.
“[The owner] said ‘We’ll get a ramp made,’ so for the course of the summer, we went back and there was never a ramp, never a ramp, and then one day my
friend went in to talk to him and his response was, ‘Well, we don’t have the ramp made yet, but she can have free dessert any time she comes,’ and I was
like, well, that’s the last time I’m going to come to your place,” said Clarke.
Under the Customer Service Standard Regulation, any business or organization with one or more employees in Manitoba must provide its goods and services
in a barrier-free way.
The regulations cover everything from training staff to the built environment, but don’t prescribe specific measures, such as the installation of ramps
at doors with raised entryways.
“Our expectation, I think, would be that if the building is physically inaccessible that there might be other ways of offering the service to the customer,
whether it means coming out and meeting someone at the front or doing business over the phone. Our point would be that the alternative ways of accessing
the service need to be communicated broadly to the public,” said Rodgers.
Documentation required
The regulations also require every business with 20 or more employees to document customer service policies and procedures, and either post them publicly
or provide them on request, so those living with disabilities understand how the business is working toward eliminating barriers.
However, there are no clear guidelines for enforcing the standards, so businesses will be unlikely to comply, advocates say.
“Without effective enforcement, a law is a voluntary law, and a voluntary law is really not very much of a law at all,” said David Lepofsky, a lawyer and
disability rights advocate who was highly influential in the creation of Ontario’s accessibility laws.
Legislators in Manitoba looked at the Ontarians with Disabilities Act while creating Manitoba’s legislation, but Lepofsky warns poor enforcement means
Ontario’s law has failed in many areas.
“We revealed through Freedom of Information Act applications and otherwise that [officials] were aware of rampant violations and yet deployed a paltry
number of enforcement staff and a paltry number of audits and therefore did a really ineffective job of enforcing [the act],” Lepofsky said.
Slow rollout
Manitoba is considering using its existing bylaw enforcement officers, such as those operating under Workplace Safety and Health, to enforce the act, Rodgers
It’s a step above what Ontario is doing, Lepofsky said, but he is critical of the lack of a solid plan for enforcement.
“This law was passed half a decade ago in Manitoba and half a decade is more than enough time to plan to get something like this set up,” he said. “The
Manitoba government has had ample opportunity to contact Ontario, find out what they’ve learned, get this designed, get it up and running. They shouldn’t
just be looking at it now.”
Bringing businesses into compliance with the act will take time, despite the November 1 deadline, Rodgers said. Complaints and concerns about business
compliance should be directed to the Disabilities Issues Office, he said. It is up to him as director to determine whether a complaint is reasonable or
Despite the slow rollout, Clarke remains optimistic about what the act could mean for her. Already she is seeing small changes in her neighbourhood, such
as the addition of accessible buttons on an automatic door at her local Starbucks.
“Whether it’s coffee or groceries or clothing or getting my hair cut, whatever service I’m going to, I’m going to be able to just go in and live my life.
That’s what it’s all about. It’s just access,” she said.
By Kim Kaschor, CBC
Guide Dog Users, Inc. Publishes Handbook to Help People Who Are Blind Decide if the Guide Dog Lifestyle is Right for them++
Guide Dog Users, Inc. (GDUI), the largest membership and advocacy organization representing guide dog handlers in the United States, is pleased to announce
the recent publication of a revised handbook for perspective guide dog users which shares comprehensive information about acquiring and using a guide dog
for safe and independent travel.
The guide, 90 pages in length, and available in e-book and print formats, “A Handbook for the Prospective Guide Dog Handler,” 4th Edition, updates a GDUI
publication, called “Making Impressions,” which GDUI members wrote and published a quarter of a century ago. The original manual assisted countless guide
dog users with applying for training with and adjusting to working with guide dogs. Many of those original readers are now working successfully with a
third or fourth or even an eighth, or tenth guide dog. Realizing how well their original publication had served guide dog users all over the country and
beyond, GDUI has spent the past several years updating the manual to reflect changes in guide dog training methodologies, growth in the community of guide
dog users, changes in the number of schools now available to provide training and dogs, and evolving attitudes among the public concerning acceptance of
guide dogs as reliable and respected aids for blind and visually impaired people who choose dogs for independent travel.
The informative handbook answers questions not only for the prospective guide dog team, but also for families of people who are blind, blindness rehabilitation
professionals and educators, and the general public.
Part One, Section One sets the stage with heartfelt accounts from many guide dog users who can speak with authority about the guide dog lifestyle which
pairs humans and canines in a relationship, unlike few others, that involves a 24-hour daily bond between dogs and their owners.
Then the handbook covers the whole process of deciding whether a guide dog is the right choice for mobility and safety, choosing and applying to a training
program, learning to become a guide dog handler, returning home, and spending the next several years bonding with a dog who is likely to become an indispensable
assistant and treasured companion.
The manual outlines the indispensable support that an organization like GDUI can provide to guide dog users during times when their partnership can pose
uniquely stressful challenges, for example, when a guide dog team experiences denial of transit in a taxicab, or exclusion from a restaurant or other public
venue, when a treasured guide dog becomes ill or passes away, or when family or friends don’t understand how the team functions safely and independently.
GDUI encourages readers and members to share the handbook with family, friends, colleagues, blindness and disability advocacy organizations, and other
guide and service dog handlers. “A Handbook for the Prospective Guide Dog Handler” is available as an e-book and in print from Amazon.com, Smashwords,
and other online sellers. Visit this link for further information and to explore options for purchase:
http://www.dldbooks.com/GDUIHandbook/.
I live with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri. Here’s which one you should pick++
Sure, you could chose a smart speaker based on sound or price. The go-to gadget gift of the season is available from Amazon, Apple and Google with better
acoustics, new touch screens and deep holiday discounts.
But you’re not just buying a talking jukebox. Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant also want to adjust the thermostat, fill your picture frame or even microwave
your popcorn. Each artificial intelligence assistant has its own ways of running a home. You’re choosing which tribe is yours.
I call it a tribe because each has a distinct culture — and demands loyalty. This decision will shape how you get information, what appliances you purchase,
where you shop and how you protect your privacy. One in 10 Americans plan to buy a smart speaker this year, according to the Consumer Technology Association.
And Amazon says its Echo Dot is the bestselling speaker, ever.
The last time we had to choose a tech tribe like this was when smartphones arrived. Did you go iPhone, Android, or cling to a BlackBerry? A decade later,
it’s increasingly hard to fathom switching between iPhone and Android. (A recent Match.com survey found iPhone and Android people don’t even like dating
one another.)
Now imagine how hard it will be to change when you’ve literally wired stuff into your walls.
In my test lab — I mean, living room — an Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod sit side by side, and the voice AIs battle it out to run my home like
genies in high-tech bottles. Here’s the shorthand I’ve learned: Alexa is for accessibility. Google Assistant is for brainpower. And Siri is for security.
Amazon’s aggressive expansion makes Alexa the one I recommend, and use, the most. Google’s Assistant is coming from behind, matching feature by feature
— and Siri, the original voice assistant, feels held back by Apple’s focus on privacy and its software shortcomings. (Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns The Washington
Post, but I review all tech with the same critical eye.)
Smart speakers are building the smart home that you never knew you needed. Inside the audio equipment, they’re home hub computers that work alongside smartphone
apps to connect and control disparate devices and services. Now with a speaker and the right connected gizmo, you can walk into a room and turn on the
lights without touching a button. Or control the TV without a remote. Amazon even sells an Alexa-operated microwave that cooks, tracks and reorders popcorn.
But home assistants can also be Trojan horses for a specific set of devices and services that favour one company over another.
My buddy Matt recently asked me to help him pick speakers and appliances for a big remodel. He loves the Google Assistant on his Android phone, so selecting
his tribe should be easy, right? Hardly: He wanted to put Sonos speakers all around the house, but they take voice commands directly via Alexa. (Sonos
says Google Assistant support is coming, though it’s been promising that for a year.)
Figuring out which connected doodads are compatible can be like solving a 10,000-piece puzzle. The best smart home gadgets (like Lutron Caseta and Philips
Hue lights) work across all three tribes, but sometimes alliances and technical concerns make appliance makers take sides.
Each AI has its limitations. They’re not all equally skilled at understanding accents — Southerners are misunderstood more with Google and Midwesterners
with Alexa. The price of ownership with some is letting a company surveil what goes on in your house. You can try, like me, to live with more than one,
but you’re left with a patchwork that won’t win you any favours with family.
How do you find your AI tribe? Here’s how I differentiate them.
Supported smart home devices: Over 20,000.
Who loves it: Families who buy lots through Amazon and experiment with new gizmos.
The good: Alexa knows how to operate the most stuff, thanks to Amazon’s superior deal making. The only connected things it can’t run in my house are the
app-operated garage door and some facets of my TV. Amazon also has been successful at spawning new connected gadgets: Alexa’s voice and microphone are
built into more than 100 non-Amazon devices. And Amazon recently announced plans to offer appliance makers a chip that lets Alexa users voice command inexpensive
everyday things, from wall plugs to fans.
Alexa has also mastered some of the little details of home life. It will confirm a request to turn off the lights without repeating your command — super
helpful when someone nearby is napping.
The bad: Alexa grows smarter by the week, but it can be a stickler about using specific syntax. It also has the weakest relationship with your phone, the
most important piece of technology for most people today. Amazon has bolstered a companion Alexa app for phones, making it better for communicating and
setting up smart home routines, but I still find it the most confusing of the lot.
Amazon doesn’t always show the highest concern for our privacy. This spring, when Alexa inadvertently recorded a family’s private conversations and sent
it to a contact, Amazon’s response boiled down to ‘whoopsie.’ And it records and keeps every conversation you have with the AI — including every bag of
popcorn it microwaves. (Amazon says it doesn’t use our queries to sell us stuff beyond making recommendations based on song and product searches).
Some love Alexa’s ability to order products by voice. But as long as Alexa runs your house, you’ll always be stuck buying those goods from Amazon. (That
microwave will only ever order popcorn from Amazon.) The coming generation of appliances built with the Alexa chip inside could similarly trap you forever
into Amazon-land.
Who loves it: People who are deep into Google’s services.
The good: Google Assistant comes the closest to having a conversation with an actual human helper. You don’t have to use exact language to make things
happen or get useful answers. Its intelligence can also be delightfully personal: It’s pretty good at differentiating the voices of family members. And
on the new Home Hub device with a screen, Assistant curates a highlights-only show from your Google Photos collection.
While Android phone owners are more likely to use lots of Assistant-friendly Google services, the Assistant doesn’t particularly care what kind of phone
you use — its simple companion apps work on iOS and Android.
And Google is neck and neck with Alexa on many of the nuances: Night mode reduces the volume of answers at night, and it can even require Junior to say
“pretty please.”
The bad: As a relative newcomer to the smart home, Google has been catching up fast. But in my house, it still can’t fully control my Ring doorbell or
send music to my Sonos speakers. And I’m not convinced that Google has Amazon’s negotiating sway, or the influence to bring the next generation of connected
things online.
The bigger problem is privacy. Google’s endgame is always getting you to spend more time with its services, so it can gather more data to target ads at
you. Like Alexa, Google Assistant keeps a recording of all your queries — every time you ask it to turn off the lights. Google treats this kind of like
your Web search history, and uses it to target ads elsewhere. (Thankfully, It still keeps data from its Nest thermostat and home security division separate.)
The potential upside is that when Google discovers your habits in all that data, it might be able to better automate your home — like what time all the
lights should be off.
Supported smart home devices: Hundreds.
Who loves it: Privacy buffs and all-Apple households.
The good: Apple means business on security and privacy. Any device that wants to connect to HomeKit, its smart home software that works with Siri on the
HomePod and iPhone, requires special encryption.
What’s more, your data is not attached to a personal profile, which aside from protecting your privacy also means that Apple is not using your home activity
to sell or advertise things. (While other smart speakers keep recordings and transcriptions of what you say, Siri controls devices by making a request
to its system through a random identifier, which cannot be tied to a specific user.)
And Apple is pretty good at keeping the smart home simple. Setting up a smart home device is mostly just scanning a special code. Even creating routines,
in which multiple accessories work in combination with a single command, is easier in the Siri’s companion Home app than with competitors.
The bad: You have to live in an all-Apple device world to reap these benefits. Siri’s a pretty good DJ, but only if you subscribe to Apple Music. You’re
stuck with the HomePod as the one-size-fits-all smart speaker, and Siri still isn’t as competent as her AI competitors.
And Apple’s security-first approach has kept too many appliance makers from joining its ecosystem. Sure, it’s quality not quantity, but Siri still can’t
interact with my Nest thermostat or Ring doorbell, just to name two. Apple did recently loosen up a tad: starting with Belkin Wemo’s Mini Smart Plug and
Dimmer, it no longer requires special hardware for authentication — that can now happen via software. The move should make it simpler to make new products
Siri compatible, and allow it access to existing ones.
By Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Washington Post
DON’T FORGET DONATIONS!++
Donations Received in the office in 2018 are the only ones that can be receipted for 2018. Remember to send those donations now if you want receipts for
the current year.
Membership Madness++
Hi Everyone! Becky from the office here. All chapters should have received their membership packages. The rebate time has passed, but there is still
time to get your chapters membership in for 2019!
All 2019 Memberships Due – December 28, 2018
WCW Orders and Insurance Requests Due – January 4, 2019
http://www.ccbnational.net
Albert Ruel Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), CCB National, Visions Newsletter 1 Comment December 10, 2018 December 17, 2018 24 Minutes
Message from CCB President: Canada accedes to the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
From: Employment and Social Development Canada
December 3, 2018 Ottawa, Ontario Employment and Social Development Canada
The Government of Canada is working to create a truly accessible Canada. Today, as part of these efforts, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, along with the ministers of Justice, Foreign Affairs and Canadian Heritage, announced that, with the support of all provinces and territories, Canada has acceded to the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Accession to the Optional Protocol means that Canadians will have additional recourse to make a complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, if they believe their rights under the Convention have been violated.
Along with the proposed Accessible Canada Act, which was recently adopted by the House of Commons and is now before the Senate, today’s announcement shows that the Government of Canada is taking another step towards creating a barrier-free Canada.
Recently released data from Statistics Canada reinforce the importance of a more inclusive and accessible Canada. The 2017 Canadian Survey on Disabilities shows that the prevalence of disabilities among Canadians is greater than many realize, with 22% of Canadians identifying as having a disability. The new data will be used by the federal government to help build a more inclusive society that benefits all people in Canada – especially persons with disabilities – through the realization of a Canada without barriers.
“Over the last year, our government has taken important steps to help realize a barrier-free Canada. Today, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we celebrate those accomplishments and look towards the future of accessibility in Canada with optimism. Canada’s accession to the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities builds on our work and sends a clear message that we are committed to the rights of persons with disabilities and committed to giving all Canadians a fair chance at success.”
– The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility
“Canada joining this UN convention is about protecting and promoting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. As a country, we need to ensure that everyone has access to the same opportunities and enjoys the same rights. Today is a step forward to making that goal a reality.”
– The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs
“I am proud that the Government of Canada is taking this step to advance the rights of persons with disabilities. Enabling the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to consider complaints of violations of rights under the Convention is an important way to strengthen and protect the human rights of Canadians with disabilities.”
– The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
“Promoting and advancing human rights for everyone is a fundamental part of our Canadian identity. It is important that federal, provincial and territorial governments continue to work together to uphold the rights of persons with disabilities. I am proud of the intergovernmental consultation held in support of Canada’s accession to the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and I look forward to driving further change.”
The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism
“This announcement regarding the Optional Protocol, along with this government’s intention to pass the proposed Accessible Canada Act, sends a strong message to Canadians with and without disabilities that this government truly believes in inclusion and equality for all. This is one positive step to ensuring that Canadians with intellectual disabilities have their voices heard and that we are one step closer to ensuring we are not the left behind of the left behind.”
– Kory Earle, President, People First of Canada
The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Convention) is an international human rights instrument that requires State Parties to the Convention to promote, protect and ensure the rights of persons with disabilities. Canada ratified the Convention in 2010.
The Optional Protocol establishes two procedures. The first is a complaint procedure that allows individuals and groups to take complaints to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of an alleged violation of their rights under the Convention. The second is an inquiry procedure that allows the Committee to inquire into allegations of grave or systematic violations of the Convention by a State Party.
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a body of independent experts that monitors the implementation of the Convention by States Parties.
As of November 2018, there are 177 States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with 93 States Parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention.
One in five people—22 percent of the Canadian population aged 15 years and over, or about 6.2 million individuals—had one or more disabilities, according to the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disabilities.
The survey also reports that people with severe disabilities aged 25 to 64 years are more likely to be living in poverty than their counterparts without disabilities (17 percent) or with milder disabilities (23 percent).
Backgrounder: Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Making an accessible Canada for people with disabilities
Statement by the Prime Minister on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Ashley Michnowski
Office of the Honourable Carla Qualtrough
ashley.michnowski@canada.ca
media@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
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Ottawa, ON. K2P 0T6
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Albert Ruel Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), CCB National, Government of Canada, Repost December 4, 2018 4 Minutes
CCB National Newsletter, Visions, September 2018
1Louise Gillis – CCB National President
I hope that all have had a great summer with lots of sunshine, activities with families and friends and now fired up to begin the fall season of CCB activities. I am aware that there have been many wild fires in several provinces and hoping no one has been affected.
As noted in the newsletter below we are all very saddened on the untimely passing of Michelle Anfinson. Michelle will be missed greatly by her family and friends in Regina and also by the many curlers she has assisted over the years at all the curling championship events that Team Saskatchewan attended. Our condolences to all her family at this difficult time.
Over the summer members of our committees have continued to do some work. In regard to advocacy we have been asked by CNIB to provide input on Wednesday, September 19, they have extended an invitation to our members to participate in a teleconference call hosted by CNIB. The most important items are – Accessible Pedestrian Signals and Non-Signalized Pedestrian Crossings. Contact Lui Greco, National Manager of Advocacy CNIB: lui.greco@cnib.ca. See more info in this newsletter.
Also, it is time to talk to your local Members of Parliament to ensure Bill C-81, An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada passes through the legislature this fall keeping in mind any thoughts you may have for improvement to the act into the future.
As we realize that making Point of Sale (POS) devices more fully accessible does not exist alone within any one sector of either the disability community or the financial/payment services industry. Therefore it is necessary to do this collaboratively by bringig together payment processors, banks, stakeholders from within the disability community to move this initiative forward. This is a process that we are working on with other disability organizations.
A letter has been sent on behalf of CCB to The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, Government of Canada regarding the recent news on Greyhound services. This service affects all of Canada and is very important to our community.
The Bylaws committee continued to meet over the summer and will increase meeting times during the fall season. Also, the membership committee will be in full force in September.
It is now time to be thinking of what our chapters will be planning for 2019 in celebration of our 75th anniversary. CCB is becoming a more active organization in the prevention of blindness as well as developing programs for those of us with vision loss so we have lots to celebrate.
Enjoy this edition of Visions.
Louise Gillis, National President.
CCB HEATH & FITNESS++
September Challenge!
After a successful 150 challenge in July, where we focused on getting everyone a bit more aware of how much activity they are doing…we want to launch our September Challenge.
Being healthy is a balance of many factors, being active, living as stress free as possible and being mindful of what we are eating.
For September we would love you to join our challenge and take part in “mindful eating”. We don’t want you to count calories but what we do want you to try and do, is to write down what you eat on a daily basis.
Keep a list on your phone, on the fridge, wherever is easy and convenient. The goal is to take an honest look at what we eat/drink on a daily basis.
Don’t judge yourself too harshly if you see a trend of maybe a bit of unhealthy eating, but rather use it as a motivator to introduce healthier choices.
If you already eat well, great, keep it rolling!
How do you know if you are eating well?
Best to keep tabs on our podcast, Facebook and Youtube channels and subscribe to our email list. Here we will continue the discussion and give tips/ideas on best ways to eat more mindfully.
See below on ways to keep track of all we do!
HOW ARE WE DOING AFTER 1 YEAR?!!
CCB Health & Fitness is turning 1 year old! Roughly a year ago we transitioned from our successful local Trust Your Buddy Program, over to our Nationally reaching health & fitness education program.
We want to get your opinion and thoughts on where we are now and what we can do better!
Some questions to consider and provide your feedback on:
a) Have you learned anything in the past year?
b) Do you find it easy to follow us and consume all the content we are putting out there?
c) How do you best keep track of us? Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Podcast, Email list, Blog, Newsletter?
d) What would you like to see Health & Fitness do either Nationally, Provincially, Locally, on an Individual basis or with chapters?
We NEED YOUR HELP! In order to grow and to serve the CCB membership better, we want your honest feedback.
Ryan is excited for open, honest feedback….don’t worry you won’t hurt his feelings!
Simply email Ryan and let us know how the program has affected you, how you would like to see it grow AND any other programming you’d like to see us take on?
Do you need more info on general topics? Things like employment, travel, general coping skills, socialization, or life skills? Perhaps we can incorporate this if the feedback shows a need.
The CCB is here to help you live your best life….so let us know how we can do better.
Thanks in advance!!
All the contact info is below.
RYAN VAN PRAET (R. Kin)
CCB Health & Fitness
National Program Manager & Coach
ccb.healthandfitness@gmail.com <mailto:ccb.healthandfitness@gmail.com>
Go to our page: https://ccbhealthandfitness.wordpress.com
to find links to Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Podcast & Email Chat List
Get Together with Technology (GTT) Victoria++
A Chapter of the Canadian Council of the Blind
in Partnership with The Greater Victoria Public Library
Theme: Tom’s NFB Tech Round-up – Accessible Voting in the Fall
Where: Community Room, GVPL, Main Branch 735 Broughton St
First Hour:
Tom Dekker will give us 2 or 3 wonderful technology nuggets he picked-up/learned at the NFB Convention in July, then we’ll discuss the accessibility of the upcoming fall referendum on Proportional Representation and the Province-wide Civic Elections.
Second Hour:
During the second hour Corry Stuive, Albert Ruel and Tom Dekker will lead the group in discussion on any other assistive tech topic participants want to raise. Please bring to the meeting all your other assistive technology questions, nuggets and frustrations for discussion with the group.
Contact Albert Ruel at 250-240-2343, or email us at GTT.Victoria@Gmail.com
News from the Hill++:
We at CCB are very pleased to see Minister Carla Qualtrough be appointed to the accessibility portfolio. The appointment of Minister Qualtrough to this portfolio bodes well for the country. Accessibility is a top priority not only for individual provinces but for the country as a whole. Congratulations!
Golfing for the Blind++
Our very own British Columbia Blind Golfer from Langley, B.C., George Thirkill, Won the Overall championship at the Western Canadian Blind Golf Championships in Winnipeg the week of July 9th to 12th. There were 21 players from all over Canada.
The championship consisted of 2 rounds Stableford matches with 4 divisions.
B1 –B2 – B3 & Seniors. The weather was some sun with winds on both days and some rain. The course was very challenging for a Blind golfer, but they managed to get some assistance from their guides on some of the tricky holes. By the way, I was George’s Coach and guide. George shot a 91 on the first day and a score of 85 on the second day, due to some excellent putting to win by 2 strokes. The junior winner B3, Keifer Jones, 24yrs old from Calgary, shot a 75 & 76 to take the Junior division. Keifer is the top blind golfer in the world. George represents Blind Golf
2Gerry Nelson, George Thrikill, and Darren Douma
British Columbia and at age 79 is the Top senior golfer in the world. George along with our other top golfer from B.C., Darren Douma (member of the CCB VIBE Creston Chapter), from Creston, will be heading to Rome, Italy this year to compete in the World Blind matches and Team play competition representing Canada.
Gerry Nelson, President of Blind Golf Canada, said we are always looking for people that are visually impaired or Blind, or Disabled to come out and learn how to golf. We have a Blind Training facility at the National Golf Academy in Langley at the Tall Timbers Golf Course and we can be reached at Nitrogolf@shaw.ca. There is No Cost for the blind or disabled.
Chapter News++:
Members and friends of the Pembroke White Cane Club gather to celebrate two important birthdays.
The Pembroke CCB White Cane Club held a Birthday Party for two of our senior members on August 15th at a popular local bake shop. The two guests of honour were George Foss, who will celebrate his 95th Birthday in September, and Marion Jackson, who turned a young 93 on the 15th of August. Both are active members of our club providing wisdom mixed with humour to the group. Of course there was a very yummy cake served up with a choice of beverage.
Lots of laughs with numerous photos taken, including this group shot.
As we all departed we all agreed that we should do this more often.
A big thank you to the staff at the bake shop.
3Members of the CCB Pembroke White Cane Club
Submitted by Gerry Frketich on behalf of the CCB Pembroke White Cane Club.
In Memory++:
On the morning of August 10, 2018 Michell Anfinson lost her fight with cancer, at the age of 46. Michelle was very active in the CCB Regina Chapter, the Saskatchewan Team for the CVICC, and the Western Bonspiels.
She will be missed, and our thoughts are with Marv and the rest of their family.
Demo of Accessible Audible Traffic Signal in Peterborough Ontario++:
Devon Wilkins interviewed a CNIB/Vision Rehabilitation Ontario Orientation and Mobility Specialist as they demonstrate the use of an accessible Peterborough intersection. Wach here: https. //www.dropbox.com/s/s966rq25bwdxfm1/Audible%20Traffic%20Signals.mp3?dl=0
CCB Tech Articles, Donna’s Low Tech Tips: Cleaning & laundry++:
Today, I’d like to talk about cleaning & laundry.
Wear an apron with large pockets when cleaning. The pockets may be used to hold cleaning materials such as a dust cloth and polish, or may be used to hold small items you pick up along the way and plan to return to their original storage places. Likewise, put cleaning materials in a basket or bucket and carry it around the house with you so all materials will be handy as needed.
Avoid spot cleaning! Clean the whole surface to ensure no spots are missed. When cleaning counters, start at one end and work to the other in overlapping strips. Use your free hand to check areas just cleaned for extra stubborn spots. Also work in overlapping strips when dusting, vacuuming, washing floors, etc. In large areas, you may find it helpful to divide the surface into sections such as halves or quarters, with overlapping boundaries. Use pieces of furniture (for example, a chair in the middle of the kitchen floor), or use permanent fixtures to mark the boundaries of each section you are cleaning.
Transfer liquid cleaners into containers with pumps for easy use.
Containers can be filled with a funnel. Remember that flat-sided bottles upset easily.
To fill a steam iron use a turkey baster, a funnel, or a squirt bottle.
Safety pins or Sock Tuckers (available in department stores) can be used to keep socks in pairs during washing and drying. Some people find it helpful to buy socks in different colors, patterns or textures for sorting purposes.
Wash small items in a pillow case or small mesh laundry bag to keep them from getting lost.
To measure laundry detergent use the scoop provided. Avoid pouring directly from the box.
Let’s Get It Out There++:
Tele Town Hall Committee Consultations
The goal of the “Let’s Get It Out There” project was to take a holistic view of issues around advocacy, respect and working more closely together. Although there have been previous efforts at coalition building, this was an opportunity through a Tele Town Hall consultation process to receive feedback and suggestions at a grass roots level. See the Tele Town Hall Committee Mission Statement appended to this report.
In Canada, our history of people who are blind, partially sighted and deafblind working together is not that different from other countries. The main thing that makes Canada different is the small population spread over a vast distance that makes ongoing collaboration and communications difficult. When looking at advocacy, we have many different organizations and individuals working on issues sometimes together, but very often in isolation not knowing or trusting what each other is doing. Even today with more communications options available, because of accessibility issues of some current technology and the lack of assistive technology training, many times we are not aware of what each other are doing.
Although this discussion was meant to cover all ages, economics and other demographics, no effort was put into ensuring that all were adequately represented. To recruit participants the communications avenues employed were through discussion mailing lists, Facebook Groups, Twitter feeds and newsletters known by the committee members and the organizations they interact with. In short, we relied on word of mouth to promote the Tele Town Hall meetings, and by copying representatives of the blindness, low vision and deafblind organizations on our radar it was hoped that news of this initiative would be circulated to their respective networks. It was noted that the first meeting had the largest number of participants, with numbers decreasing as we moved into the final two gatherings.
This report looks at the discussion that occurred during each of the town hall meetings and attempts to put forward some suggestions and challenges to individuals and organizations working in the sector and what that might look like. It should be noted that even though the role of service providers like CNIB was not the main goal of this discussion, it does factor into the ongoing relationships between people and organizations representing people who are blind, partially sighted and deafblind.
Here is a link to download the final report in MS Word format.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v7pb3krn6lxzhks/Tele%20Town%2Hall%20Final%20Report%20Protected%202018Aug17.docx?dl=0
Pedestrian Crossings and Accessibility++:
The emergence of new traffic signaling devices at a growing number of intersections are creating concern for pedestrians with sight loss. When is it safe to begin a crossing, how will marked cross walks be delineated and will drivers know how to respond to new signaling mechanisms?
In recent months, CNIB has witnessed a growing number of requests for advocacy support to address concerns regarding these new or different devices.
Clearing our Path, online since 2016, has been CNIB’s go to resource on accessible environments since it was first published in 1999. The guidelines under review for this project can be found at:
http://www.clearingourpath.ca/4.2.0-street-crossings_e.php
This section of Clearing Our path contains guidelines on:
Curb Ramps and Depressed Curbs
Raised Pedestrian Crossings
*4. **Accessible Pedestrian Signals*
*6. **Non-Signalized Pedestrian Crossings*
*Of these, items 4 and 6 will be the primary focus of this initiative.*
Request for input
A working group has been struck to consider these as well as other issues surrounding accessible pedestrian signals and intersection design.
On Wednesday, September 19, we would like to extend an invitation to your members to participate in a teleconference call hosted by CNIB.
The questions we would like to have feedback for include:
What are some of the new intersection and mid-block crossings tactics, structures, or devices being adopted in your area at either controlled or non-controlled intersections?
What are any accessibility challenges posed by these tactics, structures or devices?
What recommendations would you have that would better ensure accessibility and safety for pedestrians who are blind, deafblind or who have sight loss;
Any additional information you wish to share relevant to Audible Pedestrian Signals, pedestrian intersections and mid-block crossings?
Comments from this conversation will be collected and reviewed by a national working group and any comments for change will be reflected in the sections of clearing our path sited above.
Alternatively, any written comments or suggestions would also be appreciated. These should be sent to lui.greco@cnib.ca no later than September 28.
Submitted by Lui Greco, National Manager of Advocacy
CNIB
Visually-impaired Victorians need design change to life-threatening bike lanes++:
Support our BC Human Rights case to insist that the City change its ill-conceived, life-threatening design of floating bus stops, such as along Pandora Street, that require transit users to cross a separated bike lane to get on or off buses in Victoria, BC.
The blind/ visually impaired have already experienced several serious incidents in Victoria (ones we know of) while crossing bike lanes. Imagine the sudden whiz of a bike past you and your guide dog’s nose or tires screeching in front of you as you step out to cross a bike lane.
No one wants to see the inevitable–a crash causing bodily injuries or death as a result of the City not changing this dangerous inaccessible design. Imagine your sense of confidence shaken by uncertainty and fear, knowing you cannot hear oncoming bikes as you step out to cross a bike lane. It’s Russian Roulette.
People ask: What’s the difference between crossing a bike lane versus crossing a street as a blind or visually-impaired person? We cross city street intersections all the time by listening to traffic flow and pedestrian signals. Vehicle traffic on roads can be heard. Bikes, on the other hand, are silent, stealthily silent, so you cannot judge when it’s safe to cross a bike lane.
For more information on this initiative, please visit: https://www.gofundme.com/cfb-bike-lanes
How Running Can Help Protect Your Eyesight++:
Find out how many miles a week you should log to reap the benefits.
Your heart isn’t the only organ that can benefit from regular running: The more fit and active you are, the less likely you are to develop glaucoma, a serious eye disease that can damage your optic nerve and even lead to blindness, new research set to be published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise finds.
In the study researchers analyzed data from more than 9,500 people between ages 40 and 81 enrolled in a long-term study at the famous Cooper Clinic in Dallas. The researchers compared the subjects’ aerobic fitness (measured by treadmill tests) and weekly amount of exercise (reported by the subjects) to how many of them developed incident glaucoma during a nearly six-year follow-up period. The researchers specifically looked at incident glaucoma, the more common form of the condition, rather than traumatic glaucoma, which is caused by direct injury to the eye.
The researchers found that those who were the most active and the fittest had only half the risk of developing glaucoma as the least-active, less-fit group. Running 10 miles per week at a 10-minute mile pace would be enough to rank in the study’s fittest, most-active category.
This isn’t the first time scientists discovered a vision benefit to running.
This new research builds on a study published in 2009. In that study, which involved only runners, those with the highest mileage and best 10K times had the lowest rate of glaucoma, compared to lower-mileage and/or slower runners. The new study strengthens the pro-running evidence by including sedentary people as well as casual exercisers who are less active and fit than runners, and by showing that modest mileage appears to bring significant eye-health benefits.
So why might running lower your risk for glaucoma?
As the new study states, “intraocular pressure is the primary modifiable risk factor for glaucoma.” When pressure in your eye is too high, it can damage the optic nerve in your eye, potentially leading to glaucoma.
Other studies have found that a single workout reduces intraocular pressure, which the reduction is greater following more intense workouts, and that higher levels of fitness are associated with lower underlying intraocular pressure. Taken together, these findings suggest that exercise that’s frequent and intense enough to boost fitness, such as regular running, should lower intraocular pressure enough to make a significant difference.
And the glaucoma reduction might not be the only eye-related benefit to
running: Separate research by the 2009 study authors found that the more people ran, the less likely they were to develop cataracts during a six-year follow-up period.
Although few people probably take up running to help their eyes, you have to love research like this that shows just how profoundly regular running improves nearly all aspects of your health.
By Scott Douglas
On-line Training++:
Please find info below about some free online training courses coming in the next couple of months. Explanations and descriptions are below. Matt’s email is at the bottom of the message.
Hi everyone, first off, please share this with others, as I’ll explain later on in the message. Many of you may remember, or may have taken, the iPad training course I offered this past spring. I was really humbled and appreciative of all the positive feedback from that course, and I felt that the response to it was overwhelming.
I’m now excited to announce that I will be offering more free training courses for 2018-19 training season.
First off, I’ll be offering four major courses over the next year. They are as follows:
Replacing Your Traditional TV with Apple TV: four sessions, one session per week, beginning Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Living the Connected Digital Life: Four sessions, one session per week, beginning Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Learn Voiceover In and Out: eight sessions, two per week, beginning Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Learning Voiceover In and Out, Section B: Eight Sessions, two per week, beginning Tuesday, February 19, 2019
IPad for All Computing: 12 Sessions, two per week, beginning Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The courses which have two days per week will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All courses will be held in the afternoon, with exact start times to be decided. Plan on somewhere around 2PM or 2:30 PM Eastern.
Sessions will last for two hours.
As with prior courses, each course is completely free and is available to everyone, sighted and non-sighted alike. As before, courses will be held in Zoom, with an accompanying set of materials, offered as iTunes U courses, with the exception of the Apple TV and Connected Digital Life courses, which will require only small handouts rather than complete iTunes U courses.
I’ll provide descriptions of each course below. What I’d love is if people would start sharing this with your friends, family, co-workers, etc, and on any other relevant lists you may belong to.
Additionally, please let me know which courses interest you.
The Apple TV course was sort of requested by several participants in this year’s iPad course. It will be designed to offer participants an overview of what the Apple TV can do and how to use it. We will then get into various options for making the Apple TV your complete living room device, cutting the cord, streaming, etc. what about local channels? How about sports? What does it cost? How many people can watch at the same time?
On and on. We’ll answer all the questions we can, with a particular emphasis on Voiceover use as well. You do not need to own an Apple TV to benefit from this course. Even if you are just mildly interested in it and want to explore what’s out there, we’d love for you to join.
The Connected Digital Life will explore in-depth how to make all your devices work for you no matter where you are. We will spend lots of time on all the iCloud features and services, such as iCloud Photo Library, iTunes in the CLoud, iCloud Drive, and many more. We’ll discuss iCloud Keychain for password and credit card autofill, Apple Pay, continuity, multiple devices together, HomeKit and home automation devices, and much more. Anyone with an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, Apple Watch, HomePod, Mac, or any combination of these devices should benefit from this course.
The Voiceover In and Out course is something I believe many are looking for. You’ll notice I’m offering two sections. This is because I intentionally want to keep enrollment small and look at the students to best tailor the course to individual needs. This will be perfect for anyone who has never used an Apple device and wants to learn about it, or anyone who has just gotten their first Apple device. Additionally, those who have been using Apple products for years but want further Voiceover help will also benefit. Finally, if you struggle with certain gestures, fingering, or just want advance tips and tricks, this course is for you as well. Note that as of right now, this course will primarily focus on Apple iOS including iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, TVOS, Watch OS, and HomePod. Though we wil indeed explore keyboard commands and Braille displays, our primary mode of using these devices will be gestures. My most recent certifications are on the iOS side of things, and that’s what I use, so I’d prefer to not do Mac OS for now.
Finally, for the iPad course. You’ll notice I’ve renamed it. You’ll also notice that it’s longer than the one we did this past spring – 12 sessions instead of 8. This is because I really want to go deeper. We will be spending minimal time on learning Voiceover. If you want that, choose both this iPad course as well as the Voiceover course. In this course, we’ll do what we did last time, except much more involved. Instead of just talking for a short time about Messages, we’ll practice sending and receiving messages, use screen effects and iMessage apps, attach photos, record audio messages, and more. Instead of just discussing the calendar, we’ll create test events, modify events, use features like travel time, shared calendars, and much more. We’ll actually create short movies in Apple Clips, view a Keynote presentation together, and we will spend one whole session on file management and two entire sessions on nothing but Pages.
This course is for everyone, though having an iPad is strongly suggested, though you will be able to complete most of the course on your phone. We will have a prerequisite this time though – a strong familiarity with Voiceover. If you do not feel comfortable with Voiceover but would like to take this course, just also take the Voiceover In and Out course, and you’ll be fine. Even if you took the 2018 iPad course, you may wish to take the 2019 one, as it will as I’ve stated, go much deeper.
Again, please contact me with any questions, and please let me know which courses you’d like to take, and please share. Even though some of these are quite a ways off in the calendar yet, please start letting me know what you’d like, because creating course materials and course structure will be much better the more time I have. Shortly I will respond to those who have actually chosen specific courses, and I’ll keep in touch with you from now through the start of the courses. Thanks again, and I look forward to hearing from you. Take care.
I can be reached at m.jvollbrecht@comcast.net
Hi Everyone! Becky from the office here. Membership season is here! Here are the important dates that are listed in the package.
Early Bird Draw – November 2, 2018
Chapter Rebate Deadline – December 7, 2018
White Cane Week Orders Due – January 4, 2019
WCW Insurance Requests Due – January 4, 2019
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Donations Received in the office in 2018 are the only ones that can be receipted for 2018. Remember to send those donations if for your receipts.
www.ccbnational.net 1-877-304-0968
Albert Ruel Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), CCB National, Visions Newsletter September 6, 2018 20 Minutes
CCB National Newsletter, Visions Summer 2018
CCB Newsletters | Canadian Council of the Blind
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Albert Ruel Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), CCB National, Visions Newsletter July 30, 2018 October 29, 2019 1 Minute
CCB National Newsletter: January 2018
CCB National Newsletter January 2018
Happy New Year from CCB!
President’s Message ++
As we begin 2018 chapters across the country are busily preparing for White Cane Week. I hope that stormy weather will not cause any disruptions in plans for special events.
CCB will continue our working relationships with organizations of and for the blind as well as other disability groups so that we can help in the prevention of blindness and improve the quality of the lives of individuals already experiencing vision loss so they can lead a comfortable and productive lifestyle. Working together with other groups such as (but not limited too) CELA, IFA, BMC, and CTA we are better able to get a voice to make a difference for everyone. We will continue to send support letters for a variety of Patient Groups in their efforts because many of the particular diseases they represent are diseases that our members often re battling as well as blindness so it helps the common good for all.
An example would be a letter of support for when Cannabis becomes legalized latter this year there will be a tax all products. This can be an added burden for those who will be using it through prescriptions for medical reasons, other prescription drugs are not taxable could prevent people who really need this type of pain relief to not be able to afford the prescription. While this can be a controversial issue it CCB is supporting the proper medical use of cannabis only not the recreational usage.
In February, expect to see a new look to our monthly newsletter. We hope to reach a larger population and hence increase membership.
A special Thank You to all our sponsors and donors throughout the year for aiding in promoting our programs and making it possible for more persons with vision loss to enjoy using these programs as well.
Keep well through the coming year and check out our CCB Health and Fitness program.
White Cane Week 2018++
Get ready for another fun and exciting awareness week from February 4 to 10. Events include our annual AMI Canadian Vision Impaired Curling Championship and countless local activities. Please visit the CCB website to keep yourself updated on the many exciting events that will be taking place this year across the country. And stay tuned for reports on events in upcoming newsletters!
A Proclamation from British Columbia++
Thanks to the hard work of the Canadian Council of the Blind members in the British Columbia/Yukon Division the province of British Columbia has proclaimed that February 4 to 10, 2018 shall be known as White Cane Week.
CCB Blind Sports Nova Scotia Chapter Update – December, 2017++:
*Tandem Bike Club *
With excellent cycling weather, the Tandem Bike Club saw a high level of participation! Plenty of individuals loaned tandem bikes throughout the summer and well into October.
New stokers (riders with vision loss) rode with us, we trained new volunteer pilots and returning volunteers who were keen to help us make cycling accessible in Halifax & surrounding areas.
We had a blast getting out for a number of group bike rides, including a few rides over 40 kilometres from Halifax to the Bike and Bean restaurant in Tantallon and back.
Sighted cyclists, family & friends, also joined for the fun & outdoor exercise, and we made new friends on the trails.
*Running, Walking, & Guide Bunnies *
At least 10 runners & walkers with vision loss participated in events at the 13th Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon. The Blue Nose also serves as one of our chapter’s main fund raising events each year.
Stephanie Berry, a CCB Blind Sports NS member raced her first half-marathon at this year’s Army Run in Ottawa. She placed 2nd in the visually impaired category – Congratulations!
Jennie Bovard, CCB Blind Sports NS member & Communications Director and CCB NS Division Advocacy Officer, took on 5 races this season, with highlights including 6th in her division (of 60) at the Navy 5 kilometre race and 19th (of 117) in her division at the Legs for Literacy 10 kilometre road race.
We’re extremely grateful to the Guide Bunnies, a sub-group of the White Rabbit Pacing non-profit, whose guide runners have made it possible for Nova Scotians with vision loss to participate in races alongside sighted peers & achieve new milestones. We can’t wait for next season! Check guidebunnies.wixsite.com or email pacebunnies@gmail.com to learn more about them.
*Goalball’s Back*
We’re elated to witness such growth in the sport of goalball throughout Nova Scotia!
The goalball season may have just begun, but we’ve never stopped holding demonstrations for at schools, universities, and community events. Through these event’s, we’ve grown awareness & participation, and inspired our sighted peers to join on the level playing field that is the goalball court.
*Weekly goalball programs are up & running: *
– Junior goalball programs in New Minas, Antigonish, and Halifax
– APSEA youth goalball
– Recreational goalball (all ages, all levels, co-ed) in Halifax
– Junior goalball in Halifax
– Senior men & women’s goalball in Halifax
*3rd Annual Nova Scotia Open Goalball Tournament:*
Thanks to the support & dedication of donors, volunteers, coaches, officials, athletes, and our community, we hosted another successful international tournament in Halifax, the only event of its kind in Atlantic Canada!
Elite and developing athletes from the USA and Canada went head to head in a well-attended, live streamed, event that saw great competition and even media attention.
*Here’s how the standings shook out*
1 Turnstone (USA)
2 California Crown
3 Nova Scotia
4 Quebec
5 Ontario All Black
6 Atlantic Ship Recs
*Coming up…*
*Give Spinning a Spin*
With cycling season over, the Tandem Bike Club offers a free introductory indoor spin class for anyone with vision loss. A great way to stay active during the winter months, the event will take place Sunday, December 17th and will be hosted by long-time volunteer tandem bike pilot, Jim.
*18th Montreal Goalball Tournament *
January 26th to 28th, 2018, the Nova Scotia men’s goalball team will compete alongside athletes from across North America.
Tech Article: Apps That Assist Beginners with Learning Voice over Gestures++:
Here are some recommendations for apps that might help new iPhone users learn the iPhone gestures.
These are four apps I think are helpful in learning the VoiceOver gestures of the iPhone. They are all free, I think.
The Blindfold Bop one is free, however limited in how many times you can use it, so I purchased it for about $6 which allows me unlimited use of the app.
Below I have provided a link to the entire list of iFocus MP3 files in my Dropbox folder. It is a Zipped file that you can download to your computer.
VO Starter, is an app that is text based and explains the Voice Over gestures well in a well organized fashion. It’s a great manual for learning what’s possible.
Blindfold Bop, is a game based tutorial that gets you to practice gestures with ever increasing speeds and complexity.
VO Tutorial, is an app that works the user through several games requiring that gestures be performed in order to work through the game. It’s great for beginners.
VO Lab, I found this one less helpful as it gets the user to turn off VO and use a self-voicing voice. It might be too confusing for beginners. I don’t like it, but it’s possible that others will learn from it so I included it.
Of course, VO Calendar is a great way to use the Calendar with an accessible and usable overlay on the native on board Calendar app.
iFocus MP3 Zipped File (nearly 3GB):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nytxnwzs544p4on/ifocus%20MP3%20Files.zip?dl=1
By Albert Ruel, GTT West Coordinator
Some Tips to help better Utilize the Safari Web browser++:
Safari for iPhone and iPad is an incredibly capable mobile web browser despite its simple, straightforward user interface. It is the browser of choice on iOS, in large part because it is the one pre-installed, but very few people know everything you can do with Safari.
Much of Safari’s advanced functionality is hidden behind “long-pres gestures” that most people do not know exist.
Long press on the Bookmarks button
On Safari for iPhone and iPad, the normal way to add a bookmark for a webpage is to press the Share toolbar button and scroll through the activity pop-up to select the Add Bookmark option. Using a long-press, you can do the same thing more quickly.
Long-press on the Bookmarks button (which tapping on normally takes you to view your bookmarks) and a new action menu appears. The modal features options to Add Bookmark or Add to Reading List. Saving to Reading List is immediate, whilst tapping the bookmark option will open the usual options view to confirm the name and Favorites folder location.
Engineers are helping the blind ‘see’ fireworks++:
It is almost that time of the year again, the moment that sees out the old and welcomes in the new, on New Year’s Eve. In the seconds that take 23:59 in 2017 to 00:00 in 2018, bursts of fiery light will appear in the night skies around the world as displays of fireworks are triggered.
Some of the world’s grandest fireworks happen on Australia’s Sydney Harbor, on the United Kingdom’s London Eye, on France’s Eiffel Tower in Paris, and on Brazil’s Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, to name a few.
Nothing dazzles crowds quite like fireworks displays. They are, after all, a marvel of chemical engineering. There is a visceral excitement felt by many when fireworks burst into the sky as a New Year dawns.
However, for visually impaired members of our global population, enjoying a fireworks display is limited to the reverberating explosions alone. The engineers and researchers at Disney Parks and Resorts have worked to find a solution.
The company is world renowned for its firework displays; in fact they are the largest consumer of fireworks in the world. A former Product Designer at Disney Consumer Products, Ben Suarez, says Disney uses up to US$50,000 of fireworks per show at their resorts. It is estimated that the resorts collectively blow up $50 million worth of fireworks every year.
Feeling Fireworks
Researchers at Disney are developing a technology that would allow visually impaired patrons to experience the fireworks at their parks in a new way; by feeling them. A flexible screen is set up, with water jets positioned behind it. By placing their hands against the screen they feel a representation of a firework exploding outwardly.
To further improve the experience, a Microsoft Kinect camera array is set up, for the purposes of tracking users’ hands. Once a user’s hands are up against the flexible screen, the jets are activated through the Kinect sensor and a personalized ‘fireworks explosion’ is performed for the user.
Disney’s researchers are experimenting with a variety of nozzles on the water jets to produce varied patterns and thus a breadth of tactile experience. Using an Arduino-based computer, the engineers control the amount of water the pump emits and can control the direction of the nozzles. The researchers have also found that they can produce the experience inexpensively. They write:
“Our approach is low-cost and scales well, and allows for dynamic tactile effects to be rendered with high spatial resolution.”
The rise and development of haptic technology will enable an increasing number of tactile experiences in the near future. Haptic feedback is something engineers are embedding in technology to make humans feel like their interactions with technology are more genuine.
Disney believes that the technology could be adapted to other industries. The researchers write:
“Beyond the specific application, the technology represents a novel and cost-effective approach for making large scalable tactile displays, with the potential for wider use.”
Disney’s investment in fireworks goes further. According to former Disney & NBC Product Designer Ben Suarez the company has invested millions into “developing new fireworks that left minimal amounts of smoke”, after the smell of their many fiery displays agitated crowds.
A festive season is, after all, for everyone. It is commendable that Disney has used their engineering expertise to ensure this gladness is spread a little more widely.
By Quintus Potgieter
OC Transpo fined $25K for failing to call out bus stops++:
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has hit OC Transpo in Ottawa with a hefty fine after enforcement officers discovered major stops were not being called out on three trips.
A CTA enforcement officer checked buses on routes 4, 7 and 62 on the afternoon of Nov. 14, following a CBC report about problems with OC Transpo’s Next Stop Announcement System, and found a failure to call stops on all three buses.
Visually impaired riders had previously told CBC that stops were not being called out consistently, a problem that was supposed to be solved by the automated system of visual and audio alerts.
The $12-million system, which CCB actively advocated for, was installed in late 2010 following a complaint to the CTA by Terrance Green, a blind user of OC Transpo who said drivers were failing to call stops as required by OC Transpo’s own policy.
Green told CBC in November that problems with the system were ongoing, but his concerns seemed to come as a surprise to OC Transpo’s director of customer systems and planning, who said he believed the system was “working consistently, for everyone’s benefit.”
Pat Scrimgeour said OC Transpo’s staff inspectors had been monitoring the system and found it was functioning properly about 98 per cent of the time.
The transit agency learned about the fine on Monday and will review what happened on those routes, according to Troy Charter, OC Transpo’s director of transit operations. He said it was too soon to say whether the agency would request a review of the decision.
“We need to gather our facts and look at what occurred,” Charter said. “We need to sit down and review our maintenance logs, look at those specific buses, see if there were operator or customer reports, review the downloads . Essentially we need to do our investigation to look at what occurred.”
If the automated system is not functioning, drivers are required to call out the stops to comply with the earlier ruling by the Canadian Transportation Agency.
But Charter noted, if the automated system is not working, drivers on busy routes with crowded buses may not be able to hear it, and so may not know they need to be calling out the stops.
The deadline to pay the $25,000 fine is Jan. 23.
CBC News, December 19, 2017
Friends help blind woman in difficult task of finding a job++:
Tepi Hughes was found as a toddler in the rubble of her famine-torn home-city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She spent 10 years in an orphanage during the Bangladesh genocide of the 1970s.
At seven, she contracted smallpox, and unlike 300 million people worldwide, Hughes didn’t die of one of the most feared diseases. She did go blind, though.
Life changed at 11 when she was adopted by a Canadian family.
Her formal education finally began when the new family registered her in Grade 4 with the W. Ross MacDonald School for the Blind in Ontario.
For nine years, like hundreds of other blind students — Hughes experienced abuse. A class-action lawsuit recently reached a settlement in dealing with the abundance of claims. Of larger consequence to Hughes was the school’s decision to place her in a “learning disability class” where she did not obtain literacy skills.
Hughes thinks the school’s decision was based on her limited ability to speak English and remembers that time as the moment grade school ended — with less than two years of formal education.
Hughes, in her 50s now, has spent more than 40 years in Canada. Like many working-age blind people, she lives below the poverty line. She does her best to make a home as an independent woman with a good network of friends, many from the Canadian Federation of the Blind — an organization that promotes independence. Hughes describes the CFB as: “A group of friends who travels to conferences, meets monthly, practises cane skills and enjoys each other’s company.”
“We all believe a blind person can do anything they set their mind to,” she says.
The only thing I knew about the Bangladesh genocide was that George Harrison and Ravi Shankar had organized benefit concerts. I googled and learned of an estimated three million people, brutally murdered by the West Pakistan military in what was then East Pakistan.
I wondered: How does a person heal from that foundation?
In his latest book, Waiting for First Light, former Canadian general Romeo Dallaire describes the ongoing healing process from his painful experience in Rwanda.
Dallaire is white and tall and handsome and brilliant and powerful and a trained soldier. He has position power and political power as an esteemed Canadian three-star general and senator. He is an author of three extraordinary books. He has a hard-earned international reputation and a supportive family and influential friends. And yet, even with tremendous supports, dealing with his experience of genocide nearly destroyed him, as it has done to many other combat professionals.
I am grateful to Dallaire for his courage in helping all of us to understand. But I am afraid for my friend. A small, blind woman, who grew up in an orphanage surrounded by genocide, has few such support privileges.
And yet, Hughes has an uncommon vitality and light-heartedness.
I met Hughes a few times at Christmas parties for the Canadian Federation of the Blind and remembered a jovial character. I am not a member of that community, but an ally and supporter of their work.
In the summer of 2016, a mutual friend asked me to accompany Hughes as a “sight guide” while she volunteered at the Mustard Seed Street Church’s food bank. It wasn’t until Hughes and I volunteered together that we got to know each other better. For five days we scooped rice and oatmeal and other staples out of 50-pound sacks and into little plastic bags to be distributed in family food hampers.
Hughes worked hard, kept the work space organized, and was thorough in completing her tasks — not too surprising, as she had wrapped candy for a local chocolate factory for 10 years until she was laid off.
She had an easy way of connecting with people in the busy warehouse. If someone walked by, she would call out a friendly “hello.” The next time that person went by, they would say hi, and while Hughes was sorting fruit she would jokingly ask if they wanted to have a blueberry fight.
On her last day, several co-workers said how much they enjoyed working together, and the food bank organizers thanked her for the help. I came away with a nagging feeling that Hughes was underutilized.
She told me she wanted to get a part-time, minimum-wage job to supplement a disability income. I figured that would not be too hard, and offered to help with what I thought would be a two-month search.
We arranged to meet every Tuesday morning to strategize and job-hunt.
According to the job-hunter’s guide, What Colour Is Your Parachute 2017, circulating traditional resumés nets a four per cent success rate, while forwarding a letter of introduction to specific businesses nets an 86 per cent success rate. We decided to hand-deliver 30 tailored letters to selected businesses in the first few weeks.
We reached out in every which way, and made use of local support agencies.
Potential employers at businesses or job fairs frequently saw Hughes as a blind person — and nothing more. Imagine being seen as a sighted person — and nothing more.
Rejections were always, nice, polite, gracious and swift.
With an outgoing personality and disarming charm, Hughes would make a great receptionist, I thought. But I also knew I would not likely convince anyone of that truth.
Fifteen months later, Hughes still does not have a part-time, minimum-wage job that would provide some small income and some large sense of purpose as a working person. Luckily, at the start of our job-hunting saga, we agreed on a “never give up” motto.
We were in a coffee shop on Foul Bay Road recently when two construction workers came in.
“I remember you. You’re Tepi,” one said. “I worked on your street last year.” Hughes listened and then said: “You guys did an amazing job of fixing that sidewalk. People who use wheelchairs in my building are safer now.”
It was a scene I have witnessed frequently. She might not have received a formal education, but Hughes has a PhD in the art of being friendly.
These days, Hughes, another CFB friend, Doris Belusic, and I meet on Tuesday mornings for breakfast, a good chat and, always, a laugh. Beth Cowin, an employment counsellor at Phoenix Human Services is also a supporter and equally determined to help Hughes find a paying job. It is taking longer than she expected, but Cowin is tenacious and not prepared to give up, either.
We are learning that in 2017, many employers in Canada still see blind applicants as helpless and dependent. Hence the 90 per cent unemployment rate for working-age blind people. What a crazy waste of talent!
As ridiculous as it sounds, after surviving genocide, smallpox, blindness, a childhood in an orphanage, a scandalous education system in Ontario and decades of financial challenge while managing a poverty-level existence, Hughes’ biggest challenge of all might be to find an employer in Victoria who will recognize possibility in her strengths — and hire her.
And then her friends will throw a party.
By Thelma Fayle, for Times Colonist
A Gifted Artist Finds Success, Despite Being Deaf and Blind++:
For years, Kelly Brown sat in the corner of a dimly lit Wynnewood warehouse stuffing envelopes. Doing bulk mailings was typical of the work at Lower Merion Vocational Training Center and other state-supported programs for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. Deaf and blind from birth, Brown performed the simplified, repetitive tasks assigned to her and her co-workers. She didn’t complain; she was paid a stipend, and the steady job gave structure to her days.
Brown was considered unremarkable-except for the ropes. Somewhere along the way, she learned to crochet, and during her breaks, she made long, thick, multicolored ropes. Brown did this so often that the ropes crowded her workspace. Not having any use for them, the staff put the ropes in trash bags and stashed them in a spare room. That’s where Stephanie Petro found them years later. From the black plastic bags, she pulled crocheted rainbows of pink, blue and yellow yarn. Petro didn’t see trash. She saw art.
A former social worker with a B.F.A. in painting, Petro was part of a team assembled by Lori Bartol in 2009 to transform the mail house into the Center for Creative Works. Working under the auspices of Pennsylvania’s Resources for Human Development, the center still serves people with intellectual disabilities. But Bartol doesn’t focus on providing traditional therapies.
“We make art,” Bartol says. “We’re not here to fix anyone. We’re here to mentor and support them. Your identity isn’t your disability. Your identity is that of an artist.”
It’s tough to say what Brown thought her identity was, or if she thought about it at all. But Petro had a hunch that Brown was filled with creativity. “I gave her a box of fiber materials, each with a different feeling, and off she went,” Petro says.
“Everything I put in front of her-rubber bands, tape, coffee filters, feathers-she turned into art.”
It was slow going at first. Deaf-blind people like Brown communicate through touch sign language. A branch of American Sign Language, touch sign is also called tactile sign or hand-over-hand sign. The deaf-blind person places their hands over those of the person making the signs. Movements can be felt; words can be spelled.
This is how Helen Keller learned to communicate with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, the woman who brought her out of darkness and silence to become one of history’s most inspiring role models.
But Petro didn’t know sign language. On her own time and dime, she took classes to learn sign language and touch sign.
Next, she gave Brown clay, then a loom, then a wide variety of textiles.
Petro scoured flea markets, yard sales and dollar stores for lampshades, metal frames, colored beads, leis made of plastic flowers, tinsel, and acres of yarn. Most of these objects are used, discarded or on sale because no one sees uses for them.
They may be sitting in dark corners of attics, garages and stores, waiting perhaps for someone to bring them to life.
Brown has done just that, resurrecting the materials into upcycled art. Her vividly colored, multi-textured pieces of fiber art have been displayed and sold at the St. Louis Outsider Art Fair, Grounds For Sculpture in Trenton, and galleries in and around Philadelphia.
Bartol wants that kind of success for all of the 85 artists at the Center for Creative Works-and they are making progress. In the past three years, their pieces have netted more than $50,000 in sales.
“My teachers are really good at recognizing things that are technically part of [the artists’] disabilities, but turning them into the informing piece of their art,”
Bartol says. “Kelly’s tapestries are so textural. The first thing you want to do is touch them. That comes directly out of the fact that she works as a blind person.”
Fame itself doesn’t matter to Brown or Petro or Bartol. What they need, Bartol explains, are sales of art to keep the Center for Creative Works running. For each piece sold, the artist gets 60 percent and the center retains 40 percent. Bartol uses that money to provide a never-ending supply of materials for artists who are as creatively voracious as Brown.
To boost sales, Bartol wants to open a small retail space that would function as the center’s gallery and a community space where artists could teach classes. Bartol already made headway with that concept. Last fall, six of the center’s artists taught at Moore College of Art & Design. “They have the necessary skills,” Bartol says. “But no one ever considered putting them in front of a class to teach.”
Everything the center does jibes with Bartol’s philosophy that the center’s studio residents are artists first and foremost.
“What may be a disability for life is not a disability for artwork,” she says. “It just happens to be who you are, so run with it.
Make art with it. If you’re in a room with people who have no disability at all and take a poll to see how many have artistic sensibilities, the answer is probably none at all. Art isn’t tied to an IQ or intellect. It comes from your soul.”
To learn more about Brown’s work, visit
http://www.centerforcreativeworks.org<http://www.centerforcreativeworks.org
By Melissa Jacobs
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How can the FM Industry Attract and Nurture More Young Talent?
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Facilities management (FM) firms have in some ways been the unsung heroes of the covid-19 pandemic.
As appeared in TWINFM.
Tevin Tobun, CEO, GV Group (Gate Ventures)
Facilities management (FM) firms have in some ways been the unsung heroes of the covid-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the outbreak, FM businesses have played a vital role in the nation’s efforts to suppress the virus and will continue to do so going forward. And as always, this is a sector that in many ways operates in ‘secret’. It goes on behind the scenes and is most likely to get noticed only when things go wrong.
But given its crucial role in keeping people safe and businesses moving, now is the time to double down on efforts to preserve the future of FM and encourage the best into our sector. We must embrace this chance to encourage more young people into the industry by showcasing both the value of FM to wider society and the incredible career opportunities on offer.
According to the Office of National Statistics, there were an estimated 763,000 young people (aged 16 to 24 years) in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in December 2019. Many of these young people can be our FMs of tomorrow. However, they need to be aware of what we do and the positive impacts we can have.
FM companies can start by making sure they are communicating these and other positive messages to the wider world. Good FM goes far beyond managing and maintaining the buildings, people and assets of a business. Within its own sphere of activities, FM encompasses cost-effective working processes, improved efficiency, adhering to industry sanctioned health and safety regulations and increasing the lifespan of a business’s assets. FM impacts everything.
But this impact stretches far beyond the buildings in which companies operate. FM not only keeps us safe, FM keeps businesses open, FM also aids productivity. The significance of FM activities are often understated and these benefits are what we are need to be communicating more to you young people.
There are well documented examples of how FM can directly impact success, such as the study at Cornell University where it was found that raising the temperature in an office from 20oC to 25oC resulted in employees making 44% less typing errors. These are real impacts.
The generations are changing, there is plenty of evidence to support the argument that young people want to make impact. A salary isn’t good enough anymore. We all need to ensure that we demonstrate the value young people can add to the sector, and wider society.
The breadth of roles is often forgotten too. FM isn’t just maintenance people. FM can encapsulate front-of-house hosts in a building, it can be chefs, it can also be senior management within an organisation.
Few industries provide career progression that is as meritocratic as FM. Ours is a sector that thrives on and rewards the ambition, can-do attitudes and proactive contributions of its workforce. Today’s young people will be tomorrow’s leaders because good FM companies help their people to develop and reach their potential by investing both time and money in their futures.
By taking advantage of these opportunities, which exist from entry level to graduate, young people can look forward to a long and fulfilling career. But first they new to know about them. So how do we as a sector go about getting these messages across?
Let’s start by maintaining the momentum of collaboration that has been a positive consequence of the pandemic. The FM industry came together as a community to maximise its resources in combatting covid-19 and it should continue to work together to attract the next generation of workers to the sector.
And it must do this at grass roots level. FM companies must work with schools to help young people know about the exciting opportunities that exist within our industry before decisions about future careers have started to settle in their minds.
The ageing workforce and impending skills gap may be less of an immediate concern than something like Covid-19, but it remains a massive issue for our sector and it will cause real problems if action is not taken now.
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How a Hyderabad Woman Is Bringing 100-YO Recipes To Life in Her Ancestral Kitchen
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Succulent shammi kebabs, tender mutton shikhampur, rich tamate ka kut and dum ka murgh, and decadent qubani ka meetha — the menu of Khassa, a catering service, is full of mouthwatering dishes. The roots of these dishes are tied to authentic Hyderabadi cuisine, and go beyond just the traditional dum biryani.
At the forefront of this culinary journey is 56-year-old Shahnoor Jehan from Hyderabad, a home chef and caterer, who is also affectionately called Noora.
Shahnoor Jehan, who started Khassa, a catering service for Hyderabadi cuisine
“I’ve been cooking since I was a young girl,” she tells The Better India, adding, “My driving force has been the simple fact that I enjoy it so much. Eventually, I got married, and had kids. My husband and children would call people home to eat what I had cooked. My son’s friends would always tell me, ‘Aunty, you should take up cooking (professionally)’. The recipes I use were passed on from my great-grandmother and so on, and finally came to me.”
Shahnoor, who has no professional chef training and is a BA graduate, began Khassa, which is urdu for ‘cooked food’, in 2015. The daughter of an IAS officer says, “At first, I used to take small orders from family members and friends who had been enjoying my cooking for years. With the advent of the internet, and after encouragement from my children and their friends, I thought I would take my cooking forward, and started Khassa.”
The recipes used in Khassa have been a part of Shahnoor’s family legacy for generations, and are over a hundred years old.
“My (maternal) grandmother’s cooking was influenced prominently by the flavours of Yemen, where she was from. I picked up her techniques and recipes,” she says.
Her cooking dates back to her childhood home, Shah Manzil, which is the present-day Raj Bhavan. This home, which belonged to her grandfather, was so called because he was affectionately known as Shah Nawaab.
“Whenever I came back home from the hostel, I would watch my mother cook and would sometimes help her out,” says Shahnoor. Her mother, Faiq Jehan, has also been a catalyst in Shahnoor’s penchant for cooking regal Hyderabadi dishes.
Noorani Seviyan, a new addition to Khassa’s menu, is a dish originally made by Shahnoor’s grandmother
Her grandmother, Muzaffar Unissa Begum, was the daughter of the Sultan of erstwhile Yemen, and her grandfather Nawab Ahmed Baig, was the son of late Shahzore Jung. As a result, Shahnoor’s food has heavy and combined influences from both Yemen as well as India. “I also picked up a few techniques from my mother-in-law, Shaheda Begum,” she adds.
Bringing something different to the table
Having learnt how to make these dishes with familial influences, Shahnoor’s century-old recipes are now bringing hidden elements of Hyderabadi cuisine to critical acclaim.
“I never took up biryani in my cooking,” she says, adding, “It’s available everywhere, and I wanted to bring forward something that was different.”
Among the dishes that Shahnoor enjoys cooking the most are haleem and mutton roast. The former is a stew of meat and lentils, which are pounded into a thick paste. The dish is synonymous with Ramadan, and is the traditional hors d’oeuvres served at weddings and other social celebrations. These dishes are adored by her children as well, and Khassa receives the most orders for them.
Haleem cooked by Shahnoor
“Dum ka murgh is also very much in demand,” Shahnoor says, adding, “But touchwood, so far, a lot of my dishes do well. The orders I get follow no pattern — sometimes I get one a day, sometimes they can be two to three also.”
Noorani seviyan, the latest dessert addition to the menu, was created by Shahnoor’s grandmother. “The dish is made of vermicelli,” she tells The Better India and adds that it uses sugar, saffron, milk and cream. It is garnished with pistachios and vark. The dish is delicate and crisp on the outside, and soft on the inside, owing to the sugar and saffron soaking in the middle layers.
She goes on to share, “I’m grateful that people like my food so much. And while I do receive a lot of orders for biryani, maybe in the future I will start serving that as well.”
‘Asal nizam cuisine’
The expanse of Hyderabadi cuisine is wide. From the confines of Shahnoor’s home, Khassa brings to light hidden treasures that many other Hyderabadi home chefs have also kept away from. These century-old recipes are a journey through asal nizam cuisine, kept alive by a few like her.
Tamate ka kut
Shahnoor keeps away from reinventing them, and all the original recipes are kept intact. As a result, she remains firmly planted in her lineage. Her venture is thus deeply rooted in the City of Pearls.
(Edited by Yoshita Rao)
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I can only encourage those who don’t know the band to find out what they’ve been missing.
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Review by Paul Whimpenny – 3rd May 2020
IO Earth have once again managed to produce a powerful and emotionally moving album that will be a strong candidate for the best progressive album of the year
How to describe the music of IO Earth? Many bands like to say that their music can’t be pigeon-holed but that phrase definitely rings true for the Birmingham-based band. Superficially you could describe them as symphonic prog but that could give misleading image of a band that sounds like Yes for example. They are symphonic in the scale of their compositions and their heavy use of keyboards but their songs are rarely bombastic and are mostly slow moving with a strong emphasis on sonic beauty over anything else. Add to this mix, bits of ambient, folk/ethnic and classical touches, and that’s IO Earth.
In a recent interview and pre-release walk through of this their fifth album with Velvet Thunder (see that interview here) the band said that the original intention had been to release a radically different album in an ambient style, reflecting the softer side of the band. It is true that there are more ambient passages here compared to previous albums but fans of the group don’t need to worry – there is no need to get the incense and yoga mat out – because during its creation the band gradually drifted back to much more familiar territory. But, the progressive metal elements that occasionally creep into their music are absent here and there’s not even anything that you would call a riff. While Adam Gough’s keyboards do dominate the soundscape, that doesn’t mean Dave Cureton’s guitar doesn’t have an impact – far from it because some of the most emotionally charged moments are created by his guitar playing. The title track opens the album with a strong ambient feel and acts as something of an overture, introducing musical fragments that appear later in the album. The highlight of this track is the beautiful middle section consisting of quiet musings on electric guitar over a dreamy synthesizer background. Next up is the 11 minute Waterfall. Again, there’s an ambient feel to the introduction, including some impressive wordless vocals (from a Mongolian lady, apparently!) before there’s a magical change of mood with the sudden entry of Rosanna Lefevre singing a gorgeous melody accompanied initially only by warm piano chords. The song builds up to a thrilling climax before easing to a close with piano, violin and flute. It’s an extraordinary song and worth the price of the album on its own.
Those first two songs are imbued with such a sense of peace and beauty that the next track Breathe comes as something of a shock. All beauty disappears as distant muted trumpets wail over a veiled soundscape to give a sense of utter desolation. And that was the nice part of the track! The middle section becomes distinctly menacing with eerie whispered words in the background and the track ends disturbingly with the. whispered phrase ‘You’ll feel no pain’ which seems to promise anything but that. Two short tracks, Resonance I and Resonance II act as book ends to Circles, another slightly menacing track which almost disintegrates musically in its central section, and the much more positive Shadows.
The album closer is the 18 minute epic The Rain which apparently intends to reflect the mood of being sat by the window on a dark wet Sunday contemplating life, and reflecting on those no longer with us. Heavy stuff! The song is a bit of a slow burner, moving forward tentatively and interweaving Cureton’s and Lefevre’s vocals effectively. Then at the six and a half minute mark there’s another of those spinetingling moments when ureton enters with stunningly beautiful playing on the guitar. The song builds up to a powerful instrumental climax before the tension unwinds with piano chords and short spoken life affirming messages. IO Earth have once again managed to produce a powerful and emotionally moving album that will be a strong candidate for the best progressive album of the year. Existing fans will no doubt lap it up. I can only encourage those who don’t know the band to find out what they’ve been missing.
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AP 101 Brief #18: Misunderstanding and misuse of achievement test scores in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases: Part 2--Range of expected grade equivalents
AP 101 Brief #18: Misunderstanding and misuse of achievement test scores in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases: Part 2 -- Range of expected grade equivalents
Kevin S. McGrew, PhD.
In Part 1 of this AP 101 Brief Report (AP 101 Brief #17: Misunderstanding and misuse of achievement test scores in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases: Part 1 -- Range of expected standard scores), the 95% confidence band around the expected/predicted achievement standard score for an individual with an IQ of 70 was calculated to be 36 points (+18), assuming a correlation between IQ and achievement tests of .75.[1] The point-specific expected/predicted achievement standard score (that accounted for regression-to-the-mean) was 78 (+18; 60 to 96 95% confidence band for expected/predicted scores). If the reader has not read the first installment in this series, I strongly recommend you stop reading the current brief and read the first brief. Part 1 provides considerable background information upon which this second part in the series is based. Below is the visual-graphic summary of Part 1 of this series. [Click on all images to enlarge them for better viewing]
In Part 2 of this series, the expected/achievement score of 78, as well as the expected range (@ 95% confidence) of standard scores of 60 to 90 are converted to grade equivalents (GE) for Broad Reading, Math and Written Language at ages 25, 35, and 45 years of age in the WJ III NU norm data. The following general procedure was followed by accessing the WJ III norm tables. The WJ III NU norm tables were used as they provide data-based values associated with expected standard scores (and GEs) and not values based on prediction equations not based on real data or statistical simulations.
· For each of the three WJ III achievement clusters, the specific WJ III W-score[2] associated with a standard score (based on age norms) of 78 was identified. This W-score was then entered in the WJ III NU grade norm tables to identify the specific GE associated with the W-score. This step was repeated for the lower (60) and upper (96) standard scores of the 95% confidence band scores—resulting in GE values for both standard scores for each of the three achievement clusters. This resulted in three GE values at each of the three selected age groups (GE for achievement SS = 78; GE for achievement SS = 60; GE for achievement SS = 96). These three sets of values were then plotted on graphs and lines connecting each corresponding GE/SS value connect.
The three resulting figures are presented below. The Broad Reading figure is discussed with the general interpretation being the same for Broad Math and Written Language, although the specific GE values in each figure should be substituted for those discussed with regard to Broad Reading. [Click on images to enlarge for better viewing].
The Broad Reading GE values associated with the expected/predicted SS of 78 is 5.5 (25 years of age), 4.1 (35 years of age), and 4.4 (45 years of age)—ranging from the beginning of 4th grade to the middle of 5th grade. This is the bold middle line. The Broad Reading GE values associated with the expected/predicted SS of 60 is 3.0 (25 years of age), 2.0 (35 years of age), and 2.7 (45 years of age). This is the bottom line in each figure. The Broad Reading GE values associated with the expected/predicted SS of 96 is 10.9 (25 years of age), 11.2 (35 years of age), and 11.4 (45 years of age). This is the top line in each figure.
Thus, for a person with an IQ score of 70, the expected WJ II Broad Reading achievement GE’s range between 4.1 and 5.5, depending on age. However, given the large range of standard scores associated with the 95% prediction confidence band (range of 36 points), it is not surprising that this range, when converted to GE’s, can vary from between 2.0 /3.0 to the end of 10th grade and the beginning 11th grade (10.9 to 11.4).
A quick review of the figures most likely raises many questions. For example, why is the distance between the bottom line (GE’s associated with SS=60) and the middle line (GE associated with expected/predicted score of 78) much narrower than the distance between the same middle line and the top line (GE associated with expected/predicted score of 96). Also, why are the three lines not consistently linear? The answers to these questions would require excessive detail, statistical explanations, more graphs, etc., that would likely confuse readers. The answer lies in the fact that (a) standard scores are equal interval metrics and GE’s are not, (b) standard scores are partially derived from the standard deviation (SD) of the W-scores at each age within each achievement domain, and these values are not the same across achievement domains nor across ages, and (c) W-score growth score curves show differential rates of rapid growth during the early ages/grades, then a plateau, and then a much slower rate of decline. Enough said.
Similar to the conclusion from Part 1 of this report, which dealt with expected standard scores, the expected range of GE’s for adults (ages 25 to 45) with an IQ of 70 can, for some individuals, vary tremendously. The presence of some achievement scores significantly above expectations for an IQ associated with mild MR/ID (70), possibly into the junior and senior high grade levels, are possible when the less-than-perfect correlation between IQ and achievement scores is acknowledged. One must recognize that although correlations in the .70’s are high and statistically significant, they indicate that IQ scores can only account for up to approximately ½ (50% of tested achievement scores).[3]
Too many lay persons and, unfortunately many educators and psychologists, have fallen prey to the IQ-Ach fallacy, which is the non-science based assumption or belief that individuals can only achieve at or below their measured achievement. The appropriate scientific fact is that for any IQ score there is a symmetrical range of possible expected achievement scores which, whether reported in terms of standard scores or GE’s, can be large. Achievement scores that are above predicted levels based on measured IQ scores will occur with some degree of regularity for individuals with mild MR/ID and should not be incorrectly interpreted as a knee-jerk indication that a person may not considered for diagnoses as MR/ID, assuming they meet all relevant criteria or prongs.
Finally, the all the calculations in Part 1 and 2 of this series are based on the WJ III NU norm data. The extent to which the results, especially the GE results, generalize to other achievement tests is unknown. However, I am reasonably confident that although the specific GE's that would be obtained by completing the same methods with the norm data from different achievement tests (e.g., WIAT series) might vary slightly, the overarching conclusion that "achievement scores that are above predicted levels based on measured IQ scores will occur with some degree of regularity for individuals with mild MR/ID and should not be incorrectly interpreted as a knee-jerk indication that a person may not considered for diagnoses as MR/ID, assuming they meet all relevant criteria or prongs" would generalize.
[1] If a lower level of IQ/ACH correlation is assumed then the range of expected standard scores (Part 1 report) or grade equivalents (GE) will be larger.
[2] The WJ III scales are based on Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) scaling methods that results in raw scores being converted to the equal interval W-score growth metric, which is then used to calculate all derived scores (AE, GE, SS, etc.)
[3] This percent figure represents the coefficient of determination which is calculated by squaring a correlation (e.g., r = .70 squared is .49) and then multiplying the value by 100% (thus, 49%).
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UNESCO demands explanation for situation at ancient Iranian water system
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The Gargar Bridge is one of 13 parts of the water system, which was registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009.
The Gargar Bridge collapsed as a result of heavy rainfall in early February. Afterward, the bridge was closed to car traffic and the Shushtar Municipality began construction of a temporary bridge in its place near the Mizan Weir.
Cultural heritage experts believe that the temporary bridge has violated the perimeter of the water system structure.
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Brandon Ross shares his new visual, “Prey For Love.” After opening for the likes of Future, Lil Durk, and Juicy J, he knew it was his time to shine. After being signed to a label at one point, he went indie in 2019 and has been on a steady track since then.
His lyrical content has helped him separate himself from the pack. Ross is always looking to grow as an artist and help. His family pushes him to be a better person and create daily. After turning 30 this year, Brandon knows that it is time to level up once again. He is just reaching his peak.
Brandon Ross now represents himself. He is looking to keep building and further show why he will be the next from Chicago. His music is not what you would expect from someone from his area. Brandon is excited to help other artists grow to become the best version of themselves. Check out “Prey For Love” below.
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Mark Triffitt and Travers McLeod. Hidden crisis of liberal democracy.
By P&I Guest Archive | On 26 April 2015
A “burning platform” with big, tangible impacts on our everyday lives is often the tipping point for concerted action. We call these crises.
Think of the G20’s actions in the wake of the global financial crisis or the global response to 9/11. Both events left governments and decision-makers with no choice but to act.
Then there are the hidden crises. These are usually not a single, explosive event, rather a pattern of events whose impacts are difficult to connect.
As such it takes time to bring to the surface the underlying cause and have it widely recognised as a crisis. It takes even more time to convince decision-makers to act.
Climate change is an obvious example of this knowledge-action gap.
For most of its “life” as a policy issue, climate change was perceived as an intangible – hard to define, connect and quantify. It was even harder to convince the public and policy-makers to respond.
Seminal developments over the past decade have changed all that. Scientific consensus, volatile weather patterns leading to observable security, economic and environmental impacts, as well as global awareness campaigns, have persuaded new stakeholders, including the US military and Bank of England, to move into the action camp.
Yet the evolution of climate change as an issue has exposed the least obvious crisis of the 21st century: our system of democratic governance.
It is on the tip of our tongue every time we speak of the difficulties in resolving climate change – our frustration with the lack of future-focused, coherent action. But we rarely articulate it.
So it remains largely hidden – and therefore largely off the agenda for action and change.
In what ways is liberal democracy failing?
Specifically, the failure to tackle climate change speaks to an overall failure of our liberal democratic system to:
• deliver competent, future-focused policy that can guide and give context to the pressing need for action on core challenges
• reconcile expert knowledge and community opinion to deal with the big issues of our age
• gain and sustain long-term consensus on what is often complex policy action to deal with these issues
• achieve effective action by devolving power to local communities or projecting solutions across borders through transnational collaboration.
Climate change is the sharpest manifestation of an entirely new order of policy challenges that confront and confound democracies around the world.
These include cybersecurity, corporate profit-shifting, deepening inequality, porous borders and the movements of people and money that spill through them.
Yet the crisis of liberal democracy remains intangible. This is because we prefer to blame the idiosyncrasies of leaders and bad leadership, rather than the system itself and its growing pattern of policy gridlock and dysfunction.
In the process, we overlook the fact that our delivery mechanism of democracy – liberal democracy – evolved out of a pre-21st century world. It was a world where the speed, scale and complexity of policy were of a dramatically lower order.
So in a globalised, digitally saturated world no longer bound by speed limits, our hands are tied by political and policy machinery, like parliaments, designed to synchronise with the 20th century’s comparatively languid rhythms of decision-making.
In a world of hyper-diversity, this “machine” is engineered to churn out responses to complex challenges within one-size-fits-all templates and packaged slogans.
Moreover, it is largely monopolised by political parties and career politicians. They seek to choreograph the 21st-century policy world with an unimaginative two-step of 20th-century ideologies and allegiances.
Creative coalitions and values that reflect today’s world are, as a result, largely absent.
All this should tell us why the consensus-creating and policy-making institutions liberal democracy relies upon for action and legitimacy risk becoming a case study of failure.
It is also why those who inhabit what is, in effect, an old-fashioned democracy “factory” retreat into the adversarial, the short-term and the sloganistic. These are the blinkers that allow them to shut their eyes to disruption and insist there is no underlying crisis.
What can be done to overcome this crisis?
Successfully tackling climate change and other big policy challenges depends on making tangible the intangible crisis of liberal democracy.
It means understanding that liberal democracy’s governance machinery – and the static, siloed policy responses generated by such democracies – is no longer fit for purpose.
It means coming up with disruptive solutions – like coalitions of countries, cities and companies to tackle climate change – that re-align this machinery with the new order of scale, complexity and speed that defines our 21st-century world.
Long-term solutions to fix the crisis in democratic governance in Australia might include:
• More deliberative systems that directly engage citizens and deepen debate. Such systems would work to capture and grow long-term vision, values and objectives – rather than static perceptions of incremental policy decisions made for tactical reasons.
• Expert and citizen panels that are genuinely intergenerational and cross-sectoral. Their composition should favour younger generations and ensure the baby boomer generation cedes some control over what it leaves to the next.
• Granting more decision-making power to institutions independent of the government of the day, but still accountable to parliaments (such as the Parliamentary Budget Office or Infrastructure Australia). This would increase the capacity of policy planning and decision processes to have staying power beyond individual political cycles.
• Enabling the appointment of some ministers from outside the parliament. This would allow experienced hands – experts at the top of their game – to lead a portfolio while remaining accountable to the parliament.
• Synchronising state and federal electoral terms (to be a minimum of four years), with state and federal elections to take place at two-year intervals. This would allow the meshing of short, medium and long-term planning, complete with clear milestones.
Some of these ideas might work. Some might not. But persisting with a system that seems increasingly incapable of managing the most pressing issues of our age is not an option.
Climate change is symptomatic of, and accelerates, the crisis across our liberal democratic systems. We cannot fix one problem without resolving the other.
Mark Triffitt is Lecturer, Public Policy at University of Melbourne.
Travers McLeod is Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at University of Melbourne.
This article was first published in The Conversation on 22 April 2015.
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Not only governments exert foreign influence. What about Rupert Murdoch?
By Ian Cunliffe | On 1 December 2020
A Royal Commission under the best leadership could shine an enormously powerful spotlight on the fact that NewsCorp grossly breaches our foreign interference laws on a daily basis.
According to Michael West Media, NewsCorp in Australia has paid no tax over the five years of available ATO data despite racking up almost $14 billion in total income. At 89, Rupert Murdoch seems intent on disproving the old adage about the only two certainties in life being death and taxes.
The foreign interference laws are aimed to prevent foreign persons – which certainly includes Murdoch’s family and his companies – from influencing a political or governmental process or influencing the exercise of an Australian democratic or political right or duty. His Australian newspapers seem to be maintained for the primary purpose of influencing Australian politics and Australian governments.
Our two most recent former Prime Ministers from the Liberal Party (Malcolm Turnbull) and the Labor Party (Kevin Rudd) last month gave testament on the ABC’s 7.30 to the major force that Newscorp is in Australian political life. The 7.30 item was in the context of Rudd’s petition, signed by Turnbull, calling for a Royal Commission into media diversity.
As Turnbull argued, news media are a critical part of our democracy. He accused Murdoch of effectively working for hand in glove with Tony Abbott as Prime Minister:
“Tony Abbott operated in almost in a partnership with News Corporation. They had their reporters, their editors had access to Cabinet decisions before they were taken, in fact, reported Cabinet decisions as having been taken when in fact it turned out, they hadn’t been. So there was extraordinary access. Morrison, I think has is determined not to suffer the same fate I did from the right of the Liberal Party and the Murdoch press, so Morrison is cleaving very closely to the Murdoch press and they are backing him up.”
Turnbull told 7.30 that Murdoch wanted to install Peter Dutton to replace Turnbull as Prime Minister. Turnbull was toppled, but Scott Morrison got the gig.
Rudd told 7.30: “In the 19 most recent federal and state elections since 2010, Murdoch has campaigned viciously for the Liberal and National Party and viciously against the Australian Labor Party. It has now become a totally one-eyed, one-side operation, and on top of that, acts as a protection racket for the Liberal National Party in power.”
Former News Corporation CEO and ABC executive, Kim Williams told 7.30 that he doesn’t believe another media inquiry would achieve anything.
I signed the Rudd petition. But I consider that by far the most useful outcome of a Royal Commission would be to shine a spotlight on the enormous extent to which Murdoch and NewsCorp are guilty of breaching Australia’s foreign interference laws by influencing political and governmental processes and our democracy.
Australia’s foreign interference laws are bad laws in many ways. One of the worst aspects is that they are blatantly political – prosecutions can only be brought on the say-so of Christian Porter, the Federal Attorney-General. He has shown himself to be unworthy of that high office and of carrying Ministerial responsibility for integrity in the Federal Government. So he will authorise prosecutions against respected members of the Chinese community. But do you think for a moment that he will let the Government’s most important electoral asset – the Murdoch media – be annoyed over a trivial thing like massive breaches of the foreign interference laws? Not a chance! These are the times in which we live. Times we have not experienced before.
A Royal Commission under the best leadership could shine an enormously powerful spotlight on the fact that NewsCorp grossly breaches our foreign interference laws on a daily basis. It and the American family which controls it are the greatest practitioners of foreign interference in Australia – by means of the enormous media power that they influence and the political power that gets them.
The Emperor is totally naked. More than new laws on media diversity, we need our existing laws on foreign interference to be used as they should be – to prevent one American family insidiously exerting enormous power over how Australia is run.
Ian Cunliffe
Lawyer, formerly senior federal public servant (CEO Constitutional Commission, CEO Law Reform Commission, Department of PM&C, Protective Security Review and first Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security; High Court Associate (1971) ; partner of major law firms. Awarded Premier's Award (2018) and Law Institute of Victoria's President's Award for pro bono work (2005).
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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society October 3, 2009 October 3, 2009
iJail: Mr. Goodrich Goes to Jail After Threatening to Shoot His IPhone
It appears that there is an app for quick incarceration. Donald Goodrich, 38, was arrested after making threats against the operating life of his iPhone in an Apple store in Cincinnati.
Goodrich is unlikely to be offered a position as an “Apple Genius.” He told an employee in the store that he was “so mad, I could pop a 9mm at it.” When the employee assured him that that was not necessary (and presumably not an effective way of resolving iPhone problems), Goodrich showed him a gun and said “I’ll do it right now. Look!”
What is interesting is that Goodrich had a concealed weapon permit. So he has been charged with aggravated menacing. It is not, however, menacing the IPhone, which would seem the most obvious victim here. (It was seen vibrating in fear). Rather, it was for causing fear in the employee. He is also accused of failing to tell a deputy that he had a gun, which is also curious since the deputy was responding to the call over his gun.
Goodrich would presumably be allowed to argue that this employee failed to get a joke and that just showing a gun tucked under a shirt cannot be criminal menacing. Either way, I assume the iPhone has been taken to an undisclosed location.
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Texan not “Texas.”
What kind of jerk shows a concealed weapon to a store employee (usually a young adult)? Better yet, what kind of jerk feels the need to carry a concealed weapon. I guess I’m a bad Texas for not understanding the freakish desire to bear arms.
Erykah-
Thank you for your valuable contribution to the gun debate.
erykah says:
I meant “god damned” guns.
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Congress, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society October 5, 2020 October 5, 2020
McCabe: I Will Not Testify Out of Fear For My Health … Even Remotely
Former FBI Deputy Director (and CNN contributor) Andrew McCabe has long said that he was willing to answer questions under oath about his controversial actions in the Russian investigation. He was scheduled to do so on Tuesday, but he now has refused — citing the infection of three senators with Covid-19. However, McCabe also refuses to testify remotely as did both former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. He simply says that “fairness” dictates that he not testify at all. The basis for his refusal to appear remotely is utterly and almost comically absurd.
It is hard to see the letter as anything other than a mocking refusal not to go under oath. McCabe knows that the Democrats may retake the Senate and the White House. At that point, Democratic senators are expected to shutdown all continuing investigations related to McCabe and misconduct in the Russian investigation. The problem is that recent disclosures have magnified concerns of serious conduct in the Russian investigation and, in the last few months, Comey, Yates, and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said that they would not have signed off on the Page application if they knew then what they know today. Rosenstein called for further investigation into FBI misconduct, including matters that would relate to McCabe. Rosenstein expressly slammed McCabe in his testimony.
McCabe’s lawyer, Michael R. Bromwich McCabe is “willing, able, and eager to testify in person” about the FBI’s Russia investigation “when it is safe to do so.” However, his letter speaks more of evasion than eagerness. He insists that he is “not willing to put his family’s health at risk to do so.” He can of course do so with zero risk, as did his former bosses: remotely.
He recognizes the obvious logical disconnect and merely adds that for “reasons of fairness” McCabe would be unwilling to testify remotely. The Hill reported that Bromwich objected that “[a] fair and appropriate hearing of this kind — which is complex and contentious — simply cannot be conducted other than in person.”
That is facially ridiculous, of course. I have testified over 50 times in Congress over three decades. There is virtually no difference in the testimony because there is virtually no interaction between a witness and the members other than the questions once the hearing starts. Moreover, such interactions can still occur by text with counsel off screen who can pass notes to McCabe, just like a hearing. Indeed, remote hearings are better for witnesses because they can have an entire team giving you messages off-screen in a way that is not possible in a live hearing.
McCabe (who was a controversial addition to the CNN team) has been going on television to deny allegations and attack these hearings, including bizarre interviews spinning his own conduct. He will continue to do so but will refuse to give such answers under oath as he runs out the time for a possible Democratic takeover of the Senate.
McCabe’s position only magnifies concern over his veracity and transparency, two qualities that should be required for a CNN analyst. He has repeatedly used his CNN contract to spin stories that directly impact his legal and professional interests. He is now advancing a position that is absurd on its face but has received little press interest or criticism. He will continue to answer questions remotely at CNN of course — a hermetically sealed safe space for Andrew McCabe.
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McCabe should exercise extream caution with his mental health.
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Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi – The Indomitable Lion
This week my favorite chess photographer David Llada (http://www.davidllada.com/) had a fantastic photo of an old hero of mine – The Indomitable Lion Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi.
Viktor Korchnoi – my hero. Photo by David Llada
Many chess players of course know Viktor Korchnoi but I think it is only those born in 1960s and before will appreciate why I call him an Indomitable Lion.
Lion from Nairobi Orphanage
Those who want to read about him should check out – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Korchnoi In fact even better is to go and read his book “Chess is my Life” by Batsford.
I remember his 1978 match in Manila, Philippines against Karpov very clearly. In those days our local newspapers hardly reported on chess and we had to wait for the weekly article by Rashid Mughal to appear in the Friday Daily Nation. I have shown a sample of such an article.
Many of you will ask why Manila of all places in the world. Well in those days we had another mighty and powerful chess figure – the late Florencio Campomanes who was from Philippines and was President of FIDE from 1982 to 1995. He was a close friend of the late President Ferdinand Marcos of Philippines which explains why the event was held in Manila.
See http://en.chessbase.com/post/florencio-campomanes-dies-at-eighty-three
I was a bit lucky as we had a friend who used to receive the foreign newspaper “The Times” and that is where I would try to see what was happening. It was difficult and tough. I remember one time I had to write out the game in one of my books. I wrote it in my Fischer v Spassky book which was the second chess book that I owned.
1978 was the height of the Cold War and for me the USSR (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic) was the Evil Empire and I really wanted Victor Korchnoi to win the World Championship Match. Anatoly Karpov of course was the poster boy for the might Soviet Union at the time. For the USSR he had to defeat Victor Korchnoi who had defected in 1976 and tarnished the name of Mother Russia.
The USSR refused to give permission to his wife and son to leave for the West and poor Viktor had to play Karpov with all this on his mind. Talk about chess being played off the board.
You will recall that we faced a barrage of propaganda from our local newspapers about the evils of the USSR and communists in general. Our other source of information was only Newsweek and TIME magazine and hence we only saw one side of the story. In the 1970’s Kenya was firmly in the side of the USA/UK and the communist spheres of influence were clearly defined on the African continent.
The question that I have in my mind is – Would Korchnoi have triumphed over Karpov without all the drama on the side of yogurt, Dr Zukhar, Yogi Masters etc. I recall feeling absolutely crushed when Korchnoi was defeated by a narrow margin of 6-5 with 21 draws. Why did it have to be this way?
I have a copy of Viktor Korchnoi’s book “Chess is my life” where he has a detailed autobiography and which covers the period to 1976 and unfortunately not the 1978 match. It is a gripping story and has a number of his games.
Cover of his autobiography
They had a return match in Merano, Italy 1981 where Karpov crushed Korchnoi 11-7 in what they call “Massacre in Merano”. I could not care any more. My Hero was unfairly crushed in 1978 when he had the best chance even though the odds were heavily stacked in Karpov’s favour due to off the board tactics.
I must however admit that Anatoly Karpov eventually earned my respect in full when I started to go through some of his games. He is absolutely brilliant and his games are so much fun to go through. I have two of his books but this will be the story for another time.
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Officials: $587 million paid in unemployment benefits to Oklahomans
by: KFOR-TV and K. Querry
Posted: May 15, 2020 / 08:40 AM CDT / Updated: May 15, 2020 / 08:40 AM CDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – As businesses across the state reopen to the public, many employees are now heading back to work.
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the number of jobless claims filed last week were about one-third of the record number of claims filed the previous week.
For the week ending on May 9, unadjusted initial claims totaled 32,794, which is down from the previous adjusted week’s total of 93,885.
“It’s too early to consider this week’s numbers a trend,” said Secretary for Digital Transformation David Ostrowe. “We’re hopeful the incredible numbers of job loss and business closures will begin reversing course now that Oklahoma is moving into Phase II of Governor Stitt’s reopening of the state. Our neighbors are ready to get back to work and jumpstart our economy.”
So far, officials say almost $587 million in total benefits have been paid to claimants during the COVID-19 crisis with more than 410,000 people filing for unemployment relief.
“The agency continues to resolve issues regarding claims with pending eligibility concerns,” Ostrowe said. “While a myriad of issues can cause a stop to occur on a claim, OESC is working as fast as humanly possible to identify and resolve each and every one.”
Officials say Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Assistance is expected to roll out by the end of this week. It should provide an additional 13 weeks of benefits to people who exhausted regular unemployment insurance benefits.
So far, authorities have been able to identify more than 11,000 false unemployment claims.
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Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) proposes an immediate US retreat from Iraq. Fighting back in the Terror War is not optional, but that doesn't stop Kucinich. He'll grant a victory to terrorists as long as it helps take down president Bush.
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From "Plain Sailing" to "Where the Hell Are We?" to "Up the Creek (tags)
Barely into its second week Operation Easy Sailing is in big trouble. One simple way of measuring just how big is by adding up all the time you hear the phrases “all according to Plan”, and the “Our strategy is sound”.
'You No-Good, Unemployed, Communist Faggot' (tags)
It was Gulf War I, and I was marching up the old Post Rd. in Connecticut for Peace. I carried a sign reporting on the number of our soldiers that had been killed thus far, when a sleek, silver BMW pulled up alongside me. The profusely sweating, purple faced man, his bejeweled ringed, sausage fingers, tightly gripping the hand tooled leather steering wheel, spit in my face screaming, "You no-good, unemployed, Communist faggot!"
SPINNING FOR WAR - ALERT (tags)
As the case for war collapses from the weight of lies we have entered a dangerous period where the criminals in the White House are likely, in desperation, to do anything to get their war.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Wants Arab Citizens Beheaded (tags)
Artists, Actors and the creative Community for Israel (tags)
Via the Creative Community for Peace Hundreds of Hollywood A listers have joined together in support of Israel
Whitewashing Crime in Israel (tags)
Lieberman's Trial Begins (tags)
Avigdor Lieberman Faces New Charges (tags)
Netanyahu/Lieberman Coalition (tags)
Israel's Lieberman Resigns (tags)
Israel's Dr. Strangelove (tags)
Israel's New Loyalty Oath (tags)
Israel on a fast track to despotism
Avigdor Lieberman: A Profile in Ultranationalist Extremism (tags)
a rogue Israeli politician
Israel/Palestine: More on the Sham Peace Talks (tags)
economic decline
U.S. Senator Lieberman: Impose sanctions on Iran or attack it (tags)
U.S. Senator Lieberman: Impose sanctions on Iran or attack it
Lieberman, Israeli foreign minister, announces Israeli policy on peace. (tags)
No peace but Palestinians must stop resisting occupation, give up using force and do as they are told. Which part of this does Obama not understand?
Fascist Rule in Israel (tags)
Israel lurches to the right.
Israel will now have, under Lieberman, an openly fascist and racist state. (tags)
In these elections, Israel has completed the transformation into an apartheid state with an apartheid racist political system.
Evette dumps Livni (tags)
All her baby killing in Gaza was for nothing
Israel's new kingmaker (tags)
Is being investigated for fraud and money laundering.
Oh, No! Not Joe Biden! (tags)
Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) was a lousy pick to be Barack Obama’s VP running mate. Delaware only has three electoral votes. Plus, Biden doesn’t represent either the “politics of hope” and/or of change. His record in the U.S. Senate reveals someone who has gone along with the Iraq War, while doing little or nothing to protect the Constitutional Rights of the people from the excesses of the Bush-Cheney Gang. I suspect the Democratic Party has a death wish!
Lieberman putting the Yarmulke on McCain at the following URL: (tags)
Lieberman putting the Yarmulke on McCain at the following URL:
Sen. Lieberman Says Waterboarding Won’t Really Hurt You! (tags)
One of the prime enablers of the Bush-Cheney Gang has been Sen. “Turncoat Joe” Lieberman (IND-CT). This guy loves the Iraq War and is foaming at the mouth pushing for the U.S. to attack Iran. Now, he’s come out for waterboarding! Sen. Lieberman insists it isn’t torture. How would he like it if Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy, is waterboarded? Torture is inhumane. Would Sen. Lieberman like to have a torture school named after himself?
A McCain-Lieberman Ticket in 2008? (tags)
Will the presidential election of 2008 reprise, to some extent, the 2000 event? Don’t be surprised if Sen. “Turncoat Joe” Lieberman (IND-CT) ends up as the V.P. choice of Sen. John McCain on the GOP ticket. At every photo op during this election year, Lieberman’s mug has showed up next to McCain’s. Lieberman helped to drag Al Gore down to defeat in 2000. Will he do the same for McCain or will another Israeli Firster get the nod? Stay tuned.
ICE Drugging Deportees - Fascism Is Here Now (tags)
ICE Drugs deportees. In one case, a Christian pastor, who was trying to communicate to the pilot that the Federal agents flanking him were in violation of a court order putting a stay on his deportation. In another case, the Feds did not even keep a record of what drug they used...
Pelosi, Hillary, and Lieberman: funded by Lockheed (tags)
Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Lieberman each received $10,000 in campaign contributions from neocon-linked weapons maker Lockheed-Martin's PAC during the 2006 election cycle. Could this be one reason Pelosi and Hillary refuse to stand firmly for peace while Lieberman blatantly calls for even wider war?
Avigdor Lieberman and the substance of Israeli politics (tags)
The Institute for Middle East Understanding (http://www.imeu.net) is submitting this on behalf of the author.
ANTI-WAR PRO-PEACE CANDIDATES (tags)
SELECT the Web Address URL for the list of some of the many candidates running this fall who are opposed to the US wars.
Lieberman’s Electoral Fate Tests Power of Wirepullers (tags)
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, the ultra Iraqi War Hawk, is up for reelection in Connecticut on Nov. 7th. He lost the Democratic primary, but has re-created himself as an Independent. Ned Lamont is his opponent. If Lieberman can be defeated, it will be a blow to the Wirepullers and also an opportunity for antiwar forces to reshape the new Congress, which may lead to impeachment proceedings, in 2007, against both George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
Lieberman out of the shadows: Israel's Minister of Strategic Threats (tags)
Lieberman wants a president who has the authority to make major legislative changes, even constitutional ones, without having to make the backroom compromises to keep together the coalition governments that characterise Israel's current political system. The president Lieberman has in mind would be more on the lines of an autocratic ruler. Olmert is apparently sympathetic to Lieberman's plans to change the political system. It is not difficult to understand why.
World silent as fascists join Israel government (tags)
It is time for action
With Lieberman's Loss, the Lobby Takes a Second Hit (tags)
When Joe Lieberman lost the Democratic primary in Connecticut, a prime loser was the Lobby. Like the Israeli army in Lebanon, the Israel Lobby in Connecticut was exposed as a paper tiger. Joe Lieberman is AIPAC's boy; when he speaks at the yearly AIPAC convention in Washington, he elicits wild cheers, standing ovations, shouts of "Go, Joe, Go." Only the considerably less sanctimonious Dick Cheney does as well with that crowd. If the Lobby is on your side, you are supposed to win elections, and if it is not, down you go. But that did not happen in Connecticut despite the full exertion of the Lobby. In the final days of the campaign 1.5 million dollars poured into Lieberman's coffers, and virtually the entire Dem establishment was ordered into the fray on his side. Lieberman's opponent, Ned Lamont, had his name dragged through every mud puddle in Connecticut and of course was accused of being an anti-Semite. But that was all to no avail; Lamont won and Lieberman lost. A lot of politicians must now wonder whether the Lobby can deliver victories reliably any longer.
BTL:Lamont Primary Victory Over Connecticut's US Sen Lieberman Shockwaves... (tags)
...through American Party Politics ~ Interview with Jacob Hacker, Yale University professor of political science, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
After defeating pro-war incumbent Lieberman, Lamont reassures Wall Street (tags)
The victory of multi-millionaire cable executive Ned Lamont in the Connecticut Democratic primary August 8 has produced paroxysms of uncritical celebration in liberal publications like the Nation and from groups like MoveOn.org, which campaigned heavily for Lamont and against incumbent senator Joseph Lieberman.
LIEBERMAN LOSS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY ''HOMELAND SECURITY ALERT'' (tags)
Other politicians are starting to see the advisability of giving up on Bush and his Crusader Rabbit genocide against Islam. So immediately a massive 9/11-style plot to blow up 20 airplanes using unspecified "liquid explosives" is conveniently and suddenly "discovered", just in time to terrify the American sheeple and thus put those wavering politicians back in line.
Lieberman’s defeat and the state of American politics (tags)
The response of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman and the Democratic Party leadership to Lieberman’s defeat in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election says a great deal about the politics of the Democratic Party and the state of American politics as a whole.
Neocons’ Middle East Scheme Is Backfiring (tags)
Back in 1996, a clique of Neocons, led by Richard Perle, concocted a scheme for Israel to “destabilize” the Middle East. The Palestinians were to be crushed and Iraq and Lebanon balkanized. The U.S. and UK were conned into doing the Neocons’ dirty work in Iraq. Now, Hezbollah fighters have tossed a huge wrench into the not-so-clever plot. Instead of Israel becoming “safer,” the Neocons have put its citizens at risk and its army in danger of defeat.
Democratic Party leaders rally behind pro-war Senator Lieberman (tags)
Three-term US Senator Joseph Lieberman, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 2000 and a candidate for the party’s presidential nomination in 2004, is trailing in his bid for renomination in the August 8 Democratic primary in Connecticut. A poll published July 20 showed a four-point lead for Lieberman’s challenger, multi-millionaire businessman Ned Lamont, whose campaign is fueled mainly by anger over the war in Iraq.
What links Lieberman, McCain, Gingrich, Perle, Kristol, and Hoffa? (tags)
Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain aren't merely "hawksih"; as "Honorary Co-Chairmen" of a pre-Iraq-war spin machine called The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, they were leading cheerleaders for a war that now threatens to mushroom out of all control--unless we remove the Liebermans, McCains, and their fellow war cheerleaders from our U.S. Congress.
HUNTER THOMPSON-DR. GONZO-HELP!! (tags)
CAMPAIGN 2006 IS BEYOND FEAR AND LOATHING.
Impeachment Comes to Main Street USA (tags)
The boos from the crowd in Willimantic, CT were reserved for Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman, who may find himself a man without a party come August 8 for his ardent support for President Bush and the War in Iraq.
Pro-Israel Donors Rally For Joe, as Left Takes Aim (tags)
What is insidious about the two pro-Israel PACs mentioned. They don't reveal what they stand for in their names and both PACs are from outside of Connecticut. It is the policy of pro-Israel PACs across the country to only contribute money to politicians outside of their respective states based solely on a candidate's position on Israel. In other words, these Israel-Firsters, for they are nothing less than that, have made a policy decision that the welfare of Israel should have a higher priority than the desires of the voters in the states where they funnel their contributions. No dual-loyalty problem for these guys.
2500 Wasted Lives or "Just a Number"? (tags)
The Democratic voters of Connecticut have the right idea: If Democrats won’t oppose the war or won’t stand on principle, throw the bastards out.
BTL:Ned Lamont Forces Aug. 8 Primary Against Conn.'s Sen. Joseph Lieberman (tags)
Interview with Ned Lamont, candidate challenging U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
The media's double standard on Iraq prison abuse (tags)
The Secret Society That Ties Bush and Kerry (tags)
Slavery is freedom...so get back to work and never mind what were up to!!
Kerry & His Anti ACLU/Freedom voting record... (tags)
What Skull & Bones Kerry Don't Want You to Know about his Anti ACLU/Freedom voting record...
Corp. Media Bias,Polls,Waffling,VoteBuying SPARKS New Dynamic of Self-Publishing (tags)
The candidates believing the assessment by the weapons-manufacturer-owned-media and their ridiculous polls, because they get coverage fall into trap of having to accept and be defined by it. Later finding out their dependence on orchestrated reality control and conventional wisdom, causes the rug to be pulled out from under them> as events, time and the fluidity of the new info-sharing environment made possible by real peoples participation with self-publishing, pushes the envelope to more accurate and genuine picture, actual portrayal of the environment, Here on the ground in 2004.The truth, morality and validity of the progressive message is that powerful. NPR DEBATE OBSERVATIONS
kerry/lieberman didn't bother to vote on medicare (tags)
kerry and lieberman give seniors the kiss off
Democracy Or ‘The Lieberman Effect,’ The Choice Is Ours (tags)
All is not right in the valley. That’s right, all is not right in the valley of democracy. (In theory, that is.) That would be the assertion Democratic nomination presidential candidate Senator Joe Lieberman is ‘unintentionally’ conveying as he tries to distinguish his message from the growing ‘anti-occupation’ sentiment which grows amongst the Democratic primary faithful as mid-west Republican angst rises with President Bush’s domestic farm policies.
White House Accused of Stalling 9-11 Probe (tags)
Members of both parties are beginning to notice that the White House has a strange reluctance to let information be known.
Is Dean the Blackest White Candidate We Can Find? (tags)
It's a given that black candidates are unelectable. So who's the most black-friendly white candidate the Democrats have to offer?
THE PERFUMED PRINCE AND OTHER POLITICAL TALES (tags)
THE "GORIES" OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY...
Kookcinich gets a big fat zero from South Carolina Democrats (tags)
Looks like Dennis "Seabiscuit" Kookcinich is having some problems getting out of the starting gate.
Lieberman's Top Fundraisers Leaving (tags)
Lieberman's Top Fundraisers Leaving More May Follow in Campaign Shake-Up
Kucinich Audio Video Library (tags)
I've been gathering Kucinich Info including 19 media links to speeches and interviews.
bombing iraq to protect isreal (tags)
it is interesting to speculate how things would be if gore had won the presidency and liebermann become vice president
The Lieberman Record: Worse than Gore's (tags)
Joe Lieberman? You've got to be kidding me! This is identity politics at its worst. So Lieberman is the first Jew to be nominated for Vice President. That's not chopped liver, but it's not everything, either. And what about the separation of church and state?
JEWISH ACTIVISTS AREN'T TOO STOKED ON LIEBERMAN (tags)
The mainstream media wants you to believe that Jewish Americans are beside themselves with pride because one of their own was nominated for vice president. But Jewish activists in L.A. - some of them orthodox themselves - say that since Lieberman is no friend of the working and poor, he's no friend of their's.
Gore Concedes Progressive Vote to Ralph Nader (tags)
Al Gore announces centrist vice-presidential running mate Joseph Lieberman, and concedes the progressive vote to Green Party candidate Ralph Nader.
$913,000 In PAC Money Funds Lieberman (tags)
Special Interest PACS Fund Dem VP-Designate Lieberman
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Lacunae Musing
By Robert Hagelstein
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The Revoltingly Horrid Year Continues….
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"Existential Illegitimacy"
We recently returned from a week cruise in the Caribbean, something I'll write about once I have some photos assembled, but on our way home from the cruise terminal parking lot, between Ft. Lauderdale and our home, a message was flashing on I95 about a traffic alert. I checked Google Maps, and there didn't seem to be any delays but a few minutes later, on an overpass, there was a terribly disorganized "protest" with few protesters in attendance (I guess the authorities thought this would tie up traffic), holding signs for the motorists passing underneath, reading "Obama is a Muslim"). How sad, I thought, wasn't this yesterday's "news" or are these zombies conditioned by the Tea Party media, condemned to be the walking dead for their propaganda?
But it is something deeper, sadder than that, and especially on this Martin Luther King Day it is propitious to be reminded of the racially charged roots of such "protests" (and the "existential illegitimacy" of Obama's presidency). In this regard, Sunday's New York Times carried an especially insightful article by Greg Grandin, a professor of history at New York University, Obama, Melville and the Tea Party. Melville, you ask? Ironically, one of the books on my "reread" pile is Benito Cereno, a short novella that I had mostly forgotten (as I had read it in college ages ago) and Grandin makes the association between Melville's classic and Obama's ongoing problem as a black in a Christian white man's world: "Benito Cereno" is based on a true historical incident, which I started researching around the time Mr. Obama announced his first bid for the presidency. Since then, I’ve been struck by the persistence of fears, which began even before his election, that Mr. Obama isn’t what he seems: that instead of being a faithful public servant he is carrying out a leftist plot hatched decades ago to destroy America; or if not that, then he is a secret Muslim intent on supplanting the Constitution with Islamic law; or a Kenyan-born anti-colonialist out to avenge his native Africa.
No other American president has had to face, before even taking office, an opposition convinced of not just his political but his existential illegitimacy. In order to succeed as a politician, Mr. Obama had to cultivate what many have described as an almost preternatural dominion over his inner self. He had to become a “blank screen,” as Mr. Obama himself has put it, on which others could project their ideals..... Yet this intense self-control seems to be what drives the president’s more feverish detractors into a frenzy; they fill that screen with hatreds drawn deep from America’s historical subconscious.
Indeed. One of my blog articles, written in May 2008 as the presidential elections were gearing up, was an "Open Letter" to the then Senator Obama, in which I said Today is not too far removed from then. [The "then" I was referring to was the 1970s] Our economic difficulties of mounting national debt and a declining dollar, a decaying infrastructure, and the lack of better healthcare for our sick and better education for our young can be traced to a needless war, and to being hostage, once again, to oil producing nations. Racial and religious divisiveness still erodes the fabric of our society. The view of America abroad has undermined our ability to effectively deal with terrorism and to address global environmental issues. Politics again slithers along a slippery Machiavellian slope.
Since then, I've had my problems with Obama's presidential style, his academic standoffishness (perhaps Governor Christie could have given him a few pointers in good old fashioned strong-arm politics). But, looking back, even with the brinksmanship of Tea Party politics he's had to contend with, there has been progress. The economy is one, unemployment still too high, but slowly declining. And soon after Obama was elected, the Dow dropped a few hundred points and the conservative press was immediately crying, SEE! For months, it was all Obama's fault (although he had nothing to do with it) and now, years later, with everyone's 401Ks flush with gains from a rising market, and real estate making a recovery, not a peep about his being responsible (which I would only attribute indirectly anyhow). And even now that Osama bin Laden has been killed and al Qaeda in disarray (although, admittedly, not entirely eliminated -- almost an impossibility due to its decentralized organizational structure), little credit is given to Obama, but only just imagine that if bin Laden was still at large, you'd never hear the end of it from the Tea Party. And Obama supporting the efforts of NSA surveillance to minimize terrorist threats -- how many conservatives would have jumped on board that train until they discovered Obama was at the wheel? Meanwhile, hydraulic fracturing has made us more energy independent, something Obama has supported in spite of certain aspects being under assault from environmental organizations.
Obama's signature piece of legislation has been the Affordable Care Act, and the conservative press was delighted at the very poorly planned launch via the government web site. But as a cynic about many aspects of government, I can only attribute that to the "a camel is a horse designed by a committee" syndrome, not to mention the inherent complexity of the entire program. But it is a start. For a wonderful tongue-in-cheek "news report" on the program, read The Onion's Nation Recalls Simpler Time When Health Care System Was Broken Beyond Repair
Are things perfect, or as far along as we would like? No. In the absence of sound fiscal policy from a dysfunctional Congress, the Federal Reserve has had to use monetary policy to stabilize the economy -- even to bring us from the brink of a depression (although deflationary clouds still gather). We've substituted soaring public debt for private debt and a banking system gone wild (remember the days of unregulated CMOs?). And another Sword of Damocles hanging over the nation is its inability to balance the legitimate spirit of the Second Amendment -- the right to bear arms -- and the demands of the NRA. (I say "legitimate spirit" as the weaponry when the Second Amendment was drafted was nothing like today's.)
There have been twenty mass shootings since Obama became president and he is helpless to do anything about it without the complete cooperation of Congress. After the shooting in Newton, Connecticut, only a few miles from where we lived for twenty plus years, there was a ground swell (verbal only) in Congress to do something to control the sale of certain automatic weapons, but by the time the NRA got finished with their lobbying campaign, that effort was AK47ed to death. Explain that failure to the parents of the children slaughtered.
So if Obama's presidency is finally judged as mediocre at best, read Benito Cereno to understand the historic etiology of his predicament. As Grandin says, it represents a new kind of racism, based not on theological or philosophical doctrine but rather on the emotional need to measure one’s absolute freedom in inverse relation to another's absolute slavishness. This was a racism that was born in chattel slavery but didn’t die with chattel slavery, instead evolving into today’s cult of individual supremacy, which, try as it might, can’t seem to shake off its white supremacist roots.
Posted by Bob at 8:48 AM
Labels: Affordable Care Act, Economics, Greg Grandin, gun control, Herman Melville, Obama, Osama bin Laden, Tea Party, Terrorism
Talk about a scary Halloween. We're fearing little goblins with Ted Cruz masks, demanding all the Candy or else, the "trick" being they will stay at our doorstep forever, blocking our exit until we relent. Other non-Cruz goblins better watch out too, once the Cruz clan congregates.
Until now, I've been silent on the subject of Ted Cruz. He burst on the political scene as did Sarah Palin, but Palin was clearly a hopeless lightweight who was "hired" to play a role. She is a reality TV star, and that's about it. But Cruz is very different, and I've been trying to make some sense of him, his views, and where he might be going.
He is perhaps the most disturbing politician I've witnessed firsthand (only vaguely remembering Joseph McCarthy from my childhood). I thought Barry Goldwater was dangerous, but unlike Ted Cruz I don't remember him threatening to hold the US Government hostage. Cruz's intransigent political views, with no compromise possible, is menacing enough. He is clearly an exceedingly ambitious politician who has all the requisite American-as-apple-pie views and the mannerisms of a preacher, attributes that appeal to his Tea Party / Christian Right followers. (His recent hunting outing was amusing, perhaps not as well staged as Sarah-got-her-gun trained from a helicopter for moose in Alaska; he was in Iowa, the first stop for the Primary. And he looks oh so manly with a gun. Check out the pix here.) Furthermore, Cruz is well educated and one can only assume that his behavior is being carefully choreographed to achieve the objective of running for the Presidency of the United States.
His call to shut down the government and have the US default on its debts is a form of economic terrorism, i.e. the "threatened use of force [in this case, legislative force]...by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons." (The Free Dictionary) Or at least the rubric of demagogue might apply -- "a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, fears, prejudices, and ignorance of the less-educated citizens in order to gain power and promote political motives. Demagogues usually oppose deliberation and advocate immediate, violent action to address a national crisis; they accuse moderate and thoughtful opponents of weakness." (Wikipedia)
I can't help but think of Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here, depicting the rise of a Senator "Buzz Windrip" to the Presidency, a campaign built on the back of patriotism and traditional "American values" promising economic reform, and after election appoints his own personal army ("The Minutemen" -- perhaps the NRA would apply for the job?), curtails minority rights, institutes kangaroo courts to do his dictatorial biding, while also limiting the power of the United States Congress.
No, I don't believe that is what would happen if the unthinkable occurs, Ted Cruz being elected President, but he has mainly used his Senatorial seat as a bully pulpit for his Tea Party views, so his political ambition seems to know no bounds. And I also can't help but think of this very loose paraphrase of a quote (sometimes attributed to Sinclair Lewis, but no one is sure) -- if some form of dictatorship ever comes to America, it will be with a cross wrapped in an American flag. (Whatever happened to the concept of the separation of Church and State?)
One would hope that moderates in the Republican Party can put down this radical, take-all-or-else faction. John G. Taft, who rightly calls himself "a genetic Republican" made the brilliant case for reigning in the likes of Ted Cruz in his Op-Ed column in the October 22 NYT. He expresses my concerns exactly.
Here are some bullet point quotes from the article....
* If he [Senator Robert Alphonso Taft, his grandfather] were alive today, I can assure you he wouldn’t even recognize the modern Republican Party, which has repeatedly brought the United States of America to the edge of a fiscal cliff — seemingly with every intention of pushing us off the edge.
* Throughout my family’s more than 170-year legacy of public service, Republicans have represented the voice of fiscal conservatism. Republicans have been the adults in the room. Yet somehow the current generation of party activists has managed to do what no previous Republicans have been able to do — position the Democratic Party as the agents of fiscal responsibility.
* Speaking through the night, Senator Ted Cruz, with heavy-lidded, sleep-deprived eyes, conveyed not the libertarian element in Republican philosophy that advocates for smaller government and less intrusion into the personal lives of citizens, but a new, virulent strain of empty nihilism: “blow it up if we can’t get what we want.”
* This recent display of bomb-throwing obstructionism by Republicans in Congress evokes another painful, historically embarrassing chapter in the Republican Party — that of Senator Joseph McCarthy.....There is more than a passing similarity between Joseph McCarthy and Ted Cruz, between McCarthyism and the Tea Party movement.
* Watching the Republican Party use the full faith and credit of the United States to try to roll back Obamacare, watching its members threaten not to raise the debt limit — which Warren Buffett rightly called a “political weapon of mass destruction” — to repeal a tax on medical devices, I so wanted to ask a similar question: “Have you no sense of responsibility? At long last, have you left no sense of responsibility?” [A paraphrase of what was asked of Senator McCarthy.]
So, we now wait until February 7, the next "deadline" for the debt ceiling (it's becoming a Yo-Yo economy with all these kaleidoscopic, Armageddon-like cut-off dates). It will be fascinating (or perhaps even more frightening) to watch Senator Cruz's machinations as that fateful day approaches.
Labels: Conservatives, John G. Taft, Politics, Sarah Palin, Sinclair Lewis, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, US Debt
Do You Hear the People Sing?
About a year ago I likened the US income distribution to a "parade," the wealthiest appearing only at the very end, demonstrating the parabolic nature of great wealth at the very extreme of the income curve. I was wondering when, finally, the middle class would wake up to this growing disparity and do something about it. Finally, the "Occupation of Wall Street" movement takes up the cause, hopefully all by non violent means.
At the time I said "to listen to the Tea Partiers, a roll back of taxes of the very wealthiest to pre-Bush rates, is an evil, evil thing. Just think of the trickle-down effect that would be lost to the little folk who stand in line for the crumbs falling from the tables of the fabulously wealthy. It is ironic that these dire warnings of the effects of a tax increase on the wealthy are carried into battle on banners hoisted by 'Joe the Plumbers' -- it shows the power of the conservative media and the most virulent impact of the Internet. It just makes no sense that the people near the middle of the parade should become pawns for the people at the very end."
It is sad that Steve Jobs should pass away at this time. I think of him not only as a visionary technology and marketing genius, but as the greatest entrepreneur the world has ever known. The grass root movements of today, such as Occupation of Wall Street, would not be possible without the mobile devices he had a key part in developing and popularizing. I feel a personal loss of his passing at such an early age, and of the same terrible disease that took my father. And I wonder, if we did have a fairer graduated tax structure, one that would have rolled back the Bush tax cuts, would he have worked any less hard? The "don't-tax-the-job-creator" crowd might so argue.
Steve Jobs worked as he did because it was his passion. Entrepreneurs work with a creative obsession that is not going to be railroaded by a higher incremental tax rate. They are the job creators, not the legions of corporate and banking types, raking it in, paying a lesser portion of their income in taxes than a dozen years ago when the US actually had a balanced budget, CEOs now being paid unspeakable multiples of the average income of workers in the same company. Are higher incremental tax rates and the closing of loopholes the only solutions to the deficit? No, but it's a beginning. And that, as well holding these people accountable for any fiscal malfeasance, is what the growing Occupation movement is all about, the middle class finally awakening to the issue of their being used as puppets by political ideologists.
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
...............Les Misérables, the musical
Posted by Bob at 11:06 AM
Labels: Economic Inequality, Steve Jobs, Taxes, Tea Party
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Migrant Birds Die Mysteriously, Rajasthan High Court Takes Cognizance
Syed Faraz Mehadi
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Rajasthan High Court took suo moto cognizance of the death of migratory birds around the Sambhar lake.
A division bench led by Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty of Rajasthan High Court; took suo moto cognizance of the plight of death of migratory birds; around the Sambhar lake. On May 18, 2020, the Court ordered the State Government to remove carcasses of birds lying there; and conduct a post-mortem to identify the reason behind the deaths.
The bench also comprising of Justice Satish Kumar Sharma, directed the State to set up a “temporary nursery” near the lake area to take care of migrant and local birds; which is necessary for their revival and treatment. The court also sought a report on the State’s policy to prevent the unnatural death of migrant and local birds in Sambhar Lake area within 4 weeks.
In November last year, the National Green Tribunal had sought a factual and action report; on the issue of carcasses of 18000 migrated birds, found at Sambhar lake. The direction was given jointly to the National Wetland Authority, Government of India, State Wetland Authority, Rajasthan, Rajasthan State PCB and District Magistrate, Jaipur. Following which, the Tribunal was informed that the deaths were a consequence of the violation of environmental norms. Notably, in maintaining the ecosystem of the wetland including water quality, plant invasion in water bodies, etc.
Migrant Birds
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#002: More than 2000 Documents prior to 1972 on Bioeffects of Radio Frequency Radiation
More than 2000 Documents prior to 1972 on Bioeffects of Radio Frequency Radiation.
Glaser, Z.R. 1971/72. Bibliography of reported biological phenomena (‘effects’) and clinical manifestations attributed to microwave and radio-frequency radiation. Naval Medical Research Institute MF12.54.015-004B, Report No. 2, revised. 106 pp. [NOTE: this document was shorted to 25 pages so we could post it here and does not contain all the 2311 references.]
More than 2000 references on the biological responses to radio frequency and microwave radiation, published up to June 1971, are included in the bibliography.* Particular attention has been paid to the effects on man of non-ionizing radiation at these frequencies. The citations are arranged alphabetically by author, and contain as much information as possible so as to assure effective retrieval of the original documents. An outline of the effects which have been attributed to radio frequency and microwave radiation is also part of the report.
*Three supplementary listings bring the number of citations to more than 2,300.
Note: This document is “unclassified” and “has been approved for public release and sale; its distribution is unlimited.”
SIGNIFICANCE . . .
The value of the Glaser 1972 document is to counter the statements that “credible” research does not exist showing non-thermal effects. This is a false statement promoted by those who are either unaware of the literature or unwilling to admit this radiation, at levels to which we are currently exposed, can be harmful.
Credible research does exist; it has been around for decades; and it has been largely ignored by those responsible for public and occupational health.
COMMENTS . . .
This is one of the first large scale reviews of the literature on the biological effects of microwave and radio frequency radiation and it first appeared in 1971. The author classified the biological effects, into 17 categories (see below). These categories include heating (thermal effects); changes in physiologic function; alterations of the central, autonomic and peripheral nervous systems; psychological disorders; behavioral changes (animal studies); blood and vascular disorders; enzyme and other biochemical changes; metabolic, gastro-intestional, and hormonal disorders; histological changes; genetic and chromosomal effects; the pearl-change effect (related to orientation in bacteria and animals); and a miscellaneous group of symptoms that didn’t fit into the above categories.
While it is clear that radiation that causes heating can also cause secondary effects, not all the effects listed above are heat-related. Indeed, much of the literature at the lower exposure levels is unrelated to heating. This is the type of research that helped regulators to formulate their microwave guidelines. The non-thermal studies have been ignored by the World Health Organization, upon which many countries look for guidence, and hence the guidelines differ by orders of magnitude from the lowest in Salzburg, Austria (0.1 microW/cm2) to the highest (5,000 microW/cm2 for occupational exposure) established by ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation). This is a 50,000 times difference!
One way to interpret this is that we have two guidelines, one to prevent heating and, a more restrictive guideline, to prevent biological effects, some of which can have serious health consequences.
What is striking is that what we used to call microwave sickness (group of symptoms associated with radar workers) has been called neuroasthenia (feeling unwell) and is now called electrohypersensitivity. In all cases the symptoms are associated with exposure to radio frequency radiation initially radar; then RF heat sealers and computers; and more recently various sources of wireless technology including mobile phone, broadcast, and WiFi or WiMax antennas, wireless routers, smart meters, etc.
The specific biological and health effects, provided in Glaser 1972, are listed below:
A. Heating of Organs* (Applications: Diathermy, Electrosurgery, Electrocoagulation, Electrodesiccation, Electrotomy)
This includes heating of the whole body or part of the body like the skin, bone and bone marrow, lens of the eye with cataracts and damage to the cornea; genitalia causing tubular degeneration of testicles; brains and sinuses; metal implants causing burns near hip pins etc. These effects are reversible except for damage to the eye.
B. Changes in Physiologic Function
This includes contraction of striated muscles; altered diameter of blood vessels (increased vascular elasticity), dilation; changes in oxidative processes in tissues and organs; liver enlargement; altered sensitivity to drugs; decreased spermatogenesis leading to decreased fertility and to sterility; altered sex ratio of births in favor of girls; altered menstrual activity; altered fetal development; decreased lactation in nursing mothers; reduction in diuresis resulting in sodium excretion via urine output; altered renal function; changes in conditioned reflexes; decreased electrical resistance of skin; changes in the structure of skin receptors; altered rate of blood flow; altered biocurrents in cerebral cortex in animals; changes in the rate of clearance of tagged ions from tissues; reversible structural changes in the cerebral cortex and diencephalon; changes in electrocardiographs; altered sensitivity to light, sound, and olfactory stimuli; functional and pathological changes in the eyes; myocardial necrosis; hemorrhage in lungs, liver, gut and brain and generalized degeneration of body tissue at fatal levels of radiation; loss of anatomical parts; death; dehydration; altered rate of tissue calcification.
C. Central Nervous System Effects
This includes headaches; insomnia; restlessness (daytime and during sleep); changes in brain wave activity (EEG); cranial nerve disorders; pyramidal tract lesions; disorders of conditioned reflexes; vagomimetic and sympathomimetic action of the heart; seizure and convulsions.
D. Autonomic Nervous System Effects
Altered heart rhythm; fatigue, structural alterations in synapses of the vagus nerve; stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system leading to Bradycardia and inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system.
E. Peripheral Nervous System Effects
Effects on locomotor nerves.
F. Psychological Disorders
Symptoms include neurasthenia (general bad feeling); depression; impotence; anxiety; lack of concentration; hypochondria; dizziness; hallucinations; sleepiness or insomnia; irritability; decreased appetite; loss of memory; scalp sensations; fatigue; chest pain, tremors.
G. Behavioral Changes in Animals Studies
Effects include changes in reflexive, operant, avoidance and discrimination behaviors.
H. Blood Disorders
Effects include changes in blood and bone marrow; increased phagocytic and bactericidal functions; increased rate of hemolysis (shorter lifespan of cells); increased blood sedimentation rate; decreased erythrocytes; increased blood glucose concentrations; altered blood histamine content; changes in lipids and cholesterol; changes in Gamma Globulin and total protein concentration; changes in number of eosinophils; decrease in albumin/globulin ratio; altered hemopoiesis (rate of blood corpuscles formation); leukopenia (increased number of white blood cells and leukocytosis; reticulocytosis (increase in immature red blood cells).
I. Vascular Disorders
This includes thrombosis and hypertension.
J. Enzyme and Other Biochemical Changes (in vitro)
Changes in the activity of cholinesterase (also in vivo); phosphatase; transaminase; amylase, carboxydismutase; denaturation of proteins; inactivation of fungi, viruses, and bacteria; killed tissue cultures; alterated rate of cell division; increased concentration of RNA in lymphocytes and decreased concentration of RNA in brain, liver and spleen; changes in pyruvic acid, lactic acid and creatinine excretions; changes in concentration of glycogen in liver (hyperglycemia); altered concentrationsof 17-ketosteroids in urine.
K. Metabolic Disorders
Effects include glycosuria (sugar in urne); increase in urinary phenols; altered processing of metabolic enzymes; altered carbohydrate metabolism.
L. Gastro-Intestinal Disorders
Effects include anorexia; epigastric pan; constipation; altered secretion of stomach digestive juices.
M. Endocrine Gland Changes
Effects include altered functioning of pituitary gland, thyroid gland (hyper-thyroidism and enlarged thyroid, increased uptake of radioactive iodine), and adrenal cortex; decreased corticosteroids in blood; decreased glucocorticoidal activity; hypogonadism (with decreased production of testosterone).
N. Histological Changes
Changes in tubular epithelium of testicles and gross changes.
O. Genetic and Chromosomal Changes
Effects include chromosomal aberrations (shortening, pseudochiasm, diploid structures, amitotic divisions, bridging, “stickiness”; irregularities in chromosomal envelope); mutations; mongolism; somatic alterations (not involving nucleus or chromosomes); neoplastic diseases (tumors).
P. Pearl Chain Effect
This refers to intracellular orientation of subcellular particles and orientation of cellular and other (non-biologic particles, i.e. mini magnetics) affecting orientation of animals, birds, and fish in electromagnetic fields.
Q. Miscellaneous Effects
These include sparking between dental fillings; metallic taste in mouth; changes in optical activity of colloidal solutions; treatment for syphilis, poliomyelitis, skin diseases; loss and brittleness of hair; sensations of buzzing, vibrations, pulsations, and tickling about head and ears; copious perspiration, salivation, and protrusion of tongue; changes in the operation of implanted cardiac pacemakers; changes in circadian rhythms.
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Watch This Slipknot Drum Cover by Viral 5-Year-Old Phenom
YouTube: Caleb H Drummer
Five-year-old Slipknot fan and viral air-drummer Caleb H is capitalizing on his Internet fame. Last week (Jan. 18), Slipknot's Jay Weinberg commended the young rocker after the child was seen expertly mimicking the drum hits during a Slipknot concert. Now, the kid's proving he can hold his own on the kit.
As seen in the video located down toward the bottom of this post, Caleb H got decked out in period-appropriate Slipknot gear to blast his way through the band's classic "Before I Forget" on an electronic drum set. As expected, it's quite possibly the cutest Slipknot drum cover to ever grace the Internet.
"Caleb loves Slipknot and [former drummer] Joey Jordison," the video's description reads. "For Halloween 2019, he wanted to dress as Joey and record this song." (It seems as if the budding musician's viral fame prompted his parents to upload the performance — it emerged on YouTube Jan. 17.)
Last week, a clip of the talented tyke furiously air drumming away during a recent Slipknot show appeared on Twitter. That's when it garnered the attention of Weinberg, Slipknot's current drummer. "My man," he stated when responding to Loudwire's re-posting of the video that has since gone viral.
Weinberg, of course, has his own history as a youngster being a fan of Slipknot. Just last year, he recreated the photo of his first introduction to the band as a kid. At the time, his father Max Weinberg had taken him to meet the group after catching wind of them during their appearance on Conan O'Brien's late night talk show, where Weinberg was the house band drummer.
Slipknot are currently touring in the U.K., no doubt inspiring other future musicians like Caleb H. See where their 2020 touring will take them here.
Five-Year-Old Drummer Caleb H Performs Slipknot's "Before I Forget"
The Evolution of Slipknot's Terrifying Masks
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NEWS: Lazarus Theatre Announces 2020 Season at Greenwich Theatre
AuthorEmma ClarendonPosted on October 1, 2019 Categoriesdrama, News, TheatreTagsGreenwich Theatre, Lazarus Theatre
The Lazarus Theatre Company announce their third season at the Greenwich Theatre.
The theatre company has confirmed details of their 2020 season at the Greenwich Theatre, running from the 26th February until the 4th July.
It has been announced that Lazarus Theatre will open their 2020 season with a production of Macbeth, running from the 26th February until the 7th March, directed by Ricky Dukes. This will then be followed by productions of Hedda Gabler (25th March-4th April) and Peter Pan (17th June-4th July).
Talking about the news, Lazarus Theatre’s Artistic Director Ricky Dukes said: “To be back at the Greenwich Theatre for a third year with a season that truly spans the classical repertoire and promises something for everyone is thrilling. We are particularly excited to welcome back Lazarus Associate Jamie O’Neill to play the title role of Macbeth in what promises to be one of our most bloody and theatrical productions to date.Lazarus Associate Sara Reimers has created a new version of one of the greatest plays of the 19th Century, Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen.And we collaborate with puppet Director / Designer Matt Hutchinson on our brand new meta theatrical production of JM Barrie’s truly remarkable Peter Pan. Prepare to fly! 2019 saw us nearly double our audience from 2018, with continued support from the local and wider community we look forward to welcoming audiences new and familiar to our epic home.”
Meanwhile, it has also been announced that Lazarus Theatre in addition to their education work and in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Theatre, will be offering 50 tickets at each performance for just a fiver to patrons aged 16 – 26.
For more information about the productions and Lazarus Theatre visit: https://www.lazarustheatre.com/
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Psycholinguistics; Neurolinguistics; Syntax; Semantics; Computational Linguistics; Linguistics
Ph.D., New York University, 2010
On leave Fall 2019.
Jonathan Brennan studies the mental structures and computations used to understand words and sentences, with a focus on how these processes are implemented in the brain. His research uses formal computational models of language comprehension to investigate the neural correlates of basic cognitive computations such as lexical access, syntax, and semantics with electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
He has a particular interest in experimental methods that are as natural as possible, such as having participants read or listen to a story, to focus on sentence processing as it occurs during every-day language use. Naturalistic techniques are especially suitable for the investigation of language comprehension in populations, such as children with autism spectrum disorder, for which standard experimental tasks may not be appropriate. He directs the Computational Neurolinguistics Lab at the University of Michigan.
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Song of the Day 7/11/10
Less than three weeks til our best 666 songs of alltime countdown reaches #1…and then we start with the 1000 best albums of alltime. Sunday’s song is #18:
The Electric Light Orchestra – Kuiama
This majestic, practically twelve-minute antiwar epic is the centerpiece of the vastly underrated 1972 ELO II album. The solo on the bridge, Jeff Lynne’s poignant slide guitar giving way to Mik Kaminsky’s wildly swooping violin, might be the most blissfully exhilarating moment ever recorded by a rock band.
July 11, 2010 Posted by delarue | lists, Music, music, concert, rock music | 70s bands, 70s music, 70s rock, art-rock, best rock songs all time, best rock songs alltime, best rock songs ever, best songs all time, best songs ever, classic rock, classical rock, electric light orchestra, electric light orchestra 2, electric light orchestra II, electric light orchestra kuiama, elo 2, elo II, elo kuiama, jeff lynne, kuiama, mik kaminsky, Music, orchestrated rock, rock music, seventies bands, seventies music, seventies rock, Song of the Day | Leave a comment
The 666 Best Songs of Alltime Continues All The Way Through the End of the Zeros
As regular readers remember, for over a year we counted down the 666 best songs of all time, one a day, until the end of this past September when Lucid Culture went halfspeed. As we get into December, we’re still at halfspeed but we’ll be back with new stuff on a daily basis here in just a couple of weeks. Which gives us plenty of time to say good riddance to the decade of the Zeros and welcome in the Teens – til then, here are the songs on the list which will take us up to the first of the new year. Enjoy!
237. Randi Russo – So It Must Be True
Careening, otherworldly, somewhat flamenco-inflected epic from this era’s greatest writer of outsider anthems. The studio version on the classic 2001 Solar Bipolar album is great, but it can’t quite match the out-of-control intensity of the live version from Russo’s 2000 Live at CB’s Gallery cd.
236. Erica Smith – Pine Box
The multistylistic New York rock goddess has been off on a sultry jazz tangent lately, but five years ago she was writing lusciously jangly Americana rock and this is a prime example, ecstatically crescedoing yet dark and brooding as the title would imply. Recorded and leaked on a few bootlegs, but officially unreleased as of now.
235. The Electric Light Orchestra – From the Sun to the World
You can hear echoes of this clattering, frenetic suite in a lot of obscure art-rock and indie rock from the last thirty years. Jeff Lynne’s scary, out-of-focus apocalypse anthem kicks off with a Grieg-like morning theme, followed by a warped boogie and then an unhinged noise-rock outro that falls apart once it’s clear that it’s unsalvageable. From ELO II, 1972; mp3s are everywhere.
234. X – Nausea
The combination of Ray Manzarek’s organ swirling dizzyingly under Billy Zoom’s growling guitar and Exene’s thisclose-to-passing-out vocals is nothing if not evocative. From Los Angeles, 1980; mp3s are everywhere.
233. Stiff Little Fingers – Piccadilly Circus
Big punk rock epic about an Irish guy who gets the stuffing knocked out of him by a bunch of knuckleheads on his first night in London. From Go For It, 1981; there are also a million live versions out there, official releases and bootlegs and most of them are pretty awesome too.
232. The Wallflowers – Sixth Avenue Heartache
Elegiac slide guitar and organ carry this surprise 1996 top 40 hit’s magnificent eight-bar hook, the best song the band ever did and the only standout track on their disappointing sophomore effort Bringing Down the Horse. Mp3s are everywhere.
231. Bruce Springsteen – The Promised Land
This backbeat anthem makes a killer (literally) opening track on the Boss’ 1977 Darkness on the Edge of Town lp, perfectly capturing the anomie and despair of smalltown American life. In the end, the song’s protagonist speeds away into the path of a tornado. A million versions out there, most of them live, but it’s actually the album track that’s the best.
230. The Moody Blues – Driftwood
Towering powerpop anthem from the band’s 1977 “comeback” lp Octave, opening with a big whooosh of cymbals and lush layers of acoustic guitar. And Justin Hayward’s long electric guitar solo out, over the atmospheric wash of the strings, is a delicious study in contrasts. Many different versions out there, some of them live, and they’re all good (the link above is the studio track).
229. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
Surreal, Stonesy apocalyptic anthem from the Thin White Duke’s vastly underrated 1974 lp. Did you know that’s Bowie on all the guitars – and the saxes too?
228. Mary Lee’s Corvette – 1000 Promises Later
Centerpiece of the NYC Americana rockers’ classic True Lovers of Adventure album, 1999-ish, this was a live showstopper for frontwoman Mary Lee Kortes and her steely, soaring, multiple-octave voice for several years afterward. It’s a rueful breakup anthem sung with typical counterintuitive verve from the villain’s point of view.
227. New Model Army – Luhrstaap
Written right as the Berlin Wall came down, this ominous, bass-driven, Middle Eastern-inflected art-rock anthem accurately foretold what would happen once East Germany tasted western capitalism: “You can buy a crown, it doesn’t make you king/Beware the trinkets that we bring.” From Impurity, 1989; the live version on 1992’s double live Raw Melody Men cd is even better (the link above is the studio version).
226. David Bowie – Life on Mars
Soaring epic grandeur for anyone who’s ever felt like an alien, from Hunky Dory, 1971. Ward White’s live Losers Lounge version (click on the link and scroll down) is equally intense.
225. Telephone – Ce Soir Est Ce Soir
Absolutely creepy, methodical epic nocturne that wraps up the legendary French rockers’ 1982 Dure Limite lp on a particularly angst-ridden note. “Ce soir est ce soir/J’ai besoin d’espoir [Tonight’s the night/I need some hope].”
224. Al Stewart – Bedsitter Images
The live acoustic track in the link above only hints at the lush, orchestrated original, a big radio hit for the British songwriter in 1969, Rick Wakeman doing his best Scarlatti impression on piano. It’s a masterpiece of angsted existentialist songwriting, the song’s narrator slowly and surreally losing it, all by himself in his little flat.
223. LJ Murphy – Pretty for the Parlor
Our precedessor e-zine’s pick for best song of 2005, this blithely jangly yet absolutely sinister murder anthem perfectly captures the twistedness lurking beneath suburban complacency. Unreleased, but still a staple of the New York noir rock legend’s live show.
222. Wall of Voodoo – Lost Weekend
Creepy, hauntingly ambient new wave string synthesizer ballad from the band’s best album, 1982’s Call of the West, a couple gone completely off the wheels yet still on the road to somewhere. In the years afterward, frontman Stan Ridgway has soldiered on as an occasionally compelling if sometimes annoyingly dorky LA noir songwriter.
221. Randi Russo – House on the Hill
One of the New York noir rocker’s most hauntingly opaque lyrics – is she alive or dead? In the house or homeless? – set to an absolutely gorgeous, uncharacteristically bright janglerock melody. Frequently bootlegged, but the version on her 2005 Live at Sin-e cd remains the best out there.
220. The Wirebirds – This Green Hell
Our predecessor e-zine’s pick for best song of 2003 is this towering janglerock anthem, sort of a global warming nightmare epic as the Church might have done it but with amazing harmonies by songwriter Will Dial and the band’s frontwoman, Amanda Thorpe.
219. The Psychedelic Furs – House
“This day is not my life,” Richard Butler insists on this pounding, insistent, anguished anthem from the band’s best album, 2000’s Book of Days, the only post Joy Division album to effectively replicate that band’s unleashed, horrified existentialist angst. Mp3s are out there, as are copies of the vinyl album; check the bargain bins for a cheap treat.
218. X – See How We Are
The link above is the mediocre original album version; the best version of this offhandedly savage anti-yuppie, anti-complacency diatribe is the semi-acoustic take on the live Unclogged cd from 1995.
217. The Sex Pistols – EMI
Gleefully defiant anti-record label diatribe from back in the day when all the majors lined up at Malcolm McLaren’s knee. How times have changed. “Unlimited supply,” ha!
216. Amy Allison – No Frills Friend
As chilling as this casually swaying midtempo country ballad might seem, it’s actually not about a woman who’s so alienated that she’s willing to put up with someone who won’t even talk to her. It just seems that way – Allison is actually being optimistic here. Which is just part of the beauty of her songwriting – you never know exactly where she’s coming from. Title track from the excellent 2002 cd.
215. X – Johny Hit & Run Paulene
One of the greatest punkabilly songs ever, nightmare sex criminal out on a drug-fueled, Burroughs-esque bender that won’t stop. From Los Angeles, 1980; mp3s, both live and studio, are out there.
214. The Sex Pistols – Belsen Was a Gas
Arguably the most tasteless song ever written – it’s absolutely fearless. The lp version from the 1978 Great Rock N Roll Swindle soundtrack lp features its writer, Sid Vicious along with British train robber Ronnie Biggs. There are also numerous live versions out there and most of them are choice. Here’s one from Texas and one from San Francisco.
213. Randi Russo – Battle on the Periphery
Russo is the absolute master of the outsider anthem, and this might be her best, defiant and ominous over a slinky minor-key funk melody anchored by Lenny Molotov’s macabre, Middle Eastern guitar. From Shout Like a Lady, 2006.
212. The Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
True story: Pepsi wanted to license this song for a commercial despite its savage anti-imperialist message. Jello Biafra said no way – which might have planted the seed that spawned his bandmates’ ultimately successful if dubiously lawful suit against him. So sad – when these guys were on top of their game they were the best American band ever. From Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, 1980.
211. X – Los Angeles
One of the great punk rock hooks of all time, title track to the 1980 album, a perfect backdrop for Exene’s snide anti-El Lay diatribe. Ice-T and Body Count would sneak it into their notorious Cop Killer twelve years later.
210. The Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK
Yeah, you know this one, but our list wouldn’t be complete without it. As lame as the rhyme in the song’s first two lines is (Johnny Rotten has pretty much disowned them), this might be the most influential song of all time. If not, it definitely had the most beneficial effect. Go download Never Mind the Bollocks if you haven’t already: the band isn’t getting any royalties.
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Catherine Russell Brings Back the Blues and Jazz Roots of Classic Soul
[republished, more or less, from Lucid Culture’s more rock-oriented sister blog New York Music Daily]
Catherine Russell is the kind of jazz luminary you might discover at three in the morning, belting her heart out with an obscure funk band who later change their name and style and become a huge draw on the indie rock circuit. In the fourteen years since that initial sighting – true story -she’s become one of the biggest names in oldtime swing jazz. Her previous album, Strictly Romancin’, was a Louis Armstrong tribute (Russell’s multi-instrumentalist dad Luis played in Armstrong’s band: the apple didn’t fall far). Her latest album, Bring It Back, goes deeper into the blues, in a Duke Ellington way.Harmonia Mundi gets credit for releasing the album, which is up at Spotify.
The band lineup is pretty much the same as the previous album: musical director Matt Munisteri on guitar and other fretted instruments; Mark Shane on piano; Lee Hudson on bass; Mark McClean on drums; Glenn Patscha on organ; Jon-Erik Kellso on trumpet; Mark Lopeman on baritone sax; John Allred on trombone; and Dan Block and Andy Farber on reeds. Other than just the pure chops they bring to the songs, the way the both Russell and the band shift direction depending on the underlying emotional content is what distinguishes them from the legions of shi-shi restaurant bands and cruise ship combos who try to make a go of this oldtime stuff. The arrangements may be refined to the nth degree, but the group’s approach to the songs’ heartbreak and intensity (and sometimes just plain good fun) is disarmingly direct.
The album opens with the catchy midtempo title track, Russell’s urbane sophistication balanced way out on a limb by Munisteri’s unexpectedly feral, wildly string-bending guitar, confronting the angst that the vocals refuse to give in to. “High” is the operative word in Shooting High, with its elegant handoffs from one instrument to the next. The steady, shady I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart matches muted trumpet and somewhat furtive sax to the wistfulness and resignation in Russell’s understatedly torchy delivery. Then they pick up the pace with the jaunty, dixieland-flavored You Got to Swing and Sway.
The band does Aged and Mellow as an oldschool soul ballad in the same vein as Willie Nelson’s Night Life – Russell doesn’t let on how the story’s actually being told by a gold-digger. They keep the high spirits going with the nonchalantly triumphant, shuffling Darktown Strutters’ Ball and then hit a peak with a big, brassy arrangement of Lucille (not the B.B. King song but a previously unreleased, exuberant number by Russell’s dad).
Russell’s most pillowy vocal here is You’ve Got Me Under Your Thumb, set to a ragtime-tinged piano-and-guitar backdrop. After the Lights Go Down, a gorgeous blend of oldschool soul and blues, sets Russell’s confidently conspiratorial vocals against wickedly shivery guitar and organ. I’m Sticking With You Baby, a litany of prewar aphorisms, has more invigorating, bluesy organ, Russell trading bars with the band as they take it all the way up at the end.
The minor-key, irony-drenched, ragtime-inflected Strange As It Seems makes a stark contrast. The jump blues Public Melody Number One picks up the pace again, with an absolutely surreal lyric:
Frankenstein, a bundle of joy
Jesse James is a teacher’s pet
A gatling gun compared to
Shots from a hot corvette
The album ends with an absolutely riveting, unexpectedly energetic version of the old Billie Holiday standard I Cover the Waterfront, rising and falling with an angst that dignifies the neighborhood hooker and her ache for the guy who’s gone away across the ocean, no doubt for good. On one level, this is a trip back in time; on another, a lot of the playing here is more eclectic than what your typical studio band would try to pull off in, say, 1934.
May 14, 2014 Posted by delarue | blues music, jazz, Music, music, concert, review, Reviews | album review, andy farber sax, blues, blues music, catherine russell, Catherine Russell Bring It Back, Catherine Russell Bring It Back review, catherine russell review, dan block sax, glenn patscha, jazz, john allred trombone, jon-erik kellso, Lee Hudson bass; Mark McClean drums, Mark Lopeman, mark shane piano, Matt Munisteri, matt munistery, Music, music review, old time music, oldtime music, oldtimey music, ragtime, swing jazz, swing music | Leave a comment
Concert Review: Liz Tormes at Rockwood Music Hall, NYC 5/3/10
Gently and methodically, Liz Tormes brought the lights down. She didn’t actually reach over to the wall and kill the switch, but she might as well have. Strumming her acoustic guitar with one hypnotic downstroke after another, she played a set that was as unaffectedly catchy and tuneful as it was disquieting. Keyboardist Glenn Patscha (of Ollabelle) provided a rich variety of textures, from echoey, spacy, upper-register synthesizer, to stark Supertramp-style electric art-rock piano, to matter-of-factly chordal acoustic piano work. The drummer mixed crafty jazz flourishes into his artful shuffles, at one point dampening the snare and one of the toms with towels to enhance a distantly ominous, boomy effect which worked perfectly with the songs’ frequent neo-Velvets vibe. The most affecting thing about Tormes’ voice is how casual it is: this show was as if she was humming to herself at your funeral – or somebody’s funeral, anyway. It’s a strikingly warm, atmospheric instrument, and while she’s capable of cutting loose if she feels like it, for her less is more and she works that like a charm, letting the songs and the lyrics go and find their mark, which they inevitably do. Like a lot of inevitable things.
Tormes hardly shies away from the darkness; on the contrary, she seems to embody it, whether in the back-to-back songs about death in the middle of the set – the second one dedicated to Kurt Vonnegut, a writer whose identity she’d encouraged the crowd to guess, but nobody could – or in the creepy little waltz based on a sinister tritone melody that she fingerpicked with grace and understatement. Most of the songs were unfamiliar. Tormes’ latest album Limelight is as good a contender for best-of-recent-months as any that’s come over the transom here, but she’s about to embark on a new one and if the concert was any indication it’ll be just as compelling. One featured a duet with Patscha; on several others, Tormes was joined by Fiona McBain (also of Ollabelle), who provided characteristically soaring high harmonies – the two have a sometime project called Fizz that specializes in murder ballads, “Because they’re beautiful,” Tormes deadpanned. The night’s most memorable number coldly immortalized Tormes’ old place on Second Ave. and Fourth St., a quietly caustic depiction of the parade of freaks who turn the neighborhood into fratboy hell after dark. She may have come here from Nashville, but Tormes spoke for an entire zip code with that one.
Afterward it was time to head over to Small Beast, Botanica frontman Paul Wallfisch’s weekly salon/show/hangout, which we’ve been AWOL from for the last few weeks. Russian expat pianist/singer Mila Levine, backed by the extraordinary, ubiquitous and extraordinarily ubiquitous Susan Mitchell on viola, ran through a mix of noir-ish pop and rock tunes in both English and her native tongue. One had once appeared (radically rearranged, she took care to explain) in the Eurovision music contest and was actually not an embarrassment. Afterward, the reliably haunting and hypnotic Appalachian/Balkan vocal duo Æ (Eva Salina Primack and Aurelia Shrenker) delivered a set of otherworldly old songs from Georgia, Greece, the Carolinas and the Jewish diaspora, an alternately ecstatic and wrenchingly sad end to a night full of affecting voices.
And while we’re on the subject of Small Beast, don’t forget what might be the year’s best rock or-rock-oriented concert, the Big Beast at the Angel Orensanz Center on May 21 with Botanica, Bee and Flower, Barbez, Little Annie, Black Sea Hotel, and free microbrew beer for an hour before the show.
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Last Tuesday night, W3 officially drew competitors’ names for this weekend’s inaugural Ultimate Survival tournament. The two-night event occurs this Friday and Saturday night, with the entire first round taking place on Friday night. The winners of the tag tournament then square off in a one-on-one encounter where the winner takes home $250,000 and a title shot of their choice. I was fortunate enough to be asked to join them as they pulled the names from a roller at W3 headquarters. It was quite the night.
With many reputable wrestling publications abuzz, like The Wrestling Lantern, many experts have started their predictions. While picking a winner is next to impossible considering the pairings, we have developed a tier system to better look at the tournament’s participants.
We’re identifying the brackets as the broadcast crew did on the selection show. The teams presented on the “West” side of the bracket appear to be full of finesse and unpredictability, while the “East” side consists of some of the world’s best wrestlers. Sixteen teams. Four tiers.
S Tier (The Real Dawgs)
[EAST] HANNIBAL & BOLT JAMISON – As I stated previously, this team should be the odds-on favorite to win the tag portion of the tournament. Brothers of the road, both of their track records speak for themselves. Their opening rounds opponents, former W3 Hvy. Champion Sumo Jo and Grizz Lee present interesting foils to Jamison & Hannibal’s plans.
[EAST] EXECUTIONER (#2) & KIM CHEE – On paper, you could argue that this team is highly favored as well. These two represent some of W3’s hardest hitters. Kim Chee is one of the roster’s deadliest strikers. Cuesh can overpower a lot of his opponents in many ways. The only reason why they wouldn’t be favored is due to their opening round opponents…
[EAST] BLACK WIDOW & URAKI (#2 Jr) – Uraki is proving to be Master Fuji’s greatest apprentice. No one wants to get in the ring with this guy. He’s tapped out opponents left and right with the Chevelle Lock and is on a one-way ticket to a Jr. Championship shot. Black Widow could not have asked for a better dance partner through this tournament, if successful. If she shows up this weekend, these two stand a strong chance of advancing into a “conference final.” Remember: they’re staring across the ring at #CuesChee. What an opening bout that will be.
[WEST] WU FANG (#4) & PUCHTECA – One of the most interesting pairing results from last Tuesday night. This poses an interesting threat. Wu Fang, who many still feel is the ace of W3, teams with Puchteca—the ultimate wild card. Tec is coming off a huge win vs. Executioner that may have cooled off the big man. In this climate, that’s not easy. Wu Fang has kept fairly quiet since his W3 title loss to Aztec Dragoon. A break-out is due. Will we see it this weekend? If so, this team will brutally finesse its way to the Grand Final—and that match would be insanity. NOTE: #WuTecClan is honestly the best team name I’ve heard out of the W3 community.
A Tier (“Don’t sleep.” – Gwen Stefani)
[EAST] GRIZZ LEE & SUMO JO (#1) – “No more deplorables,” said Sumo Jo as he waged his war with Prickly Pete a little over a month ago. If you ask Jo or Mr. Ganbaat, all of Jo’s opponents are deplorable since that epic declaration. That said, here’s an interesting duo. Grizz Lee is a veteran. A deplorable? I think not. Grizz is one of wrestling’s greatest “tough guys.” You would think these two can work together. Expectations are high for this team.
[WEST] BEAST SASORI & BAD BLOOD – The most visually appealing team entering the fray. Both wrestlers have the ability to even out their offensive attack. Speed, power, savvy, resolve—Bad Blood and Beast Sasori check all the boxes. Their also exceptional tag team wrestlers. If Bad Blood can line up opponents for Beast to knock down, this team may fare extremely well.
[EAST] BLACKHEART & MACK TUCKER – Another hard-hitting team of Ultimate Survival’s “Eastern Conference.” Both Mack and Blackheart are exceptional pugilists, with Mack having one of the deadliest knockout punches in W3. Then there’s Blackheart with the punches, headbutts, and the greatest brainbuster ever made. Recently, both men have also competed mainly in tag team contests at this point in their careers. This team could sneak their way into a conference final.
[WEST] DOJO (#5) & SHAMAN – Another scary pairing. Dojo recently added “putting a former W3 Hvy. Champion on the shelf” to his list of accomplishments. Where’s Major Tom in this tournament? Ask Dojo. Shaman has knocked out and submission capabilities as well. Their match-up in the first round versus Wu Fang and Puchteca highlights the slate of matches on hand this weekend.
B Tier (The Fun Bunch)
[WEST] SHOGUN (#3) & DIM SUM – A contrast of style and personality. We have a striker and an opportunist. You have to think Dim Sum sees Shogun as his ticket to $250,000. If they can convincingly work together, they stand a good chance of advancing a round or two. Can they make it all the way? Hard for me to believe. Shogun has a short fuse, and Dim Sum does not want to awaken that quiet storm. Fun team to watch here.
[WEST] THE UNKNOWN & BLACK NINJA – In a fantastic bout, “The Unknownjaz” managed to score a win over Han Zo Mon and Shaolin last Saturday. This was the only time we’ve seen this tandem in action. Riding off that win, this tag team seemingly thrown together was serendipitously drawn at random on the selection show. At the time, most of the analysts—including myself—failed to realize we just saw this team successfully team-up. The combination is both random but a wonderful mesh in styles.
[WEST] MAKIO KHRONOS & AKI MAN – Their code name: #Superhookers; Their mission: ensure all of their opponents keep their mouths shut (for lack of actual submission maneuver monikers). Both competitors are masters of the STF. There is Khronos’ Organized Crime Kick, and AKI Man’s ankle-grabbing body splash that ass to their attack. Their weakness is mainly their lack of experience in the ring together as a team or opponents. It adds to the intrigue of this tandem for sure.
[EAST] THE COUNT & JAGUAR (#4 Jr) – Speaking of intrigue, how are these two going to fare as a team. Both are experienced competitors; that’s a fact. Can the contrast in technical ability be their downfall or advantage? I’m looking forward to the Jr. Drewperstars teaming with the big bois. Jags and Count contain knock out power. The former Jr. Champion will likely take to the sky when the chance presents itself. A well-timed Drac’s Lariat into a standing shooter would be a brutal and spectacular combination.
C Tier (The Uncertainties)
[WEST] MASTER FUJI & MEGA MEAT – Possibly the biggest story that could develop throughout the tournament if successful. Master Fuji has improved the careers of wrestlers like Dr. Frank and Uraki. While Mega Meat could be considered a prolonged project for most professors of the ring, Master Fuji isn’t your everyday teacher. Can he get through to Mega Meat? And what will a tournament victory mean for either man? Fuji’s seen and done it all. Mega Meat’s feasts. Neither seems to be worried about the accolades. Are we going to witness a pet project weekend for Master Fuji? They have The Unknownjaz off the rip. It could be interesting watching Mega Meat herd the highflyers.
[EAST] LE MASQUERADE & TROY CONSTANTINE – Let’s face it, Troy Constantine’s time in W3 hasn’t been a portrait of consistency. He landed himself in the Top 5 for a brief period. He won his debut match in an 8-man eliminator at …Or the Highway. In September, at the Blood & Steel PPV, Troy successfully teamed with his tag partner this weekend, Le Masquerade (and The Claw), to win the six-man opener that night. My point: while Constantine’s run has been up and down, the dude shows up on the big stage. Le Masquerade is a wrestling legend. Similarly, like Master Fuji to Mega Meat, Le Masquerade could help propel Troy’s game and potentially give us one hell of a Grand Final.
[WEST] ONE HOT GEMINI (#5 Jr) & PRICKLY PETE – The wildest of all sixteen teams. Their styles clash is evident. Two wrestlers that couldn’t be any more different (save Fuji and Meat) were forced to team up in a prestigious tournament where no one thinks they’ll succeed. Imagine if we see a PeteDT into a Dirt Devil? If these two can manage to work together, anyone can. I don’t expect much, but I will be pleasantly surprised if they end up winning a match or two.
[EAST] THE CLAW & HAN ZO MON – The only reason these two aren’t a tier higher is based solely on the fact that Claw is not a tag team wrestler. While we’ve seen him have some success, most of his tag team matches ended in miscommunications and unfortunate events. He’s been given the stigma of being W3’s worst partner a wrestler could have. These two men are no strangers to one another. They fought one another a couple of weeks ago, where we saw Hanzie bested Claw. Lest we forget, Hanzie is one half of the first W3 Tag Team Champions. He is fully capable of turning Claw from ridiculous to reliable as a teammate.
Along with the tag tournament, W3 scheduled additional features this weekend.
FRIDAY NIGHT:
W3 Tag Team Champions: Turknical Deyviculties vs. Blessed Brutality Alliance (#1) – The junior division took flight in the late summer, leaving the tag team division on the back burner up until this weekend. Not only is the tag division getting fuel-injected, but two of the best duos in the world are set to square off. The Turk and Deyv Kirilenko won the tag titles at Certain Consequences and have scored wins over Sisters of Vengeance and arguably their most impressive victory to date against W3 double champion Aztec Dragoon and Abispa.
One glaring smudge on their recent success was a defeat at Uraki and Master Fuji’s hands at Mega Meat’s Birthday Brain Bash. It’s a loss that some experts thought would come at W3’s Thanksgiving event. While that clearly wasn’t the plan, Turk-Deyv need to get that win back, but at what cost? That is yet to be determined. And while that doesn’t play into their title defense against BBA, I can’t help but wonder if that loss is still on Turknical Deyviculties’ minds. Interestingly enough, this match is their first official defense of the W3 Tag Team Championships.
The Blessed Brutality Alliance captured W3 tag team gold this past summer after an impressive string of wins. Unfortunately, SoV was on a heater just the same. Before BBA could successfully defend their newly won titles, Black Widow and Beast Sasori thought otherwise, and then Turk-Deyv thought otherwise…
I’m trying to say that if we’re looking at the trends, BBA stands a good chance of regaining the tag titles. Jekel and Powder Keg are heating up once again and are back in the number one contenders’ position. The deck is stacked against the champions. BBA has won each encounter (3) with Turk-Deyv to this point. All signs seem to be pointing at new champions being crowned once again this weekend.
A Career Threatening Match: Brickowski vs. David Harley – It looks like the blow-off to one of W3’s major storylines comes to a head-on Friday night. After months of seeking revenge against former W3 executive Tim Curd and his lackeys, Brickowski has his chance to take care of business at Ultimate Survival. The parameters are pretty simple: if Brickowski defeats Harley on Friday night, that sets up a match, Saturday versus the returning Joe Bruiser—who hasn’t appeared on W3 television in well over a month.
There is a lot of intrigue heading into this scenario. If Brick can manage to topple both Harley and Bruiser, the reward is five minutes alone inside the ring with Tim Curd. From a fan perspective, I think it’s clear what we’re looking at here. A loss to either Harley or Joe Bruiser would be devastating to Brickowski—who is arguably one of W3’s most popular competitors. I like his chances. It is hard to imagine Brickowski being ill-prepared for the fights at Ultimate Survival.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
W3 Jr. Hvy. Champion (& W3 Hvy. Champion): Aztec Dragoon vs. Abispa (#1) – This all started on August 8, when Aztec Dragoon captured the W3 Jr. Hvy. Championship from Abispa. Then, on September 26, the title changed hands back to Abispa. That led to their October 17 rubber match that saw Dragoon regain the championship from Abispa for the second time. One week later, Aztec Dragoon pinned Wu Fang in a tag team dream match that set up Dragoon’s W3 Hvy. Championship shot—the rest, they say, is history.
Aztec Dragoon ends up taking Wu Fang to “Critty City” in a non-title encounter. On the next show, Mega Meat’s Birthday Brain Bash, Dragoon completed his quest to become the first-ever W3 double champion. Since those tremendous victories, Aztec Dragoon claims to be the new “ace.” That remains to be seen as the champ-champ has yet to defend either title. The main question is: how capable is Aztec Dragoon? He has a lot to prove, especially this weekend as he tries to prevent Abispa from winning the Jr. Championship for the third time.
What else is there to say about Abispa? He’s been in the ring and beaten some of the best wrestlers in the world. Plus, Abispa has that knock out power that is so key. It’s rare that we ever see one Abispabomb. Many wonder how many it would take to knock off Dragoon.
It’s funky. Suppose Abispa pins the W3 Hvy. Champion, wouldn’t you think he deserves his shot at being a champ-champ as well? Rumors stated that Dragoon faced defending both titles over the weekend. The booking committee knows the asset they have in Dragoon, so I think that is why the W3 Hvy. Championship isn’t up for grabs at Ultimate Survival. It makes sense with everything else going on. Do not sleep on this match.
TWL subscribers can expect a full report in the newsletter, including any backstage news and rumors from Survival weekend. Enjoy the shows, and best of luck to all competitors!
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Enter a world of well-being. Located in an ideal location, RIYADH SOFIA is a guarantor of a residential living environment and offers unparalleled variety of offerings. Discover our luxurious finished and semi-finished villas, our low-range, mid-range offering and and also spacious villas. RIYADH SOFIA has all the amenities nearby such as schools, mosques and sumptuous gardens.
Housing Projects in Fes
BAB AL ANDALOUS
A true living space at the gates of the ancient city of Fes, BAB AL ANDALOUSSI is a residential space, equipped with the necessities for any modern city that will give your family a most enjoyable day.
Find a project where all amenities are nearby mosque, schools, parks, shops and markets, and the general cultural complex in the city of Fez (Great Library, Opera-Conservatory of Music Institute of Fine Arts ...). See also lots of great plots in R 2 & R 4.
For more information contact the sales office: 00262 5 35 75 14 14
Administrative & Office Projects
Ground-Works
Ground Works in Fes
Treat yourself to the land of your dreams. Building plots. Plots R +2 R +3 R +4 Plots for villas.
About Meknes
Residential Projects in Meknes
VILLA MEKNES
Master villas, where elegance is reinvented. (Project underway) Just minutes from the center of Meknes, our 500 villas welcome you in a heaven of serenity. A rustic beauty, highlighted by various "Zellige' motives gives our villas charm and elegance. Surrounded by a friendly atmosphere, by beautiful gardens and abundant captivating shades that will enchant you in a spirit of relaxation and bliss.
BAB MANSOUR
When necessity is rimed with excellence. (Project underway) The residence consists of 15 000 social housing units and was designed to meet and surpass all your requirements. BAB MANSOUR offers a pleasant living environment, full of green spaces, a modern and functional settings crowned by the use of quality materials and finishes.
Land for Construction in Meknes
Land in Meknes
RYAD AL ISMAILIA
Buy the building lot of your dream in the heart of Meknes.
RIYADH AL ISMAILIA residence is a unique opportunity to own a property in the unique center of Meknes. In this case it is the first operation of its kind in Meknes, which is part of the housing program worth 250,000 dirhams. Treat yourself to a plot R 3, R 4 or R 6, a lot for a villa, apartment or villa in a semi-finished residence ideally situated with all amenities nearby.
For more information contact the sales office at: 00262 535 46 64 64
President's Word
Faced with the growth real estate sector in Morocco experienced for the last 4 years, supported by favorable laws and regulations of the state, our Group diversified in order to take active role in the dynamic development of the real estate sector in Morocco.
In 1968, the Group Jamai began be constructing the medium size projects. Subsequently, our group was the first in 1995 to answer the call of His Late Majesty King Hassan II, to launch the construction of 200,000 housing units.
Thus, Jamai Group has succeeded and as of today it has delivered 25 000 houses with a vision to build 20,000 more by 2010. In addition to social housing, tourism resorts, residential or mixed-use, as well as university centers equipped to social, cultural and educational centers are today's part of our business.
Jamai Group will always strive towards the highest quality and expertise in applying international standards of construction and safety.
Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development
Tourism Attractions in Meknes: New Center of Morocco Tourism
Morocco's Ministry of Tourism: New Vision for Tourism in Morocco
Morocco Transportation: Largest and Newest Port in Africa Tangier-Med
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Claire Stewart, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Sao Paulo, Brazil, reflects on saying "Yes" to God's call, as Mary did.
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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Sr. Phyllis O’Toole, who lived and worked in Nicaragua, reflects on calling out to God during times of crisis.
Read more about Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Father Shaun Crumb reflects on a simple meal he joined in Bolivia that demonstrates the Body of Christ.
Rick Dixon, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner, reflects on the Christ child and the Magi in El Salvador.
Dan Moriarty is a returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner who now coordinates the Maryknoll Bolivia Immersion Program.
This week's reflection is written by Kathy McNeely, a returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner and former staff member of Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
This week's scripture reflection was prepared by Christine Perrier, a returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner who served in Peru.
Chad Ribordy and his family are returned Maryknoll Lay Missioners who lived and worked in Brazil.
This reflection, by Father Dan McLaughlin, who lives and works in Brazil, is also found in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year (Year C), published by Orbis Books.
Feast of the Assumption
Bob Short, who served as a lay missioner in Ecuador in the 1980s, now coordinates the Maryknoll Affiliates, an international community.
Read more about Feast of the Assumption
Joanne Blaney has served as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Brazil for many years and is currently working as the Mission Services Director for the Maryknoll Lay Missioners, based in New York.
Father Leo Shea has served as a missioner in several locations, most recently in Jamaica.
Father John Northrup writes about his mission experience in Mexico in this week's reflection.
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Exporting Excise Goods To The EU From 1 January 2021
From 1 January 2021, there will be changes to how you export and declare excise goods (alcohol, tobacco and certain oils). Exports of excise goods from the UK to the EU will be treated the same as exports to the rest of the world. This includes moving excise goods to a place of export in the UK.
There may be different rules in respect of Northern Ireland movements after transition. These will be published at a later date.
The Government guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exporting-excise-goods-to-the-eu-from-1-january-2021
EXPORTING EXCISE DUTY PAID GOODS
From 1 January 2021 you will need to submit an electronic export declaration. If you are a business, you may be able to recover the excise duty on the exported goods by claiming excise duty drawback.
See: https://www.gov.uk/topic/business-tax/import-export#export-declarations
EXPORTING EXCISE DUTY SUSPENDED GOODS
From 1 January 2021 you cannot use the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) to move excise duty suspended goods directly from the UK to the EU. If you move goods without following the relevant customs export procedures at the place they are exported from, you may be liable for excise duty and penalties. Your goods may also be seized.
If you raise a movement on EMCS to an EU member state 7 days before 1 January 2021, with a dispatch date on or after 1 January 2021, the movement will be rejected by EMCS and HMRC.
See: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/customs-declarations-for-goods-taken-out-of-the-eu
MOVING EXCISE DUTY SUSPENDED GOODS TO THE PLACE OF EXPORT FROM THE UK
You must use EMCS to move excise duty suspended goods from within the UK to the place they are being exported from.
You will need to either:
ensure the authorised warehousekeeper declares the movement on EMCS when the goods are held in excise duty suspension in their warehouse
appoint a registered consignor to move the goods or become a registered consignor – when the goods are being released from a customs control for re-export
See: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-excise-goods-to-the-uk-from-the-eu-from-1-january-2021#reg-con
The authorised warehousekeeper or registered consignor must:
complete and submit an electronic administrative document (eAD) through EMCS before the movement takes place
get a unique Administrative Reference Code (ARC) for that specific movement (that EMCS generates)
complete a customs export declaration using the National Export System (NES) and enter the ARC in box 40
receive an ‘accepted for export’ notification on EMCS after the goods are cleared by customs – this should be generated if the ARC on EMCS matches the details in Box 40 of the customs export declaration
receive a ‘report of export’ to ensure the export is closed on EMCS
If the ARC does not match the customs export declaration within 30 days of the customs export declaration being submitted, the warehousekeeper or registered consignor will receive a ‘rejected for export’ notification to remind them that the movement is still open on EMCS. You will need to establish why this has happened and take corrective action.
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Business rates update
Student loan repayments: Increased thresholds from April 2021
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Panthers Hope AHL Call-Up Ellis Can Keep Them In Playoff Hunt
Filed Under:Al Montoya, Brandon Pirri, Cody Eakin, Dallas Stars, Dan Ellis, Derek MacKenzie, Dmitry Kulikov, Florida Panthers, Gerard Gallant, Kari Lethonen, Lindy Ruff, National Hockey League, NHL, Robb Tallas, Roberto Luongo, Tim Thomas, Tyler Seguin
Dan Ellis #39 of the Florida Panthers lies on the ice after allowing Travis Zajac #19 of the New Jersey Devils to score his hattrrick goal at 9:37 of the third period at the Prudential Center on March 31, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey. (Source: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
SUNRISE (CBSMiami/AP) – The Florida Panthers are fighting for their playoff lives and will be for the rest of the season.
The Dallas Stars aren’t really in the Western Conference playoff picture, but they still have plenty of motivation for this matchup with the Panthers.
Now they’ll be facing a former player making his season debut due to extraordinary circumstances.
Dan Ellis will start in goal for the Panthers on Thursday night against the visiting Stars, who lost superstar Tyler Seguin the last time these teams met.
Dallas (28-26-10) won 2-0 over Florida on Feb. 13, but no one was celebrating afterward. That’s because three players got hurt, with Seguin the most notable one.
Seguin, who has 29 goals and 59 points, suffered a severe right knee injury after being checked by defenseman Dmitry Kulikov in the third period. Stars coach Lindy Ruff called the play “a dirty shot.”
Kulikov, assessed a major penalty for clipping and a game misconduct, was suspended four games for the incident.
The Stars have gone 2-5-2 since losing Seguin to fall out of playoff contention.
Thursday’s game comes exactly one year after Dallas traded Ellis to Florida for Tim Thomas. Ellis, recalled from the minors Wednesday, allowed 25 goals in losing all five starts last season for the Panthers.
“I’ll go out there and try to read the game the way I’m capable of and try to make the saves I need to in order to help us win,” Ellis told the Panthers’ official Twitter account.
Ellis began his career in 2003-04 with Dallas and made one start. He went 5-6-0 with a 3.04 goals-against average in 14 games – 11 starts – with the Stars last season.
Florida (28-23-13) had little choice but to call up the veteran because of injuries to Roberto Luongo and Al Montoya that proved to be costly in Tuesday’s 3-2 home loss to Toronto.
Luongo started and got hurt with Montoya replacing him. The backup suffered a groin injury that forced Luongo to change out of street clothes back into uniform. Florida, which blew a third-period lead, considered inserting goalie coach Robb Tallas or forward Derek MacKenzie between the pipes.
“We’re playing a pretty good game, and all of a sudden, boom, boom, you lose two goalies real quick,” coach Gerard Gallant said. “Fortunately for us, both of them were able to return and play some of the game, and Robbie didn’t have to go in there.”
Florida remained two points behind Boston for the Eastern Conference’s final wild-card berth. The Panthers have played two more games.
“It was unfortunate we let this one slip away,” said center Brandon Pirri, who has three goals in his last three games. “These are two big points we needed.”
Dallas ended an 0-4-2 slide with Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime victory over the New York Islanders on Cody Eakin’s winner. The Stars were stunned when they conceded the tying goal with two seconds left in the third period.
“It’s part of that next step to get over that hurdle where you deal with adversity and you fight even harder because we’ve dealt with a lot in this building,” Ruff said.
Kari Lehtonen figures to start after he had 37 saves for his fourth shutout in last month’s meeting.
(TM and © Copyright 2015 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2015 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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Volunteers search Glacier Park, Holland Lake for elusive black swifts
By Amy Seaman/Montana AudubonOctober 23, 2017
October 23, 2017 By Missoula Current
Trainees below Lunch Creek Falls show how tiny a person can be in the nesting habitat of the black swift. (Jeff Van Tine)
Since the summer of 2013, Montana Audubon has engaged citizen scientists in searching for one of Montana’s least understood species, the black swift.
When we started these efforts, just seven nest sites were known in the state, and it was clear the bird remained among the Species of Greatest Inventory Need. Nesting amongst rocky niches, and under hidden waterfalls, the colonial-breeding black swift remains challenging to locate, even to a trained observer’s eye.
In our first four years of surveys, efforts by Montana Audubon staff and a dozen volunteers turned up just three new nesting sites. Focused surveys in Glacier National Park confirmed six sites there in 2013. At the start of the 2017 field season, individual efforts and those by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, yielded 17 nesting sites, statewide.
We were making progress, albeit slowly. In an effort to speed up our rate of discovery, we took a different approach in 2017, hosting two in-person field and classroom training events.
Twenty-six individuals, ranging from agency personnel to seasonal technicians and volunteers, joined us in Glacier National Park and Holland Lake for an intensive, two-day introduction to these elusive creatures. Trainees spent over two hours together working on the survey protocol, learning how to navigate the physical demands of the field and getting introduced to the unique biology of this extremely fast study species.
As dusk approached each night, we headed to the falls to practice survey techniques. Trainees worked in small groups to score waterfall habitat characteristics such as height, type, flow volume, “commanding view over the surrounding terrain,” moss availability, shading of nest niches, and falls’ aspect — all qualities known to influence the likelihood a waterfall will be used by black swifts.
Talking through each group’s scores together helps hone the individual observer’s eye and adds an important element of objectivity when moving through the scoring process. Standardizing data collection in this way is exactly what the state needs to carry out surveys that effectively determine a species’ conservation status.
We shared as much as possible about developing a good search image, including looking for white-wash and scouring the waterfall face for “mailbox–sized” nooks where nests may be hidden.
Despite the fact that the Lunch Creek waterfall had been occupied by swifts in 2016, none were found during this summer’s training — and no birds turned up during later surveys this summer. Holland Falls, on the other hand, provided just the search image the trainees needed, as birds were observed almost a dozen times streaming out from the waterfall’s sides, down the creek, and out over Holland Lake.
The few brief glimpses allowed trainees to observe the lightning-like speed at which an adult black swift enters its nest location, and made clear a point we reiterated often during the training: “Just don’t look away.”
It is safe to say almost everyone who attended these trainings became hooked on how exciting it is to be in the presence such an amazing and uncommon creature.
After the training sessions, we coordinated with volunteers to survey 18 waterfalls, resulting in the location of four new black swift colonies. Two of these are located in the park and two are outside, including the first find in the Cabinet Mountains.
Volunteers logged over 400 hours and drove more than 1,400 miles during the search — which doesn’t end this year: This cadre of “swifters” is ready to hit the trails again next year.
Between funded surveys and citizen science, 2017 was a year of great discovery, and our collective efforts have doubled the known number of sites to a total of 34. There remains much to learn about black swift conservation but we’re working in the right direction with an amazing crew of people.
Funding for the training was provided by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the Glacier National Park Conservancy, the LEAW Family Foundation, the Cadeau Foundation, and individual donors.
Amy Seaman has been with Montana Audubon since 2013. She works on its Important Bird Area Program and myriad other bird conservation projects.
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In Articles, RPG Games, Trending
In 2020, World of Warcraft will be getting a new expansion, and as all the previews from 2019’s BlizzCon showed, a familiar iconic character is at the fold to kick things off. Sylvanas Windrunner, fallen leader of the Horde, has pierced the veil between Azeroth and the realm of the dead, setting in motion a series of events that threatens to upset the cosmic balance between life and death. Blizzard Entertainment today revealed World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, the latest expansion for the company’s acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game, in which Azeroth’s heroes will confront the wonders and horrors of the afterlife as they deal with the consequences of Sylvanas’ actions. Here’s why we’re excited, let’s break down Shadowlands.
World of Warcraft players entering the fabled Shadowlands will find the realms of the dead in upheaval. Under the normal order, departed souls were delivered to a realm appropriate to the lives they led, but now, all souls are being funneled into the Maw, where the most wicked are damned to suffer for eternity. As they seek to right the cycle and uncover the extent of Sylvanas’ designs, players will forge bonds with the Covenants who hold domain over different planes within the Shadowlands:
The steadfast Kyrian of Bastion, whose discipline and duty compels them to safeguard souls from the mortal realm as they pass into the Shadowlands.
The mysterious Night Fae of Ardenweald, who fiercely defend the spirits of nature from those who would deprive them of rebirth.
The cunning Venthyr of Revendreth, who feast on the souls of the prideful and vain in a gothic realm of opulence and torment.
The warlike Necrolords of Maldraxxus, who forge the undead armies that serve as the first line of defense for the Shadowlands and honor those who seek power and glory in battle.
In their journeys through the Shadowlands, players will also come face-to-face with some of the departed legends of the Warcraft® universe, such as Uther the Lightbringer, who struggles against dark forces that seek to transform him into a symbol of retribution, and Kael’thas, who pursues vengeance on an enemy from his past while confined to Revendreth for the crimes he committed in life.
“Shadowlands is taking us somewhere we’ve never dreamed of going in the Warcraft universe, and that’s incredibly exciting,” said J. Allen Brack, president of Blizzard Entertainment. “We can’t wait to explore the great beyond, catch up with old departed friends, and forge an epic new chapter in the Warcraft saga together with our players.”
All The Features
A host of new features and activities await players in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. When they cross into the realm-between-realms, players will be able to:
Explore the Realm of the Dead: For the first time ever in World of Warcraft, players will cross into the Shadowlands and experience the wonders and horrors of the afterlife across five new zones—the gleaming fields of Bastion, the scarred battlefields of Maldraxxus, the eternal twilight of Ardenweald, the opulent keeps of Revendreth, and the horrific Maw.
Claim a Covenant’s Power: Players will be called upon to forge a bond with one of four Covenants that rule Shadowlands’ new zones, setting the tone for their journey through the expansion with a full Covenant Campaign. As they level up, they’ll get new abilities based on their choice, including class-specific abilities for each Covenant—as well as developing Soulbinds with specific Covenant members, which grant them access to that character’s specific traits and bonuses.
Ascend the Tower of the Damned: At the heart of the Maw lies Torghast, Tower of the Damned, a cursed otherworldly prison where the wickedest souls in the universe are locked away. Highly replayable and inspired by roguelike games, heroes are invited to explore its ever-changing halls and chambers and do battle with the minions of the Jailer, Torghast’s vile ruler. Those who brave its trials can claim legendary treasures and help free the heroic spirits wrongfully trapped within.
Every Level Is Meaningful: Shadowlands will introduce a new leveling system, meant to provide a meaningful sense of advancement with every level achieved. Current max-level characters will begin Shadowlands at level 50 and work toward the new level cap of 60.
A New Army of the Dead Rises: To combat Sylvanas’ assault on Icecrown, Bolvar Fordragon— the revered former paladin who took on the mantle of Lich King to keep the Scourge at bay—has raised heroes from among all the peoples of Azeroth to bolster the Death Knights of Acherus. With Shadowlands, pandaren and all allied races will now be able to become Death Knights.
Improved Character Customization Options: A host of new appearance options for all races will be made available to players when they create new World of Warcraft characters (or alter existing ones at the in-game barber shop).
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is available for pre-purchase digitally from the Blizzard Shop starting today, with three different options all designed with player preference in mind. The Base Edition of Shadowlands is available for £34.99 SRP, providing a new lower entry point compared to previous expansions. The Heroic Edition £49.99) includes the expansion; a level-120 character boost; and the Ensorcelled Everwyrm mount, which provides access to a questline through which players can earn the Vestments of the Eternal Traveler transmogrification set. The Epic Edition (£69.99) includes the Anima Wyrmling pet; the Wraithchill cosmetic weapon effect; the Eternal Traveler’s Hearthstone, designed with a unique visual effect; and 30 days of game time, in addition to all of the contents from the Heroic Edition.
All bonuses from the Heroic and Epic Editions are unlocked immediately upon pre-purchase. In addition, pre-purchasing any edition of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will open the ability for players to create pandaren and allied race Death Knights once the Visions of N’Zoth content update for the current expansion, Battle for Azeroth™, arrives in the coming months.
For more information on World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, visit www.worldofwarcraft.com.
Topics: MMO MMORPG World of Warcraft Shadowlands WoW Shadowlands
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DNR announces revisions to PWI maps
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Resources (DNR) has announced revisions to public waters inventory (PWI) areas that were erroneously claimed as part of the public drainage systems.
Because they aren’t considered public waters nor public ditches, about 540 watercourses have since been removed from the county PWI and buffer protection maps. The DNR Commissioner has authority to rectify errors in the PWI maps.
“There are a lot of changes going on with the buffer map,” says Luke Skinner, DNR’s director of the division of ecological and water resources. “We’re trying to get it as correct as possible, and overall, I think it’s pretty accurate.”
Joe Smentek, Minnesota Soybean’s director of public affairs, deems the DNR’s reversal an encouraging development for soybean farmers.
“This is a good sign that the original intent of the legislation is being followed,” he says. “Landowners were promised during informational hearings around the state that if it looks like a ditch and acts like a ditch, it would be treated like a ditch.”
The watercourse segments equal about 640 miles spanning 71 counties in Minnesota, affecting about 1.2 percent of all public watercourses and public ditch miles.
“This is still a pretty small amount,” Skinner says. “It’s not a lot per county, just a few miles here and there.”
Theresia Gillie, president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA), says DNR’s notification underscored the need to postpone the buffer bill’s implementation.
“Changes this late in the game show that there is still work to be done with the buffer implementation,” she says. “The lack of funds to counties, the lack of communication regarding alternatives and the concerns with invasive species all show a need to delay this fall’s implementation so that we can make sure this is getting done correctly, not just quickly.”
The decision came after Skinner reports DNR received more than 4,000 comments after initial maps for the buffer law were released in summer 2016. The feedback resulted in about 2,500 changes to the buffer map.
“We heard from a lot of farmers saying their ditches were private and not public,” Skinner says. “We started digging in to that more, and over this winter, we pulled out the map and did an analysis and found these sites. We decided, instead of doing them one by one, we would just remove all these ones we thought were public ditches at the time.”
When the original PWI maps were drawn in the 1980s, public ditches were not on the preliminary list, but the watercourses were incorrectly put on the PWI map. None of these watercourses were regulated by DNR.
“The understanding at the time was that drainage authorities, rather than DNR, would have regulatory authority over public ditches,” Skinner says. “As a result of not being on the PWI list and appearing on the PWI maps as public ditches, landowners didn’t necessarily know that these waters were, in fact, being designated as public waters subject to DNR jurisdiction.”
DNR has since notified all affected Soil & Water Conservation Districts, and remains open to tweaks to the watercourse map.
Skinner cautions the watercourses could still be subject to buffer requirements in the future through the “other waters” provisions of the buffer law, or from additions to public ditch systems via DNR redeterminations.
“We might still have some cleanup to do,” he says. “We’ve gotten some incorrect information both ways, and we’ll be working to update the buffer maps and PWI over time. But we wanted to get these segments out to folks so they could see where they’re at.”
Skinner and MSGA recommend farmers direct further questions or concerns to their local SWCD representative or DNR hydrologist. A full outline of the affected 71 counties will soon be available on DNR’s website.
MSGA is a non-profit, farmer-controlled membership organization established in 1962. Its goal is to ensure profitable soybean farming by influencing favorable ag legislation, monitoring government policies and supporting research and market development activities.
— Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
Source: Morning Ag Clips
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Articles of Interest- Monday, August 19, 2019
Canada Wheat Output Forecast to Rise
World-Grain – 08/16/2019
Wheat production in Canada in 2019-20 is forecast to increase with yields returning to historical averages, according to an Aug. 15 Global Agricultural Information Network report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA projects wheat output at 32.6 million tonnes, a 6% increase over the 2018-19 total of 31.7 million tonnes despite a slight decrease in harvested area. Yield is projected to increase to 3.31 tonnes per hectare from 3.22 tonnes. Exports for the 2018-19 season have been adjusted higher to 24.5 million tonnes with strong demand from China, the USDA said. “Canada’s share of total Chinese imports of wheat has skyrocketed above 60% in 2018-19, up from 32% in 2017-18, as U.S. wheat exports to China have plunged and Australian exportable supplies have fallen sharply,” the USDA said. Canadian wheat exports for 2019-20 are forecast to be at or near last year’s total. Canadian 2018-19 durum exports were up 8% through June, with large volumes moving in the latter half of the marketing year, the USDA said. “Durum exports to Italy through June increased more than 65% year over year to nearly 590,000 tonnes, after Canadian durum exports to Italy fell sharply in 2017-18 on glyphosate-related concerns,” the USDA said.
Paris Wheat Steady with Euro Help, Mills Snap Up German Crop
Hellenic Shipping News – 08/19/2019
Growing expectations of a large European Union wheat crop, with limited damage from heatwaves this summer, have also weighed on Euronext prices. But an easing euro, which hit a two-week low on Friday against a broadly stronger dollar, has lent support for Euronext wheat. “The euro-dollar rate is helping us to go up,” one futures broker said. “But as soon as you go to around 173.50 euros on December futures, the sellers are back.” Consultancy Strategie Grains on Thursday raised sharply its forecasts for EU exports of soft wheat this season, citing increasingly competitive EU prices, as it also increased its harvest estimate. In France, soft wheat harvesting was rounded off in the week to Aug. 12, farm office FranceAgriMer said in a weekly report. In Germany, decent new-crop quality and large harvest supplies at attractive prices helped generate strong purchasing by flour mills in the past couple of days, traders said. “There has been high volume purchasing by German mills with the total reaching well over 100,000 tonnes of wheat bought in the German domestic market this week, with possibly as much as 250,000 tonnes from the German new crop purchased,” a German trader said.
Oregon Farmers Hope for Stabillity
The Columbian – 08/18/2019
In all, 40 percent of Oregon agricultural production is exported internationally, according to the Oregon Farm Bureau. Oregon’s top markets are Japan, South Korea, Canada and China. “Every year is a challenging year, and some are tougher than others,” said Harper Monroe, who is president of the Lane County Farm Bureau. “It’s a really tough time for us.” Oregon farmers largely were able to plant their crops this year despite some moments of extreme weather, something farmers farther east can’t say after a devastating season that saw more acres of cropland prevented from farming than any previous year on record, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture…Blake Rowe, CEO of the Oregon Wheat Commission, pointed to trade disruption as the main problem for Oregon’s wheat farmers. China hasn’t been buying U.S. wheat for about 18 months because of the trade war.
State Wheat Breeder Brett Carver Shares Vision for the Future of OSU’s Wheat Improvement Program
Oklahoma Farm Report – 08/16/2019
Oklahoma State Wheat Breeder and Chair of the Oklahoma Wheat Improvement Team at Oklahoma State University Dr. Brett Carver led a discussion at Wednesday’s joint-meeting of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association in El Reno, reviewing the results of the program’s 2019 wheat variety trials and the direction in which the program is headed. During the event, he sat down with Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Associate Farm Director Carson Horn to expound on his vision for the program moving forward. “Every year I think, well… I don’t know if it can get any better than this. But, then the data comes in from the field and it verifies what I saw in the field and this year is just really exciting to see the different directions I think we could move the program,” Carver said. “I like varieties that can respond to multiple needs – not just the same need of yield and test weight. That’s ok, that will keep us busy. But, there’s certain parts of that I think we can tease apart and make that yield and quality even better.”
Wheat Farmers in Washington Selling Their Crop for Prices Below the Cost of Production
NBC – 08/17/2019
Wheat farmers are harvesting their crop in Washington, but are selling it for prices at or below what it costs to produce. Farmers took a hit this week by a federal forecast that drove down the already low prices. The USDA came out with its August crop production report which showed a 3-percent increase in wheat production compared to last month. That caused wheat prices to drop. Last week out of Portland, red winter wheat was trading at $5.20 when farmers need to get on average $5.50 a bushel to cover cost. About 90 percent of Washington wheat is exported, with the two biggest buyers being Japan and the Philippines. You would think good volume would yield a price per bushel increase, but that’s not the case right now. Wheat farmers are saying trade wars have really slowed things down. “Our volumes are up. I think all of U.S. agriculture is really hurt with these trade wars,” said Damon Filan, Manager Tri-Cities Wheat. “It effects not only the farmers, but it effects the whole industry, the railroads, the barge lines and anybody that is involved in the chain for agriculture.”
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Titans add receivers T.J. Graham, Kris Durham
Published: Aug 31, 2014 at 10:23 AM
Kevin Patra
Around the NFL Writer
The Tennessee Titans juggled their wide receiving corps with two waiver additions.
The team announced Sunday it claimed pass-catchers Kris Durham and T.J. Graham.
The duo should fight for playing time behind the Titans' top trio of Justin Hunter, Kendall Wright and Nate Washington.
The Detroit Lionscut the 6-foot-6 Durham on Saturday after he finished second on the team with 490 yards on 38 receptions in 2013. His size adds an intriguing element at the back end of the Titans' depth chart. While he provides a big red zone target, Durham's 46.3 percent catch rate and 8.2 percent drop rate were among the worst in the league.
The speedy Graham was the subject of trade rumors before being cut by the Buffalo Bills, who selected him in the third round of the 2012 draft. The 25-year-old caught just 54 passes for 683 yards and three touchdowns in 17 starts over two seasons with the Bills. Graham will add a speed element in Tennessee if he can crack the rotation.
The team also announced it claimed corner Brandon Harris from Houston. To make room on the roster, the Titans waived receiver Michael Preston, defensive back Khalid Wooten and center Steve Vallos on Sunday.
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Hands-on with the new Moto E, a great smartphone at any price
If years ago you’d have predicted where Motorola’s mobile strength would be, ultra-cheap, high-quality smartphones wouldn’t have been high on most peoples’ lists.
The company that attempted to bring back the luxury RAZR brand by slapping on its rear a piece of Kevlar has made a name for itself, since its purchase to and subsequent sale from Google, in what is quickly becoming the most important area of the mobile market.
The new Moto E, coming in April to TELUS, Koodo and Videotron for around $150 outright, is the perfect mélange of the company’s two higher-priced products, the Moto G and Moto X, without sacrificing the marketing message that made the first generation E so good.
Aimed at first-time smartphone buyers, the new Moto E is the first Motorola device with a 64-bit chip, and the low-cost, decent-performance processor enables some features, like Moto Display, Actions, and Assist, that were only possible on the much more expensive Moto X lineup.
At 4.5-inches, the device’s screen is marginally bigger than the original E (and, non-coincidentally the same size as the original Moto G, which was replaced late last year with a larger 5-inch model), and while its resolution remains the same at 960×540 pixels, Motorola has makes use of a high-contrast LCD panel to enable the Moto Display features Moto X users love.
(Perhaps most interesting about the addition of Moto Display to the Moto E is that it is skipping the Moto G entirely, and potentially alienating a group of users who may be hung up on device lineup hierarchy.)
It’s difficult to call the Moto E attractive, all stout and thick as most inexpensive smartphones are, but it’s considerably more so than its predecessor, which looked like what would happen if you scrunched up a piece of paper and let it unfurl on its own. Not only is the second-generation Moto E slimmer, but Motorola has managed to find budget in its margins to use the higher-quality, creak-free plastic from its G line.
Running stock Android 5.0.2, the Moto E’s interface unsurprisingly bears a resemblance to that of the Moto X, just scaled down for its lower resolution. Performance was uncharacteristically good for a device in this price range, attributable to a 64-bit quad-core 1.2Ghz Snapdragon 410 SoC, the first we’ve played with in a shipping product. Android 5.0.2 scales well to this screen size and resolution, and apps optimized for Google’s newest operating system fared well with just 1GB of RAM.
Unfortunately, it does seem like memory — both derivatives — will be the bottleneck for users here. Memory management has been improved in Lollipop, but many apps leave traces of themselves upon closing, and after a few hours I noticed some slowdown that a reboot fixed.
Similarly, with just 5GB of usable internal storage, the Moto E almost certainly requires a microSD card to proffer an enjoyable user experience. Motorola makes it easy to transfer the contents of larger apps and games to a microSD card — it takes but one tap within Settings/Apps — but not all are compatible with the transfer, and after installing my “base suite” of apps, I quickly ran into “Insufficient Storage” messages.
Worse is that Google pre-installs nearly 750MB of applications, including Google+ at nearly 120MB, that cannot be uninstalled. With cost clearly a factor here, Google should release some control of its app requirements to benefit devices such as the Moto E. Such a stipulation would also benefit Android One OEMs.
Perhaps the biggest boon for the North American market is the inclusion of LTE. Whereas the second-generation Moto G lacked that spec, which precluded it from carrier placement outside of WIND, the Moto E is being marketed, smartly, as a successor to the first-generation Moto G. Indeed, as confusing as Motorola’s lineup has become, with several variants of the G, including one with LTE, the value proposition of the new Moto E is simple: a great cheap smartphone that is optimized for the Canadian market in every way.
Even the 5MP camera, which hasn’t seen a resolution bump but has benefited from a new sensor and improved image signal processor in the Snapdragon 410, is a big improvement. I actually took good photos from this $150 smartphone. Motorola may be cheaping out in certain places, but the fast commoditization of hardware components like low-resolution camera sensors means that outside of resolution this is a primo experience. Even shutter speed is better than the second-generation Moto G.
Recall that the first-generation Moto E was marketed to upgrading from a feature phone. It was stout and rotund, had a mediocre screen and offered middling performance. Its camera was bad — it lacked a front-facing camera, which this one has — and the phone couldn’t be relied on to last the day on its battery. It was a good start, and for $129 USD / $179 could nary be criticized because of its price.
This time, the Moto E is a good smartphone, period. It’s better for most consumers than the second-generation Moto G, and certainly better than most entry-level smartphones from LG and Samsung. The only problem — and it’s one that will likely go ignored due to the target demographic — is the RAM count.
Android 5.0.2 runs fine on this phone, but Android is quickly bloating, as are the apps on which it runs, and the Moto E is only as good as its long-term prospects. Sure, at $150 users can afford to replace it every year, but a smartphone lives and dies on its reliability. It’s unclear whether the diminutive device will stand the test of time, but I’m eager to give it a try. This is a smartphone I’d keep in my pocket.
Finally, as Motorola is wont to do, the Moto E comes with a removable perimeter plate that can be customized with different coloured edges, or a clear case that wraps around the edges and back. It’s an easy way for customers to personalize the device, and for Motorola to recover some of the margins it loses by selling the Moto E itself near, presumably, cost. Pricing for the accessories haven’t been finalized, but look for something in the range of $10-30 depending on the fit.
Motorola’s strategy is clear here: it’s not winning in the high-end, so try to bring as many of the features of its more expensive models to the entry level, so people in developing markets, and those with small budgets, can enjoy them. Then, if the opportunity rises, bring those customers — already loyal from a great customer experience — to the high-end product the next time they buy a phone.
Either way, Motorola wins.
Availability: TELUS, Koodo, Videotron in April; chatr wireless, MTS and WIND “this spring”
Price: Approximately $150 CDN
Android 5.0.2 Lollipop
4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) IPS LCD display
1.2Ghz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC
1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage (5GB usable, microSD slot available)
5MP rear camera, VGA front-facing camera
Update: An earlier version of this article claimed the Moto E had an OLED display. This is since been updated to mention high-contrast LCD, as confirmed by Motorola. Sorry for the confusion.
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DARPA invites all interested companies to submit algorithms that will help the synthetic aperture radar to pinpoint the location of ground vehicles in motion. In the specification it is specified that the speed of the tank or the APC can be very small — such targets are difficult to detect. The new technology is planned to test drones that will teach you to find your own camouflaged on the ground armored vehicles.
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In Primorye in August will be held a bilateral tactical exercises
Over four thousand soldiers in early August, will take part in the bilateral tactical exercises on the firing range Sergeevskoe in Primorye, according to the head of the press service of the Eastern military district Colonel Alexander Gordeev.
"In early August in Seaside combined arms army of the Eastern military district will start bilateral tactical exercises. On the ground Sergeevskoe of Primorsky Krai more than four thousand troops to train of marches, equipment, strongholds, establishing communication systems, devices, fortifications, and tactical actions of the units in defense and offense day and night," - said Gordeev.
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As said the interlocutor of the channel, preparations for the export of "Armata". The issue, of the equipment of modern tanks can remain in the export version, and that — no, the source added.
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At the end of December 2016, the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic after the meeting in Moscow with the head of the defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu said that Russia in the framework of military-technical assistance will give Serbia six MiG-29 as well as 30 T-72S and 30 BRDM-2 equipped with machine guns KPVT 14.5 mm.
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First trimester studies of a fetus at risk for triose phosphate isomerase deficiency.
B. Dallapiccola, G. Novelli, C. Cuoco, E. Porro
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu
www.neuromed.it
Istituto "Giannina Gaslini"
A first trimester prenatal diagnosis was offered to a mother whose child had died of haemolytic anaemia and multisystem disease caused by TPI deficiency. The deficiency state was characterized by greatly reduced TPI activity in both erythrocytes and peripheral lymphocytes. Specific activity of TPI in trophoblast homogenates from the index fetus was about 30 per cent less than in the controls, but the heat stability test showed overlap. These data were confirmed in uncultured and cultured amniotic cells, where glycolytic intermediate concentrations DHAP, GAP and FDP fell in the range of controls. These results suggested that the fetus was a TPI heterozygote. This prenatal prediction was confirmed by RBC and haematological studies at birth.
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Dallapiccola, B., Novelli, G., Cuoco, C., & Porro, E. (1987). First trimester studies of a fetus at risk for triose phosphate isomerase deficiency. Prenatal Diagnosis, 7(4), 289-294.
First trimester studies of a fetus at risk for triose phosphate isomerase deficiency. / Dallapiccola, B.; Novelli, G.; Cuoco, C.; Porro, E.
In: Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol. 7, No. 4, 05.1987, p. 289-294.
Dallapiccola, B, Novelli, G, Cuoco, C & Porro, E 1987, 'First trimester studies of a fetus at risk for triose phosphate isomerase deficiency.', Prenatal Diagnosis, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 289-294.
Dallapiccola B, Novelli G, Cuoco C, Porro E. First trimester studies of a fetus at risk for triose phosphate isomerase deficiency. Prenatal Diagnosis. 1987 May;7(4):289-294.
Dallapiccola, B. ; Novelli, G. ; Cuoco, C. ; Porro, E. / First trimester studies of a fetus at risk for triose phosphate isomerase deficiency. In: Prenatal Diagnosis. 1987 ; Vol. 7, No. 4. pp. 289-294.
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12 years ago we created the City Ski Championships with a clear vision: to take the party atmosphere and excitement of high-level ski racing found at a World Cup race, and make it accessible to London’s keenest snowsports enthusiasts. More than that – we wanted to give our spectators the chance to have a go themselves, regardless of ability.
12 years later, we truly believe that we’ve delivered that. Those that took part this year enjoyed the best of both worlds, entertaining clients or colleagues, mixing with celebrities and networking whilst still getting to experience the pumping adrenalin of standing in the start hut. Which is why when the weekend was over, next year’s dates went straight into the diaries of those that took part. F1 Champion Damon Hill, who keeps coming back year after year, described the ski event as “competition in its friendliest format”. And he’s not wrong.
A dozen years has allowed the Championships to evolve into a tremendous community of city firms, media folks, friends, celebrities and loyal sponsors that – through the spirit of competition – have become good friends.
So what do we have to look forward to in 2012? For starters, we’ve moved to Crans Montana in the Valais Region.
Switzerland. Why? We needed a resort that matched our aspirations, befitting of our expanding clientèle. Somewhere chic and dynamic, that’s focused on the UK market. After a lengthy search, we found we could look no further than Crans Montana – a jewel in the crown when it comes to skiing in Switzerland.
Not only do they offer a fresh injection of alpine culture into the event, but the resort boasts the capacity for the event to grow without losing its personality.The resort has an excellent pedigree, it hosts the men’s Alpine World Cup, Omega Golf European Masters and the Caprice Music Festival whilst boasting both an excellent snow record and a glacier as good as any in the Valais.
As a measure of Crans Montana’s commitment to the event, I’m proud to announce that they have promised to deliver the same prices for ski passes, rental and accommodation,a great range of hotels in the resort as our guests enjoyed in Italy in 2011. It promises to be the best value ski weekend in the whole of Switzerland. So no fear of exchange rate here.
The really big news is that in 2012, we plan to realign the event by broadening the concept into The Momentum Ski Festival. Of course, the racing will still be the backbone of the festival, but with a major apres ski programme organised by Marcus Brigestocke’s agency, Taking the Piste. Confirmed Comedy Club acts so far are Marcus himself, Rufus Hound, The Feeling playing at Zero Dix on the Friday and stand by for Miss Sophie Ellis Bextor to DJ at our party! Lots more to be announced soon.
NEW for 2012 is the launch of The FT Alpine Business Forum, engaging top business and media leaders on the most pressing and interesting current issues facing us.
So whilst the City Ski Championships will continue, the weekend will also be open to non-skiers who simply like the idea of a big alpine party or those who want mix business with pleasure can attend the FT Alpine Business Forum with CEO’s and VIP guests.. George Osbourne more than welcome to attend.
The bottom line is: you can do as little or as much as you want. Demand has already been overwhelming, but we still want you to promote the event amongst your colleagues, friends and clients so we can build as big a party as possible. We’ll provide the infrastructure and resources. We’ll put together the programme, from racing and prize giving ceremonies to meeting facilities and great entertainment… and you bring your clients, associates or friends, enjoy all the benefits of a top-class event, and don’t have to organise a thing. To hear more, contact me, amin@momentumski.com and we’ll see you in Crans Montana, 15-18 March 2012.
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Amin’s passion for skiing has shaped his career, his life and his business. He has travelled extensively in Europe and North America as well as to many lesser known ski destinations worldwide. He founded Momentum with a single vision – to enable everyone to enjoy the whole Alpine experience through his knowledge and experiences, and so guarantee them the holiday of a lifetime.
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Africa ‘Must Rethink Approach to Agriculture Investment’ [Wall Street Journal]
Updated December 11, 2014 04:40 PM EST
Morocco’s Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch on how Africa can improve its agriculture:
The World Bank estimates that Africa could more than triple the value of its food output from $313 billion a year to $1 trillion if its governments were to “radically rethink their policies and support to agriculture.”
Akhannouch says African governments could attract more investment by better defining the value proposition for investors—something Morocco has done as part of its own successful efforts to boost its agricultural productivity. Since 2008, under its so-called Plan Vert (Green Plan), Morocco has boosted agricultural output by more than 40%.
The strategy is aimed at growing both small-scale farming and larger-scale commercial agriculture through a range of reforms in areas such as water management, access to inputs—such as seed and fertilizers—and improving access for farmers to their markets.
At the center of Plan Vert, though, is investment, Akhannouch says. “We clearly laid out the agricultural opportunities offered. The agency [managing Plan Vert] effectively aggregates projects into packages that will be attractive to investors.”…[full story]
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2 edition of Neuromuscular blocking drugs with especial reference to tacrine. found in the catalog.
Neuromuscular blocking drugs with especial reference to tacrine.
Mokhtar Estafan Youssef
by Mokhtar Estafan Youssef
Thesis (Ph. D.)--The Queen"s University of Belfast, 1975.
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Non-depolarizing or competitive blocking agents do not cause a muscle contraction before producing paralysis. Drugs in this group include pancuronium, atracurium and vecuronium (Table ).Since these agents act by competing with acetylcholine for receptor sites at the neuromuscular junction, their action can be reversed by increasing the local concentration of acetylcholine. Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) were first “discovered” by the native Indian populations of South America and were used for hunting game. They called their plant-based concoction “ourari,” which was later interpreted as “curare” by the early European explorers.
Skeletal muscle relaxation can be produced by deep inhalational anesthesia, regional nerve block, or neuromuscular blocking agents (commonly called muscle relaxants). In , Harold Griffith published the results of a study using an extract of curare (a South American arrow poison) during. Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) are usually administered during anesthesia to facilitate endotracheal intubation and/or to improve surgical conditions. NMBAs may decrease the incidence of hoarseness and vocal cord injuries during intubation, and can facilitate mechanical ventilation in patients with poor lung compliance [ ].
Neuromuscular blocking drugs relax skeletal muscles and induce paralysis. - Neuromuscular blockers have indicated uses in a hospital setting, from surgery to trauma care. - In surgery, they prepare patients for intubation before being placed on a ventilator and to suppress the patient's spontaneous breathing once on a ventilator. Drug images are also included. Drug Interaction Checker. Our Drug Interaction Checker provides rapid access to tens of thousands of interactions between brand and generic drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and supplements. Check mild interactions to serious contraindications for up to 30 drugs, herbals, and supplements at a time. Formulary Information.
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Neuromuscular blocking drugs with especial reference to tacrine by Mokhtar Estafan Youssef Download PDF EPUB FB2
Ince the introduction of tubocurarine as the first neuromuscular blocking (NMB) agent, numerous new drugs for the use of muscle relaxation have been developed. Initially marketed for muscle relaxation to ease endotra-cheal intubation and provide optimal operating conditions, the application of NMBFile Size: 94KB.
Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs with Especial Reference to Tacrine. Author: Youssef, M. ISNI: Awarding Body: Queen's University Belfast Current Institution: Queen's University Belfast Date of Award: Availability of Full Text. Neuromuscular blocking agents are potent muscle relaxants typically only used during surgery to prevent muscle movement.
They are structurally related to acetylcholine (the main neurotransmitter in the body) and they cause muscle relaxation by binding to acetylcholine receptors postsynaptically (which prevents acetylcholine from binding). The action of neuromuscular blocking drugs in man has been subject to widespread observation and experimentation ever since their introduction into clinical practice just over thirty years ago.
Many of the reports in the extensive literature on the subject are concerned with experience in the use of these drugs in anaesthesia and provide Cited by: 7. These include the anesthesia gases, pain medications, sedative drugs and neuromuscular blocking agents.
TahoeDoc During the course of a general anesthetic, an anesthesiologist may use over ten different medications to induce, maintain and Reviews: 5.
Neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs) act at several sites at the neuromuscular junction, but their main effects are as agonists and antagonists at postjunctional nicotinic receptors. Succinylcholine is the only available depolarizing NMBD; it has several undesirable side-effects.
(neuromuscular blocking activity of inhalation anesthetics, especially enflurane or isoflurane {04} {08} {09}, may be additive to that of the nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents {45}; dosage of vecuronium should be reduced by 15%, and dosage of other neuromuscular blocking agents should be reduced by 1/3 to 1/2 of the usual dose or as.
Abstract Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents were introduced into clinical practice more than 60 years ago. Throughout the world, millions of patients receive neuromuscular blocking agents as part of their general anesthetic each year.
With use, increased recognition of complications, pharmacologic advances, the ability to monitor depth of neuromuscular blockade, and changes in. The neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs) are an integral part of anesthesia practice. They allow for easy airway and operative field manipulation, which is essential in today’s sophisticated and complex surgical environment.
As with many other types of anesthetic drug components, no single agent or agents are ideal in all situations. Routine H&E staining and special stains play a critical role in tissue-based diagnosis or research. By colouring otherwise transparent tissue sections, these stains allow highly trained pathologists and researchers to view, under a microscope, tissue morphology (structure) or to look for the presence or prevalence of particular cell types, structures or even microorganisms such as bacteria.
This was the precursor to much of the work on neuromuscular blocking drugs that took place after the Second World War. The turn of the century heralded several momentous developments. In Great Britain, Sir Henry Dale and colleagues working at the National Institute of Medical Research established the role of acetylcholine and the chemical basis.
Neuromuscular blocking drugs, in particular curare and its most important purified alkaloid tubocurarine, are a prime example illustrative of the close liaison that has been and continues to be essential between physiology and pharmacology, for many physiological discoveries concerning cholinergic transmission in striated muscle and autonomic.
Neuromuscular blocking agents 1. NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS PRESENTED BY: SH JENA ANAEST.& VIMSAR,BURLA 2. HISTORY 3. Definition: NMBA are the drugs that act peripherally at NM-Junction and muscle fiber itself to block neuromuscular transmission.
Why do we need them. Neuromuscular-Blocking Drug. Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) are hydrophilic drugs that are commonly used in clinical practice for paralysis in rapid sequence intubation, tracheostomy, to facilitate mechanical ventilation in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and to prevent and treat shivering in patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia.
Pancuronium bromide, an aminosteroid neuromuscular blocking drug, has a long duration of action and is often used in patients receiving long-term mechanical ventilation in intensive care units. It lacks a histamine-releasing effect, but vagolytic and sympathomimetic effects can cause tachycardia and hypertension.
fast-acting neuromuscular blocking agent, cricoid pressure (CP), and tracheal intubation. However, most of these components have not been standardized to form a universal protocol [9]. Induction and neuromuscular blocking drugs, timing of their administration, position of the patient during RSII, whether to do manual positive pressure mask.
Many drugs interact with neuromuscular blocking drugs and often enhance the induced block; this is of clinical importance for volatile anaesthetics, antimicrobials, magnesium and some more.
Overview. Neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs), referred to as peripheral muscle relaxants, in contrast to centrally acting muscle relaxants such as guaifenesin or diazepam, interfere with or block neuromuscular transmission at the motor end are useful adjuncts to general anesthesia because they provide short-term or reversible skeletal muscle relaxation.
Neuromuscular-blocking drugs block neuromuscular transmission at the neuromuscular junction, causing paralysis of the affected skeletal is accomplished via their action on the post-synaptic acetylcholine (Nm) receptors. In clinical use, neuromuscular block is used adjunctively to anesthesia to produce paralysis, firstly to paralyze the vocal cords, and permit intubation of the.
Neuromuscular blocking drugs are designed to bind to the nicotinic receptor at the neuromuscular junction. However, they also interact with other acetylcholine receptors such as the nicotinic receptors in autonomic ganglia and the carotid body chemoreceptors, as well as the muscarinic receptors of the heart.
Neuromuscular blocking agents, or in abbreviation, NMBAs, are chemical agents that paralyses skeletal muscles by blocking the movement of neurotransmitter at the neuromuscular hinders the generation of nerve impulses as a result. It has several indications for use in the intense care unit. Now it is usually administered during anaesthesia to facilitate endotracheal intubation as.Animals should always be carefully monitored when under the influence of neuromuscular blocking drugs, and support of ventilation is essential.
The action of the competitive relaxants can be reversed by anticholinesterase drugs, especially neostigmine, after the administration of atropine, which eliminates excessive muscarinic responses.Chapter 6 Cholinergic Pharmacology is a combination of Chapter 9 Muscarinic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists Chapter 10 Anticholinesterase Agents, and Chapter 11 Agents Acting at the Neuromuscular Junction and Autonomic Ganglia in Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12th understanding of the material in these chapters will be helpful in following the.
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Bubba Wallace celebrates ‘unforgettable day at Indy’
INDIANAPOLIS — In a season where Bubba Wallace has been tearful, despondent and frustrated, Sunday saw the engaging 25-year-old beaming, joking and excited after a season-best third-place finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
“What a helluva day, helluva day for my team,” Wallace said after finishing behind winner Kevin Harvick and runner-up Joey Logano. “We needed this. We needed this weekend. We unloaded with speed and I was bragging to everybody.
“An unforgettable day at Indy.”
Wallace’s run was his second career top-five finish. He placed second in last year’s Daytona 500.
It didn’t seem as if Wallace — whose best finish this season was 14th at Bristol last month — would have a chance for a strong finish for Richard Petty Motorsports early in the race.
Wallace was involved in a pit road accident that included Chase Elliott and impacted Jimmie Johnson’s stop.
“I had no idea,” Wallace said of what happened. “I knew I was supposed to come around (Chris Buescher) and go long. I saw (Buescher) pull in, and I lifted and went to turn in and next thing you know I’m heading for Jimmie Johnson’s guys and I couldn’t stop. What I should have done, going back on it, is get off the brakes and turn and get away from them.
“Thank God we missed their pit crew and didn’t crush them because I couldn’t stop.”
Wallace said he asked his crew what happened and was told that Elliott “just ran you over.” Wallace admitted he was upset with Elliott for a while “and then I see (Elliott’s) car had damage and I’m like, ‘Nah, that had to be an accordion effect. I thought our day was over with. I thought that was how our luck was summed up all year, having really fast cars and some dumb luck takes us out. And it didn’t.”
Wallace had said earlier this weekend how excited he was and how fast his car was.
Told my guys during our last run, "I know it's just practice but be proud of what you guys have been able to do. She's fast! Thank you!"
Haven't ever felt this good about a car since I've been in the 43. Boys have been working hard this year! Finally starting to show! 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) September 7, 2019
He showed how good it was Sunday working his way toward the front. He never was worse than 11th in the final 50 laps.
“It’s incredible to think about where the season started and where we were at the first 10 races in,” Wallace said on pit road after the race. “Ever since Charlotte, we’ve still been bringing some heat. It’s just the passion and the drive my team has and it’s a frickin’ blast coming to the race track and being away from the race track with my guys.”
Wallace knows the challenge a single-car team faces in Cup but left Indy encouraged.
“If we can just have moments like this and weekends like that, we can start to put together runs and generate more funding and resources and get our cars better,” he said.
When Wallace was third on the final restart, he admits he flashed back to a race nearly a decade ago.
“Nine years ago we won at Lee (New Hampshire) Speedway when I restarted third and Ryan Truex and Eddie MacDonald were on the front row. I said on the pace laps these guys are going to overdrive Turn 1 and I’m going to take the lead and that happened.
“I started game-planning (Sunday when he was third). Now this is different plan because it was Joey and Kevin, but I started game-planning. They lined up perfectly and they went into (Turn) 3 and I’m like ‘Yes,’ and they all made it and I’m like, ‘Damn.’ ‘’
Even though he didn’t get the chance to win, it was still a good day for Wallace.
“All we do is just continue to climb up that Mt. Everest hill and we just keep kind of knocking another block off, knocking another step off,” he said.
But had he won, Wallace knew what he would have said in victory lane.
“My mom told me (Saturday), she’s like ‘When you win, tell them haters to kiss those bricks.’ ”
#NASCAR … @BubbaWallace talks about his 3rd-place finish and what happened in pit road early in the race. And see who stopped by to congratulate Bubba on his race … pic.twitter.com/wQP5aKfjXQ
— Dustin Long (@dustinlong) September 8, 2019
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Ludacris - Hatin' on Obama Deniers
Topic: Race and Racialism
These are the lyrics to rapper Ludacris' new pro-Obama rap:
I'm back on it like I just signed my record deal
yeah the best is here, the Bentley Coup paint is dripping wet, it got sex appeal
never should have hated
you never should've doubted him
with a slot in the president's iPod Obama shattered 'em
Said I handled his biz and I'm one of his favorite rappers
Well give Luda a special pardon if I'm ever in the slammer
Better yet put him in office, make me your vice president
Hillary hated on you, so that b____ is irrelevant
Jesse talking slick and apologizing for what?
if you said it then you meant it how you want it have a gut!
and all you other politicians trying to hate on my man,
watch us win a majority vote in every state on my man
you can't stop what's bout to happen, we bout to make history
the first black president is destined and it's meant to be
the threats ain't fazing us, the nooses or the jokes
so get off your a__, black people, it's time to get out and vote!
paint the White House black and I'm sure that's got 'em terrified
McCain don't belong in ANY chair unless he's paralyzed
Yeah I said it cause Bush is mentally handicapped
Ball up all of his speeches and I throw em like candy wrap
cause what you talking I hear nothing even relevant
and you the worst of all 43 presidents
get out and vote or the end will be near
the world is ready for change because Obama is here!
cause Obama is here
Editor's note: he got his name right. He just misspells it.
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"Black Hole" Called Racist
In Dallas, a county commissioners meeting erupted into pandemonium when two black commissioners objected to a white commissioner's use of the term, "black hole."
Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, referred to the Central Collections Office as a "black hole" because it had gained a reputation for losing paperwork. John Wiley Price interrupted, saying that it should be called a "white hole." Judge Thomas Jones demanded that Mayfield apologize for racial insensitivity.
Mayfield tried to explain that the term "black hole" was a scientific term as well as a common figure of speech.
That is reminiscent of the 1999 firing of David Howard for using the term "niggardly," which means "miserly," and has nothing to do with race. In that case, as well, black officials, who were ignorant of the word's meaning and overreacted, insisted that he should have realized how it sounded to black listeners.
Similarly, earlier this year, National Public Radio apologized for using the term "Dark Continent" to describe Africa.
Do we really expect electing Barack Obama to solve this racial hypersensitivity, or would that only make it worse?
Read about it:
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns-ra.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/jan99/district27.htm
http://www.npr.org/ombudsman/2008/02/should_npr_have_apologized_for.html
Updated: Friday, July 11, 2008 5:19 PM CDT
Yuk! Political Correctness Runs Amok!
The National Children's Bureau, a British government-funded group, suggests that toddlers who say "Yuk!" in reaction to ethnic food, refer to other children as "those people," or say that another person smells, may be racist. The group issued a guide, the 366-page "Young Children and Racial Justice," to nursery school teachers, which states that "No racist incident should be ignored" and should be censured, whereas anyone who disagrees is racist.
The spectre looms that offhand remarks by innocent children might result in a criminal record, or their parents being hauled into court. A 10-year-old boy has already been charged with racist slurs.
So are children who do not like Brussels sprouts anti-Belgian?
http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx_8761oq_5113477690040g44a_20086125657e
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/2261307/Toddlers-who-dislike-spicy-food-racist,-say-report.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1032650/Children-young-reported-racism-Government-funded-group-claims.html
Racializing the National Anthem
Around 1970, the small Czech-Bohemian town of Crosby, near Houston, was forced by government mandate to integrate its schools with the black community of Barrett, four miles away. One problem: the Crosby school mascot was the Buffalo. The new black constituency associated the buffalo with a racial stereotype, so it was changed to the Cougar. Similarly, another area school district, C. E. King, changed from Rebels to Panthers. Their "old" mascot looked like a Confederate soldier.
Fair enough. Call it sense and sensibilities.
On July 3, 2008, jazz singer Rene Marie was scheduled to sing the National Anthem at the Denver mayor's State of the City address. What she did not bother to tell the mayor's office was that she had decided, "months ago," to no longer sing the national anthem. Instead, she substituted her own version, to which she had adapted lyrics from the Black National Anthem. The Black National Anthem was written by James Weldon Johnson, best known for his poetry series about black preachers, entitled "God's Trombones."
See: http://www.black-network.com/anthem.htm
http://www.afrikation.com/BlackNationalAnthem.htm
Ms. Marie, who justified her choice in the name of "artistic expression," seemed to relish the deception. She told a reporter, "I pulled a switcheroonie on them," and said she "wouldn't change a thing" about what she had done. Apparently, Ms. Marie has never been "really proud of her country."
There is nothing wrong with Johnson's song, but it is not our national anthem. Is this what is to pass for unity today -- the submersion, or subversion, of our historical culture, the product of the great Melting Pot (or as some say, Stew Pot) of cultures, in deference to the overworked sensibilities and sensitivities of a minority of one minority?
Moreover, how radical and emboldened, if Barack Obama is elected president -- or if he is not -- can we expect this minority of racialists to become?
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-anthem4-2008jul04,0,1711041.story
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=20135
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,375164,00.html
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Slamm Technologies officially launched, opens office at Accra Digital Centre
By Mfidie On Oct 29, 2019 Last updated Oct 28, 2019
Slamm Technologies, a leading IT organization that offers cybersecurity support, training and professional services, has officially launched its Africa corporate offices at the Edward Kojo Salia building, Accra Digital Centre, to render its cutting edge technology products and services to Ghanaians and beyond.
Slamm offers services and solutions to commercial, federal and military clients in the United States as well as turnkey solutions to clients in Africa. Based in Northern Virginia, the USA, we empower you with the skills and knowledge to build your business to attain growth.
Vincent Sowah Odotei, Deputy Minister of Communications and MP, La Dadekotopon, who was the special guest of honour, expressed his excitement to be a part of the official launch of another technology company at the Accra Digital Centre.
He lauded Slamm Technologies for choosing Ghana as the official hub of its Africa operations and pledged government’s support to help the company succeed in its endeavours. “We as a government will continue to create the enabling environment for companies like Slamm to succeed. I wish Slamm the best and my doors are always open,” he said.
Samuel Boateng, CEO of Slamm Technologies, recounting the story of Slamm, noted that the journey of Slamm began in 2008 by him and Francisca Boateng, his wife, in Virginia USA.
“Even though the world was embracing technology, there was the fear of what the future hold and I saw the opportunity to bring technology to the local communities in Virginia and by extension, the world. This is how Slamm started.
Back in 2008, we offered training in basic software and hardware support and since then, we haven’t looked back. We have gone on to render services such as cybersecurity support, building encryption and hardening military-strategic systems including Radio Frequency Identifiers (RFIDs),” he said.
Today, he explained that Slamm has trained thousands in the USA, UK and now in Ghana, Africa. Through Slamm’s support innovation through agility to transform cybersecurity industries, he added that many individuals and institutions across the globe now feel secure.
“We continue to provide IT Support, Professional Services and Turnkey Solutions to a wide array of clients: commercial, federal and military clients. We bring fresh perspectives and the industry’s best practices to each client’s project.
With top-of-the-line technical expertise in the industry, Slamm Technologies delivers each project with innovation, agility and resilience. This allows for rapid cost-effective and comprehensive deployment of application development and design solutions to earn our customer’s satisfaction and return of investments (ROI),” he added.
He noted that Slamm has and continues to collaborate with a variety of small, medium, and large businesses representing various socio-economic and functional labour categories; providing end-to-end procurement solutions for governments and commercial clients globally.
Services include server management & maintenance, server troubleshooting, server installation, virus & spyware prevention, network optimization, and network installation. Slam also offers training courses and certification in CompTIA Network+ Certification, CompTIA Security + Certification, CompTIA Network+ Certification and CompTIA A+ Certification.
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Slamm Technologies partnered with Kofi TV to search for the next technology innovator. 15 individuals submitted different kinds of innovations that seek to solve societal problems. The top three were rewarded with various prizes including cash, one-year mentorship and others souvenirs.
The official launch also witnessed the presentation of awards to the top three technology innovators. Samuel Naagwinaa, from Sunyani, who is currently a student at Don Bosco Technical Institute, Odumase Sunyani walked away with the top prize of GH¢2,000. A serial inventor, his inventions include a bulb that is turned on and off with a mobile phone, a car that runs on water and others.
Ezekiel Yaw Eshun, 23-year-old from Cape Coast, also a serial inventor of aeroplanes, motors and cars walked away with GH¢700 as the second prize and Ateimu Offei Kwesi, 20-year-old from Suhum, who invented a system that allows you to use your phone to turn on and off any device at home including light bulbs, irons and others walked away with GH¢500 as the third prize.
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American Horror Story: 1984 scares SDCC guests inside a cabin in the woods
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American Horror Story is continuing on strong, with a ninth season coming this fall. What makes the show captivating to its fans is the anthology approach. Each season features a whole different setting and characters while still retaining some of the actors. This year, we’ll be getting American Horror Story: 1984, and it will be inspired by the slasher films of the ’80s like Friday the 13th. During San Diego Comic-Con 2019, FX returned yet again, and the biggest activation at the FX Fearless Forum is American Horror Story: 1984. And it’s definitely the scariest one we’ve experienced by far.
FX is one of the few activations that can deliver on an epic and immersive experience. In a previous year, FX produced one of the best activations at SDCC with Legion. You felt like you were David as you levitated objects (thanks to AR tech) and are running away from the Angry Boy. This year, FX is bringing that interactive theatre experience back with the new season of American Horror Story. Interactive theatre is more immersive than the typical Halloween mazes since you’re not going through like a conveyor belt. It feels very intimate, which is perfect for horror shows.
The American Horror Story: 1984 activation was definitely inspired by ’80s slasher films since the first room we walked inside of is a cabin. The actors involved included a head counselor and a young counselor. Of course, one staff member goes missing, and soon all hell starts to break loose. Our small group of 8 would venture into the woods and then inside another cabin as we try to run away from an unknown killer. It was a frightening experience as we roam from set to set of high quality with engaging actors.
If you ever have the chance to visit San Diego Comic-Con in the future, be on the lookout for FX and its activations.
American Horror Story: 1984 premieres Wednesday on September 18, 2019, on FX.
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Whiskey And Rain by Michael Ray is a song from the album Whiskey And Rain - Single and reached the Billboard Country Airplay Songs.
The official music video for Whiskey And Rain premiered on YouTube on Thursday the 29th of October 2020. Listen to Michael Ray's song below.
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At home with Job Shipululo Kanandjembo Amupanda - My life does not allow for relaxation
2020-09-25 Paheja Siririka
Job Shipululo Kanandjembo Amupanda (33) said as much as he can switch off now and then, many times, because of his profession, there is no such thing as being bored or relaxed as his life does not allow for relaxation.
“It would be strange if I ever get bored. There is always something to do. If I am not busy with my things, it is family things, if it is not activism things, then its academic things. If it is not academic things, it is cultural/traditional things. If it is not traditional/cultural things, it is national and if it is not national things, then it is international things. There is no such thing as not doing anything or relax time,” he bared to Entertainment Now!
DEGREE COLLECTOR
Job is well read and has an array of certifications from reputed institutions of higher education in Africa. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies and History from the University of Namibia (Unam), Bachelor of Art (Honours) in Political Science (University of Stellenbosch), Bachelor of Art (Honours) in History (University of South Africa), a Masters of Art in Political Science (University of Stellenbosch), and this year, he was conferred a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Studies from Unam.
The senior lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Management Science at Unam is currently writing his thesis meant for a Masters of Art in History with the University of South Africa focusing on Ombuga’s mysterious fire and the legend of Akoomena.
“My journey with education was and remains a meaningful pursuit and contribution to knowledge production for our people as opposed to careerism and chest-beating achievements. Education must be used to answer questions perplexing society. As scholars, we are, and must be binoculars of society.”
The Omaalala born activist and academic astonishingly added something that people don’t know about him is he wants to study carpentry and joinery. “I want to have my workshop to make things with my hands when I retire. I don’t want to fight for positions with the youth in my 70s like what the current ones are busy with,” said Job.
MEANING IN THE NAMES
“I have three names; Job Shipululo Kanandjembo. The name Shipululo has historic meanings. In the 1970s, my grandmother, Namene yaShakungu shaNkandi, was pregnant with my uncle whom I have been named after. They were walking to Ondjondjo (Ondangwa) to buy a plough (Oshipululo in Oshindonga). The child was delivered on their way to go buy oshipululo and thus named Shipululo,” detailed Job.
The name Kanandjembo was given to him by his other grandmother, along with her sister who referred to Job as Kanandjembo. The grandmother would say “Kanandjembo ayaha onkuya mepunda”. “The original Kanandjembo, whom my uncle was named after, was a hunter and a sharpshooter. Even birds that are slick, Kanandjembo would manage to bring it down.”
Job tied the knot with legal practitioner Taimi Iileka-Amupanda in August 2019 and together, they have a three-year-old son- Sankara Uukongo Shipululo Amupanda.
“Like me, he has three names with historical significance. Sankara comes from Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso. Uukongo is from my great grandmother’s, Namupula gwaHamunyela yaShuumbwa’s only son. Shipululo is a continuation of the history of hard work from that 1970s journey to Ondjondjo to go buy oshipululo.”
Job said Sankara is also expected to work hard, no matter the circumstances. “He is to bring about the necessary changes in society. He turns three in the coming weeks. He is very naughty and has a sharp eye for details. People are concerned about me and what I do. When I look at Sankara, I feel sorry for them because they haven’t seen anything yet.”
After a long and exhausting day at work, the only marvels he wants to see is his gorgeous wife, Taimi and his son Sankara running towards him and hearing that one word every father wants to hear from their son- Tate.
“I look forward to Sankara calling me Tateeee. I want to send him to the north because I am realising that he is speaking too much English than Oshindonga. I can’t lose the language fight to cartoons. I want him to go and learn Oshindonga but I am conflicted because if I do that he won’t be there to welcome me when I return from my busy days, we will see.”
ACTIVISM AND UPBRINGING
“My maternal grandmother, Vanyenga yaAdolf yaElia lyaNdafenongo, has had a lot to do with what I have become. She is a fighter who fought for us during difficult circumstances.
For 33 years I have known her, she fought poverty and won. I think I took that from her,” believes Job.
He said: “She always insisted that we must ask why. For instance, she used to tell my aunts and uncles that, ‘Lombwela okanona kutya oto ka dhengele shike’ – “you must have a reason and inform the child what she/he has done before punishing her.”
Things must always make sense, explained and justified and that is something Job fully lives by today. “The end must justify the means. That culture of explaining the meaning and order of things is what made me end up where I am today,” he pointed out.
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Everyone loves a liquid down their throat, a perfect thirst quencher before or after a meal and sometimes just because the weather desires that. Job is no different but don’t come between him and his sugar as he has a sweet tooth.
“I take a lot of sugar. My friends that are health conscious are always concerned but I tell them that I grew up without sugar so I still have to catch up. We laugh about it but it is something I am looking at. I like drinks made from citrus fruits (orange/lemon) and grapes and apples. I will one day start a citrus fruit farm in Ondonga and start producing juice,” hilariously and earnestly put Job.
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Blog: Los Angeles teachers plan to strike Jan. 10, union says – EdSource
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Educators in the United Teachers of Los Angeles Union march for a new contract on Dec. 15, 2018.
United Teachers of Los Angeles has announced teachers intend to strike Jan. 10, after what the union called “20 months of fruitless bargaining and lies and manipulation on the part of LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner.”
The announcement came a day after an independent fact-finding report agreed that the Los Angeles school district’s offer, which included a total of 6 percent in salary increases with back pay to 2017, was reasonable.
Both parties have been at a legal impasse. The report was written by a three-member independent panel that included representatives of both the teachers union and the district. The report was the last step in labor negotiations before the union could strike.
Los Angeles Unified is not the only district facing a possible strike. In Oakland Unified, teachers have been working without a contract since July, 2017 and have threatened to strike. Both sides are beginning the fact finding process with a state mediator.
In Los Angeles, the union adamantly denied claims by the district that the union had accepted the salary offer. The union stressed that it has other demands besides pay increases, which include using $1.9 billion in reserves to reduce class sizes and hire more nurses, counselors, and librarians; seeking a commitment to provide more special education, early education, bilingual education, and adult education support; reduce testing; strengthen parent and educator voices at schools; and “address the charter industry drain that siphons more than $600 million from our schools every year.”
“Unless these issues are genuinely addressed and reflected in a bargaining proposal, educators will be on the picket lines beginning Thursday, January 10,” according to a Wednesday union news release.
In a Tuesday news release, the district said it was trying to avoid a strike.
“Los Angeles Unified does not want a strike – which only UTLA can authorize – as a strike would harm students, families and communities most in need,” the district said. “Los Angeles Unified believes the Fact Finder report and the agreement on the 6 percent can provide the basis for a reasonable settlement of the remaining items and hopes UTLA will engage in good faith bargaining to find an agreement.”
The district has also offered to put $30 million toward class size reductions and hiring more counselors, librarians and nurses, the district said, adding that the Fact Finder confirmed that the district has “a large and recurring deficit.” However, the union said the Fact Finder also confirmed three points it has been stressing: the district has $1.8 billion in reserves, which have now grown to $1.9 billion; that the district should hire more nurses, counselors, and other staff; and that the district should eliminate a section of the contract that allows the district to increase class sizes unilaterally.
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Michael Laudrup is a retired Danish footballer best known for being one of the finest players of the modern era, as well as being an accomplished manager.
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He began his career at Kobenhavns Boldklub in his native Denmark, but before long he was being scouted for increasingly larger teams. He scored 24 goals in 38 appearances for Danish giants Brondby , and in 1983 he left for Juventus in a $1m deal – the largest in Denmark at the time. Following two seasons at Lazio and four at Juve, Michael was persuaded by Dutch legend Johan Cruyff to join Barcelona .
The Dream Team went on to win four consecutive La Liga championships from 1991 to 1994, as well as the 1991–92 European Cup , along with the 1992 UEFA Super Cup , 1989–90 Copa del Rey , and 1991 and 1992 Supercopa de España titles, with Laudrup twice elected the best player of the year in Spain during these years.
Following his spell with the Catalonian giants, he moved to arch-rivals Real Madrid , with whom he won the 1995 La Liga championship, and despite only playing two seasons at the Bernabeu , Michael was voted the 12th best player in Real history in an internet survey by Spanish newspaper Marca .
As well as a legend in the club game, he was also one of Denmark’s best ever players, scoring 37 goals in 104 appearances, captaining the side 28 times and starring in several World Cups . His later years saw him play in Japan before seeing out his playing career in a championship-winning Ajax side and hanging up his boots in 1998.
Michael then turned his hand to management, returning to former club Brondby and leading them to a Superliga , two Danish Cups and a Supercup , before taking his skills across the continent to Getafe , Spartak Moscow , Mallorca and Swansea City , with whom he won the League Cup . Michael’s illustrious and long career at the top of the game, both as player and manager, ensures that he will be a wonderful speaker for your sporting event, given his experience and anecdotes in the world of football.
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PEM is one of the most critical components in fuel cell. Companies in the industry are trying very hard to reduce the thickness of the membrane, not only for cost reduction, but also to improve proton conductivity. However, if the membrane is too thin, some hydrogen will go through the membrane and mix with oxygen reducing the lifetime of the membrane.
"We're using a disruptive nanoporous material, which can effectively solve the issue." said Michael Pak, CEO of Mpower Innovation. "Our material has porous size smaller than hydrogen gas, and therefore can block it from passing through the membrane. In addition, we have fabricated a unique staggered membrane formation that can further block the gas. Because the material's porous size is much bigger than hydrogen ion, conductivity will not be affected." Mpower also conducted some test of the membrane. "Testing results are quite encouraging as our membrane shows better ion conductivity than several commonly used membranes in the industry," said Michael Pak.
Besides proton exchange membrane, Mpower is also working on membrane electrode assembly (MEA) design. "We have already developed our own MEA reference design. Using our proprietary PEM product, we can significantly improve performance and lifetime of MEA while reducing product costs," Pak said.
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Comment by Raymond Dean Cooper on October 30, 2013 at 7:39pm
I wanted to also thank Burlington Fire in Burlington Iowa for being there for the city. I'm no longer active Firefighter but we all are still family under this symbol.
Long time since we messaged each other hope you all are being safe out there.
Comment by Chris Carrican on March 17, 2011 at 3:05pm
BINGHAMTON -- A 17-year-old boy died Thursday in an early morning fire at 20 Milford St., officials said.
Six people escaped the 3:30 a.m. blaze. City of Binghamton fire fighters remain at the scene and will likely be there most of the day, officials said.
The name of the teenager was not released Thursday morning.
Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said the department is treating the fire as "suspicious" and noted a second fire had broke out in a recycling bin at a home on Gaylord Street around the same time.
The police department launched an arson/homicide investigation, Zikuski said.
"That's the course of action we're taking until we know anything different," he said
After Reading This Let Me Give You An Update On This Call. The First In Binghamton Units Could Not Make An Attack On This Fire Due To The Fact That Live Power Line Were Blocking The Way To The House And They Had To Wait Till New York State Gas & Electic Got On The Scene To Cut The Power To The Lines.
Comment by Chris Carrican on October 28, 2010 at 5:17pm
Just Wanted To Pass On This Story About A Vestal Firefighter That Can Count Himself Lucky. After Falling Through A Floor During A House Fire Here In Broome County New York On Wednesday Oct. 27.
Firefighter injured while battling blaze at doctor's house
VESTAL -- A fire Wednesday in a house on Foxwood Lane south of the Vestal Parkway sent a firefighter to the hospital and left a family with an uninhabitable home.
The Vestal firefighter, Josh Owen, fell from a second floor bedroom to the first floor of the house, but his injuries were not serious. He was treated at a local hospital for a strained shoulder and released, said Vestal fire Chief Doug Rose.
Owen, 25, has been with the volunteer fire department for nine years and is a first lieutenant.
The fire, at 2509 Foxwood Lane, a cul-de-sac off Holly Hill Road, was reported shortly after 3 p.m. by a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, said assistant fire Chief Chuck Paffie. No one was in the house when the fire broke out, according to fire officials.
"In 10 minutes, we had the fire knocked down," Paffie said.
Vestal, Endicott and Endwell fire departments responded, with the Town of Binghamton and Apalachin fire departments on standby.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
"We're leaning toward electrical at this time," Paffie said.
The house had obvious damage to the first and second floors in the right front corner, causing fire damage to an upstairs bedroom and downstairs dining room. There was smoke damage and "a lot of heat damage," Paffie said.
The house is owned by Dr. Ashokkumar R. Shah, according to town records
Comment by Roger Waters on August 25, 2010 at 9:26pm
A few years back I was on the attack team advanced in and grabbed onto a hot electrical line. I got hung up on the line until the FF behind be pulled me back toward the entry door. We both spent most of the day in the ER. Lesson learned. Don't assume the power is out!
Comment by Jeff Boyer on August 23, 2010 at 3:48pm
Opened up a roof with the K-12 and made a 4 by 2 cut. Grabbed the flat head axe to open her up and got a face full of fire. Never seen so many big guys move so fast. Talked with a frog in my throat for a week after that. Remember don't be a dumb bunny like me and wear your SCBA
Comment by Rich Manning on August 4, 2010 at 1:43pm
Couple of years back responded as to single family dwelling fire. Temp at time of fire was around -2 degrees. Our first challenge was to work our way over and around the 5 ft snowbanks. We already had one household member burned and reports the other was still inside. Come to find out the other occupant slipped out the back door. We started to make an aggressive interior attack but were pulled out due to collapse on the Charlie side. After a difficult defensive battle due to freezing equipment and large lakes of ice from water run off, my partner and I noticed some flair ups coming from the kitchen on the Alpha side. We approached the window to find the source my partner was a few steps behind me pulling line through the snow. I got to the window and peeked inside, the kitchen then exploded in my face, threw me through a porch wall and outside flat on my back. Missing my gloves and my helmet next to me I was able to crawl away to safety. After eval by ER Dr. says welcome to the world of concussion headaches. Lesson learned STAY SAFE!!
Comment by Alex, Ossendorf on February 1, 2010 at 1:43pm
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Comment by doug wehner on December 11, 2009 at 10:37am
up in a sec story home 0 visability. tried to work r way through to get to the base of the fire. when i heard over the radio had blown out windows in the first floor. told the crew were evacuating, at that time my low air alarm was goin off. no big deal i still had a good 5 min atleast. my parnter looses me when we get to the stairs so i turn back grab him and when we get to the stairs someone from outside pulled the hose line from us. well we got down to the bottom of the stairs and i forgot about the second part of the stairs and fell down. (my fault). visability 0 on first floor. all i hear is someone sayn go straight. so i went straight in to another room, not the outside. luckely someone grabbed my partner and got him out. so i started to find my way out the door and never could with all the crap in there. so i tried to find a window to bail out off. was none. so i said a little prayer and the sec i was done i seen a ligth and ran to it. never did find out who pulled the line from us. all i know is it wasnt one of my guys on the dept. was another dept that was there.
Comment by Darrell Bear on July 9, 2009 at 11:58am
responded to a farm ...we were working on these huge piles of hay...i was on a line .....soaking er down . on the other side the farmer was using a tractor to turn the hay over....LOOK OUt was all i heard when this avalanche of fire and hay came barrelling towards me... think i took three steps and i was out of there!!! yeah that was a close call!!!
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Kamloops woman creates company that rents out sex dolls
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They call her Chanel and for about $350, she can be yours for the night. Her owners will be by in the morning, with her case, to pick her up.
Chanel is a sex doll — one of seven anatomically correct, TPE-silicone based dolls available to rent from House of Dolls, a new business launched by Aberdeen resident Kristen Dickson.
“It’s like an escort agency, but without prostitution and human beings involved,” said the wife and mother of two of the business venture that’s a first for Kamloops.
Dickson’s company recently received a business license from city hall to run what is considered an adult novelty item rental agency.
The website for House of Dolls, through which all orders will be made, is expected to be live this week.
In the inventory with Chanel are dolls of various ethnicities and names — Aika, Marriah, Sadie, Catanna, Portia and Zach, who is the lone male doll of the group. They consist of a metal skeletal structure covered in soft silicone flesh and Dickson purchased them from Toronto-based company Sex Doll Canada.
The hyper-realistic dolls can bend in all the appropriate places and their bodies sport a great amount of detail in areas such as the knees, clavicle, hands and feet.
They also have realistic genitalia, which, as Dickson attested, feels real.
“It feels like a real vagina other than it’s not warm,” she said of the female dolls with a laugh. “It’s quite crazy.”
While the silicone on the dolls is cool to the touch, Dickson plans to ensure each dolls is warm upon use by covering them in a heated blanket ahead of time.
She can also change their wigs and clothes to fit a customer’s desire.
The cost to rent a doll will be a nightly rate, from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m., as opposed to an hourly charge.
Dickson and her husband plan to deliver the dolls to homes and hotels as opposed to running a storefront “brothel” — a model seen with similar businesses that have only recently opened in Toronto and Vancouver.
No doll they rent out will be available two nights in a row as it will undergo a cleaning day the morning after.
While the company is licensed as a home-based business, Dickson has also rented out space downtown that will operate as a cleaning and storage facility for the dolls.
She told KTW Interior Health informed her it has no regulations for cleaning the dolls, but she noted her business will use its own in-depth cleaning procedures that includes antibacterial soap, a blacklight and a camera that can be inserted into the sexual organs to check for any foreign objects.
“I have all these special irrigators that can go into every crack and crevasse to rinse everything out,” she said, noting the cleaning process takes about two hours.
As for what to expect in terms of business, Dickson said she has been keeping an eye on a similar venture in Vancouver — Bella Dolls, which opened at the beginning of November and is constantly booked.
“I’m not afraid of not being busy, I’m afraid of being too busy, but we’re in a small town, so who knows what it will be like,” said Dickson, noting she believes there will be interest.
She anticipates the clientele will consist of many business professionals who travel frequently.
Dickson got the idea to open a sex doll rental service when her father-in-law heard of one in Toronto.
In choosing to open a similar business, Dickson said she believes the selling of sex will never go away and wants to offer people a safe, clean option that doesn’t involve the act being forced upon someone.
She started the process of opening the business about two months ago, noting she was stunned to see how lifelike the dolls were when she first laid eyes on them.
The dolls are not robotic and weigh about 70 pounds. They come in a range of heights. Zach, the male doll, stands about 5-foot-9, whereas Chanel, the Latino doll, is about 5-foot-5.
All seven dolls, along with clothing and cases, cost Dickson about $18,000.
The dolls retail on Sex Doll Canada for about $3,500 each and come with a range of customizable features from the manufacturer, such as large or small breasts and buttocks, optional teeth and shoulders that can shrug.
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“It’s like, how long are they going to stand for, really,” she said with a laugh.
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More than 31,500 people petition Ontario town to ban Confederate flags
By Tim Whatley
By Tim Whatley | June 23, 2020
In this article: Life Collingwood Ontario
For some reason, someone’s been flying a Confederate flag outside their house in Collingwood, Ontario.
There’s a lot to say about the flag’s history, but the fact of the matter is that it represents racism, slavery, segregation, and white supremacy. It’s an offensive symbol in the United States and simply nonsense to fly it literally anywhere else. Like Collingwood.
The Confederate flag was placed in front of a cottage next to where we were camping a few years ago.
My 11 year old daughter asked what it was and I had to explain, which made me really sad.
Confederate flag flying in Collingwood #onpoli https://t.co/WQi0a8KeL6
— Michael Coteau (@coteau) June 14, 2020
Which is why one local resident started a petition calling on the town to “prohibit the visible display of symbols like Confederate flag.”
“For me it’s not just the flag, it’s about all symbols of hate,” said Abigail Hitchens, who launched the petition. “All changes come from grassroots, they never come from the top down, we make the bottom wobbly so the top comes down to meet us.”
Collingwood mayor Brian Saunderson says he will gather opinions from his staff and lawyers to see if it is legally possible to pass a bylaw.
“It’s a very tough issue. I’m in favour of promoting tolerance and stamping out racism and I think how you have that discussion is a tricky thing,” he said.
“Do we want to see symbols of hate and racism in our community? Absolutely not. The question that becomes very difficult is how do you go about properly banning them so you can enforce it,” he said.
This isn’t the first time this month the Confederate flag has made headlines in Ontario. Earlier in June, photos circulated of a veteran police officer from Belleville sporting the flag on his shirt and flying it from the back of a golf cart.
The U.S. navy, marines, and NASCAR have all recently enacted bans to display the Confederate flag. Currently, 33 of Ontario’s 444 municipalities have bylaws prohibiting hate symbols. As it stands, the Confederate flag is not considered a hateful symbol.
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Books on Hindi Film Music
Kavichandra Songs
Babul Mora: The Queen Among Thumris
(Updated on 15 February 2015)
Babul mora naihar chhooto hi jaye…argubly, no other song represents the early Indian film music (of the 30s and early 40s) as this one in K L Saigal’s voice does. After close to 75 years of it being released (for the 1938 movie, Street Singer), this still remains a favorite of the discerning listener of vintage Indian film music. Many dub it as Saigal’s best. But few would know that this Bhairavi thumri, composed by Wajid Ali Shah, has been one of the favorite thumris of many a singers over generations—from Ustad Faiyaz Khan—the most well-known singer of Agra Gharana and arguably one of the best voices on record—to Alisha Chinoy. Wajid Ali Shah, to the uninitiated, was the last Nawab of Oudh (Awadh) who was exiled by the British to Metiaburz in Calcutta by the British. The Nawab was a great patron of art and music and was himself a good singer and composer. A book by Abdul Halim Sharar, Guzishta Lucknow, gives a very good account of his life in exile at Metiaburz, where he continued his indulgence in art, music and food. An English translation of the book, published by Oxford University Press titled Lucknow: The Last Phase of An Oriental Culture, is available. It is said that the Nawab composed the thumri when he was exiled by the British. While the literal meaning of the poem indicates the sadness of a newly-wed bride leaving her father’s home, many interpret it as the feeling of the Nawab when he was forcibly sent out of his beloved Lucknow to the distant Calcutta. The Nawab was sent out with a generous amount of wealth and people accompanying him—the decorated doli of the bride is supposed to be a metaphor for this. Here is the lyrics.
Babul mora, naihar chhooto hi jaae
Babul mora - mora, naihar chhooto hi jaae
Babul mora, naihar chhooto jaae
Char kahaar mile, mori doliya sajaaven re
Char kahaar mile, mori doliya sajaaven
Mora apana begana chhooto jaae
Babul mora, naihar chhooto hii jaae
Aangana to parbat bhaya aa..
aur deharii bhayii bidesh
Aangana to parbat bhaya han
Je babul ghar aapano main chali piiyaa ke desh
The thumri has been song by many maestros of Indian classical music. I have read in many places that Ustad Faiyaz Khan used to sing it quite frequently in concerts. When I first wrote this, I could not locate the recording but I found it subsequently and have added it here. Among other singers of earlier generations, it has been sung by Gauhar Jaan and Malka Jaan. I give here a list of links to the song in the voices of some of the greatest singers in Indian music. Many others have sung it. The other great singers who I have read/heard have sung the thumri but I could not find them anywhere include—apart from Ustad Faiyaz Khan and Gauhar Jaan—Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Siddheswari Devi, Begum Akhtar, and Naina Devi. Here is the list
Ustad Faiyaaz Khan
Kesarbai Kerkar
Malka Jaan
K L Saigal (Saregama) (YouTube)
Kannan Devi
Ustad Khadim Husain Khan
Girija Devi
Girija Devi-Shobha Gurtu (Saregama) (YouTube)
Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki
Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh (Saregama) (YouTube)
Pandit Rajan Mishra & Pandit Sajan Mishra
Alisha Chinoy
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Questia Accepting College Scholarship Applications from Language Arts Students
Scholarship Named after Julia Corine Barnes, Winner of Questia’s Most Valuable Professor Competition
Chicago, IL, December 5, 2012 — Questia (www.questia.com), the premier online research and paper-writing tool for students, today announced that it is accepting college scholarship applications from language arts students. The new scholarship is named after Julia Corine Barnes, the winner of Questia’s Most Valuable Professor Competition.
In April of this year, Questia introduced their national competition, “Questia’s Most Valuable Professor,” as part of their ongoing dedication to education. College students from across the country nominated favorite professors they believed deserved the title of Most Valuable Professor (MVP). After public nominations and voting, Berry College’s Julia Corine Barnes won the first ever Most Valuable Professor Competition. In her honor, The Julia Corine Barnes Scholarship by Questia was created in which three students will be awarded $2,500 to put towards college expenses.
The Julia Corine Barnes Scholarship by Questia is open to all students pursuing a degree in language, linguistics or literature. To apply, students must submit a full application and a personal statement detailing what they are majoring in and what they hope to accomplish with their major. Questia is accepting applications now through January 31st. Following the submission period, Julia Corine Barnes will be selecting the three lucky scholarship winners. Please visit the Questia blog for complete scholarship details and further information on submitting an application for consideration.
In a survey, Questia asked college students who they look to for a college mentor and trustworthy academic advice, and more than half reported that it was a professor. Berry College student Marlon Blugh submitted the winning MVP nomination:
“Through my first two years in college, I have struggled to find my place. An unfamiliar atmosphere coupled with career uncertainties troubled me, but Sra. Barnes was always there to offer me guidance. Her kindness and compassion were incomparable and her optimism gave me life. Sra. Barnes’ willingness to go the extra mile is why she is my new academic advisor and why she deserves the MVP award.”
“I’m very honored that Marlon thought so highly as to nominate me for MVP,” says Barnes. “I’m so pleased to have won.” Questia has elected to sponsor this scholarship to help illustrate the importance of the hard-working professors that facilitate higher learning.
High school seniors and college students are encouraged to apply for consideration for one of the three Julia Corine Barnes Scholarships through the Questia blog.
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Cengage Learning is a leading provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions for the academic, professional and library markets worldwide. Questia, part of Cengage Learning, is the Web’s premier online collection of copyrighted scholarly books, academic journals and research periodicals for students and includes integrated tools for note taking, organizing research, citing sources, creating footnotes and building bibliographies to help students write better research papers faster. For more information, visit www.cengage.com or www.questia.com.
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The Washington Post (July 5) -- The State of Illinois’ enduring budget crisis has led Moody’s Investors Service to downgrade the credit rating of seven of the state’s public universities, signaling that a stopgap spending bill to keep the schools afloat through the summer has done nothing to reverse the damage of the standoff. The University of Illinois also had some of its revenue bonds downgraded, but the school overall maintains a stellar credit rating.
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Coronavirus: New law will prevent tenants from eviction
Nicola Sturgeon said the measures are in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill which her government aims to pass this week.
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No one will be evicted from their homes during the coronavirus pandemic, the First Minister vowed, as she announced plans for new emergency legislation.
The Scottish Government will seek to pass a Bill next week which will increase the notice period landlords must give tenants before eviction to up to six months depending on circumstance.
Currently, private sector landlords must provide notice of between 28-84 days.
The majority of measures in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill will automatically expire after six months but may be extended by the Scottish Parliament for two further periods of six months.
The Bill will also make “adjustments to criminal procedure and to other aspects of the justice system”, the Scottish Government said.
Speaking at St Andrew’s House in Edinburgh, Nicola Sturgeon said the legislation will be introduced to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday with plans to pass it through Holyrood by Wednesday.
She said: “Among a number of other things, that legislation will ensure that no-one can be evicted from their home during this crisis.
“It will increase to six months in most cases the minimum period of notice a landlord must give to a tenant before eviction.
“The legislation will apply to tenants in both the private sector and the social housing sector and will provide all tenants with additional security at what is an immensely difficult time.
“We expect to publish the emergency legislation and introduce it to parliament on Tuesday and parliament will then have the opportunity to consider it on Wednesday.”
Constitution secretary Michael Russell said: “While all tenants experiencing issues with rent arrears should firstly explain their circumstances to their landlords, this new emergency legislation will provide an important backstop to prevent evictions and relieve the financial pressure people may be facing.
“We are also encouraging all landlords to be as flexible as possible during this unprecedented time and would urge them to also seek assistance if necessary by speaking to their lenders about mortgage breaks.”
He added that the measures “will be strictly limited to the duration of the outbreak”.
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With warning drums and river clean-ups, Indonesian women head off disasters
by Michael Taylor | @MickSTaylor | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Monday, 30 April 2018 02:00 GMT
Farida Estiningrum bangs on a bamboo drum, used as an early warning system when flooding risks are high in Pedak Baru, Yogyakarta, April 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Michael Taylor
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Women often suffer worst when floods or earthquakes hit - but given the right resources, they are well-placed to protect their communities
By Michael Taylor
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, April 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Whenever heavy rains come at night in her neighbourhood in the ancient Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, schoolteacher Muryani remembers the worst floods she experienced, almost 35 years ago.
Sleeping with her mother and two young siblings in a bamboo hut to guard a farmer's goats from thieves, Muryani feared for their lives as flash floods burst through the door.
"Suddenly the water was so high ... it came very fast," she said. "I was so worried about my mother, who was already quite old. I was afraid we would drown."
Muryani, 44, who goes by one name only, still lives in the same area, now a small settlement of about 300 residents called Pedak Baru which sits by a river close to Mount Merapi volcano.
As floods have become more frequent over the last five years, Muryani and 25 other local women have teamed up with the YAKKUM Emergency Unit, a project that runs activities to help women protect their communities from disasters in Central Java and Yogyakarta.
Located along the Pacific Rim of Fire, Indonesia has more than 17,000 islands, and faces many natural threats, including earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.
The effects of climate change, such as worsening floods and drought, present further risks.
The Indonesian government spends an estimated $300 million-$500 million annually on building back after disasters, according to World Bank resilience officials.
While the Southeast Asian nation has reduced poverty over the last 20 years, many hover just above the poverty line and can easily be pushed back under it by a disaster.
But women can play a crucial role in minimising the risks for their families and neighbours, experts say.
For Muryani and her family, regular floods have often destroyed their possessions and furniture - which she cannot afford to replace - and forced her two children to miss school.
But the disaster training she has received is helping.
"It gives us an awareness for what to do when flooding happens and how to prepare," she said.
Two children fishing in Pedak Baru, a small community near Mount Merapi volcano in Yogyakarta, April 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Michael Taylor
Indonesia has experienced an average of 290 significant natural disasters annually over the past 30 years, according to the World Bank officials.
They include the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed about 167,000 Indonesians. After that shock, Jakarta reformed its institutions, laws and policies to better manage disaster risk.
The government introduced a disaster management bill in 2007 that shifted the emphasis from merely responding to disasters towards trying to stop them happening and curbing their impact.
The new approach led to the strengthening of Indonesia's disaster management agency, with representatives and branches put in place across districts.
The disaster agency now encourages civil society groups like YAKKUM to involve women more in efforts to build resilience.
Despite the huge progress made in recent years, more work is needed, and a larger number of government departments should include disaster risk reduction in their projects, especially at the local level, said Arghya Sinha Roy of the ADB in Manila.
"Every disaster is not on a nationwide scale - it can be a localised district or village-level disaster," he added.
A flood evacuation sign and assembly point in Pedak Baru, a small community near Mount Merapi volcano in Yogyakarta, April 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Michael Taylor
WOMEN LEFT BEHIND
Often marrying early, Indonesian women's traditional role in running the household means they are sometimes forgotten when a community draws up plans to deal with disasters.
This can lead to them being left behind at home during evacuations, or being unaware of safety procedures.
"When you look back at the 2004 tsunami, most of the casualties are women," said Irina Rafliana, a researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
And women who survive a major catastrophe are often the ones responsible for getting their families back on their feet in tough circumstances, she added.
In Indonesia, as in many Asian countries, women often take care of the family and its finances, meaning they are best placed to suggest ways of protecting lives, property and incomes, experts said.
When disasters happen, women tend to quickly grasp the importance of saving key documents, for example. And because women spend more time in their neighbourhoods, they can pinpoint high-risk areas and influence their peers.
"If you compare Indonesia with other countries in Southeast Asia, the role of women ... in disaster risk reduction is among the strongest," said Rafliana.
Farida Estiningrum points to collected garbage at a recycling point in Pedak Baru, Yogyakarta, April 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Michael Taylor
FLOODS AND VOLCANOES
Pedak Baru faces twin threats of flooding and damage to infrastructure caused by eruptions from nearby Mount Merapi.
The only access to the settlement is via a narrow, potholed road, while many of its two-storey houses are in a state of disrepair due to regular inundations.
Things are changing, however, especially since YAKKUM began working with women in the community three years ago.
Pedak Baru's women first mapped out their neighbourhood to identify the risks, and now regularly collect rubbish from the river, recycling plastic waste for money.
The women are trained in evacuation procedures and first aid, and help fill and place sandbags along the river's embankment when waters rise.
Despite scant funding, they have made life-buoys from rope and tyres, and early-warning drums from bamboo.
Signposts on walls point out escape routes and an evacuation point positioned on higher ground.
The women also hold regular talks with the local branch of the Indonesian disaster agency, and are campaigning for the permanent reinforcement of their river embankment.
Pedak Baru resident Farida Estiningrum, 39, said the scheme had been useful in helping young people too.
"We have even trained the children on how to save themselves when the flood comes to the houses," she said. "We are prepared for everything."
(Reporting by Michael Taylor, Editing by Megan Rowling. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org)
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PH set to sign vaccine deal with AstraZeneca | Inquirer News
PH set to sign vaccine deal with AstraZeneca
By: Jerome Aning, Leila B. Salaverria, Nestor Corrales - @inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:53 AM December 23, 2020
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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government may sign a deal with the British Swedish multinational and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca by the end of this month for the supply of its COVID-19 vaccine once the UK government issues a health regulatory authorization, the country’s vaccine czar said on Monday.
In his report to President Rodrigo Duterte, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the government and AstraZeneca could sign a deal on Dec. 28 or 29 for 20 million and 10 million doses for the local governments and the private sector, respectively.
This is once Britain’s Medicine and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency grants authorization for the vaccine, Galvez said.
AstraZeneca pegged its price at only $5, or more or less P500 for two jabs of its COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine, known as AZD1222, was co-developed with the Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group. Administered by intramuscular injection, the vaccine uses as a vector a modified chimpanzee adenovirus.
No cash advance
Galvez said the government was also negotiating with Serum Institute of India for the supply of another type of COVID-19 vaccine and a meeting with the institute’s country representative was scheduled for Wednesday.
The Serum Institute, which promised to deliver 30 million doses, will comply with Republic Act No. 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act and will not ask for a cash advance, giving the government more flexibility, according to Galvez. Under a partnership with America’s Novavax Inc., the vaccines will be manufactured in India.
Novavax’s candidate vaccine, NVZ-CoV2373, is being developed with support of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and is currently undergoing Phase 3 trials.
“So all in all, if the signing pushes through, we will have 60 million [doses] for the second and third quarter,” Galvez said.
The House Makabayan bloc is seeking an investigation of the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program after an “apparent conflict” within the Duterte administration on the procurement of the vaccine.
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Boston Globe employees union gives in, accepts paycuts to save struggling newspaper
In this May 5, 2009 file photo, Boston Globe delivery trucks sit parked at their printing plant in Billerica, Massachusetts. The price of Boston Globe is difficult to estimate, but the New York Times Co, the Globe's owner, could get more desperate to sell.
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The Boston Globe’s largest union overwhelmingly approved a package of $10 million in wage and benefit cuts Monday night, ending more than three months of tense bargaining and brinksmanship, the newspaper reported
The Boston Newspaper Guild, which represents nearly 700 editorial, advertising and business office workers, became the last of the Globe's major unions to ratify sizeable financial and other concessions that the paper’s owner, the New York Times Company, said it needs to keep operating the 137-year-old paper. The Globe was projected to lose $85 million this year if significant cost reductions were not made, the company has said.
With a turnout of about 80 per cent, Guild members voted 366 to 179 to approve the contract, which includes pay cuts, furloughs, and unpaid vacation that reduces earnings by about 9 per cent; deep reductions in health and retirement benefits, including a pension freeze; and elimination of lifetime job guarantees for about 170 veteran employees.
‘‘I am pleased the Guild membership voted to ratify their new contract,’’ Globe publisher P Steven Ainsley wrote to employees. ‘‘I appreciate the personal sacrifices all Guild members are making, and I thank each one for their commitment to this institution.’’
Globe Editor Martin Baron in a note to newsroom staff wrote: "I know how stressful the past several months have been for all of you. Still, despite the pressures and the tension, you have never wavered in your commitment to deliver journalism of the highest caliber."
Guild president Daniel Totten said, ‘‘It has been a long and difficult period for everyone, and we hope that we can now work with prospective buyers to help the Boston Globe and boston.com to carry on with its vital mission to promote good journalism and protect free speech.’’
The Times Co has put the Globe and boston.com up for sale, and several potential bidders have emerged. However it's still unclear when and if New England's largest paper will be sold.
The Guild follows six other unions that recently ratified wage, benefit, and other concessions that totaled slightly more than $10 million. In April, the Times Co threatened to shutter the Globe unless it got a total of $20 million in union concessions.
The ratification of the Guild contract comes more than a month after members narrowly rejected a similar package by just 12 votes. After that vote, the Times Co imposed a 23 per cent pay cut on Guild members. The union responded by filing unfair-labour charges with the National Labor Relations Board.
Both sides, however, returned to the table to negotiate for a new package. The key components demanded by the Times Co remained in place: $10 million in total savings, elimination of job guarantees, and a pension freeze. Union leaders, however, negotiated a lower base pay cut to 5.9 per cent from the initial 8.4 per cent in exchange for additional benefit cuts.
Guild members, meanwhile, have lived with the 23 per cent pay cut since June 14. In addition, members will be reimbursed for most of the difference between the lower and higher pay cuts, with the company making a one-time cut in its union healthcare contributions to cover the cost.
Still, the Globe’s future remains uncertain. The worst recession since the Great Depression has yet to end, and neither the Times Co. nor other newspaper owners have found a solution to the industry’s underlying problem: the migration of readers and advertisers to the Internet.
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NYPD Arrests Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Woman in Sheepshead Bay
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Cops on Monday said they arrested the hit-and-run driver who ran over a 66-year-old woman in Sheepshead Bay last week, leaving her for dead.
Police cuffed 70-year-old Roman Slobodkin of Midwood and charged him with leaving the scene of a crash, failure to yield to a pedestrian, and disobeying a traffic device after he fatally ran over Sheryl Augustine on Oct. 16 — charges that come with a maximum of seven years in jail if convicted.
The Collision Investigation Squad has tracked down and arrested the heartless driver who fled the scene on 10/16/2019 from Ocean Ave & Emmons Ave @NYPD61Pct after striking and running over a 66 year old pedestrian, resulting in her death. Pedestrian had the right of way. #NYPD pic.twitter.com/e2bvpsdXTX
— NYPD Highway (@NYPDHighway) October 21, 2019
Police say Slobodkin was behind the wheel of a 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis when he plowed into Augustine as he turned right onto Ocean Avenue from Emmons Avenue at 4:57 p.m. on the exceptionally rainy night. Augustine had been crossing Ocean Avenue with the “walk” signal, cops said.
Slobodkin’s recklessness helped cops collar him quickly. According to the Brooklyn DA’s office, after hitting Augustine, Slobodkin drove through a red light at Ocean Avenue and Shore Parkway — and both incidents had been caught on video by an MTA bus.
Slobodkin faces, at most, seven years in prison for the top charge of fleeing the scene of a fatal crash, yet many hit-and-run drivers are never convicted, even if they are found and charged, Streetsblog has found. Many drivers flee the scene if they are drunk because the penalty for a fatal hit-and-run is far more lenient than for a fatal DWI. Indeed, Slobodkin was not charged with drunk driving — if he had been tanked, there would be no way for cops to know it when they finally caught up to him days later.
But both Gonzalez and Brooklyn Assembly Member Joe Lentol want to hike the penalties for fleeing the scene after seriously injuring or killing someone, to make the charge on par with a fatal DWI — a maximum of 15 years in prison.
The plate associated with Slobodkin’s car has racked up 11 parking violations since 2014, but none for previously going through a red light or speeding in a school zone, according to city records.
Augustine was the 89th pedestrian killed this year — a 6 percent increase from 2018, according to the Department of Transportation. Overall, road fatalities are up 13.3 percent. At the current rate, deaths will be well over 200 this year — a mark that the city has only come close to once in the Vision Zero era.
Brooklyn — especially southern Brooklyn — has been a killing field this year, with 36 of the city’s 172 road fatalities, the highest number, occurring in the precincts that comprise Brooklyn South. In all, 55 people have been killed in road violence this year in Brooklyn. Queens is next at 51.
And Emmons Avenue specifically is a dangerous strip along the busy waterfront, where in just 12 months last year, there were 61 reported crashes on just seven blocks of Emmons Avenue, injuring one cyclist, six pedestrians and five motorists. The intersection where the pedestrian was killed last Wednesday has had 75 reported crashes since January, 2014, injuring five cyclists, nine pedestrians and 10 motorists.
Filed Under: District Attorneys, DOT, DOT Crash Data, Hit-and-Run, NYPD, Vision Zero, party
UPDATE: Cops Nab Driver Who Ran Over Man in Sheepshead Bay
By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 7, 2018
Police say they have arrested the hit-and-run driver who killed a Brooklyn man as he was changing a tire on Shore Parkway in Bensonhurst last week.
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Senior on Ocean Avenue
By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 16, 2019
Brooklyn — especially southern Brooklyn — has been a killing field this year.
UPDATED: Cyclist Killed on Sixth Avenue by Hit-And-Run Trucker
By Julianne Cuba | Jun 24, 2019
The driver eventually returned to the scene, but was let go with a consoling pat on the shoulder from the NYPD.
In Memoriam 2019: The Lives We Lost (And The Drivers Who Weren’t Charged)
By Julianne Cuba | Jan 6, 2020
The primary cause of death on New York City roadways remains reckless drivers. Yet more than half have not been charged. Here's our annual tribute to the dead — and our annual call for action.
Drivers Kill Two More in Weekend Carnage — And Are, Surprise, Charged!
By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 10, 2019
Sunday's arrests follow a pattern of cops acting swiftly only when a death is coupled with some other alleged vehicular transgression.
Pedestrian Killed By Hit-and-Run School Bus Driver in the Bronx
By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 14, 2019
A Bronx woman was fatally struck by a school bus driver, who fled the crash site in the Castle Hill section before cops arrived, police said.
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Externally bonded grids as strengthening and seismic retrofitting materials of masonry panels
Catherine Papanicolaou, Thanasis Triantafillou, Maria Lekka
Externally bonded grids are used in this study as a means of increasing the load-carrying and deformation capacity of unreinforced masonry (URM) walls subjected to cyclic loading. The experimental investigation was carried out on two groups of medium-scale, single-wythe wallettes consisting of either perforated fired clay bricks, or solid stone blocks. The specimens were subjected to cyclic loading which induced in-plane flexure combined with axial force, out-of-plane flexure and in-plane shear with axial force. The parameters considered were the number of strengthening layers (one or two layers, applied on both sides), the type of grid (open mesh structures comprising carbon, glass or basalt fibers and polypropylene or polyester), the type of bonding agent (mortars of different compositions or epoxy resin) and the compressive stress level applied to specimens undergoing in-plane loading. Based on the findings of this work the use of externally bonded grids comprises a promising solution for the structural upgrade of existing masonry structures.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.07.018
Cyclic loading
Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP)
Seismic retrofitting
Textile-reinforced mortars (TRM)
Unreinforced masonry (URM)
10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.07.018
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Papanicolaou, C., Triantafillou, T., & Lekka, M. (2011). Externally bonded grids as strengthening and seismic retrofitting materials of masonry panels. Construction and Building Materials, 25(2), 504-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.07.018
Externally bonded grids as strengthening and seismic retrofitting materials of masonry panels. / Papanicolaou, Catherine; Triantafillou, Thanasis; Lekka, Maria.
In: Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 25, No. 2, 02.2011, p. 504-514.
Papanicolaou, C, Triantafillou, T & Lekka, M 2011, 'Externally bonded grids as strengthening and seismic retrofitting materials of masonry panels', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 504-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.07.018
Papanicolaou C, Triantafillou T, Lekka M. Externally bonded grids as strengthening and seismic retrofitting materials of masonry panels. Construction and Building Materials. 2011 Feb;25(2):504-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.07.018
Papanicolaou, Catherine ; Triantafillou, Thanasis ; Lekka, Maria. / Externally bonded grids as strengthening and seismic retrofitting materials of masonry panels. In: Construction and Building Materials. 2011 ; Vol. 25, No. 2. pp. 504-514.
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Category: Repeal and Replace
Category "Repeal and Replace"
ObamaCare Repeal: GOP Seeks New Game Plan
Some lawmakers are also discussing changes to the bill to help bring moderates on board. How to balance the demands of the two groups is a difficult task, and no one has found the right formula yet.
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), co-chairman of the moderate Tuesday Group, said “it’d be hard” to design a bill that both he and the Freedom Caucus could support. Dent also offered stark criticisms of the latest bill, which he saw as an “exercise in blame-shifting” to make centrists appear responsible for the failure to Trump instead of conservatives.
New Plan, Same Hurdle in GOP’s Quest to Gut Obamacare
A renewed effort to bring a House Republican plan to the floor faltered by week’s end, a blow to President Donald Trump’s hopes of landing a health-care deal in his first 100 days. Republicans are vowing to push ahead with the bill, saying it has stalled but not died.
But the herculean struggle to craft a politically viable proposal reflects the party’s sharp divisions and rising support for the ACA. Conservative Republicans want to gut most of the existing law, citing rising premiums and limited choice. Moderate Republicans remain reluctant to support a new plan that erases the ACA’s expanded coverage and patient protections.
Desperate Times Call for Bigger Illusions
The three latest theatrical gambits to fan the smoldering embers of the previously-abandoned AHCA include: 1. The cost-sharing subsidy payment termination bluff, 2. Grasping for the thinly-funded straw of “invisible” risk pools to promise individual insurance market premium reductions and protection of coverage for persons with pre-existing health conditions, and 3. The Freedom Caucus “lions” are preparing to lie down with the Tuesday Club “lambs” in a new compromise that revives an amended version of the AHCA.
House Will Not Vote on Obamacare Rewrite This Week
House GOP leaders determined Thursday night that they didn’t have the votes to pass a rewrite of the Affordable Care Act and would not seek to put their proposal on the floor on Friday.
A late push to act on health care had threatened the bipartisan deal to keep the government open for one week while lawmakers crafted a longer-term spending deal. Now, members are likely to approve the short-term spending bill when it comes to the floor and keep the government open past midnight on Friday.
Medicaid Per Capita Caps
Congressional Republicans have called for restructuring Medicaid, reviving a debate that has largely remained dormant for two decades. During the mid-1990s, Congress and President Clinton advanced competing Medicaid reform proposals. Republicans urged that the federal government issue Medicaid block grants to states. The White House and congressional Democrats proposed instead to place per capita limits on federal Medicaid payments to states. The most salient difference between these approaches is that per capita allotments retain the individual entitlement to Medicaid while block grants generally do not. Today, Republicans who once resisted Medicaid per capita allotments support them, and Democrats who backed such allotments oppose them. Given this legislative history, policymakers seeking common ground might look to Medicaid per capita allotments as a point of departure.
The Path to Health Care Reform Starts With Health Savings Accounts
The conventional approach to health insurance keeps consumers in the dark about how their health care dollars are spent. Patients pay premiums every month and rely on insurers to cover their medical expenses, no matter how small or routine. Consequently, patients have little incentive to be cost-conscious. The more care they consume, the more value they capture for their premium dollar. Health Savings Accounts inject much-needed competitive forces into the health care marketplace. Expanding access to HSAs should be a centerpiece of any congressional effort to expand access to quality, affordable health care.
The MacArthur Amendment
The “MacArthur Amendment” to the American Health Care Act is responsive to what House Republicans have learned about the priorities different factions within their coalition. The Freedom Caucus prioritizes deregulation of the individual insurance market to lower costs and constrain the federal role. The moderates prioritize coverage levels and protection for people with pre-existing conditions. Rather than try to arrive at a single overall balance, the approach Republicans are now pursuing allows state governments to have relief from the rules that drive up costs and make their insurance markets unsustainable if they propose alternative rules that would still protect people with pre-existing conditions and make coverage accessible.
Correcting Misconceptions About Invisible Risk-Sharing
The Invisible Risk-Sharing Program (IRSP) will stabilize the individual insurance market and lower premiums while concurrently providing guaranteed access to coverage and protecting those with pre-existing conditions. Different than a traditional high-risk pool, no one is declined coverage, enrollees with pre-existing health conditions get the same plans at the same lower price as a healthy individual, and those with pre-existing conditions are not segregated to higher cost and limited benefit high-risk pool plans. Several questions have been raised about IRSP and the amendment. We address a number below.
Price Vows to Cut Health IT Regulations
Health information technology regulations have become overly burdensome, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who vowed that the Trump administration would work to spur innovation in the field. This week, he laid out several principles he said would guide the Trump administration on health IT and electronic medical records, saying the administration was committed to promoting the exchange of medical information between providers. “We simply have to do a better job of reducing the burden of health IT on physicians and other providers,” said Price.
Republican Support for Health Care Overhaul Grows, Poll Shows
Forty-nine percent of registered voters say congressional Republicans should continue with their efforts to replace Obamacare, up from 37 percent in March immediately after the GOP canceled a House floor vote on its legislation, a Morning Consult/POLITICO survey shows.
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Semester Grades
Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
A: Advancing Campus: After years of planning and months of construction, the Uptown project is almost complete, providing CWRU students and visitors to University Circle with a plethora of dining and shopping options. Constantino’s Market, Chipotle, and Panera Bread are some of the major hits among students, who can often be seen chowing down while hitting the books.
The Museum of Contemporary Art got in on the fun and held an event in its new building Dec. 1. “Musicircus” hosted musicians from all over Northeast Ohio to perform in a celebration of the centenary of composer John Cage’s birth.
Uptown gives Northside a much-awaited facelift, attractive to both current and prospective students.
B: Bring Your ID: While students were away from campus consuming turkey, staff at the Kelvin Smith Library were busy battening down the hatches. The week following Thanksgiving break, KSL began requiring all members of the university community to scan their CWRU ID upon entering the facility. Visitors without university credentials are required to show a valid government ID and sign in.
Library officials noted the policy change was not a result of any particular event. However, recent instances of vandalism in the building’s elevators and missing artwork from neighboring Thwing Center suggests KSL is remedying a valid concern.
The placement of the card reader is slightly awkward and may contribute to slight delays entering the building, but the benefit of deterring unscrupulous visitors outweighs its imperfections. Requiring an ID to enter is KSL’s latest improvement, following in the footsteps of its relatively new cafe, Cramelot, and revamped learning and meeting spaces.
S: Supplemented Dining: The Thwing Atrium introduced a new dining option for students on the go. Bag-It provides pre-arranged meals that include an entrée (sandwich, salad, or vegetarian options) and three side items (fruit, chips/pretzels, and an assorted dessert item).
Bag-It is also a great option for students who spend most of their time on Northside, or as a backup for those frequent times when Grab-It runs out of entrees after classes let out and students crowd into the lobby of Sears. This year’s incoming class was quite large, and future class sizes are projected to be comparable. Therefore, creating more dining options on campus will be a necessity.
W: Worrisome Wireless: Connecting to CWRU’s wireless network was a difficult feat to accomplish at the beginning of the semester. As The Observer reported in early September, Information Technology Services discovered a problem in which certain devices were unable to obtain Internet Protocol addresses on the wireless network. They implemented a fix for that issue on Aug. 30.
Meanwhile, ITS is continuing to update wireless access points on campus, a $5 million project that is nearing completion. In fact (and to the delight of upperclassmen), many residents of the Village at 115 received brand new access points this past week.
CWRU students are always on the move; therefore an institution of our magnitude and stature requires the infrastructure to support mobile computing. While the benefits of a hardwired ethernet connection are numerous, the way in which technology is progressing demands we don’t give Wi-Fi short shrift.
D: Disguised Delinquent: Less than two months into his contracted employment at CWRU, security guard Demeterious Cathey, 21, was arrested for stealing an estimated $13,000 of electronic equipment from the Wolstein Research Building. As is the case with many campus security guards, Cathey was employed by Ohio Security Services.
Though Cathey admitted to stealing 12 laptops from the medical research building, the university believes no sensitive data was compromised. However, the experience served as a warning for CWRU Police and Security Services to be even more diligent in monitoring its contract employees and their supervisors. Additionally, it reminded campus students, staff, and faculty of the importance of securing personal devices and backing up important data.
Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor & Publisher
Fourth-year medical anthropology student Tyler Hoffman has served as Executive Editor and Publisher of The Observer since April 2012. As Executive...
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Volleyball Falls to Heidelberg Tuesday
Katie Weiser, Sports Editor
The Spartans faced off against Heidelberg University in a marathon five-set match on Tuesday night at the Horsburgh Gymnasium. The ladies fought for each point before eventually losing the match 3-2. The team started out strong, dominating the first set with a score of 25-19. Heidelberg rallied for the second and third sets, edging out the Spartans with scores of 25-15 and 25-23. The CWRU team fought back for a fourth set 25-23 win to force a fifth set before falling to Heidelberg 15-17. Despite the loss, several players posted great numbers with Freshman Lauren Gurd earning her third double-double of the season with 12 digs and 65 assists. Five players tallied double-digit kills with a total of 71 for the team and four additional players contributed double-digit digs with a total of 94 for the team.
The Spartans will look to bounce back from this tough loss with the Carnegie Mellon University Invitational this weekend.
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Cavs retooling for the new season
NBA bubble’s success
Cleveland Browns midseason report
Peter Sagan makes a comeback
Lakers win NBA championship in tough NBA finals
Big names continue to fall victim to injury and illness as the NFL tries to keep COVID-19 at bay
Merseyside derby ends in a draw
Tadej Pogačar wins Tour de France
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Free Stars Picks
Dallas Stars Odds, Predictions & News
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Unlike basketball, football, or other spread sports, the moneyline is the primary way to bet the Dallas Stars. Betting the moneyline means you expect the Stars will win the game outright.
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Steph says 2020 Finals was ‘hard to watch,’ explains why he did – Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Warriors fans didn’t enjoy watching the Lakers and the Heat in the Finals, and neither did Steph Curry.
If Warriors fans tuned into the 2020 NBA Finals, it likely was to watch 2015 NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala try to help the Miami Heat win the title.
But other than that, the Finals matchup between the Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers probably wasn’t much fun to watch for Dub Nation.
Steph Curry concurs.
“It was hard to watch, but I did,” Curry told Jeff Neubarth on a recent episode of the “Callaway Golf Podcast.”
When asked why he watched the Finals, Curry had a couple of justifiable reasons.
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Subject : Society of Friends Date range : 1600-1699 Clear All
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A Testimony from the people of God called Quakers against many lying and slanderous books and a ballad lately published in envy and malice to render the said people odious, and accusing them of things they are clear of.
"London the 11th of the 2d month, 1670, from the people of God, called Quakers, and is to go abroad in all cities, towns, and countries where those lying pamphlets and ballads have been spread." Reproduction of original ...
A letter to the author of a book, entituled, An answer to W.P.'s key, about the Quakers light within, &c. by Edmund Elys ...
Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.
Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Text in double columns. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
Here is something of concernment in Ireland, to be taken notice off: by all officers and souldiers, & others in authority and all sorts of people whatsoever, a warning and a charge to you is, that you stand clear and acquit yourselves like men (for ever) never to be uphoulders of those priests as you tender the everlasting good of your soules; have no fellowship with them, neither come you near their tents, for the Lord hath a purpose to destroy them, and his controversy is against them, and all that takes their parts
Cooke, Edward, fl. 1658-1670. ; Cooke, Edward, of the Middle Temple, attributed name.
Signed at end: E.C. Author's name from Wing. Sometimes attributed to Edward Cooke of the Middle Temple. Caption title. Imprint from Wing. Identified as Wing C5999A on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700". ...
The Quakers cleared from being apostates, ok [sic], The hammerer defeated and proved an impostor being an answer to a scurrilous pamphlet falsly intituled William Penn and the Quakers either apostates or impostors, subscribed Trepidantium Malleus : with a postscript containing some reflections on a pamphlet intituled The spirit of Quakerism and the danger of their divine revelation, laid open / by B.C.
Coole, Benjamin, d. 1717.
Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.
A plain record, or declaration shewing the origin, root and race of persecutors together with the nature, practice and end of that generation ... so their reward will be according to their work / [by] H.F.
H. F. (Henry Fell)
Numerous errors in pagination. Reproduction of original in the British Library.
The schoolmaster disciplin'd, or, A reply to a lying paper, entitull'd, The gadding tribe reproved, put foeth [sic] under the name of George Willington ... also, An answer to a scandalous paper, put forth by William Prynne, entitulled The Quakers unmasked ... : whereunto is added A reply to an additional paper, put forth by William Prynne, in his lying, inlarged edition of his scandalous paper aforementioned ... / by John Audland.
Audland, John, 1630-1664.
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. "An answer to a scandalous paper", and "A reply to an additional paper" have caption titles.
Reflections upon a pamphlet, entituled, John Elliot's Saving grace in all men proved to be no grace and his increased being in all a great nothing by Edmund Elys ...
Caption title. Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
Reflections upon some passages in a book, entitled reflections upon the conduct of human life. With reference to the study of learning and knowledge. By Edmund Elys.
Caption title. Imprint form Wing. Begins on signature B. A reply to: Norris, John. Reflections upon the conduct of human life, with reference to the study of learning and knowledge. Reproduction of the original in the ...
An epistle to King Charles the II sent from Amsterdam in Holland, the 28 of the 10 month, 1660 wherein is contained certain orders and laws there, concerning the liberty granted to those which cannot take up arms, nor swear, which laws there do yet continue : as also several arguments shewing that the people called Quakers are no popish recusants, who are cast into prison for not swearing : with advice & direction to King Charles, that his tendernesse may appear likewise to tender consciences, who keep to their yea and nay, that if they break their yea and nay, they may be punished as for breaking an oath / William Caton.
Caton, William, 1636-1665.
Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.
A letter from Edmund Ellis, a minister of the Church of England to John Norris, another minister of the same church in vindication of the Quakers from the charge of being Socinians.
Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. ; Norris, John, 1657-1711.
Caption title. Dated: August 4, 1693--P. 4. Imprint suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
A Testimony against John Pennyman's lyes, slanders, and false accusation of blasphemy &c.
"Given forth the 4th of the 7th moneth, 1671, from use whom the world calls Quakers." Wing gives imprint: London, 1691. Reproduction of original in the British Library.
The character of a Quaker in his true and proper colours, or, The clownish hypocrite anatomized
R. H. ; Austin, Samuel, d. ca. 1665.
Attributed by Joseph Smith to R.H.; cf. Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana, 1873, p. 208. Attributed also by BM to R.H. Wing attributes to Samuel Austin; DNB does not mention this work under Austin. Prefatory poem signed: R.H. ...
The Third part of The cry of the innocent for justice briefly relating the proceedings of the Court of Sessions at Old Baley, the 11, 12, and 13 dayes of the sixth moneth towards the people of God called Quakers, and particularly concerning the tryal and sentence of Edward Burroughs with about thrity persons more : also relating the proceedings of the Court ... towards about fifty of the said people ... : with divers other things of concernment about the people aforesaid.
"Published for satisfaction to all." Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
The moderate enquirer resolved in a plain description of several objections which are summed up together and treated upon by way of conference, concerning the contemned [sic] people commonly called Quakers who are the royal seed of God and whose innocency is here cleared in the answers to the many objections that are frequently produced by their opponents : which may be profitable for them to read that have any thing against them, and useful for all such as desire to know the certainty of those things which are most commonly reported of them / written in behalf of the brethren, in vindication of the truth, by VV. C.
Imperfect: pages tightly bound with some loss of print. Reproduction of original in the Sion College Library.
A declaration of a small society of baptized believers, undergoing the name of Free-willers, about the city of London
Adis, Henry.
By Henry Adis, whose name appears in the imprint. Publication date given according to Lady Day dating. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Plain-dealing with a traducing Anabaptist, or, Three letters writ upon occasion of some slanderous reflections given and promoted against William Penn by one John Morse published for common benefit that all impartial people may be better acquainted with the invective spirit of some so called, and their ungodly sly way of defaming such as dissents from them, especially in their restless indeavours against the poor Quakers / by W.P.
Penn, William, 1644-1718. ; Morse, John, 17th cent.
Includes a letter from John Morse to William Penn. Reproduction of original in the British Library.
The bishop busied beside the business, or, That eminent overseer, Dr. John Gauden, Bishop of Exeter, so eminently overseen as to wound his own cause well nigh to death with his own weapon in his late so super-eminently-applauded appearance for the [brace] liberty of tender consciences, legitimacy of solemn swearings, entituled, A discourse concerning publick oaths, and the lawfulness of swearing in judicial proceedings, in order to answer the scruples of the Quakers ... / by Samuel Fisher ...
Fisher, Samuel, 1605-1665.
At head of title: Epischopos aposchopos [Greek transliterated]. Place of publication suggested by Wing. Error in paging: p. 43 of 2nd pt. misnumbered 45. Imperfect: print show-through with considerable loss of print. Errata: ...
A mite of affection, manifested in 31. proposals, offered to all the sober and free-born people within this common-wealth; tending and tendred unto them for a settlement in this the day and hour of the vvorlds distraction and confusion.
Billing, Edward, 1623-1686. ; Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662, attributed name.
Signed at end: E.B., i.e. Edward Billing or Edward Burrough. Annotation on Thomason copy: "October 25". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
The spirit of the Quakers tried, according to that discovery it hath made of it self in their great prophet and patriarch, George Fox, in his book titled, The great mystery of the great whore, &c. in an epistle to the said Quakers, but especially to the honest hearted amongst them ... : also, the judgment and sentence is pronounced by George Fox himself against himself and party in the persons of his adversaries / by a lover of truth and men.
Hedworth, Henry.
A reply to: The great mystery of the great whore unfolded / George Fox. London, 1657. Written by Henry Hedworth. Cf. BM. Errata: p. 45. Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.
For the preachers and leaders of the people called Quakers ... the Lord, whose ambassador I am, both sent me hither at this time; and His message to you is this : that your long prayers, as well as your long preachinge, are an abomination unto Him / John Pennyman.
Pennyman, John, 1628-1706.
Place of reprint supplied by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
The general history of the Quakers containing the lives, tenents, sufferings, tryals, speeches and letters of the most eminent Quakers, both men and women : from the first rise of that sect down to this present time / being written originally in Latin by Gerard Croese ; to which is added a letter writ by George Keith ...
Croese, Gerardus, 1642-1710. ; Keith, George, 1639?-1716.
The second book of the history of the Quakers has separate paging. "Our antient testimony renewed ... London, 1695" has special t.p. on p. 31 at end. Imperfect: pages stained. Reproduction of original in the Union Theological ...
Truth's vindication, or, A gentle stroke to wipe off the foul aspersions, false accusations, and misrepresentations cast upon the people of God called Quakers, both with respect to their principle and their way of proselyting people over to them also An epistle to such of the Friends of Christ that have lately been convinced of the truth as it is in Jesus.
Bathurst, Elizabeth, d. 1691.
Dedication signed: Elizabeth Bathurst. First edition. Place of publication from Wing. Errata: p. [1] at end. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
The Quakers unmasked, and clearly detected to be but the spawn of Romish frogs, Jesuites, and Franciscan fryers, sent from Rome to seduce the intoxicated giddy-headed English nation by an information taken upon oath in the city of Bristol, January 22, and some evident demonstrations / by William Prynne ...
Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
Verus Patroclus, or, The weapons of Quakerism, the weakness of Quakerism being a discourse, wherein the choicest arguments for their chief tenets are enervat, and their best defences annihilat : several abominations, not heretofore so directly discovered, unmasked : with a digression explicative of the doctrine anent the necessity of the spirits operation, and an appendix, vindicating, Rom. 9. from the depravations of an Arminian / by William Jamison.
Jameson, William, fl. 1689-1720.
The spirit of Alexander the copper-smith lately revived, now justly rebuk'd, or, An answer to a late pamphlet, intituled, The spirit of the hat, or the government of the Quakers in which the confederacy is broken, and the devil's champions defeated / by a true witness of the one way of God, W.P. ; to which are added the testimonies of those persons whose names are chiefly quoted by the author of that pamphlet.
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Signed in full by William Penn on p. 16. "The spirit of the hat" was written by William Mucklow. Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.
A true relation of the unjust proceedings, verdict (so called) & sentence of the Court of Sessions ... against divers of the Lord's people called Quakers, on the 30th day of the 8th month, 1662 / published for the honour of God, the vindication of the innocent, and the information of people, by John Chandler.
Chandler, John, 17th cent.
Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.
The people called Quakers having printed and published a paper against me or rather against the Lord, whose servant I am ... with a few words added at the lower end, which the Lord required mee to send to several of the said people / J.P.
Attributed to Pennyman by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints. Imprint suggested by Wing. Imperfect: faded with loss of print. Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
Deceivers made manifest There hath been a controversie in this nation of England, and dominion of Wales, and in many other nations, both far and near, between the people (by scorners) called Quakers, and the bishops, priests and clergy, and with others that went before them, concerning the right way and worship of the Lord.
Jones, E. (Evan)
Signed at end: Evan Jones. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Friends House Library, London.
Concerning ministers made by the will of man [by] M.F.
Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.
First line of text: "A paper concerning such as are made ministers by the will of man ..." Reproduction of the original in the Huntington Library.
Baby-baptism meer babism, or, An answer to nobody in five words to every-body who finds himself concern'd in't by Samuel Fisher.
At head of title: Paidobaptezontes paidizontes. Imperfect : p. 257-260 omitted in numbering. Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. (from t.p.) Anti-diabolism, or, The ...
A word of reproof to the teachers of the world vvhich may be of use for the tryal of t[h]eir wayes ... : with an invitation and warning to them and all people to turn from iniquity ... / written by Stephen Crisp.
Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692.
Christian liberty as it was soberly desired in a letter to certain forreign states upon occasion of their late severity to several of their inhabitants, meerly for their different perswasion and practice in point of faith and worship towards God / made publick on the behalf of the present suffering dissenters within this kingdom.
Attributed to Penn by Wing. Dated at end: London, the 14th December, 1674. Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library.
Reasons why those of the people called Quakers, challenged by George Keith, to meet him at Turner's Hall the eleventh of this month called June, 1696. refuse their appearance at his peremptory summons.
Story, Thomas, 1662-1742. ; Keith, George, 1639?-1716. ; Bealing, Benjamin, d. 1739.
Signed: Tho. Story. Ben. Bealing. Reproduction of original in the Friends' Library (London, England).
Wisdom justified of her children from the ignorance and calumny of H. Hallywell in his book called, An account of familism as it is revived and propagated by the Quakers / by William Penn.
A backslider reproved and his folly made manifest and his confusions and contradictions discovered in a short reply to a book lately published by Robert Cobbet called A word to the upright, who being turned from the light now makes it his work to war against it and them that walk in it; but his weapons are broken and in his own snare is he taken / written for the Truths sake by a servant thereof known by the name Stephen Crisp ; unto which is added a brief answer to a pamphelet [sic] stiled A brief discovery of the labourers in mystery Babylon.
Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692. ; Atkinson, Elizabeth. Breif and plain discovery of the labourers in mistery, Babilon, generally called by the name of Quakers. ; Travers, Anne. Harlots vail rent and her impudency rebuked. ; Coleman, Elisabeth. Harlots vail rent and her impudency rebuked.
The harlots vail rent and her impudency rebuked : in a short answer to one Elizabeth Atkinson her Babylons brat against the people called Quakers (pp. 17-24) signed: Anne Travers, Eliz. Coleman. Reproduction of original ...
A Babylonish opposer of truth by the truth reproved and his enmity, falshood, and confusion manifested in answer to an impertinent paper sent abroad by Thomas Crisp, in which his false foundation is discovered, and his building brought upon his own head / written by Stephen Crisp ; with a postscript by J. Penington and R. Richardson.
Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692. ; Penington, John, 1655-1710. ; Richardson, Richard, 1623?-1689.
The counterfeit Christian detected; and the real Quaker justified Of God and Scripture, reason & antiquity. against the vile forgeries, gross perversions, black slanders, plain contradictions & scurrilous language of T. Hicks an Anabaptist preacher, in his third dialogue between a Christian and a Quaker, call'd, The Quaker condemned, &c. By way of an appeal to all sober people, especially those called Anabaptists in and about the City of London. By a lover of truth and peace W. P.
W.P. = William Penn. Place of publication from Wing. The words "God .. Antiquity." are bracketed together on title page. Final leaf contains "A postscript by anothe rhand". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Some popish errors, unadvisedly embraced and pursued by our anticommunion ministers wherein is discovered the dangerous effects of their discontinuing the frequent publick administration of the Lords Supper ... : with a new discovery of some Romish emmissaries, Quakers / by William Prynne of Swainswicke, Esquire ...
Errata: p. [1] at end. Reproduction of original in British Library. Marginal notes.
A touch-stone, or, A perfect tryal by the Scriptures, of all the priests, bishops, and ministers, who have called themselves, the ministers of the Gospel whose time and day hath been in the last ages past, or rather in the night of apostacy : they are tried and weighed by the Scriptures of truth, and are found out of the life and power of the scriptures, and out of the spirit and doctrine of them that gave them forth, and quite contrary to their principle and practice, both Papists and Protestants : unto which is annexed, Womens speaking justified, &c.
Signed: M.F. [i.e. Margaret Fell]. Imperfect: "Womens speaking justified" with special t.p., and separate paging is lacking in filmed copy. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
Right trusty and welbeloved, and trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) ; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
Title from first 2 lines of text. At head of title: Charles R. Sent by Charles II to the lord mayor of London, and to the commissioners and justices for the gaol-delivery of Oyer and Terminer of the city of London and ...
Just measures in an epistle of peace & love to such professors of truth as are under any dissatisfaction about the present order practis'd in the church of Christ / by a lover of the truth and them, G.P.
Attributed to Penn by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
Rusticus ad academicos in exercitationibus expostulatoriis, apologeticis quatuor The rustick's alarm to the rabbies, or, The country correcting the university and clergy, and ... contesting for the truth ... : in four apologeticall and expostulatory exercitations : wherein is contained, as well a general account to all enquirers, as a general answer to all opposers of the most truly catholike and most truly Christ-like Chistians [sic] called Quakers, and of the true divinity of their doctrine : by way of entire entercourse held in special with four of the clergies chieftanes, viz, John Owen ... Tho. Danson ... John Tombes ... Rich. Baxter ... by Samuel Fisher ...
Fisher, Samuel, 1605-1665. ; Owen, John, 1616-1683. ; Danson, Thomas, d. 1694. ; Tombes, John, 1603?-1676. ; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
"An additional appendix to the book entituled Rusticus ad academicos ..." (48 p., 5th count) has special t.p. and was also issued separately; "Christ's light springing" (16 p. at end) has English and Latin in columns, and ...
Urim and thummim, or, The apostolical doctrines of light and perfection maintained against the opposite plea of Samuel Grevill (a pretended minister of the Gospel) in his ungospel-like discourse against a book entituled A testimony of the light within, anciently writ by Alexander Parker / by W.P.
Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.
A salutation from the breathings of the life to the faithful in the kingdome and patience of Jesus Christ through Joseph Helling.
Helling, Joseph.
Dated: "From the common gaole in Northampton, the 10 day of the 2 month, 1661." Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.
A testimony and warning given forth in the love of truth and is for the governour, magistrates & people inhabiting on the island of Barbadoes, which is a call to turn to the Lord.
Fell, Lydia.
Caption title. Signed at end: Lydia Fell. Place and date of publication from Wing. Reproduction of original in British Library.
A visitation of love to the tender plants of Gods vineyard given forth by Henry Jackson ; also two generall epistles, given forth by William Caton.
Jackson, Henry, fl. 1662-1700. ; Caton, William, 1636-1665. ; Scostrop, Richard.
Date of publication from Wing. William Caton's second letter (p. 14) dated: Yarmouth, the 14. of the 11. moneth, 1663. "Another epistle to Friends" (p. 17-18) signed: Richard Scochthrap. Reproduction of original in Union ...
Reason against railing, and truth against fiction being an answer to those two late pamphlets intituled A dialogue between a Christian and a Quaker, and the Continuation of the dialogue &c. by one Thomas Hicks, an Anabaptist teacher : by W. Penn.
Includes: "An appendix, being some sober and short animadversions upon certain passages in Tho. Hick's Dialogue and Continuation of the dialogue" by George Whitehead, with special t.p. and separate pagination. Reproduction ...
A visitation of love unto all people
Cotton, Priscilla.
Caption title. Signed at end: P.C. The 19th of the 3 month, 1661. Attributed to Cotton by NUC pre-1956 imprints. Imprint from colophon. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
A testimonie of the touch-stone, for all professions, and all forms, and gathered churches (as they call them), of what sort soever to try their ground and foundation by and a tryal by the Scriptures, who the false prophets are, which are in the world, which John said should be in the last times / by Margret Fell ; also, some of the ranters principles answered.
Errata: p. 36. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
England's present interest discover'd with honour to the prince and safety to the people in answer to this one question, What is most fit ... at this juncture of affairs to be done for composing ... the heat of contrary interests & making them subservient to the interest of the government, and consistent with the prosperity of the kingdom? : presented and submitted to the consideration of superiours.
Written by William Penn. Cf. DNB. Place of publication from Wing. Errata on p. 30. Marginal notes.
The speech of William Penn to His Majesty upon his delivering the Quakers address.
Caption title. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.
An antidote against that poysonous and fundamental error of the Quakers denying the same numerical true and real manhood of Jesus Christ in heaven, a place remote from the earth : in two sermons preached at Hartford / by W.H. Christophilus.
Haworth, William.
Epistle dedicatory signed: William Haworth. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
To the churches of Jesus throughout the world gathered and setled in His eternal light, power, and spirit, to be one holy flock, family, and houshold to the Lord : who hath redeemed them from among all the kindreds of the earth : Godly zeal, wisdom, power, perseverance, and victory, with all heavenly blessings, be multiplied among you in the name of the Lord / William Penn.
Smith, J. Friends' books, v. 2, p. 295. Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.
The third part of Babel's-builders unmask't in a reply to a piece of hypocrisy &c. published in the name of T. Laurence whose great age may somewhat mittigate his crime, and therefore this is chiefly intended for the approvers thereof.
Crisp, Thomas, 17th cent. ; Lawrence, Thomas, 1645?-1714. William Rogers's Christian Quaker.
Signed: Thomas Crisp. Imprint suggested by Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.
A just and lawful tryal of the Foxonian chief priests a perfect proceeding against them and they condemn'd out of their own ancient testimonies ...
Crisp, Thomas, 17th cent.
Signed: Thomas Crispe. Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.
The discovery of the accursed thing in the Foxonian Quakers camp, englarged [sic]
Caption title. Signed: Thomas Crispe. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.
An essay towards the allaying of George Fox his spirit
Attributed to T. Crisp. Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Reasons why the oaths should not be made a part of the test to Protestant dissenters
Caption title. Attributed to Penn by Wing. Imprint suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
The oppressed prisoners complaint of their great oppression: with a loud call to Englands magistrates for the exercise of impartial justice, before the wrath of the lamb break forth. With a brief relation of the unparallel'd proceedings of the court, at the Old Baily, the fifth day of the fifth month, 1662.
Blackborow, Sarah.
Signed at end: Written by S.B. a prisoner, i.e. Sarah Blackborow--Wing. Imprint from Wing. Verse - "Repent, O England, for what thou hast done". Printed in two colomns. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare ...
A shield of the truth, or, The truth of God cleared from scandals and reproaches cast upon it by scandalous and reproachfull tongues which the devil in all ages did make use of, whereby he blasphemed the truth of God, striving to present it odious in the eyes and ears of all people, that so he might uphold his own kingdom, but the day hath made him manifest, & the Lord is come, & is coming to make war with him, and bind him, and cast him into the bottomless pit and all who bears his image, and under his dominion is written by ... Iames Parnel.
Parnell, James, 1637?-1656.
Gentle correction for the high flown backslider, or, A soft answer to turn away strife being a general answer (in few words) to some queries, and defamations thrown out by the furious spirit in some of the people called Quakers against the rationalls : with motives for their return to the witnesses that leadeth out of self into eternity / by him of whom the world is not worthy, known by the name of Roger Crabb.
Crab, Roger, 1621?-1680.
A Particular account of the late and present great sufferings and oppressions of the people called Quakers upon prosecutions against them in the Bishops courts humbly presented to the serious consideration of the King, Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled.
Mead, William, 1628-1713. ; Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Preface signed and dated: William Mead, George Whitehead, William Gibson ... [and 18 others including William Penn] London, the 15th of the 9th moneth, 1680. Reproduction of original in Harvard University Libraries.
Truth & innocency triumphing over falshood [and] envy, or Jasper Batt's vindication against William Roger's un-christian [sic] and false insinuations, in his book mis-called The Christian Quaker, &c.
Batt, Jasper, d. 1702.
Caption title. Imprint from colophon. A reply to: Rogers, William. The Christian Quaker. Reproduction of the original in the Friends' House Library, London.
Two general epistles to the flock of God, where-ever they are dispersed on the face of the earth ... to bear testimony for the Lord God against the deceit and deceivableness which the worships of the world have lain in, in the dark night of apostasy : also, pure consolation and comfort proclaimed from the spirit of life to the faithful followers of the Lamb ... with an admonition unto all who are not wholly redeemed out of the earth / written by M.F. and J.P.
Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702. ; Parke, James, 1636-1696.
Attributed by Wing to Margaret Fell. Second letter signed: James Parke. Imperfect: stained. Reproduction of the original in the Duke University Library.
The deism of William Penn and his brethren destructive to the Christian religion, exposed and plainly laid open in the examination and refutation of his late reprinted book called, A discourse of the general rule of faith and practise and judge of controversie, wherein he contendeth that the Holy Scriptures are not the rule of faith and life, but that the light in the conscience of every man is that rule / by George Keith.
Keith, George, 1639?-1716.
Reproduction of original in British Library.
Exhortation and admonition of the Friends and Brethren of London chiefly, to all maid-servants (who make profession of the pure ever-lasting gospel of peace and salvation) as are, or may be servants in the families of Friends or others, in and about this city.
Signed: ... London, the Eleaventh of the Ninth Moneth, 1672. Reproduction of original in: Friends' Library (London, England).
The way to the city of God described, or, A plain declaration how any man may, within the day of visitation given him of God, pass out of the unrighteous into the righteous state as also how he may go forward in the way of holiness and righteousness, and so be fitted for the kingdom of God, and the beholding and enjoying thereof : wherein divers things, which occur to them, that enter into this way with respect to their inward trials, temptations, and difficulties are pointed at, and directions intimated, how to carry themselves therein ... / written by George Keith in the year 1669 ... : whereunto is added the way to discern the convictions, motions, &c of the spirit of God, and divine principle in us, from those of a man's own natural reason, &c.
Place of publication suggested by Wing. Errata: p. [1] at end. Imperfect: advertisement pages lacking; p. 178-end of book from defective Harvard University Library copy spliced at end. Reproduction of original in the Union ...
A word of advice to all such as are going on in sin and more particularly to my neighbours and townsmen in and about Colchester; to forsake their evil ways, and turn to the Lord while they have time, with a word of incouragement to such as mourn for want of salvation. And a word of advice to the priests of this nation, that they choak not the tender desires that are begotten in people after holiness.
Hailes, John, 1666 or 7-1732.
Signed and dated: Your friend in the truth John Hailes. Colchester the 3d. of the 6th. month 1693. Printed in two columns; includes postscript. Reproduction of the original in the Friends House Library, London.
An answer to a declaration put forth by the general consent of the people called Anabaptists in and about the city of London which declaration doth rather seem a begging of pardon of the Caveliers then [sic] a vindication of that truth and cause once contended for : I seeing so much wickedness ... / from a true lover and owner of the people called Quakers ... Richard Hubberthorn.
Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662. ; Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662. Answer to a declaration of the people called Anabaptists.
"The Baptists in their Postscript for a confirmation of a seal to their confusion, they have subscribed these names following, viz. Henry Jessey ... [et al.]" "An answer to a declaration of the people called Anabaptists," ...
The discovery of the great enmity of the serpent against the seed of the woman, which witnesseth against him where he rules, both in rulers, priests, and people whose hearts are now made manifest in this great day of the Lords power, wherein he is sending his sons and daughters in the power of his spirit to run to and fro to declare his word ... / a true testimony of him the world knows by name, William Deusbery, and in scorn calls a Quaker ... ; also his call to the ministry of the everlasting Gospel by the still voyce of the spirit of God ... ; the word of the Lord to all in England whom the Lord hath betrusted with power ... ; vvith a lamentation over all in England who oppose Christ in his spiritual appearance ... ; from the common goal in Northampton the 25 day of the 4 month, 1655.
Dewsbury, William, 1621-1688.
Signed at end: W.D. Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.
The benefit, advantage and glory of silent meetings both as it was found at the beginning, or first breaking forth of this clear manifestation of truth, and continues so to be found by all the faithful and upright in heart at this day / writ for the stirring up and encouraging of those more especially who are lately convinced unto the love of them, and diligent improving them unto those ends and uses for which they serve by George Keith.
Keith, George, 1639?-1716. ; Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692.
Postscript signed: Stephen Crisp. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
The Quakers address to the House of Commons declaring their suffering case, relating to oathes and swearing, as it was pesented by George Whitehead, Capt. William Mead, and other eminent Quakers on Friday last, the 12th instant.
Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. ; Mead, William, 1628-1713.
The arraignment of worldly philosophy, or, The false wisdom its being a great hinderance to the Christian faith, and a great enemy to the true divine wisdom / by George Keith.
The Quakers catechism, or, The Quakers questioned, their questions answered, and both published for the sake of those of them that have not yet sinned unto death and of those ungrounded novices that are most in danger of their seduction / by R[i]chard Baxter.
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
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An apology for the people called Quakers, and an appeal to the inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk, or whom else it may concern
Field, John, 1652-1723.
Includes biblical references. Signed: J.F. Reproduction of original in Duke University Library.
A sermon preached at the meeting of Protestant dissenters called Quakers in Turners-Hall, London, on the 16th of the second month, 1696 : being the publick day of thanksgiving for the deliverance of the King and Kingdom : to which is added a testimony ... to King William the III from the aforesaid people ... / by George Keith.
Some seasonable considerations to the young men & women who in this day of tryal are made willing to offer up themselves, estates or liberty, and suffer reproaches, with other hard usages in the streets of this city, and elsewhere, to bear a testimony for the life, light and truth of Jesus Christ and to all who make a profession of the same, this in the tender love of God is written / by Mary Forster.
Forster, Mary, 1619?-1686.
Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.
A serious dialogue betwixt a church-man and a Quaker
Signed: G.K. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
The universall free grace of the Gospell asserted, or, The light of the glorious Gospell of Jesus Christ, shining forth universally, and enlightning every man that coms [sic] into the world, and therby giving unto every man, a day of visitation wherin it is possible for him to be saved, which is glad tydings unto all people, being witnessed and testifyed unto, by us the people called in derision Quakers : and in opposition to all denyers of it, of one sort and another proved by many infallible arguments, in the evidence and demonstration of the spirit of truth, according to Scripture testimonies and sound reason : with the objections of any seeming weight against it, answered it, answered / by George Keith.
Keith, George, 1639?-1716. ; Furly, Benjamin, 1636-1714.
Errata: p. 136. Signed: G. Keith, B. Furly. Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.
A friendly conference between a minister and a parishioner of his, inclining to Quakerism wherein the absurd opinions of that sect are detected, and exposed to a just censure / by a lover of truth.
Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714.
Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library. Table of contents: p. [3]-[6] Errata: p. [6] Attributed to Edward Fowler. cf. NUC pre-1956.
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Hong Kong police arrest ringleaders of protests
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists were arrested Friday in a dragnet that came as protesters planned to rally this weekend in defiance of a police ban.
Hong Kong has been locked in three months of political crisis, with increasingly violent clashes between police and protesters that have prompted an escalating public relations campaign from Beijing.
Protesters planned yet another mass rally on Saturday — the fifth anniversary of Beijing’s rejection of a call for universal suffrage in the semi-autonomous city, a decision that sparked the 79-day Umbrella Movement in 2014.
Two of that movement’s leaders, Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow — both are well-known among the city’s youth — were arrested on Friday, their party said.
Their arrests came just hours after the reported detention at Hong Kong’s airport of a vocal independence campaigner.
“Our secretary-general @joshuawongcf was just arrested this morning at roughly 7:30,” the party Demosisto tweeted.
The 22-year-old “was forcefully pushed into a private minivan on the street in broad daylight. Our lawyers following the case now,” it said.
Agnes Chow, also 22, was arrested at her home, Demosisto said, adding “we do not yet know what charges they are facing.”
Hong Kong Police said they had arrested two 22-year-olds, naming them only as Wong and Chow, on suspicion of “inciting others to take part in unauthorised assembly” among other charges.
More than 850 people have been arrested in connection with protests since June, including prominent independence campaigner Andy Chan who was detained by police at Hong Kong airport on Thursday night.
Chan was stopped while trying to board a flight to Japan, the Hong Kong Free Press website reported, which cited a police spokesman saying he was suspected of rioting and assaulting an officer.
Chan’s small independence party was outlawed last year on the grounds it posed a national security threat, the first such ban since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
The party numbers only a few dozen members, but Beijing sees calls for independence as an absolute red line.
The arrests come as Hong Kong’s crisis-hit government scrambles to find an appropriate response to the unprecedented pro-democracy protests, which have by turns seen millions march, closed the airport and left city streets strewn with bricks and shrouded in tear gas.
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Principles of Biology
The mechanisms of inheritance, or genetics, were not understood at the time Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace were developing their idea of natural selection. This lack of understanding was a stumbling block to understanding many aspects of evolution. In fact, the predominant (and incorrect) genetic theory of the time, blending inheritance, made it difficult to understand how natural selection might operate. Darwin and Wallace were unaware of the genetics work by Austrian monk Gregor Mendel, which was published in 1866, not long after the publication of Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species. Mendel’s work was rediscovered in the early twentieth century at which time geneticists were rapidly coming to an understanding of the basics of inheritance. Initially, the newly discovered particulate nature of genes made it difficult for biologists to understand how gradual evolution could occur. But over the next few decades, genetics and evolution were integrated into what became known as the modern synthesis—the coherent understanding of the relationship between natural selection and genetics that took shape by the 1940s and is generally accepted today. In sum, the modern synthesis describes how evolutionary processes, such as natural selection, can affect a population’s genetic makeup, and, in turn, how this can result in the gradual evolution of populations and species. The theory also connects this change of a population over time, called microevolution, with the processes that gave rise to new species and higher taxonomic groups with widely divergent characters, called macroevolution.
Evolution and Flu Vaccines
Every fall, the media starts reporting on flu vaccinations and potential outbreaks. Scientists, health experts, and institutions determine recommendations for different parts of the population, predict optimal production and inoculation schedules, create vaccines, and set up clinics to provide inoculations. You may think of the annual flu shot as a lot of media hype, an important health protection, or just a briefly uncomfortable prick in your arm. But do you think of it in terms of evolution?
The media hype of annual flu shots is scientifically grounded in our understanding of evolution. Each year, scientists across the globe strive to predict the flu strains that they anticipate being most widespread and harmful in the coming year. This knowledge is based on how flu strains have evolved over time and over the past few flu seasons. Scientists then work to create the most effective vaccine to combat those selected strains. Hundreds of millions of doses are produced in a short period in order to provide vaccinations to key populations at the optimal time.
Because viruses, like the flu, evolve very quickly (especially in evolutionary time), this poses quite a challenge. Viruses mutate and replicate at a fast rate, so the vaccine developed to protect against last year’s flu strain may not provide the protection needed against the coming year’s strain. Evolution of these viruses means continued adaptions to ensure survival, including adaptations to survive previous vaccines.
Recall that a gene for a particular character may have several alleles, or variants, that code for different traits associated with that character. For example, in the ABO blood type system in humans, three alleles determine the particular blood-type protein on the surface of red blood cells. Each individual in a population of diploid organisms can only carry two alleles for a particular gene, but more than two may be present in the individuals that make up the population. Mendel followed alleles as they were inherited from parent to offspring. In the early twentieth century, biologists in a field of study known as population genetics began to study how selective forces change a population through changes in allele and genotypic frequencies.
The allele frequency (or gene frequency) is the rate at which a specific allele appears within a population. Until now we have discussed evolution as a change in the characteristics of a population of organisms, but behind that phenotypic change is genetic change. In population genetics, the term evolution is defined as a change in the frequency of an allele in a population. Using the ABO blood type system as an example, the frequency of one of the alleles, IA, is the number of copies of that allele divided by all the copies of the ABO gene in the population. For example, a study in Jordan found a frequency of IA to be 26.1 percent (Hanania, Hassawi, & Irshaid, 2007). The IB and I0 alleles made up 13.4 percent and 60.5 percent of the alleles respectively, and all of the frequencies added up to 100 percent. A change in this frequency over time would constitute evolution in the population.
The allele frequency within a given population can change depending on environmental factors; therefore, certain alleles become more widespread than others during the process of natural selection. Natural selection can alter the population’s genetic makeup; for example, if a given allele confers a phenotype that allows an individual to better survive or have more offspring. Because many of those offspring will also carry the beneficial allele, and often the corresponding phenotype, they will have more offspring of their own that also carry the allele, thus, perpetuating the cycle. Over time, the allele will spread throughout the population. Some alleles will quickly become fixed in this way, meaning that every individual of the population will carry the allele, while detrimental mutations may be swiftly eliminated if derived from a dominant allele from the gene pool. The gene pool is the sum of all the alleles in a population.
Sometimes, allele frequencies within a population change randomly with no advantage to the population over existing allele frequencies. This phenomenon is called genetic drift. Natural selection and genetic drift usually occur simultaneously in populations and are not isolated events. It is hard to determine which process dominates because it is often nearly impossible to determine the cause of change in allele frequencies at each occurrence. An event that initiates an allele frequency change in an isolated part of the population, which is not typical of the original population, is called the founder effect. Natural selection, random drift, and founder effects can lead to significant changes in the genome of a population.
Hardy-Weinberg Principle of Equilibrium
In the early twentieth century, English mathematician Godfrey Hardy and German physician Wilhelm Weinberg stated the principle of equilibrium to describe the genetic makeup of a population. The theory, which later became known as the Hardy-Weinberg principle of equilibrium, states that a population’s allele and genotype frequencies are inherently stable— unless some kind of evolutionary force is acting upon the population, neither the allele nor the genotypic frequencies would change. The Hardy-Weinberg principle assumes conditions with no mutations, migration, emigration, or selective pressure for or against genotype, plus an infinite population; while no population can satisfy those conditions, the principle offers a useful model against which to compare real population changes.
Working under this theory, population geneticists represent different alleles as different variables in their mathematical models. The variable p, for example, often represents the frequency of a particular allele, say Y for the trait of yellow in Mendel’s peas, while the variable q represents the frequency of y alleles that confer the color green. If these are the only two possible alleles for a given locus in the population, p + q = 1. In other words, all the p alleles and all the q alleles make up all of the alleles for that locus that are found in the population.
But what ultimately interests most biologists is not the frequencies of different alleles, but the frequencies of the resulting genotypes, known as the population’s genetic structure, from which scientists can surmise the distribution of phenotypes. If the phenotype is observed, only the genotype of the homozygous recessive alleles can be known; the calculations provide an estimate of the remaining genotypes. Since each individual carries two alleles per gene, if the allele frequencies (p and q) are known, predicting the frequencies of these genotypes is a simple mathematical calculation to determine the probability of getting these genotypes if two alleles are drawn at random from the gene pool. So in the above scenario, an individual pea plant could be pp (YY), and thus produce yellow peas; pq (Yy), also yellow; or qq (yy), and thus producing green peas (Figure 1). In other words, the frequency of pp individuals is simply p2; the frequency of pq individuals is 2pq; and the frequency of qq individuals is q2. And, again, if p and q are the only two possible alleles for a given trait in the population, these genotypes frequencies will sum to one: p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1.
Figure 1: When populations are in the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the allelic frequency is stable from generation to generation and the distribution of alleles can be determined from the Hardy-Weinberg equation. If the allelic frequency measured in the field differs from the predicted value, scientists can make inferences about what evolutionary forces are at play. (credit: “Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium” by OpenStax is licensed under CC BY 4.0)
In plants, violet flower color (V) is dominant over white (v). If p = 0.8 and q = 0.2 in a population of 500 plants, how many individuals would you expect to be homozygous dominant (VV), heterozygous (Vv), and homozygous recessive (vv)? How many plants would you expect to have violet flowers, and how many would have white flowers?
In theory, if a population is at equilibrium—that is, there are no evolutionary forces acting upon it—generation after generation would have the same gene pool and genetic structure, and these equations would all hold true all of the time. Of course, even Hardy and Weinberg recognized that no natural population is immune to evolution. Populations in nature are constantly changing in genetic makeup due to drift, mutation, possibly migration, and selection. As a result, the only way to determine the exact distribution of phenotypes in a population is to go out and count them. But the Hardy-Weinberg principle gives scientists a mathematical baseline of a non-evolving population to which they can compare evolving populations and thereby infer what evolutionary forces might be at play. If the frequencies of alleles or genotypes deviate from the value expected from the Hardy-Weinberg equation, then the population is evolving.
The modern synthesis of evolutionary theory grew out of the cohesion of Darwin’s, Wallace’s, and Mendel’s thoughts on evolution and heredity, along with the more modern study of population genetics. It describes the evolution of populations and species, from small-scale changes among individuals to large-scale changes over paleontological time periods. To understand how organisms evolve, scientists can track populations’ allele frequencies over time. If they differ from generation to generation, scientists can conclude that the population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and is thus evolving.
Hanania, S., Hassawi, D., and Irshaid, N. 2007. “Allele Frequency and Molecular Genotypes of ABO Blood Group System in a Jordanian Population,” Journal of Medical Sciences 7: 51-58, doi:10.3923/jms.2007.51.58.
OpenStax, Biology. OpenStax CNX. June 25, 2020. https://cnx.org/contents/GFy_h8cu@10.137:noBcfThl@7/Understanding-Evolution.
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WWII Details Worth Examining
MUCH OF UNEXAMINED WWII IS RELEVANT TODAY
[And It is Not An Accident That They Are Carefully Unexamined!]
Abstract: World War Two, Nazism, everything, and everybody connected to them make for an unending source of lessons in many realms. Some of these truths are eternal, they were taught by history many times before. Nazism was made possible by not knowing, or deliberately ignoring, or, even, cynically exploiting, many of these lessons, with evil purpose.
Certainly Julius Caesar, happening on the scene in 1936, would have known what to do. He had seen even worse before. But Caesar was at the head of the Populares. He was both a plutocrat, if there ever was one, and somebody who wanted to rise above that condition, for the good of the People, not to say civilization (that’s why he was assassinated by plutocratic senators).
Why were the lessons of history forgotten, and new ones not guessed in time, to prevent World War Two? Well, the reason to forget is still in force nowadays.
The establishment breathes, sleeps, dines, or exchanges business, so close together, that it feels that it is better not to examine all the forces behind Hitler, lest they still feed it today.
To avoid talking about that reason, all those connected to the establishment go around, as if they were deaf, blind, mute, mental retards whining that the catastrophes (“Shoah” in Hebrew) of fascism, holocausts, Nazism, World War Two were incomprehensible.
Those connected to the establishment are (implicitly) paid, by their association with the powers which overlord, to claim that WWII viciousness cannot be understood.
But could it be as simple as… the fractional reserve system? OK, that’s not simple, and very obscure to the commons.
What is the establishment made of? Not just people, but of a whole mental universe. First of all the establishment of ideas and moods that allows the reign of the principle of plutocracy.
Certainly in a political system where public money creation, that is power, is privately controlled, while harnessing the power of the state, (that is what the fractional reserve system we have does), is a plutocracy, in the strictest, most classical sense of the term.
The secret never to be thoroughly examined in WWII is that the most prominent elements of the plutocracy were genitors and allies of the fascist powers (although both sides, plutocrats and fascists, claimed to be enemies, to hide their true nature from the mystified populace). For doing this, they exploited some tricks, and those tricks are still in use nowadays.
As long as that dirty secret stays buried, so does the true nature of plutocracy and how it relates to the present civilization: it’s not just about the rule of money, and money being the only power. Plutocracy is also about believing that hell is the only heaven worth having.
I present here just a few of WWII unexpected avalanches of causes and connections. [This post is partly an answer to one of the commenters who contributes to this site, Old Geezer Pilot, and it does not have the pretention of being more than a jumble of little known facts.]
CLEAR & PRESENT ABUSE FROM INCOMPLETE, OR FALSE HISTORY:
Wall Street glued six major German chemical companies to make IG Farben, a giant monopoly. Great profit would come from going around American anti-monopoly laws passed by Teddy Roosevelt. In general, most of the individuals and firms which became prominent in Germany after World War One were entangled with industrialists and financiers of the USA.
This was just an instance of the sort of interference in the German socio-economy that arose from the other side of the Atlantic. There many others.
For example Dr. Schacht (PhD, 1899) was a pawn of Mr. JP Morgan (founder of the bank JP Morgan, and so mighty he personally put an end to a Wall Street crash in 1907). Schacht became Germany’s most important finance official after WWI (although he had been sacked for corruption by his commanding general during the occupation of Belgium). Schacht engineered the German hyper inflation of 1923, as part of a devious campaign to not compensate for the enormous deliberate damage inflicted on France, from the flooding of mines to the dynamiting of the Coucy castle, the largest Middle Age castle, with the highest dungeon ( French volunteers are still rebuilding it, albeit they barely started to make a dent on that field of stones).
The First World War happened on French soil, invaded by the fascist Prussian army, and the destruction occurred there, but Germany somehow contrived to pose as a victim of big bad France, and the concept of repairing what it had broken. This (absurd) lesson is taken for granted by many an Anglo-Saxon pseudo intellectual, and is an essential part of the anti-French sentiment in the USA. Even Hitler was not that anti-French.
Dr. H. Schacht later engineered, in the 1930s, the coming to power of Adolf Hitler.
Some, who don’t follow the news, will feel I am rehashing history long gone, and not worth studying.
However, in 2012, German opinion makers systematically warned against providing enough money for the European economy, by brandishing the threat of the hyperinflation that Germany experienced in the 1920s, and conflating it with the Great Depression of the 1930s. As Paul Krugman rightfully pointed out, that was mixing two completely different phenomena from two completely different decades.
The only thing in common between the 1920s, the 1930s and the 2010s has been a common lamentable success by the most influential German opinion makers to persuade the German people that black is white, cold is hot, and criminal insanity is the highest expression of wisdom.
WHY THE NAZIS HATED FRANCE:
The First World War was a conspiracy from four German generals, dragging two admirals, the Kaiser (depending upon his highly variable mood), and the acolyte of USA president Wilson, House. Although traitors to civilization such as Bertrand Russell wanted Germany to win (something about the Anglo-Saxon race, same as Col. House), the British recovered their inner French, and allowed France to win.
At the battle of the Marne of early September 1914, multiple counterattacks by French army corps between or around German army corps, nearly cut-off the main German armies.
The BEF, British Expeditionary Force, ten divisions, was helpful to the more than 100 French divisions engaged (although the BEF had to whipped into shape, as it had started to flee way south of Paris). However, the BEF was not decisive. The Germans retreated desperately, and the front lines stayed blocked for four years afterwards, until the Second Battle of the Marne (when Germany tried all out, punched in a vacuum, as French intelligence had anticipated the blow, followed by a French artillery propped counterattack, which led Germany’s commander to inform the Kaiser that Germany had lost the war).
Hitler was in the midst of it all. His company got killed by the French. Ultimately he was gazed, by the French and suffered a nervous breakdown. Gas had been a German idea, but the French and British caught up on it. Thus Hitler’s hatred of France. After World War One, Germany was smarting from its defeat at the hands of the French Republic, half in size in population (when not counting the French empire).
Once, after the German defeat, a British general was having tea with the top German general, and the German complained they should not have lost the war, but for little problems like the insurrection in Germany, and the fact the treacherous French army had cut-off the food supply of Germany in the south. Amused, the British general struck an ironical tone:“In other words, you would not have lost the war, if you had not been stabbed in the back!”
Ludendorff ran away with the notion. He was one of the founders of the Nazi party (at the time when the Bavarian police was paying Hitler to… spy on the Nazi party!) Another thing the Nazis ran away with was Keynes’ outrageous paper, “The Economic Consequences Of Peace”, where Keynes argued that having liberated Eastern Europe from the German boot was a horrible thing, tied in with the deeply manipulative and nefarious French mentality, which put liberty above profit.
That Keynes is still admired by pseudo Jewish pseudo liberals such as Paul Krugman means that, even among the brightest, some are finding history too hard and complicated for their taste. (Not that I disagree with Keynes in all ways, far from it; but I find his influence on human events nefarious enough to avoid naming anything positive in his glory.)
In any case, the end result was that German fascism had been defeated, but not crushed. Clemenceau (much reviled by Keynes) declared in 1919:“Mark my words. Within twenty years, the Boches will attack us again.” Clemenceau was entirely right (but for the fact that it was the French republic which attacked that time; “Boches” is a derogative for Germans).
A consequence is that German fascists were obsessed by defeating France. Hitler starts “Mein Kampf” ranting against the French, the real enemy. Then, and only then, pages later, he criticizes the Jews. Observing a man dressed all in black, like a crow, Hitler observes:“I asked myself, is that a Jew? Then I realized that this was the wrong question. The right question was: ‘Is this a German?'”
[I am quoting from memory. Nobody can accuse me not to know the classics!]
EVERYBODY HELPED GERMAN RACIAL FASCISM, BUT FOR THE HATED FRENCH:
France was the greatest military power after November 11, 1918. The French Republic to impose her views fully about what to do next. France insured the freedom of Eastern Europe, liberating several nations, but she was unable to insure her own safety in the West, as the USA opposed this in all sorts of ways (even promising to implement the French idea of the SDN, the Societe des Nations, and then sabotaging it later).
The natural frontier of France is exactly what it was under the Roman empire: the Rhine. The other natural limes was the Danube; in between there was a gap; that gap caused plenty of problem to the Roman army, an hemorrhage that lasted four centuries.
Another natural solution was to conquer “All Men” (Allemagne). That is exactly what the Franks under Clovis embarked on after defeating the Goths.
After Germany’s naked aggression in 1914, which killed more than ten million in Europe alone, the positioning of the French army on the Rhine would have been only natural. (After 1947, France would make to Germany an offer it could not resist: unify and salute; the euro is a means to further the unification).
However, as far as the USA plutocracy was concerned, France and its enormous empire were juicy targets, as they had been in 1914 (when an alliance was proposed by “Colonel” Wilson, special envoy of USA president Wilson, to the Kaiser). And so were all European empires.
Fascist European regimes supported by American plutocrats were going to be the way the European democracies would be destroyed, and USA rule, after 1945, implemented. OK, there may not have been a central gnome committee underground, the way Obama has a death panel. But I do believe that equivalent ideas were broached in parties. After all, that’s what Manhattan is for. (What else?)
German fascists were fully cooperative, with the machinations of USA based plutocrats, because they did not take the USA seriously. After all, when Jews such as the Warburgs cooperated with Hitler, it could only be viewed as hilarious (certainly Texaco and its oil amused Hitler a lot).
France had limited the German army to 100,000 with the Versailles Treaty, and severely limited the size and nature of heavy German weapons, from tanks to submarines, to battleships. So the (fascist) Germans, to turn around the restrictions of the Treaty, secretly collaborated with a number of countries to develop such weapons. Sweden, Portugal, the USSR, Great Britain, and of course the USA, would be major collaborators in this effort.
The French government, in the late 1920s, warned the German Weimar government that, should this stealth rearmament go on, France would intervene severely.
Amazingly, Churchill warned France that he would unleash the Royal Air Force on France, if France attacked Germany. That was in 1929. It was also a total violation of one century of entente cordiale, implicit or explicit.
This, meticulously ignored fact, puts a lot of matters in a different light:
1) Churchill was not what he built himself up to be, later. It’s not that Churchill was anti-French the way many USA citizens are nowadays. Far from it. Churchill was a francophile, and spoke excellent French, to the point he used it later during governmental functions. But Churchill also admired, and misunderstood, racial German fascism… Until 1939-1940 (a time when he gave bad advice about the Royal Air Force, which PM Chamberlain did not follow, thankfully). Churchill was also half American and had USA envy, and thus did not understand what American plutocracy was up to (he thought he belonged to that pantheon, and it was OK… Until the war told him it was not OK).
2) France failure to attack Nazi Germany before September 1, 1939 came precisely from the fact its main democratic allies, Great Britain and the USA, were deeply pro-fascism (and mainly pro-German fascism). Being anti-French was a convenient excuse, a seduction of greed (there were all these empires to grab). After January 1933, that pro racial fascism mood turned to a strong pro-Nazi sentiment in the UK and the USA.
The UK was actively pro-Nazi until 1936. Great Britain allied itself with France firmly only in 1939, when the Spanish republic fell to Hitler, Mussolini and Franco. The USA was mostly pro-Nazi and anti French until 1940.
Although the French Republic got help through the USA “cash and carry” in 1940, pro-Nazi policies in the USA were still active until August 1942, when Prescott Bush was told to stop managing Hitler’s greatest military corporation; IBM’s Watson, among other USA plutocrats, did not stop, though, to help the Nazis, even then! The attitude of the USA varied according to the different actors, considerably. For example, subordinates of Eisenhower told him that the French armored thrust towards Paris was a “difficult task” and that he should help it, even if the French infuriated him (Ike consented to join the Fourth Infantry division).
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, German generals and their tanks were training… in the Soviet Union. This explains why German generals were so confident, in 1941, that they would crush the USSR. (They were clearly six weeks short, at least to conquer Moscow, and that would have cut-off Leningrad too.)
In 1935, a complex treaty was signed between the United Kingdom and Hitler. The Third Reich could violate the Versailles treaty, the Brits agreed, and build much more capital ships than allowed under it. In counterpart, a complex trading system was implemented between the British empire and the Reich.
France was aghast. The German ambassador confided to his American colleague Dodd that he feared assassination. Both used to take strolls together in the Tiergarten (zoo), to avoid the omnipresent microphones and spies…inside their embassies (or even inside Dodd’s family!). Finally Roosevelt had the Nazi skeptic Dodd, a University of Chicago historian, replaced by a man friendlier to Nazis and American plutocrats.
WHY DID HITLER ATTACK RUSSIA?
Because it was his plan all along (as Old Geezer Pilot pointed out in the comments). Hitler had been conditioned by old Germanic lore, and at best, wanted to make slaves from the Slavs.
In the Middle Ages the Teutonic Knights judiciously found out that the Middle East was too hot for comfort, and that it would be smarter to pursue the work of extending the (Roman!) empire through Pagan lands, as Karl Der Grosse (Carlus magnus, Charlemagne) had done, a work actually started by the Franks a full millennium earlier.
Clovis’ dad, Childeric, was a Roman imperator, another little known fact: he was found buried in imperial purple in the 17C; unfortunately a fire in the Louvre museum around 1830 destroyed the Childeric’s ensigns of power; like Caesar, the Franks thought that the way to protect Gallia was by conquering all of Germania.
The Teutonic knights conquered East Prussia before being defeated, centuries later, by a Lithuanian-Polish coalition. Hence the old Prussian hatred against Poland.
In 1914, the entire German army had been thrown through Belgium, against France. Eight divisions were supposed to hold Eastern Prussia. After a few weeks, a few reinforcements had to be sent. Ultimately, by 1917, the Germans had Russia on its knees, and the Soviets made an humiliating peace treaty which conceded a huge amount of land to Germany. One can, in a way, argue that Lenin was a German imperial agent! (He had been, with all his entourage, transported from Switzerland to Russia, through Germany, during the war.)
In the minds of all too many Germans, and cockroaches such as Hitler, the Russians were easy to defeat, that had been thoroughly established in WWI, and German generals coming back from the USSR confirmed its primitivism.
On the other hand, Hitler and all the Nazis expected defeat at the hands of France, Britain, and the USA, should those democracies unite again. That is why they were much encouraged by the hostility of the British and USA government against the French republic. Even then, the Nazis thought of attacking France no earlier than 1944. That’s how long the Nazis thought they needed to be ready.
Instead France attacked in 1939, and was defeated, momentarily, in 1940. Hitler found himself at war when he was not ready at all, and it quickly showed.
The defeat of France in May-June 1940 caused heavy Nazi losses, and the strategic disaster that Britain joined France in total war. In June 1940, a drafted French army sacrificing itself, allowed the British professional army to evacuate at Dunkirk (more than 300,000 soldiers escaped the encirclement).
Hitler, and Mussolini, depended upon the American plutocrats for oil, and that was as reassuring as being fed by sharks, I must admit. Hitler attacked Poland mostly for the oil (although he was screaming about Dantzig). Unfortunately the pernicious Stalin moved into Poland too, claiming he was helping his buddy Adolf… And grabbed the oil, first.
So what next? Hitler had persuaded the German generals he could be trusted, because Germany would never engage deliberately in a two front war, again. That is what Germany had done in 1914. So Hitler told his generals he would not attack the despised democracies. The Treaty of 1935 with Great Britain gave him a green light to attack to the east, he thought, and the wealthy Von Ribbentrop, with his large expensive apartment in London, assured him that British plutocrats were with him, and against the French Republic.
Still the top German generals could see Hitler was nuts. In spite of their training as obedient dogs, they conspired to get rid of Hitler. They contacted the British government to ask it to say that, should Hitler pursue his aggressive antics, Britain would join France and declare war. Instead, traitors in the British government informed Hitler that his generals were plotting against him.
In 1939, France cut the Gordian knot, and declared war, and Hitlerland found itself in a war against Britain and France. In 1940, the German Air Force suffered enormous losses during the battles of France and Britain (thousands of planes and pilots). Earlier, the German fleet had been devastated during the Norwegian campaign against Norway, France and Britain (destroyed German capital ships can still be admired in fjords).
So Hitler told his generals that they had no choice. Britain, at this point, could not be defeated. They had to destroy the USSR first, precisely to avoid a two front war.
That was without counting on “Bomber Harris“, and the long range heavy bomber fleet that Britain had been using for more than six months already. Bomber Harris would quickly open a second front.
Hitler would end up, or rather, down, with three million men (only) fighting in Russia, while a full million manned the 88mm guns inside Germany to shoot at British bombers. Also an enormous part of the Luftwaffe was assigned to air defense over Germany. Part of the result was that, by November 1940, the Brits conducted raids on Berlin (following the earlier French example). By December 1941, Hitler would lose air supremacy in the Battle Of Moscow. It was so cold, only Russian planes were flying, and shooting at half frozen German troops in their summer attire.
WHY DID THE NAZI INVASION OF RUSSIA FAIL?
Because, by June 23, 1941, fascism had plenty of enemies, and weakened by wounds.
Mussolini attacked Albania, and then Greece. Greece counterattacked magnificently, and was pushing the fascists back into the sea, through Albania. Mussolini high pitch screams to high heavens, like the sexist little girl he was, enticed the Nazis to intervene. They threatened Yugoslavia which was in the way (Yugoslavia was another product from the French liberation of the German slaves known as Slavs, another country that, according to Keynes, the French had created in their malevolence). Encouraged by the allies, the Slavs said no, and the Nazis invaded Yugoslavia, which would keep them busy with guerilla until 1945. So did Greece, their next target. Finally the Nazis got most of their paratroops to win, and die, in Crete.
The Nazis were idiots who did not know history. If they had, they would have heard of king Pyrrhus, who after winning yet another victory against the Roman army, concluded that “one more victory like that, and we will be completely defeated“.
The Nazi invasion of Russia happened six weeks late, and with smaller forces than anticipated (because of the enormous casualties in France, up to 200,000 there, added to what was lost in the Yugoslav-Greek-Crete campaign… plus all those shootings in the German sky against British Lancasters).
The gods of war, which had been so much on the Nazi side in the battle of France, were now against it. First, as general Guderian noticed, the Soviets had been learning the Nazi tactics of circling around. So the Nazi losses were heavy.
Record rains in October-November stopped the panzers, in the mud, which froze a few weeks after, in the coldest cold since Napoleon came that way. The panzer generals could see the gold bulbs of the Kremlin. Moscow had been evacuated, and its defense were tenuous. But Stalin had not fled, and the blocking sections of the NKVD, very active.
Yet Japan, ally to the Third Reich, decided to attack the USA, and target Indonesian oil, instead of attacking north, the USSR. Stalin immediately sent his 270,000 Siberian troop army to Moscow. It was expert at the coldest of cold. It counterattacked on skis among frozen Germans, by late December 1941.
VICIOUS MOODS ARE ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN:
Why did Germany attack again, twenty years after the entire world allied itself with France, and it had been completely vanquished? Mental inertia had a lot to do with it, plus lack of imagination. Why did it elect Hitler? Well, Hitler squeaked in electorally, he barely made it. But important people such as Schacht were pulling the strings, and the likes of countless racist plutocrats such as Henry Ford doing what it took (Ford had Hitler on payroll, just as the Bavarian police did).
As I said above, there were important manipulations of the public mind by the wealthiest. Moreover a vicious cultural mood had been created in Germany for generations. Nietzsche shouted about it ferociously, book after book. A mood of Deutschland Uber Alles rotted Germany. A mood that involved hubris. Hubris, called hybris by the Greeks, was the most reviled of moods. Moods have lots of inertia inside individuals and (thus) cultures. All the more since vicious moods are generally supported by thick mats of lies.
The hubristic mood of German superiority got wounded in 1914-1918. That angry bear bred with the racist attitude towards the Jews which Nietzsche had excoriated when it dawned. Germanoid madness received a severe blow in 1945. But only the full truth will vaporize it fully. As some declarations during the recent banking crisis showed, some of the infuriating Germanoid moods are still, unbelievably, alive.
The German Vice Chancellor, Roesler, racially a Vietnamese, declared many times in 2012 that Greece ought to be kicked out of the euro. On the face of it, it’s outrageous: a primate from another country, especially if endowed with a big title, does not have any right to declare that another independent country ought to be expelled from its own currency. Roesler wants to show to all that he is really a good German, the old fashion way, spiting Greece and the gifts it brought.
So it is often with politicians who do not truly belong: they want to show they are true patriots, and overdo it. The disaster known as Sarkozy is an example. The Corsican bandit Napoleon another. Even Louis XIV fits the bill (because of the Fronde). Hitler, an Austrian (and a… Jew, according to some other top Nazis). No, I will not say that a half Kenyan could not prosecute a white bankster, lest he not be admired as a true patriot…
The truth is that the average Greek nowadays has about as much to do with the European banking crisis than the average European Jew had to do with the Great Depression.
The rise of Nazism was endowed with a succession of satanic miracles. Many of them were engineered by worldwide plutocrats, others were pure accidents, especially since Nazi behavior was outside of the expected norms (something Hitler played as a violin). But the moods that enabled it were no accident.
The Greater Depression the world is presently facing is, deep down, a worse situation that the 1930s. In the 1930s, great powers were playing an imperial game. The USA, in particular, felt it ought to be the leader, and had the power to impose that. So it did, by letting its plutocrats run wild, and make their own international politics, supported by the Congress. Surely, if the USA had joined France and Great Britain in 1939, there would have been no Auschwitz. If nothing else, German generals would have implemented a coup, or even a strike against the Nazis. Instead the Ethyl Corporation of America sent lead tetraethyl in enough quantity (hundreds of tons) to keep Hitler’s Air Force flying, while France and Poland had more than 100 divisions engaged in combat. That was extremely high treason, not just of democracy, but civilization itself.
The Poles fought desperately, because they wanted to live. The Nazis wanted to kill them all, it was not just about killing the Jews. Not yet.
There will be no justice about what happened with Nazism, as long as a full light is not brought to bear on these events, plus the cover-up ever since about who and what supported Nazism, and the impact they both had on the continuation of the plutocratic mood, we and the biosphere, are enjoying today.
The situation is worse nowadays, greatly because those nefarious mysteries of the past were not explored, but allowed to fester. A mood of unexamined civilization was allowed to thrive. If too many feel that it may not be worth living, much may happen all too soon.
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21 Responses to “WWII Details Worth Examining”
pieceofcake Says:
Man!! – I had to go through a lot of ‘Geschichtsunterricht’ in school and the German one is not a pleasant one -(as everybody knows) – So why is it your ‘hobby’? – I never learned more from the ‘Nazi times’ than trying to be a ‘decent’ person – or that it was some kind of primitive, brutal, criminal, and unbelievable evil… – and now I don’t add ‘conspiracy’ – because it was done with the support of so many people.
And sometimes I wonder about my homelands ‘fascination’ with everything related ‘Hitler’ – but on the other hand he was ‘the superstar of evil’ – right? While I always thought he was just this real stupid and primitive idiot who by a lot of ‘accidents’ and the support of a lot of other stupid and evil idiots got to where he found his well deserved end!
And all these details – ‘why he attacked when’? – is like for me – discussing the ‘mood’ of a rabid dog!
POC, thanks for that. I read this post a few hours ago and while marvelling at the depth of historical knowledge on show, I was left feeling that I had missed the point! You have articulated what I was unable previously to say.
Patrice opened the essay up with ‘MUCH OF UNEXAMINED WWII IS RELEVANT TODAY’ but how and why it is relevant today escaped me.
Is PA saying that WWIII is the inevitable consequence of the ills of today’s societies? Is he saying that the economic and global climate issues are part of a ‘grand plan’?
I wait with interest on further comments!
Dear Pieceofcake: Extremely rushed right now. Hitler was not alone in this, nor were the Nazis, as you say. There were reasons, Hitler was no rabid dog. He never expected the French Republic to stand in its way. He thought he had five more years. When he went back to his generals, he had reason, as I said, that the generals had to swallow.
It was all crazy, right, but it was also rational. Just like the Bundesbank and company have plenty of (valid) reasons now, with 70% of Germans goosestepping behind, and… the whole context does not work… As it did not work with Hitler.
More later, I have to seriously run, take care of my coughing baby…
dear pieceofcake
Re: ” discussing the ‘mood’ of a rabid dog!” The connection to plutocracy is not well known and we should thank Patrice for discussing it.
Thanks Partha! Indeed “Hitler was a rabid dog” as a final explanation, is pretty much a cover-up. And the methods used then to manipulate public opinion, are fully functional today again (as shown, say by the most common discourses about the euro crisis, which accuses the… commons, in the sort of masochism fully in evidence during most fascist episodes.) Ultimately, it has to do with the corruption of official civilization by an entanglement of conspiracies, an aging of the political organism… That is why the movement against corruption in India is a very good thing… Which ought to be generalized.
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whatever – ‘hitler’ – ‘nazis’- gone thanks god since a long time and very little ‘goosestepping’ left in this part of Germany where the Greens run the State -and Baden-Wuerttemberg is a very wealthy State and NOBODY I know is that much into teh ‘Bundesbank’ – just a lot of pretty low keyed people you can’t blame if they are much harder on themselves -(about frugality) –
than anybody else –
(and see it rhymed!)
Dear Pieceofcake: Nobody is accusing present Baden-Württemberg to be goose stepping. And I agree with the frugality too. However:
1) that does not prevent Hitler and company, especially company, to be used as the warning to civilization they constitute. Don’t forget Germany had the highest literacy rate, say around 1900 CE. But the essential of this mental performance was used for evil ends between 1914 and 1945 (Nietzsche wants to lodge a protest, and points out that the herd phenomenon, the Prussian goose stepping, the rabid racism and militarism, started before 1870, and that even he, Nietzsche, was initially dragged into it…) What happened to Germany could happen to the USA, or China.
2) and the fact remains that the present euro crisis has been an accusation fest against the populations of various countries, whereas the real culprits are the financial-industrial system the global plutocrats and their obsequious servants have set-up… And that was exactly the force behind Hitler and the Nazis. After 1918, German plutocracy (greatly the author of the aggression of 1914) became a subsidiary of Americano-British plutocracy (part of it even Jewish, see the Warburg saga! Not to speak of the rothschild, and the Nazis, and fascismo themselves played with these concepts, as they ran against… the plutocracy which instigated them, a bit like Obama ran for change and against the status quo, while embracing it…).
Pieceofcake: Another point to answer one of yours. Hitler, was no doubt, as you put it, “a rabid dog”. However he was not barking alone. The Gestapo had only 7,000 officers to hold all of 80 million Germans in 1939. Wheras the Stasi needed more than 170,000 officers to hold down 17 million East Germans. As Goebbels joked: the Third Reich was a “total democracy”.
What was rabid was the mood in Germany at the time, not just one little Austrian who was anxious to show to the Germans that he was more German than them (although possibly of very recent part Jewish ancestry, as Hitler obviously knew!)
there is not much to answer for me – because there is hardly anything to dispute – not even that ‘the mood was rabid in Germany at the time’. My question always is – what I should learn from that – and I already answered what I learned from the fact that a rabid dog got so powerful.
Which connects to your point
1. Where the only thing I disagree is your thought that it could happen to the US.
(just not ‘organized’ well enough – in a positive way) -and about point
2. Wherever people are afraid to lose ‘their money’ they get mighty nasty – and that has very little to do with ‘Plutocrats etc’. – it’s just the most simple and primitive reaction of simple and primitive people – perhaps not unlike the reaction of the brown, dumb and idiotic masses of Nazi Germany who elected one of theirs – The big difference – a lot happened in the last 60 years and it seems to be -(as not only Baden Wuerttemberg proves) – that the dumb and simple idiots in Europe are definitively in the minority – and we got to work with that!
Dear Pieceofcake:
Evil can be spawned by some, amplified by others. Just as in an electronic circuit. Anglo-Saxon plutocracy put the seeds of Nazism, in many ways, in an extremely fertile soil.
Could, without American plutocratic influence whatsoever, Nazism have happened in Germany? I don’t think so. The reason is that the European Union would have been launched in 1920s and 1930s, instead of having to wait for the late 1940s. There were dedicated men of peace and Franco-German unification, on both sides of Rhine, and they dominated the national assemblies. The ideas they pushed were implemented after 1947.
The German civil war in 1932 was alimented and financed by arm trafficking from American plutocrats (at least 10,000 opponents to the Nazis were assassinated by American made guns, typically Brownings…).
It’s pretty obvious that American plutocrats (Ford, who hated Wall $treet, and Wall $treet, who hated Ford, IBM, Oilocrats like Standard Oil, Texaco, etc.) disliked the idea of Franco-German unification. Nazism was a way to combat this, among other things. The anti-European bias then, or today, is fairly obvious, just read the American financial-economic commentariat. Even Krugman, who claims to be pro-EU, keeps presenting dissembling posts and essays about it.
Starting in 1934, the USA was in a sort of cold war with the French Republic. It was all about Nazism, deep down. In 1944, the USA intended to occupy France, as if the French republic which had declared war TO Hitler in 1939, was just the Third Reich! They had prepared a fake currency, fake prefects, etc.: they were better prepared than the Nazis themselves, to occupy France!
It did not happen, because the a full reborn French army was in the way (one million men plus one million reserve, all with combat experience, not counting millions of soldiers still prisoner in Deutschland).
So evil can be amplified. Right now the threat is not a racist ideology. Racism was handy for war, but too few people believe in it now. So what’s ideal? CO2 built-up. Of course, American plutocrats don’t wake in the middle of the night, wanting to make more CO2 tomorrow. But they feel, that, at worse, “climate change” will lead to war, and that, the USA can handle, and even thrive from. The USA and its poodle, China, produce 40% of the world CO2. Notice that the relationship USA-China is eerily similar to the relation USA-Germany in the 1920s… A difference, though, is that China has learned a lot in the last century, not to say 3,000 years… And is conscious that it could be manipulated now, as Germany was, then.
Dear Patrice – I just don’t know – and I have this very good jewish friend who has this theory that the story of Nazi Germany is the story of the ‘Untermenschen’ -(Nazi thugs) – against die ‘Herrenmenschen’ -(the German-Jewish Intellectuals) – and as this Jewish friend of mine is a comedian – he copied the nasty German words by purpose. And I have know idea if his ‘theory’ is right -(as much as yor theory about ‘American plutocratic influence’ – The only thing I know – that in chaotic and confusing times there are so many -(‘contradictionary) influences that what prevails often seems to happen by accident. Let’s say Hitler would have been accepted by this Jewish professor to the Viennese Art-academy – we nowadays wouldn’t have any clips on – You-tube where he orders a Pizza!
Dear Pieceofcake: As I reminded on “WWII Details Worth Examining”, Hitler did not start the Nazi Party. Nobel Philip Lenard and generalissimo Luddendorf, among other famous Germans were in that Party, when Hitler was just paid to spy on it, by the Bavarian police.
The theory that the Jews were the superior race, and the antisemites the inferior ones was loudly started by Nietzsche, who added, tongue in cheek, that, because the two groups were obviously incompatible, the antisemites ought to be deported outside Germany. All of this more than 50 years before the Nazi craziness… Showing the later was a long installed cultural mood…
It was more than a theory too: the Nazis were, fundamentally, ignorant brutes. Hitler himself, in April 1945, recognized that the Slavs had proven a superior race to the Germans. Corollary: if he had known better, earlier, he would not have attacked the superior race.
which reminds me – that makes conspiracis so difficult – There are soo many different groups, organisations, nations who constantly work on all kind of ‘conspiracies’ and then another ‘conspiracy’ prevails – Who could have ‘thunked’ it that ‘das Merkel’ as a funny German paper ones called ‘our Bundeskanzlerin’ could become a’ ‘Bundeskanzlerin’ or I remember the times when President Hilary was a shoe-in – and then something happened – like a Twitt insults the British Olympics and then 5000 American-Brits are tipping the scale at the next electon for Obama – and the Washiington Post writes: It was ‘the Black Vote’!
Rebellis Says:
Rebellis writes:
not only American plutocrats and financiers, but our close cousins too, that were more anti-Bolcheviks than anti-Nazis
“Even after Hitler’s advent, the British continued to consider France more of a threat to British security than Germany. Great Britain, too adherent to its policy of balance of power in Europe, did a dangerous miscalculation in weighing and comparing the belligerence and preponderance of Germany and France
“Many Tories feared bolshevism, and stupid ones thought of Hitler as a sort of guarantee against future encroachments westward on the part of Russia. England and Germany should be allies against Russia, the great communist enemy”
The city of London, with enormous investment in Germany, allowed itself to be dazzled by the spurious brilliance of Dr. Schacht.
A great many powerful persons in Britain hated France and the French, and therefore tended to be pro-German”
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/sp/jungkyu/jungkyu_02.html#factors
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Pollination of Schisandra henryi (Schisandraceae) by Female, Pollen-eating Megommata Species (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) in South-central China
Received: 18 October 2006 Returned for revision: 3 November 2006 Accepted: 27 November 2006 Published electronically: 19 January 2007
† Background and Aims The mutualistic interaction between insects and flowers is considered to be a major factor in the early evolution of flowering plants. The Schisandraceae were, until now, the only family in the ANITA group lacking information on pollination biology in natural ecosystems. Thus, the objective of this research was to document the pollination biology and breeding system of Schisandra henryi. † Methods Field observations were conducted in three populations of S. henryi and the floral phenology, floral characters and insect activities were recorded. Floral fragrances were sampled in the field and analysed using TCT-GC-MS. Floral thermogenesis was measured with a TR-71U Thermo Recorder. Pollen loads and location of pollen grains on insect bodies (including the gut) were checked with a scanning electron microscope and under a light microscope. † Key Results Schisandra henryi is strictly dioecious. Male flowers are similar to female flowers in colour, shape, and size, but more abundant than female flowers. The distance between tepals and the androecium or gynoecium is narrow. Neither male nor female flowers are fragrant or thermogenic. Schisandra henryi is pollinated only by adult female Megommata sp. (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) that eat the pollen grains as extra nutrition for ovary maturation and ovipositing. Both male and female flowers attract the pollinators using similar visual cues and thus the female flowers use deceit as they offer no food. † Conclusions Schisandra henryi exhibits a specialized pollination system, which differs from the generalized pollination system documented in other ANITA members. Pollen is the sole food resource for Megommata sp. and the female flowers of S. henryi attract pollinators by deceit. This is the first report of predacious gall midges utilizing pollen grains as a food source. The lack of floral thermogenesis and floral odours further enforces the visual cues by reducing attractants for other potential pollinators. Key words: Schisandra henryi, Schisandraceae, ANITA group, Megommata sp., Cecidomyiidae, specialized pollination system, pollination by deceit.
IN TROD UCT IO N The Austrobaileyales contain the families, Austrobaileyaceae, Trimeniaceae, Illiciaceae and Schisandraceae, in the ANITA grade, a paraphyletic group of plants that form the first three branches of the angiosperm phylogenetic tree (Qiu et al., 1999, 2000; Renner, 1999; Soltis et al., 1999, 2000; Williams and Friedman, 2002, 2004; Zanis et al., 2002). The position of the Austrobaileyales in the phylogenetic tree is crucial for understanding the early evolution of the flowering plants and the order is sister to 99.9 % of all extant flowering plants (Williams and Friedman, 2002, 2004). It is generally acknowledged that the mutualistic interaction of insects and flowers played a major role in the evolution of plants (Baker and Hurd, 1968; Regal, 1977; Crepet and Friis, 1987; Labandeira, 1998a, b; Thien et al., 2000). The Schisandraceae is the only family in the ANITA group lacking information on pollinators and breeding systems in natural ecosystems (incomplete reports including: Kozo-Poljanski, 1946; Smith, 1947; *For Correspondence. E-mail [email protected]
Okada, 1971; Willemstein, 1987; Ueda, 1988; Saunders, 1998, 2000; Endress, 2001). Schisandraceae contains two genera of scandent shrubs and vines, Kadsura (22 species) and Schisandra (25 species), distributed in tropical and warm temperate regions of east and south-east Asia (Smith, 1947; Law, 1996; Saunders, 1998, 2000). One species, S. glabra occurs in the south-eastern United States and the Sierra Madre of Mexico (Panero and Aranda, 1998). The two genera are paraphyletic to each other (Liu et al., 2000; Hao et al., 2001). The flowers of Schisandraceae are unisexual, dioecious or monoecious. The morphology of the gynoecium (female flowers) is consistent except for the shape of the torus, whereas the androecium (male flowers) is highly variable in the family and has been used to delimit supraspecific classification and phylogenetic relationships based on morphology. Fruit characteristics have been traditionally used as characters to distinguish the genera (Smith, 1947; Law, 1996; Saunders, 1998, 2000). The purpose of this study is to provide observations on the pollination biology and breeding systems of
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L IA NG -C HE N YU A N 1, 2 , YI -B O L U O 1 , *, L E ON AR D B. T H IEN 3 , J IA N- HU A FAN 1,2 , HU AN -L I XU 4 and Z H I - D U A N C H E N 1 1 State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, People’s Republic of China, 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China, 3Cell and Molecular Biology Department, Tulane University (Uptown), New Orleans, LA 70118, USA and 4College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, People’s Republic of China
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Schisandra henryi. The focus will be on the following. (a) Are the plants dioecious or monoecious? (b) Are the flowers pollinated by wind or insects (or both)? (c) If the plants are insect pollinated, which insects are involved and does the breeding system involve a generalist or specific insect-pollination system? (d ) What are the rewards for insects and specifically how do female flowers attract insects? M AT E R I A L S A N D M E T H O D S
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F I G . 1. The distribution of Schisandra henryi in three populations. The station of Shunhuang Mountain Forest Farm is indicated by the black circle.
Schisandra henryi Clarke is a woody vine, widely distributed throughout south-central China (Saunders, 2000). It occurs in a variety of habitats, e.g. thickets, forests and rocky or open slopes at elevations between 500 m and 1500 m. The plants are dioecious with solitary flowers (1– 2 cm diameter) in the axils of fugacious bracts or foliage leaves near the base of the shoots. The flowers are yellow or orange in colour with green ovaries. Floral parts are variable (common in basal angiosperms), with a spiral phyllotaxis in both male and female flowers. Male flowers have six to ten petals and 14– 40 free stamens, whereas female flowers have at least eight tepals and 50– 60 carpels. The anthers have two bisporangiate thecae that open via a longitudinal slit. The slightly stipitate carpels are ascidiate and stigmatic crests are obvious (Smith, 1947; Saunders, 2000). Studies were conducted in three populations near the Shunhuang Mountain Forestry Farm in Xinning County (268150 N, 1108310 E), Hunan Province, China from 2004 to 2006. Population I was located about 1 km north of the Forestry Farm station, a secondary thicket on an open slope at 1000 m. It contained five individuals, three male and two female plants. Population II was located in a mixed forest, 1.5 km north-east of population I at 1100 m. The population contained ten individuals (six male and four female plants). Population III was located 1 km southeast of population II at an altitude of 1100 m in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest and contained eight plants (five male and three female). Distribution of the plants in the three populations is shown in Fig. 1. The
individual plants of S. henryi are distributed randomly and the distance between any two individuals exceeds 10 m (for males and females). Field observations were conducted from 28 April to 1 June 2004. Ten individuals with at least 100 flowers were selected at random in the three populations to determine the flowering phenology. The flowers were observed with a 10 hand lens and the following traits recorded: tepal movement, presence or absence of floral odour, stamen and stigma secretions, and anther dehiscence and time of stigma secretion. Stigma receptivity was observed by the presence of a white, glassy, moist appearance. The duration of anthesis for a single flower commenced with the unfolding of the first tepal and ends with dehiscence of the flower from the plant (for males) or last tepal (females). For the individual plant and the population, the flowering season is defined from anthesis of the first flower to anthesis of the last flower in the population. To record floral parameters, 40 male and 40 female mature flowers were picked at random in the three populations. The following floral characters were recorded: the length of the flower stalk, anther, filament and style, the length and width of tepals, the diameter of the floral orifice of male and female flowers plus the inside dimensions of the flowers measured in relation to the reproductive parts, and the numbers of stamens and carpels. The differences in the diameter of the floral orifices, and the average length, width and area of all tepals that comprise the diameter of the floral orifice were analysed using one-way ANOVA. All flower buds and open flowers per individual were counted before the male flowers dehisced from the plants. The ratio of male to female flowers in each population was calculated. Floral and ambient temperatures were recorded from 20 to 26 May 2006 with a TR-71U Thermo Recorder (T&D Corporation), accurate to +0.1 8C. In all experiments, one of the two temperature sensors (2 mm in diameter, 0.6 m in length) connected to the Thermo Recorder was inserted between the inner tepals and the base of the torus and the second sensor was placed in the air, about 1 cm from the flower. For the three flowers that belong to three different plants, temperatures were measured for both male and female flowers. Floral and ambient temperatures were recorded every 2 min from the time the flowers opened for 24 h (1800 – 1800 h for male and 1900 – 1900 h for female flowers). Differences between flowers and ambient temperature were tested by ANOVA. Samples of floral fragrance were collected at 1-h intervals after anthesis for several days (20– 24 May 2006). Individual flowers were enclosed in a polyethylene bag for 30 min prior to sampling. Blanks were simultaneously collected from an empty polyethylene bag as a control. The air was pumped through a glass cartridge containing the adsorbent Tenax TA (50 mg) with a battery-operated pump for 1 h at a flow rate of 100 mL min21. The volatiles were removed from the adsorbent by heating in a CP-4010 thermal-desorption-cold trap device (TCT, Chrompack, The Netherlands) at 250 8C for 10 min, and then cryofocused in a cold trap at – 100 8C. The cold trap was then quickly heated to 200 8C for 1 min to transfer the volatile
Yuan et al. — Pollination Biology of Schisandra henryi 3·5
Number of flowers
1200 Female Male
600 3·2
2 Population
period no floral scent could be detected in male or female flowers. In the three populations of S. henryi, the sex ratio (number of male to female individuals) was male biased (1.5 : 1, 1.5 : 1 and 1.67 : 1, respectively; Fig. 2). The male and female flowers produced per population are listed in Fig. 2, and show a male bias (average ratio 3.16 : 1; Fig. 2). Data collected in population II show that male flowers opened first on 8 May and the ratio of male to female flowers was also male biased throughout the flowering season, with only male flowers present on the first day and the last 3 d of the flowering season (Fig. 3). This pattern was similar in all populations. Approximately 1 h after male flowers (buds) unfolded their tepals, the anthers dehisced and the pollen accumulated on the edge of the anther slits. After 3 d the anthers withered and on the 5th day the flower fell from the plant. The average life of an individual male flower was 4.5 d (n ¼ 58). In female flowers, the stigmas were receptive for 2.5 d after anthesis and the tepals fell from the plant after approx. 5 d. Floral morphology
The flowers of S. henryi are pendulous and the slender pedicels of male flowers are 5.2 + 1 mm (n ¼ 40) and in female flowers 8.6 + 1.9 mm in length (Fig. 4A, B). The green or yellow tepals (seven to nine) of male and female flowers are similar in shape and two seriate with the outer
All plants of S. henryi in the three populations flowered from 8 to 30 May. In this short flowering period, individual male plants completed flowering in 14 + 1 d (n ¼ 6) and female plants in 11 d (n ¼ 4). All plants in the three populations produced either male or female flowers, based on observations of 1000 flowers on 23 plants. Male and female flowers on the various plants opened at sunset at various positions on the plants. During the entire flowering
16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
Ratio of male to female flowers
F I G . 3. Population II of Schisandra henryi. Number of male and female flowers opening each day and the ratio of male to female flowers. The line denotes the ratio of male to female flowers.
F I G . 2. The number of flowers and ratio of male to female flowers in three populations of Schisandra henryi. The line denotes the ratio of male to female flowers.
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compounds into a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS; Trace 2000-Voyager, Finnigan, Thermo-Quest). Floral volatiles were identified using the Finnigan Xcalibur data system for comparison with mass spectra data in the NIST computer library. To determine if the plants were wind pollinated, one male plant was chosen at random and microscope slides covered with petroleum jelly were placed downwind from this individual at 2-m intervals, 1 – 3 m above the ground for 30 m. The slides were removed after 2 d, and pollen grains counted with a compound light microscope. Observations of insect foraging on the flowers were recorded over 40 h in the three populations, especially to note if insect remained inside the flowers. Two male and two female flowers were selected for continuous observations from 0700 h to 1900 h for 2 d, and the frequency of insect visits noted. Similar observations of insect – flower interactions were also made on a clear night beginning at sunset for 3 h. Insects that foraged on the flowers or remained in the flowers were collected and killed in jars with ethyl acetate. Some of the captured insects were observed with a Hitachi S-800 scanning electron microscope (SEM), and dissected under a microscope to determine pollen loads and location of pollen on their bodies. Pollen grains attached to the various parts of the insect bodies or in the digestive tract were compared with pollen collected from the anthers of S. henryi for identification. Vouchers were deposited at China Agricultural University, Beijing. Complementary observation of insect activities was also conducted over 20 h by an entomologist (Dr Xu Huanli) from 15 to 20 May 2005. Eighty female flower buds were selected at random in populations I and II, and enclosed for 1 d prior to anthesis with nylon mesh bags. The buds were then divided equally into four groups, and hand pollinated at 12, 36 and 60 h, respectively, with pollen from the same population to determine the receptive phases of the stigma. The fourth group was used to test for apomixis. As a control, 20 open-pollinated female flowers were marked. The hand pollination was carried out by gently tapping the male flowers (with tepals removed) above the stigmas, to accurately place the pollen on the stigmas and avoid any possibility of the effects of the presence of an extragynoecial compitum (Endress and Igersheim, 2000). After pollination, the flowers were re-bagged for several days and the ripe fruits were collected in early August and fruit set calculated.
Fragrance and floral heat
Neither male nor female flowers of S. henryi are thermogenic. During the first day (24 h) of the lifespan of the flowers, no significant differences were detected between the ambient temperature and the temperature of male flowers (F ¼ 1.34, P ¼ 0.25; Fig. 5A), or between ambient temperature and the temperature of female flowers (F ¼ 1.69, P ¼ 0.19; Fig. 5B). Throughout the entire flowering period no floral scent could be detected in male or female flowers using GC-MS or by smell (Fig. 6).
F I G . 4. Floral morphology (A–J) and the pollinator Megommata sp. on male and female flowers (C–H) of Schisandra henryi: (A, B) pendulous male and female flowers; (C) two individuals of Megommata sp. on tepals (arrows) of an open male flower; (D) Megommata sp. (arrow) on a male flower; (E) Megommata sp. (arrow) on appendage of the androecium; (F) Megommata sp. (arrow) on androecium; (G, H) Megommata sp. (arrows) in female flowers; (I) dorsal and ventral views of stamens showing anthers (A), the connective (F) and the filament (C); (J) carpel with stigma (S). Scale bars: A, B ¼ 2 cm; C– H ¼ 3 mm; I ¼ 1.5 mm; J ¼ 0.6 mm.
tepal suborbicular to elliptic and curved forward. The tepals form an open drum-shaped chamber around the gynoecium or androecium (Fig. 4D – H). In male flowers the androecium may project out of the orifice (1 – 5 mm) of the drum and the space inside between the tepals (drum wall) and the male structure inside is very narrow (1.3 + 0.3 mm, n ¼ 40; Fig. 4D – F). These floral features play an important role in limiting insect visitors. The androecium is 4.6 + 0.5 mm in diameter (n ¼ 40) and consists of 36 + 4 (n ¼ 40) free stamens, spirally arranged around a clavate-column (torus). The top of the torus forms an irregular shield (Fig. 4D – F). The anthers (with longitudinal slits) have a thick-carnose, truncate to rounded apex that extends above the anther. The filaments at the base are 1 – 2 mm long but near the apex of the androecium become sessile (Fig. 4I). In female flowers, the space between the tepals and the gynoecium is also narrow (Fig. 4G and H). The gynoecium is 5.1 + 0.5 cm in diameter (n ¼ 40), with 53 + 4 (n ¼ 40) spirally arranged apocarpus carpels. The stigmas secrete a minute amount of liquid that coats the surface
Wind pollination
Glass microscope slides (14 cm2 in area), coated with petroleum jelly and placed downwind at various distances from male plants of S. henryi, captured dispersed pollen grains (Fig. 7). The average number of pollen grains of S. henryi per slide ranged from 30 to 40 on slides placed 2 m from the plants to ,10 grains per slide beyond 10 m (Fig. 1). It should be noted, however, that the drumshaped, pendulous flowers have a small orifice (Fig. 4A, B) limiting wind pollination (if any). Insect pollination
Insects captured and observed on male and female flowers of S. henryi in all three populations are listed in Table 2. Megommata sp. (Cecidomyiidae; Diptera), a small fly 1.1 + 0.2 mm in length (n ¼ 20), was the most common visitor to both male and female flowers of S. henryi. Another species of Diptera, Baccha sp. (Syrphidae, 7.1 + 0.5 mm in length, n ¼ 3) was occasionally observed on the tepals or shield of the torus of male flowers. These flies superficially resemble a small bee with a yellow and black striped abdomen. A chalcidoid parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae) Gonotocerus nees (0.9 + 0.1 mm long, n ¼ 3), also visited only male flowers. In addition, one species of Hemiptera (sucking insects), 17 cm long and 5 cm wide, a species of moth (Lepidoptera), approx. 3.2 cm long, and an ant (Formicidae), 2.4 mm long (n ¼ 3), visited the vegetative parts of the plants or tepals of flowers (Table 2).
of the papillae (Fig. 4J); however, the secretions do not function as a food resource for visiting insects. The diameter of the floral orifice and the average length, width and area of the tepals of male and female flowers were measured and analysed with one-way ANOVA (Table 1). The male flowers have a larger opening, 0.71 cm vs. 0.46 cm in female flowers of S. henryi, and the difference is significant (F ¼ 93.4, P , 0.00; Table 1). No significant differences were found in the size and other dimensions of the tepals between the two sexes (Table 1). The tepals function like a camera iris and determine the diameter of the floral orifice in mature male and female flowers and therefore play a role in denying larger insects access to the interior of the flowers.
TA B L E 1. Measurements of tepal length, width, area and size of the floral opening (width of orifice) of male and female flowers (one-way ANOVA) of Schisandra henryi
Al* Aw Aa Ali Awi
Mean + s.d. (cm or cm2)
Min (cm or cm2)
Max (cm or cm2)
0.99 + 0.04 1.00 + 0.03 0.91 + 0.04 0.91 + 0.03 0.89 + 0.08 0.91 + 0.05 1.00 + 0.04 1.00 + 0.04 0.92 + 0.05 0.93 + 0.04 0.93 + 0.08 0.93 + 0.07 0.71 + 0.12 0.46 + 0.11
0.92 0.96 0.79 0.85 0.71 0.82 0.90 0.92 0.78 0.84 0.70 0.77 0.50 0.30
7.8 1024
4.1 1024 4.8 1023 1.3 1024 3.2 1024 1.0 1022 1.24
* Al, Average length of the tepals; Aw, average width of the tepals; Aa, average area of the tepals; Ali, average length of the five in-between tepals; Awi, average width of the five in-between tepals; Aai, average area of the five in-between tepals; Do, diameter of orifice. † M, male flowers; F, female flowers.
species, Kadsura longipedunculata (Schisandraceae), is also pollinated by female Megommata sp. but the flowers are thermogenic (Liu et al., 2006; L.-C. Yuan et al., unpubl. res.). The first visitors to floral buds and newly opened male and female flowers of S. henryi on sunny as well as on cool or rainy days throughout the flowering season, were Megommata sp. (Fig. 4C). When visiting male flowers, they landed directly on the tepals (Fig. 4D) or the shield (Fig. 4E) and after a few seconds crawled into the interior of the flower. As the insects probe between the stamens, pollen on the edges of the anther slits sticks to their head and thorax. Walking on the stamens adds additional pollen to the legs and other regions of their body (Fig. 4F). Pollen grains of S. henryi covered all body parts of Megommata sp. (SEM; Fig. 8A – I). These insects also consume the pollen of S. henryi as indicated by the numerous grains found in their digestive tracts. At times, four or five Megommata sp. simultaneously visited a flower with no apparent interaction between the insects. Similar visits to female flowers transferred pollen grains to the stigmas (Fig. 4G, H). The time an individual insect spends on a flower varied from a few seconds to as long as several hours, with some insects remaining overnight in the flowers. The pollinating insects visit the flowers throughout the day; however, visits to male flowers peak between 0800 h and 0900 h, and to female flowers in the afternoon after 1500 h (Fig. 9).
Bagging experiments
The small diameter of the floral orifice and narrow space between tepals and the androecium or gynoecium in male and female flowers, only permitted small insects to enter the flowers and interact with the stamens and carpels. Of the six species of insects captured and observed on the flowers, only Megommata sp. and Gonatocerus nees could enter the flowers; however, Gonatocerus nees visited only male flowers. The primary pollinators of S. henryi are adult female Megommata sp., a consistent visitor to male and female flowers. No male Megommata sp. was captured in either male or female flowers of S. henryi. Another
Temperature (˚C)
A 30 25 20 Air Male flower
Air Female flower
Local time F I G . 5. Ambient plus male (A) and female (B) flower temperatures (first day) of Schisandra henryi.
Fruit set of individual female plants of S. henryi ranged from 22 to 81 % (average 59 %; Table 3). Flowers covered with nylon mesh did not form fruits (Table 3), indicating pollination is necessary for fruit set. Flowers on a single plant were hand pollinated at 12, 36 and 60 h after anthesis to determine percentage of fruit set in comparison with natural (open) insect-pollinated flowers. In this trial, 66 % of the hand-pollinated flowers set fruit whereas 64 % of
M† F M F M F M F M F M F F F
Relative abundance
Yuan et al. — Pollination Biology of Schisandra henryi 100 80 60
Male flower
Female flower
Time (min) F I G . 6. Gas chromatography– mass spectrometry profiles of male and female flowers of Schisandra henryi compared with controls (bags with no flowers), indicating that no floral odour is produced.
the naturally pollinated flowers fruited. However, if flowers were hand pollinated after 60 h after anthesis, average fruit set decreased 19 % (Table 3). The hand pollinations indicate that the stigmas are receptive for 2 – 3 d after floral opening. DISCUSSION Schisandraceae: pollination
Number of pollen grains (per 14 cm2)
Extant basal angiosperms usually have generalized pollination systems and their primary pollinators are Coleoptera and Diptera (Bernhardt and Thien, 1987; 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Endress, 1990; Grimaldi, 1999; Bernhardt, 2000; Thien et al., 2000; Labandeira, 2005). It has been established that most members of the ANITA grade are pollinated by a wide variety of insects (Thien et al., 1983; White and Thien, 1985; Bernhardt et al., 2003; Thien et al., 2003; Labandeira, 2005). The breeding systems of Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae) and Trimenia moorei (Trimeniaceae), combine insect and wind pollination (Bernhardt et al., 2003; Thien et al., 2003). In a phylogenetic study of Schisandraceae, Liu et al. (2006) reported Schisandra glabra was pollinated by a variety of insects including flies and beetles in a breeding system in which theromogenic male and female flowers functioned as host TA B L E 2. Insect visitors captured or observed on flowers of Schisandra henryi Taxon
6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 Distance from pollen source (m)
F I G . 7. Number of pollen grains of Schisandra henryi captured on 14 cm2 glass slides stationed at various distances from a male plant.
Diptera Cecidomyiidae Megommata sp. Syrphidae Baccha sp. Hymenoptera Formicidae Mymaridae Gonatocerus nees Lepidoptera Hemiptera
Mean length + s.d. (mm)
1.1 + 0.2 (n ¼ 20)
7.1 + 0.5 (n ¼ 3)
2.4 + 0.1 (n ¼ 3) 0.9 + 0.1 (n ¼ 3)
3.2 (n ¼ 1) 17 5 (n ¼ 1)
TA B L E 3. Percentage fruit-set of Schisandra henryi after different treatments Percent fruit-set Pollination treatments
F I G . 8. Scanning electron micrographs of pollen grains of Schisandra henryi (A– C) and attached pollen on the body parts of Megommata sp. (D– I). Pollen grains of S. henryi showing (A) proximal, (B) distal and (C) lateral views. (D) Pollen grains attached to the entire body of Megommata sp. captured on a male flower. (E) Pollen grains on the body of Megommata sp. captured on a female flower. (F –I) Pollen grains of S. henryi on the head (F), wing (G), leg (H) and abdomen (I) of Megommata sp. Scale bars: A– C, E ¼ 4 mm; D ¼ 200 mm; F, G ¼ 30 mm; H ¼ 20 mm; I ¼ 15 mm.
sites for the insect pollinators, primarily Diptera and small Coleoptera. In contrast, S. henryi is pollinated only by female pollen-eating Megommata sp. (Cecidomyiidae), suggesting a specialized pollination system in which visual cues are used to attract the pollinators. Cecidomyiidae, or gall midges, are found worldwide and comprise .4600 species. Members of the family contain not only gall makers, but also mycophagous,
predaceous or parasitic forms (Gagne´, 2004). Many species of basal angiosperms are pollinated by Diptera (Bernhardt and Thien, 1987; Thien et al., 2000; Tosaki et al., 2001); however, reports of Cecidomyiidae serving as regular pollinators are sporadic. Feil and Renner (1991) and Feil (1992) found that gall midges pollinate members of the dioecious genus Siparuna (Monimiaceae), in which eggs are laid in the flowers. Another case of pollination by gall midges is the monoecious tree Artocarpus integer (Moraceae) (Sakai et al., 2000), in which female gall midges oviposit and feed on mycelia of the fungus Choanephora produced on male flowers (the male gall midges possibly visit the inflorescences for mating). The female flowers are not infected with the fungus and the gall midges apparently are attracted to the male and female flowers by floral odour. In S. henryi, however, the flowers do not serve as a brooding or mating site for Megommata sp. Female adults visit the flowers to eat pollen instead of laying eggs or sucking nectar and no male midges were found in flowers. Megommata is an undiverse genus in Cecidomyiidae, with only six known species (Gagne´, 2004). Species of the genus are predators feeding on scale insects (Harris, 1968). The species found in S. henryi is a new species in the genus. Presumably the adult female Megommata ingest pollen for extra nutrition in their reproduction (ovary maturation, ovipositing, etc.). They could also suck honeydew or even water for supplemental energy (Harris, 1968). This is the first report of pollen consumption in predacious gall midges. Another plant species, Kadsura longipedunculata (Schisandraceae) is also pollinated by a species of Megommata (L.-C. Yuan et al., unpubl. res.).
Floral rewards
F I G . 9. Insect visits to flowers of Schisandra henryi. The black bars indicate all other insect visitors combined on male flowers.
Insect pollination in basal angiosperms, as well as other seed plants, is closely related to the evolution of attractants and rewards produced by the plant for the insect (Thien et al., 2000). Within the basal angiosperms, attractants include flower colour and odours, and rewards often combine physical warmth, breeding sites, pollen, nectar, food bodies and other secreted metabolites (Thien et al., 2000).
Open pollination Hand pollination 12 h after anthesis Hand pollination 36 h after anthesis Hand pollination 60 h after anthesis Flowers covered by nylon mesh bags
Flowers (n)
Yuan et al. — Pollination Biology of Schisandra henryi Based upon the similarity of male and female flowers and the low frequency of non-rewarding female flowers, it is suggested that deceit is involved in attracting insects to female flowers of S. henryi. Floral deception mechanisms exist in both bisexual and small unisexual flowers within the ANITA group (Bernhardt and Thien, 1987; Bernhardt, 2000). The present study of S. henryi supports the speculation that floral deceptive mechanisms in members of the ANITA group and other basal angiosperms, may have played an important role in the evolution of early angiosperms (Thien et al., 2003).
Implications for early angiosperm pollination
The pollination of S. henryi by Megommata sp. is the first report of pollinivory in nematoceran dipterans and is also important because the plant is a member of the ANITA grade (basal angiosperms). All plant families in Austrobaileyales have species pollinated by flies, but no pollen was found in the gut of these insects (Thien et al., 1983; White and Thien, 1985; Bernhardt et al., 2003). Pollen has been found in the gut of modern dipterans; however, it has not been recorded in the intestines of fossil taxa (Labandeira, 2005). Studies of pollen in the gut of extant flies are almost entirely of Syrphidae (hover flies) and Bombyliidae (bee flies) (Labandeira, 2005). In Trimeniaceae (Austrobaileyales), Bernhardt et al. (2003) reported Melangyna spp. and Triglyphus fulvicornis (both hover flies) to be major pollinators of Trimenia moorei. Other examples of pollinivory in insects include sawflies (Xyelidae), grasshoppers (Prophlangiopsidae) and stick insects (Phasmomimidae), and Classopollis on the head of labellate brachyceran flies (Labandeira, 2005). The Cecidomyiidae belong to the lower Diptera (Nematocera) (Yeates and Wiegmann, 1999). They diversified with the angiosperms, and have a fossil record extending back to the Cretaceous (Gagne, 2004; Grimaldi and Engel, 2005). Megommata is an advanced group in the family (J. Yukawa, pers. comm.), members of which are predaceous on Coccoidea (scale insects) (Harris, 1968). The monophyletic neococcoids arose in the mid-Cretaceous, at the time of the major flowering-plant radiation (Grimaldi and Engel, 2005). Labandeira (2005) described a ‘fungus gnat pollination syndrome’ consisting of fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae), gall midges (Cecidomyiidae) and other nematoceran dipterans. In this syndrome small-sized dipterans, with similar modestly protrusable labellate mouthparts, are nectarivores or pollinivores of small, radially symmetrical, odourless ANITA-grade flowers (Labandeira, 2005). These lightcoloured, clumped flowers produce modest amounts of nectar (Labandeira, 2005). The appearance of this pollination syndrome occurred early in angiosperm evolution in mid- to late Early Cretaceous (Labandeira, 2005). Families in Austrobaileyales and in the early Nymphaeaceae (Yoo et al., 2005) fit the above proposed pollination syndrome, e.g. Cabomba caroliniana (Nymphaeales) (Schneider and Jeter, 1982) and Trimenia moorei (Trimeniaceae) (Bernhardt et al., 2003).
Floral odour is undoubtedly one of the chief attractants in a wide variety of insect – flower interactions (Knudsen et al., 1993). In the cases of gall midge pollination, floral odours functioned as cues to gall midges visiting the flowers of Artocarpus integer (Moraceae) (Sakai et al., 2000) and Siparuna spp. (Monimiaceae) (Feil and Renner, 1991; Feil, 1992). In Illicium floridanum (Illiciaceae), the flowers produce a scent smelling like wine (Smith, 1947) or freshly caught fish (Thien et al., 1983), so it is supposed that floral odour may also play a role in attracting gall midges to flowers. However, no scent was detected in the flowers of S. henryi. Secretion of nectar in flowers has been recorded for some representatives of the ANITA grade, although there are no highly differentiated nectaries in this group (Endress, 2001). The petals have two lateral nectariferous auricles in Cabomba (Vogel, 1998), and are nectariferous on their dorsal side in Nuphar (Lippok and Renner, 1997). In Illicium, very small quantities of nectar were found at the base of tepals and stamens (Thien et al., 1983; White and Thien, 1985; Thien et al., 2000). Nectar is secreted on the surface of the inner tepals in Kadsura japonica (Schisandraceae) (Saunders, 1998). In S. henryi, however, no floral nectar was produced. Floral thermogenesis is a floral resource widely distributed throughout the extant basal angiosperms and is hypothesized to be a direct energy reward to insects (Thien et al., 2000; Seymour et al., 2003). Liu et al. (2006) hypothesized that the male and female flowers of Schisandraceae are thermogenic, based on measurements in S. glabra. The present results, however, indicate neither male nor female flowers of S. henryi are thermogenic. Floral deception is a common strategy in gall midge pollination systems involving unisexual flowers with male flowers offering rewards (resources) and female flowers deceit. Olfactory and visual cues are important attractants for gall midges in a floral mimicry system. With no detectable volatiles, free-flowing secretions or floral heat, pollen becomes the primary attractant and reward for insects visiting male flowers of S. henryi and is the only floral component utilized by Megommata sp. (Cecidomyiidae). In contrast to pollen as a reward in male flowers, the female flowers contain no edible rewards such as protonectar, or starch food bodies that occur in some basal angiosperms (Bernhardt, 1996; Vogel, 1998). The female flowers of S. henryi are similar to the males in colour, shape as well as size and they are visually the same as male flowers. In addition, male flowers are more abundant than females in populations of S. henryi, with the ratio of male to female flowers 3.1:1. The floral orifice formed by the tepals regulates the size of insects that may enter the flowers of S. henryi, and the small internal dimensions of the male and female flowers force the small insects that gain entry against the reproductive organs. The adaptation appears to exclude entry to the flowers of large insects and to increase pollen loads and pollination by small insects. In addition, the breeding system of S. henryi is also specialized in that the flowers are not thermogenic and do not produce any apparent floral odour, thus re-enforcing the visual cues.
Yuan et al. — Pollination Biology of Schisandra henryi AC KN OW L E DG E M E N T S The authors are indebted to Mr Luo Zhongchun for his support in fieldwork, and the Forestry Department of Xinning County, Hunan Province, China for kindly giving us permission to enter the study sites. We thank Prof. Junichi Yukawa of Kyushu University, Japan for identifying insect specimens. The research was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (30540007 and 30121003).
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City of Portland announces new “Portland Hayride” project
By EngineerScotty on April 1, 2013 in April Fools
This morning, Portland mayor Charlie Hales announced that the City, in cooperation with the Buckman, Hosford-Abernathy, Richmond, Sunnyside, and Mt. Tabor neighborhood associations, is forming a new quasi-public entity known as Portland Hayride, Inc. (PHI), chartered to provide horse-drawn public transit along SE Hawthorne. The proposed line, which will run between the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge to SE Powell and 50th, may open as early as 2017 if all regulatory and financial hurdles are cleared. “This is an exciting day for the city of Portland”, said the mayor at a public ceremony at City Hall. “Once again, we are demonstrating visionary leadership in urban development to the country and the world. The new Portland Hayride will truly be a transportation project for the 21st century!”
Proposed route
The proposed route would start one block east of the Hawthorne Bridge (and the Portland Streetcar CL Line), head east on Hawthorne to SE 50th, south to Division, east two blocks to SE 52nd, then south to Powell, then west to 50th, north to Hawthorne, west to SE 12th, north to Madison, and west to SE 6th; with layover points at 6th and Powell. Eventually, planners intend for the line to reach Lents and the Green Line, but limited funding permits only construction of a first phase out to Powell. A westward extension into downtown Portland is considered unlikely, as draft animals cannot cross the steel grating on the Hawthorne Bridge’s lift span. “To a horse or an ox, the Hawthorne Bridge looks like one big cattle guard”, stated a project engineer.
A special guidance technology known as RUTS (rapid ungulate tracking system), consisting of carefully-designed channels embedded in the pavement, will be installed along the route and make it difficult for the horses to guide the wagons off course, while not interfering with the operation of other vehicles. In addition, the Portland Water Bureau has announced that bioswales planted with alfalfa will be installed in sidewalk strips along the route, permitting the city to both feed the animals and collect rainwater at the same time.
The vehicles
The service will use specialized, Czech-made low-floor hay wagons. Unlike domestic hay-wagons, which are high-platform vehicles that are difficult for even able-bodied individuals to board, the selected vehicles will be fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The vehicles feature side low-platform boarding, bicycle racks, spaces for wheelchairs and other mobility devices, on-board ticketing, and free wi-fi. Also unlike traditional hay-wagons, such as can be found at pumpkin patches and other agricultural festivities in rural areas, the Portland Hayride vehicles will have modern suspensions, in order to permit a smoother ride. Rather than real hay, which is notoriously flammable (and under some conditions, explosive), prone to decomposition when exposed to moisture, and likely to be removed from its bales by riders, the Hayride will use synthetic grasses made out of a special composite polymer mesh for seating. “Those concerned about losing that traditional hayride feel, need not worry”, stated Hales. “While use of synthetic hay may seem disturbing to some, I can reassure the public that it will provide that same uncomfortable, butt-scratching feeling as the real stuff”.
In addition, the vehicles will be optionally configurable with a special cloth canopy, to protect passengers from the elements during inclement weather. The canopy will be capable of being removed on sunny days, giving passengers a unique transit experience.
Power and traction
In order to reduce vehicle emissions and help the region meet environmental goals concerning air quality, draft animals shall be used to pull the Hayride, instead of tractors or other mechanized vehicles. While technical staff had recommended oxen for the Hayride, as cattle are less skittish than horses, and more suited to long-distance hauling, neighborhood focus groups overwhelmingly preferred horses. In addition, many developers adjacent to the line indicated that lenders were reluctant to finance projects that would be served by ox-drawn transit. An anonymous staffer was quoted as saying, “nobody wants to ride to their favorite bistro on a wagon pulled by an [expletive] cow. Oxen simply don’t have that je ne sais quoi that horses do.” But OPAL director Jonathan Ostar disputed this, noting that use of horses instead of cattle was yet another instance of sacrificing the needs of riders, for the benefit of developers. “It wasn’t horses pulling the wagons over the Oregon Trail, it was cattle. Portland needs a strong system of frequent and reliable oxen more than it needs another expensive pony ride. Oxen, and not horsies, are the workhorses of a quality transit system”.
Use of donkeys was discarded for the Hawthorne line, owing to the generally flat topography of the route; but leaders indicated they may be used for a proposed replacement for the frequent bus lines serving Marquam Hill.
The immediate advantage of draft animals is that they do not burn fossil fuels, resulting in vastly lower emissions (and nearly no emissions if a proper diet is maintained by keepers). In addition, the use of draft animals will allow the service to survive a collapse of civilization–even if the electrical grid and the petroleum distribution network were to fail, shutting down Portland’s busses and trains, the Hayride may continue to operate. A longstanding objection to draft animals in an urban environment, however, is the waste products produced. However, the Portland Hayride vehicles will also include especially-designed fuel cells that collect droppings from the animals, and use them to provide electric power to the on-board amenities. “Residents need not worry about horse manure along Hawthorne Boulevard”, remarked Mayor Hales. “There’s enough of that near the west end of the Hawthorne Bridge; we wouldn’t want to inflict it on the east end as well”.
Reaction to the project has been mixed. Urban Studies researcher and writer Richard Florida commented that “once again, Portland has hit it out of the park. After the success of the original Portland Streetcar, every city started building them, and Portland needed to step up its game. The new Portland Hayride should continue to attract the creative class to a place with great food, great beer, great skiing, great bud, and no jobs. I salute the City for its continued leadership”.
New Geography‘s Joel Kotkin disagreed, stating that “the fact that Portland–the mecca of Starbucks urbanism and all that other yuppie frou-frou, is planning to use farm animals to operate part of its transit system, is proof that the cities are dead.”
Closer to home, Bike Portland’s Jonathan Maus was skeptical of the project; of particular concern was a worry that the RUTS channels would be even a bigger hazard to bicyclists than are streetcar tracks. “What Hawthorne needs is a road diet and proper bike lanes, not a new type of public transit that will need an orange triangle on the back”. And while TriMet officials refused to comment on the project, deferring questions about the Hayride to the City of Portland, one agency employee speaking off the record expressed concern that this would damage the 14 bus route, requiring either redundant service along the Hayride route, or a forced transfer at 50th and Powell.
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